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Harris Corporation Introduces 'Paperless Chart Recorder' New Remote Access Link Monitoring and Diagnostic Tool is a First in the Industry ATLANTA, March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CTIA 2004, Booth #3557 -- Harris Corporation , a leading global provider of wireless infrastructure equipment and services, has released a new software-based microwave link chart recorder that completely eliminates the need for external hardware chart recorders, BER test sets (BERTS), and other test and instrumentationequipment required when installing and maintaining microwave links. Harris' new "paperless chart recorder" -- PCR -- is a powerful diagnostic tool that provides numerous benefits in monitoring and maintaining microwave links remotely, which can save operators thousands of dollars in equipment, leasing, engineering, and travel costs. Harris' PCR system is unique in the market and fully supports Harris' leading digital radio systems, Constellation(R), MegaStar(R) 155, and TRuepoint(TM). The system uploads historical link analog and alarm data from any site in the system, stores it for the quick and complete analysis of link performance and availability over many days to several years, and displays it on a single computer screen expandable from an All Data presentation to any 1- or 2-day, 1- or 3-hour, or 1- or 15-minute period. Data recorded includes local and GMT dates and times precisely aligned to each occurrence, continuous main and diversity RF receiver signal level (RSL) fade chart recordings within +/-2 dB accuracy, all individual main and diversity receiver alarms, all 1+1 and 1:N receiver and transmitter switching events, and all DS1, E1, OC-3, STM-1, etc., errored second and sync loss (SES, LOF) outage events. "We are very pleased to make the Harris PCR available to our customers," said Guy Campbell, president of Harris Microwave Communications Division. "The PCR is a remarkable and powerful tool that provides our customers with performance data history and real-time monitoring capability for every Harris radio in their network-a capability totally unique in the industry." Harris PCR provides tremendous cost savings and advantages over traditional hardware chart recorders and BERTS instrumentation that must be deployed separately and manually harvested for data. Harris PCR allows for complete remote setup and access thereby saving, in addition to capital equipment expense, a tremendous amount of data collection and diagnostic labor and travel costs. Harris PCR consists of two main parts: 1) The History Data Loader that remotely uploads all stored link data in each direction of the path, and 2) the History Data Viewer that conveniently displays these collected analog and alarm data on a single screen which has powerful search and navigation tools to facilitate exacting analysis by transmission engineers. Harris PCR can be installed as a standalone application on Windows NT/2000/XP operating systems or can be integrated into the NetBoss network management system or StarView element manager system. Connectivity to Harris radios for PCR data collection can be locally or remotely achieved through the Harris SCAN network or through standard SNMP. About Harris Harris Microwave Communications Division, one of five divisions within Harris Corporation, is the largest supplier of microwave systems in North America and a leading supplier worldwide. The division delivers wireless solutions to service providers of all types, including public network operators; fixed wireless operators; transportation; state, local and federal agencies; and power utilities. Its product line, the broadest in the industry, spans 2 to 38 GHz and includes both microwave and millimeter wave systems for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint architectures. Harris Corporation is an international communications technology company focused on providing assured communications(TM) products, systems and services for government and commercial customers. The company's five operating divisions serve markets for government communications, tactical radio, broadcast, microwave, and network support systems. Harris provides systems and service to customers in more than 150 countries. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Michelle Maeder of Harris Corporation, Microwave Communications Division, +1-530-945-2581, Web site: http://www.harris.com/

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