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TetraFlex
V7.6
®
(w. US remarks)
Manual version 1.00
The information contained in this document is the property of Damm Cellular Systems A/S. This document is
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Phone: +45 74 42 35 00, Fax: +45 74 42 30 31,
E-Mail: dcs@damm.dk,
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  • Page 1 (w. US remarks) Manual version 1.00 The information contained in this document is the property of Damm Cellular Systems A/S. This document is subject to copyright and shall not be published or reproduced, in whole or in part, without the written permission of Damm Cellular Systems A/S.

  • Page 2: Introduction

    ® Remark: TetraFlex ver. 7.6 is not compatible with earlier versions! Please follow the update instructions or contact DAMM support if you have systems with older software versions. Indoor Base station models BS411 BS414 Max. 32 carriers Max.
  • Page 3 It is recommended that engineers doing the installation and configuration of a BS4xx have practical experience in installation of radio and computer systems, and have made themselves familiar with the BS4xx equipment through appropriate DAMM training courses and study of the content of this manual.
  • Page 4 Failure to do so could be hazardous and result in damage to your device. Changes and modifications to this device not expressly proved by DAMM could void the user’s authorization to operate this device North America regulations The Base Station Transceivers and products devices mentioned in this User Manual comply to FCC part 90 and Industry Canada (IC) RS119 regulations for such equipment.

  • Page 5: Reference Documents

    EFERENCE DOCUMENTS ® For detailed information’s regarding the TetraFlex release and features supported, please consult the documents listed below: No.: Document Title Document Contents ® TetraFlex v7.6 System description.pdf * TetraFlex system overview ® TetraOM_7.6.pdf TetraFlex OM manual ® TetraFlex_RN_7.60_2012-11-09_01.pdf *...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraFlex® Manual breakdown ABLE OF ONTENTS Introduction ..............................2 Reference documents ..........................5 ® TetraFlex Manual breakdown ........................5 Revision ..............................16 Abbreviations / Definitions ........................18 PART-1: HARDWARE INSTALLATION ....................
  • Page 7 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraFlex® Manual breakdown 1.2.5.2 Dual Carrier BS installation recommendation (2 x BS421) ..............1-18 1.2.6 Power connection to SB421 ........................1-19 1.2.6.1 System Connector ..........................1-20 1.2.6.1.1 Easy connection scheme ........................
  • Page 8 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraFlex® Manual breakdown 2.4.4.2 Start Menu ............................2-54 2.4.4.3 OM ............................... 2-54 2.4.4.4 NM ............................... 2-54 2.4.4.5 Dispatcher ............................2-54 2.4.4.6 Log Server ............................2-55 2.4.4.7 Log Client .............................
  • Page 9 2.8.2 TX Power ..............................2-90 2.8.3 BS Power reduced ..........................2-91 2.9 Network Management Installation ....................2-92 2.9.1 The DAMM Network management Application ..................2-92 2.9.2 NM Installation on an external PC ......................2-92 2.9.3 SNMP gateway ............................2-93 2.9.3.1 SNMP installation ..........................2-94 2.9.3.2 SNMP Manually PC installation ......................
  • Page 10 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraFlex® Manual breakdown 2.14.6.2 Bringing the API to work on your system: ..................2-126 2.14.6.2.1 In the subscriber register: ......................2-126 2.14.6.2.2 In the Application (Dispatcher) folder: ..................2-126 2.14.7 API Dongle settings ..........................
  • Page 11 ® APPLICATIONS ..................3-169 PART-3: TETRAFLEX 3.1 General system description ......................3-170 3.1.1 TetraFlex V7.6 General System description ..................3-170 3.1.2 Site versus Node: ..........................3-170 3.1.3 Software packages: ..........................3-170 3.1.3.1 Software packages execution or update: ..................3-170 3.2 Base Station Controller ........................ 3-172 3.2.1 BSC.exe description ..........................
  • Page 12 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraFlex® Manual breakdown 3.3.5.2 Organization ............................3-204 3.3.5.3 Profile ..............................3-206 3.3.5.4 Subscriber Common settings ......................3-215 3.3.5.4.1 Mobile subscriber ........................... 3-217 3.3.5.4.2 Group subscriber ..........................3-219 3.3.5.4.3 Application subscriber ........................
  • Page 13 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraFlex® Manual breakdown 3.5.8 Voice Call History..........................3-261 3.5.9 DGNA ..............................3-262 3.5.9.1 Assigning subscribers to DGNA ......................3-262 3.5.9.2 De-assigning subscribers to DGNA ....................3-265 3.5.9.3 Showing DGNA history ........................
  • Page 14 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraFlex® Manual breakdown 3.7.11.4 Radio Status ............................. 3-297 3.7.11.5 Radio Config ............................ 3-297 3.7.11.6 Voice GW ............................3-298 3.7.11.7 Packet Data-GW ..........................3-299 3.7.11.8 Application -GW ..........................3-299 3.7.11.9 Terminal-GW ...........................
  • Page 15 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraFlex® Manual breakdown 4.3.3 Supply and alarm circuits ........................4-350 4.3.4 RF Test Loop path description ......................4-351 4.4 TR412 Transceiver Description ..................... 4-352 4.4.1 Introduction ............................

  • Page 16: Revision

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Revision EVISION Software covered by this manual: Product Released date Version ApiDll 2012-11-02 7.60 Android Client 2012-11-02 7.60 2012-11-02 7.60 Dispatcher 2012-11-02 7.60 Dongle 2012-11-06 7.60...
  • Page 17 TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Revision IMPORTANT: DAMM will execute great effort to maintain and update this manual so it will always be up to date regarding information and readability. To do this DAMM needs to get feedback from you. So if you as reader find anything which could be done better, items which is not dealt with, sections which is difficult understandable etc.

  • Page 18: Abbreviations / Definitions

    DGNA Dynamic Group Number Assignment Dongle A USB dongle, programmed by DAMM, to be inserted in the node and/or application PC. The dongle controls which functions and applications can be executed Dongle Date When this date is exceeded the dongle will not allow execution of DAMM software...
  • Page 19 Push To Talk Random Access Memory Release Date. The date where DAMM releases the software. This date is hard coded into the software package Release number Hard coded into the software package and have 2 levels, separated with a dot (example: 7.40)

  • Page 20: Part-1: Hardware Installation

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421- Installation PART-1: Hardware Installation TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 21: Environmental / Climatic Requirements

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421- Installation 1.1 SB421- I NSTALLATION 1.1.1 Environmental / climatic requirements The SB421 (Service Box) is designed for outdoor operation, in such a way that it can be placed in the antenna mast close to the Base station(s) The Service Box is designed to be able to operate at severe environmental conditions.

  • Page 22: Sb421 Basic Elements

    The above specifications are a minimum and may be changed according to availability of processors and storage media. Any change in specification will be for a superior value. To update to 8GB CF and 1GB RAM, order an upgrade kit from DAMM 1.1.4.2 Mechanical Lock Delivery option: System lock or standard lock, both options including 2 keys.

  • Page 23: Bsc421 Base Station Controller

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421- Installation In OM enter AP <Enter> and the connection is established. Use <F1> for help menu and select PS421. 1.1.4.4 BSC421 Base Station Controller Please refer to appropriate information in section 1.1.4.1 Regarding the type and specification...

  • Page 24: Bsc Connections

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421- Installation 1.1.4.4.3 BSC connections Connections o TR1 and TR2 LAN to Interconnection board (J31) o LAN / Wan to Interconnection board (J32) o I/O for PS etc. (J30)

  • Page 25: Interconnection Board

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421- Installation Unit Placement Fuse Rating Fuse Size Interconnection Board Battery F101 10A Slow 5x20 BSC421 F102 1A Slow 5x20 F113 3.15A Slow 5x20 F133 3.15A Slow...

  • Page 26: Interconnections Board Led's

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421- Installation 1.1.4.5.3 Interconnections board LED’s o EXT SEC IN 2 o EXT SEC IN 1 o TR2 SEC IN o TR1 SEC IN Figure 1-5: Interconnection Board 1.1.4.5.4 TR1/TR2 connection module...

  • Page 27: Ps Connection To Tr1 And Tr2

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421- Installation 1.1.4.5.5 PS Connection to TR1 and TR2 o The blue wire of the BS shall be connected to the minus terminal o The black wire of the BS cable shall be connected to plus terminal.

  • Page 28: Redundant Sb421 Operation

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421- Installation Figure 1-7: LAN/WAN and RJ-45 plug 1.1.4.5.9 Redundant SB421 operation A second SB421 (BSC) may be configured for redundant operation both as 2 carriers and as 3 - 4 carriers.

  • Page 29: Temperature Sensor (Ts) Connection

    Terminal for external alarm input 1-8. Input 8 can be used for Tx Power reduction (see TR OM Command 13). L1,L2,L3 output alarms please contact DAMM support for more information. 1.1.4.6 Mains Connection block The 3 screw connection block for the 100-240V AC mains power Phase, Null and Ground is located on the inner left side of the SB421 housing.

  • Page 30: Hw Change For Redundant Sb421 / 3 And 4 Carrier Operation

    SYNCHRONIZATION OPTION 2 when delivered from factory. If the hardware change is made in the field, i.e. outside DAMM facilities, it must be ensured that appropriate marking of the SB421 is performed. NOTE: For change in the field, please order a change kit from DAMM. This kit includes a manual dealing with this issue, jumpers, screws, markings etc.

  • Page 31: Sb421 Internal Battery Assembly

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421- Installation Figure 1-9: Interconnection board jumpers 1.1.6 SB421 Internal Battery Assembly 1.1.6.1 Battery kit maintenance The battery is specified to a life time of 3-5 years depending on the use and environment.

  • Page 32: Figure 1-10: Cable Assembly

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421- Installation o Place the SB421 on the backside with the door opening facing upward o Carefully unscrew the two screws holding the door cable assembly...

  • Page 33: External -48 Battery Kit (Option) Connection Block

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421- Installation o Install the “SB421 battery holder Lower” foam (pos.1) in the bottom of the SB421 casing. o Install the “SB421 battery holder Upper” foam (pos.2) in the front of the SB421 casing o Attach the blue wire of the battery cable (pos.J41) to the left terminal of a battery...

  • Page 34: Figure 1-13: Temperature Sensor

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421- Installation otherwise there shall be a disconnection device, inserted in the connection to the minus pole. The external battery pack consists of a DIN-rail containing a 10A circuit breaker, a 3-pol terminal strip, a 4-pol modular coupler and the necessary cabling.

  • Page 35: Environmental / Climatic Requirements

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421- Installation 1.2 BS421- I NSTALLATION 1.2.1 Environmental / climatic requirements The Base Station is designed for outdoor operation, such that it can be placed in the antenna mast close to the antennas.

  • Page 36: Bs421 Main Components

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421- Installation 1.2.4 BS421 main components Filter cover and filters removed. BS viewed from the filter (back) side Figure 1-14: BS421 main components The HDMI monitor connector together with the USB connector allows a connection of a...

  • Page 37: Attaching Rx/Tx Antennas

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421- Installation 1.2.5 Attaching RX/TX antennas Before installing the Base Station please read the application note in this manual about the Antenna Systems. The following antenna cables shall be attached: 1.2.5.1 Single Carrier BS installation recommendation (1 x BS421)

  • Page 38: Power Connection To Sb421

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421- Installation 1.2.6 Power connection to SB421 Before starting this task, please read the entire chapter carefully. RX/TX A OUT A LAN / 1sec...

  • Page 39: System Connector

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421- Installation 1.2.6.1 System Connector Use a LSA tool for the Ethernet connection Figure 1-18: System Connector Connect the following terminals: NOTE: Cable used must be 0.4mm to 0.6mm...

  • Page 40: Easy Connection Scheme

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421- Installation 1.2.6.1.1 Easy connection scheme See the SB421 installation manual for further details, 1-21 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 41: Environmental/Climatic Requirements

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x - Installation 1.3 BS41 NSTALLATION BS 414 Coaxial connectors Connection box CB Antenna Interface AI Receiver Multicoupler divider RMD Base station controller BSC412...

  • Page 42: Grounding

    Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x - Installation In areas with the possibility of earthquakes, it is recommended that the BS be secured to the floor with bolts. Access to the base may require removal of the lowest TX combiner in the rack.

  • Page 43: Attaching Antennas

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x - Installation 1.3.4 Attaching antennas Before installing the Base Station please read the application note in this manual about the Antenna Systems. The following antenna cables shall be attached:...

  • Page 44: Bs41X Status And Warning Led's

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x - Installation 1.3.5 BS41x Status and warning LED’s: Device Label LED on Means Yellow POWER Power On ACTIVE Green BSC Active Coprocessor alarm present...

  • Page 45: Connection To Battery

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x - Installation 1.3.6 Connection to Battery Before starting on this point please read the section 1.3.9.3 in this manual about Battery attachment. The BS may be connected to a 48V battery, which the BS can charge.

  • Page 46: Connection To Ac Mains

    Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x - Installation The battery connection shall be provided with a circuit breaker close to the battery to protect against over-current at short circuits in the connection cable or internal in the Base Station.

  • Page 47: Figure 1-26: Mains Connection Block

    Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x - Installation The mains connection is provided with a protective earth connection. If a separate earth connection is provided on the BS, it is recommend to leave it open.

  • Page 48: Connection Box Cb412

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x - Installation 1.3.8 Connection Box CB412 Figure 1-27: Connection box 1.3.8.1 Ethernet connect Eight Ethernet connections are present for BSC1 and BSC2:  BSC1 LAN1 and BSC2 LAN1 for connection to other nodes, routers, log server, Network Management etc.

  • Page 49: External Alarm Connections

    Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x - Installation NB: When using two BSC412’s there is a connection between the BSC1 and BSC2 LAN and WAN on the backplane connection, this will be switched off by an electronic switch device when there is an activity in both BSC1 LAN1 and BSC2 LAN1 and the same goes for the WAN connector.

  • Page 50: Selecting External Batteries

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x - Installation 1.3.9.2 Selecting external batteries Several issues should be taken into account, when selecting batteries. In general, only battery types intended for use as back-up battery in telecom systems should be used.

  • Page 51: External Battery Installation

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x - Installation 1.3.9.3 External battery installation The connections needed for the battery attachment is shown on the schematics below Sensor 4-Wire Sensor Blue 10sqmm...

  • Page 52: Battery Deep Discharge Protect

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x - Installation Temperature V-charge -20 Celsius 57.2V +25 Celsius 54.0V +55 Celsius 51.8V 1.3.9.5 Battery deep discharge protect The Base Station is provided with a feature to switch off the load, when the battery is close to being discharged in order to protect the battery.

  • Page 53: Part-2: Sw Installation And Configuration

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Basic system parameters PART-2: SW Installation and Configuration 2-34 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 54: System Capability

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Basic system parameters 2.1 B ASIC SYSTEM PARAMETERS ® TetraFlex 7.60 software is not compatible with earlier versions, and nodes with e.g. version 7.4 and 7.5 cannot interact with nodes with version 7.6 Please consult the document “Update guideline for ver.7.x to 7.60”...

  • Page 55: Virus Protection

    IRUS PROTECTION 2.2.1 Introduction The DAMM system is designed with the LAN area as a completely closed IP area without any connection to the outside world. That means, that BSC’s, TR’s etc. without a WAN connection cannot access the outside world and cannot be accessed from the outside world.

  • Page 56: Bsc

    Attempts have earlier been made to get AVG installed, but AVG does not accept the product code of Windows Embedded, and DAMM has not succeeded to get AVG to implement the needed changes.

  • Page 57: Dongle Configuration

    If encryption key is required and dongle is to be used at the node containing the master subscriber register, the dongle must be ordered from DAMM sales. Currently there are these types of dongles: o Node license dongle ...
  • Page 58 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Dongle Configuration o Voice Gateway connections max o Packet Data Gateway o Application Gateway connections max o Terminal Gateway connections max. o Voice Streams max...

  • Page 59: Dongle Update

    The dongle can be reprogrammed by means of an update file. The file can be sent by e- mail from DAMM to the Partner, and downloaded locally to the system by means of the Remote Desktop icon in the node and thereafter executed. The update file is linked to the Dongle hardware serial number and can only be executed on the node where the specific dongle serial number is installed.

  • Page 60: Dongle Exchange And Information Of Content

    A Spare Part Dongle is programmed with all settings at “zero”. o When needed, the Partner must inform DAMM about the serial number of the faulty / missing dongle and DAMM will send a mail with a file containing the System and Node license’s settings from the original dongle.

  • Page 61: Dongle Reader

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Dongle Configuration 2.3.1.6 Dongle Reader: The total numbers of dongle settings can only be shown with the license dongle reader program that can be found on the “Startmenu” – “Tetraflex” – “Dongle” – “License dongle”: You can also make a copy of the The dongle reader program folder and place it on a PC for investigating dongles.
  • Page 62 TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Dongle Configuration Dongle: o DAMM serial number (the dongle hardware number can be read by S04/I) o Brand, in this case DAMM TetraFlex® (OEM version are available) o Language o Key Ref. Serial number and if the “128 bit Encryption” is set to YES the dongle is...
  • Page 63 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Dongle Configuration BSC Node: o Dongle Date Limit: If set, the dongle ceases operation when the specified date is reached o Application Date Limit: The License Dongle check date in the SW package is...
  • Page 64 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Dongle Configuration The next dongle settings are not shown with the S04 command only in the Dongle reader program: Log Server: o Dongle Date Limit: If set, the dongle ceases operation when the specified date is...
  • Page 65 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Dongle Configuration API DLL: o Dongle Date Limit: If set, the dongle ceases operation when the specified date is reached o Voice Streams max: Number of simultaneous voice streams in the application o Flags: Discreet listening –...

  • Page 66: Partners Access To Software Releases

    If a Partner needs a software package not saved locally and not available on http://www.damm.dk, he can require this package by means of a mail to support@damm.dk...

  • Page 67: Programming Of Dongle Application Date Limit

    Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Dongle Configuration dongle update for the total population of dongles. This update can be implemented when convenient or together with a new software releases, at an appropriate time.

  • Page 68: Software Installation

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Software installation 2.4 S OFTWARE INSTALLATION All software is preinstalled from factory on the CF Storage media in the SB421 or BSC412. This includes also the BS421, TR412, Power supply- and combiner software.

  • Page 69: Windows License

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Software installation 2.4.2 Windows License ® The TetraFlex has previously been delivered with the Windows XPe embedded OS Due to outdate of XP from Microsoft, future systems will be delivered with Windows Embedded Standard 2009 (WES2009) The license label on the BSC will state which version is initially delivered.

  • Page 70: Log Server Running On Service Box With 2 Gbyte Cf Card

    If you want to be able to use the old sw version again Copy drive C: (CF-P1) to drive D: (CF-P2). The new image can be downloaded from DAMM’s web site (see chapter “Partners access to Software Releases”.
  • Page 71 Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Software installation Also check that the image is compatible with the BS412 or SB421 hardware version. Use Disk image HW ver.1 for hardware version 1 and Disk image HW ver. 2 for hardware version 2 (see serial number label on BSC /CPU unit).

  • Page 72: Installing Individual Parts Of The Tetraflex Package

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Software installation 2.4.4 Installing individual parts of the TetraFlex package. All applications are preinstalled from factory on the SB421 and the BSC412, but can be re- installed or installed on different external PC’s.

  • Page 73: Start Menu

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Software installation 2.4.4.2 Start Menu The various TetraFlex parts can be started from the Windows start menu if the C:\Tetra\Active\StartMenu\TetraFlex folder with all its content is copied to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu.

  • Page 74: Log Server

    Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Software installation The installation programs for the Dispatcher are default placed at a shared folder (distribution point) on the SB421 and BSC412 and can be installed on an external PC(s) from there.

  • Page 75: Log Client

    Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Software installation To upgrade an existing Log Server to release 7.6 the Log Server must be stopped, all files and folders from C: \Tetra\Active\Pgm\LogServer\ and C: \Tetra\Active\Pgm\LogClient\ must be copied to the unit where the Log Server is installed.

  • Page 76: Installing Tea2 Encryption

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Software installation Overwrite the existing TR421.dll file at C:\Tetra\Active\Pgm\TR421 with the new TR421.dll On the local BSC execute the BS421Download.bat file (Path: C:\Tetra\Active\Pgm\TR421). Restart all the TR’s by help of TetraOM commands: 99/RESTART 2.4.4.11...

  • Page 77: Sb421 Configuration

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421 Configuration 2.5 SB421 C ONFIGURATION The SB421 enables you to connect a VGA monitor and a USB keyboard directly to the SB421 without having an external PC.

  • Page 78: Hard Disk Disable

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421 Configuration WARNING: Be careful not to disable the USB ports in the BIOS. When USB ports are disabled, the dongle cannot be read and there is no way of getting direct access to the SB421 PC by means of a monitor and keyboard / mouse.

  • Page 79: Figure 2-3: Boot Configuration

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421 Configuration Figure 2-3: Boot configuration Figure 2-4: Advanced and Advanced CPU Control 2-60 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 80: Figure 2-5: Advanced - Video (Intel Igd) Control And Advanced Integrated Device Control

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421 Configuration Figure 2-5: Advanced – Video (Intel IGD) Control and advanced Integrated Device Control Figure 2-6:Advanced – I/O Device Configuration and Advanced – Clock Control Figure 2-7Power and Boot o After changing a parameter Press <F10>...

  • Page 81: Ip Address Set-Up

    The MAC is stored on the storage device (HD or CF). This means that if the system is cloned from another SB421 or reinstalled with the image file available at the http://www.damm.dk, the MAC address MUST be changed from the MAC specified in the source file to the actual value valid for the specific SB421 serial number.

  • Page 82: Figure 2-8: Start Macmakeup Application

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - SB421 Configuration Figure 2-8: Start MacMakeUp Application o In the MacMakeUp application select the 8255xER PCI Adapter o Enter the MAC address (Enter value like 000FE3000431) o Press “Change”...

  • Page 83: Ethernet Connection

    The IP address and the net mask is setup by means of DHCP. When the system is delivered from DAMM, the BSC and the BS421 are paired and should start-up without any need of configuration change. However, if the BS421 is connected to another BSC, the IP address configuration must be reset.

  • Page 84: Changing The Bs421 Ip

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration 2.6.1.1.3 Changing the BS421 IP o Open C:\Program Files\DHCPServer\dhcpsrv.ini with notepad or another text editor. o (Hint: save a backup of the original file before editing) NOTE: All entries above the dotted line are factory presets and must only be changed for redundant SB421 (change IP Bind to 172.16.1.19) or when IP address segments must be...

  • Page 85: Figure 2-11: Dhcp Redundant Setup

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration 2.6.1.1.3.1 DHCP with redundant SB421 With redundant SB421 the procedure for DHCP also applies, but the redundant SB421 communication with the BS421(s) is (are) initially off line (DHCP server stopped).

  • Page 86: Static Ip

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration 2.6.1.1.4 Static IP Setting the TR with Static IP address (Default is dynamic ) using VNC: o Open the VNC for the selected BS421 o Select START ->...

  • Page 87: Tr421 Update / Install

    TR421 file download ***** @echo ********************************************************* @echo Copyright 1985-2009 @echo Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark @echo Ver. 7.40 2009-09-17 @echo Change all the IP Addresses below to match the BS421's @echo rem out all unused BS421's @echo ********** Copy files to TR421-1 ********* net use Z: \\172.16.1.11\CF-Card tetra /USER:tetra /PERSISTENT:NO...

  • Page 88: Installing Windows Ce On Bs421

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration NB: Only update NK.BIN and Boot.ini if you are adviced to do so (in case they are damaged or need to be updated). Installation of NK.bin file (Windows CE): Refer to section 2.6.2.1 Installation of the Boot.bin file:...
  • Page 89 Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration o Search for BS421 using Start -> Search -> Files or Folders -> Computer o Enter the IP address of the BS421 e.g. 172.16.1.11 or 172.16.1.12...

  • Page 90: Configure Admin User

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration Figure 2-13: NK.BIN copy After successful copy, delete the CF-Card\TMP directory Restart BS421 using switch in SB421 2.6.2.2 Configure admin user When a new NK.bin file has been copied to the BS421, the BS421 Admin and User settings are lost.

  • Page 91: Configure Host Name

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration The gateway will restart and prompt for username and password Enter username = admin Enter password = tetra 2.6.2.3 Configure host name o Insert BS421-“BS421 serial number”...

  • Page 92: Copy To And From Compact Flash Card (Cf Card) On Bs421

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration Figure 2-16: Configure user and password 2.6.3 Copy to and from Compact Flash Card (CF Card) on BS421 o Use Explorer to connect to BS421 o Start ->...

  • Page 93: Add A Transceiver

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration 2.6.4 Add a transceiver Adding a transceiver to a SB421 can be done either from the BSC-GUI or using OM command: BSC-GUI: Select the BSC tab and click on the TR’s configured menu and then add the TR.

  • Page 94: Diversity Configuration

    NOTE: For change in the field (trained staff only), please order a change kit from DAMM This kit includes a manual dealing with this issue and the necessary hardware, jumpers, screws, markings etc. For a 4 carrier system, 2 of the BS421 is marked “MASTER” and 2 are marked “SLAVE”...
  • Page 95 TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration The Damm BS system has a flexible system to provide synchronization between individual Transceivers. Built-in GPS Receivers give absolute time synchronization to the radio cells. External Inputs can also be marked as Primary Sync. References.
  • Page 96 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration Master 2 priority: 1) Ext. Master 0, Master Mode 2) Ext. Master 1, Master Mode 3) Int. GPS RX 4) Ext. Master 3, Master Mode 5) Ext.
  • Page 97 Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration If no GPS synchronized Master or higher prioritized free-running Master is available at re- start, Masters will try initially to synchronize to lower prioritized free-running Masters.

  • Page 98: Gps Setup Commands

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421 Configuration TR11 SEC IN TR12 SEC IN SEC IN 1 (BSC2) SEC IN 2 (BSC1) Figure 2-17: 1 second Sync indicators NOTE: HW changes to SB421 interconnection board and TE2 and TR4 required 2.6.4.4.1 GPS setup commands...

  • Page 99: Turn On Base Station Power

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x Configuration 2.7 BS41 ONFIGURATION 2.7.1 Turn on Base Station power Turn on the BS Power by turning on the switches on the front of the PS411 Power Supplies and the Mains outlet.

  • Page 100: Add A Transceiver

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x Configuration 2.7.4 Add a Transceiver A new TR412 Transceiver can be inserted “live” into the Rack. If already configured in the BSC, the TR412 will automatically start-up. Before removing a TR412 it should be blocked and the TX stopped.

  • Page 101: Tx Alarm

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x Configuration 2.7.5 TX alarm Setting -up the TX antenna alarm configuration can be done from the BSC-GUI, BS tab. Select the desired TX antenna alarm and make the changes: OM Command: F73/TXANT/xx/yy/z.z/0.nn Where:...

  • Page 102: Diversity

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x Configuration 2.7.6 Diversity Setting-up the diversity and TMA/TMD pre-gain can be done from the BSC-GUI, BS tab. Select RX pre-gain and RX diversity:...

  • Page 103: Antenna Measurement

    Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x Configuration Use 13/X/+ and - to adjust until you get the lowest possible VDC, check with OM 12 for each adjustment. X is TC number (1-4), Change to TC that needs adjustment...

  • Page 104: Tools And Equipment

    Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x Configuration The TMA including feeder loss and AI411 input attenuation is recommended to run with a pre-gain of 6dB. This has been chosen as a compromise between sensitivity and dynamic range.

  • Page 105: Bs41X Manual Frequency Adjustment Procedure

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x Configuration o Turn RFTL input attenuator to minimum attenuation o Register the RSSI o Increase attenuation until the RSSI has decreased to the value from the table...
  • Page 106 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS41x Configuration Measure the BS41x transmitter frequency, the transmitter can be switch to CW mode for easier measurement. Commands to TR412 ;Local blocking 02/- ;Test mode...

  • Page 107: Setting The Main Parameters

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Common settings for BS41x and SB421 2.8 C BS41 SB421 OMMON SETTINGS FOR X AND 2.8.1 Setting the main parameters The settings can be set and changed from the BSC GUI or with OM commands. Both are described in this chapter.
  • Page 108 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Common settings for BS41x and SB421 The example shows the WAN address set to match the company WAN IP address range. Position change from GPS allowed: If set to “Yes” the Latitude and Longitude GPS coordinates are received from the GPS antenna and overwrites the settings in the Latitude and Longitude fields.

  • Page 109: Tx Power

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Common settings for BS41x and SB421 2.8.2 TX Power Setting the desired TX power level for all Transceivers use the BSC-GUI, BSS-Tab select the TX BS power normal: For the BS41x the setting is Tetra Mode output power at Rack TX Antenna connector.

  • Page 110: Bs Power Reduced

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Common settings for BS41x and SB421 2.8.3 BS Power reduced The Tx output can automatically be set to reduced power value as set in BS power reduced: The reduced level is activated when Digital input 8 (Power red.) in BS41x or SB421 is set to...

  • Page 111: Network Management Installation

    7.6 Manual - Network Management Installation 2.9 N ETWORK ANAGEMENT NSTALLATION 2.9.1 The DAMM Network management Application The Network Management software (NM) is preinstalled on every SB421/ BS41x delivered ® with TetraFlex and need no installation to run. NM may be executed on any node from a remote desktop connection to the node or with a keyboard/mouse and a monitor connected direct to a SB421 or a BSC412.

  • Page 112: Snmp Gateway

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Network Management Installation 2.9.3 SNMP gateway The SNMP gateway operates together with NM. To utilize SNMP you will need an SNMP Management Application. This application will gain access to the status of the TetraFlex network through the “SNMP Gateway”.

  • Page 113: Snmp Installation

    2.9.3.2 SNMP Manually PC installation If the Damm SNMP agent is to be installed on a PC instead of a SB421 or BSC412, you will have to install the agent manually. To manually install the Damm SNMP agent do the following: 1.
  • Page 114 Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Network Management Installation 5. Make the PC login automatically upon boot, by entering the following settings into the registry (exchange DefaultUserName and DefaultPassword with the correct username...

  • Page 115: Snmp Mib Tree

    SNMP Management Application to set it up. SNMP gateway has been tested to work with WatchUp Gold 14.2 The following figure is a graphical representation of the DAMM-GLOBAL-MIB module (The Damm MIB tree). Figure 19: The DAMM-GLOBAL-MODULE The most important variables are explained in detail in the following table.
  • Page 116 2=Alarm, 3=Blocked, 255=Not configured). hwType dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.12 Hardware type (0=PC, 1=BSC421, 2=BSC412). swVersion dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.13 Software version string. activationDate dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.14 Activation date. Active dammRoot.3.1.1.2.1.15 BSC active status (1=active, 0=not active). The DAMM-GLOBAL-MIB.MIB file can be found in c:\tetra\active\doc folder. 2-97 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 117: Dispatcher Installation

    The dongle marked "API" must be inserted in the USB port of the Dispatcher PC before installing the Dispatcher. For the DAMM Dispatcher a dispatcher entry in the dongle must be present to allow the DAMM Dispatcher to start up. For a third party dispatcher, this entry is not relevant.

  • Page 118: Dispatcher Installation On A Pc With Windows 7

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Dispatcher Installation The share looks like this seen from an external PC: \\< IP address or node name >\TetraFlex\Dispatcher < IP address or node name > is either the IP address or the DNS name of the node where you install the Dispatcher from and where the Application Gateway is defined.

  • Page 119: Configurations To Be Done On The Node

    Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Dispatcher Installation  Browse to "Local Policies" -> "Security Options". Now look for the entry "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" and open it. Click on the dropdown menu and select "Send LM &...

  • Page 120: Log Server

    Log Server application is installed else it will not be able to run. The log server is capable of logging statistics data if only a valid DAMM dongle is installed, but if CDR, Voice logging, MS registration and SDS logging are needed, this must be set in the dongle.

  • Page 121: Logserver Tray Configuration

    7.6 Manual - Log Server Dongle Configuration Values Name Description Dongle serial number DAMM serial number of the dongle programming. Dongle Date Limit The date the dongle will cease to operate Application Date Limit If the application date (date compiled in the software) is newer than the Application date limit the application will no longer start.
  • Page 122 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Log Server LogServer Tray: LogServer description: This is a textual description of a maximum of 32 characters describing this instance of the LogServer. This info is sent to NM, and is visible there along...
  • Page 123 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Log Server if none of the above criteria is met, the use the first interface found. NIC=Network Interface Card. LAN IP: This is used only when Manual select of log server IP” is off .The LogServer will join its multicast groups via the network interface with this IP.

  • Page 124: Log Api

    The Log API interface is described in a header file that can be requested from DAMM support. DAMM has made a test application which can be used for testing the Log API. This can be requested from DAMM support. Every UDP message contains a common message header.

  • Page 125: Log Server Installation

    Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Log Server Enable Voice forwarding: If this flag is set the voice streams from the log server can be streamed to the receiving application(s) in either G.711 A law format of Tetra codec format.
  • Page 126 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Log Server 1. Rename NIC's to "LAN" and "WAN" Go to "Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections" Select the "LAN" Network interface card which should be the internal NIC on a Workstation.
  • Page 127 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Log Server 4. Install "MySql ODBC 3.51 Driver" ODBC driver Version 3.51 can be found on the internet searching for “MySql ODBC 3.51”. Run the msi file, use default settings.
  • Page 128 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Log Server The latest MySql Gui Tools can be found at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/ use mysql-gui-tools-5.0-r12-win32.msi or later versions. The package includes:  MySQL Administrator  MySQL Query Browser ...

  • Page 129: Log Client

    A log Client link icon will appear on the desktop. The Log Client may be started using any valid DAMM dongle for statistics display only. 2.11.5.4 Log Client installation on a PC with Windows 7: If you can’t find the node from where the dispatcher shall be installed, this setting in Windows...

  • Page 130: Sql Server

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Log Server menu and select "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated". Apply the settings.  In the “Advanced sharing settings” page of “Network and sharing center”, you need to have it set as “Work/Home profile”.

  • Page 131: Voice Gateway

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Voice Gateway 2.12 V OICE ATEWAY Voice gateways can be activated on any node using the SIP protocol with Voice-over-IP (VoIP). The gateway is able to handle up to 31 simultaneous speech connections including...

  • Page 132: Voice Gateway Configuration

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Voice Gateway 2.12.1 Voice Gateway configuration This section describes the configuration needed to setup the system for SIP operation. To configure a Voice Gateway, use the TetraFlex NM application, BSC-GUI or the TetraFlex OM as described here (see also this manual in part 3 - Network Management –...
  • Page 133 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Voice Gateway  The SIP registration name (Alias) must be unique and can only be generated by the BSC_GUI or OM command “S73/NAME/<SIP registration name>”. e.g.

  • Page 134: Innovaphone Ip800 Configuration

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Voice Gateway The PABX samples are shown for the Innovaphone IP800, but may be any SIP compatible device. The status of Voice GW can be verified using the BSC-GUI or with the OM command S13: Figure 2-20: Voice Gateway Status 2.12.2 Innovaphone IP800 Configuration...

  • Page 135: Figure 2-22: Gatekeeper Registration

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Voice Gateway Figure 2-22: Gatekeeper registration The Alias name and password (if used) must be consistent with the name defined in the BSC Voice GW To be able to enter registration mode “Gatekeeper / Registrar”, a “Gateway,...

  • Page 136: Example Of The Ip800 Objects

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Voice Gateway 2.12.2.1 Example of the IP800 objects. Notice that the route table must be defined too. Figure 2-23: Objects in PABX mode (example) 2.12.2.2...

  • Page 137: Packet Data Gateway

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Packet Data Gateway 2.13 P ACKET ATEWAY The Packet Data Gateway can be used as a Gateway between two networks; in this case Subnet 2 connected to the Wan and another network Subnet 1 connected to a MS device.

  • Page 138: Pd Gw Configuration

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Packet Data Gateway 2.13.1 PD GW configuration To configure the Packet Data gateway use the Network Management program (NM), BSC- GUI or the TetraOM application (OM) NOTE: Packet Data GW configuration is only needed for Packet Data access from TetraFlex to the public world.
  • Page 139 Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Packet Data Gateway  The IP Address Segment must be set from the Config dialog.  From the Network Management configure a packet Node attachment (if not already done via TetraOM).
  • Page 140 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Packet Data Gateway  In the profile make sure the DNS IP address is configured and the packet data GW 1 node number is configured.  If the MS is to be used for packet data transfers make sure an IP address is configured within the specific subscriber.

  • Page 141: Packet Data Pc Network Configuration

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Packet Data Gateway 2.13.2 Packet data PC network configuration This chapter explains how to make the packet data connection on the MS site of the connection.

  • Page 142: Main Router

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Packet Data Gateway 2.13.3 Main router For incoming attempts make sure a static route is configured for the packet data GW IP address. 2-123 TetraFlex®...

  • Page 143: Application Gateway

    Gateway and TetraFlexApi.dll. System software updates will include an updated TetraFlexApi.dll, which shall be installed with all applications. DAMM delivers an English standard Graphical User Interface (GUI) toolkit together with the TetraFlexApi.dll, which can be used as reference for development.

  • Page 144: Api Support

    7.6 Manual - Application Gateway 2.14.2 API Support The TetraFlex API is the connection tool for the DAMM dispatcher application. The API itself is fully documented in the TetraFlexApi.h file, which can be used of third party vendors to create their own Applications.

  • Page 145: Bringing The Api To Work On Your System

    Create an application subscriber (SSI) and enter the relevant Application data Figure 2-26: Application Subscriber The API application (e.g. DAMM dispatcher) can either use the User No. or the TSI (Tetra Subscriber Identity MCC:MNC:SSI). The use of PIN code can be chosen and must match in the API settings.

  • Page 146: Figure 2-27: Configuration Methods. Configuration File And Dispatcher Connection

    Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Application Gateway where the IP address of BSC WAN is entered. The IP address must contain full octets, so leading zeroes must be entered - e.g. 010.239.016.200.

  • Page 147: Api Dongle Settings

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Application Gateway 2.14.7 API Dongle settings E.g. of dongle settings for using the API DLL Figure 2-28: Node dongle Figure 2-29: Client Dongle To allow communication between the API.DLL and a Node, the Node Dongle must have the Application Gw.

  • Page 148: Api Configuration File

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Application Gateway 2.14.8 API Configuration file Examples of “how to use a txt editor” to set the connection configuration of the API DLL in the config.txt file: NOTE: All blanks must be filled out.

  • Page 149: Test Of Api Function

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Application Gateway 2.14.9 Test of API function To test if the API functionality is configured correctly, two methods may be used (API test tool or OM commands) Both methods require the API to be initiated.

  • Page 150: Check Api Connection

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Application Gateway Figure 2-31: C# Test API 2.14.9.1.1 Check API connection o Select the “TetraFlexAPiGetConnectionStatus” button This will result in a message showing that the API is connected: Figure 2-32: C# Test API connection 2.14.9.1.2 Test via API OM...

  • Page 151: Useful Commands

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Application Gateway Figure 2-34: API connection status o Enter Pin Code (find the PIN code in the config.txt file) o TetraOM command 01/L (R/01/L for dynamic) will show the connection status 2.14.9.1.3 Useful commands...

  • Page 152: Figure 2-35: Gui Window

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Application Gateway Figure 2-35: GUI Window o In the Subscriber header press , or TetraOM command 30/SUBSCR/GUI, the GUI configuration window opens. Figure 2-36: Subscriber window 2-133 TetraFlex®...

  • Page 153: Terminal Gateway

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Terminal Gateway 2.15 T ERMINAL ATEWAY The terminal gateway is used for connecting TetraFlex with the Group Bridge Application and the Android Tetraflex client for smart phones and tablet devices.
  • Page 154 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Terminal Gateway BSC-Gui: The same parameters can be set from BSC-GUI: OM Commands: See help file for OM commands regarding the Terminal Gateway starting with S76.
  • Page 155 Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - Terminal Gateway Like an application that wants to use the Application Gateway, the Group Bridges and TetraFlex Clients that want to connect to TetraFlex using the Terminal Gateway must be set-...

  • Page 156: Tetraom

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM 2.16 T ETRA 2.16.1 TetraOM This section describes how to communicate with the BS4xx Base Stations and control applications in order to handle the units during installation and maintenance.

  • Page 157: Power Supply Addressing Outdoor (Sb421)

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM Figure 2-37: IP Ping 2.16.2 Power supply addressing outdoor (SB421) The internal Power supply in the SB421 can be addressed with the OM command: When succeed, the response from the PS is: “...

  • Page 158: Functional Description

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM Then the units can then be addressed according to this scheme: Activate HDLC bus (TR412 only, not TR421) AU/FORCED If the HDLC connection is used by someone else A11…18...

  • Page 159: Repeating Commands

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM OM commands organization: xx - Main BSC OM Commands xx - Base Station Controller (BSC) OM Commands xx - Base Station Switch (BSS) OM Commands...
  • Page 160 Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM Generally + is used as parameter to turn on, enable or step up and - is used as parameter to turn off, disable or step down.

  • Page 161: Saving Configuration

    The configuration is divided into two separate entities: o System configuration o Factory configuration (only to be done by DAMM) System configuration parameters can be changed with the 7x OM commands and are automatically saved.

  • Page 162: Figure 2-38: Om Connection

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM Figure 2-38: OM Connection The connection list may be empty. To connect to the TR or BSC, a new entry in the list may be created by selecting New and afterwards double-click on the entry.

  • Page 163: Figure 2-39: Tetraom Communications Window

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM Figure 2-39: TetraOM communications window When connected, the TetraOM communications window will appear. Normally this window will be a black command screen with a welcome text or an error message if some commands have failed.

  • Page 164: Tetraom Help

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM Figure 2-40: TR Identity 2.16.3.5 TetraOM Help Most used commands will soon be familiar. For more rarely used commands, a help system is available documenting all available commands and options, The HELP is accessed either by pressing F1 or by clicking on the Help button.

  • Page 165: Figure 2-41: Om Help

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM Figure 2-41: OM Help After selecting a device, a list of all available commands is shown: Figure 2-42: OM Help After selecting a specific command, an execution window appears.

  • Page 166: Tetraom Editor

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM Figure 2-43: OM syntax When the yellow spaces are filled in and the Execute button is selected (or the enter key is pressed), the command is send to the unit.

  • Page 167: Tetraom Logging

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM 2.16.3.7 TetraOM logging Air Trace Logging The TR has a built in functionality to collect all messages sent over the air interface using the TetraOM command 48.
  • Page 168 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM 2.16.3.7.1.3 Creation of OM log files o Select the TetraOM main form and chose logging. o Browse to enter destination and filename. o Click only terminal responses to collect the message responses exchanged between the TR, PS, Combiner and BSC.

  • Page 169: Some Useful Tetraom Commands

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM 2.16.3.8 Some useful TetraOM Commands Note: Only main commands are listed, subcommands may be available BSS (Base Station Switch). SW Version S00/C Compiler options...
  • Page 170 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM Common system configuration 71/TXREFLWR/c SWR alarm setting (- Tx reflected blocking alarm (default, + warning only alarm) Hardware ID 99/RESTART Restart BS421 (Soft restart)
  • Page 171 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM TR412 (Transciever): SW Versions TR operating mode 03/A Alarm Flags* Display Config/ Status from BSC (BS) TX key state TX output Power setting...
  • Page 172 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - TetraOM 16: 36.864MHz PLL (8kHz) Blocking Alarm (Hardware fault) 17: 1sec. missing 18: L3 Frequency Setup Non Blocking Alarm 19: DSP watchdog Blocking Alarm...

  • Page 173: Vnc Setup

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421Remote desktop communication (VNC) 2.17 BS421R (VNC) EMOTE DESKTOP COMMUNICATION 2.17.1 VNC setup An alternative way to communicate with the Base Station is to use the VNC program.

  • Page 174: File Transfer Via To/From Bs

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - BS421Remote desktop communication (VNC) Selecting “My Device” will open the device window Figure 2-46: VNC CF card directory The files on the BS are now accessible; for an instance the CF-Card directory contains all SW for the BS.

  • Page 175: Changing General Setup And Sync

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration Now it is possible copy files to / from the CF-Card 2.17.3 Changing General setup and Sync Pressing the tool icon will show a toolbox where it is possible to setup general parameters...

  • Page 176: Ip Backbone Network Layout And Configuration

    The routers then facilitate mesh type communication around the network, through routing tables built inside the network. In reality the multisite Tetra network from Damm Cellular Systems A/S is two or more release ® nodes – working together through an IP network. All parties are equal and no 7 TetraFlex node is single point of failure.

  • Page 177: Backbone Network Physical Connection

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration ISDN Internet IP 3000 SIP IP 800 Work Station Firewall Application 10.x.x.x Telephone Terminal Server Log Server BSC 1...

  • Page 178: Redundant Bsc - Sb421 Or Bs41X

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration 2.18.3.3 Redundant BSC – SB421 or BS41x In case the node has redundant BSC – the router will need to have optional module installed.

  • Page 179: Figure 2-50: Bsc Multicast Settings

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration When a BSC starts up – it automatically involves the IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) and send of an “IGMP join” message to the network on the LAN. This “join” is sent for both the signaling group and the log server group.
  • Page 180 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration Don’t forget that in TetraOM, pressing “F1” will open the help files. Instead of the default gateway entry on the LAN port settings in WinXP/WES2009, it is necessary for the routing of unicast and multicast packets –...

  • Page 181: Considerations About Network Bandwidth

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration Figure 2-52: Adding persistent route entry NOTE: Adding persistent route is not applicable when using switched network, i.e. without routers involved.

  • Page 182: Group Call

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration ® Activity in the TetraFlex nodes may induce traffic load on the connecting IP backbone network. This load varies, depending on the type of activity.

  • Page 183: Log Server

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration There will, at all times when the network is activated, be a background load on the router network. The load origins from the control messages exchanged between the BSCs. The control packets will load the router network with 0.3 Kbit/s per active BSC.

  • Page 184: Figure 2-54: Viewing Ip Configuration

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration Above is shown a small example on addressing according to recommendation. Node 1 is a single carrier outdoor. Node 2 is a 4 carrier outdoor. Node 3 is an indoor. All three nodes have redundant BSC.

  • Page 185: Recommendation

    If such familiarity does not exist, it is strongly recommended to seek advice with a knowledged Cisco installer. 2.18.8 Recommended router hardware The router hardware recommended from Damm Cellular Systems A/S is a Cisco 1921 modular router. ® This router type has been tested and verified with the TetraFlex multisite system.

  • Page 186: Multicast Networking

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration 2.18.9.2 Multicast networking Multicast is a 1-to-many routing scheme. As opposed to unicast which is 1-to-1, the multicast allows a sender of information to address several receivers by sending one instance of the data.

  • Page 187: Applicable Tools For Router Programming

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-01-04 ® Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex 7.6 Manual - IP Backbone network layout and configuration Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) is a tunneling protocol designed to encapsulate a wide variety of network layer packets inside IP tunneling packets. The original packet is the payload for the final packet.

  • Page 188: Part-3: Tetraflex Applications

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - General system description ® PART-3: TetraFlex Applications 3-169 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 189: General System Description

    Release Note. o Commercial Note. o A software package can be de-encrypted by means of any valid DAMM dongle. o If a new Software Release contains bug fixes, which have a serious effect on the operation of a system, the Application Date can be set to an earlier date, and thereby allow execution on systems, where the dongle Application Date Limit has expired.
  • Page 190 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - General system description If the End-User decides only to execute some of the files in the package he must check the release note for the new release against the release note for the present release and make sure that all files not identical are updated.

  • Page 191: Base Station Controller

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Base Station Controller 3.2 B TATION ONTROLLER 3.2.1 BSC.exe description ® The core software for the TetraFlex system is the Node Software (BSC.exe) running as a service under Windows XP or Windows 7. It can run on both the BSC421 and BSC412 Base Station Controllers (and on an ordinary PC or Server as well), and adapts automatically to the detected hardware platform.

  • Page 192: Figure 3-1: Bsc-Gui

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Base Station Controller Figure 3-1: BSC-GUI The BSC-GUI can be started from the TetraFlex Start menu or from the Taskbar. The GUI can only operate on the BSC.exe which is running on the same node as the BSC-GUI is started.
  • Page 193 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Base Station Controller The Clear Button deletes the actual content of the console window. MAIN: From the Main window the fundamental parameters for the BSC can be set and displayed.
  • Page 194 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Base Station Controller The LAN and WAN address can be selected from the actual IP setting in Windows and the input of GPS data can be enabled and disabled (yes /no). If GPS is enabled the GPS coordinates are shown in the Latitude and Longitude fields.
  • Page 195 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Base Station Controller BSS: From the BSS window most of the SwMI parameters can be set and displayed. The corresponding OM commands to BSS starts with S (e.g. S00). The settings are stored in c:\tetra\active\data\CnfgBss.txt.
  • Page 196 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Base Station Controller 3-177 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 197: Network Management

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3 N ETWORK ANAGEMENT 3.3.1 Network Management ® The TetraFlex Network Management (NM) application is a graphical user interface to the TetraOM application (OM). This indicates that most of the functions in the NM may be...

  • Page 198: Nm Menu

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management o Command Line. Refer to section the next section o Graphical tools. Refer to section 3.3.4 3.3.3 NM menu Figure 3-4: NM command line The command line has 4 selections:...

  • Page 199: Figure 3-5: Network

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Figure 3-5: Network The options menu allows the choice of Local IP, Multicast group IP and multicast port number. For multicast settings, please refer to the Multi Site IP networking manual.

  • Page 200: Figure 3-7: Log Client Path Setup

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Specifies the path to log client application Figure 3-7: Log Client path setup o Remote Desktop Allows configuration of the Remote Desktop Figure 3-8: Remote desktop setup o Language When enabled in the dongle, various languages can be selected for NM.

  • Page 201: Figure 3-10: Security Setting

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management o Security Two security settings that allow or disallow users to make changes in System Parameters and Subscribers from NM Figure 3-10: Security setting o Alarms...

  • Page 202: View

    3.3.3.3 Tools The Tools option allows clearing alarms on all nodes 3.3.3.4 Help General information regarding the NM version number and link refers to www.damm.dk. 3.3.4 Graphical tools for fast Access and information overview Figure 3-12: Application select and alarms The Graphical tool for fast selection has 7 access icons and 5 notifications NOTE: the Node, Map, and Status windows are linked.

  • Page 203: Selection Icons

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management When moving the mouse to the Nodes field the actual status is shown: o Missing Numbers of nodes with a missing alarm o Two Active...

  • Page 204: Nodes

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.4.3 Nodes The node window shows the general status and description of all nodes in the system When Left Mouse Click is executed on a node line, the Node Status window displays the chosen node.

  • Page 205: Figure 3-13: Node Options Showing Active And Standby Bsc

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Figure 3-13: Node options showing Active and Standby BSC o OM Start the TetraOM application o Remote Desktop Start a remote Desktop session of the node...

  • Page 206: Status

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management o Activation Sets the node to Active o Remove node If a node is deleted, but still active, the node will reappear in the list after a short time.

  • Page 207: Map

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management By pressing the specific buttons the window also allows direct connection to (please see the explanation in the previous chapter) o TetraOM application o Remote Desktop o Windows Explorer o Restart of the BSC.exe...

  • Page 208: Bsc List

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management When moving the Mouse to a node position, the Node information of the selected node is shown The selected node will be displayed as If an alarm is present the node symbol will turn into Red (alarm) or Yellow (warning) 3.3.4.6 BSC list...

  • Page 209: Status

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.4.6.2 Status Right mouse click on the node description of a specific node allows a change of the node description. Status selection also shows information’s regarding:...

  • Page 210: Subscriber

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management ○ Manual definition of the position latitude (saved in CnfgMain.txt) o Longitude ○ Manual definition of the position longitude (saved in CnfgMain.txt) o IP address Segment ○...

  • Page 211: Sub. Chk

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Master – Used on the node where subscribers will be maintained. The encryption Key Register must reside on this node. A redundant BSC must be set to the same mode as the Active BSC.

  • Page 212: Ip's

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.4.6.6 IP’s Right mouse click on the following items allows change of the configurations. o Log Server ○ Log server Multicast control (receiving) IP address (default 224.239.17.1) ○...

  • Page 213: Radio Status

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.4.6.7 Radio Status Shows the resources used on the nodes o Config - shows if the Radio cell(s) are configured or not. By right click on the field the radio cell (s) can be set to configured Yes and No o Status –...

  • Page 214: Radio Config

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management o PDCH - Packet Data Channel Count-numbers of timeslots used for packet data ○ Block - Number of blocked channels (timeslots) o Spare - Number of Spare channels (timeslots)
  • Page 215 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management this: This means that a) the P = MIN ( MS_TXPWR_MAX_CELL, ACCESS_PARAMETER - RSSI ) MS never chooses an output power above MS_TXPWR_MAX and b) the output power depends on the downlink signal strength RSSI in combination with ACCESS_PARAMETER.

  • Page 216: Carrier Numbers

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.4.6.9 Carrier Numbers o Auto – Auto convert primitives and frequencies – “Yes” the freq. and carrier number go together – “No” the freq. and carrier number can be set independent of each other.

  • Page 217: Neighbor Cells

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management *) If the auto convert flag is set, then only freq. which are derivable from Tetra primitives are allowed (follows Carrier Number). 3.3.4.6.10 Neighbor cells...

  • Page 218: Sip Setup

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management  Rem. Port Remote port number. Default 5060  Loc. Port Local port number. Default 5060  Max. Restriction of simultaneous calls. Must be equal or less than defined in the dongle ...

  • Page 219: Figure 3-17: Om Command S13 - Voice Gateway Status

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Figure 3-17: OM command S13 - Voice Gateway Status To configure a Voice Gateway, use the NM application or use the TetraOM as described here (SIP registration name and password can only be set by OM commands): ...

  • Page 220: Pd Gw

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management ○ All – all organizations are allowed ○ If you specifies an organization ex. 1 only this is allowed ○ B- number prefix, The Org. number for the subscriber is set in front of the dialing number so that the PABX can route this according the org.

  • Page 221: App Gw

    Note: Number of application GW’s must be set in the Node Dongle and an API dongle must be present in the client PC. DAMM Dispatcher application uses the application GW and uses one connection. To run the Dispatcher a Dispatcher dongle must be present in the PC where the dispatcher is running.

  • Page 222: Subscribers

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.5 Subscribers 3.3.5.1 Subscriber definition The subscriber window is divided into 4 parts  Organization (Maximum 1000 organizations)  Profile (Maximum 2.000 profiles standard and 10.000 in optional enhanced ver.) ...

  • Page 223: Organization

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.5.2 Organization ® The TetraFlex System enables several organizations to share one TETRA Network as each of these organizations can use the services as if they were the sole user of the network. The radio users, groups, and call rights within each user organization can be controlled independently.
  • Page 224 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management  Org. Number: The number of the organization. This must be unique and at least org. 0 must always be present. If connecting an API Application or the Dispatcher to org. 0 it is possible to change all org.

  • Page 225: Profile

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.5.3 Profile It is recommended to use intervals in the profile number series e.g. 100, 110 … 200, 210, and so on, as profile number. This will make it possible to create sub-profiles if needed.
  • Page 226 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Figure 3-19: Subscriber profile configuration The following configurations are possible o Profile number The number assigned to the profile and used by the subscriber setting a...

  • Page 227: Figure 3-20: Service Restrictions

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management The Organization number 0 has the meaning “All”, and can be used in Profiles for system administrators or for all Profiles in systems without Organization division.
  • Page 228 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management o Group restrictions Definition of PTT and SDS restrictions related to the groups in the profile The “Group restrictions apply to” can be set to None (no restriction) All Subscribers and only Dial- in Subscribers.

  • Page 229: Figure 3-21: Radio Cell Restrictions

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Figure 3-21: Radio cell restrictions o Subscriber class Definition if subscriber class is mobile controlled or defined in the profile Figure 3-22: Subscriber class 3-210 TetraFlex®...

  • Page 230: Figure 3-23: Profile Security Mode

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management It is possible to set 16 bits in the subscriber class field of the node. 1st bit signaling support of class 1, 16th bit signaling support of class 16.

  • Page 231: Figure 3-24: Tea Details

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Figure 3-24: TEA details o Short No. Format Enabling user short number for the profile and definition of short number Figure 3-25: Short number details Example shows that the short number is 6 digits with 1 preset E.g.
  • Page 232 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Number of the dispatcher which must be used for an instance error report, Dispatcher controlled PSTN call requests (CAD) etc. o Position report 1 and 2 User Number of the Dispatcher where position report from a Terminal Gateway client like the TetraFlex Android Client is sent to.
  • Page 233 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management If more than one call is queued and a timeslot gets available, the call with the highest priority will be chosen from the queued list. In addition to this SwMI internal usage of the Call Priority, the Call priority is also sent towards the called mobile/mobiles.

  • Page 234: Subscriber Common Settings

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Voice Gateway connection node number o Voice GW 1 node is the Primary node and Voice GW 2 node is the redundant node See section 3.3.4.6.11 for Voice GW setup and test...
  • Page 235 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Group Application Dial-In Emergency Terminal (for future use) Personal (for future use) The following fields are the same for all types of SSI’s: o SSI This is a unique subscriber id - typical the number programmed into the terminal or the number defined for dispatcher or a group.

  • Page 236: Mobile Subscriber

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management The profile number of which the subscriber is a member. The profile description (if there is any) is automatically shown when the profile number is entered. Only existing profile numbers can be used.

  • Page 237: Figure 3-27: Call Transfer Details

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management If packet data is used, the IP address assigned to the terminal. In the terminal itself the IP address must be set to 0.0.0.0 o IP Mask Display field –...

  • Page 238: Group Subscriber

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management o Transfer number The number to which the call is transferred o Transfer time The time to transfer if not using the unconditional setting 3.3.5.4.2 Group subscriber...

  • Page 239: Figure 3-29: Group Include

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Figure 3-29: Group include Group include means having possibility to establish a layer of groups so to speak. Example: Group 1 Ambulance Group 2 Police...

  • Page 240: Application Subscriber

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.5.4.3 Application subscriber Figure 3-30: Application subscriber o Pin Code  PIN disabled: No Pin requested  PIN entered: Pin must be entered or defined in the configuration file from the API / dispatcher connection before it is allowed to connect.

  • Page 241: Terminal Subscriber

    MS and the number of the MS should be shown for the receives instead of the number of the API application. 3.3.5.4.4 Terminal subscriber A terminal subscriber is used for connecting a TetraFlex Client (DAMM Application running on Android devices) or a Group Bridge (DAMM application running on Windows devices). 3-222 TetraFlex®...
  • Page 242 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management Figure 3-31: Terminal subscriber o Pin Code  PIN disabled: No Pin requested  PIN entered: Pin must be entered in the TetraFlex Client or Group Bridge before they are allowed to connect.

  • Page 243: Dial-In Subscriber

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.5.4.5 Dial-in subscriber The dial in SSI is an internal number used to access groups through the Voice gateway and to show an identity for the group users.

  • Page 244: Emergency Subscriber

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.5.4.6 Emergency subscriber The Emergency Subscriber is used for Transferring a Tetra Call to the Voice Gateway or another Tetra Subscriber responsible for Emergency e.g. sending it to the public 112 (911) or a another number used for Emergency.

  • Page 245: Security Key

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.5.5 Security Key Figure 3-32: Security Key Displays information regarding the Security Key Register. The key register must be enabled on the Master node. Can be set in NM from the BSC list – Subscriber - Key ...
  • Page 246 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management By pressing the Import file button the file name that is in the import field will be read into the key register. The directory and file name can be any valid name.

  • Page 247: Log Servers

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management 3.3.6 Log Servers The Alarm state, Status and IP addresses of the Log Server(s) that are attached to the system can be shown by clicking the Log Servers icon:...
  • Page 248 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Network Management When Right click the LogSrv fields you get the Log Server Operations dialog: ○ Log Client Start the Log Client ○ Remote Desktop Starts the Remote Desktop Client ○...

  • Page 249: Description

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Authentication and Encryption 3.4 A UTHENTICATION AND NCRYPTION 3.4.1 Description This section describes in detail the function of the Security Key Set used for authentication and encryption.

  • Page 250: Backup

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Authentication and Encryption Figure 3-33: Key principles 3.4.4 Backup It is essential that the K values are kept at a safe place that means to place the programmer key file in a safe place.
  • Page 251 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Authentication and Encryption In case the node containing the Master Subscriber Register is totally lost or an exchange or change of node for some other reason is preferred, then all Key Files (K) can be read in again on the new node using the dongle Key belonging to this node, and the key sets updated.

  • Page 252: Dispatcher

    The TetraFlexApi.dll is delivered with a DAMM License Dongle to permit the use. DAMM dispatcher from V7.30 and ahead requires a dispatcher entry in the dongle to be able to start. Dispatcher from V7.40 and ahead requires a Microsoft .NET Framework and MS SQL Compact database to be installed.

  • Page 253: Tetraflex Dispatcher Functionality

    Dispatcher application the following things are required:  IP connectivity to an Application GW on the IP backbone network.  Hardware dongle with API client and DAMM dispatcher enabled.  A valid Dispatcher SSI and user number defined in the subscriber register ...

  • Page 254: Views

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-34: Dispatcher Main window From the toolbar it is possible to open the Phonebook-, Voice Calls-, SDS-, Position-, File Transfer-, DGNA-, Nodes- and the Config views. Notice that the dispatcher connection information is provided as well.

  • Page 255: Connection Configuration

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-36: Views 3.5.3.1 Connection Configuration Refer to part 2 section 2-13 for configuration explanation Figure 3-37: Connection Configuration 3-236 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 256: Dispatcher Configuration

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher 3.5.3.2 Dispatcher Configuration The dispatcher configuration selection opens a window with 5 tabs. Configuration may also be entered using the configuration icon 3.5.3.2.1 Audio Figure 3-38: Dispatcher Configuration The audio tab allows configuration of the Speaker and Microphone settings for the different call types and alerts.

  • Page 257: Language

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher ○ Test button- Each call- and alert type has its own test button that can be used for testing the in and output. ○ Windows Volumes button - Gives an overview of which Windows sound devices is active in Windows.

  • Page 258: Calls

    ○ Master PTT key – The PC functions key F1-F12 that you want to use for the Master PPT call in the dispatcher. If using the Damm foot switch, F13 has to be selected. ○ Call History Max Age – 60 to 518400 min. (360days). The max. numbers of minutes that a call will be showed in the call history database before it will be deleted.

  • Page 259: Map View

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher 3.5.3.2.4 Map View Figure 3-40: Map View (Google) The Map view has the following options for showing geographic maps with Radio GPS positions and node positions in the dispatcher: 3-240 TetraFlex®...
  • Page 260 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher ○ Empty map – No back ground maps are shown, this can be used for showing overlay shapes in ESRI format* in the map view. Empty maps also gives the option to show RSSI measurement and lines between the position history points.

  • Page 261: Mobile Positions Storage

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher To find the actual projection the webpage http://www.spatialreference.org could be used by selecting ESRI references, the actual ESRI number corresponding to your map and then Proj4.

  • Page 262: Sds

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher o Clean up. Maximum number of hours (1-700 hours) before the position history is deleted. Max. count is the number of records that can be stored before clean up (20 to 6000).

  • Page 263: Updates

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Functions available are a contact close (box relay output K0 normally energized) upon an alarm SDS or alarm call to the dispatcher or group monitored by the dispatcher.

  • Page 264: Subscriber Register

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher 3.5.3.3 Subscriber Register Figure 3-43: Subscriber register The Subscriber Register is read into the Dispatcher for editing and maintenance. (this is only the case for the profiles, and SSI belonging to the dispatcher’s home organization or associated organizations).

  • Page 265: Figure 3-44: Subscriber Register Change

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-44: Subscriber register change For more information regarding the Application SSI please the chapter Network Manager – Subscriber. The Subscriber has now got an new Find function where the subscriber list can be filtered:...

  • Page 266: Phonebook Functionality

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher In this example all subscribers with a description containing “Dispatcher” is shown. 3.5.4 Phonebook functionality The Phonebook window is activated from the Dispatcher Tool Bar or from the top bar Views selection.

  • Page 267: Mobile Indicators In The Phonebook

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-46: Phonebook 3.5.4.1 Mobile indicators in the phonebook Indicates a mobile with a group selected Indicates a mobile with a group active, but not selected in the mobile (scanned group)

  • Page 268: Phone Book Docking

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher 3.5.4.2 Phone book docking The Phone Book window may be floating or docked either to the left or right edge of the dispatcher window. To dock, use the left or right arrow...

  • Page 269: Direct Call

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher 3.5.4.4 Direct call When double click on a subscriber in the Phone list you can establish a direct standard (group call if a group SSI, Individual duplex call if an individual SSI etc.) to these subscribers.

  • Page 270: Figure 3-48: Group Call Dialogue

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-48: Group Call dialogue Then select the function required It is possible to change the Priority of this call and Type. 3-251 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 271: Show Associated Organizations

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-49: Individual Call dialogue When the desired subscriber is found, right click on the result and select the desired function to be performed from the call dialog...

  • Page 272: Show Favorites

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-50: Associated organizations 3.5.4.7 Show favorites Figure 3-51: Favorites In favorites, any number reachable form the infrastructure can be entered, this includes Tetra SSI’s, PABX/PSTN numbers etc. and the Description can be changed without changing it in the subscriber register.

  • Page 273: Show Only Registered Subscribers

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher 3.5.4.7.1 Show only registered subscribers Figure 3-52: Subscriber view This function allows the view of either all subscribers or only subscribers currently registered at the system. When all subscribers are selected, non registered subscribers will be shown as grayed out.

  • Page 274: Voice Calls

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher 3.5.4.8 Voice Calls The Voice Call window can display all ongoing call activity; this includes group calls and all types of individual calls (only if discreet listening option is set in the dongle and BSC settings).

  • Page 275: Master Ptt Button

    USB foot switch Master PTT activation can be configured to be executed by means of a USB foot switch (DAMM delivered. For configuration of the foot switch, please refer to the instructions delivered with the switch) In the main menu bar select “Config  Audio” then go to the bottom of the configuration page...

  • Page 276: Alternative Audio Devices

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher icon and the PTT will stay in the requested state until the button is pressed again outside the lock icon. The PTT can be used also for a duplex call if the microphone is muted...

  • Page 277: Figure 3-56: Fixed Group Indication

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-56: Fixed Group Indication To select fixed groups, right click on the phonebook group and select Voice Call Option Figure 3-57: Voice call Option Then select Always Displayed in the option menu 3-258 TetraFlex®...

  • Page 278: Call Authorized By Dispatcher (Cad)

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-58: Always Displayed To deselect, use the Never displayed option or one of the other options. 3.5.5 Call Authorized by Dispatcher (CAD) This service is configured in the subscriber register profile and allows the dispatcher to verify call requests before calls are allowed to proceed.

  • Page 279: Call Merge (Dispatching)

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-59: CAD Service Restrictions 3.5.6 Call Merge (dispatching) This service allows the dispatcher to through connect a calling party to any other subscriber. Just call the desired subscriber and, when connection is established, drag the calling party (using the left user icon) to the new subscriber, drop it and confirm the connection.

  • Page 280: Receiving Emergency Calls

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-60: Call Merge 3.5.7 Receiving Emergency calls Emergency calls will be indicated in the Voice call window as a red bar containing the standard voice call options.

  • Page 281: Dgna

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-64: Voice Call History Clears the Voice call History list Clear all voice recording from the dispatcher Playback voice recording. The Icon is grayed if no there is no voice recording on the call history line you have selected.

  • Page 282: Figure 3-65: Dgna Group Assignment

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher  If it is not desirable to assign a group already programmed into the tetra terminals, a new group specific for DGNA should be defined in the Subscriber Register 2: Select function;...

  • Page 283: Figure 3-67: Dgna Subscriber Assignment

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-67: DGNA subscriber Assignment Alternatively it is possible to drag and drop the selections to the DGNA group window Figure 3-68: DGNA Drag and Drop Selection 3-264 TetraFlex®...

  • Page 284: Assigning Subscribers To Dgna

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher 6: Repeat 3 and 4 if more subscribers are to be assigned to the DGNA group 7: After assigning subscribers, the DGNA group is transferred to the mobile by selecting “Assign the parent group to the mobile”...

  • Page 285: Sds Functionality

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher  Select DGNA History Figure 3-72: Individual Subscriber DGNA history Figure 3-73: Group DGNA history 3.5.10 SDS Functionality All outgoing SDS traffic from the Dispatcher is initiated from the Call Dialog which is available in the SDS and Phone Book windows.

  • Page 286: Sds Details

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher All outgoing SDS traffic from the Dispatcher are copied to the SDS Outbox, see Figure 3-75. This includes both text and status SDS’s. The status of any requested SDS Reports is indicated here by icons.

  • Page 287: Receiving Emergency Sds

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-76: SDS Details 3.5.10.2 Receiving Emergency SDS Emergency calls will be indicated in the SDS call window as a red bar containing the standard SDS options.

  • Page 288: Map

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher 3.5.11 Map 3.5.12 Detach Map The map window may be detached from the main dispatcher window and placed anywhere on the PC monitor(s) This detachment is accomplished by selecting the detach/attach icon positioned in the upper right hand corner of the map window.

  • Page 289: Figure 3-78: Positioning Google

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-78: Positioning Google To request the position of a subscriber, right click on the phonebook entry and select the option you want: ○ Select mobile on map - This highlights the GPS position of the radio on the map with big green circle and subscriber details ○...

  • Page 290: Configuring Positioning

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher 3.5.12.2 Configuring positioning ® At present the TetraFlex relies on the mobile to send positioning to a group. Any group may be used, but it is recommended to create a specific positioning group. This GPS to Group assignment must be set from the radio programming tool.

  • Page 291: Figure 3-79: Overlay On Google Map

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher Figure 3-79: Overlay on Google map To load a new overlay file use the folder icon. When loaded it will be available in the overlay list...

  • Page 292: Other Map Options

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher 3.5.12.4 Other map options The Show (all) menu makes it possible to select what GPS coordinates you want to show on the map: ○ Show all – Shows the GPS coordinates for all radios, registered and not registered (not registered are shown with a dark green color).

  • Page 293: Rssi Measurement Plot

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher 3.5.12.5 RSSI measurement plot (not available on Google standard map) When changing the map view to History view you get the option to plot RSSI measurement on the map as different colors depending on the RSSI level.
  • Page 294 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher When selecting Send Files you get the file transfer container: Here you can either drag and drop the files you want to send from e.g. the file manger or you...
  • Page 295 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Dispatcher When the receiving dispatcher receives the file(s) a notice will come in the mail box icon in the process line and the file(s) will be shown in the File Transfer window that you can choose...

  • Page 296: Log Server

    For single-site and small systems the Log Server can be installed on and run from the BSC412 or BSC421. For bigger systems the Log Server must run on DAMM Log Work Station or on a DAMM Log Server Station. 3.6.2 General Description ®...

  • Page 297: Figure 3-80 Tetraflex ® Network With Log Server

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Server In Figure 3-80 TetraFlex® Network with Log Server, the SQL Server and the Log Server are ® running on the TetraFlex Log Server machine. ®...

  • Page 298: Log Server Tray

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Server 3.6.2.2 Log Server Tray The log server tray is a user interface for the Log server application and is automatically started as a “tray” application (indicated with a small icon on the taskbar) when the log server starts.

  • Page 299: Log Client

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7 L LIENT 3.7.1 Description ® The TetraFlex Log Client application is developed to run on a Windows XP or Win7 platform ® or a Terminal Server where multiple users can run their own instance of the TetraFlex Client at a time.

  • Page 300: Statistics View

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-81: Log Client - Main window From the Log Client toolbar it is possible to open the Statistics-, CDR-, MS Reg.-, Status- and the Settings view.

  • Page 301: Node

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-82: Configuration Dialog example Figure 3-83: Export Dialog example 3.7.3.1 Node Shows the Node Alarm as percentage of time Indications are  OK  Warning (L1) ...

  • Page 302: Radio

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-84: Node 3.7.3.2 Radio The Radio tab has 3 sub-tabs All tabs has a selection of resolution to 1 minute, 10 minutes, 1 hour or 1 day All tabs has the selection of table or graphic view 3.7.4 Radio Cell Alarm...

  • Page 303: Radio Cell Congestion

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-86: Radio, Timeslot Congestion shows the traffic load in percentage, and Timeslot showing the average timeslot distribution for a specific node. The user has to enter resolution time and specify a Node.

  • Page 304: Voice Gw

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-87: Radio, Congestion 3.7.5 Voice GW Voice GW tab has 3 sub-tabs 3.7.5.1 Voice GW Alarm Shows alarms as percentage of time Figure 3-88: Voice GW, Alarms 3.7.5.2 Voice GW Channels...

  • Page 305: Packet Data Gw

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-90: Voice GW, Congestion 3.7.6 Packet Data GW Shows GW alarms related to percent of time Figure 3-91: Packet Data GW, Alarms 3.7.7 Application GW Application GW has 3 sub-tabs 3.7.7.1 Application GW alarms...

  • Page 306: Application Gw Registration

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-92: Application GW, Alarms 3.7.7.2 Application GW registration Shows numbers of application registered: Figure 3-93: Application GW, registrations 3.7.7.3 Application GW streams Shows numbers of application streams: 3-287 TetraFlex®...

  • Page 307: Terminal Gw

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-94: Application GW, registrations 3.7.8 Terminal GW Terminal GW has 3 sub-tabs 3.7.8.1 Terminal GW alarms Shows GW alarms related to percentage of time...

  • Page 308: Terminal Gw Registrations

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.8.2 Terminal GW registrations Shows the Terminal GW Registrations Figure 3-96:Terminal GW, Registrations 3.7.8.3 Terminal GW Streams Shows the Terminal GW Streams Figure 3-97:Terminal GW, Streams 3-289 TetraFlex®...

  • Page 309: Cdr View

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.9 CDR View In the CDR View the Call Data Records are presented. The user must enter Search Criterion as the time period and specify whether it is group-, individual- or SDS type- calls to narrow the number of hits.

  • Page 310: Figure 3-99: Log Client. Additional Call Info

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-99: Log Client. Additional Call Info In the Additional Call Information view, the Talking Parties in simplex calls are listed. It is also indicated whether the Talking Party has preemptive rights and which node the MS is located under.

  • Page 311: Ms Registration View

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.10 MS Registration View The MS Registration view has tree tabs, the Latest MS Registration, the MS Registration History tab and the MS RSSI history tab. When a mobile registers it indicates an Update Type to the Node.

  • Page 312: Latest Ms Registrations

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.10.1 Latest MS Registrations The Latest MS Registrations list shows a live view of the mobiles and their Node registration. The list contains one entry pr. MS, showing its current Update Type state and which Node that has received it.

  • Page 313: Ms Rssi History

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.10.3 MS RSSI History The MS RSSI history view shows the uplink RSSI values in dBm for each time a call is made or a SDS is send.

  • Page 314: Status Tab

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client The Status tab gives an overview of the nodes and their status. Each Status generally has these states: Status Table Status type Description Everything in perfect order.

  • Page 315: Common

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.11.2 Common On the Common tab it is possible to see the Hardware type, numbers of Nodes in total and the repetition time interval, which the node uses for sending its status message.

  • Page 316: Radio Status

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.11.4 Radio Status Figure 3-105: Log Client, Radio Status On the Radio Status tab it is possible in real time to see the number of registered Mobile, Air encryption (AIE) status, Neighbor cell synchronization, main carrier and tetra channel and the activity of the time slots.

  • Page 317: Voice Gw

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.11.6 Voice GW On the Voice GW tab the status for the Voice Gateway can be seen, including number of active and idle calls. Figure 3-107: Log Client, Voice GW 3-298 TetraFlex®...

  • Page 318: Packet Data-Gw

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.11.7 Packet Data-GW Figure 3-108: Log Client, Status Packet Data GW The Packet Gateway view shows only the gateway status. 3.7.11.8 Application -GW Figure 3-109: Log Client. Status Application GW 3-299 TetraFlex®...

  • Page 319: Terminal-Gw

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client The Application gateway view shows the application gateway Protocol version, the number of registered applications connected to the gateway, the max. number of registrations allowed by the gateway (and license dongle), the actual numbers of streams and the max. number of streams allowed by the gateway (and dongle license).

  • Page 320: Settings View

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.12 Settings View The Settings view has six sections: Database, nodes, subscriber, sound, logserver licenses and log server config. 3.7.12.1 Database ® Database settings used by the TetraFlex Log Client is shown.

  • Page 321: Log Server Maintenance

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.13 Log Server Maintenance The database should be backed up on a daily basis; the backup should be saved to an external media, such as tape, external disk, network server or similar.

  • Page 322: Figure 3-112 Log Client Setting View -Database Tab

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-112 Log Client Setting view –Database tab 1. In the Database maintenance group box, you can enable/disable “scheduled maintenance”, “database backup” and “Cleanup database records”.

  • Page 323: Maintenance Now

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client To enable the scheduled database maintenance settings you have to click the “Save settings” button. When you do this, you will be requested to enter the login credentials for the Backup Destination Login.

  • Page 324: Maintenance History

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client When accepting the settings by clicking OK, the maintenance is initiated by the LogClient, and will be executed by the LogServer within the next minute. It is possible to follow the maintenance progress by accepting this, see fig.3.82.

  • Page 325: Manual Backup Of The Database

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-118 Additional info maintenance In the Additional info maintenance dialog each action performed in the maintenance job is listed. 3.7.13.4 Manual backup of the database The MySql Server is set up to use the MyISAM storage engine.

  • Page 326: Figure 3-119 Backed Up Files

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-119 Backed up files Copy the backup directory which is named with the timestamp on the form <YYYY-MM- DD_hhmmss> to the MySql database directory.

  • Page 327: Figure 3-121 Backup Restored

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Figure 3-121 Backup restored The LogClient is now connected to the restored database and you can only browse through the “old” data till you select the active running database named “TetraFlexLogDb”.

  • Page 328: Nodes

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.13.6 Nodes Node descriptions and last status received information  If a node has managed to send status messages prior to the node being configured with the correct node number etc.

  • Page 329: Subscriber Register

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.13.7 Subscriber Register Figure 3-123: Log Client, Subscriber List By selecting the Subscriber tab the configured subscribers are listed. The log server database has default no information about the subscribers and it is only logging information it gets from the incoming data.
  • Page 330 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Add New Subscriber: Description: Description of the subscriber MCC: Country code MNC: Network Code User no: Subscriber user number Profile: The profile the subscriber belongs to (and because of the profile must belong...
  • Page 331 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client Priority: 0-15 The Voice Logging Priority only applies to the subscribers where Voice Logging is enabled. If all voice logging channels are occupied (number of voice logging channels is defined by Log Server dongle), then the priority is used to interrupt and stop voice logging for lower priority calls.

  • Page 332: Sound

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client The import file can be generated using the OM command S20/SAVE from the master subscriber register node (or the subscriber register on a stand-alone node) and imported by typing the path and import file name (default c:\tetra\active\data\Subscr.txt) and either...
  • Page 333 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client ○ Standard setting %USERPROFILE%\Tetra\LogClient\<LogServer name>\Wav Files The settings can be saved by using the Save Sound Settings button and restored by using the Reload Sound Settings button 3-314 TetraFlex®...

  • Page 334: Logserver Licens

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Log Client 3.7.13.9 LogServer Licens License dongle information shows the license dongle settings for the Log Server Figure 3-125: LogServer Licenses 3-315 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 335: Logserver Config

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge 3.7.13.10 LogServer Config This shows how the log server is configured. It is not possible to make changes to the settings from here. Please see the chapter 2.10.3 for setting the parameters.

  • Page 336: Group Bridge

    3.8 G ROUP RIDGE 3.8.1 Group Bridge Description The DAMM TetraFlex® Group Bridge is a Software solution that makes it possible to ® perform group calls between a DAMM TetraFlex SwMI, another tetra SwMI, or a analog system. It is also possible to send and receive SDS group messages between TetraFlex®...
  • Page 337 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge ® When group calls are initiated on an MS, either connected to the TetraFlex SwMI, to another tetra SwMI or a analog system, the calls will be routed via the Group Bridge. The talk groups which are to be joined must be configured in the Group Bridge application.

  • Page 338: Group Bridge Installation

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge Figure 3-128: Group Bridge GUI 3.8.2 Group Bridge installation The Group Bridge is a part of the TetraFlex software and can be installed on a PC running Windows (see release notes for supported versions).

  • Page 339: Group Bridge Setup

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge When the Group Bridge Service is installed the GUI shows Status: Running: And the file GroupBridgeService .exe (or GroupBridgeService64.exe) is generated in the directory where the Group Bridge is installed.
  • Page 340 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge First make a label in the Bridge column that describes the bridge you are going to make. The dialog is open by right click in the Bridge column in this example we are going to make a bridge between two TeraFlex system and bridging Talk Group 1.

  • Page 341: Terminal Gateway Connection Details

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge The next step is to set the parameters for connecting to the Terminal Gateways from the Group Bridge. 3.8.3.1 Terminal Gateway Connection details:  Description: This is label you see in the Group Bridge main windows to identify the connection.

  • Page 342: Tetra Radio Device Connection Details

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge 3.8.3.2 Tetra Radio Device connection details:  Description: A label for this connection that is shown in the main window  Type: Select Tetra Radio for a connection to another Tetra system ...
  • Page 343 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge Group talker ID must be set to “SSI (for MS compatibility)” on the profile used by DVI-100 to use Status SDS: 3-324 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 344: Settings Piciorgros Dvi-100 Parameters

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge 3.8.3.3 Settings Piciorgros DVI-100 parameters This chapter only describes the necessary parameters for using The Group Bridge with DVI- 100. For detailed information about setting up the DVI-100 please see “DVI -100 user guide”.
  • Page 345 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge The next setting is the DVI-100 mode and the port number. Set this to “Server” and port “3141”. The port address can be changed is needed, but then the port setting in Group Bridge most also be changed to match.
  • Page 346 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge Then the tetra parameters must be set to match the setting in the tetra network which the DVI-100 must connect to: The tetra mode must be TMO and TSI parameters (ISSI:MCC:MNC) must match the tetra network to which it should connect.
  • Page 347 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge The last thing necessary to set is Group SSI: It is possible to use one group together with the Group Bridge. The group SSI must be used (GSSI) and group user number cannot be used.

  • Page 348: Analog Radio Device Connection Details

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge 3.8.3.4 Analog Radio Device Connection Details  Description: A label for the connection which is shown in the main window  Type: Select Analog for connecting analog devices ...
  • Page 349 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge ® Example 1 - Group call between two different TetraFlex networks: Group x Group y TetraFlex TetraFlex Network x Netork y Node w. Terminal Node w.
  • Page 350 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge ® Example 3 - TetraFlex to other Tetra networks: Group y Group x Other Tetra TetraFlex Networks Network x Node w. Terminal Gateway Tetra Radio...
  • Page 351 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge Example 5 – Group Bridge with more Groups: Group B Group A Group C Group D Group A Group B Group D Group C Other Tetra...
  • Page 352 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge Group Bridge Requirement ® TetraFlex Group Bridge Requirement Hardware and Software platform for running the A PC running Windows XP or Windows 7. ® TetraFlex Group bridge application Min.

  • Page 353: Part-4: Technical References

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Group Bridge PART-4: Technical References 4-334 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 354: Introduction

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Antenna System for BS41x 4.1 A BS41 NTENNA YSTEM FOR 4.1.1 Introduction This application note describes the recommended antenna configuration for the BS41x Tetra Base station. The BS41x Tetra BS includes either the TMA412 Tower Mounted Amplifier or the TMD412 Tower Mounted Amplifier and Duplexer.

  • Page 355: Typical Antenna Configuration

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Antenna System for BS41x 4.1.2 Typical antenna configuration The drawing below shows a typical antenna arrangement for a base station. If the duplexer is used it combines the RX-A and TX feeder to e single antenna. The feeder system from the BS to the top of the mast is the same for both cases.

  • Page 356: Rx Antenna

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Antenna System for BS41x 4.1.2.2 RX antenna The BS uses two receiver antennas for its dual RX diversity implementation. The TMA is provided with a dual tower-mounted amplifier with input filters, amplifiers and test circuits for measurements.

  • Page 357: Tx Antenna

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Antenna System for BS41x The two RX antennas should be mounted as widely spaced as possible to optimize the gain of the diversity reception. In addition they should be mounted to have a coupling with the TX antenna of >30dB to ensure proper operation.

  • Page 358: Gps Antenna

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Antenna System for BS41x for a high-power BS this can give an unacceptable increase in the mains power consumption or may not be possible at all. As guideline, the TX antenna feeder loss for a high-power BS should not exceed 2dB. This...

  • Page 359: Tx Inter-Modulation Considerations

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Antenna System for BS41x The GPS antenna shall include an amplifier with a gain of about 25dB. As a guideline the cable loss should not exceed 14 dB, which gives the following maximum cable lengths:...
  • Page 360 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Antenna System for BS41x carriers are not specified. It is recommended only to use DIN 7/16mm connectors in the TX antenna feeder section. N-connectors are an order of magnitude worse and should never be used for more than 2 carriers.
  • Page 361 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Antenna System for BS41x Check the RSSI again. The difference in RSSI directly indicates the reduction in sensitivity due to disturbance from the Transmitters. 4-342 TetraFlex® 7.5...

  • Page 362: Introduction

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - TX Combiner for BS41x 4.2 TX C BS41 OMBINER FOR 4.2.1 Introduction The BS41x Tetra Radio Base Stations are provided with a TX combiner system to combine all the installed transmitters to a single antenna.

  • Page 363: Circulator

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - TX Combiner for BS41x The Cavity combiner system consists of the TC411 TX Combiner 4-way module and the TF411 TX Filter. Kits with junction and connection cables connects the units together.
  • Page 364 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - TX Combiner for BS41x A circulator is a 3-port device, which behaves as a turn-around with the rule, that when you enter a port you follow the direction of the arrow around and leave the first-coming outlet again.

  • Page 365: Cavity Filter

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - TX Combiner for BS41x 4.2.2.2 Cavity Filter From the Circulator the TX signal enters the Cavity filter to combine the TX signals selectively. For the 400MHz range the cavity is a ¼ lambda TEM resonator with an unloaded Q of about 10.000.

  • Page 366: Tx Output Filter

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - TX Combiner for BS41x 4.2.2.5 TX output filter The TF411 high-power TX output filter gives an additional rejection of the TX noise of 25dB in the RX frequency band, which together with the cavity filters gives a total RX band rejection of 60dB minimum.

  • Page 367: Bs414 4-Way Hybrid Combiner System

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - TX Combiner for BS41x The channel command to the TCC411 is automatically generated in the TR41x when a channel change is done. If the TR41x is powered off or removed, the TCC411 will automatically after about 30 seconds in brackets return the cavity to the upper end stop to avoid it to interference with other cavities.

  • Page 368: Introduction

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - RX Multi coupler for BS41x 4.3 RX M BS41 ULTI COUPLER FOR 4.3.1 Introduction The purpose of the RX multi-coupler system is to distribute signals from the RX antennas to the RX inputs of the TR41x Transceiver.

  • Page 369: Supply And Alarm Circuits

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - RX Multi coupler for BS41x The high 60dB out-band rejection ensures proper duplex operation of the Base Station. With the required RX-TX antenna isolation of 30dB a total rejection of the TX signal of 90dB is obtained before reaching the first amplifier.

  • Page 370: Rf Test Loop Path Description

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - RX Multi coupler for BS41x The alarms are connected to the BSC and send to the TR41x’s assigned to the particular Radio Cell. If faults exist in one leg only, a warning alarm is generated. If alarms exist in both legs, a blocking alarm is generated.

  • Page 371: Tr412 Transceiver Description

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - TR412 Transceiver Description In the TMA the test signal is divided in two, one for the A-path and one for the B-path. The test signal is then inserted in either the forward direction of the two paths to the BS (-50dBr) or optionally in the reverse direction against the antennas (-40dBr).

  • Page 372: Transmitter

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - TR412 Transceiver Description The ADC samples the 2 IF signal of 144kHz directly with a sampling frequency of 576kHz and a resolution of 16bit. The digital signal is going to the DSP on a serial interface.

  • Page 373: Reference Oscillators

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - TR412 Transceiver Description The Power Amplifier consists of one LDMOS driver and one output transistor, delivering 60W pep output power with good linearity. An attenuator in the input is used to fine adjust the total gain of the Power Amplifier.

  • Page 374: Dsp

    Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - TR412 Transceiver Description 4.4.5 DSP The TR412 is provided with a single high performance DSP handling modulation and de- modulation task directly in software. This gives a high degree of freedom to adapt to any changes necessary.

  • Page 375: Diversity Implementation

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - RX Diversity for BS41x 4.5 RX D BS41 IVERSITY FOR The BS41x TETRA Base Stations are provided with a dual RX diversity scheme allowing the connection of two RX antennas simultaneously to improve the RX sensitivity.

  • Page 376: Diversity Gain Versus Correlation Factor

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - RX Diversity for BS41x If the two signals are very different in quality the best signal will be selected and the other signal will not be used. This is done when the addition of the bad signal to the good one reduces the sensitivity.

  • Page 377: Ber Versus Input Signal Tch7.2

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - RX Diversity for BS41x Diversity gain/Correlation Correlation 4.5.3 BER versus input signal TCH7.2 These curves show the measured BER (Bit Error Rate) for a standard TCH7.2 traffic channel with the TU50 fading profile.
  • Page 378 Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - RX Diversity for BS41x These curves show the measured MER (Message Error Rate) for a standard SCH/F (Signaling Channel Full) with the TU50 fading profile. The correlation factor between the two signals is 0.2.

  • Page 379: Introduction

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Power Supply for BS41x 4.6 P BS41 OWER UPPLY FOR 4.6.1 Introduction The BS41x Base Stations are provided with a flexible Power Supply scheme allowing it to run in a variety of different configurations.

  • Page 380: And +26V Dc/Dc Converters

    Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Power Supply for BS41x The –48V DC output is fed to a common –48V power rail on the back plane of the cassette. A power sharing circuit ensures close to equal load on all inserted PS411.
  • Page 381 Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Power Supply for BS41x The PS411 is connected to HDLC-bus in the Base States as well as the serial UART interface. O&M communication is possible on both interfaces. The PS411 is provided with internal resident settings to hold the charging configurations etc.

  • Page 382: Battery Test Sb421

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Battery test SB421 4.7 B SB421 ATTERY TEST 1. Connect to BSC with O&M, send the command AP (select power supply) Check response from command 10 ***** PS421 STATUS *****...
  • Page 383 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Battery test SB421 see fig. 1 - Two TR’s Load 3.30A - after one minute 49.5V after one hour 47.0V (drops ~ 2.5V) see fig. 1 - Fig.2 Show a battery in bad conditions (probably a defect cell) that has to be replaced.
  • Page 384 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Battery test SB421 Fig.2 Example of a defect battery: 4-365 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...
  • Page 385 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Battery test SB421 4-366 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 386: Part-5: Hardware Units

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Hardware Unit References Part-5: Hardware Units 5-367 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...
  • Page 387 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Hardware Unit References 5.1 H ARDWARE EFERENCES Description Doc. No. Indoor: BS 414 Base Station 4-Carrier D100200-REF BS 411 Base Station 8-Carrier D100300-REF BS 411 Base Station 8-Carrier High Power...

  • Page 388: Recommended Hardware

    TetraFlex® - Recommended hardware 5.2 R ECOMMENDED HARDWARE The following hardware represents the items used at DAMM These items are not mandatory, but the list indicates items which are tested, and thus can be recommended for use All listed items may be purchased from DAMM...

  • Page 389: Sealed Coaxial Cable 880014

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Recommended hardware 5.2.1 Sealed Coaxial cable 880014 5-370 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...
  • Page 390 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Recommended hardware 5-371 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 391: Ethernet Cable 105091 / 105092

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Recommended hardware 5.2.2 Ethernet cable 105091 / 105092 5-372 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...
  • Page 392 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Recommended hardware 5-373 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...
  • Page 393 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Recommended hardware 5-374 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...
  • Page 394 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Recommended hardware 5-375 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 395: Power Cable 105093 / 105094

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Recommended hardware 5.2.3 Power cable 105093 / 105094 5-376 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 396: Sb421 Internal Battery 7980001

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Recommended hardware 5.2.4 SB421 internal battery 7980001 5-377 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...
  • Page 397 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Recommended hardware 5-378 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 398: Gps Antenna 8230001

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Recommended hardware 5.2.5 GPS antenna 8230001 5-379 TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...

  • Page 399: Tetraflex Fuses Replacements

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Recommended hardware 5.2.6 TetraFlex Fuses replacements Item no. Description Installed in Installed position 794005 Fuse 5x20 6.3A F IR 63A TR412 Transceiver F801 + F802 Schurter 0034.1524...

  • Page 400: Part-6: List Of Figures & Index

    Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - List of Figures Part-6: List of Figures & Index ccclxxxi TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...
  • Page 401 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - List of Figures 6.1 L IST OF IGURES FIGURE 1-1: SB421 VARIANTS FIGURE 1-2: BSC421 FIGURE 1-3: BSC LED'S FIGURE 1-4: FUSE LISTING FIGURE 1-5: INTERCONNECTION BOARD...
  • Page 402 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - List of Figures FIGURE 2-20: VOICE GATEWAY STATUS 2-115 FIGURE 2-21: VOICE GW IP 2-115 FIGURE 2-22: GATEKEEPER REGISTRATION 2-116 FIGURE 2-23: OBJECTS IN PABX MODE (EXAMPLE)
  • Page 403 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - List of Figures FIGURE 3-20: SERVICE RESTRICTIONS 3-208 FIGURE 3-21: RADIO CELL RESTRICTIONS 3-210 FIGURE 3-22: SUBSCRIBER CLASS 3-210 FIGURE 3-23: PROFILE SECURITY MODE 3-211 FIGURE 3-24: TEA DETAILS...
  • Page 404 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - List of Figures FIGURE 3-75: SDS OUTBOX 3-267 FIGURE 3-76: SDS DETAILS 3-268 FIGURE 3-77: EMERGENCY SDS 3-268 FIGURE 3-78: POSITIONING GOOGLE 3-270 FIGURE 3-79: OVERLAY ON GOOGLE MAP 3-272 ®...
  • Page 405 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - List of Figures ccclxxxvi TetraFlex® 7.5 Manual...
  • Page 406 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Alphabetic Index 6.2 A LPHABETIC NDEX ADU200 · 3-243, 3-244, 3-261, 3-268 Date Limit · 18, 2-38, 2-39, 2-44, 2-45, 2-46, 2-47, 2-48, 2-102, always displayed · 3-255 3-170 Always Displayed ·...
  • Page 407 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Alphabetic Index GW · 18, 19, 2-38, 2-62, 2-98, , 2-119, MNC · 18, 19, 2-129, 3-190, 3-218 2-114 2-115 2-116 2-117 2-121, 2-123, 2-125, 2-150, 3-170, 3-198, 3-199, 3-200, 3- MS ·...
  • Page 408 Doc. No. Rev. Date 1.00 2013-1-4 Damm Cellular Systems A/S, Denmark TetraFlex® - Alphabetic Index SCK · 19 TSI · 19, 3-218, 3-249, 3-312 SDS · 19, 3-233, 3-235, 3-247, 3-266, 3-267, 3-268 search · 2-70, 2-125, 3-249 SELV · 19, 1-10, 1-14, 1-19, 2-58, 2-64 Service restrictions ·...

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