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Paragon4 – UHF, 700, & 800MHz User Manual
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Table 3 - Checklist A (After installation)
CHECKLIST A
(
Paragon
4
)
Recommended Check out after Installation
Step
ACTION
EXPECTED RESULTS at 25
°
C
MEASURE WITH
IF NOT?
Normal Power-up
Sequence
BSC
PWR LED lights red for four second, turns amber for one second, and stays green
thereafter.
TX LED flashes green once about fifteen seconds after power-up then keeps
flashing in-tune to the cycle marker
RX LED remains OFF
STATUS LED remains OFF
ETH 1 LED – if connection present – lights green. Flashes amber with activity
ETH 2 LED – If connection present – lights green. Flashes amber with activity
RX
POWER and LOCK LEDs must remain steady green
1
Transmitter
POWER and LOCK LEDs must remain steady green
ON LED lights red for one second, turns OFF for 10 seconds, and stays red
thereafter
For steps below, refer to Radio (RF Tests) WebPage
2
Power Amplifier
Output Power
Under Test Tone sec-
tion select
Unmodulated
and press “Execute”
UHF
: 100W
(user settable from 50W)
700/800 MHz
: 70 watts
(user settable from 35W)
Tolerance: +15% -20%
Service monitor set to
read power
or
150W in-line watt-
meter installed as
close as possible to
the unit antenna con-
nector.
connections,
damaged coax
cable, etc.
3
Transmitter Reflected
Power
Under Test Tone sec-
tion select
Unmodulated
and press “Execute”
< 5% of forward power or as speci-
fied by System Engineering.
10W in-line wattmeter
Check for bad
connections,
damaged coax
cable, etc.
4
RF Link test
between Paragon4 unit(s) and mobile unit(s) (PING from a PC as per paragraph
1
(unless unit has been set a lower value). Note that readings less than 100 watts for UHF or 70 watts for 800 MHz
models, may be due to losses in cables used for testing. Check also your wattmeter frequency calibration curve. Do
not be too ready to condemn the transmitter or the RF feedline & antenna installation.