Portable AISG Controller With Smartphone Interface And System

An antenna controller system comprising:

• an AISG controller;
• and
• a handheld wireless device in wireless communication with the AISG controller,
• the AISG controller comprising:
• a processor;
• an AISG-compliant interface, coupled to the processor;
• an AISG diagnostics circuit coupled to the AISG-compliant interface and to the processor;
• and
• a wireless access point interface, coupled to the processor;
• the handheld wireless device comprising a wireless interface and an application layer;
• wherein the wireless interface of the handheld wireless device is wirelessly coupled to the wireless access point interface of the AISG controller;
• wherein the processor is configured to receive diagnostics information from the AISG diagnostics circuit and provide the diagnostics information to the handheld wireless device via the wireless access point interface, and is further configured to receive control information from the handheld wireless device via the wireless access point interface and conduct control and configuration functions via the AISG compliant interface in response to the control information;
• and
• wherein the application layer of the handheld wireless device comprises commands for configuring equipment coupled to an AISG bus.