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ABOUT THIS MANUAL This Product Manual describes the Deko4078SD Digital Multi Channel Selective 700/800 MHz signal booster and provides information on the setup, configuration and troubleshooting procedures. TO WHOM IT IS INTENDED This Product Manual is intended for experienced technicians and engineers. It is assumed that the customers installing, operating, and maintaining Deko4078SD signal boosters are familiar with the basic functionality of signal boosters.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. SAFETY WARNINGS Throughout this manual, important safety warnings are included to warn of possible hazards to persons or equipment. A safety warning identifies a possible hazard and then describes what may happen if the hazard is not avoided. The safety warnings – in the form of Dangers, Warnings and Cautions must be followed at all times.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. Glossary The following is a list of abbreviations and terms used throughout this document.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. REVISION HISTORY The revision history for this document is shown in Table 1-1. Table 1-1: Revision history P/N 300SC30031 Revision Date Description 1.0 14-July-2008 Initial Version 300SC30031 1.2 11-AUG-08 Modifying model numbers P/N 300SC30031 Rev. 1.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. CONTENTS About This Manual ....................................................................................................................... 2 To Whom It Is Intended ............................................................................................................... 2 Notice ..........................................................................................................................................
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER 4.2.3 4.2.4 DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. Configuring the Filters ................................................................................... 26 Configuring the Modem Parameters ............................................................. 28 4.3 Verifying Site Coverage ................................................................................................ 29 5 Navigating the 700/800 DMSB signal booster Management Tool.....................
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. Appendix C: Configuration and Management Using DDF Application ................................ 61 Commissioning the Signal Booster .................................................................................... 61 Installing the DMSB Management Tool on the Computer ......................................... 61 Opening a Session .................................................................................................
PRODUCT MANUAL 1 DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. INTRODUCTION Deko4078SD Digital Multi-Channel Signal Booster provides cost effective indoor and outdoor communications coverage for the complete 700/800MHz Public Safety spectrum assigned to the wireless networks.
PRODUCT MANUAL • AGC per channels/band • Dry-contact alarms • High linear amplification • High spectral purity • Highly accurate frequency selection • Excellent out-of-band interference prevention • Mechanism for tunable rejection of interference from adjacent cellular and paging frequencies • SmartALC™ technology: • 1.2 DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. The following figure shows the operation flow in the downlink path and the uplink path. 1.4 DEKO4078SD ELEMENTS The elements are installed in a 19 inch cabinet and are supplied with the necessary connections except for the RF antenna connections, power (AC outlet) and dry contact alarm connections (the dry-contact alarm cable is supplied with the accessories).
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. 1.4.1 MAIN UNIT 1.4.1.1 Front Panel Interfaces The front panel includes the LED indicators and Ethernet port (for service personnel). Status indicators Ethernet port for management Figure 3. Main Unit Front Panel The following table provides a brief description the front panel indicators. Table 3. Main Unit Front Panel Indicators Status Indicator Power On Status System 1.4.1.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. The following table provides a description of the rear panel ports.
PRODUCT MANUAL 1.4.2.2 DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. Rear Panel Interfaces The power amplifier rear panel includes the interfaces to the Main unit and to the Donor/Base and Service/Mobile antennas. Figure 5. Power Amplifier Rear Panel The following table provides a description of the rear panel ports.
PRODUCT MANUAL 1.4.3 DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. POWER SUPPLY INTERFACES The power supply feeds the power DIRECTLY to the Main unit and is provided with 1 to 3 installed (power) modules (for redundancy) which are preconfigured according to the installation. The figure below shows the Power Supply rear panel. The figure below shows the Power Supply rear panel. Note that the dipswitches are factory set according to the installation and should not be modified.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. 2 SITE AND INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS This section provides information on the site installation considerations and requirements. It is recommended to review the procedures described in this section before installing, deploying or operating the system. 2.1 RACK INSTALLATION, ENVIRONMENT AND CABLES • Follow all local safety regulations when installing the system. • Follow Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) precautions.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. Specifications: • Omni directional antenna with 2.2 dBi typical gain. • Example of omni-directional antenna specifications: Gain: VSWR: Impedance: 2.3 2.2 dBi < 2:1 50 ohm GROUNDING WIRES REQUIREMENTS Note: The grounding requirements are only relevant for the rack installation where the system elements are not supplied with the required connections. Requirements for grounding wires 2.
PRODUCT MANUAL 3 DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. PHYSICAL INSTALLATION This section describes the installation procedure for the Dekolink 700/800 DMSB system. 3.1 OVERVIEW The system is supplied in a cabinet with the required connections. For this type of system, the installation procedure consists of: 1. Selecting a location for the system according to the requirements described in Chapter- 2 . 2. Unpacking the cabinet system (see3.2) 3.
PRODUCT MANUAL 3.3 DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. CONNECTING THE DONOR AND SERVICE ANTENNAS CAUTION DO NOT CONNECT THE ANTENNA CABLES TO THE BOOSTER BEFORE VERIFYING THE INSTALLATION PARAMETERS - SPECIFICALLY THE ISOLATION BETWEEN THE ANTENNAS. DO NOT POWER-ON THE BOOSTER (USING THE INTERNAL SWITCH) WITHOUT EITHER THE ANTENNAS BEING CONNECTED OR THE ANTENNA CONNECTIONS TERMINATED WITH DUMMY LOADS.
PRODUCT MANUAL 3.4 DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. VERIFYING GROUND CONNECTIONS All of the units’ grounding lugs are located on the left side of their rear panels. The Deko4078SD units’ ground connections are interconnected and the final grounding connection is performed to the cabinet rack grounding lug located on the left side of the bottom shelf (accessed from the rear). See below. Figure 9.
4 COMMISSIONING THE SYSTEM This section provides the initialization and setup procedures for the Deko4078SD signal booster. The procedures are performed through an Ethernet connection between the Deko4078SD signal booster and a computer. Note. This chapter only describes the parameters required to provision the Deko4078SD signal booster. The application window options are fully described in Chapter- 5 . 4.1 OPENING A SESSION 4.1.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. 4. In the Items list, select “Internet Protocol (TCP*IP)” and click the Properties button. The “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties” dialog appears. Note: The Booster is supplied with the default IP address 192.168.1.253. 5. Assign your computer an IP address in the same subnet, in order to communicate with the unit. • In the IP address area: • Enter the IP address 192.168.1.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. 3. Type the default User Name admin and the default Password admin Note: Both User name and Password are case sensitive and must be entered with lower case letters. 4. Click Login. The application main window appears. 4.2 COMMISSIONING THE SYSTEM The commissioning procedure consists of the following steps for each Deko4078SD: 1. Configuring the Booster parameters 2.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. 2. In the Isolation Settings field area, determine the Isolation and Back off isolation parameters. The application calculates the Max gain (dB) accordingly. 3. In the Input Window field area, configure the Input window High Limit parameter which determines the signal boosters’ signal range. The Low limit is automatically determined according to the configured High limit. Note: The attack and release times can be configured.
PRODUCT MANUAL 4.2.2 DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. VIEWING ALARMS Click the Alarms tab and verify that all the alarms displayed in the Summary View screen are green. Figure 13. Alarms Summary View P/N 300SC30031 Rev. 1.
PRODUCT MANUAL 4.2.3 DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. CONFIGURING THE FILTERS The DMSB Management Tool enables selecting up to a total of 24 filters for the 700 and 800 bands and provides five available configuration options to choose from (downlink routing). The default downlink routing setting is 12 filters for 700MHz, 12 Filters for 800MHz. Upon initial installation there are no filters listed and they must be added.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. Click to view graph of filter characteristics. Center Frequency Figure 15. Add/Edit Filter Window The filter parameters are displayed with default values, however these may be modified. Note that the filter PL enable parameter is disabled by default. 3.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. Figure 16. Filter Description 4.2.4 CONFIGURING THE MODEM PARAMETERS NOTE: This section is relevant only if a modem is connected. 1. Click the Deko-CMU Communication tab of the CMU window. The following window appears. Figure 17. Communication Parameters Window Page 28 Proprietary Data P/N 300SC30031 Rev. 1.
PRODUCT MANUAL DEKO4078SD MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL BOOSTER DEKOLINK WIRELESS LTD. 2. Define the following modem communication parameters: • Communication – Fixed IP • Local Phone Number • Remote Phone Number • Modem Password 3. Click Apply. 4.3 VERIFYING SITE COVERAGE Once the installation is complete, verify coverage on site. Deko4078SD enables you to transmit an ID tone on each channel in order to verify coverage on that channel using a continuous tone. See section 6.1. P/N 300SC30031 Rev. 1.
