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Software Description

Software Version V3.2

AN00224281 (62.1017.310.50-A001)
Edition e, 05.2001
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Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 General.................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1.1 Purpose of this document ............................................................................ 1-1
1.1.2 About this document .................................................................................... 1-1
1.1.3 Supplementary documents .......................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Hardware requirements for use with SECO software.............................................. 1-2
1.2.1 Requirements ............................................................................................... 1-2
1.2.2 Serial cable .................................................................................................. 1-2
1.3 Installing the SECO software on your computer ..................................................... 1-3
1.3.1 SECO installation location............................................................................ 1-3
1.4 SECO configuration................................................................................................. 1-4
1.5 SECO graphical user interface................................................................................ 1-6
1.5.1 Spreadsheet-based windows ....................................................................... 1-6
1.5.2 Color scheme ............................................................................................... 1-7
2 SECO Main window
2.1 General layout of the Main window ........................................................................ 2-1
2.1.1 Overview ...................................................................................................... 2-1
2.1.2 What the main window looks like for redundant systems............................. 2-2
2.1.3 Parts of the main window ............................................................................. 2-2
2.2 Pulldown menus of the SECO main window ........................................................... 2-3
2.2.1 ’File’ pulldown menu..................................................................................... 2-3
2.2.2 ’Parameter’ pulldown menu.......................................................................... 2-5
2.2.3 ’Window’ pulldown menu.............................................................................. 2-6
2.2.4 SECO information window ........................................................................... 2-7
3 Application of the SECO
3.1 General overview of the SECO window organization.............................................. 3-1
3.1.1 Finding lists .................................................................................................. 3-1
3.1.2 Working with lists ......................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 RASCO list .............................................................................................................. 3-2
3.3 Modem lists ............................................................................................................. 3-3
3.4 Signal path list ......................................................................................................... 3-5
3.5 Link list .................................................................................................................... 3-6
3.6 Modifying list entries in the ’Views’ pulldown menu................................................. 3-7
4 Navigating through the RASCO list
4.1 General layout of the RASCO list ........................................................................... 4-1
4.2 Options and commands of the Object menu ........................................................... 4-2
4.2.1 Schematic overview of menu options in the RASCO list.............................. 4-2
4.3 ’Edit’ menu options .................................................................................................. 4-2
4.3.1 ’Copy’ and ’Copy All’ menu options:............................................................. 4-3
4.3.2 ’Select All’ menu option:............................................................................... 4-3
4.3.3 ’Update“ and ’Update all’ ’Object’ menu options ......................................... 4-3
4.3.4 ’Status’, ’Errors’ and ’Alarm Status’ ’Object’ menu options ......................... 4-4

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4.3.5 ’Redundancy’ option in the ’Object’ menu:................................................... 4-6

4.3.6 ’Configuration’ option in the ’Object’ menu................................................... 4-7
4.3.7 ’Set License’ and ’Show Services’ options in the ’Object’ menu ................. 4-8
4.4 ’Parameter’ menu options ..................................................................................... 4-10
4.4.1 Navigation .................................................................................................. 4-10
4.4.2 ’Equipment’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu .............................................. 4-10
4.4.3 ’RBS Id’ option in the ’Parameter’menu ..................................................... 4-11
4.4.4 ’Software Download’ option in ’Parameter’ menu ...................................... 4-11
4.4.5 ’Software Download Info’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu ......................... 4-12
4.4.6 ’Sector Parameter’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu ................................... 4-13
4.4.7 ’Time’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu........................................................ 4-13
4.5 RASCO switchover ............................................................................................... 4-14
5 Navigating through Modem lists
5.1 General layout of Modem lists................................................................................. 5-1
5.2 Options and commands in the ’Object’ menu ......................................................... 5-2
5.2.1 Navigation .................................................................................................... 5-2
5.2.2 ’New BST (BRC, CPE) modem’ option in ’Object’ menu ............................. 5-3
5.2.3 ’Remove’ option in the ’Object’ menu........................................................... 5-4
5.3 ’CPE - Modem Setup’ option in ’Object’ Menu ........................................................ 5-4
5.3.1 ’Reboot’ option in ’Object’ menu .................................................................. 5-5
5.3.2 ’Update’ and ’Update all’ options in ’Object’ menu ...................................... 5-5
5.3.3 ’Status’ option in ’Object’ menu.................................................................... 5-6
5.3.4 ’Error’ option in the ’Object’ menu ................................................................ 5-7
5.3.5 ’Clear Error Memory’ option in the ’Object’ menu ........................................ 5-7
5.3.6 ’Alarms’ option in ’Object’ menu................................................................... 5-8
5.3.7 ’Configuration Info’ option in ’Object’ menu................................................ 5-12
5.4 ’Parameter’ menu options ..................................................................................... 5-13
5.4.1 Navigation .................................................................................................. 5-13
5.4.2 ’Modify’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu ..................................................... 5-14
5.4.3 ’Replace Factory Id’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu ................................. 5-15
5.4.4 ’MUX Id’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu (BST modems only)................... 5-15
5.4.5 ’Software Download’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu ................................ 5-15
5.4.6 ’SVx Adapter’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu (CPE modem only) ............ 5-16
5.4.7 ’Test Loop’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu
(BST and CPE modems only) .................................................................... 5-16
5.4.8 ’Performance Monitoring’ option in ’Parameter’ menu .............................. 5-18
5.4.9 ’Performance Monitoring’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu
(only BST and CPE)................................................................................... 5-19
5.4.10 ’Time’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu........................................................ 5-20
6 Navigating through the Signal Path list
6.1 General layout of the Signal Path list ...................................................................... 6-1
6.2 Options and commands in the ’Object’ menu ......................................................... 6-2
6.2.1 Navigation .................................................................................................... 6-2
6.2.2 ’Signal Path’ option in the ’Object’ menu...................................................... 6-3
6.2.3 ’BRC Modem’ option of the ’Object’ menu ................................................... 6-7
6.3 Options and commands in the ’Parameter’ menu ................................................. 6-12

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6.3.1 Navigation .................................................................................................. 6-12

6.3.2 ’IF Unit’ option in the Parameter menu....................................................... 6-15
6.3.3 ’HPA’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu ........................................................ 6-15
7 Navigating through the Links list
7.1 General layout of the Links list ............................................................................... 7-1
7.2 Options and commands in the ’Object’ menu.......................................................... 7-2
7.2.1 Navigation .................................................................................................... 7-2
7.2.2 ’New Radio Link’ option in the ’Object’ menu ............................................... 7-2
7.2.3 ’Remove’ option in the ’Object’ menu........................................................... 7-3
7.2.4 ’DBA Configuration’ option in the ’Object’ menu .......................................... 7-4
7.2.5 ’Update’ and ’Update All’ options in the ’Object’ menu ............................... 7-5
7.2.6 ’Alarms’ option in the ’Object’ menu ............................................................. 7-5
7.3 Options and commands in the ’Parameter’ menu ................................................... 7-6
7.3.1 Navigation .................................................................................................... 7-6
7.3.2 ’Modify’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu ....................................................... 7-7
7.3.3 ’RTPC’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu ........................................................ 7-9
8 Alarms
8.1 RASCO EPG alarms ............................................................................................... 8-1
8.1.1 Redundancy alarms ..................................................................................... 8-1
8.1.2 Local RASCO ............................................................................................... 8-1
8.1.3 Remote RASCO ........................................................................................... 8-1
8.2 RF EPG alarms ....................................................................................................... 8-2
8.2.1 Signal path 1 (left-hand side: operation) ...................................................... 8-2
8.2.2 Signal path 2 (right-hand side: protection) ................................................... 8-2
8.3 Radio link alarms..................................................................................................... 8-3
8.4 Modem alarms......................................................................................................... 8-4
8.4.1 Alarms .......................................................................................................... 8-4
8.4.2 Baseband alarms ......................................................................................... 8-5
8.4.3 RTPC alarms................................................................................................ 8-5
9 Index

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Figures
Fig. 1-1 SECO destination location ................................................................................. 1-3
Fig. 1-2 Command line parameters ................................................................................ 1-5
Fig. 2-1 SECO main window ........................................................................................... 2-1
Fig. 2-2 ’File’ pulldown menu .......................................................................................... 2-4
Fig. 2-3 ’Parameter’ pulldown menu ............................................................................... 2-5
Fig. 2-4 ’Window’ pulldown menu ................................................................................... 2-6
Fig. 2-5 SECO information window ................................................................................. 2-7
Fig. 3-1 Navigating through the SECO: First level ......................................................... 3-1
Fig. 3-2 Structure of the RASCO list ............................................................................... 3-2
Fig. 3-3 Submenus of the RASCO list ............................................................................ 3-2
Fig. 3-4 Example of a modem list layout ......................................................................... 3-3
Fig. 3-5 Overview of submenus in modem lists .............................................................. 3-4
Fig. 3-6 Example of signal path list layout ...................................................................... 3-5
Fig. 3-7 Overview of submenus in the signal path list ..................................................... 3-5
Fig. 3-8 Link list layout .................................................................................................... 3-6
Fig. 3-9 Overview of submenus in the link list ................................................................. 3-6
Fig. 3-10 List part of defined columns ............................................................................... 3-7
Fig. 3-11 Defining columns in the ’Measurement’ command ............................................ 3-7
Fig. 4-1 Areas in the RASCO list .................................................................................... 4-1
Fig. 4-2 ’Edit’ pulldown menu .......................................................................................... 4-2
Fig. 4-3 Navigating to the ’Object’ pulldown menu .......................................................... 4-3
Fig. 4-4 RASCO – Error memory window ....................................................................... 4-5
Fig. 4-5 RASCO – Alarm status window ......................................................................... 4-6
Fig. 4-6 Redundancy ....................................................................................................... 4-6
Fig. 4-7 ’Configuration’ .................................................................................................... 4-7
Fig. 4-8 RASCO – License key input window ................................................................. 4-8
Fig. 4-9 RASCO – TCP/IP device list .............................................................................. 4-9
Fig. 4-10 Navigating to the ’Parameter’ pulldown menu ................................................. 4-10
Fig. 4-11 RASCO Equipment .......................................................................................... 4-10
Fig. 4-12 RASCO RBS Id dialog ..................................................................................... 4-11
Fig. 4-13 RASCO – Software Download dialog .............................................................. 4-11
Fig. 4-14 Sector parameter ............................................................................................. 4-13
Fig. 4-15 Time ................................................................................................................. 4-13
Fig. 4-16 RASCO switchover .......................................................................................... 4-14
Fig. 4-17 RASCO switch ................................................................................................. 4-14
Fig. 5-1 Areas in modem list windows ............................................................................ 5-1
Fig. 5-2 Navigating to the ’Object’ pulldown menu .......................................................... 5-2
Fig. 5-3 Object – New BST (BRC) modem ..................................................................... 5-3
Fig. 5-4 Object – New CPE modem ................................................................................ 5-3

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Fig. 5-5 CPE modem setup ............................................................................................ 5-4

Fig. 5-6 Object – Reboot window .................................................................................... 5-5
Fig. 5-7 Object – Status window ..................................................................................... 5-6
Fig. 5-8 Object – Error memory window ......................................................................... 5-7
Fig. 5-9 Example of alarms in the ’Alarm Status’ window ............................................... 5-8
Fig. 5-10 Modem – Alarms: Alarms tab (of the BST list) .................................................. 5-9
Fig. 5-11 Modem – Alarms: Alarms tab of the CPE list .................................................. 5-10
Fig. 5-12 Modem – Alarms: Threshold alarms tab .......................................................... 5-11
Fig. 5-13 Object – BRC modem - Configuration info ...................................................... 5-12
Fig. 5-14 Navigating to the ’Parameter’ pulldown menu ................................................. 5-13
Fig. 5-15 Parameter – Modify window ............................................................................ 5-14
Fig. 5-16 Parameter – Replace Factory Id window ......................................................... 5-15
Fig. 5-17 BST Modem Software Download window ....................................................... 5-15
Fig. 5-18 Parameter – CPE SVx Adapter ....................................................................... 5-16
Fig. 5-19 Parameter – Test Loop .................................................................................... 5-16
Fig. 5-20 Parameter – Monitoring window ...................................................................... 5-18
Fig. 5-21 Parameter – Performance Monitoring window ................................................ 5-19
Fig. 5-22 Example of the ’Object Time’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu ......................... 5-20
Fig. 6-1 Layout of the Signal Path window ..................................................................... 6-1
Fig. 6-2 Navigating to the ’Object’ pulldown menu ......................................................... 6-2
Fig. 6-3 Object – New Signal Path .................................................................................. 6-3
Fig. 6-4 Redundancy – RF-EPG status window ............................................................. 6-4
Fig. 6-5 Redundancy – RF Switch window ..................................................................... 6-5
Fig. 6-6 Object – Signal Path Alarm Status window ....................................................... 6-6
Fig. 6-7 Object – Reboot window .................................................................................... 6-7
Fig. 6-8 Object – Status window ..................................................................................... 6-7
Fig. 6-9 Object – Error memory window ......................................................................... 6-8
Fig. 6-10 Object – BRC Modem – Alarms: Alarms tab ..................................................... 6-9
Fig. 6-11 Object – BRC Modem – Alarms: Threshold Alarms Tab ................................. 6-10
Fig. 6-12 Object – BRC modem - Configuration Info ...................................................... 6-11
Fig. 6-13 Parameter – Modify window ............................................................................ 6-12
Fig. 6-14 Parameter – Replace Factory Id window ......................................................... 6-12
Fig. 6-15 Parameter - Software Download Window ........................................................ 6-13
Fig. 6-16 Parameter – Monitoring window ...................................................................... 6-14
Fig. 6-17 Parameter – Gains window ............................................................................. 6-15
Fig. 7-1 Areas in the Link List window ............................................................................ 7-1
Fig. 7-2 Navigating to the ’Object’ pulldown menu ......................................................... 7-2
Fig. 7-3 New Radio Link window .................................................................................... 7-2
Fig. 7-4 Drag & Drop function ......................................................................................... 7-3
Fig. 7-5 DBA Link Configuration window ........................................................................ 7-4
Fig. 7-6 ’Alarm Status’ option in the ’Object’ menu: ........................................................ 7-5
Fig. 7-7 Navigating to the ’Parameter’ pulldown menu ................................................... 7-6

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Fig. 7-8 Radio Links - Modify window ............................................................................. 7-7

Fig. 7-9 Time slot - dialog box ......................................................................................... 7-8
Fig. 7-10 Parameter – RTPC ............................................................................................ 7-9
Fig. 7-11 ’Authentication & Encryption’ option and its commands .................................... 7-9
Fig. 7-12 A & E default configuration window (example) ................................................ 7-10
Fig. 7-13 Link - A&E - ’Set On/Off to All’ and ’Set On/Off’ .............................................. 7-10
Fig. 7-14 Link - A&E - ’Status’ ......................................................................................... 7-11
Fig. 7-15 Security Check window .................................................................................... 7-12

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Abbreviations
AGC Automatic Gain Control
BRC Broadcast Carrier
BST Base Station
CDN Central Distribution Node
CIU Customer Interface Unit
CPE Customers Premises Equipment
CRU Customer Radio Unit
DAGC Digital Automatic Gain Control
DBA Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
DMS Digital Multipoint System
FBA Flexible (Configurable) Bandwidth Allocation
FDD Frequency Duplex
HPA High Power Amplifier
IDU Indoor Unit
IF Intermediate Frequency
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
LAN Local Area Network
MOCO Modem Controller
MUX Multiplexer
NU Network Unit
OAM Operation, Administration and Maintenance
ODU Outdoor Unit
PSK Phase Shift Keying
RAM Random Access Memory
RASCO Radio System Controller
RBS Radio Base Station
RNCS Radio Network Control System
RNU Remote Network Unit
RRS Remote Radio Station
RF Radio Frequency
RTFC Remote Transmission Frequency Control
RTPC Remote Transmission Power Control
Rx Receiver
SECO Service Controller
SNI Service Node Interface

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SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol

TS Terminal Station
Tx Transmitter
UNI User Network Interface
VoD Video on Demand
WGA Waveguide Attenuator
WLL Wireless Local Loop

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1 Introduction
1.1 General
1.1.1 Purpose of this document
This document gives an overview of the Service Controller (SECO)
software.

It contains the following sections:

• Hardware requirements
• Installation procedure for the SECO software
• Tasks of the SECO
• Color scheme
• Main and list windows
• Pulldown menus and options

1.1.2 About this document

Some chapters contain information sections which are marked by a
special symbol in the left-hand margin. The information sections contain
important background information and additional instructions.

Sections marked by the following symbols contain important information

about
• equipment and operation

• important additional information

1.1.3 Supplementary documents

This document gives a general overview of how the SECO is organized.
For use in a commissioning process there are special manuals describing
the application step by step. For this purpose, please refer to our
Commissioning Manuals.

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1.2 Hardware requirements for use with SECO software

1.2.1 Requirements
SECO is a software application running on a laptop or desktop computer.
It can be used to install and service RBS components of the MDMS and
the associated software.

During the installation process, you should ensure to install the latest
SECO version. Earlier SECO versions may not operate correctly with new
versions of the system software.

The minimum PC requirements are as follows:

• Pentium processor 75 MHz or equivalent

• 16 MB RAM
• 75 MB free space on hard disk
• Operating system Windows 95® or Windows NT®
• One RS232 port (COM1 or COM2)

The software is supplied on DOS-formatted 1.44 MB floppy disks.

The SECO provides the service operator with a graphical user interface to
perform installation and maintenance tasks. It is limited to the radio units of
the MDMS systems.

1.2.2 Serial cable

You require a crossed serial cable to connect your computer to the MDMS
system. The pin assignments of this cable are indicated in the following
table.

Table 1-1 Crossed serial cable (RS232)

Side A Length Side B

9-pin Sub-D, female 2m 25-pin Sub-D, male
Pin Pin
2 3
3 2
5 7

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1.3 Installing the SECO software on your computer

You require three floppy disks containing the SECO software.

Installing the floppy disks

1 Insert Disk 1 of the set of three SECO disks in the floppy drive of your
computer. Use Windows Explorer to find the following file on the disk,
and double-click it to start the software installation:
A:\setup.exe
2 Load all three disks. You will be prompted to insert the next disk when it
is required.

1.3.1 SECO installation location

Fig. 1-1 SECO destination location

By default, the SECO installation creates a directory on your computer named

’C:\Marconi\ANS_DMS\DMS\V3_0\’. We recommend to use this default
directory since default folders are also created to contain the RASCO and
Modem Controller files.

If you want to install to another location, click the Browse... button in the
’Destination Location’ window. A menu then appears for you to select a
different installation location or type in a new directory name.

Click ’Next’ in the ’Directory Location’ window to continue the installation.

Click the ’Cancel’ button to abort the installation or click ’Back’ to return to
the Welcome mask.

The next window allows you to select the type of installation.

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1.4 SECO configuration

’Execute Command’ parameter

You can start SECO from Windows 95 by clicking the SECO icon. You can
modify the command line associated with the icon to ensure that the PC
serial port used by SECO is correctly configured.

1. Copy the file ’SECO.EXE’ to the desktop.

2. Click the SECO icon using the right mouse button. This opens a small
menu. Using the left mouse button, click ’Properties’ at the bottom of
the menu. (Note: This applies to the default mouse installation. With a
mouse installation for left-handed people, the mouse buttons are
reversed.)
3. Add -h as required to the end of the ’Target’ input. Then click OK. This
closes the dialog box (see Fig. 1-2).
When you start the SECO with the option -h, a help window appears
and gives an overview of the accessible command line options (see
Fig. 1-2 on page 1-5).

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Fig. 1-2 Command line parameters

’Execute Command’ configuration

Apart from the parameters defined in the SECO.INI file, you can start the
SECO using different parameters. Use the command line parameters as
follows:

• Setting the port used

C:\ . . . \seco.exe -p=1 sets the serial port to 1 or
C:\ . . . \seco.exe -p=2 sets the serial port to 2
C:\ . . . \seco.exe -p=3 sets the serial port to 3
C:\ . . . \seco.exe -p=4 sets the serial port to 4
• Setting the port rate
C:\ . . . \seco.exe -b=19200 sets the baud rate to 19200
or
C:\ . . . \seco.exe -b=38400 sets the baud rate to 38400

If you double-click to start the SECO, it will start with the parameters you
have just entered.

Rem.: If you use command line parameters, the values defined via a
command line parameter become master. In this case, the values
defined in the SECO.INI file are ignored.

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Rem.: To set up a connection via TCP/IP, use the command line

parameter ’-host’, e.g. ’...\seco.exe -Host=150.12.12.91’.

1.5 SECO graphical user interface

1.5.1 Spreadsheet-based windows
Spreadsheet-based windows are mostly used to display specific network
element information. To change specific parameters or to perform opera-
tions, a dialog box normally opens.

Spreadsheet-based windows have some common properties that make

life easier for a user.

New arrangement of rows and columns

Select a column by clicking it with <SHIFT+RightMouseButton> and
dragging it to its new position. Drop it there. The same procedure also
works for rows.

Sorting by columns
To sort the spreadsheet by a specific column, double-click the column
header (column name) using the left mouse button.
To sort the spreadsheet by object index (default ordering), double-click
the Index column.

Using operations on multiple elements

Click the row header (first cell in a row) using the left mouse button to
select a complete row (single element). Then execute the desired
operation by selecting a menu option (menu object or parameter) or
clicking a button.
To apply the same operation to several elements, select several rows
by using <SHIFT+LeftMouseButton> or <CTRL+LeftMouseButton>
and execute the operation.
Select the complete spreadsheet by clicking the cell in the top left
corner of the spreadsheet using the left mouse button.

Rem.: Not all operations can be invoked for multiple elements.

Mouse shortcut for operations

To execute operations very quickly, you can execute many operations
by double-clicking a cell that contains a parameter for an operation.
Just try it.

With this method, certain operations are invoked only in the display

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mode. For example, double-click the time slot to display the TimeSlots
dialog box only. Here you cannot apply a new value to the remote mo-
dem.

Views
Spreadsheets provide several views to allow you to find information
more easily by context. A view is defined by setting and ordering col-
umns displayed. Normally at least two views are available: The All view
presenting all columns, and the User view you can rearrange yourself.
Often views present only a subset of all columns in the spreadsheet.
For example, a Rx Link view only displays the link parameters on the
receive side of the modem.

Here it is possible to add new views (user defined) by changing the INI
file “Mmi.ini”. Just add a new input in the spreadsheet-based window
from the View menu and the Properties submenu. Start the SECO soft-
ware, open the window and exit SECO again. If the file “Mmi.ini” is writ-
able, the corresponding columns for your view have been created in
the file. Delete the columns you do not need and correct the numbering
of the view columns. A readable column ID is signed to each view col-
umn that indicates what information should be displayed in the column
together with a few numbers. The first number defines the starting posi-
tion of the column, the other numbers define the column width.
Columns are internally ordered according to their starting position. You
may have to experiment until you reach satisfying results.

Rem.: Always keep a copy of the original INI file so that you can
restore the original state.

1.5.2 Color scheme

• General meanings
green ............. OK, OK state, connected (peer connection (Main view)).
red ......................... NOK state, error(s), one or more alarms are active.
blue..........................................unknown, initializing, intermediate state.
• Main View window

Color Content Meaning

green Connection is set up.

red Connection is interrupted.

red Alarm One object of the specific equipment

generates alarms.

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• Modem List window

Color Content Meaning

green in The modem is in normal operating mode.

operation

red out of The modem is not in operation.

operation

red Alarm The modem has at least one alarm pend-

ing.

• (Radio) Link List window(s)

Color: Content Meaning

green up Radio link is set up and in operation.

red down The radio link is interrupted.

red Alarm The radio link has at least one alarm
pending.

• Intermediate status

Color: Content Meaning

light blue set up The radio link is set up but without
parameters.

light blue prepared The radio link is prepared and has

specific parameters.

grey disabled The radio link is deactivated.

green enabled The radio link is activated.

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2 SECO Main window

2.1 General layout of the Main window
2.1.1 Overview
This window opens when you start up the SECO application. The lines
which symbolize the connection between the SECO, RASCO and Base
Station equipment are at first blue to indicate the intermediate state of con-
nection. After a short time (a few seconds) the line turns to green or red
depending on whether it is possible to set up a connection (green) or not
(red).

The block diagram window gives an overview of the network elements,

their alarm statuses and their accessibility. This will be described in more
detail later in this chapter.

Fig. 2-1 SECO main window

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2.1.2 What the main window looks like for redundant systems
In a redundant system there are some slight differences in the structure of
the main window:

• The BRC Modem button is labelled ’Sig Path’.

• In a redundant system, the RASCO button is labelled RASCO (Master)
or RASCO (Slave) to show whether the SECO is connected to the
RASCO which is used in ’master’ or ’slave’ mode.

2.1.3 Parts of the main window

Title bar
The title bar shows the serial port used which can be defined in the
SECO.INI file or by using the command line option -p. If the SECO is
connected, for example, to the RASCO via a TCP/IP network, the title
bar shows the TCP/IP address.

Menu bar
The menu bar contains the pulldown menus ’File’, ’Parameter’, ’Win-
dow’ and ’Help’ which are described later in this chapter.

Selecting the connection type

The ’Connection Type’ selection check boxes specify the type of equip-
ment to which the SECO is currently connected. You must specify the
correct type. If the SECO can communicate with the connected equip-
ment, the connection line to the SECO changes to green. If the SECO
is connected, for example, to the RASCO, select the check box for the
RASCO. If the line which symbolizes the connection between the
SECO and RASCO turns red, the connection is down. In this case,
check the connection and the quality of the cable.

Communication button
The Communication button allows rapid access to information to diag-
nose communication problems with the unit connected.

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Symbol buttons
The symbol buttons allow rapid and easy access to the communication
windows of separate units or connections between units (e.g. link but-
ton).

Status line
The status line provides useful messages, e.g. whether the connection
is up or down.

2.2 Pulldown menus of the SECO main window

2.2.1 ’File’ pulldown menu
You can select three commands from the ’File’ pulldown menu:

• Interrupt operations
Some operations may need a lot of time, especially when there is a
large number of objects involved in the process. It is helpful to abort
these operations because you may want to do some other work with
the SECO.

• Reset
Click the ’Reset’ menu option to abort all operations and close all open
windows. In general the ’Reset’ command is similar to using the ’Exit
SECO’ command to restart the SECO.

• Exit SECO
The ’Exit SECO’ command quits the SECO.

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The ’Save’ command is not active in this window because its use is not
necessary in this window.

Fig. 2-2 ’File’ pulldown menu

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2.2.2 ’Parameter’ pulldown menu

From the ’Parameter’ pulldown menu you can select three commands:

Fig. 2-3 ’Parameter’ pulldown menu

AutoUpdate (Fig. 2-3 on page 2-5):

The ’AutoUpdate’ command contains several toggle switches that allow
you to define as to when an update shall be performed and which infor-
mation is to be retrieved. Disable these toggles when the update and
information retrieval is too slow. The highest efficiency is achieved
when you disable updates for new elements (or new rows) in the
spreadsheet. You can always manually update the spreadsheet by
selecting the rows and applying the Update operation.
- ’On New Object’
If you select this command, only new objects are updated.
- ’Existing Object’
If you select this command, all existing objects are updated.
- ’On Connection Up’
If you select this command, an ’AutoUpdate’ is performed as soon
as the connection between the SECO and the connected unit is
interrupted. This may occur when you disconnect an existing link
and connect the SECO to another unit (modem or RASCO).

Rem.: The SECO normally displays a copy of the data available when
the update was made. To obtain the latest information on the
objects listed in the windows, you must carry out an update.
Normally you can do this by clicking the ’Update’ button. In
some cases you may have to perform the updates automati-
cally.

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2.2.3 ’Window’ pulldown menu

The “Window” pulldown menu is subdivided into four sections.

• The first section only contains the ’Main View’ command. This com-
mand takes the user back to the ’Main View’.

• The second section contains the commands to open the windows for
different modem lists and the link list (you can find more details about
these windows in Chapter 5 and Chapter 6). To open one of these lists,
it is easier to click the icons in the ’Main window’.

• The third section contains commands for the RASCO and SECO. The
’RASCO’ command opens the ’RASCO List’. The ’SECO’ command
opens the ’SECO Information Window’ (for more details, please refer to
section 2.2.4).

• The fourth section contains the ’Communication’ command. You can

also select this command by clicking the function button in the main
window (Fig. 2-1 on page 2-1).

Fig. 2-4 ’Window’ pulldown menu

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2.2.4 SECO information window

The dialog displays some of the most important SECO operational
parameters (Fig. 2-5). It displays, for example, the configuration
parameters of the serial port etc..

Start it by clicking the SECO button in the main window or navigating to it

from the ’Window/SECO’ command which is displayed in nearly all starting
windows.

Fig. 2-5 SECO information window

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3 Application of the SECO

3.1 General overview of the SECO window organization
3.1.1 Finding lists
When you start the SECO main window, you can activate all lists available
by clicking the buttons. Fig. 3-1 shows the correlation.

You can also activate these lists by using the commands of the ’Window’
pulldown menu from the SECO main window as well as from every single
list. If the ’Link list’ is open, for example, and you want to open the ’RASCO
list’, use the ’Window’ pulldown menu of the ’Link list’ and choose the
’RASCO’ command.

SECO
Main Window

BRC Modems
RASCO or BST Modems CPE Modems Links
Sig Path

BRC Modem List

Base Station Terminal
RASCO List or Link List
Modem List Modem List
Signal Path List

Fig. 3-1 Navigating through the SECO: First level

The following chapters describe the submenus of each list.

3.1.2 Working with lists

As described in section 3.2 on page 3-2, section 3.3 on page 3-3 and
section 3.5 on page 3-6, all ’List’ windows have a number of pulldown
menus which provide a number of powerful commands. Most of the
commands are only available when one or several units or links in a list
have been selected.

To select a command from a list, click an icon in the index column using
the left mouse button. To select a number of commands in the list, use
<Ctrl>+Left Mouse Button or if <Ctrl> is not available on your keyboard,
use <Strg> instead.

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3.2 RASCO list

Fig. 3-2 shows the RASCO list that appears when you click the RASCO
button in the main window or when you choose the RASCO command
from the pulldown menu of the Main window, or from every single list
window.

Fig. 3-2 Structure of the RASCO list

Fig. 3-2 shows the contents of the pulldown menus. The buttons on the
right-hand side of the ’RASCO List’ (Update, Update All and Equipment)
are also available via the pulldown menus shown in Fig. 3-3 .

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Save Table Copy Ctrl+C Update F5 Equipment Ctrl+E All Ctrl+0 MainView Alt+Home
Print Table CopyAll Update All F6 RBSId User Ctrl+1 BSTModems Ctrl+F2
Select All SoftwareDownload Ctrl+W
BRCModems Ctrl+F3
Software DownloadInfo
Abort Operation Sort Ctrl+O Status F7 CPEModems Ctrl+F4
Broadcast Management
Reset Scale Errors F8 LinkList Ctrl+F5
Upload
AlarmStatus F9 RF-EPG-Status F11
Sector Parameter
Redundancy ➨ RF-Switch
Time Ctrl+T
Close RASCO-EPG- Status F12
RASCO RASCO Ctrl+F6
SECO Ctrl+F7
Configuration ➨ Setup Ctrl+U
Set Licence Configuration Ctrl+N Communication Ctrl+F10
ShowServices LoadConfigurationFile Ctrl+R

TCP/IPDevice Config. F10 FrequencyGroups Ctrl+F

Fig. 3-3 Submenus of the RASCO list

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Rem.: Before you can edit parameters or settings, first select the required
equipment by clicking the corresponding button in the ’Index’
column. The corresponding row turns blue (compare with
Fig. 3-2, where the first row is selected).

3.3 Modem lists

It makes no difference whether a CPE, BST or BRC modem has been
selected. The way modems are displayed is always identical. Fig. 3-4 shows
an example of a BST modem list. You can see the differences between the
modem windows when you look more closely at the internal structure of the
windows. Fig. 3-5 gives a first impression.

Fig. 3-4 Example of a modem list layout

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Rem.: Since the ’File’, ’Edit’ and ’Window’ pulldown menus look the same
in all list windows, they are only shown in Fig. 3-3 on page 3-2.
Please refer to this figure for an overall impression of the contents
of these pulldown menus.

Modem List

Object Parameter Views

New CPE (BST, BRC) Modem INS CPE, BST, BRC Modify ... Alt+Enter CPE, BST, BRC All Ctrl+0 CPE, BST, BRC
Remove DEL CPE; BST;BRC Replace Factory Id Ctrl+Y CPE, BST, BRC User Ctrl+1 CPE, BST, BRC
Setup Ctrl+INS CPE MUX Id BST Measurement Ctrl+2 CPE, BST, BRC
Reboot Ctrl+B Software Ctrl+W CPE, BST, BRC Software Ctrl+3 CPE, BST, BRC
------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- --------------------- Link (Tx) Ctrl+4 CPE,BST, BRC
Update F5 CPE,.BST,.BRC Line Interface-------------------- CPE, BST Link (Rx) Ctrl+5 CPE,BST
Update All F6 CPE,.BST,.BRC -------------------------------------- CPE Test Ctrl+5 or Ctrl+6 CPE,BST, BRC
------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- Site Ctrl+6 or Ctrl+7 BST,BRC
Status F7 CPE,.BST,.BRC Test Loop Ctrl+L BRC
Errors F8 CPE,.BST,.BRC Monitoring Ctrl+N ---------------------- Entries in this pulldown menu are numbered in
Clear Error Memory F10 CPE,.BST,.BRC Perf. Monitoring Ctrl+E CPE; BST accordance with the use of short-cuts. Please
Alarms ➨ CPE,.BST,.BRC CPE; BST, BRC note that there in no "Link (Rx) command in the
Configuration Info CPE,.BST,.BRC CPE; BST "Views" menu of the BRC modem.
---------------------------------- --------------------- For this reason, the numbers of "Test" and
Time Ctrl+T CPE; BST, BRC "Site" are Ctrl5 and Ctrl6.

Fig. 3-5 Overview of submenus in modem lists

Rem.: Each command has a note which indicates the modem window
where this command is available.

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3.4 Signal path list

Fig. 3-6 gives an example of the possible layout of a signal path list.

Fig. 3-6 Example of signal path list layout

Rem.: Since the ’File’, ’Edit’ and ’Window’ pulldown menus look the same
in all list windows, they are only shown in Fig. 3-3 on page 3-2.
Please refer to this figure for an overall impression of the contents
of these pulldown menus.

SigPath List

Object Parameter Views

Signal Path➨ BRC Modem All Ctrl+0

BRC Modem IF Unit User Ctrl+1
HPA BRC Ctrl+2
HPA Ctrl+3
IF Unit Ctrl+4
Measurement Ctrl+5
Software Ctrl+6
Link (Tx) Ctrl+7
Test Ctrl+8
Site Ctrl+9

Fig. 3-7 Overview of submenus in the signal path list

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3.5 Link list

Fig. 3-8 gives an example of the possible structure of a link list.

Fig. 3-8 Link list layout

Rem.: Since the ’File’, ’Edit’ and ’Window’ pulldown menus look the same
in all list windows, they are only shown in Fig. 3-3 on page 3-2.
Please refer to this figure for an overall impression of the contents
of these pulldown menus.

Link List

Object Parameter Views

New Radio Link INS Modify Alt+Enter All Ctrl+0

Remove DEL Distance User Ctrl+1
RTPC ➨
DBA Configuration Ctrl+F Authentication and Outbound Ctrl+2
Encryption ➨ Inbound Ctrl+3
------------------------------------- ---------------------------- Configuration Ctrl+4
Update F5 Activate Crtl+‘+‘ DBA Ctrl+5
Update All F6 Deactivate Crtl+‘-‚
Alarms ➨

Fig. 3-9 Overview of submenus in the link list

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3.6 Modifying list entries in the ’Views’ pulldown menu

Use the ’secommi.ini’ file to define the entries in the ‘Views’ pulldown
menu (compare with the ’Views’ command in Fig. 3-10). Additionally,
Fig. 3-10 shows part of the list that defines the columns in the lists.

Fig. 3-10 List part of defined columns

Fig. 3-11 shows how you can define the columns of a ’Views’ command by
changing the ’secommi.ini’ file.

Fig. 3-11 Defining columns in the ’Measurement’ command

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4 Navigating through the RASCO list

4.1 General layout of the RASCO list

Title bar
The title bar contains information about the list, its name (RASCO list)
and the number of units entered/selected [1/1] in the list. It also
contains standardized buttons to close, minimize or maximize the
’RASCO list’ window.

Menu bar
The menu bar contains a number of pulldown menus. The commands
in these menus are shown in Fig. 3-3 on page 3-2.

Fig. 4-1 Areas in the RASCO list

Functional buttons
The buttons allow rapid access to functions which are also available in
the pulldown menus (Fig. 3-3 on page 3-2).

Status line
The status line is a communication line. The SECO writes its messages
in this line.

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4.2 Options and commands of the Object menu

4.2.1 Schematic overview of menu options in the RASCO list

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Save Table Copy Ctrl+C Update F5 Equipment Ctrl+E All Ctrl+0 MainView Alt+Home
Print Table CopyAll Update All F6 RBSId User Ctrl+1 BSTModems Ctrl+F2
Select All SoftwareDownload Ctrl+W
BRCModems Ctrl+F3
Software DownloadInfo
Abort Operation Sort Ctrl+O Status F7 CPEModems Ctrl+F4
Broadcast Management
Reset Scale Errors F8 LinkList Ctrl+F5
Upload
AlarmStatus F9 RF-EPG-Status F11
Sector Parameter
Redundancy ➨ RF-Switch
Time Ctrl+T
Close RASCO-EPG- Status F12
RASCO RASCO Ctrl+F6
SECO Ctrl+F7
Configuration ➨ Setup Ctrl+U
Set Licence Configuration Ctrl+N Communication Ctrl+F10
ShowServices LoadConfigurationFile Ctrl+R

TCP/IPDevice Config. F10 FrequencyGroups Ctrl+F

4.3 ’Edit’ menu options

The pulldown menu is divided up into four areas. Move the mouse cursor
to the ‘DBA’ option to open a sub-menu composed of two parts (see
Fig. 4-3).

Fig. 4-2 ’Edit’ pulldown menu

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4.3.1 ’Copy’ and ’Copy All’ menu options:

These menu options permit the data of RASCOs selected in the RASCO
table to be copied.

4.3.2 ’Select All’ menu option:

This menu option permits all list items to be selected (highlighted).

The ’Sort’ and ’Scale’ menu options are not supported.

Fig. 4-3 Navigating to the ’Object’ pulldown menu

4.3.3 ’Update“ and ’Update all’ ’Object’ menu options

The ’Update’ and ’Update All’ options are also available as buttons on the
right-hand side of the RASCO list (see Fig. 4-1 on page 4-1). Use these
options to ’Update’ data of selected RASCOs in the RASCO table. The
’Update All’ option updates all the listed RASCOs.

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4.3.4 ’Status’, ’Errors’ and ’Alarm Status’ ’Object’ menu options

’Status’ option
The “Status” option is available for a selected row. It opens a window
that provides you with information about the status of the selected
RASCO, e.g. its version, serial number, ID number etc..

Note: The status request may lead to a ’Protection Off’ result. This does not
mean that the protection function has been switched off or that it is
defective. It simply means that standard operation is active and that a
protection function is not required.

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’Errors’ option
The ’Errors’ option is available for a selected RASCO. It shows the non-
volatile error memory of the selected RASCO.
• ’Update’ command
When the list is re-opened, the current values are displayed in the
list. Messages which occur while the list is open are not listed. To
update the list, click the Update button.
• ’Clear’ command
Click the Clear button to clear entries in the non-volatile memory
and the list containing error messages.
• ’Copy All’ command
Click this button to copy the list containing error messages and
paste it to an editor.

Fig. 4-4 RASCO – Error memory window

The ’Error Code’ column displays the error code of the listed error.
The ’Count’ column indicates how many errors occurred.
The ’Description’ column gives a short description of the failure.

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’Alarm Status’ option

The RASCO Alarm status window allows you to check the status of
RASCO alarms in a RASCO protection configuration.

Fig. 4-5 RASCO – Alarm status window

Rem.: If there is no redundant system linked to the SECO, the alarms

for the ’remote’ RASCO are undefined. In addition, if the local
RASCO does not use all three CAN buses, the unused CAN
bus will also show an error. Therefore you should know how the
system is configured.

4.3.5 ’Redundancy’ option in the ’Object’ menu:

Fig. 4-6 Redundancy

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This mask can be used to request the different redundancy options.

4.3.6 ’Configuration’ option in the ’Object’ menu

Fig. 4-7 ’Configuration’

This mask can be used to activate the sub-menus for configuration

processes relevant for the RASCO.

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4.3.7 ’Set License’ and ’Show Services’ options in the ’Object’ menu

’Set License’ option

You require a license key to use DBA (Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation)
and AE (Authentication & Encryption). To activate one of these options
or both, type the license key in the box displayed. To make input
easier, use the ’Copy / Paste’ Windows method. Choose the DBA or
AE function from the ’Service’ pulldown menu.

Fig. 4-8 RASCO – License key input window

If there is a ’License file’ available, you can send it to the RASCO. The
button ’Send License File’ opens a file overview which allows you to
select the desired file and send it to the RASCO.

’Show Services’ option

Use this option to display the installed licenses (service, number of
links, start day and the remaining time for the license).

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TCP/IP device configuration

The RASCOs use a TCP/IP protocol to communicate with each other
and with the multiplexers (MSV 5). There are two different addressing
schemes which affect the addressing format used. The type of network
used as well as the configuration information are supplied by the
Marconi Network Planning Group.

Fig. 4-9 RASCO – TCP/IP device list

The SECO and BACO (Fig. 4-9) are default entries which should not be
changed.

Rem.: For more detailed information, please refer to the

Commissioning Manual for the Radio Base Station.

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4.4 ’Parameter’ menu options

4.4.1 Navigation
The pulldown menu is subdivided into four areas. Fig. 4-7 shows an
overview of how to navigate to the options in the RASCO List Parameter
menu.

Fig. 4-10 Navigating to the ’Parameter’ pulldown menu

4.4.2 ’Equipment’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

Fig. 4-11 RASCO Equipment

Display of the index and options available for resetting and deleting all
data.

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4.4.3 ’RBS Id’ option in the ’Parameter’menu

Fig. 4-12 shows the RBS-Id dialog box. Use this dialog to change the RBS
Id or enter a new one. The RBS Id corresponds to the node number in a
SISA network. Normally, the RBS Id is supplied by the Marconi Network
Planning Group.

Fig. 4-12 RASCO RBS Id dialog

4.4.4 ’Software Download’ option in ’Parameter’ menu

First save the files you want to download to the RASCO on your computer.

Fig. 4-13 RASCO – Software Download dialog

’Dump’
When you click the ’Dump’ button, a file overview window opens. In this
window, select the required RASCO application file (*.bin). Please
follow the instructions of the RBS Commissioning Manuals. The dump
process transfers the software from the computer to the RASCO.

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’Abort Dump’
This button aborts the dumping process.

’Activate FLASH’
This button starts the program saved in the flash memory.

’Activate RAM’
This button starts the program saved in the RAM memory.

’RAM To Flash’
This button copies the RAM memory into the Flash memory.

Rem.: Our Commissioning Manuals include a detailed description of the

software download process.

4.4.5 ’Software Download Info’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

This option can be used to request the software versions after a download.
Otherwise this mask is empty.

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4.4.6 ’Sector Parameter’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

Fig. 4-14 Sector parameter

This mask displays the operating parameters of a sector.

4.4.7 ’Time’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

Fig. 4-15 Time

Display of the system time (SECO) and object time (RASCO). In the ’New
Object Time’ box, you can change the current settings (e.g.
synchronization).

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4.5 RASCO switchover

If you have to switch over between the RASCOs, select the ’Object’ menu
from the RASCO list. From the pulldown menu displayed, select the
’Redundancy’ option and then ’RASCO switch’:

Fig. 4-16 RASCO switchover

Note: Sometimes the ’Redundancy’ option is not available. In this case,

reset the RASCO to CPE and then back to RASCO.

On selection of the ’RACO switch’ option, the following mask appears:

Fig. 4-17 RASCO switch

Note: The ’Forced’ option is not supported and can therefore not be
executed. Please ignore the error message displayed.

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5 Navigating through Modem lists

5.1 General layout of Modem lists
There are three types of modems in the system:

• Base Station Modems (BST Modems)

• Terminal Station Modems (CPE Modems)
• Broadcast Modems (BRC Modems)

The following mask shows what a modem list normally looks like.

Number of modems in the list

Number of selected modems in the list

Title bar
Menu bar

Functional
buttons

Status line

Modem table

Fig. 5-1 Areas in modem list windows

Rem.: Fig. 3-5 on page 3-4 and Fig. 3-3 on page 3-2 describe the
general contents of the pulldown menus in the menu bar in more
detail. Fig. 5-2 on page 5-2 and Fig. 5-14 on page 5-13 show the
contents of the ’Object’ and ’Parameter’ menus in more detail.

Rem.: All List windows have the same layout (see Fig. 4-1 on page 4-1).

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5.2 Options and commands in the ’Object’ menu

5.2.1 Navigation
Fig. 5-2 displays the commands in the ’Object’ pulldown menu for each
type of modem. They all have the same commands except the pulldown
menu for the CPE modem. An additional ’Setup’ command is available.
Therefore all commands are described without distinguishing between
modem types.

Please note that all menu options designated as

’Alarms’ in the pulldown menus have the same
items.

Fig. 5-2 Navigating to the ’Object’ pulldown menu

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5.2.2 ’New BST (BRC, CPE) modem’ option in ’Object’ menu

These menu options enable you to add a new modem to the modem list.
The BST and BRC modems are automatically detected by the RASCO
and listed in the BST or BRC list.

To add a BST modem manually (Fig. 5-3, left-hand side), enter the
’Factory Id’, ’MUX Data Port’ and ’MUX Id’ data. The ’Name’ is optional.

To add a BRC modem (Fig. 5-3, right-hand side), enter the ’Factory Id’
data. The ’Name’ is optional.

Fig. 5-3 Object – New BST (BRC) modem

To add a CPE modem (Fig. 5-4), enter the ’Factory Id’ data. ’Name’ and
’Smart Card Id’ are optional. You require a smart card for services like
DBA and/or Authentication and Encryption. Then enter the ’Smart Card
ID’.

Fig. 5-4 Object – New CPE modem

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5.2.3 ’Remove’ option in the ’Object’ menu

With this option, you can remove one or several selected modems from a
modem list. To remove a modem from a modem list, first select it. To
select a modem, click the corresponding button in the index column.

5.3 ’CPE - Modem Setup’ option in ’Object’ Menu

Use the CPE modem setup option with the SECO software only in the
event of a problem. Generally, use the INCO software described in the
Commissioning Instructions for the Terminal.

Fig. 5-5 CPE modem setup

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5.3.1 ’Reboot’ option in ’Object’ menu

To reboot the software, there are two options available (Fig. 5-6).

• Reboot with original boot kernel

• Reboot with downloaded MOCO application

Fig. 5-6 Object – Reboot window

Rem.: This option should be used only by experts. We advise you to

follow the instructions in our Commissioning Manuals or the
instructions of the planning group.

5.3.2 ’Update’ and ’Update all’ options in ’Object’ menu

The ’Update’ and ’Update All’ options have the same functionality as the
buttons located on the right-hand side of the ’BST (BRC, CPE) Modem’
window ( page 4-1).

These functions update the rows of the selected modem list to obtain the
current data.

• ’Update’
The ’Update’ menu item has an effect on the selected rows of the
modem list. Select a row by clicking the ’Index cell’ (first column).

• ’Update all’
The ’Update All’ menu item has an effect on all rows available in the
modem list where modems are have been entered. For this reason, the
SECO first requests the list of all available objects.

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5.3.3 ’Status’ option in ’Object’ menu

The ’Status’ menu option is available for one selected row. It shows a
number of data that describe the status of the selected modem. The
contents of the ’Status’ window can be copied (’Copy all’ button) and then
pasted into a text editor. The ’Update’ button updates the list.

Fig. 5-7 Object – Status window

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5.3.4 ’Error’ option in the ’Object’ menu

The ’Error’ menu option is available for a selected row. It shows the
permanent error memory of a selected modem. This window is identical for
all types of modems (BST, BRC, CPE).

Fig. 5-8 Object – Error memory window

The upper section of the window includes a table containing all the events
which have occurred. The ’Error Code’ column displays the error code of a
listed error. The ’Count’ column lists the number of occurrences of the
event and the ’Description’ column gives a short description of the event.
The central part of the window, i.e. the ’Hardware Trap’ area, displays up
to ten of the most serious modem errors, with their code and their count.
Here a unique assignment of the code to the Hardware Trap is displayed.
Only these are stored in the time stamp.

Click the ’Clear’ button to delete the contents of the table. The ’Copy All’
button allows you to copy the contents of the table and paste it into a text
editor.

The ’Update’ button updates all entries in the window.

5.3.5 ’Clear Error Memory’ option in the ’Object’ menu

This menu option clears the error memory (compare with 5.2.7).

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5.3.6 ’Alarms’ option in ’Object’ menu

This menu option has two items:

• Status

• Acknowledge

The ’Alarm/Status’ menu item is also available on the right-hand side of

the modem window (’Alarms’ button).

Fig. 5-9 Example of alarms in the ’Alarm Status’ window

The ’Alarm Status’ window displays a number of options which can be

affected by an alarm. The above figure shows only part of the window as
an example to explain how the alarms are displayed. In this example, the
upper section of the Status window shows a red area which indicates that
the radio link is disturbed, i.e. an active alarm is generated. The other
section shows a green area which indicates that no alarm was detected for
this entry, i.e. the alarm has been deleted.

You can view the complete list of all options in the ’Alarm Status’ window of
every modem list. Fig. 5-11 on page 5-10 and Fig. 5-12 on page 5-11
show an example of the appearance of the BST modem ’Alarm Status’
window.

Rem.: The following pages show what the BST and CPE Alarm Status
windows look like. The appearance of the Alarm Status window of
the BRC modems is shown in section 6.2.3 on page 6-7.

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Alarms tab of the BST Alarm Status window

Fig. 5-10 Modem – Alarms: Alarms tab (of the BST list)

Entries filled with *** are not supported by the respective modem type.

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Alarms tab

Fig. 5-11 Modem – Alarms: Alarms tab of the CPE list

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Threshold alarms tab

Fig. 5-12 Modem – Alarms: Threshold alarms tab

The threshold alarm messages for the entries in this window (Fig. 5-12)
are activated for a selected modem if the corresponding option in the
’Monitoring’ window is set. To do this, choose the ’Monitoring’ option in the
’Parameter’ pulldown menu or click the ’Monitoring’ button on the right-
hand side of the modem list.

Rem.: The ’Bit Error Ratio’ option in this window (Fig. 5-12) can also be
set by the Network Management System (NSÜ).

Rem.: If you want to see the measured values directly in the modem list,
use the ’Measurement’ option which you can find on the right-hand
side of the modem list window (’Measure’ button) or in the
’Parameter’ pulldown menu (’Measurement’ option).

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5.3.7 ’Configuration Info’ option in ’Object’ menu

This option opens a window which contains a table where all selected
modems are listed. The table is divided into three columns. The first
column shows the index number of every modem, according to the index
number in the modem list (see Fig. page 4-1). The other two options show
the version for the actual configuration of the modem. .

Fig. 5-13 Object – BRC modem - Configuration info

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5.4 ’Parameter’ menu options

5.4.1 Navigation
Fig. 5-14 shows the ’Parameter’ pulldown menu options for each type of
modem. Most of the menu options are identical for all modems. Therefore
all options are described without distinguishing between modem types.

Fig. 3-5 on page 3-4 shows an overview of all options in the Parameter
menu in one list and their appearance in the modem types (BST, BRC,
CPE).

Fig. 5-14 Navigating to the ’Parameter’ pulldown menu

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5.4.2 ’Modify’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

The ’Modify’ menu option is also available on the right-hand side of the
modem window. The ’Modify’ window for the BST and CPE modems are
identical. Therefore only one is shown in Fig. 5-15. Due to the different
application of the BRC modem, it appears differently (right-hand side of
Fig. 5-15).

Fig. 5-15 Parameter – Modify window

You can define all important data for the modems in the ’Modify’ window.

Rem.: If a link between a BST modem and an CPE modem is

established, the settings in the BST modem and CPE modem
control the link settings to the master. The settings in the ’Modify’
window for the link overwrite the settings in the ’Modify’ window for
the modem. Therefore the settings are normally executed directly
in the ’Modify’ window for the link. To do this, please follow the
instructions in our Commissioning Manuals. The settings shown in
Fig. 5-15 are only examples. Our Commissioning Manuals also
describe the correct settings.

Rem.: Clicking the Tx or Rx button opens a dialog box. Section 7.3.2 on

page 7-7 describes the general view and the use of this dialog in
more detail. Compare also with Fig. 7-9 on page 7-8.

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5.4.3 ’Replace Factory Id’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

This function assigns a physical modem to a modem managed by the
system. This should be done when one modem replaces another modem.
This window is the same for all types of modems (BST, BRC, CPE).

Fig. 5-16 Parameter – Replace Factory Id window

Enter the Factory Id of the new modem in the field adjacent to the text
’New Factory Id:’.

5.4.4 ’MUX Id’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu (BST modems only)
This option opens a window which enables you to enter the ’MUX Id’
number and the ’MUX Data Port’. This option is only necessary for DBA
operation and must match the settings for the MUX.

5.4.5 ’Software Download’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

The software download window (Fig. 5-17) is used only to download a
software update or install a new software version. First deactivate an
existing link. The window is identical for all three types of modems.

Fig. 5-17 BST Modem Software Download window

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• The ’Dump’ button dumps the file into the RASCO.

• The ’Load’ button loads the file into the Modem Controller (MOCO).

Rem.: The check boxes enable you to select the file type to be loaded.
Our Commissioning Manuals describe the Dump and Load
process. Please follow the instructions in these manuals.

5.4.6 ’SVx Adapter’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu (CPE modem only)
In this window (Fig. 5-18), you can adjust the SVx Adapter port.

Fig. 5-18 Parameter – CPE SVx Adapter

5.4.7 ’Test Loop’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

(BST and CPE modems only)
The ’Test Loop’ windows for BST and CPE are identical.

Fig. 5-19 Parameter – Test Loop

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Rem.: This option should be used only by experts. A test loop may cause
link breakdowns. In normal operation, it is not necessary to use
this option.

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5.4.8 ’Performance Monitoring’ option in ’Parameter’ menu

The ’Monitoring’ option has the same functionality as the ’Monitoring’
button located on the right-hand side of the ’Modem List’ window (compare
with page 4-1).

This window defines monitoring data. Available items are depicted in

Fig. 5-20. The left-hand side of a monitoring window shows the available
items while the right-hand side shows details of the item chosen. The ’All
Detectors Off’ button switches off the sensors on the right-hand side of the
window.

Rem.: The ’BST Monitoring’ window is identical with the ’CPE Monitoring’
window. For this reason, only one of them is shown in Fig. 5-20.
The ’BRC Monitoring’ window is slightly different. It is therefore
also depicted in Fig. 5-20.

Fig. 5-20 Parameter – Monitoring window

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5.4.9 ’Performance Monitoring’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu (only BST and
CPE)
This window enables you to measure performance data. In normal
operation, the performance data recording function should be switched off,
since this process needs a lot of memory resources. In some cases, it may
be necessary to monitor these data. For this purpose, you can switch on
the performance monitoring function.

Fig. 5-21 Parameter – Performance Monitoring window

• Line (E1)
Modem input data can be monitored (E1 interface of the MDMS radio
core).
• Path (RF)
Modem output data can be monitored (Link quality data)

The data are stored automatically in a file with a suitable name.

The path is: ...\logs\*.csv

Rem.: Please switch off the performance monitoring function when you
have finished.

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5.4.10 ’Time’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

This option enables you to copy the current PC system time into the ’New
object time’. You can do this by clicking one of the ’Copy’ buttons. This
time is then copied into the modem.

The ’Hold’ check box allows you to stop the running time within the ’New
object time’ check box. Example:

Fig. 5-22 Example of the ’Object Time’ option in the ’Parameter’

menu

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6 Navigating through the Signal Path list

6.1 General layout of the Signal Path list
The title bar contains information about the list, its name (Signal Path) and
the number of units entered/selected [2/1] in the list. It also contains
standardized buttons to close, minimize or maximize the ’RASCO list’
window.

Note: Fig. 3-7 on page 3-5 and Fig. 3-3 on page 3-2 describe the general
contents of the pulldown menus in the menu bar in more detail.

Number of signal path entries in the list

Number of selected signal path entries in the list

Titel bar
Menu bar

Functional
buttons

Status line

Signal path table

Fig. 6-1 Layout of the Signal Path window

Note: All list windows normally have the same layout (see Fig. 4-1 on
page 4-1).

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6.2 Options and commands in the ’Object’ menu

6.2.1 Navigation
The pulldown menu is divided into two sections. When you move the
cursor to the ’Signal Path’ or ’BRC modem’ option, a submenu opens. It is
divided into two sections (see Fig. 6-2).

Fig. 6-2 Navigating to the ’Object’ pulldown menu

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6.2.2 ’Signal Path’ option in the ’Object’ menu

’New Signal Path’ command

The window that opens when you select this option has the same layout
and meaning as the ’BRC - Add Modem’ window
(see Fig. 5-3 on page 5-3).

Fig. 6-3 Object – New Signal Path

’Remove’ command
This command removes one or several selected modems from the signal
path list. To remove a modem from a broadcast signal path list, first select
it. To select a modem, click the corresponding button in the index column.

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’Redundancy’ EPG command

The ’Redundancy’ command opens a submenu that contains the following
two commands:

• RF-EPG Status
• RF Switch

RF-EPG status

Fig. 6-4 Redundancy – RF-EPG status window

The RF EPG status window (Fig. 6-4) enables you to switch the
redundancy state ’On’ or ’Off’. It also displays a few other redundancy
status features shown in Fig. 6-4.

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RF switch:

Fig. 6-5 Redundancy – RF Switch window

Usually, the ’Switch Mode’ is set to ’Automatic’.

• Automatic
In the event of a failure, switchover is executed automatically.
• Manual
If you select the ’Manual’ switch mode, you can select the active signal
path from the ’Active Signal Path’ pulldown menu. In this operating
mode, an alarm does not initiate a switchover.
• Forced
In the ’Forced’ switch mode, you can change the active signal path
manually. As opposed to the ’Manual’ switch mode, after a ’Forced’
switchover, the RF switch automatically reverts to ’Automatic’ mode.

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’Update’ and ’Updata All’ options in the ’Object’ menu

The ’Update’ and ’Update All’ options have the same functionality as the
buttons located on the right-hand side of the ’Signal Path’ window (Fig. 6-1
on page 6-1).

These functions update the rows of the Signal Path window to get the
current data.

• ’Update’
The ’Update’ menu option affects selected rows of the signal path list.
Select a row by clicking the ’Index cell’ (first column).

• ’Update All’
The ’Update All’ menu option affects all rows available in the signal
path list where BRC modems are entered. Therefore SECO first
requests the list of all available objects.

’Status’ option in the ’Object’ menu

The ’Alarm Status’ menu option is only available for one selected signal
path. It shows the alarm status of the available alarms (IF, RF and MOCO)

Fig. 6-6 Object – Signal Path Alarm Status window

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6.2.3 ’BRC Modem’ option of the ’Object’ menu

’Reboot’
Two commands available (Fig. 6-7) to reboot the software.

• Reboot with original boot kernel

• Reboot with downloaded MOCO application

Fig. 6-7 Object – Reboot window

Note: This command should be used only by experts. We advise you to

follow the instructions in our Commissioning Manuals or the
instructions from the Marconi Planning Group.

Status
The ’Status’ menu option shows several items of data which describe the
status of the selected modem. You can copy the contents of the ’Status’
window (’Copy All’ button) and then paste it into a text editor. The ’Update’
button updates the list.

Fig. 6-8 Object – Status window

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Error
The ’Error’ menu option shows the error memory of a selected modem.

Fig. 6-9 Object – Error memory window

The upper section of the window contains an overview of all errors. You
can update this list by clicking the ’Update’ button. Click the ’Clear’ button
to delete the contents of the table and clear the error memory of the
modem. The ’Copy All’ button enables you to copy the contents of the
table and paste it into a text editor.

Note: The ’Update’ button updates the error table as well as the ’Time
Stamp’ area. This area shows the date and time when the latest
update was made.

• Columns in the Error table (see Fig. 6-9)

The ’Error Code’ column displays the error code of the listed error.
The ’Count’ column lists the number of occurrences of the error.
The ’Description’ column gives a short description of the failure.

’Clear Error Memory’ option in the ’Object’ menu

This menu option clears the error memory (compare with ‘Error’ on page
6-8 and Fig. 6-9).

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Alarms
This menu option has two items:

• Status
• Acknowledge

The ’Alarm/Status’ item is also available on the right-hand side of the

modem window (’Alarms’ button).

The ’BRC - Modem Alarm Status’ window has two tabs, one for ’Alarms’
(Fig. 6-10) and one for ’Threshold Alarms’.

Fig. 6-10 Object – BRC Modem – Alarms: Alarms tab

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Fig. 6-11 Object – BRC Modem – Alarms: Threshold Alarms Tab

The threshold alarm messages for the options in the window

(Fig. 6-11) are activated for a selected modem if the corresponding option
in the ’Monitoring’ window is set. To do this, choose the ’Monitoring’ option
from the pulldown menu ’Parameter’ or click the ’Monitoring’ button on the
right-hand side of the Signal Path list.

Note: The ’Bit Error Rate’ option in this window (Fig. 6-11) can also be
set by the Network Management System (NSÜ).

Note: If you want to see the measured values directly in the modem list,
use the ’Measurement’ option which is located on the right-hand
side of the modem list window (’Measure’ button) or in the
’Parameter’ pulldown menu (’Measurement’ option).

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Configuration info
This option opens a window which contains a table which lists all the
selected modems. The table is divided into three columns. The first
column shows the index number of every modem, according to the index
number in the modem list (see Fig. 6-1 on page 6-1). The other two
options show the ’Configuration File’ and the ’Active Configuration’.

Fig. 6-12 Object – BRC modem - Configuration Info

Note: Depending on the system used, the configuration file and the
active configuration (Fig. 6-12) may be different.

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6.3 Options and commands in the ’Parameter’ menu

6.3.1 Navigation
The ’Parameter’ pulldown menu is divided into three sections. If you move
the mouse cursor to an option with an arrow, the ’BRC Modem’ option in
the Parameter menu opens.

Modify
This window enables you to modify the broadcast frequency (Tx
frequency), the power delta and the power compensation factor.

Fig. 6-13 Parameter – Modify window

Replace factory Id
This window changes the Factory Id of a modem. You should do this when
one modem is replaced by another modem.

Fig. 6-14 Parameter – Replace Factory Id window

Enter the Factory Id of the new modem in the box adjacent to the text ’New
Factory Id.

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Software
The software download window (Fig. 6-15) is used for downloading a
software update or installing a new software version. First deactivate an
existing link. The window looks exactly the same for all three types of
modems.

Fig. 6-15 Parameter - Software Download Window

• The ’Dump’ button dumps the file into the RASCO.

• The ’Load’ button loads the file into the Modem Controller (MOCO).

Note: The check boxes enable you to select the file type you want to
load. Our Commissioning Manuals describe the Dump and Load
processes. Please follow the instructions in these manuals.

Monitoring
The ’Monitoring’ option has the same functionality as the ’Monitoring’
button located on the right-hand side of the ’Signal Path’ window (see Fig.
6-1 on page 6-1).

This window defines monitoring data. Fig. 6-16 depicts the available items.
The left-hand side of a monitoring window shows the available items while
the right-hand side shows details of the item chosen. Click the ’All
Detectors Off’ button to switch off the detectors on the right-hand side of
the window.

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Fig. 6-16 Parameter – Monitoring window

Time
This option enables you to copy the system time into ’New object time’
box. You can do this by clicking one of the ’Copy’ buttons (see Fig. 5-22 on
page 5-20).

The check box ’Hold’ enables you to stop the running time within the ’New
object time:’ check box.

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6.3.2 ’IF Unit’ option in the Parameter menu

Gains
Fig. 6-17 shows the layout of the BRC - IF Unit window.

Fig. 6-17 Parameter – Gains window

6.3.3 ’HPA’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

Mode
not available

Transmitter
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7 Navigating through the Links list

7.1 General layout of the Links list
The title bar contains information on the list, its name (Links) and the
number of units entered/selected [3/1] in the list. It also contains
standardized buttons to close, minimize or maximize the ’RASCO list’
window.

Rem.: Fig. 3-5 on page 3-4 and Fig. 3-3 on page 3-2 describe the general
contents of the pulldown menus in the menu bar in more detail.

Number of links in the list

Number of selected links in the list

Title bar
Menu bar

Functional
buttons

Status line

Link table

Fig. 7-1 Areas in the Link List window

All list windows normally have the same layout (see Fig. 4-1 on page
4-1).

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7.2 Options and commands in the ’Object’ menu

7.2.1 Navigation
The pulldown menu is divided into two sections. When you move the
mouse cursor to the ’Alarms’ option, a submenu opens (see Fig. 7-2).

Fig. 7-2 Navigating to the ’Object’ pulldown menu

7.2.2 ’New Radio Link’ option in the ’Object’ menu

This option opens a window which enables you to define a new radio link:

To create a radio link, assign a CPE modem to a BST modem. The ’Index’
pulldown menu (Fig. 7-3) shows all the available modems of the modem
lists. Fig. 7-3 shows an example in which the modems with index number
’3’ in the BST and CPE modem list are selected.

Fig. 7-3 New Radio Link window

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• To create a link, you can also use the ’drag & drop’ function. The Links
window and the Modem windows (BST and CPE modem) should be
open. Click the ’Name Cell’ of a modem window using the right mouse
button, drag it into the Links window and drop it. Repeat this procedure
starting in the other modem window (see Fig. 7-4).

Fig. 7-4 Drag & Drop function

7.2.3 ’Remove’ option in the ’Object’ menu

This option enables you to remove one or several selected links from the
Links list.

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7.2.4 ’DBA Configuration’ option in the ’Object’ menu

Fig. 7-5 shows the ’DBA Link Configuration’ window.

Rem.: The Planning Group defines the individual settings. In normal

operation, there is no need to change the settings in this window.
Any changes possibly required should be performed only by an
experienced user.

Fig. 7-5 DBA Link Configuration window

To change the settings you can use the ’New’, ’Modify’, ’Delete’, ’Up’ and
’Down’ buttons. To use the buttons ’Modify’, ’Delete’, ’Up’ and ’Down’, you
must select a modulation scheme. To do this, click the modulation scheme
in the list using the left mouse button (see Fig. 7-5; there the 8PSK (2/3)
modulation scheme is selected).

• The ’New’ button enables you to add a new modulation scheme. After
clicking the ’New’ button, a window opens which enables you to choose
a modulation scheme and define the settings for the necessary
’Inbound and Outbound Power Delta’.
• The ’Modify’ button enables you to modify a selected modulation
scheme.
• The ’Delete’ button deletes a selected modulation scheme.
• The ’Up’ and ’Down’ buttons allow you to change the position of a
modulation scheme within the list.

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7.2.5 ’Update’ and ’Update All’ options in the ’Object’ menu

The ’Update’ and ’Update All’ options have the same functionality as the
buttons located on the right-hand side of the ’Links’ window.

These functions update the rows of the selected radio link to obtain current
data.

• Update
The ’Update’ menu item affects the selected rows of the spreadsheet.
Select a row by clicking the ’Index’ cell (first column).
• Update All
The ’Update’ menu item affects all the links of the list. Therefore the
SECO first requests the list of all available objects.

7.2.6 ’Alarms’ option in the ’Object’ menu

This menu option offers you two commands:

• Status

• Acknowledge

Fig. 7-6 ’Alarm Status’ option in the ’Object’ menu:

The ’Alarm/Status’ menu command is also available on the right-hand side

of the radio link window (’Alarm’ button).

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7.3 Options and commands in the ’Parameter’ menu

7.3.1 Navigation
The ’Parameter’ pulldown menu is divided into three sections. When you
move the mouse cursor to the options with an arrow, a submenu opens
(see Fig. 7-7).

Fig. 7-7 Navigating to the ’Parameter’ pulldown menu

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7.3.2 ’Modify’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

Use this window to configure a link. The data and steps required are
described in the Commissioning Manuals.

Fig. 7-8 Radio Links - Modify window

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’Time slot’ button

The ’Time slot’ button opens a dialog box (Fig. 7-9) which enables you to
define the time slots for a selected link.

Fig. 7-9 Time slot - dialog box

• ’Set All’ button

This button enables you to set all time slots.
• ’Clear All’ button
This button clears all time slots.
• Buttons ’0’ to ’31’
Using these buttons you can select one or more time slots according to
your requirements.
• ’Notation’
The commands within this section enable you to change the display
mode. The result is displayed in the ’Value:’ text box depicted in Fig. 7-
9 or in the text box next to the ’Timeslot’ button (see Fig. 7-8 on page 6-
7).

Rem.: In Fig. 7-9, ’hexadecimal’ was selected for the notation because
this is the most convenient setting. The ’Inbound Time Slots’ are
assembled in groups of four. Each group of four is represented by
one numeral in the hexadecimal number. However, you can select
any other type of notation.

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7.3.3 ’RTPC’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

This menu offers two options:

• Set default

Fig. 7-10 Parameter – RTPC

• Modify
Normally no changes are necessary. In special cases, you may change
these values. To avoid any damage or unexpected effects, these
values should be changed only by experts.

’Authentication & Encryption’ option in the ’Parameter’ menu

Before using the ’Authentication and Encryption’ function, you must first
define a few settings. The ’Authentication & Encryption’ option opens a
menu with commands. Use these commands as follows:

Fig. 7-11 ’Authentication & Encryption’ option and its commands

• ’Default Configuration’ and ’Configuration’ commands

The ’Default Configuration’ command shows the configuration which is
normally used. In this window, you can also define the settings for the
’Default Configuration’. Use this command to define the settings for all

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links of the Link list.

The ’Configuration’ command enables you to define the settings for a
selected link.

Fig. 7-12 A & E default configuration window (example)

• ’Set On/Off To All’ and ’Set On/Off’ commands

The ’Set On/Off To All’ command provides this function for all links.
The ’Set On/Off’ command provides this function for a selected link.

Fig. 7-13 Link - A&E - ’Set On/Off to All’ and ’Set On/Off’

• ’Status’ command
This command shows the status of a link (A & E on or off), cycles for
’Authentication’ and cipher key change cycles for ’Encryption’.

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Fig. 7-14 Link - A&E - ’Status’

- Authentication:
Status = On: Authentication is switched on and successfully
transmitted; next cyclic authentication in N hours.
Status = Off Authentication is switched off; no authentication is
transmitted.
Status failure: Authentication is switched on, but not successfully
transmitted. The following attempts take place in
cycles of one minute. User data are blocked and an
alarm is set. If the authentication has been
transmitted once, it must fail twice before the user
aata are blocked and the alarm is set.
Cycles: Number of authentication attempts.
Cycles (Errors): Number of authentication attempts that have failed
because the authentication procedures have
determined a negative result, e.g. wrong smart
card.
Cycles (Internal Errors): Number of authentication attempts that
have failed, because the authentication processes
have failed, e.g. due to a modem communication
error.
- Encryption:
Status = On: Encryption is switched on and successfully
transmitted; next cyclic session key change in M
hours.
Status = Off Encryption is switched off.

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Status failure: Authentication is switched on but

- Session key setting failed (1st attempt) or
- Session key change failed.
The following attempts take place in cycles of one
minute. The alarm is set. Once the session key has
been set, the key change must fail twice before the
alarm is set. If the first session key setting fails
(initial setting) the user data is not encrypted. If the
session key change fails the user data is encrypted
(using the old key).
Cycles: Number of session key attempts.
Cycles (errors): Number of session key attempts that have failed,
because the session key could not transmit to the
traffic modems (should not happen).
Cycles (internal errors): Number of session key change attempts
that have failed, because the key change
processes has failed, e.g. due to a modem
communication error.
• ’Start Authentication’ command
This command starts the authentication. It makes a ’Security Check’
window appear. Click ’Continue’ if you want to start the ’Authentication’.
If you are not sure, click ’Cancel’.

Fig. 7-15 Security Check window

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8 Alarms
8.1 RASCO EPG alarms
The Alarm window is available in the RASCO list. To open it, select the
’Object’ pulldown menu and click the ’Alarm status’ option (section 8.1.1,
section 8.1.2 and section 8.1.3 describe the meaning of these alarms).

8.1.1 Redundancy alarms

Table 8-1

Software mismatch The software version in the operating and

protection units are not the same.
Configuration data exchange is disabled!
License mismatch The licenses stored in the operating and
protection units are not the same.

8.1.2 Local RASCO

Table 8-2

CAN 1 Data exchange over CAN bus 1 disturbed

CAN 2 Data exchange over CAN bus 2 disturbed
CAN 3 Data exchange over CAN bus 3 disturbed
Ethernet Data exchange over Ethernet bus disturbed
Complete breakdown No communication possibel via CAN or
Ethernet
License expiry The DBA or Encryption license has expired or
will expire during the next 3 days (72 hours).

8.1.3 Remote RASCO

Table 8-3

CAN 1 Data exchange over CAN bus 1 disturbed

CAN 2 Data exchange over CAN bus 2 disturbed
CAN 3 Data exchange over CAN bus 3 disturbed
Ethernet Data exchange over Ethernet bus disturbed
Total failure The local RASCO cannot communicate with
the remote RASCO.
Not configured Configuration data exchange between Master
and Slave RASCO has failed.

Rem.: ’Local’ and ’Remote’ in section 8.1.2 and section 8.1.3 do not
describe the redundancy function in the system. They only
describe the view of the connected SECO!

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8.2 RF EPG alarms

The Alarm window is available in the Signal path list. To open it, select the
’Object’ pulldown menu and click the ’Status’ command (section 8.2.1 and
section 8.2.2 describe the meanings of the individual alarms).

8.2.1 Signal path 1 (left-hand side: operation)

Table 8-4

IF IF unit disturbed or no clock available

RF Most links are down (80% of all working RF
links were cut within 3 seconds). The RF
cable, the power supply or the RF unit may
be defective.
MOCO The BRC modem cannot be addressed.
Communication problems, Plug out, Power
down could be the reason.
These alarms mark the left side as defective for RF EPG.

8.2.2 Signal path 2 (right-hand side: protection)

Table 8-5

IF IF unit disturbed or no clock available

RF Most links are down (80% of all working RF
links were cut within 3 seconds). The RF
cable, the power supply or the RF unit may
be defective.
MOCO The BRC modem cannot be addressed.
Communication problems, Plug out, Power
down could be the reason.
These alarms mark the right side as defective for RF EPG.

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8.3 Radio link alarms

The Alarm window is available in the Link list. To open it, select the
’Object’ pulldown menu and click the ’Status’ command. The meanings of
the alarms are described below.

Table 8-6

Radio link connection The radio link is not in service. It may be

deactivated, in recovery (line up carrier
active), not yet encrypted (smart card not
present or wrong Id no.) or not enough
bandwidth is available for the current carrier.
Outside allowed band After a reconfiguration, a RF link is not in its
allowed frequency band. (Note: to search for
a new free band, you must deactivate and
then re-activate an FBA link. A DBA does this
automatically if the requested bandwidth is
available).
Outside available band After a reconfiguration, a RF link is not in the
configured frequency band (compare with
’Outside allowed band’ notes).
Inside protected band After a reconfiguration, a RF link is in a
protected frequency band (compare with
’Outside allowed band’ notes).
Authentication The authentication for the connected terminal
modem has failed (smart card not present or
wrong ID no.).
Encryption The Encryption key exchange has failed
(smart card not present in terminal modem or
wrong ID configured for the affected radio link
or there is no smart card available in the
active BRC modem).

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8.4 Modem alarms

The ’Modem alarm status’ window is subdivided into three sections:

• Alarms
• Baseband alarms
• RTPC alarms

8.4.1 Alarms

Table 8-7
Radio LOF Loss of radio frame or No transmission possible.
synchronization between modem - Choose a most rubust
and link failed
modulation scheme or
- new (better) adjustment of the
link necessary.
IF PLL of Tx/Rx of the IF Unit not - Check whether the IF unit is
locked plugged in correctly.
- If the IF unit is plugged in
correctly and the IF option
signals an alarm, then replace
the IF unit.
RF disabled disabled
Hardware Modem interface initialization failed - Check the clock interfaces of the
IF unit.
- Replace the modem.
Environment The ambient temperature is higher Replace the fan unit.
than 94°C.
Radio link No radio link Link not entirely set up. Deactivate
and then re-activate the link.
Encryption Encryption not possible - Check the smart card ID.
- Switch the Encryption mode off
and then back on again.
DSP DSP Rx and/or Tx software failure Install the correct software.

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8.4.2 Baseband alarms

Table 8-8

General E1 baseband signal disturbed Combined alarm for

- Baseband LOS alarm
- Baseband AIS alarm
- Baseband LOF alarm
LOF Loss of frame (2 Mbit/s) Reconfigure the modem or use
signal with a correct frame.
LOS Loss of signal (2 Mbit/s) If there is a 2 Mbit/s incoming signal
and a LOS, check the signal path.
AIS AIS at the E1 interface Check 2 Mbit/s signal path.
RAI Remote Alarm Indication - Check the connections to
peripheral units.
- Check the configuration of the
baseband interface.
BER 1e-3 Performance monitoring detected a Check the 2 Mbit/s signal path.
bit error ratio higher than expected
BER 1e-5/-6 (depending on the setting).
CER 1e-3

8.4.3 RTPC alarms

Table 8-9

Timeout It was not possible to transmit the - Choose a more robust

RTPC message. modulation scheme or
- new (better) adjustment of the
link necessary.
Interference Detected interference Not available
Maximum power Maximum power offset achieved If it was not caused by heavy rain,
the link must still be correctly
adjusted.
Minimum power Disabled Disabled

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9 Index
$
Abort dump ............................................................................................................................ 4-12
Activate FLASH ..................................................................................................................... 4-12
Activate RAM ........................................................................................................................ 4-12
AE ........................................................................................................................................... 4-8
Alarm search ............................................................................................................................ 2-6
Alarm status ................................................................................................4-4, 4-6, 5-8, 7-5, 8-1
Alarms ............................................................................................................... 5-8, 6-9, 7-5, 8-1
All detectors off .............................................................................................................5-18, 6-14
Authentication .................................................................................................................7-12, 8-3
Authentication & Encryption ..............................................................................................4-8, 7-9
AutoUpdate .............................................................................................................................. 2-5
%
BRC modem ....................................................................................................................2-2, 5-14
BRC modems ........................................................................................................................... 5-1
BRC monitoring ..................................................................................................................... 5-18
BST modem .......................................................................................................... 5-14, 5-15, 7-2
BST modems ............................................................................................................................ 5-1
BST monitoring ...................................................................................................................... 5-18
&
CAN 1 ..................................................................................................................................... 8-1
CAN 2 ..................................................................................................................................... 8-1
CAN 3 ..................................................................................................................................... 8-1
Clear error memory ............................................................................................................5-7, 6-8
Color scheme .....................................................................................................................1-6, 1-7
Communication ........................................................................................................................ 2-6
Complete breakdown ................................................................................................................ 8-1
Configuration info ..........................................................................................................5-12, 6-11
CPE modem .......................................................................................................... 5-14, 5-16, 7-2
CPE modems ............................................................................................................................ 5-1
CPE monitoring ...................................................................................................................... 5-18
'
DBA ........................................................................................................................................ 4-8
DBA configuration .................................................................................................................... 7-4
DBA link configuration ............................................................................................................. 7-4
Drag & drop ............................................................................................................................. 7-3
Dump ..................................................................................................................................... 4-11
Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation ................................................................................................. 4-8
(
Error .................................................................................................................................4-5, 5-7
Errors ....................................................................................................................................... 4-4
Ethernet .................................................................................................................................... 8-1
Exit SECO ................................................................................................................................ 2-3
)
Factory ID ................................................................................................................................ 5-3

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*
Gains ..................................................................................................................................... 6-15
Graphical user desktop .............................................................................................................. 1-6
+
Hardware requirements ............................................................................................................. 1-2
HPA ...................................................................................................................................... 6-15
,
IF ............................................................................................................................................. 8-2
IF Unit ................................................................................................................................... 6-15
Inside protected band ................................................................................................................ 8-3
Installing the SECO software ..................................................................................................... 1-3
Interrupt operations ................................................................................................................... 2-3
/
License expiry .......................................................................................................................... 8-1
License File .............................................................................................................................. 4-8
License mismatch ..................................................................................................................... 8-1
Link list ............................................................................................................................3-6, 7-1
0
Main View ............................................................................................................................... 2-6
Main window ........................................................................................................................... 2-1
Messages .................................................................................................................................. 2-6
MOCO ....................................................................................................5-5, 5-16, 6-7, 6-13, 8-2
Modem list .............................................................................................................. 3-3, 5-1, 5-18
Modify .................................................................................................................. 5-14, 6-12, 7-7
Monitoring ....................................................................................................................5-18, 6-13
Mouse shortcut for operations .................................................................................................... 1-6
MUX data port ......................................................................................................................... 5-3
MUX ID .........................................................................................................................5-3, 5-15
1
Name ....................................................................................................................................... 5-3
New arrangment of rows and columns ........................................................................................ 1-6
New factory ID ..............................................................................................................5-15, 6-12
New radio link .......................................................................................................................... 7-2
New signal path ........................................................................................................................ 6-3
2
Outside available band .............................................................................................................. 8-3
3
Performance monitoring .......................................................................................................... 5-19
5
Radio link alarms ...................................................................................................................... 8-3
Radio link connection ............................................................................................................... 8-3
RAM to Flash ......................................................................................................................... 4-12
RASCO (Master) ...................................................................................................................... 2-2
RASCO (Slave) ........................................................................................................................ 2-2
RASCO EPG alarms ................................................................................................................. 8-1
RASCO list .......................................................................................................................4-1, 8-1
RBS Id ................................................................................................................................... 4-11

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Reboot ..............................................................................................................................5-5, 6-7

Redundancy .............................................................................................................................. 6-4
Redundant systems .................................................................................................................... 2-2
Remove ..................................................................................................................... 5-4, 6-3, 7-3
Replace factory ID .........................................................................................................5-15, 6-12
Reset ........................................................................................................................................ 2-3
RF ........................................................................................................................................... 8-2
RF EPG alarms ......................................................................................................................... 8-2
RTPC ....................................................................................................................................... 7-9
6
SECO Destination Location (Figure) .......................................................................................... 1-3
SECO Information window ................................................................................................2-6, 2-7
SECO preinstallation configuration ............................................................................................ 1-4
Sector no. ................................................................................................................................. 5-3
Security check ........................................................................................................................ 7-12
Serial (RS232) cable ................................................................................................................. 1-2
SECO PC to RASCO 1-2
Serial cable ............................................................................................................................... 1-2
Set License ............................................................................................................................... 4-8
Set on/off ............................................................................................................................... 7-10
Set on/off to all ....................................................................................................................... 7-10
Show Services .......................................................................................................................... 4-8
Signal path ................................................................................................................ 2-2, 6-1, 6-2
Signal path list .......................................................................................................................... 6-1
Smart Card ID .......................................................................................................................... 5-3
Software ........................................................................................................................5-15, 6-13
Software download ................................................................................................................. 4-11
Software mismatch .................................................................................................................... 8-1
Sorting by column ..................................................................................................................... 1-6
Status ................................................................................................................. 4-4, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7
SVx adapter ............................................................................................................................ 5-16
7
TCP/IP Device Configuration .................................................................................................... 4-9
TCP/IP Device list .................................................................................................................... 4-9
Test loop ................................................................................................................................ 5-16
Time .............................................................................................................................5-20, 6-14
Time slot definition ................................................................................................................... 7-8
8
Update ........................................................................................................2-5, 4-3, 5-5, 6-6, 7-5
Update all ........................................................................................................... 4-3, 5-5, 6-6, 7-5
Using operations on many elements ........................................................................................... 1-6
9
Views ....................................................................................................................................... 1-7

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