FCC ID: KCHBA0031 Network Base Station For Metering System

by: Sensus Metering Systems latest update: 2004-12-14 model: BA0031

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1	Installation Guide	Users Manual	pdf	835.78 KiB
1	User Manual	Users Manual	pdf	563.31 KiB
1		Cover Letter(s)	pdf
1		Parts List/Tune Up Info	pdf
1		Parts List/Tune Up Info	pdf
1		Parts List/Tune Up Info	pdf
1		ID Label/Location Info	pdf
1		Cover Letter(s)	pdf
1		External Photos	pdf
1		ID Label/Location Info	pdf
1		ID Label/Location Info	pdf
1		Internal Photos	pdf
1		RF Exposure Info	pdf
1		Cover Letter(s)	pdf
1		Test Setup Photos	pdf
1		Cover Letter(s)	pdf
1		Test Report	pdf

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Network Base Station BA0031-A Mechanical Assembly and Installation Guide Table of Contents FCC Warning ..................................................................................... 3 Box Assembly .................................................................................... 4 Step 1 Cable Entries Assembly....................................................... 4 Step 2 Bottom Plate Assembly....................................................... 5 Step 3 Board Standoffs Assembly.................................................. 5 Step 4 Board Assembly ................................................................. 6 Step 5 Shield Assembly ................................................................. 7 Step 6 Internal Antenna Assembly .................................................. 7 Step 7 Brackets Assembly ............................................................. 8 Step 8 Top Cover Assembly .......................................................... 8 Step 9 FCC Label Assembly .......................................................... 9 Installation........................................................................................ 10 Installation Steps ............................................................................ 10 Software Package Installation.......................................................... 10 Device Configuration...................................................................... 11 Device Mode Setting.................................................................... 11 Device Mode NTR (repeater) .................................................... 12 Device Mode Base Station........................................................ 13 RF Parameters Setting.................................................................. 14 Subscriber List Setting ................................................................. 15 Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 2 12/14/2004 FCC Warning FCC Warning Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user authority to operate the equipment under FCC Rules. To comply with FCC RF Exposure requirements, the antenna(s) used for this transmitter must be fixed-mounted on outdoor permanent structures with a separation distance of at least 2 meters from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Installation of BA0031 NTR:

Installation of Model BA0031 and associated antennae (internal and external) must be performed by trained professionals only. The following antennae (or equivalent) should be used for the various BA0031 models. BA0031-I:

Antenna Model Internal Patch (Sensus Drawing Number 7300574), (4dBi) BA0031-E:

BA0031-R:

Amphenol Antel BCD-8243 (5.15dBi Omni) Amphenol Antel BCD-87066 (8.15dBi Omni) Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 3 12/14/2004 Box Assembly Step 1 Cable Entries Assembly Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 4 12/14/2004 Step 2 Bottom Plate Assembly Step 3 Board Standoffs Assembly 8 screws Ejot 30x8 Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 5 12/14/2004 Step 4 Board Assembly 6 standoffs M3x21 and spring washer M3 6 screws M3x6 Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 6 12/14/2004 Step 5 Shield Assembly Step 6 Internal Antenna Assembly 8 screws M3x6 4 plastic screws M3x8 Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 7 12/14/2004 Step 7 Brackets Assembly Step 8 Top Cover Assembly 4 screws M3x8 Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 8 12/14/2004 Step 9 FCC Label Assembly FCC Label Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 9 12/14/2004 Installation Steps Installation 1. Install the supplied LabVIEW Run-Time engine and the configuration program Base II v1.10 in your PC by following the procedure described in Software Package Installation. 2. Disassemble the device top cover. 3. Insert the Ethernet backbone communication cable (not supplied, used in Base Station mode only) and the output cord of the 115VAC to 9VAC transformer

(supplied) via the cable entries and connect them. 4. Plug the transformer to 115VAC source. 5. Use the serial communication cable (supplied) to connect available COM port on your PC and the device Console Port (RJ45 connector). 6. Configure the device by following the procedure described in Device Configuration 7. Disconnect the serial communication cable and assemble the top cover. 8. Mount the device. Software Package Installation 1. Insert the supplied CD-ROM. Open the directory LabVIEW Run-Time and double click on lvrteinstall.exe. Next, follow the instruction of the installation program. 2. Create new directory on your PC and copy the file Base II v1.10.exe from the supplied CD-ROM to the new directory. 3. Double click the file to run the program Base II v1.10. Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 10 12/14/2004 Device Configuration Device Mode Setting 1. Run the Base II v1.10 program. 2. Select the General configuration page 3. Set the PC COM port. 4. Set Device Mode to NTR or Base Station. In Base Station mode set the Debug Mode to Disable. Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 11 12/14/2004 Device Mode NTR (repeater) 1. Set the NTR ID The device uses this ID when transmits diagnostics and report messages. The ID range is 1 to 16,777,215. 2. Set the NTR Mode. In ReTx All mode the device retransmits every message it receives. In SL mode the device retransmits received messages that were initiated by subscribers listed in the Subscriber List (SL). When working in SL mode the device either retransmits the received messages as it receives them (Single Hop mode) or replaces the Type of the received message with ReTx Type taken from the stored Subscriber List (Chain mode). 3. Set the Diagnostic Period and Reporting Rate. Once every Diagnostic Period, in minutes, the device is generating diagnostics message summarizing the reception and transmission activity in last Diagnostic Period minutes. After the transmission of the diagnostic s message the device transmits number of Subscriber List report messages according with the number set in the Reporting Rate field. In every report message the device reports the contents of two lines from the Subscriber List. And so, if, for example, the Subscriber List contains 100 lines (100 subscribers) it takes 50 report messages to send the whole list. Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 12 12/14/2004 Device Mode Base Station 1. Set BS ID and BS Tx ID. The device uses the BS ID for identification when sending or receiving messages in the backbone communication link. The range of BS ID is 1 to 65,635. The device uses the BS Tx ID when transmitting air messages. The range of the BS Tx ID is 1 to 16,777, 215. 2. Set the device IP parameters. Set BS IP and BS Port address. The BS MAC Address is configured in the factory. 3. Set the destination IP address. If necessary set a gateway address also. Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 13 12/14/2004 RF Parameters Setting 1. Select the RF configuration page. 2. Set Rx RF Channel and Tx RF Channel. The Channel range is 3 (903.8MHz) to 59 (926.2MHz). The channel spacing is 0.4MHz. 3. The rest of the parameters are configured in the factory to:

Freq. Offset 0 Freq. Width 20000 Min Threshold 300 Auto Threshold Enable Preamble Length 150. 4. When Auto Threshold is enabled, the threshold is reset to the Min Threshold value once every hour. The device increases automatically the threshold if the false alarm rate is high. The current value can be read in the Actual Threshold field. Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 14 12/14/2004 Subscriber List Setting 1. Select the Subscriber List page 2. The stored Subscriber List can be read from the device to the screen, file or both. 3. You can add or remove subscriber from the list or clear the whole list. These commands can also be generated from a command file. 4. Command file examples:

Command files text line ADD 400 1 2, adds subscriber 400 with message type 1 and retransmit type 2 to the subscriber list. Command files text line REMOVE 400 1, removes subscriber 400 with message type 1 from the subscriber list. Command file text line CLEAR clears the subscriber list. Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 15 12/14/2004 Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 16 12/14/2004

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Network Base Station BA0031-A User Manual Table of Contents FCC Warning ................................................................................................................ 3 General.......................................................................................................................... 4 Installation...................................................................................................................... 4 Installation Steps......................................................................................................... 4 Software Package Installation...................................................................................... 4 Device Configuration................................................................................................... 5 Device Mode Setting............................................................................................... 5 Device Mode NTR (BA0031-I & BA0031-E models) ......................................... 7 Device Mode NBS (all models)............................................................................ 8 RF Parameters Setting............................................................................................. 9 Subscriber List Setting (NTR mode, BA0031-I & BA0031-E models) .................. 10 BA0031 User Manual (12.14.04) Page 2 12/14/2004 FCC Warning FCC Warning Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user authority to operate the equipment under FCC Rules. To comply with FCC RF Exposure requirements, the antenna(s) used for this transmitter must be fixed-mounted on outdoor permanent structures with a separation distance of at least 2 meters from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Installation of BA0031 NTR:

Antenna Model Internal Patch (Sensus Drawing Number 7300574), (4dBi) BA0031-E:

BA0031-R:

Amphenol Antel BCD-8243 (5.15dBi Omni) Amphenol Antel BCD-87066 (8.15dBi Omni) BA0031 User Manual (12.14.04) Page 3 12/14/2004 General This document describes the installation of the Network Base Station (NBS) / Network Repeater (NTR). The device has 3 different models:

BA0031-I Two-way device with internal antenna. Works as NBS or NTR. BA0031-E Two-way device with connector for external antenna. Works with Antels BCD-8243, 3dBd omni antenna (ONLY). Works as NBS or NTR. BA0031-R Receive only device with connector for external antenna. Antenna type is not restricted. Works as receive only NBS. Does not support NTR mode. Installation Installation Steps 1. Install the supplied LabVIEW Run-Time engine and the configuration program Base II v1.12 in your PC by following the procedure described in Software Package Installation. 2. Disassemble the device top cover. 3. Insert the Ethernet backbone communication cable (not supplied, used in Base Station mode only) and the output cord of the 115VAC to 9VAC transformer

(supplied) via the cable entries and connect them. 4. Plug the transformer to 115VAC source. 5. Use the serial communication cable (supplied) to connect available COM port on your PC to the device Console Port (RJ45 connector). 6. Configure the device by following the procedure described in Device Configuration 7. Disconnect the serial communication cable and assemble the top cover. 8. Mount the device and connect to external antenna if applicable. Software Package Installation 1. Insert the supplied CD-ROM. Open the folder LabVIEW Run-Time and double click on lvrteinstall.exe. Next, follow the instructions of the installation program. 2. Create new folder on your PC and copy the file Base II v1.12.exe from the supplied CD-ROM to the new folder. 3. Double click the file to run the program Base II v1.12. BA0031 User Manual (12.14.04) Page 4 12/14/2004 Device Configuration Device Mode Setting 1. Run the Base II v1.12 program. 2. Select General tab. 3. Set to proper PC COMM port. BA0031 User Manual (12.14.04) Page 5 12/14/2004 4. Press Read All. Verify the device model (BA0031-I, E or R) and version. 5. Set Device Mode to NTR (BA0031-I & BA0031-E models) or NBS (all models). Set Debug Mode to Disable. BA0031 User Manual (12.14.04) Page 6 12/14/2004 Device Mode NTR (BA0031-I & BA0031-E models) 1. Set the NTR ID The device uses this ID when transmits diagnostics and report messages. The ID range is 1 to 16,777,215. 2. Set the NTR Mode. In ReTx All mode the device retransmits every message it receives. In SL mode the device retransmits received messages that were initiated by subscribers listed in the Subscriber List (SL). When working in SL mode the device either retransmits the received messages as it receives them (Single Hop mode) or replaces the Type of the received message with ReTx Type taken from the stored Subscriber List (Chain mode). 3. Set the Diagnostic Period and Reporting Rate. Once every Diagnostic Period, in minutes, the device is generating diagnostics message summarizing the reception and transmission activity in last Diagnostic Period minutes. After the transmission of the diagnostics message the device transmits number of Subscriber List report messages according with the number set in the Reporting Rate field. In every report message the device reports the contents of two lines from the Subscriber List. And so, if, for example, the Subscriber List contains 100 lines (100 subscribers) it takes 50 report messages to send the whole list. BA0031 User Manual (12.14.04) Page 7 12/14/2004 Device Mode NBS (all models) 1. Set BS ID and BS Tx ID. The device uses the BS ID for identification when sending or receiving messages in the backbone communication link. The range of BS ID is 1 to 65,635. The device uses the BS Tx ID when transmitting air messages. The range of the BS Tx ID is 1 to 16,777, 215. 2. Set the device IP parameters. Set BS IP and BS Port address. The BS MAC Address is configured in the factory. 3. Set the destination IP address. If necessary set a gateway address also. BA0031 User Manual (12.14.04) Page 8 12/14/2004 RF Parameters Setting 1. Select RF tab. 2. Set Rx RF Channel and Tx RF Channel (BA0031-I & BA0031-E models). The Channel range is 5 (904.6MHz) to 57 (925.4MHz). The channel spacing is 0.4MHz. 3. The rest of the parameters are configured in the factory to:

Freq. Offset 0 Freq. Width 20000 Min Threshold 300 Auto Threshold Enable Preamble Length 150. 4. When Auto Threshold is enabled, the threshold is reset to the Min Threshold value once every hour. The device increases automatically the threshold if the false alarm rate is high. The current value can be read in the Actual Threshold field. BA0031 User Manual (12.14.04) Page 9 12/14/2004 Subscriber List Setting (NTR mode, BA0031-I & BA0031-E models) 1. Select the Subscriber List tab 2. The stored Subscriber List can be read from the device to the screen, file or both. 3. You can add or remove subscriber from the list or clear the whole list. These commands can also be generated from a command file. 4. Command file examples:

Command files text line ADD 400 1 2, adds subscriber 400 with message type 1 and retransmit type 2 to the subscriber list. Command files text line REMOVE 400 1, removes subscriber 400 with message type 1 from the subscriber list. Command file text line CLEAR clears the subscriber list. BA0031 User Manual (12.14.04) Page 10 12/14/2004 BA0031 User Manual (12.14.04) Page 11 12/14/2004

		frequency	equipment class	purpose
1	2004-12-14	904.6 ~ 925.4	DTS - Digital Transmission System	Original Equipment

Application Forms

app s	Applicant Information
1	Effective	2004-12-14
1	Applicant's complete, legal business name	Sensus Metering Systems
1	FCC Registration Number (FRN)	0003180007
1	Physical Address	8609 Six Forks Road
1		Raleigh, North Carolina 27615
1		United States

app s	TCB Information
1	TCB Application Email Address	m******@ccsemc.com
1	TCB Scope	A4: UNII devices & low power transmitters using spread spectrum techniques

app s	FCC ID
1	Grantee Code	KCH
1	Equipment Product Code	BA0031

app s	Person at the applicant's address to receive grant or for contact
1	Name	R** D******
1	Title	Director, Engineering NPI and Project Management
1	Telephone Number	919-4********
1	Fax Number	919-3********
1	E-mail	R******@sensus.com

app s	Technical Contact
		n/a

app s	Non Technical Contact
		n/a

app s	Confidentiality (long or short term)
1	Does this application include a request for confidentiality for any portion(s) of the data contained in this application pursuant to 47 CFR § 0.459 of the Commission Rules?:	Yes
1	Long-Term Confidentiality Does this application include a request for confidentiality for any portion(s) of the data contained in this application pursuant to 47 CFR § 0.459 of the Commission Rules?:	No
	if no date is supplied, the release date will be set to 45 calendar days past the date of grant.

app s	Cognitive Radio & Software Defined Radio, Class, etc
1	Is this application for software defined/cognitive radio authorization?	No
1	Equipment Class	DTS - Digital Transmission System
1	Description of product as it is marketed: (NOTE: This text will appear below the equipment class on the grant)	Network Base Station For Metering System
1	Related OET KnowledgeDataBase Inquiry: Is there a KDB inquiry associated with this application?	No
1	Modular Equipment Type	Does not apply
1	Purpose / Application is for	Original Equipment
1	Composite Equipment: Is the equipment in this application a composite device subject to an additional equipment authorization?	No
1	Related Equipment: Is the equipment in this application part of a system that operates with, or is marketed with, another device that requires an equipment authorization?	No
1	Grant Comments	Output power listed is conducted. Professional installation is required. Only those antennas as documented in this filing can be used. The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must be fixed-mounted on outdoor permanent structures with a separation distance of at least 2 meters from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Users and installers must be provided with antenna installation and transmitter operating conditions for satisfying RF exposure compliance.
1	Is there an equipment authorization waiver associated with this application?	No
1	If there is an equipment authorization waiver associated with this application, has the associated waiver been approved and all information uploaded?	No

app s	Test Firm Name and Contact Information
1	Firm Name	Compliance Certification Services Inc
1	Name	S****** C******
1	Telephone Number	408-4******** Extension:
1	Fax Number	408-4********
1	E-mail	s******@ccsemc.com

Equipment Specifications
	Line	Rule Parts	Grant Notes	Lower Frequency	Upper Frequency	Power Output	Tolerance	Emission Designator	Microprocessor Number
1	1	15C		904.60000000	925.40000000	0.5690000

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