User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 5 Installation
- 6 Maintenance
- 7 Troubleshooting
- 8 Replacing Modules
- Appendix A – Interface Pin Allocations
- Appendix B – Inter-Module Connections
- Glossary
- Tait Software License Agreement
- Directive 1999/5/EC Declaration of Conformity
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Able to provide transmission and reception in only one direction at a time.
SINAD Signal plus Noise and Distortion is a measure of signal quality. It is the ratio
of (signal + noise + distortion) to (noise + distortion). A SINAD of 12dB
corresponds to a signal-to-noise ratio of 4:1.
site 1. The base station equipment at a particular location. This includes power
supplies, transmitters, receivers, network interfaces and controllers.
2. The location of that equipment.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol used (for example) by
the trunking site controller to monitor the base station’s parameters and
alarm status.
standalone node The base station itself can act as a DMR trunking controller, but with
limited functionality. The base station is then said to be a standalone node.
syslog collector A program that can receive, display, and log syslog messages from many
devices.
syslog protocol A standard protocol used for the transmission of event notification
messages across IP networks. TB9300 base stations can send messages
such as alarms to an IP address on the Tait Network. The base station’s logs
store messages in the syslog format.
system control bus Provides the following physical paths in a TB9300 base station:
■ I
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C and RS-485 communications between the modules in the subrack
■ fan power from the PMU
■ power connections for the reciter and front panel.
TaitNet Brand name for any PMR network designed and manufactured by Tait
Limited.
TaitNet DMR
network
A set of Tait base stations and controllers interconnected by an IP network
that can carry voice and data traffic.
TB9300 Base
Station
A base station consisting of the equipment necessary to receive and
transmit on one physical channel in a DMR or analog network. Generally,
this means a reciter, a PA, and a PMU. Often abbreviated to TB9300 or base
station.
TCP Transmission Control Protocol. A complex protocol on top of IP for
sending reliable streams of data with flow control.