Motorola RFS Series, System Reference Manual

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4. Highlight an existing neighbor and click the Edit button to launch a screen designed to modify the self
healing action and/or neighbors for the radio. For more information, see Editing the Properties of a
Neighbor on page 5-55 .
5. Select the Remove Neighbors button to remove all neighbors from the selected radio’s neighbor list.
6. Click the Detect Neighbors button to auto-determine neighbors for the radios.
Enabling this feature automatically makes each radio disassociate with their attached MUs, clear the
current neighbor list and move into detection mode to detect neighboring radios.
Neighbor detection works best if all radios are configured and adopted. Starting the automatic neighbor
detection feature disassociates MUs and clears the current neighbor configuration.
5.6.1.1 Editing the Properties of a Neighbor
Use the Edit screen to specify the neighbor of a selected radio and the action the radio performs in the event
its neighbor radio fails.
To edit the properties of a neighbor:
1. Select Services > Self Healing from the main menu tree.
2. Select the Neighbor Details tab.
Action Displays the self healing action configured for the radio. Options include:
• Raise Power - The transmit power of the radio is increased when a neighbor
radio is not functioning as expected.
• Open Rates - Radio rates are decreased to support all rates when a neighbor
radio is not functioning as expected.
• Both - Increases power and increases rates when a neighbor radio is not
functioning as expected.
• None - No action is taken when a neighbor radio is not functioning as expected.
Neighbor Radio
Index Displays the indexes of the radio’s neighbors.
NOTE: The Detect Neighbors button is enabled only when the Enable Neighbor
Recovery checkbox is selected from within the Configuration tab. Ensure this option has
been enabled before trying to detect neighbors.