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1. O1 NO IN IN C 2 2 c 2 a bb Q dp z c thes 0 6 7 112 113 114 115 8 9 B D F N 3B N F 240 241 242 243 LUMOOO3AB Rev A 59 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 8 3 3 13 Radio ID The Diagnostics Application lets you set any number below 2424 While the radio s Set up mode will display this entire number it will only let you enter numbers up to 9999 Radio ID Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting Super Byte High Byte Low Byte Radio ID Radio ID Radio ID INT Radio ID Radio ID MOD MOD 595 256 256 65535 MOD na 256 256 INT Radio ID INT Radio ID Radio ID MOD 16777215 o MOD 65535 256 256 Unfortunately the way you set up this number through the Diagnostics Application is awkward as you must enter it one byte at a time using 3 entries e Super byte 33 Radio ID Super e High byte 29 Radio ID High e Low byte 30 Radio ID Low Each entry takes a value between 0 and 255 Radio ID 65535 Super byte 256 High byte Low byte 8 3 3 14 32 Diagnostics D Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting _ Diagnostics Enabled 1 to 63 1 to 63 Disabled LUMOOO3AB RevA 60 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 9 Ending the session When done you need to end the
2. LUMOO03AB Rev A 30 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 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 a Screen 1 Screenz 2 Graphics 3 3 Graphics4 4 Names N Serial Numbers S E A RSSI dBuy RSSI regularl Metric km American mi F Select the Show American mi F menu to select Imperial American units distance in miles temperature in degrees Fahrenheit Show Screenl Screen Screen Graphics Graphics E w M tS Names Seral Numbers RSSI dBuv RSSI regularl Metric km C Amenican mi F Dow Z LUMOO03AB Rev A 31 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 7 3 Reading Screen 0 Diagnostic Screen 0 reports the RF performance of each individual radio link in the network Network file 2 FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 Kax File EditRadio Communication Show Foll Options NONAME RAD System clock Help 13 45 51 Fn Sig Nse Freq DATA Dist Num Repl Rep Reps Rep4 Poll Time n
3. The Application removes that radio from the Network List 5 4 Saving the Network List Once the Network List of radios is complete you may save it You will them be able to retrieve the Network List the next time you need to analyze the same network This has the advantage of being faster and you won t have to re enter the radios names This also saves the IP Internet Protocol settings Select the File Save Network File menu or pressing F on your keyboard or alt F S Note despite what the menu says it s S not F File EditRadia Communication New Webwork M Open Network File Close Save Wetwork File F write Log File Wy Save Radio Settings R Exit Alt F4 The Windows standard Save File dialog opens Come up with a name for the network and use it as this file s name Save the Network List file using standard Windows methods it s not necessary to enter the rad extension A E My Documents ar boll My Computer Ishory lo My Network Places Demo 1 RAD Testi RAD My Documents My Computer TAa a File name Demo 2 My Network F Save as Ippe Radic Files Cancel LUMOO03AB RevA 22 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 6 Gathering and saving Data The Diagnostics Application gathers data from the radios in the network through polling Specifically it gives the Master Radio the Serial Number of a
4. dat which is reserved by Windows Instead you must open them from within a text editor LUMOO03AB RevA 25 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 This 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 DTR Connect 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 LUMOO03AB RevA 26 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem 7 Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Interpreting the Data This application uses five separate screens to display diagnostics data These screens provide comprehensive monitoring of all radio network settings including automatic logging
5. emet MSS Master Radio ASCO409DC port Diagnostics Diagnostics Cable Computer FGR master Ethernet host Note that you use 2 Terminal Server serial ports Later you ll enter the IP address of the Terminal Server in the Chg IP Address menu of the Diagnostics Application Afterwards the Diagnostics Application will ask you for a port number you will enter the number of the Terminal Server s port to which you connected the Diagnostics cable LUMOOO3AB RevA 8 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 2 3 Limitations Only radios whose firmware is at least at level 2 29 900 MHz or 1 58 2 4 GHz 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 revision level of their firmware this application will be able to access monitor and remotely set up only radios whose firmware supports diagnostics Otherwise this application will be limited to displaying the serial numbers of such radios Also this application cannot access radios even if they support diagnostics through repeaters whose firmware does not support diagnostics In the field you may update the firmware of any 2 4 GHz radio or any 900 MHz radio with serial number 571 0001 and higher You will need to send older radios back to FreeWave for a hardware upgrade Contact FreeWave Technologi
6. FreeWave Technologies Multipoint Diagnostics Program User Manual Version 2 16 FreeWave Technologies Inc 1880 South Flatiron Court Boulder CO 80301 303 444 3862 LUMOOO3AB Rev B bees 303 786 9948 Fax www freewave com FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Table of Contents l 2 Tinio dic 1 OID na A a O N AA A A 4 Hidwaan a E E O ee dabaneb tanta douannusss 5 2 1 Diasnosics COMP ULET anrea a a O EEN 5 Ze ACCessino the Froe Wave NoIWO Kennen en E r AE amines 5 224 Direct access through the Diagnostics Port FGR series Master ccsscceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 5 222 Direct access through an Ethernet Network seavisseieotinis idoviousssativich coveensiesteontnviaieeciastemeses 7 223 Indirect access throush a Terminal Server eicere ena E E E i 7 29 Emaon S n n E E 9 Rido se Pe A a erren 10 3 1 SS GS Up hE MI aaa Se at ae aNd tea kDa a a a atc a Ceca a a ed os 10 3 1 1 InvOkewthe Sete U pnd sia cece 8 cus ak st cas ek al Saal Nee aed ale alah a lee des 10 3 1 2 Pnsure that the packet 18 Dis enOuChiaci acti pete sae tales taltee tt el oes had oe cual etal 10 3 1 3 Det he Dia CMOS MCS TAC rec aa we E E N E a Renee Veale 1 3 1 4 AVSS 1 eticath IP addre SSe destined wv ecenus E E E A 12 32 Setup the other radios in the MLW OF mreana EE E 12 Commiutications set up with the Master s ccsse dies secsnceueeased iia ian EE E EES 13 4 1 Direc l access C
7. and no special cables are required UDP IP Diagnostics data Ethernet Normal data port Diagnostics data Diagnostics Computer Ethernet Master por LAN 2 2 3 Indirect access through a Terminal Server Even if the Master Radio is not an Ethernet model you may still access it through an Ethernet network You will need an additional device a commercially available Terminal Server This device is an Internet server with one or more RS232 serial ports on one end and an Ethernet port at the other end In this case the Diagnostics Application uses the TCP IP protocol not UDP IP You will need to obtain a Diagnostics Cable from FreeWave to send diagnostics from the Master to the Terminal Server These two examples show the connections for FGR series Master radios and for hosts connected either directly to the Master or through the LAN Internet Standard data cable TCPAIP Diagnostics data Ethernet ASCO409DC Terminal Diagnostics Server por Diagnostics ee Computer EGR RIBAO ea Serial Series port LAN Master Radio internet FGR master RS232 host LUMOOO3AB RevA 7 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 TCP IP AN Standard data internet Standard data cable Ethernet Terminal port Data port Server es TCP IP ee o Diagnostics data Diagnostics Ethernet port port
8. 7 4 4 Supply voltage Vtg This is the supply voltage of this 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 Y Rovd Revd G1 14 9 14 11 17 Number a G4 13 7 L H L 1966 14 11 17 0 13 1 L H L 1956 14 11 13 0 145 5 L H L 1999 14 11 14 0 14 9 L H L 1996 14 11 15 7 4 5 State of RS232 port lines RTS CTS DTR These are the states of the RTS and DTR inputs and the CTS output of this radio s Data Port H means a high state 10 V asserted logic 0 and L means a low state 10 V deasserted logic 1 Note that in inverted TTL models this screen reports 0 if the line is high 5 V and viceversa In RS485 radios only the state of the DTR input is reported In Ethernet radios there are no such inputs so these reports are meaningless 7 4 6 Number of diagnostics requests received Polls Revd This is the total number of replies to diagnostic polling that the master received from this radio since this application started Remember that in a multipoint network a master may miss some messages from another radio LUMOOO3AB RevA 45 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 7 5 Reading Screen 2 Remote Radio Setup Settings This screen displays a single radio s settings and allows you
9. Ailt Editado Communication Show Poll Optag Help NUAAME RAL 06 30 08 Radio Pn Sig Nase amp FPreaq DATA Dist Num Repl Rep Heaps BRepd Poll Time ppm bytes km Dis N Sg H Sg H Sg H Sg Rove aS haart i rey At Radio Number a Eel A rey AL Radio Number Humber of Radios 0 Alarm Time 60 Sec Na Connection So you must establish a connection between the Diagnostics Application and the Master radio 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 This is how you set up the Diagnostics application for each method 4 1 Direct access through Serial Ports To access the FreeWave network through a Serial Port Data Port or Diagnostics Port you need to e Connect the Master Radio to the Diagnostics computer using a Diagnostics cable e Select the Serial Port to which you connected the Diagnostics cable e Open that Serial Port The Diagnostics Computer can use any of its Serial Ports COM1 to COM8 The default is COM1 You can change the port with the Communication Chg Comm Port menu LUMOO03AB RevA 13 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Communication Chg Comm port Close Comm Open Comm Chg IP
10. Screens 0 and 1 The Diagnostics Application assigns this number sequentially as it discovers that a radio is a Repeater Repeater Order Such as Rep1 when the Diagnostics Application shows the record of a given Slave it places in the Rep1 field the Repeater Number of the Repeater that is directly linked to that Slave Of these only the Serial Number and the Radio ID are actually physically located in a radio All the others exist only within the Diagnostics Application and are exclusively for use of that application LUMOO03AB RevA 27 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 This can be very confusing Yet if you can master this it will let you use the full power of the Diagnostics Application For example You have a radio to which the factory assigned the Serial Number of 123 4567 and into which you stored the Radio ID of 1234 You program this radio as a Repeater and place it in service within a Network It is directly linked to the Master and to a Slave You start the Diagnostics application which discovers this radio after discovering 3 other radios plus the Master so it assigns it the Radio Number 4 and displays its record in the 4 line of the Radio List in Screens 0 and 1 Within the Diagnostics Application you name this radio Repeater 3 The Diagnostics Application realizes that another radio is a Repeater then it realizes
11. communication with the Master 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 Address Connect TCPIP Connect UDP Close TCP UDP Connect Via Dialup Modem 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 Write Log File to CSV Save Radio Settings Save ALL Radio Settings Exit Al F4 LUMOO03AB RevA 61 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 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 oor through the Internet e The Diagnostics application DIAG216 EXE is installed and running on the Diagnostic computer e The Diagnostics setting in the Master radio is set to a value between 1 and 63 inclusive LUMOO03AB RevA 62 of 62
12. of data from each radio in the network Screen 2 also allows you to change the operating settings of any radio in the network from the 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 allow you to change 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 7 1 Show Screent Screen Screens 2 Graphics 3 Graphics 4 Hames Seal Numbers ASS dbuy ASS regularl Metric km Americar miF Identifying Radios In the following discussion you need to understand that there are as many as six ways of identifying a particular radio Serial number such as 123 4567 a unique number permanently assigned to each mode at the factory Radio ID such as 1234 which you may assign to a radio for your own convenience not necessarily a unique number Name such as Repeater 2 which you may want to define within the Diagnostics Application Radio Number a k a 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 it discovers radios and as you manually enter radios in it Repeater Number such as R 3 which is the 3rd Repeater in
13. that this radio is a Repeater too so it calls it R 2 In the Diagnostics Application in the list of radios you look at the record for the Slave 5 In the Rep1 column you see that the Slave uses this radio as a repeater G Serial Number 123 4567 Radio ID 1234 Repeater Repeater Slave Ge Csm KA When looking at this Slave s record the Repeater is in Diagnostics computer j In the Diagnostics Application you ve column REP1 This is the 3rd repeater that the named this modem Diagnostics Application Repeater 3 discovers so it names it R 2 This is the 4th modem that the Diagnostics Application discovers so it places it as the Ath record in the Modem List This modem is identified in six ways This radio is identified as Serial Number 123 4567 Radio ID 1234 in the Rep1 column of Radio 5 Repeater 3 RO 4 in the Radio List 7 2 Selecting display preferences The Diagnostics Application gives you a few choices for its displays LUMOO03AB RevA 28 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 7 2 1 Displaying Radio Serial Numbers or Names In Screens 0 and 1 you have a choice of displaying the radio s Serial Numbers or the names you assigned to them Use the N key on your keyboard to toggle between the two displays To display Serial Numbers select the Show Serial Numbers menu warning pressi
14. the radio is used to transmit a lot of data as part of its normal operation it will have less time to respond to the Master polling it for diagnostics data in that case the diagnostics response rate will decrease If this value is 0 it may be because this radio is disconnected from the network 7 3 17 Time of latest diagnostics response Time Revd This is the time measured using the System Clock when this radio last replied to diagnostics polling If the lag in response exceeds the Alarm Time see Alarm Time below paragraph 6 1 19 the application highlights this value in red LUMOO03AB RevA 42 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 ay Free Wave Diagnostics 2 02a E oj x File EditRadio Communication Show Help HOW AME RAD 11 40 22 Radio Fn Sig Hse 4 Freg DATA Dist Num Repl Rep Reps Rep Poll Time ppm bytes mi Dis H Sg HN 5g N Sg N amp q 7 Revd 906469 M 10 0 11 40 22 Starting At Radio Number YT 9041280 74A 19 99 1 5 71 0 7 0060 100 11 40 18 9066569 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 OO 58 99 11 40 20 9064441 70 14 100 0 3 106 0 7 0179 100 11 40 21 Number of Humber of Radios 4 Alarm Time 60 Sec Coml Opened Poll status indicators ignore Slot 60 20 Types 3 Yalue 345 7 3 18 Number of Radios Number of Radios This is the total number of radios in the list
15. to edit them FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 File EditRadio Communication Show Poll Options NONAME RAD Remote Radio Setup Parameters Serial Number Name 9191812 Repl DTR Connect Repeater Freq LowPower PPS Enable Slave Repeater Master Sync Network ID High Network ID Low SubNet ID Freqkey Radio ID High Max Packet Size Radio ID low RF Data Rate Freq Table Min Packet Size Diagnostics Xmit Power Radio ID Super RTS CTS Control Hop table size Number Repeaters Master Repeat Max Slave Retry Retry Odds Modem Mode Baud Rate Baud High Byte BaudRate 11520 RS232 Mode 8 N 1 MODBus RTU Disabled Retry TimeOut Repeater Setting is 1 Disabled High Noise Turn On Delay Turn Off Delay Radio Number Number of Radios 4 Alarm Time 60 Sec Com6 Opened 493 2 DER Help 14 21 02 Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Network ID 49 Rev 1 Xmit Rad Id 65535 Note If the firmware version of the Master is earlier than 5 68 900 MHz or 1 60 2 4 GHz you will not be able to view or edit its settings with this application 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 diagnostics computer keyboard s up and down arrow keys When you reach either end of the list it restarts from the opposite end At the top this screen displays the Serial Number of this radio and the name you ga
16. 3AB RevA 40 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 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 their Rep1 column Sg This is the signal strength received by the next radio down the line towards the Master So in the Rep 1 column is the strength of the signal that the Rep 1 radio receives from this radio And in the Rep2 column this is the strength of the signal that the next radio receives from repeater Rep 1 Sg of Sg of Rp Je Rp 1 Rep2 Repl We re looking at this modem LUMOO03AB Rev A 41 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Time of latest diagnostics response O x Help 1 40 272 Diagnostics response rate 7 i E Num Repl Rep Reps Rep4 Poll Time Dis WH 5g N Sg N Sg H Sg 3 Rovd 11 40 27 io Number a i 0 0 60 1900 11 40 16 i 0 0 454 97 11 40 19 i 0 456 99 11 40 20 i 0 1 FS 100 11 40 21 7 3 16 Diagnostics response rate Poll This is the percentage of the time that the radio reported back diagnostics data when polled If
17. 900 MHz or 1 62 2 4 GHz will not accept Network ID values larger than 255 8 3 3 12 SubNet ID ss SubNetID Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting 01h to FFh 01h to FFh 1 to 255 Diagnostics requires you to enter this value as a decimal number Slip the hex value that you would enter in the Set Up Menu into two nibbles For example if the value you would enter in the Set Up menu is E3 the high nibble is E and the low nibble is 3 Use this table to convert the 2 nibbles to the corresponding decimal number Receive Subnet ID X_ high nibble lol1il2 3 4 s5slelz7 lea olalB C D E F 2 73 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63_ 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 21 245 247 op wj Z RISISISIS CO 0CO O amp Oo O1 CO Go NO ood AIN A ooh AIN O1 ood AJo OIO a8 AJU N gt h h A w CO RO O O O O h O N O oO h O N O Ql na OIN 1 O O OjO Oj N NIO _ OJN OO N gt OJN A ge CO J gt _ oe NO O 0 N O O N a O N NO NO NO OO NO A Ol 8 NO O 8 NO N N RS oe 8 N O O BB oo
18. Address Connect TCPIP Connect UDP Clase TCP UDP Connect Via Dialup Modem A dialog opens The presently selected port is highlighted Select Comm Port Corn Come Com Come Come Comb Com Come Cancel Select the Serial Port or press Cancel to retain the previous selection 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 The bottom right corner of the screen changes to E Humber of Radios Coml Opened 610 500 LUMOO03AB RevA 14 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 This doesn t necessarily mean that the Diagnostics Application has established communications with the Master radio If it does so you ll see that the Application starts filling Screen 0 with a list of the radios in the network 4 2 Direct access through an Ethernet network To access an Ethernet Master Radio directly you need to 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 this application will not create an Internet connection e Specify the IP address of the Mast
19. FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Communication Chg Comm port Close Comm Open Comm Chg IP Address Connect UDP Close TCP UDP Connect Via Dialup Modem This Application will try to establish the connection for about one minute During that time the Application stops responding to your actions If the IP connection is not established within this time out period the Diagnostic Application restarts responding to your 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 Po Humber of Badios O 74 247 34 86 H Start E FreeW ave Diagnostic The Application saves the IP Internet Protocol settings when you save the Network file see Saving the Network List LUMOO03AB Rev A 18 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 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 You may also retrieve a network list from a file that you saved previously And you may add edit or delete radios manually Note that once a radio is included in the list it will not be automatically removed from it If you remove a radio from the network you may also want to remove it man
20. Hein C Documents and settings drepovich CONTRACLG 34 55top Dlag2 Serial Numisoer 9191968 Tama Voltaj PPM Over Time Naan HASTERA adio Number 6 Radio Ip 65535 Hours Fao 3 33 2 67 2 1 33 0 67 4 J Radia PPH Max Min 0 0 D 0 Radio Vko Max Min bd 1 12 9 RadicoTemp Max Min 31 25 NHumPoints Sli Humber of Aadios Alarm Time 60 Sec Saquan 40 LUMOO03AB RevA 51 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 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 Radiolemp the temperature of the radio C Error in the modem s radio frequency with Min respect to the Master blue Overall maximum Overall minimum Radio tg Modem supply voltage green Max Min 0 0 0 0 Modem temperature red RadioTemp Max Min 499 499 7 2 Vertical scale 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 Error in the modem s radio frequency OSE rr parts per million blue 17 CG J7 C Modem temp
21. Manual for a complete discussion on this To check this from the Main Menu press 3 on the terminal Edit Radio Transmission Characteristics LUMOO03AB RevA 10 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 The terminal will show the Radio Parameters menu RADIO PARAMETERS WARNING Do not change parameters without reading manual FreqKkey Max Packet Size Min Packet Size Xmit Rate RF Data Rate RF Xmit Power Slave Security RTS to CTS Retry Time Out 25 Lowpower Mode High Noise MCO Speed RemoteLED c Exit to Main Menu OOO OU OOWN EF WW OO Ul Note the value of the RF Data Rate setting item 4 Then 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 you need to increase the minimum packet size press 2 on the terminal Min Packet Size NOTE If you change this setting you must also change it in all the other radios in the network and you must connect a terminal directly to those radios to do so you can t do this over the network using the Diagnostics Computer 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 retu
22. 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 RevA 33 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 The following discussion describes the items in each radio s line Radio s function Vave Diagnostics 7 16 Show Poll Optic NC mm Ps mt Radio s S N or name dio Communication Radio Fn Sig Nse 4 Freq Ppt 9191968 M 9191612 R 9191314 Rl 95 32 100 0 2 9192125 5 98 70 100 1 4 9192159 92 65 100 0 1 7 3 6 Radio s Serial Number or Name Radio This is the Serial Number or the name of the radio Press the N key to toggle between the two display modes or use the Show Names and Show Serial Numbers menus to select which one is displayed When the applications itself finds a radio it names it New radio See Paragraph 3 7 lt lt lt lt lt for instructions on renaming radios Radio names and serial numbers are saved in the network file 7 3 7 Radio s function Fn This is the function of the radio within the network M Master Radio S Slave Radio Rn Repeater Radio n is a number assigned by this application This application autom
23. Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Radio Seral Number to Poll aoza s Cancel Enter the radio s seven digit Serial Number Do not enter any other character such as spaces or hyphens or this application will truncate the number Click OK The Application will poll that specific radio 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 this 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 You may also create a file with a snapshot in time of that log select the File Write Log File menu or press W on your keyboard or alt F W File 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 with create a xxxxxxxxx log file with that snap shot The name of the file is based on when the snapshot was taken month day hour minute For example the file 09072146 log was created at 21 46 9 46 PM on September 7 You can open these files with any text editor or word processor The following example of a log file was opened in WordPad LUMOO03AB RevA 24 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Mu
24. abled 0 i 8 3 3 6 Repeater Freq Repeater Frequency Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting Enabled Disabled 0 Oo 0 8 3 3 7 LowPower Repeater Frequency Set n n Menu setting a setting Disabled a O LEDs dimmed LEDs dimmed radio sleeps every other slot emg o T o 2 of 3 slots number of slots corresponding to setting LEDs dimmed radio sleeps 62 of 63 slots 8 3 3 8 PPS Enable PPS Enable set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting Enabled Disabled 0 a as 8 3 3 9 Slave Repeater Slave Repeater Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting Enabled Ooo Sn S 0 Disabled 0 255 8 3 3 10 Master Sync Master Sync Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting Enabled ooo ee 0 ee Disabled 0 255 LUMOOO3AB Rev A 58 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 8 3 3 11 Network ID Set up Menu setting 099255 Nemo O s O OO ewok D 256to511 Network ID O Network ID 256 512to767 Network ID S NetworkiD 512 768t01023_ Network ID 2 NetworkiD 768 1024t0 1279 Network ID 3 NetworkiD 1024 1280t01535 Network ID 4 Network ID 1280 1536to1791 Network ID Network ID 1536 1792t0 2047 Network ID 6 Network ID 1792 2304 to 2559 Network ID 8 NetworkiD 2304 2560102815 Network ID 9 NetworkIiD 2560 3840104095 NetworkID 14 NetworkID 3840 Note Radios with firmware versions earlier than 5 68
25. adios the diagnostics connection is through its dedicated Diagnostics port using the diagnostics cable ASCO409DC standard data cable Normal data es Host Data Port Diagnostics Port ASCO409DC Enclosed Diagnostics Master Cable Diagnostics data e Diagnostics Computer 2 2 1 2 Diagnostics Cable for Board level radio For full sized and non Ethernet board level FGR series Radios the diagnostics connection is through a black 20 pin port on the board using diagnostics cable ASC2009DC Data Standard data cable Device Normal data g gt Data Port Expansion port Board ASC2009DC level Diagnostics Cable Master Diagnostics data ga gt Diagnostics Computer LUMOOO3AB Rev A 6 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 2 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 case when the Master Radio is an Ethernet model You must assign the Ethernet Master Radio an IP address just for diagnostic purposes this in NOT the IP address of any device that communicates through the FreeWave network In this case the protocol used is UDP IP not TCP IP
26. an SE E Ee 46 7 5 2 EAK CIS DIA Y A E is E A toed EE E E E 47 76 Readings Screen 3 Signal Quality over TIM x osscsciaci ons dessesoadssenacaesed ndonse iian 48 7 6 1 SE IECHNS aA Pal lLICUlAl Rad Oasen onre E E EE 48 7 6 2 FIOM ZON Cal mese alenas nE EE AEE OA ton ceueaauht 49 7 6 3 VatlaDIeS CISPIAV edessa pes E a E E E T 50 7 6 4 VCH ASC AL oers A E AEEA 50 7 1 Reading Screen 4 Temp Voltage PPM Over Time nnenesessessssssssssssseeterrressessssssssssseeereeeo 51 7 7 1 N aiaDleS GIS Pla yed anesan SET a 32 PA IVE UL OS A na E A E A E AE ents 32 S Edining the Radios SENE Sospan E a 53 8 1 Sa ON esn re a E E Susasanieetasaals 53 8 2 Chansins Radio s SetinasS syen dite sve unt leacieiind canes ar teres yan aea NEES KEKEE h ences varteceslenddisardeasts 55 8 3 Details about the Settings std ne ciris cases ea tansd xt wenn iir n o parerii niai rE rean Hane ER GENAN Ea E ENEE NENE EEE E 55 8 3 1 Rieky ehano e S eE a EE EEE E E 56 8 3 2 Xtal tune SlicerThreshold Frequency cccccccccsssssssssseeececceeeeeeeeeceaaseessseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeaaas 56 8 3 3 Settings that appear different from the Set UP menu cccccccccccceceeeeeessssesseeseeseeeeeees 57 92 EMCI S THE SESSION wane eeae asia E N a alates normuesieantenae ness 61 10 MTPOUDTC SHOOTO Sadest amesescsunss E te atdades basoeauac gt a 62 LUMOOO3AB RevA 3 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Ma
27. atically assigns 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 it will be indicated as a slave until the Diagnostic application detects other radios that are linked through it into the network LUMOOO3AB RevA 34 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Radio link noise level Radio link Hid ery dame signal strength itz rl Show Pall Optio NO 8 R2 9191814 Ril 95 32 100 0 2 9192125 93 70 100 2 1 9192159 9 64 99 0 3 7 3 8 Radio link signal strength Sig This is the strength of the signal that this radio receives For repeaters this refers just to its radio link towards the Master The units are either standard just as they would be displayed in Radio Statistics Menu or in dBuvV Use the Show RSSI regul and the Show RSSI dBuv menus to select the 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 ia S This BANY We re E Mower re fee see at this radio at this radio 7 3 9 Radio link noise level Nse This is the average level of the noise that this radio receives when the radio s to which it s linked are not transmitting The units are the same as for the signal stren
28. chever radio has R 3 in the Fn column you ll see the complete information about that radio N 0 refers to the Master in the top line just above the scroll bars Please don t confuse repeater R 3 with Rep 3 repeater R 3 is the 3 repeater that this application happens to have found while Rep 3 is the 3 radio down the path from this radio towards the Master FreeWave Diagnostics 2 02a File EditRadio Communication Show HOH AME RAD 11 4 Radio Fn Sig Nse Freg DATA Dist Num Repi Rep Reps Rep4 Poll Tim ppm bytes mi Dis N 5g H amp g H 5g HN 5g Rov N 0 gt 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 ae a T a 1 5 a 0 7 ae a a r N gt 3 ee z 0 7 2060n E ae T 100 0 7 1779 100 TE 3 N of Rep 1 is 1 7 so Rep 1 must be radio R 1 We re looking at modem 4 FreeWave Diagnostics 2 02a File EditRadio Communication Show HOH AME RAD 11 4 Radio Fn Sig Nse Freg DATA Dist Num Bepl Rep Reps Rep4 Poll Tim ppm bytes mi Dis N 5g H amp g H 5g HN 5g Rov N 0 gt 9064692 M 10 0 11 4 Po LUN C E S Starting At Radio Number 1 9041280 s 4619 99 1 5 71 0 7 0 0 60 100 11 4 JUG E N 9060510 R 1 68 17 2 6 99 0 7 DE 99 11 4 9064441 100 0 3 106 0 7 5 100 11 4 N of Rep 1 is 0 so Rep 1 must be the Master Repl We re looking at Master radio 3 R 1 LUMOOO
29. d on or since its Set up mode was ended A disconnect may be due to e apoor radio link path e temporary removal from operation of any radio in the complete path e using this application to change some other radio s setting LUMOOO3AB RevA 37 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Repeater directly linked to Rep 1 Repeater directly linked to Rep 3 Pails 11 40 Repeater directly linked Repeater directly to this modem linked to Rep 2 Dist Num Repl Rep Reps Rep4d Poll Time mi Dis N 5g HNH amp Sq N Sq H 5g 3 Rovd 11 40 Radio Number AD po 0 7 00 69 100 11 40 Y OF 11 40 T Repeater s received c C 11 3 fa 0 7 0 R number signals strength 10 0 11 A 0 7 3 15 Repeater info Rep n N Sg This is the path that this radio uses to communicate with the Master Rep 1 refers to the radio Master or repeater to which this radio is directly linked Rep 2 is the repeater not the master to which Rep 1 is directly linked and so forth Use this table to see what each column refers to of repeaters Rep4 Rep2 Rep3 Rep4 po Master pot Repeater PP 2 Rep c losesttoslave Otherrep o 3 Rep closesttoslave 2ndrep 3rdrep 4 Rep cosesttoslave 2ndrep 3rdrep 4threp 5 Rep closestto slave 2ndrep 3rdrep 4th rep Up to 4 radios a
30. er Radio e Start the UDP IP connection Specify the IP address of the Master Radio with the Communications Chg TCIP 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 Enter the new IP address of the Master Radio and click OK A new dialog opens LUMOO03AB RevA 15 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Port Address SSCS Cancel Just 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 This Application will try to establish the connection for about one minute During that time the Application stops responding to your actions If the IP connection is not established within this time out period the Diagnostic Application restarts responding to your commands and the No Connection message remains on the screen If the connection is established the Application displays the IP addres in the lower left corner of the screen PO Humber of Radios O T4 247 34 86 H Start EE FreeWave Diagnostic The Application saves the IP Internet Protocol
31. er 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 The Diagnostic application will also store certain files in this folder You may want to create a shortcut to the Diagnostic application on the desktop 2 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 series only e through an Ethernet network using UDP IP FGR series Ethernet Radio only e through a Terminal Server and a network LAN Internet using TCP IP 2 2 1 Direct access through the Diagnostics Port FGR series Master If the network s Master radio is a series FGR radio you 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 LUMOOO3AB RevA 5 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Two different Diagnostics cables are available one for enclosed radios and one for board level radios To acquire a diagnostics cable contact FreeWave Technologies 2 2 1 1 Diagnostics Cable for enclosed radio For an enclosed FGR series FGRM Series and Ethernet board level r
32. erature degrees C red 5 SS 5 9 33 12 50 15 9 N Humber of Radios 4 Alarm LUMOO03AB RevA 52 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 8 Editing the Radio s Settings You can change the selected radio s settings through Screen 2 You can only change one setting at a time We strongly recommend that you interrupt the normal data flow through a radio while changing any of its settings 8 1 Strategy You should stop using that radio to transfer data until you re done editing its settings That s because the radio disconnects itself from the network when you do that 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 0 and look at its Time Revd field to see how long it s been since the radio sent diagnostics data SES Time of latest diagnostics response pl Rep Reps Rep4 Poll Time Sq N Sq H 5g HN amp q Revd 11 40 22 T E ee 6Q 100 11 40 18 You should verify that a change has been successful before you do another change Certain settings must match in the whole network so you must change them in every radio in the network Start from the Slaves and work your way inward toward the Master if you went the other way you wouldn t be able to reach the outer radios to change their settings Verify each change befo
33. ero only when a Slave Repeater is operating as a Slave Repeaters with older firmware include also the data that they repeat Receive Percentage of packets that are successfully a saa sa received the first time blue Signal strength in standard units green a Background noise level in standard units B Signal Ly Max Ave Mn 0 Overall maximum Overall average 2 Ly Mx Ave Mn 0o 0 l Number of kilobytes that this modem Transmit Data Rate transmits per seconds gold kB s 0 00 l Total number of bad packets received i Bad Pckts 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 0 to 100 is for all the other variables LUMOOO3AB RevA 50 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Scale for Transmit Data Rate Scale for all others 7 7 Reading Screen 4 Temp Voltage PPM Over Time This Screen displays a rolling graph of the operating parameters over time of a single radio It is mostly identical to the previous screen except for the variables that it plots This section describes only those differences For information on the rest see the previous section FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 File Edithanio Communication Show Poll Options
34. es for more information While running diagnostics on a network has little or no effect on it we strongly recommend that you interrupt the normal data flow in a radio before using the Diagnostics Application to change any of the radio s settings LUMOOO3AB RevA 9 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 3 Radio set up 3 1 Set up the Master To use diagnostics you must set up the Master 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 it an IP address if using UDP IP 3 1 1 Invoke the Set Up mode Connect a terminal to the Master radio see the Main Manual for more information on this Invoke the set up mode in most cases you do this by pressing the Set up button else see the Main Manual for details on how to do this with your 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 3 1 2 Ensure that the packet is big enough Diagnostics require that the 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
35. gies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 7 6 Reading Screen 3 Signal Quality over Time This Screen displays a rolling graph of the performance over time of a single radio FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 File EditRanio Communication Show Poll Options forial Number 9192159 cignal Quality over Time Naame Radio Number Radio ID Hours Ag 2 67 2 1 33 0 67 oO i Receive Mx Fave Hr 10099399 Signal Ly Hx Ave Mn 94 84 Al HumPoints Sli Humber of Audios 4 Alnrm Time 60 Sec EEE LEESI 2216 Gyre dad 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 computer up and down arrow keys When you reach either end of the list it restarts from the opposite end At the top left this screen displays the Serial Number of this radio and the order of this radio within the radio list of the 0 and 1 screens Specifically 0 refers to the Master At the top right this screen displays the name you to this radio and its Radio ID LUMOO03AB RevA 48 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 Fie EditRadio Communication Sho e Serial number Name assigned foerial Numbor 919715 Radio Number of this radio to this radio d 3 33 Order of this modem Modem ID of
36. gth For reliable radio performance under all conditions this value should be at least 30 in standard units below the signal strength reading If the difference is less than 30 this application displays this value in red xL This noise We re eNe at this modem LUMOOO3AB RevA 35 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Radio frequency FreeWave Diagnost Receive File EditRadio Communication Success Freq DATA CL ppm bytes oll Options NONAME RAL Radio Fn Sig Nse 9191968 M 47 Starting At F 99 O 2 0 1 9191814 Ril 95 32 100 0 2 0 1 9192125 5 98 70 100 2 1 G 9192159 s 92 64 99 0 1 0 1 7 3 10 Receive success rate This is the percentage of data packets that this radio successfully received on the first try If this radio is a repeater this refers to the radio link towards the Master This value should be at least 75 If it s less than 75 the application highlights this value in red 7 3 11 Radio frequency error Freq ppm This is the error of the radio s radio frequency with respect to the Master This value should be within 10 ppm If this value exceeds 5 ppm this application will highlight it in red If all the values are biased in one direction chances are that it s the Master that is off LUMOO03AB RevA 36 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum M
37. he radios other than the Master Just below the bar is a line for what we ll refer to as radio number 1 below that is a row for radio 2 etcetera The radios are listed in the order that this application detected them or in the order you entered them by hand 7 3 5 Scroll bars Two bars at the top are buttons that let you scroll up the list on radios Similarly two bars at the bottom are buttons that let you scroll down The Master radio line remains in place it is not scrolled When the list is scrolled all the way down the top most line is for radio number 1 Else the text in the middle of the top scroll bar tells you 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 4 Freg DATA Dist Num Repl Rep ppm bytes km Dis N Sg N 5g 9191968 M 0 USS Starting At Radio Number 18 9191812 R ag 9191814 Rl 0 2 Number of the radio in 99 9199195 Radio2 1 4 the top most line 98 1 89 9192159 amp Radio3 0 1 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 lower scroll bar contains the message Ending At
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39. in the radio list this radio AAE a UP scroll bar Signal Lv Hx Ave Mn 94 845 H Humber of Aadios 4 Alarm Time 60 Sec Supon 43 20716 Gyre dad 409 7 6 2 Horizontal time scale This application starts gathering data when you first start it It displays this 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 are displayed in a single screen The numbers at the top of the graph indicates the horizontal time scale in minutes or hours 0 is on the right because that s always O hours or minutes ago Bad Pckts Horizontal time scale umPoints Total number of data points gathered pe 57 Yalue LUMOOO3AB RevA 49 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 7 6 3 Variables displayed The graph plots 5 variables 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 this 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 z
40. ltipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 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 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 SR1 R2 9999 47 29 13 8 LHL 89 57 99 0 1 0 0 3 O 1 88 100 12 42 06 9191814 Repl R1 9999 47 30 13 7 LHL 95 31 100 0 2 0 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 0 2 O 2 98 1 87 100 12 43 02 9192159 R1 Slave S 9999 47 30 13 3 LHL 85 62 92 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 75 100 12 43 55 6 2 2 Saving Radio Settings and plot data You can save the settings of the presently selected radio and the data gathered from it over time into a file Select the File Save Radio Settings menu or press alt F R Note that pressing R on the keyboard doesn t work 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 This Application will create a file named yyyyyyy dat where yyyyyyy is the serial number of the selected radio If you are in Screen 0 or 1 that s the radio that is at the top of the radio list Since the Master is above the list you can t save the Master s settings from Screen 0 or 1 You can t open these files by double clicking them because of the unfortunate choice of extension
41. may add to the Network List a radio that wasn t discovered automatically by the Application You must know its Serial Number Select the EditRadio AddRadio menu or press A on your keyboard EditRadio Communication DeleteR adio B FollA adio F AddH adio Change EPROM C A dialog opens LUMOO03AB Rev A 19 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Radio Seral Number to Add a061 24 cae Enter the radio s seven digit Serial Number Do not enter any other character Such as spaces or hyphens or this application will truncate the number Click OK A second dialog opens Radio 90612734 s Hame 3 36 A Cancel Optionally enter a name for the radio up to 8 characters long any character is OK This name is purely for your convenience Click OK 5 1 3 Retrieving a Network List If you previously saved a Network List you may retrieve it instead of letting the Diagnostics Application create the list from scratch This has the advantage of being faster and it keeps you from having to re enter the radios names This also retrieves the IP Internet Protocol settings Select the File Open Network File menu or press alt F O Despite what the menu says pressing O doesn t work File EdtRadio Communication Hew Network N Open Network File O WoE Save Network File F write Log File Wye Save Radio Setting
42. mieaie alcatel 37 LUMOO03AB Rev A 2 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 TXAM Seneunorrtadio mike CADIS codecs tata eee baci Ue aaah eet aac ui hens 37 7 3 14 Total number of disconnects Num Dis cccceccccceeeccccesececeecceceeecceeeseceeeuseceeueeceeeeeesenas 37 L315 Repeater into Rep nm GN SO cc cite a ek ead cts laced a tats 38 7546 Diasnostics response ratel Poll Jo ave a ai ciersivaslae anu a 42 7 3 17 Time of latest diagnostics response Time RCVd ccccccccccesssssssseseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaeeensees 42 7 3 18 Number of Radios Number of Radios 0 c ccc cccccceseccceseccecescceeesececeeseceeeeecseeeeeseeees 43 LA Alam TWIG east a E A saves E AE A 43 L320 POM Stats Indicator Senis en iia A EE AEE ENE E A esas 43 TA Readihns Screech Tence a E e a aE e E aE 44 7 4 1 Radio IDC ID hurr a a E Siete E E E A 44 7 4 2 Firmware Revision REV iraner ETEN T EA A AE 44 7 4 3 Radio C mpera Lemp arn a aSa 44 74 4 SUPP Ly VOM CSC VCO a a at reac a a tacdnaeabeteds aden aneiceuonea die aimanats 45 7 4 5 State or RS232 port lines ORES CTS GDL Ria cree a 45 7 4 6 Number of diagnostics requests received Polls Revd sssssssssssossssseeenresssssssssssssseerreees 45 T3 Reading Screen 2 Remote Radio Setup Settings v ccccecscsseescasdectcadevdonsasatsssoecedeaeeteadensendeusenese 46 7 5 1 SE lECHNS a ParliCUlal Radio ias
43. ng S doesn t work as a matter of fact S has a totally different function Show screeng g screen 1 1 screen Z 2 4 Graphics 3 Graphics Names Serial Numbers S RSSI dEuw RSSI regularl Metric kim Cc American mi F To display names select the Show Names menu Note pressing N doesn t do what the menu implies instead pressing N toggles between Serial Numbers and Names Show Screent 0 Screen ocen 2 Lraprices 4 Grapaicsd 4 Hames Sena Numbers ASS dE uy RSSI regula Metriz km C Amencar mi F 71 OO o p LUMOO03AB Rev A 29 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 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 you can t display dBuV in that plot Select the Show RSSI regularl menu to select standard units Show Screend Screen Screenz Graphics 3 Graphics E Oo M e Names Serial Numbers RSSI dEuw RSSI regularl Metric kim Cc American mi F Pa Select the Show RSSI dBuv menu to select dBuv units Show Screenl 0 Screen Scheer 2 Graphics 3 Graphics 4 Mames M 5 Serial Numbers RASSI dBuy ASS regular F Metric km C American miF
44. not counting the Master Remember that a radio may be listed even if it is no longer in the network as radios must be deleted from the list manually 7 3 19 Alarm Time This is the maximum acceptable time without a diagnostics response from a given radio see Time of latest diagnostics poll above paragraph 6 1 17 After that time the application highlights in red that radio s Time Rcvd time The default is 60 seconds Use the and keys of your computer s numeric keypad to change this 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 The number display next to the indicator indicates where the diagnostic program is in the polling process If Sequen is displayed the number indicates which radio number in the list is currently being polled LUMOO03AB RevA 43 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 7 4 Reading Screen 1 This screen is very similar to Screen 0 It provides additional information about the radios such as the status of their data port lines RS 232 only and informa
45. nual V 2 16 1 Introduction This Diagnostics System allows you to monitor the performance of a FreeWave Technologies Multipoint network It helps you identify actual or potential problems quickly and conveniently with little or no interference to the normal operation of the network It also allows you to change remotely most settings of any modem This Diagnostics System includes e AFreeWave Multipoint network e A Computer running a Diagnostics Application e Aconnection between the Diagnostics Computer and the Master radio You may use this Diagnostics System in a Point to point network if you temporarily reprogram it as a Multipoint network LUMOO03AB RevA 4 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 2 Hardware set up To use this application you need to a diagnostics computer able to access the FreeWave network 2 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 it has an extra RS 232 port available and it can run this application simultaneously Data cable Diagnostics Diagnostics Computer Master Master Diagnostics Computer The diagnostics computer s operating system must be Windows 95 NT 4 0 or later Obtain the Diagnostics application DIAG216 exe from FreeWave Technologies either on the Us
46. odem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Length of radio link Total number of disconnects Bytes transmitted se Freq DAIA Dist Num Repl Rep ppm bytes mi Dis N Sg H amp q HO 10 0 starting At Radio Number il 19 99 1 5 71 0 7 0 0 60 15 99 1 5 101 0 7 0 0 454 i7 99 2 6 99 0 7 0 0 58 14 100 0 3 106 0 7 0 1 79 7 3 12 Bytes transmitted DATA bytes This is the number of bytes that this radio generated itself and transmitted since this application started monitoring this radio Since plain Repeaters do not generate data themselves but just repeat data from another radio for them this count is 0 However if this radio is a Slave Repeater this count is just for the data that it transmitted while operating as a Slave 7 3 13 Length of radio link Dist This is the distance between this radio and the radio to which it is directly linked So if this radio is linked directly to the Master this is the distance to the Master Otherwise this is the distance to the first repeater that it uses 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 14 Total number of disconnects Num Dis This is the total number of times that this radio lost its connection to the network since this radio was turne
47. oes ppm bytes km Dis N Sg N Sg N Sg N Sg Revd bo M 46 0 13 45 51 starting At Radio Number Sr 9191812 R2 99 62 100y 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 89 100 13 45 50 9191814 R1 95 32 100 NO 2 0 1 3 0 QO 99 100 13 45 50 9192125 98 70 100 1M4 0 1 2 0 2 98 9 99 13 45 50 9192159 8 92 65 0 1 3 0 1 79 100 13 45 50 Scroll up the List of list of radios all other radios Scroll down the list of radios Ending At Radio Number 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 you give each network a name When you set up this application to monitor that network you can then save your work in a file and typically you would use that network s name as the file name For a new unsaved network this application displays NONAME RAD 7 3 2 System Clock This is the present time of day 7 3 3 Master Radio line This screen displays a line for each radio it monitors The top most line above the bar is for the Master Radio This line displays fewer items than the other lines as a lot of the data are relative to the Master so are meaningless in the context of the Master itself LUMOO03AB RevA 32 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 7 3 4 List of radios Below the bar is a list of all t
48. radio to call If the radio with that Serial Number is accessible by the Master the Application asks it about its settings performance and conditions 6 1 Polling method There are 3 polling methods Random Sequential and manual Initially the Application polls random Serial Numbers this allows the Diagnostics Application to eventually find any radio that is 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 it is far better to just poll the radios that are known to be in the network through Sequential Polling In either case you may manually poll a specific radio if you know its Serial Number 6 1 1 Random Polling There is no menu item for this option Instead you select Random Polling by pressing R on your keyboard The application will poll all the possible Serial Numbers randomly 6 1 2 Sequential Polling There is no menu item for this option Instead you select Sequencial Polling by pressing S on your keyboard 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 your keyboard EditRadia Communication DeleteR adio D FollA adic F ddA adio A Change EPROM C A dialog opens LUMOO03AB Rev A 23 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz
49. re attempting to change a different setting LUMOOO3AB RevA 53 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 This link breaks computer This link breaks computer This link restarts This link breaks computer Master last L Slave This link restarts Slave Edit the Slave Computer This link breaks This link restarts computer This link restarts LUMOO03AB RevA 54 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 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 your keyboard or clicking the scroll bars Select the EditRadio Change EPROM menu or press the C key DeleteRadio D PollRadio P AddRadio A Locate Radio Change EPROM C Reset Disc Count A dialog appears f fi Cancel Enter the number of the setting you want to edit O to 38 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 This application only lets you see and edit 34 of the radio s settings These settings are all available from a single screen instead of a hierarch
50. re shown the 4 radios closest to this radio You can still see the rest of the path first see which radio is listed under the Rep 4 column say it s R 7 then in the Fn column find that repeater R 7 in this example that line will show you the rest of the path from that repeater towards the Master The next drawings show some examples of networks and how they may be numbered LUMOO03AB Rev A 38 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 4 Diagnostics Rep 1 We re looking computer at this radio Master Master Diagnostics Rep 2 Rep 1 We re looking comniiter at this radio Diagnostics Rep 4 Rep 3 Rep2 Repl We re looking computer at this radio Chaser rep Creo en Cer Caen Csee Diagnostics Data on this Rep 4 Rep3 Rep2 Repl We re looking comnuter repeater are at this radio not shown L Creo Gel en Diagnostics Rep 4 Rep 3 Rep2 Repl We re looking comnuter at this radio Chaser ep Cen Cater iter Crer Csee Diagnostics Rep 1 We re looking comnuter at this radio LUMOOO3AB RevA 39 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Each Rp n column has 2 items N number and Sg signal N This is the number of the next repeater down the path For example N 3 means that if you look for whi
51. rn to the Main Menu 3 1 3 Set the Diagnostics rate Now you need to specify the rate at which the Master reports to the Diagnostics Computer This 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 that is every time it 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 some other sort of a link that link s throughput may be insufficient In that case increase this 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 RevA 11 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 You set the Diagnostics rate in the Master This setting has no effect in any other radio 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 Diagnostics data sent every slot Diagnostics data sent every other slot n Diagnostics data sent every nth slot Diagnostics data sent every 63rd slot The factory default is O Diagnostics Off Press 1 or whatever rate you want then press Enter 3 1 4 Assign an IP addres
52. s If you are going to access the Diagnostics of an Ethernet Master Radio directly through UDP IP you will need to assign it an IP address NOTE this IP address is only for diagnostics and is unrelated to the IP address 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 you ll use to access diagnostics Later you ll enter this address in the Chg IP Address menu of the Diagnostics application See the Ethernet addendum for more information 3 2 Set up the other radios in the network If you changed the Master s Min Packet Size you must duplicate that setting in the other radios in the network through their Set Up mode this requires a direct connection to the radio it can t be done 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 RevA 12 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 4 Communications set up with the Master In the Diagnostics computer start the Diagnostics application DIAG216 EXE It will start from Screen 0 with no diagnostics data and with the message No Connection bottom left E E rs j ii j FreeWave Diagnostics 2 16 E IBOX
53. s A E xi AlteF4 The Windows standard Open File dialog opens LUMOO03AB RevA 20 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Open Radio File Look in E Diagnostics Bery rad Honame rad North Field RAD File name NONAME AAD Files of type Fiadio Files Cancel Find and select and open the Network List file you want using standard Windows methods lf you type the file name you don t need to enter the rad extension wee 5 2 Editing a radio s name The only data about a radio that you can edit is its name You do need to know the radio s Serial Number Follow the same procedure used to add a radio and enter the new name 5 3 Deleting a radio If you remove a radio from the network the Diagnostics Application will not automatically remove it from the Network List Instead you must remove it manually To do so you do need to know the radio s Serial Number Select the EditRadio DeleteRadio menu or press D on your keyboard EditRadio Communication DeleteR adio Poll adio P AddA adio A Change EPROM C A dialog opens Radio Seral Number to Delete jag Cancel Enter the radio s seven digit Serial Number Do not enter any other character LUMOO03AB RevA 21 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Click OK
54. settings when you save the Network file see Saving the Network List 4 3 Indirect access through a Terminal Server To access the Master Radio through a Terminal Server you need to e Connect the Master Radio to the Internet through the Terminal Server e Connect the Diagnostics Computer to the Internet e Have the Diagnostics Computer create a connection to the Internet this 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 RevA 16 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 e Start the TCP IP connection Specify the IP address of the Terminal Server with the Communications Chg TCIP Address menu Communication Chg Comm port Close Comm Open Comm Chg IF Address Connect TCPIP Connect UDP Close TCP UDP Connect Via Dialup Modem A dialog opens New IP Address 74 247 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 you connected the diagnostics data and click OK If you are using a Y diagnostics cable that is the port to which you connected the end labeled Diagnostics Computer Establish the IP connection with the Communications Connect TCPIP menu LUMOO03AB RevA 17 of 62
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56. tion on their operating environment Some fields in this screen are the same as in Screen 0 so this section describes only the fields that are unique to Screen 1 For information on the other fields see Section 6 1 Supply Subic Oy Modem Radio ID ID Rev Freq Data Dist Temp YTG temperature ppm bytes mi F Y 30207 V79 0 91 14 9 8E Starting At Radio Number 30207 V73 1 8 71 0 8 84 13 7 30207 V73 1 4 101 0 7 66 13 1 29968 V79 2 6 99 0 7 86 13 5 29953 79 0 1 106 0 7 88 14 9 7 4 1 Radio ID ID This is the radio ID that was set with this radio s Set Up mode multipoint settings menu D sub menu You may use this number to identify the radio s site or to track a device connected to it The default is 65535 7 4 2 Firmware Revision Rev This is an indirect indication of the version of the firmware installed in this radio Freewave technical support can convert this number to the actual revision level 7 4 3 Radio temperature Temp This is the operating temperature of this radio The units are degrees Celsius default or Fahrenheit use the Show Metric km C menu to select Celsius and the Show American mi F menu to select Fahrenheit All FreeWave radios are 100 tested for operation over a temperature range of 40 C to 75C 40F to 167F LUMOO03AB Rev A 44 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16
57. 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 neither here nor in the Main Manual They are only useful to a FreeWave Technologies technician 6 Xtal Tune 60 T SlicerThreshold 150 ob Frequency 131 a re ee Cc LUMOO03AB RevA 56 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 8 3 3 Settings that appear different from the Set UP menu The following settings are the same as when using the Set UP mode but the numbers displayed are different See the Main Manual for information of what these settings mean Here we just describe how they are set differently from the Set Up menu 8 3 3 1 Baud Rate Baud rate is set using two parameters 1 Baud Rate and 2 Baud High Byte Baud Rate Set up Menu Diagnostics setting setting 2 Baud High Byte 1 Baud Rate 1 1200 e E S a E zawo o o f gt 8 3 3 2 RS232 Mode po 8None 1 0 y 0 O po Even 1 Odd S S 2 3 8 None 2 3 y 6 ven fe 8 3 3 3 MODBus RTU MODBus RTU Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting Enabled EO a ee Disabled O 255 8 3 3 4 Xmit Power LUMOOO3AB RevA 57 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 8 3 3 5 RTS CTS Control RTS CTS Control Set up Menu setting Diagnostics setting Enabled Dis
58. ually from the list 5 1 1 Adding a radio automatically Once the Diagnostics Application has established a connection with the Master Radio it begins compiling a list of the radios in its network automatically As it finds a radio it adds that radio to its Network List in the order that it finds them As it discovers that a radio is a Repeater it assigns it a R number in the order that it finds them It also assigns all the radios a default name New Radio The Application finds radios in two ways e If a radio happens to communicate within the network the Diagnostics Application notices it and it to the list e If you selected Random polling the Diagnostics Application keeps on generating random Serial Numbers and asks the Master to call them If a radio by that Serial Number happens to be in the network and it responds to the call the Diagnostics Application notices it and it to the list This allows the Diagnostics Application to eventually find any radio that is capable of communicating with the Master The Diagnostics Application starts in the Random polling mode Random Polling is an inefficient way to poll the network s radios because there are 10 000 000 possible Serial Numbers and the network has relatively few radios So once the list of radios is complete it is far better to just poll the radios that are known to be in the network by selecting the Sequential Polling mode 9 1 2 Adding a radio manually You
59. ve it LUMOOO3AB RevA 46 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 oo FreeWare Diagnostics 7 02a File EditRadia Communication Show E 4D settings Dem A Serial number and 4 Remote Rad name of this modem tare UP scroll bar Serial H Name 9060510 Rep 1 0 Modem Mode 7T Repeater 1 Master Repeat 1 Baud Rate 24 18 Max Slave Retr At the bottom this screen displays the order of this radio within the radio list of the previous screens Specifically 0 refers to the Master DOWN scroll bar Radic Number Number of Radios 4 Alarm Time 60 Sec Update 10 Ral comi Opened 7 5 2 Settings display Initially this application uses XXX for the value of each setting 123 0 Modem Mode XXX 1 Baud Rate XXX 2 Baud High Byte XXX Then as the radio reports a setting the application displays its value 9060510 0 Modem Mode T Repeater 1 Baud Rate 24 l 2 Baud High Byte O BaudRate 19200 3 R5232 Mode 0 6 H 1 i This process is slower if the network is transferring a lot of data You can request that this radio reports its settings more rapidly by pressing P on the diagnostics computer keyboard Each setting is marked with a number O to 38 This screen handles only the most important 34 settings At the bottom right this screen shows which setting is presently being updated LUMOOO3AB RevA 47 of 62 FreeWave Technolo
60. y of menus Three of these settings are not editable and are not reported in the Set up mode You enter the Radio ID with 3 bytes instead of 4 decimal digits Some settings appear different in this Application than they do in the Set up menu LUMOO03AB RevA 55 of 62 FreeWave Technologies 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Spread Spectrum Modem Multipoint Diagnostics Manual V 2 16 Please refer to the Main Manual for an explanation of the significance of each setting displayed in this screen and what values are acceptable for each setting 8 3 1 Risky changes Changing certain parameters through this application is somewhat risky as you may not be able to reestablish communication and therefore you may not undo a change as you could if you had direct access to the radio through its Set Up mode 20 DTR Connect XXX 1 Baud Rate XXX 1 Repeater Freq 2 Baud High Byte HAN LowPower 3 R5232 Mode XXX 3 PPS Enable 4 MODBus RTU xxx 24 Slave Repeater xXx 5 Retry Timeout XXX 25 Master Syne XXX Network ID High Network ID Low SubNet ID Freqkey 29 Radio ID High xxx Max Packet Size 30 Radio ID low XXX RF Data Rate 31 Freq Table XXX Min Packet Size 3 32 Diagnostics XXX 13 Xmit Power XXX 33 Radio ID Super XXX 14 RTS CTS Control XXX KAA 15 Hop table size XXX 35 High Noise XXX bo Number Repeaters XXX 36 Turn On Delay XXX 17 Master Repeat XXX 37 Turn Off Delay XXX 18 Max Slave Retry XXX XXX 19 Retry Odds HAN 8 3 2 Xtal

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