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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 ariabl.
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.
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.
A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Bulletin 639510 May 2005 v 5. Always avoid unnecessary movement of body , such as scufng feet across ooring, when handling ESDS equipment. Such movement will generate additional charges of static electricity .
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Bulletin 639510 May 2005 v T able of Contents Revision History .................................................................................................... i Letter of Compliance.................................................................
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 ..........
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.
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).
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 Ass.
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Bulletin 639510 May 2005 2-1 Section 2 Program Installation 2.1 Program Download and Installation 1. Downloadtheziplecontainingthe A TC200-Litesetuplefromthe AndrewCorpora - tionwebsite(www .andrew .
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.
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.
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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 congure and control Andrew’s A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® , AISG1 compliant, RET antenna system through a controller connected to a local PC.
Section 3–Program Startup and Conguration 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).
A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 3–Program Startup and Conguration 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.
Section 3–Program Startup and Conguration 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).
A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 3–Program Startup and Conguration 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 .
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Bulletin 639510 May 2005 4-1 Section 4 Device Discovery and A ddressing 4.1 Device Search After an antenna denition le has been loaded, automatically during program installation or manually by the user (see Section 3), a device search can be activated.
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).
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 noticat ion will appear showing the number of devices found (Figure 4-3).
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 .
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).
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.
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.
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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 congured. New devices, that have never been congured before, will display the status as ‘Not Congured’ in the ‘Device Information’ list.
Section 5–Device Conguration 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 congured is displayed in the title bar of the dialog box.
A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 5–Device Conguration 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.
Section 5–Device Conguration 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.
A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 5–Device Conguration 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.
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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, congured, and whose current state does not prevent antenna movement.
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 congured are displayed on this screen.
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.
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 .
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.
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’.
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.
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 notied when all antennas have successfully reached the new tilt angle. Click ‘OK’ (Figure 7-4).
Bulletin 639510 May 2005 8-1 Section 8 Saving a Site Report or Site Configurations Site conguration information can be saved for future reference using either the ‘File, Save Site Report’ option or the ‘File, Save Site Conguration’ option from the main program menu.
Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations 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.
A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations 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 .
Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations 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 conguration 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/Congurations Bulletin 639510 May 2005 8-5 8.2 Saving/V iewing a Site Report F ormatted to Open in Excel.
Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations 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.
A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations Bulletin 639510 May 2005 8-7 6. The conguration settings for each actuator are displayed in the order of their address (Figure 8-7). Figure 8-7.
Section 8–Saving Site Report/Congurations A TC200-Lite T eletilt ® Remote Control Downtilt System 8-8 May 2005 Bulletin 639510 8.3 Saving Configurations for F uture Use. Congurations can be saved to the hard drive for future use. At the time of this software re - lease (V ersion 2.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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): .
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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 Bullet.
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 .
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.
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