HPOD C-, X-, Ku-Band High-Power Outdoor Amplifier Revision 6
Appendix B MN/HPOD.IOM
B–2
In 1:1 applications, the BU also stores an offset value, to be used when the BU replaces the
active unit. This offset may be set with the GOF= command. When the online unit is being
“backedup”the BU’sattenuatorwill beset tothisvalue. Thisvaluemaybedifferenttha
nthe
attenuationvalueoftheonlineunittocompensateforanygainmismatchbetweentheBUand
onlineunits.
Tocalibrate:
1. Identifytheunitwiththemostgain.
2. Calculatetheactualerror.
3. Tocompensatefortheerror,settheGOF=commandintheunithavingthehi
ghesterror.
For example, if SSPA 1 has 70 dB of gain, and BU SSPA 2 has 72 dB, send the GOF=2.00
commandtotheBUSSPA2tostorethesevalues.