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1. Enter the IP address of the Terminal Server in the Chg IP Address menu of the Diagnostics Application Afterwards the Diagnostics Application will ask for a port number enter the number of the Terminal Server s port to which the Diagnostics cable is connected LUMOO03AB Rev C 8 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 3 3 Limitations Only radios with firmware at least level 2 29 900 MHz 1 58 2 4 GHz or 9 34 1 4GHz will support diagnostics Certain features require even later firmware versions as noted in this manual While FreeWave radios will operate in the network regardless of the firmware revision level Diagnostics will be able to access monitor and remotely set up only radios with firmware that supports diagnostics Otherwise the application will be limited to displaying the serial numbers of such radios Also the application cannot access radios even if they support diagnostics through repeaters with firmware that does not support diagnostics In the field the firmware of any 2 4 GHz radio or any 900 MHz radio with serial number 571 0001 and higher can be upgraded Older radios must be sent back to FreeWave for a hardware upgrade Contact FreeWave Technologies for more information While running diagnostics on a network has little or no effect on network operation FreeWave strongly recommends that the normal data flow is interrupted in
2. Ethernet Master 3 2 3 Indirect access through a Terminal Server Even if the Master Radio is not an Ethernet model diagnostics may still be accessed through an Ethernet network An additional device will be needed a commercially available Terminal Server A Plus Series radio may also be used as a terminal server Terminal Servers are an Internet server with one or more RS232 serial ports and one Ethernet port In this type of setup the Diagnostics Application uses the TCP IP protocol not UDP IP A Diagnostics Cable ASCO409DC is needed from FreeWave to send diagnostics from the Master to the Terminal Server The following two examples show the connections for FGR IM or LRS series Master radios and for hosts connected either directly to the Master or through the LAN Internet LUMOO03AB Rev C 7 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Data Cable Polling Computer Diagnostics Computer TCP IP Diagnostics npa YY WIRELESS DATI TRANSCEIVER ASCOA09DC eee co rx Ga Diag cable LAN Serial Master Terminal Server FGR master RS232 host TCP IP Diagnostics d Diagnostics Computer Data Cable WIRELESS DATI TRANSCEIVER ASC0409DC Li TCP IP Data alll Terminal Server Diag cable Polling Computer LAN Serial Master FGR master Ethernet host Note that 2 Terminal Server serial ports are used
3. FreeWave Technologies Multipoint Diagnostics Program User Manual Version 2 16D FreeWave Technologies Inc 1880 South Flatiron Court Boulder CO 80301 303 444 3862 LUMOO03AB RevC 303 786 9948 Fax WWW freewave com FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Table of Contents b OC UCIOlle a aaa sce tunes EcL ace haah ee A das EE E EA ATELIERS EE CD eas 4 2 MAN eld 5 WI duc uita E alla eA Dede m Saal eet oie epe dt 5 ZA IDIasnosdc s CONDI Pudet du aad ect dumm Ed t LI ME Rone 5 22 Accessihe The Free Wave ING yy ORK xosdcesques tn at oa p d i e d eaten Aedes even D au e uated 2 221 Direct access through the Diagnostics Port FGR series Master eeesseeeeeeeese 5 2 2 2 Direct access through an Ethernet ne bWOTK sooo eee pote ERO aO Ee MOM I det 6 2 2 3 Indirect access through a Terminal Servier is REPRE Um era eid i d EI de sa Us fi 2 3 LOI asi EE A e AAE esee IE erp LC DL E DU CERES Mee M ne UE Se Ren PT DE EE 9 3 JROdISEDUD dites tc bab me LED IEEE MU IE 10 3 1 Setup the Maered co oor oun ond Lo cn I MUR UD teen IS I 10 3 1 1 Inyokethe Ser U p THOGO 5i ote E EN ba EE E E E uM EE 10 3 1 2 Ensure that the packet is Dig enoupb ore IR t ER aiaa OO EEE eee 10 3 1 3 Det Lie DIAS OSE CS TALS e esie im iaacen vad sU e D Eus eai s per eR eee anaes 3 1 4 PAS Siti at EP AG GRCSS Sod cipes ebd et a ania a eeeacanan o Eu DR iR RM SEO 12
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5. 60 Sec Coml Opened Poll status indicators ignore 7 3 18 Number of Radios Number of Radios The Number of Radios is the total number of radios in the list not counting the Master A radio may be listed even if the radio is no longer in the network as radios must be deleted from the list manually 7 3 19 Alarm Time The Alarm Time is the maximum acceptable time without a diagnostics response from a given radio see Time of latest diagnostics poll above paragraph 7 3 17 After that time the application highlights in red the radio s Time Rcvd time The default is 60 seconds Use the and keys of the computer s numeric keypad to change the value 7 3 20 Poll Status Indicators The counters and indexes displayed on the lower right corner of the display are troubleshooting indicators for use by FreeWave Technologies They serve no purpose in the Diagnostic application other than to provide an indication that the program is running correctly One of the indicators will display Random or Sequen depending on the polling method that is active either random or sequential If Sequen is displayed the number indicates which radio number in the list is currently being polled The number display next to the indicator indicates where the diagnostic program is in the polling process LUMOO03AB Rev C 43 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 7 4 Re
6. DeleteRadio D PollRadio F AddRadio A Locate Radio Change EPROM C Reset Disc Count A dialog appears 1 Cancel Enter the number of the setting that is going to be changed 0 to 40 and click OK A new dialog appears Enter the new value of the setting and click OK 8 3 Details about the Settings Changing these settings is similar to changing them through a radio s Set Up mode with following differences e The application only displays 40 and makes editable 35 of the radio s settings These settings are all available from a single screen instead of a hierarchy of menus Five of these settings are not editable and are not reported in the Set up mode Enter the Radio ID with 3 bytes instead of 4 decimal digits Some settings appear different in the Application than in the Set up menu LUMOO03AB Rev C 55 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Please refer to the Main Manual for an explanation of the significance of each setting displayed in the screen and what values are acceptable for each setting 8 3 1 Risky changes Changing certain parameters through Diagnostics is somewhat risky as communication may be lost Therefore a change may not be undone without going to the remote site to correct the offending entry by use of direct access to the radio through Set Up mode 20 DTR Connect XXX 1 Baud Rate XXX 1 Repe
7. Ending At Radio Number 0 E S Number of Radios 0 Alarm Time 60 Sec Random 2 No Connection A connection between the Diagnostics Application and the Master radio must be established As mentioned the Diagnostics Computer may access the Master radio in one of 3 ways e directly through Serial Ports using RS232 e directly through an Ethernet network using UDP IP Ethernet Master Radio only e indirectly through a Terminal Server and a network LAN Internet using TCP IP 5 1 Direct access through Serial Ports To access the FreeWave network through a Serial Port Data Port or Diagnostics Port e Connect the Master Radio to the Diagnostics computer using a Diagnostics cable e Select the Serial Port to which the Diagnostics cable is connected e Open that Serial Port The Diagnostics Computer can use any of its Serial Ports COM1 to COM8 The default is COM1 Change the serial port via the Communication Chg Comm Port menu LUMOO03AB Rev C 13 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Communication Close Comm Open Comm Chg IP Address Connect T CPIP Connect UDP Close TCF UDP Connect Via Dialup Modem A dialog opens The currently selected port is highlighted Select Comm Port Ec Cancel Select the Serial Port or press Cancel to retain the previous selection NOTE If connected to a 1 4GHz network the diagnostics baud ra
8. Set up Menu settinc Diagnostics settino SubNetID Rev amp Xmit 01h to FFh Rcv 1 F Xmit 1 F 1 to 255 Diagnostics requires that the Subnet be entered as a decimal number The 2 values of the Receive and Xmit settings are loaded as one byte into the EPROM The table below shows the correlation of how to calculate the proper value to load into the diagnostic location For example if the value desired in the Set Up menu is Rcv E and Xmit 3 The corresponding decimal number will be 62 Enter 62 into the SubNet ID setting Please note that a setting of 255 Rev F and Xmit F will set the SubNet ID to Disabled Receive Subnet ID X_ L10571 2 3 4 5 6J 7 8 9 A B C D EJF POTNAT 11 2 3 1 415 617 8 9 10 11 12 18 14 15 19 ELE SIM 35 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 112 115 131 147 160 163 179 C 192 193 194 195 D 208 209 210 211 227 243 o m o o eee e Transmit Subnet ID _X 8 3 3 13 Radio ID The Diagnostics Application allows any number below 224 to be set While the radio s Set up mode will display the entire number Diagnostics will only let numbers up to 9999 be entered Radio ID Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting Super Byte High Byt
9. 0 and 1 The Diagnostics Application acknowledges the radio as a Repeater The first radio is also a Repeater so radio S N 123 4567 is labeled R 2 The path of a radio may be deciphered by examining the Repx columns in screen 1 The columns will always follow the same pattern Rep1 is closest to the radio Rep2 is next and so on See paragraph 7 3 15 for information on Repeaters R peater Ec E GD Serial Number 123 4567 Radio ID 1234 Repeater sue Kon When looking at this Slave s record the Repeater is in Diagnostics computer E In the Diagnostics Application this column REP1 modem has been named Hilltop Repeater This 1s the 2nd repeater that the Diagnostics Application discovers and names it R 2 This is the 4th modem that the Diagnostic Application discovers placing it as the 4th record in the Modem List This modem can be identified six ways This radio is identified as Serial Number 123 4567 Radio ID 1234 Hilltop Repeater R 2 4 in the Radio List in the Rep1 column of Radio 5 7 2 Selecting display preferences LUMOO03AB Rev C 28 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D The Diagnostics Application offers a few choices for its displays 7 2 1 Displaying Radio Serial Numbers or Names In Screens O and 1 there is a choice of displaying the radio s Serial Numbers or the names that ha
10. 0 1 79 100 11 40 21 7 3 16 Diagnostics response rate Poll The Poll is the percentage of the time the radio has reported back diagnostics data when polled If the radio is used to transmit a large amount of data as part of normal operation the radio will have less time to respond to the Master polling diagnostics data in that case the diagnostics response rate will decrease If the value is 0 it may be because the radio is disconnected from the network 7 3 17 Time of latest diagnostics response Time Rcvd The Time Rcvd is the time measured using the System Clock when the radio last replied to diagnostics polling If the lag in response exceeds the Alarm Time see Alarm Time below paragraph 7 3 19 the application highlights Time Revd in red LUMOO03AB Rev C 42 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D FreeWare Diagnostics 2 02a mi x File EditRadio Communication Show Help HOHAHE RAD 11 40 22 Radio Fn Sig Hse Freg DATA Dist Hum Repl Rep Reps Repa Poll Time ppm bytes mi Dis H Sq H Sq N Sq HN Sq 25 Ecvd 9064602 HM 10 11 40 22 Starting At Radio Number 1 0 T 9041280 S 74 19 99 1 5 71 0 7 0 0 60 100 11 40 18 9066569 S 56 15 99 1 5 101 0 7 Oo 54 97 11 40 19 9060510 R 1 68 17 99 2 6 99 0 7 0 0 58 99 11 40 20 9064441 S 70 14 100 0 3 106 0 7 0 1 79 100 11 40 21 Number of Radios Humber of Radios 4 Alarm Time
11. Master radio Screen 0 and Screen 1 report the performance of all the radios in the network Screen 2 display the settings of a given radio and allows changes to them Graphics 3 plots the performance of a given radio over time Graphics 4 plots the conditions of a given radio over time Select a Screen with the Show menu or simply type its number on the keyboard Show Screent Screen Screen 2 Graphics 3 Graphics 4 M ames Serial Numbers ASS dBuv ASS regularl Metric km American mi F 7 1 Identifying Radios In the following discussion there are as many as six ways of identifying a particular radio e Serial number such as 123 4567 a unique number permanently assigned to each radio at the factory e Radio ID such as 1234 which may be assigned to a radio for convenience not necessarily a unique number e Name such as Repeater 2 which can be defined within the Diagnostics Application In newer firmware 2 64 for 900MHZ 3 64 for 2 4GHz and 8 34 for 1 4GHz the radio name can be assigned as an alpha numeric value in the radio while being set up through HyperTerminal e Radio Number such as Radio 0 which is the Master and Radio 1 which is listed in the top most line in Screens 0 and 1 The Diagnostics Application assigns this number sequentially as radios are discovered and as radios are manually entered e Repeater Number such as R 3 which is the 3rd Repeater in Screens
12. Rad O esce eise eetuttelec in paalt vaio a ieee aes 48 7 6 2 Horrzontal time SCANS sco beetles ed shee oru slic trae ie bed tete eds arabic EEE A T E 49 7 6 3 W aba e IS DES CCo quet oracio are A A A E EAA AE E 50 7 6 4 bases ers ERN ee 50 7 Reading Screen 4 Temp Voltage PPM Over Time 51 etal Vic DIES CIS DIO CCS eerie eerte eo ES roo LEE rre Cet tus aie saa a es 52 Vee Ve SIs We NNNM m D2 5 Editio the Radio S SCNT S nrin a tO ee 53 8 1 SERLE d LEPAA NEA IR E EE A E NEE AAT E E A P NN ee EE 39 02 Chanpmpa Radio s Sena S reene a a E E ves 55 8 3 Details abont the SeN Sri e R E E E 55 8 3 1 Risky AIO OS i TU Um 56 8 3 2 Xtal tune SlicerThreshold Frequency sss ssssssssssessnsnsnsnsnsnensssnsnsnsssnsnsnssenenees 20 8 3 3 Settings that appear different from the Set UP menu sseeenennnnene enn 24 9 Endine TINS SSS LO Sos oeste ani ate im act lnc d eame de eia ue ndn datae E at dana Dec 6l 10 TroublesoOH Be scene doe fp oett St pacar ted ub medo eti adeste ads 63 LUMOO03AB Rev C 3 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 1 Introduction 2 The Diagnostics Program is used to monitor the performance of a FreeWave Technologies Multipoint network Diagnostics helps to identify actual or potential problems quickly and conveniently with little or no interference to the normal operation of the networ
13. a radio before using the Diagnostics Application to change any of the radio s settings LUMOO03AB Rev C 9 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 4 Radio set up 4 1 Set up the Master To use diagnostics the Master must be setup directly through its Set up mode e Ensure that the packets have at least 32 bytes e Turn on diagnostics and set a polling rate e Assign an IP address to the radio if using UDP IP 4 1 1 Invoke the Set Up mode Connect a terminal to the Master radio see the Main Manual for more information on opening a terminal window Invoke the set up mode see the Main Manual for details on how to enter setup with a particular radio The terminal will show the Main Menu MAIN MENU Version 2 47 5 24 2005 Standard Hop Table Modem Serial Number 919 1968 Set Operation Mode set Baud Rate Edit Call Book Edit Radio Transmission Characteristics Show Radio Statistics Edit MultiPoint Parameters TDMA Menu Chg Password c Exit Setup 4 1 2 Ensure that the packet is big enough Diagnostics require that the minimum packet size be at least 32 bytes The radio calculates the minimum packet size from the Min Packet Size and the RF Data Rate settings See the Main Manual for information regarding packet sizes To check packet sizes from the Main Menu press 3 Edit Radio Transmission Characteristics LUMOO03AB Rev C 10 of 63 Fr
14. modem s radio frequency with respect to the Master blue Modem supply voltage green Modem temperature red The graph has 3 vertical scales The green scale 0 to 15 is for the voltage of the radio s power supply Volts The blue scale 15 to 15 is for the error in the radio s radio frequency parts per million The red scale 50 to 75 is for the temperature of the radio degrees Celsius Modem supply voltage Volts green 15 15 Error in the modem s radio frequency parts per million blue 12 50 9 12 Modem temperature degrees C red 25 3 9 25 lt A 12 50 15 i Number of Radios 4 LUMOO03AB Rev C 52 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 8 Editing the Radio s Settings The selected radio s settings can be edited through Screen 2 Only one setting can be changed at a time FreeWave strongly recommends that the normal data flow through a radio be interrupted while changing any settings using diagnostics 8 1 Strategy FreeWave recommends that the radio not be used to transfer data until all settings changes are complete The reason is because the radio disconnects from the network when settings are changed Afterwards if the radio is able to reestablish the link it will do so automatically Tip To see whether or not a radio is connected go to Screen O and look at the Ti
15. random Serial Numbers random polling allows the Diagnostics Application to eventually find any radio capable of communicating with the Master Random Polling is inefficient because there are 10 000 000 possible Serial Numbers and the network has relatively few radios Once the Network List is complete FreeWave recommends polling the network through Sequential Polling In either case a specific radio may be manually polled if the Serial Number is known 6 1 1 Random Polling Select Poll options Poll in RANDOM mode Alternatively press R while the Application is the active window The application will poll all the possible Serial Numbers randomly 6 1 2 Sequential Polling Select Poll options Poll in Sequential mode Alternatively press S while the Application is the active window The application will poll all the radios in the Network List sequentially 6 1 3 Manual Polling Select the EditRadio PollRadio menu or press P on the keyboard EditRadio Communication DeleteR adio D Foll adic P AddH adio A Change EPROM C A dialog opens LUMOO03AB Rev C 23 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Radio Seral Number to Poll 061234 sis Cancel Enter the radio s seven digit Serial Number Do not enter any other character such as spaces or hyphens or the application will truncate the number Click OK Th
16. range of 40 C to 75C 40F to 167F LUMOO03AB Rev C 44 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 7 4 4 Supply voltage Vtg Vtg is the supply voltage of the radio in Volts State of the CTS output State of the State of the RTS input DTR input Number of diagnostics requests received 14 11 17 emp YTG RIS CTS DTR Polls Time F V Revd Revd 91 14 9 14 11 17 oO Humber 1 4 13 7 L H L 1968 14 11 17 86 13 1 L H L 1956 14 11 13 86 13 5 L H L 1999 14 11 14 oo 14 9 L H L 1996 14 11 15 7 4 5 State of RS232 port lines RTS CTS DTR RTS CTS and DTR refer to the states of the RTS and DTR inputs and the CTS output of the radio s Data Port H refers to a high state 10 V asserted logic 0 and L refers to a low state 10 V deasserted logic 1 Note that in inverted TTL models the screen reports 0 if the line is high 5 V and vice versa In RS485 radios only the state of the DTR input is reported In Ethernet radios there are no such inputs so these reports are invalid 7 4 6 Number of diagnostics requests received Polls Rcvd Polls Revd is the total number of replies to diagnostic polling that the master received from the radio since the application started In a multipoint network a master may miss some messages from another radio LUMOO03AB Rev C 45 of 63 FreeWa
17. to establish the connection for about one minute During that time the Application will stop responding to commands If the IP connection is not established within the time out period the Diagnostic Application will respond to commands and the No Connection message remains on the screen If the connection is established the Application displays the IP address in the lower left corner of the screen as Humber of Radios a 14 247 34 8B860 H Start zs Freew ave Diagnostic The Application saves the IP Internet Protocol settings when the Network file is saved see Saving the Network List IMPORTANT NOTE If either a 900MHz or 2 4GHz radio is being used the baud rate on the terminal server should be set to 115 200kbps If a 1 4GHz radio is being used the baud rate should be set to 57 600kbps LUMOO03AB Rev C 18 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 5 Managing the Network List 5 1 Adding radios to the list The Diagnostics Application prepares a list of the radios in the network automatically A network list from a file that was previously saved may be retrieved Radios may also be added edited or deleted manually Note that once a radio is included in the list and that radio is removed from the network the serial number will not be automatically removed from the list The serial number should be removed from the list manually
18. 0 and 1 The Diagnostics Application assigns this number sequentially as radios are discovered to be a Repeater Note a Repeater is not labeled as such until a Slave has reported through it e Repeater Order such as Rep1 when the Diagnostics Application shows the record of a given Slave the Repeater Number of the Repeater directly linked to the Slave is placed in the Rep1 field Of these only the Serial Number the Radio ID and the Radio Name are actually physically located in the radio All the other identifiers exist only within the Diagnostics Application and are exclusively for use of that application LUMOO03AB Rev C 27 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D For example A radio to which the factory assigned the Serial Number of 123 4567 and into which a Radio ID of 1234 is set by the user In addition within the Diagnostics Application the radio name Hilltop Repeater is entered by the user There is a 20 character limit on each radio name The radio is programmed as a Repeater and placed in service within a Network The radio is directly linked to the Master and to a Slave Start the Diagnostics application which first discovers the Master Then 3 more radios are discovered before serial number 123 4567 is found Diagnostics assigns the radio a Radio Number 4 and displays the serial number in the 4 line of the Radio List in Screens
19. 1 Master en Sig Nse Freq DATA Dist Num Repl Rep Reps Rep4 Poll Time N ppm bytes km Dis N Sg N Sg N Sg N Sq Revd 9191968 M 46 13 45 51 PO Starting At Radio Number 1 9191812 R2 99 62 100w 0 1 0 1 89 100 13 45 50 9191814 R1 95 32 100 Q0 2 0 0 99 100 13 45 50 9192125 8 58 70 100 1 4 0 2 98 89 99 13 45 50 9192159 8 92 65 100 D 0 1 79 100 13 45 50 Scroll up the List of list of radios all other radios e Scroll down the list of radios Pending At Radio Number A Number of Radios 4 Alarm Time 60 Sec Sequen 15 Slot 60 Com6 Opened 423 136 7 3 1 Network file This is the name of the file and its path from which the present network info was taken Typically each network is given a name When the application is setup to monitor that network a file can be saved and typically the network s name is used as the file name For a new unsaved network the application default is NONAME RAD 7 3 2 System Clock This is the present time of day according to the CPU system clock 7 3 3 Master Radio line This screen displays a line for each radio in the network The top most line above the bar is the Master Radio This line displays fewer items than the other lines as much of the data is relative only to the Master and are meaningless in the context of the Master itself LUMOO03AB Rev C 32 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Man
20. 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 BRE File EditRadio Communication Show too Help Serial number Name assigned Serial Number 9192154 e Rl Slave Radio Numbcr x of this radio to this radio io ID 65535 A 5 0 d 1 p Order of this radio in Radio ID of this Receive the radio list radio EM Mo Ave M FT Ou o o D C UP scroll bar Signal Lv Mx Ave Mn 94 85 81 Noise Lv Mx Ave Mn 67 62 60 Transmit Data Rate kB s 0 00 Bad Pckts DOWN scroll bar pts e 0 0K O0 Number of Radios Alarm Time 60 Sec Sequen 42 Com6 Opened 153 409 7 6 2 Horizontal time scale The application starts gathering data when first started The software displays the data starting from the right edge and then rolls to the left The right edge of the graph is always now Each time the traces reach the left end the application changes the horizontal time scale by a factor of 2 so that all the data is displayed in a single screen The numbers at the top of the graph indicate the horizontal time scale in minutes or hours 0 is on the right representing O hours or minutes ago Hours Ago 46 00 32 00 Bad Pckts Horizontal time scale umPoints Total number of data points gathered LUMOO03AB Rev C 49 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 7 6 3 Variables di
21. 4 Total number of disconnects Num Dis The Num Dis is the total number of times that the selected radio has lost connection to the network since the radio was turned on or since Set up mode was ended A disconnect may be due to e a poor radio link path e temporary removal from operation of any radio in the complete path e Using Diagnostics to change another radio s setting LUMOO03AB Rev C 37 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Repeater directly linked to Rep 3 Repeater directly linked to Rep 1 Pale 11 40 Repeater directly linked to this modem Repeater directly linked to Rep 2 Dist Num Repl Rep Reps Rep4 Poll Time mi Dis N Sq H Sq N Sq H Sq A Rovd A 11 40 O aaa LO AL SN 100 11 40 97 11 40 0 0 7 d Repeater s Repeater s received C C 11 I hi 0 7 of sme 100 11 40 7 3 15 Repeater info Rep n N Sg Rep n N Sg is the path that the radio uses to communicate to the Master Rep 1 refers to the radio Master or repeater to which the radio is directly linked Rep 2 is the repeater not the master to which Rep 1 is directly linked and so forth Use the table below to see what each column refers to F of repeaters Rept Rep2 0 Mee 3N CTSCS pt Repeater OC 2 Rep dosesttoslave Otherre 3 Rep dose
22. 5 1 1 Adding a radio automatically Once the Diagnostics Application has established a connection with the Master Radio the software begins compiling a list of the radios in the network automatically As the software finds a radio the radio will be added to the Network List in the order that the radios were found As the software discovers a Repeater radio the radio is assigned an R number The number corresponds to the order in which the repeater functionality was found The software also assigns all of the radios a default name New Radio NOTE A radio will not be listed as an Rx Repeater until a slave has been found beyond the repeater The Application finds radios in two ways e f a radio happens to communicate within the network the Diagnostics Application notices the radio and the serial number will be added to the list e f Random polling is selected the Diagnostics Application generates random Serial Numbers and asks the Master to call them If a radio by that Serial Number happens to be in the network and responds to the call the Diagnostics Application will add the serial number to the list The Diagnostics Application will eventually find any radio capable of communicating with the Master For more information on polling see Polling Method later in this manual 9 1 2 Adding a radio manually A radio that wasn t discovered automatically may be added manually However its Serial Number must be known Sel
23. Poll Time C V ppm bytes Dis N Sg N Sg N Sg N Sg Revd 9191968 M 47 29 13 6 44 0 12 44 35 9191812 SRI R2 9999 47 29 13 8 LHL 89 57 99 0 1 0 3 0 1 88 100 12 42 06 9191814 Repl R1 9999 47 30 13 7 LHL 9531 100 0 2 0 4 0 0 98 100 12 42 52 9192125 SR Slave S 9999 47 27 13 1 LHL 98 71 100 1 1 0 2 0 2 98 1 87 100 12 43 02 9192159 R1 Slave S 9999 47 30 13 3 LHL 85 62 92 0 2 0 4 0 1 75 100 12 43 55 Number Radios 4 6 2 2 Saving Radio Settings and plot data The settings of the presently selected radio and the data gathered from the radio over time can be saved into a file Select the File Save Radio Settings menu or press alt F R The application will switch to Screen 2 New Network Open Network File Save Network File F Write Log File W Write Log File to CSV Save Radio Settings Save ALL Radio Settings Exit Alt F4 The Application will create a file named yyyyyyy dat where yyyyyyy is the serial number of the selected radio In Screen O or 1 yyyyyyy will be the radio at the top of the radio list Since the Master is above the list the Master s settings from Screen 0 or 1 can t be saved These files can t be opened by double clicking them because of the extension dat which is reserved by Windows Instead the file must be opened utilizing a text editor Right clicking on the file and selecting a text editor will also work LUMOO03AB Rev C 25 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spr
24. ading Screen 1 Screen 1 is very similar to Screen 0 Screen 1 provides additional information about the radios such as the status of the data port lines RS 232 only and information on the operating environment Some fields in screen 1 are the same as in Screen 0 the following section describes only the fields that are unique to Screen 1 For information on the other fields see Section 7 3 Supply Radio ID ID Rev Freq Data Dist Temp VTG ppm bytes mi EF 30207 79 0 91 14 9 o Btarting At Radio Humber 30207 73 1 8 FL Bd 135 7 302017 73 1 4 LOL G6 313 1 205068 79 2 0 99 G6 313 5 29955 79 0 1 106 g 14 95 Modem temperature coos c 7 4 1 Radio ID ID ID is the radio ID that was set in the radio s programming multipoint settings menu D sub menu The ID may be used to identify the radio s site or to track a device connected to it The default is 65535 4 2 Firmware Revision Rev Rev is an indirect indication of the version of the firmware installed in this radio FreeWave technical support can convert the Rev number to the actual revision level 7 4 3 Radio temperature Temp Temp is the operating temperature of the radio The units are degrees Celsius default or Fahrenheit use the Show Metric km C option to select Celsius and the Show American mi F option to select Fahrenheit All FreeWave radios are 100 tested for operation over a temperature
25. agnostics cable ASCOAO9DC Polling Computer Data Connector Diag Connector A C0409pc Diag Cap Enclosed Diag data E Master Diagnostics Computer 3 2 1 2 Diagnostics Cable for Board level radio For full sized and non Ethernet board level FGR IM and LRS series Radios the diagnostics connection is through a black 20 pin port on the board using diagnostics cable ASC2009DC Xa abe ndat oe pate Polling Computer Data Connector Diag Connector ASC20 Board 09DC Diag c b Dia able Level 9 data Master Diagnostics Computer 3 2 2 Direct access through an Ethernet network The Diagnostics application can communicate directly with an Ethernet Master Radio through an Ethernet network such as a LAN or even over the Internet Both the Master Radio and the Diagnostic computer must be connected to an Ethernet network which typically is already the LUMOO03AB Rev C 6 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D case when the Master Radio is an Ethernet model Assign the Ethernet Master Radio an IP Internet Protocol address just for diagnostic purposes NOT the IP address of any device that communicates through the FreeWave network For Diagnostics directly to a FGR Ethernet Master the protocol used is UDP IP not TCP IP and no special cables are required UDP IP Diagnostics Data Polling Computer Data and Diagnostics Data
26. al Numbers 5 RASSI dBuy RSSI regula H Metric km C American mi F LUMOO03AB Rev C 30 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 7 2 3 Selecting Imperial American or Metric Units In Screens 0 and 1 the units for Distance and Temperature are either Imperial American or metric Note that Screen 4 displays temperature in Celsius that plot can t display Fahrenheit Select the Show Metric km C menu to select metric units distance in Kilometers temperature in degrees Celsius Show Screend Screen 1 Screen 2 Graphics 3 3 iraphics4 4 Names N Serial Numbers 5 RSSI dBuy B RSSI regulari R Metric km c American mi F Select the Show American mi F menu to select Imperial American units distance in miles temperature in degrees Fahrenheit Show Screenw 0 Screen Screen 2 araphics3 3 araphics4d 4 M ames Serial Numbers ASS dBuv RSSI regularl Metric km C American mF LUMOO03AB Rev C 31 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 7 3 Reading Screen 0 Diagnostic Screen 0 reports the RF performance of each individual radio link in the network Network file System clock FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 BERE File EditRadio Communication Show Poll Options Help NONAME RAD 13 45 5
27. and 2 Baud High Byte Baud Rate Set up Menu Diagnostics setting setting 2 Baud High Byte 1 Baud Rate 1200 i98 31 a map o o f gt 8 3 3 2 RS232 Mode 8 None 1 L 0 p 0 Even 1 2 Odd 2 J L4 233 amp Noe2 4 A1 JJ 416 8 3 3 3 MODBus RTU MODBus RTU Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting Enabled E T S 0 Disabled LUMOO03AB RevC 57 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 8 3 3 4 Xmit Power Set Up Diagnostics Diagnostics _ a NENNEN Set Up EL NE a Hr um 10 8 3 3 5 RTS CTS Control RTS CTS Control Set up Menu settinc Diagnostics settino Enabled 255 Disabled 0 8 3 3 6 Repeater Freq Repeater Frequency Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting 255 ae Enabled 255 Disabled 0 8 3 3 7 Low Power Repeater Frequency Set up Menu a A Diagnostics setting Disabled LEDs dimmed p ae a oa bird RR RN every other slot reer o T 00 2 of 3 slots number of slots corresponding to setting 62 of 63 slots 8 3 3 8 PPS Enable PPS Enable Set up Menu setting Diagnostics settinc Enabled 255 Disabled LUMOO03AB Rev C 58 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 8 3 3 9 Slave Repeater Slave Repeater S
28. as 2 items N number and Sg signal N is the number of the next repeater down the path For example N 1 refers to the radio that has R 1 in the Fn column N 0 refers to the Master in the top line just above the scroll bars Don t confuse repeater R 1 with Rep 1 repeater R 1 is the 1 repeater that the application found while Rep 1 is the 1 repeater down the path from the radio towards the Master not necessarily the same location The N digit will define the Fn location of the repeater FreeWave Diagnostics Z 2a E File EditRadio Communication Show NON AME RAD 11 4 Radio Fn Sig Nse Freg DATA Dist Hum Repi Rep Reps Rep4 Poll Tim ppm bytes mi Dis H Sq N Sq H Sq H Sq a Rev N 0 9064692 M 10 0 11 4 Starting At Radio Number 1 9041280 74 19 99 1 5 71 0 7 0 0 60 100 11 4 Mp ee x 2 1 5 E 0 7 0 97 11 4 N gt 9060510 R 1 2 6 0 7 i 90 1i A N of Rep I is 1 so Rep 1 must be radio R 1 Repl Looking at RI modem 4 FreeWave Diagnostics 2 02a File EditRadia Communication Show HOH AME RAD 11 4 Radio Fn Sig Nse Freg DATA Dist Hum Repi Rep Reps Rep4 Poll Tim ppm bytes mi Dis N Sq H Sq H 5g H Sq x Rov UN 0 9064692 M 10 0 11 4 LN JStartinq At Radio Humber 1 dena S 1 19 a3 1 5 do 1 ipe us 11 4 aia N 9060510 Rk 1 68 17 99 2 6 ES 3 DE 99 11 a 90644417 1 100 0 3 106 5 100 11 4 N of Re
29. ater Freg 2 Baud High Byte HAN LowPower 3 R5232 Mode XXX 3 PPS Enable 4 MODBus RTU XXX 24 Slave Repeater XAA 5 Retry Timeout XXX 25 Master Syne XXX 6 Network ID High Network ID Low SubNet ID Freqkey 29 Radio ID High XXX Max Packet Size cx 30 Radio ID low XXX RF Data Rate CX 3l Freq Table xX Min Packet Size 32 Diagnostics XXX 13 Xmit Power XXX 33 Radio ID Super XXX 14 RTS CTS Control XXX ULL 15 Hop table size XXX 35 High Noise XXX Number Repeaters XXX 36 Turn On Delay KXX 17 Master Repeat XXX 37 Turn Off Delay XXX 18 Max Slave Retry XXX XXX 19 Retry Odds HAN 8 3 2 Xtal tune Slicer Threshold Frequency These 3 settings report data that are not editable and are not even reported in the normal Set up mode They are not described either here or in the Main Manual They are only useful to a FreeWave Technologies technician 6 Xtal Tune _ 60 T SlicerThreshold 150 B Frequency 131 E L a r1e rr m LUMOO03AB Rev C 56 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 8 3 3 Settings that appear different from the Set UP menu The following settings relate directly to the settings in Set Up mode however they are displayed differently See the Main Manual for information of what these settings mean Described here is how they differ from the Set Up menu 8 3 3 1 Baud Rate Baud rate is set using two parameters 1 Baud Rate
30. ddress Connect TCPIP Connect UDP Close TCP UDP Connect Via Dialup Modem LUMOO03AB Rev C 61 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Quit the application with the File Exit menu or press alt F4 or alt F X New Network Open Network File Save Network File F Write Log File W Write Log File to CSV Save Radio Settings Save ALL Radio Settings Exit Alt F4 LUMOO03AB Rev C 62 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 10 Troubleshooting To run the diagnostic program make sure that e The network is Point to multipoint e The Diagnostics computer is able to access the FreeWave network o either through its Master through a Diagnostics Cable o Orthrough the Internet e The Diagnostics application is installed and running on the Diagnostic computer e he Diagnostics setting in the Master radio is set to a value between 1 and 63 inclusive LUMOO03AB Rev C 63 of 63
31. e Application will poll that specific serial number 6 2 Saving data The Diagnostics Application saves files with logs of the networks performance 6 2 1 Generating a Diagnostics Log When first opened the Application creates a Current log file replacing any such file that may have already been present Every minute the Application automatically logs events and diagnostics data into this file A file with a snapshot in time of that log may also be created select the File Write Log File menu or press W on the keyboard or alt F W New Network Open Network File Save Network File F Write Log File Write Log File to CSV Save Radio Settings Save ALL Radio Settings Exit Alt F4 The Application will create an xxxxxxxxx log file with that snap shot The name of the file is based on when the snapshot was taken month day hour and minute For example the file 09072146 log was created on September 7 at 21 46 9 46 PM These files can be opened with any text editor or word processor The following example of a log file was opened in WordPad LUMOO03AB Rev C 24 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Diagnostics FGR Version 2 16 C Demo2 RAD 08 20 2005 12 44 35 424 Radio Name Fn ID Rev Temp VTG RCD Sig Nse Freq Data Dist Num Repl Rep2 Rep3 Rep4
32. e Diagnostic application will also store log and data files in this folder Creating a shortcut to the Diagnostic application on the desktop will make future use easier 3 2 Accessing the FreeWave Network The Diagnostics Computer may access the FreeWave network Master radio in one of 3 ways e directly through the Diagnostics Port using RS232 FGR IM and LRS series only e through an Ethernet network using UDP IP FGR and IM series Ethernet Radio only e through a Terminal Server and a network LAN Internet using TCP IP 3 2 1 Direct access through the Diagnostics Port FGR IM and LRS series Master If the network s Master radio is a series FGR IM or LRS radio connect the diagnostics computer to its Diagnostics Port Note Do not confuse the Diagnostics Function with the Set Up Mode While the Set up Mode may use either the Diagnostics Port or the Data Port the Diagnostics Function may only use the Diagnostics port Two different Diagnostics cables are available one for enclosed radios and one for board level radios To acquire a diagnostics cable contact FreeWave Technologies LUMOO03AB Rev C 5 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 3 2 1 1 Diagnostics Cable for enclosed radio For an enclosed FGR IM or LRS series FGRM Series and Ethernet board level radios the diagnostics connection is through its dedicated Diagnostics port using the di
33. e Low Byte 0 to Radio ID Radio ID 255 9999 MOD S5535 256 256 65535 MOD E 256 256 INT Radio ID INT Radio ID Radio ID MOD 16777215 65535 MOD 65535 256 256 The Radio ID must be set using 3 entries e Super byte 33 Radio ID Super e High byte 29 Radio ID High e Low byte 30 Radio ID Low LUMOO03AB Rev C 60 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Each entry uses a value between 0 and 255 Radio ID 65535 Super byte 256 High byte Low byte 8 3 3 14 32 Diagnostics Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting Enabled 1 to 63 1 to 63 Disabled 9 Ending the session Saving the information gathered through the session may be a good idea if it has not already been saved previously See paragraph 5 4 Saving Network File and paragraph 6 2 Saving Data for further information When done communication with the Master must be ended If the communication was directly through the serial port close the port with the Communication Close Comm menu Communication Chg Comm port Close Comm Open Comm Chg IP Address Connect TCPIP Connect UDP Close TCP UDP Connect Via Dialup Modem If the communication was directly through an Ethernet Network either TCP IP or UDP IP close the connection with the Communication Close TCP UPD menu Communication Chg Comm port Close Comm Open Comm Chg IP A
34. ead Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Here is an example of such a file opened in Notepad Remote Radio Setup Settings Radio Number 0 Serial 9065064 NAME MASTER 0 Modem Mode 2 1 Baud Rate 48 2 Baud High Byte 0 3 RS232 Mode 16 4 MODBus RTU 255 5 Retry TimeOut 255 6 Xtal Tune 53 7 SlicerThreshold 144 8 Frequency 131 9 Freqkey 5 10 Max Packet Size 8 11 RF Data Rate 3 12 Min Packet Size 9 13 Xmit Power 255 14 RTS CTS Control 0 15 Hop table size 112 16 Number Repeaters 1 17 Master Repeat 2 18 Max Slave Retry 9 19 Retry Odds 9 20 DTRConnect 0 21 Repeater Freq 0 22 LowPower 255 23 PPS Enable 255 24 Slave Repeater 255 25 Master Sync 255 26 Network ID High 2 27 Network ID Low 232 28 SubNet ID 255 29 Radio ID High 255 30 Radio ID low 255 31 Freq Table 0 32 Diagnostics 0 33 Radio ID Super 255 34 Reflected Power 0 35 High Noise 255 36 Turn On Delay 255 37 Turn Off Delay 255 38 Xmit Power Cal 168 39 Remote LED 0 40 Radio Name 1634 LUMOO03AB Rev C 26 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 7 Interpreting the Data The application uses five separate screens to display diagnostics data These screens provide comprehensive monitoring of all radio network settings including automatic logging of data from each radio in the network Screen 2 also allows changes to the operating settings of any radio in the network from the
35. ect the EditRadio AddRadio menu or press A on the keyboard EditRadio Communication DeleteR adio B FollA adio P AddHadia Change EPROM C A dialog opens LUMOO03AB Rev C 19 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Radio Seral Humber to Add a061 23 ceca Enter the radio s seven digit Serial Number Do not enter any other character such as spaces or hyphens or the application will truncate the number Click OK A second dialog opens a IBS LER RT E Hame 3 36 A Cancel Optionally enter a name for the radio up to 8 characters long any character is OK This name is used for your identification purposes only Click OK 5 1 3 Retrieving a Network List If a Network List was previously saved the list may be retrieved instead of letting the Diagnostics Application create the list from scratch every time the Application is run For more information on saving a network list see Saving The Network List later in this manual Select the File Open Network File menu or press alt F O File EditRadia Communication New Network M Open Network File 0 sisse Save Network File F write Lag File Ww Save Radio Settings A E xi Alt F4 The Windows standard Open File dialog opens LUMOO03AB Rev C 20 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoi
36. eeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D The terminal will display the Radio Parameters menu RADIO PARAMETERS WARNING Do not change parameters without reading manual Preqrey Max Packet Size Min Packet Size Xmit Rate RF Data Rate RF Xmit Power Slave Security Rro borers Retry Time Out 25 Lowpower Mode High Noise MCU Speed RemoteLED c Exit to Main Menu CO 02 C9 92 OI CO O L N Ae CO O1 Note the value of the RF Data Rate setting item 4 Note the value of the Min Packet Size setting item 2 With an RF Data Rate of 2 the Min Packet Size value must be 3 or more With an RF rate of 3 the Minimum Packet Size value must be 6 or more If the minimum packet size needs to be changed press 2 Min Packet Size NOTE If the minimum packet size setting is changed it must also be changed in all the other radios in the network If the Minimum Packet size is too small diagnostics cannot change the setting over the air the change must be done locally via EZConfig or a terminal program The terminal will show the Min Packet menu Enter Min Packet 0 9 Enter 3 if the RF Data Rate is 2 or 6 if the RF Data Rate is 3 Press Esc to return to the Main Menu 4 1 3 Set the Diagnostics rate The rate at which the Master reports to the Diagnostics Computer must be set The Dia
37. enstb or t dio link CIS oo iet aro a ota assises oe eee 37 7 3 14 Total number of disconnects Num Dis cccccceeceeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeesssssesseeeaaas 3T kolo Repeater imtoo Rep m AN SEE oes teer oo aa oet T ic cers usce ome E M eee eee 38 1 316 Diagnosucs response rate Poll 95 os ose e RU v ra ERR bets outline sas e aule er EL nie 42 7 3 17 Time of latest diagnostics response Time RCVd ccccccceceeeeeeeeseeseeseeeseeseeseseeeseeeaas 42 7 3 18 Number of Radios Number of Radios ssssssssssseeeeeeeee enn 43 Jes PRAT IM NAMING ons acts acace ies bcr EeelccL D LM o NA tel ee 43 POLO 1JPOlbStatus TIGICALONS ois facts ass a di MI EIU DEA ee LIEU EIE 43 p ME uuNUCSEMCRTU PET oases 44 7 4 1 jen DE AMD oH 44 Jod d Tarmware Revision ROV asisten india us reed T tide t eae edes uidet EU IR DE 44 7 4 3 Radio temperie Temp Jeera E E AE ANE EREE T 44 7 4 4 SUP Ply Vole M Ar cre HE 45 7 4 5 State f R5232 port lines RTS CTS DERT ee s ahe eS ESV toe eer eee eee 45 7 4 6 Number of diagnostics requests received Polls Revd eeeeeeeseeeeeeeseuse 45 7 5 Reading Screen 2 Remote Radio Setup SetUngs iuo aeter eot reet S ERES ei 46 7 5 1 Sclecine d paricu lar IK AGIO ineke a 46 5512 SADES SPIA aea a Mobi oi Ur citari La leid a a 47 7 0 JR adip Sereen 5 5Sienal Quality over TIME uat eot reete ones leues iratos aa 48 7 6 1 DE IG CUNO d DAEICUlar
38. erformance under all conditions the Nse value should be at least 30 in standard units below the signal strength reading If the difference is less than 30 the application displays the value in red V This noise Not This radio is being transmitting described LUMOO03AB Rev C 35 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Radio frequency FreeWave Diagnost Receive File EditRadio Communication Success Freq DATA CL ppm bytes oll Options NONAME RAL Radio Fn Sig Nse A7 9191968 M Starting At F 99 0 2 O 1 9191814 Ri 95 32 100 0 2 0 1 9192125 4S 938 70 100 2 1 0 1 9192159 s 92 64 99 0 1 0 1 7 3 10 Receive success rate 96 is the percentage of data packets that the radio has successfully received on the first try If the radio is a repeater the 9o refers to the radio link towards the Master The value should be at least 75 If less than 75 the application will highlight the value in red 7 3 11 Radio frequency error Freq ppm The PPM is the error of the radio s frequency with respect to the Master The value should be within 10 ppm If the value exceeds 5 ppm the application will highlight the serial number in red If all the values are biased in one direction the Master radio is where the frequency has drifted A radio with a high Frequency Error may need to be sent in
39. et up Menu setting Diagnostics setting Enabled EL 4 JL 341 Disabled 8 3 3 10 Master Sync Master Sync Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting Enabled LL o Disabled 8 3 3 11 Network ID a Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting High Byte Low Byte 25600511 NetwrklD O NetworkiD 256 512100767 NetworkiD 1 NetwokID 512 768101028 Network ID 2 NetwokID 768 1024101279 Network ID 23 NetwoklID 1024 1280101535 Network ID 4 NetworkiD 1280 1536101791 Network ID 9S5 fNetwoklID 1530 1792102047 Network ID 6 X fNetwoklID 17922 2304102559 Network ID 8 NetworkID 2304 2560102815 Network ID 9 X fNetwoklID 2560 3840104095 NetwoklD 14 NetwoklD 3840 Note Radios with firmware versions earlier than 5 68 900 MHz or 1 62 2 4 GHz will not accept Network ID values larger than 255 The entry into the Low Byte up to 255 is the number that is desired for the Network ID For Network ID s above 255 set the High Byte accordingly and subtract the stated value from the desired Network ID number e g A network ID of 2000 is desired Set the High Byte to 6 and the Low Byte will equal 2000 1792 208 LUMOO03AB Rev C 59 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 8 3 3 12 SubNet ID
40. gnostics rate is inversely proportional to the value 1 to 63 entered in the Diagnostics menu With a setting of 1 the Master reports after every slot every time the master hops to another channel This results in a lot of data Normally the Master and the Diagnostics Computer are connected directly so that s not a problem However if they are connected through another link that link s throughput may be insufficient In that case increase the diagnostics setting to reduce the rate at which the Master reports to the Diagnostics computer With the maximum setting 63 the update rate is slow but the link is not stressed LUMOO03AB Rev C 11 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D The Diagnostics rate is set in the Master To do so from the Multi Point Settings Menu press B to select the Diagnostics menu Enter the Diagnostics Rate 0 63 O _ Diagnostics mode off O 1 Diagnostics data sent every slot 2 Di Er 2 The factory default is 0 Diagnostics Off Diagnostics data sent every other slot Press 1 or whatever rate is desired then press Enter 4 1 4 Assign an IP address If the Diagnostics of an Ethernet Master Radio will be accessed directly through UDP IP a unique IP address will need to be assigned to it NOTE This IP address is only for diagnostics and is unrelated to the IP addre
41. h a number O to 40 Screen 2 handles only the most important 35 settings At the bottom right the screen shows which setting is presently being updated LUMOO03AB Rev C 47 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 7 6 Reading Screen 3 Signal Quality over Time Screen 3 displays a rolling graph of the performance over time of a single radio FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 File EditRadio Communication Show Pall Options Serial Number 9192159 Signal Quality over Time gt R1 Slave Radio Number 4 65535 A 4 0K 100 Receive Signal Lv Mx Ave Mn 94 85 81 Noise Lv Mx Ave Hn 67 62 60 Transmit Data Rate kB s 0 00 Bad Pckts N mPoints 511 um Number of Radios A Alarm Time 60 Sec Com6 Opened 153 409 7 6 1 Selecting a particular Radio To select another radio scroll through the radio list either by clicking on the gray scroll bars or by pressing the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard When either end of the list is reached the list will restart from the opposite end At the top left the screen displays the Serial Number of the selected radio and the order of the radio within the radio list of the 0 and 1 screens Specifically 0 refers to the Master At the top right the screen displays the name of the selected radio and the Radio ID LUMOO03AB Rev C 48 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz
42. k Diagnostics also makes it possible to remotely change almost any setting of any modem ERST The Diagnostics System includes e A FreeWave Multipoint network e A Computer running a Diagnostics Application e A connection between the Diagnostics Computer and the Master radio The Diagnostics System may be used in a Point to point network if the network is temporarily reprogrammed as a Multipoint network LUMOO03AB Rev C 4 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 3 Hardware set up To use Diagnostics a diagnostics computer must be able to access the FreeWave network 3 1 Diagnostics Computer The Diagnostics Computer may be an additional computer or it may be the computer already connected to the FreeWave network s Master radio as long as the computer has an extra RS 232 port available and it can run this application simultaneously T Polling Computer Data Cable D Data Cable Diag cable Diag cable Master Polling and Diagnostics Diagnostics Computer Master Computer The diagnostics computer s operating system must be Windows 95 NT 4 0 or later Obtain the Diagnostics application from FreeWave Technologies either on the User s Manual CD or by e mail Create a new folder such as FreeWave Diagnostics on the Diagnostics Computer Place the Diagnostic application in this folder Th
43. me Revd field to see when the radio last sent diagnostics data EN Time of latest diagnostics response pl Rep Reps Rep4 Poll Time Sq H Sg H Sq HN Sq 2s Revd 11 40 22 r VT 60 100 11 40 16 All changes should be verified before another change is made Certain settings must match throughout the entire network These settings must be changed in every radio in the network Start from the Slaves and work inward toward the Master if a repeater is changed before all the slaves beyond it are changed the outer radios will lose the link and not be able to reconnect once the master is reconfigured Verify each change before attempting to change a different setting LUMOO03AB Rev C 53 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D COmputer COmputer This link breaks This link breaks COmputer COmputer This link breaks E J L Slave Edit the Slave Master last L Rep Slave Tek break Rep Slave The links computer LUMOO03AB Rev C 54 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 8 2 Changing a Radio s Settings To change a setting in a radio use Screen 2 and select that radio using the arrow keys on the keyboard or clicking the scroll bars Select the EditRadio Change EPROM menu or press the C key
44. nect UDP Close TCP UDP Connect Via Dialup Modem A dialog opens New IP Address _ Cancel Enter the new IP address of the Master Radio and click OK A new dialog opens LUMOO03AB Rev C 15 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Port Address AVES mo Cancel Click OK the Master Radio doesn t use a Port Number Establish the IP connection with the Communications Connect UDP menu Communication Chg Comm port Close Comm Open Comm Chg IP Address Connect TCPIP Connect UDP Close TCP UDP Connect Via Dialup Modem The Application will try to establish the connection for approximately one minute During that time the Application will stop responding to actions If the IP connection is not established within the time out period the Diagnostic Application will respond to commands and the No Connection message remains on the screen If the connection is established the Application displays the IP address in the lower left corner of the screen Humber of Radios a 74 247 34 86 H Start E FreeWave Diagnostic The Application saves the IP settings when the Network file is saved see Saving the Network List 5 3 Indirect access through a Terminal Server To access the Master Radio through a Terminal Server e Connect the Master Radio to a serial port on the Terminal Se
45. nt Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Look irr E Diagnostics 7 A ni Bery rad Honame rad North Field RAD File name NONAME AAD Files of type Radic Files Cancel Find and select and open the Network List file desired using standard Windows methods If the file name is typed in the rad extension is not needed n 5 2 Editing a radio s name The only data about a radio that can be edited is its name The radio s Serial Number must be known Follow the same procedure used to add a radio and enter the new name 5 3 Deleting a radio If a radio is removed from the network the Diagnostics Application will not automatically remove the serial number from the Network List Instead the radio must be removed manually To do so the radio s Serial Number must be known Select the EditRadio DeleteRadio menu or press D on the keyboard EditRadio Communication DeleteR adio FollA adio F AddH adio A Change EPROM C A dialog will open Radio Seral Number to Delete jag Cancel Enter the radio s seven digit Serial Number Do not enter any other character LUMOO03AB Rev C 21 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Click OK The Application removes that radio from the Network List 5 4 Saving the Network List Once the Network List of radios is complete the list may be saved The Network List
46. p 1 is 0 So Rep 1 must be the Master Repl Looking at Master radio 3 R 1 LUMOO03AB Rev C 40 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D In the example above serial number 906 0510 has been detected as a repeater and assigned repeater number R 1 Serial number 906 4441 is linked into the network through repeater R 1 as shown in the Rep1 column All of the other radios in the network including repeater R 1 are connected directly to the master as indicated by the 0 in the Rep1 column Sg is the signal strength received by the next radio down the line towards the Master In the Rep 1 column is the strength of the signal that the Rep 1 repeater receives from the radio being looked at In the Rep2 column is the strength of the signal that the next radio be it another repeater or the Master receives from repeater Rep 1 Sg of Sg of Rp 2 Rp m Rep2 Repl This is the radio being described LUMOO03AB Rev C 41 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Time of latest diagnostics response O x Help 1 40 22 Diagnostics response rate E Hum Repl Rep Reps Rep4 Poll Time Dis H Sq N Sq N 5g H 5g A Revd 11 40 22 io Number 1 1 B i 0 60 100 11 40 16 i 0 0 4A 97 11 40 19 i 0 O0 58 99 11 40 20 i
47. r When either end of the list is reached the list restarts from the opposite end At the top of the screen the Serial Number and the radio s name are displayed LUMOO03AB Rev C 46 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Free Wave Diagnostics 2 024 File EditRadia Communication Show E D settings Dem N Serial number and d N Hewobe Rad name ofthis modem ters UP scroll bar Serial H Name 9060510 Rep 1 0 Modem Mode T Repeater 17 Master Repeat 1 Baud Rate 2d 18 Max Slave Retr At the bottom the screen displays the order of the radio within the radio list of the previous screens Specifically 0 refers to the Master DOWN scroll bar Radio Humber Humber of Radios 4 Alarm Time 60 Sec Update 10 Rai comi Opened 7 5 2 Settings display Initially the application uses XXX for the value of each setting 123 0 Modem Mode XXX 1 Baud Rate XXX 2 Baud High Byte XXX As the radio reports a setting the application displays the value 9060510 0 Modem Mode Repeater 1 Baud Rate 24 2 Baud High Byte BaudRate 19700 3 R5232 Mode 0 8 H 1 a The process is slower if the network is transferring a lot of data Pressing P on the diagnostics computer keyboard will force the radio to respond quicker as this sends a poll request to that specific radio for all of its settings Each setting is marked wit
48. reeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Scale for Transmit Data Rate Scale for all others 7 7 Reading Screen 4 Temp Voltage PPM Over Time Screen 4 displays a rolling graph of the operating parameters over time of a single radio Screen 4 is similar to Screen 3 except for the variables that are plotted The following section describes only those differences a FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 Cex File EditRadio Communication Show Pall Options Help C Documents and Settings drepovich CONTRAC16 34 55top DiIag Serial Number 9191968 Temp Voltage PPM Over Time Name MASTER Radio Number Q0 Radio ID 65535 Hours Ago A ae IO 3 Radio PPM Max Min 0 0 0 0 Radio Vtg Max Min 148 1 12 9 RadioTemp Max Min 31 29 NumPoints 511 Number of Radios Alarm Time 60 Sec LUMO003AB Rev C 51 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 7 1 Variables displayed The graph plots 5 variables e Radio PPM Error in the radio s radio frequency with respect to the Master ppm e Radio Vtg the voltage of the radio s power supply Volts e RadiolTemp the temperature of the radio C Radio PPH Max Min 12 8 12 8 Overall maximum Radio Vtq Max Min RadioTemp Max Min 499 499 7 2 Vertical scale Error in the
49. rver e Connect the Diagnostics Computer to the Internet e Have the Diagnostics Computer create a connection to the Internet The Application will not create an Internet connection by itself e Specify the IP address of the Terminal Server e Specify the port number of the Terminal Server LUMOO03AB Rev C 16 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D e Start the TCP IP connection Specify the IP address of the Terminal Server with the Communications Chg IP Address menu Communication Chg Comm port Close Comm Open Comm Chg IP Address Connect TCPIP Connect UDP Close TCP UDP Connect Via Dialup Modem A dialog opens New IP Address 174 247 34 88 Cancel Enter the new IP address of the Terminal Server and click OK A new dialog opens Port Address Enter the port number of the Terminal Server to which the diagnostics cable is connected and click OK If a Y diagnostics cable is used use the port to which the end labeled Diagnostics Computer is connected Establish the IP connection with the Communications Connect TCPIP menu LUMOO03AB Rev C 17 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Communication Chg Comm port Close Comm Open Comm Chg IP Address Connect UDP Close TCP UDP Connect Via Dialup Modem The Application will try
50. s a number to each repeater The numbers are assigned in the order that the Diagnostic application detects each repeater Although a radio may be programmed to be a repeater the radio will be indicated as a slave until the Diagnostic application detects other radios that are linked through the radio into the network LUMOO03AB Rev C 34 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Radio link noise level Radio link Rare Mp am 2 signal strength ithe n Show Poll Optio NO 9191817 R2 02 9191814 Ril 95 32 100 0 2 9192125 8S 98 70 100 2 1 9192159 38S 92 64 79 0 3 7 3 8 Radio link signal strength Sig Sig is the strength of the signal that the radio receives For repeaters Sig refers just to the radio link towards the Master The units are either standard as they would be displayed in the Radio Statistics Menu or in dBuV See paragraph 7 2 2 for information on Selecting Signal Units For reliable radio performance under all conditions the signal level should be at least 40 in standard units RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator This ey This ey This radio is This radio is being being described described 7 3 9 Radio link noise level Nse Nse is the average level of the noise the radio receives when linked and not transmitting The units are the same as for the signal strength For reliable radio p
51. splayed The graph plots 5 variables 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D e Receive the percentage of packets that are successfully received the first time Signal Lv the signal strength in standard units dBuV is not available Noise Lv the background noise level in standard units Transmit Data Rate the number of kilobytes that the radio transmits per seconds Bad Pckts portion of packets received that are bad For repeaters this is only that data that is locally generated non zero only when a Slave Repeater is operating as a Slave Repeaters with older firmware also include the data that is repeated through them Receive Hx Ave Mn 0 0 O Signal Lv Max Ave Mn 0 Overall maximum Overall average Ne Lv Mx Ave Hn 0 Q0 Transmit Data Rate kB s 0 00 Percentage of packets that are successfully received the first time blue Signal strength in standard units green Background noise level in standard units red Number of kilobytes that this radio transmits per seconds gold Total number of bad packets received orange The first 3 variables display the overall minimum maximum and average 7 6 4 Vertical scale The graph has 2 vertical scales The gold colored scale 0 0K to 4 0K is for the Transmit Data Rate The black scale O to 100 is for all the other variables LUMOO03AB Rev C 50 of 63 F
52. ss of any device connected to the network From the Main Menu select Set Operation Mode 0 From the Operation Mode menu select Ethernet F Form the Ethernet menu select IP Address 4 Enter the IP address that will be used to access diagnostics Enter the address in the Chg IP Address menu of the Diagnostics application See the Ethernet addendum for more information 4 2 Setup the other radios in the network If the Master s Min Packet Size was changed the setting must be changed in the other radios in the network through Set Up mode changing the min packet size requires a direct connection to the radio the setting can t be changed over the network from the Diagnostics Computer Instructions on invoking the Set up mode and changing the Min Packet Size setting are in the previous section LUMOO03AB Rev C 12 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 5 Communications set up with the Master In the Diagnostics computer start the Diagnostics application The program will open with Screen 0 with no diagnostics data and with the message No Connection bottom left FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 Seles File EditRadio Communication Show Poll Options Help NONAME RAD 06 34 06 Radio Fn Sig Nse Freq DATA Dist Num Repl Rep2 Rep3 Rep4 Poll Time ppm bytes km Dis N Sg N Sg N Sg N Sg Rcvd aan starting At Radio Number NNNM S 777 1
53. sttoslave 2ndrep 3rdrep 4 Rep closesttoslave 2ndrep 3rdrep 4threp 5 Rep closesttoslave 2ndrep 3rdrep 4threp Up to 4 repeaters are shown the 4 closest to the radio being displayed The rest of the path may also be derived first observe which radio is listed under the Rep 4 column for example R 5 then in the Fn column find that repeater R 5 for this example that line will display the rest of the path from that repeater towards the Master The next drawings show some examples of networks and how these networks may be numbered LUMOO03AB Rev C 38 of 63 FreeWave Technologies Master Diagnostics Rep 1 computer Diagnostics Rep 2 computer Diagnostics Rep 4 computer Diagnostics computer Diagnostics Rep 4 computer Diagnostics Rep I computer LUMOO03AB Rev C 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D This is the radio being described Rep 1 This is the radio being described Rep3 Rep2 Rep 1 This is the radio being described 4 Data on this Rep4 Rep3 Rep2 Repl This is the radio repeater is not being described shown e Rep3 Rep2 Rep 1 This is the radio being described This is the radio being described 39 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Each Rep n column h
54. te must be changed to 5 600 Both 900MHz and 2 4GHz use the 115200 baud rate Then open the port with the Communication Open Comm menu Communication Chg Comm port Close Comm Open Comm Chg IP Address Connect TCPIP Connect UDP Close TCP UDP Connect Via Dialup Modem LUMOO03AB Rev C 14 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D The bottom right corner of the screen changes to a Humber of Radios Coml Opened 610 500 A Com1 Opened message doesn t necessarily mean that the Diagnostics Application has established communications with the Master radio When the program does connect the Application will display a list of the radios in the network in Screen O 5 2 Direct access through an Ethernet network To access an Ethernet Master Radio directly e Assign an IP address to the Master Radio described in the Software Set up section above e Connect the Master Radio to the Ethernet network e Connect the Diagnostics Computer to the Ethernet network e Have the Diagnostics Computer create a connection to the Internet The Application will not create an Internet connection e Specify the IP address of the Master Radio e Start the UDP IP connection Specify the IP address of the Master Radio with the Communications Chg IP Address menu Communication Chg Comm port Close Comm Open Comm Chg IP Address Connect TCPIP Con
55. to FreeWave to be re tuned LUMOO03AB Rev C 36 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D Length of radio link Bytes Total number of transmitted disconnects se x Freq DATA Dist Num Repl Rep ppm bytes mi Dis H Sq H Sg 10 0 Ss Starting At Radio Humber 1 HO 19 99 1 5 fl Q f 0 60 15 99 2 2 101 0 7 0 O 4A 17 99 2 0 99 Q f 0 0 hd 14 100 0 3 106 0 7 O 1 79 7 3 12 Bytes transmitted DATA bytes The DATA bytes column is the number of bytes that the radio has transmitted from the data port since the application started monitoring the radio Since Repeaters do not generate data themselves but repeat data from another radio a 0 will be displayed However if the radio is a Slave Repeater the count is for the data transmitted while operating as a Slave 7 3 13 Length of radio link Dist The Dist is the distance between the selected radio and the radio to which the selected radio is directly linked If the radio is linked directly to the Master Dist is the distance to the Master Otherwise Dist is the distance to the repeater to which the radio is linked Distances greater than 1 km are typically accurate to within 30 meters Shorter distances are not reported accurately The units are km or miles use the Show Metric km C menu to select km and the Show American mi F menu to select miles 7 3 1
56. ttyine Radios esses o ote a a aA zt 1 2 selecting display prteferefiCe siis ei da ott utet dass outlet sse su HA OE MUERE eas 28 24 Displaying Radio Serial Numbers or Names eese 29 15252 Deleetine SI9 hal UM Sais Pedir eee iea tes n aa Rai Daten sede e 30 1 223 Selecting Imperial American Or Metric Units esses 3l TO Readme Sereen Opata tte xe a a e os a wa ind ade nan oe meade dec ed unes 32 Loe Us 05 570 6 cab Bo ene need Sere Oe E PETEA TE E A A AE eR EA ee ne ee 32 1592 SYSICIEDG DOC EN E E E T censet beato I ei eter Dae tee R TA 32 7 3 3 Master RI d ONE a a ae a imos a die nach a i ees 32 7 3 4 Eisto TACIOS NR m Tm 33 1 3 3 SerolL DA E OTT DET 33 7 3 6 Radio s Serial Number or Name ISadlO 9 teet ettet tti the dtu assed eee iens 34 1 3 Radio s foncion EH essct beoe abi edet tu rb ette opi ru tasa kai 34 7 3 8 Radio ink sional Stren oth S18 sessio iati e eps Tune etate a do edit 35 7 3 9 Radio link Noise level NSC ases bebat a tb ven m e os pese ssa ene 35 Tol Receive SUCCESS Tale 10 aeesteiistiee dte eni dei aiid esci utis be uitio ubt exe tatit diit an 36 Fock Radio frequency error Freg pp cuore toa o olea eeu vo otio duas uu ia has een Duae Eo DE 36 1 3502 Bytes transmitted DATA Byles ertt oath itio Ceo eee dnas Gace ee 37 LUMOO03AB Rev C 2 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D kao d E
57. ual V 2 16D 7 3 4 List of radios Below the bar is a list of all the radios other than the Master Just below the bar is a line for what is referred to as radio number 1 below that is a row for radio 2 etcetera The radios are listed in the order that the application detected them or in the order they were entered by hand 7 3 5 Scroll bars Two bars at the top are buttons that scroll up the list on radios Similarly two bars at the bottom are buttons that scroll down The Master radio line does not scroll When the list is scrolled all the way down the top most line is for radio number 1 Otherwise the text in the middle of the top scroll bar displays the number of the radio in top most line FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 File EditRadio Communication Show Poll Options NONAME RAD Radio Fn Sig Nse 3 Freq DATA Dist Num Repl Rep ppm bytes km Dis N Sq N Sq 0191968 M Master 0 CU SS Starting At Radio Number 18 9191812 R2 os 9191814 Rl 0 2 Number of the radio in 99 9199195 Radio 1 4 the top most line 98 1 89 9199159 amp Radio3 0 1 i 79 Up to 33 radios plus the master radio may be displayed on a single page of Screen 0 Scroll bars at the top and the bottom of the page allow the radio list to be scrolled up or down to display additional radios The upper scroll bar contains the message Starting At Radio Number followed by the network number of the radio listed immediately below the upper scroll bar The lo
58. ve Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 7 5 Reading Screen 2 Remote Radio Setup Settings Screen 2 displays a single radio s settings and allows them to be edited FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 File EditRadio Communication Show Poll Options NONAME RAD Remote Radio Setup Parameters Serial Number Name 9191812 Repl Modem Mode Repeater DTR Connect Baud Rate Repeater Freq Baud High Byte BaudRate 11520 LowPower RS232 Mode 8 N l1 3 PPS Enable MODBus RTU Disabled 4 Slave Repeater Retry Timeout Master Sync Network ID High Network ID Low 8 SubNet ID Freqkey 9 Radio ID High Max Packet Size i Radio ID low RF Data Rate Freq Table Min Packet Size Diagnostics Xmit Power Setting is 1 Radio ID Super RTS CTS Control Disabled Hop table size High Noise Number Repeaters Turn On Delay Master Repeat Turn Off Delay Max Slave Retry Retry Odds i c ru Aedes Radio Number Number of Radios 4 Alarm Time 60 Sec Com6 Opened 493 2 Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Network ID 49 Rev 1 Xmit 2 Rad Id 65535 Note If the firmware version of the Master is earlier than 5 68 900 MHz 1 60 2 4 GHz or 9 34 1 4GHz the settings cannot be edited or viewed 7 5 1 Selecting a particular Radio To select another radio scroll through the radio list either by clicking on the gray scroll bars or by pressing the up and down arrow keys on the diagnostics compute
59. ve been assigned to them Use the N key on the keyboard to toggle between Serial Numbers and names To display Serial Numbers select the Show Serial Numbers menu warning pressing S doesn t work S has a very different function Show Screen g screen 1 1 screen z 3 4 Graphics 3 Graphics Names Serial Numbers 5 RSSI dBur RSSI regularl Metric km c American mi F To display names select the Show Names menu Show Screenw Screen 2creenz 2 arap icz3 3 arapniczd 4 Hames Sera Numbers 5 RSSI dB us B H55lrequlal H Metriz km C Amencan mi F LUMOO03AB Rev C 29 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 7 2 2 Selecting Signal Units In Screens 0 and 1 the units for Signal Strength and Noise Level are either standard just as they would be displayed in the Radio s Statistics Menu or in dBuV Note that the units in Screen 3 are standard dBuV cannot be displayed in that plot Select the Show RSSI regular menu to select standard units Show Screend Screen Screenz Graphics 3 Graphics JI Oo M e Names Serial Numbers RSSI dEuw RSSI regularl Metric km Cc American mi F LU Select the Show RSSI dBuV menu to select dByV units Show creen Screen Graphics 1 Screen z 3 Iaraphics4 4 Hames M Sen
60. wer scroll bar contains the message Ending at Radio Number followed by the network number of the radio immediately above the lower scroll bar The radio list may be scrolled up or down by moving the mouse pointer to either scroll bar and clicking on the bar The display may also be scrolled up or down by pressing the up or down arrow keys on the keyboard LUMOO03AB Rev C 33 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D The following discussion describes the items in each radio s line Radio s function Vave Diagnostics 7 16 Show Poll Optic NC Imc rss Radio s S N or name iio Communication Radio Fn Sig Nse 4 Freq pru 0191968 M 9191812 R2 i 01251814 Ri 95 32 100 0 2 9192125 5 98 70 100 1 4 9192159 5 97 65 100 0 1 7 3 6 Radio s Serial Number or Name Radio Radio is the Serial Number or the name of the radio See paragraph 7 2 1 for information on toggling the Serial number Name display When the application discovers a radio the radio is named New radio See paragraph 3 7 for instructions on renaming radios Radio names and serial numbers are saved in the network file 7 3 7 Radio s function Fn Fn is the function of the radio within the network M Master Radio 9 Slave Radio Rn Repeater Radio n is a number assigned by this application The application automatically assign
61. will be available the next time the same network needs to be analyzed Saving the list has the advantage of being faster and avoids having to manually enter the radios names Saving the Network List also saves the IP Internet Protocol settings Select the File Save Network File menu or pressing F on the keyboard or alt F S File EditRadia Communication New Nebwork B Open Metwork File Glose Save Webwork File F Write Log File W Save Radio Settings R Exit Alt F4 The Windows standard Save File dialog opens Give the network a name so the list can be easily accessed in the future Save the Network List file using standard Windows methods Demo 1 R AD E Test1 RAD eskto p hu Computer a Le Zum File name Demo 2 Save as type Radic Files Cancel E tiy Network F LUMOO03AB RevC 22 of 63 FreeWave Technologies 900MHz 2 4GHz and 1 4GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16D 6 Gathering and saving Data The Diagnostics Application gathers data from the radios in the network through polling Specifically the software gives the Master Radio the Serial Number of a radio to call If the radio with that Serial Number is accessible by the Master the Application queries the radio about its settings performance and conditions 6 1 Polling method There are 3 polling methods Random Sequential and Manual Initially the Application polls

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