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Low capacity digital radio system

Periodical controls and equipment operating

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Contents

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GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

PERIODICAL CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3
3.1
3.2

EQUIPMENT OPERATING CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Normal operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Alarm conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Tables
Tab. 1

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1 GENERAL
Subject document describes the controls to be executed on the equipment to verify and
check its correct functioning.

2 PERIODICAL CONTROLS
The only periodical controls to be executed on the equipment are the following ones:

visual control of the equipment integrity with possible cleaning procedure of the
equipment itself

check of the power supply voltage value; such a value must be comprised into the
defined limits (20% of the nominal value)

software check of the RF RX power

yearly cleaning and new pressurization of the wave guide, in case of RF

connections with elliptic wave guide.

3 EQUIPMENT OPERATING CHECK

The equipment operating status can be checked in every moment by means of a service
PC equipped with a control and configuration software (refer to the software OMN
Manual).

3.1

Normal operating conditions

The equipment normal operating conditions are pointed out by:

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alarm signaling red lamp off, on the rack front top

all the alarm signaling red LEDs off, on IDU front panel

green LED on, signaling the supply voltage presence, on 2 Mbit/s Tributary unit
front panel

all the other signaling LED, located on IDU front panel, in the status expected for
the current operating condition of the equipment

transmitted and received RF power at nominal values

absence of alarm signaling via software

value displayed on RCV FIELD display of every RTM unit, such a value is ranging
between -91 dBm (min. received power value) and -30 dBm (max. received value).

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For the correct equipment operation, it is necessary that the value

on "RCV FIELD" display of RTM unit ranges between -91 dBm (min.
received power) and -30 dBm (max. received power) with accuracy
2 dB. Should the received power be below the minimum
threshold, number "-99" is displayed. Instead, should the received
power exceeds the maximum threshold, the value power indication
accurancy makes worse since the ODU RX RF chain saturates and
so prevents the equipment damaging limiting the signal level.
Up to real received signal power -20 dBm the equipments works
correctly with BER 10-10.

In Tab. 1 the status is indicated of the signaling LEDs, located on the front panel of IDU
in conditions of normal operation.

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Tab. 1 LED lighting up status in normal operating conditions

Unit

Controller unit

LED

Colour

Status

Red

OFF

ABN

Yellow

OFF

URG

Red

OFF

NURG

Red

OFF

IND

Yellow

OFF

INT

Red

OFF

MEM

Yellow

Red

CH1 and
CH2

Green

OFF; it must be ON should an alarm condition have been

memorized
OFF
Significant only in (1+1) configuration:
OFF, in case of radio channel automatic selection
ON, the LED corresponding to the on line RX channel
forced manually

Alarm/Alarm and Fan

unit (optional)

Red

ON

TEMP

Yellow

OFF

2 Mbit/s Tributary unit

Green

ON

Red

OFF

OS LINK

Green

Red

LINE 1 and
LINE 2

Green

ODU

Green

BUSY

Green

CONF

Green

Red

OFF

ODU ALM

Red

OFF

OPEN
CABLE

Red

OFF

ODU OVL

Red

OFF

ALIGN

Green

BER

Red

CH1 and
CH2

Yellow

The LED corresponding to the on line channel is ON

ON LINE

Green

ON

Q-Adapter unit
(optional)

EOW unit
(optional)

RTM unit

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ON should the connection be active to the TMN

supervisory center; otherwise, it must be OFF
OFF

The lighting up status depends on the operational status of

the service telephone channel (see document "Use of the
service telephone channel")

ON; significant only in (1+1) configuration

OFF

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Alarm conditions
An alarm condition usually indicates a fault in one of the equipment assemblies (IDU
and/or ODU); sometimes, the cause may be an external abnormal operation of the
equipment (e.g., fault on remote terminal, etc.).
An equipment alarm condition can be pointed out:

by the lighting up of an alarm red/yellow LED on the front panel of the faulty part
and by the lighting up of the red summary lamp (if present) on the rack top

by the incorrect lighting up status of a green/yellow LED on IDU front panel

by an alarm signaling via software.

The summary alarm signalings are also returned to the outside by Alarm/Alarm and Fan
unit (if equipped).
FINE

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