User Manual

RFCommissioning
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Practical approach
Nowthatweknowwhatweshouldhavewecaneasilysetthesystemup.Youneedaspectrumanalyzertodothis
anditiseasiesttoconnectitintotheBIUport.Rememberthatwhenyoumeasurehere,thesignalshouldalsogo
throughtheBTScouplerbeforeitrea
chesthebasestationreceiverport.Thereforeyoushouldexpecttoreada
valuethatis
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pectedgain+thelossinyourcoupler
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isnowwhatwearegoingtouseinthefollowingexample.
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Turn on the RF
ConnecttotheBIUandturnonth
eRF.Settheattenuatorinthemediumrangefortheuplinkthatyouare
measuring.Thisallowsyoulatertoadjustitupanddownasnecessarytogetthecorrectgainfortheuplinkchain.
Settingthemto10dBisagoodidea.DLsupervisioncanbeleftasisfornowandalsoDLattenuationwhichwewill
setuplater.
ConnecttotheFO
IcardandselectOptoand RFRFConfigandsetitupaccordingtoyourFiberDAScalculator
settings.DonotforgettoturnRFon.