Changing From Conventional To Opensky; Required Test Equipment; Table 15-1: Required Test Equipment - Harris M5300 Installation And Safety Manual

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15.1.2

Changing from Conventional to OpenSky

1. If necessary, apply power to the radio and turn it on.
2. Use the control head's / Ramp Control to scroll through the menu until an OpenSky system's
name is displayed.
3. After a few seconds, the radio will automatically transition to OTP mode for operations on the
selected OpenSky system.
4. If the radio is not programmed for auto-login, login to the OpenSky system. For login instructions,
refer to the respective Operator's Manual and/or Quick-Guide as necessary. A Quick-Guide is
included with the radio when it ships from the factory. Publication numbers are listed in Section 3.2
(page 18).
5. Select a talk group for test transmissions using either the / Ramp Control or the System/-
Group/Channel Selection Control (required control per programming).

15.2 REQUIRED TEST EQUIPMENT

TEST EQUIPMENT
Average-Responding
Wattmeter
(for conv. measurements)
or
Peak-Reading
Wattmeter
(for OpenSky measurements)
RF Coaxial
Jumper Cable
N-to-TNC
RF Adapter
50-Ohm RF Terminator
("Dummy Load")
Vehicle-Mounted
Antenna
Desktop or Laptop
Personal Computer (PC)
Serial Cable
Optional: USB-to-
RS-232 Adapter
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Table 15-1: Required Test Equipment

MODEL / PART NUMBER & DESCRIPTION
Bird Electronic Corp. Model 43 (or equivalent) with Type N female
connectors at input and output ports, and with wattmeter slugs appropriate
for the radio's transmit RF output power capability and RF band.
Bird Electronic Corp. Model 4314B (or equivalent) with Type N female
connectors at input and output ports.
Pasternack Enterprises PE3661-(length per CAUTION on page 74)
50-Ohm Coaxial Cable with TNC male connector and Type N male
connector. The utilized cable must have VSWR below 1.5:1 within the RF
passband. Refer to the CAUTION on page 74 for information on the
required length of this cable.
Pasternack Enterprises PE9090 (or equivalent) Type N male to TNC female
adapter. Required to connect the cable of the vehicle-mounted antenna to
the wattmeter.
Pasternack Enterprises PE6106 (or equivalent) 50-ohm RF terminator rated
at greater than 50 watts power, with Type N male connector.
Tests are performed with the vehicle-mounted antenna per the installation
described in Section 7 of this manual.
With Microsoft Windows operating system and a terminal application to
issue commands through a serial port (such as HyperTerminal). For
EDACS/ProVoice, P25 and conventional operating mode, utilized PC must
have RPM radio programming software installed.
MAMROS0055 (6 feet), or cable CA-013671-010 (10 feet) or CA-013671-
020 (20 feet).
Required if the utilized PC is not equipped with a standard DB-9 serial port
connector.