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Series 8000™ O&M Manual
Figure 3-19
After enabling sectors in acu.ini, the Setup > Limits tab allows the
operator to swap between active Azimuth sectors.
•
“Sectors” —
to enable this feature, edit
AZ_SECTORS
in acu.ini.
(See Appendix 10:
)
AZ_SECTORS=n
…
where
n
is the maximum number of sectors that can be se-
lected. (The default value is 0, which disables this feature.)
o
Setting the number of sectors to 1 has no effect.
o
Typical use sets this value to 2.
o
The maximum number of sectors is 8.
Using sectors during normal operation:
1.
Turn off the drive cabinet.
2.
Physically move the antenna to new sector.
3.
Turn on drive cabinet.
4.
Select new sector in ACU.
If configuring a new sector for the first time, enter
the new limits manually or run the Setup Wizard.
Changing sectors usually involves physically moving antenna
jacks and limit hardware to change the antenna
’s
range of mo-
