User's Manual

Contents
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Table of Contents
In this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Conventions Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Product Description
Test Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Who should use the Test Software? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Included with the Test Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Test Software Operation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Required Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Test Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Personal Computer (PC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cables and Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Optional Accessory Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Getting Help, Test Software Upgrades, and Training . . . . . . . 20
Installation
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Loading and Running the Test Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Navigating the Test Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Main Menu Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Changing Settings and Using USER Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Operating the BTS Laptop Utility Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
System Requirements for BTS Laptop Utility Program . . . . 28
Installing the BTS Laptop Utility Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring the Test Set and PC Serial Ports for Communication with the
Test Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring the PC to Communicate with the MSC . . . . . . . 30
Connecting the PC to the Test Set and the MSC . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting the PC to the Test Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting the PC to the MSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Determining the Test Set to Site Equipment Connections . . . . 35
Which Test Set Port to Use – ANT IN or RF IN/OUT? . . . . . 35
Which Base Station Port to Use – TX Test or TX Antenna? . 35
Configuring the Test Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Test Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Base Station Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Printing the FCC Title Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Defining a Frequency Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Defining a Frequency Plan Using the Editor in the Test Software 43
Defining a Frequency Plan Using a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Loading a Frequency Plan from an SRAM Card . . . . . . . . . . 50
Purging (Deleting) a Frequency Plan File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Printing a Frequency Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Establishing a Connection with the MSC for Testing . . . . . . . . 53