Bird Technologies 5019D User Manual
Wideband Power Sensor
Models 5012D, 5016D,
5017D, 5018D and 5019D
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
©Copyright 2014 by Bird Electronic Corporation
Instruction Book Part Number 920-5012S Rev. J
Safety Precautions
The following are general safety precautions that are not necessarily related to any specific part or procedure, and do not necessarily appear elsewhere in this publication. These precautions
must be thoroughly understood and apply to all phases of operation and maintenance.
WARNING
Keep Away From Live Circuits
Operating Personnel must at all times observe general safety
precautions. Do not replace components or make
adjustments to the inside of the test equipment with the
high voltage supply turned on. To avoid casualties, always
remove power.
WARNING
Shock Hazard
Do not attempt to remove the RF transmission line while
RF power is present.
WARNING
Do Not Service Or Adjust Alone
Under no circumstances should any person reach into an
enclosure for the purpose of service or adjustment of
equipment except in the presence of someone who is
capable of rendering aid.
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WARNING
Safety Earth Ground
An uniterruptible earth safety ground must be supplied from the
main power source to test instruments. Grounding one
conductor of a two conductor power cable is not sufficient
protection. Serious injury or death can occur if this grounding is
not properly supplied.
WARNING
Resuscitation
Personnel working with or near high voltages should be
familiar with modern methods of resuscitation.
Safety Symbols
WARNING
Warning notes call attention to a procedure, which if not
correctly performed, could result in personal injury.
CAUTION
Caution notes call attention to a procedure, which if not
correctly performed, could result in damage to the
instrument.
Note: Calls attention to supplemental information.
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Warning Statements
The following safety warnings appear in the text where there
is danger to operating and maintenance personnel, and are
repeated here for emphasis.
WARNING
Never attempt to connect or disconnect RF equipment from
the transmission line while RF power is being applied.
Leaking RF energy is a potential health hazard.
On page 3.
WARNING
Do not interrupt the calibration.
On page 6
Caution Statements
The following equipment cautions appear in the text and are
repeated here for emphasis.
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Safety Statements
USAGE
ANY USE OF THIS INSTRUMENT IN A MANNER NOT
SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER MAY IMPAIR
THE INSTRUMENT’S SAFETY PROTECTION.
USO
EL USO DE ESTE INSTRUMENTO DE MANERA
NO ESPECIFICADA POR EL FABRICANTE, PUEDE
ANULAR LA PROTECCIÓN DE SEGURIDAD DEL
INSTRUMENTO.
BENUTZUNG
WIRD DAS GERÄT AUF ANDERE WEISE
VERWENDET ALS VOM HERSTELLER
BESCHRIEBEN, KANN DIE GERÄTESICHERHEIT
BEEINTRÄCHTIGT WERDEN.
UTILISATION
TOUTE UTILISATION DE CET INSTRUMENT QUI
N’EST PAS EXPLICITEMENT PRÉVUE PAR LE
FABRICANT PEUT ENDOMMAGER LE DISPOSITIF
DE PROTECTION DE L’INSTRUMENT.
IMPIEGO
QUALORA QUESTO STRUMENTO VENISSE
UTILIZZATO IN MODO DIVERSO DA COME
SPECIFICATO DAL PRODUTTORE LA PROZIONE
DI SICUREZZA POTREBBE VENIRNE
COMPROMESSA.
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SERVICE
SERVICING INSTRUCTIONS ARE FOR USE BY
SERVICE - TRAINED PERSONNEL ONLY. TO AVOID
DANGEROUS ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT PERFORM
ANY SERVICING UNLESS QUALIFIED TO DO SO.
SERVICIO
LAS INSTRUCCIONES DE SERVICIO SON PARA
USO EXCLUSIVO DEL PERSONAL DE SERVICIO
CAPACITADO. PARA EVITAR EL PELIGRO DE
DESCARGAS ELÉCTRICAS, NO REALICE NINGÚN
SERVICIO A MENOS QUE ESTÉ CAPACITADO
PARA HACERIO.
WARTUNG
ANWEISUNGEN FÜR DIE WARTUNG DES
GERÄTES GELTEN NUR FÜR GESCHULTES
FACHPERSONAL. ZUR VERMEIDUNG
GEFÄHRLICHE, ELEKTRISCHE SCHOCKS, SIND
WARTUNGSARBEITEN AUSSCHLIEßLICH VON
QUALIFIZIERTEM SERVICEPERSONAL
DURCHZUFÜHREN.
ENTRENTIEN
L’EMPLOI DES INSTRUCTIONS D’ENTRETIEN
DOIT ÊTRE RÉSERVÉ AU PERSONNEL FORMÉ
AUX OPÉRATIONS D’ENTRETIEN. POUR
PRÉVENIR UN CHOC ÉLECTRIQUE DANGEREUX,
NE PAS EFFECTUER D’ENTRETIEN SI L’ON N’A
PAS ÉTÉ QUALIFIÉ POUR CE FAIRE.
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ASSISTENZA TECNICA
LE ISTRUZIONI RELATIVE ALL’ASSISTENZA
SONO PREVISTE ESCLUSIVAMENTE PER IL
PERSONALE OPPORTUNAMENTE ADDESTRATO.
PER EVITARE PERICOLOSE SCOSSE ELETTRICHE
NON EFFETTUARRE ALCUNA RIPARAZIONE A
MENO CHE QUALIFICATI A FARLA.
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About This Manual
This manual covers the operating and maintenance instructions for the following models:
5012D 5016D 5017D
5018D 5019D
Changes to this Manual
We have made every effort to ensure this manual is accurate.
If you discover any errors, or if you have suggestions for
improving this manual, please send your comments to our
Solon, Ohio factory. This manual may be periodically updated.
When inquiring about updates to this manual refer to the part
number and revision on the title page.
Literature Contents
Chapter Layout
Introduction — Describes the features of the Wideband
Power Sensor and Element Types.
Installation — Describes how to connection and install the
Wideband Power Sensor into the system that is being monitored.
Operation — Describes how to run and maintain the Wide-
band Power Sensor.
Specifications - Describes the basic information, settings,
and ranges of the Wideband Power Sensor
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Table of Contents
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Safety Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Warning Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Caution Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Safety Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Changes to this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Literature Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 3 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Zeroing Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5000-EX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5000-XT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Function Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
VSWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
VSWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Return Loss (dB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Video Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Peak Envelope Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Burst Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Crest Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Complementary Cumulative
Distribution Function (CCDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Low Repetition Rate Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 4 Specifcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5012D Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sensor Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Match Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Peak Envelope Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Burst Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Crest Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Complementary Cumulative
Distribution Function (CCDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Physical and Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . 20
5016D Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sensor Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Match Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Peak Envelope Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Burst Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Crest Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Complementary Cumulative
Distribution Function (CCDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Physical and Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . 27
5017D Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Sensor Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Match Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Peak Envelope Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Burst Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Crest Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Complementary Cumulative
Distribution Function (CCDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Physical and Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . 33
5018D Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sensor Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Match Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Peak Envelope Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Burst Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Crest Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Complementary Cumulative
Distribution Function (CCDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Physical and Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . 39
5019D Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sensor Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Match Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Peak Envelope Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Burst Average Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Crest Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Complementary Cumulative
Distribution Function (CCDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Physical and Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . 45
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Description
The Bird 5012D, 5016D, 5017D, 5018D, and 5019D Wideband
Power Sensor (WPS) is a Thruline sensor that can measure
average, peak, or burst power, VSWR, crest factor, and Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function (CCDF). It can be
used with the Bird 5000-EX and 5000-XT Digital Power Meters
(DPM), Site Analyzer, SignalHawk and the Bird Virtual Power
Meter Software (VPM).
Note: Firmware upgrades extending the WPS’s
capabilities may be periodically released. For the
latest firmware upgrade, contact Bird Customer
Service at (440) 248-1200 or visit our website at
http://www.bird-technologies.com
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Chapter 2 Installation
Connections
Note: VPM1
5012D
5016D
5017D
5018D
5019D
ONLY for Serial
Connections.
5012A
USB Only
USB & Serial
Serial Only
WARNING
Never attempt to connect or disconnect RF equipment from
the transmission line while RF power is being applied.
Leaking RF energy is a potential health hazard.
To connect the WPS to the Digital Power Meter, use the serial
cable provided. Connect the male end of the cable to the DPM
and the female end to the WPS. A separate power supply for
the WPS is not required when using a DPM.
Note: Connect the WPS to the RF line so that the
arrow on the sensor points towards the load.
There are two ways to connect the WPS to a PC running the
Virtual Power Meter Software:
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FOR USE WITH OLDER VPM1 SOFTWARE ONLY: To
connect using the serial port, first connect a 12V DC
power supply to the WPS. Once the STATUS LED turns
on and begins blinking, use the serial cable provided
and connect the female end of the cable to the computer and the male end to the WPS. The WPS must be
powered up before connecting to the PC.
FOR USE WITH EITHER VPM1 OR VPM2 SOFTWARE:
To connect using the USB port, connect the USB cable
to the computer and to the WPS. A separate power
supply is not required when using the USB port.
Note: When using the optional serial to USB
adapter, connect the WPS serial port to the
adapter’s serial port, and the adapter’s USB
connector to the PC.
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Chapter 3 Operation
Zeroing Sensor
5000-EX
Over time, the sensor’s “zero value” (reading with no applied RF
power) can drift due to environmental factors (temperature,
humidity, etc.) This can make the readings performed by this sensor less accurate by the drift value. If the drift would be a significant
error, re zero the sensor.
1. Ensure the sensor has reached a stable operating temperature.
2. Ensure no RF power is applied to the sensor.
3. Press “Zero” to begin Calibration.
Note: Calibration will take about 40 seconds. Do
not interrupt the calibration! A bar on the screen
will display calibration progress.
4. Do one of the following:
If the calibration is successful, “Cal Pass” or “Calibra-
tion
Complete” will be displayed.
a. Press any key to return to normal operation.
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If calibration fails, “Cal Fail” will be displayed.
a. Press a key to return to normal operation,
b. Ensure that the WPS is properly connected, and the
RF is off.
c. Rezero. Go back to Step 3.
5000-XT
1. Make sure the sensor has reached a stable operating
temperature.
2. Make sure no RF power is applied to the sensor.
3. Press and hold “0” for two seconds to begin zero calibration.
WARNING
Do not interrupt the calibration.
Note: “Zero/Cal” will be displayed and calibration
will begin.
Note: Zeroing the sensor takes 60 seconds. The
bar graph will display calibration progress.
Note: When complete, “PASS” should be displayed.
4. Press Enter to return to normal operation when zeroing is
complete.
Note: If “FAIL” is displayed, make sure no RF power
is applied to the sensor and perform the procedure
again.
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