User's Manual

7 SPARES
7.1 SERVICE CONCEPT
The Blade series has been designed to provide a low cost trunked and non-trunked,
analogue, base station, using common core electronics, software and interfacing.
It is a requirement that once the customer has purchased equipment, Team Simoco can
follow this by providing ongoing, high level of customer support together with a competitive
and professional servicing activity.
There are three levels of service available:
Level Activity Recommended
Spares
Recommended Test
Equipment and tools
1 This is intended to achieve
rapid turn around by –
• Complete replacement
of transceiver or
ancillaries
• Replacement of sub-
assemblies
• Reprogramming
• Checking/replacement
of fuses
Faulty units are to be
returned to a level-2
service facility with an
attached fault report.
This level of service should
not exceed 20 minutes.
SRM sub-assembly
(by band)
Control board
MMI board
Fan
Spare cable assys.
Replacement fuses
Multimeter
P.C. with Programmer
Engineering handset
Small flat-blade
screwdriver
Small cross-head
screwdriver
Large pozi-drive
screwdriver
2 Level 2 service includes
level 1 with the addition of
fault rectification by:
• Replacement of PCB,
mechanical component,
or cable assembly
Cosmetic repair
Listed in Level 2
Spares Schedule
Spare parts
available to order
from Central Spares
As above + service aids
and test equipment
3 Repair by PCB or
mechanical component
replacement, Cosmetic
repair.
Repair of PCB to
component level in CRU.
Listed in Level 2
Spares Schedule
Radio PCB
components only
available to CRU.
As above + service aids
and test equipment