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autocal: set_std_band() function replaced with RFPW_STD_BAND() macro
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1 How to calibrate the VCXO on your FreeCalypso development board |
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4 The process of calibrating the VCXO on a Calypso+Iota+Rita GSM MS consists of |
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5 the following fundamental parts: |
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7 * The antenna needs to be disconnected and the FreeCalypso device's RF output |
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8 (SMA on the FCDEV3B) needs to be connected to an RF test station such as an |
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9 R&S CMU200. |
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11 * The DUT is commanded to transmit semi-continuously as if it were transmitting |
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12 on TCH: Tx in one timeslot out of 8, but with the DUT running its own notion |
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13 of the TDMA frame not synchronized to anything, and keep transmitting |
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14 endlessly in 1/8 out of every 4.615 ms. |
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16 * The RF test station connected to the DUT is used in the RF analyzer mode to |
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17 measure the frequency offset of the DUT's signal, relative to the ideal uplink |
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18 frequency corresponding to the selected ARFCN. |
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20 * The above frequency offset measurement is performed with the AFC DAC on the |
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21 Calypso device set to different values, the results of the initial |
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22 measurements are used to guide some additional measurements, some computations |
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23 are made from these results, and the computed values are written into the |
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24 FreeCalypso device's FFS. |
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26 This procedure is meant to be automated by way of a program that talks both to |
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27 the FreeCalypso DUT and to the RF test station and orchestrates all of the |
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28 measurement and computation steps, but until this program gets written (we |
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29 weren't able to get a hold of TI's original, hence we have to develop our own), |
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30 use the following instructions to perform the VCXO calibration procedure |
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31 manually. You still need a CMU200 or equivalent, though - it is not possible |
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32 to do any kind of calibration on a Calypso device by itself, without connecting |
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33 it to some appropriate RF test equipment. |
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35 Reference documentation |
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38 We have the following two TI documents which describe some of the RF calibration |
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39 procedures including the one for the VCXO: |
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41 ftp://ftp.freecalypso.org/pub/GSM/Calypso/rf_calibration.pdf |
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43 https://www.freecalypso.org/LoCosto-docs/Production%20test%20and%20calibration/i_sample_rf_test_and_calibration_13_03_04_01991%20-%20v026.pdf |
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45 Unfortunately neither of them corresponds to the exact evolutionary time point |
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46 of interest to us: the first one corresponds to some chipset much earlier than |
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47 the one we are working with, and to firmware versions much earlier than ours, |
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48 whereas the second one is for TI's later LoCosto chipset. |
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50 Commanding the DUT to transmit semi-continuously |
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53 There is only one VCXO calibration that is subsequently used for all bands in |
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54 normal MS operation. Both of the calibration instruction documents above |
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55 instruct the operator to run the Tx in GSM900 mode on ARFCN 40, hence we shall |
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56 do likewise until and unless we find some good reason to do differently. |
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58 Issue the following commands through fc-tmsh to start the semi-continuous Tx: |
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60 tms 1 # enter RF Test Mode |
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61 rfpw 7 6 0 # select GSM 900+1800 band pair, GSM900 band within the pair |
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62 rfpw 2 40 # set ARFCN to 40 |
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63 rfpw 8 0 # disable AFC algorithm, i.e., control the AFC DAC manually |
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64 txpw 1 12 # Tx power level |
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65 rfe 3 # start Rx & Tx without network sync |
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67 WARNING: Before issuing the above commands, ensure that the antenna is |
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68 disconnected and that the RF output will be going into your test equipment, |
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69 not on the air! Do not EVER issue these commands with a real antenna connected, |
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70 unless your intent is to operate a rogue transmitter or jammer. |
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72 At this point your CMU200 or equivalent should detect the uplink signal |
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73 generated by the DUT (on the CMU200 one needs to set TSC to 5, dunno about |
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74 other test equipment), and you should see some frequency offset. |
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76 The actual calibration procedure |
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79 1. Set the AFC DAC to -2048: |
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81 rfpw 9 -2048 |
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89 and again measure the frequency offset. Note it down. |
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91 Now you need to create an ASCII text file with your frequency offset |
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92 measurements. Each line represents one measurement and consists of two fields: |
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93 the first field is the DAC value and the second field is the measured frequency |
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94 offset in Hz. On my FCDEV3B S/N 001 the first two measurements were: |
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96 -2048 -30008 |
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97 +2048 +21394 |
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99 Next you need to apply a linear model to the VCXO frequency offset as a function |
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100 of the DAC input: if x is the DAC value and F is the resulting frequency offset, |
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101 then the linear model is F = ax + b, where a and b need to be determined from |
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102 two measured points (x1, F1) and (x2, F2). Then once you have a and b, find the |
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103 x value that should produce F = 0. The fc-vcxo-linear utility will do this math |
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104 for you: run it with the name of your text file with measurements as its only |
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105 argument. |
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107 With my measurements, the DAC_CENTER value computed by fc-vcxo-linear is 343. |
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194 reassuring sign. |
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221 To shut off the transmitter you started earlier, issue this command: |
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225 Now power off your FreeCalypso device, disconnect the RF test setup, connect the |
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226 antenna back, insert a SIM, do a fresh boot and see if you can connect to a real |
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227 live GSM network with your VCXO calibration! |