ArWest AW400 Service Manual

AlphaWave Users Manual AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005

6. TOOLS 6-1 6.1 TEST KIT 6-1 6.1.1 SPECTRUM ANALYZER 6-1 6.1.2. BERT 6-2 6.2 DEALER CONFIGURATION TOOLS 6-6 6.2.1 CONFIGU

8.FIRMWARE COMPONENTS 8-1 8.1 EMBEDDED SOFTWARE / FIRMWARE 8-1 8.2 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 8-1 8.2.1 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE CONVENTION

LIST OF FIGURES Table 1-1: AlphaWave Physical Specifications 1-1 Table 1-2: AlphaWave General Radio Specifications 1-4 Table 1-3: Standa

Figure 3-13: AWare Tool Bar 3-12 Figure 4-1: AWare Preferences 4-2 Figure 4-2: Communication Preferences 4-2 Figure 4-3: New Profi

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AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 WHAT IS THE ALPHAWAVE (AW) SYSTEM AlphaWave (AW) i

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 monitor and maintain the user’s communications link. The output transmit power,

1.1.1 MODEL NUMBERS The AlphaWave naming protocol utilizes a two (2) letter prefix AW and a three (3) character suffix to identify which part of the

1.1.4 MANAGEMENT TOOLS The built-in management tools along with “AWare” and “Pocket AWare” configuration and monitoring software applications provid

Figure 1-4: AW Transceiver – Side View LEDs Figure 1-5: AW Transceiver – Top View 1.2.2 AW INTERFACE CABLE Included with each system is a

The serial Data Interface can be configured through the software to operate in half and full duplex operating modes. The serial line Data Rate should

1.2.4 SERIAL MAINTENANCE INTERFACE The serial asynchronous interface allows connection to external se-rial devices. All commonly supported baud rat

1.2.7 RF INTERFACE The stand-lone unit’s RF interface is a 50-ohm impedance matched standard BNC/TNC connector as required by regulations. The RF in

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 2. CONFIGURE YOUR ALPHA-WAVE All AW products are shipped as Remote unit

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AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 3. AWARE - GENERAL DESCRIPTION AWare is a MS Windows® based software program d

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 3.1 PRODUCT FEATURES 3.1.1 MANAGEMENT AWare is intended to manage the ArWest ra

3.2 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 3.2.1 USER INTERFACE CONVENTIONS AWare uses the following user interface conventions: • Menu options and buttons that end wit

Figure 3-1: Mainframe Default View Figure 3-2: Mainframe with Undocked Child Windows 3.2.3 SITE VIEW PANE This window shows the list of

channel. In the “Dealer” version of AWare, the Site View Pane is also used to display the tree of available unit profiles. The “Unit Profile” tree pro

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Figure 3-3: Menu Bar 3.2.7 FILE MENU The configuration information is stored in the Configuration Profiles. The Configuration Profiles can be save

and internal parameters. Those parameters are, input/output line properties, link configuration, radio modems configuration and so on (see section 5).

Figure 3-6: View Menu Where: Menu Bar – Show/Hide menu bar; Tool Bar – for hide/show the tool bar; Status Bar – for hide/show the status bar; Site V

Dealer Configuration – provides a set of tools to edit and load Dealer Configuration Parameters (available for Dealer and Workshop Version); Factory C

tion parameters into the unit through the serial interface. The “Factory Configuration” sub-menu of “Tools” menu provides an access to the tools inte

Figure 3-10: Performance Menu Where: Rx/Tx Statistics – opens the tables and graphs of performance information unique for ArWest radio modems not c

Help contains the following items: Figure 3-12: Help Menu Where: Help Topics – opens application help topics in the separate dialog with contents,

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 4. CONFIGURATION FILES The configuration information used by AWare is stored in

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 Figure 4-1: AWare Preferences 4.1.2 COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES The Communicatio

tings for Maintenance serial port are grayed out. If the Dedicated Maintenance Port is checked then the MP/DP Selec-tion Line option must be grayed ou

one archival copy of the Program for use with the same computer. LICENSOR and its third-party suppliers retain all rights to Program not expressly gr

• Output Power Level • Protocol • Sleep mode • Alarm Settings 4.3.1 CREATE A USER SETTING PROFILE The menu item File > New Profile creates a ne

Figure 4-3: New Profile Dialog Box The New Profile dialog box indicates the list of available units’ con-figurations. The indicated unit configurati

4.3.2 OPEN A USER SETTING PROFILE The full path of the User Setting Profile last used is stored in the sys-tem registry. The program automatically ope

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AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 5. PLANNING OF WIRELESS CLUSTER To open “Unit Properties” dialog box for the

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 The last three identification parameters (Unit Name, Owner and Call Sign) are us

Figure 5-2: Factory Properties The unit’s factory identification includes: • Mandatory Entry of Serial Number – Specifies whether AWare will automa

5.2.1 LINK GENERAL PROPERTIES Figure 5-3: Link General Properties Tab The following controls reside in the Link General Properties tag: • Modulatio

• Automatic Scanning – it is a default option that grays out the Frequency Channel edit box. The List of frequencies scanned by the unit can be assig

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− Range (0-7) − Scrambling: On/Off • Link ID (this variable is valid only if Scrambling is “On”): − Seed for Pseudo-Random Sequence Generator (1-

corresponding channels. AWare displays the list of available carrier frequencies based on information from the specific unit profile file. Figure 5-5

• Activate by Real-time clock: • After 100 to 2550 ms of sleeping time • Activate by Control Lines: • DTR • RTS (default) • DTR & RTS • Act

The First Event Output (TTL1) control allows the operator to route the alarms and the inputs from remote sensors to the first event (TTL) output: • S

Figure 5-7: Alarm Properties Tab 5.4 SERIAL PORT FEATURES PROPERTIES This menu item helps to configure radios’ service features such as the user dat

Hardware - (RTS/CTS) flow control; Xon/Xoff – flow control is performed by software; None – flow control is not used. Figure 5-8: Data Port Properti

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AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 6. TOOLS AWare built-in installation and system monitoring tools are using speci

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 • Refresh – starts the Spectrum Analyzer test procedure on the unit. Figure 6-

the Transmit option, the network operator will be able to select these values for BERT test: • The Output Power Level for transmitter: defined throug

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The allowed values for BER tolerance is <10-3, <10-4, and <10-5. The range of tolerance for frame loss rate is in the range from 10%, 1%, and

RXS is the receiver sensitivity as a function of the selected modulation type and channel spacing: PWR is the transmitter’s output power level a

6.2 DEALER CONFIGURATION TOOLS Dealer Configuration Tools is the group of software utilities intended to load Dealer Configuration Parameters. Dealer

6.2.1 CONFIGURING CHANNEL MAPPING Figure 6-5: Channel Map for Dealer Configuration The Dealer uses Channel Map tab to program frequencies and map t

6.3.1 TCXO CALIBRATION TOOL This option allows operator/technician to adjust the output frequency value if it varies during the operation from the pre

2 Select the Tools > Factory Configuration > Calibration Kit > TCXO of AWare main menu bar. 6.3.2 ALC CALIBRATION TOOL This option allows ope

1. Set the Desired Output power level to 13 dBm (Power); 2. Change the Attenuation value from 31 to 0 (by step 1); the DAC gain is automatically se

orders the AlphaWave unit to switch on the testing receive mode (TSTRX ON command). Figure 6-8: RSL Calibration Box The measurement procedure shal

To activate the RSL Calibration Tool dialog box: 1. Select a unit name (icon) from the Site View pane. 2. Select the Tools > Factory Configurati

Figure 6-9: Download Dialog Box 6.4.2 DOWNLOADING A DEALER CONFIGURATION FILE To activate Downloading Dealer Configuration dialog box: 1 Selec

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6.4.3 DOWNLOADING A FACTORY CONFIGURATION FILE To activate Downloading Factory Configuration dialog box: 1 Select a unit name (icon) from the Site

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 7. STATUS AND STATISTICS 7.1 STATUS 7.1.1 TERMINAL TAB This window is design

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 include ES, SES, ESR, SESR, Unavailable Time, and Available Time (see Figure 7-3

• Reset – Resets the statistic information; • Run – gets the statistic information; • Close - Close statistic window; • Help - Help options for st

• Transmitted Frame Counter (TFC) – displays the number of transmitted frames since the beginning of the calculation. • Unrecoverable Frame Counter

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 8. FIRMWARE COMPONENTS 8.1 EMBEDDED SOFTWARE / FIRMWARE The Embedded Software/F

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 − Activate by internal real-time clock − Activate through RTS/CTS lines − Act

8.3 “AWARE” CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE “AWare” is a software application running on an external PC in Win-dows 98/ME/2000/NT/XP environment that provides

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AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 APPENDIX A RADIO MODEM SPECIFICATIONS Page A-1 Appendix

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 Index-2 2. CONFIGURE YOUR ALPHA-WAVE 2-1 2.1 PLUG AND PLAY (DEFAULT

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 A-1 Alpha-Wave Environmental Specifications Parameter Specification Temperat

A-2 Transmitter Specifications A-3 Receiver Specifications Parameter Specification Output Power 13 dBm to 33 dBm in 1 dB steps Output Power Cont

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AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 APPENDIX B COMMAND LINE INTERFACE COMMANDS Page

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 Page B-2 The built-in user-friendly Command Line Interface (CLI) allo

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 Page B-3 B.1 CONVENTION The following convention is implemented in th

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 Page B-4 B.3 LINK The LINK command is responsible for configuring r

B.4 DPORT The PORT is an object that responsible for data port interface con-figurations like Bit Rate, Flow Control, etc. PORT [Parameter Name] [P

The Alarm LED must indicate the SYNC Loss and BER exceeding the defined threshold. B.7 SLEEP The SLEEP command determines the sleep mode parameters

be connected. To get the complete unit list, the CONNECT command must be used with no parameter. The list of units in the Point-to-Point link with est

4. CONFIGURATION FILES 4-1 4.1 AWARE PREFERENCES 4-1 4.1.1 STARTUP PREFERENCES 4-1 4.1.2 COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES 4-2 4.2 CONFIGURATION

B.10 STATE The STATE command is used to check the state of the wireless link, the unit in the link, and the alarm control lines. To specify a radio

AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005 Page B-9 B.11 EVENT The AW unit records the events in the event log

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