User Manual

SPEEDLAN 9000 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Version 3.03

Using SPEEDView 8-13

Then, select the node where you want to send the test message and click

Send. The remote node automatically echoes the message back to the

originating node.

If successful, you will see your message flash (in blue) on the network diagram.

This indicates a successful round trip of the data.

Note: If someone is monitoring the remote node with another instance of

SPEEDView, he will also see your message appear (in a mesh network).

• Trace: (This button appears for mesh networks only.) Click this button to trace

the data flow between the node pair or link. To set up a trace route, select the

destination node. (The node you are connected to is the source.) Then, choose

Trace. You will see the links chosen by the routing algorithm in order to send

data from the source node to the destination node. The screen shot on the

Main tab with a mesh network (Mesh Network, page 8-7) displays a trace

route --> .

• Signal: Click this button to display the signal strength. Higher values show

stronger received signal strength. The values range from 1-255.

• Rate: Click this button to view the signaling rate (in Mb/s).

Note: Multi-sel:

(This button is used for iPAQs only.) All Windows operating systems will

use the standard Ctrl key command to select more than one node.) This button allows

iPAQ users to select more than one node. To deselect nodes, simply click anywhere on

the white screen of the Main tab. Alternatively (and for Windows operating systems),

you can deselect any individual node by clicking on that node. This button is useful

when setting up “blocked” paths (under the Link menu), or “hiding” nodes (under the

Node menu).

Note: If you right-click on the white area in the network diagram, a pop-up submenu

will appear displaying short-cut features depending on the type of network selected.

Figure 8-9: Shortcut pop-up menu

Show All Link Stats

Clear Stats Window

Bandwidth Test

Ping Test

Block

Unblock

Refresh

For star and point to point

For star, point to point, and mesh

For mesh

For all