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ATC200-Lite Teletilt

®

 Remote Control Downtilt System 

Section 2–Program Installation

Bulletin 639510 

May 2005 

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Figure 2-5. Completing Setup Screen.

2.2 Software Upgrades and Antenna Definition File Updates 

Software upgrades containing updated antenna definition files will be available to download 

from Andrew’s web site. Follow the steps discussed in Section 2.1 to download, unzip, and 

install ATC200-Lite software upgrades. Note that registered users will receive e-mail notifica

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tions alerting them of new software releases. These notifications will include a link to download 

the upgraded software. New antenna definition files are stored with earlier versions on the PC 

at ‘C:\Program Files\Andrew Corporation\ATC200 Lite’. 
During program startup, the ATC200-Lite controller will look in the directory noted above for 

the latest Andrew antenna definition file and automatically load it into the program (see Sec

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tion 3–Program Startup and Configuration).

Summary of Contents for ATC200-Lite Teletilt

Page 1: ...nas 2601 Telecom Parkway Richardson Texas 75082 3521 Tel 214 631 0310 Fax 214 631 4706 www andrew com ATC200 Lite Teletilt Remote Control Variable Electrical Downtilt System Installation and Operation...

Page 2: ...ing including a long sleeved shirt and rubber gloves NOTICE The installation maintenance or removal of an antenna requires qualified experienced personnel Andrew installation instructions are written...

Page 3: ...Bulletin 639510 May 2005 i Revision History Revision No Date Description of Changes None May 2005 Released...

Page 4: ...ATC200 Lite Teletilt Remote Control Downtilt System ii May 2005 Bulletin 639510...

Page 5: ...ATC200 Lite Teletilt Remote Control Downtilt System Bulletin 639510 May 2005 iii...

Page 6: ...ring an electrical storm 3 Before opening a package containing an electrostatic unit or an electrostatic sensitive device assembly clip the free end of a test lead to the package Leave the other end c...

Page 7: ...s accumulated while you are moving around 9 While servicing equipment containing ESD devices do not handle or touch materials such as plastic vinyl synthetic textiles polished wood fiberglass or simil...

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Page 9: ...am Startup and Configuration 3 1 3 1 Preparing for Program Startup 3 1 3 2 Serial Port Selection at Program Startup 3 2 3 3 Beginning Program Operation 3 4 3 4 Antenna Definitions File Selection 3 4 S...

Page 10: ...ation 9 2 9 2 Retrieving Current Alarm Status 9 2 9 3 Clearing All Alarms on a Device 9 3 9 4 Executing a Self Test Movement for a Device 9 3 Section 10 Part Numbering Scheme and Ordering Guide 10 1 1...

Page 11: ...as an interface between a local PC laptop and the ATM200 RET actuator antenna system This controller provides signal level conversion from RS 232 used on a PC to RS 485 used in ATM200 001 actuators as...

Page 12: ...c power converter is used both the 12Vdc and the 24Vdc connector pins will transmit 24Vdc power 3 Connect the desired length RET control cable between the controller s 8 Pin DIN connector RS 485 RET p...

Page 13: ...e Assembly ATCB B01 002 Ethernet 10 Base T Equipment Cabin Lightning Protection Unit ATLP200 001 Up to 32 antennas can be daisy chained by using multiple junction boxes Antenna Hanger Kit Accessories...

Page 14: ...Section 1 Controller Setup ATC200 Lite Teletilt Remote Control Downtilt System 1 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 This page intentionally left blank...

Page 15: ...ase version During the program installation process a single antenna definition file and additional support files will self extract into the same directory with the program file and a program icon wil...

Page 16: ...Section 2 Program Installation ATC200 Lite Teletilt Remote Control Downtilt System 2 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 Figure 2 3 Setup Introduction Screen Figure 2 4 Installation Settings Screen...

Page 17: ...unzip and install ATC200 Lite software upgrades Note that registered users will receive e mail notifica tions alerting them of new software releases These notifications will include a link to download...

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Page 19: ...tive RS 232 serial port on the PC Note a USB to serial port adapter may be used to connect the ATC200 Lite to the PC see Section 1 3 4 Turn on power up the ATC200 Lite controller After 2 3 seconds the...

Page 20: ...3 If Serial Port 1 does not exist on the PC or if the PC is not allowing serial port 1 to be accessed by the program the program will prompt the user to select a different serial port Figure 3 4 2 Dou...

Page 21: ...t selected Figure 3 5 5 If a port is selected that is not avail able for use by the program the program will prompt the user to select a different port Figure 3 6 6 Once a functional port has been sel...

Page 22: ...The program automatically selects and uses the latest version antenna definition file If a different antenna definition file is desired for use place the desired antenna definition file in the C Prog...

Page 23: ...les to upload antenna definition files This feature can be used to upload newer versions of antenna definition files This feature is rarely needed since the ATC200 LITE unit automatically loads the la...

Page 24: ...Section 3 Program Startup and Configuration ATC200 Lite Teletilt Remote Control Downtilt System 3 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 This page intentionally left blank...

Page 25: ...ent on the tower and retrieve their current configuration parameters also see Bulletin 639512 for a quick device setup and operations guide It is important to note that this feature automatically scan...

Page 26: ...ndent upon the number ofAISG devices present on the tower Typically search on a tower that contains a small number of devices such as 6 will take about 3 minutes A search on a tower with a full compli...

Page 27: ...nd particularly if the search completes very quickly the serial port currently selected may not be functional In this case use the methods described in Sec tion 3 2 to select a different serial port a...

Page 28: ...manually specified addresses to 0 and then readdress each device by the order they respond To manually readdress a device select the device and go to Tools Addressing from the main menu located at th...

Page 29: ...available follow steps 6 through 10 To have the program suggest the first available address click Close to return to the De vice Information list on the main screen and follow steps 5 through 10 Figu...

Page 30: ...rows next to Device Address to specify the new address for the de vice Click on the up down arrows next to Vendor Code to select the vendor AN Andrew Corporation Replace the zeros in the serial number...

Page 31: ...overy and Addressing Bulletin 639510 May 2005 4 Click Close Figure 4 13 Closing Manual Addressing Screen 9 Click Close Figure 4 13 10 The device will display its new address in the Device Information...

Page 32: ...Section 4 Device Discovery and Addressing ATC200 Lite Teletilt Remote Control Downtilt System 4 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 This page intentionally left blank...

Page 33: ...that have never been configured before will display the status as Not Configured in the Device Information list 1 To begin device configuration click on the device to be configured Figure 5 1 2 Click...

Page 34: ...at 0 0 Configuration items marked with an asterisk are required saving a new configuration will be disabled if any of these fields are blank The Installation Date field is handled differently from al...

Page 35: ...ce only and has no direct affect upon the Actuator Antenna that is being configured 6 Enter the serial number of the antenna that is attached to this actuator in the Antenna Serial text entry field No...

Page 36: ...ctions made or click the Cancel button to quit this process without making any changes to the actuator s current configuration 9 After the Configure button has been activated the user will be prompted...

Page 37: ...ng indicates that connectivity to the actuator has been lost After verifying that each of these items are correct repeat the configuration process 11 Click OK Figure 5 4 to dismiss the pop up dialog b...

Page 38: ...Section 5 Device Configuration ATC200 Lite Teletilt Remote Control Downtilt System 5 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 This page intentionally left blank...

Page 39: ...include devices that are not responding to commands from the program devices that are in the middle of a move or configuration change and devices that are experiencing a mechanical malfunction 1 From...

Page 40: ...downtilt Note that the allowed range of angle values is displayed in the Min Electrical Tilt and Max Electrical Tilt fields in the top part of the screen Any downtilt angle within this range may be en...

Page 41: ...ntenna movement will begin after the Activate button is applied A progress indicator bar located under Set Tilt will continually update for as long as the move is in progress 6 You will be notified wh...

Page 42: ...nt you may click on the Close button to exit this screen and return to the main screen Alternately this process may be repeated to further adjust the downtilt or to reapply changes where movement had...

Page 43: ...t that contains the Sector ID and tilt range representing the group to be moved Figure 7 1 2 Click Move Sector Figure 7 1 3 From the Set Electrical Tilt for Sector screen notice that the selected devi...

Page 44: ...included in the group move click on each model to be considered to display their individual settings Each time a device is selected its settings will be displayed on the screen 5 After the settings ha...

Page 45: ...at antenna to move it back to the right hand box 8 When satisfied with the list of antennas that will be included in the group move enter a new downtilt angle and click Activate to start the move Prog...

Page 46: ...cal Tilt for Sector screen will display the new electrical tilt setting in the Current Tilt field At this point either additional tilt angles may be applied or you may return to the main screen To ret...

Page 47: ...to open in Word or a tab delimited file to open in Excel txtrpt for Word or tabrpt for Excel The File Save Site Configuration option saves a file to the computer hard drive for a future release of the...

Page 48: ...k Save Note All site reports are saved to C ATC200_Site_Files This directory is created if it does not pre exist on the computer 2 Select the file type Files saved in the txtrpt format can be opened i...

Page 49: ...ect the txtrpt file 1 Go to the ATC200_Site_Files directory This directory is located on the C drive 5 To view the saved file launch Word or a similar software such as Notepad or Wordpad and go to Fil...

Page 50: ...nfigurations ATC200 Lite Teletilt Remote Control Downtilt System 8 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 Figure 8 4 Report File Opened in Word 6 The configuration settings for each actuator are displayed in the or...

Page 51: ...time and the site ID of the first actuator Figure 8 5 3 Select Tabbed Site Report File tabrpt from the Save as type drop down selection if not already selected 4 Click Save 1 Assign a filename to the...

Page 52: ...enu Change the directory to look in C ATC200_Site_Files change the file type to All Files and select the desired tabrpt file from the list of files shown Click Open Figure 8 6 2 Change file type to Al...

Page 53: ...rol Downtilt System Section 8 Saving Site Report Configurations Bulletin 639510 May 2005 8 6 The configuration settings for each actuator are displayed in the order of their address Figure 8 7 Figure...

Page 54: ...se Version 2 1 the ATC200 Lite program is not able to open a saved configuration This capability is planned for a future software release To save a configuration for future use go to File Save Site Co...

Page 55: ...ain device information includes hardware and software version get alarm status or clear alarms for any known device or run a movement self test on any addressed device These options are displayed as f...

Page 56: ...An AISG compliant device such as an ATM200 spontaneously reports alarms in the Command Status Re sponse window at the bottom of the screen as they occur Since they are reported spon taneously by the...

Page 57: ...4 Alarms Cleared 9 4 Executing a Self Test Movement for a Device Andrew s ATM200 actuators support the AISG self test command This feature allows the user to periodically perform a test by temporarily...

Page 58: ...est on a device click on the device in the Device Informa tion list Figure 9 1 2 Click Self Test to initiate movement Figure 9 1 3 At the completion of the self test a pop up notification will appear...

Page 59: ...antennas ATS B01 003 Three way splitter enables daisy chaining actuators on quad port antennas ATCB B01 xxx Control cable linking first to second or second to third actuators The B denotes connectors...

Page 60: ...Quantity Part Number Description 1 ATC200 Lite 0004 Local Controller 1 ATJB200 A01 004 4 Way Junction Box 3 ATM200 001 Actuators Optional ATLP 200 001 Lightning Protection Unit 1 ATCB B01 080 80 Mete...

Page 61: ...ctuators 1 5A 24VDC Mechanical Size of Local Controller mm LxWxD 100 x 70 x 34 Weight of Local Controller kg 0 6 Max Speed of Drive Seconds Full Range 30 Environmental Temperature Range C 40 to 55 Ele...

Page 62: ...Section 11 Control System Specifications ATC200 Lite Teletilt Remote Control Downtilt System 11 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 This page intentionally left blank...

Page 63: ...C200 Lite Series TELETILT System Site Configuration Worksheet SITE I D Actuator Antenna Actuator Serial No Sector Orientation Height Miscellaneous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Bulletin 63951...

Page 64: ...Lite Series TELETILT System Site Configuration Worksheet SITE I D Actuator Antenna Actuator Serial No Sector Orientation Height Miscellaneous 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Bulletin...

Page 65: ...B R2DH 0 8 UMWD 09016 R2DH 0 5 UMWDP 06516 R2DH 0 7 926LG65R2E B 0 15 932LG65R2E B 0 8 932QLG65R2EB 0 8 936LG65R2E B 0 6 ATFDB 6565A R2DM 0 14 LB 0 7 HB ATFDA 6565B R2DM 0 10 ATFDA 6565C R2DM 0 8 LB 0...

Page 66: ...Appendix B Antenna Listing ATC200 Lite Teletilt Remote Control Downtilt System B May 2005 Bulletin 639510 This page intentionally left blank...

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