Quick Installation Guide
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WERA4-Quick-US-200917
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5.
Installation and Tune Up Information
This table shows all installation steps in an order as they should be carried out. On
the following pages some more details can be found.
Pos
Task
Required Tools, Material,
Personnel
01 Mark position for both containers
Tape measure (5 m)
02 Build simple fundament for containers
Brig stones or equivalent to keep
the container 30 cm above ground
03 Download containers and place it on the fundament
Forklift to handle 3000 kg
04 Mark all receive and 4 transmit antenna positions
poles for bearing, sticks to mark
positions, hammer, tape measure
3 men
05 Define route of cable channel if required
more sticks to mark channel
06 Install antenna poles with guide ropes
2 to 3 men
07 Install antenna coil with radials and check tuning
1 man
08 Cable laying (if required in tubes or foil)
3 men
09 Connect line power and phone connection
10 Unpack system components and install rack
2 men
11 Power up system and configure WERA Control
1 men
12 Run internal calibration (256 samples, 80 Hz offset)
1 men
13 Connect Calibration Box outdoors at end of Rx cables
and run calibration. Activate calibration.
1 men
14 Connect all Rx antennas
1 man
15 Connect Tx array and feed-in just one signal from Tx
output (no power amplifier connected yet)
Run calibration and check direct path signals
2 men
16
Connect Power Amplifier, switch all attenuators “on”
and start test calibration.
Adjust PA power to “green”
1 men
17 Stop test calibration and run calibration to check direct
path signal. Reduce power if required.
1 men
18 Fill out check list
1 men
19 Seal all outdoors coaxial connectors
1 man
20 Run single acquisition to check SORT spectra
1 man
21 Edit params.config to match with site geometry and
WERA Control parameters
1 man
22
Run “Plott_WERA_Sort_RCs_Beam”
1 man
23 Check .crad and .wrad outputs
1 man
24 Configure script files and set system to cont. Acq.
1 man
The required time for the installation of one site is about one week with a man-power of 3 or 4 people.