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Summary of Contents for Adaptrum ACRS 2.0
- Page 1 ACRS 2.0 User Manual...
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Page 2: Fcc Regulatory Information
FCC Regulatory Information This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. - Page 3 2.0 is specifically designed to operate in the UHF TV Band (470 MHz – 698 MHz), as TV Band Devices compliant to the rules specified in CFR 47 Part 15 Subpart H. To be rules-compliant, ACRS 2.0 systems must operate as Fixed TV Band Devices and must be professionally installed. ACRS 2.0 system specifications are shown in the following table.
- Page 4 ACRS 2.0 radio has a fully enclosed weather-proof aluminum construction as shown in the following pictures. There are status 4 LEDs on the front and an SMA antenna port and an Ethernet port on the back. The unit is powered through Ethernet and there is no separate power connector. The last picture below shows an example pole-mount installation.
- Page 6 ACRS 2.0 system must be professionally installed. Please refer to “ACRS 2.0 Professional Installer Manual” for detailed discussion on hardware installation. After installation, the base station and client station system configurations are illustrated in the following figures. Internet Antenna Feed Cable...
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Page 7: System Operation
Illustration of network topology. System Operation Please refer to “ACRS 2.0 Professional Installer Manual” for detailed discussion on hardware and software installation. Once installed, the main software can be launched on the control PCs through the shortcut in the “Start Menu” folder. The software will be launched in the “User” mode. When running in... - Page 8 GUI Control Interface Base station GUI control panel "Link" pane in the “User” mode. The GUI control panel is shown in the above figure. The GUI panel has a main frame body and 6 panes: Log, Link, System Information, Diagnostics, Database and Installation. Among them, the “Link” and “Database”...
- Page 9 Base station GUI control panel “Database” pane. The base and client control panels are only slightly different. The following two figures show the client station “Link” and “Database” panes. Again, the client software will operate in the “User” mode and the information entries for device registration and channel list request are disabled and loaded directly from system registry.
- Page 10 Client station GUI control "Link" pane. Client station GUI control "Database" pane.
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Page 11: Base Station Operation
“BASE MAC…”. The prompt “Select From Available Channels” requests the user to select a valid channel from the channel list returned from the database. Note further that device registration is not performed in the “User” mode but during installation – see “ACRS 2.0 Professional Installer Manual”. - Page 12 4) After the channel selection, the link pane is shown as following. Click “Start Service” to start transmission on the base station. 5) After the client station successfully connects to the base station, the “Link” pane will show uplink and downlink data rates, modulation schemes, BERs, PERs and signal power estimations as shown in the following figure.
- Page 13 Client Station Operation The client station operation is discussed in the following. 1) When the software first launches on the client station control PC in the “User” mode, the client will automatically scan all channels specified in the scan channel list. Once the client identifies an active base station signal on a scan channel, it will try to connect to the base station on that channel and once the base station verifies that the client can operate on the channel after contacting an authorized TV White Space Database, it will grant the connection session from the...
- Page 14 2) Once the client successfully connects to the base station, it will enter the normal operation mode. During normal operation, the client will send channel list request periodically to the base station. When the current base station operating channel is no long in the client channel list, the base station will terminate the connection session with the client.