BESA Vega TS-12 User Manual

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NETWORK TESTER

VEGA TS-12

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User Manual contains information how to work with

LoRaWAN™ network autonomic tester Vega TS-12, and

also contains warranty terms and conditions and rules

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Page 1 NETWORK TESTER VEGA TS-12 User Manual User Manual contains information how to work with LoRaWAN™ network autonomic tester Vega TS-12, and also contains warranty terms and conditions and rules www.vega-absolute.ru for operating, storage and transportation www.vega-absolute.ru...
Page 2 Document information Title Network tester Vega TS-12 Document type Manual – translation from Russian Document number V02-TS12-01 Revision and date 02 – 08 October 2019 This document applies to the following products: Product name Type number End devices Vega TS-12...
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Vega TS-12 / User Manual CONTENT 1 DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION ............................3 2 SPECIFICATION .................................... 5 3 FAST NETWORK TESTING ................................ 6 4 DEVICE OPERATING ................................... 7 User interface ....................................7 Work screen 1 –Uplink and Downlink demodulation margin ................... 8 Work screen 2 –...
Page 4: Description And Operation
Vega TS-12 / User Manual 1 DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION Network tester Vega TS-12 designed for testing LoRaWAN networks during its deploying and setting up Tester sends a special signal to the LoRaWAN™ network (‘Uplink’ packet), in response to which the tester received a confirmation (‘Downlink’ packet).
Page 5 Vega TS-12 / User Manual Receiving window number at which confirmation was received (1 or 2); ▪ ▪ UDM - Uplink demodulation margin (hereinafter UM); DDM - Downlink demodulation margin (hereinafter DM); ▪ PER (packet error rate) – relation of the received packets number to the total ▪...
Page 6: Specification
Vega TS-12 / User Manual 2 SPECIFICATION Main Operating temperatures -40…+85 °С Display OLED, 1,3” USB-port micro-USB, 5 V, 500 mA LoRaWAN LoRaWAN class А Supported LoRaWAN channels number No less than 16 LoRaWAN antenna type internal Sensitivity -138 dBm...
Page 7: Fast Network Testing
Vega TS-12 / User Manual 3 FAST NETWORK TESTING Press ‘Up’ Press ‘OK’ button: button The first Waiting for pressing – device loading connection to the network, the second – network test Press ‘Left’ button for display switching Successful transmissions in...
Page 8: Device Operating
Vega TS-12 / User Manual 4 DEVICE OPERATING USER INTERFACE Tester equipped with control buttons, sound speaker and OLED display. Every pressing on the button accompaniment with sound signal if device sound is not off. To common main menu it need to press ‘OK’ button while device is on. Menu appears independent on what was on the display before button pressing.
Page 9: Work Screen 1 -Uplink And Downlink Demodulation Margin
Vega TS-12 / User Manual WORK SCREEN 1 –UPLINK AND DOWNLINK DEMODULATION MARGIN Work screen appears just after device switch on. Switching between screens carried out by pressing ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ buttons. During the testing process, you can freely navigate between them to get more completely information about the network.
Page 10 Vega TS-12 / User Manual from 0 to 5 Communication on the brink of failure, unstable connection to the network from 5 to 10 Border zone, stable communication is not guaranteed above 10 Good signal strength, confident communication ‘Gateway’ icon - displays the activity of the communication process as an animation.
Page 11 Vega TS-12 / User Manual Connection to the network is successful – filled bar Join-request, is displayed as a shaded bar A shaded bar appears on the DM diagram if a failed attempt is made also. In total, the network tester takes three attempts to join the network.
Page 12 Vega TS-12 / User Manual ‘P’ icon – automatic mode indicator is located near the ‘Gateway’ icon. If it is, automatic test mode is on, if not - off. ‘GPS’ icon DM diagram UM diagram ‘P’ icon Diagrams DM and UM - the arrow indicates the direction of the radio signal propagation, and the diagram shows the history of its change.
Page 13: Work Screen 2 - Full Information About The Network
Vega TS-12 / User Manual WORK SCREEN 2 – FULL INFORMATION ABOUT THE NETWORK Work screen 2 allows you to get the following information: PER coefficient – percent of successful transmissions; ▪ Number of visible gateways; ▪ Tester’s join status;...
Page 14 Vega TS-12 / User Manual Percent of successful transmissions – PER (Packet error rate) coefficient is calculated as the ratio of the number of confirmations received by the tester from the network to the total number of requests, expressed as a percentage. It can vary from 0 (no one confirmation has come, or PER is less than 1% and rounding up to integer) to 100% (the number of confirmations is equal to the number of requests).
Page 15 Vega TS-12 / User Manual Parameters of the latest packet received by tester – to the right of the title bar there is information display from top to bottom in order: COUNT – total number of ‘Downlink’ packets received by the tester;...
Page 16: Work Screen 3 - Downlink Signal Rssi And Uplink Demodulation Margin Diagrams
Vega TS-12 / User Manual WORK SCREEN 3 – DOWNLINK SIGNAL RSSI AND UPLINK DEMODULATION MARGIN DIAGRAMS Work screen 3 allows you to get the follow information: RSSI (Received signal strength indicator) – ‘Downlink’ signal power expressed as ▪ dBm;...
Page 17 Vega TS-12 / User Manual send, the diagram shifts to the right, and the bar corresponding to the last received value appears on the left. If the communication session was successful and the data was received, then the bar on the diagram is filled with white color, if the session has not passed or the data is not received, then the bar is shaded.
Page 18: Work Screen 4 - Satellite Positioning
Vega TS-12 / User Manual WORK SCREEN 4 – SATELLITE POSITIONING Work screen 4 allows you to get the follow information: Number of visible satellites GPS and GLN (GLONASS) all and separately; ▪ Relative satellite signal level; ▪ Tester coordinates LAT (latitude), LON (longitude), expressed in degrees and ALT ▪...
Page 19 Vega TS-12 / User Manual ‘GPS’ icon absent, - all information not valid When satellite positioning function is on there are two possible states of ‘GPS’ icon: Searching for satellites and Coordinates defined; all determining coordinates; information is current and information about the number update once a second.
Page 20 Vega TS-12 / User Manual The left side of the screen displays the number of visible satellites and signal level; that information is valid always during the satellite positioning function is on. The right side of the screen displays navigation data, coordinates, time, altitude, number of used satellites and HDOP.
Page 21: Settings
Vega TS-12 / User Manual SETTINGS To go to the settings menu, you need to call up the main menu by clicking on the ‘OK’ button. Press the ‘Left’ / ‘Right’ button to move the cursor to select the ‘Settings’ icon and press the ‘OK’...
Page 22 Vega TS-12 / User Manual That screen is seems like below: Move through the parameters list – the ‘Up’ / ‘Down’ buttons, parameter choice – the ‘Right’ / ‘Left’ buttons, edit choosing value – the ‘Up’ / ‘Down’ buttons Move on level above – the ‘OK’...
Page 23 Vega TS-12 / User Manual on the device. If no device button is pressed, then after timeout expired the network tester goes to sleep mode, to save the battery power. The auto-off function is deactivated during the device operates in the automatic test mode.
Page 24: Pin-Code Access To Settings
Vega TS-12 / User Manual PIN-CODE ACCESS TO SETTINGS In case of need you may to limit access to settings menu by the forth sign code. This parameter is set in settings and when the parameter is ON the enter PIN field appears with every attempt of settings menu call.
Page 25: Automatic Test Mode
Vega TS-12 / User Manual If you enter the right code, the «ОК» message will appears and the tester will displays the settings menu. If you enter the right code and come out from settings menu to the main menu, the tester will not require enter PIN-code again with attempt the settings menu re-call.
Page 26: Information
Vega TS-12 / User Manual The first request will be made after the period specified in the settings since the mode was activated. The function is not non-volatile; the function will be disabled the next time when the network tester is turned on. The auto-off function is disabled during the device operates in the automatic test mode.
Page 27: Firmware Update
Vega TS-12 / User Manual of the battery icon, the capacity of which increases with time. The device can be used during charging. FIRMWARE UPDATE Updating the firmware of the network tester is carried out through the micro USB port using the configurator - "Vega LoRaWAN configurator".
Page 28 Vega TS-12 / User Manual 3. Press ‘Update firmware’ button. The dialog window will appears. Choose ‘Yes’ and specify the path to the firmware file with the extension *.vbf 4. Connect the network tester to a personal computer via a USB port and turn on the network tester.
Page 29: Communication Protocol
Vega TS-12 / User Manual 5 COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL Network testers support communication protocol AdeunisRF LoRaWAN Demonstrator. Standard packet made by the principle: there is a presence bit there is a data, there is no presence bit - there is no data. Packet sent on the LoRaWAN port 4.
Page 30 Vega TS-12 / User Manual 3…0 BCD coding of the tenths of minutes 7…4 BCD coding of the hundredths of minutes 3…1 Not used Hemisphere code: 0 – East, 1 – West 0 or 1 Uplink counter 11 7…0 Uplink packets number 0…255...
Page 31: Storage And Transportation Requirements
Vega TS-12 / User Manual 6 STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS The network tester Vega TS-12 shall be stored in the original packaging in heated room at temperatures +5°С to +40°С and relative humidity less than 85%. The tester shall be transported in covered freight compartments of all types at any distance at temperatures -40°C to +85°C.
Page 32: Content Of The Package
Vega TS-12 / User Manual 7 CONTENT OF THE PACKAGE Network tester delivered complete with: Network tester Vega TS-12 – 1 pc. Factory certificate – 1 pc. Revision 02 - 08 October 2019...
Page 33: Warranty
Vega TS-12 / User Manual 8 WARRANTY The warranty period for the device is 5 years from the date of sale. The manufacturer is obligated to provide repair services or replace the failed device during the entire warranty period. The consumer undertakes to comply with the terms and conditions of transportation, storage and operation specified in this user manual.