Fiplex DH7 Series, User & Installation Manual

Page 1: ...English DH7 Series Digital Signal Booster User Installation Manual ...

Page 2: ...UM 0821 II Document History Description Revision Date Issued Original version 001 Feb 17th 2015 General Revision 002 May 14th 2015 ...

Page 3: ...ed in this manual are subjected to continuous development and improvement Consequently there may be minor discrepancies between the information in this manual and the performance and design of the hardware and software Specifications dimensions and other statements mentioned in this manual are subject to change without notice This manual or parts of it may not be reproduced without the written per...

Page 4: ...Cabinet 11 Use of Liquid Tight Counduit 14 4 Commissioning 16 4 1 Connection step by step 16 5 Starting Operation 19 Status Indicators 21 Laboratory Measurements 23 Part 2 SOFTWARE 24 1 Introduction 24 2 Local Software Desktop application through USB port 24 2 1 Installation 24 3 Remote Web Server option 30 3 1 IP Connection 30 3 2 Web pages description 30 3 3 RF parameters description 34 ...

Page 5: ...ed Global System for Mobile communication ETACS Extended Total Access Communication System ETSI European Telecommunications Standard Institute FCS Fiplex Control Software GSM Global System for Mobile communication HW Hardware LED Light Emitting Diode LNA Low Noise Amplifier uplink and downlink MS Mobile Station MS antenna towards the mobile station OMS Operation and Maintenance System OL Overload ...

Page 6: ...Article 3 of the R TTE Directive 1999 5 EC Station Ground BTS chassis Signal Booster feeders donor antenna service antenna s and auxiliary equipment splitters tabs etc are required to be bonded to protective grounding using the bonding stud or screw provided with each unit Electrostatic Discharge Static electricity means no risk of personal injury but it can severely damage essential parts of the ...

Page 7: ...s should not exceed 5W This Signal Booster has a maximum programmable composite output power of 5W 37dBm and programmable to 30dBm and 24dBm therefore the gain of the DL antenna should be of 0dBi or less and maintain a minimum separation of 45 cm from all persons and the gain of the UL antenna should be 13dBi or less and maintain a minimum separation of 45 cm from all persons IC Compliance As per ...

Page 8: ...en particulier lorsque le signal de sortie est ré irradié et peut causer des interférences aux utilisateurs de bande adjacents Cette réduction de puissance doit se faire au moyen d une puissance d entrée ou d une réduction de gain et non pas par un atténuateur à la sortie du dispositif Déclaration d exposition RF pour ISED Cet appareil est conforme au Code de sécurité de Santé Canada L installateu...

Page 9: ...osses prevent reliable communication The system receives the UL signal though a Donor antenna to be amplified filtered and re radiated through the Service antennas The DL signal is received by the Service antennas to be amplified filtered and re radiated through the Donor antenna back to the Base Station This way the system works as a Bidirectional Amplifier This signal booster is capable of handl...

Page 10: ...UM 0821 5 2 1 System Block Diagram The following image represents a general bock diagram of this Signal Booster ...

Page 11: ...UM 0821 6 2 2 Product Parts ...

Page 12: ...UM 0821 7 2 3 Dimensions ...

Page 13: ...ng It is not recommended to operate the Signal Booster under bad weather conditions such as Intense rainfall snowfall or hail Storm or high wind Extremely low or high temperature High humidity of the air Mounting 1 Mount the bracket The Signal Booster can be mounted on a wall or pole These mounting cases are shown below in Figure 1 and Figure 2 The bracket is provided with the Signal Booster Figur...

Page 14: ...UM 0821 9 2 After attaching the bracket hang the Signal Booster as shown in Figure 3 Figure 3 ...

Page 15: ...UM 0821 10 3 Secure the cabinet to the bracket as shown in Figure 4 To attach the Signal Booster s cabinet to the bracket use the provided four M6 x 1 2 allen screws Figure 4 ...

Page 16: ...11 Opening and Closing the Cabinet To open the cabinet release the 8 door screws indicated in figure 5 using the provided special allen key A Release Signal Booster cover Figure 5 Use the special allen key N 6 ...

Page 17: ...UM 0821 12 B Open the Signal Booster cover Figure 6 C Close the Signal Booster cover Figure 7 ...

Page 18: ...UM 0821 13 D Secure Signal Booster cover Figure 8 ...

Page 19: ...es to use this connector if available the NFPA cables Ethernet DC or AC cables can be routed through this connector VSWR Repeater Fail VSWR Repeater Fail Figure 9 AC Routing through cable gland or conduit connector If the is not going to use Liquid Tight Conduits then the connector should be replaced by the provided sealing cup as indicated in Figure 10 A Remove the conduit connector ...

Page 20: ...UM 0821 15 B Install the sealing cup Figure 10 Replacement of Conduit connector to sealing cup ...

Page 21: ... are used in the Signal Booster 2 Connect the donor antenna to the To Base RF Port N type female connectors are used in the Signal Booster 3 Once the RF ports of the Signal Booster are properly loaded connect the Main AC power If using the AC model electrical installation must provide differential and thermo magnetic breaker elements according to electric safety international regulations ...

Page 22: ...o the Fire Department Control Box 4 5 6 1 2 3 NC NO NC NO Repeater Fail VSWR Status of contacts Alarms Off Pin 1 2 VSWR normally closed contact Pin 2 3 VSWR normally open contact Pin 4 5 Repeater Fail normally closed contact Pin 5 6 Repeater Fail normally open contact Figure 13 NFPA Dry Contact connection configuration VSWR Repeater Fail Figure 14 NFPA Dry Contact connection location inside the ca...

Page 23: ...d to the power source it takes about 40 seconds to run a booting routine After that time the Signal Booster is ready to be connected via USB cable to a computer running Fiplex Control Software FCS to be properly configured Figure 15 USB port location ...

Page 24: ...nal Booster connect computer to Signal Booster through USB cable and run Fiplex Control Software It is recommend to turn off the power amplifiers 2 Setup desired channel frequencies Since Fiplex Signal Booster is channel selective user has to know what frequencies are used in base station 3 Turn on UL and DL power amplifiers and check that any alarm indicator is active ...

Page 25: ...recommended value for squelch threshold is minimum level received in any active channel minus 10dB 6 Setup desired filter bandwidth depending on presence of adjacent channels In principle recommended bandwidth filter is 90KHz due to its low delay but if adjacent signal is detected narrow filters can be used Spectrum analyzer of FCS can be used to know rejection to undesired signals It is recommend...

Page 26: ...rs door This led panel works as a status monitor in order indicate warning or alarms of Signal Booster The LED panel has four LEDs the first one the power ON indication led labelled PWR The Second LED labelled STS summarizes warnings regarding critical operational conditions of the Signal Booster ...

Page 27: ...cessor is not detected Board Temperature very high internal Signal Booster temperature Base Station Warning No signal is detected coming from base station PA UL Status Alarm alarm based on PA current consumption RF input overflow maximum level at RF input is exceeded Normal state PA DL Status Alarm alarm based on PA temperature PA DL Overflow PA output level is higher than 40dBm RF input overflow ...

Page 28: ...pecific parameters verification and laboratory tests please contact factory Detailed procedures recommended tests set up and a knowledge engineering team will bring adequate support to perform this measurements in a comfortable and safely way ...

Page 29: ...op application through USB port 2 1 Installation The following section will describe the steps to be followed in order to install and use the Fiplex Control software with your Fiplex Signal Booster 1 Before connect USB cable between computer and Signal Booster run the FiplexControlSoftware msi File Next screen will appear 2 Choose the default installation path C Program Files x86 FiplexControlSoft...

Page 30: ...UM 0821 25 3 The installer will start to copy the necessary files 4 After installation has completed a shortcut in user desktop will appear ...

Page 31: ...g on Windows version screen asking for drivers of new device can appear Drivers can be found in application folder C Program Files x86 FiplexControlSoftware drivers 6 Turn on the Signal Booster BE SURE THAT TO MOBILE AND TO BASE PORTS ARE PROPERLY LOADED EITHER WITH 50 OHMS DUMMY LOADS OR RADIATING SYSTEM 7 Execute the Fiplex Control Software Next window will appear ...

Page 32: ...ts not related to Fiplex Signal Boosters will be shown with its number and Unknown device label COM ports related to Fiplex Signal Boosters will show a device description Embedded Web browser graphical area where configuration and monitoring parameters will be shown File menu contains menus to save Signal Booster configuration to a file and load configuration from file to Signal Booster NOTE if Fi...

Page 33: ...tton is enabled NOTE Fiplex Signal Booster could not appear in list if COM port number is higher than COM16 depending on Windows version COM port number can be forced to arbitrary number below COM16 through Device Administrator In order to change COM number click Properties pop up menu Click Advanced Options ...

Page 34: ...Fiplex Control Software window will be automatically maximized and web browser will show the configuration screen Application screens are described in the next section due to these application screens and web pages in webserver remote mode are the same ...

Page 35: ... 3 1 IP Connection Fiplex Signal Boosters use an Ethernet module and 3G Router to give TCP IP connectivity webserver and SNMP Agent In local mode user can connect directly a computer to the Ethernet module using the inside Ethernet cable In order to access to web browser default IP addresses of Ethernet module are detailed in the next table IP Address 192 168 1 10 Network submask 255 255 255 0 Gat...

Page 36: ... Password admin Password can be changed by user using menu described in next sections NOTE in order to restore password push the button placed close to USB Connector during 5 seconds After authentication web browser will load the main page of Fiplex Signal Booster showing RF configuration and monitoring parameters At left side of webpage configuration menus are shown Content Status whole RF config...

Page 37: ...fy webpage password old password is required and new password needs to be written two times After clicking on Apply Changes link new authentication screen appear where user must write new password Downlink Spectrum this page shows estimation for downlink input and output spectrum Estimation for output spectrum takes into account RF input levels and gain bandwidth filters and squelch options progra...

Page 38: ...s for at least half year When the Signal Booster is powered no current is drained from the battery So actual battery life will depend on Signal Booster usage For battery replacement please locate battery holder between USB and Ethernet connectors on main board Battery positive side is UP i e on holder clip After clicking on Apply Changes link next message will appear warning the user that system n...

Page 39: ...Version shows hardware firmware and software versions of Signal Booster and serial number 3 3 RF parameters description Status menu shows whole RF configuration and monitoring data that are distributed along the webpage The first frame called CONTROL is placed in top of webpage showing general configuration of Signal Booster Below this some frames titled CHANNEL 1 CHANNEL 2 There is one for each a...

Page 40: ...4dBm Set maximum output power of Signal Booster at UL band System automatically will apply a correction to share this limit between the active channels For instance 18dBm band limit means 12dBm maximum output power per channels for 4 active channels Squelch enable control Enabled disabled Enabling this control Signal Booster does not transmit in each channel if RF input power do not exceed the thr...

Page 41: ...een button and label ON means that PA is enabled red button and label OFF means that PA is disabled Rf output power indicator Shows instantaneous RF output power at DL band Input overflow alarm Grey normal state Red alarm state This alarm indicates that Signal Booster is being overloaded at DL band due to very high RF input level PA status alarm Grey normal state Red alarm state PA status alarm in...

Page 42: ...available filters to adjust the trade off between rejection to undesired signals and delay RF input power indicator Shows RF input level for each channel RF output power indicator Shows estimation for RF output level for each channels according to programmed gain and AGC control Gain indicator Shows effective gain applied to each channel This value is programmed gain minus the gain reduction due t...