The document discusses troubleshooting for RET (remote electrical tilt) issues. The most common causes of RET problems are needing cleaning, wrong configuration, faulty spare parts, and human mistakes. Troubleshooting steps include checking RET configurations and alarms, forcing calibration if no alarms, having a technician check the RET if alarms appear, resolving any issues, forcing calibration again, and verifying the electric tilt reading.
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RET Troubleshooting
The document discusses troubleshooting for RET (remote electrical tilt) issues. The most common causes of RET problems are needing cleaning, wrong configuration, faulty spare parts, and human mistakes. Troubleshooting steps include checking RET configurations and alarms, forcing calibration if no alarms, having a technician check the RET if alarms appear, resolving any issues, forcing calibration again, and verifying the electric tilt reading.
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RET troubleshooting
Prepared by: Shady Hassan
RET troubleshooting in general
Most of cases at RET problem happened due to:
Needs cleaning
Wrong configuration
Faulty spare
Human Mistakes
Ret become dusty due to bad weather.
Mainly occurred at PW antenna.
Occurred due to changing antenna HW only and forgot SW.
Misconfiguration when converting from single to Multi band. Happened due to wrong serial and deactivating licenses.
Happened due to bad weather or life time at motor spare
If motor is ok, the cable needs to change.
While installing antenna by wrong way, the ruler of RET became broken. Ports not connected on right band.
RET troubleshooting in general
Troubleshooting steps: Checking on Ret configurations and alarm list.
If there are no alarms appeared, make force calibration.
If the alarm appeared, let the rigger check the RET status. After checking and resolve any problems as we mentioned from previous slide. Make force calibration again. Check the electric tilt reading on OSS and make sure that it is the same at the site.