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PROCEDURES

ACCESS CONTROL

ACCESS CONTROL
When attending to a repeater ,or pop these are the steps to follow;
 
1. Contact NOC or Support and sign up for keys.
 
2. Carry a valid Company Identi­fic­ation.
 
3. If the site contacts are available the Engineer should ask NOC / SUPPORT to inform the building management of the pending visit and its purpose. (Some buildings require a letter before allowing Access, the technical coordi­nator will prepare it on request) ;
 
4. Visit the site with a car clearly to identify the company.
 
5. On arrival to the site the engineer should present the relevant partic­ulars ( Letters /ID) to the building management and security officers for approval.
 
6. When Access is granted , proceed with the work.
Completion of tasks
 
1. Make sure the door is shut and locked up..
 
2. Surrender the keys to NOC/SU­PPORT
 
3. Sign out of the log book.

HOUSEK­EEPING

EVERYDAY HOUSEK­EEPING
REPEATER - internal
1. COOLING - Make sure the repeater is cool (ceiling fan and/or air condit­ioner working). If not escalate to SUPPORT /NOC to follow up.
 
2.LABELLING - After instal­lation of radio or indoor units. Make sure all cables are clearly labelled.( patch cables, power cables, power units).
 
3. CLEANS­INESS - always leave place in tidy manner, better than you found it (throw away all trash and all unwanted compon­ents).
 
REPEATER - Tower
TBA
 

SCHEDULE MAINTE­NANCE

SCHEDULE MAINTE­NANCE
Scheduled mainte­nance is to be carried out at regular periods , at least once every year for each REPEATER OR POP.
TASK SHEET
REPEATER / POP
1. Dust -Blow the dust from all active compon­ents.
 
2. Labelling - labelling all compon­ents.
 
3. Sweeping - The floor area should always clear of any particles and objects.
 
ELECTR­ICALS
1. AIR CONDIT­IONER - Cleaning of the Air condit­ioner by qualified techni­cians.
 
2. BATTERY - Mainte­nance and measur­ement of the output.
 
3. INVERTER - condit­ional check
 
TOWERS
1. All towers to be regularly assessed for rust and painted if condition necess­itates

TROUBL­ESH­OOTING

SCENARIO 1
POWER MONITOR
If the power monitor is DOWN for more than 6 hours
 
SOLUTION
 
Contact the building management send an engineer to attend
 
CHECK
 
1. Electr­icity source (Tanesco)
 
2. MCB for a Tripped Circuit.
 
3. Faulty AVS/AVR.
 
4. FAULTY power monitor (router) if everything else ok.
 
 
If problem is found with the above escalate to electr­ician
 
SCENARIO 2
GENERAL POWER FAILURE
In the case of a general power failure.
 
1. Check the power source for the switch and the state of switch.
 
2. Check status of UPS plugged into the switch.
 
3. Check the INVERTER functi­ona­lity. (LED)
 
4. Check theBATTERY source.
 
5. Check the AVS/AVR
 
6. Check the power availa­bility.
 
 
IF any problem is found with any of the above escalate to the electr­ician or NOC/SU­PPORT
 
SCENARIO 3
POWER Fluctu­ations
1. Check the UPS
 
2. Check the INVERTER.
 
3. Check the BATTERY source.
 
4. Check the POWER SOURCE for low voltage.
 
WIMAX BSDU
If the WIMAX Bsdu goes down. check power supply unit. and replace.
 

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