Cobham AvComm supports Motorola APX and MOTOTRBO radios

March 17, 2015

Cobham AvComm, formerly the Aeroflex AvComm business unit, announced today that the 8800 Series Digital Radio Test Set now offers new automated test and alignment support for Motorola APX Series and Motorola MOTOTRBO Series radios. The new 8800 application fully automates radio testing and alignment and ensures optimum radio performance in significantly less time—minimizing service and support costs for the end users and dealers.

“Cobham AvComm is very pleased to provide this unique test technology for Motorola APX Series radios and Motorola MOTOTRBO Series radios on our new 8800 portable radio test set,” said Chad Knudson, product marketing manager. “The 8800 provides an advanced method for repeatable and highly accurate test and alignment for Motorola radios that requires minimal technical interface. With the industry’s largest color display, lightweight design, ruggedness, and now automated test and alignment capabilities, the 8800 is ready for any test environment, whether on the bench or in the field.”

The Motorola APX Series Auto-test can be ordered as Option 103, and the Motorola MOTOTRBO Series Auto-test can be ordered as Option 104 for the 8800 Series. These software options are also field upgradeable.

Cobham completed its acquisition of Aeroflex in September 2014.

Update: In related news, Cobham Wireless, formerly the Wireless Test Business of Aeroflex, and National Instruments last month announced a worldwide partnership to service applications in cellular and connectivity with solutions based on PXI technology.

Under the terms of the agreement, NI acquires the existing Cobham PXI modular instruments hardware product line and becomes Cobham’s primary provider of PXI technology. The acquired PXI modular instruments will be manufactured by NI and supplied exclusively to Cobham for sale through the Cobham Wireless business unit’s direct sales channels and brand, which will ensure continuity and continued support for existing PXI-based customers. The companies will also collaborate to incorporate the latest NI PXI modular instruments, including the NI vector signal transceiver with LabVIEW FPGA, into Cobham’s next-generation cellular and connectivity test systems.

With the agreement, Cobham Wireless will become the NI Global Preferred Partner for Cellular and Connectivity Applications, part of the NI Alliance Partner Network.

“We are excited to partner with Cobham,” said Pete Zogas, senior vice president of Segments and Services at NI. “As wireless industry leaders, they have the resources necessary to provide solutions and services on a global scale. Our customers will benefit greatly from the combination of the NI platform and Cobham’s unique domain-specific expertise within the cellular and connectivity application space.”

Ian Langley, senior vice president and general manager of the Cobham Wireless Business Unit, said, “With increased test complexity and faster design cycles, we chose to build our RF and wireless test systems based on NI’s industry-leading PXI modular instrumentation technology. The combination of LabVIEW FPGA and the NI vector signal transceiver enables us to deliver products and solutions to our customers with optimum performance and the lowest cost of test.”

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Rick Nelson | Contributing Editor

Rick is currently Contributing Technical Editor. He was Executive Editor for EE in 2011-2018. Previously he served on several publications, including EDN and Vision Systems Design, and has received awards for signed editorials from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He began as a design engineer at General Electric and Litton Industries and earned a BSEE degree from Penn State.

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