Installation Instructions

Document Name: WAPS BEACON Installation Manual
Version No: 1.4
Company Name: NextNav, LLC.
Confidential Page 25 11-Sep-12
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Figure 15: Rubidium Tab
4.4.3 Transmit Tab
Click on ‘Transmitter’ tab and follow the procedure below to program the transmitter
board.
Procedure to confirm PA connections and cabling:
1. Click on ‘Import from CSV’ to launch an explorer window as shown in Figure 16
and choose Beacon_test.csv’ located in the same client folder as the GUI.
Note: The Beacon_test.csv is a test parameters file with random LLA info and a
safe attenuation of 10dB to transmit well below 30W ERP. This is used to test the
PA power levels and confirm cabling between the TX and PA. The final
configuaration CSV files per transmitter are created by the NOC engineer based
on the installation parameters such as line lengths, antenna type.
2. Click ok to populate the parameters required for transmission and then click save
in ‘Transmission control’ section which programs the parameters listed in the
transmission control tab. The center frequency of operation comes up as
926.227MHz.