4RF Aprisa XE User manual

Aprisa XE
User Manual
Version 5.01
May 2005

Copyright
Copyright © 2001-2005 4RF Communications Ltd
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reproduced or republished in whole or part in any form without the prior written permission of
4RF Communications Ltd.
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Disclaimer
While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this literature, 4RF
Communications Ltd assumes no liability for errors and omissions, or from any damages
resulting from use of this information. The contents and any product specifications within it are
subject to revision due to ongoing product improvements and may change without notice.
ETSI performance standards
The radio is designed to comply with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute
(ETSI) specifications as follows:
!Radio performance—EN 302 217 Parts 1, 2.1, and 2.2
!EMI/EMC—EN 301 489 Parts 1 & 4
!Environmental—EN 300 019, Class 3.2
!Safety—EN 60950
The terminal operating in the 1.4GHz band has been tested and is compliant to the ETSI radio
specifications and suitably displays the CE logo. Other bands are compliant to the same radio
performance specifications as adapted by 4RF and therefore may be used in regions where
compliance requirements demand CE performance at other frequencies.

Contents | i
Contents
1Checklist............................................................................................................7
2About this manual.............................................................................................9
What it covers............................................................................................................... 9
Who should read it........................................................................................................ 9
Contact us .................................................................................................................... 9
3Preparation......................................................................................................10
Path planning.............................................................................................................. 10
Antenna selection and siting .............................................................................. 10
Coaxial feeder cables ........................................................................................ 12
Link budget........................................................................................................ 13
Site requirements........................................................................................................ 13
Power supply..................................................................................................... 13
Equipment cooling ............................................................................................. 13
Earthing and lightning protection........................................................................ 14
4About the terminal ..........................................................................................15
Introduction................................................................................................................. 15
Modules...................................................................................................................... 15
Front panel connections and indicators....................................................................... 17
Interface cards............................................................................................................ 18
5Mounting and installing the hardware ..........................................................19
Required tools ............................................................................................................ 19
Installing the terminal.................................................................................................. 19
Installing the antenna and feeder cable ...................................................................... 20
Alarm termination........................................................................................................ 21
Power connection ....................................................................................................... 21
DC power .......................................................................................................... 22
AC power........................................................................................................... 23
Installing interface cards ............................................................................................. 23
Configuring a slot............................................................................................... 24
Preparing the terminal for new cards ................................................................. 25
Installing Quad JET, 4-Wire E&M, V24 and 2-Wire interface cards.................... 27
Installing HSS interface cards............................................................................ 29
Bench setup................................................................................................................ 31
6Connecting to the terminal.............................................................................32
About SuperVisor........................................................................................................ 32
System requirements......................................................................................... 32

ii | Contents
Management Ethernet connection and capacity ......................................................... 33
IP addressing of terminals .......................................................................................... 33
Logging in................................................................................................................... 35
Understanding the SuperVisor window .............................................................. 35
Changing the terminals' default IP address................................................................. 36
Setting up users.......................................................................................................... 37
Changing passwords ......................................................................................... 37
Adding a user .................................................................................................... 38
Disabling a user................................................................................................. 38
Deleting a user .................................................................................................. 39
7Configuring the radio .....................................................................................40
Configuring the RF settings ........................................................................................ 40
Configuring the IP settings.......................................................................................... 41
Setting the clock sources............................................................................................ 42
8Configuring the traffic interface ....................................................................44
About Cross Connections ........................................................................................... 44
Understanding the Cross Connections window.................................................. 45
Creating new cross connects...................................................................................... 48
Example 1 ......................................................................................................... 49
Example 2 ......................................................................................................... 50
About the Quad JET card modes................................................................................ 53
Selecting a single bit.......................................................................................... 54
Selecting multiple bits........................................................................................ 54
Selecting a 64 kbps timeslot .............................................................................. 55
Selecting multiple timeslots................................................................................ 55
PCM31C mode.................................................................................................. 56
PCM30C mode.................................................................................................. 56
Viewing a summary of the interfaces .......................................................................... 58
Configuring the traffic interfaces—overview................................................................ 59
Initializing the Cross Connection application............................................................... 60
Loading the configuration into the terminals................................................................ 63
Quad JET ................................................................................................................... 64
Specifying the port settings................................................................................ 64
Configuring the traffic cross connections ........................................................... 65
Quad 4-Wire E&M....................................................................................................... 67
Specifying the port settings................................................................................ 67
Configuring the traffic cross connections ........................................................... 68
Quad V24 ................................................................................................................... 71
Specifying the port settings................................................................................ 71
Configuring the traffic cross connections ........................................................... 72
Dual 2-Wire Subscriber Interface (FXS)...................................................................... 74
Specifying the port settings................................................................................ 74
Configuring the traffic cross connections ........................................................... 77
Dual 2-Wire Exchange Interface (FXO)....................................................................... 79
Specifying the port settings................................................................................ 79
Configuring the traffic cross connections ........................................................... 82
High speed serial interface (HSS)............................................................................... 84
Specifying the port settings................................................................................ 84
Configuring the traffic cross connections ........................................................... 86

Contents | iii
9Protected terminals ........................................................................................88
Monitored Hot Standby (MHSB).................................................................................. 88
Tributary switch front panel................................................................................ 89
RF switch front panel......................................................................................... 90
MHSB cabling.................................................................................................... 90
Configuring the radios for protected mode ......................................................... 92
10 In-service commissioning..............................................................................96
Before you start .......................................................................................................... 96
What you will need............................................................................................. 96
Applying power to the terminals.................................................................................. 96
Configuring the terminals using SuperVisor ................................................................ 97
Antenna alignment...................................................................................................... 97
Checking the antenna polarisation..................................................................... 98
Visually aligning antennas ................................................................................. 98
Accurately aligning the antennas ....................................................................... 99
Synchronizing the terminals...................................................................................... 100
Power up .................................................................................................................. 100
Checking performance.............................................................................................. 100
Checking the receive input level ...................................................................... 101
Checking the fade margin................................................................................ 101
Checking long-term BER ................................................................................. 103
Bit Error Rate (BER) tests................................................................................ 103
Additional tests ................................................................................................ 103
Connect the traffic interfaces .................................................................................... 104
Configuring alarms.................................................................................................... 104
External alarms................................................................................................ 104
Remote alarms ................................................................................................ 105
11 Maintenance ..................................................................................................106
Routine maintenance................................................................................................ 106
Upgrading the terminal.............................................................................................. 107
Upgrading individual files................................................................................. 110
12 Troubleshooting............................................................................................117
Loopbacks ................................................................................................................ 117
Setting interface loopbacks.............................................................................. 117
Enabling and disabling the RF loopback .......................................................... 118
Alarms ...................................................................................................................... 119
Diagnosing alarms........................................................................................... 119
Viewing interface alarms.................................................................................. 120
Identifying causes............................................................................................ 121
Identifying radio alarms.................................................................................... 122
Changing the default IP address using HyperTerminal ............................................. 124
Overview ......................................................................................................... 124
Connecting the PC to the terminal ................................................................... 124
Configuring the COM port settings................................................................... 125
Starting a HyperTerminal session.................................................................... 127
Determining the terminal IP address................................................................ 129
Setting the IP address of the terminal .............................................................. 129

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Setting the IP address of the local PC ............................................................. 131
13 Interface connections...................................................................................135
RJ-45 connector pin assignments............................................................................. 135
Interface traffic direction............................................................................................ 135
E1 G.703 connections - Quad JET interface............................................................. 136
E1 alarm conditions ......................................................................................... 136
Ethernet bridge (10Base-T—100Base-TX) connections............................................ 137
4-Wire E&M connections .......................................................................................... 137
4-Wire E&M signalling connection ................................................................... 138
2-Wire FXS connections ........................................................................................... 140
2-Wire FXO connections........................................................................................... 141
HSS Connections ..................................................................................................... 142
Sync EIA/TIA-232 Cable Assembly for DTE—Cab Sync 232MT...................... 142
Sync EIA/TIA-232 Cable Assembly for DCE—Cab Sync 232FC...................... 142
EIA/TIA-449 Serial Cable Assembly for DTE—CAB SYNC 449MT.................. 143
EIA/TIA-449 Serial Cable Assembly for DCE—CAB SYNC 449FC.................. 143
V.35 Serial Cable Assembly for DTE—CAB SYNC V35MT ............................. 144
V.35 Serial Cable Assembly for DCE—CAB SYNC V35FC ............................. 145
X.21 Serial Cable Assembly for DTE—CAB SYNC X21MT ............................. 146
X.21 Serial Cable Assembly for DTE—CAB SYNC X21FC.............................. 146
EIA-530 Serial Cable Assembly for DTE—CAB SYNC 530MT ........................ 146
Async V.24/RS-232 connections............................................................................... 147
14 HSS handshaking and clocking...................................................................148
Handshaking and control line function ...................................................................... 148
X.21 compatibility ............................................................................................ 148
RTS CTS mode ............................................................................................... 148
DSR DTR mode............................................................................................... 150
DCD mode....................................................................................................... 151
Clocking.................................................................................................................... 152
Internal clocking............................................................................................... 152
Pass-through clocking ..................................................................................... 152
Primary/secondary master clocking ................................................................. 153
Clock interworking modes................................................................................ 153
Clocking diagrams ........................................................................................... 155
HSS cable WAN connectors ..................................................................................... 161
15 Alarm types and sources .............................................................................162
Alarm types............................................................................................................... 162
Transmitter alarms........................................................................................... 162
Receiver alarms............................................................................................... 163
MUX alarms..................................................................................................... 163
Modem alarms................................................................................................. 163
Motherboard alarms......................................................................................... 164
Quad JET alarms............................................................................................. 164
Dual FXO alarms ............................................................................................. 164
Dual FXS alarms ............................................................................................. 164
HSS alarms ..................................................................................................... 164
Quad V24 alarms............................................................................................. 165
External alarms................................................................................................ 165

Contents | v
Remote alarms ................................................................................................ 165
Cross connect alarms ...................................................................................... 165
MHSB alarms .................................................................................................. 165
Alarm source ............................................................................................................ 166
16 Abbreviations ................................................................................................167
17 Specifications................................................................................................169
18 Country-specific impedances ......................................................................177
19 Acknowledgments and licensing ................................................................182

Checklist | 7
1 CHECKLIST
Use this checklist to guide you through the steps required to commission a link in the field.
Pre-installation
1 Confirm path planning.
2 Ensure that the site preparation is complete:
!power requirements
!tower requirements
!environmental considerations, for example, temperature control
!rack space
3 Confirm the interface card configuration.
Installing the terminals
1 Position and mount the radio.
2 Connect earthing to the radio.
3 Confirm that the:
!antenna is mounted
!feeder is connected to the antenna
!tower earthing is complete
4 Install lightning protection.
5 Connect tail between lightning and radio duplexer.
6 Connect the power supply to radio and apply power.
Establishing the link
1 Connect the setup cable between the radio's Setup port and the PC using accessory kit
adaptor.
2 Confirm the IP settings for the radio:
!local IP address
!local subnet mask
!remote terminal IP address
3 Reset the radio.
4 Connect the Ethernet cable between the radio's 4-port Ethernet hub and the PC.
5 Confirm that the PC IP settings are correct for the 4-port Ethernet hub:

8 | Checklist
!IP address
!subnet mask
6 Confirm that Java is installed on the PC.
7 Start the web browser, and log into the terminal.
8 Set or confirm the RF characteristics:
!TX and RX frequencies
!modulation
!output power
9 Compare the actual RSSI to the expected RSSI value (from your path planning).
10 Fine-align the antennas.
11 Confirm that the radio clock sources are set correctly.
12 Confirm TX and RX are green. Disregard the OK LED status for the time being.
Configuring the traffic
1 Confirm that the interface hardware and software slot configurations match.
2 Confirm the interface card settings.
3 Start the Cross Connections application, and configure the cross connections:
!download configuration
!confirm or modify the traffic cross connections
!configure the configurations
!activate the configurations
4 Save the configuration to disk and close the Cross Connections application.
5 Connect the traffic interface cables.
6 Confirm or adjust the radio clocking for network synchronization, if required.
7 Test that the traffic is passing over the link as configured.
8 Confirm or configure the alarm settings in SuperVisor.
9 Configure the alarm output cable, if required.
10 Reset any alarms and error counters.
11 (Optional: Perform traffic pre-commissioning tests.)
12 Complete the commissioning form (at the back of the manual) and file.