FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL 1 Document FIP-BDAM-07-EN
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL THIS PAGE HAVE BEEN LEFT INTENTIONALY IN BLANK FIPLEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. th 7331 N.W. 54 Street Miami, FL 33166 U.S.A. Ph: (305)884-8991 Fax: (305)884-4041 E-mail: info@fiplex.com M.E.BRAUN-FIPLEX S. Cabral 1242 (5006) Córdoba Argentina Tel: (54-351)456-8263 Fax: (54-351)456-2507 E-mail: info@fiplex.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL INDEX Technical specifications. …………………………………………… Page. 4 Installation Instructions. ……………………………………………. Page. 6 Commissioning ……………………....................………………….. Page. 10 Downlink gain setup...………………………………………………. Page. 12 Uplink gain setup …………………………………………………… Page. 13 Alarms ……………………………………………………………….. Page. 16 Remote Management and Control System Remote Management and Control Module .……………..
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL TECHNICALL SPECIFICATIONS Mechanical dimensions CABINET A1 Drill pattern for mounting 4 Document FIP-BDAM-07-EN
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL CABINET B1 Drill pattern for mounting 5 Document FIP-BDAM-07-EN
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Mounting considerations. BDA is provided in a closed cabinet, with six fixing holes for wall mounting (Mounting brackets are not provided with BDA). BDA should be mounted with input/output connectors facing down in order to preserve water tightness.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL Hot air Natural convection flow should be guaranteed trough heat dissipator in order to keep repeater temperature between safety margins (-30°C to +60°C). Keep minimum distance of 15 cm between heat dissipator and any object that could avoid free airflow circulation.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL AC Power THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT CONTAINS DANGEROUS VOLTAGE THAT CAN CAUSE ELECTRIC SHOCK. DISCONNECT THE MAINS PRIOR TO ANY WORK IN THE REPEATER. AUTHORIZED SERVICE PERSONNEL ONLY ARE ALLOWED TO SERVICE REPEATERS WHILE THE MAINS IS CONNECTED. Mains should be 110-220 VAC 50-60 Hz with ground terminal connection (yellow and green cable).
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL Power connectors – Check polarity before connect In the presence of AC power, the system switchs automatically from DC power to AC power in order to preserve battery charge. Battery backup system is not provided with the repeater, nominal voltages and currents should be observed in order to prevent from malfunction. See specification sheet. For further assistance please contact factory.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL COMMISSIONING Repeater powers on when the mains is connected to the AC line, or if it’s available, when connected to a DC power source. No further field calibration or tune up of the repeater is needed to work properly. Repeaters are factory aligned and calibrated and are designed to retain calibration throughout the life of the product.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL Isolation between Donnor and Service antenna If the isolation is less than the amplifier gain plus 20dB safety margin, then positive feedback sufficient for oscillation is present in the system. Such oscillations will overdrive one or both amplifier chains and continuously activate the AGC and overload circuitry, shutting down amplifiers in order to prevent them from damage.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL DOWNLINK GAIN SETUP Manual Gain Setup Downlink gain control is achieved setting up the desired attenuation value by means of tact switches, value of attenuation is displayed in two seven segments displays located at the right of the attenuation controls (please see figure below).
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL If “AGC ON” led indicator is on when the repeater starts operating, this means that signal received from the donor site is above minimum signal level required for nominal gain operation so AGC circuitry is active. Under this condition of operation user should attenuate the gain level of the repeater using DOWN control, decreasing gain until “AGC ON DOWNLINK” indicator turns off.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL UPLINK GAIN SETUP Manual Gain Setup Uplink gain control is achieved setting up the desired attenuation value by means of tact switches, value of attenuation is displayed in two seven segments displays located at the right of the attenuation controls (please see figure below).
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL Automatic Gain Control (AGC) Automatic Gain Control circuitry is intended to keep repeater’s output power at a fixed level when input signals exceed maximum values, avoiding quality signal degradation by intermodulation generation.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL ALARMS Alarm led indicators The following alarms are available for this repeater: • • • • • PA (DL/UL) FAIL: ON condition indicates amplifier failure condition and/or overload. TEMP: ON when maximum temperature operation condition is reached. BAT FAIL: ON when voltage is below nominal value, no battery conection is indicated as a fail condition. PS FAIL: ON indicates power supply failure.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL REMOTE CONTROL MODULE (RC) Remote control module has an RS-232 interface with a D-Sub type 9 posittions male connecto labeled as “NOTEBOOK” that allows a notebook conection by means of a DB9 female straight cable. Configuration of the repeater can be accomplished using BDA Local Management Software (please see BDA LOCAL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE section for further details).
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL In repeaters with GSM modem (RC-G option) SIM card must be inserted as described in the following picture. SIM card insertion. 1234- Remove SIM card cover. Pull back and lift cardholder. Insert SIM card into cardholder. Push down and backwards cardholder and place cover. A repeater network could be managed and controlled using FIPLEX BDA Remote Management Software.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL BDA LOCAL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE OVERVIEW The BDA Local Management Software is a PC computer program that allows controlling a BDA repeater locally using a Laptop computer. INSTALLATION Follow these steps to install the software: 1) Insert the Installation CD. 2) Execute BDAManagerSetup.exe. 3) Fill the user and organization Information. 4) Choose the folder where the software will be installed.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL OPERATION 1) Execute the BDA Manager software and click in Connect to BDA Icon 1 20 Document FIP-BDAM-07-EN
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL 2) Choose the communication port to which you intend to connect the BDA, then click in the continue button. Note: In order to connect to the BDA you should use a straight serial cable with DB9 female connectors on both sides.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL The software will start communicating automatically with the BDA showing the device and status information. The information is organized in two tabs (2), you can click in them to switch among the tab sheets.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL STATUS TAB In (5) you can see the alarm status information: . Status: ON or OFF , indicates if they are active or not. . Generate Event: is an option to activate/deactivate if the BDA should generate an automatic message to the Server when the alarm is activated. . Configuration: This option is useful to enable/disable the alarm, allowing doing maintenance on the device. .
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL In (6) is shown the manual attenuation information in Uplink and Downlink. You can check if the BDA PA's are intentionally set OFF or ON with in Remote Shutdown field. In (7) there are 2 buttons. . Config. : once clicked it will open a Configuration TAB that allows to configure the manual attenuation, alarms, remote shutdown and/or Heterodyne filter configurations (if present). . Comm.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL In (8) the user can modify if an alarm is enabled/disabled, if it will generate and event when activated and if the alarm is acknowledged or not by the server. The acknowledge field is important when the technician goes to the BDA and solves the problem. For example: The repeater generates and alarm event due to a power failure, the server receives the message and acknowledges it to the BDA.
FIPLEX • Electromagnetic Devices for Radiocommunication Systems FIPLEX BIDIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIER - USER MANUAL COMMUNICATION CONFIGURATION After clicking in Comm. Config you should see a new Tab Sheet named Communication Configuration. There you can edit the Wireless Phone Number which is the telephone number of the modem installed in the BDA, and the Server Wireless Phone number which is the number of the modem installed in the OMS. 11 12 The software admits only international GSM numbering plan.
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