User's Guide

Antenna Tuning
BC|Commander version 11.9 and higher, when viewing the Live Mesh, has the ability to monitor the quali-
ty of a single wireless connection between two BreadCrumbs for the purpose of antenna tuning aka an-
tenna peaking. The “Antenna Tune” option is available from the context menu in the Peer table.
Before attempting antenna tuning, verify that BC|Commander is viewing the Live Mesh. If BC|Commander
is currently viewing the mesh through a BC|Connector, switch to a Live Mesh view with the menu selection
Mesh… Live Mesh. For more information on BC|Connectors, see BC|Connectors.
Steps to bring up the Antenna Tuning window:
• Select a BreadCrumb in the BreadCrumb table.
• The Peers tab now displays the peers of this BreadCrumb and the network device of each peer con-
nection.
• Right-click the row of a peer connection in the Peers tab and select “Antenna Tune” from the context
menu. This context menu option will only be enabled for wireless connections.
• The Antenna Tune dialog will appear and begin to graph SNR, Signal and Cost as reported by the
BreadCrumb and the selected peer, over the wlan link stated in the peer row.