VSWR TEST

Training & Consultancy Unit

Tariq Ismail
JUNE 25, 2010

This document helps understand the operation of Anritsu Site Master, calibrating a site master, setting GSM 900 and DCS 1800 configurations, how to locate and detect a fault. VSWR helps in removing reflection from feeder cables, which is very important as TX/RX calibration would be of no effect if high reflections are found in the table

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ANRITSU Site Master S3310

Operation Manual

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Front Panel
RF Out Port ESCAPE/CLE AR

START CAL SAVE SETUP MARKE R Save Display RECAL SETUP ENTE R RECAL Display

ON/OFF

STEPS TO PERFORM VSWR TEST

MODE

FREQAMPLITU TurnDIST on Site Master DEDE by pressing ON/OFF

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Press Enter to Continue Press RECALL SETUP and select GSM900 or DCS 1800 accordingly Move to Level 3 and lock all DRIs of the sector in which sweep test (VSWR) is required

Procedure to Lock a DRI (assuming DRI 1 0)

Login to BTS through MCUF/H2SC controller card Type the command chg_l Type level 2 password and press enter Type level 3 password and press enter Type the command lock <site ID> dri 1 0 When radio status LED of the DRI starts blinking, the DRI is locked

After locking the sector ,remove feeder cable from the respective DRIs DUP and connect it with RF OUT port of site master Wait for 10 seconds and graphical display will appear showing the reflection throughout cable length. Press MARKER, select M1 and then press EDIT, now u can move the marker through the cable length and check reflections at any desired distance To save a current reflection, press SAVE DISPLAY, save by site name and fault location for easy access in future To view a previous display, press RECALL DISPLAY

Calibrating the site Master (OSL)

Site master will show calibration OFF while configuring to GSM 900 or DCS 1800, a dummy load with open, short and load labeled is used for the site master calibration

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Press START CAL Connect OPEN to the RF OUT port, it will show success Now calibrate by connecting SHORT Finally connect LOAD with RF out port of site master, connect according to the instruction displayed by screen

GSM 900 & DCS 1800 settings

Press RECALL SETUP, list of already configured setups (If any) will appear 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 H H H H OSL OSL OSL OSL SWR SWR SWR SWR 0.0 - 140.0 m 0.0 - 145.0 m 1710.00 1880.00 MHZ 880.00 960.00 MHZ

Steps for GSM 900 configuration We need to set up three parameters; Frequency, Distance and Amplitude Press MODE Select FREQ-SWR and press ENTER Press F1 and enter lower limit Example F1 = 830.00 MHZ Press F2 and enter upper limit Example F2= 1000.00 MHZ (Now frequencies are set) Press MODE again Select DTF-SWR (DTF stands for distance to fault) press ENTER Press D1 to enter start distance

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D1= 0.0 m Press D2 to enter end distance (estimate the length of the cable, it should not be less) Example D2= 140 m (Now distance is set) To set up the amplitude, Press AMPLITUDE Select TOP and enter limit 1.5 Now select BOTTOM and enter 1 (amplitude cannot be lesser than 1) Finally, to save the settings, press SAVE SETUP Check your saved settings for GSM 900 by RECALL SETUP

Steps for DCS 1800 configuration We need to set up three parameters; Frequency, Distance and Amplitude Press MODE Select FREQ-SWR and press ENTER Press F1 and enter lower limit Example F1 = 1700.00 MHZ Press F2 and enter upper limit Example F2= 1900.00 MHZ (Now frequencies are set) Press MODE again Select DTF-SWR (DTF stands for distance to fault) press ENTER Press D1 to enter start distance D1= 0.0 m Press D2 to enter end distance (estimate the length of the cable, it should not be less) Example D2= 140 m (Now distance is set)

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To set up the amplitude, Press AMPLITUDE Select TOP and enter limit 1.5 Now select BOTTOM and enter 1 (amplitude cannot be lesser than 1) Finally, to save the settings, press SAVE SETUP Check your saved settings for GSM 1800 by RECALL SETUP

VSWR Test is a must before any DRI calibration, it there are reflections in cable, calibrating that DRI will not be effective