Introduction to Antenna Placement Procedure

The use of a Freespeak Beltpack and Site Surveyor software on a PC provides the easiest initial means of acquiring signal strength data at various locations on the site. This information forms the basis of calculating the number and locations of Active Antennas that are likely to be required.

Site Surveyor software configures a Beltpack and an Active Antenna in survey mode. Configuring an Active Antenna in survey mode avoids the need to install a matrix on site for survey-only purposes.

It is possible to configure the Active Antenna and Beltpack offsite. The laptop PC is not required on site for purposes of signal strength monitoring (although it is required for Band Monitoring).

Note: The Beltpack must be re-registered with a system using CMAPSi after it has been configured using Site Surveyor. (This is because the RF carrier Masks, system ID and RPN to connect to are stored in non-volatile memory and this is incompatible with normal operation.)

Note: The Active Antenna is automatically restored to normal operation as soon as it receives an E1 data stream from a matrix. This also has the effect of over-writing any carrier masking which was used while in site survey mode.