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©2012 Kaelus, Inc.    All rights reserved

 

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ACU0001F1V1-1 User Guide

 

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Warning regarding the Blocking of Pop-ups feature in your browser: 

 

The web-based interface makes use of pop-up windows to display messages. 

If your browser has the pop-up blocking feature turned on then you may 

not see all of the messages.    Either turn off the blocking of pop-ups or 

configure the blocking to allow pop-ups that originate from the ACU 

controller ’s IP. 

 

 

 

 

 

For console access, the procedure is described in a separate section. 

 

2.5   Log Out   

 

Click on the Logout tab to log out from the controller. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for ACU0001F1V1

Page 1: ...AISG Control Unit ACU ACU0001F1V1 User Guide ...

Page 2: ...g 12 3 1 5 System Time Setting 13 3 2 Manage User Accounts 14 3 2 1 Add a User Account 14 3 2 2 Modify a User Account 15 3 2 3 Delete a User Account 16 4 Using the ACU 17 4 1 Scan for AISG Devices 17 4 1 1 Scan Operation 19 4 1 2 Add a Device 20 4 1 3 Refresh Operation 21 4 1 4 Save Operation 22 4 1 5 Reset a Device 22 4 2 Manage and Adjust AISG Devices 24 4 2 1 Antenna Data 25 4 2 2 RET Data Tilt...

Page 3: ...Console Interface 42 6 1 How to Setup Console Access 42 6 2 Using Console Commands 42 6 3 Viewing System Information 43 6 4 Setting System Parameters 44 6 5 Rebooting the ACU Controller 45 Appendix A Error Alarm Codes and Messages 46 Appendix B Reset IP and Password 49 ...

Page 4: ...by the Antenna Interface Standards Group AISG The controller provides control and management functions for a group of connected AISG devices as well as provide power to them Examples of controllable devices include Remote Electrical Tilt RET antennas and Tower Mounted Amplifiers TMA The controller provides a web interface which allows for local or remote control and management of AISG devices ...

Page 5: ...e station site The ACU controller is connected to the RET antennas via AISG control cable and to the Node B by an Ethernet cable At the mobile operator s Operations and Maintenance Center a centralized RET antenna management system consisting of a server and clients allows remote control of the ACU Many ACU controllers can be managed from one central location Figure RET System Architecture ACU RET...

Page 6: ...rt the ACU controller Alarm LED indicator Lights up or blinks when there is an alarm Run LED Indicator Blinks when the system is running Power LED indicator Lights up when the power is connected Ethernet port used to connect to a PC or a network USB port used to connect to an USB device Relay alarm port Alarm Connector Label Relay s Switch Connections O1 Normal Closed Contact NC O2 Normal Open Con...

Page 7: ...mote adjustment of RET antenna tilt angle RET antenna configuration and calibration Management of antenna information Remote setting of TMA gain and mode Management of base station site information such as site ID name location and contact Management of user accounts which allows for users with different security levels to access the ACU controller Power saving mode to suspend the power output of ...

Page 8: ...emale port on the ACU controller to the AISG line device with AISG cable 4 Connect 24V or 48V DC power to the power port on the ACU controller The power LED indicator should light up and the controller should start to boot Wait for the RUN LED to blink which indicates that the controller is ready for use For console access connect the RS 232 port on the ACU controller to the PC using a null modem ...

Page 9: ... From your PC launch Internet Explorer and type the IP address of the ACU controller in the Address Bar http IP address of ACU The default IP address of the controller has been preset to 192 168 0 30 Enter this IP address for first time access It can be changed later The browser should display the Login page as shown below Enter admin for the User Name and enter admin for the Password These are de...

Page 10: ...s to display messages If your browser has the pop up blocking feature turned on then you may not see all of the messages Either turn off the blocking of pop ups or configure the blocking to allow pop ups that originate from the ACU controller s IP For console access the procedure is described in a separate section 2 5 Log Out Click on the Logout tab to log out from the controller ...

Page 11: ...lus Inc All rights reserved ACU0001F1V1 1 User Guide 8 3 Configuring the ACU After you log in the following page is displayed In the upper right corner the current user name is displayed It is admin in this case ...

Page 12: ...into five sections Network Setting System Information Power Setting Device Setting and System Time Setting 3 1 1 Network Setting The Network Setting section is where the values for IP address SubNetwork Mask Gateway IP and SNMP server IP can be changed Obtain the new IP for the ACU controller from the site network administrator In this example the settings are ACU IP 192 168 0 92 Gateway IP 192 16...

Page 13: ...etwork SubNetwork Mask Change to the new SubNetwork Mask used at the site network Gateway IP Change to the new Gateway IP used at the site network SNMP Server IP Change to the IP address assigned to the server at the O M Center Click on the Save button once you have finished changing the values Click on the OK button to confirm After saving the new settings will only take effect after the system i...

Page 14: ...anguage can also be changed here Select the preferred language from the drop down list and click the Set button to apply the change 3 1 3 Power Setting In the Power Setting section the power voltage and supply mode provided to the connected AISG devices can be changed Field Name Description Constraint Power Supply DC 12V 12VDC applied to PIN 1 of the AISG Controller DC 24V 24VDC applied to PIN 6 o...

Page 15: ...ased if a connected device is not being distinguished from another during a scan You can also configure alarm outputs in the Device Setting section Field Name Description Constraint Alarm Output To enable or disable the alarm output The default setting is Enable Alarm Output Delay T ime hours To select delay of alarm reporting time If any alarm is still by the selected time then relay alarm output...

Page 16: ...ngs Click on the Close button when the process is finished 3 1 5 System Time Setting This section is used to set the system date and time The date uses the mm dd yyyy format By clicking on the Select Date button a calendar pop up appears which can be used to select the date The time setting uses the 24 hour format Click on the Set button on the System Time Setting to apply the changes Click on the...

Page 17: ...fied but cannot be deleted To add other user accounts that can access the system do as described below 3 2 1 Add a User Account Click on the Add User button and the following window appears Type in the appropriate values in the data fields which are explained below Field Name Description Constraint User Name A unique user name used for login Required User Description User information Password Pass...

Page 18: ...t will be refreshed If an account already exists the following warning window is displayed 3 2 2 Modify a User Account Click the Modify button corresponding to the account that you want to modify Make changes and click on the Save button to apply the changes The User Name and the security level of admin user account cannot be changed ...

Page 19: ... User Guide 16 Confirm to save the changes to this account The User List will be refreshed 3 2 3 Delete a User Account Click the Delete button corresponding to the account that you want to delete Confirm and this user will be removed from the User List ...

Page 20: ...vice Status tab to open this panel The Device List shows all connected AISG devices that has been recognized by the ACU controller If the Device List is empty then click on the Scan button to run a scan for the connected devices A recognized device is listed in the RET or TMA device list according to its device type Devices are sorted by Sector ID in ascending order Scanning retrieves information ...

Page 21: ...a serial number Electrical Tilt Current electrical tilt angle Total tilt Sum total of the electrical tilt and the mechanical tilt Device Status Status can be either OK or alarm messages TMA Device Column Name Description Constraint Sector ID Sector ID Band Currently applied band s Detail Links to the TMA adjustment page Vendor Vendor name of the TMA TMA Model TMA model name TMA Serial No TMA seria...

Page 22: ...ton to initiate the scan process This process may take a while to complete depending on the number of connected devices Once the scan is completed the Device List will be updated Click on the Close button Before navigating to other web pages store the device information on the ACU controller by clicking on the Save button If you forget to do so you will be prompted when you click on another panel ...

Page 23: ...he Add Device button to manually add a specific device which was not recognized by the scan process The following dialog appears Enter the serial number of the device you are adding The Vendor Code is optional Click on the Add button to initiate the process If the process is successful the Device List will be updated Save the device information before moving on ...

Page 24: ...ce information for devices shown on the device list Refresh does not scan the bus looking for new devices If new devices have been added Scan or Add Device must be used to add those devices to the device list Click the Refresh button to retrieve the latest device information When the process is finished close the message window ...

Page 25: ... controller After the process is done close the message window 4 1 5 Reset a Device Use the Reset function on a device that is not operating normally Reset causes the software on the device to restart and place it in a state of initialization Reset may clean device alarm status temporarily Click on the Reset button for the device that you want to reset ...

Page 26: ... 2012 Kaelus Inc All rights reserved ACU0001F1V1 1 User Guide 23 Wait for the process to finish Close the message window ...

Page 27: ... Guide 24 4 2 Manage and Adjust AISG Devices To view the detailed information on a device click on the Detail link of the device This link opens a page that shows the information retrieved from the RET or the TMA devices RET Device Detail TMA Device Detail ...

Page 28: ...al tilt Installed mechanical tilt in degrees up tilt is negative Antenna Model Select the antenna model from the drop down list If a model is not in the list please refer to the section on Antenna Configuration File on how to add a new antenna model Be careful Selecting a new antenna model from the pull down menu will upload a new antenna configuration file to the RET device Selecting the wrong co...

Page 29: ...s to save to the device Click on the Save Selected button to store those data value s which have their checkboxes selected For example in the page shown below the items within the red rectangle are selected Only these values are to be saved to the device After the process is finished close the message window ...

Page 30: ...No RET serial number Vendor Vendor name RET Hardware Version RET hardware version RET Software Version RET software version Min Tilt Max Tilt Allowed electrical down tilt range of the selected antenna model Current Tilt Current electrical tilt Tilt value must be in the Min Tilt Max Tilt range If the tilt value cannot be retrieved the data value is empty 4 2 2 1 Calibrate Device After installation ...

Page 31: ...Confirm to initiate the process After the process is done close the message window 4 2 2 2 Set Tilt To change the electrical tilt angle of the antenna use the Set Tilt button Type in a value for the tilt angle within the allowed range and click on the Set Tilt button ...

Page 32: ...dow is displayed Click on the OK button to initiate the process of changing the tilt angle After the process is done close the message window 4 2 2 3 Get Tilt Click on the Get Tilt button to get the current electrical tilt angle of the antenna The current tilt angle is displayed in a popup window ...

Page 33: ...A serial number Vendor Vendor name TMA Hardware Version TMA hardware version TMA Software Version TMA software version Min Max Receive Frequency Band Allowed receive frequency band range Min Max Transmit Frequency Band Allowed transmit frequency band range Min Gain Max Gain Allowed gain range of the TMA model Gain Resolution Gain increment size between min and max gain For fixed or non linear gain...

Page 34: ...n the Set Mode button to set the TMA mode The following confirmation window appears Click on the OK button to initiate the process of changing the TMA mode After the process is done close the message window 4 2 3 2 Get Mode Click on the Get Mode button to obtain the current TMA mode The current TMA mode is displayed in a popup window ...

Page 35: ...d click on the Set Gain button The following confirmation window is displayed Click on the OK button to initiate the process of changing the TMA gain After the process is done close the message window 4 2 3 4 Get Gain Click on the Get Gain button to obtain the current TMA gain value The current TMA gain value is displayed in a popup window ...

Page 36: ... Information panel allows a user to record site information This information is stored in the ACU memory not in the individual AISG device memory After filling in the site data click the Save button to store the information in the ACU controller After the process is done close the message window ...

Page 37: ... Click on the Download Access Log button to download a copy of the system access history in text format The access log records the time the user and the type of action that has taken place Only actions that pertain to system setting changes user account addition and deletion and device setting changes are recorded The actions and the corresponding information recorded in the log are described in t...

Page 38: ...ated for storing device information to ACU RESET_DEV Sector ID Reset Device Device identified by Sector ID is reset Device Antenna Data Setting Action Information Recorded Description SAVE_SELECTED Sector ID Save Antenna Data Selected antenna data of the device identified by Sector ID is saved CONFIGURE_MODEL Sector ID Save Antenna Model Antenna model of the device identified by Sector ID is chang...

Page 39: ...umber of RET motor turns and the resulting electrical downtilt for a given antenna model Note Most RET devices are delivered pre configured by the antenna manufacturer and it is not necessary to upload an associated configuration file to the ACU controller If you do need to upload a new configuration file to a RET device you must first upload the file into ACU memory through the Antenna Config Fil...

Page 40: ...e two character vendor code assigned by AISG for use in identifying a product s vendor The combination of Vendor Code and product Serial Number form a unique identity for every antenna line device The vendor name is automatically generated based on this vendor code If you don t know your antenna s vendor code you can check the AISG web site www aisg org uk or inquire your antenna vendor Type in th...

Page 41: ... antenna model configurations from this vendor in use that is the vendor s antenna model configuration list should be empty From the drop down list select the vendor that is to be deleted and click the Delete button The following confirmation window is displayed Confirm and the selected vendor is removed from the drop down vendor list If the vendor s antenna model configuration is in use the follo...

Page 42: ...r name Config File A filename with its full path should be provided Use the Browse button to locate the file Only files with an extension of bin or acf are allowed File extensions dat or acu may also be allowed depending on the vendor File size must be less than 0 5KB Antenna Model Name The configuration file s filename is automatically used as the Antenna Model Name You can modify this name to th...

Page 43: ...lick on the Upload button after filling in all the required information The confirmation window is displayed with the entered information Click the OK button to initiate the upload process When the process is finished click the Close button to close the message window ...

Page 44: ...ction describes how to delete an antenna model from the ACU Click the View button to bring up the entire list of antenna models stored in the ACU Click on the vendor code to go to the listing belonging to that vendor To delete an antenna model click the Del button corresponding to that model Vendor Code ...

Page 45: ...Setup Console Access To setup a direct connection connect a serial cable from a PC s COM port to the RS 232C port of the ACU controller Use terminal software such as the Hyperterminal program provided in MS Windows to connect with the ACU controller Set the terminal connection settings to Baud Rate 9600 Data bits 8 Stop bits 1 Parity None 6 2 Using Console Commands Once connection with the ACU con...

Page 46: ...formation The following table describes commands that are used to display information No Command Description 1 Show Product Information Displays the product model and serial number of the ACU controller 2 Show OS Information Displays the OS version and memory etc 3 Show Network Configuration Displays the IP address of the ACU controller the Gateway IP Subnet mask FTP server IP and SNMP Server IP 4...

Page 47: ... Assigns the Gateway IP Please reboot to have the changes take effect 12 Set Subnetwork Mask Assigns the subnetwork mask Please reboot to have the changes take effect 13 Set FTP SNMP Server Configuration Assigns the IP addresses of the FTP server and or the SNMP server Please reboot to have the changes take effect 15 Set System Date Time Changes the system UTC date and time 16 Set 12v 24v Power Se...

Page 48: ...he ACU Controller Reboot the controller if a system parameter has changed or if a problem has occurred that affects normal operation Enter 0 then enter y to reboot the ACU controller If command 0 is chosen by accident do not enter y and you will be brought back to the command list ...

Page 49: ...r Jam Permanent X 0x03 Actuator Jam Temporary X 0x04 Block Number Sequence Error 0x05 Busy 0x06 Checksum Error 0x07 Command Sequence Error 0x08 Data Error 0x09 Device Disabled 0x0A EEPROM Error X 0x0B Fail 0x0C Flash Erase Error X 0x0D Flash Error X 0x0E Not Calibrated X 0x0F Not Scaled X 0x11 Other Hardware Error X 0x12 Other Software Error X 0x13 Tilt out of Range 0x14 Position Lost X 0x15 RAM E...

Page 50: ...CU system and the device 0x53 No Responding X Lost connection between the ACU system and the device 0x54 Function Fail Unexpected result from the ACU system 0x59 Timeout The response time from the device to the ACU has timed out 0x70 Default Result Unexpected or unknown result 0x71 Error General error 0x72 File I O fail File access fails 0x73 System Timeout Waiting for response from the ACU has ti...

Page 51: ...o large The file size of antenna configuration data is too large 0x7D The max number of files reached The number of antenna configuration data files has reached the limits defined in the ACU system 0x7E Total file size exceeds The total file size of antenna configuration data files in the ACU system has reached the limits defined in the system ...

Page 52: ...roller 2 Open the cover of the ACU controller and locate connector CON4 as shown in the picture below 3 Use a jumper to connect the pins 15 and 16 of connector CON4 4 Connect the power again and wait for the system to restart Once the system is started you should hear a beep 5 Unplug the power connector again 6 Remove the jumper connecting the pins 15 and 16 of CON4 7 Close the cover of the ACU co...

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