Aeroflex 3900 Series User manual

3900 Series

TETRA Option Manual

1002-4401-3P0

Issue-4

Digital Radio Test Set

3900 Series

Digital Radio Test Set

TETRA Option Manual

PUBLISHED BY

Aeroflex

transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise

without the prior permission of the publisher.

Original Printing May 2005

Issue-2 Aug 2005

Issue-3 Jan 2006

Issue-4 May 2006

10200 West York Street/ Wichita, Kansas 67215 U.S.A./(316) 522-4981/FAX (316) 524-2623

Preface

About this Manual

This manual describes the use and applications of the 3900 TETRA Systems. Refer to the 3900

Series Operation Manual for information on use and operation of the Test Set.

Nomenclature Statement

The 3901 Digital Radio Test Set and 3902 Digital Radio Test Set is the official nomenclature for the

test sets currently included in the 3900 Series of Digital Radio Test Sets. In this manual, 3900, unit

or Test Set, refers to both the 3901 and 3902 Digital Radio Test Sets unless otherwise indicated.

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for users familiar with the use of TETRA Radios and TETRA Systems and

with the operation of the 3900.

Test Set Requirements

Refer to the 3900 Series Operation Manual for information on the following:

Safety Precautions

Power Requirements

Platform Performance Data Specifications

Repacking/Shipping Test Set

Some screen shots may reference frequencies above 1 GHz, which are only

applicable to the 3902 Digital Radio Test Set.

Preface

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Contents

Manual Layout

Preface

Chapter 1 TETRA - General Information

General information concerning the 3900 TETRA features and capabilities.

Chapter 2 Common TETRA Operation

Information on features common to all TETRA systems.

Chapter 3 AutoTest Commands for TETRA MS

Chapter describes the commands used with the TETRA MS System.

Chapter 4 TETRA Systems Configuration Tiles

Describes the Configuration Tiles used throughout all TETRA Systems.

Chapter 5 TETRA MS System

Describes use and capabilities of the 3900 TETRA MS System.

Chapter 6 TETRA MS T1 System

Describes use and capabilities of the 3900 TETRA MS T1 System.

Chapter 7 TETRA BS System

Describes use and capabilities of the 3900 TETRA BS System.

Chapter 8 TETRA BS T1 System

Describes use and capabilities of the 3900 TETRA BS T1 System.

Chapter 9 TETRA DM System

Describes use and capabilities of the 3900 TETRA DM System.

Appendix A Abbreviations

Lists abbreviations used in this manual

Index

Contents

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

TETRA - General Information

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

TETRA MS System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

TETRA MS T1 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

TETRA BS System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

TETRA BS T1 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

TETRA DM System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Transmitter Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Receiver Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Setting Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Data Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Spectrum Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Channel Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Oscilloscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Manual and Automatic Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Remote Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

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Chapter 2

Common TETRA Operation

Accessing TETRA Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

TETRA System Tile Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Manual - Tiled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Data Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Spectrum Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Oscilloscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Channel Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Common Data Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Common Soft Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Channel Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Predefined Channel Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Explanation of Channel Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Creating a New Channel Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Importing Channel Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Sys Info Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Channel Block Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Configuring a New Channel Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

New Channel Plan Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Data Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-16

Capturing Data Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Data Display File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

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Chapter 3

TETRA MS AutoTest Commands

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Settings Commands for General Use/Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Settings Commands for In-Call Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Fixed Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Remote Command Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Power Level Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Power Profile Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Burst Timing Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Frequency Error Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Vector Error RMS Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Vector Error Peak Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Residual Carrier Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Rx Meas - BER Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Rx Meas - RBER Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Registration Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Place Calls From 3900 Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Place Calls From Mobile Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

Call Cleardown From 3900 Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

Call Cleardown From Mobile Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

Deregistration Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21

Speech Quality / Tone / Silence Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

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Chapter 4

Common TETRA Configuration Tiles

Common TETRA Configuration Tiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Channel Plans Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

TETRA MS T1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

TETRA BS and BS T1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Predefined Channel Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

System ID and Access Parameters Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

TETRA MS T1 System ID & Access Parameters Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

TETRA BS System ID Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

TETRA BS T1 System ID and Sync Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Mobile Parameters Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

TETRA MS T1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Call Types Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Call Type Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Call Timers & Trunking Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Messages Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-13

Status Message Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

SDS Type 1, 2 & 3 Messages Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

SDS Type 4 Messages Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Neighbor Cell Info Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-22

Base Services Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-22

BS Parameters Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-25

Tx Measurements Limits Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-26

TETRA BS and BS T1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26

Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26

Limit Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27

Rx Measurement Limits Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-30

TETRA MS T1 Rx Measurements Limits Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33

TETRA BS T1 Rx Measurements Limits Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33

Offsets Configuration Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-34

AF Measurements/Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-35

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