Andrew ATC200-Lite manual

Andrew Corporation Base Station Antennas 2601 T elecom Parkway Richardson, T exas 75082-3521 T el: (214) 631-0310 Fax: (214) 631-4706 www .andrew .com A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control V ariable Electrical Downtilt System Installation and Operation User Guide Bulletin 639510 • May 2005[...]

Do not install near power lines. Power lines, telephone lines, and guy wires look the same. Assume any wire or line can Do no t insta ll on a w et or wi ndy day or whe n lightning or thunder is in the area. Do not use metal ladder . Wear shoes with rubber soles and heels. Wear protective clothing including a long- sleeved shirt and rubber gloves. N[...]

Bulletin 639510 May 2005 i Revision History Revision No. Date Description of Changes None May 2005 Released.[...]

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A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System iv May 2005 Bulletin 639510 Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage or destroy the hardware equipment used for the A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® System. ESD can occur dur- ing handling of equipment without the user feeling a sh ock. The fo llowi ng pr ecau tions shou ld be taken to prevent ESD[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Bulletin 639510 May 2005 v 5. Always avoid unnecessary movement of body , such as scufng feet across ooring, when handling ESDS equipment. Such movement will generate additional charges of static electricity . 6. When removing or replacing ESDS [...]

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Bulletin 639510 May 2005 v T able of Contents Revision History .................................................................................................... i Letter of Compliance............................................................................................. ii Declaration of Conformity .........................................[...]

T able of Contents A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System ii May 2005 Bulletin 639510 vi May 2005 Section 9 Device T est, Alarm Status and Device Information ........................... 9-1 9.1 Obtaining Device Information ..................................................................................... 9-2 9.2 Retrieving Curr[...]

Bulletin 639510 May 2005 1-1 Section 1 Controller Setup 1.1 System Description The A TC200-Lite series control system consists of an antenna system controller , actuators attached to the antennas (one for each variable tilt adjuster on an antenna), junction boxes/ splitters to daisy chain up to 32 actuators to a controller , and control cable assem[...]

Section 1–Controller Setup A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 1-2 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 Figure 1-1. ATC200-Lite Controller with RS-232 Serial Cable Attached. 2. Connect the supplied 24Vdc or 12Vdc power converter to the dc IN port on the controller (Figu re 1-1). IMPORT ANT NOTE: The power conver ter used will affect both[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 1–Controller Setup Bulletin 639510 May 2005 1-3 Power dc Not Supplied Local Control Interface Junction Box A TJB200-A01-007 Cable Assembly A TCB-B01-006 Field Installed Actuator A TM200-001 Cable Assembly A TCB-B01-060 Cable Assembly A TCB-B01-002 Ethernet (10 Base T) Equipment Cabi[...]

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Bulletin 639510 May 2005 2-1 Section 2 Program Installation 2.1 Program Download and Installation 1. Downloadtheziplecontainingthe A TC200-Litesetuplefromthe AndrewCorpora - tionwebsite(www .andrew .com).ThisziplecanbeplacedinanydirectoryonthePC’ s loc[...]

Section 2–Program Installation A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 2-2 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 Figure 2-3. Setup Introduction Screen. Figure 2-4. Installation Settings Screen.[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 2–Program Installation Bulletin 639510 May 2005 2-3 Figure 2-5. Completing Setup Screen. 2.2 Software Upgrades and Antenna Definition F ile Updates Softwareupgrades containing updatedantenna denitionles willbe availableto download fromAnd[...]

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Bulletin 639510 May 2005 3-1 Section 3 Program Startup and Configuration 3.1 Preparing for Program Startup This program is designed to congure and control Andrew’s A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® , AISG1 compliant, RET antenna system through a controller connected to a local PC. 1. V erify that the A TC200-Lite controller is turned off/powered down,[...]

Section 3–Program Startup and Conguration A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 3-2 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 Figure 3-3. ATC200-Lite Main Screen. 3.2 Serial P ort Selection at Program Startup 1. The install process places an icon for the program on the desktop (Figure 3-2). Figure 3-4. Prompt for Serial Port Selection. Figur[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 3–Program Startup and Conguration Bulletin 639510 May 2005 3-3 Figure 3-5. Selecting a Serial Port. Figure 3-6. Prompt to Select a Different Port. 4. If this occurs, use the ‘Communication’ menu located at the top of the main screen to select an available serial port. Make ce[...]

Section 3–Program Startup and Conguration A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 3-4 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 3.3 Beginning Program Operation After program startup and serial port selection, note the text displayed at the bottom of the screen in the ‘Command Status/Response’ window (Figure 3-3). This window is used to dis[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 3–Program Startup and Conguration Bulletin 639510 May 2005 3-5 Figure 3-8. Selecting ‘Antenna Files’ from Main Menu . Go to ‘Tools, A ntenna Files’ to uplo ad antenna d efinition files . This feature can be used to upload newer versions of antenna de finition files. This [...]

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Bulletin 639510 May 2005 4-1 Section 4 Device Discovery and A ddressing 4.1 Device Search After an antenna denition le has been loaded, automatically during program installation or manually by the user (see Section 3), a device search can be activated. A device search is the process by which the program performs an AISG compliant device scan [...]

Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 4-2 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 2. The ‘Auto Discovery’ bar (located at the top of the screen) and the Command Status/Re - sponse window (located at the bottom of the screen) will show the status on the search’s progress (Figure 4-2). As each dev[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing Bulletin 639510 May 2005 4-3 3. At complet ion of the search, a noticat ion will appear showing the number of devices found (Figure 4-3). NOTE: If it is known that devices are present and operational, but none were found by the device search, it [...]

Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 4-4 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 4.2 A ddressing 1. If desired, these devices can be manually readdressed by the user . It is important to note that if manual addressing is performed, the ‘Find Device’ search function will automatically clear all ma[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing Bulletin 639510 May 2005 4-5 3. A message will appear that the device was successfully removed from the address it originally held. Click ‘OK’ to return to the ‘Manual Addressing’ screen (Figure 4-7). 4. T o assign a specic address that i[...]

Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 4-6 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 6. The ‘Manual Addressing’ screen will automatically suggest the rst avail - able address. The default serial num - ber for a device with an unassigned address is a series of zeros. If the suggested address is acc[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing Bulletin 639510 May 2005 4-7 Click ‘Close’. Figure 4-13. Closing ‘Manual Addressing’ Screen. 9. Click ‘Close’ (Figure 4-13). 10. T he de vic e will disp lay it s new add re ss in the ‘Device Information’ list on the main screen (Figu[...]

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Bulletin 639510 May 2005 5-1 Section 5 Device Configuration After new devices are found and addressed in the A TC200-Lite program, each device is ready to be congured. New devices, that have never been congured before, will display the status as ‘Not Congured’ in the ‘Device Information’ list. 1. T o begin device conguration, cl[...]

Section 5–Device Conguration A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 5-2 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 Note the following in Figure 5-2: • The ID of the device to be congured is displayed in the title bar of the dialog box. • Devices that have never been congured before will display blank elds for all param - eters, wi[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 5–Device Conguration Bulletin 639510 May 2005 5-3 3. Click on the down arrow found on the right hand side of the ‘Antenna Model‘ drop down list. This will display all of the available Andrew base station antenna models that were contained in the antenna denition le that[...]

Section 5–Device Conguration A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 5-4 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 Alternately , the suggested date may be erased and a new date entered, or the eld may be left blank. When a date is entered, it must be formatted as shown in Figure 5-2 (A ‘forward slash’ character placed between the month [...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 5–Device Conguration Bulletin 639510 May 2005 5-5 If this occurs, ensure that all cables and connec tors to the actuat or are properly connect ed, and that the system is still properly powered up. Also, verify that the actuator is present in the ‘Device Information’ list, and[...]

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Bulletin 639510 May 2005 6-1 Section 6 Changing the Electrical Downtilt on a Single Antenna The electrical downtilt may be adjusted on any device that is addressed, congured, and whose current state does not prevent antenna movement. Examples where movement is prevented include devices that are not responding to commands from the program, device[...]

Section 6–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Single A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 6-2 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 3. The ‘Set Antenna T ilt’ screen will appear (Figure 6-2). Note, all parameters that can be congured are displayed on this screen. This information may be used as a reference to help determine the new til[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 6–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Single Bulletin 639510 May 2005 6-3 5. Click the ‘Activate’ button (Figure 6-2) to apply changes to the electrical downtilt for this antenna. Alternately , to exit the screen without sending any changes, click on the ‘Close’ button. Antenna[...]

Section 6–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Single A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 6-4 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 7. At the successful completion of an antenna movement, the ‘Current T ilt’ eld will update to show the new tilt angle and the ‘New T ilt’ text entry box will be cleared in preparation for the next mov[...]

Bulletin 639510 May 2005 7-1 Section 7 Changing the Electrical Downtilt on a Group of Antennas In addition to changing the downtilt of a single antenna, changes may also be applied to a gro up of anten nas. The list of ante nnas that mak e up the grou p is de ned by three con gur atio n parameters – Sector ID, Minimum Electrical T ilt, and [...]

Section 7–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Group A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 7-2 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 Other devices that have the same sector ID, minimum tilt, and maximum tilt are listed in the box labeled ‘Additional Compatible Antennas’. The devices in this box may be included in the move by moving one or m[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 7–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Group Bulletin 639510 May 2005 7-3 6. After the devices are moved to the ‘Antennas Included In Move’ box, examine the group to ensure that the group does not include any antennas that are not desired for this move. 7. T o remove one or more ant[...]

Section 7–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Group A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 7-4 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 9. Y ou will be notied when all antennas have successfully reached the new tilt angle. Click ‘OK’ (Figure 7-4). 10. Th e ‘ S e t E l e c t r i c a l Ti l t f o r S e c t o r ’ screen will display the ne[...]

Bulletin 639510 May 2005 8-1 Section 8 Saving a Site Report or Site Configurations Site conguration information can be saved for future reference using either the ‘File, Save Site Report’ option or the ‘File, Save Site Conguration’ option from the main program menu. The ‘File, Save Site Report’ option allows site conguration in[...]

Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 8-2 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 Figure 8-2. Selecting the File Format for Word. 1. A ssign a filename to th e report. The date, ti me, and the SiteID o f the first configured a ctuator are use d for the sugge sted filename. 3. Click ‘Sav e’. Not[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations Bulletin 639510 May 2005 8-3 2. Change file ty pe to ‘All F iles (*.*)’. This will allow the file sav ed as a repo rt for Word to be seen fo r selection . 3. Select the ‘ txtrpt’ file. . 1. Go to th e ‘ATC200_ Site_Files’ directory . [...]

Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 8-4 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 Figure 8-4. Report File Opened in Word. 6. The conguration settings for each actuator are displayed in the order of their address (Figure 8-4).[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations Bulletin 639510 May 2005 8-5 8.2 Saving/V iewing a Site Report F ormatted to Open in Excel. 1. T o save a report that can be opened in Excel (or any other spreadsheet software program), go to ‘File, Save Site Report’ from the main menu (Figur[...]

Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 8-6 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 5. T o view the saved le, launch Excel (or a similar softwa re applicat ion) and go to ‘File , Open‘ from the main menu. Change the directory to look in ‘C:A TC200_Site_Files’, change the le type to ‘[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations Bulletin 639510 May 2005 8-7 6. The conguration settings for each actuator are displayed in the order of their address (Figure 8-7). Figure 8-7. Report File Opened in Excel.[...]

Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 8-8 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 8.3 Saving Configurations for F uture Use. Congurations can be saved to the hard drive for future use. At the time of this software re - lease (V ersion 2.1), the A TC200-Lite program is not able to open a saved co[...]

Bulletin 639510 May 2005 9-1 Section 9 Device T est, Alarm Status and Device Information The A TC200-Lite program allows users to obtain device information (includes hardware and software version), get alarm status or clear alarms for any known device, or run a movement self-test on any addressed device. These options are displayed as four buttons [...]

Section 9–Device T est, Alarm Status, Device Info. A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 9-2 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 Figure 9-2. Device Information Displayed. 9.1 Obtaining Device Information This option retrieves and displays the serial number for the device, the version for the controller hardware, and the version for the so[...]

A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 9–Device T est, Alarm Status, Device Info. Bulletin 639510 May 2005 9-3 9.3 Clearing All Alarms on a Device After examining the alarms status results, any alarms found may be cleared using the ‘Clear Alarms’ button. 1. Click on the device in the ‘Device In - formation’ list [...]

Section 9–Device T est, Alarm Status, Device Info. A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 9-4 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 1. T o perfor m a self test on a devic e, click on the device in the ‘Device Informa- tion’ list (Figure 9-1). 2. Click ‘Self T est’ to initiate movement (Figure 9-1). 3. At the com pletion o f th e s el[...]

Bulletin 639510 May 2005 10-1 Section 10 P art Numbering Scheme and Ordering Guide P ART NUMBER DESCRIPTION A TC200-Lite-00xx Local controller system. The system includes: • local controller , model A TC200-Lite • Ethernet crossover cable • power cord* • Phoenix 48 V olt power connector • this installation and operation manual, part numbe[...]

Section 10–Part Numbering Scheme & Ordering Guide A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 10-2 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 10.2 Ordering Guide As an example, assume a system is to be ordere d for deployment in North America. The site is a three sector site employing three UMWD-06516-XDM antennas. For this example, let’s say th[...]

Bulletin 639510 May 2005 1 1-1 Section 11 Control System Specifications Electrical Number of Independent Antenna Drives: Up to 32 per controller DC Power Input (24VDC): 36w (max) AC Power Input (1 10/240V AC): .5A @ 120V AC Power to Actuators: 1.5A @ 24VDC Mechanical Size of Local Controller–mm (LxWxD): 100 x 70 x 34 Weight of Local Controller–[...]

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ATC200-Lite Series TELETILT ® System Site Configuration Worksheet SITE I.D. Actuator Antenna Actuator Serial No. Sector/ Orientation Height Miscellaneous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Bulletin 639510[...]

ATC200-Lite Series TELETILT ® System Site Configuration Worksheet SITE I.D. Actuator Antenna Actuator Serial No. Sector/ Orientation Height Miscellaneous 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Bulletin 639510[...]

Bulletin 639510 May 2005 B-1 Appendix B Antennas F or A TC200-Lite Series System The following table is an example of antenna models compatible for use with the A TC200-Lite series T eletilt ® system. As new models become available for use with this system, updates will be made to the A TC200-Lite controller software. Registered user ’s are noti[...]

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