REI Operational Control of the MDC-2100/MDC-900, OSCOR Version, Signal identification Process

Version 4 27 Feb 08

Operational Control of the MDC-2100/MDC-900

OSCOR Version 4.0

Operational control of the MDC-2100 is provided by the OSCOR keypad using the normal OSCOR functional control. For example, in the OSCOR SWEEP or ANALYZE modes, pressing the F1 button will toggle through all of the OSCOR inputs including the MDC- 2100 frequency bands. Furthermore, in the SWEEP mode, pressing the RECALL button will display the OSCOR available inputs including the MDC inputs. Some of the other normal OSCOR functions that are impacted by the MDC-2100 are described below.

•Press, F1 “INPUT” and repeat until “3-9GHz” is displayed in the lower left.

•Press, “SHIFT” (DATA FUNCTIONS area) and then “EXPAND” (CONTROL area).

•Press, F1 “Show All” once to select “Show All”. Use the Control wheel to move the arrow to any signal you wish to analyze.

•Press, “Narrow” (CONTROL area) 2 or 3 times.

•Press, “Sweep/Analyze” (CONTROL area) to select “Analyze”.

•Reposition the arrow over the signal and press, “Narrow” to center the signal.

•Press, F4 “MDC Anlz”. See Figure 6A.

•Press, F2 “3-9GHz” as often as needed to select the band with your signal.

•Press, F3 ”Fltr A & B” to select Filter A or Filter B. Select the Filter with your signal.

•Press, F4 “Identify” once to identify the frequency. Observe which way your signal moved. The possible frequencies are displayed at top left. Press, F4 again to return.

•Press, MENU “EXIT” to return to the normal menu.

OSCOR Version 5.0

Operational control of the MDC is provided by the OSCOR keypad using the normal OSCOR functional controls. For example, in the OSCOR SWEEP or ANALYZE modes, pressing the F1 button will toggle through all of the OSCOR inputs including the MDC frequency bands. Furthermore, in the SWEEP mode, pressing the RECALL button will display the OSCOR available inputs including the MDC inputs. Some of the other normal OSCOR functions that are impacted by the MDC are described below.

Signal identification Process:

Viewing the entire spectrum from 3 to 21GHz;

•Select MDCA-all,as illustrated in Figure 5. There are 4 methods you may use. o Method 1. Press RECALL (DATA FUNCTIONS area), scroll to “MDC-2100….

Filter A” and press RECALL (or MENU/VIEW SPAN then MENU/MANUAL MODE).

o Method 2. Press AUTO/MANUAL (MODE area - lower left by power light) then F2, then F1, etc. This method picks from the same menu as above.

o Method 3. Press F1/INPUT and repeat until you see MDCA-alldisplayed.

o Method 4. Enter a frequency found in an MDCA window. You must start from an OSCOR RF band (not INFRARED or AC VLF).

o Spans are recalled with the settings last used no matter which method is used. MDCA-allmay not initially display. If MDCA-1, MDCA-2or MDCA-3displays, press F4/MDC Anlz, then F1/Show All.

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