Doing A Site Survey To Determine Coverage Areas; Testing Coverage Areas Of Individual Antennas; Figure 4-1 A Beltpack's Site Survey Screen - Clear-Com ECLIPSE DIGITAL WIRELESS User Manual

E C L I P S E W I R E L E S S C O M M U N I C A T I O N S Y S T E M
DOING A SITE SURVEY TO DETERMINE COVERAGE
AREAS
Some Eclipse users may want to test coverage areas more extensively before
setting up a a complete system. Testing a system in the setting in which it will be
located helps you to set up the system successfully to meet your needs. Factors in
the local setting may affect the areas a system can cover, so it is important to plan
a site setup accordingly.
Doing a complete site survey, as described below, helps you to set up an optimal
system.

TESTING COVERAGE AREAS OF INDIVIDUAL ANTENNAS

1. Place the Eclipse matrix in a convenient location. Register one beltpack to the
matrix.
2. Place one antenna in the center of the coverage area.
3. Put the beltpack into "site survey mode" by first pressing the power button on
the back of the beltpack, and then simultaneously pressing the two front-panel
scroll buttons.
• When you do this, the beltpack's display shows the "site survey" screen.
Figure 4-1 shows a beltpack's site survey screen.
4. Walk around the antenna with the beltpack, monitoring the beltpack's signal
strength and error rate at various distances.
The signal strength is shown in the Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI)
field in the leftmost lower corner of the beltpack's display. The error rate is
shown in the ERR field in the middle of the display.
Received Signal Strength
Indication, ranges from 0 to 55.
Best beltpack performance is at
30 or above.
Figure 4-1: A Beltpack's Site Survey Screen
RPN field shows the antenna
that the beltpack is connected to.
RFPI: EIC RPN 10
0-0000-000-00-00
Carr: 0 Slot: 2
RSS!: 30 Errs: 0.1%
Error rate should not
exceed a few percent.
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