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Technical

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Page 2: ... to Web Interface 15 2 2 6 Interface Description 17 2 2 7 Command execution 18 2 2 8 Initial configuration with Web GUI 20 2 3 Command line 24 2 4 RSSI LED functional discription 24 3 Main Web GUI sections 26 3 1 Main page 26 3 2 Spectrum analysis 28 3 3 Diagnostics data 29 3 4 Alarm status 30 4 Detailed configuration in Web graphic user interface 31 4 1 Main configuration 31 4 1 1 Radio configura...

Page 3: ...2 5 Adaptive Equalizer 66 5 2 6 Performance management commands 69 5 3 Ethernet modem statistics 69 5 4 Ethernet switch statistics 71 6 Miscellaneous Controls in Web Graphic User Interface 74 6 1 Configuration File 74 6 2 Command Line 76 6 3 File System 77 6 4 Security Commands 78 7 SAF FreeMile FODU Discovery Protocol 80 7 1 SAF FreeMile FODU Discovery Procedure 80 7 2 Discovery Protocol Performa...

Page 4: ...thority to operate the equipment Copyright Notice Copyright 2012 SAF Tehnika JSC All rights reserved 1 Overview This document briefly describes the SAF FreeMile series Full Outdoor Unit FODU covering the built in management system configuration functionality hardware features etc 1 1 SAF FreeMile Full Outdoor Units SAF FreeMile product family is new next generation product line which is targeting ...

Page 5: ...5W power consumption ACM with QoS four priority queues 802 1Q VLAN support 1 2 2 Mechanical Features Compact unit 230x230x85mm 2 0 kg Figure 1 1 SAF FreeMile Full Outdoor Unit 1 2 3 Interfaces Management SAF FreeMile unit provides 2 connectors and a RSSI LED User and NMS traffic is carried over Ethernet cable Ethernet traffic supports QoS and 4 priority queues essential for ACM use User and NMS tr...

Page 6: ...Modulation hitless ACM opens new possibilities depending on network designer s strategy Very high flexibility allows configuring the system to various channel bandwidths modulation schemes and capacity settings 1 4 Application Examples 1 4 1 2E1 Ethernet with SAF FreeMile FODU SAF FreeMile replaces the existing low capacity E1 radio system by preserving E1 connectivity where needed and adding high...

Page 7: ...ws using alternative power sources like solar panel or small wind turbine with battery stand by support for repeater sites Figure 1 4 SAF FreeMile FODU low power active repeater 1 4 3 Mesh Networks with SAF FreeMile FODU Suitable for any 100Mbps Ethernet network topology star ring mesh network Full Outdoor solution with Power over Ethernet cable is efficient for All Outdoor Base station connectivi...

Page 8: ...Hz 10 3mm 0 54in 17GHz 13 8mm 0 41in Ethernet with power over Ethernet cable RJ 45 data traffic management port power Balanced 2xE1 T1 analogue RSSI 1xRJ 45 MANAGEMENT FEATURES Management Port RJ 45 in band optional VLAN tag RSSI LED on FODU WEB management analogue TCP IP WEB SNMP Telnet local remote monitoring via Telnet WEB GUI SAF NMS SNMP Manager Loopbacks Yes E1 modem RF loopback ETHERNET Swi...

Page 9: ...E1 80Mbps Ethernet 2E1 21Mbps Ethernet 2T1 81Mbps Ethernet 2T1 32QAM 31Mbps Ethernet 100Mbps Ethernet 27Mbps Ethernet 2E1 100Mbps Ethernet 2E1 28Mbps Ethernet 2T1 100Mbps Ethernet 2T1 64QAM 41Mbps Ethernet 37Mbps Ethernet 2E1 38Mbps Ethernet 2T1 complies with SRD standard Short Range Device ACM mode only 1 6 Cable Requirements 10 100Base T Cat 5e UTP or better cable is required for power supply ma...

Page 10: ...4GHz FreeMile FODU Product Number Z24FEE01L product number contains information of the band side L H in which SAF FreeMile FODU operates Unit Serial Number 325570100003 the serial number uniquely identifies SAF FreeMile FODU Figure 1 6 Label of the FreeMile 17 FODU Low band side ETSI Figure 1 7 Label of the FreeMile 24 FODU Low band side FCC ...

Page 11: ...roller Resets all management counters Resetting through command prompt system reset cold Restarts modem and CPU of the management controller Resets all management counters Reset FreeMile FODUs to factory defaults through command prompt cfg factory Resets configuration settings to defaults IP login details and modem configuration Resets all management counters In case you cannot access the manageme...

Page 12: ...ble length must not exceed 100 meters 2 2 2 Assembling the SAF FreeMile RJ 45 connector These instructions will show you how to correctly assemble weatherproof connector and have best possible connection of RJ 45 plug with socket Note that third party RJ 45 connectors may vary Instructions below are applicable to RJ 45 plug and weatherproof connector provided from SAF Tehnika JSC Assembling of FOD...

Page 13: ...ealing screw Fig 2 1 6 Connect RJ 45 plug into the socket and fix the connector to the socket by turning fastening screw clockwise until there s a click Fig 2 1 7 Assembled connector Fix the cable to the mast as close as possible to FODU Do not bend it The radius of bending should not be less than 10cm Fig 2 1 8 Example of correct positioning of RJ 45 connector during weatherproof connector assemb...

Page 14: ...ka JSC 2012 14 Figure 2 3 Local Area Connection Properties 3 In the dialog box enter the following values so that your PC is in the same subnet as default SAF FreeMile addresses Figure 2 4 Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 Properties Now you are ready to connect to Web GUI or establish Telnet connection ...

Page 15: ...y SAF as well as its application scheme Figure 2 5 Power over Ethernet injector with surge protection P N I0ATPi04 Figure 2 6 Power over Ethernet injector application The injector has shielded RJ45 sockets This along with the metal housing helps to reduce the effects of EMI A ground lug and terminal are provided directly on the injector housing providing superior grounding Now you are ready to con...

Page 16: ...terface page In case of not valid IP address you will not obtain the configuration interface In case your browser is not accepted you will see the text informing about that You can push the button Continue Anyway to be redirected to Web interface page If everything is correct you will see the main window of the WEB Interface If in the field displaying Local and or Remote system values there are pr...

Page 17: ...s as well as position of cables can be verified in Main status Tx polarization row 2 2 6 Interface Description WEB interface consists of four parts 1 Top panel that allows to log out and gives information about device type software version device name IP serial number and uptime 2 Menu panel that is used to open links to other pages 3 Status summary for local and remote devices this section is ava...

Page 18: ...llow indicates warning N D in value place corresponds to No Data N A in value place corresponds to Not Available 2 2 7 Command execution There is a Main configuration page shown in Figure 2 11 The entire page is divided into smaller fragments 1 The header of page 2 Sub header of single type configuration parameters 3 Configuration parameter name 4 Configuration parameter current value 5 Apply butt...

Page 19: ...tion for both sides Rollback on feature is intended to maintain connectivity of the SAF FreeMile link by cancelling last erroneous configuration changes and reverting to previous successful configuration used Rollback will activate only if you lose connection to WEB interface of SAF FreeMile after configuration changes applied and reverting process will take approx 3 minutes After parameter value ...

Page 20: ...ile FODU by entering IP address in the browser address line by default 192 168 205 10 for the low side and 192 168 205 11 for the high side Default username for Web Telnet and FTP access is admin and password is changeme It is recommended to use the following or later versions of web browsers IE v 6 0 Mozilla Firefox v 2 0 0 11 Safari v 3 0 Opera v 9 50 Initial configuration in Web GUI should be d...

Page 21: ...admin accounts It is highly recommended to name the system after its geographical location By default system name is SAF Figure 2 13 STEP 1 Defining system name and passwords for guest and admin accounts After accepting and pressing Next step button you will be redirected to the second configuration wizard screen where you will be asked to define the network IP settings by entering IP address IP m...

Page 22: ...d E1 or T1 channels Figure 2 15 STEP 3 Defining radio and modem configuration Note that Tx power should not exceed equivalent isotropically radiated power EIRP limitation The final screen allows checking the selected settings and applying them The optional settings are as follows Clear cfg file before the new settings will take place resetting all the other parameters not mentioned here after conf...

Page 23: ... 23 Figure 2 16 STEP 4 Checking settings and executing configuration To verify the settings you can go to Status or the main screen which is the first option in the navigation panel If there are no red fields after completing configuration wizard on both ends of the link everything is set correctly and the link is up ...

Page 24: ...e 3 By default RSSI LED is enabled in Mode 3 RSSI LED can be enabled disabled in Main page in Web GUI Figure 2 17 Enbling disabling RSSI LED Mode 2 operation can be enabled using command line Advanced Tools Command line command radio led 2 Syntactic notes for command prompt commands Commands are in bold font All arguments variables are in italic font Subcommands and keywords are in regular font Ar...

Page 25: ...ll Outdoor Unit Technical Description and Configuration Guide Rev 1 3 SAF Tehnika JSC 2012 25 Corresponding Rx signal levels and LED blinking pattern is represented on figure below Figure 2 18 Mode 2 and Mode 3 RSSI LED patterns ...

Page 26: ...ve better understanding of main page below you can find explanation of every field 1 Shows the system name of particular SAF FreeMile its IP address serial number and uptime since the last restart If uptime is displayed in red the connection to FreeMile management port was lost 2 Shows the firmware version currently being used 3 Logout button allows ending the current Web GUI management session an...

Page 27: ...e decoder The LDPC is monitored for the number of errors being corrected on the input of LDPC decoder see Figure 3 1 Figure 3 1 LDPC decoder operation As long as LDPC stress value is under the specified thresholds the amount of errors and BER itself on the output of LDPC remains at zero level 17 Current modulation Rx Tx shows the modulation modes currently utilized 18 Current Ethernet capacity Rx ...

Page 28: ... in the available spectrum and judging upon data obtained you can make a decision which channel to use The transmitter of the remote SAF FreeMile unit should be turned off in order to see if there are any other transmitters in this frequency range For troubleshooting purposes spectrum sweeping can be performed also when the link between both sides is established Figure 3 2 Spectrum sweep indicatin...

Page 29: ...re information 2 Download system information allows save system information output from full system information page in separate txt files on your hard disk drive Same functionality is available in Advanced Configuration System configuration Service information Download system information Chapter 4 2 5 3 Download alarm log file allows save alarm log file in separate txt files on your hard disk dri...

Page 30: ...r 5 2 3 6 Download pm log 60 minute interval allows save performance log file for 60 minutes intervals in separate txt files on your hard disk drive Same functionality is available in Advanced Performance Performance log Performance log file download 60 min interval Chapter 5 2 3 3 4 Alarm status Table on Alarm status page summarizes current alarms by showing alarm group number date and time the a...

Page 31: ... radio led disable enable or 0 1 2 3 3 Country allows selecting country in order to comply to regulatory limitations command line radio country country code 4 Radio antenna diameter allows to select antenna diameter you are using 5 Tx power allows to choose appropriate Tx power value command line radio txpower power dBm 6 Tx channel selection allows choosing one of three 30MHz channel bandwidth or...

Page 32: ...ty As a result high priority services such as voice enjoy 99 995 availability while low priority services like video streaming are allocated lower priorities Use of QoS prioritizing defines which services should be transmitted under any link condition and which services should be adapted whenever the link condition is degraded and the link payload is decreased For example when bad weather has decr...

Page 33: ... spectral efficiency The same concept is implemented as previously with the margins that were kept for 99 995 percent bandwidth availability now used to increase the link distance Whenever the link conditions are degraded the system will switch to an ACM profile with lower spectral efficiency to enable maintaining the link The following real world example illustrates the benefits of ACM Consider a...

Page 34: ...ops signal back to local end in bounds of E1 interface E1 FAR loopback loops signal back to remote end and allows testing performance over the link E1 loopback mode must be set on the particular channel you are wishing to test If no E1 channels are selected E1 loopback mode is not available MODEM loopback mode loops signal back to local end after the modem RF loopback mode loops signal back to loc...

Page 35: ...ulation max_modulation strongFEC weakFEC Allows configuring ACM min max modulations for chosen bandwidth modem ipremote on off Allows enabling manual remote IP specifying By default remote IP is being obtained automatically modem counters show clear Shows modem performance counters according to G 826 standard radio factory max Resets radio settings to factory defaults By default Tx power will be t...

Page 36: ...ystem name It is recommended to name the system after its geographic location Maximum length of the user name cannot exceed 16 symbols Default name is SAF command line system name name 2 Location name Max length 16 characters allows entering preferable system location name Maximum length of the location name cannot exceed 16 symbols By default system location is not specified command line system l...

Page 37: ...ces system to use the time set on your PC or laptop from which you are connected to the Web interface command line system time yyyy mm dd hh mm ss 3 By pressing Apply changes made to the corresponding section apply only for the local side SAF FreeMile If Rollback on is selected configuration will be reverted in case erroneous configuration changes are applied 4 Save saves to configuration file all...

Page 38: ...s the name of the device and its uptime System inventory show Displays the FreeMile FODU product code serial number and additional information System aliases list all basic off add remove clear list shows the alias list and whether the aliases are going to be used The user can choose whether to see all the aliases adding the argument all built in aliases built in or optional aliases optional or us...

Page 39: ...ch side the specific FreeMile FODU is low side has 192 168 205 10 IP address and high side 192 168 205 11 command line net ip addr addr 2 IP Mask allows specifying IP mask of SAF FreeMile FODU you are currently logged in Default IP mask is 255 255 255 0 and it should not be changed unless you are owning network with huge amount of hops command line net ip mask mask 3 IP Default gateway allows spec...

Page 40: ... specifying network address for the route changing adding command line net route add delete dest addr MASK mask gateway 3 Network mask allows specifying network mask for changing adding the route command line net route add delete dest addr MASK mask gateway 4 Gateway allows specifying gateway for the route changing adding command line net route add delete dest addr MASK mask gateway 5 After enteri...

Page 41: ...tional network configuration commands in command line interface Command Description net ping ip This command is for troubleshooting purposes to verify the service channel connectivity it sends ICMP packet to the specified IP address and waits for a reply net telnet host port Opens Telnet session with the unit host IP address of SAF FreeMile management Ethernet port net tftp host get put source des...

Page 42: ...ion file and press Cfg write 5 Repeat step 4 for the local side Web GUI 4 4 Ethernet configuration The Ethernet configuration window provides the configuration of the Ethernet LAN WAN and management ports as well as shows the current status of all three ports command line ethernet stat Explanation of customization fields 4 4 1 Ethernet status Figure 4 18 Ethernet status 1 Represents all three port...

Page 43: ...s 256 Kbps 512 Kbps 1 Mbps 2 Mbps 4 Mbps and Full command line ethernet set mng bandwidth 128 256 512Kbps 1 2 4Mbps Full 4 By pressing Apply changes made to the corresponding section apply only for the local side SAF FreeMile If Rollback on is selected configuration will be reverted in case erroneous configuration changes are applied 5 Save saves to configuration file all the changes made command ...

Page 44: ...k Access 4 Trunk VLAN number allows to specify and add Trunk VLAN ID If Rollback on is selected configuration will be reverted in case of erroneous configuration changes applied command line ethernet vlan VLAN ID Trunk Access 5 By pressing Apply changes made to the corresponding section apply only for the local side SAF FreeMile If Rollback on is selected configuration will be reverted in case err...

Page 45: ...witch port status and settings Figure 4 21 Interconnection of internal switches Switch port 1 LAN is connected to LAN interface Switch port 2 WAN is connected to WAN interface modem and radio part Switch port 3 Mng is connected to LAN Management CPU 4 5 2 Ethernet switch block functional diagram Figure 4 22 Ethernet switch block diagram ...

Page 46: ...4 23 user data and management data are not separated either logically or physically When using VLANs Figure 4 24 it is necessary to use external switches Switch 3 and Switch 4 These switches add remove VLAN tags per port basis Thus management data and user data have different VLAN tags and are logically separated Figure 4 24 System with VLANs System with two separate VLANs A and B Figure 4 25 repr...

Page 47: ...ditionally VLAN tag is removed at port 3 of Switch 1 and Switch 2 VLAN A is the Trunk type VLAN with port 1 2 membership VLAN B is the Management type VLAN with port 1 2 3 membership Figure 4 26 Configuration with management access from one side of the link For Switch 1 VLAN A is the Trunk type VLAN with ports 1 2 membership VLAN B is the Management type VLAN with ports 1 2 3 membership when remov...

Page 48: ...s deleted also the other types of VLANs Simultaneous use of Access and Trunk type VLANs is not allowed Use the Access VLAN type only for remote FODU because after setting the Access VLAN type access to the management CPU from LAN port is blocked In order to pass untagged packets through the link Ethernet vlan 0 traffic should be added Steps required for VLAN configuration 1 Configure switches for ...

Page 49: ...riority queuing uses fixed queuing mode in which highest priority buffer q4 will pass packets as long as its buffer is full By default weighted priority queuing mode is enabled Figure 4 29 Fixed priority queuing mode 4 6 1 QoS 802 1p configuration QoS 802 1p provides configuration of QoS 802 1p priority mapping You are able to map 8 different traffic 802 1p values 0 7 into 4 priority queues 1 4 ...

Page 50: ...ased priority queuing passes packets from all ports to lowest 1 priority queue command line ethernet QoS port port priority 4 QoS 802 1p priority mapping allows assigning queue values to specific 802 1p values 5 By pressing Apply changes made to the corresponding section apply only for the local side SAF FreeMile If Rollback on is selected configuration will be reverted in case erroneous configura...

Page 51: ... priority queue By default port based priority queuing passes packets from all ports to lowest 1 priority queue command line ethernet QoS port port priority 4 DSCP mapping allows assigning queues for different DSCP classes You may have up to 64 different traffic DSCP classes 5 Pressing Apply applies changes made to the corresponding section only for the local side SAF FreeMile FODU If Rollback on ...

Page 52: ...nformation is stored for a separate port 4 Forward Delay 4 30 time period that determines time a separate port stays in Listening and Learning conditions 5 Version allows choosing STP version In STP Compatibility mode the Spanning tree is compatible with STP devices and in RSTP mode the tree is compatible with RSTP devices 6 STP operation enables or disables STP functionality In Disabled mode the ...

Page 53: ...ntered parameter value or other problems on the whole page the info message is being shown here Otherwise it says Ok 4 7 2 Spanning Tree Protocol Statistics Spanning tree protocol statistics summarizes STP statistics on LAN Port 1 and WAN Port 2 Figure 4 33 Spanning Tree Protocol Statistics 1 Rx MSTP BPDUs displays how many MSTP BPDUs packets received 2 Rx RSTP BPDUs displays how many RSTP BPDUs p...

Page 54: ... command line snmp community write communityname and snmp2 community write communityname 3 Trap specifies SNMP v1 v2 trap community name for trap authentication in monitoring applications command line snmp community trap communityname and snmp2 community trap communityname 4 SNMP trap host list shows the list of IP addresses of the management terminal with the installed Trap Manager software based...

Page 55: ... v1 v2 host table SAF FreeMile will not respond to the SNMP requests from that host If Rollback on is selected configuration will be reverted in case of erroneous configuration changes applied 2 Allows to add or delete SNMP host IP addresses from the list command line snmp host add delete list reset ipaddr and snmp2 host add delete list reset ipaddr 3 Writes to configuration file all the changes m...

Page 56: ... groups are only rising Alarms events and event groups Alarm ID Group ID Alarm Event name Description 1 1 System Start Software started Only rising 2 2 Invalid device license License is not valid 3 3 Log was Cleared Entered when Log Clear command was called Only rising 4 4 Log ERROR Log data structure missing 5 5 Log TEST Log test was made 6 6 Counters was Cleared System performance counters were ...

Page 57: ...emperature is out of defined range 29 26 ATPC Tx power correction was changed ATPC Tx power correction was changed 30 27 Rollback initiate system CPU restart System restart was called by rollback Only rising 31 28 System CPU reset was WDT initiated System restart was called by watchdog Only rising 32 29 PM log flash write error Error while writing pm log to flash 33 30 Command from interface Messa...

Page 58: ...lling to search among all log entries To configure detailed and permanent alarm representation refer to the next chapter Figure 5 2 Alarm log window 5 1 4 Alarm and alarm threshold configuration The alarm configuration screen allows you to configure alarm representation You have a choice to see specific alarm groups globally in alarm status Global in alarm log Log or in NMS system SNMP By default ...

Page 59: ...iguration Guide Rev 1 3 SAF Tehnika JSC 2012 59 Figure 5 3 Alarm configuration window Alarm threshold configuration screen allows you to define specific threshold levels to bound alarms to desirable values so that you are able to adapt alarm system to your individual needs ...

Page 60: ... log show or log commands display the latest 20 log entries the log entries are numbered entry with the largest number is the latest event The log show command can be followed up with an entry number to display the latest 20 entries beginning from the entry specified by the number e g log show 100 will display entries 100 120 Log filter alarm ID num Filters event list by specific alarm ID num work...

Page 61: ... by second from the reset instant to the present second At the end of period the contents of current registers are transferred to the history registers records with a time date stamp to identify the period after which the current register must be reset Some current register values are passed to the threshold crossing control unit for triggering threshold crossing notification Optionally the same v...

Page 62: ...d during measurement period The tide mark values are automatically reset to the current value assumed at the beginning of each measurement period The TM is therefore composed of two values the minimum and the maximum value Comparison between the current value and the minimum and maximum values is performed on a second basis 5 2 3 Performance management in Web GUI The main performance management to...

Page 63: ...also possible to define the end time and the end date TS threshold seconds show the amount of seconds in a chosen period 1min 15min or 1h when the parameter has been out of bounds set by performance thresholds in Configuration Performance log configuration To define thresholds from where TS threshold seconds will be counted you must go to Configuration Performance log configuration and enter prefe...

Page 64: ...date and time till which the graph will be shown Figure 5 9 Performance graph showing system temperature and Rx level in period of last 6 hours 1 Time scale selector User can select the scale and accuracy 1 15 60 minutes The lower accuracy the longer period will be available for data mechanism of the performance management system 2 Updates the performance graph the latest data is shown 3 Shows hid...

Page 65: ...orded or the period specified has no data No data is shown instead of points 9 10 11 5 2 4 Constellation diagram A constellation diagram is a representation of a signal modulated by the digital modulation schemes 32QAM 16QAM or QPSK It displays the signal as a two dimensional scatter diagram in the complex plane at symbol sampling instants Measured constellation diagram can be used to recognize th...

Page 66: ...lly adapts to time varying properties of a communication channel with selective fading having a target to compensate the inequalities in frequency response mitigating the effects of multipath propagation In wireless telecommunications using QAM modulation this filter equalizes not only a separate quadrature channel but provides a cancellation of cross interference between them In current SAF FreeM...

Page 67: ...is shown below Figure 5 16 Equalizer graph with flat frequency response curve During normal operation frequency response curve is smooth and the only equalizer tap towers are in the centre of equalizer taps graph otherwise frequency response curve will appear jagged and many equalizer taps will become visible The latter case most probably will indicate to multipath issue which must be inspected wi...

Page 68: ...The SAF FreeMile Series Full Outdoor Unit Technical Description and Configuration Guide Rev 1 3 SAF Tehnika JSC 2012 68 Figure 5 17 Equalizer graph with compensating frequency response curve ...

Page 69: ...ds in Telnet serial interface Command Description pm log interval last rec count start date start time end date end time Lists performance management log with selected interval of 1min 15min or 1hr Allows choosing the number of last records to be shown last rec count or to define start and end time and date Note that end time and date values must be entered after entering start time or date respec...

Page 70: ...was detected noted and reported with next received statistics The false carrier is not associated with this packet False carrier is activated on the receiving channel that does not result in a packet receive attempt being made 19 Rx Dv event indicates that the last receiving event seen is too short to be a valid packet 20 Prev pkt dropped indicates that since the last RSV a packet is dropped i e i...

Page 71: ...rent packet incurred during transmission attempts Note bits 19 through 16 are the collision count on any successfully transmitted packet and as such will not show the possible maximum count of 16 collisions 43 Byte counter total count of bytes transmitted on the wire not including collided bytes 44 Rx Q1 frames number of frames received on Q1 45 Rx Q1 dropped number of frames dropped on Q1 46 Rx Q...

Page 72: ...ol errors depends on max packet size setting 9 RxSymbolError Rx packets w invalid data symbol and legal packet size 10 RxCRCerror Rx packets within 64 1522 bytes w an integral number of bytes and a bad CRC upper limit depends on max packet size setting 11 RxAlignmentError Rx packets within 64 1522 bytes w a non integral number of bytes and a bad CRC upper limit depends on max packet size setting 1...

Page 73: ... Tx hi priority good octet count including PAUSE packets 25 TxLateCollision The number of times a collision is detected later than 512 bit times into the Tx of a packet 26 TxPausePkts Number of PAUSE frames transmitted by a port 27 TxBroadcastPkts Tx good broadcast packets not including error broadcast or valid multicast packets 28 TxMulticastPkts Tx good multicast packets not including error mult...

Page 74: ...anging the data in RAM If the SAF FreeMile is shut down without saving the current configuration script in EEPROM the original configuration will be restored from EEPROM on the next boot up Example of script can be observed on the screenshot below The script can be edited string can be added by simply entering required string see Nr 7 on the screenshot below or by executing command in CLI or in th...

Page 75: ...M memory Commands contained in this configuration file are executed at every system start up 4 Running configuration file shows currently running system configuration file command line cfg show In order to save current configuration use command cfg write 5 Delete entry number from running configuration file allows deleting a specific line from currently running system configuration refer to number...

Page 76: ...gw 255 255 255 255 default gateway none SNMP trap 255 255 255 255 none 3 restarts the management controller command line cfg factory 12 File system content shows contents of internal flash memory command line tfs ls 13 Write to config file saves all changes made command line cfg write 14 Write to config file for both saves all changes made for local and remote side command line cfg write 15 System...

Page 77: ...changed but its default name will contain the version and SAF FreeMile model e g cfipz000 elf ezip The most important factor concerning this file is that it must be uploaded with E and c attribute flags otherwise this file will not be used as the firmware Attribute flags for firmware file E executable binary c compressed Notes The files are uploaded from PC to Flash disk using TFTP FTP via Etherne...

Page 78: ...n the management controller tfs edit file Edits the specified file This command is applied for editing configuration backup files and boot configuration file boot ini For example edit boot ini Be file boot ini will be opened for editing Be specifies that this file will be saved with attributes B and e If boot ini file is intended to be modified it should always be opened specifying B and e flags a...

Page 79: ...entered in quotation marks For Telnet FTP and Web GUI the password can be changed by simply entering the security command access set username password plaintext while logged on and then saving the configuration in EEPROM by using write command To terminate Telnet session press Ctrl D Guest account is unable to change its access password Specification of the password should always be followed by sa...

Page 80: ...for the IP address of your PC Ethernet adapter connected to SAF FreeMile unit by executing the command ipconfig Navigate to the folder containing previously downloaded and unzipped Discovery Protocol using cd command Now the necessary Discovery Protocol command can be executed e g dp sight scan_addr where scan_addr should be substituted by Ethernet adapter IP address of your PC Discovery Protocol ...

Page 81: ...ork mask that is also necessary in order to manage SAF FreeMile unit The IP address of your PC Ethernet adapter and SAF FreeMile FODU should be from the same subnet in order to manage the SAF FreeMile FODU In the table below some examples are given for CIDR notation and subnet mask relation CIDR notation Network mask 24 255 255 255 0 25 255 255 255 128 26 255 255 255 192 27 255 255 255 224 28 255 ...

Page 82: ...eeMile FODU and instead of scan_addr place the broadcast address of specified subnet Refer to figure below for example Figure 7 2 Discovery protocol dp scan Note that IP address of Ethernet adapter should belong to the same subnet as SAF FreeMile FODUs i e the subnet of SAF FreeMile units should be known The subnet mask of Ethernet adapter and SAF FreeMile FODUs may differ This command sends disco...

Page 83: ...that is connected to router SAF FreeMile FODU Instead of remote_addr place the IP address of one of the remote SAF FreeMile units known to you Instead of scan_addr place the broadcast address Refer to figure below for example Figure 7 3 Discovery protocol dp remote Note that one IP address of remote SAF FreeMile units should be known The remote host sends discovery packets to specified broadcast a...

Page 84: ...isk and further editing boot configuration file if necessary The file upload can be performed via Ethernet management port using update package via Ethernet management port using FTP or via Ethernet management port using TFTP Following chapters describe other methods how to update the software 8 1 Upgrade software with TFTP batch files To update SAF FreeMile software using TFTP batch files proceed...

Page 85: ...File via Ethernet Management Port TFTP Assuming that the SAF FreeMile IP settings are properly configured proceed as follows 1 Connect the SAF FreeMile to network or directly to PC 2 Make sure TFTP is running on SAF FreeMile by default the TFTP is switched off to run the TFTP on SAF FreeMile connect to SAF FreeMile with Telnet client and enter the following command start tftp 3 Run the program tha...

Page 86: ...s For more information how to edit files please refer to the chapter Working with files in Chapter 6 4 8 3 Uploading File via Ethernet Management Port FTP Before uploading file via FTP make sure the SAF FreeMile FTP server is running To start it go to Configuration IP configuration in Web GUI and press Start FTP Figure 8 8 Starting FTP 1 Open command window 2 Start FTP client by entering ftp comma...

Page 87: ...ile Flash disk For example send c boot ini boot ini Be Use flags E and c if the file is a firmware file if the file is a boot configuration file boot ini the flags must be B and e Be the flags for configuration backup files may not be specified Use command ls to list files on SAF FreeMile flash disk Use command delete filename to delete the file from the SAF FreeMile flash disk 6 Proceed with step...

Page 88: ...or Ethernet data transfer and power supply the second one is for 2xE1 data transfer and for RSSI The pinouts of both sockets are shown in the figure below The drawing is made according to position of RJ45 ports on FreeMile interface Figure 9 1 2E1 and Ethernet RJ 45 connectors RJ45 2xE1 1 RX2 RSSI 2 RX2 RSSI 3 RX1 RSSI 4 TX2 5 TX2 6 RX1 RSSI 7 TX1 8 TX1 RJ45 Ethernet 1 2 RX 3 6 TX 4 5 DC 7 8 DC ...

Page 89: ...r surge protector P N I0ATPI04 Grounding cable P N Z0AKG001 FODU RJ45 connector 8P shield solid P N FOACNR02 Case for RJ 45 connector P N FOACNR03 Test kit 50dB attenuation P N Z24TST01 SAF FreeMile 24GHz P N Z17TST01 SAF FreeMile 17GHz FODU RJ45 LTW cable connector case P N FOACNR03 Surge protector for 2E1 4 pairs DATA 12V AC DC power supply P N I0AB4812 ...

Page 90: ...ctromagnetic Interference ETS European Telecommunication Standard ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute FIR Finite Impulse Response FO Fiber Optics FODU Full Outdoor Unit FTP File Transfer Protocol GFP Generic Framing Procedure GND Ground GSM Global System for Mobile communications GUI Graphical User Interface IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IF Intermediate Fr...

Page 91: ...t Protocol SNR Signal to Noise Ratio STP Spanning Tree Protocol TCP IP Internet Protocol Suite Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TDM Time Division Multiplexing TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TM Tide Mark TP Twisted Pair TS Threshold Seconds Tx Transmission UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter USB Universal Serial Bus UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair VLAN Virtual Local Are...

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