fem (engineering menu) guide

fem list:

cell management
-cell sticker
--target arfcn: off/on
-cell change warning
--message: off/on
--tone: off/on
-cba: normal/inverted/ignored

net. messaging
-paging: normal/ignored
-l3 messages filter

field test status

-availability: fts/off/sbcm/other
-cell change warning
--message: off/on
--tone: off/on
-edit favorites
-edit visibles
-debug info

information viewers
-panics
--4)00010a00 08.17
--3)00010e00 08.17
--2)00010a00 08.17
--1)00010a00 08.17

phone capabilities
-ms op. mode: b/cgsm/cgprs
-gp auto attach: off/on
-dsm: allowed/core wait allowed/forbidden

data calls
-level 1
-level 2
-level 3
-level 4

-cell managment-

cell sticker- that makes the phone stick to it's current cell untill no signal is
available from it.

target arfcn- arfcn(absolute radio frequency channel number) is the channel you
want on a particular cell.
---->>>> with this you can lock your phone in to the specify arfcn / bcch number.
the benefit is you can know how far the coverage of cell bts.
but cell strike only working if the ms (mobile subscriber) stay at idle
mode and it will suspend (ms will start searching again the best bcch) when the ms
try to dedicate time slot in bts / active condition (make/receive call,
send/receive sms, access data, etc).
if you want to try, you can see the list bcch on page neighbours /
reselection in fts screen.

cell change warning- notifies you when you change from cell to cell (ie tower to
tower or transmitter to transmitter) usually changing from the 850 transmitter on
cing to the 1900 transmitter on att will give you a cell change bleep as well.

>>message - displays a message on the screen when the cell has changed

>>tone - does the alert beep when the cell changes.---->>>> i dont know which tone
is define for this.

cba- cell bar access, this changes the access list for cells so that you can't
access certain ones (basically roaming partnersor bad cells ) you can leave the
list as programmed or invert the list (changes list so normal cells are blocked
and blocked are only ones available) and ignored just lets you hop on any cell you
want. i've yet to see if the sim card overrides this.

-net. messaging

paging- messages are sent to a phone when a channel becomes full or a cell becomes
loaded telling the phone to switch to another channel or tower. if ignored you
will stay on the same channel and tower because the phone doesn't know any better.

l3 messages filter- when an l3 message is sent from the tower if it is not exactly
16 bits in length the phone should be set to filter it out. if allowed to pass the
channel info could be corrupted. to understand this one you must first understand
gsm basically there are 3 layers l1 l2 l3

>>>layer 1 - this is the physical layer basically it transmits all the infomation.

>>>layer 2- this is the link layer, basically it conditions the signal,ie error
checking channel monitoring and handoffs.

>>>layer 3- this is the network layer which establishes maintains and terminates
the channel.

field test status

-availability- turns access to the field test system on or off.

>>>> fts : for fts screen

>>>> sbcm : screen for monitoring battery. with this feature you will be able to
find battery type, battery voltage, battery level, charging status, etc. it is
useful for us to check the current voltage of the battery, so you will know at
what voltage you will get the low battery warning.

-cell change warning- same as before, notification of cell changes through message
or alert tone.

edit favorites- you can store favorite screens in the field test system - in here
you can add or delete them.

edit visibles- this lets you edit which screens and what information is visible in
the fts screen.
debug info- self explanitory

information viewers
-panics- basically every time your phone locks up or crashes it's stored as a
panic, it even gives the diagnostic error code for the motorola techs to diagnose.

* quote:
*
* --4)00010a00 08.17
--3)00010e00 08.17
--2)00010a00 08.17
--1)00010a00 08.17
*

basically your phone crashed 4 times on s/w ending in 08.17

phone capabilities

-ms op. mode: b/cgsm/cgprs - this is basically the mode of transmission for your
phone ie cgsm(voice) cgprs(data) and b for both. basically unless you have an
issue with talking or using data i'd leave it on both.

-gp auto attach: off/on - this is the gprs auto attach if turned off you have to
manually initiate the gprs connection with the towers. if not it automatically
initiates the connection when registering with the cell.

-dsm: allowed/core wait allowed/forbidden - this is the cool one dsm is deep sleep
mode- it allows it, allows only the core wait (processor halt) and forbids it.
basically if your phone goes into dsm all that's powered is the radio transmitter
listening for signal. if it gets a call it powers the phone back up and rings.
this also coincidentally is the feature that if people with the v551 white screen
problem would turn to forbid it should fix it. they would get lower battery life
but it should work. no guarantees there.

data calls-

lvl 1-4 - not sure on that one, my guess would be the timeslots used by the gprs
section 1-4 timeslots??

also what phone are you using, personally i'm referencing my v551. to get into fts
once enabled. i use the main menu key, then the top left soft key. the fts has
been the same since my old t720 i had. but it would help to know what phone you're
using. also you can type menu 073887* and turn test mode on and that will enable
fts. btw if the screen turns all white and orange. just reboot the phone then
you'll get the text on fts. i don't know why it does that but that's how it works
on my v551

-wayne
originally posted by: bajamnstr