In this exercise, you will create a database for three simulated monitors located in St. Louis, MO. You need to run the Simulator program for this exercise.
New Database Description
Create a new database as described below.
1. Open the Simulator menu.
2. Open the DB Creator menu.
3. Click the New button on the Create Database menu.
4. Select Manual Entry of Monitor details radio button.
New Database Description Dialog – Manual Base Station Entry
6. Set the Number of target receiver entries to create to 3.
7. Target receiver nameshould read: Spectrum Monitor [nn] The [nn] will be replaced sequentially with 1, 2, 3, etc. Do not enter two receivers that have the same name.
8. Target receiver host name should read: 127.0.0.1
9. Set the Number of target receiver entries to create to 1.
10. Set the Channel Frequency (MHz) to 751 and the Channel Bandwidth (MHz) to 20.
11. SetRBW to 30 kHz and VBW to 10 kHz.
12. Set Reference Level to –40 dBm and the Reference Level Offset to 0 dB.
15. Click Ping from the main Toolbar. You will see process information in the black status pane as communication with each monitor is verified. If there are any errors, correct them and Ping again. If it is successful, you will see a line stating each monitor is being ‘pinged’. A number that indicates the time elapsed for a response in milliseconds. Since we are using the Vision Monitor Simulator for this exercise, the elapsed time for a response may be zero.
16. Click Locate from the main toolbar. This will capture the GPS coordinates of each monitor and add that information to the Monitor Definition input table. GPS coordinates are assigned randomly, your dBase may not exactly match the coordinates shown here.
17. You need to add a limit line mask. Click Import Masks from the Mask Definition table.
18. In the Channel Definitions table, double-click on the field under the Mask heading. This enters Edit mode for the table. Enter 751 MHz in the Mask field for that channel and click Enter.
19. Set the destination folder for the database. The current output destination folder is listed in the status bar. If you want to use the same location as in the last exercise, it should be remembered and listed here. Nothing is required to reuse the same location. If you want to enter a different location, click Path in the main Toolbar and then click a destination folder for this database.
20. Click Create and the database should be created with progress showing in the status pane.
21. Close the Database Creator program.
Create Database Dialog – Manual Base Station Entry
