Getting Information On Active Antenna Status; Assigning Beltpacks To Coverage Areas - ClearCom FreeSpeak II User Manual

3.4.3

Getting information on active antenna status

You can also monitor which beltpacks are connected to which antennas using the
Base station SYSTEM menu and using the Configuration Editor Diagnostics Tool.
When you select ANTNS from the SYSTEM menu, the display shows the status of
the active antennas that are connected to the Base station, and shows the slots
on each antenna that are occupied by beltpacks. This information may be useful
during a site survey, or when troubleshooting coverage areas or antenna
connections.
A typical display is shown below:
The numbers 1 through 10 represent the maximum number of antennas that can
be connected to the Base station. Numbers 1 through 5 can be positions on a
splitter connected to transceiver port 1, while 6 through 10 can be positions on a
splitter connected to transceiver port 2. An antenna connected directly to
transceiver port 2 would appear at position 6.
"__" indicates an empty slot on an active antenna that is connected to the Base
station. A number in place of a "__" indicates that this slot is occupied by the
indicated beltpack.
Blank spaces next to an antenna number indicate that no connected antenna has
been detected in this position.
So the above display would indicate that five antennas are connected to the Base
station in positions 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7. There are no active antennas in positions 4,
5, 8, 9, and 10.
There are 4 beltpacks currently connected. Beltpacks 2 and 4 occupy the first 2
slots of antenna 3; beltpack 1 occupies the first slot of antenna 6; and beltpack 3
occupies the first slot of antenna 7.
The display updates every 4 seconds to reflect changes in antenna status and
beltpack connections.
Rotate or push in the setup/enter encoder to exit this menu.
3.4.4

Assigning beltpacks to coverage areas

Each antenna is designed to handle five beltpacks when using the 1.9 GHz
frequency range and four beltpacks when using the 2.4 GHz range
simultaneously. Although it can achieve this in good conditions, this may not
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Figure 3-6 ANTNS menu