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TetraFlex

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 V7.6 

 

(w. US remarks) 

Manual version 1.00 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
                 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Summary of Contents for TetraFlex BS411

Page 1: ...s A S This document is subject to copyright and shall not be published or reproduced in whole or in part without the written permission of Damm Cellular Systems A S 2010 Damm Cellular Systems A S All rights reserved Møllegade 68 DK 6400 Sønderborg Denmark Phone 45 74 42 35 00 Fax 45 74 42 30 31 E Mail dcs damm dk http www damm dk ...

Page 2: ...se Station including additional units installation software and how to configure the system for operational use Remark TetraFlex ver 7 6 is not compatible with earlier versions Please follow the update instructions or contact DAMM support if you have systems with older software versions Indoor Base station models BS411 BS414 Max 8 carriers Max 4 carriers Max 32 carriers Outdoor station BS421 SB 42...

Page 3: ...nd Index all pages prior to page 1 1 and after page 4 x and insert these in the printed section IMPORTANT Updates changes important information related to the TetraFlex system and software may be downloaded from the protected part of www damm dk Please check this URL for updated information before attempting to install or correct errors NOTE Chapters marked with a indicate areas where special care...

Page 4: ...perated in a commercial environment The equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause interference to radio communications RF Exposure The DAMM developed transmitting devices mentioned in this User Manual have the Nemko approval concerning Maximum Permissible Exposure Calculations which are the Euro...

Page 5: ...df Update guideline for ver 7 x to 7 6 5 TetraFlex 7 6 BS41x redundant setup pdf Redundancy sw setup guideline for BS41x 6 TetraFlex 7 6 SB421 redundant setup pdf Redundancy sw setup guideline for SB421 These documentsare a part of the TetraFlex release and placed in the C tetra Active Doc directory All documents can be found on www damm dk extranet TETRAFLEX MANUAL BREAKDOWN Section Description L...

Page 6: ... 6 1 1 4 5 2 Switches 1 6 1 1 4 5 3 Interconnections board LED s 1 7 1 1 4 5 4 TR1 TR2 connection module 1 7 1 1 4 5 5 PS Connection to TR1 and TR2 1 8 1 1 4 5 6 LAN Connection to TR1 and TR2 1 8 1 1 4 5 7 LAN WAN SEC Alarm Connection module 1 8 1 1 4 5 8 Connections 1 8 1 1 4 5 9 Redundant SB421 operation 1 9 1 1 4 5 10 Temperature sensor TS Connection 1 10 1 1 4 5 11 Alarm Connection 1 10 1 1 4 ...

Page 7: ...y deep discharge protect 1 33 PART 2 SW INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION 2 34 2 1 Basic system parameters 2 35 2 1 1 System capability 2 35 2 2 Virus protection 2 36 2 2 1 Introduction 2 36 2 2 2 Virus Threat 2 36 2 2 2 1 Standard PC 2 36 2 2 2 2 BSC 2 37 2 2 3 MS Security Essentials 2 37 2 3 Dongle Configuration 2 38 2 3 1 License Dongles 2 38 2 3 1 1 Site versus Node 2 38 2 3 1 2 Dongle types 2 38...

Page 8: ...ngle node 2 64 2 6 1 1 2 How does DHCP work with the SB421 BSC 2 64 2 6 1 1 3 Changing the BS421 IP 2 65 2 6 1 1 4 Static IP 2 67 2 6 1 1 5 TR421 Update Install 2 68 2 6 2 Installing Windows CE on BS421 2 69 2 6 2 1 Copy NK bin WinCE to BS421 2 69 2 6 2 2 Configure admin user 2 71 2 6 2 3 Configure host name 2 72 2 6 2 4 Configure file server user 2 72 2 6 3 Copy to and from Compact Flash Card CF ...

Page 9: ...tion 2 101 2 11 2 LogServer License 2 101 2 11 3 Logserver Tray Configuration 2 102 2 11 4 Log API 2 105 2 11 5 Log server Installation 2 106 2 11 5 1 Internal Log Server 2 106 2 11 5 2 External Log Workstation and Log Server 2 106 2 11 5 3 Log Client 2 110 2 11 5 4 Log Client installation on a PC with Windows 7 2 110 2 11 5 5 SQL Server 2 111 2 11 5 5 1 General Description 2 111 2 11 5 5 2 ODBC A...

Page 10: ...iguration 2 142 2 16 3 4 TetraOM set up 2 142 2 16 3 5 TetraOM Help 2 145 2 16 3 6 TetraOM Editor 2 147 2 16 3 7 TetraOM logging 2 148 2 16 3 7 1 Logging to File 2 148 2 16 3 8 Some useful TetraOM Commands 2 150 2 17 BS421Remote desktop communication VNC 2 154 2 17 1 VNC setup 2 154 2 17 2 File transfer via to from BS 2 155 2 17 3 Changing General setup and Sync 2 156 2 18 IP Backbone network layo...

Page 11: ...3 2 Base Station Controller 3 172 3 2 1 BSC exe description 3 172 3 2 2 BSC GUI 3 172 3 3 Network Management 3 178 3 3 1 Network Management 3 178 3 3 2 Toolbar 3 178 3 3 3 NM menu 3 179 3 3 3 1 File 3 179 3 3 3 2 View 3 183 3 3 3 3 Tools 3 183 3 3 3 4 Help 3 183 3 3 4 Graphical tools for fast Access and information overview 3 183 3 3 4 1 Notification Icons 3 183 3 3 4 2 Selection Icons 3 184 3 3 4...

Page 12: ...r Configuration 3 237 3 5 3 2 1 Audio 3 237 3 5 3 2 2 Language 3 238 3 5 3 2 3 Calls 3 239 3 5 3 2 4 Map View 3 240 3 5 3 2 5 Mobile Positions Storage 3 242 3 5 3 2 6 SDS 3 243 3 5 3 2 7 External Devices 3 243 3 5 3 2 8 Updates 3 244 3 5 3 3 Subscriber Register 3 245 3 5 4 Phonebook functionality 3 247 3 5 4 1 Mobile indicators in the phonebook 3 248 3 5 4 2 Phone book docking 3 249 3 5 4 3 Phone ...

Page 13: ...he TetraFlex Network and the Log Server 3 277 3 6 2 2 Log Server Tray 3 279 3 7 Log Client 3 280 3 7 1 Description 3 280 3 7 2 Functionality 3 280 3 7 3 Statistics View 3 281 3 7 3 1 Node 3 282 3 7 3 2 Radio 3 283 3 7 4 Radio Cell Alarm 3 283 3 7 4 1 Radio Cell Timeslot 3 283 3 7 4 2 Radio Cell Congestion 3 284 3 7 5 Voice GW 3 285 3 7 5 1 Voice GW Alarm 3 285 3 7 5 2 Voice GW Channels 3 285 3 7 5...

Page 14: ...lation 3 319 3 8 3 Group Bridge Setup 3 320 3 8 3 1 Terminal Gateway Connection details 3 322 3 8 3 2 Tetra Radio Device connection details 3 323 3 8 3 3 Settings Piciorgros DVI 100 parameters 3 325 3 8 3 4 Analog Radio Device Connection Details 3 329 PART 4 TECHNICAL REFERENCES 4 334 4 1 Antenna System for BS41x 4 335 4 1 1 Introduction 4 335 4 1 2 Typical antenna configuration 4 336 4 1 2 1 TMA4...

Page 15: ...ation factor 4 357 4 5 3 BER versus input signal TCH7 2 4 358 4 5 4 MER versus input signal SCH F 4 358 4 6 Power Supply for BS41x 4 360 4 6 1 Introduction 4 360 4 6 2 Rectifier 4 360 4 6 3 14V and 26V DC DC converters 4 361 4 6 4 Micro controller 4 361 4 7 Battery test SB421 4 363 PART 5 HARDWARE UNITS 5 367 5 1 Hardware Unit References 5 368 5 2 Recommended hardware 5 369 5 2 1 Sealed Coaxial ca...

Page 16: ...rsions Numbers SW Ver Release Date Main Cause of change Author Approved 7 40 2 00 01 11 2009 Initial release Manual completely rearranged BUK JB 7 40 2 01 11 01 2010 Manual update see record BUK JB 7 4 2 02 26 02 2010 Dispatcher new version 7 41 see record BUK JB 7 4 2 03 30 03 2010 Log server client 7 42 TR421 TR412 SW update to 7 41 See release notes and record of change BUK JB 7 4 2 04 29 04 20...

Page 17: ...nual so it will always be up to date regarding information and readability To do this DAMM needs to get feedback from you So if you as reader find anything which could be done better items which is not dealt with sections which is difficult understandable etc DAMM would appreciate your comments Please mail support on support damm dk or Contact support on 45 73473520 Thank you for your input ...

Page 18: ...ata Base DCK Derived Cipher Key DGNA Dynamic Group Number Assignment Dongle A USB dongle programmed by DAMM to be inserted in the node and or application PC The dongle controls which functions and applications can be executed Dongle Date Limit When this date is exceeded the dongle will not allow execution of DAMM software packages DSP Digital Speech Processing E2E End to end encryption ETSI Europe...

Page 19: ...rlier called Service and Maintenance Agreement SMA SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Software package A package containing all functions and applications available on the release date SSI Short Subscriber Identity Subscriber register Register where the variable data regarding subscribers and profiles are stored TBD To Be Determined TCP Transmission Control Protocol TEA1 Tetra Encryption Algo...

Page 20: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 01 04 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex 7 6 Manual SB421 Installation TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 1 1 PART 1 Hardware Installation ...

Page 21: ...pecific customer defined operating temperature range from 40 C to 55 C ambient air temperature is optional upon request The Service Box encapsulation complies with IP65 1 1 2 Placement The recommended placement of the Service Box is as close to the base station s as possible to reduce possibility of system failure due to LAN cable being interrupted The placement of the Service Box shall be such th...

Page 22: ... D510 1 66 GHz 2 GB 8GB CF 2 2 4 Figure 1 1 SB421 Variants The above specifications are a minimum and may be changed according to availability of processors and storage media Any change in specification will be for a superior value To update to 8GB CF and 1GB RAM order an upgrade kit from DAMM 1 1 4 2 Mechanical Lock Delivery option System lock or standard lock both options including 2 keys 1 1 4 ...

Page 23: ...ormation in section 1 1 4 1 Regarding the type and specification of the CPU board High performance or general performance dependent of the type of SB421 Figure 1 2 BSC421 1 1 4 4 1 SB421 Processor board internal backup battery RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE Dispose of used batteries according to local rules 1 1 4 4 2 Storage unit Please refer to appropriate specifica...

Page 24: ...e NETWORK Red No Ethernet BSS Red No connection to BSS BSC Red No connection to redundant BSC ALARM Red Other BSC alarm present PS LINK Yellow Connected to PS MAINS Green Mains present CHARGE Green Battery is charging DISCH Red Battery is discharging ALARM Red PS alarm TR1 LINK Yellow Connection to BS421_1 ACTIVE Green BS421 active Tetra mode TX on ALARM Red Steady Blocking alarm Red Flash Non blo...

Page 25: ...1 1 4 5 1 Connections o LAN TR1 and TR2 J31 o LAN WAN J32 o 48V PS J22 o 48V Internal external battery dependent of plug used J40 o TR1 and TR2 connection module J11 o LAN WAN SEC Alarm connection module J12 1 1 4 5 2 Switches o TR1 On Off SW111 o TR2 On Off SW133 o LAN WAN Power On off SW131 o BSC421 On Off SW101 o Temperature sensor internal external SW171 This on off function is only active if ...

Page 26: ...IN Figure 1 5 Interconnection Board 1 1 4 5 4 TR1 TR2 connection module The TR1 TR2 connection module is located at the LEFT bottom side of the SB421 interconnection board o 48V DC for TR1 J1 o LAN 1 second synchronization pulse for TR1 J2 o 48V DC for TR2 J3 o LAN 1 second synchronization pulse for TR2 J4 The TR1 TR2 connection module is located at the left bottom side of the SB421 housing Figure...

Page 27: ...1 Function BS421 Color ETH_IN 8 ETH_OUT 1 White Orange ETH_IN 7 ETH_OUT 2 Orange ETH_OUT 6 ETH_IN 3 White Green ETH_OUT 5 ETH_IN 4 Green SEC_IN 4 SEC_OUT 5 Blue SEC_IN 3 SEC_OUT 6 White Blue SEC_OUT 2 SEC_IN 7 White Brown SEC_OUT 1 SEC_IN 8 Brown NOTE Cable used must be 24AWG solid core See recommended hardware 1 1 4 5 7 LAN WAN SEC Alarm Connection module The LAN WAN SEC TS Alarm connection modul...

Page 28: ...for further information 1 1 4 5 9 1LAN Connection Note LAN in out is used for redundant SB421 If redundant SB421 or multi node backbone is not used connect cable to WAN part only If environment permits Y splitter may be used to separate WAN and LAN otherwise connect one or two Ethernet cables as desired For redundant SB421 BSC operation connect the LAN from each SB421 Connection may be straight th...

Page 29: ...provided with an appropriate fuse according to the selected mains supply voltage as to ensure a consumption of 4 5A 110V 2A 230V The cables used for the 100 240V AC and 48V DC to the base stations must be equal to or more than 3 x 1 5mm2 The type of mains cable and fastening of cables must at all times be in accordance with local rules and specifications 1 1 4 7 Internal 48V battery assembly optio...

Page 30: ...ottom of the SB421 REDUNDANT SB 421 3 4 CARRIER SYSTEM SYNCHRONIZATION OPTION 2 The interconnection board NB what is meant on the connector for the BS421 is marked with a label SYNCHRONIZATION OPTION 2 when delivered from factory If the hardware change is made in the field i e outside DAMM facilities it must be ensured that appropriate marking of the SB421 is performed NOTE For change in the field...

Page 31: ...pending on the use and environment It is recommended that the battery is checked at least every second year and exchanged if necessary please see chapter Battery test SB421 1 1 6 1 1 SB421 Installing batteries 1 1 6 1 1 1Preparation NOTE To prevent electrical shock it is highly recommended to ensure that the battery terminals are disconnected and properly isolated either with dummy terminal shoes ...

Page 32: ... door cable assembly Figure 1 10 Cable assembly o Move the cable assembly to give access to the 1 nut holding the ground connection and the 4 threaded studs for battery base plate mounting o Carefully remove the nut for grounding Be careful not to damage the existing cabling RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE Dispose of used batteries according to local rules 1 1 6 1 1 2...

Page 33: ...es in such way that the threaded studs are fitting the holes of the battery holder NOTE Be careful to ensure the battery cable in placed on the outside of the battery holder o Mount and tighten the 5 washers and nuts pos 101 and 102 and ensure that the grounding wire is placed under one of the nuts o Replace the door cabling assembly using the two screws previously removed J40 Temperature switch F...

Page 34: ...lor 1 Gnd Yellow 2 5V Brown 3 Data Red 4 Data Blue Figure 1 13 Temperature sensor Note If an internal battery kit is mounted pull out the battery connector J40 for the internal battery and insert the free connector for the external battery into J40 instead If no internal battery kit is present the external battery plug is inserted from factory WARNING Please observe polarity of the external batter...

Page 35: ... from 40 C to 55 C ambient air temperature is optional upon request The Base Station encapsulation complies with IP65 1 2 2 Placement The recommended placement of the Base Station is as close to the antennas as possible to reduce cable loss The placement of the Base Station shall be such that it is securely fastened to a mast or building that is able to carry the weight of the BS421 and withstand ...

Page 36: ...ther with the USB connector allows a connection of a standard monitor and mouse keyboard connection If monitor keyboard and mouse are connected the WindowsCE operation system in the BS421 can be accessed directly for configuration or fault finding purposes To access the connectors remove the filter cover To access the CF card also remove the filter mounting plate The connectors need not to be unsc...

Page 37: ...E The BS421 will function with only Tx Rx A and without GPS antenna with the following limitations Timing via GPS will not be available BS421 runs on internal oscillator Not recommended and there will be no Diversity when only using on Rx antenna 1 2 5 2 Dual Carrier BS installation recommendation 2 x BS421 o Cables to the 2 x BS421 two for TX RX two for GPS and two for RX B A OUT between the BS42...

Page 38: ...fety Extra Low Voltage The provision of power is done via the SB421 TR1 TR2 connection module See the SB421 installation section for information on the connection pin out for SB421 DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES USE A POWER SUPPLY THAT HAS THE MINUS CONNECTED TO POWER SUPPLY CHASSIS The cables used for power supply must be equal to or more than 3 x 1 5mm2 Connect the three wires in the power conne...

Page 39: ...inals NOTE Cable used must be 0 4mm2 to 0 6mm2 24AWG solid cores Function SB421 Function BS421 Color ETH_IN 8 ETH_OUT 1 White Orange ETH_IN 7 ETH_OUT 2 Orange ETH_OUT 6 ETH_IN 3 White Green ETH_OUT 5 ETH_IN 4 Green SEC_IN 4 SEC_OUT 5 Blue SEC_IN 3 SEC_OUT 6 White Blue SEC_OUT 2 SEC_IN 7 White Brown SEC_OUT 1 SEC_IN 8 Brown POWER NOTE Cable used must be equal to or more than 3 x 1 5mm2 e g DAMM no ...

Page 40: ...ev Date 1 00 2013 01 04 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex 7 6 Manual BS421 Installation TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 1 21 1 2 6 1 1 Easy connection scheme See the SB421 installation manual for further details ...

Page 41: ...tall the BS in rooms with controlled environmental conditions in order to optimize its reliability and lifetime It is important that the room is free of dust Condensing humidity is not allowed The Base station is guaranteed to operate from 20 C to 55 C Note that the guaranteed MTBF data is valid only within the standard specified temperature range The BS41x encapsulation complies with IP20 1 3 2 P...

Page 42: ...ustment 1 3 3 Grounding The BS requires careful grounding For temporary operation the mains earth connection can be used For permanent installations an effective ground shall be established and connected to the grounding screw on the rear right top of the BS with a 15sq mm yellow green wire Grounding is important to protect the equipment when inserting removing cables and to protect the operator f...

Page 43: ...tems The following antenna cables shall be attached If the jumper between ANTA and RXOUT is NOT connected Separate RXA RXB and TX antennas o 3 cables to the TMD412 two RXA and RXB and one for Test o 1 cable to the TX antenna o 1 or 2 cables to the GPS antennas When a jumper coaxial wire is connected between ANTA and RXOUT on the TMD o 3 cables to the TMD412 one RXA TX one RXB and one for Test o 1 ...

Page 44: ...er on TETRA Green Tetra Mode on TX Green Transmit power on NMT Green NMT mode not used in TetraFlex LB Red Local Blocking on TX Red Transmitter alarm RFTL Red RFTL output active used for testing RX Red Receiver alarm PCM Red Alarm on internal bus clock signal missing ex when BS is not configured DSP Red Digital Signal Processor alarm HW Red Hardware error ANT Red Antenna or Combiner alarm H E Red ...

Page 45: ... a switch is placed on the back plane of the BS to indicate to the PS411 s whether a 48V or 60V battery is used Note that the present version of PS411 can only operate with 48V DC wherefore this feature is not active and the switch shall be placed in the 48V position The Switch is accessible by removing the PS411 Power Supplies Figure 1 23 Power selection Left position 60V Right position 48V The e...

Page 46: ...lus pole not is connected to ground then the connection to the DC mains supply shall include a disconnection device which disconnects both poles simultaneously otherwise there shall be a disconnection device in the connection to the minus pole 1 3 7 Connection to AC Mains The BS is provided with Power Supplies supporting direct connections to 100V 240V AC and 47 63 Hz one phase Mains connection sh...

Page 47: ...S it is recommend to leave it open Figure 1 26 Mains connection block Note Each of the installed power supplies are individually connected to the AC mains therefore in order to disconnect the Base Station from AC mains the AC switch of all installed power supplies shall be switched to off Note It is recommended that the main power installation includes short circuit back protection which reacts in...

Page 48: ...C1 LAN2 and BSC2 LAN 2 is for local connection ex a Local PC for service and monitoring etc BSC1 WAN1 and BSC2 WAN1 are for connection to corporate network SIP units Remote desktop Switch board PABX Dispatchers API application etc BSC1 WAN2 and BSC2 WAN2 are for local connections ex a local PC for service and monitoring etc Figure 1 28 CB412 connection board The connection from BSC1 and BSC2 is co...

Page 49: ... are protected for inductive transients with 36V zener diodes The alarm connections are provided with LSA type connections accepting solid wires with the dimension 0 4mm2 to 0 6 mm2 1 3 9 Back up battery for BS41x 1 3 9 1 Introduction This application note describes how to attach a backup battery to the BS41x Tetra Base Stations All the BS41x versions are powered with one or several PS411 Power Su...

Page 50: ...mperature The batteries should also be of the gas tight type when co located with the BS to avoid corrosive gases which may damage the electronics A battery capacity of 48V 50Ah would be a typical choice for a 4 carrier BS The picture below shows an example of such a battery The following estimated back up times is being achieved with a 50Ah battery weight about 130kg Note that for higher load cur...

Page 51: ...ould be connected to the plus pole of the battery The Base Station itself and optionally the battery shall be provided with an effective grounding The TS411 temperature sensor shall be located at the battery and connected to the BS in the connection box with the delivered 10m of cable The cable is a standard 4 wire telephone cable provided with two 4 pole RJ11 plugs narrow types The cable can be e...

Page 52: ...to switch off the load when the battery is close to being discharged in order to protect the battery The Base Station is prepared for 60V battery operation wherefore a switch is placed on the back plane of the BS to indicate to the PS411 s whether a 48V or 60V battery is used Note that the present version of PS411 can only operate with 48V DC wherefore this feature is not active and the switch sha...

Page 53: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 01 04 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex 7 6 Manual Basic system parameters TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 2 34 PART 2 SW Installation and Configuration ...

Page 54: ...d software parameters of the system but they can be increased on request The max numbers can be decreased by dongle setting Readout can be done with TetraOM command and the Dongle Reader program The system can be ordered as Standard and Optional Enhanced system size Function Standard Optional Enh Dongle Organizations max 1 000 1 000 Yes Profiles max 10 000 10 000 Yes Subscribers max 20 000 150 000...

Page 55: ...o the internal LAN area 2 2 2 Virus Threat The major threat for a system is that viruses will infect the system components with WAN access These components will either be a Damm BSC running Windows or a PC with a full Windows installation The major source of infection is normally via E mails and via Home pages It is therefore strongly recommended never to use any computer in a system for these tas...

Page 56: ...d but AVG does not accept the product code of Windows Embedded and DAMM has not succeeded to get AVG to implement the needed changes 2 2 3 MS Security Essentials Microsoft has recently released their new Microsoft Security Essentials At present this is not compatible with the BSC In case installation has been attempted an error message DATA ENCRYPTION detected an error in the protocol stream and h...

Page 57: ... equipment 2 3 1 2 Dongle types NOTE TetraFlex V7 20 and forward require a new type of dongle If no encryption key is required in the dongle it is possible to order a number of empty spare dongles and remotely upgrade these as needed If encryption key is required and dongle is to be used at the node containing the master subscriber register the dongle must be ordered from DAMM sales Currently ther...

Page 58: ...e Streams max o Air Interface Encryption o Air Interface Encryption KSG An API Client dongle is programmed with o Dongle Date Limit o Dispatcher Yes No A Log Server dongle is programmed with o Dongle Date Limit o Application Date Limit o Call Info Log o SDS content Log o Voice Log Max By means of the dongle read out software or the TetraOM commands the End User can read o Dongle hardware serial nu...

Page 59: ...21 Log workstation Log server PC From TetraFlex ver 7 6 Requires a Dongle with Present or not flag PC Non DAMM delivery Android Client Smart Phone or other device Non DAMM delivery General license option Language Optional Language and Brand Logo 2 3 1 3 Dongle Update The dongle can be reprogrammed by means of an update file The file can be sent by e mail from DAMM to the Partner and downloaded loc...

Page 60: ...the serial number of the faulty missing dongle and DAMM will send a mail with a file containing the System and Node license s settings from the original dongle o An invoice will be issued with the value of the System and Node licenses in the dongle which will be credited when the original dongle is received by DAMM 2 3 1 5 Dongle exchange and information of content At startup the BSC exe is checki...

Page 61: ...or investigating dongles In the top of the Dongle reader program there is a number of tabs that show what contents the dongle has The Dongle tab is always present If a tab is set to None there isn t any license programmed for that tab The Read Dongle button can be used for re read a dongle This has an option so that you can have more dongles in a PC and even in a BS412 or SB421 and by selecting th...

Page 62: ...aFlex 7 5 Manual 2 43 Dongle o DAMM serial number the dongle hardware number can be read by S04 I o Brand in this case DAMM TetraFlex OEM version are available o Language o Key Ref Serial number and if the 128 bit Encryption is set to YES the dongle is programmed with a security key for Authentication Encryption ...

Page 63: ...ell o Voice Gateway Conn max Maximum telephone connections per node o Packet Data Gateway Packet data allowed or not o Application Conn max Maximum application connections API interfaces o Air Interface Encryption Encryption allowed or not o Air Interface Encryption The encryption Class used Class 1 3 o Flags The Air encryption type used in the BS TEA1 TEA2 TEA3 or TEA4 o If the Only one Organizat...

Page 64: ... operation when the specified date is reached o Application Date Limit The License Dongle check date is compared with this date for SW update allowance o Call Info Log Call information logging CDR set Yes or No o SDS content Log SDS contents logged Yes or No o Voice Log Max Maximum of voice streams that can be logged simultaneously o Output Destination SQL DB The logs are stored in the SQL databas...

Page 65: ... set discreet listening into an ongoing calls is possible on the API e g when using the dispatcher Ambience listening if flag is set ambient listening is possible on the API e g In the dispatcher o Application Server not included in this version Dispatcher o Dongle Date Limit If set the dongle ceases operation when the specified date is reached o Application Date Limit The License Dongle check dat...

Page 66: ...at can be setup in the Group Bridge o Analog conn Max The max numbers of Analog radio devices that be defined in the Group Bridge 2 3 1 7 Partners access to Software Releases o Any Partner with access to the restricted area on http www damm dk can download all software packages available and save them locally in his administrative system for later use If a Partner needs a software package not save...

Page 67: ...an be implemented together with the new Software Releases at an appropriate time 2 3 1 8 Programming of Dongle Application Date Limit This setting is subject to change without notice o The Application Date Limit for execution of software packages is set to Partners without SLA the delivery date plus warranty period This can be set individually Partners with SLA 24 months and can be extended with p...

Page 68: ...s 2 4 1 CF Storage media The TetraFlex system uses an 8GB Compact Flash CF Card as storage media The CF card is divided in to 3 partitions 8GB CF Card Order no 105126 V7 30 and forth Partition No Name Usage 1 2 Gbyte CF P1 C drive Primary partition system TetraFlex and operation system 2 2 Gbyte CF P2 D drive Secondary partition for Upgrade TetraFlex and operation system 3 4 Gbyte CF P3 E drive Lo...

Page 69: ...ll state which version is initially delivered Be aware that it is a violation of license to upgrade an XPe OS with WES2009 unless a new license is purchased from sales A WES2009 can legally be downgraded to XPe should this be decided 2 4 3 TetraFlex Installation Upgrade 2 4 3 1 Preconditions The software package can be installed on either the SB421 BSC412 or on an external PC The Log Client Dispat...

Page 70: ...ed to a 8GByte CF card with the full TetraFlex packet including a preinstalled Log Server The actual TetraFlex configuration should be copied from the old to the new CF card the configuration is stored in C Tetra Active data The Service box with the Log Server also needs to have at least 1GB RAM to function properly 2 4 3 3 Installing a new image on SB421 and BSC412 If this procedure is not follow...

Page 71: ...eted the first time the BSC exe is started o To prepare the BSC service for starting make a copy of bsc exe to bsc_ exe o For installing the BSC service run BSC vbs with the parameter INSTALL The system configuration is stored in the the files CnfgBsc txt CngfBss txt CnfgMain txt CnfgFact txt and CnfgBs txt in the Tetra Active Data folder These files are missing until the BSC service is installed ...

Page 72: ... Windows installation the following files should be executed If not already there the files could temporary be placed in the following path C Tetra Active pgm BSC o XpQosSetup reg o WinPcap_4_0_1 exe o Restart the BSC via start menu BSC Restart or execute BSC vbs and select RESTART 4 If the installation is done on a PC with Windows 7 8 or Server the following files should be executed If not alread...

Page 73: ...eline for ver 7 x to 7 6 Having an OM shortcut on the desktop change it to point at C Tetra Active pgm OM OM vbs 2 4 4 4 NM Stop the NM program when running 1 If the system is installed with TetraFlex release 7 6 o Copy all files from Pgm NM into the active folder C Tetra Active PGM NM o Repeat this for all nodes in the system 2 If the system is installed with older TetraFlex releases please follo...

Page 74: ...s in any of the above mentioned folders e g from older installations please delete them before copying the new Dispatcher installation files When re starting the BSC a Dispatcher distribution point is created via the TetraFlex share under the folder structure C Tetra Share Dispatcher Install the dispatcher on an external PC by executing the Setup exe file from this folder To find the share use the...

Page 75: ...ex log client 2 4 4 7 Log Client The Log Client applications may be installed on an external PC work station with the appropriate dongle Install the Log Client by connecting to the Log Server on SB421 BSC412 or external logserver with the file explorer Find the folder Log Client using the TetraFlex share C Tetra share LogClient and execute the LogClientInstall vbs When the Log Client shortcut is e...

Page 76: ... the new TR421 dll On the local BSC execute the BS421Download bat file Path C Tetra Active Pgm TR421 Restart all the TR s by help of TetraOM commands 99 RESTART 2 4 4 11 Installing TEA2 encryption Files for TEA2 encryption are not part of the software package but have to be ordered separately The TEA2 version of TR421 dll and TR412 bin are installed in the same way as described above for BS421 and...

Page 77: ...ons are protected by arresting devices The Ethernet connections are limited to SELV The Ethernet WAN connection is connected to an Ethernet switch or directly to the PC Network by means of a straight or crossed Ethernet cable The Ethernet LAN connection shall solely be connected to the BS421 s and optionally to a redundant SB421 and or IP backbone for multimode operation For redundant BSC operatio...

Page 78: ... NOTE In case of an internal hard disk is present disable this totally before booting from the CF card After initial boot the HD may be enabled again and should appear as D drive with a 2GB CF card installed and F with an 8GB CF card installed DO NOT try to reconfigure drive letters with the build in drive manager in the OS 2 5 1 3 2 BIOS setup for the BSC412 and SB 421 Hardware ver 2 BIOS configu...

Page 79: ... No Rev Date 1 00 2013 01 04 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex 7 6 Manual SB421 Configuration TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 2 60 Figure 2 3 Boot configuration Figure 2 4 Advanced and Advanced CPU Control ...

Page 80: ...iguration TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 2 61 Figure 2 5 Advanced Video Intel IGD Control and advanced Integrated Device Control Figure 2 6 Advanced I O Device Configuration and Advanced Clock Control Figure 2 7Power and Boot o After changing a parameter Press F10 to save the setting and exit the BIOS setup ...

Page 81: ...m also a PS alarm may show on the BSC LED s o WAN Network Card DHCP 2 5 1 5 MAC address Set up On delivery from DAMM the MAC is set to the correct value BSC s delivered from 01 01 2008 has the MAC address stored in a flash device No action needed BSC s delivered before 01 01 2008 MAC address label may be present on the BSC unit may have the MAC redefined The MAC is stored on the storage device HD ...

Page 82: ...8 Start MacMakeUp Application o In the MacMakeUp application select the 8255xER PCI Adapter o Enter the MAC address Enter value like 000FE3000431 o Press Change o Close the application o Re open MacMakeUp and check that the MAC is actually changed saved o Disable and then enable the WAN net card to make MAC change valid Figure 2 9 Change MAC ...

Page 83: ...g units are an integrated part of the SB421 2 6 1 1 Set up of IP address 2 6 1 1 1 DHCP Typical TetraFlex single node The IP address and the net mask is setup by means of DHCP When the system is delivered from DAMM the BSC and the BS421 are paired and should start up without any need of configuration change However if the BS421 is connected to another BSC the IP address configuration must be reset...

Page 84: ...ress to 172 16 1 11 o If more IP s are shown and only one BS421 is connected determine which IP address is valid by use of a ping command to the IP s Delete the wrong IP MAC entries and change the remaining IP to 172 16 1 11 o If more IP s are shown and two BS421 is connected determine which IP s are valid by use of a ping command to the IP s Delete the wrong IP MAC entries and change the remainin...

Page 85: ...tially off line DHCP server stopped To stop the DHCP server log in to C ProgramFiles DHCPserver and double click on the dhcpsrv exe file Figure 2 11 DHCP Redundant Setup Then select STOP to temporarily stop the DHCP server When the IP setup of the main SB421 is finished o The dhcpsrv ini file must be copied to the C ProgramFiles DHCPserver of the redundant SB421 o The IPBIND setting must be change...

Page 86: ...ork and dial up connections o Open the AU1MAC1 o Select Specify an IP address and enter the relevant data into the fields o Select OK and exit the program Figure 2 12 Static IP setup o Check SB421IP setting to match the settings of the BS421 use BSC GUI or OM M71 The static BS421 IP address can also be set with OM command 06 IPADDR xxx xxx xxx xxx and 06 IPMASK yyy yyy yyy yyy The BS421 must be re...

Page 87: ...nused BS421 s echo Copy files to TR421 1 net use Z 172 16 1 11 CF Card tetra USER tetra PERSISTENT NO copy TR421 dll Z Tetra Pgm Tr Y copy TR421 bat Z Tetra Pgm Tr Y net use Z DELETE rem echo Copy files to TR421 2 rem net use Z 172 16 1 12 CF Card tetra USER tetra PERSISTENT NO rem copy TR421 dll Z Tetra Pgm Tr Y rem copy TR421 bat Z Tetra Pgm Tr Y rem net use Z DELETE rem echo Copy files to TR421...

Page 88: ...ystem on BS421 is Windows CE that is contained in one file NK bin this chapter describes how to install it IMPORTANT Do not copy NK bin WinCE to the BS421 unless instructed to do so or forced to do so due to breakdown 2 6 2 1 Copy NK bin WinCE to BS421 If the BS421 is connected with VNC the BS application TR421 MUST be stopped before copying files Enter 99 STOP Enter in the OM Command Interpreter ...

Page 89: ...Select CF Card o Create a new directory called CF Card TMP on the BS421 o Copy the file NK bin from SB421 C tetra PGM TR to the CF Card TMP on BS421 o Open VNC for TR1 or TR2 from the desktop o Open My Device o Copy NK bin from CF Card TEM to CF Card o Accept overwrite of old NK bin file The copy function takes app 15 min Note If for some reason the connection to the system is broken the copying o...

Page 90: ... Configure admin user When a new NK bin file has been copied to the BS421 the BS421 Admin and User settings are lost To reestablish follow the procedure o Start the Internet Explorer from SB421 Start Programs Internet Explorer o Connect to the file server web client on BS421 using http TRx IP address remoteadmin TRx IP address 172 16 1 11 for TR1 or 172 16 1 12 for TR2 o Password tetra o Verificat...

Page 91: ...ert BS421 BS421 serial number o Press Apply To move on it might be necessary to temporarily make a change to the Device Name and press Apply Immediately change it back to the original name and press Apply then move to on to the next point Figure 2 15 Configure Host Name 2 6 2 4 Configure file server user o Select add del User o Enter username tetra o Enter password tetra o Enter confirm tetra o Pr...

Page 92: ... Figure 2 16 Configure user and password 2 6 3 Copy to and from Compact Flash Card CF Card on BS421 o Use Explorer to connect to BS421 o Start Search For files or folders Computers o Enter TRx IP address 172 16 1 11 for TR1 172 16 1 12 for TR2 and so on o Check that the S N is correct o When connected update the CF card as required ...

Page 93: ...BSC GUI or using OM command BSC GUI Select the BSC tab and click on the TR s configured menu and then add the TR When clicking Ok the setting is saved TetraOM connect to the BSC Perform the following commands F75 Enter This shows the configuration for TR 11 28 If the displayed message does not correspond to the actual number of TR perform the command F75 xx ADD F75 xx REMOVE removes the TR again x...

Page 94: ...label is v1 HW version v2 and forth has the possibility to change the setting via the TetraOM program This change is required to ensure correct BSC handover and synchronization of the carriers The change cannot be made in the field The system must be ordered for 4 carrier operation or the units may be returned to DAMM for modifications NOTE For change in the field trained staff only please order a...

Page 95: ...421 is provided with one External 1PPS 1 Pulse Per Second output and two external 1PPS inputs The Slaves shall receive external 1PPS inputs connected to Masters In addition to the hardware 1PPS sync messages are send every second on IP from the Masters to attached BS s A Master will indicate Master Mode if 1 Synchronized to the internal GPS RX or 2 Synchronized to an External Input marked as Prima...

Page 96: ...ster Mode 3 Ext Master 2 Master Mode 4 Int GPS RX 5 Ext Master 4 Master Mode 6 Ext Master 0 7 Ext Master 1 8 Ext Master 2 9 Ext Master 4 Resync only 10 Int Free Run Master 4 priority 1 Ext Master 0 Master Mode 2 Ext Master 1 Master Mode 3 Ext Master 2 Master Mode 4 Ext Master 3 Master Mode 5 Int GPS RX 6 Ext Master 0 7 Ext Master 1 8 Ext Master 2 9 Ext Master 3 10 Int Free Run Slave priority 1 Ext...

Page 97: ... TR s Typical 1 carrier BS421 configuration TR11 Master 1 OM command 72 MASTER 1 Typical 2 carrier BS421 configuration with GPS on both carriers TR11 Master 1 TR12 Master 2 TR11 OUT connected to TR12 IN1 TR12 OUT connected to TR11 IN1 OM command TR11 72 MASTER 1 72 IN G 72 IN 1 72 IN 1 172 016 001 012 000 0 72 OUT 172 016 001 012 TR12 72 MASTER 2 72 IN G 72 IN 1 72 IN 1 172 016 001 011 000 0 72 OU...

Page 98: ... frequency adjustment procedure If the BS is operating without GPS sync Free run the reference oscillator has to be checked and adjusted one time a year Measure the BS421 transmitter frequency the transmitter can be switch to CW mode for easier measurement Commands 01 Local blocking 02 Test mode 15 CW CW modulation 10 Start transmitter Commands to adjust the reference oscillator 31 Display Sync st...

Page 99: ...of the PS411 Power Supplies will flash until they receives configuration from the BSC 2 7 2 Special precautions NOTE Batch commands B are not supported on TR411 and TR412 using the HDLC bus 2 7 3 Set up of IP address The IP address and net mask shall be set up in BSC412 Windows settings as the first configuration step This is done either with o Connect a monitor and USB keyboard mouse directly to ...

Page 100: ...BSC GUI or with OM commands Both are described in this chapter The BSC GUI can be started from the Start menu TetraFlex BSC BSCGUI The Transceivers can be added and deleted from the BSC tab OM command F75 to view configured TR s F75 nn ADD To add new transceiver where nn reflects the TR position 11 to 18 All TR412 s should be configured in the BSC The current TR configuration can be displayed from...

Page 101: ...guration can be done from the BSC GUI BS tab Select the desired TX antenna alarm and make the changes OM Command F73 TXANT xx yy z z 0 nn Where xx reflects TX antenna level 1 alarm setting 06 to 16 dB return loss yy reflects TX antenna level 2 alarm setting 06 to 16 dB return loss z z reflects minimum forward power 0 2 to 9 0 watt nn reflects minimum reflected power 0 01 to 0 99 watt ...

Page 102: ...he rack during normal BS operation Before it is inserted or removed be sure that both switches on the front plate are in OFF position The PS411 automatically receives the configuration from the BSC at start up The configuration can be checked from the BSC GUI BS Tab or with the command H76 nn ADD Where nn reflects the PS411 cassette position 11 to 47 2 7 8 Combiner adjustment The combiner can be a...

Page 103: ...round 20dBr 3dBr a lower value may indicate a bad receiver antenna or cable Set local blocking to off again 01 Local blocking off 2 7 10 Save BSC and TR configuration The various settings are from TetraFlex version 7 5 on saved automatically when making changes from BSC GUI or OM commands 2 7 11 TMA TMD installation adjustment 2 7 11 1 Introduction This guide describes how to adjust the BS41x Tetr...

Page 104: ...rating the TetraOM System requires a PC to be connected to the BS a screwdriver and a short test cable The test cable must be a 50 cm long RG214 cable with two N male connectors 2 7 11 3 Adjustment Procedure Step 1 Prepare the adjustment o Connect the PC to the BS log on and address a TR to be used for the adjustment Any TR connected to the node can be used o Make Local Blocking 01 o Select test m...

Page 105: ...ate the feeder loss o Register the RSSI on the TMA input If step 1 and 2 has been done correctly the reading should be 105dBm if the cable losses are 8dB If the cable losses are less than 8dB the input levels will be higher than 105dBm The feeder loss will be Feeder loss 8 105dBm RSSI 2 dB o Adjust with AI411 RFTL OUT the RSSI TMA input reading exactly half the way down to 105dBm For example if re...

Page 106: ...CW mode for easier measurement Commands to TR412 01 Local blocking 02 Test mode 15 CW CW modulation 10 Start transmitter Commands to adjust the reference oscillator H31 Display Sync status note the DAC output value OCXO Free Run value H31 SET nn nnn Set the OCXO Free Run value range from 00 000 to 99 999 H31 SAVE Save the OCXO Free Run value to flash A change of 1 will give a frequency change abou...

Page 107: ...SC1 OM command M71 DESCR NODE5 BSC1 The string should contain a description of the node or the geographical position of the BS site If it is a single carrier BS with directional antenna the direction can also be included LAN IP address Use the drop down box to select the LAN address setup from the Windows IP setting as described in 2 7 3 OM Command M71 IPADDR LAN 172 016 005 010 The IP address mus...

Page 108: ... coordinates of the Node This will be overwritten with the actual GPS position if Position change from GPS allowed is set to Yes OM command H71 POS 54 54 55 54N 009 48 23 69E All settings are saved immediately in the configuration file CnfgMain txt when pressing the Ok button in the different settings and when executing the OM commands The rest of the fields on the Main tab are for information onl...

Page 109: ...lect the TX BS power normal For the BS41x the setting is Tetra Mode output power at Rack TX Antenna connector An insertion loss of the combiner system of 4 0dB is assumed If the value is lower or higher than the TR412 limits the TR412 will set the power to the minimum or maximum power respectively For the BS421 it is the output power on Tx antenna connector If set to Controlled by BS TR the output...

Page 110: ...ings for BS41x and SB421 TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 2 91 2 8 3 BS Power reduced The Tx output can automatically be set to reduced power value as set in BS power reduced The reduced level is activated when Digital input 8 Power red in BS41x or SB421 is set to active See also OM command S72 BSPWR RED xx xx ...

Page 111: ...d a monitor connected direct to a SB421 or a BSC412 You can also use a PC which has an IP connection to the infrastructure The NM is able to listen to the multicast which means when using a PC the PC must be connected to the LAN Figure 2 18 Network management main screen 2 9 2 NM Installation on an external PC o If not already done copy the Tetra directory from a BSC to a PC o Execute the NM vbs f...

Page 112: ...tatus variables whilst the SNMP agent will service the SNMP requests The SNMP Management Application polls for the node status Traps are not generated by the TetraFlex network This is in accordance with recommendations found in the rfc1157 The SNMP agent packets is default in the c tetra active pgm nm directory or can be downloaded from www damm dk extranet software download site The SNMP agent pa...

Page 113: ...n C Tetra Active Pgm NM 3 Run the SNMP_install vbs file to install the SNMP extension dll and registry settings 4 Start up the Network Management application NM NM should be set to auto start to start up automatically when the computer is restarted The SNMP gateway will not operate without the NM 2 9 3 2 SNMP Manually PC installation If the Damm SNMP agent is to be installed on a PC instead of a S...

Page 114: ... in the startup folder to make the Network Management application startup automatically upon boot 7 Check the SNMP Security settings start right click on my computer manage Services and Applications Services SNMP Service Properties Security These settings could be as shown in the example on the following figure A more safe solution is to restrict the SNMP access by ticking Accept SNMP packets from...

Page 115: ...en tested to work with WatchUp Gold 14 2 The following figure is a graphical representation of the DAMM GLOBAL MIB module The Damm MIB tree Figure 19 The DAMM GLOBAL MODULE The most important variables are explained in detail in the following table Name OID Description dammRoot 1 3 6 1 4 1 15228 The root of the Damm MIB tree dammGlobalModule dammRoot 1 1 1 Contains info on when the MIB file was up...

Page 116: ...ubscriber dammRoot 3 1 1 2 1 6 Subscriber alarm 0 OK 1 Warning 2 Alarm 3 Blocked 255 Not configured alarmRadio dammRoot 3 1 1 2 1 7 Radio alarm 0 OK 1 Warning 2 Alarm 3 Blocked 255 Not configured alarmVoiceGw dammRoot 3 1 1 2 1 8 Voice Gateway alarm 0 OK 1 Warning 2 Alarm 3 Blocked 255 Not configured alarmPdGw dammRoot 3 1 1 2 1 9 Packet Data Gateway alarm 0 OK 1 Warning 2 Alarm 3 Blocked 255 Not ...

Page 117: ...tion For API installation please refer to the Application Gateway installation section 2 10 2 Dispatcher Installation The Dispatcher can only be installed outside the BSC on a separate PC It connects to the Application Gateway of the TetraFlex through the WAN port Prerequisite for this connection to be successful is that the WAN port of an Application GW node is physically connected to a network a...

Page 118: ...n If using Install dispatcher for user number the user Application SSI number and PIN code that has been setup in the subscriber register must be typed in in this case the Dispatcher is installed in the directory c tetra applications dispatcher user number where the user number is the number you typed The installation process makes a shortcut to the dispatcher in the start menu on your PC Ex Tetra...

Page 119: ...ome profile How to do it Enable network discovery Turn on file and print sharing Turn off password protected sharing Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers 2 10 4 Configurations to be done on the node The Application gateway must be enabled on the node where the Dispatcher has to be connected to and the Application SSI must be defined in the subscriber register This can be d...

Page 120: ...al log server is factory set to be disabled and has to be enabled and started from the TetraFlex menu Logserver install 2 11 2 LogServer License The TetraFlex Log Server requires a USB License dongle to run The dongle has two purposes to protect the TetraFlex Log Server software from being illegally used without any software license and to store essential configuration and licensing values The don...

Page 121: ...dinate logging Max number of concurrent voice logging channels Number of simultaneous voice channels which can be logged at a given time 0 255 2 11 3 Logserver Tray Configuration The TetraFlex Log Server s configuration is located in an ini file within the same folder as the executable one C Tetra Applications LogServer LogServer ini The configuration is loaded during start up by the LogServer Ser...

Page 122: ... the multicast group where the control messages flow default 224 239 16 1 and Port default 42400 LogServer multicast control IP receiving This is the multicast IP address of the multicast group and Port default 42402 Multicast Port This is the multicast port number for Voice Manual select of logServer IP s This setting enables or disables automatic detection of which network interface is LAN and W...

Page 123: ... setting allows logging of voice of non configured MS subscribers in the LogServer when enabled If a MS has been configured in the LogServer it will use these values regardless of this setting When this setting is disabled the MS subscriber must be configured to be able to log voice by the LogServer Enable SDS logging This setting can enable disable SDS logging This setting only has effect when us...

Page 124: ...ich can be used for testing the Log API This can be requested from DAMM support Every UDP message contains a common message header The byte order is Little Endian Supported features Status messages SDS Type4 without TL SDS TL TRANSFER Individual calls Duplex Simplex Group calls Normal Broadcast Streams of active voice calls either as G 711 A LAW or Tetra encoded TCH S streams The LogApi is an UDP ...

Page 125: ...t menu TetraFlex LogServer LogServer Install This will start the MySQL service Log server application and the log server tray This also will create a new empty database if not already created 2 11 5 2 External Log Workstation and Log Server The external Log Workstation and Log Server are pre installed and preconfigured from DAMM at delivery If for any reason it has to be reinstalled this procedure...

Page 126: ...ug to identify it Right click and select Rename from menu name it WAN Set the Connection type to Home or Work private networks 2 Disable Automatic updates Go to Control Panel System and Security Windows Update Change settings In the drop down options under Important updates select Never check for updates not recommended 3 Change Power Options to high performance For Windows 7 Right click on deskto...

Page 127: ...xt Keep the Check mark in Detailed configuration click next Depending on the machine select either Server Machine this is for a BSC or Dedicated MySQL Server Machine this is for LogServer running on PC without any other server applications click Next On Database Usage select the Multifunctional database Click next Select the installation path If possible select another partition than the c drive F...

Page 128: ...ed from www damm dk extranet by downloading the latest Tetraflex 7 6 version Please read the release notes before installing 9 Install the Log Server Ensure that the IP settings are correct for LAN and WAN connectors You should be able to get ping responses from the BSCs on the LAN segment It might be necessary to add a persistent route this is done by executing the following in a command shell ro...

Page 129: ...ations 10 Add rule for firewall Go to Control Panel System and Security Allow a program through Windows Firewall Select Allow another program Browse to C Tetra Applications LogServer LogServer exe Allow this for both Home Private and Public Network Allow also for LogClient exe and MySql exe 2 11 5 3 Log Client The log client can be started either from the log server or an external PC Before you ca...

Page 130: ...QL Server used is a MySql server The MySQL Community Edition is a free downloadable version of the world s most popular open source database that is supported by an active community of open source developers The TetraFlex Log Server stores all data in the TetraFlexLogDB database Some limitations for the MySql Community Server 5 0 are listed below o 256 TB of database disk space o 20 database conne...

Page 131: ...to A law and vice versa when running on the standard BSC412 platform and up to 15 simultaneous speech connections when running on a standard BSC421 platform Up to 32 simultaneous speech connections are possible when a voice gateway is installed on a PC node The gateway does not provide any PABX features but has the capability to connect via the SIP protocol to an external PABX gateway where routin...

Page 132: ...lex 7 5 Manual 2 113 2 12 1 Voice Gateway configuration This section describes the configuration needed to setup the system for SIP operation To configure a Voice Gateway use the TetraFlex NM application BSC GUI or the TetraFlex OM as described here see also this manual in part 3 Network Management Voice GW ...

Page 133: ...ofiles where PABX access is desired or by using the TetraOM command S21 Profile No VGNODE x Node Number where x is 1 for primary GW and x is 2 for alternate GW Organization can be set from the Voice GW setting in NM to allow all or some organization to make call to trough the Voice GW All all organizations are allowed If you specifies an organization ex 1 only this is allowed B number prefix The O...

Page 134: ...e IP800 but may be any SIP compatible device The status of Voice GW can be verified using the BSC GUI or with the OM command S13 Figure 2 20 Voice Gateway Status 2 12 2 Innovaphone IP800 Configuration For a detailed explanation of IP800 functions please refer to the manufacturers manual The IP address must be configured in the TetraOM BSC GUI or NM Figure 2 21 Voice GW IP ...

Page 135: ...this license is not present the selection Gatekeeper Registrar will not be shown If IP800 GW license is not present it is possible to connect without registration In this case the WAN port IP address must be entered in the IP800 Server Address field and the Voice GW selection in Network Management Reg field must be changed to NO Observe that this solution is not recommended and also this solution ...

Page 136: ...e 2 12 2 2 IP 800 Route table example Please note that this example shows an IP800 which serves as gateway for several TetraFlex systems Figure 2 24 Route table example Dialing 724000 will be transformed into 01 o 0 is the number presented to the TetraFlex and is then routed to the speech message o 1 is the prefix chosen to distinguish different organizations on one GW In this example several Tetr...

Page 137: ...in the profile for the mobiles allowing mobiles to use their company DNS Server By default the TetraFlex Packet Data gateway automatically announces itself to the connected IP segment with the RIPv2 protocol The main router default IP gateway therefore has to have RIPv2 activated as it ensures automatic rerouting to the redundant BSC when it takes over It is possible to set up two redundant PD gat...

Page 138: ...red Yes or No is PD GW active RIPv2 If Yes RIPv2 is used If No Static routing is used Active mobiles count Numbers of active mobile connections o TetraOM Activate the packet data gateway using S74 CNFG S74 RIP Activated RIP Use the OM command S71 SUBIPADD IP address range MASK to configure an IP address range defined by the MASK Configure the packet data gateway Node using the OM command S21 Profi...

Page 139: ...ust be set from the Config dialog From the Network Management configure a packet Node attachment if not already done via TetraOM This is done from setup in the subscriber register in the different profiles where PD GW access is desired PD GW must be active In the dialog below PD GW 1 node is checked and Node 1 is attached for profile 0 e g node name BSC_BUK ...

Page 140: ...ateway TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 2 121 In the profile make sure the DNS IP address is configured and the packet data GW 1 node number is configured If the MS is to be used for packet data transfers make sure an IP address is configured within the specific subscriber E g Bellow SSI 100502 has IP 172 28 0 23 ...

Page 141: ...dows is finished configuration select properties on the modem connection Setup the Maximum Port speed to 38400 bps 2 13 2 1 Network configuration o From the Control Panel open the Network Connections o Chose Create a new connection to create a direct connection o Select the network in the connection wizard and type Set up an advanced connection o Select Connection directly to another computer with...

Page 142: ...13 01 04 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex 7 6 Manual Packet Data Gateway TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 2 123 2 13 3 Main router For incoming attempts make sure a static route is configured for the packet data GW IP address ...

Page 143: ...handling the complete interface protocol The TetraFlexApi dll will also take care of its basic configuration and the Voice interface to PC sound system The TetraFlexApi dll is License Dongle protected Figure 2 25 API function At registration the TetraFlexApi dll will check for identical protocol version numbers in the Gateway and TetraFlexApi dll System software updates will include an updated Tet...

Page 144: ...ways work together with GUI Applications written for earlier versions 2 14 4 API Test applications The SW package also includes an API toolkit SW programmed in C C and Delphi for testing the different API calls without having to write an application 2 14 5 API Configuration The following criteria must be met to be able to access the API o The Node Dongle must allow API o The Node Dongle is deliver...

Page 145: ...ber register Create an application subscriber SSI and enter the relevant Application data Figure 2 26 Application Subscriber The API application e g DAMM dispatcher can either use the User No or the TSI Tetra Subscriber Identity MCC MNC SSI The use of PIN code can be chosen and must match in the API settings 2 14 6 2 2 In the Application Dispatcher folder Edit the Config txt file with the correct ...

Page 146: ...1 11 01 14 29 43 71 Common 71 IDPROMPT 71 USERNO 1700522 71 PIN 4711 71 OMPORT 42382 71 OMPIN 1841803245 72 Gateways 72 0 010 239 016 200 TetraStar 72 1 72 2 72 3 72 4 72 5 72 6 72 7 72 8 72 9 Figure 2 27 Configuration methods Configuration file and dispatcher connection o A different configuration method is to start the dispatcher and select Views Connection Configuration from the top menu this w...

Page 147: ... E g of dongle settings for using the API DLL Figure 2 28 Node dongle Figure 2 29 Client Dongle To allow communication between the API DLL and a Node the Node Dongle must have the Application Gw Conn Max set to a number 0 to allow the Application GW to be used by the API DLL Dispatcher and the Client Dongle used in the PC must have the API DLL settings enabled ...

Page 148: ...Config and subscriber 71 PIN 4711 PIN If used must also be defined in subscriber reg 71 OMPORT 42382 Access port for TetraOM cannot use 42380 71 OMPIN 2081304613 TetraOM pin code that must be entered for using OM 72 Gateways 72 0 010 239 016 200 TetraStar Range of node IP addresses where the API can connect 72 1 The API will try to connect to first IP if not present the 72 2 next IP will be tried ...

Page 149: ...o be initiated 2 14 9 1 API test tool The API test tool can be downloaded from www damm dk extranet and is available in a C version and in a Delphi version The API test tool must be in the same directory as the API DLL and the config txt file e g c tetra applications dispatcher default For initialization of the API o Execute the API test tool TetraFlexApiTest_C exe o Or TetraFlexApiTest_Delphi exe...

Page 150: ...ll result in a message showing that the API is connected Figure 2 32 C Test API connection 2 14 9 1 2 Test via API OM To be able to connect to the API via TetraOM the API must be initialized as described before o Install a TetraOM at the client PC o Configure the OM to connect to the client PC localhost IP address 127 0 0 1 or its wan address ex 10 239 28 69 using the Port assigned in the config t...

Page 151: ...aFlex 7 5 Manual 2 132 Figure 2 34 API connection status o Enter Pin Code find the PIN code in the config txt file o TetraOM command 01 L R 01 L for dynamic will show the connection status 2 14 9 1 3 Useful commands o In the Config header press or TetraOM command 30 CONFIG GUI the GUI configuration window opens ...

Page 152: ...ar Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex 7 6 Manual Application Gateway TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 2 133 Figure 2 35 GUI Window o In the Subscriber header press or TetraOM command 30 SUBSCR GUI the GUI configuration window opens Figure 2 36 Subscriber window ...

Page 153: ...ay Group Bridge TetraFlex Client WAN The Terminal Gateway can be compared with the Application gateway but with reduced functionality and it does not require an API dll on the client site The Terminal Gateway requires that the terminal gateway flag is set in the dongle before it can be activated The gateway can be activated from NM BSC GUI and OM command NM Set the Config flag to Yes and select th...

Page 154: ... Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex 7 6 Manual Terminal Gateway TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 2 135 BSC Gui The same parameters can be set from BSC GUI OM Commands See help file for OM commands regarding the Terminal Gateway starting with S76 ...

Page 155: ...e Application Gateway the Group Bridges and TetraFlex Clients that want to connect to TetraFlex using the Terminal Gateway must be set up in the Subscriber register For the Terminal Gateway client a Terminal SSI must be setup and the User number is used as the connection identifier For details about Terminal SSI please see the chapter regarding NM and Subscriber register ...

Page 156: ...eferred to in this document as the BSC For a complete list of TetraOM commands see the TetraOM help files manual or the on line help in the OM Several methods of communication are available depending on the actual need and tasks to be done Outdoor units SB421 BS421 must be addressed by their IP address Default IP for TR11 is 172 16 x 11 for TR12 it is 172 16 x 12 and so on Default IP for BSC1 is 1...

Page 157: ...he TR412 s combiner and Power supply is not possible and must be made via the HDLC bus To activate the HDLC bus UART use TetraOM command AU If for some reasons the HDLC cannot be activated use AU FORCED first For onsite situations a CRT keyboard and mouse can be connected directly to the BSC with standard extension cables This also allows monitoring of the Windows booting modification of the BIOS ...

Page 158: ...S41x consist of a 2 digit command in the range 00 to 99 with an optional parameter Commands without parameters are display only commands and will not make any changes Therefore it is possible to page through the commands to find the right one without any risk to change vital parameters The commands are divided into groups covering the different functions in the TR For example all the TR commands a...

Page 159: ...ctual time date and century seconds C 63 N Shows the GPS data stream from a BS421 2 16 3 1 4 Simultaneous commands From the TetraOM terminal window it is possible to combine several TetraOM commands using the Pipe symbol Example 00 03 A shows software version and alarm flag list 2 16 3 1 5 Local blocking mode After power on the TR always starts in normal operating mode If a given command requires ...

Page 160: ...is used as parameter to turn off disable or step down E g 11 turn power supply on 11 turn power supply off For more complex functions a is used as separator after the command no followed by the necessary no of characters for the actual function E g 13 27 set output power to 27dBm If the parameter is not valid for the actual command the following response is displayed Invalid parameter ...

Page 161: ...guration o Factory configuration only to be done by DAMM System configuration parameters can be changed with the 7x OM commands and are automatically saved 2 16 3 4 TetraOM set up More possibilities exists how to start the TetraOM program o Start via the NM o Start via BSC GUI o Start the TetraOM program from the start menu or the taskbar o Start the TetraOM program on the BS421 directly using the...

Page 162: ...e the connection into some well defined name As an example this syntax might be used System Number Node Number Unit Description Organization E g TF24 S004 BSC1 Support To make a new connection push the New button and select the connection type normal Network and fill out the entry name and IP address of the unit Send A411 set to No The units can then be accessed with OM by clicking on the list and...

Page 163: ...ndow When connected the TetraOM communications window will appear Normally this window will be a black command screen with a welcome text or an error message if some commands have failed Communication with the BSC TR PS and Combiner BS41x is now possible by issuing TetraOM commands As an example if command 71 is entered the TR will respond back as shown below ...

Page 164: ... will soon be familiar For more rarely used commands a help system is available documenting all available commands and options The HELP is accessed either by pressing F1 or by clicking on the Help button The help system contains a help file for each device in the base station Start to select the BSC BS421 as this help file contains information about how to address the different devices ...

Page 165: ... 2 41 OM Help After selecting a device a list of all available commands is shown Figure 2 42 OM Help After selecting a specific command an execution window appears In this window the command syntax is explained and applicable command parameter s may be entered Please observe that all of the yellow marked fields must be filled in ...

Page 166: ...et to save 70 SAVE or F70 SAVE for the BSC 2 16 3 6 TetraOM Editor The TetraOM program also contains an Editor where command files may be edited When the editor is active commands from the help system are put into the Editor instead Command files can be sent from the Editor Command files can also be executed directly from the disk Note that the system configuration files Cnfgxxx txt on the BSC is ...

Page 167: ...ame lan This will only work if the TR is allowed to logon to the host it might be necessary to go to the TR with VNC and type the user name password and domain of the host BSC or PC to get access o 48 timeslot U timeslot is the timeslot number Collects unencrypted messages To collect from several timeslots repeat the command with different timeslot numbers o 48 FILE Start collecting to file o R 48...

Page 168: ...the TetraOM main form and chose logging o Browse to enter destination and filename o Click only terminal responses to collect the message responses exchanged between the TR PS Combiner and BSC o Type the TetraOM command to be logged R or C TetraOM command o Enter the bottom Create to start logging to file o Enter the bottom Stop logging to stop TetraOM logging to file ...

Page 169: ...16 Terminal GW status S20 Subscriber registers S20 SAVE Save actual register to text file S20 READ Load data from text file S21 Subscriber profile S21 nnnn Show profile nnnn S22 SSI Register Status S65 Multicast Unicast addresses S71 General Node configuration BSC Base Station Controller F00 Version number F15 TR status Century Seconds F15 F TR status Frequency F98 Hardware serial number informati...

Page 170: ...cking Alarm can be changed to non blocking with command 71 TXREFLWAR 08 TX ant reflected L1 Non Blocking Alarm 10 RX PLL unlocked Blocking Alarm Hardware fault 11 RX LO1 injection low Non Blocking Alarm Hardware fault 16 36 864MHz PLL unlocked Blocking Alarm Hardware fault 18 L3 Frequency Setup Non Blocking Alarm 19 DSP watchdog Blocking Alarm 20 DSP Time Sync Non Blocking Alarm 21 BSC Message Lin...

Page 171: ...412 OM command 03 A Comment 00 TX PLL unlocked Blocking Alarm Hardware fault 02 TX VSWR protection Blocking Alarm Hardware fault 03 TX temperature high Blocking Alarm TR412 temperature over 80 C TX stopped 04 TX volt reference 05 TX 26V supply 06 TX output power Blocking Alarm Check TX out power 07 TX ant reflected L2 Blocking Alarm 08 TX ant reflected L1 Non Blocking Alarm 09 TX combiner TP high ...

Page 172: ...ex 7 6 Manual TetraOM TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 2 153 16 36 864MHz PLL 8kHz Blocking Alarm Hardware fault 17 1sec missing 18 L3 Frequency Setup Non Blocking Alarm 19 DSP watchdog Blocking Alarm 20 DSP Time Sync Non Blocking Alarm 21 BSC Message Link Blocking Alarm No Link to BSC ...

Page 173: ... a standard provided with a VNC Server to allow one user at a time to establish a remote desktop session with the BS421 To establish a remote session start VNC on the Windows computer If it does not connect please check the VNC connection options Format and encoding change to Raw You will get the following window Figure 2 44 VNC picture By pressing the LED the LED window will close and give access...

Page 174: ...d directory The files on the BS are now accessible for an instance the CF Card directory contains all SW for the BS You can now operate the Windows CE on the BS remotely from your computer 2 17 2 File transfer via to from BS To copy upgrade or backup files or software from the BS421 CF card select Start Search for files or folders Select Computers and enter the IP address of the unit to be found F...

Page 175: ... General setup and Sync Pressing the tool icon will show a toolbox where it is possible to setup general parameters o TR number o TR ID string o TX output o RX B input 6dB diversity preamble o BSC connection IP s o Synchronization For Sync and SyncOut set the values to the opposite IP i e on TR1 set to TR2 IP and vice versa An option to restart the TR with the default values is present as well Fig...

Page 176: ...and Anycast RP The configuration for multiple RP and Anycast RP is not covered by this manual Please consult Cisco representatives to obtain guidance on this topic 2 18 2 Network layout principle As opposed to the virtual network between the TetraFlex sites which in its nature is a mesh network the routers connecting the sites are connected in a star type network The connections through the intern...

Page 177: ...2 18 3 Backbone network physical connection 2 18 3 1 Outdoor SB421 Installation of connection to router backbone for multinode TetraFlex is done via terminal points LAN_IN and LAN_OUT on the LAN WAN connector of the below shown module Connection is made from pins 8 7 and 6 5 using cat5 or cat6 networking cable and to the designated port on the router Please refer to section 1 1 4 5 8 for the full ...

Page 178: ...tion and for signaling of call activity between BSCs in the TetraFlex network The address can be changed to meet special requirements 224 239 016 000 28 results in a address of 224 239 16 1 for exchange of control packets between BSCs and for call signaling Further an address of 224 239 16 3 is created which is used for multicast traffic relating to discreet listening 224 239 16 4 is the multicast...

Page 179: ...kes it possible for all the BSC s to decide whether a given call is relevant to any terminal under its control At same time the originating BSC will assign a CMoIP address to the actual call and send an IGMP join message to the network to create the group in the routers The address of this given group is contained in the signaling Any BSC that has interest in receiving the packets from the CMoIP g...

Page 180: ... to the router This is done by using the command tool or DOS prompt if you wish to enter a persistent routing to the LAN interface Use the Start Run in the start menu and type cmd This will open the command prompt window route print will give an output of all the routing information currently contained in the IP stack route add with subnet mask subnet mask router interface address p will establish...

Page 181: ...te entry NOTE Adding persistent route is not applicable when using switched network i e without routers involved 2 18 5 Considerations about network bandwidth When designing a backbone network for the TetraFlex multinode system it is applicable to take into account also the traffic load i e the bandwidth consumption originating from the various services available through the TetraFlex system ...

Page 182: ... incoming outgoing pattern will change according to which node has the PTT activity 2 18 5 2 Full duplex Full duplex call is point to point In TetraFlex it is still transported as multicast The full duplex call will generate a bidirectional voice packet stream So at each BSC relating to the call there will be 12 Kbit s outgoing and ingoing Thus a full duplex call will load the RP with 2 20 Kbit s ...

Page 183: ...etra codec Multivocoder support allows the use of G 711 linear codec also Where ACELP is a 7 2 kbit s codec the G 711 is at 64 kbit s This will increase the load from CMoIP with a factor 8 1 seen at the codec level Looking at the resulting load after UDP encapsulation and GRE IPSec the increase is 4 1 as the packet size will be larger so the UDP GRE IPSec overhead will be comparably smaller In num...

Page 184: ...he TetraOM to connect to the BSC locally Issue command F71 to check the local settings for the IP connections The command will list the LAN and WAN IP addresses which are set in the BSC Make sure these addresses correspond with the actual settings on the LAN and WAN cards in WinXP Figure 2 54 Viewing IP configuration In case you need to alter these settings use the below selection of commands Figu...

Page 185: ...d with the TetraFlex multisite system Other router types and brands may be applicable But in case the router type is not Cisco Damm Cellular Systems A S will not be able to offer any support 2 18 9 Applicable router techniques As described previously in this document the router network between the nodes must provide both unicast transport and multicast transport Damm Cellular Systems A S recommend...

Page 186: ...packets on all interfaces belonging to a multicast group except for the receiving interface A sub configuration of PIM is PIM Sparse Mode PIM SM This version explicitly builds unidirectional shared trees rooted at a Rendezvous Point RP per group and optionally creates shortest path trees per source PIM SM generally scales fairly well for wide area usage 2 18 9 2 2 Group management in multicast The...

Page 187: ...ms If you know the IP address of one of the Ethernet ports on the router you can also telnet into the router and use the same CLI The configuration of any Cisco router can be exported from the router and onto a so called TFTP server The router configuration file is then an ASCII formatted text string This can be opened edited and saved by the use of any of a variety of text editor programs After e...

Page 188: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex General system description TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 169 PART 3 TetraFlex Applications ...

Page 189: ...unctions and Applications are available on http www damm dk restricted area in encrypted form for a period of minimum 18 months after Release Date o All Software Releases consist of o Software package with Software Release number o Release Note o Commercial Note o A software package can be de encrypted by means of any valid DAMM dongle o If a new Software Release contains bug fixes which have a se...

Page 190: ...eral system description TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 171 If the End User decides only to execute some of the files in the package he must check the release note for the new release against the release note for the present release and make sure that all files not identical are updated ...

Page 191: ...ly to the detected hardware platform The BSC exe service contains all the functions needed to run a complete Tetra system including Subscriber Register with Security Key Register Radio Cell Voice Gateway Packet Data Gateway extern connection Server Tetra Tetra connection Application gateway and Terminal Gateway The software supports the use of Redundant Base Station Controllers as one BSC will be ...

Page 192: ...rsion Status se figure 3 1 gives an overview of the status of the BSC TR Transceivers and PS Power Supply s It is possible to clear alarms access the OM command system Activate BSC and BS Only BS41x Restart and Stop the BSC and Update of software and Restore and Backup of software and settings These functions are also available in Network Management Console The Console window is updated at each BS...

Page 193: ...etraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 174 The Clear Button deletes the actual content of the console window MAIN From the Main window the fundamental parameters for the BSC can be set and displayed The corresponding OM command to Main starts with M e g M00 The settings are stored in c tetra active data CnfgMain txt ...

Page 194: ...traFlex 7 5 Manual 3 175 The LAN and WAN address can be selected from the actual IP setting in Windows and the input of GPS data can be enabled and disabled yes no If GPS is enabled the GPS coordinates are shown in the Latitude and Longitude fields If it is disabled the coordinates can be set manually ...

Page 195: ...rts with S e g S00 The settings are stored in c tetra active data CnfgBss txt The corresponding parameters can be set in NM so please find the explanation for the various parameters in the chapter covering NM BSC list BSC From the BSC window a Redundant BSC can be defined Also the Transceivers TR connected to BSC can be setup The corresponding OM command to BSC starts with F e g F00 The settings a...

Page 196: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Base Station Controller TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 177 ...

Page 197: ...ndicates that most of the functions in the NM may be executed in the OM using the appropriate OM command The Network Management NM software may be executed on any PC which has an IP connection to the infrastructure The NM must be able to listen to the multicast which means that the PC must be connected to the LAN Figure 3 2 Network Management Main Screen The NM consists of the following components...

Page 198: ...ual 3 179 o Command Line Refer to section the next section o Graphical tools Refer to section 3 3 4 3 3 3 NM menu Figure 3 4 NM command line The command line has 4 selections o File o View o Tools o Help 3 3 3 1 File Selecting File two menus appear o Options Selections available under the Options menu o Network ...

Page 199: ...e 3 5 Network The options menu allows the choice of Local IP Multicast group IP and multicast port number For multicast settings please refer to the Multi Site IP networking manual The Local IP must always be set to the LAN IP default o TetraOM Specifies the path to the Tetra OM application Figure 3 6 TetraOM path o LogClient ...

Page 200: ...anual 3 181 Specifies the path to log client application Figure 3 7 Log Client path setup o Remote Desktop Allows configuration of the Remote Desktop Figure 3 8 Remote desktop setup o Language When enabled in the dongle various languages can be selected for NM Default is English Figure 3 9 Language selection ...

Page 201: ...raFlex 7 5 Manual 3 182 o Security Two security settings that allow or disallow users to make changes in System Parameters and Subscribers from NM Figure 3 10 Security setting o Alarms Configuration of the wav files to be played when an alarm is present in NM Figure 3 11 Alarm sound configuration ...

Page 202: ...or fast Access and information overview Figure 3 12 Application select and alarms The Graphical tool for fast selection has 7 access icons and 5 notifications NOTE the Node Map and Status windows are linked This means that pointing to a node in one of the windows automatically changes the window to show the information s for chosen node 3 3 4 1 Notification Icons Four information icons are present...

Page 203: ...ing alarms present o L2 Alarm Number of level 2 non blocking alarms present o L1 warning Number of level 1 warnings present o Ok Number of nodes that are ok without alarms If one of or more Alarms are present the Nodes field turn into red and the alarm sound alerts A yellow field indicates that one or more warning is are present When right click on the Nodes status you get a dialog to handle alarm...

Page 204: ...in the system When Left Mouse Click is executed on a node line the Node Status window displays the chosen node Redundant BSC s are not shown in the Node list but in the Node Status window and the BSC list window and the following commands are applicable for the redundant BSC as well if present If Right Mouse Click is executed on a node line in the Node List window a new menu appears with several o...

Page 205: ...e node with new SW previously deployed to the Tetra Update library and restarts the node o Backup Update restart Backs up the node and the updates the node with new SW previously deployed to the Tetra Update library and restarts the node o Restore restart If Backup Update restart has been performed this option will return to the configuration before the update was performed The software must be de...

Page 206: ...Remove node If a node is deleted but still active the node will reappear in the list after a short time o Clear alarms Latched alarms may be cleared o Acknowledge The alarm sound is shut off o Unacknowledge Alarms Alarm Sound is turned back on 3 3 4 4 Status Figure 3 14 Status The Status window shows the status and alarms for the node chosen in the Node List ...

Page 207: ...traOM application o Remote Desktop o Windows Explorer o Restart of the BSC exe o Clear alarms If a standby Redundant BSC exe is present o Restart of Standby BSC exe o Activation of Standby BSC exe 3 3 4 5 Map If connected to the internet the map window will show Google Map with GPS positions of all registered nodes If the internet connection is not present the map window will be inactive but the s...

Page 208: ...e may be chosen by the tabs in the top of the window Information that are not grayed out may be reconfigured by selecting the appropriate fields using right or left mouse button This setting allows seeing and changing the BSC that is not active e g Redundant BSC A green LED indicates a running BSC with no alarm and a BSC without a LED is not active e g Redundant BSC A red LED indicates an alarm co...

Page 209: ...t mouse click on the following items allows the change of the configurations o Description Node description E g In the format System Node number Placement This description is collected and saved in the CnfgMain txt file This can also be changed via the BSC GUI o MCC Mobile Country Code Please use the appropriate code for the country where the system is to be installed saved in CnfgBss txt o MNC Mo...

Page 210: ...imum time a call setup takes using the longest delay in the system can be set from 200ms to 2550ms Used to extend the node timeout E g when using satellite connections with long delays saved in CnfgBss txt o Multi Vocoder If set to yes both Tetra voice codex and G 711 A law is allowed o Voice Initial Voice Buffer Length Voice Frames This field is to avoid jitter e g when using End to End encryptio...

Page 211: ...n the system Stand alone For test and installation purposes Key Activation of the Security Key Register Further information in grayed out fields refer to the count of the different subscriber types present in the subscriber register To see the non active BSC e g Redundant BSC the All BSC s option must be set 3 3 4 6 5 Sub Chk Shows the two distinct checksums calculated for the Organization Org Ckx...

Page 212: ...following items allows change of the configurations o Log Server Log server Multicast control receiving IP address default 224 239 17 1 Log Server Multicast port default 42400 The following is information only please see the chapter BSC_GUI to make changes LAN LAN IP address o WAN WAN IP address Red LAN Redundant LAN IP address Red WAN Redundant WAN IP address ...

Page 213: ...red at the node o MCCH Main Control Channel by right click you can see the appropriate frequency o AIE Air interface Encryption off on o Sync Neighbor Cell Synchronization Shows Yes or No depending on the Sync setting in Radio Config see next chapter o Srv Service level not enabled at the moment always 0 o Idle Number of idle channels Timeslots o MCCH Active Main Control Channel count number of co...

Page 214: ... Handover settings Auto Yes No Auto means automatically sync setting e g GPS sync Sync must be enabled on each node to make seamless handover o SCCH Setup of 1 to 3 secondary control channels SCCH o Fallback System sends fallback information to the MS If set to Yes and Depending on the MS programming this can be used for the MS to decide to change to a different node that has full service availabl...

Page 215: ...mizes the effect of power reduction P MIN 30dBm 23Bm 55dBm MIN 30dBm 32dBm 30dBm No power reduction yet o RDT Radio Downlink Timeout This it is a measurement of the downlink quality The higher the RDT value is the longer the MS stays on a channel with bad quality Factory setting middle value 1152TS o SRT Slow Reselect Threshold above fast Factory setting 10dB o FRT Fast Reselect Threshold Factory ...

Page 216: ...TR operation or TR Hot spare witch in case of a TR fault will switch to the spare TR with the same Freq settings o RX frequency Receive Frequency setting o TX frequency Transmit Frequency setting o CarrNo Carrier Number Allows configuration of the carrier number on the node The carrier number is related to the frequency band selected in the radio configuration menu E g FreqBand 400Mhz and Carrier ...

Page 217: ...etc Right mouse click on the following items allows change of the configurations Mode Change between Auto All cells and Selected cells only N1 to N16 Neighbor cell setup for the specific node The following is information only Active Activation status of the cell The drop down Active Radio cells All nodes changes between display of active nodes only or both active and not active nodes 3 3 4 6 11 Vo...

Page 218: ...e alarms Call Number of active calls Idle Number of free GW Block Number of blocked GW The drop down box Active GWs All nodes changes between display of active nodes only or both active and not active nodes See also section 2 12 Voice Gateway for Voice Gateway configuration 3 3 4 6 12 SIP Setup This setup describes the configuration needed to setup the system for SIP operation The PABX samples are...

Page 219: ... is optional and can be generated by the OM command S73 PASSWORD password e g S73 NAME blank means no password You can also set the Password with the BSCGui BSS VoiceGW The password must be entered into the PABX as well The Voice GW must be assigned a node number to attach to This can be setup in NM Subscriber register in the various profiles where PABX access is wanted or by using the TetraOM com...

Page 220: ...W Note Use of Packet Data GW s must be set in the Node Dongle Right mouse click on the following items allows change of the configurations Active Gateway activated can be deactivated by right clicking Status Right click to acknowledge or unacknowledge alarms RIPv2 Yes RIPv2 is used No Static routing is used Mobiles Information field that shows actual numbers of active mobiles with packet data comm...

Page 221: ...d Conn Max Max connection count can be changed by right click on it up to the max in the dongle One Dispatcher connection is one connection Streams max Max number of circuit streams for all connections on the Application gateway Timeout Connection timeout in minutes Discr Discreet listening enables or disables discreet listening on the Application gateway e g used in the dispatcher The following i...

Page 222: ...ibers and 150 000 in Optional enhanced ver Sec Key Security Key Update The relation between Organization profile and SSI is shown in this drawing Organization 0 1 Organzation 1 Organization 2 Organization x Profile 10 Profile 20 Profile x Profile 100 Profile 110 Profile x Profile 200 Profile 210 Profile x SSI1 SSI2 SSI0x SSI20 SSI21 SSIx 1 2 2 A SSI is related to one Profile and a profile is relat...

Page 223: ...ndependently Organization 0 is intended for the network operator and this Org can see all other organizations It is also possible to connect Profile SSI to org 0 but this should be used for network administration purpose only or as the master or Home organization The main window allows the user to Add Copy a new organization change an existing organization or delete an organization Add Copy and Ch...

Page 224: ...ey are connected to Node Status Retrieval Allowed If checked the Node status can be shown on a API application and the Dispatcher Profile No Limits If barred is checked no profile can be generated from an API application or the dispatcher Existing profiles can always be edited New profiles must be within this range SSI Limits If barred is checked no SSI can be generated from an API application or ...

Page 225: ...file number series e g 100 110 200 210 and so on as profile number This will make it possible to create sub profiles if needed Figure 3 18 Subscriber Profile The main window allows the user to Add Copy a new profile change an existing profile or deleting a profile Add Copy and Change functions are similar except that in the Change function in the profile number cannot be accessed ...

Page 226: ...to the profile and used by the subscriber setting a reference only valid in the Add Copy function o Description The logical profile name related to the profile function o Home Organization The organization number is a 3 digit number and is recommended as default to be the first 2 digits of the 4 digit Profile number E g org 01 profile 0100 0199 org 02 0200 0299 but there is no binding and is free ...

Page 227: ...tions Organizations associated with each other will allow calls between the associated organizations Association must be done mutually in both organizations o Service restrictions Option to restrict the services for a given profile regarding Mobile Dial in and application behavior The restrictions are active when the Active service restrictions field is checked The Allow field can be Yes No or CAD...

Page 228: ... to None no restriction All Subscribers and only Dial in Subscribers If set either to all Subscribers or Dial in Subscribers only groups in the list can be accessed in the organization the profile belongs to o Radio cell restriction Radios belonging to this profile are allowed to attach the checked nodes This restriction is only active when the Activate radio cell restrictions check mark is set Th...

Page 229: ...lar Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Network Management TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 210 Figure 3 21 Radio cell restrictions o Subscriber class Definition if subscriber class is mobile controlled or defined in the profile Figure 3 22 Subscriber class ...

Page 230: ...class programmed If in the profile setup MS controlled is selected it is the MS s programming that decides about which nodes the terminals will try to attach to If defined in the profile the MS will receive notification from the node about a new set of subscriber classes to work with If defined in the profile the shown options apply o Call dialing Determines whether calls uses the SSI programmed i...

Page 231: ... TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 212 Figure 3 24 TEA details o Short No Format Enabling user short number for the profile and definition of short number Figure 3 25 Short number details Example shows that the short number is 6 digits with 1 preset E g 234598 place a call to 1234598 o Dispatcher number ...

Page 232: ... controlled mobile programmed priority is in use 01 is the lowest priority and 14 is the highest priority 15 pre emptive can be programmed in the radios and are used for alarms Pre emptive priority means that the call will take over a timeslot already in use in case of all timeslots are occupied Call priority is used inside the SwMI to compare the importance of a new call while some other calls or...

Page 233: ...lls Note that the requested PTT priority from the uplink can be overwritten by the requesting MS s profile and or by the called group s profile via the NM OM Timers Timers are mainly used to restrict unwanted time consuming use of timeslots o Indi PTT timeout individual PTT calls timeout The timeout for using the PPT for individual call Can be Disabled or selectable from 1 to 25 minutes o Group Ti...

Page 234: ... GW Setup PD GW connection node o PD GW1 is the Primary node and PD GW 2 is the redundant node See section 3 3 4 6 13 for Voice GW setup and test DNS IP address Used by Packet Data setup If used the DNS IP address must point to a DNS server within the network to which the system is connected It cannot point to a DNS server on e g the internet 3 3 5 4 Subscriber Common settings The subscriber defin...

Page 235: ...SI number must always be assigned to a subscriber and the system doesn t allow using the same SSI number more than one time The field will be marked yellow when trying to type in the same SSI number twice o User Number The unique user number assigned to the subscriber The user number can be used instead of the SSI number to address a subscriber The system doesn t allow to using the same user numbe...

Page 236: ... automatically shown when the profile number is entered Only existing profile numbers can be used o Organization number Automatically shown when profile number is entered The organization description if any is automatically shown when the profile number is entered 3 3 5 4 1 Mobile subscriber Figure 3 26 Subscriber details o Blocked Select to block the radio access to the infrastructure Temporary d...

Page 237: ...inal is assigned an ISSI and user number in the normal manner If not used TSI will display Home Subscriber o TEI If authentication is used the correct TEI for the terminal must be entered It is highly recommended always to use the correct TEI This will avoid redefining the whole subscriber register in case that authentication is activated at a later time o SIM SIM number for SIM authentication o B...

Page 238: ...er if not using the unconditional setting 3 3 5 4 2 Group subscriber Additional fields in group subscribers o Group Text If the subscriber is a group subscriber the field will be available for entering the Group Text This text will be transferred to the group list in the terminals if the group is assigned as a DGNA group Figure 3 28 Group subscriber o Group includes Option to include other user nu...

Page 239: ...e Group 3 Disaster management Group 3 is set up with group include on Group 1 and Group 2 Function will be Group 1 PTT is heard in Group 1 Group 2 PTT is heard in Group 2 Group 3 PTT is heard in Group 1 Group 2 and Group 3 Members in Group 1 Group 2 and Group 3 can answer When call times out Group 1 and 2 can no longer hear each other So group include is a sort of temporary connection of the inclu...

Page 240: ...ion Generate key this function generates an Authentication key that can be used for authenticate an API client or Dispatcher on the TetraFlex network The generated key must be send from the Dispatcher API client when trying to connect to TetraFlex When Disable option is active the authentication key is not needed for connection The Renew function renews the distributed key sets This should be upda...

Page 241: ... o Temporary Mobile Enable Disable allowed Temporary enabling disabling of MS from the API client Dispatcher o Permanent Mobile Disable allowed Permanent disabling of MS from the API client Dispatcher Warning This is a non reversible function the MS cannot be enabled again without sending it to the manufacturer o Group Management allowed Groups can be managed from the API client Dispatcher This is...

Page 242: ...ent or a Group Bridge on the TetraFlex network The generated key must be entered and stored in the TetraFlex Client or Group Bridge When Disable option is active the authentication key is not needed for connection The Renew function renews the distributed key sets and should be updated at regular intervals For more information se chapter Authentication and Encryption 3 4 The Clear function clears ...

Page 243: ...X dial in to Group 1700003 Dial 700000 Damm PABX Answering machine Dial 1700003 Damm group 3 Answering machine Dial 99 Dial In number Now the PABX user can make a PPT group call or a Voice detect group call and is identified as 99 on the Tetra terminals PIN Code If using a PIN code the Dial In user is prompted from the Answering machine to enter the PIN code before he can make the group call The P...

Page 244: ... 3 3 5 4 6 Emergency subscriber The Emergency Subscriber is used for Transferring a Tetra Call to the Voice Gateway or another Tetra Subscriber responsible for Emergency e g sending it to the public 112 911 or a another number used for Emergency Transfer no The number that the Tetra call shall be transferred to e g 112 ...

Page 245: ...ity Key Register The key register must be enabled on the Master node Can be set in NM from the BSC list Subscriber Key Status Shows if the key register is enabled SIM count the numbers of SIM numbers found in the subscriber register TEI count the numbers of TEI numbers found in the subscriber register Mobile programmer file import Allows import of a security key file generated from the terminal pr...

Page 246: ... count numbers of TEI numbers found SSI count numbers of SSI numbers found SSI Security Set update Pressing the Renew all security sets button all security sets will be renewed This allows the update of all security keys simultaneously as opposed to the single subscriber update which is valid for the subscriber only The result of the renewal is shown below Last renewal date for last renewal of the...

Page 247: ...ork Management TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 228 3 3 6 Log Servers The Alarm state Status and IP addresses of the Log Server s that are attached to the system can be shown by clicking the Log Servers icon Log servers Alarm overview Log servers Status overview Log servers Status overview ...

Page 248: ...the LogSrv fields you get the Log Server Operations dialog Log Client Start the Log Client Remote Desktop Starts the Remote Desktop Client Explorer Starts Windows Explorer Acknowledge Alarms Acknowledge log server alarms Unacknowledge Alarms Unacknowledge log server alarms Remove line Remove LogSrv line e g if a Log server is not running ...

Page 249: ...egister K1 The Security Keys derived from the K file and placed in the key register Security set The distributed key sets Should be updated at regular intervals 3 4 3 Description The key file produced by the terminal programmer K is read in to the system and is encrypted using the Dongle Key and placed in a key register K1 This key register is now protected by the dongle key This means that if the...

Page 250: ...ork as usual except that new terminals cannot be added to the Subscriber register When using encryption Authentication it is recommended to wait adding subscribers until the node containing the Master Subscriber Register is available again Alternatively it is possible to assign another node as Master Subscriber register and add the subscribers to this register After adding subscribers the Key File...

Page 251: ... node containing the Master Subscriber Register is totally lost or an exchange or change of node for some other reason is preferred then all Key Files K can be read in again on the new node using the dongle Key belonging to this node and the key sets updated This node is now containing the Master Subscriber Register and Security Key register ...

Page 252: ...le several simultaneous application connections The connection from the application to the system is done with standard IP protocols TCP UDP to the external WAN side of the node and the application can be located anywhere provided a standard IP connection to the node s external WAN side is possible The TetraFlexApi dll configuration includes a list with one or several IP addresses of Application G...

Page 253: ...i dll will be fully backward compatible which means that older GUI applications can use a newer version of TetraFlexApi dll 3 5 2 TetraFlex Dispatcher Functionality The Dispatcher application is developed to run on a Windows XP or Win7 platform To launch the Dispatcher application the following things are required IP connectivity to an Application GW on the IP backbone network Hardware dongle with...

Page 254: ... to open the Phonebook Voice Calls SDS Position File Transfer DGNA Nodes and the Config views Notice that the dispatcher connection information is provided as well Double click on the Missed Call Unread SDS and Node icons will open the respective windows in case they were closed down or bring the windows to front in case they are open Figure 3 35 Dispatcher Tool Bar 3 5 3 Views ...

Page 255: ...4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Dispatcher TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 236 Figure 3 36 Views 3 5 3 1 Connection Configuration Refer to part 2 section 2 13 for configuration explanation Figure 3 37 Connection Configuration ...

Page 256: ...5 tabs Configuration may also be entered using the configuration icon 3 5 3 2 1 Audio Figure 3 38 Dispatcher Configuration The audio tab allows configuration of the Speaker and Microphone settings for the different call types and alerts If the PC that operates the dispatcher has more sound devices it is possible to redirect the sound for the different call and alert types to the individual sound d...

Page 257: ...olumes button Gives an overview of which Windows sound devices is active in Windows If a device is adjusted to 0 dB a red alert comes up to indicate that this device cannot be used for audio input or output 3 5 3 2 2 Language Figure 3 39 Language Setting The Language tab allows setting of the dispatcher language NOTE The selection is dongle controlled and English is always present with the option ...

Page 258: ... History Max Age 60 to 518400 min 360days The max numbers of minutes that a call will be showed in the call history database before it will be deleted Call History Max Size 20 to 5000 entries This is the max numbers of calls that can be stored in the database Call Recording Max age 60 to 518400 min 360days The max numbers of minutes a voice call recording will be showed in the call history databas...

Page 259: ... Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Dispatcher TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 240 3 5 3 2 4 Map View Figure 3 40 Map View Google The Map view has the following options for showing geographic maps with Radio GPS positions and node positions in the dispatcher ...

Page 260: ...in information can be added in the client Id and Key fields It is possible to add layers on top of these maps in ESRI shape format Open Street maps Free geographic data It is possible to show e g RSSI measurement and lines between the position history points on the map It is possible to add layers on top of these maps in ESRI shape format The cache folder is used to define where the cached maps ar...

Page 261: ...io has deregistered or the GPS signal is lost The value can be from 1 to 600 minutes o Position History Max age The time frame that the position history will be shown on map The setting can be from 1 hour to 1 day or you can set the date from where you want to show the history o Show Speed Shows information regarding speed and direction heading in the positions history list and detail information ...

Page 262: ... will be deleted whatever comes first 3 5 3 2 6 SDS Default Request ack If set the SDS will by default be sent with the Request ack flag set Default Request consumed If set the SDS will by default be sent with the Request consumed flag set Default Text Encoding The default text encoding used Default Validity Can be set from none to 12 days Example of the default setting in Text SDS dialog The defa...

Page 263: ...rther information 3 5 3 2 8 Updates The Auto updates function will search for newer a Dispatcher version when the Dispatcher is running I will search either on the share on the node where it is connected to or on the custom path that that can be set up with this dialog Ignore update The Dispatcher will not search for new updates Custom path Path is the local or network path that you want to use fo...

Page 264: ... profiles and SSI belonging to the dispatcher s home organization or associated organizations These can be seen and changed if the Subscriber Register changes allowed flag is set for Application SSI the Dispatcher is connected to see figure 3 44 The Show Home Organization only check mark toggles between showing all organization or only home organization There is no way to set this flag from the Di...

Page 265: ...TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 246 Figure 3 44 Subscriber register change For more information regarding the Application SSI please the chapter Network Manager Subscriber The Subscriber has now got an new Find function where the subscriber list can be filtered Figure 3 45 Subscriber find filter ...

Page 266: ...ctivated from the Dispatcher Tool Bar or from the top bar Views selection From this panel the Dispatcher is able to initiate various types of calls and send Status and Text SDS s The Phone Book contains a list of subscribers belonging to the same Home and Associated Organization as the Dispatcher This list is provided by the TetraFlex infrastructure and is obtained via the Application Gateway by m...

Page 267: ...atcher TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 248 Figure 3 46 Phonebook 3 5 4 1 Mobile indicators in the phonebook Indicates a mobile with a group selected Indicates a mobile with a group active but not selected in the mobile scanned group Indicates a mobile which is not registered to the system ...

Page 268: ...right edge of the dispatcher window To dock use the left or right arrow in the top bar of the phone book and to float use the floating symbol 3 5 4 3 Phone Book Search Figure 3 47 Search dialogue It is possible to search for a user number SSI or name in the Search field When double clicking on a subscriber the details dialog is shown By right click in detail view you can select the call you want t...

Page 269: ...0 3 5 4 4 Direct call When double click on a subscriber in the Phone list you can establish a direct standard group call if a group SSI Individual duplex call if an individual SSI etc to these subscribers 3 5 4 5 Call dialog To manually initiate a call right click on the desired subscriber in this case a group ...

Page 270: ...00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Dispatcher TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 251 Figure 3 48 Group Call dialogue Then select the function required It is possible to change the Priority of this call and Type ...

Page 271: ...n the result and select the desired function to be performed from the call dialog NOTE Selections may be active or grayed out according to the selected subscriber configuration 3 5 4 6 Show Associated Organizations When selecting Associated from the Phone book menu the subscribers in Associated Organizations are shown and the functions that you can perform are similar to the Home Organization list...

Page 272: ...5 Manual 3 253 Figure 3 50 Associated organizations 3 5 4 7 Show favorites Figure 3 51 Favorites In favorites any number reachable form the infrastructure can be entered this includes Tetra SSI s PABX PSTN numbers etc and the Description can be changed without changing it in the subscriber register ...

Page 273: ...ows the view of either all subscribers or only subscribers currently registered at the system When all subscribers are selected non registered subscribers will be shown as grayed out NOTE Subscribers which have registered in the system and who leaves without proper deregistration pulling off the battery out of coverage etc will still show as registered until a proper de registration has taken plac...

Page 274: ...ve call line has an active PTT button 3 5 4 9 Subscriber always displayed For subscribers frequently used it is possible to transfer the subscriber to the Voice Call window on a permanent basis making the call more simple Just press the PTT button To do this either drag the subscriber Group or individual from the phone book and drop it in the Voice Call window or for group calls right click on the...

Page 275: ...k on the desired subscribers master PTT icon and all other selections will be reset 3 5 4 12 USB foot switch Master PTT activation can be configured to be executed by means of a USB foot switch DAMM delivered For configuration of the foot switch please refer to the instructions delivered with the switch In the main menu bar select Config Audio then go to the bottom of the configuration page and ch...

Page 276: ...ond sound card etc use mouse right click on the audio icon Added devices are shown in dark green with a speaker icon inserted The audio device is configured from the Audio tab in the Dispatcher Configuration dialog 3 5 4 14 Audio device error Errors in assignment of an audio device are indicated by a red configuration icon on the main tool bar A common reason for this is when the Windows Audio dev...

Page 277: ... Denmark TetraFlex Dispatcher TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 258 Figure 3 56 Fixed Group Indication To select fixed groups right click on the phonebook group and select Voice Call Option Figure 3 57 Voice call Option Then select Always Displayed in the option menu ...

Page 278: ... radio user discipline needs to be maintained This service also reduces the amount of radio traffic on a network as only essential work related calls are permitted However the frequent need for all communication between terminal users and the time delay experienced in authorizing calls may make this service unacceptable for some user organizations Service restrictions may be set up as Yes CAD or N...

Page 279: ...3 5 6 Call Merge dispatching This service allows the dispatcher to through connect a calling party to any other subscriber Just call the desired subscriber and when connection is established drag the calling party using the left user icon to the new subscriber drop it and confirm the connection This function also allows merging of two ongoing calls ...

Page 280: ... call icon in the main tool bar will turn red and a red notification line will be added to the Voice call history window Figure 3 62 Missed emergency call Double clicking on the missed call icon with missed call window closed will open up the Voice Call History with the missed call filter activated to enter the corrective action handling Figure 3 63 Missed Emergency Call The icon will be shown as ...

Page 281: ...w hide group calls Filter for showing All Incoming Outgoing and Missed calls in the voice call history list Selecting the time period shown in the voice call history list 1 hour to 3 month In the voice call history list is possible to sort the different columns by clicking in the column header By clicking a voice call line it is possible to playback the voice recording but only on lines with green...

Page 282: ...up specific for DGNA should be defined in the Subscriber Register 2 Select function Add Group s to DGNA This selects the parent group for the DGNA Figure 3 65 DGNA group Assignment 3 Right click on a subscriber s to be assigned to the DGNA group More subscribers may be selected by holding down the Shift or Ctrl keys 4 Select Add mobile s to DGNA Figure 3 66 DGNA subscriber selection 5 Accept the s...

Page 283: ...lular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Dispatcher TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 264 Figure 3 67 DGNA subscriber Assignment Alternatively it is possible to drag and drop the selections to the DGNA group window Figure 3 68 DGNA Drag and Drop Selection ...

Page 284: ...assigning subscribers the DGNA group is transferred to the mobile by selecting Assign the parent group to the mobile Figure 3 69 DGNA Assignment 3 5 9 2 De assigning subscribers to DGNA 1 Select group or subscriber to be de assigned and press the de assign icon Figure 3 70 DGNA de assign Figure 3 71 DGNA de assigned terminals 3 5 9 3 Showing DGNA history Right click on the group or subscriber ...

Page 285: ...alog which is available in the SDS and Phone Book windows The predefined Status SDS s in the list are Organization in depended since they are completely transparent to the infrastructure The predefined Status SDS list is located in a file named StatusSds txt on the local dispatcher PC All incoming SDS traffic to the dispatcher is placed in the inbox please see Figure 3 74 This includes both text a...

Page 286: ... The types of SDS reports which are supported are Delivery consumed Report Request The receiving Terminal shall report when the SDS has been received Action accomplished The receiving Terminal has opened read the SDS Figure 3 75 SDS Outbox In the figure above the left icon shows a SDS send with flag for Delivery and Consumed Report set The figure changes to when the SDS has been read consumed 3 5 ...

Page 287: ...alls will be indicated in the SDS call window as a red bar containing the standard SDS options Also an alarm tone will be played and can be reset by answering selecting the call Figure 3 77 Emergency SDS The icons associated with the emergency SDS are SDS received SDS answered 3 5 10 3 ADU200 emergency alarm box Please refer to the configuration section 3 5 3 2 7 external devices ...

Page 288: ...ning The TetraFlex dispatcher offers GPS positioning Positions may be shown as a function of automatic positioning information sent from the terminals or as a manual request from the dispatcher This functionality uses WGS84 map coordinates together with Google Maps or one of the other supported map formats It is also possible to add layers in ESRI Shapefile format on top of one of the supported ma...

Page 289: ...rcle and subscriber details Center on map Center the GPS position on the map Position History Shows the Position History window and the historic GPS position on the map as yellow circles Request position This request the actual GPS position from the radio This could be usefull when the radio has a long scan period for delivering GPS coordinates and you want a position here and now Start Sepura Per...

Page 290: ... so the dispatcher will pick up the SDS information process and show it as a position on the map Positioning SDS s are filtered out and will not be shown in the dispatcher SDS inbox 3 5 12 3 Overlay file in ESRI map shp format NOTE The use of overlay files in ESRI format is dongle controlled You can use ESRI overlay maps on top Google premier maps OpenStreet maps Raster maps and the Empty map opti...

Page 291: ...le use the folder icon When loaded it will be available in the overlay list By Right clicking on the overlay in the menu you get the possibility to Delete them again make them Visible or not Visible and to move the layer up and down Move up Move down in the different layers on the map e g if two layers are overlaying each other you can change which one should be in front ...

Page 292: ...ry is removed or in another way comes unavailable without de registering is will still be shown on the map as registered Show history Shows the historical plot of GPS coordinates for the selected radio With the icon you can change the map view between Road map Satellite or Hybrid This option is only available in Google premier maps and on Google standard map map and satellite Toggles between showi...

Page 293: ...is can be used for making a coverage map or just to see the RSSI levels of a radio on the map Only history shows only the historical GPS positions Uplink RSSI Shows the RSSI level the actual node measures for a given radio Downlink RSSI Shows the RSSI level the radio measures to the connected node only possible on Sepura radios with the Sepura Performance Report enabled 3 5 12 6 Send file It is po...

Page 294: ...her TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 275 When selecting Send Files you get the file transfer container Here you can either drag and drop the files you want to send from e g the file manger or you can use the file menu to get the open dialog from where you can select the files you want to send ...

Page 295: ... Denmark TetraFlex Dispatcher TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 276 When the receiving dispatcher receives the file s a notice will come in the mail box icon in the process line and the file s will be shown in the File Transfer window that you can choose from the menu ...

Page 296: ...etwork and the Log Server The TetraFlex network infrastructure consists of TetraFlex Nodes which are connected through a backbone IP net as illustrated in Figure 3 80 Log Servers are passive network elements that can be attached anywhere in the infrastructure only requirement is IP connectivity to the backbone network When attached the LogServer will automatically be joining a specific log server ...

Page 297: ...lex Network with Log Server the SQL Server and the Log Server are running on the TetraFlex Log Server machine Figure 3 80 TetraFlex Network with Log Server It is possible to attach one or more TetraFlex Log Servers to the infrastructure either on dedicated Log Server machines or on a BSC412 or BSC421 all depending on the network load ...

Page 298: ...ay is a user interface for the Log server application and is automatically started as a tray application indicated with a small icon on the taskbar when the log server starts By right click on the log server tray icon you can select the Log server Configuration Please see chapter 2 11 3 Log Server Configuration to find details about the log server tray ...

Page 299: ...ation Queries can be made for a specified time interval as well as Only from Only to and combination of this Set up query and replay Voice data from the database for voice logged group and individual calls for a specified call Set up the latest MS Registrations and also historical registration data for the mobiles Set up to monitor the status of the Tetra network Set up to present statistical data...

Page 300: ... possible to open the Statistics CDR MS Reg Status and the Settings view Note that the title bar indicates which SQL Server and database the application is connected to 3 7 3 Statistics View The Statistics view has six tabs On the statistics window of each tab it is possible to right click to open the configuration dialogue The configuration dialogue also includes export options ...

Page 301: ...S Denmark TetraFlex Log Client TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 282 Figure 3 82 Configuration Dialog example Figure 3 83 Export Dialog example 3 7 3 1 Node Shows the Node Alarm as percentage of time Indications are OK Warning L1 Alarm L2 Blocked L3 Shutdown Missing ...

Page 302: ...Node 3 7 3 2 Radio The Radio tab has 3 sub tabs All tabs has a selection of resolution to 1 minute 10 minutes 1 hour or 1 day All tabs has the selection of table or graphic view 3 7 4 Radio Cell Alarm Shows alarms as percentage of time Figure 3 85 Radio Alarm 3 7 4 1 Radio Cell Timeslot Shows timeslots as function of Erlang ...

Page 303: ...are Timeslot table Timeslot type Description CCH Control Channel MCCH and SCCH Group Call TS GTCH Timeslots used for group calls Individual Call TS ITCH Timeslots used for individual calls Packet Data TS PDCH Timeslots used for packet data Idle TS Unused Idle timeslots ready for traffic Blocked TS Blocked timeslots which cannot be used for traffic Spare TS Spare timeslots used for redundancy if a ...

Page 304: ...e 3 87 Radio Congestion 3 7 5 Voice GW Voice GW tab has 3 sub tabs 3 7 5 1 Voice GW Alarm Shows alarms as percentage of time Figure 3 88 Voice GW Alarms 3 7 5 2 Voice GW Channels Shows GW channels related to Erlang Figure 3 89 Voice GW Channels 3 7 5 3 Voice GW Congestion Shows GW congestion related to percent of time ...

Page 305: ...t TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 286 Figure 3 90 Voice GW Congestion 3 7 6 Packet Data GW Shows GW alarms related to percent of time Figure 3 91 Packet Data GW Alarms 3 7 7 Application GW Application GW has 3 sub tabs 3 7 7 1 Application GW alarms Shows GW alarms related to percentage of time ...

Page 306: ...TetraFlex Log Client TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 287 Figure 3 92 Application GW Alarms 3 7 7 2 Application GW registration Shows numbers of application registered Figure 3 93 Application GW registrations 3 7 7 3 Application GW streams Shows numbers of application streams ...

Page 307: ... A S Denmark TetraFlex Log Client TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 288 Figure 3 94 Application GW registrations 3 7 8 Terminal GW Terminal GW has 3 sub tabs 3 7 8 1 Terminal GW alarms Shows GW alarms related to percentage of time Figure 3 95 Application GW Alarms ...

Page 308: ...S Denmark TetraFlex Log Client TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 289 3 7 8 2 Terminal GW registrations Shows the Terminal GW Registrations Figure 3 96 Terminal GW Registrations 3 7 8 3 Terminal GW Streams Shows the Terminal GW Streams Figure 3 97 Terminal GW Streams ...

Page 309: ...Search Criterion is entered press Search button to load the Search Results from the SQL Server Figure 3 98 Log Client Call Data Records The Search Result lists all the calls matching the Search Criterion and it contains the relevant call information like Call Begin Call End From To From Node Call Priority etc One row in the result grid reflects one call When the Search Result is loaded it is possi...

Page 310: ...Additional Call Info In the Additional Call Information view the Talking Parties in simplex calls are listed It is also indicated whether the Talking Party has preemptive rights and which node the MS is located under From this view it will also be possible if client dongle allows this to load and playback calls that have been recorded ...

Page 311: ...tempt from unknown subscriber rejected BS detected an inconsistency Inconsistency in registration data means that the data we got from an MS now does not match the last transaction with that MS That can happen if the MS is under bad coverage and it has only partly registered It might have sent the U LOCATION UPDATE DEMAND to the BS and we have received and confirmed it with D LOCATION UPDATE ACCEP...

Page 312: ...date Type state and which Node that has received it The list is sorted in SSI number order Figure 3 100 Log Client Latest MS Registrations 3 7 10 2 MS Registration History The MS Registration History tab shows the historical registration data The user must enter the Search Criterion such as time interval and specify mobiles and Nodes of interest It is possible to exclude roaming registrations The ...

Page 313: ... was used for the call NB From log server version 7 52 MS RSSI history data older than 24 hours will be deleted 3 7 11 Status Views The status views windows shows the latest received Status messages of the TetraFlex Node s Each TetraFlex node in the network reports its status on regular interval default interval is approx 10 seconds This means that the Status view should always have status message...

Page 314: ...of component Blocked L3 Level 3 Blocking Alarm dropout of component Start up The component is starting up Not Alive The component is not responding BLANK or Not Configured The component is not configured on this node The list can be refreshed manually by pressing Refresh 3 7 11 1 Status tab The Status tab shown below gives an overview of the status of the different components The view is essential...

Page 315: ...e to see the Hardware type numbers of Nodes in total and the repetition time interval which the node uses for sending its status message 3 7 11 3 Subscriber Figure 3 104 Log Client Status Subscriber Register On the Subscriber Register tab it is possible to see which node is Master and the subscriber counts and checksums which should be the same for all Nodes ...

Page 316: ...dio Status On the Radio Status tab it is possible in real time to see the number of registered Mobile Air encryption AIE status Neighbor cell synchronization main carrier and tetra channel and the activity of the time slots 3 7 11 5 Radio Config Figure 3 106 Log Client Radio Config On the Radio Config tab it is possible see how all the cell parameters are set ...

Page 317: ... Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Log Client TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 298 3 7 11 6 Voice GW On the Voice GW tab the status for the Voice Gateway can be seen including number of active and idle calls Figure 3 107 Log Client Voice GW ...

Page 318: ...A S Denmark TetraFlex Log Client TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 299 3 7 11 7 Packet Data GW Figure 3 108 Log Client Status Packet Data GW The Packet Gateway view shows only the gateway status 3 7 11 8 Application GW Figure 3 109 Log Client Status Application GW ...

Page 319: ...teway and license dongle the actual numbers of streams and the max number of streams allowed by the gateway and dongle license 3 7 11 9 Terminal GW Figure 3 110 Log Client Status Application GW The Application gateway view shows the Terminal gateway Protocol version the number of registered terminals connected to the gateway the max number of registrations allowed by the gateway and license dongle...

Page 320: ...ecifying the IP address and login credentials By pressing the Connect to Database Button the client establishes the connection to the SQL Server and database specified This can be done on the fly The Reload Database Settings and Save Database Settings respectively load and save the database settings to a local file Log Client ini located in the same folder as the Log Client executable In the maint...

Page 321: ...is is totally done by the log server based on the settings made by the client The maintenance is performed by the LogServer which executes 2 steps An optional backup of the database files to a network share and an optional cleanup of old data Each of these steps can be disabled independently of each other It is recommended to enable the scheduled maintenance with backup and automatic cleanup enabl...

Page 322: ...al The Maintenance task can be executed each day every week every 2nd week or every 4th week depending on the selected Maintenance interval To enable backup of database put a check mark in the Backup database checkbox Now you must supply a fully qualified network path to the backup share you are using This must be on the form BackupServer IP Share seen from the LogServer local drives and mapped dr...

Page 323: ...led maintenance task To enable or disable cleanup of old database records set or remove the check mark in Cleanup database records after backup and specify the cleanup threshold in the Delete record older than edit box The scheduled maintenance executes the database backup as the first step if selected when this succeeds it continues to clean up the old database records from database 3 7 13 2 Main...

Page 324: ...ecomes available 3 7 13 3 Maintenance History Once the maintenance has finished the result of the maintenance can be found in the Maintenance history Open the Maintenance History dialog to see the list of executed maintenance jobs Each maintenance job has a row containing info about start and end time the result OK or Error the type of maintenance executed backup destination and cleanup of old rec...

Page 325: ...The TetraFlexLogDb database is stored either under the default MySql data path C Program Files MySQL MySQL Server 5 0 data tetraflexlogdb or on systems with more partitions E Tetra Applications LogServer Database tetraflexlogdb Copy this folder and the LogClient executable to an external storage to make your manual backup To find the physical database files location look in the MySql configuration...

Page 326: ... the copy has finished the MySql Server locks the files and you will no longer be able to rename or delete the database files The MySql service has to be stopped to delete or rename a database folder It should now be possible to connect to the MySql server and select the database with the LogClient see fig 3 87 To restore the backup press the connect button On success you will get a Connect to dat...

Page 327: ...up restored The LogClient is now connected to the restored database and you can only browse through the old data till you select the active running database named TetraFlexLogDb Note if you have not saved the database settings Client then a restart of the LogClient will make the LogClient connect to the previous selected database ...

Page 328: ...eived information If a node has managed to send status messages prior to the node being configured with the correct node number etc the node may be deleted here and will reappear with the correct settings at the next status message 10 sec A deleted node will be removed from node status and node statistics views and database Figure 3 122 Log Client Node information ...

Page 329: ...server database has default no information about the subscribers and it is only logging information it gets from the incoming data If you want to have information like subscriber description user number and organization description you must add the subscriber information either by using the Add new button or by importing the subscribers from a file using the Import button In this view it is also p...

Page 330: ...ode User no Subscriber user number Profile The profile the subscriber belongs to and because of the profile must belong to a organization this will also give the organization the subscriber belongs to Subscribe kind The kind of subscriber Group Mobile Terminal Application Personal Emergency Dial in IP IP address of the subscriber Log Voice Enable or disable voice logging of the subscriber Voice lo...

Page 331: ...egistrations log Note Voice Logging For individual calls the following rule applies If either the calling or the called party is on the subscriber list the call is voice logged otherwise not For group calls the following rule applies If the called group TSI appears in the subscriber list then the group call is voice logged otherwise not Note The LogServer hardware Dongle settings can override the ...

Page 332: ...me default c tetra active data Subscr txt and either pushing the Create new button this will delete subscriber that already has been added or using the Merge button this will add new subscriber to subscriber that already has been added 3 7 13 8 Sound This setting are for the voice recording playback Figure 3 124 Log Client Sound settings Sound Settings Setup and test of output sound device Tempora...

Page 333: ...s A S Denmark TetraFlex Log Client TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 314 Standard setting USERPROFILE Tetra LogClient LogServer name Wav Files The settings can be saved by using the Save Sound Settings button and restored by using the Reload Sound Settings button ...

Page 334: ...3 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Log Client TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 315 3 7 13 9 LogServer Licens License dongle information shows the license dongle settings for the Log Server Figure 3 125 LogServer Licenses ...

Page 335: ...ease see the chapter 2 10 3 for setting the parameters Figure 3 126 LogServer config Log Server Settings may be overruled by the dongle configuration Logging selection may be set equal or less than the settings in the license dongle As an example license dongle settings gives privilege to do SDS Content Logging Allowed but if the flag Enable SDS Logging is not set the SDS content is not logged i e...

Page 336: ...etra SwMI or a analog system It is also possible to send and receive SDS group messages between TetraFlex and other Tetra systems The following diagram shows an overview of the DAMM TetraFlex Group Bridge solution TetraFlex SwMI with Terminal Gateway IP Tetra MS Another Tetra SwMI Tetra MS TetraFlex Group Bridge Tetra Radio Device IP Voice Card Digital I O Analog Radio Device PTT Squelch Audio in ...

Page 337: ...s and bridges are controlled by a license dongle connected to a USB port on the computer that is running the Group Bridge The Group Bridge uses the Group SSI GSSI to determine if it should route a call to and from TetraFlex SwMI or not Tetra Radio Device The Tetra Radio Interface is a device connected to the TetraFlex Group Bridge via an IP connection On the other side it is a tetra MS able to reg...

Page 338: ...ied to a PC and installed in any folder on the PC There is 2 version of the installation file GroupBridge exe for Windows 32 bit and GroupBridge64 exe for Windows 64 bit A valid dongle with Group Bridge license must be attached to the PC where the Group Bridge should run and it is not possible to install or run the Group Bridge without this dongle The Group Bridge is installed by starting the Grou...

Page 339: ...he service by selecting Stop service The service can then again be started by selecting Start service The Group Bridge GUI can be closed without stopping the running service either by selecting Exit or just closing the application 3 8 3 Group Bridge Setup When the Group Bridge is installed the different connections can be setup There are many different ways the Group Bridge can be configured pleas...

Page 340: ...k box can be used to enable and disable this bridge When disabled the hole row is grayed The next step is to setup Terminal Gateway connection to both TetraFlex system 1 on node 1 and TetraFlex system 2 on node 2 in the column marked 1 and 2 Before the Group Bridge can connect to this nodes the Terminal Gateway must be enabled on both TetraFlex systems This is done from Network Management by setti...

Page 341: ...idge user number This is the user number that must be defined in the subscriber register for each Terminal Gateway connection SSI number can not be used and the user number must be unique Group User Number The group User number for the Group call that this connection can be used for The Group user number must be defined in the Subscriber register The Group SSI cannot be used Pin Code Optional para...

Page 342: ...t version has support for DVI 100 Address The IP address for the Tetra Radio Device Default factory setting from Piciorgros DVI 100 is 192 168 0 199 If necessary this has to be changed in DVI 100 to match the network used The Open GUI button will open the default browser and use the IP address and try to open the GUI for the Piciorgros DVI 100 Please see chapter Settings Piciorgros DVI 100 paramet...

Page 343: ...ev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Group Bridge TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 324 Group talker ID must be set to SSI for MS compatibility on the profile used by DVI 100 to use Status SDS ...

Page 344: ...0 either from Open GUI button or by starting a browser and type the IP address of the DVI 100 you get a login dialog First time you set up the unit you have to use the factory default User name and Password user After you are logged in the network parameters can be set that match your network Put a label with the IP address on the DVI 100 when changing it from default so that you can remember the ...

Page 345: ...The next setting is the DVI 100 mode and the port number Set this to Server and port 3141 The port address can be changed is needed but then the port setting in Group Bridge most also be changed to match Next the user name and pin code for the DVI 100 must be set and this must match the setting in the Group Bridge ...

Page 346: ... the tetra parameters must be set to match the setting in the tetra network which the DVI 100 must connect to The tetra mode must be TMO and TSI parameters ISSI MCC MNC must match the tetra network to which it should connect Then the frequency and channel number offset and scan range must be set for frequency setting 1 ...

Page 347: ...Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Group Bridge TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 3 328 The last thing necessary to set is Group SSI It is possible to use one group together with the Group Bridge The group SSI must be used GSSI and group user number cannot be used ...

Page 348: ...list any of the installed Windows recording devices can be selected This is the analog audio input for this connection Serial no This is the serial number for the OnTrak USB I O interface ADU200 or ADU208 The serial number is labeled on top of the OnTrak USB interface Number This is a number which the analog input indicates in the main window when there is an active call on this connection The num...

Page 349: ...ferent TetraFlex networks Group x Group y Node w Terminal Gateway TetraFlex Network x TetraFlex Netork y Group Bridge IP IP Node w Terminal Gateway Example 2 Group call between a TetraFlex network and an analog radio system Tetra MS Group x Analog MS TetraFlex Network x Group Bridge IP Analog Radio Device Analog Analog network Node w Terminal Gateway ...

Page 350: ... Tetra Networks Group Bridge IP IP Tetra Radio Device Node w Terminal Gateway Example 4 Combination of connecting different Tetra and Analog networks Tetra MS Group x Tetra MS Group y TetraFlex Network x TetraFlex Netork y Group Bridge IP IP Analog MS Analog Radio Device Analog Other Tetra Networks Tetra MS Group z IP Analog network Tetra Radio Device Node w Terminal Gateway Node w Terminal Gatewa...

Page 351: ...7 5 Manual 3 332 Example 5 Group Bridge with more Groups Group A Group C TetraFlex Network x Other Tetra Networks 5 IP Tetra Radio Device Node w Terminal Gateway Group D 6 7 Tetra Radio Device Tetra Radio Device Tetra Radio Device Group C Group B Group D Group A Group B Group Bridge Bridge no 8 IP ...

Page 352: ... Digital I O Ontrak ADU200 www ontrak net Analog Radio Device Any radio with audio PTT and Squels I O TetraFlex Group Bridge Application Group Bridge Client Dongle TetraFlex Terminal Gateway TetraFlex node with a dongle with Terminal Gateway Max 200 connection pr node tested equipment from external supplier Specification TetraFlex Group Bridge data Value Numbers of Bridges max 32 Numbers of connec...

Page 353: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Group Bridge TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 4 334 PART 4 Technical References ...

Page 354: ... the RX antennas or alternatively ground mounted at the BS rack The TMD412 in addition contains a Duplex Filter which optionally can combine the TX and one RX to run on same antenna Whenever possible it is however recommended to run with two separate RX antennas and one TX antenna When using the TMD412 Tower Mounted Amplifier Duplexer it is recommended not to use the duplex filter option for more ...

Page 355: ... BS to the top of the mast is the same for both cases 4 1 2 1 TMA412 TMD412 A block diagram of the TMD412 is shown below The TMA412 is identical except for the omitted Duplexer RX A TEST RX B GPS1 GPS2 TX Base Station ANT A ANT B TMA412 RX A TEST RX B RX A RX B TX RX Test feeders Cable Loss 8dB Conn N male TX jumper feeder Cable Conn 7 16 male TX jumper feeder Cable Conn 7 16 male TX feeder Cable ...

Page 356: ...ntenna The BS uses two receiver antennas for its dual RX diversity implementation The TMA is provided with a dual tower mounted amplifier with input filters amplifiers and test circuits for measurements The BS includes all the required circuitry to supply the two amplifiers with DC power and to control the test circuit through the feeders ...

Page 357: ...e maximum allowed length of different possible cable types Cable with 8dB loss 450MHz 850MHz RG223 U 28m 19m RG214 U 50m 35m 1 4 inch RFS CF14 50 85m 60m 3 8 inch RFS LC38F 50 105m 75m 1 2 inch RFS LCF12 50 170m 120m 5 8 inch RFS LCF58 50 220m 155m If very thick cables are used jumper feeders in both ends may be needed Cables and connectors between antenna and TMA412 TMD412 shall be resistance to ...

Page 358: ...he connectors on the antenna and BS Cables and connectors between antenna and TMD412 BS41x shall be resistance to water ingress and migration 4 1 3 GPS antenna Each Base Station Controller includes a GPS receiver which requires an antenna The GPS antenna connector delivers 5V for an antenna with built in amplifier The GPS antenna should preferably be mounted on top of the building with good all ro...

Page 359: ...M products with a level typically 15dB below the interfering signal The BS41x Base Station is provided with double circulators in the TX output to make sure that IM3 products close in frequency will be at least 70dB below the carrier At greater differences in frequency the inter modulation products are further reduced by the selectivity of the TX cavity combiner and the TX output filter In the RX ...

Page 360: ... critical thing to remember about inter modulation is that it is very difficult to predict accurately For antenna constructions two factors heavily degrade the performance Over years connectors etc starts to corrode degrading IM Additionally IM properties can also degrade under windy conditions Therefore a short verification of a new antenna set up after installation does not guarantee performance...

Page 361: ...4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Antenna System for BS41x TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 4 342 Check the RSSI again The difference in RSSI directly indicates the reduction in sensitivity due to disturbance from the Transmitters ...

Page 362: ...ther radio equipment installed in the same mast Two different methods exist in order to combine several transmitters to a single antenna o Cavity Combiner combining with filters o Hybrid Combiner combining with 3 dB couplers The cavity combiner has the advantage that it can combine a high number of transmitters selectively with almost constant insertion loss independent of the number of transmitte...

Page 363: ...bles connects the units together The schematics of the cavity combining system are shown below 4 2 2 1 Circulator The TX output signals come from the TR41x to the TC411 in cables attached to the Cassettes In the TC411 it first passes a dual circulator which gives a reverse isolation of at least 50dB A circulator is a very special device with different insertion loss in the two directions It is a p...

Page 364: ...e first port A diode detector connected to the resistor makes it possible to monitor the size of the reverse signal Some of the signal will be reflected at the high power resistor and follow the red line to the low power resistor on the next circulator where most of the remaining signal will be dissipated However a small fraction will be reflected and end up at the TX input port The total rejectio...

Page 365: ...a 4 way lambda junction which transforms the short circuit of the cavity at out of band frequencies to open circuit at the junction point 4 2 2 3 Junction cables The TC411 combiner module can either be connected directly to the TF411 filter or expanded with junction cables to 8 channels optionally up to 16 channels The junction cables are lambda or multiply thereof long in order to keep the high i...

Page 366: ...rrent outputs are forwarded to the BSC412 Base Station Controller which can display the actual output and reflected power at the TX antenna connector The following OM commands can be used to check the output F15 F output and freq for each running TR412 F13 summarized output after combiner The AI411 is provided with two adjustments on the front plate to allow accurate calibration of the displayed p...

Page 367: ... be accessed from the BSC411 The center frequency of the cavity can be fine adjusted with the 13 command in the TCC411 This is normally not needed but could be done if e g the BS is placed at a high altitude where the air pressure is lower which will increase the cavity frequency 4 2 3 BS414 4 way Hybrid Combiner system The BS414 can optionally be fitted with a 4 way Hybrid Combiner module instead...

Page 368: ...ation normally caused of the RX feeder loss The TMA can compensate for up to 8dB feeder loss with no change in RX sensitivity allowing the use of thin feeders with a considerably saving in feeder expenses See the Antenna application note for antenna and feeder configurations The Base Station is provided with an RF Test Loop feature which allows a transmitter to generate a test signal for test of t...

Page 369: ...ge arrestor After passing the DC insertion circuit the RX signal passes a directional coupler which can be used to provide a test input signal through the TNC connector on the AI411 front plate Afterwards follows the attenuator used to balance the RX feeder loss adjustable through the hole in the front plate marked Gain The signal is amplified in a low noise high dynamic range transistor to compen...

Page 370: ...follows the similar settings in the RM Afterwards follows a variable attenuator adjustable through the AI411 front hole marked IN This attenuator is used to compensate for output power selection of the TR41x The signal now enters a double balanced mixer where the frequency is converted from the TX band to the RX band A Crystal oscillator running on the RX TX duplex frequency offset provides the in...

Page 371: ...nning on the DSP and controller The standard TETRA version also support analogue PM modulation for testing purposes to allow complete testing of a site with analogue test equipment 4 4 2 Receiver The receiver contains two completely independent signal paths for dual diversity reception as standard Each RX signal comes from the Receiver Multi coupler system into the TR412 via the TNC connector on t...

Page 372: ...ked to the 12 8MHz reference The signal is amplifier to about 13dBm and brought in another cable to the RX Front End where it is split into two 7dBm injection signals for the two 2nd mixers 4 4 3 Transmitter The transmitter of the TR412 is build around a Cartesian loop to meet the demanding TETRA linearity requirements The TX signal is generated directly on the transmit frequency to optimize spuri...

Page 373: ...B with good margin Hardware and software support is provided for open loop operation with different modulation types to allow easy adjustment and test of the transmitter A dual RMS power detector is provided on the main board to permit the read out of forward and reflected power from the controller as well as for alarm monitoring At the TX output the RF Test Loop switch unit is provided with a BNC...

Page 374: ...rt of the DSP and goes to the BSC via the MC and the HDLC bus 4 4 6 Micro Controller The MC is handling the over all administration of the TR412 The MC is provided with 1024kByte segmented FLASH memory containing all the code for the MC as well as for the DSP One segment contains the boot program which is used during start up and software download from the BSC A 50 pin connector inside the TR412 a...

Page 375: ...e of an RX Tower Mounted Amplifier removes the influence of the RX feeders effectively improving the link balance with the loss of the TX feeder which could be 2 dB for a typical system The use of a dual RX antenna diversity system space diversity can improve the sensitivity of BS receiver by up to 7 dB and thereby almost compensate for the remaining difference in the link budget This application ...

Page 376: ...ions can also be seen from the result of the combining process If two equal signals are added the two input signals are added effectively giving the double input voltage equal to an increase in input signal of 6dB The noise is also added However the two noise signals are fully uncorrelated and adding the power of the two signals only gives an increase in noise of 3dB The difference between the 6dB...

Page 377: ...easured BER Bit Error Rate for a standard TCH7 2 traffic channel with the TU50 fading profile The correlation factor between the two signals is 0 2 4 5 4 MER versus input signal SCH F 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 1 Diversity gain Correlation Diversity gain Correlation 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 120 115 110 105 100 95 90 85 BER dBm BER vs Input level TCH7 2 TU50 Only RXA Diversit y ...

Page 378: ...TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 4 359 These curves show the measured MER Message Error Rate for a standard SCH F Signaling Channel Full with the TU50 fading profile The correlation factor between the two signals is 0 2 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 120 115 110 105 100 MER dBm input TCH F MER vs Input level RXA Diversity ...

Page 379: ...VDC for the TX PA DC DC converter providing 14V DC for all other BS parts Microprocessor for charging control monitoring and alarm generation The following number of PS411 is needed depending on the number of carriers installed in the Base Station Carriers No redundancy N 1 redundancy 1 carrier 1 x PS411 2 x PS411 2 carriers 1 x PS411 2 x PS411 3 carriers 2 x PS411 3 x PS411 4 carriers 2 x PS411 3...

Page 380: ...nal units e g Ethernet switches E1 modems etc 4 6 3 14V and 26V DC DC converters The PS411 Power Supply contains two independent DC DC converters providing 14V and 26V respectively from the 48V DC input The outputs are fed to two power rails on the back plane Independent power share circuits on each converter ensures about equal load on all inserted PS411 The input to the two converters comes from...

Page 381: ...ial UART interface O M communication is possible on both interfaces The PS411 is provided with internal resident settings to hold the charging configurations etc When used in a BS41x these settings will normally be overwritten of the common configuration received from the active BSC at power up The yellow power led on front of the PS411 will flash until the configuration from the BSC is received ...

Page 382: ...apacity by stopping the rectifier with the command 21 Check the response from command R 10 If the battery is defect the BSC will be shut down by stopping the rectifier so the battery can be checked first by the command 22 23 48 0 R 10 if the response shows Output voltage more than 48V and battery current more the 0 20A the rectifier can be switch off safely without shutting down the BSC PS421 STAT...

Page 383: ... 47 0V drops 2 5V see fig 1 Fig 2 Show a battery in bad conditions probably a defect cell that has to be replaced 3 If the battery voltage drops more then the battery does not have the full capacity anymore and may need to be replaced After the test switch on the rectifier manual control off by the commands 22 and 21 Fig 1 new full charged batteries with one and two TR 10 20W tetra load ...

Page 384: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Battery test SB421 TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 4 365 Fig 2 Example of a defect battery ...

Page 385: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Battery test SB421 TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 4 366 ...

Page 386: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Hardware Unit References TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 5 367 Part 5 Hardware Units ...

Page 387: ...4306 REF CAS417 PS Cassette D104352 REF CON411 Connection Box D104803 REF External Battery kit for BS41x D104260 REF PS411 Power Supply with rectifier D104251 REF RMD411 Dual 8 way div D104431 REF RMD414 Dual 4 way div D104441 REF RTC411 RFTL 8 way combiner D104451 REF RTC414 RFTL 4 way combiner D104461 REF TC411 4 way TX combiner D104601 REF TF411 TX filter 25dB D104701 REF TH414 4 way hybrid com...

Page 388: ... purchased from DAMM If this recommendation is not used it is mandatory to procure hardware with similar of better characteristic to ensure a problem free operation of the system DAMM item No Description Page No 880014 Sealed coaxial cable got BS to BS and BS to Antenna 5 370 105091 Ethernet Cable Reel of 150m 5 372 105092 Ethernet Cable Reel of 500m 5 372 105093 Power cable BS BSC421 Reel of 150m...

Page 389: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Recommended hardware TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 5 370 5 2 1 Sealed Coaxial cable 880014 ...

Page 390: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Recommended hardware TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 5 371 ...

Page 391: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Recommended hardware TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 5 372 5 2 2 Ethernet cable 105091 105092 ...

Page 392: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Recommended hardware TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 5 373 ...

Page 393: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Recommended hardware TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 5 374 ...

Page 394: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Recommended hardware TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 5 375 ...

Page 395: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Recommended hardware TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 5 376 5 2 3 Power cable 105093 105094 ...

Page 396: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Recommended hardware TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 5 377 5 2 4 SB421 internal battery 7980001 ...

Page 397: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Recommended hardware TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 5 378 ...

Page 398: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex Recommended hardware TetraFlex 7 5 Manual 5 379 5 2 5 GPS antenna 8230001 ...

Page 399: ...roller F1 794006 Fuse 5x20 6 3A F IR 1500A PS421 Power Supply F101 794025 Fuse 5x20 3 15A T IR 100A Router cass DC booster F101 541 2975 SB421 Inter connection board F133A F113A 794026 Fuse 5x20 10A T IR 100A TR412H Transceiver F802 PS421 Power Supply F1 SB421 Inter connection board F101A 794027 Fuse 5x20 1A T IR 100A SB421 Inter connection board F102A F153A 794028 Fuse 6 3x32 32A T PS421 Power Su...

Page 400: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex List of Figures TetraFlex 7 5 Manual ccclxxxi Part 6 List of Figures Index ...

Page 401: ...GURE 1 22 BS41X LED S 1 25 FIGURE 1 23 POWER SELECTION 1 26 FIGURE 1 24 POWER TERMINALS 1 26 FIGURE 1 25 TEMPERATURE SENSOR CONNECTION 1 27 FIGURE 1 26 MAINS CONNECTION BLOCK 1 28 FIGURE 1 27 CONNECTION BOX 1 29 FIGURE 1 28 CB412 CONNECTION BOARD 1 29 FIGURE 2 1 DONGLE READOUT 2 41 FIGURE 2 2 MAIN AND KEYBOARD FEATURE 2 59 FIGURE 2 3 BOOT CONFIGURATION 2 60 FIGURE 2 4 ADVANCED AND ADVANCED CPU CON...

Page 402: ...E 2 154 FIGURE 2 45 VNC MY DEVICE 2 154 FIGURE 2 46 VNC CF CARD DIRECTORY 2 155 FIGURE 2 47 FILE TRANSFER 2 155 FIGURE 2 48 TR SETUP AND SYNC 2 156 FIGURE 2 49 BACKBONE NETWORK PRINCIPLE 2 158 FIGURE 2 50 BSC MULTICAST SETTINGS 2 160 FIGURE 2 51 APPLICABLE OM COMMANDS 2 160 FIGURE 2 52 ADDING PERSISTENT ROUTE ENTRY 2 162 FIGURE 2 53 ADDRESSING EXAMPLES 2 164 FIGURE 2 54 VIEWING IP CONFIGURATION 2 ...

Page 403: ...E 3 44 SUBSCRIBER REGISTER CHANGE 3 246 FIGURE 3 45 SUBSCRIBER FIND FILTER 3 246 FIGURE 3 46 PHONEBOOK 3 248 FIGURE 3 47 SEARCH DIALOGUE 3 249 FIGURE 3 48 GROUP CALL DIALOGUE 3 251 FIGURE 3 49 INDIVIDUAL CALL DIALOGUE 3 252 FIGURE 3 50 ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 3 253 FIGURE 3 51 FAVORITES 3 253 FIGURE 3 52 SUBSCRIBER VIEW 3 254 FIGURE 3 53 ACTIVE CALL WINDOW WITH GROUP CALLS 3 255 FIGURE 3 54 CALL ...

Page 404: ...NT LATEST MS REGISTRATIONS 3 293 FIGURE 3 101 LOG CLIENT MS REGISTRATION HISTORY 3 293 FIGURE 3 102 LOG CLIENT MS RSSI HISTORY 3 294 FIGURE 3 103 LOG CLIENT STATUS VIEW 3 295 FIGURE 3 104 LOG CLIENT STATUS SUBSCRIBER REGISTER 3 296 FIGURE 3 105 LOG CLIENT RADIO STATUS 3 297 FIGURE 3 106 LOG CLIENT RADIO CONFIG 3 297 FIGURE 3 107 LOG CLIENT VOICE GW 3 298 FIGURE 3 108 LOG CLIENT STATUS PACKET DATA ...

Page 405: ...Doc No Rev Date 1 00 2013 1 4 Damm Cellular Systems A S Denmark TetraFlex List of Figures TetraFlex 7 5 Manual ccclxxxvi ...

Page 406: ...62 BSC412 2 112 BSC421 2 112 C CAD 18 3 259 3 260 call dialog 3 252 3 255 Call Dispatching 3 260 CDR 18 2 102 3 277 3 280 3 281 3 290 3 313 Cell ID 18 CF 18 1 2 1 3 1 5 1 17 2 49 2 51 2 59 2 62 2 69 2 70 2 71 2 73 2 106 2 155 2 156 Circulator 4 344 4 346 Configuration 2 34 2 38 2 69 2 102 2 115 2 125 2 127 2 129 2 142 3 182 3 236 3 237 3 257 3 282 Consumed Report 3 267 D Date Limit 18 2 38 2 39 2 ...

Page 407: ...Server 2 38 2 39 2 45 2 49 2 51 2 55 2 56 2 101 2 102 2 106 2 111 3 193 3 277 3 278 3 303 3 304 3 315 3 316 M Map 3 183 3 188 3 269 Master PTT 3 256 MCC 18 19 3 190 3 218 MCCH 18 3 194 3 214 3 284 Merge 3 260 3 261 Microphone 3 237 Microsoft NET Framework 3 233 missed call 3 261 Missed Call 3 235 MNC 18 19 2 129 3 190 3 218 MS 18 2 121 2 122 3 233 3 280 3 281 3 291 3 292 3 293 3 294 multicast 3 23...

Page 408: ...8 3 226 3 227 3 230 template 3 271 TetraFlexApi dll 2 98 3 233 3 234 TetraOM 19 1 3 1 11 2 39 2 41 2 56 2 57 2 65 2 68 2 74 2 75 2 79 2 85 2 113 2 114 2 115 2 119 2 120 2 129 2 131 2 132 2 133 2 137 2 138 2 140 2 142 2 144 2 145 2 147 2 148 2 149 2 150 2 159 2 161 2 163 2 165 3 178 3 180 3 186 3 188 3 200 3 218 third party application 2 98 3 233 third party dispatcher 2 98 ToIP 19 TSI 19 3 218 3 2...

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