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2012-01-27

Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark

TetraFlex

7.5 Manual - BS421 Configuration

TetraFlex® 7.5

Manual

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2.6.4 Add a transceiver

Adding a transceiver to a SB421 can be done either from the BSC-GUI or using OM

command:

BSC-GUI:

Select the BSC tab and click on the TR’s configured menu and then add the TR. When

clicking Ok the setting is saved.

TetraOM: connect to the BSC Perform the following commands:

F75 <Enter>

This shows the configuration for TR 11-28

If the displayed message does not correspond to the actual number of TR, perform the

command: F75/xx/ADD (F75/xx/REMOVE removes the TR again). xx =TR number e.g. 11.

Summary of content (91 pages)

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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS421 Configuration 2.6.4 Add a transceiver Adding a transceiver to a SB421 can be done either from the BSC-GUI or using OM command: BSC-GUI: Select the BSC tab and click on the TR’s configured menu and then add the TR. When clicking Ok the setting is saved.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS421 Configuration 2.6.4.1 Diversity configuration Two TR421 may be used without the RF coaxial connection between them. In this case the system will behave normally as a 2 carrier system, but will NOT support diversity.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS421 Configuration The Damm BS system has a flexible system to provide synchronization between individual Transceivers. Build-in GPS Receivers give absolute time synchronization to the radio cells. External Inputs can also be marked as Primary Sync. References.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS421 Configuration Master 2 priority: 1) Ext. Master 0, Master Mode 2) Ext. Master 1, Master Mode 3) Int. GPS RX 4) Ext. Master 3, Master Mode 5) Ext. Master 4, Master Mode 6) Ext. Master 0 7) Ext. Master 1 8) Ext. Master 3, Resync-only 9) Ext. Master 4, Resync-only 10) Int. Free-Run Master 3 priority: 1) Ext. Master 0, Master Mode 2) Ext. Master 1, Master Mode 3) Ext. Master 2, Master Mode 4) Int.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS421 Configuration If no GPS synchronized Master or higher prioritized free-running Master is available at restart, Masters will try initially to synchronize to lower prioritized free-running Masters. A BS will resync automatically after a short time if Century Second and Phase Detector are out of sync with a valid sync source.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS421 Configuration TR11 SEC IN TR12 SEC IN SEC IN 1 (BSC2) SEC IN 2 (BSC1) Figure 2-20: 1 second Sync indicators NOTE: HW changes to SB421 interconnection board and TE2 and TR4 required 2.6.4.4.1 GPS setup commands To enable GPS synchronization execute the following TetraOM commands: 72/IN/G/+ 2.6.4.5 BS421 manual frequency adjustment procedure If the BS is operating without GPS sync.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS41x Configuration 2.7 BS41X CONFIGURATION 2.7.1 Turn on Base Station power Turn on the BS Power by turning on the switches on the front of the PS411 Power Supplies and the Mains outlet. Power-up will take 2-3 minutes, mainly determined by the start-up time of Windows operating system on the BSC.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS41x Configuration 2.7.4 Setting the main parameters The settings can be set and changed from the BSC GUI or with OM commands. Both are described in this chapter. The BSC-GUI can be started from the Start menu – TetraFlex – BSC - BSCGUI: First set the Main parameters from the Main tab Description: e.g.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS41x Configuration and Longitude fields. Set to “No” the Latitude and Longitude settings can be set manual. OM command M71/POS/GPS/+ for “Yes” and M71/POS/GPS/- for “No” Latitude and Longitude: Manual setting of the Latitude and Longitude coordinates of the Node, This will be overwritten with the actual GPS position if Position change from GPS allowed is set to Yes.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark 2.7.5 Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS41x Configuration Add a Transceiver A new TR412 Transceiver can be inserted “live” into the Rack. If already configured in the BSC, the TR412 will automatically start-up. Before removing a TR412 it should be blocked and the TX stopped. The settings can be set and changed from the BSC GUI or with OM commands. Both are described in this chapter.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS41x Configuration Setting the desired TX power level for all TR41x use the BSC-GUI, BS-Tab select the TX rack output power: The setting is Tetra Mode output power at Rack TX Antenna connector. An insertion loss of the combiner system of 4.0dB is assumed. If the value is lower or higher than the TR412 limits, the TR412 will set the power to the minimum or maximum power respectively.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS41x Configuration 2.7.7 Diversity Setting-up the diversity and TMA/TMD pre-gain can be done from the BSC-GUI, BS tab. Select RX pre-gain and RX diversity: OM Command: F73/RXDIV/n Where n reflects the diversity type D = Diversity A = RX-A antenna only B = RX-B antenna only F73/RXPREGAIN/n.n Where n reflects the dB value 0.0 to 9.9 (nominal 6.0) TetraFlex® 7.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS41x Configuration 2.7.8 TX alarm Setting -up the TX antenna alarm configuration can be done from the BSC-GUI, BS tab. Select the desired TX antenna alarm and make the changes: OM Command: F73/TXANT/xx/yy/z.z/0.nn Where: xx reflects TX antenna level 1 alarm setting 06 to 16 dB return loss yy reflects TX antenna level 2 alarm setting 06 to 16 dB return loss z.z reflects minimum forward power 0.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS41x Configuration 2.7.9 Add a Power Supply A PS411 Power Supply can be inserted into and removed from the rack during normal BS operation. Before it is inserted or removed, be sure, that both switches on the front plate are in OFF position. The PS411 automatically receives the configuration from the BSC at start-up.
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Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS41x Configuration Set local blocking to off again 01- Local blocking off 2.7.12 Save BSC and TR configuration The various settings are from TetraFlex® version 7.5 saved automatically when making changes from BSC-GUI or OM-commands. 2.7.13 TMA/TMD installation adjustment 2.7.13.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS41x Configuration The test cable must be a 50 cm long RG214 cable with two N-male connectors. 2.7.13.3 Adjustment Procedure Step 1: Prepare the adjustment: o Connect the PC to the BS, log-on and address a TR to be used for the adjustment. Any TR connected to the node can be used.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - BS41x Configuration o Register the RSSI on the TMA input. If step 1 and 2 has been done correctly, the reading should be –105dBm, if the cable losses are 8dB. If the cable losses are less than 8dB, the input levels will be higher than –105dBm. The feeder loss will be: Feeder loss = 8-(105dBm+RSSI)/2 dB. o Adjust with AI411 RFTL “OUT” the RSSI TMA input reading exactly half the way down to –105dBm.
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Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Network Management Installation 2.8 NETWORK MANAGEMENT INSTALLATION 2.8.1 The DAMM Network management Application The Network Management software (NM) is preinstalled on every SB421/ BS41x delivered with TetraFlex® and need no installation to run. NM may be executed on any node from a remote desktop connection to the node or with a keyboard/mouse and display connected direct to a SB421 or a BSC412.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Network Management Installation 2.8.3 SNMP gateway The SNMP gateway operates together with NM. To utilize SNMP you will need an SNMP Management Application. This application will gain access to the status of the TetraFlex network through the “SNMP Gateway”. This gateway could be a node in the TetraFlex network.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark SNMPInstall.reg NM.exe Network Management.lnk DAMMGLOBALMIB. Mib Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Network Management Installation  Start Windows SNMP Service. Registry file containing registry settings necessary to install the SNMP extension dll. The settings in this file will be imported by the SNMP_Install.vbs file. Network Management application.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Network Management Installation [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "AutoAdminLogon"="1" "DefaultUserName"="tetra" "DefaultPassword"="tetra" 6. Place the Network Management.lnk file in the startup folder to make the Network Management application startup automatically upon boot.. 7.
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Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Network Management Installation A SNMP Management Application uses the information in the DAMM-GLOBAL-MIB.MIB file for configuration and setup, please refer to the user guide for your SNMP Management Application to set it up. SNMP gateway has been tested to work with WatchUp Gold 14.2 The following figure is a graphical representation of the DAMM-GLOBAL-MIB module (The Damm MIB tree).
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Network Management Installation nodeNumber dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.1 bscNumber dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.2 bscIdString alarmNode dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.3 dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.4 alarmCommon dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.5 alarmSubscriber dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.6 alarmRadio dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.7 alarmVoiceGw dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.8 alarmPdGw dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.9 alarmAppGw dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Dispatcher Installation 2.9 DISPATCHER INSTALLATION 2.9.1 The DAMM Dispatcher Application The DAMM TetraFlex® Dispatcher is a Windows application consisting of the core TetraFlexApi.dll and the associated Graphical User Interface. The DAMM TetraFlexApi.dll contains all the functionality to connect to the TetraFlex® Network and has a fully documented API to interface with the GUI.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Dispatcher Installation The share looks like this seen from an external PC: \\< IP address or node name >\TetraFlex\Dispatcher < IP address or node name > is either the IP address or the DNS name of the node where youo install the Dispatcher from and where the Application Gateway is defined. When the setup.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Dispatcher Installation  Browse to "Local Policies" -> "Security Options". Now look for the entry "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" and open it. Click on the dropdown menu and select "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated". Apply the settings.  In the Advanced sharing settings page of Network and sharing center, you need to set it as Work/Home profile.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Log Server 2.10 LOG SERVER Warning: When installing the Log Server on a system with a former database version, the log server backs up the old database and Log Client and starts up with a blank database. To view the content of the old databasse, use the back’ed up version of the Log Client. 2.10.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Dongle Configuration Values Name Dongle serial number Dongle Date Limit Application Date Limit CDR and MS location logging SDS Content Log Max. number of concurrent voice logging channels Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Log Server Description DAMM serial number of the dongle programming.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Log Server Please see the following LogServer.ini file description that corresponds to the fields in the LogServer Configuration tab except fields marked with * . LogServer.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Log Server LogServerNo AutoDetectLocalIps Int Int 25 1 LanIp String 0.0.0.0 WanIp CtrlMulticastIp String String 0.0.0.0 224.239.16.1 CtrlMulticastPort Int 42402 LogSrvMulticastIp String 224.239.17.1 LogSrvMulticastPort Int 42402 VoiceMulticastPort Int 42396 CallInfoLogEnabled Int 1 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual with other LogServer settings as well.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Log Server SdsLogEnabled Int 1 VoiceLoggingCh Int 8 LogAllMsByDefault Int 1 This setting can enable/disable SDS logging. This setting only has effect when using a License dongle where SDS logging is allowed. This setting defines how many concurrent calls can be voice logged. This setting only has effect when using a License dongle where voice logging is allowed.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark 2.10.4.2 Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Log Server External Log Workstation and Log Server The external Log Workstation and Log Server are pre-installed and preconfigured from DAMM at delivery. If for any reason it has to be reinstalled this procedure must be followed: This description is based on a Windows 7 platform installation, but it also applies to Windows Server 2008 platforms.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Log Server If the machine has 2 NIC's: Select the "WAN" Network interface card which should be the external NIC on a Workstation. Look for the white "LAN" label on machine by the network card plug to identify it. Right click and select "Rename" from menu, name it "WAN". Set the Connection type to "Home or Work (private) networks" 2. Disable "Automatic updates" Go to "Control Panel\System and Securi
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Log Server 5. Install "MySql Community Server" The latest MySql Community Server can be found at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/ There are 2 versions, a 32bit and a 64bit version, select the one that matches your hardware. Right click Setup.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Log Server 7. Create Tetra user Create the user 'tetra' with the password 'tetra'. The 'Local Security Policy' setting: 'Password must meet complexity requirements' must be disabled, to allow the short 'tetra' password.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Log Server This causes a delay of approx 2 minutes after power on before startup of the service. This is necessary because the dongle might not be ready when Log Server Service is started (only seen on machines with SSD disks and very short reboot times). Executing the "LogServer Restart" will copy and generate the necessary LogClient install files.
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Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark   In the “Advanced sharing settings” page of “Network and sharing center”, you need to have it set as “Work/Home profile”. Try : ○ ○ ○ ○ 2.10.4.5 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Log Server Enable network discovery Turn on file and print sharing Turn off password protected sharing Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers SQL Server 2.10.4.5.1 General Description The SQL Server used is a MySql server.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Voice Gateway 2.11 VOICE GATEWAY Voice gateways can be activated on any node using the SIP protocol with Voice-over-IP (VoIP). The gateway is able to handle up to 31 simultaneous speech connections including conversion of speech from TETRA to A-law and vice versa, when running on the standard BSC412 platform and up to 15 simultaneous speech connections when running on a standard BSC421 platform.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Voice Gateway 2.11.1 Voice Gateway configuration This section describes the configuration needed to setup the system for SIP operation. To configure a Voice Gateway, use the TetraFlex NM application, BSC-GUI or the TetraFlex OM as described here (see also this manual in part 3 - Network Management – Voice GW): TetraFlex® 7.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Voice Gateway  The SIP registration name (Alias) must be unique and can only be generated by the BSC_GUI or OM command “S73/NAME/”. e.g. “S73/NAME/TETRA-16024-2”. The name must be entered as the SIP Alias name into the PABX as well SIP registration name and password cannot be generated by NM, only by BSC-GUI or OM commands.
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Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Voice Gateway The PABX samples are shown for the Innovaphone IP800, but may be any SIP compatible device. The status of Voice GW can be verified using the BSC-GUI or with the OM command S13: Figure 2-23: Voice Gateway Status 2.11.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Voice Gateway Figure 2-25: Gatekeeper registration The Alias name and password (if used) must be consistent with the name defined in the BSC Voice GW NOTE: To be able to enter registration mode “Gatekeeper / Registrar”, a “Gateway, Gatekeeper” license must be present in the IP800 unit.
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Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark 2.11.2.1 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Voice Gateway Example of the IP800 objects. Notice that the route table must be defined too. Figure 2-26: Objects in PABX mode (example) 2.11.2.2 IP 800 Route table example Please note that this example shows an IP800 which serves as gateway for several TetraFlex® systems Figure 2-27: Route table example Dialing 724000 will be transformed into 01.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Voice Gateway In this example several TetraFlex systems use the same GW i.e. TF24 to TF28 and more TetraFlex® 7.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Packet Data Gateway 2.12 PACKET DATA GATEWAY The Packet Data Gateway can be used as a Gateway between two networks; in this case Subnet 2 connected to the Wan and another network Subnet 1 connected to a MS device.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Packet Data Gateway To configure the Packet Data gateway use the Network Management program (NM), BSCGUI or the TetraOM application (OM) NOTE: Packet Data GW configuration is only needed for Packet Data access from TetraFlex to the public world. PD access Tetra to Tetra is always available and need no configuration.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Packet Data Gateway  The IP Address Segment must be set from the Config dialog.  From the Network Management configure a packet Node attachment (if not already done via TetraOM). This is done from setup in the subscriber register in the different profiles where PD-GW access is desired (PD GW must be active). In the dialog below PD GW 1 node is checked and Node 1 is attached for profile 0 (e.g.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Packet Data Gateway  In the profile make sure the DNS IP address is configured and the packet data GW 1 node number is configured.  If the MS is to be used for packet data transfers make sure an IP address is configured within the specific subscriber. E.g. Bellow: SSI 100502 has IP 172.28.0.23. TetraFlex® 7.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Packet Data Gateway 2.12.2 PC network configuration Using a standard Windows XP machine use the following steps to setup the modem connection between the PC and the Tetra MS. o Sepura  See Reference Document MOD-06-195 (Sepura Packet Data User Guide) o Modem configuration  From the Control Panel open the “Phone and Modem Options”.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Packet Data Gateway o Select the network in the connection wizard and type “Set up an advanced connection”. o Select “Connection directly to another computer” within the Advanced Connection Options. o Configure the PC role for Guest. o Assign an appropriate name for the connection. o Select the modem device for connection. o Configure the connection availability for anyone’s use.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Application Gateway 2.13 APPLICATION GATEWAY 2.13.1 Application Programming Interface (API) Application Gateways can be activated on any node, allowing applications/dispatchers to be connected to the system.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Application Gateway 2.13.2 Support The TetraFlex API is the connection tool for the DAMM dispatcher application. The API itself is fully documented in the TetraFlexApi.h file, which can be used of third party vendors to create their own Applications. The use of the API demands a combination of Tetra knowledge and programming skills.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Application Gateway The API client and associated files will now be installed on the client PC in a directory called c:\Tetra\applications\Dispatcher\Default or the application SSI number you choose. The API development files and test applications can be downloaded from www.damm.dk extranet.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Application Gateway o The config.txt must reflect a relevant TSI or User No. (the application SSI created in the subscriber register) for your system. Also enter the PIN code and user number assigned in the subscriber register. At least one gateway needs to be set. This is where the IP address of BSC WAN is entered. The IP address must contain full octets, so leading zeroes must be entered - e.g.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Application Gateway Figure 2-30: Configuration methods. Configuration file and dispatcher connection o A different configuration method is to start the dispatcher and select: “Views -> Connection Configuration” from the top menu Provided the previous steps have been accomplished, the Application will start up and initiate connection to the BSC. . TetraFlex® 7.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Application Gateway 2.13.7 API Dongle settings E.g. of dongle settings for using the API DLL Figure 2-31: Node dongle Figure 2-32: Client Dongle To allow communication between the API.DLL and a Node, the Node Dongle must have the Application Gw. Conn. Max set to a number >0 to allow the Application GW to be used by the API.DLL (Dispatcher) and the Client Dongle (used in the PC) must have the API.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Application Gateway 2.13.8 Configuration file Examples of “how to use a txt editor” to set the connection configuration of the API DLL in the config.txt file: NOTE: All blanks must be filled out. This means that a SSI must be 8 digits, MNC must be 5 digits, and IP address segments must be 3 digits and so on.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Application Gateway 2.13.9 Test of API function To test if the API functionality is configured correctly, two methods may be used (API test tool or OM commands) Both methods require the API to be initiated. 2.13.9.1 API test tool The API test tool can be downloaded from www.damm.dk extranet and is available in a C# version and in a Delphi version.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Application Gateway 2.13.9.1.1 Check API connection o Select the “TetraFlexAPiGetConnectionStatus” button This will result in a message showing that the API is connected: Figure 2-35: C# Test API connection 2.13.9.1.2 Test via TetraOM To be able to connect to the API via TetraOM, the API must be initialized as described before.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Application Gateway Figure 2-37: API connection status o TetraOM command 01/L (R/01/L for dynamic) will show the connection status 2.13.9.1.3 Useful commands o In the Config header press 30/CONFIG/GUI, the GUI configuration window opens. , or TetraOM command Figure 2-38: GUI Window TetraFlex® 7.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - Application Gateway o In the Subscriber header press , or TetraOM command 30/SUBSCR/GUI, the GUI configuration window opens. Figure 2-39: Subscriber window TetraFlex® 7.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TetraOM 2.14 TETRAOM 2.14.1 TetraOM This section describes how to communicate with the BS4xx Base Stations and control applications in order to handle the units during installation and maintenance. The TetraFlex® system incorporates a Base Station Controller, referred to in this document as the BSC For a complete list of TetraOM commands see the TetraOM help files manual.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TetraOM For the indoor BS41x, IP connection to the TR412’s, combiner and Power supply is not possible and must be made via the HDLC bus. To activate the HDLC bus UART, use TetraOM command AU+. If for some reasons the HDLC cannot be activated use AU/FORCED first. For onsite situations, a CRT, keyboard, and mouse can be connected directly to the BSC with standard extension cables.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TetraOM The TetraOM allows automatic execution of a TetraOM command repeated (R) or continuously (C): R/”OM command” C/”OM command” can be used to poll a state within the BSC,TR. PS, Combiner. can be used to view the messages from the message queue. Example: R/07/S (Show the actual time date and century seconds) C/63/N (Shows the GPS data stream from a BS421) 2.14.3.1.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark 2.14.3.3 Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TetraOM Configuration Many calibration and system parameters are stored locally in a sector of the Flash chip. At power-up and reset, all settings are copied into the workspace RAM, from where the different software tasks take the settings. Any change in the configuration is only made in the workspace RAM. To store the new configuration locally, a save command shall be made.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TetraOM Figure 2-41: OM Connection The connection list may be empty. To connect to the TR or BSC, a new entry in the list may be created by selecting New and afterwards double-click on the entry. It is recommended to name the connection into some well defined name. As an example this syntax might be used: “System Number”-“Site Number”-“Unit Description”-“Organization” E.g.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TetraOM Figure 2-42: TetraOM communications window When connected, the TetraOM communications window will appear. Normally this window will be a black command screen with a welcome text or an error message if some commands have failed. Communication with the BSC,TR, PS and Combiner (BS41x) is now possible by issuing TetraOM commands.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TetraOM Figure 2-43: TR Identity 2.14.3.5 TetraOM Help Most used commands will quickly be familiar. For more rare used commands a help system is available documenting all available commands and options, The HELP is accessed either by pressing F1 or clicking on the Help button. The help system contains a help file for each device in the base station.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TetraOM Figure 2-44: OM Help After selecting a device a list of all available commands is shown: Figure 2-45: OM Help After selecting a specific command, an execution window appears. In this window the command syntax is explained and applicable command parameter(s) may be entered. Please observe that all of the yellow fields must be filled out TetraFlex® 7.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TetraOM Figure 2-46: OM syntax When the yellow spaces are filled out and the Execute button is selected (or the enter key is pressed), the command is send to the unit. The TetraOM will return to the terminal window, and the command response is shown. Don’t forget to save (70/SAVE or F70/SAVE for the BSC) 2.14.3.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark 2.14.3.7 Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TetraOM TetraOM logging Air Trace Logging The TR has a built in functionality to collect all messages sent over the air interface using the TetraOM command 48. It is possible to setup logging to a file or log real-time to an air trace application. 2.14.3.7.1 Logging to File o 48/FILE/”destination” – e.g. \CF-Card\tetra\work\trace1.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark 2.14.3.7.1.3 Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TetraOM Creation of OM log files o Select the TetraOM main form and chose logging. o Browse to enter destination and filename. o Click only terminal responses to collect the message responses exchanged between the TR, PS, Combiner and BSC. o Type the TetraOM command to be logged: R/ or C/” TetraOM command”.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark 2.14.3.8 Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TetraOM Useful TetraOM Commands Note: Nothing entered, does not mean that a command is not valid. Only main commands are listed, subcommands may be present BSS (Base Station Switch).
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TR Remote desktop communication (VNC) 2.15 TR REMOTE DESKTOP COMMUNICATION (VNC) 2.15.1 VNC setup An alternative way to communicate with the Base Station is to use the VNC program. The TR is as a standard provided with a VNC Server to allow one user at a time to establish a remote desktop session with the TR. To establish a remote session, start VNC on the Windows computer.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TR Remote desktop communication (VNC) Selecting “My Device” will open the device window Figure 2-49: VNC CF card directory The files on the TR are now accessible; for an instance the CF-Card directory contains all SW for the TR You can now operate the Windows CE on the TR remotely from your computer. 2.15.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - TR Remote desktop communication (VNC) Now it is possible copy files to / from the CF-Card 2.15.3 Changing General setup and Sync Pressing the tool icon will show a toolbox where it is possible to setup general parameters o o o o o o TR number TR ID string TX output RX-B input (6dB diversity preamble) BSC connection IP’s Synchronization For Sync and SyncOout, set the values to the opposite IP i.e.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration 2.16 IP BACKBONE NETWORK LAYOUT AND CONFIGURATION 2.16.1 Multi node router considerations From release 7.40 it is deemed mandatory to implement routers for realizing the interconnection. In fact it is not in relation to changes introduced in 7.40 that the routers have been mandatory.
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Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration ISDN Internet IP 3000 SIP IP 800 Firewall Work Station Application VPN WAN 10.x.x.x Telephone BSC 1 BSC 2 Terminal Server Log Server LAN Cisco Router Rendezvous Backbone Network Cisco 1841 Cisco 1841 LAN Node 001 BSC 1 172.16.1.h BSC 2 TR 1 Node 002 TR 2 WAN PBX Cisco 1841 Cisco 1841 LAN BSC 1 172.16.2.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark 2.16.3.3 Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration Redundant BSC – SB421 or BS41x In case the node has redundant BSC – the router will need to have optional module installed. A 4-port switch module (HWIC-4ESW) is available from Cisco. 2.16.4 IP addressing schemes IP addressing recommendation is based upon a 172.16.x.x address.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration for both the signaling group and the log server group. The joining of the two groups will be active for as long as the BSC is active. When a call is initiated, it is signaled to all other BSC on multicast group .1. All other active BSC will receive this message.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration Instead of the default gateway entry on the LAN port settings in WinXP/WES2009, it is necessary for the routing of unicast and multicast packets – that the SB421 is told otherwise how to deliver the packets relevant for other parts of the network – to the router.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration Figure 2-55: Adding persistent route entry NOTE: Adding persistent route is not applicable when using switched network, i.e. without routers involved. 2.16.5 Considerations about network bandwidth When designing a backbone network for the TetraFlex® multinode system it is applicable to take into account also the traffic load i.e.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration Activity in the TetraFlex® nodes may induce traffic load on the connecting IP backbone network. This load varies, depending on the type of activity. 2.16.5.1 Group call: The communication scheme in use for group calls is point to multipoint. As the call type by nature is one too many – this is comparable to point to multipoint.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration There will, at all times when the network is activated, be a background load on the router network. The load origins from the control messages exchanged between the BSCs. The control packets will load the router network with 0.3 Kbit/s per active BSC. 2.16.5.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration Figure 2-57: Viewing IP configuration In case you need to alter these settings, use the below selection of commands: Figure 2-58: Applicable OM commands Always remember that in TetraOM, pressing “F1” will open the help files. The LAN port in the SB421 must have settings corresponding to the below example.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration Figure 2-59: IP configuration of LAN interface card 2.16.7 Recommendation It is strongly recommended that installers of the router network are familiar with IP networking, router technology and especially Cisco products. If such familiarity does not exist, it is strongly recommended to seek advice with a knowledge Cisco installer. 2.16.
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Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark 2.16.10 Doc. No. Rev. Date DRAFT 1.01 2012-01-27 ® TetraFlex 7.5 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration Applicable router techniques As described previously in this document the router network between the nodes must provide both unicast transport and multicast transport. Damm Cellular Systems A/S recommends the use of Cisco products and especially the 1841 modular router has been tested and found suitable for this purpose.