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The following alarms were seen during the WCDMA RAN Rollout on the RNC/RXI/RBS. This do ument will !e u"dated an# time new alarms with wor$arounds ome in.
ALARM: Carri#r%R&Di'#r!ityLo!t
This alarm will ause a degraded arrier he $ whether the R' or *' is lo $ed if onne tion is o$+ tr# to restart the "ort for that se tor /lhsh 883488/666 restart1 might !e om!ined with antenna alarm 2AiDe.i e9AntennaS#stem(ro!lem or TmaDe.i e9AntennaS#stem(ro!lem7+ see !elow for more info
ALARM: Carri#r%R#*#ctSi+na$Fro(,ar-.ar#
This alarm is issued from se.eral )W+ mainl# R'+ TX!oard and RR' insert new )W if this doesn-t hel" re!oot the RBS 2there has !een a CSR whi h re=uires re!oot7
ALARM: R/D#'ic#Gro/0%G#n#ra$,1Error
This alarm indi ates "ro!lems with the om"onent 2written at !eginning of alarm+ in this ase R'7 restart R' "ort+ restart whole R' !oard if doesn-t hel"+ re"la e R'
ALARM: AiD#'ic#%E2t#rna$3nitFai$/r#
This alarm a""ears if the feeder or :um"er a!le is onne ted in orre tl# or damaged or the TMA an !e fault# he $ the antenna+ :um"er a!les+ a!le onne tions .isuall# and also !# swa""ing them among the se tors and see whether alarm mo.es he $ the TMA
ALARM: E2t#rna$T(a%LnaFai$/r#BranchA
This alarm omes u" when the two transistors am"lif#ing the R* signals in the TMA fail. The ell an still arr# traffi as long as !ran h B is wor$ing+ howe.er+ the RX might !e degraded. >? run s ri"t to modif# the TMA "arameters
Che $ in 5MAS the e=ui"ment .iew for the RBS Restart the s"e ifi R'/*' in RBSSu!ra $
ALARM: Carri#r%3L%GainPro)$#(
Che $ attenuation in B5MAS+ RBS needs one of ea h+ D(C&+ T(A+ TR
ALARM: Carri#r%3L%GainTr/ncat#Che $ whether feeder loss is outside the a e"ta!le range 2ma6 is @d!7 Che $ "ower Are R' !oards stead#
ALARM : A/2P$/+In3nit%Pi/Conn#ctionLo!t
(iu "owered offA Ca!le "ro!lemA *'/R'A >? Che $ / a!61
ALARM: T(a%LnaFai$/r#
Che $ .oltage 2what TMA gi.es out7+ if too low >? he $ *' 2!ad or short ir uit7 >? restart *' if 8 >? he $ if internal"ower is set to #es 2in 56ternalTma M07 he $ urrent 2what antenna "ulls out7 >? he $ if also AiDe.i e 2antenna7 alarm
ALARM: CL3%Lo!!o"Main
&ost "ower+ node is in !a $u" mode
ALARM: FC3%D#'ic#Gro/0%N/()#ro",1Entiti#!Mi!(atch
Was )W re"la edA It then might ha.e a different re.ision >? restart (luginunitM0 for that "ie e
ALARM: FC3%D#'ic#Gro/0%FanFai$/r#
3 *C' has fan+ if ena!led and unlo $ed+ restart it
ALARM: R&Di'#r!ityLo!!
Che $ if *' Is lo $ed
ALARM: Carri#rR#*#ct
If )SD(A is ena!led+ disa!le it+ the alarm will then go awa#
ALARM: IMAGro/0In!/""ici#ntLin5!
IMABrou"Insuffi ient&in$sat*ar5nd IMA is usuall# disa!led+ !ut IMA lin$ is ena!led >? delete/re reate IMA+ if that doesn-t hel"+ >? or lo $ the a ti.e !oard 2for e it to go o.er to the redundant one7+ unlo $ after 2so it goes !a $7 >? or reset the "ro essor on !oard
ALARM:PS3D#'ic#Gro/0%G#n#ra$S1Error
restart (S'De.i eBrou"
ALARM:Carri#r%Sin+a$NotR#c#i'#-1ithinTi(#
i.e. Se tor>3+ Carrier>3 >? is TX!oard u"A >? disa!le )SD(A+ t6de.i egrou" on slot 38
ALARM:B"/%Batt#ryChar+in+Fai$/r#
he $ .oltage on !atter#+ should !e around C8D+ if not /a Au6(lugIn'nit1 2from (S37 restartAu6'nit
ALARM: AiD#'ic#%Ant#nnaSy!t#(Pro)$#(
'se the following RBS ommand, Moshell <rbs> lt antennabranch get antennabranch antennaSupervisionThreshold lt tma get tma power In the RBS there is feature to measure the DSWR 2Doltage Standing Wa.e Ratio7. In sim"le words+ the DSWR is a measure of the refle tion in the R* "ath aused !# fault# e=ui"ment !etween the RBS and the Antenna. In ase of nonHTMA sites+ the RBS has another feature all DC resistan e. See the following ta!le to see whi h features are used for the 3S (ar5#t.
Con"i+/ration>S/0#r'i!ion
TMA S6
3. 0nl# antenna 4. R5T/RI'+ no ASC/TMA J.TMA+ e6ternal "ower su""l# ;. TMA+ "ower su""l# !# *'/AI' C. ASC
No No No No No
No No No Ies No
No Ies Ies
Note, 0!ser.e that when TMA is defined Bran h B has N0 su"er.ision. If the antennasu"er.isionthreshold is not set orre tl# 2general .alue is ;<7 then we see this alarm. The formula for the different t#"es of su"er.ision is in M0M and gi.en !elow as well, When DC resistan e su"er.ision is used the threshold ma"s to a resistan e 2R7+ R > 2383HantennaSu"er.isionThreshold7K8.3C ohm When DSWR su"er.ision is used the threshold is ma""ed to a return loss 2R&7+ when "erformed !# ASC, R& > ; E 8.3KantennaSu"er.isionThreshold dB when "erformed !# *', R& > J.J E 8.44KantennaSu"er.isionThreshold dB DSWR > 23E38L2HR&/4877/23H38L2HR&/4877 The threshold .alue 8 means that the su"er.ision is t/rn#- o"". In this ase as$ the AS( to "ut dumm# loads on the RBS to eliminate alarms with the Antenna.
ALARM, E2t#rna$TMA%-#+ra-#->Fai$#Moshell <rbs> cabx M The a!6 "rintout has (0RT information at the end. M *or a J se tor site there are @ (0RT information. 0ne line for M R' and *' de.i es 2J R'EJ*'7. The printout shows the port, for example, ==================================== SMN APN PORT BOARD ==================================== 0 12 port_0_dev_8 RU22 0 12 port_0_dev_8 FU 0 12 port_4_dev_9 RU22 0 12 port_4_dev_9 FU 0 12 port_8_dev_10 RU22 0 12 port_8_dev_10 FU ------------------------------------
lhsh 001200/port_x_dev_ !ui get devstat M get "ort information from a!6 5nsure that the de.stat "rintout from a!o.e has N3@888mD for ea h se tor and the urrent is !etween C8mAH488mA+ if and onl# if the site has TMA! -#"in#- and is !eing 0o.#r#- !# the 'MTS RBS 2M0,e6ternalTMA+ Attri!ute,internal"ower7. 5a h RBS in the 'S mar$et+ has threshold when this alarm is generated. These thresholds are in"ut into the RBS using s ri"ts. The thresholds .ar# for single !and TMAs and dual !and TMAs. Ma$e sure that the right threshold is set for the t#"e of TMA. Below is the threshold s ri"t for =ui $ referen e. acc SystemConstants=1 writeConst y 300 00001 acc SystemConstants=1 writeConst y 301 135 acc SystemConstants=1 writeConst y 302 270 acc SystemConstants=1 writeConst y 303 135 acc SystemConstants=1 writeConst y 304 270 *or more information a!out the thresholds "lease see the following do ument.
ALARM: Carri#r Di'#r!ity Fai$#->D#+ra-#In the RBS antenna !ran h A is TX/RX while !ran h B is RX onl#. )en e there are two RX "aths 2RX di.ersit#7. The RBS monitors the two RX "aths and om"ares the signal re ei.ed from !oth of these "aths. If there is signifi ant /mismat h1 !etween these "aths 2li$e TMA failure on !ran h B. Remem!er !ran h B has no su"er.ision7 then this alarm is generated. This alarm is su""ressed if there is a higher "riorit# alarm su h as the AI9De.i e9antenna9s#stem9"ro!lem. Bi.e lgar ommand in moshell to see if this alarm was raised and su""ressed.
Solution: Make a cv on the RBS and cold restart RBS to clear alarms for imalink=3 and imalink=4. cvms <cv name> <user> <comment> acc 0 restart A$ar(: Carri#r%3LGainTr/ncat#Symptoms The RBS sectors which have lon feed ca!les with feeder loss !i er than "d! et alarm #arrier$%&'ainTruncated( Bad #overa e on %) The *arameter ulfeeder+tteunation should !e set accordin to the actual feeder len th( even if the feeder attenuation is reater than "d!.The TRs ,'-.4./ and ,'"0""0 12R3ad-405/6 have !een o*ened in 7&M. The *ro!lem occurs at sites with feeder losses !i er than "dB and it is the entered feeder loss value that tri ers this alarm. The alarm doesn8t *oint out a real error 1e9ce*t in the case that the o*erator enters a value that are !i er than "dB !: mistake6( its more of an information that the feeder are lar e and *erformance can et de raded with lar e feeder losses.
REMEDY; This is a warnin alarm issued when the %& am*lification internall: in the RBS cannot com*ensate for the attenuation in the +ntenna <eeder #a!le. =*timal sensitivit: is no lon er o!tained. 3othin in the RBS chan es state !ecause of this situation and trafic handlin continues. The e9ternal attenuation( that is the com!ination of the ain of the TM+ and the %& +ttenuation of the +ntenna <eeder 1+nt<eeder#a!le6( is lar er than what the &ow 3oce +m*lifier 1&3+6 on the <% can com*ensate for. 2hen that situation arise( the alarm #arrier$%&'ainTruncated is issued. +cce*t the *resence of the warnin alarm. The ul+ttenuation of +ntenna<eeder#a!le shall not !e chan ed to a false value( as that im*acts the *ower measurements. This alarm is *lanned to !e removed in a later sw revision on the RBS. The correction to this fault( 2R3ad-405/( will !e delivered !: #R 2R3ad-40.4 in RBS #>7 .0- 050. R30+( included in R+3 4.0.-4 which is *lanned to !e released on ?une 44. The 7/)@ *acka e name is not known at the moment !ut will !e released at the same time as the 74 *acka e. ALARM: Lo!! o" Trac5in+ @ Lo!! o" Synch R#"#r#nc# R#-/n-ancy
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79B9-78-37 87:??:7; M Lo!! o" Trac5in+ r#0$ac#a)$#%/nit%0ro)$#( Synchronization=7 79B9-78-37 87:?C:7; . Lo!! o" Synch R#"#r#nc# R#-/n-ancy r#0$ac#a)$#%/nit%0ro)$#( Synchronization=7
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