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BSF-4004 BSF0038 SE XELL RIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL BSF-4004 UHF Repeater Product Description and User’s Manual Doc No. PN 4004 BSF0038 Series-UM Rev. 1.0 THIS DOCUMENT IS VALID FOR THE BSF 4004 (424/429MHz) REPEATERS for the US Market...
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No part of this document may be copied, distributed, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computer language without the prior written permission of Axell Wireless Ltd. The manufacturer has made every effort to ensure that the instructions contained in this document are adequate and free of errors and omissions.
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However, Axell Wireless assumes no responsibility for its use. In no event shall Axell Wireless be liable for any damage resulting from loss of data, loss of use, or loss of profits and Axell Wireless further disclaims any and all liability for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other similes damages.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL Compliance with FCC THIS IS A 90.219 CLASS B DEVICE Part 90 Signal Boosters WARNING: This is NOT a CONSUMER device. This device is designed for installation by FCC LICENCEES and QUALIFIED INSTALLERS. You MUST have an FCC LICENCE or express consent of an FCC Licensee to operate this device.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL Antenna Installation Installation of an antenna must comply with the FCC RF exposure requirements. The antenna used for this transmitter must be mounted on permanent structures. The FCC regulation mandate that the ERP of type A signal boosters should not exceed 5W, this is equivalent to 8.2W EIRP.
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All Axell Wireless repeaters include high selectivity duplexers and filters to attenuate the out of band noise. Should additional filtering be required, we have a comprehensive range of interference filters which can be supplied upon request.
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BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL General Safety Warnings Concerning Use of This System Always observe standard safety precautions during installation, operation and maintenance of this product. Throughout this manual, there are "Caution" warnings. "Caution" calls attention to a procedure or practice, which, if ignored, may result in injury or damage to the system, system component or even the user.
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This entire manual should be read and understood before operating or maintaining the repeater. Access to the Axell unit installation location is restricted to SERVICE PERSONNEL and to USERS who have been instructed on the restrictions and the required precautions to be taken.
The fibre optic system is easily remotely monitored and controlled by Axell Wireless effective supervision tool, Axell Wireless Element Manager. The BSF-4004 includes automatic optical gain settings, where the gain is adjusted in the downlink chain by measuring the level of the pilot carrier sent from the Optical Master Unit (OMU). The level of the received pilot carrier is continuously monitored.
Input signal, dBm 1.3 Operating Temperature The BSF-4004 is designed primarily for multi carrier purposes. If the repeater is run at full output power over a long period of time, the convection cooling may not be enough. The repeater is equipped with a power management function that steps down the power and, if needed, fully shuts down the amplifier chains until temperature reaches normal values.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 1.4 Management WEB GUI BSF-4004 is remotely commissioned and monitored via an OMU II session. Local access to the unit is not required for commissioning. Additional configuration and troubleshooting options are available via a direct connection to the BSF-4004 IP address.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 1.5.2 External Interfaces The repeater’s interfaces are located on the underside panel. Note: The external connections at the bottom of the repeater can be protected by a cover which is screwed in place.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 1.5.3 Internal Interfaces This section shows the internal interfaces for the repeater. You will need to open the Repeater in order to do the following: • Connect power •...
This chapter provides information on the Remote installation site requirements, on the installation requirements of the antennas, the specifications of the service antennas suitable for operation with this remote and RF and F/O cable requirements. 2.1 BSF-4004 Installation Requirements 2.1.1 Safety Guidelines Before installing the Repeater, review the following safety information: •...
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 2.1.3 RF Cable Installation Guidelines Required: • For all coaxial connections to/from the Repeater - high performance, flexible, low loss 50Ω coaxial communications cable. • All cables shall be weather-resistant type .
Indoor Panel 4.2dBi beam width 106 • Radiating Cable Typically < -50dBi 2.2.2.2 Recommended Splitters and Couplers Axell Wireless can supply a comprehensive range of splitters and Couplers to aid the installation of the internal DAS system. Typical specifications as below: Splitter Part Numbers 90-851202...
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 2.2.2.3 Installation Criteria Determine the antenna installation configuration, according to the transmission requirements and the installation site conditions. Installation requirements: • An indoor antenna should be installed at a convenient location. It should be free of metallic obstruction.
Any other specifically ordered item 3.2 Mount the Repeater You can mount the BSF-4004 Remote on a wall or in a 19” inch rack. The Repeater is delivered with mounting brackets. Mount the repeater in an accessible location and in a location that fulfils the environmental requirements.
BSF-4004 weighs approximately 28 kg. • Wall compatibility - check the suitability of the wall on which the BSF-4004 is to be to be fitted. • Plan mount - check the actual fixing centres (see below) and overall dimensions of the BSF- 4004 enclosure.
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BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL • Fix bolts –f ix M6 Rawbolts or similar (50 to 75mm in length) into the wall at the dimensions as illustrated in figure 1 below using equipment as specified by the fixing manufacturer. A recommended method is set out below.
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BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL Fix mounting brackets to BSF – use the supplied four M8 bolts and spring washers. Fix mounting brackets to MBF with M8 fixing bolts and spring washers supplied Figure 3-5: Fix mounting plates to BSF...
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 3.2.3 Mount the Repeater on the Wall The Repeater wall mount brackets assembly should be fixed to a solid wall (these include brickwork, blockwork, and concrete.); (Due to the weight of the Repeater, it is NOT recommended to fix to a hollow wall).
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BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 6. As the bolt pulls its way in, the sides of the anchor section are forced outwards, gripping the surrounding surface. Figure 3-9: Anchor Sides Pushed Outwards. 7. Once all four fixings are in place, carefully withdraw the four bolts.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 3.3 Grounding Connect the grounding protection as follows: • Ensure that good grounding protection measures are taken to create a reliable repeater site. • Make sure to use adequately dimensioned grounding cables. The minimum recommended conductive area for a grounding cable is 16mm •...
They define proper planning, installation and inspection of effective lightning protection systems. The Axell Wireless repeaters comply with the EN standard ETS 301 498-8 which stipulates demands on lightning/surge protection for typical infrastructure telecom equipment installations. Several lightning protection devices should be used in series with declining threshold voltages to help attenuate the pulse component which makes it through the first layer of protection.
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ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL The primary protective device is part of the site installation and is not supplied by Axell Wireless. Coaxial lightning protection is normally one of these three types: Gas capsule, High-pass and Bandpass. There also need to be a protective device installed on the power supply cord.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 3.5 Fibre Optic Connection Class 1 Laser This product is equipped with class 1 lasers, as per definition in EN 60825-1. Caution!!! Un-terminated optical receptacles may emit laser radiation.
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BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 4. Connect the fibre to the Fibre Optic Converter inside the repeater. Note: Make sure the fibre is not bent too sharply inside the repeater as to avoid communication disruptions.
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BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 7. Attach the sleeve to the fibre optic inlet. Note: Clean the fibre connector before connecting it to the system. See instruction in Appendix B - F/O Cleaning Procedure.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 3.6 External Alarm and Relay Connections The repeater is equipped with an external alarm interface card. The connector plinth for the external alarms is located at the bottom of the repeater.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 3.7 Power and Backup Battery Caution! Make sure the antenna cables or 50 ohm terminations are connected to the repeater’s antenna connectors before the repeater is turned on. Caution! Be sure a CIRCUIT BREAKER meeting the instructions given in this section is connected near the unit at an easily reachable and accessible location from the unit.
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BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 3.7.2.1 Backup Battery • On the Power Supply unit a rechargeable battery pack in mounted. This part also includes charging and supervision electronics. • The backup battery will provide the Control Module and modem with enough capacity to send an alarm in case of input power failure.
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BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 3.7.2.3 230 VAC Power Source Connect the power cable to the plinth as show below: • Phase linked to the brown cable • Neutral linked to the blue •...
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BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 3.7.2.5 -48V Power Source Connection Note: The -48VDC version of the power supply is designed to turn off if the supply voltage falls below ± -36V ( 1V), not to drain the feeding battery. It will turn on again as the supply voltage reaches -43V ±...
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 3.7.3 Power ON 3.7.3.1 Switching Power ON Caution!! Make sure the antenna cables or 50Ω terminations are connected to the repeater’s antenna connectors before the repeater is turned on.
OMU II. The commissioning process consists of a few simple steps. To commission the BSF-4004 - overview: 1. Open an OMU II session – used to access the BSF-4004 configuration window (via OMU II). 2. Perform Optical Loss Adjustment.
EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 4.2 BSF-4004 Optical Loss Adjustment (OLA) BSF-4004 OLA is performed from the OMU II. To perform BSF-4004 OLA (via OMU II) 1. From the OMU II main window, click the Opto Adjust button. Click to access...
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BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL Column Description Each Rack corresponds to an OMU unit whereas each Slot corresponds to an Opto-Module. Slots are numbered according to their position in the OMU Chassis (numbered left to right).
4.3.2 will be available in the future) via the OMU II web interface. 4.3.1 Manual RF Balancing NOTE: If connected locally, enter the BSF-4004 Home screen and skip to step 2. The manual balancing procedure consists of the following steps: •...
Verify the Amplifier is set to ON. • Set UL Attenuation == DL Attenuation value. Figure 4-7: BSF-4004 Uplink Configuration Section 5. If noise is detected, adjust only the uplink value. 4.3.2 Automatic BSF-4004 RF Balancing NOTE: This feature will be available in future release.
4.5 What Next? The BSF-4004 unit is now ready for operation. You may monitor the unit's general status via the OMU II Home screen and if the node is faulty (red LED), access the Home screen in Advanced mode for more detailed information.
BSF-4004. When an indirect session (via OMU II) is opened to the BSF-4004, only the BSF-4004 Main window is available. The additional options are available when a direct session is opened to the BSF-4004 (not via OMU II).
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 1. Open the web browser and type "axell-ne" in the address bar. The Axell login dialog appears. Figure 5-2: Login Screen Use the following username and password to login: •...
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 5.2 Navigating the Web Interface The Web GUI window provides access to the management options of the BSF-4004. Several tabs (and sub-tabs) are available: Home, Nodes, Logs, etc., while the Home tab (illustrated below), is displayed on login.
Lists the remote nodes – corresponding OMU and units connected the specific OMU. List of recent operations. Section 6.3. Provides a range of BSF-4004 configuration procedures such as communication, RF, Date and Time, Password, etc. Section 5.3. Logout of the system.
5.2.2 Home Screen Overview The screen is divided into four basic areas: • Controller – shows general information on the BSF-4004 device such as identification and temperature level. • External Alarms – shows status of external alarms and the defined names.
Used to activate and assign names to external alarms. See section 5.3.3 Change Used to update system login password for the logged-in user. See section 5.6.3 password Used to configure the time stamp for dating BSF-4004 events. See Date and Time section 5.3.2. Ethernet Used to define the IP Address for remote access via Ethernet.
5.3 Configuring General Parameters 5.3.1 Site Information – BSF-4004 Identification It is recommended to assign each BSF-4004 a recognizable name that will identify the location, site name, etc. The Site Information button provides access to BSF-4004 hardware and software version information.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 5.3.2 Date & Time NOTE: The date and time are automatically set from the OMU II. Be sure to set the correct date and time in order to accurately timestamp all events occurring on the BSF-4004.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 5.3.4 IP Address This procedure describes how to set up the IP address either manually or configure for acquisition via DHCP (usually configured for local management options). To configure the IP address 1.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 5.4 Remote Communication Setup This section describes the Ethernet and modem setup. The SNMP setup option also available in this dialog is described in section 5.5. SNMP . Select an option (ETH TCP, Modem or SNMP) and configure. Then select the next relevant option.
NOTE: This section is relevant only if a modem is installed in the system. If connecting directly via Ethernet, see section 5.4.1. The BSF-4004 can operate over two types of modem: Packet Switched (GPRS, GSM etc.) or Circuit Switched (PSTN/GSM). The available options depend on the modem type installed in your system.
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3. Click Apply. Verify Circuit Switched Modem Functionality 1. Use the ACT RCD command via the Axell Shell or via Terminal to launch a modem restart (if logged in, restart will be performed on the first logout). 2. Dial the modem number (if PSTN) or the data number (if SIM card).
2. Select Remote Communication. 3. In the Device:Method field, select ETH:SNMP 4. Define the SNMP trap destination IP address (additional addresses can be defined via the Axell Shell.). 5. Enter the (destination address device) Trap Port and its Community parameters.
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XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL To activate the BSF-4004 SNMP Agent 1. Click on the Config button (top right corner) and select SNMP Agent Config. The following pane appears: 2. Set the SNMP Agent toggle to ON.
The BSF-4004 comes pre-configured with default usernames and passwords in the various administration levels. At the moment, updating user accounts is available only via Command Line Interface (CLI) or Axell Shell. See the Common Commands and Attributes v2.0.0 document for detailed commands and syntax or click on the Help button at the top right of the Web-GUI screen.
NOTE: Note that you can only change the password for the User Name with which the session was accessed. To change the Password 1. In the Main menu, click the Config button. 2. Click the Change Password button. 3. For the current User Name (e.g. axell): • Enter the New password. • Repeat the entry.
1. Click on the Config button. 2. Select the Axell Shell option. The Axell Shell button invokes the CLI screen. It is used to run some of the commands that are currently not provided by the Web GUI (user privileges and administration) and/or for advanced troubleshooting and configurations procedures.
In the event of a failure Axell Wireless’ support service should be contacted for advice on a possible module replacement or other action to be taken. • If a shipment of a repeater back to Axell Wireless is made within the period of guarantee the original packing must be used. •...
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 6.2 Monitoring Via the BSF-4004 Home Screen In addition to RF settings and readings, the BSF-4004 Home screen provides detailed information on the operation status of internal modules. This information can be used to aid in remotely troubleshooting the Remote.
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Door Status Green if closed 6.2.1.2 Detailed view of the BSF-4004 RF Status The BSF-3604 RF Status screen provides the RF balancing options as described in section Error! Reference source not found., as well as various status monitoring options. Below is the Advanced view of the RF Status screen.
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Attenuation Use to define DL/UL attenuation level (in dBm) Saturation Saturation status Output output power level 6.2.1.3 Detailed view of Fibre Optic Unit Figure 6-4: BSF-4004 F/O Status Indicator Description #Module Overall optic module status Comm Optic connection status Temperature...
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 6.3 Logs Screen The Alarms Log displays the last 100 alarms and/or user actions on the remote system in a chronological order. By hovering with the mouse over each alarm, full alarm details are available, including alarm descriptions, severities, alarm classes and time of event.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 6.4 Module LEDs This section describes the LEDs of the internal modules. The modules are accessed if the remote is opened. An example of the BSF-3604 Dual-band, dual-service antenna model is given below: Power module LEDs, see 5.3.2.3...
The Control Module has four LEDs which give information regarding the status of the BSF-4004. If the BSF-4004 is configured for Ethernet communication the two LEDs Modem Power and Modem Status do not fill any function and can be disregarded.
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 6.4.2 F/O Converter LEDs There are 6 LEDs on the module to indicate the status. LED 1, Power, Green Unit is powered on Unit has no power LED 2, Error, Red...
BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL 6.4.3 Power Supply LEDs This section provides a detailed description of the LEDs and fault examples. Input +15V +28V Power LED 1, Input Power, Green Slow flash Power supply unit operating on AC or DC...
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BSF-4004 BSF0038 S XELL ERIES EPEATER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND USER’S MANUAL The Cleaning Procedure: Dry Cleaning ATTENTION! Invisible laser radiation might be emitted from disconnected fibres or connectors. Do not stare into beams or view directly with optical instruments. 1. Before cleaning the optical connectors on the OMU it is advisable to clean the connector of the mating cable being attached to the optical port.
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