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intermittently appears from some sites, not always comes up, that is to say, sometimes the alarm
is coming and sometimes automatically clear before we arrive at the site.
Base on the above case, we are facing some difficulty in do troubelshooting for this
intermittent alarm. Now I provide the procedure clearance of this alarm for your information and
you can usually follow this rule to try to clean this type of alarm.
The basic procedure is as follows:
1) swap the RF board between faulty (pending) sector with nomal sector ,generally speaking,
slot 0/2/4 and slot 1/3/5 respectively,and check whether the alarm does shift with swapped
board or not.
Parameters
Name
Meaning
Alarm Type
Fault
Event Type
Hardware
Cabinet No.
Subrack No.
Slot No.
Board Type
Faulty Channel
Fault Codes
Fault Code
Description
None.
None.
Major
Alarm Impact
The demodulation and receive performance of the cell deteriorates. The uplink
coverage and capacity are decreased.
System Actions
None
Possible Causes
External interference exists on the main antenna or diversity antenna.
The main or diversity RX channel is faulty.
The RX attenuation setting of the RF module is improper.
The feeder is faulty, resulting in a high passive intermodulation power of the main antenna.
Procedure
1. Check whether the main or diversity RX channel is faulty.
a. Open the alarm browsing window or run LST ALMAF to query active alarms. Check for
ALM-1308 RF Module Rx Branch Abnormal.
Y => The alarm is generated. Go to step b.
N => The alarm is not generated. Go to procedure 2.
b. Clear ALM-1308 RF Module Rx Branch Abnormal according to the related handling
suggestions.
c. Check whether the alarm is cleared.
Y => The alarm is cleared. No further action is required.
N => The alarm is not cleared. Go to procedure 2.
2. Check the parameter setting of the RF module.
a. Calculate the RX attenuation value of the RF module (RX attenuation value = TMA gain feeder loss).
b. Run LST RXATTEN to query the RX attenuation value of the RF module.
c. Compare the calculated attenuation value with the queried attenuation value.
Calculated value = queried value => Go to procedure 3.
Calculated value queried value => Go to step d.
d. Run SET RXATTEN to set the attenuation values on the main and diversity RX channels
of the RF module to the calculated RX attenuation values. Go to step e.
e. Start the RTWP measurement for durations over five minutes to continusouly monitor the
main and diversity RTWP values.
Difference between the main and diversity RTWP values lower than 6 dB =>The alarm
will soon be cleared. No further action is required.
Difference between the main and diversity RTWP values higher than 6 dB => Go to
procedure 3.
3. Check whether the external interference exists on the main antenna or diversity antenna.
a. Log in to the LMT. Start the uplink frequency scan and check whether the external
interference exists. You can judge the interference by checking whether obvious curves
exists around the uplink frequency.
Y => The external interference exists. Eliminate the external interference. Go to step b.
N => The external interference does not exist. Go to procedure 4.
b. Log in to the LMT. Start the RTWP measurement for durations over five minutes to
observe whether the RTWP value is normal.
Y => The RTWP value is normal. The alarm will be cleared in half an hour. No further
action is required.