Bench Test Units - Wi-LAN Hopper Plus 120-24 Installation And Configuration Manual

At this time you may want finish configuring the unit according to the network plan. See Configuration,
Note:
page 31 for instructions about viewing and changing various settings.

Bench Test Units

In this section, you will perform the following tasks.
• Ensure that a basic RF link exists between a base station and a remote unit
• Test the ability of the link to carry test data
• Perform a simple network test
Establishing a Basic RF Link
This test ensures that a basic RF link exists between a base station and a remote unit.
The quality of your digital data transmission depends greatly on the quality of your RF
link. Always try to establish a high-quality RF link first. A high-quality RF link will
result in high-quality data transmissions and a low BER. A low-quality RF link will result
in low-quality data transmissions and a high bit error rate (BER). Digital data can always
be sent across a high-quality RF link. If the RF link is of poor quality, data either cannot
Tip: First configure one unit as a base station, and then use it to test all the remote units.
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To establish a basic RF link
1. Ensure that one unit is configured to a base station, select a center frequency and set the test minutes.
See Configuring a Base
2. Ensure that the other unit(s) are configured as remote units and with the center frequency the same as
the base station. See
3. Place the base station and a remote unit at least twenty meters apart with a clear line of sight between
antennas.
For directional antennas, point antennas toward each other. For a dipole antenna, orient the antenna
vertically.
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IMPORTANT
be sent at all or will contain too many errors to be useful..
Station, page 16.
Configuring a Remote Unit, page 19.
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