User's Manual

APPENDIXE
TROUBLESHOOTING
Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX E-1 ESTeem Horizon Series
TestingCommunication Link
Afteryouhave configuredatleasttwooftheHorizonwirelessEthernetmodemsforoperation,youcanverifycommunicationwith
eachthefollowingsteps:
StatusLight
ThequickestsourceoflinkstatusistoviewtheStatus
LEDonthefaceoftheHorizon(Figure1).IftheStatus
lightissol
id,theHorizonhasaconnectiontoanother
HorizonlistedinthePeerTable.
StatusScreen/PeerTable
To view detailed information on the status of the
communicationlink(suchasconnectionspeed,signal
strength and last update time) you can open the
StatusScreenfromthe WebInterface.Afterpressthe
Statustabatth
etopofthescreentheStatus:SummarywillbedisplayedshowingthestatusofallportsandmemoryintheHorizon.
UndertheWirel ess StatusheadingclickontheViewPeerTable(Figure2).
Peers‐The Peer Table will
display all connected
Horizons configured as a
Peer link to thisESTeemby
theirWireless (WLAN)MAC
address.
Received Signal Strength
The AntSignal column will
display the receive signal
strengthforeachofthetwo
antenna ports.The first
antenna portis listed asA1
while the second (receive
only) port is listed as A2.
You may receive a signal
level on A2 although no
antenna is attached.This
signalstrengthvalueisli
sted
indBm.
LastRXandDataRateThis
is the time of the last
receiveddatapacket.When
monitoringthestatusmenu,itisimportanttonotethetimethelasttransmissionwasupdatedsoyouarenotlookingat“stale”
data.Avalueof 0inthetimerepresentsacurrent(lessthan1second)receivevalue.Thecurrentdatarateofthela
stdatapacket
receivedwillalsobeshownbytheHorizon.Thespeedisdisplaye dinMbps.Forexample,inFigure 2aLastRxvalueof0@72.2
representsanRFpacketreceivedwithinthelastsecondrunningat72.2Mbps.
Figure1:ConnectionStatusLight
Figure2:PeerStatus