Mobile Secrets, Tips & Tricks

Motorola
6200/7500/8200/8400/8700 

To activate RBS (Engineering Menus): 

[pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 1 [pause] [ok] 
(pause means the * key held in until box appears) 
You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng Field Options' 
function with the < or > keys, and enable it. 

To de-activate RBS (Engineering Menus): 

[pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 0 [pause] [ok] 
(pause means the * key held in until box appears) 
Works on 6200's,8200's,1-888's,7500's,8400's and GSM
StarTacs with later than version .27 software. 

Options under Eng Field Options 

Eng Field Options

Active Cell

RxLev -55  Received powerlevel in dBm
NCC 0  National Colour Code, used for identifying channel
BCC 7  Broadcast Colour Code, also for identifying purposes
MSTxPwr 35  Max allowed transmit power 35dBm about 3.2W
C1 003  Is a calculated figure for the quality control signal 
which is constantly sent out from the RBS quality the signal 
returning from the phone has. If this value is negative 
for more than 5 sec then the system will make a cell switch.
Time Adv xxx xxx is a number. Multiply this number by 550,
and the result is the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in meters. 

Adjacent Cells

Adj Cell 1

Channel 0033  Channel Number
RxLev -65  Received powerlevel in dBm
BCCH  DecodeI think it means it is able to decode the channel 
information contained in the BCCH
RxLevAM -104  Min allowed reception, compare with 
RxLev -65   and you get the C1 value which is 39 and reported back to base as
measure of field strength.
MTxPwr 35  Aain max allowed powerlevel
C1 003   ??
NCC 0  National Colour Code
BCC 6  Broadcast Colour Code 

System Parameters

Combined Off ??
AcsClas 0000  Allows different priorities - this network doesn't support it.
MCC 505  Mobile Country Code, 505 for Australia, 240 for Swedes etc
MNC 01  Mobile Network Code, 01 for Mobilenet, 02 for Optus, 
03 for Vodafone using MCC 505. MCC+MNC is often called Network Code 
LAC 08720  Location Area Code, shows which exchange your're in
CellID 00473  Base Station Identity
T3212 005  Time between periodic network updates (either hours 
between or time remaing until update, not sure)
BS-PA-MFRM 4 ??
XZQTY 14.3 ??

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