RF network reliability is critical to public safety and business-critical land mobile radio (LMR) systems.
Emergency situations and dependable radio communication can mean the difference between life or death. If your system isn’t functioning properly or is working sporadically, you and your team will not be able to respond in these types of situations.
Barriers to maintaining your radio communication system:
Geographical location of antenna sites
Limited access in locations during certain times of the year due to weather
Extreme weather conditions preventing maintenance
Limited resources
Anyone responsible for a LMR communications system knows that management of even just a single site can often be a complex task. If your system stops working properly and you don’t know what the problem is before scheduling a site visit, this could result in scheduling the wrong technician or tower crew, who may not have the correct equipment to fix the issue when they arrive.
Advantages of proactive remote systems monitoring:
Tracks the overall health of the system to reduce or eliminate downtime
Monitors sites remotely – extremely desirable for sites that have limited access
Identifies what is degrading or failing, allowing one to schedule service more efficiently to repair equipment before it fails completely
Eliminates multiple trips to a site
Bird’s newest product addition provides a powerful monitoring solution for smaller radio communications systems and paging networks. Designed for smaller sites where the Bird 3141 Channel Power Monitor would be underutilized and connecting directly to the internet or private IP network, they can be accessed remotely for both setup and monitoring.
Both units are small and compact and only require the ability to connect to a network and AC power for the sensor.
4043E – Directional Power Sensor – Ethernet
Bird’s Ethernet-capable Directional Power Sensor models are installed post combiner. The 4043E series can generate alarms according to pre-configured parameters for forward power and minimum/maximum VSWR, which is then communicated to users with SNMP traps.
Product Features
Frequency range includes seven bands between 118 and 940 MHz
Provides composite power monitoring
Internal processing capability eliminates the need for additional monitoring and processing equipment
Bird’s Ethernet-capable Channel Power Sensor models can easily fit into installations that have several radios and a combining system. A 4042E sensor can be placed at the combiner output and each channel can be monitored.
Product Features
Frequency rage 100 to 1000 MHz
Monitor antenna failure and radio output simultaneously
In-line directional RF true average power by channel or composite power by scanning channels