Deployment Profiles - Futurecom PDR8000 Manual

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4 DEPLOYMENT PROFILES

PDR8000 is intended to be utilized in a variety of different scenarios, each supported by
customizing PDR8000's configuration parameters to match the needs of a given deployment.
Since PDR8000 is intended to be an easily re-deployed unit, it offers an optional feature
allowing multiple Deployment Profiles to be pre-programmed. The desired pre-configured
Deployment Profile is easily activated from the unit's front panel keypad/display.
If the option for Deployment Profile Capability is enabled, PDR8000 can be programmed with up
to ten different Deployment Profiles, each uniquely defining the operational characteristics of the
PDR8000.
This capability can be used, for example, to pre-provision the PDR8000 with one Deployment
Profile used when the unit is deployed as a Standalone Repeater, utilizing a set of frequencies,
timings, access codes, etc., and then having a separate Deployment Profile defined for
connecting the same PDR8000 to a Motorola comparator or infrastructure core utilizing a
wireline link and potentially different RF frequencies. By utilizing the ten possible Deployment
Profiles, PDR8000 can be ready to "pick up and go" for a large number of common use case
scenarios. The PDR8000 can be configured to power-up to a specific Deployment Profile, or
can boot to the "last active" Deployment Profile. During field use the active Deployment Profile
can be changed, via activation through the front-panel display.
This capability also makes it possible to keep some common configurations on-board in
PDR8000's Deployment Profile set, and then utilize one or more of the other Deployment
Profiles as "temporary" set-ups, which can be configured without having to overwrite the
commonly used ones.
PDR8000's Futurecom Repeater Configurator (FRC) provides the ability to create new
Deployment Profiles from scratch, or to duplicate a known Deployment Profile and allow minor
modifications to it, for use when operational requirements are similar but not exactly the same.
If the Deployment Profile Capability is not enabled, PDR8000 has the ability to be programmed
with a single set of configuration parameters. In this case, any need to switch to a different set
of operational parameters requires a PC running the Futurecom Repeater Configurator (FRC) to
modify/load the new set of configuration parameters into the PDR8000.
Note that within any Deployment Profile created to operate PDR8000 as a standalone repeater,
the PDR8000 can be configured with a mixture of P25/digital channels, analog channels, and
mixed-mode channels. However, if a Deployment Profile is configured to utilize the V.24
wireline interface, that Deployment Profile is capable of supporting P25/digital channels only.
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