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Mobitel Stage4 Huawei BTS3900A

Installation Guide V1.5

2008.9

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Liu Jiang 60307

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 2G BTS3900A(outdoor)

APM30 for power

and BBU

Battery cabinet:
184Ah*2

RF cabinet for 6
DRFU

The layout of the BTS3900A is as shown in the picture.

The APM30 and RF cabinet should be near to the cable ladder.
Two battery cabinet should stack.

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Outlook of BTS3900A

BTS3900A cabinet Stacked Battery

cabinet

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The plinth

The BTS should be installed on the steel rack or concrete plinth

• For the steel rack, use the bolt and nut to fix the base frame of
cabinet.
• For the concrete plinth, use the expansion blot to fix the base frame.

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Install the base

• Fix the base to the plinth and check the levelness with level bar, if the
level bar is not in the middle, use the adjusting pad to adjust the
levelness
• 2 base need to be installed, one is for BTS3900A, one is for battery
cabinet
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Install the cabinet

• Push the cabinet so that the cabinet can be in full contact with the
installation block
• Use two bolts to fix the cabinet to the base

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Install the component PSU

Special handle
PMU is needed to
remove the
PDU
DRFU
BBU

When installing the BBU, reverse the

wiring support on the BBU

DRFU
Install the BBU, DRFU, PMU and PSU to
the cabinet as shown in the picture.
The BBU should be close to the PDU
panel, without space between PDU and
BBU
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Connect the DC cable for BBU and DRFU

Load5
Connector to
UPEU on BBU
DC power cable for DRFU

• Connect the DC cable to the “Load5” of the PDU with OT

terminal. Blue cable as – 48v, and black as 0 V. Connect the
power terminal to the UPEU card on BBU.
• Connect the power cable to the corresponding DRFU, 6 cables
to 6 DRFU. The other end is already connected.

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Install the CPRI cable for DRFU

GTMU

DRFU
CPRI
cable

Connect the CPRI cable between the GTMU and DRFU, the 6 ports
on GTMU should be connected to the corresponding DRFU. The port
on DRFU should be port0
The CPRI cable route should be at left side of the cabinet, as show in
the picture

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Install E1 cable

UELP

There are two E1 cable, one is

GTMU between GTMU and UELP, the
other is from UELP to MW
The cable between GTMU and
UELP is already made.
GTMU UELP MW

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 RF cable

Upper 6
jumper to
be installed
Usually, the
lower 6 jumper
is not needed

• S2 • S2 PBT
• S3
• S4

• Usually, one cabinet has 6 jumpers, please refer to the picture for the
jumper and RF cable connection.
• One end of the jumper is straight DIN connector, the other end (BTS side) is
right angle DIN connector. The connectors need to be made on site.
• The configuration of the cell is as showing in the picture:S2, S2 PBT, S3, S4

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Stack two battery cabinet

Wiring
cover cover

Step 3

Step 1 Step 2
Step1:Install the lower cabinet and remove the cover
Step2:Install the wiring cover to the lower cabinet
Step3:Seal the wiring cover with mud.
Step4:Install the upper cabinet on top of the lower cabinet,
fasten the upper cabinet with 4 bolts. Step 4

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Install the battery
Upper
battery
cabinet
Install the DC
Lower cable between
battery upper and lower
cabinet battery

Use the black DC cable as

– 48V, and red DC cable
as 0V. Battery breaker
2 battery banks to be
installed in each cabinet.
Attention! Switch off the
battery breaker in battery
cabinet and APM30 when
installing the battery!

Install the DC Battery terminal

cable to APM30
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Install the grounding cable

ECB inside the

cabinet
• Install the PGND cable from APM30 to ECB
• Install another 2 pcs of equipotential cable from APM30 to upper
battery cabinet and lower battery cabinet

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Connect the AC input cable

PDU

short circuit bar

• Install the 4 x 4mm^2 armored cable to the terminal of PDU, L1,L2,L3,N:

brown, black, grey, blue. When 3 phase power is used, the short circuit bar
should be removed; when single phase power is used, install the short
circuit bar.
• AC power cable should be protected in the GI pipe , and the armor of the
cable should be grounded with the hose clip

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Lay the AC power cable
• Dig a channel between meter cubicle and plinth.
• Lay the AC power cable with the protection of GI pipe. Flexible GI pipe should be
used as bend. The armor of the AC cable need to be grounded.
• Ground the GI pipe with M8 x 25mm bolt & nut, using 25mm^2 grounding cable
• Bury the pipe

Dig the channel and Make the bend with Ground the AC cable
lay the AC cable the Gi flex pipe armor with the hose
clip

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Install the SPD for BTS

• Install the SPD box on the meter cubicle, the SPD should
be grounded.

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 Alarm Cable
FMUA(COM IN)------BBU(MON0)

BBU(MON0)

FMUA(COM IN)

Connect the BBU(MON0) and FMUA(COM IN) with the

cable(04070023)

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Alarm Cable
DPMU(COM)------APMI(J1)

One end of the cable is already connected to J1 port of

APMI, the other end need to be connected to “COM” port
of DPMU

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Alarm Cable
DPMU(RS422)------APMI(RS422)

One end of the cable is already connected to RS422 port

of APMI, the other end need to be connected to “RS422”
port of DPMU

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Alarm Cable
BBU(MON1)------APMI(TX- TX+,RX- RX+)

Wire Port on APMI

White One pair TX+
Orange TX-
Blue One pair RX+
White RX-

One end of the cable(04080029) is to MON1 port of BBU,

another end need to be cut and connect the wire to the
panel of APMI (TX- TX+,RX- RX+), The connection is as
shown in the table.

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Install battery sensor cable

One end of the battery sensor cable is already connected

to the APMI card BAT_TEM1 port in APM30, so connect
the other end to one cell of the battery in the lower battery
cabinet.

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Connect the door sensor cable

Socket to connect
the 2 sensor
• Connect the door sensors of the two battery cabinets and the
APM30 as red line shown in the picture
• Connect the sensor cable to the socket of the prior door sensor,
so the connection of the 3 door sensors are serial
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Antenna system installation

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Antenna system installation
• Ground the feeder cable according to the standard in the picture
• Antenna azimuth and down tilt should follow the design file strictly.
• All the jumper connectors are waterproofed well.
• The feeders are arranged neatly, the feeder and jumper labels are
attached neatly and oriented in the same direction.
• Use feeder clamp to fix the feeder each meter.

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Seal the cabinet

• Find the seal mud in the cabinet, after all the wiring is
finished, seal the hole at the bottom of the cabinet with the
mud.

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Installation check key point

• Check the grounding cable of cabinets, SPD, Gi pipe, AC power cable,

feeder.
• Check the water proof of the feeder and antenna connector.
• Check AC and DC power cable color code, complied with the standard.
• The cable should be tied neatly. Keep redundancy when cutting the
cable tie.
• Cabinet bottom holes should be sealed with the seal mud.
• Antenna height, azimuth and down tilt should follow the design file
strictly.
• The signal cable and battery cable outside the cabinet should be
protected with PVC flexible pipe.
• All the cables should be labeled with the label provided.
• Bring back the rest of the materials and clean the sites after installation.

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Power on the cabinet

AC input DC output
Breaker Breaker

Step1:Switch off all the AC and DC breaker

Step2:Power on the AC input breaker, check the indicator of the PMU and PSU,
For PMU, if RUN is 1s on and 1s off, and ALARM is off, it mean the module is
working normally
For PSU, if the is on, and is off, it means the module is working normally

Step3:Use the multimeter to measure the DC output voltage, the normal

range should be -38.4V to -57V.
Step4:Switch on the DC output breaker for the related module, switch on
the DC output breaker on the DCDU

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Commission the BTS

LIU1

Connect the E1 cable to MW, check the indicator “LIU1” on the GTMU, if
it’s always off, it means the E1 is normal.
After the BTS is on air, make some test call, check the cell broadcast
service and GPRS service.

The following alarm need to be checked on site:

• Door alarm of all the 4 cabinets
• Water sensor of the cabinet
• Temperature and Humidity
• Battery sensor
• Mains failure and PSU failure

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Thank you
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