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Routine Maintenance Guide

The aim of routine maintenance is to find and remove hidden fault causes in time before the equipment becomes faulty and services are affected. Simply, nip in the bud. 1.1 Routine Maintenance Items Routine maintenance items are classified into three categories, routine maintenance items carried out on an NM system, field maintenance items for indoor equipment, and field maintenance items for outdoor equipment. 1.2 Guide to Routine Maintenance on an NM System This guide provides operation methods for routine maintenance on a Web LCT. For the methods using a T2000, refer to the T2000 online help. 1.3 Guide to Field IDU Maintenance This guide describes how to carry out routine maintenance for the IDU and the equipment room where the IDU is installed. 1.4 Guide to Field Maintenance of Outdoor Equipment This guide describes how to carry out routine maintenance on site for outdoor equipment.

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1.1 Routine Maintenance Items

Routine maintenance items are classified into three categories, routine maintenance items carried out on an NM system, field maintenance items for indoor equipment, and field maintenance items for outdoor equipment.

1.1.1 Routine Maintenance Items Carried out on an NM System

When NEs are managed by the T2000 or the Web LCT in a centralized manner, carry out the maintenance items in the equipment room where the NM system is. When NEs are not managed in a centralized manner, carry out the maintenance items on site using the Web LCT. Table 1-1 Routine maintenance items carried out on an NM system Maintenance Item Browsing Alarms Browsing Abnormal Events Browsing Performance Events Testing the 1+1 Switching Recommend ed Cycle One week One week Refer To 1.2.1 Browsing Alarms 1.2.2 Browsing Abnormal Events 1.2.3 Browsing Performance Events 1.2.4 Testing the IF 1+1 Switching Remarks -

One week

Half year

Only for the case that the equipment applies the 1+1 configuration Within the 1+1 HSB switching time (< 500 ms), protection services will be interrupted. Hence, carry out a 1+1 HSB switching operation at the time when the traffic volume is small.

1.1.2 Field Maintenance Items for Indoor Equipment

Carry out these field maintenance items in the equipment room where the IDU is installed. Table 1-2 Field maintenance items for indoor equipment Maintenance Item Cleaning the Air Filter
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Recommended Cycle Two months

Refer To 1.3.1 Cleaning the Air Filter

Remarks Only for the IDU 620a

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Maintenance Item Testing the Orderwire Phone Checking the Equipment Room

Recommended Cycle Two months

Refer To 1.3.2 Testing the Orderwire Phone 1.3.3 Checking the Equipment Room

Remarks Only for the case that the equipment is equipped with the orderwire phone Only for the case that the equipment is installed indoors

Two months

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a: When the IDU 620 is installed in an outdoor dust-proof cabinet or the IDU is not installed with an air filter, there is no need to clean the air filter.

1.1.3 Field Maintenance Items for Outdoor Equipment

Carry out these field maintenance items at places where the ODU, hybrid coupler, antenna, and other outdoor equipment are installed. Table 1-3 Field maintenance items for outdoor equipment Maintenance Item Checking the ODU Checking the Hybrid Coupler Checking the Antenna Checking IF Cables Recommended Cycle Half year Half year Refer To 1.4.1 Checking the ODU 1.4.2 Checking the Hybrid Coupler 1.4.3 Checking the Antenna 1.4.4 Checking IF Cables Remarks Carry out a complete check after a level-8 hurricane, an earthquake, or other exceptional circumstances.

Half year Half year

1.2 Guide to Routine Maintenance on an NM System

This guide provides operation methods for routine maintenance on a Web LCT. For the methods using a T2000, refer to the T2000 online help.

1.2.1 Browsing Alarms

Periodically browsing alarms helps you find and remove a fault in time.

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Prerequisite
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The Web LCT has a normal communication with the NE. The NE user has the "monitor level" authority or higher.

Tools and Instruments

Web LCT

Procedure
Step 1 Select the NE from the object tree in the NE Explorer. Click Step 2 Check the Auto Refresh check box. Step 3 Browse the displayed alarms. Step 4 If there are newly generated alarms after the last maintenance, notify the fault clearing personnel in a timely manner. For alarm clearing methods, refer to A Alarm Reference. Step 5 Optional: Click Save as, Save the current alarms to a file. ----End on the toolbar.

1.2.2 Browsing Abnormal Events

Periodically browsing abnormal events helps you find abnormalities in the equipment in time.

Prerequisite
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The Web LCT has a normal communication with the NE. The NE user has the "monitor level" authority or higher.

Tools and Instruments

Web LCT

Procedure
Step 1 Select the NE from the object tree in the NE Explorer. Choose Alarm > Browse Abnormal Events from the function tree. Step 2 Check the Prompt New Event Occurs check box. Step 3 Browse the displayed abnormal events. Step 4 Optional: Click Save as, Save the current abnormal events to a file. ----End

1.2.3 Browsing Performance Events

Periodically browsing performance events helps you know the change of the performance of the equipment in time and find incipient faults at the initial phase of a performance degrade.
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Prerequisite
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The Web LCT has a normal communication with the NE. The NE user has the "monitor level" authority or higher.

Tools and Instruments

Web LCT

Procedure
Step 1 Select the board whose performance events you want to query from the object tree in the NE Explorer. Choose Performance > Current Performance from the function tree. Step 2 Set the options for querying performance events. Set as follows:
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Set the Monitor Object Filter Condition to All. Set the Monitor Period Settings to 24-Hour. In the Count, select all available performance events. In the Gauge, select all available performance events. In the Options, select only Maximum/Minimum Value.

Step 3 Click Query. Step 4 Browse the displayed performance events. In normal situations, there should be no bit error performance events. The number of pointer justification events should be less than six per day. For the gauge performance events like board temperature, there should be no obvious change when compared with the record values. Step 5 Optional: Click Save as, Save the current performance events to a file. Step 6 Repeat Step 1 to Step 5 to browse the performance events of other boards. ----End

1.2.4 Testing the IF 1+1 Switching

Periodically testing the IF 1+1 switching helps you verify whether the equipment can be normally switched over.

Prerequisite
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The Web LCT has a normal communication with the NE. The NE user has the "maintenance level" authority or higher.

Tools and Instruments

Web LCT

Precautions
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As the manual switching mode is used to carry out the IF 1+1 switching and all manual switching operations belong to the equipment switching (HSB switching), protection
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services will be interrupted within the switching time (<1 s). Hence, carry out a switching operation at the time when the traffic volume is small.
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Before a switching operation, make sure that the standby equipment is in normal conditions. If a switching operation fails, contact Huawei engineers in time.

Procedure
Step 1 Select the NE from the object tree in the NE Explorer. Choose Configuration > IF 1+1 Protection from the function tree. Step 2 In the Slot Mapping Relation dialog box, select the IF board and right-click. In the displayed menu, click Manual to Standby. Step 3 After the equipment operates normally for a period of time, query the alarms and performance events of services. There should be no new alarm or performance event. Step 4 Repeat Step 1. Step 5 In the Slot Mapping Relation dialog box, select the IF board and right-click. In the displayed menu, click Clear. Step 6 After the equipment operates normally for a period of time, query the alarms and performance events of services. There should be no new alarm or performance event. ----End

1.3 Guide to Field IDU Maintenance

This guide describes how to carry out routine maintenance for the IDU and the equipment room where the IDU is installed.

1.3.1 Cleaning the Air Filter

Periodically checking the air filter ensures that the air intake path of fans is not blocked to avoid too high board temperature due to degraded heat sink of fans.

Prerequisite
None.

Tools and Instruments

An air blower or a clean brush

Procedure
Step 1 Loosen the captive screws on the panel of the fan box. Step 2 Move the cables away from the front of the panel of the fan box. Step 3 Draw out the air filter at the left side.
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Step 4 Use an air blower or a clean brush to clean the air filter. Step 5 After the cleaning, insert the air filter back to its original position. Step 6 Tighten the screws on the panel of the fan box. ----End

1.3.2 Testing the Orderwire Phone

Periodically testing the orderwire phone helps you verify whether the orderwire facilities are in good conditions and helps you judge the quality of transmission links through the voice quality.

Prerequisite
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The NE has been correctly installed with an orderwire phone. The orderwire data has been correctly configured.

Tools and Instruments

None.

Procedure
Step 1 Check the status of the orderwire phone. The orderwire phone should meet the following requirements.
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The ring current switch "RING" is set to "ON". The dialing mode switch is set to "T", that is, the dual tone multi-frequency mode.

Step 2 Make orderwire calls. 1. Hook-off the orderwire phone and press the "TALK" button. The red indicator on the front of phone set should be lit and you can hear the dialing prompt tone. 2. Make orderwire calls to other NEs. The calls should be normal and the voice should be clear. Step 3 Receive orderwire calls. 1.
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The phone should ring. 2. Hook-off the phone, press the "TALK" button, and have a conversation. The red indicator on the front of phone set should be lit. The call should be normal and the voice should be clear. ----End

1.3.3 Checking the Equipment Room

Periodically checking the equipment room not only ensures that the equipment can operate normally in appropriate temperature and humidity conditions, but also reduces the fault rate, and increases the service life of the equipment.

Prerequisite
None.

Tools and Instruments

None.

Procedure
Step 1 Record the thermometer reading in the equipment room. The normal temperature should be between -5 and 45. Step 2 Record the reading of the humidity meter in the equipment room. The normal humidity should be between 5% and 95%. Step 3 Check if the equipment room meets the disaster protection requirements. Ensure the following points:
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There should be portable foam fire extinguishers in the equipment room. The fire extinguishers should be in their service life. There should be no rain leakage or water penetration in the equipment room. There should be no mice or insects in the equipment room.

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Step 4 Clean the equipment room. Ensure that there is no dust on the cabinets, on the equipment shells, in the equipment, on the desks, or on the floor. The equipment should be tidy. ----End

1.4 Guide to Field Maintenance of Outdoor Equipment

This guide describes how to carry out routine maintenance on site for outdoor equipment.

1.4.1 Checking the ODU

Periodically checking the ODU helps you find faults and hidden troubles of the ODU in an timely manner.
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Prerequisite
None.

Tools and Instruments

None.

Procedure
Step 1 Ensure that the ODU is within the protected area of the lightning arrester. For plain areas, the lightning arrester protects the area that is located within an angle of 45 under it. For mountainous areas and the areas where lightning frequently occurs, the lightning arrester protects the area that is located within an angle of 30 under it. Step 2 Ensure that the ODU is reliably fixed on the antenna. Step 3 Ensure that the ODU is not damaged. Step 4 Ensure that the interface between the ODU and the antenna is waterproof. Step 5 Ensure that the protection grounding cable of the ODU is firmly and reliably grounded. ----End

1.4.2 Checking the Hybrid Coupler

Periodically checking a hybrid coupler helps you find faults and hidden troubles of the coupler in a timely manner.

Prerequisite
None.

Tools and Instruments

None.

Procedure
Step 1 Ensure that the coupler is within the protected area of the lightning arrester. For plain areas, the lightning arrester protects the area that is located within an angle of 45 under it. For mountainous areas and the areas where lightning frequently occurs, the lightning arrester protects the area that is located within an angle of 30 under it. Step 2 Ensure that the coupler is reliably fixed on the antenna. Step 3 Ensure that the coupler is not damaged. Step 4 Ensure that the interface between the coupler and the antenna is waterproof. Step 5 Ensure that the interface between the coupler and the ODU is waterproof. ----End
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1.4.3 Checking the Antenna

Periodically checking an antenna helps you find faults and hidden troubles of the antenna in an timely manner.

Prerequisite
None.

Tools and Instruments

None.

Procedure
Step 1 Ensure that the antenna is within the protected area of the lightning arrester. For plain areas, the lightning arrester protects the area that is located within an angle of 45 under it. For mountainous areas and the areas where lightning frequently occurs, the lightning arrester protects the area that is located within an angle of 30 under it. Step 2 Ensure that the antenna is reliably fixed on the mast. Step 3 Ensure that the antenna radome is not damaged. Step 4 Ensure that there is no accumulated water in the antenna. Step 5 Check if the fastening bolts on the antenna are loose. Check if the antenna slants from the original position. Ensure that the azimuth angle and the elevation angle of the antenna meet the planned requirements. Step 6 In the case of split mounting, ensure that the installation parts (ODU adapter, antenna adapter, and flexible waveguide) are installed firmly, and that the connectors are fastened. ----End

1.4.4 Checking IF Cables

Periodically checking IF cables helps you find faults and hidden troubles of the cables in time.

Prerequisite
None.

Tools and Instruments

None.

Procedure
Step 1 Check the appearance of cables.
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There should be no bent or twisted cable. There should be no bare copper wire. The bending radius of the cable should be more than 30 cm.
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Step 2 Check the cable connectors.

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The cable connector should be reliably connected to the ODU. The cable connector should be waterproof.

Step 3 Check the grounding of the cables.

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The grounding clip should be waterproof. The grounding cable should be routed from top downwards. The angle between the grounding cable and the IF cable should not be more than 15 degrees.

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