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1. Ref Level 60 dBm Auto Scale Ref Lvl Offset 0 0 dB 3 z 3 g Q z a 8 Preamp mE a pl Off Channel Off WCDMA when a valid signal is present or 100000 WCDMA Signal NOT Detected when there is no f rrseup i cae omens Aae valid signal present Indicators at the bottom of Ref Lvl 60 dam Threshold Auto TE Run Pause fe Scr Code 51 Every 2 Result s Atten RFin 0 0 dB Screen RF Spectrum Format csv Run Preamp Off nn the screen show frequency offset measurement span and signal power 5 15 2 2 WCDMA Summary Screen The Summary screen is pictured in Figure 5 15 7 This screen displays a summary of the activity of the most powerful sector received Activity in the sector is displayed at the top of the screen The code channels are color coded by OVSF codes TE E o and channel type The scramble code frequency offset channel power Error Vector Magnitude ml OL de EVM and Waveform Quality Rho are dis ovsr Legene ssmune 7 S AO OOo played below the graph The levels for the sync paging and control channels of the sector are displayed at the bottom of the screen The Units buttons circled in Figure 5 15 7 allow selection of the measurement units for received levels Abs displays the absolute power level while the Rel displays the level relative to the channel power level Figure 5 15 8 shows an expanded view of Freq 72000 eeno ans Deped th
2. Bandwidth Frequency Res BW 1 400 kHz Freg 823 972000 MHz Span 1 400000 MHz Start 823 272000 MHz stop 824 672000 MHz Amplitude Ref Lyl 54 dBm Screen Triangulate Ref Lvl Offset 0 0 dB _ Preamp Off Figure 5 11 7 Signal Locator Map Menu 5 11 5 1 Import Map Key The Import Map soft key circled in Figure 5 11 7 is used to move map files from an external USB memory device into the UCTT For more information about connecting a USB device to the UCTT refer to the section of this manual Pressing the Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 53 Import Map soft key will bring up a list of map files stored on the oad Map File USB device The user can select files from the menu and they Select a file will be loaded into the UCTT riovistsat 5 11 5 2 Map File Selection Key RIOVISTA The Map File soft key located in the upper right corner of Fig rs ies ure 5 11 9 is used to select a stored map to display Pressing the Map File key will bring up the Load Map File Menu shown in Figure 5 11 8 The user can select a map from the list to be displayed on the Signal Locator screen 5 11 5 3 Adding a Line to the Map Figure 5 11 8 Map File Selection Menu Using the directional antenna and audio or visual feedback of the received signal strength the user determines the signal direction A line can be placed on the displayed map to represent the signal direction Pressing the Ad
3. 91 5 18 3 LON pe 93 INSTRUMENTS Mode Signal Locator GPS 11 27 2012 11 54 40 Signal Locator 01 02 2013 16 08 05 Amplitude itude evel 12 20 2012 14 25 39 Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 5 5 19 Spectrogram Application rrrnrararernrernrennrrnnrnnnnnner 94 5 19 1 Spectrogram Frequency Menu rrrrrnnnrennrennrennrrnnnrnnre 94 5 19 2 Spectrogram Amplitude Menu rrrrrranrenarenarenarevnnennre 95 5 19 3 Spectrogram Bandwidth Menu ccceccseeeeeeeees 96 5 19 5 Spectrogram Marker Menu cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 99 5 20 Channel Scanner Application rarrrnrennrennrennnenernr 100 5 20 1 Channel Scanner Frequency Menu 00008 100 5 20 2 Channel Scanner Amplitude Menu 00008 100 5 20 3 Logging MENU uaasvetesneeman adelen 101 5 21 Vector Signal Generator Application 103 5 21 1 Vector Signal Generator Menu rrrrnrrnnrnnnrnnnvnnnnnn 103 5 21 2 Vector Signal Generator Transmitter Control 104 6 Backhaul Tests ccc cece cece eceeeeseeceeeeseteeeeeesseeseeseees 105 6 1 Ethernet Application rrrrrnnrrnnrrarnnrrnarnnnrranrnnrvannnnener 105 6 1 1 Ethernet Setup Menus rrrarrrarenanenanenanenarenaneranenenene 105 6 1 2 Test Setup NES sicicccisnccnsnsterieatinaienavinn indiuaxtahanaaaders 107 6 1 3 Test R
4. c cece cece eee eeee ees 5 10 1 Two Port VNA Setup Menu rrrrnrrrnnernrrrnrrnnrennrennnennne 5 10 2 Two Port VNA Results Menu r rrrnunnununnnurnvvnnnvnrvnnnennr 5 10 3 Two Port VNA Marker Menu errrnunnrnnnnnunnvnnnnvnrvnenenne 5 11 Signal Locator Application ccccccccceceeeeeeeeeees 5 11 1 Signal Locator Frequency Menu ccceeeeeeeeeees 5 11 2 Signal Locator Amplitude Menu ccccseeeeeeeees 5 11 3 Signal Locator Bandwidth Menu ccccseceeeeeeees 5 11 4 Signal Locator Marker Menu ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 5 11 5 Signal Locator Map Menu ccccccceseeeceeeeeeeeeees 5 12 Signal Coverage Application rrrrrrrrnnrrnnnrrnnnnnnnnn 5 12 1 Signal Coverage Frequency Menu cssceeeeeeees 5 12 2 Signal Coverage Amplitude Menu cceeeeeeees 5 12 3 Signal Coverage Bandwidth Menu ccccceeceeee 5 12 4 Signal Coverage Marker Menu ccceecceeeeeeeeeees 5 12 5 Signal Coverage Logging Menu ccccseceeeeeeeee 5 12 6 Signal Coverage Map Menu ccccceceseeeeeeeeees 5 13 GSM Application rrranoraneranerarerarerannrannnnrennnnnnnnnnenner 5 13 1 GSM RF Setup Menu arrrurnnnrnnrnnnrrnnrrnnrnnnrnnnrnnnennee 5 13 1 1 GSM Frequency Parameter Soft Keys 5 13 2 GSM Screen Selection and Setup Menu 5 13 2 1 GSM R
5. 5 14 3 2 Setting Log File Format The Log Format soft key located below the circled key in Figure 5 14 15 is used to specify the file format for the log file The choices are CSV or KML Note that KML files can be opened in Google earth showing measurement and location data The log file is named CDMA Pass Fail mm_dd_yyy_n csv kml Where mm_dd_yyyy is the date and n is a counter that starts at zero i se For more information on exporting log files from ME er the UCTT refer to the Suge of EE Logging aaant D the manual re Every 1 eide Log Format 5 14 3 3 Enable Disable Logging Figure 5 14 15 CDMA EVDO Logging Menu The Logging soft key is located in the lower right corner of Figure 5 14 15 This soft key is used to enable or disable the logging function Pressing the key will toggle between enabled and disabled states The cur rent logging state is displayed in this soft key as well as the high lighted Logging menu key at the bottom of the screen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 72 5 15 WCDMA Application The WCDMA application is used to demodulate and analyze WCDMA and HSPA signals The signal to be analyzed is con nected to the RF Input of the UCTT An antenna is used for over the air measurements For more information on the UCTT RF connectors refer to the of this manual The WCDMA Application is selected by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the WCDMA HSPA soft
6. INSTRUMENTS UCTT 8901A User Manual Rev E 2 2013 1 Getting Started rarrrrnrnrnnernnrrrnnrrranrrnanrnanennnnrnnnnnnanennannnnne T 1 1 Quick SPES 7 LUN T 2 Physical Properties rrrarrrnrnrnnrnnrrnnnrnnrnnnrnnnrnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 8 21 FONC PN 8 PENN 8 2 1 2 Keypad and Selection Wheel rrranrrnanrnnnnnnanennnnnnnnrnnnne 9 2 1 2 1 Saving and Recalling Measurement Results 10 2 1 2 2 Saving a Screen Capture rrannnnanrrnnnnnnanrnnnnnvnnennnnennn 10 2 1 2 3 Adjusting Screen Brightness rrnnrrnanrnnnnnnanrnvannnnn 10 2 4 Connector al ca gt Re eon ee ee ee oe eee ee 11 2 2 Flip out Stand EE 12 22P ACK saveuess snuineomaugantaceerccnweneroHeicraesteneuces IS ia 12 2 3 1 Battery Status Indicators rarrrnnrrnnnrrnanrnnnnnvanennnnnvnnnnnn 12 2 3 2 Battery Calibration alerede needs 12 2 3 3 Battery Removal rrrnnnonnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnrnnnenner 13 2 3 4 Battery Installation sanse 13 3 UCTT Menu Scheme and Navigation rrrrrrrrarernnrrrnnrrnnre 14 4 System Configuration Menus rrrranrrnnnrrnnrrrarernnrrnnnennnre 16 4 1 System 00 gt EE audasetetwuset 16 4 2 General Menuuas aarssesssmmemnmeeeusedremlignsider 16 4 2 1 Set Time and Date rrrnnnonnnnnnnnonanrnnanennnnnnnnrnnnnnnanennnnrn 16 4 2 2 Set Display Color Scheme anrrnannnnnnnnnnnnnanennnnnnnnnnnnne 16 4 2 3 Set Center Frequency Confi
7. Signal Coverage 10 29 2012 0 kml amp WCDMA RF 12 6 2012 1 kml TT Signal Coverage 6 30 2012 1 kmi Figure 7 1 2 PTAT File Types Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 116 to display Figure 7 1 3 shows multiple traces displayed on the screen The circled Trace ID selection box is used to delete traces Individual traces can be selected in the box The Delete button located to the right of the circled Trace ID box in Figure 7 1 3 can be used to delete the selected trace from the display In the lower left corner is a list of displayed traces along with a color key to identify each trace 7 1 3 Adding Markers Markers are available to highlight and display geo location and measurement data at any point on the trace or between multiple traces Markers defined in the UCTT applications will be automatically imported and displayed on the measurement trace or markers can be added to the trace using the PTAT software Figure 7 1 4 shows a trace with 3 markers defined The circled marker buttons are used to add delete and name new markers The Name text box is used to name a newly cre ated marker Pressing the button will cause a new marker to be created it will be labeled with the text from the Name text box The button is used to delete markers from the display Typing a markers label in the Name text box and clicking the button will cause the selected marker to be deleted from the displ
8. AMPS CDMA GSM UMTS LTE EUTRA BANDS e Maximum Continuous Input 30 dBm e Maximum Continuous Input without Damage 33 dBm e Turning Resolution 1 Hz e Frequency Accuracy Internal Time Base Accuracy 0 1 ppm after warm up Internal Time Base Aging 0 1 ppm year GPS Lock 1 0 ppb 25 C Hold over lt 50 ppb 72 hrs e Frequency and Time Reference InternalReference GPS derived 1 pps External One Pulse Per Second Even Second Clock Multiples of 1 MHz to 20 MHz Multiples of 1 2288 MHz to 19 6608 MHz 2 048 MHz e Remote Control Command Line amp GUI Emulation e Interfaces RF Out Port Type N F 50Q RFin Port Type N F 50Q e Ext Ref BNC e Even Sec Ext Trig BNC e GPS Antenna SMB e On board Memory 4 GB e Dual E1 T1 RJ 45 e Dual 10 100 1000 RJ 45 10 100 Base T Ethernet RJ 45 e Ext DC Input MIL 57D Circular e Audio MIL STD Circular Acc Non Contiguous range 1 0 GHz 1 6 GHz USB Slave Type A USB Host Type B e Environmental MIL STD 810 F Operating 20 C to 55 C humidity 85 Storage 51 C to 71 C Altitude 5000m 16 404 ft e Safety EN 61010 1 portable equipment Electromagnetic Compatibility CE e Power 1 or 2 Lithium Batteries e Battery Life One Battery 3 4 hr Two Batteries 7 8 hrs e Size 300 x 216 x 114 mm 13 0 x 8 5 x 4 5 in e Weight One Bat 6 03 Kg 13 3 Ibs Two Bat 6 58 14 5 Ibs Bumpers 0 59 Kg 1 3 Ibs Note Non Contiguous Range 1 0 GHz 1
9. Channel Channel Plan LTE SDN Run Pause Figure 5 4 4 Frequency Soft Keys Amplitude Ref Level 40dBm Figure 5 4 5 Spectrum Analyzer Amplitude Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 29 5 4 2 4 Controlling the Preamp The Preamp soft key is used to control the state of the internal preamplifier in the UCTT The default setting for the preamplifier is off The preamplifier is use ful for increasing the signal to noise ratio for low level signals less than 50 dB Note that turning on the preamplifier when higher signal levels are present can cause instability and erroneous measurements to occur 5 4 3 Spectrum Analyzer Bandwidth Menu The UCTT utilizes a DSP based Fourier transform to create the measurement display presented to the user Thousands of measurements per second are re corded The Bandwidth menu pictured in Figure 5 4 6 provides several options for controlling the measurement resolution as well as the filtering and averaging of the multiple measurements to create the displayed trace The Bandwidth soft key circled in Figure 5 4 6 indicates some of the Bandwidth menu parameters as well as the frames per second FPS that measurements are made or dis played The FPS indicator depends on the state of the Trace Mode parameters and will be explained in that section 5 4 3 1 Resolution Bandwidth Soft Key The Res BW soft key is used to set the resolution of the DSP s individual measurements tha
10. In addition to test modes the UCTT has a system con figuration mode that is accessed by pressing the Syst Figure 3 2 Mode Button Spectrum Analyzer Mode Frequency Menu Amplitude Menu Menu Bandwidth Figure 3 3 Spectrum Analizer Menus Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 14 soft key The System mode menus are used to perform system administration tasks Re EE 01 28 2013 18 13 46 Frequency pe fer to the System Mode section of the manu a Menu Bar t EN al for more details on the System menus 60 00 Trace Mode AA 70 00 3 2 Menu Description eT Toggle zero Span The UCTT uses a common menu format for Menu SoftKeys Meier all its test and configuration menus Figure B 3 4 shows the Spectrum Analyzer Marker ad 918 000000 MHz menu The circled menu bar at the top of 119 00 i i i i Freq Step the menu displays the following information T Auto from left to right current instrument mode ME ad time and date battery condition and current menu name Note that the Instrument Mode oe and Menu name are useful indicators when rm NE navigating the UCTT menus Spay samme EE The soft keys along the bottom of the display kaker are used for selecting among the menus for the test mode In Figure 3 4 the instrument mode is Spectrum Analyzer so the soft keys Figure 3 4 Typical UCTT Menu Layout along the bottom of the screen a
11. Power dBm Time uSec Dummy reen Burst Analysis Logging Run Pause Run Figure 5 13 8 GSM Burst Analysis Screen eso e Freq 890 400000 MHz Mode GSM Analyzer 01 02 2013 15 41 55 GSM Setup Burst Type Any ETSI Table A1 CellM Screen Modulation noni eee Pause Figure 5 13 9 GSM Modulation Screen ETSI Power 0 dBm RF Setup GSM Setup Burst Any Screen Modulation Ref Lvl 50 dBm Atten RFin 0 0 dB Preamp Off Freq 890 400000 MHz Atten RFin 20 0 dB Mode GSM Analyzer 01 02 2013 16 03 03 sm gt GSM Setup Burst Type I Any Oo ETSI Table AA Cell p BTS ETSI Power 0 dBm Screen Mask Analysis n Bm Freq Cort Dummy Sync RF Setup GSM Setup Burst Any Screen Mask Analysis Ref Lvl 36 dBm vi sd Ru Figure 5 13 10 GSM Mask Analysis Screen Preamp Off gt Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 64 5 13 3 GSM Logging Menu ETT The Logging Menu is used to configure logging le Ciis a functions for the GSM RF Analysis screen All Tom measurements displayed on screen including the RSSI of the detected burst types are included R A F in the log file The file name is titled GSM Ana ace Du lyzer mm dd yyy cvs or kml For more informa im tion on exporting log files from the UCTT refer to the section of the manual The Logging menu is pictured in Figure 5 13 11 and is accessed by pressing the high
12. r rarnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnvnnnennnennee 83 5 16 22 LTE Bandwidth ST L egene 83 5 16 2 4 LTE Configuration Menu rrrrarernnrrnnrrnnnrnvarennnnenen 83 5 16 2 5 LTE Pass Fail Screen rrrrrnrrrnnnrrnnrrnnrnnnrnnnrnnnenne 84 5 16 2 6 LTE Frame Summary SCreen ranrnnanrnnnnnnanennannnnn 84 5 16 2 7 LTE Cell ID Scanner Screen raranananannnanenanennnennne 85 5 16 2 8 LTE MIMO Scanner Screen rrrnnrrnnnenanenanenanennnennn 85 5 16 2 9 MIMO Setup Menu rrrrnnnrnnnrnnernnnrrnnrrnnrnnnrnnnrnnnenner 85 5 16 2 10 LTE Frame View Screen rrrarrrnrrnnrenanennnennnennnennee 86 5 16 2 11 LTE Power vs Time Screen raranananannnananunennnennne 86 5 10 2 12 Subcarrier Soft Key seercicecucececusswvedaeredsdundextacebeeaneses 86 5 16 2 14 LTE Subcarrier View ScCreen rrraranannnnnannnrnnnennne 87 5 16 2 17 LTE Modulation Screen rrarrnnnrnanennnenanennnennnenere 87 5 16 2 19 LTE Multi Path Screen cccccccssscnsscnsscnsscnsscnses 88 5 16 2 20 LTE Spectral Screen ccccssscssscsssccesccerecerseens 88 5 16 3 LIE Logging MENU Luuespndee erensasenj rran 89 5 16 4 LTE Measurements Technical Description 90 5 17 WiMAX Application rronrrarrnrrrarrarrrarranerarnnnrnarnnnnnenr 90 5 18 Adjacent Channel Power Application 91 5 18 1 Adjacent Channel Power Frequency Menu 91 5 18 2 Adjacent Channel Power Amplitude Menu
13. valid states are Signal Loss Frame Loss and No lane ererat toni T ged eal es Errors Below the Span Status are the BERT test 3 11 24 ESF BBZS Internal TE results On the lower right portion of the screen Span Status No Errors are the DS1 and Bert Current History indicators ee O a i i me Loss Ser Loss Sel 1 Tx State dem Pattern Green colored indicators in the current column Loss Count 0 Rx state Iin Gai ee etal MO indicate a valid condition while red colored indica Errors 0 or ni Bit Error Rate KE tors indicate a loss of signal or alarm condition Error Free Sec i T Error Sec Signal Present e In the history column red indicators show a loss EE SE fs of signal or alarm condition that occurred in the ses 0 PattemSyne past The three soft keys in the upper right of the SESRatiol 0 000 Ones Beaty screen are used for test control The Run Stop Unavail a E Yellow Alarm soft key is used to start and stop the test The BE ES Ca Run Stop status is indicated in the Tx State and Rx State text boxes circled in Figure 6 2 2 The Span Mon valid states for these indicators are Tx Stopped 22009 neaten Tx Pattern Rx Stopped Attempting Sync and In Sync The Reset Stats soft key can be used Figure 6 2 2 DS1 BERT Results Menu to reset the BERT test results as well as the his tory indicators The Inject Error soft key is us
14. 25 39 Figure 5 19 9 Spectrogram Window Function Menu Configure Spectrogram Record Playut O Record Fije LTE_1796 Record Frequency seconds Record Duration Hours 10 Playback Est File Size MB 0 Max File Size MB 512 Avail Disk Space MB 4076 Figure 5 19 10 Record Playback Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 98 Mode Spectrogram 12 20 2012 14 26 18 5 19 5 Spectrogram Marker Menu The Marker Menu is pictured in Figure 5 19 11 it is accessed by pressing the highlighted Marker soft key located at the bottom of the menu This menu is used to display and manipulate markers on the measurement screen These markers can be used to make precise readings of frequency and level at user specified points on the displayed trace Furthermore differences in frequency and levels can be calculated between markers Refer to the UCTT Marker Menus section of this manual for more information on the marker menus 5 19 6 Manual Attenuator Adjustment In normal operations the UCTT employs an auto matic attenuator to maximize the dynamic range of its measurement circuits This automatic at tenuator sets the optimal input level based on the input signal energy In some measurement envi ronments the user may find it useful to disable the automatic attenuator and manually control the attenuator settings Refer to the en me rs ie of this manual for more information on this topic Fi
15. Back to Back 6 1 3 1 Summary Results Screen ppe Mode Throughput 01 10 2013 15 27 41 qm Throughput In Figure 6 1 11 the Summary soft key is high Test 26 1 Throughput lighted indicating the Summary sub menu is St d selected The Summary screen displays the RFC Status Stopped 2544 section number and test description for the Iteration 1 of 1 Frame Size 84 test in the Test text box at the top of the screen 7 ne ne Below the Test box is the Status indicator This k a 4000 is the status for the test valid states are Stopped 00 100 00 0 and Running If the test cannot run an error 00 100 me Go message is displayed for the status Below the 00 100 100 0 O Mbps status is the Iteration indicator This displays 00 00 ot ME rae the current iteration and the total number of itera ar 199 100 0 tions for the test Below the iteration number are foo fioo 1000 the Frame Size and Packets indicators The Packets box in the lower portion of the screen contains indicators for various packet and delay measurements for the test These include the number of transmitted and received packets Figure 6 1 12 Throughput Test Results Screen number of dropped packets the percentage of packet loss the percent load for the Ethernet link as well as the minimum maximum average and standard deviation for the transmission delay The Run Stop soft key in the lower right corner is used to start and stop the select
16. Dest soft key will bring up the Setup Destination menu pictured in Figure 6 1 6 This menu is used to setup the destination parameters if applicable If the test is running in single port mode then the farend loopback IP address and MAC are entered at the top of the screen 6 1 2 3 Throughput Setup Menu Pressing the Throughput soft key will bring up the Throughput Setup menu pictured in Figure 6 1 7 This menu is used to specify the param eters for the throughput test The circled text boxes allow the user to specify the number of Packets and number of times the test is run Validations These are the only parameters for this test Mode Test Setup 01 10 2013 15 22 18 sn Test Setup Frame Size Auto RFC User Defined Combine the Following Tests Throughput Latency amp Frame Loss Back to Back O Enable Pass Fail 2 Port Test Figure 6 1 5 Global Test Setup Menu Loop mac 00 00 00 00 00 007 N A in Two Port Mode Loop IP Adar JEJ SEJ e N A in Two Port TTL i 50 TOS DS 0 Source TCP UDP Port 81449 Dest TCP UDP Port 24675 Mode Setup Dest 01 10 2013 15 23 00 mn Setup Dest Figure 6 1 6 Test Destination Setup Menu Mode Throughput 01 10 2013 15 23 33 mn mm ss Test Duration Packets 1000 Max Rate Mbps Validations i P F Criteria Figure 6 1 7 Thro
17. Figure 5 15 15 Spectral Emissions Mask Screen WCDMA Setup WCDMA Screen Uplink ETSI Power 52 dBm gt pi A Pot Wiar ses N Uplink OVSF Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 79 woe Mode WCDMA HSPA Analyzer 12 05 2012 12 26 36 WCDMA Setup 5 15 3 WCDMA Logging Menu The UCTT can log measurements to a file from Ta the RF Spectrum and Pass Fail screens The oon esis WCDMA Logging Menu is used to configure log ms ging functions The Logging menu is pictured in Figure 5 15 17 and is accessed by pressing the highlighted Logging soft key located at the bot tom of the screen The logging parameter soft keys are on the right side of the menu 5 15 3 1 Setting Logging Units and ma as The Log Units soft key circled in Figure 5 15 17 Resetie me weomaseup f Logging Saus joad is used to specify the logging units The options Refs zom Se code St every i Reo are Seconds or Results This causes logging to Atten RFin 008 f screen RF Spectrum ff Format CSV da Disabled occur every N seconds or N results where N is Figure 5 15 17 WCDMA Logging Menu set by the Log Every soft key located above the circled Log Units key The labels on the Log Units and Log Every soft keys indicate the number and units selected 5 15 3 2 Setting Log File Format The Log Format soft key located below the circled key in Figure 5 15 17 is used to specify the file format for the log file The choic
18. Log Every soft key located above the circled Log Units key The labels on the Log Units and Log Every soft keys indicate the number and units selected 20 00 id EE 90 00 Log Format SN SE 100 00 i N i 110 00 120 00 120 00 ad 140 00 150 00 P nd o _ CI pa 5 20 3 2 Setting Log File Format The Log Format soft key circled in Figure 5 20 6 po is used to specify the file format for the log file iiia Gs The choices are CSV or KML Note that KML files n z socomia Sad aan oon pene can be opened in Google earth showing mea EEA A surement and location data Figure 5 20 6 Channel Scanner Logging Menu 5 20 3 3 Enable Disable Logging The Logging soft key located in the lower right corner of Figure 5 20 5 This soft key is used to enable or disable the logging func tion Pressing the key will allow the user to toggle between en abled and disabled states The current logging state is displayed in this soft key as well as the highlighted Logging menu key at the bottom of the screen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 102 5 21 Vector Signal Generator Application The Vector Signal Generator VSG application is used to gener ate RF signals The RF Output of the UCTT is connected to the circuit under test Unlike other applications the VSG can run in the background while other test applications are running provid ing a test signal for other measurements The VSG Applicatio
19. OUTIRF 32 6 LO1 49 5 LL 33 4 Locks LO1 1 LO2 1 LO3 1 0 OUT gt I General UCTT the user will receive the following prompt at the remote computer Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 18 Welcome to the Sage Instruments Telnet Service on VGX gt The Prev Screen soft key is used to exit the remote control menu if this key is pressed while a remote session is active the session will be terminated The File or Option Soft Keys can also be used to exit the re Nees Nem Ee a aa mote menu and session Mode Cfg IP Address 03 04 2010 15 03 12 um 429 IP Configuration C Obtain an IP Address Automatically via DHCP The IP interface used for remote control of the Manual IP Address UCTT can be configured by the user The IP con P Address 72 figuration menu is selected by pressing the Cfg IP Subnet Mask 255 25 25 Address Soft Key found in the upper right corner of the Remote Control menu shown in Figure 4 7 The same OE 2 IP Configuration Menu is shown in Figure 4 8 The DNS Server 0 for data entry The Network Name parameter is EF See eC used to identify the UCTT in the network PE The UCTT can be assigned a static or dynamic TET AT DHCP server on the network If the Obtain IP Address check box is not checked a static IP ad dress can be manually specified in the Manual IP Address sec IP configuration values can be changed by pressing IP address Checking
20. Products Warranty Sage Instruments products that are repaired during the initial one year warranty period by Sage Instruments or its authorized representative are further warranted for a period of 90 days from the date of shipment from the repair facility All out of warranty repairs performed by Sage Instruments are warranted for a period of 90 days Shipping Instructions To exercise the Sage Instruments warranty contact a Sage Instruments customer service representative and obtain a returned material authorization number RNA Include a detailed description of the problem and the conditions and circumstances under which the symptoms occurred Ship the product in its original packaging or in packaging approved by Sage Instruments If unapproved packaging is used this warranty is void Shipping charges duties and taxes must be prepaid Return shipping to the customer is paid by Sage Instruments Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 124
21. Run Mode soft key located below the Max Freq soft key will toggle the test mode between continuous or One Shot This soft key also appears in the Results menu 5 9 1 6 Run Pause Soft Key The Run Pause soft key located below the Run Mode Soft key is used to start or pause the test In the continuous run mode the run pause soft key will allow the test to run continuously until the user pauses it by pressing the Run Pause soft key In the Single Shot run mode the test will start then pause once it has ran once The test can be restarted by pressing the Run Pause soft key This soft key also appears in the Results menu 5 9 2 One Port Insertion Loss Results Menu The One Port Insertion Loss Results menu is pictured in Figure 5 9 4 and is accessed by pressing the circled Results soft key The Results soft key also indicates the average One Port Insertion Loss measurement for the test 5 9 2 1 Pass Fail Limits The limit line soft key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 9 4 is used to set or disable the Pass Fail limit for the One Port Insertion Loss test Pressing the Limit Line soft key will allow Change RF Band Select Desired Band PCS ISM 1600 2700 MHz Cellular 698 1000 MHz AWS PCS 1600 2200 MHz ISM 2200 2700 MHz Start Stop 698 1000 MHz OK Cancel Figure 5 9 3 RF Band Selection Menu Mode 1 Port Ins Loss 11 26 2012 12 11 43 Limit Line Reh in Run Mode Continuous wT m o r a va
22. ai Load Map File Menu shown in Figure 5 12 11 The 5 12 6 2 Map File Selection Key The Map File soft key located in the upper right cor i _ perverse Figure 5 12 10 Map File Selection Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 59 user can select a map from the list to be displayed on the Signal Load Map File Coverage screen Select a file Paris 5 12 6 3 Configuring Logging Parameters cee The four soft keys circled in Figure 5 12 12 are for configuring the RIOVISTA OA BOVY logging function The first three keys Log Every Log Units and astbay Log Format are covered in the section of this manual The CFG Symbols soft key allows the user to modify the map symbols displayed on the coverage map These map symbols have four colors to represent the four signal level thresholds Excellent Good Fair and Poor The signal level and displayed color can be set by the user in the Define Map Symbols Menu Pressing the CFG Symbols soft key will bring up the Define Map Symbols Menu pictured in Figure 5 12 13 The user can use this menu to specify the power Sage Mode Sional Coverace 95 06 30 2012 13 55 29 amma Figure 5 12 11 Load Map File Menu A levels and colors for each of the 4 thresholds I 7 35 8 dBm Frequency Amplitude Freq 751 000000 MHz Ref Lvl 50 dBm Start 746 000000 MHz Ref Lvl Offset 0 0 dB Figure 5 12 12 Logging Parameters Soft Keys Defi
23. are color coded to indicate the burst type The legend that indicates the colors for each burst type is located along the cen ter of the display At the top of the screen are indicators for the received Training Sequence Code TSC and the Session Border RF Analysis Controller number as well as Frequency offset and 1 Q offsets ok OC cancer The Phase Error is displayed in both Peak and RMS values in the upper right of the display The Phase Error Peak indicator is red for any values greater than 20 degrees while the RMS indicator is Figure 5 13 5 GSM Setup Menu red for any values greater than 5 degrees 5 13 2 2 Burst Type Soft Key The Burst Type soft key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 13 6 is used to select the burst igs Mt Cell MS type to analyze This soft key is present in most 106 of the GSM screens Pressing the Burst Type soft key will bring up the Burst Type selection Menu me pictured in Figure 5 13 7 Once a burst type is ener Dit selected the UCTT will display any occurrences of the received signals on the upper and lower displays Note that the display may update slowly if the selected burst type occurs intermittently 11000 If the Any Burst Type is selected the UCTT will display the burst with the greatest activity during the sample period Frag RANE stadt pores Any _ Atten RFin 0 0 dB ad Screen RF Analysis ETSI Power Figure 5
24. area to be magnified in the lower screen 0 00 i RF Setup Freq 872 000000 MHz pete 70 cam Paes bai o st N WCDMA Setup Threshold ETSI Power D en D Uplink Pilots 5 G as i 6 oa gt dyd Uplink Ser Code Om did PN er ra potet OVSF Logging et Disabled por a Rest Figure 5 15 9 WCDMA Zoom Screen 5 15 2 4 WCDMA Codogram Screen The Codogram screen is pictured in Figure 5 15 10 Activity in the demodulated channel is displayed at the top of 355 the screen The bottom of the screen displays a aT histogram of the demodulated channel over time 1000 Ha OVSF Legend 512 256 MMA r i _ Threshold ETSI Power OdBm REN Uplink Pilots See PPT a Uplink Scr Code PR bn RS soak De Uplink OVSF Logging Disabled He ne t Figure 5 15 10 WCDMA Codograph Screen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 76 12 03 2012 16 16 43 5 15 2 5 WCDMA Modulation Screen The Modulation screen is pictured in Figure 5 15 11 Activity in the sector is displayed at the top of the screen The rest of the screen except for the Total window displays measurements for ants a demodulated channel By default the UCTT will OTRE aras locate and display the channel with the lowest OVSF and highest power in a given sample The monitored channel is circled in Figure 5 15 11 There will be an A displayed for automatic selec tion and an M for ma
25. based on the entered start and stop frequencies The third method for setting the frequency parameters is to use the Channel Plan and Channel soft keys In this case the center frequency and span are automatically determined based on the channel plan and channel selected Pressing the Chan nel Plan soft key will bring up the channel plan selection menu shown in Figure 5 19 3 This list contains the channel plan names and frequency ranges for each plan Pressing the RF Standard or Frequency buttons circled in Figure 5 19 3 will sort the list based on channel plan name or by frequency range Additionally at the bottom of the channel plan selection screen is a list of valid chan nels for the selected plan To select a plan press the desired chan nel plan followed by the OK button at the bottom of the menu To leave the Channel Plan mode simply press one of the Center Freq Span Start or Stop frequency soft keys The Span soft key can also be used to toggle the Zero Span display mode In this mode the analyzer displays the time do main plot of the desired frequency much like an oscilloscope trace Figure 5 19 1 Spectrogram Application Selection Mode Spectrogram 12 20 2012 14 24 40 so GSM 850 Uplink 824200 GSM 850 Downlink 869200 0 0 GSM 900 Uplink 880200 GSM 900 Downlink 925200 GSM 1800 Uplink 1710200 GSM 1800 Downlink 1805200 GSM 1900 Uplink 1850200 GSM 1900 Downlink 1930200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LTE 1 DN 211000
26. detected The estimated channel responses and the detected number of TX antenna ports information are then used to deconvolve the signals from different TX antennas and restore the original modulation symbols prior to layer mapping and precoding The estimated channel response is first used to equalize the reference signal itself The modulation quality measurement EVM is then performed on the equalized reference signal The SNR measurement is also de rived from the equalized reference signal The deconvolution process is then applied to all downlink channels More specifically all PBCH PCFICH PH ICH and PDCCH channels within the whole 10 ms frame are extracted deconvolved measured and averaged However the user data carrying PDSCH channel is treated differently In a realistic world the PDSCH channel within the whole 10 ms frame may contain a lot of dynamic variations It may contain data from multiple users with varying power levels and varying modulation patterns from QPSK to QAM16 and QAM64 and even vary ing MIMO schemes from TX diversity to Spatial Multiplexing or single antenna port transmission To combat such dynamic variations Sage UCTT measures the PDSCH signals per each 1 ms subframe The subframe in which the PDSCH channel has the best modulation quality is then presented This is why the PDSCH channel s EVM is generally better than the other control channels Higher modulation density QAM16 and 64 versus QPSK also
27. detected least often In this mode the DSP measurement frame rate is displayed in the FPS indicator on the Bandwidth soft key When the Color Histogram trace mode is selected the Hist soft Key circled on the right side of Figure 5 4 8 is enabled which allows the user to adjust the mapping of multiple measurement point oc currences to the colors When this parameter is set to 100 most all displayed points are blue When the parameter is set to 1 all the display points are red The default value for this parameter is 45 5 4 3 4 Window Type Soft Key Mode Spectrum Analyzer 11 19 2012 18 14 24 Bandwidth Res BW 50 000 kHz Record Playback Configure Start Trace Mode ColorHist Window Type Kaiser Amplitude Ref Lvl 52 dBm Scale 10 dB div Ref Lvl Offset 0 0 dB Audio Beep Range Off oggle on Off 5 Figure 5 4 8 Color Histogram Display The Window Type parameter determines the type of filter that is used by the DSP prior to making its measurements When the Window Type soft key is pressed the Select Window Function menu shown in Figure 5 4 9 is displayed The user can select a window function by pressing the desired window func tion followed by the OK button in the lower left corner The default window function is Kaiser Note refer to the Manual Attenuator Adjustment section of the manual if Uniform or Blackman window functions are selected 5 4 3 5 Overlay Soft Key The Overlay soft key located
28. display frame rate in this case the DSP frame rate is displayed In the Peak Hold trace mode the DSP creates a trace from the maximum values measured at each frequency point for succes sive measurements These maximum values are retained for the duration of the test or are reset when the front panel ESC key is pressed In this mode the DSP measurement frame rate is dis played in the FPS indicator on the Bandwidth soft key In the Continuous Peak trace mode the DSP creates a trace from the maximum values measured at each frequency point for successive measurements These maximum values are displayed and then reset each time the trace is presented to the user which is approximately 20 times per second In this mode the DSP measurement frame rate is displayed in the FPS indicator on the Bandwidth soft key In the Max Burst trace mode the DSP saves the trace with the maximum total power This trace is displayed until a trace with more power is detected or the user resets the test by pressing the ESC key In this mode the DSP measurement frame rate is dis played in the FPS indicator on the Bandwidth soft key Note that due to DSP measurement limitations the Max Burst trace mode cannot be selected when the frequency span parameter is greater than 15 MHz In the Continuous Burst trace mode the DSP saves the trace with the maximum total power This maximum power trace is dis played and then reset each time the trace is presented to the us
29. es are CSV or KML Note that KML files can be opened in Google earth showing measurement and location data The log files are named WCDMARF mm dd yyyy n csv kml and WCDMA Pass Fail mm dd yyyy n csv kml Where mm dd yyyy is the date and nis a counter that starts at zero For more information on exporting files from the UCTT refer to the exporting files section of the manual 5 15 3 3 Enable Disable Logging The Logging soft key is located in the lower right corner of Figure 5 15 17 This soft key is used to enable or disable the logging function Pressing the key will toggle between enabled and dis abled states The current logging state is displayed in this soft key as well as the highlighted Logging menu key at the bottom of the screen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 80 5 16 LTE FDD and TDD Application The LTE application is used to demodulate and analyze LTE signals For a detailed description of how the UCTT performs LTE measurements and data extraction refer to the section of this manual The signal to be analyzed is connected to the RF Input of the UCTT An anten na is used for over the air measurements For more information on the UCTT RF connectors refer to the of this manual The LTE Application is selected by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the one of the circled LTE FDD or LTE TDD soft keys shown in Figure 5 16 1 5 16 1 LTE RF Setup Menu The LTE RF Setup menu displayi
30. for the log file The choices are CSV or KML Note that KML files can be opened in Google earth showing measurement and location data 5 16 3 3 Enable Disable Logging The Logging soft key is located in the lower right corner of Figure 5 16 22 This soft key is used to enable or disable the logging function Pressing the key will toggle between enabled and disabled states The current logging state is displayed in this soft key as well as the highlighted Logging menu key at the bottom of the screen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 89 5 16 4 LTE Measurements Technical Description All LTE metrics power level frequency offset and EVMs etc are measured and averaged across the whole 10 ms frame At each measurement cycle the UCTT captures a new frame of signal It uses the PSS and SSS Primary and Secondary Sync Signals to establish the proper frame boundary and decode the cell ID The reference signals from an antenna port selected by the user are used to estimate the carrier frequency offset The frequency offset correction is then applied to all the symbols within the 10 ms frame The reference signals are also used to further refine the symbol timing boundary Next all REs Resource Elements carrying the reference signals from each antenna port are extracted to construct the respective channel response from that transmit antenna using least squares method The number of TX antenna ports 1 2 or 4 are automatically
31. frame rate is displayed in the FPS indicator on the Bandwidth soft key In the Max Burst trace mode the DSP saves the trace with the maximum total power This trace is displayed until a trace with more power is detected or the user resets the test by pressing the ESC key In this mode the DSP measurement frame rate is dis played in the FPS indicator on the Bandwidth soft key Note that due to DSP measurement limitations the Max Burst trace mode cannot be selected when the frequency span parameter is greater than 15 MHz In the Continuous Burst trace mode the DSP saves the trace with the maximum total power This maximum power trace is dis played and then reset each time the trace is presented to the user which is approximately 20 times per second In this mode the DSP measurement frame rate is displayed in the FPS indicator on the Bandwidth soft key Note that due to DSP measurement limita tions the Continuous Burst trace mode cannot be selected when the frequency span parameter is greater than 15 MHz Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 31 In the Color Histogram trace mode the UCTT displays a histogram of each measurement point with the color of each point representing the number of times the same measurement value has been detected This display mode is pictured in Figure 5 4 8 The red colored points show where the signal has been detected most often while the blue colored points show where the signal was
32. in parameters sgen The sgen command causes the radio transmitter to generate a single frequency signal The command parameters specify the level and frequency of the generated signal sgen rsvd1 Center Frequency Level rsvdi Reserved CAL Only 12 bit DAC Value 0 4095 Center Frequency MHz 700 to 2200 range 700 1000 Mhz 1 6 2 2 GHz Level dB 0 to 60 No spaces or tabs allowed in parameters tune The tune command sets the center frequency of the radio receiver This command must be issued before the rfsa command can be sent The individual attenuator settings are derived from the desired level The preamp will be off unless the flag is specified tune p rsvd1 rsvd2 Center Frequency Attenuation p Preamp On default off Optional rsvd1 Reserved CAL Only 2 IF1 Atten dB 0 31 Optional 0 to 31 rsvd2 Reserved CAL Only ATTN Names value Optional 0 to 9 Center Frequency Hz 698000000 2700000000 range 700 1000 Mhz 1 6 2 2 GHz Attenuation dB 0 61 No spaces or tabs allowed in parameters Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 21 4 2 11 GPS amp Timing Reference Configuration The internal frequency reference of the UCTT can be syn chronized and trained to several external timing sources These are GPS timing an external frequency reference or an external even second timing source Additionally the GPS receiver in the UCTT can be used to provide location data for
33. in this scheme will then be presented as undeconvolvable cloudy random signals resulting in momentary high EVM value higher than 25 typically 5 17 WiMAX Application As of the publication date of this manual the WiMAX application is not currently completed Contact Sage for more information about the availability of this feature Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 90 5 18 Adjacent Channel Power Application The Adjacent Channel Power application is used to analyze the out of band power generated by a transmitter The signal to be analyzed is connected to the RF Input of the UCTT this is not an over the air test For more information on the UCTT RF connectors refer to the of this manual The Adjacent Channel Power Application is selected by pressing the front panel CDM HEDER Mode button then pressing the circled ACP soft key shown in Figure 5 18 1 5 18 1 Adjacent Channel Power Frequency Menu The Adjacent Channel Power frequency menu is accessed by pressing the Frequency soft key in the lower left corner of the screen in Figure 5 18 2 The soft keys along the right side of the screen are used for entering the frequency menu param eters described in the following sections Z Figure 5 18 1 ACP Application Selection Mode Adjacent Channel Power 01 02 2013 16 07 34 gu Adjacent Channel 5 18 1 1 Frequency Parameters Soft Keys In the Adjacent Channel Power application the channel plan and channels ar
34. key circled in Figure 5 15 1 5 15 1 WCDMA RF Setup Menu The WCDMA RF Setup menu displaying the RF Spectrum screen is pictured in Figure 5 15 2 The WCDMA application has several screens for viewing WCDMA signals and channels The RF spectrum screen is used for basic signal analysis The differ ent WCDMA screens are described in detail in the CDMA Setup menu section of this manual The nom Mode WCDMA HSPA Analyzer GPS 11 29 2012 16 37 51 RF Setup menu can be accessed by pressing s I the highlighted RF Setup soft key in the lower no 872 000000 MHz left corner of the menu The Setup menu allows 200 am m 8 configuring the center frequency and levels as 9000 A 0dBm well as scaling offsets and preamp control The soft keys for the RF Setup menu are along the right side of the menu and are described in the following sections 5 15 1 1 WCDMA Frequency Param eter Soft Keys There are two methods for setting up the center frequency of the WCDMA demodulator specify See reas ing center frequency directly or by specifying the 42 ue Logging Channel Plan and Channel The corresponding sets of soft keys for each method are circled on the right side of Figure 5 15 2 Note that some Figure 5 15 2 WCDMA RF Setup Menu measurements like the Spectral Emissions Mask have different parameters depending on what band is being used therefore for correct results these tests center frequency should be setup using
35. level and Error Vector Magni GE fest even 2 Remit gel Run Pause tude for the physical signals and channels of the mo JE sector are also displayed Note that the levels for the physical signals and channels are expressed in dBm RE which is the signal level per resource ele ment If the sector uses MIMO then the Antenna Port soft key can be used to display the signals from each of the up to four antennas if applicable labeled 0 to 3 LTE Config Figure 5 16 10 LTE Frame Summary Screen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 84 5 16 2 7 LTE Cell ID Scanner Screen Som TA 5 The LTE Cell ID scanner screen is pictured in be Deed LTE Bandwidth Figure 5 16 11 This screen displays a list of all 0160 01 J 7678 abs MED the sectors detected at the given center frequen 8 cy The grid in the upper portion of the screen can ann display up to nine received sectors The stron gest sector is at the top of the list The synchro 7 ananin Subcarrier nization signal power delay and dominance are displayed for each sector The broadcast channel and resource signals for the strongest sector are ea T airnean displayed In the lower portion of the screen Note fo nS AR ss that all levels are in dBm per Resource Element units The signal to noise ratio is determined by kin measuring the ratio of the synchronization signals Run Pause to the adjacent guard band energy Mihi _Ltesetup Leggin
36. menu pictured in Figure 5 15 5 AGE Mode WCDMA HSPA Analyzer WCDMA Setup Threshold Auto Center Freq 872 000000 MHz Ref Level 0dBm i Ref Lvl Offset 0088 Preamp Off Channel Ot Channel Plan LTETDN Figure 5 15 3 RF Setup Soft Keys 12 03 2012 12 16 34 WCDMA Setup WCDMA Screen GE Threshold AUG ig ETSI Power 0 dBm Uplink Pilots i aaa oe Uplink Scr Code NAN ee Sa Uplink OVSF Logging Disabled Every 1 Result s skOLNSL SE DV Le Figure 5 15 4 WCDMA Setup Menu Change WCDMA Select Screen RF Spectrum Summary zoom Codogram Modulation Scanner Pass Fail SEM Uplink OK Cancel Figure 5 15 5 WCDMA Screen Selection Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 74 saom Mode WCDMA HSPA Analyzer GPS TI WCDMA ScD 5 15 2 1 WCDMA RF Spectrum Screen om a The RF Spectrum screen is pictured in Figure sam oo eke COM paler 5 15 6 This screen is used to perform basic analysis of the WCDMA signal This includes 9000 verifying that the center frequency is correct and og that the signal being received has a valid WCD E aooo rem der MA format 12000 There are two traces displayed the yellow trace 13000 shows the raw unfiltered section of the frequency 14000 spectrum while the blue trace shows the signal as viewed through a WCDMA filter Addition ally the text at the top of the screen will display
37. reference level 5 13 1 4 Setting Offset Level The Ref Lvl Offset soft key located below the Auto Scale key in Figure 5 13 3 is used to apply a fixed offset to the signal This is useful when viewing high power signals where an attenuator is connected between the UCTT and the signal source The applied offset value is displayed on the Ref Lvl Offset soft key 5 13 1 5 Controlling the Preamp The Preamp soft key located below the Ref Lv Offset key in Figure 5 13 3 is used to control the state of the internal preampli fier in the UCTT The default setting for the preamplifier is off The preamplifier is useful for increasing the signal to noise ratio for low level signals less than 50 dB The gain of the preamp will not affect the power measurement Note that turning on the preampli fier when higher signal levels are present can cause instability and erroneous measurements to occur 5 13 1 6 Run Pause Soft Key The Run Pause soft key located at the bottom of Figure 5 13 3 is used to start and stop the measurements this is useful for freez ing the screen The current run pause state is indicated on the lower portion of the soft key This soft key is present in the RF Setup and GSM Setup as well as all the GSM screens described in the following section 5 13 2 GSM Screen Selection and Setup Menu The GSM Setup menu displaying the RF Analysis screen is pictured in Figure 5 13 4 and is select ed by pressing the highlighted GSM Setup men
38. tends to yield lower EVM value since EVM is a power normalized measurement The PSS and SSS are measured in their raw form That is the channel response obtained from the reference signal is not used to equalize the PSS and SSS signals The PSS and SSS signals do not necessarily come from the same antenna port that transmits the reference signals So generally the PSS and SSS s quality may appear worse than the other channels This measurement more closely predicts how a UE device an LTE mo dem or phone would perceive the signals The PSS and SSS signals are the first thing that a UE must detect before it can grasp the reference signals and forms a channel response estimation The PSS and SSS signals occur twice within the 10 ms frame once every 5 ms In real world deployment it was found that the two in stances of the PSS SSS signals may have dramatically different power levels may differ by more than 10 dB UCTT selects the instance with higher power and presents the quality and power metrics of that instance only All control channels PBCH PCFICH PHICH and PDCCH are transmitted via transmit diversity when 2 or 4 TX antenna ports are utilized UCTT can always decode and deconvolve these channels with no issue How ever the PDSCH channel sometimes can be transmitted via spatial multiplexing scheme To decode such signal requires multiple RX antennas Since current version of UCTT only has one RX antenna the PDSCH signal transmitted
39. the highlighted Ethernet Setup soft key located in the lower left corner of the screen This soft key also displays the status of the ethernet links The soft keys on the right edge of the menu are used to select among the different setup menus Figure 6 1 2 Ethernet Port Setup Menu 6 1 1 1 Port Setup Menu The highlighted Port soft key in the upper right corner of Figure 6 1 12 is selected and the Port setup menu is displayed The two buttons circled at the top of the screen are used to select between the ethernet ports Be low the Port selection buttons is the interface status indicator This shows the status of the selected interface Valid states are OK and No Link the Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 105 Mode Network speed and duplexing are also displayed herein 01 10 2013 14 42 47 short hand form The Speed selection box allows ee O Port 2 the user to select the interface speed Press ing the down arrow button in the Speed text Manual IP Address box will bring up a list of speeds to select from mm 10 10 The UCTT supports 10BaseT 100BaseT and address 10 9 a 1000BaseT at both full and half duplex There is AE 255 255 Default Gateway mn 0 also an auto speed option where the UCTT will DNS Server 0 i automatically determine the interface speed 6 1 1 2 Network Setup Menu Pressing the Network soft key located below the Port key will bring up the network setup menu
40. the thresholds for each test as well as for the entire test Pressing a value in RF Setup 6 0 Uplink OVSF 256 WCDMA Setup Logging p Pree Frog a ode Threshold Auto Disabled nr Scr Code 51 Every 1 Result s Run Pause Atten RFin 0 0 dB Run L Preamp Off Screen Pass Fail gt Format CSV oe ae FEE Figure 5 15 14 Pass Fail Screen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 78 5 15 2 8 WCDMA Spectral Emissions am la ad 12 05 2012 14 20 48 Mask Screen The spectral emissions mask screen is used to evaluate the output signal of a base station transmitter against ETSI Spectral Emissions tables In most cases the UCTT will be connected to the transmitter via an attenuator directional coupler or air interface In order for the UCTT to apply the proper mask the param eter in the Frequency Setup menu should be set to compensate for any loss due to the connec tion arrangement The Spectral Emissions Mask _ ir FE SEE screen is pictured in Figure 5 15 15 The screen MN displays the measured signal trace and the ap 3 o bg Ed WCDMA Setup WCDMA Screen SEM Threshold Auto J ETSI Power 45 dBm gt oggle Aut Manus Uplink Pilots 6 Uplink Scr Code 0 Uplink OVSF 256 plicable ETSI mask In the upper right corner of Fe hold a E porn the screen is the Pass Fail indicator for the test Aten Ren 7300 screen sem Format cova aig un At t
41. the Obtain an IP Address Figure 4 8 IP Configuration Menu tion of the IP configuration menu shown in Figure 4 8 on the desired value When a parameter is pressed a text or numeric entry dialog box will be presented Automatically via DHCP check box will cause the UCTT to have a dynamic IP address In this case the address is assigned by the 4 2 10 UCTT Remote Commands UCTT remote control commands can be entered at the gt prompt The following is a list of valid commands Entering the help command at the prompt will bring up a list of valid commands Entering help followed by a command will display the help for the selected command Administrative Commands cal For Sage Factory use only ceq For Sage Factory use only exit Exits the command interpreter and closes associated network resources help Allows all users to access help on the various built in commands temp Displays the radio temperatures version Displays the command interpreter version Test Commands idle Controls the current radio Tx amp Rx status freqOff Calculate the frequency offset of a single tone rfrl Measures the average return loss in the specified band rfst Measures the freq offset level of a single tone within SOkHz of Center Frequency rfsa Detects the highest amplitude signal in the specified frequency span Cfg IP Address Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 19 sgen Controls the radio Transmitter tune Tunes
42. the amount of time it takes for a frame to traverse the network The Frame loss test produces a graph of percent frame loss versus frame rate The Back to Back test measures the maximum number of frames that can be sent at full speed with no frames dropped The UCTT can automatically run the tests using the eight recommended frame sizes from 64 to 1518 bytes The test signals are connected to the RJ 45 connec tors labeled ENT 1 and ENT 2 these are also referred to as Port Figure 6 1 1 Ethernet Application Selection 1 amp 2 in the menus For more information on the Ethernet con nectors refer to the Connector Panel section of 7 Mode Ethernet Setup 01 10 2013 14 37 07 2 Ethernet Setup this manual The Ethernet application is selected 9 by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the circled RFC 2544 soft key shown in Status Figure 6 1 1 The UCTT can be equipped with ether a T1 E1 or Ethernet interfaces If the circled oK Ca mode button in Figure 6 2 1 is labeled DS1 BERT then the UCTT has the T1 E1 hardware and can Tap widgets to change not perform Ethernet testing without a hardware Speed 100BaseT Ful Duplex f and option change SA Port ee T yi AE 2 ENN kst ke Gar AE e NN 6 1 1 Ethernet Setup Menus The Ethernet setup menu is pictured in Figure 6 1 2 This is the startup menu for the application and is used to select the different interface setup menus It can also be accessed by pressing
43. the channel plan method so the proper band is identified 5 15 1 2 Setting the Reference Level The Ref Level soft key located below the circled Center Freq key in the upper right corner of Figure 5 15 2 is used to adjust the reference level of the display this will have the effect of shifting the signal trace up or down on the screen but will not affect the measurement levels Once the key is pressed the user can enter a value or touch the screen where the reference level should be set The current reference level is displayed on the Ref Level soft key as well as the RF Setup menu key Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 73 5 15 1 3 Auto Scale Soft Key The Auto Scale soft key circled in Figure 5 15 3 is used to automati cally adjust the reference level based on the signal power This will cause the trace to be centered in the screen When the key is pressed the UCTT will modify the reference level 5 15 1 4 Setting Offset Level The Ref Lvl Offset soft key located below the Auto Scale key in Figure 5 15 3 is used to apply a fixed offset to the signal This is useful when viewing high power signals where an attenuator is connected between the UCTT and the signal source The applied offset value is displayed on the Ref Lvl Offset soft key 5 15 1 5 Controlling the Preamp The Preamp soft key located below the Ref Lvl Offset key in Figure 5 15 3 is used to control the state of the internal preamplifier in the UC
44. the radio Tx Rx The following text describes each command in detail Note that the command parameters show the proper units IE Mhz or Hz in parenthesis after the parameter description Command parameters enclosed in square brackets are optional param eters Default values will be used if these parameters are omitted No spaces or tabs are allowed in parameters idle The idle command is used to turn off the radio transmitter or receiver The idle command should be issued before using the transmitter or receiver This ensures that the transmitter or receiver is placed in a known state before measurements are made idle tx rx This command defaults to turning off both the receiver amp transmitter The flags can be used to turn off just the current receiver task or the current transmitter task tx Idle Tx Only Optional rx Idle Rx Only Optional No spaces or tabs allowed in parameters freqOff The freqOff command is used to measure the frequency offset of a single tone from the center frequency The center fre quency must be specified with the tune command before freqOff is used rfrl The rfrl command is used to measure the average return loss in the specified band rfrl b nav sp z This test is a single shot test it executes returns the measurement data then unregisters itself unless the z flag is speci fied Note that avg papameter will cause a increasing delay in response b Band 0 All def
45. to activate the full screen view Touching anywhere on the screen will turn off the full screen view If the Timeout 3 5 or 10 is selected the measurement screen will automatically display the full screen view if no buttons are press after the selected timeout of 3 5 or 10 seconds Touch ing the screen anywhere will turn off the full screen view 4 2 5 Set Measurement Units The measurement units can be changed to English or Metric by pressing the down arrow key in the Units selection box circled in figure 4 4 4 2 6 Set System Power Mode The power mode allows the user to select between maximum battery life or fastest system response The power mode is selected by pressing the down arrow key in the Power Mode selection box circled in Figure 4 4 Two power modes are available Max Power Save and Fast DSP Boot The Max Power Save mode conserves battery life by only initializing the the measurement circuitry that is currently being Mode System Identifiers Unit Serial amp 44468 Radio Serial 4140621 UI SW Version 121026 UlCtlr Serial amp 510701AB4A1A RF SW Version 5178 Enet SW Version B844 RF USB Version 22 Enet Serial Po RF Serial 1130004014 Enet USB 1240022006 Setup ee Full Screen On Demand Configuration User 1 Units Metric ape o Power Mode Max Power Save v Set Date Set Time Battery 1 Not Detected Battery 2 100 Temp ave sie Fan OK Temp ITOE Pwr Ve
46. tude parameters saom Mode Spectrogram 12 20 2012 14 25 10 5 19 2 1 Setting the Reference Level The Ref Level soft key is used to adjust the reference level of the analyzer this will have the effect of shifting the signal trace up or down on the screen Once the key is pressed the user can enter a value or touch the screen where the reference level should be set Pressing the Auto Scale soft key will cause the UCTT to automatically determine the reference level based on the current signal power level 5 19 2 2 Setting the Display Scale The Scale soft key is used to adjust the scale of the display in dB per division The current scale value is displayed on the Scale soft key as well as the Amplitude menu key circled in Figure Figure 5 19 5 Spectrogram Amplitude Menu 5 19 5 5 19 2 3 Setting Offset Level The Ref Lvi Offset soft key is used to apply a fixed offset to the signal This is useful when viewing high power signals where an attenuator is connected between the UCTT and the signal source The applied offset value is displayed on the Ref Lvl Offset soft key as well as the Amplitude menu soft key circled in Figure 5 19 5 5 19 2 4 Controlling the Preamp The Preamp soft key is used to control the state of the internal preamplifier in the UCTT The default setting for the preamplifier is off The preamplifier is useful for increasing the signal to noise Figure 5 19 4 Frequency Parameters Soft Keys Sage Instruments UCT
47. turn off averaging E ree _ Continuous 5 8 1 3 Overlay Soft Key The Overlay soft key is used to display a previ ously stored measurement trace on top of the currently displayed measurement trace Before using the Overlay soft key a previously stored trace must be recalled Refer to the ONE DE VED Meany alling measurement results section of the manual for more information on storing and recalling dis play traces Once a stored trace is recalled pressing the Overlay Select Desired Band i i 1 i PCS ISM 1600 2700 MHz soft key circled in Figure 5 8 2 will cause the recalled trace to be Cea SS IOA AEE displayed over the current measurement trace In addition to the AWS PCS 1600 2200 MHz ISM 2200 2700 MHz recalled trace the file name any user comments and the test Start Stop 698 1000 MHz parameters for the overlay are also displayed at the bottom of the screen 5 8 1 4 Frequency Band Configuration The Band soft Key located below the circled key in Figure 5 8 2 is used to specify the frequency band used for the VSWR test Pressing the Band soft key will bring up the Change RF Band Menu shown in Figure 5 8 3 The user can press the desired band followed by the OK button to complete the selection The first four bands have fixed start and stop frequencies while the Start Stop band can have user defined start and stop frequencies Figure 5 8 3 VSWR Band Configuration Sage Instruments U
48. will start then pause when it has ran once The test can be restarted by pressing the Run Pause soft key This soft key also appears in the Results menu Figure 5 10 4 RF Band Selection Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 48 Sno Mode 2 Port VNA Ke Jaer 5 10 2 Two Port VNA Results Menu EN Dual Port Gain vs Frequency The Two Port VNA Results menu is pictured in 3000 Figure 5 10 5 and is accessed by pressing the circled Results soft key The Results soft key also indicates the average 2 Port VNA measure ment for the test aul 1000 0 MHz Group Delay vs Frequency 5 10 2 1 Pass Fail Limits The limit line soft key located in the upper right 120 00 corner of Figure 5 10 5 is used to set or dis a 3000 able the Pass Fail limit for the 2 Port VNA test n N Pressing the Limit Line soft key will allow the 2 8 amp amp amp Run Pause Run 1000 0 user to modify the limit line value or turn off the Pass Fail limit The user can also set the limit line by touching the screen where the limit line should be located The Limit Line soft key will indicate the limit value selected by the user Figure 5 10 5 Two Port VNA Results Menu When the test is completed the display will show Pass or Fail at the top of the screen if the Limit Line is enabled 5 10 3 Two Port VNA Marker Menu The Marker menu is pictured in Figure 5 10 6 It is accessed by pressing the circle
49. 0 LTE 1 UP 1920000 LTE 2 DN 1930000 LTE 2 UP 1850000 LTE 3 DN 1805000 LTE 3 UP 1710000 LTE 4 DN 2110000 LTE 4 UP 1710000 LTE 5 DN 869000000 9893900000 T TR G TID ooo CO CTO COO OOOO OOO 3 O es es OO O 3 gt ee I Valid Channels Channels 2400 2649 OK Cancel Figure 5 19 3 Channel Plan Selection Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 94 5 19 1 2 Freq Step Soft Key The Freq Step soft key circled in Figure 5 19 4 is used to specify the frequency step for each detent in the selection wheel In the automatic mode each detent is one hundredth of the span fre quency For example a 100 Mhz span would have frequency steps of 1 Mhz The desired frequency step can be changed from the Auto mode by pressing the Freq Step soft key and entering a new value When this is done the frequency step value will be dis played in the Freq Step soft key 5 19 1 3 Run Pause Soft Key The Run Pause soft key at the bottom of Figure 5 19 4 is used to start and stop the Spectrogram measurements this is useful for freezing the screen The current run pause state is indicated on the lower portion of the soft key 5 19 2 Spectrogram Amplitude Menu The Spectrogram amplitude menu is selected by pressing the circled soft key in Figure 5 19 5 The soft keys along the right edge of the screen are used to modify the ampli
50. 00 the UCTT refer to the connector panel section of NT 7 Sur this manual ap Y 6 to edit anmary gn RF Setup BCH a i Logging 5 16 2 5 LTE Pass Fail Screen re rak sant 50 ee RunPause Atten RFin 0 0 dB pet PEE eee The LTE Pass Fail screen is pictured in Figure pete a Pc ee Poe eA ae 5 16 9 This screen allows the user to define Pass Fail thresholds for different sector mea surements Each measurement can be indepen dently enabled or disabled The thresholds are established using a target value and a tolerance value for each measurement The UCTT will perform the speci Figure 5 16 9 LTE Pass Fail Screen fied tests displaying the measured value and the 225 es en Se ieee pass fail status for each measurement as well LTE Bandwidth as for the entire test Pressing a value in one of the circled columns in Figure 5 16 9 will allow the Modulation dBmF EVI user to enable disable or modify the thresholds for KE ETT aina i each test The UCTT maintains a Pass Fail lim S PRS OPSK 760 16 834 its file that captures the limits set on this screen Refer to the previous section for more information Len managing the pass fail limits file anne Frame Summary 5 16 2 6 LTE Frame Summary Screen pee RE ates The LTE Frame Summary screen is pictured in Figure 5 16 10 This screen displays a summary of the signal strength for a received sector Ad RF Setup eae NM ditionally the signal
51. 00 Bandwidth Res BW 100 000 kHz Amplitude Ref Lvl 41 dBm Scale 10 dB div Ref Lvl Offset 0 0 dB Frequency Freq 750 500000 MHz Span 100 000000 MHz Sat zem 500000 ate Figure 4 5 Enable Full Screen View FI 11 06 2012 20 58 17 gt Remote Control Factory Mode m p ee Center Freq 750 500000 MHz Span 100 ne o Start Freq 700 600000 mHz j Stop Freq 800 500000 MHz Freq Step i 000000 MHz Channel Plan LTE Ka pol Run Pause Run Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 17 4 2 7 Managing User Configurations The UCTT can store and load user configurations This allows the user to save and recall test parameters and system configuration information Saved user configuration files can be recalled to configure the system for a given test scenario The Cfg Save Cfg Save As and Cfg Load soft keys for managing user configuration files are located along the right side of the General menu circled in Figure 4 6 The currently selected configuration file appears in the Configuration Sta tus box circled in the center of Figure 4 6 The Cfg Save As soft key is used to create a new configuration file When this soft key is pressed a file name dialog box is presented to allow the user to enter the file name for the configuration file The current system configuration will be stored in this file The Cfg Save soft key is used to update the cur rently selected
52. 100 B 60 Rate column is rate that the test is run which is the rate determined by the throughput test The ey Latency column is the latency measurement 11 OK ooro em fonem indicating the time it takes for the test data to tra verse the network The Average column displays Figure 6 1 14 Latency Test Results Screen the average of all the iterations of the test The circled buttons in Figure 6 1 14 are used to select the units for the displayed results The user can switch between percentages Mega bits per sec ond or frames per second Mode Test Results 01 10 2013 15 33 58 m gt Test 26 4 Back to Back Frames Status Running 6 5 done Iteration f of 1 Test Results Throughput 6 1 3 5 Back to Back Results Screen rame Size 64 ackets 9952380 Pressing the Back to Back soft key on the right ee AEE edge of the screen will bring up the Back to Back Peet test results screen pictured in Figure 6 1 15 Tx 386011 Load Rate 100 This screen is used to display the results for the Rx 386009 Delay uSec y Back to Back test The Test description Status Dropped Max 3 Avg 8 iterations and frame size are displayed at the top Loss 0 00 Min 3 Std 0 00 of the screen The results are displayed for each frame size if applicable The number of packets transmitted back to back at full rate with no errors is displayed in the Packets column The aver age column d
53. 13 6 GSM RF Analysis Screen Fiter by Burst Type Select Burst Type Unknown Freq Corr Dummy Normal Sync Access EDGE Any OK Cancel Figure 5 13 7 GSM Burst Type Selection Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 63 5 13 2 3 Burst Analysis Screen The burst analysis screen pictured in Figure 5 13 8 is used to compare the burst signals against the GSM mask for power versus time The Burst Type soft key located in the upper right corner can be used to select the burst type to monitor The mask is colored red while the burst trace will be color coded accord ing to the burst type The legend for the burst type color coding is at the bottom of the screen 5 13 2 4 Modulation Screen The GSM modulation screen pictured in Figure 5 13 9 is used to view the constellation of the de modulated data for the selected burst type The Burst Type soft key located in the upper right corner is used to select the burst type The Train ing Sequence Code TSC Session Boundary Controller SBC Base Station Identity Code BSIC and current Frame number are displayed in the up per left of the screen Note that the BSIC is a six bit code the first three bits are the Network Color Code NCC followed by the three bit Base Station Color Code BCC Below these indicators are Frequency Offset I Q Offset and Phase Error measurements The burst type indicator in the lower left corner of the scree
54. 2 17 56 34 em p ing pairs of soft keys for each method are circled Center Freq 751 000000 MHz on the right side of Figure 5 5 2 In the first meth od for setting the frequency parameters the cen ter frequency and frequency span values are en tered using the Center Freq and Span soft keys The UCTT will automatically set the start and stop frequencies based on the center frequency and span parameters The other method for setting the frequency parameters is to enter the stop and im start frequencies using the Start Freq and Stop im 3 52 Freq soft keys In this case the UCTT will deter ME mine the center frequency and span based on Channel Plan the entered start and stop frequencies The third _ LTEM3 DN method for setting the frequency parameters is eq moomi M to use the Channel Plan and Channel soft keys 224 72000000 me Beninom ereda ago In this case the center frequency and span are automatically determined by the UCTT based on Figure 5 5 2 Power meter Frequency Menu the channel plan and channel selected Pressing the Channel Plan soft key will bring up the channel plan selection menu shown in Figure 5 5 3 This list contains the chan nel plan names and frequency ranges for each plan Pressing the RF Standard or Frequency buttons circled in Figure 5 5 3 will sort the list based on channel plan name or by frequency range Addi tionally at the bottom of the channel plan selection screen is a list of valid channel
55. 2 5 Note that the battery life will be reduced if high brightness levels are selected The LL Figure 2 3 UCTT Keypad Save data for screen Enter filename prefix Poor Signal Qual FERERERE oo alwe r tiy ui or el relma kn or Ry en len Shift Caps Space Figure 2 4 File Name Menu Adjust Brightness 20 40 O 60 50 100 recommended brightness setting for good visibility and battery life is 60 Figure 2 5 Brightness Control Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 10 2 4 Connector Panel Ethernet Pcm2 Ethernet Pcm1 10 100 Base T External Ref Accessory Conn Power Conn USB A GPS Ant RF Out RF In Even Second USB B gt p t iz 5 5 E ed SEE amp p PCM ENET PCM ENET a A 2 1 23 dBm MAX ony 6962 were sd 96 oO I 3 10 100 Even Sec Ext Ref gt gt w Base T PC GPS Ant RF Out Accessory Power PCM Ethernet 2 Connector RJ 45 connector used to connect to a DS 1 or Ethernet backhaul circuit to the UCTT GPS Antenna Connector Used to connect a GPS antenna to provide an accurate external timing refer ence and location for UCTT measurements PCM Ethernet 1 Connector RJ 45 connector used to connect to a DS 1 or Ethernet backhaul circuit to the UCTT RF Out Connector 50 Ohm Female Type N connector for transmitting RF signals
56. 3 Page 115 7 PC Software Utilities 7 1 Post Test Analysis Tool PTAT The PTAT software provides the user with a N Ka aa D fa amp INSTRUMENTS PC based tool that can be used to display and analyze measurement data generated by the UCTT Spectrum Analysis Return loss Distance to Fault VSWR and signal coverage applications Multiple plots can be displayed and markers defined showing measurements and geo location data for each data point This allows in depth analysis and comparison of field coverage signal strength and antenna measurements The PTAT is a PC application that requires Windows XP SP2 or Windows 7 or 8 to run The PTAT menu screen is shown in Figure 7 1 1 Signal Coverage_6 30 2012 1 Trace ID Signal Coverage_6_30_20 Mode RSSI Cal Date N Technology UMTS V 824 Dn Ch 4385 Test Date Longitude 30 00 385 sn f 5 0 0 50 00 55 00 60 00 See on 70 00 vel 5S 0 TE sy a00 T25 150 175 200 225 260 275 300 325 350375 Center Freq 877 000000 MHz Markers Name IM 7 1 1 Trace Display The measurement plot is in the center of the screen The y axis Is the measurement value while the x axis is the logging event start ing from zero or the measurement frequency depending on the UCTT application The mode indicator at the top of the screen displays the type of measurement performed by the UCTT 7 1 2 Adding and Deleting Trac
57. 6 GHz To maintain stated accuracies Sage recommends calibrating every 18 months Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 123 INSTRUMENTS 9 UCTT Warranty Product Warranty Sage Instruments products are warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment Sage Instruments further warrants that each product will execute its software programming instructions During the one year warranty period Sage will at its option and expense either repair or replace products which prove to be defective Limitation Of Warranty This warranty does not cover repairs for damages from accident misuse including modification to or addition of software tampering improper maintenance repair by anyone not authorized by Sage Instruments or shipment in unapproved packaging Out of warranty repairs performed by Sage Instruments are billed to the customer Sage Instruments does not warrant that the operation of its products will be continuous or error free Exclusive Remedies The remedies provided in this warranty are available exclusively to the original buyer of the Sage Instruments product Sage Instruments is not liable for consequential damages or damages to any party other than the original buyer Sage Instruments specifically disclaims any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose No other warranty is expressed or implied Repaired
58. 7 2 2 UCTT Mapper File Save Dialog est to be displayed on top of the satellite picture Enter desired filename prefix Santa Clara sa San Jose Henry W Coe State Park a Santa Cruz Gilroy AEE nos 7 2 3 Exporting a Map Once the desired map and view are displayed the map can be exported by clicking on the Export Map button located in the up per right portion of the screen The save file dialog box pictured in Figure 7 2 2 is presented to allow naming of the map file The file will be saved in the same directory that the UCTTmapper exe file is located the saved file will have a map file extension Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 119 7 3 UCTT Remote Display Client The remote display client is a PC utility that allows remote control and display of the UCTT The utility displays a graphic of the front panel controls and screen This utility can act as a pas sive display where the user interacts with the UCTT front panel and screen and the PC client displays the screen and ms kg ae user can completely control the Remote Unit IP Address Name TCFYIP Port 7 3 1 Connect the UCTT to a Network The remote display client communicates with the UCTT via an ethernet interface The client is designed to be used on local vpn or other private network The UCTT will need an IP address depending on the requirements of your network the address can be assigned via DHCP or can be manually entered in
59. 7 2012 11 55 31 gr gt less than 50 dB The gain of the preamp will not affect the power measurement Note that turn ing on the preamplifier when higher signal levels are present can cause instability and erroneous measurements to occur 5 11 3 Signal Locator Bandwidth Menu The Bandwidth menu pictured in Figure 5 11 5 allows setting the measurement averaging the Overlay display and the Audio Beep feature The Bandwidth soft key circled in the bottom of Figure 5 11 5 is used to select the Bandwidth menu and also indicates some of the Bandwidth menu miii Amplitude Freq 751 300000 MHz Ref Lvl 54 dem Res BW 50 000 kHz parameters Span 50 000000 MHz Scale 10 dB div Res BW Auto Manua Start 726 300000 MHz ff RefLvioffset oode E ava 6 5 11 3 1 Average Soft Key The Avg located in the upper right of Figure 5 11 5 will set the number of traces that will be averaged together to form the displayed trace Averaging traces produces a more stable display however averaging will make spurious signals less visible Pressing the Avg soft key will allow the user to enter a new value pressing the soft key twice will turn off averaging Figure 5 11 5 Signal Locator Bandwidth Menu 5 11 3 2 Overlay Soft Key The Overlay soft key circled in Figure 5 11 5 is used to display a previously stored mea surement trace on top of the currently displayed measurement trace Before using the Overlay soft key a previously stored trace must be rec
60. 9000000 893900000 TTE Tt TIP PP annnnnn AARANN The Run Pause soft key at the bottom right corner of Valid Channels Figure 5 5 2 is used to start and stop the power meter i measurements this is useful for freezing the screen The current run pause state is indicated on the lower portion of the soft key mh cance Figure 5 5 3 Channel Plan Selection Menu 5 5 2 Power Meter Amplitude Menu The Power Meter amplitude menu is pictured in Figure 5 5 4 and is selected by pressing the circled Amplitude menu soft key The soft keys along the right edge of the screen are used to modify the amplitude parameters Mode Power Meter MS nel are 5 5 2 1 Setting the Reference Level The Ref Level soft key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 5 4 is used to adjust the 51 00 61 00 reference level of the display this will have the Auto Scale effect of shifting the signal trace up or down on a the screen but will not affect the power measure fm 40 dBidiv ment Once the key is pressed the user can enter a value or touch the screen where the reference mui nero aB an level should be set The reference level is also ma used in the Audio Beep feature described in the p bandwidth menu The current Reference level is 3 40 displayed on the Ref Level soft key as well as the ME Amplitude menu key 141 00 Frequency i 5 5 2 2 Setting the Display Scale KEN Sae oaen f The Scale soft key locat
61. CM connectors refer to the section of this manual The DS1 BERT ap plication is selected by pressing the front panel Mode button then EVDO HSPA pressing the circled BERT DS1 soft key shown in Figure 6 2 1 The UCTT can be equipped with ether a T1 E1 or Ethernet interfaces If the circled mode button in Figure 6 2 1 is labeled RFC 2544 then the UCTT has the Ethernet hardware and cannot perform T1 E1 testing without a hardware and option change CDMA WCDMA 6 2 1 DS1 BERT Results Menu Figure 6 2 1 DS1 BERT Application The DS1 Bert Results menu is pictured in Figure 6 2 2 This is the Selection startup menu for the BERT application and can be accessed by press ing the circled Results soft key at the bottom of the screen This menu is used to control the test and view results for each interface The PCM1 and PCM2 soft keys in the lower left of the screen are used to select between the two PCM interfaces The highlighted PCM soft key as well as the text at the top of the screen identifies which PCM interface is selected The soft keys along the right edge of the screen are used to control the test and configure the PCM and BERT parameters The Test Cfg text box near the top of the screen displays the configuration pa rameters for the PCM interface as well as the BERT test Below the test configuration box is the Span Status indicator K i Mode DS1 BERT 01 08 2013 14 42 47 This indicates the status of the DS1 E1 signal nr ACR Pie
62. CTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 43 If the Start Stop band is selected than the Min Freq and Max Freq soft keys located below the Band soft key in Figure 5 8 2 can be used to specify the start and stop frequencies of the band The valid range for the user defined band can be anywhere in the frequency bands of 698MHz 1000MHz or 1600MHz 2700MHz Mode VSWR 11 19 2012 10 22 08 5 8 1 5 Run Mode Soft Key y Limit Line Pressing the Run Mode soft key located below 7 a the Max Freq soft key will toggle the test mode between Continuous or One Shot This soft key also appears in the Results menu pictured in Figure 5 8 4 5 8 1 6 Run Pause Soft Key The Run Pause soft key located below the Run Mode Soft key is used to start or pause the test anaes In the continuous run mode the run pause soft i SE EE EE SE a PESA key will allow the test to run continuously until the TE user pauses it by pressing the Run Pause soft key In the Single Shot run mode the test will run then pause when it has ran once The test can be restarted by pressing the Run Pause soft key This soft key also appears in the Results menu Figure 5 8 4 VSWR Results Menu pictured in Figure 5 8 4 5 8 2 VSWR Results Menu The VSWR Results menu is pictured in Figure 5 8 4 The circled Re sults soft key in the bottom of the screen is used to access the menu The Results soft key also displays the VSWR measurement 5 8 2 1 Limit Line Configuration The limit line soft key locat
63. Captures Data Log Files 11 06 2012 02 04 08 11 08 2012 03 46 29 11 06 2012 02 08 13 11 06 2012 20 58 18 11 08 2012 00 05 46 file menu png gps png option menu2 png systemNew2 png Spec_An png Figure 4 12 File Menu General Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 23 4 3 3 Upgrading Software The UCTT system software can be field up graded The upgrade files are first loaded onto a USB thumb drive The thumb drive is then in serted into the USB A connector of the UCTT Pressing the Upgrade soft key circled in figure 4 13 will cause the UCTT to initiate the soft ware upgrade process using the upgrade files stored on the thumb drive Once the Upgrade soft key is pressed the upgrade process will proceed automatically 4 3 4 Exporting System Logs The UCTT maintains several error and event log files If the UCTT malfunctions these logs can be exported to facilitate trouble shooting and diagnostic activities To export the UCTT log files first insert a USB thumb drive into the USB A connector of the UCTT From the File menu pictured in Figure 4 13 press the Copy Syslogs soft key located in the lower right corner of the screen to copy the UCTT log files to the USB thumb drive 4 4 Instrument Options Menu The UCTT has software option activation keys that control the availability of the differ ent measurement features such as spectrum analysis DS1 BERT Distance to Fault etc These options ca
64. Coverage Pa Mode Spectrum Analyzer 11 19 2012 18 14 24 Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 4 5 15 WCDMA Application rrarornrorarorarorarernnennrrnnnnnnnnnnnnner 73 5 15 1 WCDMA RF Setup Menu rrrrrrrnnrrnnrrnnennnenanennnennnenene 73 5 15 1 1 WCDMA Frequency Parameter Soft Keys 13 5 15 2 WCDMA Screen Selection and Setup Menu 74 5 15 2 1 WCDMA RF Spectrum Screen rrarananannnannnrnnnennne 15 5 15 2 2 WCDMA Summary SCreen rarrnanrnnanrnnnnnvanennnnnnnn T5 5 15 2 3 WCDMA Zoom Screen rrrnrrnnnrnnnrnnnrnnnennnennnenunenene 76 5 15 2 4 WCDMA Codogram Screen rarrnanrnnarrvnnnvvanenvanenen 76 5 15 2 5 WCDMA Modulation Screen cccccceceseeeeeeeeees TT 5 15 2 6 WCDMA Scanner ScCreen rrarrnnnrnanennnenanennnennnennee 78 5 15 2 7 WCDMA Pass Fail Screen rrrrrnrrnnrennrennrennrennnennne 78 5 15 2 8 WCDMA Spectral Emissions Mask Screen 19 5 15 2 9 WCDMA Uplink Screen rrrrrnnnrnnnrnnnenanenanennnenunennne 79 5 15 3 WCDMA Logging Menu arrnnanennanennnrnnnnrnnnnnvanennnnnnen 80 5 16 LTE FDD and TDD Application 00 ee 81 5 16 1 LTE RF Setup MENU sdcdincnscocsseteuasnanressciassmummenarteraas 81 5 16 1 1 LTE Frequency Parameter Soft Keys 81 5 16 2 LTE Screen Selection and Setup Menu 82 5 16 2 1 LTE RF View Screen
65. EE Ee lect between log entry modes Using these buttons the logging can be setup to make a log entry every time an error or event changes or to make a log entry at fixed time intervals If logging is enabled the file name can be entered or modified by press ing the to File text box The maximum file size for the log file can to File SpanAlarm csv be specified at the bottom of the screen Refer to the E log and data files section of this manual for more information on ANE s t exporting log files from the UCTT eae SEE Log when Event Error Counts chang Log every 60 Seconds Do Not Log 6 2 6 BERT Test Events Menu Figure 6 2 10 Alarm Monitor Logging Menu Bert Test Events menu is pictured in Figure 6 2 11 This menu is used to view a log of BERT test Poser ese Ts events for each interface The PCM soft keys at BERT Test Events for Span 1 the bottom left of the screen are used to select Date Time Event between the two interfaces Each test event is TT EE ek He 01 09 2013 13 46 00 State Changed From Attempting Sync To In displayed as it occurs in sequential order events 01 09 2013 13 46 07 Bit Error 1 01 09 2013 13 46 08 Bit Error 1 are time and date stamped 01 09 2013 13 46 09 Bit Error 1 Inject Error Span Mon Span 1 Log Disabled Span 2 Log Disabled Figure 6 2 11 BERT Test Events Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 201
66. F Analysis Screen rrranrnanrnnnnrnnnnnvanennnnennn 5 13 2 3 Burst Analysis Screen rrrnrrnnarannannnnnennnnnnnnnnnannnnne 5 13 2 4 Modulation Screen rrnanrnnnrnnanennnnnnanernnnnnnnnnnnnnnnre 5 13 2 5 Mask Analysis Screen rrrnrnnnanannannnnnennnnnnnnnnnanennne 5 13 3 GSM Logging Menu sesciciescccncnncesetectscevereussineesesodecesneads 5 14 CDMA Application cece eecceeesseeteeteeeeaeenees 5 14 1 CDMA RF Setup MENU vsiiinuinticct dennteaerravictuvariientinrsaniad 5 14 1 1 CDMA Frequency Parameter Soft Keys 5 14 2 CDMA Screen Selection and Setup Menu 5 14 2 1 RF Spectrum SCreen cccccecccseceseeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 5 14 2 2 CDMA Summary SCreen rarannanannnannnnnnnannnanennnnennn 5 14 2 3 EVDO Summary Screen rrrrnnronnnnrnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnennn 5 14 2 4 Zoom SCreen rrnrnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnernnernnernnernnnvnnuennuennee 5 14 25 Multipath Screen vu cianninssan cance icasamesade avhidenadieaeianatsmnen 5 14 2 6 Scanner Screen sivisiissssrviinntactnvssaeesanovcsersniandinwnnsdenes 5 14 2 7 EVDO Time Slots Screenn ccsccssscsssccssccerscerseens 5 14 2 8 CDMA Pass Fail Screen rrrrnrrnnrrnnrennrennrennnennnenene 5 14 2 9 EVDO Pass Fail Screen rarnrarnnnrnnnrnnnrnnnvnnnrnnnenne 5 14 3 CDMA EVDO Logging Menu rrrarenanrnnanennnnnvarennnnennn INSTRUMENTS 12 05 2012 12 12 19 RF Setup SAOS Mode Signal
67. L md test results screen pictured in Figure 6 1 13 rn This screen is used to display the results for the 2 0m Frame Loss test The Test description Status iterations and frame size are displayed at the top 1000 of the screen The Frame Loss results are dis bud MG played in graphical format in the lower portion of the screen There are results for each frame size if applicable The circled buttons are used to se lect the results for each of the eight frame sizes The graphs display the percentage of lost frames versus the percentage of maximum transmission rate Back to Back Ethernet Setup 1 OK 100FD 2 OK 100HD Figure 6 1 13 Frame Loss Test Results Screen Mode Latency 01 10 2013 15 32 32 SEHH gt Status Stopped 6 1 3 4 Latency Results Screen Pressing the Latency soft key on the right edge of the screen will bring up the Latency test results teration 1 of 1 Frame Size 1518 i screen pictured in Figure 6 1 14 This screen is Results es aan SS eS mete used to display the results for the Latency test s foo B Bo The Test description Status iterations and frame Ar 128 fho 4 240 size are displayed at the top of the screen The Mbps 286 100 3 3 0 results are displayed for each frame size if appli ae Back to Back cable The latency results are displayed in three SH ats foo 6 Bo columns labeled Rate Latency and Average The 1518
68. Overlay key in Figure 5 10 3 is used to specify the frequency band used for the Two Port VNA test Pressing the Band soft key will bring up the Change RF Band Menu shown in Figure 5 10 4 The user can press the desired band followed by the OK button to complete the selection The first four bands have fixed start and stop frequencies while the Start Stop band can have user defined start and stop frequen cies If the Start Stop band is selected than the Min Freq and Max Freq soft keys located below the Band soft key in Figure 5 10 3 can be used to specify the start and stop frequencies of the band The valid range for the user defined band can be anywhere in the fre quency bands of 698MHz 1000MHz or 1600MHz 2700MHz Figure 5 10 3 Two Port VNA Setup Soft Keys Change RF Band Select Desired Band PCS ISM 1600 2700 MHz AWS PCS 1600 2200 MHz ISM 2200 2700 MHz 9 10 1 5 Run Mode Soft Key Start Stop 698 1000 MHZ Pressing the Run Mode soft key located below the Max Freq soft key in Figure 5 10 3 will toggle the test mode between continuous or One Shot This soft key also appears in the Results menu 5 10 1 6 Run Pause Soft Key The Run Pause soft key located below the Run Mode Soft key in Figure 5 10 3 is used to start or pause the test In the continuous run mode the run pause soft key will allow the test to run continu ously until the user pauses it by pressing the Run Pause soft key In the Single Shot run mode the test
69. Pause soft key In the Single Shot run mode the test will start then pause when it has ran once The test can be restart ed by pressing the Run Pause soft key This soft key also appears in the Results menu eno Mode Return Loss 11 14 2012 13 56 32 Maker 5 6 2 Return Loss Results Menu om The Return Loss Results menu is pictured in r pee Figure 5 6 4 and is accessed by pressing the kg pr circled Results soft key The Results soft key also displays the average return loss measurement i en ini for the test oe Marker to Peak 5 6 2 1 Pass Fail Limits The limit line soft key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 6 4 is used to set or disable the Pass Fail limit for the return loss test Press ing the Limit Line soft key will allow the user to modify the limit line value or turn off the Pass Fail limit The user can also set the limit line by touching the screen where the limit line should be located The Limit Line soft key will indicate the limit value selected by the user When the Figure 5 6 5 Return Loss Marker Menu test is completed the display will show Pass or Fail at the top of the screen if the Limit Line is enabled 5 6 3 Return Loss Marker Menu The Marker menu is pictured in Figure 5 6 5 It is accessed by pressing the circled Marker soft key This menu allows up to six markers to be defined to make precise measurements anywhere on the displayed trace Additionally the Marker Math soft key allows the use
70. Power Max Power Save Set Date Set Time Temp 31 1 C Far OM Battery 1 Not Detected Temp 28 9 C Pwr Version 111109 p mr Temp NE Calibration 7 16 2012 General Figure 4 11 Calibrate Touchscreen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 22 new calibration values or keeping the old ones To maximize the accuracy of the touch screen sensors a non scratching blunt stylus should be used for the calibration procedure 4 3 File Menu The File menu is used to export various types of files from the UCTT manage options and up grade system software An external thumb drive attached to the USB A connector of the UCTT is used to transfer files and upgrade software Exportable files include screen captures Data and Log files In the met the File menu is selected by pressing the File Menu key circled in Figure 4 11 The File menu is shown in Figure 4 12 The two radio buttons circled at the top of Figure 4 12 allow the user to switch between viewing Screen Capture files or Data Log files stored in the UCTT Below the list of files is a text box display Mode System 11 06 2012 20 58 17 Identifiers Unit Serial amp 4468 Radio Serial 4140621 UI SW Version 121026 UICtlr Serial ft 5107 01AB4A1A RF SW Version 5178 Enet SW Version 0844 RF USB Version 22 Enet Serial P0 RF Serial 1130004014 Enet USB 1240022006 Setup Configuration User1 Language E
71. RF In Connector 50 Ohm Female Type N connector for receiving RF signals 10 100 Base T Connector Ethernet connection for remote control Even Second Connector Used to supply the even second clock reference signal used for long duration measurements External Reference Connector Used as an external timing reference for UCTT measurements USB Type B Connector Used for connecting a computer to the UCTT Accessory Connector Used for attaching external adapters applications include audio headset connec tion and VGA output for an external monitor or projector Contact the factory for availability USB Type A Connector used to attach memory storage devices for retrieving test result log or screen capture files from the UCTT For more information on exporting files from the UCTT see the Exporting File section of the manual This USB connector may also be used to upgrade the system software For more information on upgrading the system software see the Upgrading Software section of the manual Power Connector used to connect the external supply battery charger to the UCTT Warning only use the Sage provided charger power adapter Using other adapters may pose a hazard to the user or may dam age the UCTT Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 11 2 2 Flip out Stand Figure 2 6 shows the stand that flips out of the rear of the unit and allows the UCTT to sit at a comfortable viewing angle while sitting on a deskt
72. RF Out At this point remove the 50 Ohm load standard and replace it with and Open standard then press the Next soft key The UCTT will Display the mes Figure 5 3 1 Open Short Load Calibration sage Calibrating followed by the message Con nect Short to RF Out At this point remove the open standard and replace with the short standard then press the Next soft key The UCTT will display the message Calibrating followed by Calibrated mm dd yyy where mm dd yyyy is the current date Remove the short standard the calibration procedure is complete Note that temperature extremes can affect the calibra tion accuracy so it is recommended to perform the calibration procedure if the environmental temperature changes by more than 20 C Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 27 5 4 Spectrum Analyzer Application The spectrum analyzer plots produced by the UCTT are supe rior to those produced by other swept tuned analyzers This is because the UCTT uses a Fast Fourier Transform FFT algo rithm which allows real time analysis of the signal The FFT takes a snapshot containing all frequency components simultaneously while the swept analyzer looks at each frequency separately at different points in time This means that time variant intermit tent and modulated signals will not be clearly displayed by swept tuned analyzers due to the frequency sampling nature of their measurements Spectrum Ana
73. Red indicates a battery or charging malfunction If this occurs turn off the unit remove and reinstall the battery s and power up the unit again If the battery status indicator continues to blink red contact Sage for assistance Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 8 2 1 2 Keypad and Selection Wheel The keypad and selection wheel are shown in Figure 2 2 The numeric keys are used to enter values into the menus The Esc key is located to the right of the blue shift key It is used to escape or cancel text or numeric values entered into data fields The Back key is used to clear text or numeric entries a character at a time and to back out of menus The Mode button is circled in Figure 2 2 It is used to switch be tween different instrument modes This button is of central impor tance in the menu scheme of the UCTT Refer to the section for more information on the Mode button and the UCTT menu scheme To the right of the Mode button is the Up and Down arrow buttons These navigation buttons are used to move up or down through a list of menu items or to increment or decrement a currently se lected parameter value The Enter button to the right of the Up and Down buttons is used to confirm an entry or to select an item from a list Below the Mode button is the Selection Wheel control This multi function control combines the functions of the Up Down and Enter buttons When navigating a list of items rotatin
74. Signal Coverage Application The Signal Coverage application is used to make signal level surveys at discrete points or along a driven route The user can set up to 4 different thresholds for received signal level The re sults are displayed graphically on a map with the received signal strength indicated by different colors The signal coverage data 0 Gee can be exported to the Post Test Analysis Tool PTAT for further analysis For more information refer to the IPTAT section of the manual The Signal Coverage Application is selected by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the circled Sig Cov soft key circled in Figure 5 12 1 5 12 1 Signal Coverage Frequency Menu The Signal Coverage Frequency menu is pic tured in Figure 5 12 2 The menu can be ac rene cessed by pressing the highlighted Frequency dag soft key in the lower left corner of the menu 7400 5 12 1 1 Signal Coverage Frequency T Parameters Soft Keys iT There are three methods for setting up the Signal Coverage frequency parameters specifying cen ter frequency and span or by specifying the start and stop frequencies or by specifying the Chan nel Plan Channel and Channel Bandwidth The corresponding sets of soft keys for each method 114 00 134 00 Frequency Amplitude Bandwidth are circled on the right side of Figure 5 12 2 In 881 060000 MHz RefLvi 54dem ff Res BW 20 000 kHz pan 20 000000 MHz Screen Teen the first method f
75. T User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 95 ratio for low level signals less than 50 dB Note that turning on the preamplifier when higher signal levels are present can cause instability and erroneous measurements to occur 5 19 3 Spectrogram Bandwidth Menu The UCTT utilizes a DSP based Fourier transform to create the measurement display presented to the user Thousands of mea surements per second are recorded The Bandwidth menu pic tured in Figure 5 19 6 provides several options for controlling the measurement resolution as well as the filtering and averaging of the multiple measurements to SAGE Mode Spectrogram 12 20 2012 14 25 39 create the displayed trace The Bandwidth soft ogg Res BW ii key circled in Figure 5 19 6 indicates some of the Bandwidth menu parameters as well as the frames per second FPS that measurements are made or displayed The FPS indicator depends on the state of the Trace Mode parameters and will be explained in that section 5 19 3 1 Resolution Bandwidth Soft Key The Res BW soft key is used to set the resolution of the DSP s individual measurements that cre ate a trace The default setting for this parameter is automatic where the UCTT sets the resolution bandwidth at one one thousandth of the span fre quency thus giving 1000 measurements for the l l frequency span Pressing the Res BW soft key Figure 5 19 6 Spectrogram Bandwidth Menu located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 19 6 will allow the user to
76. TE Logging Menu is used to configure logging func tions The Logging menu is pictured in Figure 5 16 22 and is accessed by pressing the highlighted Logging soft key located at the bottom of the menu The logging parameter soft keys are on the right side of the menu The logging function is available for the PASS Fail RF View Frame Summary enten Cell ID and MIMO Scanner screens If logging i NAN vey ity is enabled the data displayed on the measure EE ment screen is also captured to a log file The file names are LTE RF mm d d yyyy n csv kml LTE Summary mm dd yyyy n csv kml LTE Scan ner mm dd yyyy n csv kml and LTE Pass Fail mm dd yyyy n csv kml Where mm dd yyyy is the date and n is a counter that starts at zero For more information on retrieving log files from the UCTT refer to the section of the manual q 7425 E Set Logging Every 1 Result s ch 5 16 3 1 Setting Logging Units and Interval The Log Units soft key circled in Figure 5 16 22 is used to specify the logging units The options are Seconds or Results This causes logging to occur every N seconds or N results where N is set by the Log Every soft key located above the circled Log Units key The labels on the Log Units and Log Every soft keys indicate the number and units selected Figure 5 16 22 LTE Logging Menu 5 16 3 2 Setting Log File Format The Log Format soft key located below the circled key in Figure 5 16 22 is used to specify the file format
77. TT The default setting for the preamplifier is off The preamplifier is useful for increasing the signal to noise ratio for low level signals less than 50 dB The gain of the preamp will not affect the power measurement Note that turn ing on the preamplifier when higher signal levels are present can cause instability and erroneous measurements to occur 5 15 1 6 Run Pause Soft Key The Run Pause soft key located at the bottom of Figure 5 15 3 is used to start and stop the mea surements this is useful for freezing the screen The current run pause state is indicated on the lower portion of the soft key This soft key is present in the RF Setup and WCDMA Setup as well as all the WCDMA screens described in the following section Ref Lal 70 dBm Atten RFin 0 0 dB 5 15 2 WCDMA Screen Selection and Setup Menu The WCDMA Setup menu is pictured in Figure 5 15 4 and is selected by pressing the highlighted WCDMA Setup menu soft key located at the bot tom of the menu The soft keys for the menu are located along the right edge of the screen The WCDMA setup menu allows the user to select among various WCDMA measurement screens some of these screens have dedicated soft keys for specifying measurement parameters Notice that the current screen name is indicated in WCDMA Setup and WCDMA Screen soft keys The WCDMA Screen soft key circled in Figure 5 15 4 is used to select different screens Pressing this key will bring up the Screen Selection
78. VDO Analyzer 01 04 2013 16 51 09 qu The EVDO time slots screen pictured in Figure 5 14 12 provides a graphical display of the EVDO time slot activity The yellow trace is a time do main plot of the levels of the EVDO half slots the blue trace is the average half slot level The MAC channels are located in the center of the plot while the data channels are on the left and right Total pilot MAC and data power measurements as well as channel activity are displayed at the bottom of the screen RF Setup Freq 893 100000 MHz Ref Lvl 60 dBm Atten RFin 0 0 dB ai Preamp OT CDMA Setup Logging Walsh Codes 64 Disabled Threshold Auto Every 1 Result s Screen EVDO Time Slots Format CSV 5 14 2 8 CDMA Pass Fail Screen The CDMA Pass Fail screen is pictured in Figure 5 14 13 This screen allows the user to define Pass Fail thresholds for different sector mea surements Each measurement can be indepen dently enabled or disabled The thresholds are established using a target value and a tolerance value for each measurement The UCTT will per form the specified tests displaying the measured value and the pass fail status for each measure ment as well as for the entire test Pressing a value in one of the circled columns in Figure SDMA Setup 4 aaeaaa 5 14 13 will allow the user to enable disable or TIN Poets Jr modify the thresholds for each test l RF Setup Walsh Codes 4 Even Second Use 6 Threshold Aut
79. alled Refer to the Saving and section of the manual for more information on storing and recalling display traces Once a stored trace is recalled pressing the Overlay soft key will cause the recalled trace to be displayed over the current measurement trace In addition to the recalled trace the file name any user comments and the test parameters for the overlay are also displayed at the bottom of the screen 5 11 3 3 Audio Beep Soft Key The audio beep feature provides an audible indication of received power level There are two modes of operation the variable cadence beep and the varying pitch tone In the vari able cadence beep mode when the signal power is low there is a slow or low duty cycle series of beeps that increase in duty cycle as the received power level increases When the power level approaches the maximum power threshold the interval between beeps decreases until it becomes a constant tone In the variable pitch mode when the signal power is low there is a constant low pitch tone that increases in frequency as the received power increases The user selects the variable cadence beep mode by setting an even value for the Average soft key The variable pitch beep is selected by setting an odd value for the Average soft key The Audio Beep soft key and the Ref Level soft key in the are used to control the sensitivity of the Audio Beep feature The Ref Level soft key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 11 6 is used to set th
80. ally set the threshold for detecting channel activity The A CDMA Setup Logging Walsh Codes soft key located above the Thresh a f arei au sey T sn old key is used to select between 64 and 128 ee walsh codes The Total Power Frequency Offset Figure 5 14 7 CDMA Summary Screen Waveform Quality Rho I Q offset measurements are displayed below the graph The levels for the sync paging and pilot channels are displayed in the bottom left of the screen The buttons circled in the lower left of Figure 5 14 7 allow selection of the measurement units for these levels Absolute power level in dBm or Watts as well as power relative to the total channel power can be selected If an even second timing source is available GPS or External Input the PN statistics for the sec tor will be displayed The PN Stats box in the lower right corner of the screen contains the Even Seconds Trigger check box which indicates the presence of the even second clock the Tau or signal delay and PN offset for the sector The Even Second soft key located in the upper right corner of the screen is used to enable the external even seconds source to be used for timing measure ments A Code Chann els Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 68 5 14 2 3 EVDO Summary Screen The UCTT uses a different summary screen for EVDO signals It will automatically detect the EVDO signal and present the screen shown in Figure 5 14 8 The measure
81. annel Power WCDMA Constellation e IQ Multi Stage Constellation Diagram Spectral Emission Mask CDMA One CDMA 2000 EVDO Analyzer e RF Spectrum Rev 0 A B amp e CDMA Signal Type Auto Detection e Filtered Signal Trace e Channel Power e Frequency Error e Occupied Bandwidth CDMAOne CDMA2000 Summary e Walsh Codes 62 128 e Code Doman Diagram e Total Power Rho e IQ Offset e Frequency Offset e Code Channel Utilization Tau EVDO Summary e Walsh Codes 62 128 e MAC Code Domain Diagram e Data Channel IQ Power Diagram e Data Activity e Modulation Type e Pilot Power amp Rho MAC Power amp Rho e Data Power amp Rho Overall Power amp Rho e Frequency Offset IQ Offset dBc e Noise Floor dB Pilot Ec lo dB PN Offset Tau Multipath Analyzer e Main Power Multipath Power e Displays 32 Chip PN Scanner e Pilot Pilot Dominance Ec lo PN Delay Chips offset e Total Channel Power LTE ANALYZER e Channel Bandwidth 1 4 3 5 10 15 20 MHz e Cell ID Sector ID Group ID RS Signal Level dBm and correlation Coefficient e P SS Signal level dBm and Correlation Coefficient e S SS Signal level dBm and Correlation Coefficient e PDSCH Signal Level dBm and EVM e PBCH Signal Level dBm and EVM e PMCH Signal Level dBm and EVM e PCFICH Signal Level dBm and EVM PDCCH Signal Level dBm and EVM e PHICH Signal Level dBm and EVM Frequency Offset Hz e Total Averag
82. anual Rev E 2 2013 Page 114 Span Alarm Monitor PCM 1 The Span Alarm screen is pictured in Figure 6 2 9 This screen displays counters for alarms errors and availability for each Span Status Span Status No Error Span Mon Log Disabled span Error ratios and rates are also displayed for each moni Signal Loss dB 0 Signal Level Vpp 6 00 tored condition The circled Span1 and Span2 buttons in the top Measurement Type count fratio rate Loss Of Signal 1 79e 002 1 of the menu are used to select between the spans Below the He ee ee oy eit peace 000 selection buttons is the Span Status text box This indicates the ot od ee status of the span valid states are Signal Loss Frame Loss and sd chien polar pels No Errors Below Span Status are Signal loss dB and Signal me ey ed sn level Millivolts indicators for the selected PCM signal The tr cee one z Unavailable Time 3 0 0 00e 000 Reset button located in the lower left corner of the menu can be Total Time 56 00 00 56 used to reset the counters 6 2 5 1 Span Alarm Monitor Logging Reset Logging Close The Span Alarm monitor has a logging function that will log the alarm status to a file Pressing the Logging button located in Figure 6 2 9 BERT Alarm Monitor Menu the bottom center of Figure 6 2 9 will bring up the logging menu pictured in Figure 6 2 10 The three buttons circled in the top of the menu are used to enable the logging function and se R
83. ards Refer to Hof hort Load Calibration Procedure section of this manual for more information 5 6 1 2 Avg Soft Key Min Freq The Avg soft key located in the upper right ao inaani corner of Figure 5 6 2 is used to determine how many measurements will be averaged together to make the return loss measure 7 pan ode ment The default value is to turn off averaging BFRFRF TEN See eI Pressing the Avg soft key will allow the user to enter a new value pressing the soft key twice will turn off averaging 9 6 1 3 Overlay Soft Key Figure 5 6 2 Return Loss The Overlay soft key located above the circled soft key in Figure Setup Menu 5 6 2 is used to display a previously stored measurement trace on top of the currently displayed measurement trace Before using the Overlay soft key a previously stored trace must be recalled Refer to the Saving and Recalling Measurement Change RF Band Select Desired Band Results section of the manual for more information on storing SET NESE TOGET LE and recalling display traces Once a stored trace is recalled AWS PCS 1600 2200 MHz ISM 2200 2700 MHz pressing the Overlay soft key will cause the recalled trace to be Start Stop 698 1000 MHz displayed over the current measurement trace In addition to the recalled trace the file name any user comments and the test parameters for the overlay are also displayed at the bottom of the screen 5 6 1 4 Frequency Band Conf
84. arkers Pressing the down arrow button in a markers selection box will cause a drop down list of all markers to be displayed Press on the desired marker number in the list to setup the marker math function between markers Once the selec tion is finished press the Done button at the bottom of the screen to close the menu m E Figure 5 2 3 Marker Management Menu 5 3 Open Short Load Calibration Procedure In order to perform accurate antenna and cable measurements the RF output and any additional cables and connectors that are used to connect the UCTT to the antenna or cable system under test must be calibrated using open short and load standards These calibration standards are available from Sage contact your sales representative if you SAGE e A need to purchase calibration standards The Re turn Loss Distance to Fault and VWSR applica tions require this calibration procedure The UCTT displays the calibration date in the upper right portion of the screen as shown in Figure 5 3 1 To perform the calibration press the Calibrate soft key located in the bottom right corner of the screen The UCTT will display the words Connect Load to RF Out Connect the 50 Mas Fre Ohm load standard to the RF output or cables if _ a applicable then press the Next soft key located in oe the upper right corner of the display The UCTT D qc will briefly display Wait Calibrating Load then it will display Connect Open to
85. atency mm ss Test Duration p Jo Packets a Max Rate Mbps i 00 Validations i P F Criteria N A Figure 6 1 9 Latency Test Setup Menu Back to Back SAGE Mode Back to Back 01 10 2013 15 24 57 mn mm ss Test Duration a Packets a Max Rate Mbps E Validations 1 P F Criteria r r m Figure 6 1 10 Back to Back Test Setup Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 108 Mode Summary 01 11 2013 15 40 15 gn Test 26 1 Throughput Status Stopped Iteration of 1 Frame Size 64 Packets 29 Packets 6 1 3 Test Results Screens The test result screens are used to display the progress and results for the tests There is a summary screen as well as a results screen for each test type The Test results menu showing the summary screen is pictured in Figure 6 1 11 The menu is selected by pressing the highlighted Test Results soft key located at the bottom of the screen Soft keys for viewing the different Tx f results screens are located along the right edge of the menu Note that when tests are running pressing any of the other test soft keys Through put Frame Loss Latency and Back to Back will cause the current test to be terminated Once tests are stopped pressing one of the test result soft keys will cause the results for the test to be displayed Throughput Frame Loss Latency
86. ating an accurate one pules per second reference from the source Below the 1PPS indicator is the Ext Freq indicator that displays the frequency of the external frequency source if connected The Time and Date indicators display UTC time The Latitude and longitude indicators display the current position when GPS lock indica tor is checked The Delta F PPB indicator circled in the bottom left corner of figure 4 10 displays in parts per billion the frequency difference between the external timing refer ence and the internal reference of the UCTT If the Delta F indicator displays then the frequency difference is greater than 50 ppb 4 2 12 Touchscreen Calibration The touchscreen can be calibrated by pressing the circled soft key in Figure 4 11 Once the button is pressed on screen prompts direct the user to touch the screen at various points to perform the calibration At the end of the calibration sequence the user has the option of using the SAGE Mode System 11 06 2012 20 58 17 Identifiers UnitSerial 4468 Radio Serialtt 414061 UI SW Version 12 10 26 UICtlr Serial 5107 OTAB4ATA RF SW Version 5178 Ene SW Version 98844 RF USB Version 220 Enet Serial Po RF Serial 1 130004014 Enet USB f 240022006 Setup Configuration Used Language English Color Scheme Normal gt Noma Center Freq IT Tied to Spec Analyze v Status Full Screen On Demand Units Er Power Mode Max
87. ault 1 PCS ISM 2 Cell PCS 3 Cell 4 AWS PCS 5 ISM Optional 0 to 5 nav Avg default 1 Optional 1 to 1000 sp Return Spectrum Data Optional Z Zombie don t shut down test Optional No spaces or tabs allowed in parameters rfst The rfst command measures the frequency level and offset from center frequency of a single tone The center frequency must be specified with the tune command before rfst is used rfsa The rfsa command is used to request a radio measurement The radio must be configured using the tune command before issuing the rfsa command The rfsa command will return a frequency and level measure ment corresponding to the highest amplitude peak detected in the requested frequency span Additionally the Sp option will cause the command to return multiple measurements over the specified frequency span This test is a single shot it runs retrieves the data then unregisters itself Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 20 Results Bandwidth rbw cannot be specified manually if span is less than 5 MHz rfsa w rbw nav sp Span Use the tune command for tuning w Window Type 0 Uniform 1 KAISER default 2 HANNING 3 HAMMING 4 GAUSS Optional 0 to 4 rbw Results BW default auto Optional 100 to 50000 nav Avg default 1 Optional 1 to 1000 sp Return Spectrum Data Optional Span Hz 10000 640000000 range 10kHz 640Mhz No spaces or tabs allowed
88. ay The CLR ALL button will remove all markers from the display 7 1 4 Managing Markers The defined markers are displayed on the trace and in the marker management panel to the right of the circled marker buttons in Figure 7 1 4 An expanded view of the marker UCTT PTAT File Help Status Plot completed Add Trace Latitude Mode RSSI 0 ss ee UO ee oe On a eee One oe Center Freq 877 000000 MHz Markers Signal Coverage 6 30 2012 1 Name locator 3 Signal Coverage 10 29 2012 0 Figure 7 1 3 PTAT Multiple Trace Display Status Plot completed Add Trace mm Latitude 36 722726 Trace ID Signal Covera ge 6 30 20 Mode RSSI Cal Date Technology UMTS V 824 Dn Ch 4385 rest Date Longitude 121 791722 Test Time fast lolol lede SUAS Anal easy sje Et Sila Srey sell eps duell EE Center Freq 877 000000 MHz ga PLocation1 86 55 20 ef J Location2 167 63 30 Location3 253 Signal Coverage 6 30 2012 1 Name Locaton3 H 61 60 0 00 Figure 7 1 4 PTAT Trace Markers Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 117 management controls are shown in Figure 7 1 5 The marker names and corresponding colors are Location 26 15520 displayed along with the x axis value and the mea surement value The selection box in the upper left Location2 16 corner is used to scroll t
89. below the circled soft key on the right side of Figure 5 4 8 is used to display a previously stored measurement trace on top of the cur rently displayed measurement trace Before using the Overlay soft key a previously stored trace must be re called Refer to the section of the manual for more information on storing and recalling display traces Once a stored trace is recalled pressing the Overlay soft key will cause the recalled trace to be displayed over the current mea surement trace In addition to the recalled trace the file name any user comments and the test parameters for the overlay are also displayed at the bottom of the screen Change Window Function Select Window Function ng Hamming Gauss Blackman Figure 5 4 9 Select Window Function Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 32 Mode Spectrum Analyzer 11 13 2012 11 36 00 gro Bandwidth 5 4 4 Spectrum Analyzer Marker Menu The Marker Menu is assessed by pressing the Marker soft key circled at the bottom of Figure 5 4 8 This menu is used to display and manipu late markers on the measurement screen These 1 markers can be used to make precise readings __ Toggle of frequency and level at user specified points on T the displayed trace Furthermore differences in 7 frequency and levels can be calculated between mates markers Refer to the sec tion of this manual for more information on the marker menus Frequen
90. ble ETSI mask In the upper right corner iiij of the screen is the Pass Fail indicator for the EEE test At the bottom of the screen is the channel aa power level as well as the number of the ETSI table used for the mask The UCTT automatically tana None applies the proper ETSI table depending on the re frequency band and signal power EK PE PG i E f i a Z LTE Config LTE Setup Logging HEN Bandwidth 1 4 MHz Disabled son ne Table WABS CatA Every 1 Result s AGO RSS screen SEM GENE AE Run Figure 5 16 19 LTE Spectral Emissions Mask Screen Select LTE SEM Table Choose Base Station Type Cat VABS CatA YWABS CatBd1 YWABS CatB2 Local Area BS Home BS Figure 5 16 20 Base Station Type Cat Selection Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 88 5 16 2 21 Base Station Type Category Soft Key Pressing the SEM Table soft key circled in Figure 5 16 19 will bring up the the Base Station type and category selection menu 5 16 2 22 Optional Table Selection Soft Key The Addl Reqts soft key located below the circled key in Figure 5 16 19 is used to select additional requirements tables for the spectral emissions mask Pressing the soft key will bring up the optional table selection menu pictured in Figure 5 16 21 The user Su OK Cancel can select additional tables from this menu Figure 5 16 3 LTE Logging Menu 5 16 21 Optional Table Selection Menu The L
91. cated in the upper right corner of Figure 5 12 4 is used to adjust the reference level of the display this will have the effect of shifting the signal trace up or down on the screen but will not affect the measurement levels Once the key is pressed the user can enter a value or touch the screen where the reference level should be set The reference level is also used in the Audio Beep feature described in the band width menu The current Reference level is displayed on the Ref Level soft key as well as the Amplitude menu key 5 12 2 2 Setting the Display Scale The Scale soft key located below the Ref Level key in Figure 5 12 4 is used to adjust the scale of the display in dB per division The current scale value is displayed on the Scale soft key as well as the Amplitude menu key 5 12 2 3 Setting Offset Level The Ref Lvl Offset soft key located below the Scale key in Figure 5 12 4 is used to apply a fixed offset to the signal This is useful when viewing high power signals where an attenuator is connect ed between the UCTT and the signal source The applied offset value is displayed on the Ref Lvl Offset soft key as well as the Amplitude menu soft key The reference level offset will affect the power measurement 5 12 2 4 Controlling the Preamp The Preamp soft key located on the bottom right in Figure 5 12 4 is used to control the state of the internal preamplifier in the UCTT The default setting for the preamplifier is off The pream
92. cessed by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the 1 Port Loss soft key circled in figure 5 9 1 5 9 1 One Port Insertion Loss Setup Menu The One Port Insertion Loss Setup menu is pictured in Figure 5 9 2 The menu can be accessed by pressing the highlighted soft key in the lower left corner of the menu 5 9 1 1 Open Short Load Calibration Soft Key Figure 5 9 1 One Port Insertion Loss Selec The Calibration soft key is located in the bottom right corner of tion Figure 5 9 2 In order to perform accurate antenna and cable mea surements the RF output and any additional cables and connectors that are used to connect the UCTT to the antenna or cable system under test must be calibrated using open short and load standards Refer to the suite Gin deste fr sn information 5 9 1 2 Avg Soft Key The Avg soft key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 9 2 is used to determine how SAGE Mode 1 Port Ins Loss 11 26 2012 12 10 53 many measurements will be averaged together to make the one port insertion loss measurement The default value is to turn off averaging Press ing the Avg soft key will allow the user to enter a new value pressing the soft key twice will turn off averaging Min Freq 1752MHz 5 9 1 3 Overlay Soft Key The Overlay soft key circled in Figure 5 9 2 is used to display a previously stored measurement ET trace on top of the currently displayed measure oa Psp ment trace Before usi
93. codes for each sector are OVSF Legend 84225 128 643 Scrambling Codes listed on the x axis of the graph Below the graph coum are the power measurements for the received _ _ J _ ___ sectors The Pilot Dominance is the ratio of the Hg DD ES strongest pilot to one of the other received pilots Mae idi The EC IO is the measurement of the pilot power relative to the channel power The OTA measure 256 ment at the bottom of the screen displays the aiaiai j i Loggi i total power from all sectors detected Freq 872000000M a aum Arad Atten RFin 0 0 dB ae cod 51 Every 1 neie jarian NED Screen Scanner Format CSV EE Figure 5 15 13 WCDMA Scanner Screen 5 15 2 7 WCDMA Pass Fail Screen The Pass Fail screen is pictured in Figure snas Mode WCDMA HEPA Analyzer 12 03 2012 13 18 24 aa 5 15 14 This screen allows the user to define i z Scr COJAN R Pass Fail thresholds for different sector measure ER E rd AAS ments Each measurement can be independently rermEN VE a ee enabled or disabled The thresholds are estab EME EE H i lished using a target value and a tolerance value ICPICH Power dem 85 780 70 Izo ETSI Power 0 dBm for each measurement The UCTT will perform ee NIGEE the specified tests displaying the measured val one ue and the pass fail status for each measurement Jie LAD A WY hal Ua one of the circled columns in Figure 5 15 14 will allow the user to enable disable or modify
94. completes the calibration procedure Note that sag Og og per eed al EZ temperature extremes can affect the calibration seinen 1000 0 accuracy so it is recommended to perform the calibration procedure if the environmental tempera BIg MES 2 Wee OR UNA SEN Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 47 ture changes by more than 20 C 5 10 1 2 Avg Soft Key The Avg soft key located in the top of Figure 5 10 3 is used to determine how many measurements will be averaged together to make the Two Port VNA measurement The default value is to turn off averaging Pressing the Avg soft key will allow the user to en ter a new value pressing the soft key twice will turn off averaging 5 10 1 3 Overlay Soft Key The Overlay soft key circled in Figure 5 10 3 is used to display a previously stored measurement trace on top of the currently displayed measurement trace Before using the Overlay soft key a previously stored trace must be recalled Refer to the section of the manual for more information on storing and recalling display traces Once a stored trace is recalled pressing the Overlay soft key will cause the recalled trace to be displayed over the current measurement trace In addition to the recalled trace the file name any user comments and the test parameters for the overlay are also displayed at the bottom of the screen 5 10 1 4 Frequency Band Configuration The Band soft key located below the circled
95. configuration file Any configuration changes will be written into the file displayed in the Configuration Status box of the General System menu The Cfg Load soft key is used to select and load a new configuration file into the UCTT When the Cfg G Mode System 11 06 2012 20 58 17 Identifiers UnitSerial 44468 Radio Serial 41406021 UI SW Version 121026 UICtlr Serial tt 5107 OTAB4ATA RF SW Version 5178 Enet SW Version p844 RF USB Version 22 Enet Serial PO RF Serial 1130004014 Enet USB 1240022006 Full Screen On Demand vi Configuration User1 Units Metric v ULAGE Power Mode Max Power Save Max Power Save Power Save am ES Battery 1 Not Detected Battery 2 1 00 General Color Scheme Normal gt Nom Center Freq Tied to Spec Analyze v Status Temp eee Fan OK Temp son Pit Version 111109 Temp se le Calibration 7 16 2012 Figure 4 6 User Configuration Soft Keys and Status Load soft key is pressed the user is presented with a dialog box containing a list of stored configurations Highlight to the desired configuration file and press the OK button to load the configura tion The newly selected configuration file name will appear in the Configuration Status box in the General menu 4 2 8 Remote Control Menu The Remote Control Menu allows the user to remotely control the UCTT via an ethernet con nection The local keyboard touchscreen disp
96. creen display To the right of the display are the keypad selection wheel and power button These controls along with the touch screen allow the user to configure the test menus and perform measurements 2 1 1 Power Button Unit Serial 123 Radio Serial 0 UI SW Version 10 01 08 UI Ctlr Serial 010B 0040 4399 RF Serial 1730003001 PCM Serial 1040001003 Units Engi sh x Power Mode Max Power Save Status gt Temp 990F r Battery 1 84 es Fan FAIL Battery 2 Not Deteded T 3F Not Detecte Temp 977F Pwr Version 100111 Calibration 0 0 2000 Figure 2 1 UCTT Front Panel The power button is located in the lower right corner of the front panel The power is toggled on or off by holding the power button for a second or longer The power button also functions as a charge indicator displaying the status of the battery charge The table below shows the different states for this indicator Battery Charge Power Indicator States Charge Indicator Battery Charge UUCT Power State External Power Green Full Om Yes gt Blinking Green Medium Om Yes INSTRUMENTS Green Green Amber Full Amber Blinking Amber Low Blinking Amber om vs om mw om mw Amber tow on me fu orm vw Medium charge level is 88 to 18 percent of full charge Low charge level is below 18 percent of full charge Blinking
97. cy 0 50 dBc e Occupied Bandwidth Accuracy 100 kHz CHANNEL SCANNER Simultaneous Channels 1 to 20 e Frequency Range 68 MHz to 2 7 GHz e Level Accuracy 0 5 dB RFin gt 60 dBm e Level Range 30 dBm to 120 dBm GSM EDGE ANALYZER GSM EDGE Modulation Quality e RMS Phase Measurement Accuracy e Peak Phase Measurement Accuracy e Residual Error GSMK 1 deg e Frequency Offset Accuracy 1 Hz e TSC 0 7 e SBC 0 2 e Burst Type Capture Frequency Correction Dummy Normal Synchronization Access e EVM Measurement Accuracy 1 5 e Residual Error 8PSK 2 5 e Frequency Offset Accuracy 1 Hz GSM EDGE Constellation IQ Diagram Burst Type Decode e Frame Number Decode e BSIC Number Decode GSM EDGE BURST ANALYZER e TimeSlot Mask per 3GPP TS 05 05 GSM Mask e Support for all Mask Templates per Annex B Reference Power Level 90 dBm to 58 dBm WCDMA HSPA ANALYZER Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 121 Demodulator Summary e Code Domain Diagram e Scrambling Detection Manual Auto e Active Code Channel Detection Threshold e Manual Auto OVSF 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 e Scrambling Code Frequency Offset e Channel Power e EVM Rho PSCH SSCH CPICH P CCPCH e S CCPCH PICH IQ Offset e Peak CD Error e Noise Floor EVM Accuracy Scrambling Code Scanner e Displays Up to 7 Scrambling Code Pilots e Pilot Dominance Ec lo e Total Ch
98. cy Amplitude Bandwidth 5 4 5 Manual Attenuator Adjustment ET KN perm In normal operations the UCTT employs an EE PENE EN ENE kn automatic attenuator to maximize the dynamic range of its measurement circuits This automatic attenuator sets the optimal input level based on the input signal energy In some measurement environments the user may find it useful to disable the automatic attenuator and manually control the attenuator settings This sec tion describes how to manually control the attenuator settings in the spectrum analyzer application In the Bandwidth Menu press the window type soft key circled in Figure 5 4 10 and select the Blackman or Uniform window func tion This will set the UCTT in the manual attenuation mode The internal attenuators are now controlled by the Ref Level soft key in the amplitude menu circled in Figure 5 4 11 The Figure 5 4 10 Bandwidth Menu Window Function Soft Key amount of attenuation applied is equal to the Ref gap mme ar 11 13 2012 03 55 00 am Level plus 20dB The valid range for Ref Level is 40dB to 20dB This corresponds to 60dB to Com me OdB of attenuation For example setting the Ref Level to 10dB results in 10dB of attenuation while a Ref Level of 10dB results in 30dB of at dit tenuation 10 dBidiv gt 100 00 110 00 120 00 Frequency Amplitude Bandwidth Ref Lvl 40 dBm Res BW 500 000 kHz Scale 10 dB div Res BW Auto Manual Ref Lvl 5 ret F
99. d Line soft key circled in Figure 5 11 9 will allow the user to add a line to the map by touching anywhere on the screen The line will originate from the current location green cross hairs and extend through the point touched on the screen as shown in Figure 5 11 9 Additional lines are added by taking measurements at several locations The intersection of the lines is the location of the signal source The Save key can be used to save or recall maps with direc tion lines added For more information on saving and recalling files for display refer to the section on n this manual Mode Triangulation Triangulation GPS 11 28 2012 12 50 28 og Live Oak 1 mar Opal Cliffs a p Wilder Ranch AEE State Park Santa Cruz Soque Cove Amplitude Ref Lvl 54 dBm Screen Triangulate Ref Lvl Offset 0 0 dB Frequency Freq 823 972000 MHz Span 1 400000 MHz Start 823 272000 MHz 9 11 5 4 Deleting Lines from the Map Figure 5 11 9 Adding a Line To the Map The Del Line soft key located below the circled Add Line key is used to remove lines from the map Pressing the Del Line soft key will bring up RE the Delete a Line menu pictured in Figure 5 11 10 An individual Select line s to delete line or all lines can be deleted using this menu Cancel Figure 5 11 10 Deleting a Line From the Map Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 54 5 12
100. d Marker soft key This menu allows up to six markers to be defined to sae Mode 2 Port VNA 11 26 2012 13 06 06 F maker make precise measurements anywhere on the 100 Dual Port Gain vs Frequency displayed trace Additionally the Marker Math 20 00 soft key allows the user to determine level and distance measurements between markers For iii more details on using the marker menu refer gg a E I to the description in this manual 1000 0 Note that the 2 Port VNA application does not o Group Delay Frea have a center frequency parameter so the CF or eam to Marker soft key is not present in this menu 2000 Next Peak Figure 5 10 6 Two Port VNA Marker Menu 1000 0 Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 49 5 11 Signal Locator Application The signal locator application is used to locate interference and other signal sources The user connects a directional antenna Yagi to the RF Input of the UCTT The direction of the signal source is determined by moving the antenna while listening to the audio feedback Audible Beep or observing the displayed power reading The signal direction can be plotted on map displayed on the UCTT Users should go to three weigh points and make level and direction measurements of the signal For best results the weigh points should be selected such that they make a triangle around the suspected single source location Accurate and stable level measurements are key to succ
101. d stop the measure GSM 900 Downlink 925200000 959800000 ments this is useful for freezing the screen The current 91900 Uplink 1710200000 1784800000 sr i f GSM 1800 Downlink 1805200000 1879800000 run pause state is indicated on the lower portion of the GSM 1900 Uplink 1850200000 1909800000 soft key GSM 1900 Downlink 1930200000 1989800000 LTE 1 DN 2110000000 2169900000 LTE 1 UP 1920000000 1979900000 J J LTE 2 DN 1930000000 1989900000 9 11 2 Signal Locator Amplitude Menu Aa HAT ss The Signal Locator amplitude menu is pictured in Figure LTE 3 DN 1805000000 1879900000 5 11 4 and is selected by pressing the circled Amplitude LTE 3 UP 1710000000 1784900000 f k Th ft k th ht d fth LTE 4 DN 2110000000 2154900000 menu soft key The so eysa ong e right edge of the E D00000 1754900000 screen are used to modify the amplitude parameters LTE 5 DN 869000000 893900000 TTR tot NNNNA gasannAnnn Valid Channels 5 11 2 1 Setting the Reference Level eee The Ref Level soft key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 11 4 is used to adjust the reference level of the display this will have the effect of shifting the signal sli trace up or down on the screen but will not affect the measurement levels Once the key is pressed the user can enter a value or touch the screen where the reference level should be set The reference level is also used in the Audio Beep feature described in the bandwidth me
102. discharged and the UCTT powers itself off Then connect the charger to the UCTT and charge the bat teries until they are full this completes the battery calibration procedure 2 3 3 Battery Removal The battery packs are located on the left side of the unit There are lower and upper battery compartments The following proce dure describes assessing the upper battery compartment The lower battery compartment is accessed in a similar manner The batteries are accessed by first removing the rubber corner protector as shown in Figure 2 8 The battery compartment door is pictured in Figure 2 9 The door is opened by unscrewing the circled thumb screw Once the battery compartment is opened grasp the tab on the end of the battery and withdraw the battery pack as shown in Figure 2 10 Figure 2 8 Removing Corner Protector 2 3 4 Battery Installation The battery packs are installed by sliding them into the battery compartment as shown in Figure 2 10 Each battery pack has a slot on one side that should face down toward the bottom of the UCTT Press the battery firmly into the UCTT battery com partment to engage the connector between the battery and the UCTT Then close the battery cover and replace the rubber corner protector Note that the corner protectors are not inter changeable To facilitate reassembly the protectors are num Figure 2 9 Opening Battery cover bered and correspond to the numbers stamped on the bottom panel of uni
103. displayed in a his togram format The signal to be analyzed is connected to the RF Input of the UCTT An antenna is used for over the air measure ments For more information on the UCTT RF connectors refer to the of this manual The Spectogram Ap plication is selected by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the circled SpecGram soft key shown in Figure 5 19 1 5 19 1 Spectrogram Frequency Menu The Spectrogram frequency menu is accessed by pressing the Frequency soft key in the lower left corner of the screen in Figure5 19 2 The soft keys along the right side of the screen are used for entering the frequency menu parameters described in the following sections 5 19 1 1 Frequency Parameters There are three methods for setting up the Spec trogram frequency parameters specifying center frequency and span or by specifying the start and stop frequencies or by specifying the Channel Plan and Channel The corresponding pairs of soft keys for each method are circled in Figure 5 19 2 In the first case the center frequency and the display span are entered using the Center Freq and Span soft keys The UCTT will auto matically set the start and stop frequencies based on the center frequency and span parameters The other method for setting the Spectrogram frequency parameters is to enter the stop and start frequencies using the Start Freq and Stop Freq soft keys In this case the UCTT will deter mine the center frequency and span
104. dth Ower IN opal Log Eve 5 12 5 1 Setting Logging Units and 5409 Map a Interval 64 00 ag The Log Units soft key circled in Figure 5 12 7 is Wa used to specify the logging units The options are Feet Seconds or Results This causes logging to im occur every N feet N seconds or N results where ME N is set by the Log Every soft key located above i the circled Log Units key The Log Every soft key is also used to enable or disable the logging function 5 12 5 2 Setting Log File Format The Log Format soft key located below the OL ae eer ernie l mer circled key in Figure 5 12 7 is used to specify the men muse J sige Lessing FY file format for the log file The choices are CSV TE or KML Note that KML files can be displayed Figure 5 12 7 Signal Coverage Logging Menu in Google earth showing power measurements at each logging interval along the map Log files for the signal coverage application are named Signal Coverage _ mm dd yyyy n csv kml Where mm dd yyyy is the date and n is a counter that starts at zero For more information on export ing log files from the UCTT refer to the of this manual Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 58 5 12 6 Signal Coverage Map Menu The map menu pictured in Figure 5 12 8 allows as the user to configure the logging parameters A as well as viewing the RSSI survey on a map The map in Figure 5 12 8 shows a typical RSSI survey Each
105. dulation Type OK Cancel Figure 5 21 3 VSG Modulation Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 103 5 21 2 Vector Signal Generator Trans mitter Control The VSG transmitter is controlled with the Run Stop soft key located in the lower right corner of the menu When the transmitter is turned on the transmitter status indicator in the center of the screen indicates On This status is also indicated in the Control and Rnu Stop soft keys at the bot tom of the screen The transmitter on status is also indicated by the VSG Lock ON message circled at the top of Figure 5 21 4 This message appears at the top of all UCTT menu screens when the transmitter is running in the background to remind the user of its status The transmitter consumes a significant amount of power so it should be turned off when not in use to conserve Figure 5 21 4 VSG Transmitter On battery life Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 104 N i cA amp INSTRUMENTS 6 Backhaul Tests 6 1 Ethernet Application The Ethernet application is used to test ethernet backhaul facili ties at 10BaseT 100BaseT and 1000BaseT speeds The tests are performed per the RFC 2544 specification Tests supported are Throughput Latency Frame Loss and Back to Back The Throughput test determines the maximum number of frames per second that can be transmitted without any dropped frames The Latency test measures
106. e Channel Power dBm e Carrier feed through dB e Carrier frequency offset Hz e Occupied Bandwidth Measurement Screens Summary Symbol Power Resource Block Selection Sub Carrier Spectrogram IQ Modulation Diagram WiMax Analyzer Channel Bandwidth 1 25 1 5 1 75 2 5 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 75 10 12 14 15 17 5 20 MHz e Base Station ID e Channel Power dBm e Burst Power dBm e Preable Power dBm e Occupied Bandwidth e EVM RMS Peak e Frequency Error Hz ppm e Relative Constellation Error RMS Peak Requires Option 0231 Measurement Screens Summary IQ Modulation Diagram Spectrum Time Freq Domain Protocol Analyzers GSM ABIS MONITOR e Codec Type GSM AMR ACELP e TRAU FRAME Decode e LAPD Decode Backhaul Analyzers T1 E1 Analyzer e Fractional T1 E1 and Sub channels DSO Line Coding AMI B8ZS e Framing Modes D4 Superframe ESF Extended Superframe e Connection Configurations Terminate 100 O Bridge 100K O Monitor 100 O Drop amp lnsert 100 O e Receiver Sensitivity Terminate 6 dB to 36 dB Bridge 6 dB to 36 dB Monitor 20 dB flat gain Drop amp lnsert 6 dB to 36 dB e Transmit Level 0 dB 7 5 dB and 15 dB e Clock Sources External Bits clock Internal 1 544 Mb s 5 ppm 2 048 Mb s 5 ppm e Pulse Shapes Conform to ANSI T1 403 and ITU G 703 e Pattern Generation and Detection e PRBS 2 9 2 11 2 15 2 20 2 23 Inverted and non inverted QRSS 1
107. e are two methods for setting up the center frequency of the GSM demodulator specifying center frequency directly or by specifying the Channel Plan and Channel The corresponding te sets of soft keys for each method are circled on mem EL the right side of Figure 5 13 2 Note that some ae measurements like the Mask Analysis have dif ferent parameters depending on what band is being used therefore for correct results the center frequency should be setup using the channel plan method so the proper band is identified Logging LIE en R Ana ysis Figure 5 13 2 GSM Frequency Menu 5 13 1 2 Setting the Reference Level The Ref Level soft key located below the circled Center Freq key in the upper right corner of Figure 5 13 2 is used to adjust the reference level of the display this will have the effect of shifting the signal trace up or down on the screen but will not affect the measurement levels Once the key is pressed the user can enter a value or touch the screen where the reference level should be set The current reference level is displayed on the Ref Level soft key as well as the RF Setup menu key Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 61 5 13 1 3 Auto Scale Soft Key The Auto Scale soft key circled in Figure 5 13 3 is used to au tomatically adjust the reference level based on the signal power This will cause the trace to be centered in the screen When the key is pressed the UCTT will modify the
108. e code channel data The x axis is the channel Atsngemoow TET Au number assuming 512 codes per channel while the y axis is the power level The white trace through the center of the screen shows the actual measurement value while the red line shows the threshold for 0 00 detecting channel activity In the default F mode the threshold is set automati cally The Threshold soft key circled in 20 00 Figure 5 15 7 can be used to manually 30 00 mo pa 10 00 F set the threshold for detecting channel conn SET ay activity Channel activity is indicated by colored bars that are proportional in 50 00 height to the level in the channel The 60 00 ou ALL colors of the bars correspond to the a OVSF code assigned to the channel ee ca alas eta Channels Refer to the OVSF color legend below the graph Additionally the following Figure 5 15 8 Summary Screen Demodulated Channel Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 75 control and pilot channels are displayed in their SAD respective colors CPICH Blue P CCPCH red S CCPCH green and PICH lite blue anh a kj bulk hul kn 5 15 2 3 WCDMA Zoom Screen aa 1 is The Zoom screen is pictured in Figure 5 15 9 000 1 Activity in the sector is displayed at the top of pier lean NE the screen The bottom of the screen displays a 0 00 magnified view of the channel activity Touching a ue anywhere on the upper screen will cause the se w I LE lected
109. e key will bring up a list of saved configuration files The user can select and load the desired configuration file from the list Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 106 6 1 2 Test Setup Menus The test setup menu displaying the Global setup screen is pictured in Figure 6 1 5 The test setup menus are used to setup global and individual test parameters This menu is selected by press ing the highlighted Test Setup soft key located at the bottom of the screen Soft keys for the differ ent sub menus are located along the right edge of the screen 6 1 2 1 Global Setup Menu In Figure 6 1 5 the Global Softkey is highlighted indicating the Global sub menu is selected The Frame Size box at the top of the screen contains a check box tabled Auto RFC Checking this box will allow the UCTT to automatically run the requested test at all 8 frame sizes from 64 to 1518 bytes If the box is unchecked the test will run at the frame size specified in the User Defined text Dox The buttons in the Combine the Following Tests box are used to select the different tests to run In the bottom right of the screen is the 2 Port Test check box This check box is used to setup single ended or port to port test configurations If this box is unchecked the test will be single port where the farend is a loopback If the box is checked the test will performed between two interfaces 6 1 2 2 Destination Setup Menu Pressing the Setup
110. e pulse per second status box is circled in the upper right corner of Figure 4 10 This indica tor will display Yes or No when the external timing source is Delta F PPB 12 0 SAGE Mode System 11 06 2012 20 58 17 ae Identifiers a aitia eas UnitSerial 44468 Radio Ural 41406021 mote Co UI SW Version 121026 Uctlr Serial amp 5107 01AB4ATA RF SW Version 5178 EnetSW Version 9844 7 RF USB Version 22 Enet Serial 20 i RF Serial 1130004014 Enet USB 1240022006 Setu P Full Screen On Demand Configuration User1 Units Metric v Language English EE Power Mode Max Power Save v Color Scheme Noma 2 Set Date Set Time Center Freq Tied to Spec Analyze v Battery 1 Not Detected Status Battery 2 F 00 Temp 311 C Fan OK Temp 289 C Pwr Version 111109 Figure 4 9 General System Menu GPS Soft Key Temp TERE Calibration 7 16 2012 General Expected Satellites g DOP racked Satellites ippsires Prev Screen Mode System s AG GPS Lock C Ext Even Second TRAIM Status OK D Onlyv Ext Freq Hz TRAIM Acc Est 0 nSec Date 11 08 2012 Time 18 42 11 Latitude 36 934834 Longitude 121 782970 Latitude 36 56 090067 Longitude 121 46 978200 Latitude 36 56 5 404 Longitude 121 46 58 692 Version 31 See Figure 4 10 GPS amp Timing Configuration Screen acquired and the UCTT is gener
111. e reference level for the audio beep feature It should be set to the maximum power level that will be measured The Audio Beep soft key located in the lower right corner of Figure 5 11 5 is used to set the range of the audio beep feature The range value is subtracted from the reference level to give the minimum power level that the audio beep feature will respond to The Audio Res BW 50 000 kHz Trace Mode _ Norma Window Type _ Uniform Audio Beep Range Off Toggle On Off Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 52 Beep soft key is also used to enable or ace Mode Signal Locator GPS 11 27 2012 11 55 10 disable the audio beeps Power in Spar 7 5 11 4 Signal Locator Marker Menu fe ii The Marker menu is accessed by KD pressing the circled Marker soft key nha ee at the bottom of Figure 5 11 6 This i i GL Vad EE a i SRG menu allows up to six markers to be defined to make precise measure 12400 OTe ments anywhere on the displayed 13400 53 1 8 n 4 8 1 Watts trace Additionally the Marker Math soft M key allows the user to determine level 20 3000 and distance measurements between Libba ish EE sina markers For more details on using the Ref Lvl Oset 00 dB marker menu refer to the Marker Menu ER description in this manual Figure 5 11 6 Signal Locator Ref Level Soft Key 5 11 5 Signal Locator Map Menu The map menu pictured in Figure 5 11 7 allows the user to view the curre
112. e stored results can be displayed along with the file name and comment as an overlay for other tests or the results file can be exported for analysis The results file contains test data points in a CSV Comma Separated Value format The Recall function key is located in the 49 button This key can be used during a test to recall a stored result overlay When the Shift Recall button is pressed the UCTT will prompt the user to select among the stored result files For information on exporting test results to an external system see the Exporting Files section of the manual 2 1 2 2 Saving a Screen Capture The Prt Sc function key is located in the 3 button in Figure 2 3 This key is used to take a screen capture image of the LCD dis play When the Shift Prt Sc key is pressed the UCTT will prompt the user for a file name for the screen capture The file name is entered using the File Name Menu pictured in Figure 2 4 The screen capture files are stored in the PNG Portable Network Graphics format For information on exporting screen capture files see the Exporting Files section of the manual 2 1 2 3 Adjusting Screen Brightness The Disp function key is located in the 8 button in Fig ure 2 3 This key is used to change the display bright ness Pressing the Shift Disp key will bring up the Adjust Brightness Menu shown in Figure 2 5 The screen bright ness can be changed by pressing one of the brightness buttons circled in Figure
113. e used to set the frequency of the scanner The three soft keys on the lower right side of Figure 5 18 2 are used to set the channel plane channel and channel bandwidth Pressing the Channel Plan soft key will bring up the channel plan selection menu shown in Figure 5 18 3 This list contains the channel plan names and frequency ranges for each plan Pressing the RF Standard or Frequen cy buttons circled in Figure 5 18 3 will sort the pe list based on channel plan name or by frequency m 23040008 me range Additionally at the bottom of the channel plan selection screen is a list of valid channels for the selected plan To select a plan press the desired channel plan followed by the OK button at the bottom of the menu The Channel soft key is used to enter the channel which will set the center a frequency If an LTE channel plan is selected the chan GSM 650 Downlink 869200000 GSM 900 Uplink 880200000 nel bandwidth can be specified using the Ch BW soft key GSM 900 Downlink 925200000 GSM 1800 Uplink 1710200000 0 0 0 0 0 located in the bottom right of Figure 5 18 2 The bandwidth a ee den settings are 1 4 3 5 10 and 20 MHz NT estooniten ero sunt rar 00000 0000 i 0 0 0 0 Figure 5 18 2 ACP Frequency Menu oOo sO o OO mr wo D D ooo ao ooc c a oa a O ooog oo Oo eo oO O ean 9 18 2 Adjacent Channel Power Amplitude ite 3 ue M
114. ed Marker Details ing the screen where the marker should be located Addition ally there are four marker manipulation soft keys circled in Figure 5 2 1 that allow moving the selected marker or center frequency The CF to Marker soft key is used to change the center frequency pa rameter to the current marker location The Marker to Peak soft key will move the selected marker to the high est value on the measurement trace The Next Peak and Prev Peak soft keys will move the selected marker to the next or previous peak in the measurement trace 5 2 2 Marker Math Soft Key The Marker Math soft key located in the lower right corner of Figure 5 2 1 is used to manage the display of markers as well as defining math Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 26 functions between marker locations Pressing the Marker Math Marker Management soft key will cause the Marker management menu shown in Figure 5 2 3 to be displayed The currently setup markers are indicated by the check boxes labeled 1 thru 6 Pressing one of the checked boxes will turn off the marker on the display including any associ ated math If a user un checks a marker the UCTT will remember the marker location so when the marker is checked by pressing on the check box next to the marker label the marker will reap pear in its original location The six selection boxes on the right side of the menu are used to calculate the frequency and level differences between m
115. ed below the Ref Level Sep 776 000000 ME Ni Preamp OG key in Figure 5 5 4 is used to adjust the scale of the display in dB per division The current scale Figure 5 5 4 Power Meter Amplitude Menu value is displayed on the Scale soft key as well as the Amplitude menu key Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 35 Mode Power Meter KE ere OF Z 5 5 2 3 Setting Offset Level ee NR Ref Level 51 00 51 dBm The Ref Lvl Offset soft key is circled in Figure z 5 5 5 is used to apply a fixed offset to the signal iim This is useful when viewing high power signals 00d where an attenuator is connected between the vi Offset B UCTT and the signal source The applied offset 910 Ref Lvl value is displayed on the Ref Lvl Offset soft key as well as the Amplitude menu soft key The reference level offset will affect the power mea surement 5 5 2 4 Controlling the Preamp The Preamp soft key located below circled key 0 ope Ref Lyl 51 dBm Res BW 50 000 kHz in Figure 5 5 5 is used to control the state of the 1 50 Scale 10 da dv internal preamplifier in the UCTT The default 776 000000M Preamp OF setting for the preamplifier is off The preamplifier is useful for increasing the signal to noise ratio for Figure 5 5 5 Ref Level Offset Soft Key low level signals less than 50 dB The gain of the preamp will not affect the power measurement Note that turning on the preamplifier when highe
116. ed below the circled Center Freq key in the upper right corner of Figure 5 16 2 is used to adjust the reference level of the display this will have the effect of shifting the signal trace up or down on the screen but will not affect the measurement levels Once the key is pressed the user can enter a value or touch the screen where the reference level should be set The current reference level is displayed on the Ref Level soft key as well as the RF Setup menu key Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 81 WCDMA Setup 5 16 1 3 Auto Scale Soft Key The Auto Scale soft key circled in Figure 5 16 3 is used to au tomatically adjust the reference level based on the signal power ro This will cause the trace to be centered in the screen When the key is pressed the UCTT will modify the reference level 5 16 1 4 Setting Offset Level The Ref Lvl Offset soft key located below the Auto Scale key in Figure 5 16 3 is used to apply a fixed offset to the signal This is useful when viewing high power signals where an attenuator is omnes connected between the UCTT and the signal source The applied Channel Plan offset value is displayed on the Ref Lvl Offset soft key mid 5 16 1 5 Controlling the Preamp The Preamp soft key located below the Ref Lvl Offset key in Fig Figure 5 16 3 LTE RF Setup Soft Keys ure 5 16 3 is used to control the state of the internal preamplifier in the UCTT The default setting for WES 55 l t
117. ed in Figure 5 5 7 is used to display and manipulate markers on the measurement screen These markers can be used to make precise readings of frequen cy and level at user specified points on the displayed trace Fur thermore differences in frequency and levels can be calculated between markers This menu is accessed by pressing the circled Marker soft key in Figure 5 5 7 For more information on the Marker Menu refer to the section of this manual Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 37 5 6 Return Loss Application The return loss measurements are performed by connecting the antenna cable to the RF output of the UCTT refer to the section of this manual for the location of the RF output connector The Return Loss application is accessed by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the RL soft key circled in figure 5 6 1 CDMA WCDMA 5 6 1 Return Loss Setup Menu Sa MT The Return Loss Setup menu is pictured in Figure 5 6 2 The menu can be accessed by pressing the highlighted soft key in the lower left corner of the menu 5 6 1 1 Open Short Load Calibration Soft Key The Calibration soft key is located in the bottom right corner of Figure 5 6 2 In order to perform accurate antenna and cable measurements the RF output and any addi tional cables and connectors that are used to por KEENE E connect the UCTT to the antenna or cable sys BU tem under test must be calibrated using open short and load stand
118. ed in the upper right corner of Figure 5 8 4 is used to set or disable the VSWR Pass Fail measurement limit Ad ditionally if enabled the limit line will cause the words Pass or Fail to appear at the top of the screen once the test has completed Pressing the Limit Line soft key will allow the user to modify the limit line value or turn off the Pass Fail indicator The user can also set the limit line by touching the screen where the limit should be set The Limit Line soft key will indicate the limit selected by the user 5 8 3 VSWR Marker Menu The Marker menu is accessed by pressing the Marker soft key located to the right of the circled soft key in Figure 5 8 4 This menu allows up to six markers to be defined to make precise measurements anywhere on the displayed trace Additionally the Marker Math soft key allows the user to determine VSWR measurements between markers For more details on using the marker menu refer to the description in this manual Note that the VSWR application does not have a center frequency parameter so the CF to Marker soft key is not present in this menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 44 5 9 One Port Insertion Loss Application The One Port Insertion Loss measurements are performed by connecting the cable or circuit to be tested to the RF output of the UCTT refer to the section of this manual for the location of the RF output connector The One Port Insertion Loss application is ac
119. ed test Note that this key is also present in the other results screens 6 1 3 2 Throughput Results Screen Pressing the Throughput soft key on the right edge of the screen will bring up the Throughput Test Results screen pictured in Figure 6 1 12 This screen displays the results for the throughput test The test description status Iteration number and frame size are displayed in the upper portion of the screen The throughput results are displayed in the lower portion of the screen on the Results box There is a set of results for each of the eight frame sizes if applicable The results are arranged in three columns labeled Theoretical Actual and Average The theoretical values represent the channels maximum potential for moving data assuming no blockage The actual values are the measured throughput values with no er rors The average values are an average of all the measurements for the test The circled buttons in Figure 6 1 12 are used to select the units for the displayed results The user can Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 109 Mode Frame Loss 01 10 2013 15 31 06 gt Test 26 3 Frame Loss Rate Status Stopped switch between percentages Mega bits per sec ond or frames per second 6 1 3 3 Frame Loss Results Screen Iteration 1 of 1 Frame Size 1218 Pressing the Frame Loss soft key on the right Results 7 sears fl edge of the screen will bring up the Frame Loss yame
120. ed to inject a single bit error into the transmitted signal 6 2 2 T1 E1 PCM Configuration Menu The DS1 E1 PCM parameters can be modified by pressing the Cfg PCM soft key circled in the right side of Figure 6 2 2 This will cause the Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 112 Configure PCM menu pictured in Figure 6 2 3 to be displayed The configuration parameters for each PCM interface are displayed in the center of the screen The Highlighted PCM soft keys at the bottom of the screen indicate which interface is being modified and can be used to switch between interfaces The soft keys on the right edge of the screen are used to modify the interface configuration parameters which include PCM type Connection mode framing line cod ing equipment type and clock source When attaching the UCTT to monitor jacks the Con nection mode should be set to Monitor otherwise the mode should be set to Terminate If an E1 interface type is selected the PCM configuration soft keys along the right of the menu change to reflect E1 parameter values as shown in Figure 6 2 4 Additional PCM parameters are selected by pressing the Next soft key located in the lower right corner of the screen This will bring up the additional parameters menu the soft keys for this menu are pictured in Figure 6 2 5 These param eters include transmit attenuation transmitter line build out LBO receiver sensitivity and equal ization long short
121. edge of the screen are used to modify the amplitude parameters Mode Spectrum Analyzer 5 4 2 1 Setting the Reference Level The Ref Level soft key is used to adjust the reference level of the analyzer this will have the effect of shifting the signal trace up or down on the screen Once the key is pressed the user can enter a value or touch the screen where the reference level should be set Pressing the Auto Scale soft key will cause the UCTT to automatically determine the reference level based on the current signal power level Frequency Amplitude Ref Lvl 40 dBm Scale 10 dB div 5 4 2 3 Setting Offset Level The Ref Lvl Offset soft key is used to apply a fixed offset to the signal This is use ful when viewing high power signals where an attenuator is connected between the UCTT and the signal source The applied offset value is displayed on the Ref Lvl Offset soft key as well as the Amplitude menu soft key circled in Figure 5 4 5 11 13 2012 03 55 00 art 500000 MHz Ref Lvl Offset 0 0 dB Avgi 10 5 4 2 2 Setting the Display Scale es ge aaa The Scale soft key is used to adjust the scale of the display in dB per division The current scale value is displayed on the Scale soft key as well as the Amplitude menu key circled in Figure 5 4 5 Center Freq 750 500000 MHz Span 100 000000 MHz Togqle Zero Span Start Freq 700 500000 MHz Stop Freg 500 SO0000 EILE mil Freq Step _ 1 000000 MHz
122. en The currently selected marker is displayed on top followed by the currently defined markers labeled M1 and M2 The marker frequency and levels are also displayed Marker 1 has a math function defined and is showing the frequency and level differ Frequency Amplitude Bandwidth ence between marker1 and marker2 The UCTT S Samam f Sesam f cect einen supports up to 6 markers These markers are stop 77550000 MHz Preamp off directly tied to DSP measurements not static screen locations so the measurements may vary with each displayed DSP trace The marker read ings can be stabilized by increasing the averaging Figure 5 2 1 Marker Menu Marker 1 On Marker 3 Marker 4 Off Off Marker 5 Off Marker to Peak parameter if the normal trace mode is used or by pausing the SAG Mode Spectrum Analyzer measurement 5 2 1 Marker Manipulation Soft Keys The six marker soft keys in the upper right corner of Figure 5 2 1 are used to turn on or off the markers The marker soft keys also indicate the state of the marker On or Off and also indicate the selected marker by turning the maker state label red When a marker soft key is initially pressed the 88 00 marker is turned on and the marker number and frequency are displayed in the upper left corner of the screen The user can change the marker location using the keypad selection 10300 wheel front panel up or down arrow keys or by simply touch Figure 5 2 2 Display
123. en in the circled area in Figure 5 1 1 will shift the center frequency of the instrument as shown in Figure 5 1 2 Figure 5 1 2 Zoom Selection and Units Soft Keys Mode Spectrum Analyzer 11 19 2012 15 37 34 33 Frequenc Zoom 10 9x Tap Out 5 1 2 Zoom and Full Screen Display Control Most measurement displays can show a magnified view by simply drawing a diagonal line across the desired area on the screen forming a selection rectangle as shown in Figure 3 mme Sk inean Me tte vara 5 1 2 The display will magnify the selected area as shownin Sue Figure 5 1 3 Additionally a full screen view can be selected Figure 5 1 3 Zoom View by pressing the circled area in Figure 5 1 2 In both cases Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 25 tapping anywhere on the screen will reset the view to normal Refer to the Set Full Screen Model section of this manual for more information on setting up and using the various full screen control modes 5 2 UCTT Marker Menus SAGE Mode Spectrum Analyzer 1113 2012 16 01 22 The marker menu shown in Figure 5 2 1 is used to display and manipulate markers on the mea surement screen These markers can be used to make precise readings of frequency and level at user specified points on the displayed trace Furthermore differences in frequency and levels between markers can be displayed Figure 5 2 2 shows an expanded view of the marker infor mation displayed on the scre
124. enu LTE 15 DN s9000000 883900000 The Adjacent Channel Power amplitude menu is selected ania Chane UE by pressing the circled soft key at the bottom of Figure 5 18 2 The menu is shown in Figure 5 18 4 The soft keys o Cancel Figure 5 18 3 Channel Plan Selection Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 91 along the right edge of the screen are used to saom Mode Adjacent Channel Power 01 02 2013 16 08 05 SEEE modify the amplitude parameters 29 00 Ref Level 10 dBm 5 18 2 1 Setting the Reference Level The Ref Level soft key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 18 4 is used to adjust the reference level of the analyzer this will have the effect of shifting the signal trace up or down on the screen Once the key is pressed the user can enter a value or touch the screen where the reference level should be set Pressing the Auto Scale soft key will cause the UCTT to automatically determine the reference level based on the current signal power level Frequency Freq 890 400000 MHz PE r Logging 5 18 2 2 Setting the Display Scale ESN ER The Scale soft key is used to adjust the scale of the display in dB per division The current scale Figure 5 18 4 ACP Amplitude Menu value is displayed on the Scale soft key as well as the Amplitude menu key 5 18 2 3 Setting Offset Level The Ref Lvl Offset soft key is used to apply a fixed offset to the signal This is useful when viewing high powe
125. enu item followed by the OK button 5 16 2 3 Antenna Port Soft Key Mode LTE FDD Analyzer 12 05 2012 12 23 06 LTE Setup LTE Bandwidth O 50MHz RERAN AT i i 1 AL Wh PATTER ATT IT a Hil NL HE IP K MIRAI win ME TY BILLE Symbol ENT aM Tne Subcarrier Avg All oggle Ava AllCarrier LTE Screen LTE Setup Logging Bandwidth 5 0 MHz Disabled i Every 1 Result s Format CSV ai Format Cs Change LTE Bandwidth Select LTE Bandwidth The Antenna Port soft key is used to switch between antenna OK Caneel signals when MIMO is used In most circumstances the soft key is used when directly connecting to the different antenna Figure 5 16 7 Bandwidth Selection Menu ports of the base station Antenna port 0 should be selected for most over the air tests 5 16 2 4 LTE Configuration Menu The LTE Configuration soft key is used to specify additional LTE parameters specific to the sys tem being monitored Pressing the LTE Config soft key will cause the LTE configuration menu pictured in Figure 5 16 8 to be presented Con figuration items include the Cyclic Prefix length PHICH Group Number PDCCH Channel Format PDCCH number of symbols PDSCH Modulation Format and the LTE pass fail configuration file The Pass Fail file is used to specify the pass fail limits for the Pass Fail screen described in the next section The four soft keys circled in Figure 5 16 8 are used to select re
126. er which is approximately 20 times per second In this mode the DSP measurement frame rate is displayed in the FPS indicator on the Bandwidth soft key Note that due to DSP measurement limita tions the Continuous Burst trace mode cannot be selected when the frequency span parameter is greater than 15 MHz Change Trace Mode Select Trace Mode Normal Peak Hold Cont Peak Max Burst Cont Burst Figure 5 19 7 Spectrogram Trace Mode Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 97 5 19 3 4 Window Type Soft Key The Window Type parameter determines the type of filter that is used by the DSP prior to making its measurements When the Window Type soft key circled on the right edge of Figure 5 19 9 is pressed the Select Window Function menu shown in Figure 5 19 8 is displayed The user can select a window function by pressing the desired window function followed by the OK button in the lower left corner The default window function is Kaiser Note refer to the Manual Attenuator Adjustment section of the manual if Uniform or Blackman window functions are selected 5 19 3 5 Overlay Soft Key The Overlay soft key located below the circled soft key on the right side of Figure 5 19 9 is used to display a previously stored measurement trace on top of the currently displayed measurement trace Before using the Overlay soft key a previ ously stored trace must be recalled Refer to the tion of the manual for more info
127. erence Level ae eC 12 20 2012 16 57 16 gt The Ref Level soft key located in the upper 50 dBm right corner of Figure 5 20 4 is used to adjust 20 the reference level of the analyzer this will have 7000 the effect of shifting the signal trace up or down 300 NR on the screen Once the key is pressed the user 2000 can enter a value or touch the screen where the EP aiiai reference level should be set on Pressing the Auto Scale soft key will cause the E EE UCTT to automatically determine the reference ean level based on the current signal power level 0 atiii 5 20 2 2 Setting the Display Scale LA The Scale soft key is used to adjust the scale of the display in dB per division The current scale Frequency orde pa Fre 60 scale 10 de div On Off Disabled value is displayed on the Scale soft key as well PRE RAN 0 0 dB as the Amplitude menu key i Figure 5 20 4 Channel Scanner Amplitude Menu 5 20 2 3 Setting Offset Level The Ref Lvi Offset soft key is used to apply a fixed offset to the signal This is useful when viewing high power signals where an attenuator is connected between the UCTT and the signal source The applied offset value is displayed on the Ref Lvl Meters Offset soft key SAGE Mode Channel Scanner 12 20 2012 16 58 00 mm pos Evan 5 20 2 4 Controlling the Preamp Meters The Preamp soft key is used to control the state dis Log Units of the internal preamplifier in the UCTT The default setting for the p
128. es Traces are added to the display by clicking on the circled Add Trace button shown in Figure 7 1 1 The colored button to the right of the Add Trace button is used to set the color of the added trace The desired color should be selected before clicking the Add Trace button Once the button is pressed a file selection dialog is presented as shown in Figure 7 1 2 At the bottom of the dialog box is the file type selection Select CSV or KML files note that KML file types include geo loca tion data while the CSV files do not The UCTT applications can be configured to generate either file type Select the file type and the desired file m Figure 7 1 1 PTAT Menu Test Date 2 Open Directory History DA Lookin far Renova D0 e e a e Date modified 12 7 2012 10 20 AM 12 6 2012 5 19 PM 1 24 2010 11 08 PM 3 4 2010 2 22 PM 11 8 2012 10 02 PM 12 6 2012 1 39 PM 11 5 2012 9 45 PM 6 30 2012 5 58 PM 7 7 2012 2 26 AM 7 7 2012 3 56 AM 10 29 2012 7 31 PM 12 6 2012 1 42 PM Type File fol File fol File fol File fol KML Fi KML Fi KML Fi KML Fi KML Fi KML Fi KML Fi KML Fil Name p Recent Places Desktop Libraries A PTAT di UCTT_Manual_Project dt UCTT Pics Up DatedFiles amp gps4 kml amp LTE RF_12_6_2012_0 kml amp LTE Scanner_11_5_2012_1 kml amp Signal Coverage_6_30_2012_1 kml amp Signal Coverage_7_7_2012_1 kml amp Signal Coverage_7_7_2012_2 kml amp
129. esired Band All Bands 698 1000 amp 1600 2700 MHz PCS ISM 1600 2700 MHz Cell PCS 698 1000 amp 1600 2200 MHz Cellular 698 1000 MHz AWS PCS 1600 2200 MHz ISM 2200 2700 MHz OK Cancel Figure 5 7 5 Change RF Band Menu 11 15 2012 15 07 06 Run Mode _ Continuous Min Dist 0 m Max Dist 42m J 3 cB Figure 5 7 6 Distance to Fault View Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 41 57 2 2 Overlay Soft Key SAGE Mode DTF 11 15 2012 15 07 53 qu The Overlay soft key is used to display a previ ren ously stored measurement trace on top of the 7 pine currently displayed measurement trace Before using the Overlay soft key a previously stored trace must be recalled Refer to the section ofthe manual for more information on storing and recalling display traces Once a stored trace is recalled pressing the Overlay soft key will cause the recalled trace to be displayed over the current zim ere measurement trace In addition to the recalled 10009 HA ME UE trace the file name any user comments and the Ss ca uae test parameters for the overlay are also displayed m i Va Faults at the bottom of the screen Avg Off a cae Speed 1 000 ist 5 3 Calibrate 5 3 Distance to Fault Faults Menu The Distance to Fault Faults menu is pictured in Figure 5 7 7 The circled Faults soft key in the bot tom of the screen is used to access the menu The Faults sof
130. ess Users must take into account false measurements caused by reflections or signals tun neling through glass buildings The Signal Locator Application is selected by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the circled Sig Loc soft key circled in Figure 5 11 1 Figure 5 11 1 Signal Locator Selection 5 11 1 Signal Locator Frequency Menu The Signal Locator Frequency menu is pictured in Figure 5 11 2 The menu can be accessed by sex Mode Signal Locator GPS 11 27 2012 11 54 40 BEEE pressing the highlighted Frequency soft key in the lower left corner of the menu 5 11 1 1 Signal Locator Frequency Parameters Soft Keys There are three methods for setting up the Signal Locator frequency parameters specifying center frequency and span or by specifying the start and stop frequencies or by specifying the Chan nel Plan Channel and Channel Bandwidth The corresponding sets of soft keys for each method are circled on the right side of Figure 5 11 2 In anic the first method for setting the frequency param E13 DN eters the center frequency and frequency span ee er 50 values are entered using the Center Freq and sa Span soft keys The UCTT will automatically set the start and stop frequencies based on the cen Figure 5 11 2 Signal Locator Frequency Menu ter frequency and span parameters The other method for setting the frequency parameters is to enter the stop and start frequencies using the Start Freq and Stop Fre
131. essed the Change Trace Mode menu is presented as shown in Figure 5 4 7 There are six trace modes to select from Select Trace Mode Pressing the desired trace mode followed by the OK button in the lower left corner of the menu will change the trace mode parameter Change Trace Mode Normal In the Normal trace mode the DSP records and averages Peak Hold if applicable the multiple traces into one displayed trace In Cont Peak this mode the Frames Per Second FPS indicator displays Max Burst the number of times the display is updated about 20 FPS Cont Burst unless the resolution bandwidth is so great that the DSP Color Hist frame rate is less than the display frame rate in this case the DSP frame rate is displayed In the Peak Hold trace mode the DSP creates a trace from the maximum values measured at each frequency point for successive measurements These maximum values are retained for the duration of the test or are reset when the front panel ESC key is pressed In this mode the DSP measurement frame rate is displayed in the FPS indicator on the Bandwidth soft key In the Continuous Peak trace mode the DSP creates a Figure 5 4 7 Change Trace Mode Menu trace from the maximum values measured at each fre quency point for successive measurements These maxi mum values are displayed and then reset each time the trace Is presented to the user which is approximately 20 times per second In this mode the DSP measurement
132. esults Screens rrrarrrarrranenanenanenanevarenanevanenenenn 109 6 1 4 Test Tools Menu rrnnrrnnrnnnrnarnnnrnannnnrnarnannnrnnnennnnnnnner 111 6 2 DS1 E1 BERT Application rrorrrnnrrnnrrnrnnnrrnnrrnnennnrr 112 6 2 1 DS1 BERT Results Menu rrrarrrarrnarenarenarennrevanevenenn 112 6 2 2 T1 E1 PCM Configuration Menu rrrrarennnrrnnrernnnnnnnnn 112 6 2 4 BERT Configuration Menu ccccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 114 7 PC Software Utilities arrrnrerarerarerarerarnrrrnerrnnrrnarrnnnner 116 7 1 Post Test Analysis Tool PTAT rrrrrnrrnrernnrrnnnernnr 116 7 2 UCTT Mapper Utility rrorrrnnrrnrrnnrrarerarrnnrrrnnrrnnernnrr 119 7 3 UCTT Remote Display Client 000 eee 120 8 UCTT Specifications rrrerarerarerarerarerarnnernnernnrnnavnnnenner 121 9 UCTT Warranty rronnrrnnrnnnnonnnrnnanrrnnnrnnnnnnannnnnennnnnnnnnnnanennn 124 INSTRUMENTS saom Mode WCDMA HSPA Analyzer OG 12 03 2012 13 10 46 a WCDMA Setup Mode GSM Analyzer 01 02 2013 15 41 55 GSM Setup PARUE PSIE Gn D ED B O e Frame Rate 1 82 Delay alax Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 6 1 Getting Started Introduction The UCTT is a powerful multi functional test instrument containing a comprehensive set of measurement resources for the cellular industry While the UCTT combines several complex instruments
133. ey This soft key is pres ent in the RF Setup and CDMA Setup as well as all the CDMA screens described in the following section Lessin Walsh Codes 64 Threshold Auto Every 1 Second s Screen RF Spec tru Format CSV 5 14 2 CDMA Screen Selection and Setup Menu The CDMA Setup menu is pictured in Figure 5 14 4 and is selected by pressing the high lighted CDMA Setup menu soft key located at the bot tom of the menu The soft keys for the menu are located along the right edge of the screen The CDMA setup menu allows the user to select among various CDMA measure ment screens some of these screens have dedicated soft keys for specifying measurement parameters Notice that the current screen name is indicated in CDMA Setup and CDMA Screen soft keys The CDMA Screen soft key circled in figure 5 14 4 is used to select different screens Pressing this key will bring up the Screen Selection menu pictured in Figure 5 14 5 Select Screen Summary Zoom Multipath Scanner EVDO Time Slots Pass Fail o OK Cancel 5 14 5 CDMA Screen Selection Menu Figure Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 67 5 14 2 1 RF Spectrum Screen szog Mode CDMA EVDO Analyzer GPS 01 03 2013 15 25 18 qua The RF Spectrum screen is pictured in Figure o pii Center Freq 70 00 ES 520000 MHz 5 14 6 This screen is used to perform basic analysis of the CDMA signal This includes veri aa AS fying tha
134. ft keys will be displayed on the PC client The user can control the remote UCTT via the PC client by simply clicking on the front panel buttons or soft keys Any changes in the UCTT display will be shown on the PC client display To exit the program click the x in the upper right corner of the screen Cancel Figure 7 3 1 Remote Display Client Address Dialog 15 x Frame Rate 1 82 Delay Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 120 8 UCTT Specifications SPECTRUM ANALYZER e Range 698 MHz to 2 7 GHz e Frequency Span 10 KHz to 2GHz Zero Span 1000 Data Points e Resolution Bandwidth 100 Hz to 2 7 MHz Auto e Trace Update Rate Max 20 Fr sec Typ 10 Fr sec e Trace Detect Peak amp Continuous Hold Max 250 Frames sec e Spectra Averaging 1 to 1000 Windowing Uniform Kaiser Han ning Hamming Gaus Blackman Reference Level Range 100 dBm to 60 dBm e Measurement Range DANL to 30 dBm Input Attenuation 0 to 55 dB Auto e Preamp 20 dB Manual Auto e Absolute Amplitude Accuracy 0 25 Rf in gt 60dBm e Simultaneous Dynamic Range 90 dB e SSB Phase Noise 85 dBc Hz max at 20 kHz offset e Spurious Responses Residual 50 Q Term lt 120 dBm Signal Related 2 tones 26 dBm 100 KHz space Preamp Off gt 70 dBc e Displayed Average Noise Level DANL 144 dBm Pre amp On 100 Hz RBW Equiv to 164 dBm Hz e RF Input VSWR 1 8 1 typical e Displa
135. g Pressing the Avg soft key will allow the user to enter a ee new value pressing the soft key twice will turn fl EE EE onto averaging SS ee 5 1 3 Cable Type Soft Key The Cable Type soft key circled in Figure 5 7 2 is used to select the type of cable that is being tested Pressing this soft key will bring up the Cable Type Selection Menu pictured in Figure 5 7 3 This is a list of different types of cables along with their unique propagation and attenuation characteristics The Circled Manufacturer and Ca E ble Type buttons can be used to sort the list by cable manufacturer varst name or by cable type The user can select a cable by pressing on aie avatst 15 8 0 320 the desired cable and pressing the OK button In addition to the Ea Figure 5 7 2 Distance to Fault Setup Menu a Cable Selection N 7 are predefined cable types There are four user definable cable types ce ao ei 600 Belden RGB 8A 659 labeled User1 to User4 These can be used to define custom Belden RG9 0A 659 Belden RG17 17A cable types that are not in the predefined list To create a new user eiden RGSS 55A 55B RG58 58B 58A 58C defined cable type press one of the User cable types and press pen ned the Edit button at the botton of the menu The User Defined Cable b e rer Type Menu pictured in Figure 5 7 4 will appear and can be used ER EE to enter the cable type propagation and attenuation c
136. g the knob clock wise moves the highlight down the list counter clockwise rotation moves the highlight up the list When performing numeric entries rotating the knob clockwise increases the value while counter clockwise rotation decreases the value Pushing the knob will con firm the entry or select the highlighted item in a list Some of the numeric keys also have alternate functions These can be accessed by pressing the blue shift key then the desired alternate function key The menu bar at the top of the LCD screen will display the word Shift when the shift key has been pressed and alternate functions can be selected The alternate functions Figure 2 2 UCTT Keypad and Controls Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 9 available are Save Recall Prt Sc and Display 2 1 2 1 Saving and Recalling Measurement Re sults The Save function key is located in the 46 button in Figure 2 3 This key is used to save a snapshot of the results for the cur rently running test When the Shift Save key is pressed the UCTT will prompt the user for a file name and user comment for the results The File Name Menu pictured in Figure 2 4 is used to enter a file name The last file name entered appears in the file name text box The user can append to the name by typing or deleting characters Additionally the user can touch the file name and a list of previously entered file names will be presented to select from Thes
137. g ug are Antenna Port O Every 1 Result s Preamp OF screen CelHID Scanner Format csv ia ial Run Avg All LTE Setup LTE Bandwidth 5 0 MHz 5 16 2 8 LTE MIMO Scanner Screen po PE EM Do The LTE MIMO Scanner screen is pictured in Fig F 345 10025 TE on ure 5 16 12 The MIMO scanner screen displays 0 the reference signal measurements for up to four antenna ports if applicable The power error vector magnitude dominance and delay for the reference signals from each antenna port are dis Symbol Subcarrier Avg All JAN j LTE Screen MIMO Scanner eyg All ier PBCH played in the Reference Signal window at the top er of the screen The synchronization signals and os broadcast channel measurements for the sector are displayed along with the total power resource a ES PE utilization signal to noise and frequency offset Pigs Bandwidth 5 0 MHz isabled MIMO Setup i Atten RFin 0 0 de Antenna Port 0 Arte RUNE are displayed in the lower portion of the screen Preamp Of PRIES Screen MIMO Scanner cS Figure 5 16 12 LTE MIMO Scanner Screen 5 16 2 9 MIMO Setup Menu The MIMO Setup soft key circled in Figure 5 16 12 is used to set the maximum valid EVM and minimum valid Domi nance thresholds for detecting valid signals When an EVM mea surement is more than the EVM minimum the display will indicate When a dominance measurement is less then the minimum Dominance threshold then the Domi
138. g user configuration files and initiating remote control The General menu is shown in Figure 4 2 From the System mode this menu can be selected by pressing the lower left soft key labeled General 4 2 1 Set Time and Date The Set Time and Set Date buttons are located in the General menu These buttons are circled in Figure 4 2 Pressing the Set Time or Date button will bring up dialog boxes for setting the time and date for the UCTT The system time and date are used to timestamp log and result files 4 2 2 Set Display Color Scheme The display color scheme can be changed to a high contrast mode to make measurement graphs easier to read in bright light conditions The Color Scheme selection box is located to the left of the circled buttons in figure 4 2 The default setting is labeled Normal To change to the high contrast display mode press the down arrow button in the Color Scheme selection box and press the High Contrast item in the displayed list Select the Normal item form the list to return to the default display mode 4 2 3 Set Center Frequency Configuration AGE Mode System Identifiers 11 06 2012 20 58 17 Unit Serial 4468 Radio Serial 4140621 UI SW Version 121026 UlCtlr Serial 510701AB4A1A RF SW Version 5178 Enet SW Version 9844 RF USB Version 220 Enet Serial P0 RF Serial 1130004014 Enet USB 1240022006 aa Full Screen On Demand vi Configuration UserT Un
139. green balloon along the route ae represents a logging data point pressing ona KA UV pre Watson balloon will display the location RSSI Channel AS A teal A H A and frequency parameters for the measure Cfg Symbols Mode Signal Coverage GPS 06 30 2012 13 45 Signal Coverage Coverage Map File Log Every ment as shown in Figure 5 12 9 Additionally the logging function creates a data file that can ng be plotted using the UCTT s post test analysis utility software or re drawn geographically using Google Earth When the GPS indicator at the top of the screen is green the current location will be indicated by the green cross hairs If GPS cannot determine the present Bandwidth Res BW 10 000 kHz Amplitude Ref Lvl 50 ae Screen Coverage Map Ref Lvl ota 0 o B Frequency Freg 751 000000 MHz Span 10 000000 MHz rd 746 00000 Mi Map Map AIRPORT j Logging Disabled location there will be a red question mark in the Figure 5 12 8 Signal Coverage Map Menu center of the map and the logging will be disabled For more information on the GPS setup and con figuration refer to the section of this manual A map of the area of interest must be loaded into the UCTT prior to Coors lat 36 934624 lon 121 782915 using the Signal Coverage application The user can create map a a IME a files for the UCTT using the PC based UCC TMapper application and Google Ea
140. guration rararranennnrnnnre 16 4 2 4 Set Full Screen Mode Configuration cccccceee 17 4 2 5 Set Measurement UnitsS rrrrarenanrrnanonnnnrnanennnnnnnnennnnnr 17 4 2 6 Set System Power Mode r ranrnanrnnanennnnnnnnrnnnnnnanennnnrn 17 4 2 7 Managing User Configurations cccccccseeeeeeeeeeees 18 4 2 8 Remote Control Menu rarrrranrnanrrnnnrnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnanennnnen 18 4 2 9 IP Configuration 2 sasmsmasselsvmsonbmirsdnsokgeekanedne 19 4 2 10 UCTT Remote Commands rrnannnnnnnnnnnnnanennnnnnnnennnne 19 4 2 11 GPS amp Timing Reference Configuration 08 22 4 2 12 Touchscreen Calibration rrranrrnnrennnnnranrnnnnnranennnnnr 22 4 3 File Menu vred 23 TJ 1 EXPONO ee eee A 23 4 3 2 PAA 23 4 3 3 Upgrading Software rnrrnnrrnnnnrnanrrnnnennnnnvnnrnnnnnnnnennnnnn 24 4 3 4 Exporting System LOGS rrorrrrnnenanorvanennnnrnnnrnnanenanennnnrn 24 4 4 Instrument Options Menu cccccceeceeeeseeeseeeseeeeeeeenees 24 5 RF Measurements rrrrrrnnnrrnnrrnnrnnnennnrnnnrnnnennnennnrnnnrnnnennnnn 25 INSTRUMENTS Quick Start Guide These links provide a quick overview of the UCTT operation and menus This informa tion allows most users to start running tests on the UCTT with a minimum of reading Step 1 Descriptions of User Control Step 2 Menus and Screen Navigation Step 3 RF Measurement Topics of Interes
141. gure 5 19 11 Spectogram Marker Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 99 5 20 Channel Scanner Application The Channel Scanner application is used to display the energy in selected channels in a slice of spectrum This channel power is displayed in a bar graph format The signal to be analyzed is con nected to the RF Input of the UCTT An antenna can be used for over the air measurements For more information on the UCTT RF connectors refer to the of this manual The Channel Scanner Application is selected by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the circled ChanScan soft key shown in Figure 5 20 1 5 20 1 Channel Scanner Frequency Menu The Channel Scanner frequency menu is accessed by pressing the Frequency soft key in the lower left corner of the screen in Figure 5 20 2 The soft keys along the right side of the screen are used for entering the frequency menu parameters described in the following sections 5 20 1 1 Frequency Parameters Soft Keys In the Channel Scanner application the channel plan and channels are used to set the frequency of the scanner The circled soft keys on the right side of Figure 5 20 2 are used to set the channel plane and channel Pressing the Channel Plan soft key will bring up the channel plan selection menu shown in Figure 5 20 3 This list contains the channel plan names and frequency ranges for each plan Pressing the RF Standard or Frequency buttons circled in Figu
142. haracteris ox em tics of the cable Entering the appropriate values and pressing the OK button at the bottom of the menu will create the user defined Figure 5 7 3 Cable Type Selection Menu cable type Cancel Y Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 40 5 7 1 4 Frequency Band Configuration The Band soft Key located below the circled key in Figure 5 7 2 is used to specify the frequency band used for the Distance to Fault test Pressing the Band soft key will bring up the Change RF Band Menu shown in Figure 5 7 5 The user can press the desired band followed by the OK button to complete the selection The first six bands have fixed start and stop frequencies while the Start Stop band can have user defined start and stop frequencies If the Start Stop band is selected than the Min Freq and Max Freq soft keys located below the Band soft key in Figure 5 7 2 can be used to specify the start and stop frequencies of the band The valid range for the user defined band can be anywhere in the frequency bands of 698MHz 1000MHz or 1600MHz 2700MHz Note that for maximum distance to fault accuracy the Min Max frequency values should be as far apart as possible 5 1 5 Run Mode Soft Key Pressing the Run Mode soft key located below the Max Freq soft key will toggle the test mode between Continuous or One Shot This soft key also appears in the View and Faults menus 5 1 6 Run Pause Soft Key The Run Pau
143. haul and termination imped ance 6 2 3 PCM Waveform Screen Pressing the circled PCM Waveform soft key pictured in Figure 6 2 5 will bring up the PCM sacs Mode DS1 BERT 01 08 2013 14 44 07 Je PCM 1 PCM 2 Status No Errors INo Errors Type Ti Ti Mode Terminate Terminate Sig Clear Ch Clear Ch Equipt ITE ITE Tx Atten 0 dB lo dB LBO 0 132 Feet 0 132 Feet Framing F24 ESF F24 ESF Line Code B8ZS IB8ZS Clock Internal Internal Haul Short Short Rx Term 100 Ohms 100 Ohms Tx Term 100 Ohms 100 Ohms mm eee Figure 6 2 3 T1 PCM Configuration Menu Mode DS1 BERT 01 08 2013 14 48 20 PCM 1 PCM 2 Status No Errors INo Errors Type E1 ri Mode Terminate Terminate Sig PCM31 Clear Ch Equipt TE ITE Tx Atten 0 dB lo dB LBO 0 132 Feet 0 132 Feet Framing ICRC4 F24 ESF Line Code HDB3 B8ZS Clock Internal Internal Haul Short Short Rx Term 120 Ohms 100 Ohms Tx Term 120 Ohms 100 Ohms Prev Screen Figure 6 2 4 E1 PCM Configuration Menu Cfg PCM Tx Atten 0 dB LBO 0 132 Feet Haul Short Rx Term 100 Ohms Tx Term 100 Ohms PCM 1 Waveform A Back Cfg PCM PCM Type T1 Conn Mode Terminate Framing F24 ESF Signaling Clear Ch Line Code B8ZS Equip Type TE Clock Internal Cfg PCM PCM Type E1 Conn Mode Terminate Framing CRC4 Signaling PCM31 Line Code HDB3 Equip Type TE Clock I
144. he bottom of the screen is the channel power level as well as the number of the ETSI table used for the mask The UCTT automatically applies the proper ETSI table depending on the received signal power level and the UTMS band specified in the Channel Plan menu By pressing the ETSI Power soft key circled in Figure 5 15 15 the user can manually change the apparent power to select a different ETSI table for the mask 5 15 2 9 WCDMA Uplink Screen The uplink screen is used to display activity on sage Mode WCDMA HSPA Analyzer 12 03 2012 13 21 36 the uplink The uplink screen is pictured in Fig ure 5 15 16 The bar graph in the center of the screen displays the uplink channel activity Below the bar graph the frequency offset and power for the channel are displayed The user enters the Uplink parameters using the three Uplink soft keys circled in Figure 5 15 16 The first key la beled Uplink Pilots is used to specify the num ber of the Pilot bit pattern as described in Tables 3 and 4 of ETSI TS 125 211 Valid values for this parameter are 3 to 8 The Uplink Scr Code key is used to enter the uplink scramble code Valid values for this parameter are 0 to 16777215 The Uplink OVSF key is used to set the spread req matote mre setup Logging f RefLvl 39 dBm ing factor When the user press this key a list of atone ood f Se Code St AE OVSF codes is presented to select from Figure 5 15 16 Uplink Screen Run Pause Run
145. he preamplifier is off The preamplifier is use re ful for increasing the signal to noise ratio for low 7500 OMHE level signals less than 50 dB The gain of the ane preamp will not affect the power measurement VL H ji a Wish i l OE SOS Note that turning on the preamplifier when higher ML i wens signal levels are present can cause instability and NG erroneous measurements to occur 10000 Subcarrier ae Avg All 5 16 1 6 Run Pause Soft Key The Run Pause soft key located in the lower right corner of Figure 5 16 3 is used to start and stop Phy Channel the measurements this is useful for freezing the ainina screen The current run pause state is indicated LTE Contig on the lower portion of the soft key This soft key pk is present in the RF Setup and LTE Setup as well as all the LTE screens described in the following section Figure 5 16 4 LTE Setup Menu 5 16 2 LTE Screen Selection and Setup Menu The LTE Setup menu is pictured in Figure 5 16 4 and is Select LTE Screen selected by pressing the highlighted LTE Setup menu RF View soft key located at the bottom of the menu The soft Bia aw keys for the menu are located along the right edge of the MIMO Scanner screen The LTE setup menu allows the user to select Sons ee among various LTE measurement screens some of Subcarrier View these screens have dedicated soft keys for specifying mise measurement parameters Notice that the current screen Pass Fa
146. hrough the list of markers Se nts E displayed if more than four markers are defined The circled buttons on the right side of Figure 7 1 5 are used to select individual markers Once mark ers are selected they can be moved individually or as a group using the arrow keys located in the upper right corner of Figure 7 1 5 Figure 7 1 5 PTAT Marker Management Buttons 7 1 5 Zooming Between Markers When two markers are selected the display can show a zoom view of the trace between the markers The circled zoom but tons on the left side of Figure 7 1 5 are used to zoom in and out These buttons are only enabled if two markers are selected an Mode RL Longitude 7 1 6 Saving and Printing Traces Displayed traces and markers can be saved or printed Click ing on the File menu as shown in Figure 7 1 6 allows the user to save or print the displayed traces and markers Figure 7 1 6 PTAT File Save and Print Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 118 7 2 UCTT Mapper Utility The UCTT Mapper is a Windows utility used to create maps for the UCTT Signal Coverage and Signal Location applications The UCTT Mapper utility requires Windows XP SP2 or Windows 7 or 8 The created maps are trans H UCTT Mapper v12 04 20 0 215 x Exonnap Map Satelite Oako ale VUNU U Oakland T San hay pe ivermor Tracy PG eg GN ferred fr
147. iguration ee The Band soft key circled in Figure 5 6 2 is used to specify the frequency band used for the return loss test Pressing the Band soft key will bring up the Change RF Band Menu shown Figure 5 6 3 Change RF Band Menu in Figure 5 6 3 The user can press the desired band followed by Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 38 the OK button to complete the selection The first Sree Mode Return Loss 11 14 2012 13 53 08 four bands have fixed start and stop frequencies while the Start Stop band can have user defined start and stop frequencies If the Start Stop band is selected than the Min Freq and Max Freq soft keys located below the circled Band soft key in Figure 5 6 2 can be used to specify the start and stop frequencies of the band The valid range for the user defined band can be anywhere in the frequency bands of 698MHz 1000MHz or 1600MHz 2700MHz Run Mode Continuous 5 6 1 5 Run Mode Soft Key Pressing the Run Mode soft key located below the Max Freq soft key will toggle the test mode between continuous or One Shot Sarp va 08 A Calibrate This soft key also appears in the Results menu JE e Figure 5 6 4 Return Loss Results Menu 5 6 1 6 Run Pause Soft Key The Run Pause soft key located below the Run Mode Soft key is used to start or pause the test In the continuous run mode the run pause soft key will allow the test to run continuously until the user pauses it by pressing the Run
148. igure 5 4 11 Amplitude Menu Ref Level Soft Key Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 33 5 5 Power Meter Application The Power Meter application displays the spectrum analyzer trace along with the measured power Measurements are performed by connecting the antenna or cable to be tested to the RF input of the UCTT refer to the section of this manual for the location of the RF input connector The Power Meter applica tion is accessed by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the Pwr Meter soft key circled in figure 5 5 1 The Power Meter screen shown in Figure 5 5 2 will be displayed The total CDMA WCDMA power measured in the selected frequency span is displayed in Seve ft large type format in the bottom half of the screen Power is dis played in both dBm and nWatts 5 5 1 Power Meter Frequency Menu The Power Meter frequency menu is accessed by pressing the Frequency soft key in the lower left corner of the screen in Figure 5 5 2 The soft keys along the right side of the screen are used for Figure 5 5 1 Power Meter Selection entering the frequency menu parameters described in the follow ing sections 5 5 1 1 Power Meter Frequency Parameters Soft Keys There are three methods for setting up the Power Meter frequency parameters specifying center frequency and span or by specifying the start and stop frequencies or by specifying the Channel Plan and channel The correspond saoz ek br 11 13 201
149. il name RF View is indicated in LTE Setup and LTE Screen soft keys The LTE Screen soft key circled in figure 5 16 4 is used to select different screens Pressing the key will bring up the Screen Selection menu pictured OK Cancel in Figure 5 15 5 Figure 5 16 5 LTE Screen Selection Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 82 5 16 2 1 LTE RF View Screen The RF View screen is pictured in Figure 5 16 6 This screen is used to perform basic analysis of the LTE signal This includes verifying that the center frequency and bandwidth are correct and that the signal being received has a valid LTE format There are two traces displayed the yellow trace shows the raw unfiltered section of the frequency spectrum while the blue trace shows the signal as viewed through a LTE filter Additionally the text at the top of the screen will display LTE when a valid signal is present or LTE Signal NOT Detected when there is no valid signal pres ent Indicators at the bottom of the screen show frequency offset measurement span and signal power 5 16 2 2 LTE Bandwidth Soft Key The LTE Bandwidth soft key is used to specify the bandwidth of the LTE signal that is being monitored Pressing the LTE Band width key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 16 6 will cause the change LTE bandwidth menu pictured in Figure 5 16 7 to be presented Select the appropriate bandwidth by pressing on the m
150. in 8 1 in 7 2 in 8 3 in 24 All ones All zeros T1 Daly User defined 128 bits e Pulse Capture e Circuit Status Reports Carrier present Frame ID and Sync Pattern ID and Sync Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 122 e Alarm Detection AIS RAI e Error Detection Frame Bits Bit BER BPV CRC Error Sec e Error Insertion Bit BPV Framing Bits RAI AIS e Error Events Log and Time Stamp e Loopback Modes Self loop CSU NIU User defined In band or Data Link Level Measurements Vp p 5 can also display in dBdsx e Data Log Continuous up to 48 hrs e T1 Frequency Measurement 5 ppm e DSO Channel Access Testing Tone Generator Frequency 100 Hz to 3000 Hz Level 30 to 0 dBm with 1 dB steps VF Measurement Frequency 100 Hz to 3000 Hz 1 Hz Level 40 0 to 3 0 dBm 0 2 dBm e Audio Monitor Manually select channel 1 to 24 ITU G 826 Analysis amp G 821 Error Reporting Errored sec onds error free seconds severely errored seconds un available seconds available seconds degraded minutes Ethernet Analyzer e Physical Layer 10 100 1000 Base T e RFC 2544 ITU T Y 156am e Throughput Latency amp Packet Loss Rate Cable Testing TDR ARBITRARY RF SIGNAL GENERATOR e Frequency Range 698 MHz to 2 7 GHz e Power Output 0 dBm 1dB e Phase Noise 85 dBc e Waveforms AMPS TDMA GSM CDMA WDCMA LTE WiMax GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS e Uplink Downlink Channel Plans
151. ing the RF Standard or Frequency buttons circled in Figure 5 12 3 will sort the list based on channel plan name or by frequency range Ad OK ditionally at the bottom of the channel plan selection screen Figure 5 12 3 Channel is a list of valid channels for the selected plan To select a a plan press the desired channel plan followed by the OK but ton at the bottom of the menu To leave the Channel Plan mode Valid Channels Channels 2400 2649 Cancel Plan Selection Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 55 i Mode Signal Coverage GPS 11 27 2012 11 34 12 gt simply press one of the Center Freq Span Start or Stop frequency soft keys pe A 5 12 1 2 Run Pause Soft Key T reden The Run Pause soft key located in the lower right corner of Figure 5 12 2 is used to start and stop i odav the measurements this is useful for freezing the jim screen The current run pause state is indicated on the lower portion of the soft key Ref Lvl Offset 0048 5 12 2 Signal Coverage Amplitude Menu The Signal Coverage amplitude menu is pictured in Figure 5 12 4 and is selected by pressing the de Men N bk circled Amplitude menu soft key The soft keys s rt amp 71060000 mie WW perrmomtet oo rage along the right edge of the screen are used to TJ modify the amplitude parameters Figure 5 12 4 Signal Coverage Amplitude Menu 5 12 2 1 Setting the Reference Level The Ref Level soft key lo
152. into one package the menu and user interface has a simple consistency that allows intuitive operation for most users familiar with cellular testing and maintenance practices The following section highlights the portions of the manual that should be reviewed to get started testing with the UCTT 1 1 Quick Start Process The material required to get up and testing with the UCTT is listed below The other remaining sections of the manual describe the menus and general system maintenance in more detail User Control Section An overview of the front panel controls and their functions Menus and Screen Navigation Section Describes the common menu scheme that is used by the UCTT RF Measurements Section An overview of the measurement menus and methods followed by a detailed description of each measurement application 1 2 Unpacking When your new UCTT test instrument arrives from the factory the shipping box should contain the following components Packing List e SAGE UCTT 8901A Cellular Test Unit e Power Cord e Charger Power Supply e Calibration Cord e SAGE UCTT User Manual supplied on CD in printable PDF format Remove the components from the shipping carton and inspect contents Notify SAGE Instruments immediately of any damage Screen Captures Main Screen png Option Menu p Mode File N Ext USB Flashi Spectrum Analysis m DTF m VSWR 4 m Return Loss Power Meter Pas
153. isplays the average for all iterations Figure 6 1 15 Back to Back Test Results Screen of the test Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 110 Ethernet Setup 1 OK 100FD 2 OK 100HD 6 1 4 Test Tools Menu The test tools menu contains network diagnos tic tools such as Ping The menu is pictured in Figure 6 1 16 and is accessed by pressing the highlighted Tools soft key at the bottom of the screen 6 1 5 Ping Soft Key The Ping soft key located in the upper right corner of the menu is used to select the ping test The Port 1 amp 2 buttons circled at the top of the screen are for selecting an interface for the test The Destination IP address interval between pings Type of Service TOS Time to Live TTL and payload bytes parameters can be modified by the user The Results text box at the bot tom of the screen displays the test progress and results Once the test parameters are specified pressing the Run Stop soft key in the bottom right of the screen will run the test Dest IP Address Interval ms 1000 TOS f 32 Payload Length bytes Figure 6 1 16 Tools Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 111 6 2 DS1 BERT Application The DS1 BERT application is used to test T1 E1 backhaul facili ties The test signals are connected to the RJ 45 PCM connectors labeled PCM 1 and PCM 2 these are also referred to as Span 1 amp 2 in the menus For more information on the P
154. its fmetric gt Language English Power Mode Max Power Save vi Color Scheme Norma 2 Center Freq Tied to Spec Analyze v Ane Ker peer Set Date Set Time ID VE NE Status Temp 31 1 C Fan OK Temp 38 9 C Pwr Version 111109 Temp SS Alpe heal Calibration 7 16 2012 Battery 1 Not Detected Battery 2 f1 00 General K EN pek ee Figure 4 2 General Menu Set Time amp Date The center frequency configuration can be changed by pressing Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 16 the down arrow key in the Cent Freq selection box circled in figure 4 3 This parameter determines if the same center frequency specified in the Spectrum analyzer and related measurements are also used in the demodulated measurements Tied to Spec Ana lyzer or if the center frequencies for the demodulat ed measurements are independent of the spectrum analyzer center frequency Demod Specific The default configuration is Tied to Spec Analyzer 4 2 4 Set Full Screen Mode Configuration The full screen mode allows the user to expand the measurement window to the full screen This con figuration is selected in the Full Screen selection box circled in Figure 4 4 Pressing the down arrow button in the box allows the selection of No Full Screen On Demand or Timeout 3 5 or 10 seconds When On Demand is selected the user can touch the screen area circled in Figure 4 5 in any mea surement screen
155. its measurements This section covers the GPS and tim ing configuration screen for the UCTT For more information on the UCTT GPS antenna and external timing source con nectors refer to the section of this manual The GPS and timing screen is accessed by pressing the cir cled GPS soft key in the General System menu pictured in Figure 4 9 The circled indicator at the top edge of the GPS screen in Figure 4 10 indicates the type and status of the external timing source The options are GPS Ext or Even depending on the timing source connected If more than one timing source is connected the UCTT will give first priority to an external source followed by Even seconds then GPS If no timing sources are connected there will be no indica tors present Furthermore the indicators will be green when a valid timing signal is present or yellow when there is a problem with the signal or if the GPS receiver has not ac quired all the necessary satellites These indicators are also present in the other measurement screens to indicate the external timing and location status The circled status boxes in the upper left corner of the screen in Figure 4 10 are the GPS Lock and the External Even Seconds indicators The GPS Lock indicator is checked when the GPS receiver has acquired sufficient satellites to provide accurate tim ing and location reference The Ext Even Second indicator is checked when an external valid even second signal is detected The 1PPS on
156. l Results Avg 17 6 dB i the user to modify the limit line value or turn off Figure 5 9 4 One Port Insertion Loss Results Menu the Pass Fail limit The user can also set the limit line by touching the screen where the limit line should be located The Limit Line soft key will indicate the limit value selected by the user When the test is completed the dis play will show Pass or Fail at the top of the screen if the Limit Line is enabled Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 46 Mode 1 Port Ins Loss AP SEE ee Maker O 5 9 3 One Port Loss Marker Menu EN The Marker menu is pictured in Figure 5 9 5 It is EE ed soon accessed by pressing the circled Marker soft key This menu allows up to six markers to be de eed pe fined to make precise measurements anywhere on on the displayed trace Additionally the Marker 500 Math soft key allows the user to determine level pr and distance measurements between markers For more details on using the marker menu refer ME to the description in this manual a Note that the One Port Loss application does not ms G g sg EI p have a center frequency parameter so the CF to an Marker soft key is not present in this menu seagate Results Band irene DE Figure 5 9 5 One Port Insertion Loss Marker Menu 5 10 Two Port VNA Application E p The Two Port VNA Vector Network Analyzer measurements are performed by connecting the cable or circ
157. lay The options are to average all the 50 0 subcarriers or to select individual subcarriers to ma Synet view Pressing the Subcarrier soft key will toggle me between the Average all mode and the individual subcarrier display mode Note that subcarrier numbers vary depending on the LTE Bandwidth an Ten for example the 1 4 Mhz channel has 72 subcar 7 riers while the 20 Mhz channel has 1200 subcar aooo a riers 5 OR LTE Config 5 16 2 13 Marker Soft Key 72500 nina ao Legging ver 1 1 Rost ormat oe The Marker menu is accessed by pressing the circled Marker soft key at the bottom of Figure 5 16 14 This menu allows two markers to be Figure 5 16 14 LTE Power vs Time Screen defined to make precise measurements anywhere on the displayed additionally the Marker soft key indicates the differences between the x and y values for the two markers For more information on using markers refer to the of this manual Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 86 5 16 2 14 LTE Subcarrier View Screen The LTE Subcarrier View screen is pictured in Figure 5 16 15 This screen displays the subcar riers for a given symbol number The y xais is the signal amplitude and the x axis is the subcarrier number Additionally at the top of the screen are signal measurements for the sector Subcarrier Avg All 5 16 2 15 Symbol Number Soft Key ed The Symbol soft key circled right edge of Fig W ure 5 16 15 is used t
158. lay cannot be used while in the remote control mode To initiate a remote control session first ensure that the UCTT is connected to the ethernet net work via its 10 100BaseT connector Pressing the Remote Control soft key in the upper right corner of the General menu will bring up the remote control menu shown in Figure 4 7 The IP Address assigned to the UCTT will be displayed in the window circled in Figure 4 7 The Transcript window below the IP Address displays the re ceived commands and responses Using a remote computer with network connectiv ity to the UCTT Telnet to the UCTT IP address to initiate a test session Upon connecting to the Mode Remote Control 03 04 2010 15 12 35 md IP Address 192 168 24 7 Transcript Remote Control Cfg IP Address File Calibration Option Prev Screen Figure 4 7 Remote Control Menu il OUT gt IN fs5a sp 100000000 OUT Span 100000000Hz CF 1000000000Hz RBW 156250Hz Peak 81 17 dBm 966562500Hz 641 points 97 93 100 26 90 59 87 20 90 82 88 7 7 86 50 85 72 86 02 88 17 93 17 99 7 84 88 73 92 59 93 30 91 75 89 49 88 82 94 87 91 88 92 08 94 82 90 20 3 88 55 89 42 95 85 89 08 85 72 86 91 92 71 91 40 92 56 92 59 89 31 91 4 94 03 107 91 94 45 95 25 105 77 104 56 100 11 107 20 101 03 94 89 94 8 89 18 87 33 89 05 90 91 95 00 91 17 90 54 90 07 89 56 89 14 88 12 82 an inten IN tem
159. lighted Logging soft key located at the bottom of Figure 5 13 11 anina FE The logging parameter soft keys are on the right ME ee ete eis side of the menu ell ee Disabled 5 13 3 1 Setting Logging Units and Figure 5 13 11 GSM Logging Menu Interval The Log Units soft key circled in Figure 5 13 11 is used to specify the logging units The options are Seconds or Results This causes logging to occur every N seconds or N re sults where N is set by the Log Every soft key located above the circled Log Units key The labels on the Log Units and Log Every soft keys indicate the number and units selected Log Format ESN ida oe a y FY 5 13 3 2 Setting Log File Format The Log Format soft key located below the circled key in Figure 5 13 11 is used to specify the file format for the log file The choic es are CSV or KML Note that KML files can be opened in Google earth showing measurement and location data 5 13 3 3 Enable Disable Logging The Logging soft key is located in the lower right corner of Figure 5 13 11 This soft key is used to enable or disable the logging function Pressing the key will toggle between enabled and dis abled states The current logging state is displayed in this soft key as well as the highlighted Logging menu key at the bottom of the screen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 65 5 14 CDMA Application The CDMA application is used to demodulate and analyze CDMA CDMA 200 a
160. lyzer measurements are performed by connecting the antenna or cable to be tested to the RF input of the UCTT refer to the section of this manual for the loca tion of the RF input connector The spectrum analyzer application is accessed by pressing the front panel Mode button then press ing the SA soft key circled in figure 5 4 1 The Spectrum Analyzer screen shown in Figure 5 4 2 gm will be displayed The soft keys along the bottom of the screen are for selecting the different Spec ME trum Analyzer menus The current center fre 6100 quency is displayed in red in the upper left corner M and the start and stop frequencies are circled at the bottom 81 00 91 00 101 00 5 4 1 Frequency Menu The spectrum analyzer frequency menu is ac ae cessed by pressing the Frequency soft key in 1210 the lower left corner of the screen in Figure 5 4 2 The soft keys along the right side of the screen t Channel Plan i crs rn EN are used for entering the frequency menu param wi Bandwidth nel eters described in the following sections pan 100 000000 Me Seal 10 dd Res Bi so Vea 5 4 1 1 Frequency Parameters Soft Figure 5 4 2 Spectrum Analyzer Frequency Menu Keys There are three methods for setting up the spec Garena elect the desired channel plan trum analyzer frequency parameters specifying center frequency and Sort by ORF Standard Frequency span or by specifying the start and
161. manually set the resolution bandwidth When the resolution bandwidth is increased the DSP measurement can take longer to process The maximum resolu tion bandwidth setting is 100 Hz 5 19 3 2 Average Soft Key The Avg will set the number of traces that will be averaged together to form the displayed trace Averaging traces produces a more stable display however averaging will make spurious signals less visible The averaging parameter only applies when the Trace Mode parameter is set to Normal otherwise it is ignored by the UCTT Pressing the Avg soft key will allow the user to enter a new value pressing the soft key twice will turn off averaging Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 96 5 19 3 3 Trace Mode Soft Key The UCTT has several trace modes that are useful for for detect ing various signal conditions When the Trace Mode soft key is pressed the Change Trace Mode menu is presented as shown in Figure 5 19 7 There are five trace modes to select from Pressing the desired trace mode followed by the OK button in the lower left corner of the menu will change the trace mode parameter In the Normal trace mode the DSP records and averages if ap plicable the multiple traces into one displayed trace In this mode the Frames Per Second FPS indicator displays the number of times the display is updated about 20 FPS unless the resolu tion bandwidth is so great that the DSP frame rate is less than the
162. ments in the lower portion of the screen are similar to the CDMA screen The EVDO MAC code channels are dis played on the upper graph while and Q values for the EVDO data channels are displayed on the lower graph 5 14 2 4 Zoom Screen The zoom screen is pictured in Figure 5 14 9 This screen allows detailed analysis of the code channel activity The upper graph displays all the walsh codes while the lower graph shows a magnified view of the codes The user can move the magnified view by touching anywhere on the upper graph If a EVDO signal is detected the MAC code channels are displayed on the upper and lower graphs i Hunn Mode CDMA EVDO Analyzer GPS 01 03 2013 15 28 44 CDMA Setup NN a l mee Codes Threshold Auto HL 40 ode Channels EVDO Data Channels I amp m RF Setup Freq 893 100000 MHz Ref Lvl 60 dBm eel ae o 2 CDMA Setup Logging Disabled Every 1 EAA Format CSV Mode CDMA EVDO Analyzer GPS 01 03 2013 15 30 44 CDMA Setup Tap aregion to zoom sadn Second Walsh Codes Thresho Auto Code Chann els CDMA Setup Screen RF Setup Freq 881 520000 MHz Ref Lvl 60 dBm Atten RFin 0 0 dB skr NO ea OT se Logging Disabled Every 1 Second s Screen Zoom Format ii Figure 5 14 9 Zoom Screen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 69 5 14 2 5 Multipath Screen saem Mode CDMA EVDO Analyzer GPS 01 03 2013 15 39 43 qu Even Seco
163. move Configuration JSS ine TE the battery s Re install the battery if the prob ME He rss lem persists contact the factory The Battery Color Scheme Norma T ee Status text boxes circled in the lower portion Center Freq Tied to Spec Analyze LESE l of the menu display the percentage of battery Status roe charge remaining in each battery If no battery Be eae of Battery _ is installed the battery status message is Not temp s TC Calibration TABBE O Detected 2 3 2 Battery Calibration em wl The UCTT battery packs have advanced charge Figure 2 7 General Menu Battery Status Indicators detection circuitry that accurately predicts the percentage of battery charge remaining Battery charge capacity can change as the battery ages or is subjected to unusual usage patterns In order to maintain accuracy the battery packs must be periodically re calibrated The UCTT will indicate a need for battery calibration by displaying the Calibra tion Required message in the Battery Status text box circled in Figure 2 7 For more information on the General menu refer to the section of the manual When the Calibration Required message is displayed the battery pack s are recali Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 12 brated by first allowing the battery s to fully discharge This can be accomplished by leaving the unit on under battery power till the battery s are fully
164. n be viewed and managed via the Option menu Pressing the Option key circled in Figure 4 14 will bring up the Option menu shown in Figure 4 15 The checked op tions correspond to options that are currently installed Unchecked options can be enabled by obtaining an activation key for the desired option from Sage Pressing the Activate Key softkey circled in Figure 4 15 will bring up the Activate Options dialog box The alphanumeric activation key obtained from Sage is then en tered into the dialog box to activate the desired option Mode System 11 08 2012 04 42 32 O Data Log Files Screen Captures 88 8 kB 93 0 kB 93 3 kB 97 2 kB 94 8 kB 11 06 2012 02 04 08 11 08 2012 03 46 29 11 06 2012 02 08 13 11 06 2012 20 58 18 11 08 2012 00 05 46 file menu png gps png option menu2 png systemNew2 png Spec_An png Ext USB Flash Drive Status 4 0 GB total 481 4 MB available PE Unit Serial 4468 Radio Serial 4140621 UI SW Version 72 1026 UlCtir Serial ft 510701AB4A1A RF SW Version 5178 Enet SW Version 0844 RF USB Version 22 Enet Serial 4 PO RF Serial 1130004014 Enet USB 1240022006 Setu P Full Screen On Demand Configuration User1 Units Metric Language English Power Mode Max Power Save gt Max Power Save v Color Scheme Normal 3 Normal sebas Samme Center Freq Tied to Spec Analyze v Fanf OK Battery 1 Not Detected Status Temp 31 1 C Temp 28 9 C P
165. n displays the type of burst being monitored 5 13 2 5 Mask Analysis Screen The GSM Mask Analysis screen pictured in Figure 5 13 10 is used to view the RF power versus fre quency of the base station transmitter In most cases the UCTT will be connected to the transmitter via an attenuator directional coupler or air interface In order for the UCTT to apply the proper mask the parameter in the Frequency Setup menu should be set to compensate for any loss due to the connection arrangement The screen displays the measured signal trace and the applicable ETSI mask At the top of the screen is a Pass Fail indica tor for the tests At the bottom of the screen is chan nel power The ETSI Table soft key circled in Figure 5 13 10 is used to select among the applicable ESTI tables for different GSM configurations The cur rently selected table is displayed in the soft key The ETSI Power soft key located below the ETSI Table key is used to manually change the apparent power effectively shifting the mask up or down relative to the signal trace Freq 890 400000 MHz Mode GSM Analyzer 01 02 2013 15 40 37 GSM Setup Burst Type Any Table ell MS ETSI ETS 0 Sc 30 00 140 00 Oo o o o ao ao Oo Oo ov D en od o I co wT So D a fata F N M em T F A ra SYNC Freq IT RF Setup GSM Setup Burst Any Screen Burst Analysis Ref Lvl 50 dBm Atten RFin 0 0 dB Preamp Off
166. n is selected by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the circled VSG soft key shown in Figure 5 21 1 5 21 1 Vector Signal Generator Menu The VSG menu is shown in Figure 5 21 2 The Frequency and Level soft keys in the upper right corner are used to specify the frequency and level of the signal The current center frequency channel level and modulation settings are displayed at the top of the screen Note that the center frequency can be set in a pre vious application such as the spectrum analyzer If the center frequency is set in another application using the Channel Plan and Channel method the VSG application will inherit the center frequency and channel number when it is started The Modula Senter Frequency 742 500000 MHz Channel Off Level dBm 20 0 tion soft key circled in Figure 5 21 2 is used to specify the type of modulation to apply to the signal Pressing the Modulation key will bring up the Modulation menu pictured in Figure 5 21 3 The user can select the desired modulation from the list Note that the WiMAX modulation is not implemented Also the CDMA LTE and WCDMA signals are spectrally correct however due to hardware limitations the framing is incomplete having only an 8 ms period SAGE Mode Vector Signal Generator Figure 5 21 1 VSG Application Selection 01 08 2013 12 26 54 HJ i Control Free SE n a Modulation GSM Figure 5 21 2 VSG Menu Modulation Select Mo
167. n sodomi Se n r omr bones Legging tion on retrieving log files from the UCTT refer EE st sn it to the mers TT ITAD log and data files section of the Figure 5 18 5 ACP Logging Menu manual 5 18 3 1 Setting Logging Units and Inter val The Log Units soft key circled in Figure 5 18 5 is used to specify the logging units The options are Seconds Meters or Results This causes logging to occur every N seconds N meters or N re sults where N is set by the Log Every soft key located above the circled Log Units key The labels on the Log Units and Log Every soft keys indicate the number and units selected 5 18 3 2 Setting Log File Format The Log Format soft key located below the circled key in Figure 5 18 5 is used to specify the file format for the log file The choices are CSV or KML Note that KML files can be opened in Google earth showing measurement and location data 5 18 3 3 Enable Disable Logging The Logging soft key located in the lower right corner of Figure 5 18 5 This soft key is used to enable or disable the logging func tion Pressing the key will toggle between enabled and disabled states The current logging state is displayed in this soft key as well as the highlighted Logging menu key at the bottom of the screen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 93 5 19 Spectrogram Application The Spectrogram application is used to display the frequency spectrum of a signal over time This signal is
168. name import and export LTE pass Fail files The default name for the limits file is LTEPFLimits sge This file is automatically created by the UCTT based on the pass fail limits set in the LTE Pass Fail Screen Mode LTE FDD Analyzer 1217 2012 12 56 01 LTE Measurement Configuration Cyclic Prefix PHICH Group Number PDCCH Ch Format PDCCH of Symbols PDSCH Modulation Format SSS Bit Err Threshold 0 31 E Pass Fail Current Config File LTEPFLimits Note LTE Signal Channel powers are Energy per Resource Element EPRE Figure 5 16 8 LTE Configuration Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 83 SAGE Mode LTE FDD Anal 12 05 2012 12 36 21 LTESetup Pressing the Load Pass Fail soft key will present ae oe a list of limit files from the internal memory of the on sng Target h CA UCTT the user can select a file from the list to set PEER nN A 30 000 gg a001 0 the pass fail limits Pressing the P F Save As soft key will allow the current file to be saved under a different name Pressing the P F Export soft key will export the current file to an external USB memory device While the P F Import soft key OAE L gi Var Km will allow the user to select a Pass Fail limits file REM TEE E Rel a LenS rower dom gt LAN LTE Screen from an external USB memory device For more SCEICHEVM e2 hE 30 _ Pass Fail information on attaching a USB memory device to Pkt 22 680 442
169. nance measurement is dis played in red otherwise it is green Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 85 Mode LTE FDD Analyzer 12S 02128137 LTE LTESeP 5 16 2 10 LTE Frame View Screen The LTE Frame View screen is pictured in Fig ure 5 16 13 The Frame View screen displays 6 P a graphical representation of time slots versus e resource blocks for an entire frame The first time slot row is displayed in bar graph form at the Symbol Subcarrier bottom of the screen The colored legend on the avga y axis of the bottom graph is used as the activ I mm n ity indicator for the upper portion of the display EN EE oe Frame View Additionally at the top of the screen are signal Phy Channel measurements for the sector AE ots te LTE Config LTE Setup Logging ant Disabled EE z Mer 5 16 2 11 LTE Power vs Time Screen The LTE Power vs Time screen is pictured in Figure 5 16 14 This screen displays the subcar Figure 5 16 13 LTE Frame View Screen riers versus symbol number The subcarrires are the individual bars that are proportional in height to the signal strength On the x axis are the OFDM symbol numbers labeled 0 to 139 for normal CP and 0 to 119 for extended CP Additionally at the top of the screen are signal measurements for the sector 5 16 2 12 Subcarrier Soft Key LTE Bandwidth The Subcarrier soft key circled on the right side of Figure 5 16 14 is used to select the subcarri ers to disp
170. nd Use The multipath screen pictured in Figure 5 14 10 is used to analyze multipath signals This screen ii displays the time domain plot of energy around L the center frequency The phase spreading from a multi path interference causes the apex of the ET plot to become wider indicating more interfer ence The channel power and multipath signal power are indicated at the bottom of the screen RF Setup Freg 893 100000 MHz Ref Lvl 60 dBm Atten RFin 0 0 dB Preamp Of PTS CDMA Setup Logging Walsh Codes 64 Disabled Threshold Auto Every 1 Second s Screen Multipath Format CSV Figure 5 14 10 Multipath Screen 5 14 2 6 Scanner Screen The scanner screen pictured in Figure 5 14 11 JE eI rn JE displays all detected PNs The upper graph 1000 displays the level and offset for each PN Pio so eee lot dominance pilot power relative to channel mol power PN delay and total channel power are soo as displayed at the lower portion of the screen Ce a oc ne er 1311 14 36 1430 15 63 L 1 LAL 15 47 28 58 29 83 2077 31 10 _L JL JL ee ee LL RF Setup Freq 893 100000 MHz Ref Lvl 60 dBm CDMA Setup Logging Walsh Codes 64 Disabled Threshold Auto Every 1 Result s Screen Scanner Format CSV Atten RFin 0 0 dB EE ha Ag ML eee Figure 5 14 11 Scanner Screen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 70 5 14 2 7 EVDO Time Slots Screen saom Mode CDMA E
171. nd EVDO signals The UCTT will automatically detect and configure itself for CDMA CDMA 200 and EVDO signals There are different screens displayed for CDMA and EVDO sig nals The signal to be analyzed is connected to the RF Input of the UCTT An antenna is used for over the air measurements For more information on the UCTT RF connectors refer to the of this manual The CDMA Application is se lected by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the CDMA EVDO soft key circled in Figure 5 14 1 5 14 1 CDMA RF Setup Menu The CDMA RF Setup menu displaying the RF Spectrum screen is pictured in Figure 5 14 2 The CDMA application has several screens for viewing CDMA signals and channels The RF spec trum screen is used for basic signal analysis The different COMA screens are described in detail in the section of this manual The RF Setup snos Mode CDMA EVDO Analyzer GPS 01 03 2013 15 25 18 menu can be accessed by pressing the high a CDM lighted RF Setup soft key in the lower left corner i S of the menu The Setup menu allows configuring i M aA Ref Level the center frequency and levels as well as scal u Und ing offsets and preamp control The soft keys for the RF Setup menu are along the right side of the menu and are described in the following sections 5 14 1 1 CDMA Frequency Parameter Soft Keys There are two methods for setting up the center frequency of the CDMA demodulator specify Channel Plan ing center frequenc
172. ne Map Symbol Properties Level dBm Color Excellent Green f Fair 700 few F pc 300 Figure 5 12 13 Define Map Symbol Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 60 5 13 GSM Application The GSM application is used to demodulate and analyze GSM and EDGE signals The signal to be analyzed is connected to the RF Input of the UCTT An antenna is used for over the air mea surements For more information on the UCTT RF connectors refer to the of this manual The GSM Ap plication is selected by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the GSM EDGE soft key circled in Figure 5 13 1 5 13 1 GSM RF Setup Menu The GSM RF Setup menu displaying the RF Analysis screen is pictured in Figure 5 13 2 The GSM application has several screens for viewing GSM signals and channels The RF analy sis screen is used for basic signal analysis The different GSM screens are described in detail in the section of this manual The RF Setup menu can be accessed by press Figure 5 13 1 GSM EDGE Application Selection ing the highlighted RF Setup soft key in the lower left corner of the menu The Setup menu allows configuring the center frequency and levels as well as scaling offsets and preamp control The soft keys for the RF Setup menu are iam Ref Level along the right side of the menu and are de basen dri scribed in the following sections Symbols Dummy 5 13 1 1 GSM Frequency Parameter Soft Keys Ther
173. ng the Overlay soft key a S S E BE g 8 S g 5 8 8 ED previously stored trace must be recalled Refer to the section of the manual for more information on storing and recalling display traces Once a stored trace is recalled pressing the Overlay soft Figure 5 9 2 One Port Insertion Loss Setup Menu key will cause the recalled trace to be displayed over the current measurement trace In addition to the recalled trace the file name any user comments and the test param eters for the overlay are also displayed at the bottom of the screen 5 9 1 4 Frequency Band Configuration The Band soft key located below the circled Overlay key in Figure 5 9 2 is used to specify the frequency band used for the one port insertion loss test Pressing the Band soft key will bring up the Change RF Band Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 45 Menu shown in Figure 5 9 3 The user can press the desired band followed by the OK button to complete the selection The first four bands have fixed start and stop frequencies while the Start Stop band can have user defined start and stop frequencies If the Start Stop band is selected than the Min Freq and Max Freq soft keys located below the Band soft key in Figure 5 9 2 can be used to specify the start and stop frequencies of the band The valid range for the user defined band can be anywhere in the frequency bands of 698MHz 1000MHz or 1600MHz 2700MHz 5 9 1 5 Run Mode Soft Key Pressing the
174. ng the RF Spectrum screen is pictured in Figure 5 16 2 The LTE application has several screens for viewing LTE signals and channels The RF spec trum screen is used for basic signal analysis The different LTE screens are described in detail in the LTE Setup section of this manual The RF Setup ctl J menu can be accessed by pressing the high i f cemertrea lighted RF Setup soft key in the lower left corner of the menu The Setup menu allows configuring cot JE AM Vid ee rain the center frequency and levels as well as scal s9 ALL NA ing offsets and preamp control The soft keys for the RF Setup menu are along the right side of the menu and are described in the following sections 5 16 1 1 LTE Frequency Parameter Soft Keys There are two methods for setting up the center Channel Plan frequency of the LTE demodulator specifying RF Setup UMTS ane 100 pnl center frequency directly or by specifying the Ref 70 dem Atten RFin 80 0 dB Channel Plan and Channel The correspond ing sets of soft keys for each method are circled on the right side of Figure 5 16 2 Note that some measurements like the Spectral Emissions Mask have different parameters depending on what band is being used therefore for correct results these tests center frequency should be setup using the channel plan method so the proper band is identified Figure 5 16 2 LTE RF Setup Menu 5 16 1 2 Setting the Reference Level The Ref Level soft key locat
175. nglish Color Scheme Normal Noma gt Center Freq Tied to Spec Analyze v Status Temp SIE Fan OK Temp RERE Pwr Version Temp 311 C Calibration 7 16 201 Full Screen On Demand Units Metric Power Mode Max Power Save v Max Power Save Power Save SDa samme Battery 1 Not Detected Battery 2 100 Figure 4 11 File Menu Softkey ing the status of the external thumb drive If no thumb drive is connected the status displays Not Present 4 3 1 Exporting Files Screen Captures or Data Log files can be exported from the UCTT individually or all files may be ex ported at once To export a single file touch the file to highlight it and press the Copy to Ext soft key located in the upper right corner of the File System menu shown in Figure 4 12 This action will cause the selected file to be copied to the external thumb drive To export all files press the Copy All to Ext soft key and all the displayed files will be copied to the thumb drive 4 3 2 Deleting Files The Delete Local soft key circled on the right side of the Figure 4 12 is used to delete Screen Cap tures or Data Log files from the UCTT s memory To delete a file highlight the desired file and press the Delete Local soft key The Delete All Local soft key located under the Delete Local soft key can be used to delete all displayed log or data files from the UCTT SAGE Mode System 11 08 2012 04 42 32 Screen
176. nnrrnnrnannnnrnnnrn 36 5 5 4 Marker Menu rrnnrnannnnrnanrnnrnnnrnnrnnnnnernannnnennnnnnennnenere 37 5 6 Return Loss Application rrnrrrnrrnnrrnrrnnerarnnnrnarnnnnnerr 38 5 6 1 Return Loss Setup Menu rasrrasrvaurvavrrannrannrannrnnernnernee 38 5 6 2 Return Loss Results Menu rrrrrnarnnnrnarnnrrnnrnannnernnnnn 39 5 6 3 Return Loss Marker Menu c cccsecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 39 5 7 Distance to Fault Application rrrrnrrrnrrnrerarnnnrnnnnnrr 40 5 7 1 Distance to Fault Setup Menu rrnnrrnnnrennrennrennrennnennre 40 5 7 2 Distance to Fault View Menu r rrrnarnnnrnnrnnnrnnrnannnnrnnnrr 41 5 7 3 Distance to Fault Faults Menu rrrrnrrrernnrrnnrrarenernnnrn 42 5 7 4 Distance to Fault Marker Menu cccscceeeeeeeeeees 42 5 8 VSWR Application rrraroranoraroraneraneranerannrnrennnnnnvnnnnnner 43 5 8 1 VSWR Setup WIG vand 43 5 8 2 VSWR Results Menu rrrrerernnernnernnnrrnnrrnarrnnrnnnrnnnenne 44 5 8 3 VSWR Marker Menu ccceccceceseeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaes 44 5 9 One Port Insertion Loss Application 45 5 9 1 One Port Insertion Loss Setup Menu 00c0088 45 5 9 2 One Port Insertion Loss Results Menu 006 46 5 9 3 One Port Loss Marker Menu rrrrrnnrrnnrrnnrrnarennnennnrnnne 47 Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 3 5 10 Two Port VNA Application
177. nt location and plot triangulation lines to help determine the signal location When the GPS indicator at the top of the screen is green the current location will be indi cated by the green cross hairs circled in Figure 5 11 7 If GPS cannot determine the present a location there will be a red question mark in the een sens atey center of the map For more information on the GPS setup and configuration refer to the a Mare Configuration section of this manual A map ak cake Mode Triangulation GPS 11 28 02 12 21 51 EL Triangulation 4 Live Oak 1 Wilder Ra t r tN Aptos of the area of interest must be loaded into the Site Park Santa CMU Semmes Cabrillo y 1 Opal Cliffs Ras Cove UCTT prior to using the Signal Locator The user can create map files for the UCTT using the PC based UCCTMapper application and Google Earth refer to the section of this manual for more information The map dis plays at a fixed resolution so several map views may be useful to provide an overview as well as detailed views of the area of interest The signal Locator Map Menu pictured in Figure 5 11 7 can be accessed by pressing the circled map but ton at the top of Figure 5 11 6 This map button is available in all the Signal Locator menus Ad ditionally there is a corresponding RF button in the upper corner of the Map Menu in Figure 5 11 7 that will switch the display mode to RF power and spectrum trace
178. nternal Figure 6 2 5 Additional PCM Configuration Keys Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 113 waveform screen pictured in Figure 6 2 6 This screen displays the PCM signal waveform in a time verses voltage format Additionally the clock frequency and error as well as the average mark and space voltage levels are displayed at the bot tom of the screen 6 2 4 BERT Configuration Menu Pressing the Cfg BERT soft key circled in Figure 6 2 7 will bring up the BERT configuration menu pictured in Figure 6 2 8 This menu is used to modify the BERT test parameters The soft keys along the right edge of the screen are used to modify the test duration pattern and direction as well as sending loopback codes The Selected Span text box at the top of the screen indicates which span is selected The PCM soft keys in the lower left of the display can be used to switch be tween spans Once the parameters are specified pressing the Prev Screen or Cfg PCM soft keys will exit the menu 6 2 5 Span Alarm Monitor Screen The Span Alarm Monitor screen is accessed by pressing the Span Mon soft key located in the lower right corner of the BERT Results menu pic tured in Figure 6 2 7 This soft key also indicates the status of the Span Alarm logging function Mode PCM 1 Waveform 01 08 2013 14 45 27 PCM 1 Waveform Run Pause Run R400 00 2400 00 4000 0 ttt s000 0 nanoseconds Est Clock Freq MH
179. nu The current Ref erence level is displayed on the Ref Level soft key as well as the Amplitude menu key Figure 5 11 3 Channel Plan Selection Menu Mode Signal Locator GPS 11 27 2012 11 55 10 gue Amplitude 5 11 2 2 Setting the Display Scale The Scale soft key located below the Ref Level key in Figure 5 11 4 is used to adjust the scale of Auto Scale the display in dB per division The current scale mi value is displayed on the Scale soft key as well as the Amplitude menu key Ref Lvl Offset pan Ree 5 11 2 3 Setting Offset Level The Ref Lvl Offset soft key located below the Scale key in Figure 5 11 4 is used to apply a fixed offset to the signal This is useful when viewing high power signals where an attenuator is con nected between the UCTT and the signal source Pa ee The applied offset value is displayed on the Ref Nes er NE Lvl Offset soft key as well as the Amplitude menu Sie 77e s0000mie Nupen of L aoa soft key The reference level offset will affect the OO power measurement Figure 5 11 4 Signal Locator Amplitude Menu 5 11 2 4 Controlling the Preamp The Preamp soft key located on the bottom right in Figure 5 11 4 is used to control the state of the internal preamplifier in the UCTT The default setting for the preamplifier is off The preamplifier is useful for increasing the signal to noise ratio for low level signals Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 51 Mode Signal Locator GPS 11 2
180. nu amp Soft Keys keys The Frequency soft Key in the lower left corner of Figure 5 1 1 is highlighted indicating the Frequency OON SAGE Mode Spectrum Analyzer 11 19 2012 15 36 50 LE 59 00 Prost ut wf 79 00 89 00 betre EN MERE leet A wich AP PN VA PG PE 280 00 menu is selected the corresponding frequency param eters soft keys are displayed along the right edge of the screen The Center Freq soft key in the upper right corner is highlighted and the current center frequency is displayed in red indicating that this parameter can be adjusted Most menus unless otherwise noted allow selected parameters to be changed by turning the se lection wheel pressing the front panel up or down arrow buttons or by entering the desired value on the keypad When the keypad is used the soft keys on the right side will change as shown on Figure 5 1 2 In this case the MHz key label is red indicating the default entry units EE er ee are in MHz Pressing the front panel enter key or the Sare oromo er selection wheel will enter the value in the default units Any soft key on the right of the screen can also be used to enter the value in this case the units will correspond to the label on the soft key that was pressed Additionally some parameters can be changed by pressing anywhere on the measurement screen this will change the parameter to the value on the x or y axis where the screen was touched For example touching the scre
181. nual selection The user can manually select a channel by touching anywhere on the signal trace or by pressing the Ch List soft key circled in Figure 5 15 11 and selecting a channel from the list pictured in Figure 5 15 12 The graph on the lower left of Figure 5 15 11 displays the constellation of the demodulated data for the selected channel The Channel window to the right displays the information and measure ments for the selected channel This includes the Channel number and OVSF code assignment note that the channel number is tied to the OVSF code IE OVSF 16 has 16 total channels while OVSF 512 has 512 total channels Other displayed measurements include the channel power and the Error Vector Magnitude for the channel as well as the format of the channel The Total window below the Channel window displays the Frequency offset as well as the Error Vector Magnitude for the common pilot channel Figure 5 15 11 WCDMA Modulation Screen WCDMA Channel List 25610 Figure 5 15 12 Channel Modulation List WCDMA Setup Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 77 5 15 2 6 WCDMA Scanner Screen EE EE Eee The Scanner screen is pictured in Figure 5 15 13 pr The scanner screen displays the received sectors 70 00 neii for the given center frequency The bar graph at ae the top of the screen displays the total channel om power and the pilot power for each sector de 11000 m 0 tected The scramble
182. o Screen EVDO Time Slots PEN rex Run Pause ER Pause CDMA Setup Even Second Use Walsh Codes 64 Threshold Auto Screen Pass Fail Run Pause E Run Figure 5 14 13 CDMA Pass Fail Screen Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 71 Mode CDMA EVDO Analyzer GPS 01 03 2013 15 45 52 CDMA Setup pat ssf 5 14 2 9 EVDO Pass Fail Screen The EVDO Pass Fail screen is pictured in Figure 5 14 14 The screen has different parameters for EVDO signals Even Second Walsh Codes Threshold Auto 5 14 3 CDMA EVDO Logging Menu v E 00 _0 02 aiii The Pass Fail screen results can be saved to a ii o e a EH log file The Logging Menu is used to configure logging functions The Logging menu is pictured in Figure 5 14 15 and is accessed by pressing the highlighted Logging soft key located at the bottom of screen The logging parameter soft keys are on the right side of the menu 5 14 3 1 Setting Logging Units and Interval Figure 5 14 14 EVDO Pass Fail Screen The Log Units soft key circled in Figure 5 14 15 is used to specify the logging units The options are Seconds or Results This causes logging to occur every N seconds or N results where N is set by the Log Every soft key located above the circled Log Units key The saga Mode CDMA EVDO Analyzer GPS 01 03 2013 15 46 33 labels on the Log Units and Log Every soft keys xm DO Pass Fail indicate the number and units selected
183. o select the OFDM symbol number to display subcarriers for Pressing the Symbol key will allow the user to enter a symbol i res Rr Saup MHz LTE Setup Logging number Valid symbol numbers are 0 to 139 for gt 7 SO bandwith Some Desbed normal CP and 0 to 119 for extended CP preamp Of Seer Subcarrir View Format csv 5 16 2 16 Marker Soft Key The Marker menu is accessed by pressing the anom circled Marker soft key at the bottom of Figure iii 5 16 15 This menu allows two markers to be de ORe Aai P fined to make precise measurements anywhere on the displayed additionally the Marker soft key indicates the differences between the x and y Symbol values for the two markers For more information EE on using markers refer to the Marker section of Subearrier this manual Antenna Port 0 i LTE Screen Modulation 5 16 2 17 LTE Modulation Screen The LTE Modulation screen is pictured in Figure 5 16 16 This screen displays the modulation constellations for the different physical channels in the LTE signal Additionally at the left side of Jest LTE Setue Logging the screen are signal measurements for the sec Fn EE rem moste de Aall tor 5 16 2 18 Physical Channel Soft Key The Phy Channel soft key circled in Figure a aaa ae 5 16 15 is used to select the physical channel to display on SAE peng mun emneee the modulation window Pressing the Phy Channel soft key will bring up the Physical Channel Selection menu pict
184. om the PC to the UCTT using a USB storage device Refer to the and sections of this manual for more information on importing map files into the UCTT Load the ucttmapper exe file into your PC Double click on the file to start the program o Watsonville 156 cares EN ateo N ba jock opalo NR Niger er Santa Clara Se Jose Merced yet ER aes ow howchilla Santa Cruz Gilroy A Banos Mader 1 Marina L alinas Monterey Carmel o CH Q Carmel Soledad Valley Ventana Wilderness Co oali nga ofthe Los Padres National Forest Map data 2012 Google Terms of Use 7 2 1 Selecting a Map The UCTT Mapper utility is pictured in Figure 7 2 1 The map location is controlled by click ing and dragging on the map with the curser to move the map in the window Alternately the directional arrows control in the upper left corner can be used to move the map in the window The circled zoom control in the figure is used to zoom in or out on the map Gude Figure 7 2 1 UCTT Mapper Utility 7 2 2 Changing the Map View Explorer Ue Sia 2 The Map and Satellite buttons in the upper EE right corner of the display are used to change from a map to a satellite picture view Each button has an additional option The Map but ton has a terrain check box that when checked will display a topological map of the selected ares The Satellite button has a check box that S allows labels of roads and other points of inter Figure
185. op or other horizontal surface 2 3 Battery Pack The UCTT contains rechargeable battery packs The standard unit comes with one battery pack an additional battery pack can be purchased and installed in the unit to provide longer operat Figure 2 6 Flip Out Stand ing life Battery life varies depending upon operating conditions however typical battery life in Spectrum Analyzer mode with Max Power Save mode on and the display brightness set to 60 is over 3 hours for one battery pack The batteries are hot swa pable and can be replaced while the unit is powered up Note that external power should be connected to the UCTT if all bat teries are to be removed while the unit is powered up 2 3 1 Battery Status Indicators The battery status indicators are circled in the System Mode General menu pictured in Figure 2 7 The upper indicator in the menu bar displays a graphical representation a a of the remaining charge in the battery It also re ED EEE indicates external power connection by display Unit Serial tt 44468 Radio Seriali poo l A ing a graphic of a plug over the battery This UI SW Version 12 10 26 UI Ctir Serial 510701AB4ATA battery status indicator is present in all UCTT ane GE ee TE menus If the status indicator displays a or RF Serial 30004014 Enet USB 1240022006 then there is a problem with the battery If this Setup Full Screen On Demand occurs remove any external power and re
186. or by frequency range Additionally at the bot tom of the channel plan selection screen is a list of valid channels for the selected plan To select a plan press the desired channel plan followed by the OK button at the bottom of the menu To leave the Channel Plan mode simply press one of the Center Freq Span Start or Stop frequency soft keys The Span soft key can also be used to toggle the Zero Span display mode In this mode the analyzer displays the time domain plot of the desired frequency much like an oscilloscope trace 5 4 1 2 Freq Step Soft Key The Freq Step soft key circled in Figure 5 4 4 is used to specify the frequency step for each detent in the selection wheel In the automatic mode each detent is one hundredth of the span frequency For example a 100 Mhz span would have frequen cy steps of 1 Mhz The desired frequency step can be changed from the Auto mode by pressing the Freq Step soft key and entering a new value When this is done the frequency step value will be displayed in the Freq Step soft key 5 4 1 3 Run Pause Soft Key The Run Pause soft key at the bottom of Figure 5 4 4 is used to start and stop the signal analyzer measurements this is useful for freezing the screen The current run pause state is indicated on the lower portion of the soft key 5 4 2 Spectrum Analyzer Amplitude Menu The spectrum analyzer amplitude menu is select ed by pressing the circled soft key in Figure 5 4 5 The soft keys along the right
187. or setting the frequency param 3a 2a me 298 eters the center frequency and frequency span Signal Coverage Center Freq 881 060000 MHz P Channel Plan LTE ate DN I e Run Pause Run values are entered using the Center Freq and Figure 5 12 2 Signal Coverage Frequency Menu Span soft keys The UCTT will automatically set the start and stop frequencies based on the center EEE frequency and span parameters The other method for set ting the frequency parameters is to enter the stop and start Select the desired channel plan Sort by ORF Standard Frequency frequencies using the Start Freq and Stop Freq soft keys GSM 850 Up Et i In this case the UCTT will determine the center frequency csm 900 uptink a and span based on the entered start and stop frequencies cen 1800 uplink 1710200000 1784800000 The third method for setting the frequency parameters is to csm 1900 upiink 1850200000 1909800000 use the Channel Plan Channel and Ch BW soft keys In e E T this case the center frequency and span are automatically im 2 on Fr determined by the UCTT based on the channel plan and ora 1805000000 1679900000 channel selected Pressing the Channel Plan soft key will ar peer Ser bring up the channel plan selection menu shown in Figure ine 8 ME e EE 5 12 3 This list contains the channel plan names and fre quency ranges for each plan Press
188. or the power level at which the duty cycle of the audio beeps will start to increase The Audio Beep soft key is also used to enable or disable the audio beeps 5 12 4 Signal Coverage Marker Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 57 The Marker menu is accessed by pressing the saom Mode Signal Coverage GPS 11 27 2012 11 33 39 circled Marker soft key at the bottom of Figure power IN Span E is GE 5 12 6 This menu allows up to six markers tobe i Pl defined to make precise measurements any a where on the displayed trace Additionally the VERE Marker Math soft key allows the user to deter 2400 mine level and distance measurements between aadnk en markers For more details on using the marker ER EE l stb menu refer to the Marker Menu description in this msn manual 151 01 nWatts 5 12 5 Signal Coverage Logging Menu ram 7 en The UCTT can log measurements to a file The Signal Coverage Logging Menu is used to config Samome aran nomie PG Cum DJ aai ure logging functions The Logging menu is pic a som Aaa Aaliecaes Logging tured in Figure 5 12 7 and is accessed by press ing the Logging soft key located below the circled Figure 5 12 6 Signal Coverage Marker Soft Key Marker key in Figure 5 12 6 The logging parameter soft keys are on the right side of the menu These soft keys are also available In the Map menu Mode Signal Coverage GPS 11 27 2012 11 36 12 mm Bandwi
189. pictured in Figure 6 1 3 This menu is used to setup the IP address for the interfaces The Port 1 amp 2 buttons at the top of the screen are used for selecting between the two interfaces The circled check box near the top of the screen should be checked if the network uses DHCP to assign addresses Otherwise the IP address netmask gateway and DNS server if applicable can be entered below In the bottom right of the screen is the MAC address for the network connection FEE Mode VLAN 01 10 2013 14 43 17 Port 1 Port 2 Figure 6 1 3 Ethernet Network Setup Menu 6 1 1 3 VLAN Setup Menu Pressing the circled VLAN soft key will bring up the VLAN Setup menu pictured in Figure 6 1 4 This menu is used for configuring Virtual LAN connections Ifa virtual lan connection is re quired then press the circled Use Virtual LAN check box and enter the values for the Priority and ID Tag otherwise leave the checkbox un checked Use Virtual Lan Priority 0 7 P ID Tag 0 4095 0 6 1 1 4 Saving and Recalling Ethernet Configurations The ethernet configuration parameters can be saved to a file and recalled later to simplify the test setup Pressing the Save Cfg soft key located Figure 6 1 4 Ethernet VLAN Setup Menu below the VLAN key will bring up the file entry menu This menu will allow the user to enter a file name for the configuration file and create the file Pressing the Load Cfg soft key located below the Sav
190. plifier is useful for increasing the signal to noise ratio for low level signals less than 50 dB The gain of the preamp will not affect the power measurement Note that turning on the preamplifier when higher Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 56 signal levels are present can cause instability ne eseese GPS 11 27 2012 11 34 59 BEED Bandwidth and erroneous measurements to occur Res BW 5 12 3 Signal Coverage Bandwidth Menu The Bandwidth menu pictured in Figure 5 12 5 allows setting the measurement averaging the 9400 Overlay display and the Audio Beep feature The ME Ener Bandwidth soft key circled in the bottom of Fig aia seman ure 5 12 5 is used to select the Bandwidth menu jim _ Uniform and also indicates some of the Bandwidth menu 3 7 66 st parameters En 5 12 3 1 Average Soft Key Amplitude The Avg located in the upper right of Figure Span 20000000 Mee Screen Triengulate audio Beep Ref Lvl Offset 0 0 dB 3 Range Off Preamp Off NL FPS 173 SP Disabled Toggle On off 5 12 5 will set the number of traces that will be averaged together to form the displayed trace Averaging traces produces a more stable display Figure 5 12 5 Signal Coverage Bandwidth Menu however averaging will make spurious signals less visible Pressing the Avg soft key will allow the user to enter a new value pressing the soft key twice will turn off averaging 5 12 3 2 A
191. q soft keys In this case the UCTT will determine the center frequency and span based on the entered start and stop fre quencies The third method for setting the frequency parameters is to use the Channel Plan Channel and Ch BW soft keys In this case the center frequency and span are automatically determined by the UCTT based on the channel plan and channel selected Pressing the Channel Plan soft key will bring up the channel plan selection menu shown in Figure 5 11 3 This list contains the channel plan names and frequency ranges for each plan Pressing the RF Standard or Frequency buttons circled in Figure 5 11 3 will sort the list based on channel plan name or by frequency range Additionally at the bottom of the channel plan selection screen is a list of valid channels for the selected plan To select a plan press the desired channel plan followed by the OK button at the bottom of the menu To Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 50 Channel Plan Selection Select the desired channel plan Sort by ORF Standard Frequency leave the Channel Plan mode simply press one of the Center Freq Span Start or Stop frequency soft keys CDMA US ECS BE 4 5 11 1 2 Run Pause Soft Key GSM 850 Uplink 824200000 848800000 GSM 850 Downlink 669200000 893800000 The Run Pause soft key located in the lower right corner sy om Hs re of Figure 5 11 2 is used to start an
192. r signal levels are present can cause instability and erroneous measurements to OC Cur n 5 5 3 Power Meter Bandwidth Menu The Bandwidth menu pictured in Figure 5 5 6 allows setting the measurement averaging as well as the Audio Beep feature The Bandwidth soft key circled in Figure 5 5 6 indicates some of the Bandwidth menu parameters as well as the measurement rate expressed in frames per second FPS 5 5 3 1 Average Soft Key n i a aS Res BW 50 000 kHz Toggle Auto Manus The Avg will set the number of traces that will be averaged together to form the displayed trace Averaging traces produces a more stable display however averaging will make spurious signals less visible Pressing the Avg soft key will allow the user to enter a new value pressing the soft key twice will turn off averaging Window Type 5 0 3 2 Audio Beep Soft Key Uniform The audio beep feature provides an audible AM att indication of received power level There are two modes of operation the variable cadence beep and the varying pitch tone In the variable ca a ETT dence beep mode when the signal power is low En ooo Ear there is a slow or low duty cycle series of beeps Sveen Mor J that increase in duty cycle as the received power on level increases When the power level approaches Figure 5 5 6 Power Meter Bandwidth Menu the maximum power threshold the interval be tween beeps decreases until it becomes a cons
193. r signals where an attenuator is connected between the UCTT and the signal source The applied offset value is displayed on the Ref Lvl Offset soft key 5 18 2 4 Controlling the Preamp The Preamp soft key is used to control the state of the internal preamplifier in the UCTT The default setting for the preamplifier is off The preamplifier is useful for increasing the signal to noise ratio for low level signals less than 50 dB Note that turning on the preamplifier when higher signal levels are present can cause instability and erroneous measurements to occur Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 92 saos Mode Adjacent Channel Power 01 02 2013 16 08 30 qm Amplitude 29 00 Log Eve 5 18 3 Logging Menu DE The Adjacent Channel Power measurements can be recorded to a log file The Adjacent Channel Power Logging Menu is used to configure logging functions The Logging menu is pictured in Figure 5 20 5 and is accessed by pressing the highlight ed Logging soft key located at the bottom of the menu The logging parameter soft keys are on the right side of the menu If logging is enabled the data displayed on the measurement screen is also captured to a log file The log file is named Adjacent Channel Power mm dd yyyy n csv kml Where mm dd yyyy is the date and N is dF 2457 kHz dP 66 69 dB dP 65 20 d IAr US dd LLE LS 104 00 Me Frequency a counter that starts at zero For more informa me
194. r to determine level and fre quency measurements between markers For more details on using the marker menu refer to the description in this manual Note that the return loss application does not have a center frequency parameter so the CF to Marker soft key is not present in this menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 39 5 7 Distance to Fault Application Distance to Fault measurements are performed by connecting the cable to be tested to the RF output of the UCTT refer to the section of this manual for the location of the RF output connector The Distance to Fault application is accessed by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the DTF soft key circled in figure 5 7 1 5 7 1 Distance to Fault Setup Menu The Distance to Fault Setup menu is pictured in Figure 5 7 2 The menu can be accessed by pressing the highlighted soft key in the lower left corner of the screen 5 7 1 1 Distance to Fault Calibration The Calibrate soft key is located in the bottom right corner of the Setup menu pictured in 5 7 2 This soft key is also present in the View and Faults menus Refer to the manual for more information on the calibration i procedure 5 7 1 2 Averaging Soft Key The Avg soft key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 7 2 is used to determine how many measurements will be averaged together a to make the Distance to Fault measurement The Rim default value is to turn off averagin
195. re 5 20 3 will sort the list based on channel plan name or by frequency range Additionally at the bottom of the channel plan selection screen is a list of valid channels for the selected plan To select a plan press the desired channel plan followed by the OK button at the bottom of the menu The Channel soft key is used to enter a list or range of channels to scan A maximum of 20 channels can be scanned at a time 80 00 90 00 100 00 110 00 120 00 130 00 140 00 150 00 GSM 550 Uplin nk 024 UUUU GSM 850 Downlink 869200000 GSM 900 Uplink 880200000 GSM 900 Downlink 925200000 GSM 1800 Uplink GSM 1800 Downlink GSM 1900 Uplink GSM 1900 Downlink LTE 1 DN 5 20 2 Channel Scanner Amplitude Menu The Channel Scanner amplitude menu is selected by pressing the circled soft key at the bottom of Figure 5 20 2 The menu is shown in Figure 5 20 4 isso i CDMA WCDMA EVDO HSPA as Select Channel Plan _ LTE 13 DN Logging On Off Disabled Figure 5 20 2 Channel Scanner Frequency Menu J O oO o ao omne vn 4 OD PW OD o wo o o aa ra The soft keys along the right edge of the screen are used to modify the amplitude parameters Cancel Figure 5 20 3 Channel Plan Selection Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 100 5 20 2 1 Setting the Ref
196. re labeled Frequency Amplitude Bandwidth and Marker which correspond with the Spectrum Analyzer menus The highlighted menu soft key indicates which menu is selected in this case it is the Marker menu Each menu includes soft keys that appear along the right side of the screen as shown in Figure 3 4 These buttons are generally used to enter values or other configuration information into the test menu or to back out of the current menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 15 4 System Configuration Menus 4 1 System Mode The System Mode is used to perform system administration and general configuration of the UCTT These tasks include managing results log and configuration files setting Time and Date manag ing purchased options software and setting up Remote Control Pressing the mode button and pressing the Syst soft key circled in Figure 4 1 will place the UCTT in the System Mode and display the General Menu In the System mode the menu selection soft keys along the bot tom of the screen are labeled General File and Options These correspond to the different configuration menus available The Calibration soft key is for factory use and does not have an associ ated menu 4 2 General Menu The General menu is the default menu displayed when the Sys Figure 4 1 System Mode Selection tem mode is entered This menu allows setting Time and Date checking GPS receiver state managin
197. reamplifier is off The preamplifier is useful for increasing the signal to noise ratio for low level signals less than 50 dB Note that turning on the preamplifier when higher signal levels are present can cause instability and erroneous measurements to occur 5 20 3 Logging Menu The Channel Scanner measurements can be saved to a log file The Channel Scanner Logging Fre mca i Menu is used to configure logging functions The et Logging menu is pictured in Figure 5 20 5 and is accessed by pressing the highlighted Logging Figure 5 20 5 Channel Scanner Logging Menu soft key located at the bottom of the menu The logging parameter soft keys are on the right side of the menu If logging is enabled the data displayed on the measure ment screen is also captured to a log file The file name is Channel Scan ner mm dd yyyy n csv kml Where mm_dd_yyyy is the date and n is a counter that starts at zero For more information on retrieving log files from the UCTT refer to the exporting log and data files section of the manual Scale 10 dB div RAIN 008 Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 101 5 20 3 1 Setting Logging Units and soon Mode Channel Scanner 12 20 2012 16 58 00 E Interval FE The Log Units soft key circled in Figure 5 20 5 is used to specify the logging units The options are re Seconds Meters or Results This causes logging to occur every N seconds N meters or N results where N is set by the
198. ressed the UCTT will modify the reference level gn Auto Scale 5 14 1 4 Setting Offset Level The Ref Lvl Offset soft key located below the Auto Scale key in Figure 5 14 3 is used to apply a fixed offset to the signal This is useful when viewing high power signals where an attenuator is connected between the UCTT and the signal source The applied offset value is displayed on the Ref Lvl Offset soft key Ref Lvl Offset 0048 Preamp Off Channel Plan CDMA US Cell Dn 5 14 1 5 Controlling the Preamp The Preamp soft key located below the Ref Lvl Offset key in Fig Run Pause ure 5 14 3 is used to control the state of the internal preamplifier antas in the UCTT The default setting for the preamplifier is off The preamplifier is useful for increasing the signal to noise ratio for low level signals less than 50 dB The gain of the Figure 5 14 3 CDMA RF Menu Soft Keys moe Mode COMA EVDO Anal GPS 01 03 2013 15 25 53 preamp will not affect the power measurement L added Note that turning on the preamplifier when higher oe a Even Second signal levels are present can cause instability and sani sa erroneous measurements to occur pe ov g i Threshold 5 14 1 6 Run Pause Soft Key E nom re EN The Run Pause soft key located at the bottom of Figure 5 14 3 is used to start and stop the mea surements this is useful for freezing the screen The current run pause state is indicated on the lower portion of the soft k
199. rmation on stor ing and recalling display traces Once a stored trace is recalled pressing the Overlay soft key will cause the recalled trace to be displayed over the current measurement trace In addition to the recalled trace the file name any user comments and the test parameters for the overlay are also displayed at the bottom of the screen 5 19 4 Spectrogram Record Playback Soft Key The Record Playback soft key is located in the upper right corner of the Bandwidth menu pic tured in Figure 5 19 9 The record playback func tion allows recording of the spectrogram trace to a file Recorded traces can also be played back Pressing the Record Playback soft key will bring up the Record Playback menu shown in Figure 5 19 10 The circled buttons at the top of the menu are used to switch between record and playback modes In the record mode touching the file entry box will bring up a keyboard so the new file name can be entered In the playback mode touching the file entry box will bring up a list of recorded files if applicable In the record mode the Record frequency and duration can be specified by touching the labeled text entry boxes Recording or playback is started by pressing the Start Now soft key in the lower left of the menu Mode Spectrogram Select Window Function Hanning Uniform vedk Hamming Gauss Blackman OK Cancel Figure 5 19 8 Spectrogram Window Function Menu 12 20 2012 14
200. rsion 111109 Temp hae Calibration 7 16 2012 File Figure 4 3 Center Frequency General Calibration 11 06 2012 20 58 17 Je Remote Control Cfg Save Cfg Load Cal Touchscreen 41 00 used This means that when the user switches to the system menu or changes from radio to DS1 or ethernet measurements there is a pause while the system initializes the measurement circuitry In Fast DSP Boot mode all circuits are initialized and there is no pause when switching between measurement types or the system menu Mode System Identifiers Unit Serial 4468 UI SW Version 210 26 RF SW Version 5178 RF USB Version 22 RF Serial 1130004014 Setup Radio Serial tt 4140621 Ul Ctlr Serial 5107 0O1AB4ATA Enet SW Version 98 44 Enet Serial PO Enet USB 1240022006 en O O En Full Screen On Demand Configuration User1 Units Metric v Language English hee Color Scheme Normal v Center Freq Tied to Spec Analyze v Status Temp Siete Fan n Temp peut Pwr Version a Calibration 7 16 2012 Power Mode Max Power Save v Set Time Battery 1 Not Detected rs Set Date Battery 2 100 Temp 31 1 C General File Calibration Option Figure 4 4 Full Screen Units amp Power Mode Mode Spectrum Analyzer 11 12 2012 22 07 41 51 00 61 00 71 00 81 00 91 00 101 00 111 00 121 00 131
201. rth refer to the section of this manual for more information The map displays at a fixed reso lution so several map views may be useful to provide an over Signal Standard LTE 7 DN view as well as detailed views of the area of interest The Signal liege EN Coverage Map Menu pictured in Figure 5 12 8 can be accessed ren pre MHz by pressing the circled map button in Figure 5 12 10 This map RSSI dBm 87 4 dBm button is available in all the Signal Coverage menus Additionally there is a corresponding button labled RF in the upper corner of the Map Menu in Figure 5 12 8 that will switch the display mode to RF power and spectrum trace Figure 5 12 9 Map Logging Event Datapoint SAGE Mode Signal Coverage GPS 11 27 2012 11 33 39 mm Signal Coverage 5 12 6 1 Import Map Key _ a 2AE ap corterrres The Import Map soft key circled in Figure 5 12 8 is used to move map files from an external USB memo rss ry device into the UCTT For more information about jj san connecting a USB device to the UCTT refer to the section of this manual Pressing the ii A Import Map soft key will bring up a list of map files PG te stored on the USB device The user can select files from the menu and they will be loaded into the UCTT 1 4 MHz gt 38 21 dm 151 01 wan i ner of Figure 5 12 8 is used to select a stored map to eee m ranguiate pale rpm display Pressing the Map File key will bring up the Stop 9 0000 TOT
202. s for the selected plan To select a plan press the desired channel plan followed by the OK button at the bottom of Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 34 the menu To leave the Channel Plan mode simply press Channel Plan Selection one of the Center Freq Span Start or Stop frequency Select the desired channel plan soft keys Sort by ORF Standard Frequency CDMA US PCa D 0 199995 0006 GSM 850 Uplink 24200000 848800000 9 9 1 2 Freq Step Soft Key GSM 850 Downlink 669200000 893800000 The Freq Step soft key is used to specify the frequency GSM 900 Uplink 880200000 914900000 step for each detent in the selection wheel In the auto GSM 900 Downlink 325200000 353800000 i GSM 1800 Uplink 1710200000 1784800000 matic mode each detent is one hundredth of the span CoM 1800 Downlink 1805200000 1879800000 frequency For example a 100 Mhz span would have GSM 1900 Uplink 1850200000 1909800000 GSM 1900 Downlink 1930200000 1989800000 frequency steps of 1 Mhz The desired frequency step en ie I can be changed from the Auto mode by pressing the LTE 1 UP 1920000000 1979900000 Freq Step soft key and entering a new value When this jm a E gere an is done the frequency step value will be displayed in the LTE 3 DN 1805000000 1979900000 Freq Step soft key LTE 3 UE 1710000000 1784900000 LTE 4 DN 2110000000 2154900000 LIE UP ee 5 5 1 3 Run Pause Soft Key LTE 5 DN 86
203. se soft key located below the Run Mode Soft key is used to start or pause the test In the continuous run mode the run pause soft key will allow the test to run continuously until the user pauses it by pressing the Run Pause soft key In the Single Shot run mode the test will run then pause when it has ran once The test can be restarted by pressing the Run Pause soft key This soft key also appears in the View and Faults menus 5 7 2 Distance to Fault View Menu The Distance to Fault View menu is pictured in Figure 5 7 6 The circled View soft key in the bot tom of the screen is used to access the menu The View soft key also displays the Minimum and Maximum distance parameters for the test 5 7 2 1 Min Max Distance and Zoom Soft Keys The Min Dist and Max Dist soft keys circled in the right side Figure 5 7 6 are used to set the minimum and maximum distances that are displayed in the measurement window These values only control what is presented on the display and do not change the actual test Press ing the Zoom Out soft key located below the Max Dist key will cause the entire measurement range to be displayed and will change the Min and Max distance soft key values Mode DTF Edit cable User1 Cable Type TBD Speed 0 700 Atten 1000Mhz dB m 0 0999 Atten 2000Mhz dB m 0 0999 Atten 2500Mhz dB m 0 0999 ECE Figure 5 7 4 User Defined Cable Type Menu Cancel Change RF Band Select D
204. sive Ins Loss Active Ins Loss mM DSO BERT 01 12 2010 10 48 My ReturnLoss Scr png 90 9kB 01 13 2010 16 33 sno i g 93 6 kB 01 22 2010 13 20 Spectrum Analysis png 93 1 kB 01 13 2010 14 44 File Menu png 93 1kB 01 22 2010 13 2 Spectrum_Analysis2 png 93 4kB 01 22 2010 14 22 Remote Ctl Screen png 88 0 kB 02 03 2010 14 38 Remote Ctl2 png 89 7 kB 02 03 2010 15 3 New Gen Scr png 95 1 kB 02 03 2010 15 35 INSTRUMENTS 02 05 2010 14 00 15 a gt O Data Log Files rdentifiers Unit Serial 123 Radio Serial 0 UISW Version 47710 Ul Ctir Serial 002E 000E 4287 RF SW Version 33 22 PCM SW Version Not Found RF USB Version 2 1 PCM USB Version Not Found RF Senal 1130003001 PCM Serial Not Found m GSM Modulation F GSM Burst Analysis PM GSM RF Mask Adjacent Channel Power F Signal Generator m Channel Scanner WCDMA CDP Telnet m LTE Spectrum Analyzer Mode Frequency Amplitude Bandwidth Menu Menu Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 7 2 Physical Properties Introduction The UCTT is packaged in a ruggedized case providing a powerful and compact test solution that can withstand the harsh environments encountered in the field This section describes the front panel display and controls test connector panel and battery packs 2 1 Front Panel The UCTT front panel is shown in Figure 2 1 The front panel consists of a 10 4 inch SVGA touch s
205. stop frequencies or by specifying COMA USSF the Channel Plan and Channel The corresponding pairs of soft keys Se o a pion for each method are circled in Figure 5 4 2 In the first case the center S m oon peumtink 925200000 959800000 frequency and the display span are entered using the Center Freq ee ete and Span soft keys The UCTT will automatically set the start and stop 1900 uplink 1880800000 1808800007 frequencies based on the center frequency and span parameters The 1 8 Oee e E other method for setting the spectrum analyzer frequency parameters a n 408 a00ant is to enter the stop and start frequencies using the Start Freq and aie me d pe Stop Freq soft keys In this case the UCTT will determine the center mr a rd frequency and span based on the entered start and stop frequencies EE The third method for setting the frequency parameters is to use the kue aera Channel Plan and Channel soft keys In this case the center fre quency and span are automatically determined based on the channel OK Cancel plan and channel selected Pressing the Channel Plan soft key will bring up the channel plan selection menu shown in Figure 5 4 3 This Figure 5 4 3 Channel Plan Menu list contains the channel plan names and frequency ranges for each Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 28 plan Pressing the RF Standard or Frequency buttons circled in Figure 5 4 3 will sort the list based on channel plan name
206. t t r Eo KR ee J Figure 2 10 Removing Inserting Battery Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 13 3 UCTT Menu Scheme and Navigation 3 1 Test Mode Selection The UCTT combines the functionality of several con ventional test sets ie Spectrum Analyzer Fault Locator Bert Analyzer etc into one package The menus for controlling this functionality are organized by instru ment type these are referred to as instrument modes Figure 3 1 shows the Mode Selection Soft Keys used to select the different instrument modes The mode selec tion soft keys are the main or root menu for the UCTT These soft keys are accessed by pressing the circled mode button pictured in Figure 3 2 The desired mode is selected by pressing the corresponding soft key Al ternatively A secre ge see can be used to highlight and select the desired mode The Mode button can be pressed at any time to bring up the Mode selection soft keys Note that any test that is running will be terminat ed when the instrument mode is changed Once a mode is selected the menus associated with the test appli cation are displayed and the user can configure and run tests For example Figure 3 3 shows the menus that are associated with the Spectrum Analyzer mode These menus allow the user to configure the spectrum analyzers frequency amplitude and bandwidth param eters as well as specifying reference marker locations on the results graph
207. t ser Control Description enu System Overvie attery Replacement anaging Option emote Control Command ograding Software C Utilitie Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 2 INSTRUMENTS 5 1 Measurement Menus Soft Keys and Display Controls 25 5 1 1 Menus and Soft Keys rrrnnrrnnrrnnanrrnnnrnanrnnnnnvnnrnnnnennrr 25 5 1 2 Zoom and Full Screen Display Control rrrnrrnnrnnnnnnnn 25 5 2 UCTT Marker Menus rrrarornnonanoranonarnnnnennnnnnnnnnennnnnner 26 5 2 1 Marker Manipulation Soft Keys rerarrrnnrrrnrrrrarenvanennn 26 5 2 2 Marker Math Soft Key rrrnnrrnnnrnnanornnrrnanrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrr 26 5 3 Open Short Load Calibration Procedure 27 5 4 Spectrum Analyzer Application rrrrrrnnrrnrrnnnrnnnnnnr 28 5 4 1 Spectrum Analyzer Frequency Menu rrarannrrnnnrnnnennne 28 5 4 2 Spectrum Analyzer Amplitude Menu rrarernrrnnrrnnnernre 29 5 4 3 Spectrum Analyzer Bandwidth Menu rarernrrrnnrnnnernre 30 5 4 4 Spectrum Analyzer Marker Menu c 0sccseeeeeeeeees 95 5 4 5 Manual Attenuator Adjustment ranrrnnrrnnrnanevarevnnennrr 33 5 5 Power Meter Application rrrrrnnrrararanrnnerannnnrnnrnnnnnerr 34 5 5 1 Power Meter Frequency Menu c cccseecseeeeeeeeees 34 5 5 2 Power Meter Amplitude Menu cccecceeeeeeeeeeeeees 35 5 5 3 Power Meter Bandwidth Menu rrnrrnnr
208. t cre Som Mode Spectrum Analyzer 11 13 2012 11 36 00 a ate a trace The default setting for this parameter is automatic In the autonatic mode the UCTT sets the resolution bandwidth at one one thou Record Playback sandth of the span frequency thus giving 1000 Configure Start measurements for the frequency span Press G ing the Res BW soft key located in the upper 9700 Toggle On off right corner of Figure 5 4 6 will allow the user to aa oe Normal manually set the resolution bandwidth When the resolution bandwidth is increased the DP ME Window Type measurement can take longer to process The ed ER maximum resolution bandwidth setting is 100 Hz 5 4 3 2 Average Soft Key MET Pe Aa The Avg will set the number of traces that Pernar BA sag i Jor will be averaged together to form the displayed trace Averaging traces produces a more stable display however averaging will make spurious signals less visible The averaging parameter only applies when the Trace Mode parameter is set to Normal otherwise it is ignored by the UCTT Pressing the Avg soft key will allow the user to enter a new value pressing the soft key twice will turn off averaging Figure 5 4 6 Spectrum Analyzer Bandwidth Menu 5 4 3 3 Trace Mode Soft Key The UCTT has several trace modes that are useful for for detecting various Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 30 signal conditions When the Trace Mode soft key is pr
209. t key also displays up to four detected faults along with the level and distance for each fault Figure 5 7 7 Distance to Fault Faults Menu 5 7 3 1 Fault Limit Configuration The limit line soft key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 7 7 is used to set or disable SAGE Mode DTF 11 15 2012 15 08 25 ef Maker the threshold for fault detection Additionally if B enabled the limit line will cause the words Pass om or Fail to appear at the top of the screen once ER the test has completed Pressing the Limit Line Em danial aiit soft key will allow the user to modify the limit line E value or turn off the fault detection and Pass 5000 voll samene Fail indicator The Limit Line soft key will indi om EE cate the limit selected by the user Any mea _ aa surements greater than the limit line value are a Next Peak declared faults and will appear in the Faults soft i key circled in Figure 5 7 7 5 7 4 Distance to Fault Marker Menu The Marker menu is pictured in Figure 5 7 8 pee eat 1 538070 It is accessed by pressing the circled Marker pend ere MaDe saem 3 soft key This menu allows up to six markers to be defined to make precise measurements Figure 5 7 8 Distance to Fault Marker Menu anywhere on the displayed trace Additionally the Marker Math soft key allows the user to determine level and distance measurements between markers For more de tails on using the marker menu refer to the descrip tion in this man
210. t the center frequency is correct and that the signal being received has a valid CDMA or EVDO format There are two traces displayed the yellow trace Bi Ge shows the raw unfiltered section of the frequency iii ne spectrum while the blue trace shows the signal gt es 8 2 4 as viewed through a CDMA filter Additionally the GE text at the top of the screen will display CDMA or 6119 EVDO when a valid signal is present or CDMA EVDO Signal NOT Detected when there is no valid signal present Indicators at the bottom eg er seDto Mi eo Logging of the screen show frequency offset frequency sten 000 Se ma span signal power and occupied bandwidth 2 200000 5 14 2 2 CDMA Summary Screen The Summary screen for CDMA CDMA 2000 saos Mode CDMA EVDO Analyzer GPS 01 03 2013 15 26 59 mm signals is pictured in Figure 5 14 7 This screen j tak displays a summary of the activity of the most powerful sector received Activity in the sector is ve Walsh Codes displayed at the top of the screen in bar graph form The X axis is the walsh codes the Y axis is the level Each code channel is displayed color coded according to the legend in the lower left corner of the screen Code channels contain ing data are colored orange The horizontal red line shows the threshold for detecting channel activity In the default mode the threshold is set automatically Threshold soft key circled in Figure 5 15 7 can be used to manu
211. tant tone In the variable pitch mode when the signal power is low Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 36 there is a constant low pitch tone that increases in frequency as the received power increases The ay RET 11 13 2012 17 58 11 st user selects the variable cadence beep mode by Marker 1 Marker 2 setting an even value for the Average soft key 310 The variable pitch beep is selected by setting an I pr ps odd value for the Average soft key The Audio EIT Beep soft key and the Ref Level soft key in the re EN are used to control the sensi l tivity of the Audio Beep feature The Ref Level j soft key circled in Figure 5 5 5 is used to set the reference level for the audio beep feature It should be set to the maximum power level that will be measured The Audio Beep soft key located in the lower right corner of Figure 5 5 6 is used to set the range of the audio beep feature CF to Marker Marker to Peak The range value is subtracted from the reference Frequency d Amplitude Bandwidth ir Freq 751 000000 MHz RefLvl 51 dem Res BW 50 000 kHz level to give the minimum power level that the Span 50 000000 MHz J Scale 10 dB div Start 726 000000 MHz Ref Lvl Offset 0 0 dB audio beep feature will respond to The Audio Beep soft key is also used to enable or disable the audio beeps Figure 5 5 7 Power Meter Marker Menu 5 5 4 Marker Menu The Power Meter Marker Menu pictur
212. to the UCTT Connect the ethernet cable to the 10 100Base T connector of the UCTT For more information on the UC TT connectors refer to the of this manual Once the cable is connect ed go to the system mode on the UCTT and press the Remote Control soft key in the upper right corner om The currently assigned IP address will be SAGE displayed on the UCTT If the IP address EEE is manually assigned or if DHCP needs ET por to be enabled on the UCTT then press minst the CFG IP Address soft key in the upper right corner of the screen For more in formation on IP setup refer to the remote control description in the System Mode oR hitini a Section of this manual Streaming Mode UCTT 8901A Freq Step uto 7 3 2 Connect PC Client to UCTT i Start the Remotedisplayclient exe file on i apanan the PC Upon startup the program will Amplitude Bandwidth d present the address dialog box pictured spe momom Seam ocr rom enden me o in Figure 7 3 1 Enter the IP address of UCTT and click on OK The program may then ask to upgrade the software click on the Don t Upgrade button The client will be connected to the UCTT The front panel graphic shown in Figure 7 3 2 will be dis played Figure 7 3 2 Remote Display Client 7 3 3 Viewing and Controlling the UCTT The client display will mirror the UCTT display If the UCTT is being locally controlled via its front panel the UCTT screens including so
213. u soft key located at the bottom of the menu The soft keys for the menu are located along the right edge of the screen The GSM setup menu allows the user to select among various GSM mea surement screens some of these screens have dedicated soft keys for specifying measurement parameters Notice that the current screen name is indicated in GSM Setup and GSM Screen soft keys The GSM Screen soft key circled in figure 5 13 4 is used to select different screens Press ing this key will bring up the Screen Selection menu pictured in Figure 5 13 5 PEN Screen RF Analysis Dummy GSM Setup Burst GSM Setup Center Freq Ref Level Ref Lvl Offset O00dB Preamp Off Channel Plan wa LTE ad LAN ORS Run Pause RE Soa Figure 5 13 3 GSM Frequency Menu Keys ETSI Table _ At Cell MS symbols Logging Figure 5 13 4 GSM Setup Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 62 5 13 2 1 GSM RF Analysis Screen Change GSM Sereen The RF Analysis screen is pictured in Figure 5 13 6 This screen is Select Screen used to perform basic analysis of the GSM signal This includes verifying that the center frequency is correct and that the signal REF S being received has a valid GSM format dr dr There are two trace views displayed The upper trace Is the time Mask Analysis domain view of the demodulated channel The lower trace is the frequency domain view of the RF signal The upper and lower traces
214. ual Note that the distance to fault application does not have a center frequency parameter so the CF to Marker soft key is not present in this menu cl mete een Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 42 5 8 VSWR Application The VSWR measurements are performed by connecting the cable to be tested to the RF output of the UCTT refer to the section of this manual for the location of the RF output con nector The VSWR application is accessed by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the VSWR soft key circled in figure 5 8 1 CDMA WCDMA EVDO HSPA 5 8 1 VSWR Setup Menu The VSWR Setup menu is pictured in Figure 5 8 2 The menu can be accessed by pressing the highlighted soft key in the lower left corner of Figure 5 8 2 5 8 1 1 VSWR Calibration The Calibrate soft key is located in the bottom right corner of the Setup menu pictured in 5 8 2 This soft key is also present in the Results menu Refer to the Open Short Load sunn Calibration Soft Key section of this manual for ETT more information on the calibration procedure 5 8 1 2 Averaging Soft Key The Avg soft key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 8 2 is used to determine how many measurements will be averaged together S to make the VSWR measurement The default i 988 MH value is to turn off averaging Pressing the Avg soft key will allow the user to enter a new value pressing the soft key twice will
215. udio Beep Soft Key The audio beep feature provides an audible indication of received power level There are two modes of operation the variable ca dence beep and the varying pitch tone In the variable cadence beep mode when the signal power is low there is a slow or low duty cycle series of beeps that increase in duty cycle as the re ceived power level increases When the power level approaches the maximum power threshold the interval between beeps de creases until it becomes a constant tone In the variable pitch mode when the signal power is low there is a constant low pitch tone that increases in frequency as the received power increases The user selects the variable cadence beep mode by setting an even value for the Average soft key The variable pitch beep is se lected by setting an odd value for the Average soft key The Audio Beep soft key and the Ref Level soft key in the are used to control the Audio Beep feature The Ref Level soft key located in the upper right corner of Figure 5 12 4 is used to set the reference level for the audio beep feature It should be set to the maximum power level that will be measured or the power level that will cause the beep to be a constant tone The Audio Beep soft key located in the lower right corner of Figure 5 12 5 is used to set the range of the audio beep feature The range value is subtracted from the reference level to give the minimum power level that the audio beep feature will respond to
216. ughput Test Setup Menu Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 107 6 1 2 4 Frame Loss Setup Menu Pressing the Frame Loss soft key will bring up the Frame Loss setup menu pictured in Figure 6 1 8 The circled Packets box is used to specify the number of packets for the test Note that this parameter is shared with the through put test so modifying the value in one place will change it in the other This is the only parameter for this test 6 1 2 5 Latency Setup Menu Pressing the Latency soft key will bring up the Latency test setup menu pictured in Figure 6 1 9 The circled Validations text box is used to specify the number of times the test is run Note that this parameter is shared with the throughput and back t back tests so modifying the value in one place will change it in the others This is the only parameter for this test 6 1 2 6 Back to Back Setup Menu Pressing the Back to Back soft key will bring up the Back to Back test setup menu pictured in Figure 6 1 10 The circled Validations text box is used to specify the number of times the test is run Note that this parameter is shared with the throughput and latency tests so modifying the value in one place will change it in the others This is the only parameter for this test Mode Frame Loss 01 10 2013 15 24 09 qua Frame Loss Test Duration Packets 1000 Max Rate Mbps Validations P F Criteria NA Mode L
217. uit to be tested to the 1 Port 2 Port RF Input and output connectors of the UCTT refer to the st as section of this manual for the location of the RF COMA WCDMA input and output connectors The Two Port VNA application is accessed by pressing the front panel Mode button then pressing the 2 Port VNA soft key circled in figure 5 10 1 5 10 1 Two Port VNA Setup Menu The Two Port VNA Setup menu is pictured in Figure 5 10 2 The menu can be accessed by pressing the highlighted soft Figure 5 10 1 Two Port VNA Selection key in the lower left corner of the menu SAGE Mode 2 Port VNA 11 26 2012 13 05 02 s 1000 Dual Port Gain vs Frequency Avg 5 10 1 1 Calibration Soft Key 2000 Sue In order to perform accurate measurements the 2 RF Input output and any additional cables and Jer connectors that are used to connect the UCTT to Start Stop O Soo ao oo Soo the antenna or cable system under test must be calibrated together The Calibration soft key is lo rr a cated in the bottom right corner of Figure 5 10 2 mo Group Delay ve Frequency Press the Calibrate soft key the screen will 1000 MHz display the message Cross Connect RF In Out 2 mm Connect the RF in to the RF out and press the in Continuous Run 800 0 1000 0 120 00 Next soft key located in the upper right corner 05 The screen will briefly display Wait Calibrat i ing followed by Calibrated mm dd yyyy This
218. ured in Figure 5 16 17 The user can select a phusical channel by pressing the desired menu item followed by the OK but ton Cancel Figure 5 16 17 Physical Channel Selection Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 87 Mode LTE FDD Analyzer 12 05 2012 12 35 51 z LTE Setup 5 16 2 19 LTE Multi Path Screen a met a tes The LTE Multi Path screen is pictured in Figure 10 00 5 16 18 This screen displays the time domain 200 plot of energy around the center frequency The 10 00 plot indicates the amount of multipath interfer 2000 Smbolt ence The phase spreading from multi path inter am ENE ference causes the apex of the plot to become ie avga 3 Ne 20 00 wider indicating more interference 60 00 5 16 2 20 LTE Spectral Screen The spectral emissions mask screen is used to evaluate the output signal of a base station i i LTE Set Loggi transmitter against 3GPP TS104 emission limit wes sand SOM mn nes n ort very esult s tables In most cases the UCTT will be connected memp om fo Steen Mutia n to the transmitter via an attenuator directional coupler or air interface In order for the UCTT to apply the proper mask the param eter in the Frequency Setup menu should be set to compensate for any loss due to the connec tion arrangement The Spectral Emissions Mask screen is pictured in Figure 5 16 19 The screen displays the measured signal trace and the ap plica
219. wr Version 111109 Battery 200 Temp 31 4 C Calibration 7 16 2012 Mode System 11 06 2012 02 08 13 CDMA EVDO Spectrum Analysis M DTF Signal Locator Adjacent Channel Power M Ins Loss C Reserved Signal Generator Channel Scanner WCDMA CDP Telnet M Power Meter Reserved Reserved C DSO BERT LTE FDD Spectrogram D WiMAX GPS O LTE TDD GSM RF Analysis GigE Signal Coverage O LTE BW gt 10 MHz Figure 4 15 UCTT Option Menu General Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 24 Mode Spectrum Analyzer 11 19 2012 15 34 58 u 5 1 Measurement Menus Soft Keys and Dis j play Controls E Span All measurements in the UCTT use a similar format for ite menus and data entry described here For more infor f f f 675 200000 MHz mation on the basic menu operation and navigation refer B to the front panel controlsi or the EE PE ET a aai sections of this manual 10800 5 1 1 Menus and Soft Keys In The Spectrum analyzer menu is shown in Figure 5 1 1 190 this is a typical UCTT measurement screen and will be used here as an example The soft keys along the i pri 49 m fest moon e a Span 100 000000 MHz cale 1 iv es BW Au anua Run Pause bottom of the screen are used to select among the dif Strt 675 200000 meld A z aya ao ferent menus for the application notice that the cur rent parameter values are also displayed on these soft Figure 5 1 1 Measurement Me
220. y Range 1 to 15 dB div in 1 dB steps Ten divisions displayed INTERFERENCE ANALYSIS e Peak Hold Peak Continuous Max 250 Frames sec Span 15 MHz e Spectrogram Captures Spectrum Activity for up to 100 hours CABLE AND ANTENNA ANALYZER e Frequency Range 698 MHz to 2 7 GHz e Frequency Resolution 10 KHz amp 1 MHz e Interference Immunity On Channel 18 dBm gt 1 0 MHz from carrier On Frequency 10 dBm within 100 KHZ of carrier e Insertion Loss One Port amp Two Port VNA e Insertion Loss Range lt 80 dB Accuracy 5 dB 2 80 dB Accuracy 5 dB Scale 0 60 dB e RFout 5 dBm e Distance to Fault Range 200 M Data Points 1024 Accu racy Typical 8 cm Measurement Speed Max lt 1 sec Return Loss Range 0 to 100 dB Resolution 0 01 dB e Accuracy RL lt 25 dB 1 0 dB e25 dB lt RL lt 60 dB 3 dB RL 2 60 dB 5 dB L a D From F INSTRUMENTS e VSWR Range 1 to 3 5 Resolution 0 01 dB POWER METER e Frequency Range 698 MHz to 2 7 GHz e Display Range 80 dBm to 80 dBm e Measurement Range 60 dBm to 30 dBm Offset Range 0 to 60 dB Accuracy 0 25 dB RFin gt 20 dBm e VSWR lt 1 8 1 typical e Maximum Power 30 dBm 1W without external attenuator Attenuation Offset Range 20 to 80 dB ADJAGENT CHANNEL POWER e Frequency Range 698 MHz to 2 7 GHz e Measurement Range 30 dBm to 144 dBm e Channel Power Accuracy 1 0 dB e Adjacent Channel Power Accura
221. y directly or by specifying the poe Channel Plan and Channel The corresponding reg 881 520000 MH Wah Codes 64 bled Disabled Threshold Auto Every 1 Second s Screen RF Spectrum cs SON abo Vir ces sets of soft keys for each method are circled on the right side of Figure 5 14 2 Note that some measurements like the Spectral Emissions Mask Figure 5 14 2 CDMA RF Setup Menu have different parameters depending on what band is being used therefore for correct results these tests center frequency should be setup using the channel plan method so the proper band is identified 5 14 1 2 Setting the Reference Level The Ref Level soft key located below the circled Center Freq key in the upper right corner of Figure 5 14 2 is used to adjust the reference level of the display this will have the effect of shifting the signal trace up or down on the screen but will not affect the measurement levels Once the key is pressed the user can enter a value or touch the screen where the reference level should be set The current reference level is displayed on the Ref Level soft key as well as the RF Setup menu key Sage Instruments UCTT User Manual Rev E 2 2013 Page 66 5 14 1 3 Auto Scale Soft Key The Auto Scale soft key circled in Figure 5 14 3 is used to au canter Freq tomatically adjust the reference level based on the signal power ascii This will cause the trace to be centered in the screen When the Ref Level 0dBm key is p
222. z 1 5440245 Avg Mark Level V 4 34 Est Clock Err PPM 24 Avg Space Level V 0 11 DSi BERT Eo Figure 6 2 6 PCM Waveform Screen Mode DS1 BERT 01 08 2013 14 42 47 BERT Test Results for Span 1 Teacha QRSSFull DS1 64K Tx Rx Continuosly PCM est UTG T1 F24 ESF BSZS Internal TE Span Status No Errors Sync Time 41 Sync Loss Sec 0 Tx State Tx Pattern Sync Loss Count 0 Rx State Insye Bit Errors 0 Bit Error Rate 0 00E 0 3 Error Free Sec 41 Current History C ssam gt Error Sec 8 Signal Present Cc wm sm ES Ratio 0 000 Frame Sync AN SES 0 Pattern Sync C SES Ratio 0 000 Excess Zeros 2 Avail Sec 41 Ones Density Unavail Sec O Yellow Alarm RTD ms 0 AIS Span Mon l KI PCM 2 Events Span 1 Log Disabled ETEN Figure 6 2 7 BERT Results Menu Mode DS1 BERT 01 08 2013 14 49 06 Cfg BERT Duration l 0 Direction Tx Rx Pattern QRSS Loop Code None Invert Pattern Off Cfg PCM Selected Span n Span Status No Errors Test Length Sec 0 0 Continuous Test Direction O Tx O Rx Tx Rx Pattern QRSS C Invert Pattern Loop Code None C ECAN Disable Prev Screen Figure 6 2 8 BERT Configuration Menu ief E Sage Instruments UCTT User M

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