Acceptance Test

Procedure Form
Section 1, General Site Information
Must be completed after every new installation, de-installation, and service upgrade or downgrade

Country:

Sudan

Customer Contract Details and Address

Contract Number:
Company Name:
Site Address:
Postal Code:
P.O. Box No:
City:
Country:
Point of Contact:
Telephone:
Fax:
Email:

Reason for Site Visit

New Installation
Site upgrade
De-installation

Purchase Order Number:

Other

Engineer/Technician(s) on Site
Company name:
Tech/Eng name 1:
Tech/Eng name 2:
Tech/Eng name 3:
First day on site:
Last day on site:

NetvSat Communications Co. Ltd.

Amro Awad Osman

6-Aug-2015
9-Aug-2015

Total amount of man hours on site:

Total amount of idle time (waiting hours):

Technical Site Details

Used satellite: AfricaSat 1A C Band
Type of Service:

Antenna:

Position:
Ku

band

band
SCPC TX/RX
VSAT
Other, please describe:

1.2m
Customer Interface:

1.8m

2.4m

RS449

V.35

46

Ka band
Redundant system:
DVB-RCS like
3.8m
RS422

East

Type of antenna mount:

RS232

Yes

NPM

West

No

PM

Other
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Terrestrial Line connected to satellite modem:

Yes

No

Section 2, Installed Equipment on Site

Please indicate in detail what equipment is installed on site. Complete this section after every installation, de-installation, and
service upgrade or downgrade visit.
Parts

Type

Antenna
Mount
BUC/HPA
Typical power
LNA/LNB/LNC
Satellite Modem
IRD/Sat Receiver
Interface
UPS
AVS
Others
Software Release

Serial

Mode

Remark

Number

2.4 C-BAND- Prodelin

NPM
NJT C-BAND 5W

A02968C73

NJT5669F

s
USED
USED
USED

C-BAND
iDirect Evolution

171061

PAT 8215
X3

USED
Looks new

APC

QS1316271616

SURT10000XLI

Comments:

Section 3, Inspection Checklist

This section has to be completed after every new installation, and service upgrade or downgrade

Radio Details
TX Center Freq:

GHz

RX Center Freq:

GHz

TX Gain:

dB

Transmit Details - Carrier 1

Carrier ID TX:
TX Polarization:
TX Modulation:
TX FEC:
TX Clocking:

TX Frequency:
Lin.
Hor.

BPSK

Lin. Ver.
QPSK

GHz
RHCP

Sequential
External

Internal

kbps

LHCP
8-PSK

Other:
Reed-

Viterbi

Data rate:

Solomon
Other:

Rate:

Receive Details - Carrier 1

Carrier ID RX:
RX Polarization:
RX Modulation:
RX FEC:

RX Frequency:
Lin.
Hor.

Viterbi

BPSK

Lin. Ver.
QSPK
Sequential

GHz
RHCP

Data rate:

kbps

LHCP
8-PSK

Other:

TPC

Rate:

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RX Clocking:

External

Internal

Transmit Details - Carrier 2

Carrier ID TX:
TX Polarization:
TX Modulation:
TX FEC:
TX Clocking:

TX Frequency:
Lin.

Hor.

BPSK

Lin. Ver.
QSPK
Sequential
External

Internal

Carrier ID RX:
RX Modulation:
RX FEC:
RX Clocking:

RHCP

GHz

8-PSK

Solomon
Other:

RX Frequency:
Lin.

Hor.

BPSK

Lin. Ver.
QSPK

RHCP

Internal

Sequential
External

kbps

Other:

Rate:

GHz

Data rate:

kbps

LHCP
8-PSK
Reed-

Viterbi

Data rate:
LHCP

ReedViterbi

Receive Details - Carrier 2

RX Polarization:

Other:

Solomon
Other:

Other:

Rate:

Outdoor Unit (ODU)

1. Is all ODU equipment free of noticeable damage, e.g., scratches, dents, or other
physical defects?

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

If no, please comment:

2. Is the antenna securely mounted and properly assembled?

3. Are all the bolts and nuts tightened firmly?
4. Is the mount free from misalignment, deflection, dents, holes or other structural
problems that might create problems in high winds?
5. In case of a Non Penetrating Mount, is enough ballast installed?
6. Does the fan in the radio (if any) operate properly?

No fan

7. Is the SLP box (if any) properly installed with all connections secure and wired
according the FIM?
8. Is the feedhorn window intact so that no moisture can collect inside the feed horn?
9. Is the de-ice system (if applicable) properly installed (and tested)
with all connections secure and properly labeled?

No de-ice

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10. Is the radio (if any), LNB/C, antenna, SLP box (if any), and mount properly grounded
and is the ground cable from antenna mount to ground rod installed securely?

Yes

No

11. Are all cables tied down neatly?

12. Are UV resistant tie-wraps used?
13. Is the roof clean?
14. Is their any vegetation or are there trees which may block the view in the future?

Yes

No

15. Have you made any pictures of the ODU

Yes

No

Inter Facility Link (IFL)

16. Are all connections correct, tight, and not stressed?

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

21. Are the cables properly secured to the building or other structure so that movement is
prevented during high winds?
Yes

No

17. Are all the connectors crimped properly and tested?

18. Are electrical and mechanical connections weatherproofed and sealed?
19. Are all cables labeled?
20. Are all cables tied down neatly?

Comments:

Indoor Unit (IDU)

22. Is all indoor equipment free of noticeable damage, e.g., scratches, dents, or other
physical defects?

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

If no, please comment:

23. Is all the indoor equipment properly grounded?

24. Is a telephone line connected to the M & C equipment?
25. Have you made any pictures of the IDU

Yes

No

Comments:

Dial-in number for the Monitor and Control (M&C) equipment

Country Code:
Telephone Number:
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Extension (if any):
Can Modem Dial-out of the country:
Comments
:

Yes

No

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Section 4, Tests
This section has to be completed after every new installation and upgrade.

Parameters which affect Satellite Link Performance

1. IFL cable loss:

TX cable:

dB

RX cable:

dB

2. Total added attenuation:

TX path:

dB

RX Path:

dB

Comments:

4. Satellite modem output:

Modem 1:

dBm

Modem 2:

dBm

5. Satellite modem RX input:

Modem 1:

dBm

Modem 2:

dBm

dB

Modem 2:

dB

Received (C+N)/N carrier 2:

dB

3. Cross-pol isolation:

dB

(Absolute receive level)

6. Nominal received Eb/No:

7. Received (C+N)/N carrier 1:
Spectrum
settings:

analyzer

Modem 1:

dB

Span:

MHz

8. Was any interference measured during testing:

RBW:

Yes

kHz

VBW:

kHz

No

If Yes please describe:

Parameters which affect Data Performance

9. Was an end-to-end test conducted at this visit?
Yes
No
BER Test performed:
On own downlink
With opposite station
BER Test indicated following error rate: example: 2.07E-9
BER Test lasted for:
Hours
10. Is a multiplexer connected to the modem?

Yes

No

11. Was a multiplexer voice port test conducted at this visit?

Multiplexer voice channel network looptest OK:
Remote multiplexer voice channel looptest OK:

Yes
Yes
Yes

No
No
No

12. Was a ping test conducted at this visit?

Connected Device:
LAN
Ping round trip time:

Yes

If Yes please indicate type of mux:

Both

ms

No
Router
www.google.com
Other: rate:
File transfer
Kbps

13. Was Monitor and Control system tested by the NOC?

Yes
Yes
Were the results satisfactory?
When were the M&C tests performed? m/d/yyyy H:mm am/pm:
14. Were any other tests conducted at this visit? Please indicate:

No
No

1dB test

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Were the results satisfactory?

Yes

No

Comments:

Fade Margin Test From your location to remote site

Test performed with:

TX-Carrier 1

TX-Carrier 2

TX- power [dB] local modem

Remote (C+N)/N [dB] reading

Remote Eb/No [dB] reading

Sync loss recorded at Eb/No reading:

Comments:

dB

Fade Margin Test From remote site to your location

Test performed with:

RX-Carrier 1

RX-Carrier 2

TX- power [dB] remote modem

Local (C+N)/N [dB] reading

Local Eb/No [dB] reading

Sync loss recorded at Eb/No reading:

Comments:

dB

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Section 5 Customer Acceptance
Complete this after every new visit

Service installed / repaired at site as per contract or Service Order specification

Engineers name:

Amro Awad Osman

Engineers signature:

Company:

NetvSat Communications Co. Ltd.

Date:

9-August-2015

Customer name:

Customer signature:

Position in Organization:
Customer Remarks:
Engineers Remarks:

ODU is used. Link s stable.

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Please attach photos as per below.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)

Line of site
Mount installation
Right, Left, Front & Rear photos of the Antenna with mount.
Cable path
Earthling point from antenna to ground.
Indoor cabling
Modem lock with Serial No.

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