Level-1 NEC Microwave Link Troubleshooting Guide

NEC Microwave Link Troubleshooting

You need to carry out following steps during troubleshooting of a NEC PASOLINK V4 Link.

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i.

Power
Physical Check of IDU & ODU Alarm
Indoor Installation
Outdoor Installation
Media Route

Power Check
Table 1-1 Equipment Power Check

Item

ii.

Maintenance guide

Toggle
Power
Switch

Observe the toggle power switch

is ON or OFF,

IDU Fuses
Check

If Toggle switch is OFF, first check

IDU fuses & replace them if found
expired. Now ON toggle Switch

Power
Indicator
(LED)

Observe
the
green
power
indicator on the front panel of IDU,
ON or OFF,

Specifications
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In normal condition, it is ON

In normal condition, Fuses are ok (Two

extra Fuses are available with IDU)
Normally, Green LED glows if there is no
power issue and IDUs fuses are in working
condition.

Physical Check of IDU & ODU Alarm

There are some steps to check IDU & ODU alarms physically & necessary troubleshooting
steps as per alarm indications as mentioned below.

Table 1-2 Physical IDU & ODU alarm check with initial troubleshooting steps

Item

Maintenance guide

Specifications
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IDU
Indicator
(LED)

Observe the red IDU LED indicator

on the front panel of IDU

ODU
Indicator
(LED)

Observe the red ODU LED indicator

on the front panel of ODU

Under normal conditions, this Red IDU

indicator is off. (If all configured E-1 are
used for traffic or hard loop otherwise it will
glow)
If this Red IDU indicator is ON, then note
either it is just glowing or blinking. (If all
configured E-1 are used for traffic or hard
loop otherwise it will also glow)
If it is only glowing, then check via
software either traffic is affected or not.
In case of IDU LED blinking (ODU LED
will also blink with blinking of IDU LED),
first check the connectivity of IF Cable.
If IF Cable connectivity is not OK then
refresh the IF Cable connector on
respective site.
Under normal conditions, this Red ODU
indicator is off.
If this Red ODU indicator is ON then
observe either it is just glowing or blinking.
If it is only glowing, then check via
software either RSL value is affected or far
end is turned OFF.
In case of ODU LED blinking (IDU LED will
also blink with blinking of ODU LED), first
check the connectivity of IF Cable.
If IF Cable connectivity is not OK then first
refresh outdoor IF Cable connectors on
respective site, again check IF Cable
connectivity, if still not ok, also refresh
Indoor IF Cable connector.
If RSL is out of designed RSL
realign this link from affected
RSL value is down, after
designed value, lock the
properly.

value then
site which
achieving
Antennas

If far end is powered OFF then first check

its far end with same steps.

iii.

Indoor Installation Check

Table 1-3 Check Indoor Installation
Item

Maintenance guide

Specifications

Check the Indoor Installation

including
Indoor
Installati
on

Routing of power cable,

Tributary cable,
Indoor IF Cable routing
Tightness of Indoor IF Cable
connector and groundings

All indoor installation & equipment grounding

should be properly routed & terminated at
specific locations

iv.

Outdoor Installation
Table 1-4 Check Outdoor Installation.
Item

Maintenance guide

Specifications

Check the outdoor installation including

Outdoor
Installation

IF Cable routing,

IF Cable groundings & their

weather proofing

Antenna Tightness

ODU grounding

Outdoor connector tightness and

its weather proofing

Antenna & outdoor connector should be

properly tight, ODU and IF cable should
be properly grounded.

If RSL value is not as per designed value

due to looseness in Antenna, realign
specific Antenna & tight it properly after
realignment.

v.

Media Route Check

Table 1-5 Media Route Check

Item

Maintenance guide

Specifications

If there is no issue in MW Link but media is not ok

Media
Check
(Local MW
Link
and
media
route from
site
to
BSC)

First loop faulty E-1 towards BTS

If BTS E-1 Cable is ok, Hard loop faulty E-1

of this local link to check this link media is OK
or Not

If local link media is ok then give loop towards

BSC from that site & note your observation, it
is ok or not

If this loop is not ok then move towards BSC

site by site & check media by giving hard loop
towards BSC & trace media fault where it
exists.

If there is any other media used to route this

site traffic after local MW Link , first verify this
media i.e. MW / Leased Line / ADM / VSAT

If still media is found OK but site E-1 is not

working properly, perform BER test for this
specific E-1 & check the results.

First verify it that there is no

media issue through which
this site traffic is routed i.e.
MW / Leased Line / ADM /
VSAT