Alcatel BTS Discription
Alcatel BTS Discription
Alcatel BTS Discription
BTS Document
User Guide
Release B9
This chapter tells you how to install the terminal hardware and software and then
start it.
It describes the terminal and its requirements.
Hardware
Description Characteristics (minimum)
Hard disk At least 60 MBytes free for program and data storage
(except software environment).
Monitor SVGA
The BTS terminal is connected to the BTS via an RS-232 asynchronous link cable.
This cable is different for each type of BTS to be connected.
Check that the cable is connected correctly between the terminal and the BTS
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Prerequisite The user must have administrator rights for the terminal PC.
To install the BTS terminal:
1. Connect the RS-232 asynchronous link cable from the COM1 port on the
terminal PC to the MMI port on the BTS.
The terminal software also supports COM2, COM3, or COM4.
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2. Insert the first BTS Terminal Installation diskette or the CD-ROM, if available.
3. Installation of the BTS Terminal software from diskettes or CD-ROM is
different:
A CD-ROM available as one file Copy the file to the hard disk.
BTSW *.* (e.g., BTSW AV01.exe)
Run the file to generate the
subdirectories disk1 to disk 3.
The window indicates the BTS terminal software version this guide is based
on.
You have 60 seconds to log on before the program terminates automatically.
A countdown timer is displayed in the bottom right corner of the window.
2. Enter your user name or group name in the User/Group Name field in
the User Login window.
3. Enter your log file name in the ’Your log file is’ field. If there is no entry,
the log file name will be the user name or group name entered in the
’User/Group Name’ field.
4. Enter your password.
5. Click on [Logon].
Note:
6. If you want to set up the serial interface, click on [ Baud rate ] to display the
Properties - Serial Interface panel, as shown in the following figure.
Otherwise, click on [ Close ] to display the BTS Terminal Standalone Mode
window, (see Figure 1) and then go directly to Step 9.
7. Click on the appropriate COM Port and Baud rate check boxes in the BTS -
Terminal pane, as required.
8. Click on [ OK ] to activate and store these serial interface settings for this
and future terminal sessions.
11. If the log file is needed for further use, the log file has to be closed.
Click on [ Close ] or on
12. For report purposes, the log file can be copied with Window Explorer or any
equivalent tool.
Note: The capacity of a log file is 64 KByte. If a log file exceeds this range, a second
(third, fourth, etc.) log file is created automatically. The log file extension ’LOG’
is changed to ’000’, ’001’, ’002’, etc.
If this log file has to be used for report purpose, all extensions have to be taken
into account.
Tool Bar
Status Bar
Standalone
Display help.
The terminal baud rate configured for the connection to the BTS is displayed on the
right side of the status bar. In this case, the baud rate is 57600.
While the terminal is connected to a BTS, a flashing asterisk (*) is displayed at the
end of the status bar on the right.
Note: If the connection is lost, a warning message is displayed and the asterisk (*)
stops flashing and stays on.
The following additional information is shown in the status bar when in Online
Mode.
The BTS terminal menu options specific to Standalone Mode are described in the following table.
Misc. - for monitoring BTS_TEL, displaying SBL module states, and for
commissioning tasks
Spy Sim - for message window font and color
2. Check the appropriate COM Port and Baud rate in the BTS - Terminal
pane, as required.
3. Enter the required polling time for the BTS terminal to interrogate the serial
interface for new messages.
Font Window
13. Repeat Steps8, 9, and 10 for the Request and Report windows for Tracer.
The batch feature is for internal use only to distinguish between internal
terminal commands and outgoing requests for Report and Batch windows.
14. Click on the Tracer tab to display the Properties - Tracer panel, shown in
the following figure.
15. Repeat Steps 8, 9, and 10 for the Request and Report windows for Tracer.
The batch feature is for internal use only to distinguish between internal
terminal commands, outgoing requests and incoming reports.
This chapter tells you the steps to perform OFF-Line Commissioning and describes
procedures.
Turn OFF the BTS power through breakers installed in the BTS Rack. You can also
turn OFF the BTS through rectifier.
Abis Cable
Connect the Laptop with BTS by using B9 or B10 software as described in chapter-1.
2. Select the required master file and the CPF file using the [ Browse ] button.
During the download (the period depends on the selected baud rate) these
messages are displayed:
Wait for the Edit Frequencies window, as shown in the following figure.
In the ’Selected ARFNs’ list, the default ARFNs of the selected frequency band
are displayed.
5. Select the required test frequencies by clicking on [ Add ] or [ Remove ] in
the ’Available ARFNs’ list to have the correct frequencies in the ’Selected
ARFNs’ list.
6. Repeat the ARFN selection for each frequency band.
7. Click on [ Submit ] to confirm and activate the selected frequencies.
If the BTS is equipped with TWIN TRE modules, wait for the TWIN TRE Mode
Configuration window, as shown in the following figure.
Note: If the BTS is not equipped with TWIN TRE modules, then the above
Configuration window will not appear.
Wait for the TMA Setting windows, as shown in the following figure.
Note: If TMA is not installed with RF Antenna, than [ Cancel ] the TMA Setting window.
The SUM Initial Settings window, allows modification of some or all settings, as
described below.
SUM Environment
Cyclic Redundancy Check Clock
Reference
Listener Side
Line Impedance
Button Action
Get Config Retrieves and displays the currently valid SUM board
configuration settings. The settings should be displayed
and examined before any new settings are transmitted.
Modifying the Qmux Address assigns a logical reference number to the address of the
SUM board. The reference number is used by other Qmux entities to locate the SUM board. It must not
conflict with the logical addressing of other Qmux boards in the system.
Modifying the Qmux Baud Rate (data transfer rate in bits per second) changes the data
transfer rate on the Qmux Bus. The transmission rate can be set to 1200 or 2400 Baud, as required.
Modifying the SUM Environment settings defines the transmission configuration of which
the SUM board is an element.
The Clock reference can be either internal (free-running) or external (Abis synchronized).
The CRC window allows Cyclic Redundancy to be toggled On/Off. CRC improves data
integrity and bit error observation of Abis traffic to and from the SUM Board.
The line impedance can be selected for Abis 1 or Abis 2. If Abis is patched through BNC
connector then select Line Impedance 75 Ohms. If Abis patched through Tag Block ( DDF Panel ) then
select Line Impedance 120 Ohms.
The SUM HW (Hardware) and SW (Software) Information Box contains information relevant
to inventory purposes. To display the SUM HW and SW Information Box:
The SUM Board Configuration window allows you to define how the traffic and corresponding
signaling data are mapped on the Abis time slot(s).
Modifying the Abis Mapping changes the time slot in which the data transmission
occurs. The following number of time slots can be mapped: 32 time slots per
interface, labeled 1 to 31 (0 (zero) is not allowed).
Each time slot contains 4 nibbles of 2 bits, i.e., 8 bits in total. As the Qmux does
not require an entire time slot, the Nibble value indicates the location of the Qmux transmission in time slot
(0 to 3) specified in the Qmux Abis Mapping dialog box.
Abis mapping allows you to modify the configuration of TREs to TCHs and their
signaling time slots. The system automatically defines the TCH for each TRE in the order of selection.
For instance if TRE 1 and TRE 4 are selected, then time slots 1, 2 are allocated to TRE1 and time slots
4, 5 to TRE 4 (time slot 3 is allocated to signaling). The system allows you to manually allocated TCHs
and time slots, as required.
The current configuration can be displayed, by clicking on [ Get Config ].
Note: If Abis Mapping data is not provided by the service provider than Un-Check all TRE’s.
Wait for the ’Initialization for Commissioning in progress’ message to disappear. Wait for the end of TRE
and ANx modules downloading (check the LED states). The activation is finished when the options in the
commissioning menu become active.
[ Cancel ] can be used to break off the test. [ Start ] is used to start the loop
test after having selected the required loop.
2. Select [ internal Loop ] test mode to run an internal loop test. If an external
loop test has to be run, go to step 5.
3. Click on [ Start ] to start the internal loop test.
During test the [ Start ] button changes to [ Stop ] and afterwards back to[ Start ].
The test ends automatically after eight to ten seconds.
Test progress is monitored and shown in the Progress Monitor pane.
A report also gives the test results ( with other test results) when performing ’End
of Commissioning’.
4. Click on [ Cancel ] to terminate the internal loop test or continue with step 5.
5. Select the [ external Loop ] test mode for an external loop test.
6. Click on [ Start ] to start the external loop test.
During the test, the [ Start ] button changes to [ Stop ] and then back to
[ Start ] when the test is over. Test progress is monitored and shown in the
Progress Monitor pane.
7. Follow all instructions displayed during loop test. For example as shown
in the following figure where you are ordered to plug in the ’Abis Shortcut
Connector’.
9. Click on [ OK ] to continue.
When all test steps are done, the test ends automatically. Test progress
is monitored and shown in the Progress Monitor pan. A report also gives
the test results (including errors) when performing ’End of Commissioning’.
During test the [ Stop ] button can be used to interrupt the test.
10. Click on [ Cancel ] to terminate the station unit test.
successfully.