Troubleshooting; Radio Built-In Test - R&S M3SR 4100 Series Operating Manual

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M3SR Series 4100

6.2 Troubleshooting

6.2.1 Radio Built-In Test

The radio is equipped with a built-In test equipment (BITE), performing various selftests of
different depths. There are three different kinds of built-in tests implemented in the radio:
Power-on built-in test (PBIT)
Continuous built-in test (CBIT)
Initiated built-in test (IBIT)
The power-on built-in test (PBIT) starts immediately and automatically when the radio is pow-
ered up, a continuous built-in test continuously monitors essential parameters during opera-
tion, and the initiated built-in test is started by the operator. Each of these built-in tests
generates error messages for failure diagnosis and entries in the error log (see Figure 6.5).
In addition, the built-in test covers external devices such as power amplifiers.
The BIT results are made available to the operator in different ways:
By indication on the display of a connected control unit (message box) immediately after
the error has been detected.
By means of GO LED (1) on the radio front panel and GO LED (2) on a connected control
unit (see Figure 6.2), which are both switched off in case of a FAULT status of the radio.
By means of an error list in the control unit menu 'Radio Error List' (see sect. 3.4 Radio
Maintenance and Figure 6.5). The error list holding the last 256 events (start-ups, warn-
ings and errors) with description and time of occurrence to be looked up in menu 'Radio
Error Details' (see sect. 3.4 Radio Maintenance).
Operating Manual 6175.4760.02 – 01
Troubleshooting
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