500mW CS Troubleshooting

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Topics
Overview of iPAS System CS Introduction

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Overview of iPAS System

28 CSs can be connected to one CSC 32 RPs can be connected to one RPC
4pairs phone line
Provided by UTStarcom

E1

E1 GW Ethernet E1 RPC

PSTN

CSC
CS 1 pare phone line

PS RCR STD 28

PS OSS RP

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Topics
Overview of iPAS System CS Introduction Troubleshooting Steps

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CS Inside
GPS Switch Power Switch
Power Wire Connector GPS Receiver Connector

Phone Line Connector

Status Indicator

CS Inside Panel Layout

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Status Indicator Inside CS

Master Slave Line1 Line2

Line3

Line4

LCCH

Alarm

RESET SWITCH
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Power
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BRI Connections
Actually BRI slots in CS
Blue, White Orange, White Brown, White Green, White

BRI Connection in HCM City

White, Blue White, Orange White, Green White, Brown
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Common Problems

Copper Wire: There are mismatching of lines between CS to CSC connections Grounding and Switch: Please check master, slave and GPS switch should be appropriate level and also grounding connector and resistance should follow the standard Power on operation: First power off the CS before making copper line connection is strongly recommended.
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Copper line specifications

DC loop back resistance of lines should not exceed 1.2K Ohm DC loop back resistance of lines should not exceed 4k Ohm on load condition Voltage between two lines should not exceed 2V If copper line diameter is 0.4mm, then maximum length of copper line 4 Km If copper line diameter is 0.5mm, then maximum length of copper line 5 Km

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Problems in CS
Cannot make call at particular CS Memory Alarm Trans Power Alarm or CS Block Parameter not download Antenna Power Transmitting Problem Phase Locked Loop Problem Cross BRI Connections
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Version Synchronization Problem CSC to MDF connection wrong LCCH Alarm

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Solutions of BRI Problems

Check the all BRIs connected properly and should not be loose Connections If you cannot download parameter, it means line 1 down. If line number 1 is working, it means line is not correct

Check which line is line 1 by measuring line resistance of each line and check at Netman 2020.
Some time line 2/3/4 is line 1 because of wrong connection at distribution box and MDF.
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Sometimes, white wire does not match with corresponding wire If you do not get loop back resistance from MDF, then check connection between CS and distribution box. If connection is ok, then check from distribution box and MDF
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If all connections are ok. Then check from MDF and CSC connection. Take out corresponding CSIF card at CSC and wait for few minute and insert in the slot. Swap CSIF card with spare card.

The resistance in the grounding cable doesnt meet the requirement (4 Ohm)

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*Some time, CS shows all status ok in Netman and all

BRI good and LCCH status good at CS but unable to make call. In that case, you will have to check line1 quality, sometimes BRI shows good but actually BRI is not good. Change the BRI line 1. Problem would be solved and can make call. *Sometimes, I found all lines blinking and LCCH blinking even though we take out all BRI but all leds blinking. It means BRI interface in CS circuit has problem and change CS.
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*If at any CS site, you can make call in one direction means if you call somebody and can listen tone and person pick up phone then you can hear his/her voice but he/she cannot listen your voice. We faced such problem at two CSs and found the CSIF of corresponding CS was hanged. So take out card and press IC No UT9651 and inserted again or replaced by spare card. Then problem would be solved.

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Memory Failure Problem

Memory problem come because of voltage fluctuation and wrong program or parameter Check version at Netman and if wrong, do version synchronization If problem still there, then go to site and download program by PCI card. When downloading program, Please check the following status
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Status/Error led- No indication means S/W downloading from memory card has not been executed. Blinking green means application S/W is being downloaded in CS Steady green means application S/W has been downloaded successfully Steady red means memory card problem and application S/W corrupted.
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CS Block or Trans Power alarm

Trans power alarm is hardware problem. You must change CS If Netman shows CS block, that means PLL or trans power alarm. You need to change CS.

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PLL Problem
Phase locked Loop is hardware problem. You must change CS unit.

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U1 Antenna
Sometimes, U1 antenna does not transmit power, please check program_ver_work, program_ver_wait, parameter_ver_work and parameter_ver_wait in CS status. It should be 87 or 61 and 8 at Netman.

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Version Syc Problem

Some times, Operation engineers download only program_ver_work 87 from Netman and forget to synchronize parameter_ver_work 8. Please do version synchronize whenever download program in new CS. This problem will be solved.

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LCCH Problem
LCCH no indication means allocation of channel has not been started. Check line, cable and failure of CSC. Blinking green means allocation of channel is in process Steady green means allocation of channel has been completed and communication with PS is ready. Steady red means allocation of control channel has been failed and communication with PS is unavailable because no slots available and there are many CSs around.

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Solution of Syn and interference

Key word for synchronization of network design The network clock taken from one source must synchronize all the CSs in the system. The clock accuracy must be better than 1E-6 The synchronization threshold of wireless system must be set to 31.2s. If the CS number in one separated area is less than 6, there is no need to use the GPS receiver If the number of CS in a specified area is more than 30, there is a need of GPS receiver installation under the redundancy configuration N+1. The number of CS in slave 3 must be less than it in slave 2. UTSI CONFIDENTIAL
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Check Synchronization Status

Difficult to make call for subscribers most of time Causes: Clock is lost in GW or lost in CSC Counter Measure: Use PHS 35 C/L to check network synchronization CSs in one CSS cannot synchronize each other Causes: CSC clock (extracted from E1 connection to the GW) problem Counter Measure: Check the E1

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 A specified CS lose the synchronization Causes: The CS can not get the clock from the first copper pair Counter Measure: Check the copper connection between CS and CSC CSs in one synchronization group lose the synchronization with other CS synchronization group Causes: Time stamp in the CS in Master is lost or incorrect Counter Measure: Check time setting to assure that all the CS in master have the same time stamp.
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