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
Configuration
50 AWE 120-24 Installation & Configuration Guide
3. Press the arrow keys to select the desired mode: Normal mode, Transmit mode, Receive mode, or RSSI
mode.
4. Press
Enter. The screen clears, and the Mode LED on the unit is ON. The color of the Mode LED
indicates the current mode: Normal Mode = off, Transmit Test = red, Receive Test = green and
RSSI Test = orange.
5. To exit a mode, briefly disconnect the power or press and hold the Mode button on the rear panel of the
unit. The Mode LED goes off (Normal mode) and the Login menu is displayed.
Note: The operating mode can also be set with the Mode button on the back of the AWE. See Setting
Operating Mode with the Mode Button, page 104 for more information.
General Equipment Setup for Performing RF Tests
The general equipment setup is shown below. The specific setup depends on the test you want to run.
• To perform the Normal Mode (Link Monitor) test you need to connect a PC to either the base
station or a remote unit.
• To perform the Transmit Test or Receive Test you need at least one base station with PC, a remote
station with PC, and an RF link between units. See Establishing a Basic RF Link, page 20 for instructions
about establishing an RF link.
• To perform the RSSI test you need a PC for the unit that will transmit. The receiving unit does not
require a PC. You can also run this test with the Mode button.
General Equipment Setup
Before you run any tests, you should set the number of test minutes, as descibed below in Setting Test Mode
Timer Minutes, page 51.
Base Unit
Remote Unit
PC PC
RS-232
Serial
Cable
RS-232
Serial
Cable
COM
Port
COM
Port
Air
Mode Wire Power
Air
Mode Wire Power
To Serial PortTo Serial Port
2 m
minimum