Paradise RA 5785 User Manual

Mini Compact Outdoor Solid State Power Amplifier Operations Manual 208143 REV - RA 5785 11/12/2010 Paradise Datacom LLC Phone: (814) 238-3450 328

10 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 1.3 Inspection When the unit is received, an initial inspection should be compl

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 11 • Always terminate the RF input and output connector prior to applying prime AC

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Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 13 2.0 Introduction This section provides a physical description of the Mini Compac

14 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 2.2 Connector Pin-Outs The Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA utilizes a variety of con

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 15 2.2.3 RF Output Sample Port (J3) [Type N (F)] The RF Output Sample port, J3, is

16 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA Table 2-2: J4 Monitor & Control Port Pin-Outs Pin # Signal Type Function

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 17 2.2.4.2 Serial I/O Control (J4) For serial data control of the Compact Outdoor

18 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 2.2.7 AC In (J7) [MS3102R16-10P] The Prime power connector is a 3-pin circular

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 19 2.2.9 Chassis Ground Pin A Chassis ground terminal is provided on the bottom sid

2 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA © 2010 Paradise Datacom LLC Printed in the USA

20 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA Warning! The Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA should NEVER be mounted with the fans fac

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 21 2.4.3 Installation 1. Cut gasket (Item 8) into four (4) 1.5” x 7” pieces. Attac

22 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 4. Bring the unit up tight under the boom (with the long axes parallel), slidin

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 23 Section 3: Quick Start and Operation 3.0 Introduction The Mini Compact Outdoor S

24 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 3.1 Quick Start Cables For convenience all units ship with a ‘Quick-Start’ comm

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 25 Units may ship with a RS-232 Quick Start cable fitted with a DB9 connector. See F

26 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA If using Windows 7 or Windows Vista: 1. Click on the Windows icon in the lower

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 27 3.2.3 Quick Start RS-232 Connection The following steps outline how to quickly c

28 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 3.3 Universal M&C Operation 1. Run the Paradise Datacom Universal Monitor

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 29 3.3.1 Universal M&C Status Window The Universal M&C Software will initia

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 3 Table of Contents ...

30 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 3.3.1.2 Fault Status Indicators The Fault Status frame in the lower left side o

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 31 3.3.1.3 Voltage, Current and Temperature Display On the right side of the Status

32 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 3.3.2 Universal M&C Settings Window Figure 3-10 shows the ‘Settings’ window

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 33 rate is 9600. You will be asked to verify that you wish to change the Baud Rate.

34 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA [13] Fault Setups: The user may also adjust the Spare, Auxiliary, BUC, Fiber, an

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 35 3.3.4 Universal M&C Preferences The user can adjust certain preferences of t

36 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 3.4 Web-based M&C The most basic method of communication with the Mini Comp

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 37 As the applet loads, the user will be prompted to enter a password. The default p

38 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA • Communication Settings Window: Read/Write listing of adjustable SSPA communi

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 39 • General Settings Window: Displays the SSPA Redundancy and BUC/Amplifier Settin

4 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 3.2.3 Quick Start RS-232 Connection ...

40 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA • Fault Settings Window: This page allows the user to adjust the fault settings

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 41 Section 4: L-Band Operation 4.0 Block Up Converter Overview The Mini Compact Out

42 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA Note: Unless the BUC has the built-in internal reference option, if there is an

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 43 4.2 Theory of Operation The low gain block up converter has a P1dB of 0dBm. This

44 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA Notes: 1) The external reference option requires the system operator to provi

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 45 4.5 Typical System Configuration This section shows the Compact Outdoor SSPB in

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Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 47 Section 5: Performance Tests 5.0 Introduction This section describes some of the

48 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 5.1.2 Spurious Spurious signals are undesirable byproducts of amplifiers cause

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 49 5.1.5 Intermodulation Distortion Intermodulation distortion is one of the most

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 5 Section 6: Maintenance and Troubleshooting ...

50 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 5.1.7 Earth Ground This test measures the leakage current and verifies that ea

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 51 5.2 Tests for units with integrated BUC If the Compact Outdoor amplifier include

52 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 5.3 Optional Tests The following tests are performed on units at the request of

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 53 Section 6: Maintenance and Troubleshooting 6.0 Introduction This section describ

54 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 6.3 Troubleshooting guide The following section describes solutions for some of

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 55 Possible solutions: a) In the case where SSPA communication settings have been

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Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 57 Section 7: Redundant System Configurations 7.0 Redundant System Concepts The Min

58 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA The system shown in Figure 7-3 uses the same concept of the power splitter on th

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 59 Section 8: Remote Control Interface 8.0 Serial Protocol Overview The Mini Compac

6 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA Figures Figure 2-1: Outline Drawing, Ku-Band Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA ...

60 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA The selected interface is controlled by a combination of internal SSPA settings

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 61 8.1 Serial communication This section describes the normal communication protoco

62 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 8.1.1.3 Source Address The source address specifies the address of the node tha

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 63 varies by the amount of attached data bytes. It may contain 11+N bytes where N is

64 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 8.1.2.5 Data Address / Error Status / Local Port Frame Length This field is a t

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 65 8.1.3 Trailer Packet The trailer component contains only one byte called the Fra

66 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 8.1.5 Serial Communications Protocol Tables 8-5 through 8-9 describe the variou

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 67 Table 8-7: System Settings Data Values Data Address # Bytes Description Limits

68 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA Data Address # Bytes Description Limits and Byte Values 23 1 Forward RF Faul

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 69 Table 8-9: System Condition Addressing Data Address # Bytes Description Limits

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 7 Tables Table 2-1: Unit weights (typical) ...

70 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 8.2 Ethernet Interface 8.2.1 Overview The Mini CO SSPA supports several IP net

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 71 low overhead resulting in minimal impact to network performance. The control appl

72 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 8.2.2.2 Setting IPNet interface To set up the Compact Outdoor SSPA with custom

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 73 8.2.3 SNMP interface SNMP-based management was initially targeted for TCP/IP rou

74 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 8.2.3.1 SNMP MIB tree --paradiseDatacom(1.3.6.1.4.1.20712) | +--deviceINFO(

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 75 8.2.3.2 Description of MIB entities deviceINFO - This field includes general de

76 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA Table 8-11: Detailed Settings for Mini CO SSPA mode (Device Type=8) settingIndex

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 77 settingIndex/ settingValue settingTextValue Value OID Description 29/INTEGER I

78 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA Table 8-12: Detailed Thresholds thresholdIndex/ thresholdValue thresholdTextValu

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 79 8.3 M&C via SNMP Set up the Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA with custom IP paramet

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80 208143 REV - Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 8.3.1 Connecting to a MIB browser For a MIB browser application example, we wil

Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 81 Appendix A: Documentation The following pages comprise the documentation package

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Operations Manual, HPA3, Mini Compact Outdoor SSPA 208143 REV - 9 1.0 Introduction This section provides the general information for the Paradise D