YOU'RE HEARD, LOUD AND CLEAR. Installation and Operation Manual for the SBIII Digital Signal Booster Model 6138X Manual Part Number 7-9485 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY WARNING: This is NOT a consumer device. It is designed for installation by FCC Licensees and Qualified Installers. You must have an FCC license or express consent of an FCC Licensee to operate this device. This booster can be configured as either a Class A or Class B signal booster.
Warranty This warranty applies for one year from shipping date. TX RX Systems Inc. warrants its products to be free from defect in material and workmanship at the time of shipment. Our obligation under warranty is limited to replacement or repair, at our option, of any such products that shall have been defective at the time of manufacture. TX RX Systems Inc. reserves the right to replace with merchandise of equal performance although not identical in every way to that originally sold. TX RX Systems Inc.
Manual Part Number 7-9485 Copyright © 2017 TX RX Systems, Inc. First Printing: May 2011 Version Number Version Date 1 05/16/11 1.4 07/25/11 1.6 09/02/11 1.7 09/12/11 1.8 09/16/11 1.9 09/26/17 1.9.1 10/26/17 Symbols Commonly Used WARNING ESD Electrostatic Discharge CAUTION or ATTENTION Hot Surface High Voltage Electrical Shock Hazard NOTE Heavy Lifting Bird Technologies Group TX RX Systems Inc. Manual 7-9485-1.9.1 Important Information TX RX Systems Inc.
Table of Contents Overview .............................................................................................................. 7 Down / Up Conversion ........................................................................................ 8 Unpacking............................................................................................................ 9 Installation ........................................................................................................... 9 Location ........
Figures and Tables Figure 1: The Down / Up Converter Process .......................................................9 Figure 2: Cabinet Mounting ...............................................................................10 Figure 3: Measuring Antenna Isolation ...............................................................11 Figure 4: Signal Flow Block Diagram..................................................................12 Figure 5: Booster Cabinet Front View.........................................
For Class A Unintentional Radiators This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
OVERVIEW Signal boosters extend radio coverage into areas where abrupt propagation losses prevent reliable communication. The system receives an RF signal, raises its power level, and couples it to an antenna so that it can be re-radiated. The TXRX model 6138X family of channelized signal boosters is designed to operate in either the 700 or 800 MHz range. Dual band models are available that include both 700 and 800 MHz systems in the same enclosure box.
763 - 775 and 793 - 805 (units sold in USA) 806 - 824 and 851 - 869 (units sold in USA) Frequency Range (MHz) 764 - 776 and 794 - 806 (units sold in Canada) 806 - 824 and 851 - 869 (units sold in Canada) Number of Carriers per Module Low Density Model High Density Model 14 uplink and downlink 30 uplink and downlink Low Power Version High Power Version 80 dB (min) 95 dB (min) Gain Maximum RF Bandwidth 700 MHz module 800 MHz module 12 MHz 15 MHz Output Level -30 to 10 dBm composite -15 to 32 dBm compo
1st Mixer RF In 2nd Mixer Intermediate Frequency Signal Processing RF Out Local Oscillator Figure 1: The down converter / up converter process. The implication of equation (3) is that the frequency stability of the signal that is processed by this type of signal booster is not affected by the frequency stability of the signal booster itself. Frequency stability depends only on the stability of the signal source producing the signal to be boosted.
Mounting Tabs (4 Places) 0.44 Dia (2 places) 30.00 33.24 14.00 20.00 10.8 0.44 wide slot (2 places) Figure 2: Cabinet mounting hole layout. correct branch of the antenna system is connected to its corresponding uplink/downlink connector or the system will not work properly. Using high quality connectors with gold center pins is advised. Flexible jumper cables made of high quality coax are also acceptable for connecting to rigid cable sections.
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT The following equipment is required in order to perform the antenna isolation measurements. 1) Signal generator for the frequencies of interest capable of a 0 dBm output level. Modulation is not necessary. 2) Bird Technologies “Signal Hawk” spectrum analyzer which will cover the frequencies of interest and is capable of observing signal levels down to -100 dBm or better. 3) Double shielded coaxial test cables made from RG142, RG55 or RG223 coaxial cable.
EXPOSITION RF Pour conformer aux exigences d'exposition de FCC RF, une distance de séparation d'au moins 69 cm doit être maintenue entre les antennes de cet appareil et toutes les personnes. Pour conformer aux exigences d'exposition de IC RF, une distance de séparation d'au moins 100 cm doit être maintenue entre les antennes de cet appareil et toutes les personnes. Cet appareil ne doit pas être colocalisé ou exploités en conjonction avec toute autre antenne ou transmetteur.
Line Filter Power Amplifier Control Board Power Supply Directional Coupler Power Amplifier Power Amplifier Channel Module Triplexers Figure 5: Front view of the booster. TX RX Systems Inc. Manual 7-9485-1.9.
where they are distributed to the uplink input port of both the 700 and 800 MHz channel modules. inputs of the respective 700 and 800 MHz channel modules. Downlink input signals (764 - 776 and 851 - 869) are picked up by the Donor antenna and applied to the triplexer. The downlink input signals pass through the triplexer and exit at either the 700 or 800 MHz output port.
styles of Channel modules available, a 14 channel version and a 30 channel version. After DSP filtering the analog signal is recreated and up converted with an up-converter board to the original frequency before being output from the channel module at the downlink and uplink output ports. Up converter boards are available in two different styles including low level and high level. If the signal booster is a high-power model then a low level up converter board is used in the channel module.
Figure 7: System Summary Submenu. left-hand side of the page are a list of the major submenus available to the user including System Summary, Control Panel (see note below), Network Configuration, SNMP Configuration, and User Administration. NOTE When the web-based user interface first comes up, the Control Panel submenu choice will not be displayed. The user needs to go to the User Administration submenu and type in the default user name (admin) and default user password (admin).
Figure 8: The Filter Summary Tab. neously. Use the up or down arrow to set the level change amount then press the submit button. On start-up, the booster validates the widths of programmed filters. If any are configured wider than 75 KHz and the booster is set to Class A mode an error message as shown in Figure 9 will appear. The offending filter or filters must be corrected or the booster must be switched to Class B mode.
Figure 10: Filter Detail Tab. Filter specifics are selected from a drop down list that includes Custom, 12.5 KHz, 25 KHz, 12.5 KHz Low Delay, and XML File. Four parameters are customer adjustable including Occupied Bandwidth, Adjacent Channel Offset, Passband Ripple, and Adjacent Channel Rejection. Delay time is calculated by the software. The four adjustable parameters are setup using the Design Filter tool, see the following section of this manual for details.
Figure 12: The design filter interactive display screen. is illuminated the feature is on and when it is dark the feature is off. The Carrier Squelch status indicator will be green if the channel is squelched. The Carrier Squelch status indicator will stay dark if there is no squelching even if the Carrier Squelch radio button is set to enabled. A test signal can be generated for any channel within the system or every channel simultaneously.
Figure 13: The Link Tab. channel module as well as updating any displayed data from the module, but only after the button is pressed. Individual branches or all branches can be enabled or disabled using the enable/disable buttons. After an alarm condition is corrected the alarm can be cleared by selecting the clear errors button. Selecting the factory reset button will return the system to the factory default settings.
NOTE When the Summed Alarm indicator is red, if the cursor is placed over the indicator, a message tab will appear briefly describing the reason for the alarm condition. Seven additional parameters are displayed with numerical values.
Oscillation Detection This feature shuts off the output signals from the booster for both the uplink and downlink whenever an oscillation condition is detected. Oscillation detection occurs whenever port to port isolation falls down to 25 dB or less. For normal operation the port to port isolation needs to be at least 10 dB greater than the gain of the booster. There are four modes of operation for the Oscillation Detection feature including Ignore, Alarm, Shutdown, and Shutdown/Retry.
tributing network configuration parameters, such as IP addresses for interfaces and services. With DHCP, computers request IP addresses and networking parameters automatically from a DHCP server, reducing the need for a network administrator or a user to configure these settings manually. The DCHP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is either active or inactive. When DCHP is active the values for IP address, netmask, and gateway are set to zero.
Figure 18: SNMP Configuration Submenu. the IP addresses of the computers that you want the traps to be sent to. These destination computers must have SNMP manager software installed and running in order to receive the messages. SNMP manager software installation into the destination computers is the customers responsibility. Consult with your IT specialist for assistance. Authentication type is used to verify that the person receiving the trap is the person the trap is intended for.
your IT department regarding setting DCHP active or inactive. 3) Use the SNMP Configuration submenu page to enter up to three destination device addresses. These are addresses where the SNMP feature will send trap messages whenever a qualifying event takes place. Qualifying events include the following; A) Down Converter LO Lock Fail B) UP Converter LO Lock Fail C) ADC Overflow D) DAC Overflow E) General Alarm - over current, over temp, and oscillation.
button and finally the Clear Errors button. This will take the booster out of the alarm condition and return it to normal operation. NOTE IMPORTANT: The SNMP feature may not send traps when the web page is operational. It may hold the trap messages until the web page interface is closed at which point it will then send the traps to the destination computers. Figure 19: SNMP manager example. TX RX Systems Inc. Manual 7-9485-1.9.
APPENDIX A Front Panel Ethernet Connectivity ETHERNET CONNECTIVITY The front panel User Interface connector on the booster provides for 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet connection using the TCP-IP protocol. This product feature allows access to a web-based interface for programming the individual modules within the booster. The web based interface requires a JAVA runtime environment (version 1.6.0 or later) to be installed on your laptop.
1 Transmit (1 & 2) Receive (3 & 6) 8 1 Orange/White Orange Green/White Blue Blue/White Green Brown/White Brown Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 Pin 1 Green/White 2 Green 3 Orange/White 4 Blue 5 Blue/White 6 Orange 7 Brown/White 8 Brown Receive (1& 2) Transmit (3 & 6) Pins 4, 5, 7 and 8 are not used CAT-5 Cross-Over Cable Figure A1: Direct connection to the booster using crossover cable. 6) In your web browsers address box type-in the address of the booster “http://192.168.1.1” and press the ENTER key.
1 Transmit (1 & 2) Receive (3 & 6) 8 1 Pin Orange/White 1 Orange 2 Green/White 3 Blue 4 Blue/White 5 Green 6 Brown/White 7 Brown 8 8 Pin 1 Orange/White 2 Orange 3 Green/White 4 Blue 5 Blue/White 6 Green 7 Brown/White 8 Brown Receive (1& 2) Transmit (3 & 6) Pins 4, 5, 7 and 8 are not used 4 Port Ethernet Hub 1 2 3 4 4 Port Ethernet Hub 1 2 3 4 Internet Modem/Router Modem/Router CAT-5 Straight-Through Cable Remote PC System Figure A2: WAN connection to the booster using straight-through cable
PROCEDURE Before a networked connection can be established, the booster LAN Port must be changed to an IP address that’s compatible with your network. If you are unsure how to determine this address check with your IT support personnel. To connect the booster LAN port to a networked environment and access the web page interface, perform the following steps; 1) Change the boosters LAN port IP address.
APPENDIX B Changing Your Service Computers IP Address When you initially direct connect your laptop service computer to the booster it will be necessary to change the computers IP address. The procedure for doing this varies depending upon your operating system. As an example, this appendix illustrates how to make the change using the Microsoft XP operating system. The procedure for other operating systems will vary slightly from this example. Consult with your IT support personnel if needed.
Figure B2: Select the “Network Connections” icon. Figure B3: Select the “Local Area Connection” icon. TX RX Systems Inc. Manual 7-9485-1.9.
Figure B4: Select the “Properties” tab. Figure B5: Make sure the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” choice is highlighted. Then select “OK”. TX RX Systems Inc. Manual 7-9485-1.9.
Figure B6: Select “Use the Following IP Address”. Figure B7: Enter the new IP Address and Subnet mask Values. TX RX Systems Inc. Manual 7-9485-1.9.
Return Loss vs. VSWR Watts to dBm Return Loss VSWR Watts dBm 30 1.06 300 54.8 25 1.11 250 54.0 20 1.20 200 53.0 19 1.25 150 51.8 18 1.28 100 50.0 17 1.33 75 48.8 16 1.37 50 47.0 15 1.43 25 44.0 14 1.50 20 43.0 13 1.57 15 41.8 12 1.67 10 40.0 11 1.78 5 37.0 10 1.92 4 36.0 9 2.10 3 34.8 2 33.0 1 30.
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