
Document 8K088X04 R5.01
Portable Digital Repeater Programming Guide
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EPLOYMENT
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ONFIGURATION
PDR8000 is intended to be utilized in a variety of different scenarios, each supported by
customizing PDR8000’s configuration parameters to match the needs of a given deployment.
Since PDR8000 is intended to be an easily re-deployed unit, it offers an optional feature
allowing multiple Deployment Profiles to be pre-programmed. The desired pre-configured
Deployment Profile is easily activated
from the unit’s front panel keypad/display.
If the option for Deployment Profile Capability is enabled, PDR8000 can be programmed with up
to ten different Deployment Profiles, each uniquely defining the operational characteristics of the
PDR8000.
This capability can be used, for example, to pre-provision the PDR8000 with one Deployment
Profile used when the unit is deployed as a Standalone Repeater, utilizing a set of frequencies,
timings, access codes, etc., and then having a separate Deployment Profile defined for
connecting the same PDR8000 to a Motorola comparator or infrastructure core utilizing a
wireline link and potentially different RF frequencies. By utilizing the ten possible Deployment
Profiles, PDR8000 can be ready to “pick up and go” for a large number of common use case
scenarios. The PDR8000 can be configured to power-up to a specific Deployment Profile or
can power to the “last active” Deployment Profile. During field use the active Deployment
Profile can be changed, through the front-panel display.
This capability also makes it possible to keep some common configurations on-board in
PDR8000’s Deployment Profile set, and then utilize one or more of the other Deployment
Profiles as “temporary” set-ups, which can be configured without having to overwrite the
commonly used ones.
PDR8000’s Futurecom Repeater Configurator (FRC) configuration software provides the ability
to create new Deployment Profiles from scratch, or to duplicate a known Deployment Profile and
allow minor modifications to it, for use when operational requirements are similar but not the
same.
The PDR8000 can be configured for 10 different Deployment profiles. If the Deployment Profile
Capability is not enabled, PDR8000 can be programmed with a single set of configuration
parameters. In this case, any need to switch to a different set of operational parameters
requires a PC running Futurecom Repeater Configurator (FRC) to modify/load the new set of
configuration parameters into the PDR8000. Please see the Table below for supported
Hardware Platform, Wireline Interface, Repeater Operation and Channel Types.
Hardware Platform
Wireline Interface
Repeater
Operation
Channel Type
PDR
None
Repeater
Digital, Analog & Mixed Channels
PDR
V.24
Base/Repeater
Digital Channels only
PDR
DFSI
Base/Repeater
Digital, Analog & Mixed Channels
Satellite Rx
V.24
Base
Digital Channels only
Satellite Tx
V.24
Base
Digital Channels only
Each Deployment consists of General Configuration data and Channel Configuration as
described below.