Specifications

Registering individual portables /

P0992639 01 Modular ICS Companion Installer Guide

Measuring directed RSSI

You may want to measure the RSSI between a portable and a

specific base station radio. For example, you may suspect that

one of the two radios in a base station is not working properly.

You can also use directed RSSI to prevent hand-off while you

find a cell edge. To measure the RSSI of a specific radio, you

must be in range of two base stations—the one you want to

measure and another base station.

You cannot measure the directed RSSI of both radios in the

base station at the same time.

Before you begin to measure directed RSSI

Use the Companion Provisioning Record to find the

following:

• the five-digit ID of the base station radio you want to

measure, by mapping the base station location to the time

compression multiplex (TCM) port. The first four digits

indicate the TCM port to which the base station is

connected. The last digit indicates the number of the radio

on the base station. For example, the number 03142 on the

base station is connected to TCM port 0314, and 2 is the

radio number. The number may be printed on a label

affixed to the lower right corner of the base station

mounting bracket.

• the radio IDs of all other base stations in the same location.

To measure directed RSSI using your portable

1. Repeat steps 1 to 3 of To measure undirected RSSI on page

84.

2. When the portable displays the base station ID you want to

measure, move out of the cell boundary range so that hand-

off occurs, and press ´ or e.