PCS1900&WCDMA1900 DUAL BAND

SELECTIVE PICO REPEATER USER

MANUAL

ACTION TECHNOLOGIES CO., LIMITED

CONTENT
1.

Product Introduction................................................................................................................ 3

2.

Usage scope ............................................................................................................................. 3

3.

Characteristics.......................................................................................................................... 4

4.

Specifications ........................................................................................................................... 5

5.

Product Description ................................................................................................................. 7

6.

Installation instructions ........................................................................................................... 8

7.

Indicator Instruction Table....................................................................................................... 9

8.

Local Setup steps ................................................................................................................... 10

9.

NMS Setup steps .................................................................................................................... 18

10.

Service after Sale .............................................................................................................. 26

1.

PRODUCT INTRODUCTION

The PCS1900&WCDMA1900 Dual Band Selective Pico Repeater provides an affordable solution to
solve the indoor signal coverage problems in PCS&WCDMA system due to signal fading and
attenuation caused by architecture obstacles. And its easy installation and maintenance can help
carrier get fast return.
The Pico-repeater is working as a relay between the BTS and mobiles. Pico Repeater is applied
specially in small area indoor DAS system. The base station signal is coupled and amplified by Pico
Repeater into in-building system. The amplified signals are transmitted by indoor antenna. Meanwhile
the indoor antenna receives the cell phone signal, and sends the signal to the base station as uplink.
This method can eliminate the signal dead spot, reject the interference, and provide the stable signal
communication for cell phone users. This Pico Repeater mainly solves the problem spot problem in
building.
Pico Repeater is a bi-directional amplifier that allows for the reception of signals, amplifies the signal
and re-transmits into areas where there is no or very low signal level coverage enabling mobile user
to establish a call connection.
Pico Repeater can be deployed in indoor coverage. It is especially advantageous to use in 100-1000
sq.m, which is a very economical solution.

2.

USAGE SCOPE

To expand signal coverage or fill signal blind area where signal is weak or unavailable.

residential house

villas

basements

Hotels

parking lots

exhibition centers

border

village

offices

vessels

shopping malls

tunnels

countryside

mines

Clubs

underground facilities

FIGURE 1 APPLICATION DIAGRAM

3.

CHARACTERISTICS

AUTOMATIC LEVEL CONTROL FUNCTION

With the function of digital ALC, the dynamic gain adjustment range is more than 20dB. It ensures the
Pico Repeater works in linear status and provides the high reliability and stability.

SELF-OSCILLATION AUTOMATIC DETECTION FUNCTION

It has the function of self-oscillation automatic detection (It detects the isolation when boot time),
which detects the self-oscillation occurred by inadequate isolation between the donor antenna and
service antenna. The Pico Repeater can activate AGC to set the Pico Repeater gain when
self-oscillation occurred.

UPLINK/DOWNLINK GAIN ADJUSTMENT SYNCHRONIZATION UPLINK AND

DOWNLINK GAIN SETUP AUTOMATICALLY
After the system is powered up, the input power is detected automatically and then the output power
is adjusted. After the downlink gain is calculated by the system, the uplink gain can be adjusted
equivalently. This method can balance the system amplification. The both path gain is adjusted
relevantly. The system gain is less than the system path loss. So the Pico Repeater will not bring any
interference and noise into the system link. One base station can hook up more than one Pico
Repeater.

4.

SPECIFICATIONS

Items

PCS1900

WCDMA1900

Uplink

1875~ 1890MHz

1890~ 1900MHz

Downlink

1955~ 1970MHz

1970~ 1980MHz

15MHz

10MHz

Frequency Range
Bandwidth (SAW filter only for
Downlink)

70dB

Maximum Gain(Uplink/Downlink)
Maximum Output Power

20dBm

20dBm

Manual Gain Control

31dB

AGC control range

20dB

Max. Input Power Without Damage

0dBm

In-Band Ripple

5dB(P-P)

3dB/3.84MHz
2

VSWR
Group delay time

5s

I/O Impedance

50

Noise Figure

8dB

Error Vector Magnitude (EVM)

--

12.5%

Peak Code Domain Error (PCDE)

--

-35dBm

400KHz 50dB

2.7 f offset < 3.5 MHz 60dB

600KHz 40dB

3.5 f offset < 7.5 MHz 45dB

1MHz 35dB

7.5 f offset < 12.5 MHz 45dB

5MHz 25dB

12.5 f offset 30dB

Out-of-Band Gain(@65dB)

Spurious
Emission

Within working band

-15dBm/30kHz

Out of working band

(f > 2.5MHz)

9kHz~1GHz: -36dBm/30kHz
1GHz~12.75GHz:-30dBm/30
kHz

Third-order Inter-Modulation
RF Connector
Power Consumption
Power Supply
Dimensions
Weight

Comply with 3GPP TS 25.106

V6.0.0

max.-40dBc
N-Type (Female)
40W
AC100~ 240V
295*191*76mm
5.6Kg

Alarm Monitoring System

Indication LED
Operating Temperature

Alarm for uplink self-oscillation

Power supply, Alarm, state
-10 ~ +50 C

IP Rating

IP30

Relative Humidity Range

95%

Mounting

Wall mounting kit

5.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

APPEARANCE

FIGURE 2 VIEW OF REPEATER

System 1 is PCS&WCDMA

Power indicator

PCS&WCDMA Alarm

System and UL/DL

selection

Smart indicator

ATT setting
Confirm setting

Battery Switch
FIGURE 3 BUTTON VIEW OF REPEATER

Test Port

Confirm setting

SIM Card Cavity

FIGURE 3 BACK VIEW OF REPEATER

6.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1) It supports wall mounting installation, follow the instructions below.

FIGURE 5 MOUNTING HOLE

1.

First of all, choose a mounting position for the Pico Repeater in indoor environment. And
then align Pico Mounting hole on the wall and be marked

2.

According to formerly marking on the wall to drill the holes, and inserted the rubber plug in
the holes.

3.

Use screws fix the Picos mounting hole on the wall where Pico is going to be installed.

4.

The BTS port on Pico Repeater is connected to the donor antenna, MS port is connected to
the service antenna.

5.

System is supplied by AC110-240V power via connection of the external extension power
cable.

6.

The system works properly under the condition of having enough system isolation.

7.

With obstruction or no, it must ensure the distance of 5-30 m between the donor antenna
and service antenna.

7.

INDICATOR INSTRUCTION TABLE

BUTTONS FUNCTIONS
The functions of the buttons on the front panel are listed in the table below.
Button

Function

Explanations

Select UL or DL

Store the Changes

Increase or
decrease the Gain

Press the button to select between either uplink (UL) or

downlink (DL) for the band, the indicator represents either
UL or DL you are at and intending to operate.
Press the button to confirm the selection, press again and
the LED keeps blinking, means now in the mode of setting.
After setting the attenuation, press the store button again
and the value would be stored into the repeater, and the
LED would stop blinking and display the value, the process
is then complete.
Press the button increase or decrease the attenuation by
1dB/step, and the LED monitor would display the current
gain value; press the store button to complete the settings.
when Smart mode deactivate, you can manually adjust the
gain of pico repeater.

Battery Switch

The switch can control the Li-ion battery. Press it to OFF,

then press again to ON.

Activate or
Deactivate the
Smart function

Smart mode is defaulted; the smart indicator should be

lightened. Activate and Deactivate the Smart function must
by local test software for this type pico repeater

THE LED INDICATORS

The indicators on the front panel could be lightened are listed in the table below
Indicator
Power Indicator
UL/DL Indicator
Smart Function Indicator

Alarm Indicator

Status
Indicates that the power supply is normal.
This UL/DL Indicator indicates either the LED monitor is
displaying the UL band or the DL band.
when the LED indicator is off, the Smart Function is
OFF; It is in Manual mode
when the LED indicator is green,the Smart Function is
ON
When the indicator is green, it is in normal status.
When the indicator is red, it means the output power is out of
AGC range or Pico Repeater Self-Oscillation is occurring.

Be noted that users cant adjust parameters by manual setting when smart function
is activated (Pico can save data for CDMA when you adjust it manually). Repeater
must not be powered on before the donor antenna and service antenna are
connected.

8.

LOCAL SETUP STEPS

Connect your laptop to the repeater via the data cable. Do the following steps:

a.

Startup the Local Test Program (NMS), Click on the Config Data tab, choose the COM
Parameters.

b.

From the pop-up dialog, configure the Com Parameters, mark this check box and select
RS232,then click the Config button, choose the correct Com port from your PC, set Baudrate to
9600,and set the Timeout to180.Then click the start button from tool bar.

Start
button

c.

Right click the Site List, then choose New, Area for create new area.

From pop-up dialog, Click the Create Button,the Area Code should be filled by any number with 2
digits,and input the Area Name,and then click on OK.

d.

Right click on the area name from Site List, then choose New, Site for create new Repeater.

From pop-up dialog, config the new site(repeater) properties as below: select Protocol 2G for
Protocol Type, select the correct the Main Equipment Type according to your actual repeater
type, the Site ID must be filled by any number with 8 digits, and the Sub ID must be 255, then
click OK for save settings.

After above steps, right click on the Repeater name from Site List, then select Local RS232 for
Communicate Mode, and select the correct COM Port for Serial Port. And then click OK.

e.

Right click on the Repeater name from Site List, then select Get MOID.

When Get MOID successfully, the will display as below Prompt: Get moid list successfully

f.

After get MOID, you can pick up the parameters of repeater as below:

a)

Query the Repeater Info, choose the Repeater Info page, click the All button, then click Inquiry
button.

b)

Query the Monitor Info, choose the Monitor Info page, click the All button, then click Inquiry
button.

c)

Query the Alarm Info, choose the Alarm Info page, click the All button, then click Inquiry button.

d)

Query the Alarm Enable, choose the Alarm Enable page, click the All button, then click Inquiry
button.

If you need to disable alarm, you should tick the alarm which alarm need to disable, then double click
Local Value and choose Disable. Then Click Set button.

e)

Query and set the RF Parameters, choose the RF Para page, click the All button, then click
Inquiry button. And you can set the attenuation of Downlink and Uplink. Double click the Local
Value of DL Att and UL Att, and then input 0 to 30 according requirements (only after disable
smart then can manually adjust ATT ). In addition, you can ON or OFF the Smart function by
Switch of Smart, double click the Local Value of Switch of Smart, select On or Off, then click Set
button.

f)

Query the RF Status, choose the RF Statues page, click the All button, then click Inquiry button,
the DL O/P is the output power of repeater.

9.

NMS SETUP STEPS

Connect your laptop to the Modem via the data cable. Do the following steps:

a.

Startup the NMS Test Program (NMS-1.1.0), Click on the Config Data tab, choose the COM
Parameters.

b.

From the pop-up dialog, configure the Com Parameters, mark this check box and select Short
Message,then click the Config button, choose the correct Com port from your PC, set Baudrate
to 9600,and set the Timeout to180,click Save and OK button, then click the start button from tool
bar.

Start
button

c.

Right click the Site List, then choose New, Area for create new area.

From pop-up dialog, Click the Create Button,the Area Code should be filled by any number with 2
digits,and input the Area Name,and then click on OK.

d.

Right click on the area name from Site List, then choose New,Site for create new Repeater.

From pop-up dialog, config the new site(repeater) properties as below: select Protocol 2G for
Protocol Type, select the correct the Main Equipment Type according to your actual repeater
type, the Site ID must be filled by any number with 8 digits(and must be set to the same as with
the local),and the Sub ID must be 255,then click OK for save settings.

After above steps, right click on the Repeater name from Site List, input the NMS Mode Number and
Repeater Modem Number, then select Short Message for Communicate Mode, and select the
correct COM Port for Serial Port. And then click OK.

e.

Right click on the Repeater name from Site List, then select Get MOID.

When Get MOID successfully, the will display as below Prompt: Get moid list successfully

f.

After get MOID, you can pick up the parameters of repeater as below:

a)

Query the Repeater Info, choose the Repeater Info page, click the All button, then click Inquiry
button.

b)

Query the Monitor Info, choose the Monitor Info page, click the All button, then click Inquiry
button.

c)

Query the Alarm Info, choose the Alarm Info page, click the All button, then click Inquiry button.

d)

Query the Alarm Enable, choose the Alarm Enable page, click the All button, then click Inquiry
button.

If you need to disable alarm, you should tick the alarm which alarm need to disable, then double click
Local Value and choose Disable. Then Click Set button.

e)

Query and set the RF Parameters, choose the RF Para page, click the All button, then click
Inquiry button. And you can set the attenuation of Downlink and Uplink. Double click the Local
Value of DL Att and UL Att, and then input 0 to 30 according requirements(only after disable
smart then can manually adjust ATT). In addition, you can ON or OFF the Smart function by
Switch of Smart, double click the Local Value of Switch of Smart, select On or Off, then click Set
button.

f)

Query the RF Status, choose the RF Statues page, click the All button, then click Inquiry button,
the DL O/P is the output power of repeater.

10. SERVICE AFTER SALE

Your satisfaction is our priority. Offering a quick and effective technical support, we always put the
customer first. Please dont hesitate to contact us by the following ways if you have any questions.

ACTION TECHNOLOGIES CO., LIMITED

Address: 3/F, Lifeng Building, 42# of Liuxian 1st Road ,Baoan 71st District ,Shenzhen,China
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PCS1900&WCDMA1900 Dual Band Selective Pico Repeater User Manual

Edition 1.0 (Nov 2013)
ACTION TECHNOLOGIES CO., LIMITED
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