User's Guide

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• Do not expect to see 5 bars of reception everywhere in the building as this is practically impos-

sible. Also, signal strength in dB can vary signicantly without necessarily aecting the number

of bars displayed because dierent phone and data card manufacturers handle bars slightly

dierently.

• A good rule of thumb is that increasing gain by 6dB doubles the coverage distance of the

interior antennas. Start at the lowest gain setting and increase gain gradually as needed.

• If one or more red Warning lights comes on, that indicates that there’s oscillation in that band

and the band will immediately shut down. If the dB gain is not adjusted, the Warning light will

continue ashing. The booster will power down and will then wake every 30 seconds for the

next 15 minutes to see if the problem has been resolved. If the problem has not been resolved

after 15 minutes, the booster will shut o and will need to be unplugged and plugged back in

again to reset.

• You may see oscillation in the 800MHz band and/or the 1900MHz band (see Section 5.6).

• If you can’t get the system to work properly, you may need to install an additional interior

antenna and/or a dierent type of interior antenna and/or relocate interior antennas.

Note: In general, the uplink and downlink DIP switches should be set identically but this is

not always the case.

5.6 - Automatic Shutdown

If equipped, the Force5 booster includes an automatic shutdown feature that works in the

following sequence:

1. When oscillation is detected in the uplink and/or downlink, the appropriate Warning light(s)

will begin ashing red and the Power light (light 5 in the diagram on Page 19) remain green.

2. If oscillation occurs on any other band, lights 6 and/or 7, 8, 9, and 10 will blink as appropriate.

3. If the electrical current powering the booster is too weak or too strong, lights 6 and/or 7, 8, 9,

and 10 will blink yellow.

4. If the problem is not resolved, the aected side will shut down for 30 seconds.

5. The booster will wake back up. When this occurs, the power light will be green. If oscillation

resumes, the lights will ash as previously described. These 30-second cycles will continue for

15 minutes or until the problem is resolved.

Conguration and Testing