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1. CELLTEST ZK SAM ZK SAMp ZK MPS 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 9 10 Release Date October 6 2010 Table of Contents Sui E EE a a 1 Peares Table ernn Asc vs pic ise al sei walla eas goes atses l Compatible Devices ua E ands 2 Cinca iciaa cti 2 NVOC Call LEStMO cani 2 Data Call Teste unta silo oriss 2 Product Description sroine EREE E 3 ASAN e E N tets sheen te 3 TRES E E I A I 3 LEMES oaen a NS 3 Zk MPSD nra E eae twuat ioe 3 Operation amp SCLECIS a 4 Status E Snes yarana E E Sayed tosnarealee 5 Compact Elash Memory Gard ia 5 Device Port 1 2 3 4 and Indicatori nadas 6 A sash eescetsaiad ina wcnnoietan ni Manctokeotiantaiadasy E nace 6 FLY pero ana ING Calor air 6 Battery Level indicator ws 7 Memory Indicators E nte catar 7 UE A A tae saeniea lente ncisamiaaies 7 PI sears een ero A i aoata cies 7 Matt MOni til 9 SAM ALE SONS ita 10 COMAS a did 10 EVDO SUMMA CE as oi daa 11 CDMAFAMPS Handal 11 Fy TOOLS a 12 CDMA Message crea ai ocn 13 CDMA EVDO Message SCheCm sia a E A 14 PN Call Pollo Screen artos aries ieee 15 CDMA EVDO Data Testin Seremi iia 16 PN Scan Screen CDMA and Ev DO E suma a o 17 EYDO cantinas SCTECHS asii a E ERE 18 CSM SUMA sai nos 19 GSM Nee DOLO CESEN alli 20 GS Mi PAGO currada 21 GIM MOS SACS isis 22 GPRS EDGE Data Testine SCECOM
2. 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 ZK User Manual 35 Using a Floor Plan image in SAM ALL Once you have entered SAM ALL press the Fl key to enter Floor plan mode Below is a quick description of key functions and navigation of the Floor plan 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 OTTO rhea CDMA Scanner RSS 510 50012 53 53 36 ZK Celltest Inc 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 bread crumbs 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 ae GSM Scanner Best Channe
3. 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 bread crumbs on the image Exit from floor plan into SAM ALL by pressing the SAM Fl 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 data being displayed and save another image You can save multiple images in this way 38 ZK Celltest Inc 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 141 147g 147 Be D 147 B17 ees ay 147 147 any 14 140 1147 Gp BOTTOM FLOOR 1 GSM Scanner Best Channel 1 850 A When you are finished saving images select Done ZK User Manual 39 Audible Alerts The user can set up audible alerts See Alerts Setup beginning on page 45 Also see Alerts Setup beginning on page 54 To view the alerts the following screen is displayed LAC 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 displ
4. 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 Setting up the Retriever Phone PN Scanner By selecting the Retriever in the Phone Setup menu and the Scan_Channel mode the following screen will appear There are two modes for the Retriever In Scan_Channel mode the Retriever scans all PNs in up to five user defined carrier channels The PN Increment can be any number from 1 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 then all 512 PNs are scanned in each channel When it is set 90 ZK Celltest Inc to 2 then every other PN 1s scanned and so on The higher the PN Incre ment value the faster the scanning speed however only incrementally faster Typical scanning speed for a single carrier with a PN Increment of 2 is approximately 4 seconds The following screen shows the setup menu for a Retriever in the Follow _Mode In this mode the Retriever can be configured to follow a CDMA phone follow phone connected to another port The foll
5. Unknown 15C Scan Detail 550 0011 53 53 MS Replay ZK User Manual 29 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 4305 RSsl 78 68 45 30 15 30 ZK Celltest Inc CW Scanning Screens With this feature the user can define 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 ZK User Manual 31 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 miia A ice META 284K Device 2 CDMA Voice 73 0 14 12 Device 3 Scanner Off Device 4 scanner Off Device 5 lat 37 29425 N lon 122 02303 W 3 Phone Summary 36 0008 43 54 a ZK Celltest Inc 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 fol
6. User Manual 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 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 ZK Celltest Inc 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 the display the user can press the up down arrow keys to switch between devices Zoom Line Serving Channel Info Hyperband Indicator EcNo TxP BLER RSSI RRC COMP Scr EcNo Celinane aay 11 Unknown Battery Indicator Device Por Floor Plan ERE Memory Indicator Indicator Satellites locked Screen Name Marker Number Zoom Line The Zoom Line Top Line displays the Paging Idle channels as inver
7. ZK Celltest Inc 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 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 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 59 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 60 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 Z
8. a 60 second squelch period is applied to that alert ZK User Manual 55 Setting up a GSM device for GPRS EDGE UMTS HSDPA Data Test ing 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 67 In the Device Setup menu select GSM UMTS Data for the Testing Mode 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 continue 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 individually turned ON or OFF FTP Download The second of three data tests This test can be individually turned ON or OFF 96 ZK Celltest Inc FTP Setup Allows the user to set up the FTP session parameters Highlighting FTP Setup and pressing ENTER displays the following screen The unit ships with settings defaulted to the ZK FTP servers Ninety days of service
9. 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 HTTP Test The third of three data tests performed This test can be individually turned ON or OFF ZK User Manual 57 HTTP Test Setup Allows the user to set up the HTTP session parameters Highlighting DATA TEST HTTP SETUP and pressing ENTER displays 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 DialNumber This is the phone number that the phone dials to establish a data call Contact the network provider for the correct number 08
10. availability Configuration A list of menus to customize the configuration Utilities Screen for reformatting the Compact Flash card Additional utili ties may be added in the future System Information Provides software and hardware version information and availa ble free memory 10 ZK Celltest Inc SAM ALL Screens The SAM ALL data screens will appear when SAM ALL 1s highlighted in the Main Menu and the ENTER key 1s depressed CDMA Summary Serving Channel data zoom line Frequency RSSI Transmit Transmit Channel Power Gain Adjust Active Set Agg Ec Io SID 40 PN EcIo Cellname 5 66 7 Unknown 117 8 Unknown Active Set 21814 92 46 Unknown 474 17 Unknown 15 498 49 Unknown Candidate Set 285 19 Unknown green when avail 28 409 49 Unknown Strongest na 4 18 g2 Neighbor Set E 20 Candidates BCDMA Summary 6 0008 43 29 yy Neighbors Floor Plan Replay The Zoom Line displays the serving channel information The table on the right shows the Active set strongest candidates and strongest neighbors PNs Ec lo 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 ZK User Manual 11 EvDO Summary Screen With the EvDO option an additional summary screen is available Since
11. device for GPRS EDGE UMTS HSDPA Data Testing RS 55 AMOR A a bbc 55 FIP Upload cerpin E 55 FTP Download sia iii 55 FEP S Dees aA A 56 SA AET A A T E O E AANEEN 56 HTTP Pest SCH a a a 57 A ree eta re amt E ae See E eer aie 57 Derah SCUP s 3 oo aa eee eas 58 Setting up the High Performance HRG GSM BSIC Scanner 58 Setting up High Performance UMTS Scanning cccccccnnnnnnocnnnnnnnnnnnnnanonnnnss 60 Setn PCW A tue a aeed cele aaieatounemnce 62 COSTES EIN GIGS rs 63 How to create d ZK Cell steel oia 64 Export a default Cellsite File to use as a template 64 Create a custom Cellsite File using Excel 65 Import your custom Cellsite File into the ZK unit 65 Global CUP uta ana 66 ALO o 66 AUTO KO VLOEK a cos 66 Over the Air Message LOSA id 66 GPS DEl sacd 67 ESAS da io 67 Appendix A Cellsite File Format v4 3 ccscccccsssssssssssscccccccssssscsces Al 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 Available Options ZK SAM ZK SAMp ZK MPS ZK MPSp a a E ls Be ae E 3 E oh z gt 7 E E D Floor Plan Displa ZK Celltest Inc Compatible Devices Go to_http www zk com support release_ info new html for an updated list of compatible devices NOTE If you do not see
12. image like a football stadium or college campus then this feature can be used 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 Floor Plan 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 If this is the first time using firmware 9 9C or later the Floor plan feature will be disabled by default Press ENT to enable Floor plan You should now see a new option called Floor Image scroll down and press ENT to enter the Floor Image menu ZK Celltest Inc 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 Floor plan 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 joa topFloors mall jog malniPloorLarge pa 5 You are now ready to enter SAM ALL mode Press ESC until the Main
13. meas ured Average This is the average value of throughput for the current session Peak This is the highest value of throughput measured for the current ses sion ZK User Manual 17 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 lo 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 2nd Chan RSSI PN Eclo PN Ecllo PN Eciio Carriers 90 5 ate 1 1 eal 18 up to 7 c425 90 E25 EPO En c507 90 E253 ENS 79 EM PN Scan Channels 0 0015 32 34 Floor Plan Replay _ 18 ZK Celltest Inc 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 c309 RSSI 82 Press to view more PNs A graphical representation is displayed on the following screen Chan 589 RSSI 83 gt PH Eclo 60 4 gt 38 15 B __ 1Evdo Scan Graph 310 0011 54 35 MN Replay ZK User Manual 19 GSM Summary 1 The following screen shows th
14. 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 lo of the Active Set minus the Ec lo of the measured PN is lower than the Pilot Pollution threshold Agg Ec lo 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 the High Performance HPN PN and EvDO Scanner From the Configuration menu select Device 1 Setup then select Scanner and turn PN Scanner to On See the following screen Select PN Scanner Setup and press Enter 52 ZK Celltest Inc There 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 Selecting 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
15. 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 22 ZK Celltest Inc GSM Messages An example of the GSM Messages screen is shown below BCCH Time Slot RSSI BSIC Cellname or CID a SAC MEASURE_REPORT Paging channel SACISVS_INFO_S is in white Traffic SAC MEASURE_REPORT SAC SYS_INFO_S channel messages HAS ALERTING in yellow SAC MEASURE_ REPORT SAC SYS INFO 6 Forward and reverses SAC MEASURE_REPORT traffic channels are SO 400113240 colored Uplink User can scroll to view l 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 23 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 a Radio Link Layer Throughput RLC TP 44 Kb s 47 Kb s TO 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 va
16. 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 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 Celltest Inc The time is generated by an internal clock backed up by an internal lithium battery This battery 1s 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 ZK User Manual 9 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 SAM ALL ALL Live call follow coverage and interference measuring E Log File Remote Data Link send log files to a central data collection server Firmware Updates Information screen about software upgrade
17. K User Manual 61 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 62 ZK Celltest Inc Setting up CW Scanning To set up CW scanning select CW Scanner Setup from the Device 1 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 Manual 63 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 4 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 Configur
18. Manual 3 Product Description ZK SAM The vehicular only ZK SAM can be configured with a choice of air interface tech nologies phone based scanners and up to five 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 phone based scanners internal high performance multi technology scanners and up to four device connections The ZK MPS is typically used by System Performance and RF Engineers to 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 4 ZK Celltest Inc Operation amp Screens Traffic Channel Yellow Background Idle White Background Power On Off Escape Key Enter Key Volume A A RETA Z tsc Jf efit A E ir R Arrow a E qd Backlight AA wan Y Speaker Phone Port Shift Key Indicator Function Keys SATS Marker Time Memory Battery level ZK
19. O 3212 pode _ Prefs Zoom _ At any time you can change what the bread crumbs represent by going into the preferences menu and selecting another device or parameter Selecting accept afterwards will immediately change all of the bread crumbs to rep resent the settings selected in the preferences menu ZK User Manual 3 Function Key Operation Fl SAM Return back to the SAM ALL session F2 Undo Undo the last bread crumb dropped If the last bread crumb dropped is currently on screen it will be removed If the last bread crumb is not currently on screen pressing Undo will cause the window to pan over to where the bread crumb 1s placed Pressing it again will then remove the bread crumb F3 Prefs Enter the preferences screen 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 screen shot 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
20. 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 Cellsite File Format re Fate esop unto wn vox Sok Y me C CDMA optional Analog T TDMA optional Analog G GSM BSIC defined sector G amp GC records cannot be mixed in one cell site file Cell Type 1 char GC GSM Channel BCCH defined sector G amp GC records cannot be mixed in one cell site file Den U UMTS A Analog Hyperband must be y Sector ID B fioha gt f gt no Cell 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 Cell Site Name N_FirstSt 1 20 char CellSiteName and SectorlD will be shown as follows in screen and log files SectorID CellSiteName Latitude 37 3800 degrees See arte De
21. ain menu ZK User Manual 43 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 selected from the main menu the following screen is displayed 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 44 ZK Celltest Inc Setting up a CDMA Phone The following screen allows the user to set up a CDMA phone as Device 2 The autodial can be set up and the phone number can be entered by the user In addition the user can choose to log CDMA Over the Air mes sages 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 ZK User Manual 45 The call down length can be set differently for CDMA calls and analog calls In some networks when the phone is on an analog voice channel the phone requires at least 10 seconds of call down time time in idle mode prio
22. alog blank blank blank blank blank yes 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 IDEN BRR 123 decimal yes Thisis 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 iDEN Color Code iDEN Color Code 15 decimal 15 DEN no This field is only supported for DEN Cell Type I it must be blank for others yes other Cell Types This field is required for iDEN Cell Type NOTES 1 Analog cellname look up is not supported for RCU ZK SAM products The analog specific fields may import and export but there is no reporting of cellname for Analog for RCU ZK SAM Specific ZK User Manual A 3 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 DEN cellsite files were only supported by the DEN phase 1 9 2 firmware release This version add iDEN support including new iDEN only BRR field 14 Also many refinement to doc
23. an acceptable device on the list please contact supportO zk com to request a device for us to evaluate Quick Start NOTE The Compact Flash memory card must be properly inserted into 1ts 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 Step2 After installation turn on the phones and turn on power Step 3 In the Configuration gt Device Setup Screen select the correct phones for the phone connections 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 Step2 After installation turn on the phones turn on power Step 3 In the Device Setup Screen configure for the CDMA or GSM phone and connect the data capable phone to the unit Step 4 Configure the Link See Link Setup on page 48 Step 5 In the Main Menu highlight SAM ALL and press ENTER Step 6 Use the left right arrow keys to change screens and go to the Data Test Screen ZK User
24. ation menu and press ing the enter key the following screen will be displayed 64 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 GSM 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 consist 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 Export a default Cellsite File to use as a template 6 From the ZK unit main menu go to Configuration gt Cell Site Names gt Default Setting 7 Select the desired technology then select the desired band You should see a message Default cellname installed successfully Press ENTER to con ZK User Manual 65 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 Remov
25. ay speaker Log Memory Log data is stored directly to the compact flash card in the directory zk logs Data is stored in 30 minute length files When the disk is full the old est log file is deleted and replaced by the newest log file The Log Upload feature allows the user to change the size of the log files from 2 to 30 minutes in size 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 most 3rd party Post Process ing Applications Contact ZK to see which software packages support our format 40 ZK Celltest Inc Log File Upload Remote Data Link 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 c
26. e RLC TP Radio Link Throughput MAC TP MAC Layer Throughput BLER Block Error Rate CQI Call Quality Index ZK User Manual 27 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 26 56 84 118 d 30 2 lt 0 70 E GSM Scan 1900 F 50 0013 01 36 Floor Plan Replay 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 ZK Celltest Inc UMTS Scanning Screens With UMTS scanning enabled additional screens are provided for viewing the UMTS 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 60 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 50 0011 53 39 MN Replay _ The following screen displays the six strongest Scrambling Codes for a particular UMTS Carrier Chan 4305 Rosi 78 Cellname 1 250 8 86 Unknown 2 131 16 Unknown 3 99 23 Unknown 4 114 24 Unknown 5 5 T9 25 Unknown 61 26
27. e measured data for GSM Summary 1 BCCH Time Slot RSSI BSIC or CID Serving Channel and neighbor RSSI Unknown Unknown E i GSM Summary1 26 50008 45 07 9 Floor Plan Replay Parameters shown are as follows e 621 channel number ARFCN or BCCH e E Time slot 0 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 20 ZK Celltest Inc GSM Neighbor Screen The following screen shows the measured data for GSM Summary 2 BCCH Time Slot RSSI BSIC Cellname or CID fo 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 ZK User Manual 21 GSM Handoff An example of the GSM Handoff screen is shown below BCCH Time Slot RSSI BSIC Cellname or CID N Z Y MAIO PL T RLT FER ARR LAC mm iss Chan RSSI dRSsS BSIC H1 KS5TI BSIC Paging channel 1s in white Traffic channel is in yellow This screen shows the last 9 handoffs The information displayed in the table is the last measured data just prior to the handoff
28. e mm 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 ZK User Manual 13 CDMA Message Screen An example of the CDMA Message screen is shown below Message Class Current serving channel data mm 55 Class Type Traffic channel 55 P Order highlighted in yellow 255 P ExChAssign Enhanced _ Traffic Ass 55 P HbrList S5 P SyusParam SS P ExSusParam P_REWU 6 255 P AccParam 54 AfD0r1g 5H PZChanList 2 CDMA Messages 50 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 Access All the messages are logged for further decoding and post processing ZK Celltest Inc CDMA EvDO Message Screen With the EvDO option enabled an additional EVDO message screen is dis played SINR Sector D24 hex EvDO channel PN i aC iie q Ec Io RSSI mm 3ss ChansProto Hame Summar 2EYDO Messages 6 0008 44 27 9 Replay The CDMA EvDO message screen displays the over the air messages Uplink and downlink messages are colored Tra
29. e the Compact Flash Card from the unit and place it in your PC s flash card reader 10 On your PC navigate to the ZK 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 l 2 gt 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 containing 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 cell sites 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 underscore _ character All other special characters such as hyphens and periods 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 Make sure that you are able to see file extensions in Windows For exa
30. en If you are using the ZK server service and your usage time runs out you need to contact ZK to extend the service HTTP Test The third of three data tests performed This test can be individually turned ON or OFF 48 ZK Celltest Inc HTTP Test Setup Allows the user to set up the HTTP session parameters Highlighting DATA TEST HTTP SETUP and pressing ENTER displays 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 Link Type The user can choose the type of data call to make CDMA CS circuit switched CDMA QNC Quick Net Connect ZK User Manual 49 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
31. ffic 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 Directed Control CB Broadcast Control The Proto field extracts the descriptor of the message from the 18856 Message Protocol Type Name ZK User Manual 15 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 es PH JEcTO Cellname EM EC O ee 90 fe Unknown 258 78 Unknown Pilot Hissing i Polluters P Heighbors User 206 Pilot PN PH S Celiname PN SC Celiname 81 19 Unknown Phone data Unknown Scanner data PN Scan 1 Follow 0 00 14 08 24g Floor Plan Replay Missing Neighbors Polluters P 8 Unknown 474 18 lt Unknoun Pilot Polution Threshold Identified as a pilot polluter if the PN 1s not in the Active Set and its level measured by the scanner is within X of the Aggre gate Ec lo 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 Agg
32. grees decimal format is required Six digits to the right of the decimal sector d A degrees is north 90 degrees is east 180 degrees is south 270 degrees egrees Orientation is west Pror degrees Beam Width g A 2 ZK Celltest Inc Cellsite File Format c Cellular GSM850 Hypeband must be c for Analog Celltype p PCS 1900 g GSM 900 d DCS 1800 Hyperband c 1 char no 800MHz iDEN band j 900Mhz iDEN band u UMTS band 2100Mhz a AWS band Must be A if hyperband is u i j g or d Optional for Cell Type C or T If Cell Type A this field is required Analog DCC 2 decimal Hyperband must be c if DCC is specified If SAT is specified then DCC must be specified as well Optional for Cell Type C or T aaa o yes If Sal Les A wiste is required p Hyperband must be c if SAT is specified If DCC is specified then SAT must be specified as well Analog e If sector is blank then only SAT DCC are used for cellname look up Channel Set Hyperband must be c Cell Type C 11 DMA PN Cell Type T TDMA DVCC ees HEHEH GSM BSIC BSIC in OCTAL 0 77 not decimal 0 63 Cell Identi ll Tyoe GC fier sotto EE 1023 GSM Broacast Control CHannel BCCH BCCH in decimal 0 1023 Analog SAT Cell Type 1 hexadeci Sel yeu UMTS Primary Scrambling Code sit Soi di poama see 3GPP TS 25 213 section 5 2 2 ing Code The only case where blank is valid for this field is for Cell Type A Ana Cell Type A log An
33. lowing a 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 my 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 ZK User Manual 33 Press Enter to exit this screen and view the other screens To go back to Real time press the F4 Real Time function key 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
34. lues 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 24 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 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 25 UMTS Neighbors An example of the UMTS Neighbor screen is shown below sand Channel SC RSCP Cellname Hyperban Lo a EcHo TxP BLER AHR R531 RRC COHP Scr ECNo RSCP Cellnane al 447 6 98 C CNU0S44 14 106 84 CNUOSSO 17 109 0 CNUOS91 19 111 B CNU0182 19 111 B CNU0413 UMTS IntraFreg 58 50015 22 364 The screen elements consist
35. mple 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 extension press Yes With the ZK unit still powered off remove the CFC from the card reader and place it back in the ZK unit Power on the ZK unit and go to Configuration gt Cell Site Names High light Import and press ENT 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 66 ZK Celltest Inc Global Setup Auto Start This tells the unit to automatically go to the SAM 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 5mph This is a safety feature Over the Air Message Logging This allows the user to enable or disable logging of over the air messages We recommend you leave this feature on if you will be logging data that will be used by post processing s
36. of the following e Hyperband c 800 MHz p 1900 MHz u 2100 MHz e 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 26 ZK Celltest Inc UMTS HSDPA Data Testing An example of the HSDPA Data Testing screen is shown below Channel SC RSCP Cellname Hyperband T Pal Status Line Mode EcHo TxP FTP DL IP 166 129 232 191 PER KB App TP 809 Kb s 810Kb s 1091 Kb s RLC TP 780 Kb s 1215 Kbis MAC TP 875 Kbis 1238 Kbis 1 The screen elements consist of the following Hyperband c 800 MHz p 1900 MHz u 2100 MHz e 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 fil
37. oftware ZK User Manual 67 GPS Setup This screen 1s 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 ogy 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 pur chase the option and would like to enable the feature yourself then you will need to contact ZK and provide your Purchase Order reference 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 68 ZK Celltest Inc 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 ZK User Manual A 1 Appendix A Cellsite File Format v4 5 NOTES 1 ZK SAM
38. onnected 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 Phone for Data Testing beginning on page 46 To begin the upload process select Start Upload ZK User Manual 41 Auto In the Auto mode the unit is uploading while data is being collected A ded icated modem device is required The unit will continue to collect data while the file is be uploaded by the dedicated modem Shutdown In the Shutdown mode the unit will transmit the data when the unit is 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 42 ZK Celltest Inc Log File Upload Status When the unit is uploading the following screen shows the status FTP Status Upload Log Files Status TR Server Address 216 129 125 150 Username bruce Hinutes Requested to Upload 15 ile Currently Uploading Current File 7k 0000012370 26680513121654 txt i Humber of Files Completed Files remaining Humber of Files Remaining 31 umber of Failed Transfers a 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 m
39. ow phone makes voice or data calls and the Retriever scans the PNs on the same carrier channel as the follow phone In addition the Retriever is using the same PN Increment that the follow phone is told to be used by the network The retriever 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 lo dB When the Retriever 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 Retriever measures detects a PN that is not in the Neighbor 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 Retriever 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 51 If there are PNs that are not in the Active Set and are within the range of the Pilot Pollution threshold
40. r to initiating the next call in order to go back into digital mode If the call down time for AMPS is set too low the phone can get stuck in analog mode for repeated calls We suggest this parameter to be set at no less than 20 seconds For the CDMA phones the Markov call option is available NOTE The phone and the infrastructure must support the selected Markov mode for this to function properly Alerts Setup When you select the Alerts Setup the following screen appears 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 46 ZK Celltest Inc Setting up a CDMA 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 67 In
41. regate Ec lo 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 lo value above this threshold will be reported as missing neighbors Note the polluters missing neighbors are cleared each time a new PN scan completes 16 ZK Celltest Inc 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 pas Cela 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 EVDO Data 30 40009 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 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 Current This is the instantaneous value of throughput as it 1s being
42. rias 23 UMTS S mmary Graph sesers ee e nT a 24 UMTS NELSODO S serca ii 25 DINGS ESDPA Data Testo in Ei oil 26 GSM RSS BSIC Scanmine Oro is 27 UMEPES S canino Srl 28 COW Seinni SClCONS aa a co 30 Phone SUMMA a nta 31 A eh et ta cas E eee ire te eel eee tt 32 Floor Phn Nayi Gall OM dd li RE 33 Loadime a Eloor Plan ita oC nina 33 Using a Floor Plan image in SAM ALL ccccccnnnnnnnocnccnnnnnononanonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 35 F nction Key Operando is ii 37 Savine a Floor Plan Image ua leds 37 AMICI Aer ci it dde 39 ofc LEIOA TN PEO PO r tere Memes ce ter en meen E mene S 39 soe File Uploads Remote Data LINK ae EE EE 40 Ow De manda e a E 40 AUO aa a N NEN 41 A A a en ee ene eee ee ee 41 Los Els Upload Stans coa a wen eo eetwadanenns 42 Contretiration Monus isa u 43 DEVICES SS aniston idas 43 Sette tipsa COMA PRONG toa 44 AMES SID asen tliia ala 45 Setting up a CDMA Phone for Data Testing cccccccconoocncncnonnnonononanonnnnnss 46 AWOR aA acest as Secs E A E N des 46 A O an octane 46 FEP Dowload hoses eae scenes eee cee eee eee 46 ETRE SO UD ss aid iS 4 A et merece ee nem cre cnr mer enn a es wren 47 FT PROVE S15 SOUS aa Na 48 A E E A tne ete A E ETT 48 Perlea o 49 Setting up the Retriever Phone PN Scanner cccccccccnnnnoccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnancnnnss 49 Setting up the High Performance HPN PN and EvDO Scanner 51 Setting up a GSM UMTS Phone idas 53 INICTUS SEUD iia 54 Setting up a GSM
43. se 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 50 cellular g 900 GSM d 1800 DCS p 1900 PCS ZK User Manual 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 Performance Tip A fully charged battery two hours of charging time typ ically provides four to five 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
44. the EvDO phone is monitoriong both the CDMA channel and the EvDO chan nel an additional summary screen is provided SINR Sector D24 hex EvDO channel PN Cinane x 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 6417 handoffs 43 15 425 79 8 66 8 43 144 425 82 5417 5 l 43 13 425 89 9 66 9 White for SCGDMAHandoffs 256 0008 43 40 Idle Channel 12 ZK Celltest Inc 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 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 Set members EvDO Handoffs The following EvDO handoff screen is displayed when performing EvDO testing SINR Sector D24 hex EvDO channel A or Cellname Ec lo RSSI mm ssiChan RSS IPH1 STHR FHA PHS PHHPHSFH 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
45. the Device Setup menu select CDMA and Data for the testing 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 continue 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 individually 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 47 FTP Setup Allows the user to set up the FTP session parameters Highlighting 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 hidd
46. ument 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 DEN 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 including UMTS hyperband 2100Mhz downlink support V4 5 2008 12 19 Added AWS hyperband support to field 8 ZK Celltest Inc
47. 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 To set up the HPN for phone follow mode follow the same instructions as described in Setting up the Retriever Phone PN Scanner beginning on page 49 ZK User Manual 53 Setting up a GSM UMTS Phone The following screen allows the user to set up a GSM phone Select the Device Manufacturer either Nokia or Other For any Qualcomm chipset phone select Other The autodial can be set up and the phone number can be entered by the user 54 ZK Celltest Inc Alerts Setup When you select the Alerts Setup and More Alerts Setup the fol lowing 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

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