Fiplex DHS Series, User & Installation Manual

Page 1: ...English DHSxx PS800 Digital Fiber DAS User Installation Manual ...

Page 2: ...UM 0909 II Document History Description Revision Date Issued Original version 1 0 July 3rd 2014 General Review 2 0 March 2nd 2016 General Update 3 0 7 June 2017 ...

Page 3: ... describes the software Hardware and software mentioned in this manual are subjected to continuous development and improvement Consequently there may be minor discrepancies between the information in the 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...

Page 4: ...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 PA Power Amplifie...

Page 5: ... Directive 1999 5 EC Station Ground BTS chassis MOU 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 equipment if not handled carefull...

Page 6: ...ch as binocular or a microscope Never handle non dark fibers RF Exposure As a part of a Telecommunications System MOU1x is not intended to radiate signals and meets EMC directives but within the System may have cables and antennas that are potential sources of radiating Contact the System Design to verify the compliance of the Exposure to Non Ionising Radiation ...

Page 7: ...ate that the ERP of type B devices should not exceed 5W This device has a maximum programmable composite output power of 5W 37dBm 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 RSS 131 Iss...

Page 8: ...orsque 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 installateur de cet apparei...

Page 9: ... The advantages of using digital signal transportation over fiber are to avoid the addition of the fiber analog noise when it is used to transport analog signals Along with this the UL squelch of the Digital Remote Unit works not only per channel but also per time slot this makes the Fiplex Digital DAS solution unique by its outstanding management of the UL noise The Fiplex Digital Master Unit can...

Page 10: ...UM 0909 6 2 1 Digital Master Unit Ports The Digital Master Unit is equipped with internal duplexers therefore the enclosure has the To Base RF Port ...

Page 11: ...UM 0909 7 2 2 Digital Remote Unit Ports The Digital Remote Unit is equipped with internal duplexers therefore the enclosure has the To Mobile RF Port ...

Page 12: ...UM 0909 8 2 3 FO Connection 2 3 1 FO Connection in Master Unit Note Each fiber connection is performed with simplex fiber and LC APC connector ...

Page 13: ...UM 0909 9 2 3 2 FO Connection in Remote Unit Note Each fiber connection is performed with simplex fiber and LC APC connector ...

Page 14: ...UM 0909 10 2 4 Dimensions 2 4 1 Digital Master Expansion and Remote Unit Cabinet Dimensions ...

Page 15: ...ng It is not recommended to operate the DAS 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 cabinet 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 each cabinet Figure 1 Figure 1 shows a bra...

Page 16: ...UM 0909 12 2 After attaching the bracket hang the cabinet as shown in Figure 3 Figure 3 ...

Page 17: ...UM 0909 13 3 Secure the cabinet to the bracket as shown in Figure 4 To attach the cabinet to the bracket use the provided four M6 x 1 2 allen screws Figure 4 ...

Page 18: ...909 14 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 cabinet cover Figure 5 Use the special allen key N 6 ...

Page 19: ...UM 0909 15 B Open the cabinet cover Figure 6 C Close the cabinet cover Figure 7 ...

Page 20: ...UM 0909 16 D Secure cabinet cover Figure 8 ...

Page 21: ...e user requires to use this connector if available the NFPA cables Ethernet DC and AC cables can be routed through this connector 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 22: ...ipped with a Nema4X enclosure however to ensure the Nema rating the user must have the following considerations 1 Correct use of the Liquid Tight Conduit In case this interface is not used it should be replaced with the sealing cup 2 Sealing cups should be installed in the non used cable glands 3 The RF Ports should be perfectly mated ...

Page 23: ...l cable to remote unit N type female connectors are used in the unit b Connect fiber cable to internal optical module LC APC connector is used in the unit 3 Once RF ports of the unit are properly loaded connect the Main Power the AC or DC source depending on the model If using the AC model electrical installation must provide differential and thermo magnetic breaker elements according to electric ...

Page 24: ...de the cabinet 5 Once the unit has been connected to the power source it takes about 30 seconds to run a booting routine After that time unit is ready to be connected via USB cable to the Digital Master to a computer running Fiplex Control Software FCS in order to be properly configured Figure 13 USB Port location ...

Page 25: ...the master through fiber optic checking link status 2 Enable channel filtering if needed and setup desired channel frequencies If Fiplex Digital Fiber DAS is used as channel selective user has to know what frequencies are used in base station Each channel can be enabled independently Channels not used can be showed hidden using the Show channels checkboxes If remote units are on and connected thro...

Page 26: ...d output attenuator for each remote to obtain desired output level in each remote 4 Reciprocally set UL band gain adjusting output attenuator of master unit It is recommended that DL gain and UL gain be equal Set number of active channels and frequencies Set Input attenuator Set Output attenuator ...

Page 27: ...shold 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 Fine gain can be set to equalize input signals Set Output attenuator Check UL and DL gain for each remote DL squelch settings...

Page 28: ...UM 0909 24 Filters and fine gain settings ...

Page 29: ... blinking fast blinking on Table 1 describes alarm and warning conditions for each led state in the master device and Table 2 is for remote devices Table 1 Indicator Panel LED indication description Unit is not powered or fail in power supply Normal state Unit is powered on Normal state HW fail digital signal processor is not detected Temperature very high internal unit temperature Optical fiber a...

Page 30: ...rflow or excessive temperature alarm PA Underflow PA output level is lower than 25dBm Normal state Where Led OFF Led slow blinking with period of 2 seconds aprox WARNING Led fast blinking with period of 0 5 seconds aprox ALARM Led ON 4 4 Laboratory Measurements For specific parameters verification and laboratory tests please contact factory Detailed procedures recommended tests set up and a knowle...

Page 31: ...ully installed and connected to Digital Master see section 7 status screen will appear In this screen RF configurations parameters channel frequencies bandwidth filter gains attenuation and RF and optical links monitoring RF input output levels AGC status optical link status are shown At left side of webpage configuration menus are shown Content Status whole RF configuration and monitoring paramet...

Page 32: ... writing new values on text fields Also router 3G IP address can be viewed in this screen if 3G router option is installed Downlink Spectrum in order to know input signal level of desired channels unwanted channel levels Digital Master provides an spectrum analyzer that shows input signal in frequency domain Date Time for units with Ethernet supervision page to modify real time clock When the repe...

Page 33: ... IP password and date and time menus After any configuration change web page will show and icon that allows user to know if configuration has been successfully applied o Reload Settings clicking this link repeater configuration data is refreshed Version shows hardware firmware and software versions of repeater and serial number 6 2 RF parameters description Digital Master Status menu shows whole R...

Page 34: ...n be fine adjusted Power indicator Level of each channel measured according to its bandwidth filter is shown in dBm units Led indicator shows if levels exceeds squelch threshold green or not yellow Squelch enable control Enabled disabled Enabling this control repeater does not transmit in each channel if RF input power do not exceed the threshold level configured according to next row Squelch thre...

Page 35: ...t level in UL band AGC Grey normal state Red alarm state This indicator shows gain reduction that master unit is applying at RF output to prevent PA UL overload Output Attenuator RF OUT to Base Station UL 0dB to 30dB Output attenuator to adjust UL gain System UL gain can be computed as G_UL dB 80 AttOUTmaster dB o Master Board status general parameters of master unit are contained in this frame Pa...

Page 36: ...er unit Parameter Range Description Frequency UL band Uplink frequency channels These frequencies are derived automatically from downlink frequencies taking into account frequency separation between DL and UL bands Channel enable Enabled disabled Each of 12 channels can be enabled disabled Bw Filter 90KHz 45KHz 30KHz 20KHz 15KHz Bandwidth of channels filter can be independently adjusted if filteri...

Page 37: ... describes information of this frame Parameter Range Description Output power level This indicator shows the PA output power PA Overflow Grey normal state Red alarm state Indicates that PA is overloaded Condition is output power higher than 43dBm Downlink gain from master to remote Shows downlink gain for each remote Can be calculated as G_DL dB 80 AttInMaster dB AttOutRemote dB AGC Shows gainr re...

Page 38: ...y Sync Green Normal state Red Alarm state This indicator shows frequency synchronization status between master and remote unit Status Green Normal state Yellow Warning state Red Alarm state This indicator summarizes the status of optical module based in voltage current temperature and optical transmitted power Rx Detect Green Normal state Yellow Warning state Red Alarm state This indicator summari...

Page 39: ...o only remote side of optical link is monitored 7 Local Software Installation and troubleshooting 7 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 repeater 1 Before connect USB cable between computer and repeater run the FiplexControlSoftware msi File Next screen will appear ...

Page 40: ... x86 FiplexControlSoftware Note that this can change according to your system configuration 32bits or 64bits language and Windows Version 3 The installer will start to copy the necessary files 4 After installation has completed a shortcut in user desktop will appear ...

Page 41: ...n 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 Repeater 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 42: ...ports Available COM ports not related to Fiplex devices will be shown with its number and Unknown device label COM ports related to Fiplex devices will show a device description Embedded Web browser graphical area where configuration and monitoring parameters will be shown File menu contains menus to save repeater configuration to a file and load configuration from file to repeater NOTE if Fiplex ...

Page 43: ...s enabled NOTE Fiplex repeater 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 44: ...UM 0909 40 Change COM port number 9 Click Connect Fiplex Control Software window will be automatically maximized and it will show the configuration screen described in previous sections ...

Page 45: ... will go back to initial window Moreover if some communication problem occurs while device is monitored the software will go back to initial state as well 11 Remote unit can be controlled through USB port In this case Fiplex Control Software will show that connected device is a remote unit After click on Connect button program will show only remote configuration and monitoring parameters with same...

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