Vega TS-11 User manual

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NETWORK TESTER
VEGA TS-11
User Manual
User Manual contains information how to work with
LoRaWAN™ network autonomic tester Vega TS-11, and
also contains warranty terms and conditions and rules
for operating, storage and transportation
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Document information
Title
Network tester Vega TS-11
Document type
Manual –translation from Russian
Document number
V02-TS11-01
Revision and date
02 –27.12.2017
This document applies to the following products:
Product name
Type number
End devices
Vega TS-11
Revision history
Revision
Date
Name
Comments
01
28.09.2017
КЕV
Document creation date
02
27.12.2017
KEV
New paragraphs at ‘Settings’ menu

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ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ
1 DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION ...........................................................................................................................................3
2 SPECIFICATION............................................................................................................................................................................ 5
3 FAST NETWORK TESTING ........................................................................................................................................................6
4 DEVICE OPERATING................................................................................................................................................................... 7
User interface ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Work screen 1 –Uplink and Downlink demodulation margin ...................................................................................8
Work screen 2 –Full information about the network ................................................................................................12
Work screen 3 –Downlink signal RSSI and Uplink demodulation margin diagrams......................................15
Settings ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Automatic test mode...............................................................................................................................................................19
Information .................................................................................................................................................................................19
Shutdown.................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Battery charging....................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Firmware update ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20
5 STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................................23
6 CONTENT OF THE PACKAGE .............................................................................................................................................. 24
7 WARRANTY...................................................................................................................................................................................25

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1 DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
Tester sends a special signal to the LoRaWAN™ network (‘Uplink’ packet), in response to
which the tester received a confirmation (‘Downlink’ packet).
Tester represents various information about network:
«Uplink»frequency –frequency on which the request sent to the network (MHz);
«Downlink»frequency - frequency on which the confirmation sent from the
network (MHz);
SF (spread factor) - coefficient determining the data rate of «Uplink» and
«Downlink»signals;
Tester’s transmitter power (dBm);
Requests number;
Network tester Vega TS-11 is
designed for testing LoRaWAN
networks while them is
deploying and setting up

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RSSI (Received signal strength indicator) –«Downlink» signal power (dBm);
Receiving window number at which confirmation was received (1 or 2);
UDM - Uplink demodulation margin (hereinafter UM);
DDM - Downlink demodulation margin (hereinafter DM);
PER (packet error rate) –relation of the received packets number to the total
number of sending packets expressed as a percentage;
Number of visible gateways.
Tester powered from rechargeable battery 550 mAh by which tester may work up to 16
hours.
Tester configured via self-interface ‘Settings’.

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2 SPECIFICATION
Main
Operating temperatures
-40…+85 °С
Display
OLED, 1,3”
USB-port
micro-USB, 5 V, 500 mA
LoRaWAN
LoRaWAN class
А
Antenna type
internal
Sensitivity
-138 dBm
Radio coverage in restrained urban conditions
Up to 5 km
Radio coverage within line of sight
Up to 15 km
Transmitter power
Up to 100 mW (configurable)
Power
Rechargeable battery
550 mAh
Case
Ingress protection rating
IP64
Housing dimensions
90 х 52 х 31 mm

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3 FAST NETWORK TESTING
Press ‘OK’
button
Press ‘Up’
button:
The first pressing
–connection to
the network, the
second –
network test
Gateways
number
Uplink demodulation
margin in dBm
Downlink demodulation
margin in dBm
Successful
transmissions in
percent
No signal / no
data

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4 DEVICE OPERATING
USER INTERFACE
Tester equipped with control buttons, sound speaker and OLED display. Every pressing
on the button accompaniment with sound signal if device sound is not off.
To common main menu it need to press ‘OK’ button while device is on. Menu appears
independent on what was on the display before button pressing.
‘Right’ and ‘Left’ buttons is using for navigating through the menu. Press ‘OK’ button for
select a menu item. Main menu contains the follow items:
Work screens –screens with the full information about the network.
Settings –tester settings screen.
Information –displays the keys and identifiers of the tester.
Shutdown –choose that item to switch device to low power consumption mode.
Battery charge –battery charge indicator.
Work screens
Information
Shutdown
Settings
Battery charge

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WORK SCREEN 1 –UPLINK AND DOWNLINK DEMODULATION MARGIN
First work screen appears just after device switch on. Herewith the data is not available on
it. Work screen 1 allows you to get the follow information:
Number of visible gateways;
PER coefficient –percent of successful transmissions;
Margin demodulation diagrams and numerical values of UM and DM of the last
session.
Margin demodulation is the positive integer value displayed in dBm and indicating how much
received signal above the demodulation threshold. ‘0’ value means that the packet was received
on the bottom of demodulation (0 dBm), whereas, for example, ‘20’ value means that the packet
was received on 20 dBm above the demodulation threshold.
from 0 to 5
Communication on the brink of failure, unstable connection to the network
from 5 to 10
Border zone, stable communication is not guaranteed
above 10
Good signal strength, confident communication
DM –Downlink Margin demodulation
UM –Uplink Margin demodulation
‘Gateway’ icon
Number of
gateways
Percent of successful
transmissions
Battery charge