Spectra Engineering MX800 - 5. Alignment and Testing; 5.1 Transceiver Setup, Calibration and Alignment; Test Equipment Needed

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5. Alignment and Testing
The MX800 test and alignment procedures are divided into two main
sections. The first section is a transceiver level procedure, which assumes that
the radio is fitted with working modules. The second section contains the
individual module test procedures.
5.1 Transceiver Setup, Calibration and
Alignment
This section explains how to setup, calibrate and align the complete MX800
Base Station. A number of procedures are required to fully initialise the
MX800. The following test equipment will be needed:
MXTOOLS (MX800 Base Station Programming Utility)
RF Test Set (HP 8920) or equivalent
CRO (Cathode Ray Oscilloscope)
RF Power Meter (Watts)
RF Signal Generator
Multimeter
+13.8V DC power supply
The order of some, but not all, of the procedures is important to ensure
correct setup of the radio. The order of the procedures as described is
recommended and those that are critical are mentioned. If the radio has been
previously setup and the user intends to recalibrate and align the radio then
steps 5.1.1, 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 can be ignored as the model number, serial
number, configuration and channel information will have already been
loaded.
5.1.1 Sending Model Number and Serial Number to the
Radio
The model number is entered or updated using MXTOOLS. To edit the
model number select ‘Radio Model Number’, under the ‘Setup’ menu. This
brings up a dialog box that the user can then enter the model number,
according to the configuration of the radio.
The user cannot alter the serial number, as this is factory set.