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USER’S GUIDE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

General Information

Introduction …………………………………..

Customer Support …………………..………

Chapter 1 Getting Started

How it Tunes …………………………………..

Kit Contents ..…………………………………

Tunable

Antennafier

Applications ………...

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

How to connect your Antennafier

….………

Mounting your Antennafier

……………….

Powering up and Indicator Lights ………….. 10
How to manually Tune your Antennafier

…. 11

Chapter 3 Remote USB Control

Installing USB Control Software …………....

Chapter 4 Remote Ethernet Control

Establishing Communications and Passwords..

Connecting the Ethernet Cable and
Programming an IP address into the
Tunable Controller …………………………..

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting .……………………………….

Chapter 6 Firmware Updates

Controller firmware updates …………………

Summary of Contents for 2400 D Series

Page 1: ...USER S GUIDE 2400 D Series Tunable AntennafierTM Manual Ver 1 4 05 25 06 ...

Page 2: ...afierTM 7 Mounting your AntennafierTM 9 Powering up and Indicator Lights 10 How to manually Tune your AntennafierTM 11 Chapter 3 Remote USB Control Installing USB Control Software 12 Chapter 4 Remote Ethernet Control Establishing Communications and Passwords 13 Connecting the Ethernet Cable and Programming an IP address into the Tunable Controller 13 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 15 Ch...

Page 3: ...ith ease Also status information such as center frequency lock detect high RF input level Temperature and Amplifier personality information can be easily monitored Remotely tuning your AntennafierTM requires a Tunable Controller and either an Ethernet or USB connection Manually tuning of center frequency is also possible with a recessed push button switch on the Tunable Controller faceplate Custom...

Page 4: ...the 50 Ohm coax and does not interfere with the 2 4GHz radio traffic When 12VDC is applied to the Tunable Controller a Built In Test BIT is initiated During BIT the Controller pulls vital status information from the AntennafiersTM built in memory After passing BIT one can easily change the Antennafier sTM Channel with a recessed SET switch located on the Tunable Controllers front panel or electron...

Page 5: ...tions where the Tunable AntennafierTM is remotely placed on a tower and the radio is placed indoors with the Tunable Controller 2400DZ Outdoor Kit Quantity Description 1 2400DX Series Outdoor Rated AntennafierTM 1 2400CTL Tunable Controller also know as DC Feed with USB Software CD 1 12 VDC 110 220 VDC Power Supply 1 Aluminum L shaped Mounting Bracket 1pk 1 4 Stainless Steel Mounting Hardware and ...

Page 6: ...ess Steel Mounting Hardware 1 2400 D Series User s Manual Tuning your indoor AntennafierTM requires a Tunable Controller sold separately One Tunable Controller can do it all With one Tunable Controller alignment and monitoring can be performed on any Tunable AntennafierTM Once tuned parameters are sent to the amplifier the Controller can be removed if desired The AntennafierTM will remember its la...

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Page 8: ...ny applications require the radio to be separated from the Transmitting Antenna thus the need for an AntennafierTM The AntennafierTM is bi directional and senses the incoming RF signal to determine either RX or TX mode of operation Receive is the default mode and Transmit is initiated once the input level becomes greater than 2dBm In transmit the Power Output is held constant via AGC to the progra...

Page 9: ...aximum RF performance This will maintain a low System Noise Figure and ensure Maximum Output Power Connection for Outdoor Operation with full tuning capabilities 2400DZ Setup Connection for Outdoor Operation with fixed or pretuned AntennafierTM 2400DX Setup 2 4GHz Radio Card Tunable Controller Tunable Antennafier Ethernet or USB Interface 50 Ohm Coax DC Power 2 4GHz Radio Card Basic DC Feed Tunabl...

Page 10: ...Operation with fixed or pretuned AntennafierTM 2400DE Setup WARNING DC POWER IS ON THE CENTER CONDUCTOR OF TUNALBE CONTROLLER TUNABLE ANTENNAFIERTM RF PORTS Care must be taken when connecting to splitters and other RF devices to ensure proper DC isolation 2 4GHz Radio Card Tunable Controller Tunable Antennafier Ethernet or USB Interface 50 Ohm Coax DC Power 2 4GHz Radio Card Tunable Antennafier Et...

Page 11: ...tant for weather related reasons that the Amplifier be mounted with the RF Connectors pointing downwards Alternative mounting methods such as panel mounting can be accomplished via extra holes located on the mounting bracket Outdoor installations will require attention to sealing all RF connectors to prevent water from leaking into coax connector joints The Antennafier TM itself is watertight but ...

Page 12: ...evious Tuned channel on the two segment display Also the green RX LED and PWR LED should be ON The red TX light will only turn ON whenever the amplifier senses a RF level greater than 2dBm on it s TX input port Durning normal RX TX operation of the radio these two LEDs flicker back and forth If Fault 1 occurs check to see that power is applied or if there is a potential short on the coax between t...

Page 13: ...USER S GUIDE 11 How to manually tune your AntennafierTM Manually tuning you AntennafierTM is possible with a recessed SET switch located on a Tunable Controller Select from Channel 1 thru Channel 14 ...

Page 14: ... into drive Select install When finished installing start the program by either double clicking on Tunable Icon located on desktop or selecting Start Programs Tunable Antennafier The software should detect a COM port automatically If not you will need to select the correct COM port This can be found in the Windows Device Manager which is located in the Settings Control Panel Menu Double click the ...

Page 15: ...an IP Address for the Tunable Controller between 192 168 1 0 to 100 or 102 to 255 Connecting the Ethernet Cable and Programming an IP address into the Tunable Controller The Tunable Controller needs to have an IP address programmed into its memory to function with an Ethernet Connection Perform the following steps 1 Choose an IP address 2 Connect the USB Type A male to male cable from your compute...

Page 16: ... Antennafier s parameters which can be modified Once the IP address has been programmed into the Controller it will always remember It can easily be reprogrammed if needed Both the USB and Ethernet connections can be used at the same time if desired for control of your Tunable AntennafierTM ...

Page 17: ...roper power up indicator lights Ethernet The Ethernet connection is not communicating with the Tunable Controller Check connection Make sure you are using a Cross over type cable or a standard Ethernet patch cable connected to the Uplink port on either a router or hub Insure you have the proper IP addressing Ensure proper IP address is loaded into Tunable Controller with the USB software Check for...

Page 18: ...ernet interface A four digit alpha numeric password can be set via the USB interface software The factory default password is LINX One can easily find the password if forgotten by simply connecting through the USB interface 2 The controller no longer needs to be connected to an amplifier to initialize V0 2 USB user software 3 The USB software installation program now auto detects the COM port upon...

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