User's Manual

001-2019-500 Rev 0 Paragon4 – UHF, 700 & 800MHz User Manual
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Item Description
Analog alarms trap conditions
Analog Monitoring Rate
Frequency at which internal values are updated and checked against the alarm
boundary conditions. Ranges from 100milliseconds to infinity. Default = 500ms
Analog alarms settings
For each diagnostic value displayed, the user can control alarms trap conditions
in the following ways:
 Set acceptable range of values by entering the low and high thre-
sholds
 Choose to be notified when the value goes out of acceptable range by
selecting the “goes out of range” check box
 Choose to be notified when the value returns into acceptable range by
selecting the “returns into range” check box
All monitoring combinations are possible
Digital Alarms trap conditions
Digital Alarms settings
For all digital alarms, the traps can be sent when:
 “Asserted:-The digital signal changes from low to high
 “Unasserted”-The digital signal changes from high to low
All monitoring combinations are possible
Hardware fault trap conditions
Receiver Comparison
To diagnose a possible receiver malfunction
 Choose to be notified when a Receiver Comparison fault occurs by se-
lecting the "Fault" check box.
 Choose to be notified when a Receiver Comparison fault has been cor-
rected by selecting the "Fault cleared" check box.
Calibration Files
Calibration Files
All Paragon4 unit firmware comes bundled with two interpolation files used for
forward and reverse power calibration. These files are required to be used with
the optional external power sensor assembly (p/n 030 03547-xxx).
Caution: Forward & reverse power readings will not be accurate without the
optional external power sensor assembly (p/n 030 03547-xxx).
Refer to your Dataradio sales channel for details.
The file names entered in this section should match the file names in your unit
(Note: file names are case sensitive.) These files are needed to properly display
the Forward and Reverse power values.
6.8.10.1 Calibration Files
Special electrical sensors are used to measure the values of real world quantities such as forward or re-
verse RF power. These sensors represent all measurements in Volts and require a conversion to proper
units where applicable. This conversion is achieved by use of mathematical transfer functions, which also
provide a way of calibrating the sensor hardware.
The transfer function can be represented by a simple look-up table that approximates a continuous func-
tion by a series of data points. Each data point represents an {X
in
, Y
out
} pair, where X
in
is the sensor’s
output-a measurement in Volts, and Y
out
is the corresponding value in a desired unit of measurement. Li-
near interpolation is used to generate Y
out
values for any given X
in
value in between the data points sup-
plied in the look-up table.
The series of data points in a look-up table are listed in a text calibration file and is read by the Piecewise
Linear Interpolation Calibrated Conversion (PWLICC) software module, employed in Paragon4 radio
base station to convert the sensor output into a desired value.
Dataradio supplies look-up tables for forward and reverse power measurements. These tables contain a set
of values in Volts (X
in
) with their corresponding values in Watts (Y
out
). Similar look-up tables need be
created for user-supplied external analog devices connected to the base station’s backplane for diagnostics
and monitoring if other than voltage measurement units are preferred.
Preliminary