User Manual

SECTION 2: FACTORY TEST PROCEDURE
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Figure 2-2 displays another oscilloscope plot of an up-link data message from the mobile to the base
station. As in the last plot, channel 1 is connected to the base station's RSSI (J5-12), channel 2 is
connected to the base station's recovered modulation test point, and channel 3 is connected to the base
station's modem chip select line (U16-13). The scope's acquisition mode is now in the peak detect mode.
This enables the base station's modem CS (Chip Select) line to be viewed.
Figure 2-2: Another Oscilloscope Plot of an Uplink Data Message
The base station's microcontroller, upon detecting a step response in the RSSI (caused by the mobile
radio's transmitter coming up to power), waits a period of time equal to the programmed value of the base
station's carrier detect delay time. The microcontroller then instructs the modem to search for the modem
synchronization preamble. When the base station instructs the modem to look for sync tones, the
modem's CS line transitions low. This can be seen in the above plot. Approximately 10 milliseconds after
the mobile radio's transmitter causes a step increase in the base station's RSSI, the CS signal goes low
momentarily. As can be seen, the sync tones are stable by this time and the modem quickly establishes
synchronization.