Bench Test Units - Wi-LAN AWE120-58 Ultima3 Series User Manual

Installation
10. Press
Esc to go back to the Main Menu.
11. Select Logout to exit.
At this time you may want finish configuring the unit according to your network plan. See Configuration,
Note:
page 31 for instructions about viewing and changing various settings.

4 Bench Test Units

In this section, you will perform the following tasks:
• Ensure that a basic RF link exists between a base station and a remote unit.
• Test the basic link with Link Monitor and adjust Tx power level.
• Perform some simple network tests.
Establishing a Basic RF Link
This test ensures that a basic RF link exists between a base station and a remote unit.
The quality of your digital data transmission depends greatly on the quality of your RF
link. Always try to establish a high-quality RF link first . A high-quality RF link will
result in high-quality data transmissions and a low BER. A low-quality RF link will result
in low-quality data transmissions and a high bit error rate (BER). Digital data can always
be sent across a high-quality RF link. If the RF link is of poor quality, data either cannot
Tip: First configure one unit as a base station, and then use it to test all the remote units.
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To establish a basic RF link
1. Ensure that one unit is configured to a base station, select a center frequency and set the test minutes.
See Configuring a Base
2. Ensure that the other unit(s) are configured as remote units with the center frequency the same as the
base station. See Configuring a Remote
3. Place the base station and a remote unit at least two meters apart with a clear line of sight between
antennas. Point the antennas toward each other.
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Important
be sent at all or will contain too many errors to be useful.
Station, page 17.
Unit, page 20.
AWE 120-58 Ultima3 Series User Guide