Deployment Data Configuration - Futurecom PDR8000 Programming Manual

Deployment Data Configuration

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 up 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 power to the "last active" Deployment Profile. During
field use the active Deployment Profile can be changed, 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) configuration software 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 the same.
The PDR8000 can be configured for 10 different Deployment profiles. 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 Futurecom Repeater Configurator (FRC) to modify/load the new set of configuration parameters
into the PDR8000. Please see the Table below for supported Hardware Platform, Wireline Interface,
Repeater Operation and Channel Types.
Hardware Platform
PDR
PDR
PDR
Satellite Rx
Satellite Tx
2021-11-0
Wireline Interface
None
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DFSI
V.24
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Repeater Channel Type
Operation
Repeater Digital, Analog & Mixed Channels
Base/Repeater Digital Channels only
Base/Repeater Digital, Analog & Mixed Channels
Base Digital Channels only
Base Digital Channels only
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