ZK-SAM, ZK-SAMp, ZK-MPS, ZK-MPSp User Manual
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1. 4 ZK Celltest Inc Operation amp Screens ZOOM Line Idle White Background Traffic Channel Yellow Backgroud Power On Off Escape Key Enter Key Volume D RAGE A EcTo TxPwr TxAd 1 ESC ENT MA a R Arrow KS sy a a Keys ee a KE Backlight lt gt A 20800 20 36 40 iim ZK SAM Phone Port in Speaker Indicator Function Keys itt Key ame Marker ime Memory Battery level Status Elements The status elements provide general information about the operation and the functionality of the screens Compact Flash Memory Card A compact flash memory card is used to store log data The units typically arrive with a high quality card and if needed you can replace this card with most commercial grade versions It is recommended that you format any CF card from the Utilities option at the Main menu ZK User Manual IMPORTANT DO NOT REMOVE THE CARD WHEN THE UNIT IS POWERED ON ONLY REMOVE THE CARD AFTER YOU HAVE TURNED THE UNIT OFF CARDS LESS THAN 256MB ARE NOT SUPPORTED THE MAXIMUM SIZE CARD THAT WE HAVE TESTED IS 2GB VERIFY THAT THE CARD IS INSERTED WITH THE PROPER ORIENTATION THE LABEL ON THE CARD SHOULD FACE UP TOWARD THE TOP COVER OF THE UNIT ONLY CF CARDS WITH FAT 16 FORMATTING ARE SUP PORTED Device Port 1 2 3 4 and 5 Indicators There is an indicator on some screens that allows the user to switch between devices When the indicator is displayed in the lower left corner of the2. WAAS When WAAS is available the G will change to W indicating the GPS is operating with the more accurate WAAS GPS corrections For information on WAAS go to http en wikipedia org wiki Wide_Area_Augmentation_System ZK Celltest Inc Main Menu The Main Menu is displayed after the unit is powered on and goes through it s start up procedure The main menu contains the following functions TABLE I Configuration A list of menus to customize the configuration Utilities Screen for reformatting the Compact Flash card and exporting configuration System Information Provides software and hardware version information and availa ble free memory ZK User Manual 9 SAM ALL Screens The SAM ALL data screens will appear when SAM ALL is highlighted in the Main Menu and the ENTER key is depressed CDMA EvDO Screens With the EvDO device technology option enabled the following set of screens are displayed in the SAM ALL mode CDMA Summary Serving Channel data zoom line Frequency RSSI Transmit Transmit Channel Power Gain Adjust Active Set Agg Ec lo 8 SID 46 p PH Eero _Celinane_ Unknown 117 8 Unknown Active Set 1814 99 146 Unknown Hie ale ee Candidate Set sgn eee green when avail ea 19 Unknown Strongest _ yg a 49 922 Neighbor Set Candidates CDMA Tere 6 0008 43 29 ps Neighbors Floor Plan Replay _ The Zoom Line displays the serving channel information
3. CELLTEST ZK SAM ZK SAMp ZK MPS ZK MPSp User Manual ZK Celltest Inc 256 Gibraltar Drive Suite 109 Sunnyvale CA 94089 Tel 408 752 0449 Fax 408 752 0477 Web www zk com e mail support zk com Release Version 10 4 Release Date March 1 2012 ZK User Manual 0 Table of Contents COMI SURAIIONS aaa a a ena aaa ene ieee eh ak l Features Table crna ES l COMP Ati DISD EV ICES prenion or E A enedenapeaee l BETE EEE T a EETA EAE AE N IEE EEE AN E EE E E aracaes 2 Voce all Testing aore a E E ceuleatiar Mobinuleuiacnaes 2 DSa TOSS ara Sahai saci anehetiahatesnceeit tae naemeeiaehals 2 PROC CTD SS CULO testes ars acon E ce ral ee pease ena net 3 TEN INN EE A A E E E E E A A E E E A tees toes 3 ZKSAM D errniere ae a E nent 3 ZE MPS ea E E E neaasaneweneteds 3 AE MES Peran a eta sts a canes natal elena te rate septate 3 CD STATION Cc Cle CUS ancien Ae es whe ee Nain Mean caecn damon lian a tennant E N 4 CATS ENEAS oaa a n a 4 Compact Flash Memory Card srs taeninae a n aE 4 Device Port 172 3 4 and gt Indicators missae oaa a aa 5 ZOOM lAN ene A E AS 5 Hyperband Indicator icedi O 5 Battery Ge velimei Caton sinana artanoncaiiae eine 6 Memory MOCO siesta E tanta nea saamn 6 M kO gt giestas acer ara cacti teat netane sae E ee tenteeeni sultanate coun 6 Time and OPS aereeemrnr mer rene tr rrenr reer ri otine mt ever ToT rene Bie rrete irene Pere rea Serre 6 WAA Sunnara sie tondanni a ean a ad toedua decd aumaanan aide 7
4. Press ENT to enable Floorplan You should now see a new option called Floor Image scroll down and press ENT to enter the Floor Image menu ZK User Manual 3 4 You will now see a list of the files that were placed in the ZK floorplans directory Remember any files do not have either a bmp or jpg extension will not display in this menu Scroll up down to select the desired Floorplan image and press ENT This image will now be the current image that will display in SAM ALL mode Only one image can be used in SAM ALL at any given time to use a different image the user must exit SAM ALL return to the Floor Image menu select a different image then return to SAM ALL Floor Plan Image File Current Image bothomFloorS mall jpg topFloors mall jog mainFloorLarge jpg 5 You are now ready to enter SAM ALL mode Press ESC until the Main Menu appears highlight SAM ALL then press Depending on the size of the file you may notice SAM ALL will take a little longer than usual to load 38 ZK Celltest Inc Using a Floor Plan image in SAM ALL Once you have entered SAM ALL press the F1 key to enter Floorplan mode Below is a quick description of key functions and navigation of the Floorplan mode When the screen is in the Zoom mode you can press the arrow keys to zoom in or out To log data to the screen and to pan the image press the F4 Pan button CDMA Scanner RSS 0 0012 53 53 P ZK Use
5. Status Line Hode EcHo T F FTP DL IP 166 129 232 191 PER KB Parameter Current Average Peak The screen elements consist of the following Hyperband c 800 MHz p 1900 MHz u 2100 MHz g 900MHz Channel Channel number SC Scrambling Code RSCP Signal strength of the best server Mode Either UMTS or HSDPA Status Line IP address assigned to the mobile FTP DL FTP download test FTP UP FTP uploadd test HTTP DL HTTP download test App TP Application Throughput Current value repre sents the last 5 second of the transfer Average value rep resents the average for the entire file RLC TP Radio Link Throughput MAC TP MAC Layer Throughput BLER Block Error Rate CQI Call Quality Index ZK User Manual 25 GSM UMTS Scanning Screens With the GSM and UMTS scanner technology options enabled the follow ing set of screens are displayed in the SAM ALL mode GSM RSSI BSIC Scanning Screen This screen requires the GSM RSSI BSIC scanning option to display The following screen displays the GSM scanning information Graph of strongest GSM channels Channel BSIC and cellname h BSIC dBm CellHame B The user can select to decode BSIC or not The BSIC will not be displayed if the user chooses not to decode the BSIC The user defined cellname will be displayed 26 ZK Celltest Inc UMTS Scanning Screens With UMTS scanning enabled additional screens are provided for viewing the UMTS
6. The table on the right shows the Active set strongest candidates and strongest neighbors PNs Ec Io and cellnames color coded by neighbor set type The graph shows the aggregate Ec Io of the Active set strongest candidates and strongest neighbors over a 40 second scrolling time window color coded by neighbor set type 10 ZK Celltest Inc EvDO Summary Screen With the EvDO option an additional summary screen is available Since the EvDO phone is monitoriong both the CDMA channel and the EvDO chan nel an additional summary screen is provided SINR Sector ID24 hex EvDO channel PN pas I Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown CDMA EAMPS Handoff An example of the COMA EAMPS Handoff screen is shown below Serving Channel Yellow for Traffic channel Prior soft hard 43 17 425 85 6117 handoffs 43 15 425 79 8 66 8 43 14 425 82 5417 5 429 89 9 aa White for 3 CDMA Handoffs 6 0008 43 40 Idle Channel This screen shows the last 10 soft hard handoffs The information dis played in the table is the last measured data just prior to the handoff ZK User Manual 11 The following describes the items in the columns e mm ss the time in minutes seconds the handoff occurred e Chan Carrier frequency of the channel just prior to the handoff e RSSI Received Signal Strength just prior to the handoff e PNI Strongest PN of the Active Set e PN2 thru 6 Active Se
7. A Analog Hyperband must be ie Sector ID re ee no Cel Site Name is intended to be the same for all sectors in the same Cell Sector ID field is intended to differientiate sectors on a cell CellSiteName and SectorID will be shown as follows in screen and log files sectorlD CellSiteName 3 Cell Site Name N_First St 1 20 char no Note For Fields 2 and 3 any letter or number is allowed as well as the fol lowing characers _ underscore plus minus and asterisk Blank fields and all other special characters such as periods or commas are not valid and will cause an error upon import A 2 ZK Celltest Inc Cellsite File Format Field Field Name Example Units Blank Comments Sf 37 3800 degrees aes el decimal format is required Six a6 to the right of the decimal sector et degrees is north 90 degrees is east 180 degrees is south 270 degrees degrees Orientation is west sector c Cellular GSM850 Hypeband must be c for Analog Celltype p PCS 1900 g GSM 900 d DCS 1800 i 800MHz iDEN band Hyperband 1 char j 900Mhz iDEN band u UMTS band 2100Mhz a AWS band s Lower 700Mhz 3GPP Band 12 amp Band 17 ai Upper 700Mhz 3GPP Band 13 amp Band 14 Must be A if hyperband is u i j g or d Bend ix Must be A or B if hyperband is c Optional for Cell Type C or T If Cell Type A this field is required Analog DCC decimal Hyperband must be c if DCC is specified If SAT is spe
8. display the user can press the up down arrow keys to switch between devices Note For MPS units with scanner Device Port 1 is dedicated to the scan ner The up down arrows will switch between scanner technologies in addi tion to switching between devices Zoom Line The Zoom Line Top Line displays the Paging Idle channels as inverse video light text on a dark background Traffic channels are shown as nor mal video dark text on a light background Serving channel information is shown on the zoom line Hyperband Indicator This letter will appear on the screen to distinguish the frequency hyper band The meaning of the letters are as follows a 2100 AWS c 850 cellular g 900 GSM d 1800 DCS p 1900 PCS t Upper 700 LTE s Lower 700 LTE ZK Celltest Inc Battery Level Indicator NOTE Valid for ZK SAMp and ZK MPSp A battery icon is used to indi cate the current storage level of the main battery The unit will power down when the battery has only five percent charge remaining When the battery level drops below a safe operating capacity the unit will give warning to the operator with both a message and an audio announce ment Replace the battery with a fully charged one Before removing the battery make sure that external power is disconnected and the unit is turned off Loosen the thumb screw to the battery compart ment and remove the battery door Pull the battery cord to remove the bat tery Perf
9. list please contact support zk com to request a device for us to evaluate ZK Celltest Inc Quick Start NOTE The Compact Flash memory card must be properly inserted into its slot for the unit to function properly It is important to be aware that the CF card must be inserted with the top side facing the SAM cover When removing the Compact Flash card you must FIRST turn the unit off other wise you risk losing data and corrupting the compact flash card file system Voice Call Testing To get up and running right away do the following Step 1 Securely install the Compact Flash memory card in the unit Step 2 After installation turn on the phones and turn on power to the ZK unit Step 3 In the Configuration gt Device Setup Screen select the correct phones for the phone connections Step 4 For some devices you may need to enable the phone diag port Contact support zk com for the correct settings for your device Step 4 In the Main Menu highlight SAM ALL and press ENTER Step 5 Use the arrow keys to change screens Data Call Testing To get up and running right away do the following Step 1 Securely install the Compact Flash memory card in the unit Step 2 After installation turn on the phones turn on power to the ZK unit Step 3 In the Device Setup Screen configure for the COMA EVDO GSM UMTS IDEN or LTE device and connect the data capable device to the unit Step 4 For some devices you may need to set th
10. run apps on the Android handset such as Speednet FTP apps or custom apps that generate data transfers The ZK unit will log and display the LTE parameters and throughput information 66 ZK Celltest Inc Manual mode offloads the throughput processing to the handset therefore the user can capture very high data rates and log exactly what the phone is experiencing In addition the user can connect multiple LTE devices and run them simultaneously without any processor limitations When connecting an LTE Modem device you must select Auto for the Mode and follow the instructions in Setting up a CDMA EVDO Phone for Data Testing beginning on page 50 Selecting the Alerts menu allows you to create thresholds for uplink and downlink throughput Highlight UL or DL Throughput and press Enter on the following screen and you can change the threshold values ZK User Manual 67 Setting up LTE Scanning By selecting LTE Scanner Setup from the Scanner Setup screen the following screen will display The user can select up to 7 LTE carriers to scan simultaneously The channel numbers and widths can be defined in the following screen 68 ZK Celltest Inc Setting up CW Scanning To set up CW scanning select CW Scanner Setup from the Scanning Setup screen This screen allows you to enable disable CW scanning per channel You can also define the technology band channel or frequency ZK User Manua
11. the Scan Channel List Setup displays the following screen where the user can enter the band channels to scan PN Increment and the technology The unit will log the top 25 PNs in each channel The PN Increment can be any number from to 15 This value should be equal to the PN Increment set in the infrastructure Typically this value is either 2 or 3 If you are not sure what the setting should be use 1 When the PN Increment is 1 then all 512 PNs are scanned in each channel When it is set to 2 then every other PN is scanned and so on Typical scanning speed for all configured carriers will be once per second 56 ZK Celltest Inc The following screen shows the setup menu for the Follow_Mode In this mode the scanner can be configured to follow a CDMA phone fol low phone connected to another port The follow phone makes voice or data calls and the scanner scans the PNs on the same carrier channel as the follow phone In addition the scanner is using the same PN Increment that the follow phone is told to be used by the network The scanner compares the Ec Io values of the PNs it scans with the follow phone s neighbor list and values If there are PNs that are stronger than the Missing Neighbor threshold and are not in the neighbor list then they are Missing Neighbors There are three modes for the Missing Neighbor Threshold as follows e USER In this mode the user chooses a fixed value in Ec Io dB When the scanne
12. 15 In the screen above we highlight Phone3 DISABLED and press ENTER The following screen appears Enter the Unlock Code and press ENTER The feature will now be ena bled 76 ZK Celltest Inc ZK User Manual A 1 Appendix A Cellsite File Format v4 6 NOTES 1 ZK SAM ZK MPS with 9 4 firmware or newer supports a maximum of 24 320 cellnames The limit was 3000 in 8 x 9 0 and 9 2 firmware ver sions 2 With a GPS capable unit the current position 1s compared to the cell s latitude longitude as entered into the table to determine the closest co color code cellsite record 3 When a GPS fix is not available the cellsite name displayed is NOT guaranteed to be the correct one 4 Not all fields options are supported by all products for example RMS mapping software supports more fields options than ZK SAM All files must comform to the ZK Celltest standard file format as defined elsewhere For example all files must begin an appropriate START line and end with an END line Example valid START line START ZK SAM CELLSITE 2012 02 06 18 14 33 4 6 10 4A 0000013362 20120206181433 1 FILE 0800 File Format Een CDMA optional Analog T TDMA optional Analog G GSM BSIC defined sector G amp GC records cannot be mixed in one cell site file GC GSM Channel BCCH defined sector G amp GC records cannot be Cell Type 1 char mixed in one cell site file iDen U UMTS L LTE
13. 71 Import your custom Cellsite File into the ZK unit 71 CODA SS CUD ctusciiet te wicaesata ational a 12 JOID sanen ce mec etre E E cnn entra 12 ATO S A ards ana T cones eeu ee ceees ese ee 73 ATOKE VOC Ke ra dda acannon cedanteet phasis 73 GPS CLUS elon ae heres ea can hak et donne a nee 74 BS IT ES ace ae acess senses ens ATES AEAT EE EAA EA A EE NET AEEA 74 ZK User Manual Configurations Features Table Below is a table of the Features and Options available on each of the data collection products ZK SAM ZK SAMp ZK MPS and ZK MPSp ADD WAAS GPS Available options ZK SAM ZK SAMp ZK MPS ZK MPSp Scanner Scanner Yy T Devices lt lt CDMA 2000 1xRTT Voice Data GSM GPRS EDGE Voice Data Device Technologies ee Oe Oe Oe Oe Oe Oe dia a iia Oi ii Internal High Speed Scanner 700 MHz band 650 MHz Band 1900 MHz Band Floor Plan Logging GPS External Navigation E911 Real Time Output Log Upload General hi Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N Y Y Y Y K K K K K K lt 2 Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt K K lt K K Z Z lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt anun Compatible Devices Go to http zk com support release_info_new_10 html for an updated list of compatible devices NOTE If you do not see an acceptable device on the
14. ACG SYS INFO 6 Forward and reverses SAC MEASURE_REPORT traffic channels are SO Ho s246my colored User can scroll to view last 1001 messages Downlink Over the air GSM messages are displayed and logged The user can use the function keys to scroll and view the last 1001 messages ZK User Manual 21 GPRS EDGE Data Testing Screen An example of the GPRS EDGE Data Testing screen is shown below BCCH Rss BSIC Cellname or CID Test Type ig Radio Link Layer Peik Throughput RLC TP 44 Kb s 47 Kbis T0 Kbis Application layer i 4 throughput Go2 12 0 Time slots used Three tests are performed http download ftp upload and ftp download The current average and peak values for the session are displayed and logged Below is a description of the displayed parameters e FTP DL IP IP address of the phone under test e RLC TP Radio Link Control Layer Throughput e APPL TP Application Layer Throughput e Timeslots Time Slots used e CS Coding Scheme 22 ZK Celltest Inc UMTS Summary Graph An example of the UMTS Summary Graph screen is shown below Channel RSCP Hyperband SC Cellname EcNo TxP BLER AMR RSSI RRE COHP Compressed Mode The screen elements consist of the following e Hyperband c 800 MHz p 1900 MHz u 2100 MHz g 900 MHz e Channel Channel number e SC Scrambling Code of Best Server e RSCP Signal strength of the best server e Cellname e Neighbors Displays
15. ALL screens or the Select Channel screens after the unit is powered on You can disable this by selecting Off Auto Keylock When enabled this feature turn off functionality of the keypad except the ESC key while in SAM ALL mode and driving more than Smph This is a safety feature ZK Celltest Inc GPS Setup This screen is only available on units with the GPS option Use the ENTER key to change to the number of minutes the unit may wait to obtain a GPS before automatically going into data collection mode Use the arrow keys to change in a range of 0 to 45 minutes then press enter Audible alerts that inform the user when a loss of GPS signal occurs can be turned on or off Features The unit can be configured with a combination of phone ports and technol ogie To enable any of these features you must purchase the option from ZK Celltest If you have purchased any of these options on a new unit or sent your unit in for a hardware upgrade along with buying any of these options then ZK will enable these features for you at the factory If you want to purchase the option and would like to enable the feature yourself then you will need to contact ZK and provide your Purchase Order refer ence number and the serial number of your unit A ZK representative will send you a 9 digit number When you receive the 9 digit number select the feature you want to enable on the following screen and press enter ZK User Manual
16. AS 3Phone Summary 6 0008 43 54 m ZK User Manual 35 Replay Up to 30 minutes of log data for Replay is stored automatically To enter replay mode press the F4 function key and wait a couple seconds The bottom row of the display will look like the following _ lt lt gt gt gt RealTime The data on the display will be paused at the time you pressed the Replay function key NOTE Real time data will continue to be logged to the Flash card while you are in the Replay mode The double left arrows increment backwards in time to the nearest event or 30 seconds whichever comes first The double right arrows do the same in the forward direction The single arrow is Play When data is playing the single arrow turns into a double line which is the Pause button To identify where you are in time press the Enter key while in Replay mode and the following screen will appear mm ss Phone type of Event Value 06 20 1 LowEClO Ea The top half shows the events that have occurred The blue bar across the middle bottom part of the screen indicates your current position in time rel ative to the amount of data stored In this case you are near the beginning of the data If the blue bar is filled then you would be near or at the end of the data time when you entered Replay You can use the arrow keys to maneuver the time at which you want to start Replay Press Enter to exit this screen and view the other screens To
17. K User Manual 29 LTE Data Screen The LTE Data Screen provides a real time display of the throughput and other values during data file transfers Channel Quality Indication Rank Indicator ASR Cell Name PCI EARFCH Br Radio Link NManual Upload Downtoad Lo Control Ez Through j 7 RLE TPD 11 8 Mbis 402 Kbfs 14 7 Mb s ALG TPU 253 Kb s 7784 bis 278 Kbis Downlink ene i Replay _ Peak vale for current file Cumulative average for current file 5 second rolling average 30 ZK Celltest Inc LTE Throughput Graph Screen The LTE Throughput Graph provides a graphical display of the current throughput values over time Color coding differentiates between upload and download values EARFCH PCI RSE Cell Name Download Upload 68 i 20 7Throughput Grapks 0 60017 58 Floor Piar Replay _ LTE OTA Messages Screen The LTE Message screen displays the OTA messages along with the time of the message and the direction The underlying data of the messages are logged in hexadecimal format in the log file on the Compact Flash card In order to decode the data portion of the messages a third party post process ing tool is required Contact ZK for information on third part tools that can decode these messages EARFCH PCI RSR Cell Hame 55 Direction Channel T D Paging PCCH ConnectReconfiglonplete UL DCCH 38 2 68 D ConnectReconfig DL_DCCH 38288 U SecurityHodeComplete
18. NYG VT DAY 10 9 Hine pen een ce ome ret am PS ere Aen ne mate MA PO eee ee 8 SAN ALLES TEON ti erence ane anette on a een ceed een ee een 9 CDMAIEV DOS ChCenS a a ten Actas nie eee 9 CDMA SUNMA sea eA E oesdne sce etanboedates 9 Ev DO Summary Serei aeren ERE 10 CDMA EAMPS Handoff cc ccceeessseeeeccccceneeesssseeceeeesaeeeeeees 10 EVDO THandOris sasssvnusesdin otssaivaieacedactdshtueeidawanee N 11 CDMA Message Chem 2rit 5te2hciaiar abated detente nce stubaataenacee 12 CDMA Ey DO Message Screen ssssseesssssssoceresssssssseecrressssssseeeeeos 13 PIN Call POMOW STCC saie a E saucaadtpucradsed 14 CDMA EvDO Data Testing Screen cceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 15 CDMA EVDO Scanning Screens sasi22ssdievhurxkotcadertdunitaiadiaieuncnielolenes 16 PN Scan Screen CDMA and EvDO ccc eecceeesceeeeeee 16 EVDO SCannine SCreens ach nies arin teach nash E 17 GSWUMTS HSPA Device SCreenS siete cleie aici mean 18 GSMS Umma yh cap csersds ciate stead siete n a 18 GSM INetehbOr Screen scaxsitie ct onicen rece toauee dosmaeeecainansesied 19 GSM Hindol srecen n e atin alae ONE 19 GSM Messa eS urean a A T 20 ZK Celltest Inc GPRS EDGE Data Testing SCreen aranea raaa 21 UMES Summan Graphi ee eee 22 UMIS Neie DDOS ein tie bivase actin dead 23 UMTS HSPA Data Testing sssusa O 24 GSM UMTS SC annie Scree S encanar a cael ectearnse ZS GSM RSSI BSIC Scanning Screen 00 ceeceecccccccssseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 29 UMIS Scannine See aena e
19. Plan Replay ZK User Manual 17 EvDO Scanning Screens If the EvDO scanning feature is enabled then the scanner will scan the user defined EvDO carriers This screen reports PNs from strongest to weakest for the EvDO carrier channel 589 Chan 589 RSSI 82 Press to view more PNs A graphical representation is displayed on the followin screen Chan 589 RSSI 83 gt PH Eclo of f 66 45 306 15 g 1 gt 1Evdo Scan Graph 0 0011 54 35 E 18 ZK Celltest Inc GSM UMTS HSPA Device Screens With the GSM UMTS HSPA device technology option enabled the follow ing set of screens are displayed in the SAM ALL mode GSM Summary 1 The following screen shows the measured data for GSM Summary 1 BCCH Time Slot RSSI DP or CID Serving Channel a 621 135 85 CID 5 023 623 72 880 Unknown 618 74 91 Unknown 633 16 94 Unknown Parameters shown are as follows e 621 channel number ARFCN or BCCH e E Time slot O A 7 G e dBm RSSI Sub 85 e BSIC Base Station Identifier Code 13 e CID Cell Identity 5023 e MAIO Mobile Allocation Index Offset 1 e PL Mobile Transmit Power 6 e TA Timing Advance 2 e RIT Radio Link Timeout 32 e Q RxQUAL Sub Audio quality measurement 0 e FER Frame Error rate 0 e AMR 7 4H Half rate e LAC Location Area Code 6037 ZK User Manual 19 GSM Neighbor Screen The following screen shows the measured data for GSM Summ
20. SM UMTS Phone The following screen allows the user to set up a GSM phone Select Voice for the Testing Mode The autodial can be set up and the phone number can be entered by the user in the Voice Auto Dial Setup 08 ZK Celltest Inc Alerts Setup When you select the Alerts Setup and More Alerts Setup the following screens appear To change the thresholds highlight the parameter and press the ENT key Brackets appear around the selection Use the arrow keys to change the threshold values and press the ENT key to save To toggle the sound highlight and press the ENT key If it is in the ON position and an alert occurs a voice announcement will be heard when in the SAM ALL realtime mode The alert threshold is compared to an average of the parameter over a 5 second period and if exceeded then an alert is generated Further in order to prevent multiple alerts of the same type occurring in a short period of time a 60 second squelch period is applied to that alert ZK User Manual 59 Setting up a GSM device for GPRS EDGE UMTS HSPA Data Testing The following screen allows the user to set up a GSM UMTS device for data call testing The phone must be programmed for data testing service from the carrier Make sure you have enabled data testing To enable features See Features on page 74 In the Device Setup menu select GSM UMTS Data for the Testing Mode highlight Data testing Set
21. See the following screen Select PN Scanner Setup and press Enter Scan ModeThere are two modes for the HPN the Scan_Channel and Follow_Phone modes In Scan_Channel mode the HPN scans all PNs in up to seven user defined carrier channels Ix Correlation LengthThe 1x Correlation Length is the window size in chips that the scanner uses to determine the Ec Io of each PN The smaller the window size the faster the scanning speed ZK User Manual 55 Synchronization Mode GPS or NetworkThe Synchronization Mode can be GPS or Network For COMA EvDO networks the scanner requires a time reference in order to properly correlate on the PNs The PN code transmitted is the same but the PN number is determined by the offset in time from a reference signal If the scanner has no reference then it can not correlate the correct PN The scanner can synchronise the time either directly from GPS since the CDMA EvDO network is based on the GPS time reference or it can get the reference signal directly from the SYNC message from the CDMA EvDO network The Network Sync mode works the same way that a normal cell phone gets the reference time When per forming scanning measurements indoors or in areas with poor GPS cover age it is recommended to use the Network Sync mode It may take a couple minutes for the scanner to initially synchronise in this mode but it will accurately measure the PNs once synchronised Scan Channel List Setup Selecting
22. UD eia aaa r a G 53 Setting up the Scanner PN and EvDO Scanner sssseeecssessseeeee 54 ZK User Manual 2 SC Us VIO S rears cetera teria ea E EE 54 C orchnuon Lensi ene 54 Synchronization Mode GPS or Network eee 55 Scan Channel List Setup recair 55 Setting up a GSM UMTS Phone soysexecetncteun rei cdentintarieeewn cnt 57 ALIS SCUD a de tiniauaenacederenada tanner aman 58 Setting up a GSM device for GPRS EDGE UMTS HSPA Data Test TI AE EIEE E EEA A E E EE EEA ET E A A EEA AET TE 59 AMO Redal reia N E a 59 FTP PLO ce a ease nese lana dsen 59 FFP Downoad eenaa a lentes aalesascathtehiecees 59 FTP SOUD ao er eer cer rrete tear rerre rrr ne er arirre merrenes 60 AKAA alert ee eee mt EAE en E ee er emer Meee T 60 is Bed Bi esl Wess ey WU io amar a rene ae tT eer N 6l Link See eea 6l Delal SCUD ier sea A 62 Setting up the High Performance HRG GSM BSIC Scanner 62 Setting up High Performance UMTS Scanning cccccceeee 64 Sette pean ELTE De ViCeasiseres ocruecste et tcsomiabiaauo itso bnacneetels 65 Sette p TE SCAMMS siada e a a a 67 Set ne up CW SCANNING siniraan a e 68 COM Se IN GICS ete sowtcuntedstusmszacaenades dvedelsemaauencabansadsteesaseddinddenncegseddudanesesneselds 69 How to create a ZK Cell Site Tile esi cnccasnieceednstpestiadsaumtecsadediacesiwadeds 70 Export a default Cellsite File to use as a template 71 Create a custom Cellsite File using Excel eee
23. UL_ DCCH 38 68 0 SecurityModeCommand DL_DCCH 38288 U ConnectSetupComplete UL DCCH 38 68 D ConnectSetup DL CCCH 38 68 0 ConnectRequest UL CCCH 38 82 D ConnectRelease DL DCCH 20TAMessages 0 0010 38 13 2a Floor Plan Down __ Replay _ ZK User Manual 31 LTE Scanning Screens With LTE enabled the user can view the signal information on up to 7 LTE carriers This screen shows the top three IDs for up to 7 carriers LTE Scan Channels Screen This screen displays up to 7 LTE carriers showing the top three PCIs for each carrier Frequency Reference Signal Caan er wee Cell Identifier Receive Quality LTE Frequency Channel 3230 67 393 08 394 E 3780 72 140 EE 49 7 Flog boa Scan Chans 0 0013 as 1LTE Scan Chans 0 0013 29 29 E Floor Plan Plan oO Replay _ lay This screen shows all the PCIs for an individual carrier If more than 6 exist the user can scroll down using a function key LTE NN Reference Signal Reference Signal Channel Receive Quality Receive Power Physical N denier Chan ee Celinane 1 393 8 36 3 Unkne 2 394 142 100 1 ieee Seo 31405 13 114 8 Unknown T Ratio 1LTE Scan Detail 0 40013 2813 2 Floor Plan Replay _ 32 ZK Celltest Inc This is a graphical representation of PCIs for an individual LTE carrier Chan 230 RSSI 65 ZK User Manual 33 CW Scanning Screens With this feature the user can def
24. ZK servers must be purchased Users can set up their own HTTP server however the HTTP settings for the IP Address and download file must match the settings on the HTTP server ZK User Manual 53 Link Setup Allows the users to set up the wireless link parameters Highlighting this and pressing ENTER displays the following screen Link Type The user can choose the type of data call to make CDMA CS circuit switched CDMA QNC Quick Net Connect IS2000 1XRTT EVDO sometime referred to as 2 5G or 3G DialNumber This is the phone number that the phone dials to establish a data call Contact the network provider for the correct number Username This is the username required for the phone to log into the wireless data network Contact the network provider for the correct username Password This is the password required for the phone to log into the wireless data network Contact the network provider for the correct password Default Setup This selection will default all of the data testing settings back to using the ZK Servers for FTP and HTTP factory defaults NOTE Default settings will NOT work for the Link Setup The Link Setup needs to be configured as it is dependent on the service provider and the phone 54 ZK Celltest Inc Setting up the Scanner PN and EvDO Scanner From the Configuration menu select Device 1 Setup then select Scanner and turn PN Scanner to On
25. aining the CELLSITE TXT created in Step 1 Select the file and press Open In the Text Import Wizard dialog box that appears select Delimited and press Next Check the Comma box and press Finish You can now edit this file to match your own list of cellsites Use the Cell site Format document as a guide to what belongs in each field Note For Fields 2 and 3 any letter or number is allowed as well as the fol lowing characters _ underscore plus minus and asterisk Blank fields and all other special characters such as periods or commas are not valid and will cause an error upon import When you are finished customizing your cellsite file go to File gt Save As or Office Button gt Save As gt Other Formats From the Save as type drop down menu select CSV Comma delim ited and press Save to save a file named CELLSITE csv Import your custom Cellsite File into the ZK unit I Z 3 4 Make sure that you are able to see file extensions in Windows For example in XP go to Tools gt Folder Options Click the View tab In the Advanced Settings window make sure the Hide extensions for known file types box is un checked Copy the CELLSITE csv file created in Step 2 into the ZK IMPORT directory on the Compact Flash Card Rename the file to CELLSITE txt Windows will give a warning about changing file extensions In this case we really do want to change the exte
26. ary 2 BCCH Time Slot RSSI BSIC Cellname or CID NZ S Neighbor RSSI and BSIC This screen displays the GSM neighbors in tabular form including the user defined cellnames To see the entire GSM neighbor list use the F2 soft key to scroll through list of channels GSM Handoff An example of the GSM Handoff screen is shown below BCCH Time Slot RSSI BSIC Cellname or CID HAID PL TA RLT FER AHR LAL mm 55 Chan RSSI GRSS BSIC H1 R551 BSIC Paging channel is in white Traffic channel Aah Soma oe tg d3 623 89 72 is in yellow and offs 20 ZK Celltest Inc This screen shows the last 9 handoffs The information displayed in the table is the last measured data just prior to the handoff Description of column headings e RSSI Received Signal Strength just prior to the handoff e dRSSI delta in Received Signal Strength Rssi after minus Rssi before e BSIC BSIC just prior to handoff e NI Strongest neighbor channel just prior to handoff e RSSI N1 RSSI of strongest neighbor channel just prior to handoff e BSIC N1 Color code BSIC of strongest neighbor channel just prior to handoff GSM Messages An example of the GSM Messages screen is shown below BCCH Time Slot RSSI BSIC Cellname or CID A SAC HEASURE REPORT Paging channel SAC SYS INFO 5 is in white Traffic SAC MEASURE_REPORT _SAC S S INFO 5 channel messages NAS ALERTING in yellow SAC HEASURE_REPORT S
27. ate FTP Upload The first of three data tests performed This test can be indi vidually turned ON or OFF FTP Download The second of three data tests performed This test can be individually turned ON or OFF ZK User Manual 51 FTP Setup Allows the user to set up the FTP session parameters High lighting FTP and pressing ENTER displays the following screen The unit ships with settings defaulted to the ZK FTP servers Ninety days of service are free at the time of purchase of the data testing feature Addi tional access to the ZK servers must be purchased Users can set up their own FTP server however the FTP settings for the IP Address Username password and download file must match the settings on the FTP server The user can change the size of the file that is used for the FTP upload Note The default password for the ZK Server is hidden If you are using the ZK server service and your usage time runs out you need to contact ZK to extend the service 52 ZK Celltest Inc HTTP Test The third of three data tests performed This test can be individ ually turned ON or OFF HTTP Test Setup Allows the user to set up the HTTP session parame ters Highlighting DATA TEST HTTP SETUP and pressing ENTER dis plays the following screen The unit ships with settings defaulted to the ZK HTTP servers Ninety days of service come free with the purchase of the data testing feature Addi tional usage time for the
28. cified then DCC must be specified as well Optional for Cell Type C or T EIE ATI dicina If cell ee A iste is require p Hyperband must be c if SAT is specified If DCC is specified then SAT must be specified as well Analog If sector is blank then only SAT DCC are used for cellname look up decimal Channel Set Hyperband must be c Cell Type C 11 DMA PN Cell Type T Cell Type G GSM BSIC HEHH GSM BSIC BSIC in OCTAL 0 77 not decimal 0 63 Il T iT Paes StS 1023 GSM Broacast Control CHannel BCCH BCCH in decimal 0 1023 Cell Identi a Ege a iDEN Carrier Number Technol Cell Type U SA ee aca an ac see 83GPP TS 25 213 section 5 2 2 Specific bling Code Cell Type L LTE PCI 100 decimal Physical Cell ID Secondary Sync 3 Primary Sync Physical Cell ID The only case where blank is valid for this field is for Cell Type A Ana Cell Type A log Analog blank blank blank blank blank For an analog only cell site Color Code s indicated in Analog DCC and Analog SAT and Analog Channel Set fields Base Radio information This field is only supported for iDEN Cell Type l it must be blank for other Cell Types 14 iDEN BRR 123 decimal This is a 3 digit decimal number which is intended to be used to encode inforrmation related to the base radio associated with the iDEN carrier number If the imported field is blank the value 000 will be reported exported 15 iDEN Color Cod
29. cted from the main menu the following screen is displayed ZK User Manual 47 Device Setup In the Configuration menu select Device Setup to configure the ports This menu allows you to configure ports for the user selected data collection devices When selected the following screen will appear Note that for the ZK SAM and ZK SAMp the Scanner Setup selection will be replaced by Device 1 Setup Setting up a CDMA EVDO Phone for Voice Testing The following screen allows the user to set up a CODMA EVDO phone as Device 2 Note To change the device type highlight Type Setup and press ENT 48 ZK Celltest Inc By pressing the Voice Auto Dial Setup menu item the following menu appears The autodial mode can be repeating continuous or turned off When the mode is set for repeating the call length must be set When the unit is in the SAM ALL mode the phone will continue to make repeated calls The phone will stop autodialling when the unit is not in the SAM ALL mode The call down length is the time between the end of the call and the start of the next call Alerts Setup When the type is COMA EVDO and the Mode is Voice and you select the Alerts Setup the following screen appears ZK User Manual 49 When Mode is Data and you select the Alerts Setup the following screen appears To change the thresholds highlight the parameter and press the ENT key Brackets appear aroun
30. d the selection Use the arrow keys to change the threshold values and press the ENT key to save To toggle the sound highlight and press the ENT key If it is in the ON position and an alert occurs a voice announcement will be heard when in the SAM ALL realtime mode The alert threshold is compared to an average of the parameter over a 5 second period and if exceeded then an alert is generated Further in order to prevent multiple alerts of the same type occurring in a short period of time a 60 second squelch period is applied to that alert ZK Celltest Inc Setting up a CDMA EVDO Phone for Data Testing The following screen allows the user to set up a CDMA phone for data call testing The phone must be programmed for data testing service from the carrier Make sure you have enabled data testing To enable features See Features on page 74 In the Device Setup menu select CDMA EVDO and Data for the test ing mode and highlight Data testing Setup and press ENTER The following screen will appear Auto Redial A single data test session consists of a FTP Upload FTP Download and an HTTP download With Auto redial turned ON the call will be terminated and re originated after each data test session With Auto redial turned OFF the call will be continuous and the data session will con tinue to repeat until the call is dropped or terminated by the user After the call is terminated it will attempt to re origin
31. data being displayed and save another image You can save multiple images in this way ZK User Manual 41 The saved images are stored in the export directory on the Compact Flash card It will look like the image shown below on your PC pa grm ay 147 147 E dh 147 1 47 Gp ye BOTTOM FLOOR 1 GSM Scanner Best Channel 1 850 A When you are finished saving images select Done 42 ZK Celltest Inc Audible Alerts The user can set up audible alerts See Device Setup beginning on page 47 To view the alerts the following screen is displayed A YL 5 Lac TA j 25 6037 This screen shows the time of the alert alert type the value measured and the threshold set by the user When an alert occurs a voice announcement is played through the display speaker Log Memory Log data is stored directly to the compact flash card in the directory zk logs Data is stored in 2 to 30 minute length files When the disk is full the oldest log file is deleted and replaced by the newest log file Log data is stored in gzip format Gzip is an open source compression for mat that can be uncompressed by most decompression software packages Once decompressed the files are in ASCII comma delimited format Con tact ZK Celltest for a detailed description of the log file format For mapping the log files can be imported by ZK KPI Mapper and most 3rd party Post Processing Applications Contact ZK to see which soft
32. e breadcrumb 1s placed Pressing it again will then remove the breadcrumb F3 Prefs Enter the preferences screen 40 ZK Celltest Inc Once in the Prefs screen pressing the up down arrows allows you to select different categories Pressing the left right arrows allows you to select dif ferent values for each category and pressing the ENT key selects whatever value is currently highlighted Different categories will be displayed for different device types so your window may differ from the screenshot above When all of your preferences have been highlighted press F3 to save them F4 Zoom Pan Toggle between panning When not in the preferences menu you can pan around the image in addi tion to zooming in and out The label above F4 indicates the mode you would like to enter In Fig 1 Zoom is listed indicating the system 1s cur rently in pan mode Use the arrow keys on the right of the display to pan around and change the zoom levels Saving a Floor Plan Image Make sure you are finished dropping breadcrumbs on the image Exit from floor plan into SAM ALL by pressing the SAM F1 function key then press ESC key to exit SAM ALL The floor plan image along with the overlaid data will display Press the key on the lower right of the head unit display to save the image A message will appear and an audio indication will notify you that an image is being saved Press the Prefs function key to change the
33. e data interface settings Contact support zk com for the correct settings for your device Step 5 Configure the Link See Link Setup on page 53 Step 6 Configure the FTP HTTP settings See Step 7 In the Main Menu highlight SAM ALL and press ENTER Step 8 Use the left right arrow keys to change screens and go to the Data Test Screen ZK User Manual 3 Product Description ZK SAM The vehicular only ZK SAM can be configured with a choice of air interface tech nologies and up to five simultaneous device connections The ZK SAM is typically used by Cellular Technicians to monitor and trouble shoot network and cell site related problems ZK SAMp The ZK SAMp has an internal battery shoulder bag and an option for floor plan navigation in addition to all the capabilities of the ZK SAM The ZK SAMp is used for indoor and walk testing applications as well as out door drive testing ZK MPS The ZK MPS can be configured with a choice of air interface technologies inter nal high performance multi technology scanners and up to four device connec tions The ZK MPS is typically used by System Performance and RF Engineers to design and optimize cellular networks ZK MPSp The ZK MPSp has an internal battery shoulder bag and an option for floor plan navigation in addition to all the capabilities of the ZK MPS The ZK MPSp is used for indoor and walk testing applications as well as out door drive testing
34. e ps fe UMTS Primary Scrambling Code iDEN Color Code iDEN no This field is only supported for iDEN Cell Type it must be blank for others yes other Cell Types This field is required for iDEN Cell Type ZK User Manual NOTES 1 Analog cellname look up is not supported for ZK SAM products The analog specific fields may import and export but there is no reporting of cellname for Analog for ZK SAM ZK Celltest Inc Cellsite File 4 x Format amp Document History 2007 03 05 removed some incorrect comments about display logging of SectorID Cellname Cosmetic clean up to formatting V4 2 2007 04 23 first supported by 9 2 firmware NOTE Now this version is now essentially obsolete V4 2 iDEN cellsite files were only supported by the IDEN phase 1 9 2 firmware release This version add iDEN support including new iDEN only BRR field 14 Also many refinement to document content and formatting V4 3 2007 06 14 first supported by 9 4 firmware Added iDEN Color Code field required by the 9 4 firmware releases and newer for cellsite files containing iDEN entries Renamed the field 13 from Color Code to Cell Identifier to avoid confusion between field 13 and 15 2007 07 03 updated note to indicate new ZK SAM firmware versions support 24 320 cell site file entries V4 4 2007 11 20 first supported by 9 6 firmware Added UMTS support includi
35. ee 26 ETE DOV CE SCEN orea TEA 28 LETE SUMIMALY SClCEN eaen E 28 EITE Dia SCE eara a i 29 LTE Throughput Graph Screen eessssssssseeessssssssseeressssssssseerees 30 ISTE OVA Messages OCTEM a r 30 LPE SCanmins Screens ann S 31 LTE Scan Channels Scree onee E 31 CW Scanno SCreciS ieessereias a E a 33 Phone SUMMIMARY 1ic625 Seiden ratercalvonaisenpmicd eal etiuaairaied Aa 34 RED catia net esata ate A ects Nasal N 35 Foor PADNA O aE a T T A wasiuadennos 36 Leading a Floor Plan IMa e es O Macarena 36 Using a Floor Plan image in SAM ALL 0 cece cece cecssseseeeeeeeeeeeaaeeees 38 Function Key Operation sessies iastieeaeitaetornats 39 Saving a Floor Plan Image ccceccccccesssseseeececeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeaas 40 AUdiDIC ATTS aa E A E O 42 LOS MOMON aiaa a a E aaa neh ERS 42 Lor ei re OPO e E A 43 On Demande a a a eee 43 AlO eaea a r Me ee re rere 44 SHUJO Wl oeae Athen a E a e ae 45 Coe Fie Upad Status tense sacateicceovtns as oh E cestode 45 Connor on NICNUS aeann a r a Rau mendes awe 46 DEVICE SOUD eia S 47 Setting up a CDMA EVDO Phone for Voice Testing 47 PCTS SOUP ciadicertnenbiaiadvinetencnien a in euch eases 48 Setting up a CDMA EVDO Phone for Data Testing 50 AORE dA aana OR ON 50 FIP UpIOIU sese eeneeatanceriee st einaaeeaates 50 FIP DOW MlO AG eoa 50 FEES ON e e a N 51 HTI PTOS epeen ae 52 HTIP Test Sephari serans aian n E 32 HAR SUID rri an A 53 DEES
36. end the service HTTP Test The third of three data tests performed This test can be individ ually turned ON or OFF ZK User Manual 61 HTTP Test Setup Allows the user to set up the HTTP session parame ters Highlighting DATA TEST HTTP SETUP and pressing ENTER dis plays the following screen The unit ships with settings defaulted to the ZK HTTP servers Ninety days of service come free with the purchase of the data testing feature Addi tional usage time for the ZK servers must be purchased Users can set up their own HTTP server however the HTTP settings for the IP Address and download file must match the settings on the HTTP server Link Setup Allows the users to set up the wireless link parameters Highlighting this and pressing ENTER displays the following screen 62 ZK Celltest Inc DialNumber This is the phone number that the phone dials to establish a data call Contact the network provider for the correct number Username This is the username required for the phone to log into the wireless data network Contact the network provider for the correct username Password This is the password required for the phone to log into the wireless data network Contact the network provider for the correct password APN The network APN must be entered here Defaults are pro vided for soem Carriers Default Setup This selection will default all of the data testing settings back to using the ZK Serv
37. er decoding and post processing ZK User Manual 13 CDMA EvDO Message Screen With the EvDO option enabled an additional EVDO message screen is dis played SINR Sector D24 hex EvDO channel PN n are lance a nae RSSI Summar PEVDO Messages 6 0008 44 27 m Floor Plan Down Replay The CDMA EvDO message screen displays the over the air messages Uplink and downlink messages are colored Traffic channel messages are highlighted in yellow All the messages are logged for further decoding and post processing The Chan field descriptors are as follows A Access F Forward Traffic R Reverse Traffic CD CDirected Control CB Broadcast Control The Proto field extracts the descriptor of the message from the IS856 Message Protocol Type Name ZK Celltest Inc PN Call Follow Screen If the PN Scanner is set to the Call Follow mode then the following screen will be available for display The top half of the screen will display the pilot set information collected from the phone the bottom half of the screen will display the pilot polluters and missing neighbors Active Set K Ta mais Eca fe Unknown 258 16 Unknown Pilot Hissing Polluters P Heighbors User 20 Pilot _ PHPH SC Gelinane PN SC Celinane Polluters 8 Unknown 474 18 Unknown 81 19 Unknown Phone data Unknown f d F Scanner data PN Scan 1 Follow i0 0014 08 24 Floor Plan Rep
38. ers for FTP and HTTP factory defaults NOTE Default settings will NOT work for the Link Setup The Link Setup needs to be configured as it is dependent on the service provider and the phone Setting up the High Performance HRG GSM BSIC Scanner To setup the GSM BSIC Scanner on the ZK MPS select Scanner and GSM Scanner Setup on the following screen ZK User Manual 63 Selecting the GSM Scanner setup displays the following screen where the user can enable or disable scanning blocks select the band and enable or disable BSIC decoding If Setup is selected the following screen appears This screen allows you to program list of user defined channels to scan 64 ZK Celltest Inc Setting up High Performance UMTS Scanning By selecting UMTS Scanner Setup on the previous screen and press ing Enter the following screen will display The user can select up to 7 UMTS carriers to scan simultaneously ZK User Manual 65 Highlighting Scan Channel List Setup in the previous screen and pressing Enter will display the following screen The user can select the UMTS carriers to scan Setting up an LTE Device In the Device Setup screen select LTE for the device Select the device model then highlight and select Data Testing Setup Select Manual Mode for LTE testing when you are using a ZK compatible LTE Android handset lt Manual Mode allows you to
39. go back to Real time press the F4 Real Time function key ZK Celltest Inc Floor Plan Navigation The floor plan option is available on the ZK SAMp and the ZK MPSp When GPS is not available such as indoors or when a user wants to overlay the data onto a floor plan image like a football stadium or college campus then this feature can be used IMPORTANT When logging using the floor plan data it is important to understand the use of the Job ID feature Log files can not be given a name by the user before collecting data The Job ID feature allows you to add a name in to the log file header so that the post processing software can dis tinguish between job names For example if multiple floors of an office building are collected a different Job ID name should be assigned before collecting data on each floor This allows the post processor to identify which log files correspond to which floor or Job ID name so that each floor can be plotted separately See Job ID beginning on page 72 for more information on configuring and using Job ID Loading a Floor Plan Image 1 Make sure the image s you would like to import is either a Bitmap or JPEG The file must have the proper extension bmp or jpg Files with out one of these extensions will not show up in the Floorplan menu 2 Place the file s on your compact flash card in the ZK floorplans directory 3 Turn on your unit and navigate to Configuration gt Floor Plan Setup
40. ine two channels to scan and report the signal strengths SMPL is the number of samples taken on the frequency in the last second which are averaged together to calculate the RSSI that is displayed To increase the number of samples taken turn off other scanning technologies being simultaneously scanned With CW enabled upon entering SAM ALL you may see the following warning screen If your requirement is to achieve 40 lambda sampling then you should scan only one CW channel and turn off all other scanning If you do not require 40 lambda then disregard this warning by pressing the Enter key GW Sampling Rate Warning To insure 40 lambda CW sampling rate is achieved at all moving speeds the scanner must be configured for a single GW channel only If a 40 lambda CW sampling rate guarantee is desired turn off second CW channel PN Scanning UMTS Scanning LTE scanning GSM scanning Press ENTer to continue or ESC to abort 34 ZK Celltest Inc Phone Summary This screen displays key information for up to five phones simultaneously The screen is a combination of text and graphics Users can compare the performance of different systems and technologies or view data from mul tiple phones on the same system Serving Channel Info Neighbor Channel Info Data Throughput ouwe miie ala 7D iain 20K Device 2 CDMA Voice 73 0 14 12 Device 3 Scanner Off Device 4 scanner Off oe lat 37 29425N lon 122 02303 W AENE
41. l 69 Cell Site Names NOTE A maximum of 20 000 cellsite names can be stored A three sector cell will use three cellsite names See Appendix A Cellsite File Format v4 6 on page A 1 for the file format of the cellsite txt file The Cellsite feature allows users to define their own names of the cell or sector A table is provided that stores the cellsite information Default tables are pre loaded This table can be transferred to a PC to use as a tem plate for editing and imported back into the unit The name of the cell or sector will be displayed various SAM ALL mode display screens If more than one cellname has the same PN BSIC or channel number depending on the technology and hyperband then the unit chooses the closest cellsite name to the current location of the unit by comparing the current GPS position of the unit with the GPS positions of the cell site via the cellsite txt file By highlighting Cell Site Names in the Configuration menu and press ing the enter key the following screen will be displayed 70 ZK Celltest Inc Default settings are pre loaded By highlighting Default Setting and pressing ENTER the following screen will appear The user selects the technology in the following screen By selecting LTE in the previous screen the following screen appears The user can select any of the default items corresponding to their fre quency band For GSM the default cellnames consi
42. lay Missing Neighbors Pilot Polution Threshold Identified as a pilot polluter 1f the PN is not in the Active Set and its level measured by the scanner is within X of the Aggre gate Ec Io of the Active set where X equals the pilot Pollution Threshold Example If the Pilot Pollution Threshold is set as 10 dB then a PN is a pilot polluter if it is within 10dB of the Aggregate Ec Io If the Aggregate Ec Io is equal to 3 and the measured PN is 9 dB then it is a polluter how ever if the measured PN is 14dB then it will not be a polluter Missing Neighbor Threshold Threshold value T_ADD T_Drop or USER value can be used to calculate the threshold PNs with a measured Ec Io value above this threshold will be reported as missing neighbors Note the polluters missing neighbors are cleared each time a new PN scan completes ZK User Manual 15 CDMA EvDO Data Testing Screen When performing an EvDO data test the following data testing screen is available SINR Sector ID24 Hex EvDO channel PN pes eC nae Ec Io RSSI FTP DL IP 700 212 240 148 416 KB Parameter Current Average Peak DRC 4 307 K 3 307 K App TP 289 Kb s 262Kbis 311 Kb s RLP TP 355 Kb s 355 Kb s Phys Fwd 286 Kbis 432 Kbis BER 0 1 EYDO Data 0 0009 32 22 Floor Plan Replay e FTP DL IP IP address of the phone under test e DRC Data Rate Control The fastest data rate that can be supported Indicator of the quality of the
43. ng UMTS hyperband 2100Mhz downlink support V4 5 pre July 2010 firmware 2008 12 19 Added AWS hyperband support to field 8 V4 5 post July 2010 firmware Adds LTE and 700Mhz uppper lower band support Firmware versions 9 10B through 9 13C2 and 10 0A through 10 2K V4 6 2012 02 27 Same as V4 5 post July 2010 firmware Changed firmware to report new version for unambiguous differentiation from early V4 5 files V4 6 2012 09 15 Adds information on allowed characters for field 2 sector ID and field 3 cell site name
44. nsion press Yes With the ZK unit still powered off remove the CFC from the card reader ZK Celltest Inc and place it back in the ZK unit 5 Power on the ZK unit and go to Configuration gt Cell Site Names High light Import and press ENT 6 If everything has been done correctly then you should get the message Import Completed If not then there will be an error screen explaining what is wrong with the cellsite file Global Setup The Global Setup menu has various settings that set global parameters Job ID The Job ID is arbitrary text the user can enter which will be logged in the top of each log file It is limited to 30 characters Allowable characters are upper and lower case letters numbers 0 through 9 and dash The Job ID name that is entered is embedded in the header line of the log files collected after you enter and save the Job ID name This is particularly useful when collecting indoor files If the user wants to collect several floors of a hotel then a different Job ID name should be entered prior to collecting data for each floor When the post processing mapping soft ware imports and converts the indoor log files it will ask the user if they want to sort the files by Job ID name This way the user can create output plots by Job ID or in this case by Hotel floors so that each floor can be plot ted separately ZK User Manual 13 Auto Start This tells the unit to automatically go to the SAM
45. ormance Tip A fully charged battery two hours of charging time typ ically provides three to fours hours of operation To increase the battery life set the backlight to its lowest setting Memory Indicator An icon is used to indicate the amount of free memory on the Compact Flash card for data When memory is full the data will be overwritten on a first in first out FIFO basis The amount of data stored is dependent on the disk space of the compact flash card Typically up to 5MB of data per CDMA phone and up to 7MB per GSM phone can be stored per hour The scanner logs less than 1MB per hour Markers Pressing the ENTER key inserts a marker into the data file for post processing When a marker is entered the Pushpin icon will be displayed with the number of the marker next to it Time and GPS The Time indicator appears on every screen Units with GPS will display a circle and in the lower portion of the screen the number of locked in satel lites ZK User Manual The time is generated by an internal clock backed up by an internal lithium battery This battery is maintained in a charged state as long as the unit is connected to external power or portability battery for portable units Time will be backed up for at least one month when disconnected from power For units with GPS receivers the internal clock is updated by GPS time if there is a current fix each time the user goes into and out of the SAM ALL
46. r Manual 39 When the screen is in the Pan mode as shown below the arrow keys are used to move the cursor to a location To log a data point press the Enter key A colored dot will appear If the data being plotted has some sort of gradient or scale applied to it then the breadcrumbs dropped will be color coded accordingly For example a good RSSI value will have a blue bread crumb associated with it whereas a bad RSSI value will have a red bread crumb associated with it When you zoom in the values of the data you are viewing will be displayed If no data is present to be plotted or if the data does not fit a color coding scheme e g PN numbers the crumbs will be black Use arrow keys to move cursor Press Enter to log data point Press to change the parameter being displayed ue GSM Scanner Best Channe 0 G32 12 52 ad Prefs Zoom _ At any time you can change what the breadcrumbs represent by going into the preferences menu and selecting another device or parameter Selecting accept afterwards will immediately change all of the breadcrumbs to repre sent the settings selected in the preferences menu Function Key Operation F1 SAM Return back to the SAM ALL session F2 Undo Undo the last breadcrumb dropped If the last breadcrumb dropped is currently on screen it will be removed If the last breadcrumb is not currently on screen pressing Undo will cause the window to pan over to where th
47. r measures detects a PN that is not in the Neighbor list AND is stronger than the threshold it is displayed and logged as a Missing Neighbor e T DROP The unit obtains the value of T DROP from the follow phone The T_DROP value is used as the Missing Neighbor thresh old When the scanner measures detects a PN that is not in the Neigh bor list AND is stronger than T_DROP it is displayed and logged as a Missing Neighbor e T ADD The unit obtains the value of T_ADD from the follow phone The T_ADD value is used as the Missing Neighbor threshold When the scanner measures detects a PN that is not in the Neighbor list AND is stronger than T_ADD it is displayed and logged as a Missing Neighbor ZK User Manual 57 If there are PNs that are not in the Active Set and are within the range of the Pilot Pollution threshold then they are Pilot Polluters The Pilot Pollu tion threshold value is set by the user Pilot polluters can come from PNs in or not in the follow phone s Neighbor list A PN is a Pilot Polluter when the Aggregate Ec Io of the Active Set minus the Ec Io of the measured PN is lower than the Pilot Pollution threshold Agg Ec Io PN Ec Io lt Pilot Pollution Threshold For example if the Pilot Pollution threshold is 5dB the Aggregate Ec Io of the Active Set is 6dB and the measured PN is 10dB the PN is a Pilot Polluter 6 10 4 As you can see 4 is less than 5 so the PN is a Pilot Polluter Setting up a G
48. radio channel e APPL TP Application Layer Throughput e RLP TP Radio Link Protocol Downlink Throughput Essentially the throughput of the RF link e Phys Fwd Throughput of the Physical Layer Forward Path e BER Bit Error Rate Three throughput categories are displayed Current Average and Peak e Current This is the 5 second rolling average of through put as it is being measured e Average This is the cumulative average of throughput for the current session e Peak This is the highest value of throughput measured for the current session 16 ZK Celltest Inc CDMA EvDO Scanning Screens With the CDMA and EvDO scanner technology options enabled the fol lowing set of screens are displayed in the SAM ALL mode PN Scan Screen CDMA and EvDO When the PN Scanner is set to scan user settable channels the following screen is available Up to seven CDMA and or EvDO carriers can be displayed on a single screen The three strongest PNs along with their Ec Io are displayed for each carrier The top 25 PNs are logged for each carrier If multiple PN Scanners are attached then each Scanner will be associated with its own screen The up down arrow keys are used to switch between scanners Strongest PNs in each carrier Chan RSSI PN Ectlo PN Eco PN Eatfo Carriers _ c384 90 RAPS 3 Eee cen up to 7 c425 90 BEB co IEPs BED c507 90 EEM253 EEN EER PN Scan Channels 0 0015 32 34 Floor
49. s An audi ble alert will be generated if there are files to be uploaded and no file has been uploaded for the confgured time period This is to indicate to the user that there is a problem with data uploading ZK User Manual 45 Shutdown In the Shutdown mode the unit will transmit the data when the unit 1s pow ered off If the unit is installed in a vehicle with the ignition sense wire properly connected then it will begin uploading when the vehicle power is turned off When the files have been transmitted the unit will fully power off on its own Log File Upload Status When the unit is uploading the following screen shows the status FTP Status Upload Log Files Status SS Server Address 216 129 125 158 Username bruce Minutes Requested to Upload 15 ile Currently Uploading Current File 7k 86866612370 26680513121654 txt 4 Humber of Files Completed Files remaining Number of Files Remaining 31 umber of Failed Transfers Press ESC to Abort The status bar will provide information on current throughput speed with an estimate of the amount of time left in the process When the process is complete press ENT to return to the main menu 46 ZK Celltest Inc Configuration Menus Some menu items may not appear if their associated option has not been purchased For example if you did not purchase the CDMA technology option then CDMA Cellnames will not appear in the menu When CONFIGURATION is sele
50. scanning measurements The following screen displays all of the UMTS carriers programmed by the user in Setting up High Perform ance UMTS Scanning beginning on page 64 Up to 7 carriers can be measured by the scanner simultaneously The top three strongest Scram bling Codes are displayed for each UMTS Carrier along with their Ec No values Scrambling Codes Carriers 1 CScanChans 0 0011 53 39 E The following screen displays the six strongest Scrambling Codes for a particular UMTS Carrier Chan 4385 RSsl 78 7 53 Down Replay _ SC Scan Detail 0 0011 53 53 ZK User Manual 27 This information can also be represented graphically Note that signals below the noise floor will not be graphed in order to enhance visibility of valid data Chan 4385 RSsl 78 45 30 15 28 ZK Celltest Inc LTE Device Screens With the LTE device technology option enabled the following set of screens are displayed in the SAM ALL mode LTE Summary Screen The LTE Summary Screen provides the serving channel information and PCI neighbor information A graphical and tabular representation of the signal levels are presented Physical Cell Identifier Carrier Channel aaah a Signal Received Quality gone PCI RSRQ Cell Name Hyperband 3 J Unknown t 700LTE t Reference Signal Received Power LTE Cell Names ua 30 gt 20 10 724 2LTE Summary 0 50417 4920 E Floor Pla d o I Replay _ Z
51. st of NAMEXX where XX is the BSIC value For CDMA the default cellnames consist of NAMEXXX where XXX is the PN Offset value How to create a ZK cell site file Users can create their own cellname table by exporting the default table and using it as a template to add their cellnames of choice then importing this file back into the main memory of the unit User defined cell names will be displayed on various screens ZK User Manual 71 Export a default Cellsite File to use as a template 1 From the ZK unit main menu go to Configuration gt Cell Site Names gt 2 Default Setting Select the desired technology then select the desired band You should see a message Default cellname installed successfully Press ENTER to con tinue Press ENT Press ESC twice to return to the Cell Site Names menu Select Export and press ENT You should see Export completed press ENT Power off the ZK unit Remove the Compact Flash Card from the unit and place it in your PC s flash card reader On your PC navigate to the VZK EXPORT directory on the CFC You should see a file named CELLSITE TXT This is an example file of the technology band selected in step 2 Create a custom Cellsite File using Excel I Zz 3 4 From Excel go to File gt Open in Office 2007 Office Button gt Open Select All Files from the Files of type drop down menu Navigate to the directory cont
52. t members EvDO Handoffs The following EvDO handoff screen is displayed when performing EvDO testing SINR Sector D24 hex EvDO channel 4 PEEN or Cellname Ec lo RSSI mm ssiChan RSS 1 PH1317HR FHA FH PHHPHS PH This screen shows the last 10 soft hard EvDO handoffs The information displayed in the table is the last measured data just prior to the handoff The following describes the items in the columns e mmi ss the time in minutes seconds the handoff occurred e Chan Carrier frequency of the channel just prior to the handoff e ssi Received Signal Strength just prior to the handoff e PNI Strongest PN of the Active Set e PN2 thru 6 Active Set members 12 ZK Celltest Inc CDMA Message Screen An example of the CDMA Message screen is shown below Message Class Current serving channel data mn ss Class Type Traffic channel 55 P Order highlighted in yellow S5IPZEXChHASSign Enhanced Traffic_Ass SS P NbrList S5 P SyusParam SS P ExSusParam P_REWU 6 755 P AccParam SHA Or1g SHiP ChanlList 2 CDMA Messages 0 0014 10 567 Scroll up down to see up to 1001 messages The CDMA message screen displays the over the air messages Uplink and downlink messages are colored Traffic channel messages are highlighted in yellow Parts of the Order messages are decoded The Class categories are P Paging F Forward Traffic R Reverse Traffic S Synch A ACccess All the messages are logged for furth
53. the neighbors from best to worst Ec No The scrambling code will have either an a or m prefix The a represents the active scrambling code The m represents the monitored scrambling code eThis screen will list only the neighbors that the phone has been able to measure a Ec No value ZK User Manual 23 UMTS Neighbors An example of the UMTS Neighbor screen is shown below _ Channel SC RSCP Cellname Hyperban Lo a EcHo TxP BLER AHR R S5I RRC COMP Scr ECNo RSCP Cellnane al 447 6 98 C CNU0344 14 106 A CNU05 0 17 103 C CNU0391 19 111 B CNU0182 19 111 B CNU0413 UMTS IntraFreq 8 10015 22 364 The screen elements consist of the following e Hyperband c 800 MHz p 1900 MHz u 2100 MHz g 900 MHz e Channel Channel number e SC Scrambling Code e RSCP Signal strength of the best server e Cellname e Neighbors Displays the neighbors from best to worst Ec No e The scrambling code will have either an a or m pre fix The a represents the active scrambling code The m represents the monitored scrambling code e This screen will list the entire neighbor set including those scrambling codes where no Ec No can be mea sured Use the F2 button to scroll through the list of neighbors 24 ZK Celltest Inc UMTS HSPA Data Testing An example of the HSDPA Data Testing screen is shown below Channel SC RSCP Cellname Hyperband P
54. up and press ENTER The following screen will appear Auto Redial A single data test session consists of a FTP Upload FTP Download and an HTTP download With Auto redial turned ON the call will be terminated and re originated after each data test session With Auto redial turned OFF the call will be continuous and the data session will con tinue to repeat until the call is dropped or terminated by the user After the call is terminated it will attempt to re originate FTP Upload The first of three data tests performed This test can be indi vidually turned ON or OFF FTP Download The second of three data tests This test can be individu ally turned ON or OFF 60 ZK Celltest Inc FTP Setup Allows the user to set up the FTP session parameters High lighting FTP Setup and pressing ENTER displays the following screen The unit ships with settings defaulted to the ZK FTP servers Ninety days of service are free at the time of purchase of the data testing feature Addi tional access to the ZK servers must be purchased Users can set up their own FTP server however the FTP settings for the IP Address Username password and download file must match the settings on the FTP server The user can change the size of the file that is used for the FTP upload Note The default password for the ZK Server is hidden If you are using the ZK server service and your usage time runs out you need to contact ZK to ext
55. ware packages support our format ZK User Manual 43 Log File Upload The user can configure the SAM to send data files to an FTP server Three upload modes are available On Demand Auto and Shutdown After changing the configuration settings for the Upload the unit will reboot to save these settings On Demand In this mode the user can upload files when they choose on demand From the Main Menu choose Upload Options to view the following screen Select On Demand in the first row Select the XX number of minutes of log data you want to send and the unit will transmit the files containing the last XX minutes logged Choose the port that the modem is connected to and program the FTP and Link settings the same as you would when you set up a device for data test ing See Setting up a CDMA EVDO Phone for Data Testing beginning on page 50 To begin the upload process select Start Upload 44 Auto ZK Celltest Inc In the Auto mode the unit is uploading while data is being collected If in the shared mode the modem will alternate between collecting data and sending log data to the FTP server Once the pre determined file size is logged it will be sent to the FTP server and the cycle will be repeated If in the dedicated mode then the unit will continue to collect data while the file is be uploaded with the dedicated modem The Problem Alert Period can be set between and 1440 minute
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