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R8100 SERIES
COMMUNICATI
ONS SYSTEM
ANALYZER
OPERATOR’
S MANUAL
Documentation for firmware version 2.0.0.0
Freedom Communication Technologies
2002 Synergy Blvd. Suite 200
Kilgore Texas 75662 USA
Tel/Fax
: +1
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844
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903
-7333
Freedom Communication Technologies 2015
All Rights Reserved
FCT-
1365
Printed in U.S.A
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Table of Contents
Default Chapter
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Table of Contents
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Limited Warranty
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Software License Agreement
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1 Pre-Operation Overview
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Scope of Manual
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Safety Summary
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Analyzer Grounding
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Unit Is Live When Plugged in
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Keep Away from Live Circuits
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Explosive Atmosphere
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Warnings and Cautions
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Analyzer Operating Voltage
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DC Power Source
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Maximum Meter in Voltages
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Replacement Fuses
15
Other Cautions
15
User Maintenance of Exterior Surfaces
15
Service
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Replacement Parts Orders
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Installation
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Packing
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Initial Set-Up
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Warm-Up
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Description
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Figure 2.1-1 Front Panel Controls, Indicators, and Connectors
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Figure 2.1-2 Left and Right Sides of the R8100 Needs New Photo
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Technical Specifications
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Operator Interface and Controls
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Front Panel Control Keys
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Front Panel Control Knobs
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Front Panel Display and Indicators
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2 Operation
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Overview
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Basic Navigation and Operator Control
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Figure 3.1.1-1 Main Screen in Monitor Mode Showing Related Information in Grouped Display Zones
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Figure 3.1.1-2 Main Display Area after Audio Zone Soft Key Press
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Hot Keys for Fast Navigation in Monitor, Audio, Display and Meter Zones
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Figure 3.1.1-4 Audio Zone Data Entry for Fixed 1 Khz Level
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Operating Instructions
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RF Zone / Monitor Mode
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Figure 3.1.2-1 Outline Around Numeric Keypad Hot Keys
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Figure 3.2.1-1 RF Zone Display Area Showing Monitor Mode Data
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Figure 3.2.1-2 Monitor Mode Submenu after RF Zone Soft Key Press
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Figure 3.2.1-3 Data Entry Window before and after Monitor Frequency Change
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Figure 3.2.1-4 RF Zone Display Area after Monitor Frequency Change
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RF Zone / Generate Mode
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Figure 3.2.2-1 RF Zone Display Area Showing Generator Mode Data
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Figure 3.2.2-2 Generator Mode Submenu after RF Zone Soft Key Press
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RF Zone / Duplex Mode
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Figure 3.2.3-1 RF Zone Display after Duplex Key Press
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Figure 3.2.4-1 Audio Zone Display with the R8100 in Generate Mode
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Figure 3.2.4-2 Audio Zone Display with the R8100 in Monitor Mode
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Figure 3.2.4.1-1 Audio Zone Submenu in Monitor Mode
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Figure 3.2.4.2-1 Format Submenu in Audio Zone
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Figure 3.2.4.2-2 DTMF Table Providing Additional Code Sequence Control
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Figure 3.2.4.3-1 PL Table Showing Highlighted Entry Code
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Figure 3.2.4.3-2 A/B Sequence Table Showing Highlighted Sequence
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Figure 3.2.4.3-3 A/B Sequence Table Submenu for User Programmable Entries
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Figure 3.2.4.3-4 5/6 Tone Entry Submenu
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Figure 3.2.4.3-5 POCSAG Table Submenu
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Figure 3.2.4.3-6 General Sequence Table Submenu
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Figure 3.2.4.4-1 Audio Zone Submenu in Generator Mode
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Display Zone
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Figure 3.2.5-1 Display Zone Submenu after Select Display Soft Key Press
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Figure 3.2.5.1-1 Trace Math Display
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Figure 3.2.5.1-2 Demod at Marker Submenu
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Figure 3.2.5.2-1 Display Zone Submenu for the Mod Scope
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Figure 3.2.5.3-1 Display Zone Submenu for the Oscilloscope
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Figure 3.2.5.4-1 Bar Graphs Screen in Display Zone
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Meter Zone
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Figure 3.2.5.5-1 General Seq Screen in Display Zone
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Figure 3.2.6-1 Meter Zone Submenu Showing RF Scan Meter
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Figure 3.2.6-2 Meter Zone Submenu after Select Meter Soft Key Press
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Figure 3.2.6.1-1 RF Power Meter Screen
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Figure 3.2.6.2-1 AC Volts Display
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Figure 3.2.6.2-2 DC Volts Display
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Figure 3.2.6.3-1 SINAD Display
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Figure 3.2.6.3-2 Internal Distortion Display
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Figure 3.2.6.4-1 Pl/Period Counter Screen
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Figure 3.2.6.4-2 DPL Decode Screen
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Figure 3.2.6.4-3 DTMF Decode Screen
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Figure 3.2.6.4-4 2-Tone Decode Screen
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Figure 3.2.6.4-5 5/6-Tone Decode Screen
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Figure 3.2.6.4-6 General Sequence Decode Screen
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Figure 3.2.6.5-1 Frequency Counter Screen
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Instrument Menu
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Figure 3.2.6.6-1 RF Scan Display
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Figure 3.2.7-1 Submenu after Pressing Instrument Navigation Key
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Figure 3.2.7.1-1 Submenu in Spectrum Analyzer Instrument Mode
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Figure 3.2.7.2-1 Dual Display Mode
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Figure 3.2.7.3-1 Tracking Generator Mode
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Figure 3.2.7.3-2 Normalized Spectrum Analyzer Trace
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Figure 3.2.7.4-1 Cable Fault Locator Mode
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Test Menu
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Figure 3.2.7.4-2 Frequency and Attenuation Entries in the Add Cable Type Submenu
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Figure 3.2.8-1 Submenu after Pressing Test Navigation Key
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Figure 3.2.8.1-1 Submenu after Pressing Presets Soft Key
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Figure 3.2.8.1-2 Data Entry Mode after Pressing Save Configuration Soft Key
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Figure 3.2.8.2-1 Test Mode Submenu
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DMR Test Mode with MOTOTRBO
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DMR Transmitter Tests
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Figure 3.2.8.3-1
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Figure 3.2.8.3.1-1 Submenu after Pressing DMR Soft Key in Generator Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.3.1.2-1 Voice Loopback Recording
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Figure 3.2.8.3.1.3-1 Power Profile Slot
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Figure 3.2.8.3.1.3-2 Power Profile Frame with Markers
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Figure 3.2.8.3.1.4-1 Submenu after Pressing DMR Soft Key in Monitor Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.3.2-1 Submenu after Pressing DMR Soft Key in Generate Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.3.2-2 Voice Loopback Playing
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1-1 Main Screen in Monitor Mode Voice Frame Decode
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1-2 Main Screen in Monitor Mode after Pressing the PROJECT 25 Soft Key
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1.2-1 Test Pattern Submenu in P25 Monitor Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1.2-2 P25 Voice Recording
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1.2-3 P25 Voice Loopback
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1.3-1 P25 Eye Diagram Selection in Display Zone
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1.3-2 Eye Diagram with Mon Mod Type WCQPSK and Display Mode Fade Away
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1.3-3 P25 Voice Frame Decode
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1.3-4 P25 Voice Frame Decode Unit to Unit
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1.3-5 Constellation Plot (Symbols)
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1.3-6 Ideal Constellation
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1.3-7 Constellation Plot (Samples / Trajectories)
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Figure 3.2.8.4.1.3-8 Distribution Plot of 1011 Hz Tone
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Figure 3.2.8.4.2-1 Main Screen in Generate Mode after Pressing the PROJECT 25 Soft Key
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Figure 3.2.8.4.2-2 P25 Generate Mode Test Patterns
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Figure 3.2.8.4.2-3 P25 Voice Frame Encoder Submenu
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Figure 3.2.8.5-1 Main Screen after Selecting P25 Trunk Test Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.5-2 Main Screen after Pressing P25 Trunk Soft Key
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Figure 3.2.8.5-4 P25 Trunk Band Plan Submenu
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Figure 3.2.8.5-3 P25 Trunk Submenu after Starting BER Test after Registration
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Figure 3.2.8.6-1 Main Screen in Monitor Mode after Selecting NXDN™ Test Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.6.1-1 NXDN™ Monitor Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.6.1-2 NXDN™ Voice Recording
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Figure 3.2.8.6.1-3 NXDN™ Eye Diagram in Display Zone
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Figure 3.2.8.6.1-4 NXDN™ Eye Diagram with Display in Fade Away Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.6.2-1 NXDN™ Generate Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.6.3-1 Main Screen after Selecting NXDN Trunk Test Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.6.3-2 Main Screen after Pressing NXDN™ Trunk Soft Key
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Figure 3.2.8.6.3-3 NXDN™ Trunk Submenu after Starting BER Test
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Figure 3.2.8.6.1.4-1 NXDN Eye Diagram in Display Zone
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Figure 3.2.8.8-1. Main Screen in Monitor Mode after Selecting TETRA Test Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.8-2. Submenu after Pressing TETRA Soft Key in Monitor Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.8-3. Error Vector Diagram
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Figure 3.2.8.8-4. Power Profile Slot
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Figure 3.2.8.8-5. Power Profile Frame with Markers
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Figure 3.2.8.8-6. Mod Spec / Constellation (Symbols)
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Figure 3.2.8.8-7. Ideal Constellation
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Figure 3.2.8.8-8. Constellation (Samples / Trajectories)
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Figure 3.2.8.8-9. Submenu after Pressing TETRA Soft Key in Generate Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.9-2 Dpmr Monitor Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.9-3 Dpmr Voice Recording
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Figure 3.2.8.9-4 Dpmr Eye Diagram in Display Zone
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Figure 3.2.8.9-5 Dpmr Eye Diagram with Display in Fade Away Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.9-6 Dpmr Generate Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.10.1-1 Main Screen in Monitor Mode after Selecting the P25 II Test Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.10.1-2 Main Screen in Monitor Mode after Pressing the P25 II Soft Key
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Figure 3.2.8.10.1.2-1 Test Pattern Submenu in P25 II Monitor Mode
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Figure 3.2.8.10.1.3-1 HDQPSK Eye Diagram Selection in Display Zone
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Figure 3.2.8.10.1.3-2 Eye Diagram of HCPM and Display Mode Fade Away
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Figure 3.2.8.10.1.3-3 Distribution Plot of HDQPSK 1031 Hz Tone
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Figure 3.2.8.10.1.3-4 Distribution Plot of HCPM 1031 Hz Tone
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Figure 3.2.8.10.1.3-5 Power Profile Frame
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Figure 3.2.8.10.1.3-6 Power Profile Slot with Markers
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Figure 3.2.8.10.1.4-1 HDQPSK Frequency Constellation
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Figure 3.2.8.10.1.4-2 HCPM Frequency Constellation
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Figure 3.2.8.10.1.4-3 P25 Phase 2 Symbol Rate Measurement
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Figure 3.2.8.10.2-1 Main Screen in Generate Mode after Selecting the P25 II Soft Key
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Figure 3.2.8.10.2-2 P25 II Generate Mode Test Patterns
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Figure 3.2.8.11-1. Autotune Submenu
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Figure 3.2.8.11-2. Autotune Radio Test Setup
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Figure 3.2.8.11-3 Autotune Activity Display
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Figure 3.2.8.11-4. Autotune Test in Progress
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Figure 3.2.8.11-5. Autotune Test Limits Submenu
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Figure 3.2.8.11-6. Autotune Test Results Submenu
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Figure 3.2.8.11-7. Autotune Test Preferences Submenu
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Figure 3.2.8.12-1. Autoscript Submenu with no Scripts or Procedures Imported
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Figure 3.2.8.12-2. View, Results Submenu with Results from a Procedure Execution Displayed
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Figure 3.2.8.12-3. Use Toggle Selection to Enable or Disable Script Execution
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Figure 3.2.8.12-4. Use Toggle Selection to Enable or Disable Script Execution
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Figure 3.2.8.12-5. Example Script Showing Commands for Finding a Local FM Radio Station
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Figure 3.2.8.12-6. Example Procedure Containing Several Scripts
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Figure 3.2.9-1 Submenu after Pressing Settings Navigation Button on R8100 Front Panel
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Settings Menu
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Figure 3.2.9.2-1 Submenu after Pressing System Settings Soft Key in the Settings Menu
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Figure 3.2.9.2-2 Pre-Amplifier Alert When Broadband Measurements Are Active
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Figure 3.2.9.3-1 Submenu after Pressing Network Setup Soft Key in the Settings Menu
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Figure 3.2.9.4-1 Submenu after Pressing Messages Soft Key in the Settings Menu
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Figure 3.2.9.5-1 Submenu after Pressing about Soft Key in the Settings Menu
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Figure 3.2.9.5-2 Settings/About/Protocols Screen
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Figure 3.2.9.5-3 Settings/About/Versions Screen
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Figure 3.2.9.5.1-1 Alert Screen as R8100 Finds a Valid Update on a USB Flash Drive
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Figure 3.2.9.6-1 Submenu after Pressing Options Soft Key in the Settings Menu
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Figure 3.2.10-1 File Folder Location and Names for R8100 Screen Captures
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Screen Capture
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3 Remote Operation
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BIOS Power-Loss Setup
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Figure 4-1 Remote Front Panel
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DHCP Server Setup
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Network Port Setup
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Figure 4.3-1 Network Connection Security Alert
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Computer Setup
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Setup
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Control
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Disable Remote Access
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Verification / Troubleshooting Information
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4 Test Applications
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FM Transmitter Testing
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Basic FM Transmitter Testing - Initial Setup
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Figure 5.1.1-1 Setup for FM Transmitter Testing
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Transmit Power, Frequency, and Frequency Deviation Measurements
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Modulation Measurements
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Off-The-Air Measurements
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FM Receiver Testing
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Basic FM Receiver Testing - Initial Setup
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Receiver Distortion Measurement
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Figure 5.2.1-1 Setup for FM Receiver Testing
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SINAD Measurement
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Modulation Acceptance Bandwidth
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Figure 5.3-1 Connections for Cable Fault Testing
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Figure 5.3.1-1 Cable Fault Instrument Display
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Appendix A – Glossary (List of Abbreviations and Acronyms)
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Appendix B – Tone and Code Specifications
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Table B-3 Private-Line (PL) Codes
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Table B-4 5/6 Tone Paging Tones
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Table B-7 POCSAG Numeric Character Set
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Appendix C – R8100 Field Calibration Procedure
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Revision History
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Freedom R8100 SERIES Specifications
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Model
R8100 SERIES
Category
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Language
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