Cellphone-Mate SureCall Force-5 User Manual page 27

Force-5(CM5000) Amplifier - Installa
5.4 - Tes
Once the amplifier is powered on and no Warning
lights are illuminated, walk around the en re area
to test the voice and/or data signal. Refine the
antenna loca and/or gain levels as needed,
and then complete the permanent installa
once the system is working as desired.
5.5 - Adjus
Keep the following points in mind when adjus
the amplifier:
• Full power is not always your best op
goal is to obtain a usable cellular signal in as
many areas of the building as possible. A suc-
cessful installa
calls without dropping and/or have a reliable
data c
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means that you can make
• Do not expect to see 5 bars of r
everywhere in the building as this is pr
impossible. Also, signal strength in dB can vary
significantly without necessarily aff
number of bars displayed because different
phone and data card manufacturers handle
bars slightly differently.
• A good rule of thumb is that increasing gain by
6dB doubles the coverage distance of the inte-
rior antennas. Start at the lowest gain se ng
and increase gain gradually as needed.
• If one or more red Warning lights comes on,that
indicates that there's oscillation in that band and
Your
the band will immediately shut down. If the dB
gain is not adjusted, the Warning light will
continue flashing. The amplifier will power down
and will then wake every 30 seconds for the next
15 minutes to see if the problem has been
resolved. If the problem has not been resolved with
cally
the