52 Part C: Basic Tasks © Tait Electronics Limited December 2007To program a base station1. Log on to the base station (if you aren’t already).2. Click Mode and put the base station into Standby mode.3. Check that the current configuration settings displayed in the Service Kit arewhat you want. Click OK to confirm this.4. Select File > Save to create a copy of the configuration settings as a file inthe Configurations folder.5. Click Program.The Programming dialog box appears and indicates the download progress.When the base station has successfully received all the configuration settingsand programmed them in, the Programming dialog box closes.If the download is not completely successful, programming is aborted and amessage appears. Later, you can open the file you saved and try again.Important: When you program a base station, any changes to thePMU configuration will affect the operation of the PMU, whichsupplies the other base station in the subrack. That base station’soperation may be interrupted or otherwise affected.6. Return the base station to Run mode.Creating a Configuration TemplateThe base station comes with templates that define configuration settings fordifferent applications. When you create a new configuration, the template youselect provides the configuration with sensible default settings. This enables youto concentrate on the main things that need to be changed.You may want to add your own template. You can then quickly create aconfigurations with the settings you want. These could be settings common toall base stations in a system or settings that a system integrator generally uses.To create a configuration template1. Edit the settings in a configuration file until they are as you want them.Click OK.2. Save the file.3. Select File > Save as Template. The Save Configuration Template dialogbox appears.4. Enter a name for the template.5. Click Save. The Service Kit saves the configuration settings to a templatefile. This file has the name you entered and the template extension (.t8t).
