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ATC200-LITE-USB

Teletilt

Remote Control

Variable Electrical Downtilt System

Bulletin 639536 • Revision L • October 2014

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Page 1 Hinweis: CommScope lehnt jede Haftung oder Verantwortung für Schäden ab, die aufgrund unsachgemäßer Installation, Überprüfung, Wartung oder Demontage auftreten. Atenção: A CommScope abdica do direito de toda responsabilidade pelos resultados de práticas inadequadas e sem segurança de instalação, inspeção, manutenção ou remoção.
Page 3: Revision History
March 2013 Update the ATCLite7.2 software features November 2013 Updated for the features implemented in ATCLite 8.0 with support for full control of TMAs. October 2014 Updated the latest CommScope branding to document. October Bulletin 639536 • Revision L 2014...
Page 4: Notices And Precautions
U S B c o n t r o l l e r, p l e a s e D O W N L O A D t h e latest antenna definition file and controller software from the Commscope web site at www.commscope.com. Please register online to receive E-mail notiﬁcations for software updates.
Page 5 ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System WARNING It is very important to disconnect the ATC200-LITE-USB controller from the system after each use to prevent permanent damage to the system. Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage or destroy the hardware equipment used for the ATC200- LITE-USB Teletilt ®...
Page 6 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 6. When removing or replacing ESDS equipment, hold the device or assembly through the electro- static-free wrap, where possible. If this is not possible, lift the device or assembly by its body only. Do not touch component leads, connector pins, or any other electrical connections or paths, even though they are covered by conformal coating.
Page 7: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Revision History ....................i Notices and Precautions ..................ii Part 1 – Initial Setup Section 1 Program Installation ................1-1 1.0 System Requirements/Recommendations ..............1-1 1.1 Program Download and Installation ................1-1 Section 2 Controller Setup ................2-1 2.1 System Description ....................2-1 2.2 Controller Communication ..................
Page 8 ® Table of Contents ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Part 4 – Operating Instructions for Standard Antennas with Attached Actuators Section 5 Actuator Protocol Mode Switching............5-1 Protocol Mode switching for ATM3 devices .............. 5-1 5.0.1 Using AISG Reset Option Tools ................5-1 5.0.2 Switching a Single ATM200-002 to Ericsson Protocol ..........
Page 9 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Table of Contents Part 7 – Saving Reports and Retrieving Alarm Status Section 18 Saving a Site Report or Site Configurations ........18-1 18.1 Saving/Viewing a Site Report Formatted to Open in Word ........18-1 18.2 Saving/Viewing a Site Report Formatted to Open in Excel ........18-4 Section 19 Device Test, Alarm Status, and Device Information ......19-1...
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Page 11: Part 1 Initial Setup
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Page 13: Section 1 Program Installation
Firmware’ to view the list of downloads as shown here. here. Click on this link ‘ATC200-LITE-USB’ Click on this link ‘ATC200-LITE-USB’ Figure 1-1. Downloading ATC Lite Software. Microsoft, Encarta, MSN, and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Page 14 Software and Firmware to view the download list. Select the ATC200-LITE-USB link to download the installation zip ﬁle (See Figure 1-1). 2. This zip ﬁle can be placed in any directory on the PC’s local C:\ drive. Double-click on the zip ﬁle to extract the ATC Lite setup ﬁle and its supporting installation documentation.
Page 15 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 1–Program Installation Figure 1-3. ATC Lite Software setup. Figure 1-4. Status for ATC Lite Software Installation. October Bulletin 639536 • Revision L 2014...
Page 16 ® Section 1–Program Installation ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Figure 1-5. Completing ATC Lite Software Installation. October 2014 Bulletin 639536 • Revision L...
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Page 18: System Description
Section 2 Controller Setup 2.1 System Description The ATC200-LITE-USB is an antenna system controller that is used within the Andrew Teletilt ® system to manage electrical tilt settings of an antenna(s) remotely. Figure 2-1 shows an example of components used in an ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt system. Follow the procedures described in the installation bulletins included with each component for successful installation for each device.
Page 19 LEDs on the controller are used to indicate power and data communication. The ATC200-LITE-USB controller is equipped with a USB port, as well as a RS–232 serial port for ﬂexibility in connecting to a PC. See Figures 2-2 and 2-3.
Page 20 Connect the supplied USB cable between the controller and the PC. See Figure 2-3 for port connections on the controller. The ﬁrst time you connect a given ATC200-LITE-USB controller to a given local computer, the drivers will be loaded automatically for the USB connection.
Page 21 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 2–Controller Setup 1. Select No, not this time. 2. Click on Next. Figure 2-4. Notification When New Hardware Is Found. October Bulletin 639536 • Revision L 2014...
Page 22 ® Section 2–Controller Setup ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Figure 2-5. Locating the ATC Lite Directory. October 2014 Bulletin 639536 • Revision L...
Page 23 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 2–Controller Setup Figure 2-6. Installing USB Driver. October Bulletin 639536 • Revision L 2014...
Page 24: Program Startup
® Section 2–Controller Setup ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 2.4 Program Startup Connect the desired length RET control cable be- tween the controller’s AISG connector and the ﬁrst device in the RET system (or actuator that is to be tested before the antenna is mounted on the tower).
Page 25 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 2–Controller Setup Figure 2-10. USB Port Connection Shown. Figure 2-11. COM Port (Serial) Connection Shown. October Bulletin 639536 • Revision L 2014...
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Page 27: Section 3 Uploading Firmware
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Page 29: Overview
SOURCE LIBRARY link, then select the link Software on the right side pane named Resources. In the Software page click on the link RET Controller Software and Firmware to view the down- load list and from this select link ATC200-LITE-USB or ATClite v8.0 Software to download the zip for installation.
Page 30: Installing Firmware Updates To Tma Devices
® Section 3–Uploading Firmware ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Figure 3-2. Applying Firmware Update . Firmware updates were placed in the C\:Program Files\Andrew Corporation\ATC Lite directory of the computer when the ATC Lite Setup ﬁle is run. 3.2 Installing Firmware updates to TMA devices Firmware updates are occasionally made to TMA devices.
Page 31 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 3–Uploading Firmware Select TMA, right click and then click on ‘ …’ Figure 3-3. Initiate firmware upgrade for TMA device. Click on ‘Yes’ to start Firmware upgrade Figure 3-4. Starting TMA firmware update. October Bulletin 639536 •...
Page 32 ® Section 3–Uploading Firmware ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Figure 3-5. Firmware update in progress. Select TMA, right click menu updated to the latest version Figure 3-6. Firmware update status After successful completion of ﬁrmware update the right click on the TMA display “Firmware is up- to-date”...
Page 33: Updating The Antenna Deﬁnition File
ﬁle automatically placed in the ATC Lite directory. During program startup, the ATC200-LITE-USB controller will look in the ATC Lite directory for the latest Andrew antenna deﬁnition ﬁle and automatically load it into the program. Note that if an up- dated antenna deﬁnition ﬁle has been placed in the ATC Lite directory while the ATC Lite program...
Page 34 ® Section 3–Uploading Firmware ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Go to Tools Antenna Files to upload feature can be used to upload earlier Figure 3-7. Selecting Antenna Files from the Main Menu. Figure 3-8. Antenna Definition Files Drop Down List. October 2014 Bulletin 639536 •...
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Page 36: Part 3 - Device Discovery For All Types Of Antennas
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Page 38: Section 4 Device Discovery And Addressing
The device search is controlled by number of devices and vendor type. Initially the device search is set ﬁnd all the devices available and only Commscope devices. Select- ing number of devices for search can signiﬁcantly reduce the time to complete device search.
Page 39 “Unknown” for all devices available. Vendor type selection can be for Commscope devices only or all vendor devices including Commscope. NOTE: The amount of time the device search takes is dependent upon the number of AISG devices present on the tower.
Page 40 ® Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 3. At completion of the search, a notiﬁcation will appear showing the number of devices found (Figure 4-3). This example shows 5 devices and 7 total sub-devices (or control points) found.
Page 41 For any questions regarding the ATC200-LITE-USB or the ATC Lite software, please contact our Customer Technical Support Center. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at the telephone numbers listed below.
Page 42: Device Information Views
® Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 4.2 Device Information Views 4.2.1 All Devices View The ‘Show All Devices’ device information view displays the main information about the device found. This view also displays device speciﬁc information like Current tilt for RET device and Gain value for TMA devices (Figure 4-5).
Page 43: Ret Devices View
® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing 4.2.2 RET Devices View The ‘Show RETs’ device list view displays the main information about the RET (Single/Multi Axis) devices found (Figure 4-7). Address No. Sub-device No. Device Serial No.
Page 44: Tma Devices View
® Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 4.2.3 TMA Devices View The ‘Show TMAs’ device list view displays the main information about the TMA devices found (Fig- ure 4-8). Address No. Sub-device No. Device Serial No. TMA Mode...
Page 45: Addressing
® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing 4.3 Addressing 1. If desired, these devices can be manually readdressed by the user. IMPORTANT! Running the Find Devices search function will automatically clear all devices and will address each device by the order that they respond.
Page 46 ® Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System A message will appear that the device was successfully removed from the address it originally held (Figure 4-11). Click OK to return to the Manual Addressing screen. After the device is re- moved, the Serial Number ﬁeld changes to a string of 0’s (Figure 4-12).
Page 47 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 4–Device Discovery and Addressing New Device Address. Figure 4-16. Device Shows New Address. The device will display its new address in the Device Information list on the main screen (Figure 4-16). Bulletin 639536 • Revision L...
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Page 49: Part 4 - Operating Instructions For Standard Antennas With Attached Actuators
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Page 51: Section 5 Actuator Protocol Mode Switching
Section 5 Actuator Protocol Mode Switching 5.0 Protocol Mode switching for ATM3 devices ATC Lite v5.0 and later versions introduces changes to support two AISG modes, simultaneously, on the same AISG or antenna line system. Andrew ATM200-002 actuators are factory set to oper- ate in AISG 1.1 mode, but can be switched to operate in AISG 2.0 using the controller’s AISG Reset Option Tools.
Page 52 ® Section 5–Actuator Protocol Mode Switching ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Use to change protocol mode of dual- mode capable Andrew devices AISG mode Figure 5-1. ATM200-002 AISG Protocol Reset ATM200-002 actuators changed to AISG 2.0 mode. Figure 5-2. AISG Reset Displayed on the Main Screen.
Page 53 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 5–Actuator Protocol Mode Switching Notes: • Communication is temporarily interrupted to the AISG devices on the RET system when an AISG 2.0 Reset command is sent. This interruption is identiﬁed by a red indicator next to the device in the Device Information window (Figure 5-3).
Page 54: Switching A Single Atm200-002 To Ericsson Protocol
Single ATM200-002: AISG to Ericsson. See Figure 5-4. Figure 5-4. Switching To Ericsson Protocol. 3. After the actuator has been reset to Ericsson proprietary protocol, the ATC200-LITE-USB controller software can no longer be used with the actuator. Only use Andrew EFCT software on the PC that operates the controller (Figure 5-5).
Page 55 4. EFCT software can be downloaded from www.commscope.com. 5. Once the device switches from AISG to Ericsson protocol, it is no longer controlled by the ATC200-LITE-USB and will not appear on the display (Figure 5-6). The single ATM200-002 in Ericsson mode is equivalent to Andrew’s E-ATM300.
Page 56: Protocol Mode Switching For Accuret Devices
® Section 5–Actuator Protocol Mode Switching ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 5.1 Protocol Mode switching for AccuRET devices Andrew AccuRET devices can be switched between AISG modes (1.1 and 2.0) and AISG to Erics- son modes. 1. Run a Device Scan to detect all devices on the RET system including AccuRET devices.
Page 57 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 5–Actuator Protocol Mode Switching Figure 5-10. AccuRET device configured to ASIG protocol mode. October Bulletin 639536 • Revision L 2014...
Page 58: Section 6 Device Configuration
Section 6 Device Configuration After new devices are found and addressed in the ATC Lite program, each device is ready to be conﬁgured. New devices, that have not been conﬁgured before, will display a yellow icon with the status listed as Not Conﬁgured in the Device Information list. Not conﬁgured devices cannot be moved until they have been conﬁgured successfully.
Page 59 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 6–Device Conﬁguration Note the following in Figure 6-2: • The ID of the device to be conﬁgured is displayed in the title bar of the dialog box. • Devices that have never been conﬁgured before will display blank ﬁelds for most param- eters.
Page 60 For the most current listing of antenna models designed for use with the ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt system, Click the Antennas link on the CommScope website at http://www.commscope.
Page 61 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 6–Device Conﬁguration this ﬁeld is not required, if no installation date has been saved on the actuator the program will suggest the current date as the default. If the current date is used, it will be saved on the actuator when the Conﬁgure button is activated.
Page 62 ® Section 6–Device Conﬁguration ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 10. When the conﬁguration process is complete, a pop-up dialog box will display the results. Nor- mally, the dialog box will show that the changes were successfully sent to the device (Figure 6-5).
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Page 64: Section 7 Changing The Electrical Downtilt On A Single Antenna
Section 7 Changing the Electrical Downtilt on a Single Antenna The electrical downtilt may be adjusted on any device that is addressed, conﬁgured, and whose cur- rent state does not prevent antenna movement. Examples where movement is prevented include devices that are not responding to commands from the program, devices that are in the middle of a move or conﬁguration change, and devices that are experiencing a mechanical malfunction.
Page 65 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 7–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Single 4. The Set Actuator Position screen will appear (Figure 7-2). Note all parameters that can be conﬁgured are displayed on this screen. This information may be used as a reference to help determine the new tilt setting. However, conﬁguration items cannot be changed from this screen.
Page 66 ® Section 7–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Single ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 7. You will be notiﬁed when movement is complete (Figure 7-3). If for any reason the move failed to reach the new tilt angle speciﬁed, you will be notiﬁed of the failure.
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Page 68: Section 8 Changing The Electrical Downtilt On A Group Of Antennas
Section 8 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 group of antennas. The list of antennas that make up the group is deﬁned by three conﬁguration parameters –...
Page 69 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 8–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Group 4. From the Set Electrical Tilt for Sector screen, notice that the selected device is highlighted and displayed in the box labeled Antennas Included In Move. This box displays a list of all devices that will be included in the sector move.
Page 70 ® Section 8–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Group ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 7. 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.
Page 71 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 8–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Group 10. You will be notiﬁed when all antennas have successfully reached the new tilt angle. Click OK (Figure 8-4). 11. The Set Electrical Tilt for Sector screen will display the new electrical tilt Click OK.
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Page 74: Integrated Actuators
Section 9 Switching Operating Modes for Multiple Integrated Actuators Andrew speciﬁc Multiple Integrated Actuators named Andrew Integrated Tilt Master (AITM) can be in one of two operating modes – Multiple Single-RET mode or Multi-RET mode. The ATC Lite pro- gram provides the capability to switch AITMs between these modes. See Section 19.1 for instruc- tions on determining the Product Number of a device.
Page 75 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 9–Device Conﬁguration-Antennas Multiple Integrated Actuators Find Devices devices. Figure 9-2. Switch Operating Mode for AITM completed. Figure 9-3. Switched AITM actuators in selected Operating Mode. October Bulletin 639536 • Revision L 2014...
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Page 77: Section 10 Device Configuration For Antennas With Multiple Integrated Actuators
Section 10 Device Configuration for Antennas with Multiple Integrated Actuators After new devices are found and addressed in the ATC Lite program, each device is ready to be conﬁgured. All Multiple Integrated Actuators are factory conﬁgured, so conﬁguration data is readily available and the relevant information is displayed in the Device Information list.
Page 78 ® Section 10–Device Conﬁguration-Antennas Multiple Integrated Actuators ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Note the following in Figure 10-2: • The ID of the device to be conﬁgured is displayed in the title bar of the dialog box. • Devices that have never been conﬁgured before will display blank ﬁelds for most param- eters.
Page 79 Section 10–Device Conﬁguration-Antennas Multiple Integrated Actuators 4. Multiple integrated actuator-equipped antennas do not change the assigned Antenna Model. For the most current listing of antenna models designed for use with the ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt system, see the Products tab on the CommScope website.
Page 80 ® Section 10–Device Conﬁguration-Antennas Multiple Integrated Actuators ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 1. Click to open the selected frequency band names. down list. 2. Click on check box to 3. Click outside the list or frequencies. Figure 10-3. Multiple Frequency/Operating Band Selection 8.
Page 81 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 10–Device Conﬁguration-Antennas Multiple Integrated Actuators Yes. Figure 10-4. Choosing to Continue with Configuration Changes to the Device. Click OK. Figure 10-5. Confirmation of Configuration Changes to Device. October Bulletin 639536 • Revision L 2014...
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Page 83: Section 11 Adjusting The Electrical Downtilt On A Single Antenna Equipped With Multiple Integrated Actuators
Section 11 Adjusting the Electrical Downtilt on a Single Antenna Equipped with Multiple Integrated Actuators The electrical downtilt may be adjusted on any device that is addressed, conﬁgured, and whose cur- rent state does not prevent antenna movement. Examples where movement is prevented include devices that are not responding to commands from the program, devices that are in the middle of a move or conﬁguration change, and devices that are experiencing a mechanical malfunction.
Page 84 ® Section 11–Adjusting Downtilt-Single Antenna with Multiple Actuators ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 4. The Set Actuator Position screen will appear (Figure 11-2). Note, all parameters that can be conﬁgured are displayed on this screen. This information may be used as a reference to help determine the new tilt setting. However, conﬁguration items cannot be changed from this screen.
Page 85 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 11–Adjusting Downtilt-Single Antenna with Multiple Actuators 7. You will be notiﬁed when movement is complete (Figure 11-3). If for any reason the move failed to reach the new tilt angle speciﬁed, you will be notiﬁed of the failure.
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Page 87: Section 12 Adjusting The Electrical Downtilt On A Group Of Antennas Equipped With Multiple Integrated Actuators
Section 12 Adjusting the Electrical Downtilt on a Group of Antennas Equipped with Multiple Integrated Actuators In addition to changing the downtilt of a single antenna, changes may also be applied to a group of antennas. The list of antennas that make up the group is deﬁned by three conﬁguration parameters –...
Page 88 ® Section 12–Adjusting Downtilt-Group of Antennas Multiple Actuators ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 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 more of them from this box to the box on the left.
Page 89 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 12–Adjusting Downtilt-Group of Antennas Multiple Actuators 7. 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.
Page 90 ® Section 12–Adjusting Downtilt-Group of Antennas Multiple Actuators ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 10. You will be notiﬁed when all antennas have successfully reached the new tilt angle. Click OK (Figure 12-4). 11. The Set Electrical Tilt for Sector screen will display the new electrical tilt setting in the Current Tilt ﬁeld.
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Page 93 Section 13 Device Configuration with SmartBeam Antennas After new devices are found and addressed in the ATC Lite program, each device is ready to be conﬁg- ured. New devices, that have never been conﬁgured before, will display the status as Not Conﬁgured in the Device Information list.
Page 94: Section 13 Device Configuration With Smartbeam™ Antennas
® Section 13–Device Conﬁguration with SmartBeam™ Antennas ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Note the following in Figure 13-2: • The ID of the device to be conﬁgured is displayed in the title bar of the dialog box. • Devices that have never been conﬁgured before will display blank ﬁelds for most param- eters.
Page 95 Section 13–Device Conﬁguration with SmartBeam™ Antennas 4. SmartBeam antennas do not change the assigned Antenna Model. For the most current listing of antenna models designed for use with the ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt system, see the Products tab on the CommScope website.
Page 96 ® Section 13–Device Conﬁguration with SmartBeam™ Antennas ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 1. Click to open the selected frequency band names. down list. 2. Click on check box to 3. Click outside the list or frequencies. Figure 13-3. Multiple Frequency/Operating Band Selection 8.
Page 97: Section 14 Changing The Electrical Downtilt On A Single Smartbeam
Section 14 Changing the Electrical Downtilt on a Single SmartBeam Antenna The electrical downtilt may be adjusted on any device that is addressed, conﬁgured, and whose cur- rent state does not prevent antenna movement. Examples where movement is prevented include devices that are not responding to commands from the program, devices that are in the middle of a move or conﬁguration change, and devices that are experiencing a mechanical malfunction.
Page 98 ® Section 14–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Single SmartBeam™ ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 4. The Set Actuator Position screen will appear (Figure 14-2). Note, all parameters that can be conﬁgured are displayed on this screen. This information may be used as a reference to help determine the new tilt setting. However, conﬁguration items cannot be changed from this screen.
Page 99 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 14–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Single SmartBeam™ 6. Click the Activate button (Figure 14-2) to apply changes to the electrical downtilt for this an- tenna. Alternately, to exit the screen without sending any changes, click on the Close button.
Page 100 ® Section 14–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Single SmartBeam™ ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 8. At the successful completion of an antenna movement, the Current Tilt ﬁeld will update to show the new tilt angle and the New Tilt text entry box will be cleared in preparation for the next move (Figure 14-4).
Page 101: Section 15 Changing The Boresight (Pan) On A Single Smartbeam
Section 15 Changing the Boresight (Pan) on a Single SmartBeam Antenna The boresight (pan) may be adjusted on any device that is addressed, conﬁgured, 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, devices that are in the middle of a move or conﬁguration change, and devices that are experiencing a mechanical malfunction.
Page 102 ® Section 15–Changing the Boresight (Pan)-Single SmartBeam™ ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 4. The Set Actuator Position screen will appear (Figure 15-2). Note, all parameters that can be conﬁgured are displayed on this screen. This information may be used as a reference to help determine the new boresight (pan) setting. However, conﬁguration items cannot be changed from this screen.
Page 103 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 15–Changing the Boresight (Pan)-Single SmartBeam™ 6. Click the Activate button (Figure 15-2) to apply changes to the boresight (pan) for this antenna. Alternately, to exit the screen without sending any changes, click on the Close button. Antenna movement will begin after the Activate button is applied.
Page 104 ® Section 15–Changing the Boresight (Pan)-Single SmartBeam™ ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 8. At the successful completion of an antenna movement, the Current AZ/Pan ﬁeld will update to show the new pan azimuth and the New AZ/Pan text entry box will be cleared in preparation for the next move (Figure 15-4).
Page 105: Section 16 Changing The Beamwidth (Fan) On A Single Smartbeam
Section 16 Changing the Beamwidth (Fan) on a Single SmartBeam Antenna The Beamwidth (fan) may be adjusted on any device that is addressed, conﬁgured, and whose cur- rent state does not prevent antenna movement. Examples where movement is prevented include devices that are not responding to commands from the program, devices that are in the middle of a move or conﬁguration change, and devices that are experiencing a mechanical malfunction.
Page 106 ® Section 16–Changing the Beamwidth (Fan)-Single SmartBeam™ ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 4. The Set Actuator Position screen will appear (Figure 16-2). Note, all parameters that can be conﬁgured are displayed on this screen. This information may be used as a reference to help determine the new Beamwidth (fan) setting. However, conﬁgura- tion items cannot be changed from this screen.
Page 107 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 16–Changing the Beamwidth (Fan)-Single SmartBeam™ 6. Click the Activate button (Figure 16-2) to apply changes to the boresight (pan) for this antenna. Alternately, to exit the screen without sending any changes, click on the Close button. Antenna movement will begin after the Activate button is applied.
Page 108 ® Section 16–Changing the Beamwidth (Fan)-Single SmartBeam™ ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 8. At the successful completion of an antenna movement, the Current BW/Fan ﬁeld will update to show the new pan azimuth and the New BW/Fan text entry box will be cleared in prepara- tion for the next move (Figure 16-4).
Page 109: Section 17 Changing The Electrical Downtilt On A Group Of Smartbeam
Section 17 Changing the Electrical Downtilt on a Group of SmartBeam Antennas In addition to changing the downtilt of a single antenna, changes may also be applied to a group of antennas. The list of antennas that make up the group is deﬁned by three conﬁguration parameters –...
Page 110 ® Section 17–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Group SmartBeam™ ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 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 more of them from this box to the box on the left.
Page 111 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 17–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Group SmartBeam™ 7. 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.
Page 112 ® Section 17–Changing the Electrical Downtilt-Group SmartBeam™ ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 10. You will be notiﬁed when all antennas have successfully reached the new tilt angle. Click OK (Figure 17-4). 11. The Set Electrical Tilt for Sector screen will display the new electrical tilt setting in the Current Tilt ﬁeld.
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Page 115: Section 18 Saving A Site Report Or Site Configurations
Section 18 Saving a Site Report or Site Configurations Site conﬁguration information can be saved for future reference using either the File→Save Text Site Report option or the File→Save Tabbed Site Report option from the main program menu. The File →Save Text Site Report option allows site conﬁguration information to be saved into a text ﬁle to open in a text ﬁle viewer (*.txtrpt for Word).
Page 116 ® Section 18–Saving Site Report/Conﬁgurations ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 2. Assign a ﬁlename for the report. The default ﬁlename consists of the date, time, and the site ID of the ﬁrst actuator (Figure 18-2). 3. Select Text Site Report File (*.txtrpt) from the Save as type drop down selection, if not al- ready selected.
Page 117 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 18–Saving Site Report/Conﬁgurations 5. To view the saved ﬁle, launch Word (or any text editor software, such as Notepad or Wordpad) and go to File→Open on the main menu. Change the directory to look in C:\ATCLite_Site_ Files, change the ﬁle type to All Files, and select the desired ‘txtrpt’...
Page 118: Saving/Viewing A Site Report Formatted To Open In Excel
® Section 18–Saving Site Report/Conﬁgurations ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 18.2 Saving/Viewing a Site Report Formatted to Open in Excel. 1. To save a report that can be opened in Excel (or any other spreadsheet software program), go to File→Save Tabbed Site Report on the main menu (Figure 18-1).
Page 119 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 18–Saving Site Report/Conﬁgurations 5. To view the saved ﬁle, launch Excel (or a similar software application) and go to File→Open on the main menu. Change the directory to look in C:\ATCLite_Site_Files, change the ﬁle type to All Files, and select the desired tabrpt ﬁle from the list of ﬁles shown.
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Page 121: Section 19 Device Test, Alarm Status, And Device Information
Section 19 Device Test, Alarm Status, and Device Information The ATC 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.
Page 122: Obtaining Device Information
® Section 19– Device Test, Alarm Status, and Device Information ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 19.1 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 software program that controls the operations performed by the controller (Figure 19-2).
Page 123: Clearing All Alarms On A Device
® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 19– Device Test, Alarm Status, and Device Information 19.3 Clearing All Alarms on a Device After examining the alarms status results, any alarms found may be cleared using the Clear Alarms button (Figure 19-1).
Page 124: Section 20 Alarm Status For Tma
Section 20 Alarm Status for TMA TMA devices report alarms to the ATCLite program in two ways, one of which is spontaneous and the other of which must be requested by the user. The Alarms reported from TMA devices are as follows.
Page 125 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 20–Alarm Status for TMA Once the Alarm is received by the program the status of the relevant TMA in the Device informa- tion list ( All Devices or TMA devices view) displays the alarm message in the Status column (Fig- ure 20-3).
Page 126: Retrieving Current Alarm From Tma
® Section 20–Alarm Status for TMA ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System 20.2 Retrieving Current Alarm from TMA Alarms from TMA can be retrieved through user on request. Figure 20-4. Select TMA to request for Alarm Status. To query the TMA for its alarm status, ﬁrst click on the TMA in the Device Information list (Figure 20-4).
Page 127: Clearing All Alarms On Tma
® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 20–Alarm Status for TMA 20.3 Clearing All Alarms on TMA After examining the alarms status results, any alarms found may be cleared using the Clear Alarms button (Figure 20-4). Click on the TMA in the Device Information list that has an alarm to be cleared.
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Page 131: Section 21 Device Configuration With Tma
Section 21 Device Configuration with TMA After TMA devices are found and addressed in the ATC Lite program, each TMA device may option- ally be conﬁgured. Switch to TMA Devices view by selecting ‘Show TMAs’ from the drop down list below the Device Information list.
Page 132 ® Section 21–Device Conﬁguration with TMA ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Note the following in Figure 21-2: • The ID of the TMA to be conﬁgured is displayed in the title bar of the dialog box. • Devices that have never been conﬁgured before will display blank ﬁelds for most param- eters.
Page 133 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 21–Device Conﬁguration with TMA • Values speciﬁed for the sector are used for reference only and have no direct affect upon the TMA that is being conﬁgured. Sector ﬁeld value is entered as a text.
Page 134 ® Section 21–Device Conﬁguration with TMA ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System being sent to the TMA unit. Figure 21-4. Configuration Changes sent to the TMA. Click OK. Figure 21-5. Confirmation of Configuration Changes to the TMA October 21-4 2014 Bulletin 639536 • Revision L...
Page 135: Section 22 Changing The Gain On A Variable-Gain Tma
Section 22 Changing the Gain on a Variable-Gain TMA Some TMAs support variable gain, while others are ﬁxed gain. A variable gain TMA is easily rec- ognized as its Minimum Gain value is less than its Maximum Gain value. On a ﬁxed gain TMA, the Minimum and Maximum Gain values are equal.
Page 136 ® Section 22–Changing the Gain on a Variable-Gain TMA ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System The TMA Device …Operation screen will appear (Figure 22-2). Note. TMA data (TMA Rx Band, TMA Tx Band, Min Gain, Max Gain, Gain Resolution and Current Gain) from the device are displayed on this screen: This information may be used as a reference to help to set the new Gain.
Page 137 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 22–Changing the Gain on a Variable-Gain TMA Open up the TMA Device …Operation dialog box through step 3 for TMA which is a Vari able Gain. The dialog displays relevant TMA data and enables the ﬁelds to allow the change of Gain (Figure 22-3).
Page 138 ® Section 22–Changing the Gain on a Variable-Gain TMA ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System When the sending of new Gain is complete, a pop-up dialog box will display the results. Normally the dialog box will show that the setting of new Gain was successfully sent to TMA (and sub units) (Figure 22-5).
Page 139: Section 23 Changing The Operating Mode On A Tma
Section 23 Changing the Operating Mode on a TMA Each TMA device can operate either with its ampliﬁer on or with it bypassed. The ATC-Lite allows changing the TMA operating mode. In the Device Information List, when Show TMAs is selected, the current operating mode of each TMA is displayed in the Mode column.
Page 140 ® Section 23–Changing the Operating Mode on a TMA ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System The TMA Device …Operation screen will appear (Figure 23-2). Note. TMA data (TMA Rx Band, TMA Tx Band, Min Gain, Max Gain, Gain Resolution and Current Gain) from the device are displayed on this screen: This information may be used as a reference to help to change the operating mode.
Page 141 ® ATC200-LITE-USB Teletilt RET System Section 23–Changing the Operating Mode on a TMA When the operating mode of the TMA has been successfully completed, the Column Mode will display the new mode (Figure 23-4). Note. If a TMA is changes its operating mode to bypass mode, the current Gain provided by device is zero.
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