Specifications

60GHzand80GHzProductsNMSManual
10 58000511rev.F
4.2 AR,GE,FERateSetup
The‘AdaptRate’optionisavailableonFE80UorFE60U(usingGigEtrial modeoruponARupgrade)
andARproductsonly.Thisfeatureallowsforthelinktooperatein1000Mbps(GE)modeand
temporarilyswitchto100Mbps(FE)modetoovercomefadingconditionscausedbysevererain
events.ThisparametercanalsobeusedtodisabletheAdaptRatefeatureandmanuallyforcethelink
tooperateinFEorGEmodeonly.
UsethefollowingstepstoconfiguretheradioInterface(FEUandARproductsonly):
1. Connecttothewebmanagementinterfaceofthe‘HighBand’unit,andselectthe‘Setup’
tab.TheLowbandradiowillfollowthesettingsoftheHighbandradio
2. Underthe‘AdaptRateSetup’sectionselectthedesired‘OperationMode’fromthe
followingoptions:
AdapRate(Default)–Allowsforautomaticswitchingfrom1000Mbps(GE)modeto
100Mbps(FE)modewhentheReceiveSignalLevel(RSL)dropsto–57dBmorbelow.
ThelinkwillautomaticallyreturntoGEmodewhentheRSLhasreached–55dBmor
higher.
1000Mbps–SelectingthisoptionfixesthelinktooperateinGigabitEthernet(GE)
modeonly.
100Mbps–SelectingthisoptionfixesthelinktooperateinFastEthernet(FE)mode
only.
The‘AdaptRate’‘OperationMode’parameterisconfiguredon
FEUandARHighBandunits.Theoptionisadisplayonly
parameteronLowBandUnits.LowBandunitsderive the
operationalmodefromtheHighBandunits.FEandGE
productsarefixedto100Mbpsor1000Mbpsmodesonly.This
stepcanbeskippedforfixedmodeFEandGEproducts.
AnARorupgradedFEUproductcanbeusedasasparefor
anFEorGEunitofthesamefrequencyandband.However,
the‘OperationM ode’mustbemanuallysettotheappropriate
modewhenusedasaspare.Thiswillpreventtheunitfrom
adaptivelychangingmodes,whichwilldropthelink causinga
networkoutage.
3. Ifthecalibrationprocedurewasperformedduringthehardwareinstallationmakesurethe
‘InstallationAutoCalibration’optionhasbeendisabled.RefertoSection 4.1 toperform
acalibrationfromthewebinterface.