Programmable Antenna Installation Guide for DC Pulse Control Models Version 1.1

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1 Sheet 1 of Programmable Antenna Installation Guide for DC Pulse Control Models Version KMW Communications, Inc Technical Support

2 Sheet 2 of Document Revision History Version Date Author Change Tracker Description 1.0 Sep. 1, 2008 Hyun Jung Initial publication 1.1 Jan. 25, 2009 Hyun Jung Overall Modify for DC Pulse control

3 Sheet 3 of Contents 1. Overview Product Handling Guidelines.6 3. Before Start Warehouse Pre-Test.8 5. Ground Pre-Test At The Site Antenna Installation Bias-T Installation and Control Test AICM Installation and Test RMA Process Customer service....26

4 Sheet 4 of Overview Base station antenna is getting more and more complicated and sophisticated these days in order to meet industry requirement of reducing OPEX and optimizing wireless network fast, easy and precisely. KMW Communications, Inc. provides variety of remote control antennas with different gains and beam widths in different frequency bands. This document is designed to give step-by-step guideline to antenna installation personals to follow to install KMW antenna product properly, safely and also efficiently. This guideline will give what to need to be done before heading out to sites at warehouse or office, and before and after raising antennas to the tower, and at the top of tower before antenna crew coming down to the ground. KMW provides two lines of antenna models by control methodology; AISG control and DC Pulse control. This document covers specifically DC Pulse antenna control models only. The antenna models using DC Pulse control are listed in the Table 1-1. KMW programmable antenna products have many moving parts and circuitries inside and must be handled with cautions. Any damages caused by improper handling are not covered by manufacturer s warranty. For further information, please contact KMW Communications, Inc. customer service at or info@kmwcomm.com. More product manuals and instructions and the latest firmware can be found at company web site, under Support menu.

5 Sheet 5 of Antenna Model Frequency Band Single/Dual Pole Gain (dbi) Downtilt Range Beam Steering Range Beam Width Comment s H3-X-AW T PCS, AWS ±45 Dual Pol 17 0 ~ to x 3 3 sector Flagpole Antenna H3-X-ID T* PCS ±45 Dual Pol 17 0 ~ to x 3 3 sector Flagpole Antenna HB-X-AW T PCS, AWS ±45 Dual Pol 19 0 ~ to HB-X-ID T* PCS ±45 Dual Pol 19 0 ~ to HB-X-AW T PCS, AWS ±45 Dual Pol 19 0 ~ 6-30 to HB-X-ID T* PCS ±45 Dual Pol 19 0 ~ 6-30 to HB-X-AW T PCS, AWS ±45 Dual Pol 16 0 ~ to HB-X-ID T* PCS ±45 Dual Pol 16 0 ~ to HB-X-AW T PCS, AWS ±45 Dual Pol 17 0 ~ to HB-X-ID T* PCS ±45 Dual Pol 17 0 ~ to HB-X-AW T PCS, AWS ±45 Dual Pol 18 0 ~ to HB-X-ID T* PCS ±45 Dual Pol 18 0 ~ to HB-X-AW T PCS, AWS ±45 Dual Pol 23 0 ~ 4-30 to HB-X-ID T* PCS ±45 Dual Pol 23 0 ~ 4-30 to * Models are discontinued and replaced with "-AW-" model which cover US PCS band as well as AWS. Table 1-1. KMW DC Pulse Control antenna models

6 Sheet 6 of Handling guidelines Read this KMW Programmable antenna installation guide carefully before proceed. Unlike conventional antenna, KMW Programmable antenna contains many moving parts and electric circuitries inside the radome. Even though, it is designed and manufactured to withstand general impacts during transportation and installation, it is strongly recommended that handle this product with proper care. It is recommended carrying this product with original packaging box with packing materials all times until installing the product at the cell site. You are not supposed to touch with wet hands or expose any of KMW products to moisture such as water or rain because it may cause product failure or degradation of product performance. Dropping, shaking or hitting with objects with forces such as a hammer, wrench are not permitted. Do not feed electric energy to the product other than designed to use. It may cause damage inside circuitry and won t be covered by manufacturer s warranty. Any damages caused by careless or improper handling by users are not covered by manufacturer s warranty. Contact KMW customer service for further information regarding manufacturer s warranty. Tel) , info@kmwcomm.com

7 Sheet 7 of Before start Following steps must be performed at clean open space for your safety and making sure not to lose any parts. You may use 10x10 white fabric painter s cover that can be found at major home improvement stores. In order for following these procedures, you should have these products and tools handy. - KMW Programmable Antenna - PAC-I (Portable Antenna Controller for DC Pulse control) - Anritsu SiteMaster or equivalent test equipment - Cables and connectors required by test equipment - Utility knife - Work gloves - Packing tapes Items below may not be required for Warehouse Pre-test but be useful if you want to practice assembly before going out to the site. - Monkey spanner - 6mm Hex wrench Figure 3-1. Required product and test equipment (Antenna, PAC-I, Anritsu SiteMaster)

8 Sheet 8 of Figure 3-2. Required Tools (Utility knife, Monkey spanner, Hex wrench, Gloves, Packing tape) 4. Warehouse Pre-test This step is recommended to save unwanted trip back to warehouse to pick up replacement antenna in case of realizing antenna failure at the time of installation, and this must be done at the warehouse or office before heading to the sites. Follow these step-by-step Warehouse Pre-test procedures to make sure if the antenna is functioning correctly and meeting spec requirements. 4.1 Check visually to see if there s any physical damage mark on the box when it is transported to the market. If it is damaged seriously, contact KMW customer service for further check up procedures and replacement if required. 4.2 Carefully open antenna box using utility knife. Proper handling care is required when you use knife not to cut yourself and products inside. Do not cut too deep and damage the product. 4.3 Check to see if any parts are missing. You will find following items inside box. Contents would be different per antenna models and applications. If you find any missing items, contact KMW customer service for replacement. 4.4 The antenna shown in the picture below is KMW DualPhase antenna product that supports electrical downtilt and beam steering features. Figure 4-1. Contents in the antenna box (An antenna, 2 pairs of mounting brackets, Antenna installation diagram and specification)

9 Sheet 9 of Figure 4.2. Mounting bracket kits 4.5 Product specification sheet comes with antenna electrical and mechanical specification, VSWR and port-to-port isolation measurement, antenna beam pattern, antenna installation guide/diagram. Be sure to read these carefully to understand products before proceeding next steps. Every KMW antenna comes with actual measurements of VSWR and Port-to-Port isolation to ensure meeting product specification. You can find this information inside of each antenna box. If product specification sheet is missing or the product fails to meet specification, contact KMW customer service for further support. 4.6 Downtilt bracket is also available as an option. Contact KMW customer service for other optional product availability and pricing information, info@kmwcomm.com. 4.7 Remove a weather seal cap from antenna control port. Antenna control port is clearly marked as CONTROL or CTRL and you can find this at the bottom of the antenna. Most of KMW products use diversity or the second Tx port (-45 ) for control. If you find that any product does not have clear indication of control port, contact KMW customer service for direction and further support. 4.8 Connect provided Bias-T to antenna control port. The Bias-T (KASCTR182019) provided

10 Sheet 10 of with PAC-I unit has DIN male connector to BTS side and DIN female connector to antenna side as shown in the picture below, Figure 4-3. You need DIN male to DIN male adaptor to connect this to antenna control port. Bias-T direction is marked on the label as shown in the picture below; one site as ANT and the other side as EQP. Figure 4-3. Connecting Bias-T to antenna control port Be sure to connect the Bias-T right direction. Otherwise, antenna is not going to response to the control requests. 4.9 Make sure PAC-I unit is turned off, and connect the one end of control cable to Bias-T control port and the other end to control port of PAC-I as shown in Figure 4-4. The control cable comes with PAC-I unit is a 3 (1 meter) RG-316 cable with SMA connector at both ends. Figure 4-4. Connecting control cable to Bias-T and PAC-I 4.10 Using a PAC-I unit, test if antenna control functions are working properly. KMW DualPhase antennas support electrical downtilt and beam steering features, and TriPhase antenna supports beam width adjustment in addition. If you fail to control the antenna and get alarm code instead, refer to PAC-I User Manual that comes with PAC-I unit for alarm code description and troubleshooting. Please, consult with KMW customer service info@kmwcomm.com for product availability for your applications This is an example how to test. KMW antenna comes with downtilt setting of 0 and azimuth setting at 0 as defaults. Change downtilt from 0 to max downtilt range and change it back to 0, and change azimuth from 0 to -30 and to +30 and change it back to 0.

11 Sheet 11 of Make sure PAC-I unit is fully charged before starting this process. If not charged, you may connect power cable to the unit and proceed the test Turn on the power of PAC-I unit and go through authorization process. When you see, Super ID, press ENT You need to type password. If you forget the password, please contact KMW technical support team at or Once you successfully login to PAC-I unit, select Antenna Control by entering 2 in Menu screen Move < or > keys and select correct antenna type, usually it must be HBRD 2-Way. Once you see the correct antenna type, press ENT key Move < or > keys and select correct antenna model. Select the antenna model you want to control by pressing ENT when you see it It is not necessary to select correct sector unless you want to use PC base PAC software. Refer to user manual for detail features and applications It will establish the connection to the antenna and get current setting for downtilt and azimuth. If there s any issue to acquire current setting, it will return alarm code. Refer to the PAC-I user manual for alarm description and troubleshooting recommendation If it is initializing properly, you may hear some motor moving noise. This is normal and you may hear this when you try to change antenna setting also When cursor is at VB1 which is downtilt control, press FWD ^ key or REV v key and set your downtilt degree and press ENT The numbers on the left are current settings and the numbers on the right inside the brackets [2.0] are your target settings. While it is adjusting the setting, you will see a small bar between current and target setting is rotating. Once completed, current setting will change to new setting and you will see OK on the right Press SEL to move the cursor to next item HB1 for azimuth setting. And adjust azimuth the same way as stated above Once you complete all tests, you can press SEL key for a few seconds to move to main menu and perform other sector antenna test or simply turn the unit off to complete the session If fails to control antenna, check following steps to make sure Check if you select correct antenna type and model Check if Bias-T is connected with correct direction Check if Bias-T is connected to control port of antenna marked as CTRL or CONTROL. This is usually diversity port (-45 ) that is right side of port looking from the back of antenna If all correct, and then change control cable and Bias-T one by one and try again.

12 Sheet 12 of Figure 4-5. PAC-I Screen captures 4.11 If it still fails, the antenna probably has an issue. Contact KMW tech support team for further assistance. If required, KMW will initiate RMA process 4.12 Check PAC-I user manual for details of how to access the unit and control antennas as well as how to upgrade your PAC-I unit. You can download latest PAC-I firmware and user manual from KMW website, under support menu, operating guide and software section. You may require to login to access this information. Please contact KMW customer service for acquiring login and password. For additional tech support need, you may contact a local KMW technical support team or call at or send an to techsupport@kmwcomm.com. You can find more contact information at KMW web site under Contact menu Once you complete step 4.10, disconnect PAC-I, control cable, male to male DIN adaptor and Bias-T and store them back to PAC-I carrying case for future use. Don t forget to fully charge PAC-I unit at all times for future use Remove weather seal cap from antenna ports and perform antenna sweep tests using Anritsu SiteMaster or equivalent test equipment. Check antenna specification for manufactured specification of VSWR. As an example, antenna with VSWR of 1.4 and better will expect to have return loss of 15.6 db and better. Every KMW antenna comes with actual measurements of the unit for VSWR and Port-to-Port isolation inside the antenna box. Be sure to set sweeping frequency range correctly.

13 Sheet 13 of If antenna is passed all tests from Step 1 to 13, putting weather seal caps back, and repacking the product carefully to original packing box for transporting to the site where the antenna is installed. Unlike conventional antenna, KMW programmable antenna contains moving parts and electronic circuitries and requires reasonable handling care and caution while transporting and installing the product Any damages caused by improper handling or careless treatment are not covered by manufacturer s warranty. For further information, you can contact KMW customer service at or info@kmwcomm.com.

14 Sheet 14 of Ground Pre-test at the site Be sure to fully charge a PAC-I unit before heading out to the site. Even though, you perform Warehouse Pre-test thoroughly, anything happens possibly in real world and you may find an antenna that is not functioning correctly or doesn t meet requirement or has missing parts, etc. KMW strongly recommends that you always bring a spare antenna kit when you go to the site. It will save a trip back to warehouse to get a new one and help you to install KMW product correctly using genuine parts provided by KMW. Ground Pre-test procedure is necessary to make sure that the antenna is functioning correctly as expected and meet the all specification required before raising to the antenna installation location, either building mount or tower mount. Once it is installed at the site, it will take much time and effort and money to replace, be sure to follow procedure carefully. For Ground Pre-test, steps 4.7 to 4.10 stated previously are required to perform again. You may put clean white fabric or plastic sheet on the ground first and perform the task in order to avoid losing parts or dust contact. You may set initial antenna downtilt and azimuth instructed by local RF engineer as they design the site. A sample antenna installation worksheet is attached below for your reference only and it can be customized per each market. These are required equipment and tools. - KMW Programmable Antenna - PAC-I unit and accessories (Portable Antenna Controller for DC Pulse control antennas) - Anritsu SiteMaster or equivalent test equipment - Cables and connectors required by test equipment - Clean white fabric or plastic sheet (Approx. 10 x10 ) - Utility knife - Work gloves Sample Antenna Installa Don t forget to fix connector weather proofing caps before raising the antenna to the tower or building.

15 Sheet 15 of Antenna Installation You may install antenna mounting brackets before raising antenna to the top of tower or installing to antenna mounting pole for easy and safe installation. These items are required or helpful when you assemble KMW antenna products and test at the site. Be sure to fully charge PAC-I and load with the latest software before heading to the site. Refer to user manual for upgrading PAC-I software. - KMW Programmable Antenna - PAC-I unit and accessories (Portable Antenna Controller for DC Pulse control antennas) - Anritsu SiteMaster or equivalent test equipment - Cables and connectors required by test equipment - Utility knife - Work gloves - Monkey spanner - 6mm Hex wrench - Color coding tapes - Compass - Digital Inclinometer - Weather proofing kits - Other antenna installation tools required by industry Mechanical downtilt bracket is also available as an option. For further information, you can contact KMW customer service at or info@kmwcomm.com. 6.1 Be sure to wear proper work gloves to protect your hands before proceed. 6.2 Assemble two pieces of M10 Hex bolts with a down part of clamp which has recessed hex mark as shown in the picture below and close with two M10 Hex nuts. Old model may not have recessed hex mark. 6.3 Remove M8 nuts if M8 socket head bolts come with them. It is just for protection from loosing washers and you don t need them for mounting clamp assembly. Using two M8 socket head bolts with a flat washer first and a spring washer together per each bolt, assemble the unit from Step 1 to upper part of antenna at pre holed locations. You need to use 6mm Hex wrench to do this step and Hex wrench is not provided with antenna kit and

16 Sheet 16 of you should bring it to the site for installation. You need to loose the first bolt so you can adjust and fit the second bolt to the hole easily. Make sure to tighten the bolts before proceed to the next step. Minimum torque requirement of M8 head bolts is 104 in. lbf. 6.4 Assemble closing part of clamp and spring washer first and flat washer followed by two M10 nuts per each bolt. You may not tight nuts yet since you may want to slide this side of mounting clamp through top of mounting pole. Figure 6-1. Top portion of antenna mounting bracket assembly 6.5 Follow from Step 1 to 3 again for assembling an antenna mounting clamp to lower part of antenna at pre holed locations except assembling closing part of clamp. You may assemble just one side, not both for still securing parts and installing antenna little easier. See below pictures for details. Figure 6-2. Lower portion of antenna mounting bracket assembly

17 Sheet 17 of As you notice, KMW antenna mounting positions are designed at each end of antenna because of supporting beam steering feature. High gain antenna which has longer antenna length may require replacing antenna mounting pole with longer ones. Replace antenna mounting poles first if needed before bringing assembled antenna to the mounting location. 6.7 Bring the assembled antenna to installation locations, either top of tower or building, following proper procedure specified industry guideline. Most of antenna physical damage is happening while rigging the antenna to the tower. Proper handling and rigging techniques and equipment are required in order for not damaging antenna while bring it to installation location. There should be at least two or more antenna crew to install and test KMW antenna at the site. Antenna crew should try their best not to let the antenna hit the tower or other structures that possibly damages antenna physically. All safety procedures and measures required by industry should be taken properly while working at cell sites all times. KMW is not writing installation safety requirements for antenna installation industry and is not responsible for any accidents or damages happened while installing KMW antenna products. RF radiation may harm your health and may not expose yourself direct radiation in front of antenna. Be sure to turn off RF power before climbing the tower and working near the antennas. For further information, you may check FCC web site, or related web sites for MPE (Maximum Permissible Exposure) level.

18 Sheet 18 of Figure 6-3. Antenna rigging guideline 6.8 Install the antenna to antenna mounting pole using top first and fix the lower clamp later usually for easier installation. You may fix the lower clamp first in certain circumstance but it is not recommended in most of cases. 6.9 Set physical azimuth as required by engineering design. If equipped and required, set antenna physical downtilt also. You need to have a compass and a digital inclinometer to perform this task. You should use minimum torque of 208 in. lbf to fix M10 Hex nuts using a monkey spanner or a 16 mm spanner If you replaced antenna mounting pole, you need to reconnect the ground cable per your engineering standard requirement. Figure 6-4. Antenna installation pictures (Shown TriPhase antenna with optional downtilt bracket) If you are not using existing jumper cables, and then replace them with new ones and connect to feeder lines At the ground, run sweep tests following sweep test guideline your company may have, to make sure that all transmission system such as jumpers, connectors are meeting required

19 Sheet 19 of standards. Anritsu SiteMaster or equivalent test equipment may be used for this task. You may run measurement of Return loss, Insertion loss and DTF (Distance to Fault) before connecting antennas. Refer to your test equipment (Anritsu SiteMaster or equivalent) user manual and your company s sweep test guidelines for test methods and procedures. If any of tests doesn t meet your requirements due to any component failure through transmission line, fix or replace failed parts and run the test again Connect top jumpers to antenna and run system sweep test again to make sure total system sweep also meet your company sweep test guideline and specs. Be sure to connect to right feeder lines. Connecting cable incorrectly results in improper operation of network and causing network performance degradation. Even though, all components along the line meet their specs but still fail to meet your total system sweep guide, you may replace one by one until it meets your expectation If KMW antenna is failing to meet the spec, replace with other antennas by following step 1 to step 13 again. For those failed unit, contact KMW technical support team for failure verification and initiate RMA process if required.

20 Sheet 20 of Bias-T Installation and control test 7.1 Install a Bias-T at the bottom jumper end usually going in between Polyphaser and bottom jumper connector. Be sure to connect Bias-T direction correctly. The side with label ANT must be connected to antenna side (bottom jumper) and the other side with label EQP or BTS to base station side (Polyphaser). If Bias-T direction is installed incorrectly, antennas cannot be controlled. 7.2 Be sure to use right connector type for your base station. Contact KMW customer service for available connector type. If needed, you may use an adaptor to change a gender from one connector to the other. 7.3 Connect RG-316 SMA control cable provided with PAC-I to Bias-T control port. Refer to Warehouse Pre-test section in this document for step by step pictures. 7.4 Connect the other end of control cable to PAC-I control port. Be sure to have PAC-I turned off. 7.5 Make sure PAC-I unit is fully charged before starting this process. 7.6 Turn on the power of PAC-I unit and go through authorization process. When you see, Super ID, press ENT 7.7 You need to type password. If you forget the password, please contact KMW technical support team at or techsupport@kmwcomm.com. 7.8 Once you successfully login to PAC-I unit, select Antenna Control by entering 2 in Menu screen. 7.9 Move < or > keys and select correct antenna type, usually it must be HBRD 2-Way. Once you see the correct antenna type, press ENT key Move < or > keys and select correct antenna model. Select the antenna model you want to control by pressing ENT when you see it It is not necessary to select correct sector unless you want to use PC base PAC software. Refer to user manual for detail features and applications.

21 Sheet 21 of It will establish the connection to the antenna and get current setting for downtilt and azimuth. If there s any issue to acquire current setting, it will return alarm code. Refer to the PAC-I user manual for alarm description and troubleshooting recommendation You can test antenna control functions to verify its functionalities and set antenna downtilt and azimuth as instructed by RF engineer if not done at Ground Pre-test process performed before lifting up the antenna to the tower Try to change downtilt from 0 to max downtilt range and change it back to degree that you want to set, and change azimuth from 0 to -30 and to +30 and change it back to the degree where you want to set. Refer to PAC-I Quick Start Guide at the end of this document or user manual for how to operate PAC-I unit If fails to control antenna, check followings to make sure Check if you select correct antenna type and model Check if Bias-T is connected with correct direction If the line with Bias-T is connected to control port of antenna marked as CTRL or CONTROL. This is usually diversity port (-45 ) that is right side of port looking from the back of antenna Swap the cable between main and diversity and see if it fixes the issue If all correct, and then change control cable and Bias-T one by one and try again If it still fails to control the antenna, replace the antenna and try again 7.17 If all antenna functional tests and sweep tests are passed for requirements, at the top of tower, apply weather proofing at antenna connection points as well as main feeder line connection points following industry guidelines And then fix jumper cables to antenna mounting pole or mounting platform to secure the cables, and color code jumpers and cables correctly following your company color coding guidelines before bringing antenna crew down from the tower. Refer to your company s antenna installation/engineering guideline for this step.

22 Sheet 22 of Figure 7-1. Bias-T Installation Samples Actual connection may be different in your market from shown above. Contact KMW technical support team for further assistance,

23 Sheet 23 of AICM Installation and test AICM (Air Interface Control Module) is designed to control up to three antennas remotely through CAMS (Central Antenna Management System) via Ethernet or wireless connection using built-in wireless modem. In order to control antenna remotely, wireless modem needs to be activated and provisioned and data filled correctly in CAMS database. If connected by Ethernet, the port should be configured correctly as the base station. Refer to AICM manual for connection options and detail settings. 8.1 Laying down number of cables you need to connect on the floor and tie down together so you can pull the cables together through conduit. If you want to control three sectors, you need to have three cables. 8.2 Be sure to color coding the cables using color tapes following your company s cable color coding scheme 8.3 Pulling control cables through conduit from Bias-T location to AICM installed location. 8.4 Connect control cables to appropriate Bias-Ts 8.5 Test connection at the other end using PAC-I following procedure stated in Section Once you test the connection, connect the control cable to the matching ports on the back of AICM. Be sure turn off the power of AICM. 8.7 When you connect all connectors, connect AC or -48V DC power to AICM and turn the power of AICM and see if power and sector status LED lit up with green. 8.8 If the sector LED is red, check control cable connection on the back of AICM and Bias-T. 8.9 Once AICM turns on, it will connect to CAMS periodically, and get antenna change and firmware upgrade request, and execute the order and report confirmation. You may use RG-316 SMA cable up to 45 (15 meter). Due to the cable loss, if it is longer than 60 (20 meter), you must use RG-400 SMA cable. Please contact KMW customer service for available standard and custom made cables.

24 Sheet 24 of Figure 8-1. AICM Installation Samples Figure 8-2. Outdoor AICM Mockup Samples

25 Sheet 25 of RMA (Return Material Authorization) Process Currently, if you have any product requiring RMA, you need to contact KMW customer service to initiate RMA process. KMW will verify the issue and issue an RMA number if required. KMW RMA and return policy will be available upon request. In order to serve customer better and faster for RMA need, and handle the cases efficiently, KMW is developing new RMA tool which is web base tool handling RMA process from start to the end through the web. Refer to attached RMA User Manual for detail. Outline of the tool is described below. KMW will release the tool to customer when it is ready. 9.1 Create issue: When customer has an issue with KMW product, customer accesses to RMA tool web site, and create New Issue. 9.2 Once new issue created, it automatically assigns an issue number and notifies KMW tech support team by as well as notification to issue creator for confirmation. 9.3 KMW tech support team contact customer to collect more information or arrange a site visit for verifying an issue and trying to do on-site troubleshooting if required. 9.4 When KMW tech support team confirms that the issue cannot be fixed at the site and product needs to be replaced, and then issue RMA number. 9.5 Customer needs to arrange product replacement and replace the product. Once the product is ready to ship back to KMW, pack the product appropriately using the product packing box and materials. 9.6 When it is delivered to KWM, confirmation is sent through RMA tool to customer. 9.7 KMW will send replacement and close RMA process. Confirmation will be sent to customer with tracking numbers. RMA User Manual v01.doc

26 Sheet 26 of Customer service For customer support need regarding this product, contact customer support lines listed below. Home-page: Address: KMW Communications, Inc E. Orangethorpe Ave., Ste A. Fullerton, CA TEL: , Toll free: FAX: