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Communications
Test Set
3550 / 3550R
Operation Manual
Issue-11
EXPORT CONTROL WARNING: This document contains controlled technical data under the
jurisdiction of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), 15 CFR 730-774. It cannot be
transferred to any foreign third party without the specific prior approval of the U.S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). Violations of these regulations are punishable
by fine, imprisonment, or both.

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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Communications Test Set 3550 / 3550R Operation Manual Issue-11 EXPORT CONTROL WARNING: This document contains controlled technical data under the jurisdiction of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), 15 CFR 730-774. It cannot be transferred to any foreign third party without the specific prior approval of the U.S.
  • Page 2 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com OPERATION MANUAL COMMUNICATIONS TEST SET 3550 / 3550R P U B L I S H E D B Y A e r o f l e x C O P Y R I G H T  A e r o f l e x 2 0 1 6 A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d .
  • Page 3 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com E l e c t r o m a g n e t i c C o m p a t i b i l i t y : F o r c o n t i n u e d E M C c o m p l i a n c e , a l l e x t e r n a l c a b l e s m u s t b e s h i e l d e d a n d t h r e e m e t e r s o r l e s s i n l e n g t h .
  • Page 4 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com T H I S P A G E I N T E N T I O N A L L Y L E F T B L A N K . S u b j e c t t o E x p o r t C o n t r o l , s e e C o v e r P a g e f o r d e t a i l s .
  • Page 5 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SAFETY FIRST: TO ALL O PERATIO NS PERSO NNEL R E F E R A L L S E R V I C I N G O F U N I T T O Q U A L I F I E D T E C H N I C A L P E R S O N N E L . T H I S U N I T C O N T A I N S N O O P E R A T O R S E R V I C E A B L E P A R T S .
  • Page 6 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com T H I S P A G E I N T E N T I O N A L L Y L E F T B L A N K . S u b j e c t t o E x p o r t C o n t r o l , s e e C o v e r P a g e f o r d e t a i l s .
  • Page 7 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY The Declaration of Conformity Certificate included with the Unit should remain with the Unit. Aeroflex recommends the operator reproduce a copy of the Declaration of Conformity Certificate to be stored with the Operation Manual for future reference.
  • Page 8 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com T H I S P A G E I N T E N T I O N A L L Y L E F T B L A N K . S u b j e c t t o E x p o r t C o n t r o l , s e e C o v e r P a g e f o r d e t a i l s .
  • Page 9 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com RoHs Product Information for People’s Republic of China Toxic or Haz ardous Subst ance Cont ent Table The table pr ov ided below lis ts infor mation as r equir ed by People’s Republic of China Elec tr onic Indus tr y Standar d SJ /T11364- 2006, Mar k ing for Contr ol of Pollution Caus ed by Elec tr onic Infor mation Pr oduc ts .
  • Page 10 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com RoHs Product Information for People’s Republic of China (cont) Pollut ion Cont rol Marking The following mar k ing is loc ated on all Aer oflex pr oduc ts s old in China. The number in the c enter indic ates the Env ir onmental Pr otec tion Us e Per iod.
  • Page 11 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com PREFACE SCO PE T h i s M a n u a l c o n t a i n s I n s t r u c t i o n s f o r o p e r a t i n g t h e 3 5 5 0 / 3 5 5 0 R . I t i s s t r o n g l y r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t t h e O p e r a t o r b e t h o r o u g h l y f a m i l i a r w i t h t h i s m a n u a l b e f o r e a t t e m p t i n g t o o p e r a t e t h e e q u i p m e n t .

  • Page 12: Table Of Contents

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com TABLE OF CONTENTS P A R A G R A P H P A G E CHAPTER 1 - INTRO DUCTIO N 1 - 1 G e n e r a l I n f o r m a t i o n ..................1 - 1 1 - 1 A S c o p e .
  • Page 13 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com P A R A G R A P H P A G E CHAPTER 3 - MAINTENANCE 3 - 1 S e r v i c e U p o n R e c e i p t ................. . . 3 - 1 3 - 1 - 1 S e r v i c e U p o n R e c e i p t o f M a t e r i a l .
  • Page 14 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / TABLES LIST O F TABLES T I T L E P A G E I / O C o n n e c t o r s A - 1 A U D I O C o n n e c t o r P i n - O u t T a b l e A - 2 R E MO T E C o n n e c t o r P i n - O u t T a b l e...
  • Page 15 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SERVICE UPON RECEIPT OF MATERIAL Unpacking U s e t h e f o l l o w i n g s t e p s f o r u n p a c k i n g t h e 3 5 5 0 / 3 5 5 0 R. ...
  • Page 16 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Checking Unpacked Equipment ( cont ) S T A N D A R D I T E M S D E S C R I P T I O N P A R T N U M B E R Q T Y 3 5 5 0 / 3 5 5 0 R C o m m u n i c a t i o n s T e s t S e t A d a p t e r ( B N C - F t o T N C - M) *...
  • Page 17 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Checking Unpacked Equipment ( cont ) S T A N D A R D I T E M S A d a p t e r ( B N C - F t o T N C - M) A n t e n n a ( B N C ) ( 5 0 M H z ) ( H F ) 2 3 7 5 8 9 1 4 9...
  • Page 18 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Checking Unpacked Equipment ( cont ) S T A N D A R D I T E M S C a s e , T r a n s i t C o v e r / S t a n d 9 1 7 0 6 9 1 6 7 9 E x t e r n a l D C P o w e r S u p p l y...
  • Page 19 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Checking Unpacked Equipment ( cont ) S T A N D A R D I T E M S P o w e r C a b l e ( A C ) ( C o n t i n e n t a l E u r o p e ) P o w e r C a b l e ( A C ) ( N o r t h A m e r i c a ) 2 7 4 8 0 2 7 4 7 8...
  • Page 20 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Checking Unpacked Equipment ( cont ) O P T I O N A L I T E M S ( T h e s e o p t i o n a l i t e m s m a y b e i n c l u d e d i f o r d e r e d ) D E S C R I P T I O N P A R T N U M B E R A t t e n u a t o r ( 2 0 d B / 5 0 W )
  • Page 21 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Checking Unpacked Equipment ( cont ) O P T I O N A L I T E M S A d a p t e r ( N - M t o T N C - M) A d a p t e r ( N - M t o B N C - F ) 2 3 7 6 6 2 0 3 2 7...
  • Page 22 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Checking Unpacked Equipment ( cont ) O P T I O N A L I T E M S M a n u a l , G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ( P a p e r ) M a n u a l , M a i n t e n a n c e ( C D ) ( E n g l i s h ) ( A r a b i c ) 9 1 8 5 9...

  • Page 23: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION 1-1. GENERAL INFORMATION Scope T y p e o f M a n u a l : O p e r a t i o n M a n u a l E q u i p m e n t N a m e a n d M o d e l N u m b e r : 3 5 5 0 / 3 5 5 0 R C o m m u n i c a t i o n s T e s t S e t P u r p o s e o f E q u i p m e n t :...

  • Page 24: Equipment Capabilities And Features

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-2. EQUIPMENT CAPABILITIES AND FEATURES T h e 3 5 5 0 / 3 5 5 0 R i s a T o u c h S c r e e n H a n d h e l d C o m m u n i c a t i o n s T e s t S e t f o r R a d i o i n s t a l l a t i o n t e s t i n g .

  • Page 25: Feat Ures

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Feat ures F u n c t i o n s a n d T i l e s - L MR ( O p t i o n a l F u n c t i o n s a r e s h o w n f o r d i s p l a y p u r p o s e s o n l y . ) 1 - 3 S u b j e c t t o E x p o r t C o n t r o l , s e e C o v e r P a g e f o r d e t a i l s .
  • Page 26 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Feat ures ( cont ) F u n c t i o n s a n d T i l e s - E x t e n d e d - L MR ( O p t i o n a l F u n c t i o n s a r e s h o w n f o r d i s p l a y p u r p o s e s o n l y .
  • Page 27 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Feat ures ( cont ) F u n c t i o n s a n d T i l e s - P T C ( O p t i o n a l F u n c t i o n s a r e s h o w n f o r d i s p l a y p u r p o s e s o n l y . ) 1 - 5 S u b j e c t t o E x p o r t C o n t r o l , s e e C o v e r P a g e f o r d e t a i l s .
  • Page 28 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Feat ures ( cont ) F u n c t i o n s a n d T i l e s - E x t e n d e d - P T C ( O p t i o n a l F u n c t i o n s a r e s h o w n f o r d i s p l a y p u r p o s e s o n l y .

  • Page 29: Equipment Data

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA N O T E • W h e r e s p e c i f i e d r e s o l u t i o n e x c e e d s s p e c i f i e d a c c u r a c y , t h e s p e c i f i e d r e s o l u t i o n t a k e s p r e c e d e n c e .
  • Page 30 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA (cont) S S B P H A S E N O I S E : ............... . < - 8 0 d B c / H z a t 2 0 k H z o f f s e t S P U R I O U S H a r m o n i c s : .
  • Page 31 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA (cont) A M M O D U L A T I O N A M M o d u l a t i o n F r e q u e n c y ( R a t e ) : R a n g e : .
  • Page 32 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA (cont) A U D I O G E N E R A T O R S ( A F G E N 1 A N D A F G E N 2 ) N O T E I f t w o s o u r c e s a r e s e l e c t e d , t h e y a r e s u m m e d t o g e t h e r .
  • Page 33 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA (cont) R F R E C E I V E R F R E Q U E N C Y R A N G E : ..................2 t o 1 0 0 0 M H z A C C U R A C Y : .
  • Page 34 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA (cont) D U P L E X N O T E D u p l e x T e s t i s R e c e i v e r a n d T r a n s m i t t e r T e s t s s i m u l t a n e o u s l y . P e r f o r m a n c e p a r a m e t e r s a r e t h e s a m e a s t h e i n d e p e n d e n t R e c e i v e r a n d T r a n s m i t t e r T e s t S c r e e n s .
  • Page 35 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA (cont) R F P O W E R M E T E R ( B r o a d b a n d R F P o w e r i n t o T / R C o n n e c t o r ) ( c o n t ) E x t e r n a l 2 0 d B A t t e n u a t o r A c c u r a c y 5 0 W A t t e n u a t o r : .
  • Page 36 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA (cont) A U D I O M E T E R S A U D I O I N P U T ( E X T A U D I N ) ( B N C I n p u t o n H a n d s e t ) E X T A U D I N I n p u t : F r e q u e n c y R a n g e : .
  • Page 37 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA (cont) O S C I L L O S C O P E ( O P T I O N A L ) S i n g l e I n p u t C h a n n e l s : ............D V M , A u d i o I n , I n t e r n a l D e m o d I n p u t I m p e d a n c e : D V M I n p u t : .
  • Page 38 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA (cont) T I M E B A S E S T A N D A R D O S C I L L A T O R T e m p e r a t u r e S t a b i l i t y : ..............0 . 1 5 p p m a t - 2 0 ° C t o 7 0 ° C A g i n g : .
  • Page 39 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA (cont) E N V I R O N M E N T A L / P H Y S I C A L O V E R A L L D I M E N S I O N S : ....2 3 1 m m ( 9 . 1 i n ) ( W ) , 2 8 5 m m ( 1 1 . 2 i n ) ( L ) , 7 0 m m ( 2 . 8 i n ) ( D ) W E I G H T : .
  • Page 40 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA (cont) C O M P L I A N C E / S A F E T Y U s e : ................... . MI L - P R F - 2 8 8 0 0 F , C l a s s 2 S a l t E x p o s u r e , E n c l o s u r e ( 3 5 5 0 R ) A c o u s t i c N o i s e E x p l o s i v e A t m o s p h e r e...
  • Page 41 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-3. EQUIPMENT DATA (cont) D C I N P U T C O N N E C T O R ( D C I N ) D C I n p u t V o l t a g e R a n g e : ................. . . 1 1 t o 3 2 V d c D C P o w e r I n p u t : Ma x i mu m: .

  • Page 42: P R I N C I P L E S O F O P E R A T I O

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1-4. PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION T h e 3 5 5 0 / 3 5 5 0 R c o n t a i n s t h e f o l l o w i n g a s s e m b l i e s : T/ R S WR DV M...

  • Page 43: Chapter 2 - Operating Instructions

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CHAPTER 2 - OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS 2-1. OPERATOR’S CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS 2 - 1 S u b j e c t t o E x p o r t C o n t r o l , s e e C o v e r P a g e f o r d e t a i l s .
  • Page 44 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-1. OPERATOR’S CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS (cont) A N T C o n n e c t o r U s e d f o r o ve r - t h e - a i r t e s t s . T/ R C o n n e c t o r U s e d f o r h i g h p o we r d i r e c t c o n n e c t i o n t o r a d i o e q u i p m e n t .

  • Page 45: Function Tabs And Function Windows

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2. FUNCTION TABS AND FUNCTION WINDOWS F u n c t i o n s a n d T i l e s - L MR ( O p t i o n a l F u n c t i o n s a r e s h o w n f o r d i s p l a y p u r p o s e s o n l y . ) 2 - 3 S u b j e c t t o E x p o r t C o n t r o l , s e e C o v e r P a g e f o r d e t a i l s .
  • Page 46 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2. FUNCTION TABS AND FUNCTION WINDOWS (cont) F u n c t i o n s a n d T i l e s - P T C ( O p t i o n a l F u n c t i o n s a r e s h o w n f o r d i s p l a y p u r p o s e s o n l y . ) 2 - 4 S u b j e c t t o E x p o r t C o n t r o l , s e e C o v e r P a g e f o r d e t a i l s .

  • Page 47: Screen Icons

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-1. SCREEN ICONS T h e S y s t e m i c o n s a r e d i s p l a y e d i n t h r e e m o d e s a t t h e b o t t o m o f t h e s c r e e n . W h e n t h e S y s t e m i c o n s a r e s e t t o m i n i m i z e m o d e ( d e f a u l t s e t t i n g ) , s e l e c t t h e S y s t e m i c o n t a b t o d i s p l a y t h e S y s t e m i c o n s .
  • Page 48 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-1. SCREEN ICONS (cont) I C O N F U N C T I O N O p e n s a n d c l o s e s t h e S t a t u s B a r . A p p l i e s t h e e x t e r n a l r e f e r e n c e ( F r e q - F l e x ) C a l i b r a t i o n v a l u e ( i f c a l i b r a t e d ) .
  • Page 49 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-1. SCREEN ICONS (cont) T h e F u n c t i o n W i n d o w i c o n s a r e d i s p l a y e d a t t h e b o t t o m r i g h t o f t h e F u n c t i o n W i n d o w s . I C O N F U N C T I O N S w i t c h e s b e t w e e n n o t e p a d a n d s l i d e r b a r .
  • Page 50 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-1. SCREEN ICONS (cont) T h e M a r k e r i c o n s a r e d i s p l a y e d o n t h e F u n c t i o n W i n d o w s . I C O N F U N C T I O N E n a b l e s m a r k e r d e l t a m e a s u r e m e n t s f o r t h e f i r s t t w o...

  • Page 51: Touch Screen

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-2. TOUCH SCREEN Touch Screen Use ( 3 5 5 0 ) T h e 3 5 5 0 c o n t a i n s a c a p a c i t i v e T o u c h S c r e e n t h a t i s r e s p o n s i v e t o t h e t o u c h o f a h u m a n f i n g e r . T h e “...
  • Page 52 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-2. TOUCH SCREEN (cont) User Int erf ace ( UI) Component s ( cont ) F u n c t i o n T a b s T h e L a u n c h B a r c o n s i s t s o f F u n c t i o n T a b s t h a t i d e n t i f y f u n c t i o n s i n s t a l l e d i n t h e T e s t S e t . P r e s s i n g a F u n c t i o n T a b o p e n s t h e F u n c t i o n W i n d o w o n t h e U I o r b r i n g s a n o p e n e d F u n c t i o n W i n d o w t o t h e f o r e f r o n t o f t h e U I .
  • Page 53 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-2. TOUCH SCREEN (cont) User Int erf ace ( UI) Component s ( cont ) F u n c t i o n W i n d o w s ( c o n t ) F u n c t i o n W i n d o w s c a n b e d i s p l a y e d i n m u l t i p l e s h a p e s ( w h e n a p p l i c a b l e ) .
  • Page 54 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-2. TOUCH SCREEN (cont) User Int erf ace ( UI) Component s ( cont ) F u n c t i o n W i n d o w s ( c o n t ) M u l t i p l e F u n c t i o n W i n d o w s c a n b e d i s p l a y e d o n t h e d i s p l a y a r e a a t a n y o n e t i m e .
  • Page 55 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-2. TOUCH SCREEN (cont) User Int erf ace ( UI) Component s ( cont ) N u m e r i c K e y p a d W h e n N u m e r i c D a t a F i e l d s a r e e d i t e d , t h e N u m e r i c K e y p a d i s d i s p l a y e d . T h e N u m e r i c K e y p a d a l l o w s t h e u s e r t o e n t e r a s p e c i f i c n u m e r i c v a l u e .
  • Page 56 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-2. TOUCH SCREEN (cont) User Int erf ace ( UI) Component s ( cont ) S l i d e r B a r T h e S l i d e r B a r a l l o w s t h e u s e r t o s e l e c t a n d c h a n g e a d e f i n e d r a n g e o f v a l u e s . T h e v a l u e s t o b e c h a n g e d a r e i n d i c a t e d b y a b o u n d i n g b o x ( b o x w i t h a w h i t e b a c k g r o u n d ) .
  • Page 57 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-2. TOUCH SCREEN (cont) User Int erf ace ( UI) Component s ( cont ) K e y b o a r d T h e K e y b o a r d i s d i s p l a y e d w h e n a T e x t D a t a F i e l d i s s e l e c t e d f o r e d i t i n g . T h e K e y b o a r d f u n c t i o n s s i m i l a r t o a n e x t e r n a l k e y b o a r d .
  • Page 58 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-2. TOUCH SCREEN (cont) User Int erf ace ( UI) Component s ( cont ) M e s s a g e W i n d o w s M e s s a g e w i n d o w s a r e d i s p l a y e d w i t h i n f o r m a t i o n o r t o r e q u e s t u s e r i n t e r a c t i o n . L o c k e d F i e l d s A n e d i t a b l e f i e l d u p d a t e s t o t h e L o c k e d s t a t e w h e n t h e T e s t S e t e x p e r i e n c e s a c o n d i t i o n w h i c h m a k e s t h e f i e l d u n - e d i t a b l e .

  • Page 59: S U S P E N D ( S L E E P ) M O D

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-3. SUSPEND (SLEEP) MODE T h e 3 5 5 0 / 3 5 5 0 R c a n b e p l a c e d i n “ s u s p e n d ( s l e e p ) ” m o d e w h i c h d e c r e a s e s b a t t e r y u s a g e a n d i n c r e a s e s t h e a m o u n t o f t i m e t h e 3 5 5 0 / 3 5 5 0 R c a n o p e r a t e o n b a t t e r y p o w e r .
  • Page 60 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-3. SUSPEND (SLEEP) MODE (cont) P r e s s t h e S u s p e n d B u t t o n o n t h e S y s t e m M e n u t o p l a c e t h e 3 5 5 0 / 3 5 5 0 R i n t o “ s u s p e n d ( s l e e p ) ”...
  • Page 61 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2-2-3. SUSPEND (SLEEP) MODE (cont) W h e n t h e 3 5 5 0 / 3 5 5 0 R i s i n “ s u s p e n d ( s l e e p ) ” mo d e , p r e s s t h e H O ME K e y o n c e t o d i s p l a y t h e c u r r e n t t i m e a n d b a t t e r y l i f e r e m a i n i n g .

  • Page 62: M U L T I - L A N G U A G E S U P P O R

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  • Page 117 We reserve the right to make design changes without notice. Go to http://ats.aeroflex.com/contact/sales-distribution for Sales and Service contact information. EXPORT CONTROL WARNING: This document contains controlled technical data under the jurisdiction of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), 15 CFR 730-774.

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