User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Important Information
- Notices
- Description
- Installation
- Configuration
- Overview
- Accessing the Main Menu
- Configuring with the Main Menu
- Unit Identification
- Hardware/Software Revision
- System Software ROM Images
- System Current Status
- Network Configuration
- IP Filter Configuration
- RF Station Configuration
- Viewing Current RF Station Configuration
- Setting the Operating Mode
- General Equipment Setup for Performing RF Tests
- Setting Test Mode Timer Minutes
- Performing Link Monitor Test (Normal Mode)
- Performing Transmit and Receive Tests
- Performing the RSSI Test
- Setting the RF Transmit Status
- Setting the Link Monitor Period
- Setting Maximum Remote Distance (Base Station Only)
- Setting Link Monitor Remote Station Rank
- Adjusting Throttling (Remote Station Only)
- Setting Tx Power Automatically (Remote Station Only)
- Adjusting User Output Power Ceiling (Remote Station Only)
- Setting Signal Margin (Remote Station Only)
- Viewing Current Output Power Level Adjust
- Radio Module Configuration
- Viewing the Radio Module Configuration
- Setting Config Test Minutes
- Setting the Station Type
- Setting the Station Rank
- Setting the Center Frequency
- Setting Security Passwords
- Setting the Scrambling Code
- Setting the Acquisition Code
- Adjusting the Tx Power Level
- Setting a Base to Repeater Mode (Base Station Only)
- Setting System Symmetry Type (Base Station Only)
- Setting Dynamic Polling Level (Base Station Only)
- Setting Remote Unit RF Group
- Rebooting and Saving RF Module Configurations
- RF/Ethernet Statistics
- System Security
- System Commands
- Link Monitor Display
- Logout
- Setting Operating Mode with the Mode Button
- Command Line Interface
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix A: Planning Your Wireless Link
- Appendix B: Using HyperTerminal
- Appendix C: Configuring a Simple Data Network
- Appendix D: SNMP
- Appendix E: Technical Reference Information
- Appendix F: Menu Map
- Appendix G: Upgrading Software
- Glossary
- Index
Installation
20 AWE 120-24 Installation & Configuration Guide
10. Select Logout to exit or press Esc.
Note: At this time you may want finish configuring the unit according to the network plan. See Configuration,
page 29 for instructions about viewing and changing various settings.
4 Bench Test Units
In this section, you will perform the following tasks.
• Ensure that a basic RF link exists between a base station and a remote unit
• Test the ability of the link to carry test data
• Perform a simple network test
Establishing a Basic RF Link
This test ensures that a basic RF link exists between a base station and a remote unit.
Tip: Configure one unit as a base station, then use it to test all the remote units.
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To establish a basic RF link
1. Ensure that one unit is configured to a base station, select a center frequency and set the test minutes.
See Configuring a Base Station, page 15.
2. Ensure that the other unit(s) are configured as remote units and with the center frequency the same as
the base station. See Configuring a Remote Unit, page 18.
3. Place the base station and a remote unit at least two meters apart with a clear line of sight between
antennas. For directional antennas, point antennas toward each other. For a dipole antenna, orient the
antenna vertically.
! Important
The quality of your digital data transmission depends greatly on the quality of your RF
link. Always try to establish a high-quality RF link first. A high-quality RF link will
result in high-quality data transmissions and a low BER. A low-quality RF link will result
in low-quality data transmissions and a high bit error rate (BER). Digital data can always
be sent across a high-quality RF link. If the RF link is of poor quality, data either cannot
be sent at all or will contain too many errors to be useful..