PIM Site Analyzer
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Manual
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www.rosenberger.com/pia
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Table of Contents
1
General Information and Safety Instructions .......................................................................................... 5
2
Package Contents .................................................................................................................................... 11
3
Product Description PIM Site Analyzer
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3.1
Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 12
3.2
Interface Side .......................................................................................................................................... 13
3.3
Filter ......................................................................................................................................................... 14
3.3.1
Changing the filter ................................................................................................................................ 14
4
Setting up the Device ............................................................................................................................... 15
4.1
Changing SFPs ....................................................................................................................................... 15
4.2
Battery Operation .................................................................................................................................... 15
5
Software Operation .................................................................................................................................. 16
5.1
Main Menu ............................................................................................................................................... 16
5.2
Common Settings .................................................................................................................................... 16
5.2.1
WiFi Configuration ................................................................................................................................ 16
5.2.2
Language / Color Theme ...................................................................................................................... 16
5.3
Device Info ............................................................................................................................................... 17
5.4
Measurement Screen .............................................................................................................................. 18
5.5
Report generation .................................................................................................................................... 20
5.5.1
Creating reports .................................................................................................................................... 21
5.6
Updating the PIMAnalyzer Software (Device & Tablet) .......................................................................... 23
6
Measurement Settings ............................................................................................................................. 24
6.1
Manual Mode ........................................................................................................................................... 24
6.2
2 Tone ...................................................................................................................................................... 25
6.3
Sweep ...................................................................................................................................................... 26
6.4
VSWR \ RL .............................................................................................................................................. 27
6.5
DTF .......................................................................................................................................................... 28
6.5.1
Zeroing PIM .......................................................................................................................................... 28
6.5.2
Zeroing Return Loss ............................................................................................................................. 29
6.5.3
Setting the velocity factor of the signal path ......................................................................................... 29
6.6
Isolation ................................................................................................................................................... 31
6.7
Power Sweep .......................................................................................................................................... 32
6.8
Spectrum Analyzer .................................................................................................................................. 33
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Remote Control ......................................................................................................................................... 34
7.1
Tablet ....................................................................................................................................................... 34
8
Maintenance of the device ....................................................................................................................... 36
8.1
Handling................................................................................................................................................... 36
8.2
Cleaning................................................................................................................................................... 36
8.3
Calibration & Repair ................................................................................................................................ 36
8.4
Fundamental rules for handling fiber optics ............................................................................................ 37
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Measurement Examples........................................................................................................................... 37
9.1
RF Measurements ................................................................................................................................... 37
9.1.1
PIM acceptance test ............................................................................................................................. 37
9.1.2
Troubleshooting a PIM problem ........................................................................................................... 37
9.1.3
PIM testing flowchart ............................................................................................................................ 38
