Nortel Meridian Companion, Installation And Maintenance Manual

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Meridian Companion Installation and Maintenance Guide
Verifying a Meridian Companion
installation
After the system has been activated, verify that it is operating as intended. Use
the following list as a guide:
• Verify there are no unusual error log messages. If you see anything other
than the normal event messages, refer to Table 43: Event messages in the
Administration log, on page 181.
• Verify that all the Base Stations radios are acting properly. They should
now be in
IDLE
or
CSC Radio
state, if not, see “Troubleshooting a Base
Station” on page 169. (See “Verifying Base Station status” on page 80.)
• Determine cell assignments and transcribe these onto the floor plan (see
Figure 31 on page 100). See the procedure on page 100.
• Register a test portable, see “Registering and verifying portable
telephones” on page 119.
• Enable the RSSI measurement feature. Refer to Meridian Companion
Portable Telephone Registration Instructions for additional information.
Note: If you cannot establish a connection with a given radio, see
“Troubleshooting a Base Station” on page 169.
• Using the floor plan as a guide, walk around the site, trying to pass
through each cell while on a call to ensure that hand-off is occurring.
Observe the RSSI on the portable display (see your Meridian Companion
Portable Telephone Registration Instructions). The RSSI value should
remain at or above the cell boundary value defined in the Meridian
Companion Site Planning Reference Manual.