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5.2 Network Configuration Menus

Parameter

R/W

Description

A) IP Configuration

Access the IP Configuration menu to set the IP Address, Netmask,
and Gateway IP Address.

B) SNMP Agent
Configuration

Access the SNMP Agent Configuration Menu.

Ethernet Address

R

Displays the hardware MAC address for the Ethernet port.

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Summary of Contents for TD220X

Page 1: ...TD220X_manual_v8 doc Page 1 of 48 1 27 2017 GE MDS TD220X Manual Version 8 ...

Page 2: ...3 Upgrade the Firmware 8 4 3 1 Introduction 8 4 3 2 Installing TD220X Firmware by TFTP 8 4 3 3 Upload Procedure 9 4 4 Set Up a GPS Base Unit 9 4 5 Set Up a PTP Base Unit 10 4 6 Set Up an OTA Mobile Unit 10 4 7 Perform Test Polling 11 4 8 Perform Field Survey 18 4 8 1 Set up the Base System 18 4 8 2 Set up the Mobile System 21 5 Menu Interface 24 5 1 Main Menu 26 5 2 Network Configuration Menus 27 ...

Page 3: ...io should be properly grounded at the time of installation In addition the installer or maintainer should follow proper ESD precautions such as touching a bare metal object to dissipate body charge prior to touching components or connecting disconnecting cables 1 3 FCC Approval Notice This device is offered as a licensed transmitter per FCC Parts 80 90 and 95 It is approved for use under the follo...

Page 4: ... table for assistance in setting the output power and selecting an antenna to maintain compliance The table provides examples however other combinations can be used Radio Power Setting ERP Maximum Antenna Gain 2 W 4 W 3 dBd 5 2 dBi 4 W 4 W 0 dBd 2 2 dBi 2 W 20 W 10dBd 12 2 dBi 10 W 20 W 3 dBd 5 2 dBi 20 W 20 W 0 dBd 2 2 dBi 1 6 Industry Canada ICES 003 and RSS 119 Pending This Class A digital appa...

Page 5: ...e radio installation typically uses either GPS or PTP timing and a mobile radio typically uses OTA to synchronize to the wireless transmissions of a base radio Radios configured for GPS timing must be connected to an external GPS unit to receive NMEA sentence information and the PPS signal Radios configured for PTP timing will interact with a PTP Grandmaster Clock over the Ethernet port using IEEE...

Page 6: ...ved 7 GND Input Output 8 COM2_DCD Output 9 COM3_CTS Input Reserved 10 COM3_RTS Output Reserved 11 COM3_DTR Output Reserved 12 COM3_RXD Input Reserved 13 GND Input Output 14 ETH_TX_H Output 15 ETH_TX_L Output 16 ETH_RX_H Input 17 ETH_RX_L Input 18 EXT_KEY Output Reserved 19 EXT_DET Input Reserved 20 COM2_DTR Input 21 ALARM_OUT Output Reserved 22 GPS_PPS_L Input Not Connected 23 GPS_PPS_H Input TTL ...

Page 7: ...onnector Pin Signal Name Direction with respect to MDS Equipment Description 1 L PWR Input 13 8 VDC input 7 Amps maximum 2 R GROUND Input Power return The pin orientation as looking into the connector is shown below Consult the following table to determine how much current is required for receiving or transmitting vs input voltage and RF power output Voltage V RF Power Out W Duty Cycle Current Req...

Page 8: ...on with any node whose IP Address begins with 10 4 If a message is bound for a node outside of the 10 4 network it will be sent to the Gateway IP address instead so that it can be placed from the radio s subnet onto another subnet 1 Log in to the radio on its COM1 console using a serial terminal emulator program 2 Go to the IP Configuration menu 3 Set the IP address of the radio plus the Netmask a...

Page 9: ...X radio Note the uploaded firmware image file replaces the Inactive Image file and be automatically verified 6 Reboot the TD220X radio 7 Test the radio for normal operation 8 End of procedure 4 4 Set Up a GPS Base Unit 1 If not already done complete steps from 4 2 above 2 Connect the RS 232 NMEA serial data output from the GPS receiver to the Base Radio via the radio s COM2 port Drive serial data ...

Page 10: ...slot delay as necessary This number multiplied by 125ms represents the slot delay allowed from when a timing marker is sent to the Communication Manager to when a data message must be received from the Communication Manager For most cases the default value of 2 should suffice 16 Go to the Maintenance Tools menu 17 Verify the Ethernet Link using the Ping utility 18 Begin sending UDP data 19 Verify ...

Page 11: ...as shown in the following diagram Note this is for bench testing only i e not for sensitivity testing Sensitivity testing requires complete RF isolation or mixed operation to prevent the leakage path from being the dominant RF path between units For bench testing use attenuation so that the signal level at every unit that is participating is around 70 to 50 dBm Test Polling Setup TD220X Base Set f...

Page 12: ...0 F STFP Epoch Size 6 sec G STFP Slot Delay 2 H STFP Send OTA Beacon enabled I Timing Signal Timeout 60 Seconds Select a letter to configure an item ESC for the prev menu Radio Configuration Menu A Transmit Frequency 219 000000 MHz B Transmit Frequency 219 000000 MHz C Output Power 2 W D Enable External PA enabled E Max Message Age 60 sec F Force Tx Key Normal TX Key Timeout 5 sec Select a letter ...

Page 13: ...nal Timeout 60 Seconds Select a letter to configure an item ESC for the prev menu Radio Configuration Menu A Transmit Frequency 219 000000 MHz B Transmit Frequency 219 000000 MHz C Output Power 2 W D Enable External PA enabled E Max Message Age 60 sec F Force Tx Key Normal TX Key Timeout 5 sec Select a letter to configure an item ESC for the prev menu 6 Reboot the Mobile 7 Obtain the TD220X Poller...

Page 14: ...s 0 Type 8 00 RW 1 Ver 8 09 RW 2 Radio ID 32 00000000 RW 4 Timeslot ts 07 RW 5 TX Freq MHz 32 30323139 RW 6 TX Freq kHz 24 303030 RW 7 TX Freq Hz 24 303030 RW 8 RX Freq MHz 32 30323139 RW 9 RX Freq kHz 24 303030 RW 10 RX Freq Hz 24 303030 RW 11 RSSI rs 120 RW 12 Length l4 00000000 RO 13 Seq No sn 00 RW 14 Data nt 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678 901234...

Page 15: ...ur base radio Note Set GPS Serial Port to None to prevent the utility opening a serial port 10 Click Start Polling and observe the message counts and sequence number increment The test will show 100 success if all messages sent to the base radio were transmitted over the air received by the mobile radio and forwarded back to the Poller ...

Page 16: ...TD220X_manual_v8 doc Page 16 of 48 1 27 2017 11 The TX Message tab updates as messages are sent to the base radio 12 The RX Message tab updates as messages are received from the mobile radio ...

Page 17: ...age 17 of 48 1 27 2017 13 The Timeslot Map tab updates as messages are sent and received to show the distribution of messages across the available timeslots Note Only 48 timeslots are shown supporting up to a 6 second epoch ...

Page 18: ...it power setting 4 Ensure you have a license to operate the radios and in the configuration settings below ensure the frequency setting matches your license 5 Run the Poller application on a PC at the fixed base location setting it up according to the screen shots below 6 Once the Base Radio is set up properly start polling Notes Set the IP address to that of the Base Radio Set GPS Serial Port to ...

Page 19: ...y is adequately painted however setting it below 500 ms or so may exceed the transmit duty cycle of the radio and or overflow the radio s input buffer and should be avoided Setting Stop After polls to zero causes the base Poller to continue transmitting messages indefinitely Parse Response can be set to No as the base Poller will transmit only ...

Page 20: ...ake sure the transmit power is appropriate for the survey you are undertaking 2 Watts shown above is the minimum power the radio puts out stand alone With an external PA the radio is set to 2 Watts and the PA is adjusted to obtain the desired transmit power level The power setting is in hex so 25 Watts would be entered as 19 for example ...

Page 21: ...r application as shown in the following screen shots 6 When you start the test from the Mobile Poller application use the Start Receiving button instead of the Start Polling button This puts the utility into receive only mode Notes You should set the mobile Poller to send to the portable PC s IP address or 127 0 0 1 and an unused port like 55555 because the mobile radio is not intended to transmit...

Page 22: ...TD220X_manual_v8 doc Page 22 of 48 1 27 2017 Notes Set the mobile Poller s Stop After polls value to zero to cause it to run until stopped manually Set the mobile Poller s Parse Response field to Yes ...

Page 23: ...TD220X_manual_v8 doc Page 23 of 48 1 27 2017 Notes Make sure the RX Message tab looks like this This tab is set up via the TD220X_Poller parms file as shown above ...

Page 24: ...TD220X_manual_v8 doc Page 24 of 48 1 27 2017 5 Menu Interface Login with user name admin and password admin ...

Page 25: ...startup and or internal RF deck reprogramming Operational when functioning Alarmed when error condition s exist Location R User configured location for this radio Set this from the Device Names menu Serial Number R The manufacturer s serial number for this radio Set only in the factory Uptime R Elapsed time since the radio was started Current Firmware R The version number of the currently operatin...

Page 26: ...Enable and access the Force TX Key function E GPS Configuration Set up the GPS NMEA and PPS connections F PTP Configuration Set up the Precision Time Protocol PTP configuration G Security Configuration Set up how the radio may be accessed H Statistics Logging Obtain historical and current statistics about the radio s payload performance and access STFP Logging configuration I Device Information Se...

Page 27: ...us Parameter R W Description A IP Configuration Access the IP Configuration menu to set the IP Address Netmask and Gateway IP Address B SNMP Agent Configuration Access the SNMP Agent Configuration Menu Ethernet Address R Displays the hardware MAC address for the Ethernet port ...

Page 28: ... use for its Ethernet interface B IP Netmask R W The subnet mask for the network this radio is part of C IP Gateway R W The IP address of the gateway that will pass traffic from the radio s subnet to nodes on other networks Note The IP Address and IP Gateway must be on the same subnet or a Network Interface error will occur ...

Page 29: ... string can be between 8 and 30 alphanumeric characters F SNMP Mode R W This specifies the mode of operation of the SNMP Agent Choices are disabled v1_only v2_only v3_only v1 v2 and v1 v2 v3 If the mode is disabled then the Agent will not respond to any SNMP traffic If the mode is v1_only v2_only or v3_only then the Agent will only respond to that version of SNMP traffic If the mode is v1 v2 or v1...

Page 30: ...MP Trap Manager 2 R W Specifies an SNMP Manager on the network that traps will be sent to L SNMP Trap Manager 3 R W Specifies an SNMP Manager on the network that traps will be sent to M SNMP Trap Manager 4 R W Specifies an SNMP Manager on the network that traps will be sent to ...

Page 31: ...to receive STFP messages from the radio F STFP Epoch Size R W This is the number of seconds constituting an epoch Valid values are 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 and 30 The number of timeslots equals 8 times the epoch size chosen Note This parameter must match for all radios communicating G STFP Slot Delay R W This is the number of slots 125ms each in advance that the radio will request data from the Com...

Page 32: ...e an STFP message has been received C Output Power R W The RF Output Power from 2 to 25 Watts with which the radio transmits Note STFP messages specify the power to be used when transmitting This parameter is ignored once an STFP message has been received D Enable External PA R W If enabled the radio ignores per message power values specified by STFP and forces transmissions at the 2 Watt power le...

Page 33: ... Configuration Menu Parameter R W Description A GPS NMEA Baud Rate R W This is the Baud Rate used on the radio port to receive NMEA Sentences B GPS PPS Polarity R W Indicates if the TTL PPS Pulse is Active High Positive Pulse or Active Low Negative Pulse ...

Page 34: ... This IP Port is used by the radio to receive messages from the PTP grandmaster Clock B PTP Transmit Address R W This is the IP Address of the PTP Grandmaster Clock to which the radio will send PTP messages C PTP Transmit Port R W This is the IP Port of the PTP Grandmaster Clock to which the radio will send PTP messages ...

Page 35: ...dification of the admin password F SNMP Mode R W This specifies the mode of operation of the SNMP Agent Choices are disabled v1_only v2_only v3_only v1 v2 and v1 v2 v3 If the mode is disabled then the Agent will not respond to any SNMP traffic If the mode is v1_only v2_only or v3_only then the Agent will only respond to that version of SNMP traffic If the mode is v1 v2 or v1 v2 v3 then the Agent w...

Page 36: ...acket Statistics Access the Wireless Packet Statistics menu where you can view the number of messages passed over the air C Ethernet Packet Statistics Access the Ethernet Packet Statistics menu where you can view the number of messages passed via Ethernet D Event Log Access the Event Log menu where you can view the radio s log of system events and alarms ...

Page 37: ...iption A STFP Log Enable R W If enabled the radio will send UDP messages to a logging host B STFP Log Server R W The IP address to send UDP messages for logging STFP traffic C STFP Log Server Port R W The IP port number to send UDP messages for logging STFP traffic ...

Page 38: ...ed by the radio before sending There can be various reasons for this For example an STFP message could not be properly decoded by the radio or a message could not be transmitted because the radio is in an alarm state Tx Crc Errors R The number of packets to be transmitted over the air that were dropped by the radio before sending because the STFP CRC did not match Rx Beacons R The number of beacon...

Page 39: ...received over Ethernet Bytes Sent R The number of bytes for all packets transmitted over Ethernet Packets Dropped R The number of packets that were dropped due to the Ethernet interface being busy Receive Errors R The number of messages received over Ethernet that did not decode properly Lost Carrier Detected R The number of times a message could not be sent over Ethernet because the cable was unp...

Page 40: ... Address given by Event Log Host Address E Event Log Host Address R W The IP Address of the server that will accept TFTP transfer of the Event Log F Event Log Filename R W The file name on the server for the event log G TFTP Timeout R W If the radio cannot reach the TFTP server it waits this long before giving up at each step in the process H Syslog Server Address R W As events and alarms occur in...

Page 41: ...R The number of elapsed hours minutes and seconds since the radio last rebooted Date R The Date from the GPS receiver Time R The Time from the GPS receiver A Date Format R W Change how the date and time are displayed B Console Baud Rate R W The serial port rate the console will communicate at C Device Names Access the Device Names menu where you can modify the user programmable name strings for th...

Page 42: ... can enter a nickname for this radio B Contact R W Free form field where you can indicate who to contact in case the radio needs service C Location R W Free form field where you can describe the site at which the radio is installed D Description R W Free form field where you can enter details describing this radio ...

Page 43: ...rogramming menu where you can upgrade the radio s firmware B Configuration Scripts Access the Configuration Scripts menu where you can save and restore the radio s configuration to and from a text file via a TFTP server C Ping Utility Access the Ping Utility menu where you can confirm Ethernet communications with one or more hosts ...

Page 44: ... the TFTP server it waits this long before giving up at each step in the process D Retrieve File Command the radio to request the firmware image from the TFTP server E Image Verify Command the radio to perform a check of the firmware image in memory F Image Copy Command the radio to copy the active firmware image to the inactive position G Reboot Device Command the radio to restart using one of th...

Page 45: ... R W If the radio cannot reach the TFTP server it waits this long before giving up at each step in the process D Retrieve File Command the radio to get the file from the TFTP server E Send File Command the radio to send the file to the TFTP server Configuration scripts are used to store and duplicate radio settings To use this facility send the configuration file from a radio to the TFTP server It...

Page 46: ...ion A Address to Ping R W The IP address of the network host to which you will send test messages B Count R W The number of test messages you will send C Packet Size R W The number of Bytes each test message will contain D Ping Command the radio to begin the ping test ...

Page 47: ...second Try switching the PPS Polarity setting on the GPS Configuration Menu Alarm NMEA Data Invalid The radio is not receiving valid NMEA GGA Sentences Verify that the NMEA Baud rate is set correctly and verify that the GPS is outputting ASCII GGA sentences and no others if possible Alarm OTA Sync Lost The radio has lost over the air synchronization because it is no longer receiving wireless beaco...

Page 48: ...1 T Mayo Updated screenshots for the Poller application Added a section on field surveying using the Poller application 5 2 28 2011 T Mayo Removed references to Parm Poller the old name for TD220X Poller 6 3 7 2011 K Tuttle Added the Upgrading the Firmware section 7 6 6 2011 T Mayo Adjusted parts of the bench and field test sections to make configuration more foolproof 8 5 15 2012 T Mayo Added inf...

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