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ZK-SAM, ZK-SAMp,

ZK-MPS

User Manual

ZK Celltest, Inc.

256 Gibraltar Drive

Suite 109

Sunnyvale, CA 94089

(Tel) 408.752.0449 (Fax) 408.752.0477

Web: www.zk.com

e-mail: [email protected]

Release Version: 9.2

Log Format Version 6.16

Release Date: April 27, 2007

Summary of Contents for Celltest ZK-MPS

Page 1: ...PS User Manual ZK Celltest Inc 256 Gibraltar Drive Suite 109 Sunnyvale CA 94089 Tel 408 752 0449 Fax 408 752 0477 Web www zk com e mail support zk com Release Version 9 2 Log Format Version 6 16 Release Date April 27 2007 ...

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Page 3: ...cator 8 Markers 8 Time with GPS Available 8 Summary of Screens 9 Main Menu 10 SAM ALL Screens 11 CDMA Summary 11 Screen Elements 11 EvDO Summary Screen 13 CDMA EAMPS Handoff 14 EvDO Handoffs 15 CDMA Message Screen 16 CDMA EvDO Message Screen 17 PN Call Follow Screen 18 CDMA Data Testing Screen 18 CDMA EvDO Data Testing Screen 19 PN Scan Screen 20 GSM Summary 1 21 GSM Summary 2 22 GSM Handoff 23 GS...

Page 4: ... Dual Port Setup 39 Default Setup 40 Setting up the Retriever Phone PN Scanner 40 Setting up the Comarco HPN PN Scanner 42 Setting up a GSM Phone 43 Setting up a GSM phone for GPRS_EDGE Data Testing 45 Data Testing 45 Auto Redial 45 FTP Upload 45 FTP Download 46 FTP Setup 46 HTTP Test 47 HTTP Test Setup 47 Link Setup 48 Default Setup 48 Setting up the GSM Scanner Phone 49 User defined channels for...

Page 5: ...Appendix A Cellsite File Format v4 2 1 A 1 ...

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Page 7: ...fuse from the vehicle fuse position you selected in Step 4 and insert it into the available fuse position in the mini fused lead Step 6 Insert the mini fused lead into the vehicle fuse position you selected in Step 4 Step 7 Referring to your vehicle owner s manual locate a fuse position with ignition sensor for the Unit Power Assembly Yellow Wire Step 8 Remove the existing fuse from the vehicle fu...

Page 8: ...2 ZK Celltest Inc Step 9 Insert the mini fused lead into the vehicle fuse position you selected in Step 7 Step 10 Attach the Black lead of the Unit Power Assembly to a ground surface of the vehicle ...

Page 9: ...f compatible phones ZK SAM ZK SAMp ZK MPS Port 1 Y Y Y Port 2 Y Y Y Port 3 Y Y Y Port 4 N Y Y Port 5 N Y Y EAMPS Voice Y Y Y CDMA Voice Y Y Y GSM Voice Y Y Y iDEN Y Y Y CDMA 2000 Y Y Y EvDO RevO F F F GPRS EDGE Y Y Y UMTS Y Y Y EvDO RevA F F F HSDPA F F F GSM BSIC Y Y Y PN 850MHz Y Y Y PN 1900MHz Y Y Y Comarco PN N N Y Comarco GSM BSIC N N Y Comarco EvDO N N Y Comarco UMTS N N Y Portable N Y N Int...

Page 10: ...ht SAM ALL and press ENTER Step 5 Use the arrow keys to change screens Data Call Testing To get up and running right away do the following Step 1 Securely install the Compact Flash memory card in the unit Step2 After installation turn on the phones turn on power Step 3 In the Phone Setup Screen configure for the CDMA or GSM phone and connect the data capable phone to the unit NOTE Data testing wor...

Page 11: ...terface technologies phone based scanners internal 30KHz scanners and up to five phone connections The portability option adds two batteries and a carrying case allowing indoor walkaround measurements The ZK SAMp is used for indoor outdoor measurement applications and for benchmarking ZK MPS The vehicular ZK MPS can be configured with a choice of air interface technologies phone based scanners int...

Page 12: ...neral information about the operation and the functionality of the screens Power On Off Volume Backlight Shift Key Speaker Arrow Escape Key Enter Key Keys Phone Port SATS Memory Time Function Keys Marker Battery level Indicator Traffic Channel Yellow Background Idle White Background ...

Page 13: ... WITH FAT 16 FORMATTING ARE SUP PORTED Phone 1 2 3 4 and 5 Indicators There is an indicator on some screens that allows the user to switch between phones When the indicator is displayed in the lower left corner of the display the user can press the up down arrow keys to switch between phone displays Removable Battery The ZK SAMp with the portability option comes with a removable battery A fully ch...

Page 14: ...irst in first out FIFO basis The amount of data stored is dependent on the disk space of the compact flash card Typically up to 5MB of data per CDMA phone and up to 7MB per GSM phone can be stored per hour Markers Pressing the ENTER key inserts a marker into the data file for post processing When a marker is entered the Pushpin icon will be displayed with the number of the marker next to it Time w...

Page 15: ...e Summary Additional ports Displays key data from multiple phones on a single screen GSM UMTS Hand off GSM Technology Serving channel and last 6 handoffs including strongest neighbor prior to handoff CDMA EAMPS Handoff CDMA Technology Serving channel and last 6 hard soft handoffs EAMPS scanning screens R8 and or R19 CW Scan ner Scans user defined 30KHz channels and displays and reports the strong ...

Page 16: ... interference measuring Firmware Updates Information screen about software upgrade availability Configuration A list of menus to customize the configuration Utilities Screen for reformatting the Compact Flash card Additional utili ties may be added in the future System Information Provides software and hardware version information and availa ble free memory MAIN MENU V8 8 SAM ALL Utilities System ...

Page 17: ...ight text on a dark background Traffic channels are shown as normal video dark text on a light background The following values for the active channel appear in the zoom line from left to right Hyperband Indicator A lower case p indicates that the phone is on a PCS channel a lower case c indicates that the phone is on a cellular channel Frequency Channel Indicates the center frequency channel for t...

Page 18: ...all is in progress FER Frame error rate of the downlink in percentages FER is calcu lated every 100 frames 2 seconds by taking the number of bad frames and dividing by 100 Displayed only when a call is in progress Table The table shows the Active set strongest candidates and strongest neighbors PNs Ec Io and cellnames color coded by neighbor set type Graph The graph shows the aggregate Ec Io of th...

Page 19: ... With the EvDO option an additional summary screen is available Since the EvDO phone is monitoriong both the CDMA channel and the EvDO chan nel an additional summary screen is provided EvDO channel PN SINR TxPwr Sector ID24 hex or Cellname ...

Page 20: ...le is the last measured data just prior to the handoff The following describes the items in the columns mm ss the time in minutes seconds the handoff occurred Chan Carrier frequency of the channel just prior to the handoff Rssi Received Signal Strength just prior to the handoff PN1 Strongest PN of the Active Set PN2 thru 6 Active Set members Serving Channel Prior soft hard handoffs ...

Page 21: ...ble is the last measured data just prior to the handoff The following describes the items in the columns mm ss the time in minutes seconds the handoff occurred Chan Carrier frequency of the channel just prior to the handoff Rssi Received Signal Strength just prior to the handoff PN1 Strongest PN of the Active Set PN2 thru 6 Active Set members EvDO channel PN SINR TxPwr Sector ID24 hex or Cellname ...

Page 22: ... messages Uplink and downlink messages are colored Voice channel messages are highlighted in yellow Parts of the Order messages are decoded All the messages are logged for further decoding and post processing Current serving channel data Reverse link Forward Link Traffic channel highlighted in yellow Scroll up down to see up to 1001 messages ...

Page 23: ... screen is dis played The CDMA EvDO message screen displays the over the air messages Uplink and downlink messages are colored Voice channel messages are highlighted in yellow All the messages are logged for further decoding and post processing EvDO channel PN SINR TxPwr Sector ID24 hex or Cellname ...

Page 24: ...he top row the Active Set information just below it and under that one in the lower row the Pilot Polluters and Missing Neighbors CDMA Data Testing Screen With the data testing option enabled the following screen will be available The throughput values are displayed in text and graphical formats The bar graphs are color coded based on the throughput level Active Set Pilot Polluters Missing Neighbo...

Page 25: ...test DRC Data Rate Control The fastest data rate that can be supported Indicator of the quality of the radio channel APPL TP Application Layer Throughput RLP DL TP Radio Link Protocol Downlink Throuput Essentially the throughput of the RF link Phys Fwd Throuput of the Physical Layer Forward Path BER Bit Error Rate EvDO channel PN SINR TxPwr Sector ID24 Hex or Cellname ...

Page 26: ...eir Ec Io are displayed for each carrier The top 25 PNs are logged for each carrier If multiple PN Scanners are attached then each Scanner will be associated with its own screen The up down arrow keys are used to switch between scanners The PN scanner can be programmed to scan up to 5 carriers The top 3 PNs in each carrier is displayed The top 25 PNs in each carrier is logged Carriers up to 5 Stro...

Page 27: ... slot 0 A 7 G dBm RSSI Sub 92 BSIC Base Station Identifier Code 10 CID Cell Identity 8513 MAIO 2 PL Mobile Transmit Power 0 TA Timing Advance 1 RLT Radio Link Timeout 32 Q RxQUAL Sub Audio quality measurement 4 FER Frame Error rate 0 LAC Location Area Code 235 Serving channel data zoom line Serving Channel and neighbor RSSI Serving and neighbor channel BSIC and RSSI ...

Page 28: ...ng screen shows the measured data for GSM Summary 2 This screen displays the GSM serving channel and neighbors in tabular form including the user defined cellnames Serving channel data zoom line Serving Channel and neighbor RSSI and BSIC Cellname ...

Page 29: ...of column headings RSSI Received Signal Strength just prior to the handoff dRSSI delta in Received Signal Strength Rssi after minus Rssi before BSIC BSIC just prior to handoff N1 Strongest neighbor channel just prior to handoff RSSI N1 RSSI of strongest neighbor channel just prior to handoff BSIC N1 Color code BSIC of strongest neighbor channel just prior to handoff Paging channel is in white Traf...

Page 30: ...below Over the air GSM messages are displayed and logged The user can use the function keys to scroll and view the last 1001 mesages Paging channel is in white Traffic channel is in yellow Forward and reverse traffic channels are colored User can scroll to view last 1001 messages ...

Page 31: ...g option to display The following screen displays the GSM scanning information The user can select to decode BSIC or not The BSIC will not be displayed if the user chooses not to decode the BSIC the user defined cellname will be displayed Graph of strongest GSM channels Channel BSIC and cellname ...

Page 32: ...ues for the session are displayed and logged Below is a description of the displayed parameters FTP DL IP IP address of the phone under test RLC TP Radio Link Control Layer Throughput RLC Ret Radio Link Control Layer Retries APPL TP Application Layer Throughput TS Used Time Slots used CS Coding Scheme Serving channel Test Type Radio Link Layer Throughput and retries Application layer throughput Ti...

Page 33: ...mports cellsite names then the serving cell name will be displayed AMBIG indicates that no cell name file was imported or there are multiple cell names with the same channel number in the file AND the unit either does not have a GPS receiver or is unable to receive a GPS signal Where multiple names have the same Channel number then the unit will display the one closest to the SAM via the GPS dista...

Page 34: ...28 ZK Celltest Inc iDEN Summary 1 Table An example of the iDEN Summary Graph screen is shown below Neighbors Channel SQE RSSI Cell Name Scroll down to see more neighbors ...

Page 35: ... phone repre sented as 0 through 7 as defined in the EAMPS specification Hyperband Indicator A lower case p indicating the phone is on a PCS channel or a lower case c indicating the phone is on a cellular channel Graph The graph will display the RSSI of the serving channel adjacent channels and strongest analog and digital control channels IMPORTANT The maximum RSSI reported by the some CDMA phone...

Page 36: ... a couple seconds The bottom row of the display will look like the following The data on the display will be paused at the time you pressed the Replay function key NOTE Real time data will continue to be logged to the Flash card while you are in the Replay mode The double left arrows increment backwards in time to the nearest event or 30 secinds whichever comes first The double right arrows do the...

Page 37: ... indicates your current position in time rel ative to the amount of data stored In this case you are near the beginning of the data If the blue bar is filled then you would be near or at the end of the data time when you entered Replay You can use the arrow keys to maneuver the time at which you want to start Replay Press Enter to exit this screen and view the other screens To go back to Real time...

Page 38: ...irectly to the compact flash card in the directory zk logs Data is stored in 30 minute or one session length files whichever is less When the disk is full the oldest log file is deleted and replaced by the new est log file Log data is an ASCII comma delimited format Contact ZK Celltest for a detailed description of the log file format For mapping the log files can be imported by EZ2Map Actix Wind ...

Page 39: ...lete Log Files This function is used to clear the data on the Compact Flash card Device Setup In the Configuration menu select Device Setup to configure the ports This menu allows you to configure ports for the user selected data collection devices When selected the following screen will appear CONFIGURATION SAM ALL Setup Time Date Setup Global Setup Device Setup Features Delete Log Files Channel ...

Page 40: ...epeating continuous or turned off When the mode is set for repeating the call length must be set When the unit is in the SAM ALL mode the phone will continue to make repeated calls The phone will stop autodialling when the unit is not in the SAM ALL mode DEVICE 1 SETUP Class None Phone Scanner Type CDMA GSM UMTS iDEN Voice Auto Dial Setup Store CDMA Messages YES Data Testing Setup Alerts Setup VOI...

Page 41: ...erly Alerts Setup When you select the Alerts Setup the following screen appears To change the thresholds highlight the parameter and press the ENT key Brackets appear around the selection Use the arrow keys to change the threshold values and press the ENT key to save To toggle the sound highlight and press the ENT key If it is in the ON position and an alert occurs a voice announcement will will b...

Page 42: ...g screen will appear Data Testing Data testing can be turned OFF or ON With data testing turned off the phone will still log voice data NOTE When this feature is turned on it overrides the Voice Auto Dial Set tings Auto Redial A single data test session consists of a FTP Upload FTP Download and an HTTP download With Auto redial turned ON the call will be terminated and re originated after each dat...

Page 43: ...ure Addi tional access to the ZK servers must be purchased Users can set up their own FTP server however the FTP settings for the IP Address Username password and download file must match the settings on the FTP server The user can change the size of the file that is used for the FTP upload Note The default password for the ZK Server is hidden If you are using the ZK server service and your usage ...

Page 44: ...sed Users can set up their own HTTP server however the HTTP settings for the IP Address and download file must match the settings on the HTTP server Link Setup Allows the users to set up the wireless link parameters Highlighting this and pressing ENTER displays the following screen Link Type The user can choose the type of data call to make CDMA CS circuit switched CDMA QNC Quick Net Connect DATA ...

Page 45: ... serial to USB cable for connecting a serial phone to the USB port on the ZK unit The first time you connect your data equipped phone to Port 1 you will need to enable the Dual Port Mode In order to establish a data call and log system performance data from the phone two serial port communication is required between the phone and the unit Off the shelf phones have only one serial port enabled You ...

Page 46: ... appear There are two modes for the Retriever In Scan_Channel mode the Retriever scans all PNs in up to five user defined carrier channels The PN Increment can be any number from 1 to 15 This value should be equal to the PN Increment set in the infrastructure Typically this value is either 2 or 3 If you are not sure what the setting should be use 1 When the PN Increment is 1 then all 512 PNs are s...

Page 47: ...is stronger than the threshold it is displayed and logged as a Missing Neighbor T_DROP The unit obtains the value of T_DROP from the follow phone The T_DROP value is used as the Missing Neighbor thresh old When the Retriever measures detects a PN that is not in the Neighbor list AND is stronger than T_DROP it is displayed and logged as a Missing Neighbor T_ADD The unit obtains the value of T_ADD f...

Page 48: ...HPN scans all PNs in up to five user defined carrier channels The PN Increment can be any number from 1 to 15 This value should be equal to the PN Incre ment set in the infrastructure Typically this value is either 2 or 3 If you are not sure what the setting should be use 1 When the PN Increment is 1 then all 512 PNs are scanned in each channel When it is set to 2 then every other PN is scanned an...

Page 49: ... GSM phone as Phone Two The autodial can be set up and the phone number can be entered by the user In addition the user can choose to log over the air GSM messages HPN SCAN CHANNELS SETUP Channel 1 384 Channel 2 507 Channel 3 50 Band Cellular PCS Band Cellular PCS Band Cellular PCS DEVICE 2 SETUP Class None Phone Scanner Type CDMA GSM UMTS iDEN UMTS Mode Dual GSM Only UMTS Only Voice Auto Dial Set...

Page 50: ...NT key If it is in the ON position and an alert occurs a voice announcement will will be heard when in the SAM ALL realtime mode The alert threshold is compared to an average of the parameter over a 5 second period and if exceeded then an alert is generated Further in order to prevent multiple alerts of the same type occuring in a short period of time a 60 second squelch period is applied to that ...

Page 51: ...data NOTE When this feature is turned on it overrides the Voice Auto Dial Set tings Auto Redial A single data test session consists of a FTP Upload FTP Download and an HTTP download With Auto redial turned ON the call will be terminated and re originated after each data test session With Auto redial turned OFF the call will be continuous and the data session will continue to repeat until the call ...

Page 52: ...ddi tional access to the ZK servers must be purchased Users can set up their own FTP server however the FTP settings for the IP Address Username password and download file must match the settings on the FTP server The user can change the size of the file that is used for the FTP upload Note The default password for the ZK Server is hidden If you are using the ZK server service and your usage time ...

Page 53: ...splays the following screen The unit ships with settings defaulted to the ZK HTTP servers Ninety days of service come free with the purchase of the data testing feature Addi tional usage time for the ZK servers must be purchased Users can set up their own HTTP server however the HTTP settings for the IP Address and download file must match the settings on the HTTP server DATA TEST HTTP SETUP IP Ad...

Page 54: ... network provider for the correct username Password This is the password required for the phone to log into the wireless data network Contact the network provider for the correct password APN The network APN must be entered here Default Setup This selection will default all of the data testing settings back to using the ZK Servers for FTP and HTTP factory defaults NOTE Default settings will NOT wo...

Page 55: ...rogram the number of strongest RSSI channels to perform a BSIC decode NOTE Decoding the BSIC significantly reduces the scanning speed PHONE 3 SETUP Class None Phone Scanner Type Retriever GSM Scanner GSM Scanner Scanning Setup GSM Scanner Scanning Setup GSM 850 A OFF Num BSICS 25 GSM 850 B OFF Num BSICS 25 GSM 1900 A ON Num BSICS 25 GSM 1900 B OFF Num BSICS 1 GSM 1900 C ON Num BSICS 2 GSM 1900 D O...

Page 56: ...ault template to the export folder on the flash card Turn the unit off and remove the flash card and insert it into your PC and edit it with a text editor or Excel Save the file as a comma delimited ASCII text file named gsm_channels txt and place it in the import folder on the flash card Go back to the screen shown above and select import to import the new channel list into the main memory GSM Ch...

Page 57: ...menu appears The autodial mode can be repeating continuous or turned off When the mode is set for repeating the call length must be set When the unit is in the SAM ALL mode the phone will continue to make repeated calls The phone will stop autodialling when the unit is not in the SAM ALL mode DEVICE 1 SETUP Class None Phone Scanner Type CDMA GSM UMTS iDEN Voice Auto Dial Setup VOICE AUTO DIAL SETU...

Page 58: ...les are pre loaded For an example of the default cellsitee table This table can be transferred to a PC to use as a tem plate for editing and imported back into the unit The name of the cell or sector will be displayed based on its hyperband and PN CDMA BSIC or channel number GSM or channel number iDEN If more than one cellname has the same PN BSIC or channel number depending on the technology and ...

Page 59: ...MA the default cellnames consist of NAMEXXX where XXX is the PN Offset value By selecting iDEN in the Default Cell Site Names screen the following screen appears If iDEN 800 is selected then the default cell names will consist of iDENXX_YYY where XX is either 800 or 900 and YYY is the channel number DEFAULT CELL SITE NAMES TECHNOLOGY CDMA GSM iDEN DEFAULT CELL SITE NAMES BAND Cellular A PCS A PCS ...

Page 60: ...2 sector ID characters will be displayed The cellsite table can be modified with a text editor and imported back into the unit When modifying the cellsite table on your PC it is recommended you use a non formatting text editor such as Notepad or WordPad to make your changes Make sure you save it as a text file or MSDOS text file when using these programs If you use Word to edit your text be sure t...

Page 61: ... Select Channel screens after the unit is powered on You can disable this by selecting Off Auto Keylock When enabled this feature turn off functionality of the keypad except the ESC key while in SAM ALL mode and driving more than 5mph This is a safety feature Auto Start Off SAM ALL Auto Keylock OFF GLOBAL SETUP ...

Page 62: ...a building Alternately switch back to YES by hitting the ENTER key Use the ENTER key to change to the number of minutes the unit may wait to obtain a GPS before automatically going into data collection mode Use the arrow keys to change in a range of 0 to 45 minutes then press enter Audible alerts that inform the user when a loss of GPS signal occurs can be turned on or off GPS Setup Minutes to Wai...

Page 63: ...eed to contact ZK and provide your Purchase Order reference number and the serial number of your unit A ZK representative will send you a 9 digit number When you receive the 9 digit number select the feature you want to enable on the following screen and press enter In the screen above we highlight Phone3 DISABLED and press ENTER The following screen appears Enter the Unlock Code and press ENTER T...

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Page 65: ...or G GC records cannot be mixed in one cell site file GC GSM Channel BCCH defined sector G GC records cannot be mixed in one cell site file I iDen A Analog Hyperband must be c 1 2 Sector ID B 1 4 char no Cell Site Name is intended to be the same for all sectors in the same Cell Sector ID field is intended to differientiate sectors on a cell CellSiteName and SectorID will be shown as follows in scr...

Page 66: ...21 yes If sector is blank then only SAT DCC are used for cellname look up Hyperband must be c 13 Color Code Tech nology Spe cific Cell Type C CDMA PN 501 decimal 0 511 no CDMA PN Cell Type T TDMA DVCC 196 decimal 0 255 no TDMA DVCC Cell Type G GSM BSIC 25 octal 0 77 no GSM BSIC BSIC in OCTAL 0 77 not decimal 0 63 Cell Type GC GSM BCCH 150 decimal 0 1023 no GSM Broacast Control CHannel BCCH BCCH in...

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