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Chapter 2:

Chapter 2:
Getting to Know the SkyWay

Getting to Know the SkyWay

Getting to Know the SkyWay
Bridge/Router

Bridge/Router

Before setting up, configuring, and testing your new bridge/router, take a minute to

review its components and features.
This chapter includes the following information:

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Page 14: ... Menu and Command Names 5 Typed Text 5 Notes 5 Warnings 5 Hyperjumps 5 How to Proceed 6 Chapter 2 Getting to Know the SkyWay Bridge Router 7 General Description 8 Product Features 9 Contents of the SkyWay Package 10 Component Identification 11 Specifications 12 Understanding the Menu Structure 13 ...

Page 15: ...nu 18 Bios Main Menu 18 Bios Configuration Menu 19 Bios System Configuration 20 Configuration Database Service 21 Accessing the SkyWay Bridge Router 22 Modem Settings for Dial up Connection 22 Configuring the Serial Port and Serial Transceiver 23 1 2 1 1 Serial Port Configuration 24 1 2 1 2 Serial Transceiver Configuration 25 Chapter 3 Preparing for Installation 27 Before Installing 28 Safety Cons...

Page 16: ...Bench Test 32 Performing the Bench Test 33 Chapter 4 Installing Skyway 41 Mounting the SkyWay Unit 42 Mounting to a Mast 42 Mounting to a Wall 44 Setting Up the Antenna 45 Selecting the Antenna 45 Before You Mount the Antenna 45 Mounting the Antenna 46 Grounding Skyway and the Antenna 47 Connecting Cabling 48 Routing Connected Cables 48 Connecting an Antenna 49 Connecting to Power 50 Connecting to...

Page 17: ...work Management System Parameters 61 1 1 2 Network Management System Configuration 61 Adding Users and Setting Access Levels 62 1 1 3 1 Add a User 62 Displaying a List of Users 63 1 1 3 2 Users 63 Setting the System Date and Time 64 1 1 4 General Parameters Configuration 64 Understanding RF DLC 65 The RF DLC Protocol 65 Automatic Discovery Protocol 65 Enabling ADP 65 Disabling ADP 66 ADP Discovery...

Page 18: ... Sub Ports 80 Validating Accept Status of a Sub Station 81 1 2 3 1 4 ADP Substation Configuration 81 Configuring the Ethernet Port 83 1 2 2 1 Ethernet Port Configuration 83 Configuring the Ethernet Transceiver 85 1 2 2 2 Ethernet Transceiver Configuration 85 Bridging 88 Enabling and Disabling Bridging 88 Port States 88 Spanning Tree 89 1 3 1 Bridge Configuration 90 1 3 2 Bridge Port Configuration ...

Page 19: ...Radio Test 105 4 2 RF Sub Radio Test 107 Ping Utility 108 3 2 Ping Utility 109 File Directory 111 3 1 4 File Directory 111 File Transfer Utilities 112 Xmodem 112 YModem 113 3 1 2 YModem 114 Uploading a New Software Version 115 Trivial File Transfer Protocol 116 TFTP Clients and Server 117 Sending and Receiving Files 117 File Definitions 118 TFTP Status 119 Configuring the TFTP Server on SkyWay 119...

Page 20: ...8 2 1 2 2 SNMP Trap History 129 Checking the Error Log 130 Port Status and Control Screens 132 Checking the Serial Port Status 132 2 2 2 Serial Port Status 132 Checking the Ethernet Port Status 134 2 2 3 1 Ethernet Port Status 134 2 2 3 2 Ethernet Transceiver Status 136 Checking the RF Port 137 2 2 4 RF Port Status 137 RF DLC Screens 140 Checking RF DLC Base Port Status 140 2 5 1 RF DLC Base Port ...

Page 21: ...g Tree Port Status 154 2 3 3 Spanning Tree Port Status 154 Transparent Bridging Table 156 2 3 4 Transparent Bridging Table 156 IP Routing Screens 157 Checking IP Routing Status 157 2 4 1 1 IP Protocol Status 157 2 4 1 2 IP Address Table 160 Checking ICMP Activity 161 2 4 1 4 ICMP Status 161 Checking the Address Resolution Protocol Table 163 2 4 1 5 ARP Table 163 Base Station States 164 Sub Station...

Page 22: ...nd Control Information 173 Network Configuration 174 RF Network Configuration 174 Logical Network Map 174 Bench Test Results 174 Appendix A Run time Menu Tree 175 Appendix B BIOS Menu Tree Summary Table 179 Appendix C Interface Specifications and Pinouts 181 DC Power Cable Female DC Jack 182 Console Cable Serial RS 422 DB9 183 10 Base T 100 Base TX Ethernet Cable RJ 45 184 ...

Page 23: ...pendix E Supported Protocols 187 Bridged Protocols 187 Routed Protocols 187 Management Protocols 187 Appendix F Error Codes 189 Appendix G SNMP Trap Messages 191 Appendix H Installation Recording Form 193 Appendix I Sources of SNMP Management Software 195 ...

Page 24: ...nnas 204 Protocols 208 Equipment 209 Site Survey 210 Appendix K Skyway Antennas 213 7002301 6 dBi Omni Directional Antenna 214 Specifications 214 Wall Mount 215 Mast Mount 215 7002401 11 dBi Omni Directional Antenna 216 Specifications 216 Wall Mount 217 Mast Mount 217 7002501 16 dBi Outdoor Flat Panel Directional ...

Page 25: ...0 Wall Mount 221 Mast Mount 221 7002701 22 dBi Outdoor High gain Flat Panel Di rectional Antenna 222 Specifications 222 Wall Mount 223 Mast Mount 223 7002801 8 dBi Indoor Outdoor Patch Antenna 224 Specifications 224 Wall Mount 225 Mast Mount 225 7002901 12 dBi 110 Outdoor Sectorial Antenna 226 Specifications 226 Wall Mount 227 Mast Mount 227 ...

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Page 27: ...ay This User s Guide helps you install configure and manage the SkyWay Wireless Bridge Router This Guide also covers selected SkyWay Bridge Router maintenance and troubleshooting procedures This chapter includes the following information Intended Audience 2 Using this Guide 3 Conventions warnings 5 How to Proceed 6 ...

Page 28: ...with basic networking concepts such as bridging IP routing WAN protocols etc You are familiar with your LAN or WAN s topology configuration and design If you will be using Simple Network Management Protocol to manage SkyWay you are familiar with the protocol s terms and usage You are familiar with basic RF wireless network design even if you are not familiar with the particulars of any specific sy...

Page 29: ...s you can use to monitor transmis sion and routing performance Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Skyway This chapter presents a method for diagnosing problems you may have with the unit It also includes instructions for contacting Solectek Technical Support Appendix A Run time Menu Tree This appendix provides a summary of the SkyWay menu structure including cross reference to more detailed information App...

Page 30: ... the forms you should use to record installation param eters Appendix I Sources of SNMP Management Software This appendix explains where to obtain SNMP management software Appendix J Glossary and Basic Concepts This appendix lists and defines important terms used in this manual Appendix K Skyway Antennas This appendix lists antenna specifications Index ...

Page 31: ...g your attention Warnings Warnings are statements that if you ignore them can damage the SkyWay Bridge Router or cause injury to yourself or others Hyperjumps This guide contains hyperjumps to make it easy to navigate the PDF version of this book Click on cross references TOC listings or index entries to go to the appropri ate page The chapter number and names under Using this Guide on page 3 are ...

Page 32: ...6 How to Proceed Review this manual before proceeding further The chapters present the information you need to begin in the order you will need it ...

Page 33: ...Bridge Router Before setting up configuring and testing your new bridge router take a minute to review its components and features This chapter includes the following information General Description 8 Product Features 9 Contents of the SkyWay Package 10 Component Identification 11 Specifications 12 Understanding the Menu Structure 13 Bios Application 18 Accessing the SkyWay Bridge Router 22 ...

Page 34: ... Multi Point Application SkyWay products can be used any where high speed data transfer or Internet access is required including corporate offices educational campuses healthcare facilities manufacturing or retail Configura tions can be set for Point to Point or Multi Point applications Each SkyWay can function as a base station central site a substation remote site or either end of a point to poi...

Page 35: ...unted unit UL Outdoor rated Fiber optic and copper Ethernet options Bridging and static IP routing SNMP compliant Optional fiber link for extra long distances or EMI protection Remote software updates via TFTP Xmodem or Ymodem FCC Industrie Canada ETSI and UL certified Milspec connectors industrial components for ultra reliable service Secure Authentication Features Spanning Tree Configurations Su...

Page 36: ...uter including pole or wall mounting kit The SkyWay cable kit a A DC power cable and AC DC converter b A console cable RS 422 cable and RS 422 to RS 232 converter c An Ethernet cable either 10 Base T 100 Base TX or 100 Base FX depending on the configuration ordered d A LMR 400 RF cable The SkyWay antenna kit omni or directional as ordered by customer and a test antenna This User s Guide will also ...

Page 37: ... PC or terminal You can also connect the con verter to your modem For a diagram see Accessing the SkyWay Bridge Router on page 22 Ethernet Port The Data Ethernet connector accommodates one of the following two cables depending on the SkyWay model you ordered 10 100 Base TX twisted pair 8 pin 100 Base FX fiberoptic 2 pin The opposite end of either cable connects to your LAN or WAN server s Ethernet...

Page 38: ...12 Specifications For a list of SkyWay Bridge Router specifications see Appendix D Detailed Product Specifications on page 185 ...

Page 39: ...reens Use the keys in the following table to navigate through the menus To To To To Press This Key Press This Key Press This Key Press This Key Move down or up through menu options Down or Up Arrow Move through list of field entries Right or Left Arrow or space bar Select an item or edit a field Enter Go up one menu level Blackslash Move between fields Tab Up or Down Arrow Enter a command dot foll...

Page 40: ...ter you make a configura tion change before the change takes affect A Add a new record to a table N Display the next record in a table P Display the previous record in a table C Cancel any changes made to this screen before before before before you press W G Go to the specific table record by key value for example port number Z Clears the statistics on the current status screen zero F Flushes tabl...

Page 41: ... tom of the screen These rows display field data for the record at the cursor position For example in screen 2 5 1 RF DLC Base Port Status on page 140 when the cur sor points to the first row the field data at the bottom of screen are for that record Editing Fields Fields that you can edit or configure display the current value with a blinking cursor To change the value position the cursor on the ...

Page 42: ...ing operations The changes are stored in the configuration database allowing you to change Skyway s runtime port characteristics without resetting the unit by cycling the port This allows you to make minor changes on a port by port basis without affecting operations on the other ports This is very important on a base station supporting many sub stations where you need to avoid breaking the communi...

Page 43: ...the sub station links also go down The sub sta tions then go into ADP mode To reset the unit 1 Go to the Main Menu 2 Type 5 Start Application 3 Choose Runtime as the Application to Start Application to Start Application to Start Application to Start 4 Press W This reloads the updated database containing the new configuration parameters ...

Page 44: ...press 5 Start Application 2 Choose Bios Application as the Application to Start It takes several seconds before the Press any key to start Bios application message displays 3 Press any key before the timeout occurs or the system restarts the Runtime appli cation The Bios Login screen displays 4 Enter your username and password 5 The Bios Main Menu displays Bios Main Menu The Bios menu consists of ...

Page 45: ...DEM 3 1 2 YModem on page 114 4 3 Configuration Database Service Configuration Database Ser vice on page 21 4 4 Real Time Clock Setting the System Date and Time on page 64 5 Error Log Checking the Error Log on page 130 6 User Screens Adding Users and Setting Access Levels on page 62 Bios Menu Option Function 7 Reset SkyWay Immediately resets the unit 8 Start Application Starts the Runtime appli cat...

Page 46: ...Serial Transceiver Configuration on page 25 Ethernet Port 1 2 2 1 Ethernet Port Configuration on page 83 Ethernet Transceiver 1 2 2 2 Ethernet Trans ceiver Configuration on page 85 Option See Runtime Screen 1 1 System Product Code SkyWay Bridge Board Revision Version 1 Software Version Bios Version 00 31A T Media Type Twisted pair RF Power Type Low Power VCO Type Package SDRAM Size 16 Megabytes Fl...

Page 47: ...uration database as the new default Runtime configuration database Select Restore to clear out the present Runtime configuration database and load the Saved Runtime configuration database Bios DB Status Present Present Present Present Absent A status field which tells you whether the Bios database is loaded Runtime DB Status Present Present Present Present Absent A status field which tells you whe...

Page 48: ...esses the SkyWay over Ether net or a SkyWay s RF link with another SkyWay For Configuration and Status screens not accessible via SNMP see Appendix A Run time Menu Tree on page 175 The following diagram shows these three methods For more information about connecting the SkyWay to a console see Connecting to the Administration Console on page 51 Modem Settings for Dial up Connection To configure a ...

Page 49: ...mmand line disables any flow control fixes the speed of the serial port and disables any response codes back to the SkyWay unit Make adjustments or addi tions to these settings based on your local configuration These change the default configuration however the modem should then boot from the NVRAM settings Configuring the Serial Port and Serial Transceiver Go to the 1 2 1 1 Serial Port Configurat...

Page 50: ...s not initialize upon reset Buffers swSerialPortMaxBuffers 80 Serial port buffers Transmit Buffers swSerialPortTransDesc 16 Serial port transmit buffers Receive Buffers swSerialPortRecvDesc 16 Serial port receive buffers Maximum Frame Size swSerialPortMaxFrame Size 512 Largest frame that can be transmitted vial the serial port 1 2 1 1 Serial Port Configuration Port Number 1 Configuration Status On...

Page 51: ...e of the local serial port Data Bits swSerialPortDataBits 8 The number of data bits for the serial port Parity swSerialPortParity NONE The parity setting for the serial port Stop Bits swSerialPortStopBits One The number of stop bits for the serial port 1 2 1 2 Serial Transceiver Configuration Port Number 1 Baud Rate 115200 Data Bits 8 Parity NONE Stop Bits One return to menu commands TAB next avai...

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Page 53: ...ed device installed outside the building Solectek recommends spending some time planning the installation and testing the configuration before permanently mounting the units This chapter contains the following information Before Installing 28 Safety Considerations 29 General Safety Guidelines 29 Electrical Safety Guidelines 29 Pre installation Procedures 30 Site Considerations 30 Bench Test 32 ...

Page 54: ...ion to the Ethernet LAN during the installation process Serial cable a small screwdriver to disassemble the DB 9 case a pin removal extractor tool or a replacement DB 9 jack Power cable a soldering iron For pin out information see Appendix C Interface Specifications and Pinouts on page 181 VT 100 console or a workstation with VT 100 emulation capability and termi nal emulation software such as Hyp...

Page 55: ...rm when wearing a wool sweater or other heavy wool clothing when power is applied Do not touch the SkyWay power supply when the power cord is connected Because the SkyWay Bridge Router does not have a power switch line volt ages are present within the power supply when the power cord is connected to the Bridge Router The SkyWay s Bridge Router relies on the building s installation for short circui...

Page 56: ...rs by type and number of users Layout the topology of voice data and video networks indicating bandwidth requirements protocols and media of each network segment Plan and layout the IP addressing scheme for IP and IPX networks Ensure all protocols deployed in the planned network including planned wire less segments can be encapsulated in Ethernet frames 802 1d 802 3 and 802 2 Identify protocols an...

Page 57: ... step two Determine the height of obstacles trees buildings highways in each link s path Step Four Finalize the Design The final step includes adjusting your plan and selecting equipment Adopt changes in the network layout to overcome RF interference and to guarantee the minimum required bandwidth for each link Adjust antenna height requirements based on identified obstacles in the site survey Sel...

Page 58: ...ble and AC DC converter Console cable and RS 422 to RD 232 converter Test antenna for each SkyWay RF port Two terminals or workstations with VT 100 emulation capability one for each Skyway or one workstation with two RS 232 ports to accommodate two SkyWays see Step One Connecting Components on page 33 Minimum Configuration Settings and Factory Defaults for Bench Test RF frequency RF frequency RF f...

Page 59: ...1 and COM2 ports on one computer workstation 4 Connect the test antenna to the RF ports of the SkyWays AC DC converter DC Power connector Power cable Test Antenna Console cable Terminal or PC Ethernet Port Serial port DC Power connector 1 1 2 SkyWay 2 AC DC converter Power cable Test Antenna Console cable Terminal or PC Ethernet Port Serial port 3 4 2 3 4 Scenario 1 Two SkyWay units connected to t...

Page 60: ...n Select an icon Enter a name for example COM1 SkyWay 1 COM2 SkyWay 2 Connect to COM1 In Connect To Dialog at Connect Using Select COM1 Set up COM1 properties In COM1 Properties choose these port settings BPS 115200 Data bits 8 Parity none Stop bit 1 Flow control none Set VT 100 Emulation In Hyperterminal click File Properties settings tab Choose VT 100 Emulation Click ASCII button Uncheck Wrap li...

Page 61: ...rterminal top menu select File Properties Settings tab and do the following From the Emulation menu select VT 100 Type the ASCII setup button and clear the wrap lines wrap lines wrap lines wrap lines box 6 Start Hyperterminal again on the same workstation to open a new screen if you have connected the SkyWay to two COM ports or start Hyperterminal on a sec ond workstation linked to the second SkyW...

Page 62: ...r 3 Port Type RF DLC Base Diagnostic Admin Status Cycle Type Kt to write the changes and cycle the port After a few seconds Operation Status changes from Transitioning Up to Up Port SkyWay Model_xxx Version 1 0 Solectek Corporation Copyright 1999 All Rights Reserved System Name System Location User Name Password Configure the RF Base Diag Port At the Main Menu type 1232 to get to this screen Port ...

Page 63: ... configuration setting 2 5 5 or 11 Mbps Type W to apply the change Return to the Main Menu 5 Press 1233 to access the RF Transceiver Configuration screen Configure the fol lowing values based on information obtained during the site survey process RF Frequency RF Data Rate Scrambler Tap Type W to apply the change 6 Press 221 to access the Generic Port Status and Control screen Make the follow ing c...

Page 64: ...anges 4 2 RF Sub Radio Test Note diagnostic driver must be installed RF Port Number 3 Test to Run Single Frame Ping Pong Mode Monitor the test on the Sub You are still at SkyWay2 sub Type OOQ to access this screen Type Kw to clear the statistics Type Kj to enter monitor mode 5 2 2 4 RF Port Status Port Number 3 Port Type Sub Port Diagnostic Port Status On line RF data rate 2 Mbps RF Channal 2468 M...

Page 65: ...to get an accurate reading 6 In the errors column on the lower left of the screen total the sum of the errors The sum should be less than 1 of the total number of frames received in the IN location To terminate the test return to the Base screen access screen 224 and change Test to Run Test to Run Test to Run Test to Run to Terminate 7 Go to the other screen Base 8 Access the 224 screen RF Port St...

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Page 67: ...isfaction you are ready to install and connect them This chapter contains the following information Mounting the SkyWay Unit 42 Mounting to a Mast 42 Mounting to a Wall 44 Setting Up the Antenna 45 Grounding Skyway and the Antenna 47 Connecting Cabling 48 Connecting an Antenna 49 Connecting to Power 50 Connecting to the Administration Console 51 Connecting to Your LAN 53 Routing Connected Cables 4...

Page 68: ...r of slots on the bracket Make sure to thread them in the same direction 3 Place the SkyWay face down Place the bracket and clamp assembly over the rear of the SkyWay so that the four mounting holes align 4 Place one spring lock washer P N 1225201 on each mounting bolt 5 Using a 13 mm hex socket wrench tighten a bolt and washer into each hole of the bracket to a maximum torque of 15 20 ft lbs to p...

Page 69: ... clamp around the mast into the locking mechanism at the other end Using a slotted screwdriver or nut driver tighten the clamp screws to a maximum torque of 45 5 in lbs CAUTION The mast to which you mount the Skyway and or antenna should be grounded If the mast is not grounded see Grounding Skyway and the Antenna on page 47 Connector side down Connector side down Connector side down Connector side...

Page 70: ... can be found in the Mast Kit which is always shipped with SkyWay 4 Fasten the SkyWay to the wall using the slider slots and bolts not supplied making sure the SkyWay s connectors face downward CAUTION The surface to which you mount the Skyway and or antenna should be grounded If the surface is not grounded see Grounding Skyway and the Antenna on page 47 P N 1225101 P N 1225101 P N 1225101 P N 122...

Page 71: ...cts that can reflect radio energy back to the antenna Signal reflections from nearby objects are seen as noise by radio trans ceivers and can adversely affect the range or quality of your wireless link Exam ples of such objects include the following Trees or bushes Buildings Air conditioning units and ductwork Other radio antennas Building structures made of any material such as steel brick or woo...

Page 72: ...rements Weight non penetrating roof mounts securely with concrete blocks or other ballast 4 Handle the antenna RF cable carefully Handle the antenna RF cable carefully Handle the antenna RF cable carefully Handle the antenna RF cable carefully Maintain a 12 inch bend radius if possible Do not walk on or kink the cable A kinked cable causes severe signal attenuation and can cause the link to fail M...

Page 73: ... severe injury or death as well as equipment destruction Any Solectek equipment severe injury or death as well as equipment destruction Any Solectek equipment damaged by lightning is considered to have been damaged by an Act of God and is not damaged by lightning is considered to have been damaged by an Act of God and is not damaged by lightning is considered to have been damaged by an Act of God ...

Page 74: ...n the same room or even on the same floor For example it may make the most sense to route the power to a utility room on the top floor the console to a secured room on the second floor and the Ethernet to your LAN room on the first floor The length of the cables you ordered determines the maximum distance for each connection Be sure to secure the cables to the mast at intervals to protect the cabl...

Page 75: ...r 1 4 turn to lock it in place 2 Similarly connect the other end of the RF cable to the antenna s connector Note Allow sufficient slack in the cable for a maximum turning radius of 1 ft 3 Seal the connections to both the antenna and the SkyWay with Coax Seal P N 10702 to prevent water entry www solectek com Slack for 1 ft turning radius Slack for 1 ft turning radius Slack for 1 ft turning radius S...

Page 76: ...S 200 W minimum www solectek com Power port Power port Power port Power port Antenna Antenna Antenna Antenna LMR 400 cable LMR 400 cable LMR 400 cable LMR 400 cable Drip loop and Drip loop and Drip loop and Drip loop and Cable slack Cable slack Cable slack Cable slack Conduit Conduit Conduit Conduit exit exit exit exit or routing or routing or routing or routing AC source AC source AC source AC so...

Page 77: ... for connecting to a serial communications port on the console or modem Connect a terminal directly to the unit s RS 422 port to provide secure access for a sin gle console Note You can use a modem to provide remote console access to all of SkyWay s configura tion features You may also use SNMP Manager on a workstation connected to the LAN to access most of Skyway s configuration objects For secur...

Page 78: ...icated modem and data line 1 Connect and route the console cable as described above except that you will con nect the cable to a modem rather than the terminal or terminal emulator 2 Connect a standard phone cable from the modem to the dedicated data line wall jack For more information on configuring the modem and accessing the SkyWay remotely see Accessing the SkyWay Bridge Router on page 22 www ...

Page 79: ...c cable transmission is not affected by the noise that can affect a copper cable because electri cal transmission is converted into optical transmission This cable is terminated on the indoor side with a standard S C fiberoptic connector and is intended to be connected to a fiberoptic port on an Ethernet hub or switch To connect an Ethernet cable 1 Connect the Ethernet cable s 8 pin connector 10 B...

Page 80: ...54 3 Connect the opposite indoor end of the Ethernet cable to the appropriate Ether net port RJ 45 or S C on your LAN hub or switch ...

Page 81: ...cribed on page 109 to help establish your baseline settings as viewed in the 2 5 4 RF DLC Signal Status screen described on page 147 Note You will need two people for this operation 1 At the base station configure ICMP for the IP address of the substation you are going to align 2 Set the payload size to 64 3 Set the Maximum Number of Packets to 9999999 4 Set Delay between Packets to 0 5 Set Ping O...

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Page 83: ...menu based user interface you can use to set up all of the SkyWay s configuration features and to run diagnostics This chapter gives you step by step procedures for configuring the SkyWay Bridge Router for your implementation This chapter contains the following information Setting System Configuration Parameters 59 Understanding RF DLC 65 Configuring the Ports 69 Bridging 88 IP Routing 93 Internet...

Page 84: ...e Administrative Console and SNMP for each of the SkyWay s major functions Function Function Function Function Console Console Console Console SNMP SNMP SNMP SNMP Comment Comment Comment Comment Network Man agement System Date and Time X X Allows you to configure the network management system date and time Network Man agement Secu rity Adding Users X Screens 1 1 1 Network Management Security and 1...

Page 85: ...e are no MIB OIDs for this screen Field Name Settings default in bold Read Community Name public The read only community name of the SkyWay agent Must match community name configured on the Network Management Station NMS Write Community Name The read write community name of the SkyWay agent Must match community name configured on the NMS 1 1 1 Network Management Security Configuration Network Mana...

Page 86: ... name NMS IP Address 1 The IP address of the first NMS This address setting is optional when using a NMS This provides an extra layer of security by forcing the IP addresses to match NMS IP Address 2 The IP address of the second Network Management station This address setting is optional when using a NMS This provides an extra layer of security by forcing the IP addresses to match Trap Destination...

Page 87: ...t This is an optional field where you can specify the person to contact plus phone pager or email information System Name sysName This is an optional field where you can specify the name of this unit It appears on the Login screen System Location sysLocation This is an optional field where you can specify the physical location of this unit It appears on the Login screen 1 1 2 Network Management Sy...

Page 88: ...rd A 20 character field where you can enter the user s password This field is case sen sitive Confirm Password Use this field to confirm the password User Level Standard Super Super users can enter security screens and create other users Current Number of Users The total number of defined users in the database 1 1 3 1 Add a User User Password Confirm Password User Level Standard Current number of ...

Page 89: ...Name Settings default in bold User Name of the user Password The user s password Confirm password A confirmation of the user s password Level Standard Standard Standard Standard Super Access level for this user Status Valid Valid Valid Valid Invalid Indicates if this user is currently a valid user 1 1 3 2 Users Record 1 of 2 User Password Confirm Password Level Status Super Valid Standard Valid re...

Page 90: ...4 General Parameters Configuration Field Name MIB Settings Date swCurrDay swCurr Month SwCurrYear The system date in DD MMM YYYY format Time swCurrTime The system time in HH MM SS format 1 1 4 General Parameters Configuration Date 10 Feb 2000 Time 14 24 36 return to menu commands TAB next available field ENTER edit ...

Page 91: ... the sub stations in a star topology In a point to point configuration there is one base station and one sub station Automatic Discovery Protocol When a sub station begins operation it can receive packets but may not be able to fully communicate with the base station until the base station is configured to recognize it RF DLC uses another protocol called Automatic Discovery Protocol ADP to learn a...

Page 92: ...F sub ports entering in the same Sub Station Number in 1 2 3 1 2 RF Sub Port Configuration on page 78 If ADP is disabled the ADP polling operation does not apply see ADP Discovery Pro cess on this page ADP Discovery Process The discovery process is as follows when ADP is enabled The base station is not yet aware of the sub station and the sub station is waiting for an ADP request from the base The...

Page 93: ...tus of frame activity For descriptions of RF DLC commands and responses see 2 5 1 RF DLC Base Port Status described in detail on page 140 and 2 5 2 RF DLC Sub Port Status described in detail on page 143 Polling The base station polls the substations one at a time to see if they have packets to send to the base station The base station manages three poll lists to which it assigns devices based on t...

Page 94: ...tain several Bridged Ethernet frames or routed IP data grams They are sequence numbered Ns is the frame number Nr is an ACK meaning all frames r were received If the base station gets an I frame out of sequence it assumes one was missed and sends out a reject packet Errors are handled as follows If Ns gets ahead by one the packet is rejected The other side retransmits If Nr changes and a frame is ...

Page 95: ...ou must cycle the port to start the new configuration This is described in Configuring the Sky Way as a Base Station on page 69 Obtaining IP Addresses IP network addresses are unique numbers assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IANA see RFC 2050 See your system manager to obtain IP addresses If your network is not connected to the Internet directly or indirectly see RFC 1918 which d...

Page 96: ...ields now contain the default settings 5 Accept the defaults or change the base port configuration settings Configuration Status You might want to set this Off line to complete configur ing all your units then change the configuration status of all units to On line before rebooting see step 5 Max Buffers these are the message buffers for the system Transmit and Receive Buffers these are shared bet...

Page 97: ... to the database but before the changes take affect you must initialize the port There are two ways to do this Cycle the port a Go to 2 2 1 Generic Port Status and Control b Type 3 or N until the port number is 3 c Set the Administrative Status field to Cycle d Type W Cycle evacuates the port eliminates the driver reads the database reinstalls the driver and brings up the port Reset the unit a Go ...

Page 98: ... other stations communicating with this SkyWay RF Data Rate swRFTransCfgDataRate 2 Mbps 5 5 Mbps 11 Mbps This setting must match all other stations communicating with this SkyWay Scrambler Tap swRFTransCfgScramb lerTap 72 Determines how the SkyWay scrambles data between two units This setting must match all other stations communicating with this SkyWay 1 2 3 3 RF Transceiver Configuration Record 1...

Page 99: ... Status swRFDiagPortConfigSta tus On line Off line Determines if this port is initialized upon reset Off line prevents the port from being initialized upon reset Port Type swRFDiagPortPorttype RF Sub Diagnostics Port RF Sub Diagnostic port Max Buffers swRFDiagPortMax Buffers 800 The number of message buffers Transmit Buffers swRFDiagPortTransDesc 240 The number of transmit buffers 1 2 3 2 RF Diagn...

Page 100: ... The status of this configuration Field Name MIB Settings default in bold Port Number swRFBasePortIndex 3 The RF port number Field Name MIB Settings default in bold 1 2 3 1 1 RF Base Port Configuration Record 1 of 1 Port Number 3 Configuration Status Off line Port Type RF DLC Base Port Max Buffers 800 Transmit Buffers 240 Receive Buffers 180 Maximum Frame Size 3200 Slow Polling Timeout seconds 15 ...

Page 101: ... swRFBasePortRecvDesc 180 The number of receive buffers Maximum Frame Size swRFBasePortMax FrameSize 3200 This is a read only field that sets the physical MTU or largest frame that can be transmitted from this port Slow Polling Timeout swRFBasePortSlow PollTO 15 seconds The slow poll time out interval in seconds First Sub Station Number swRFBasePortFirstSub Addr 256 The first possible sub station ...

Page 102: ...ubstation Configuration on page 81 ADP Timeout Interval seconds swRFBasePortADPTO 60 Applies only if ADP is enabled Determines how often in seconds the base stations sends an ADP broadcast Record Type swRFBasePortType Invalid Valid Indicates the status of this base port configuration If valid this base port configura tion is enabled If invalid this port is removed as a base port after the next res...

Page 103: ...on record from the database c Type W to update the database 3 Configure the RF port as a sub port a Go to 1 2 3 1 2 RF Sub Port Configuration on page 78 b Press A This automatically adds port 3 as a sub port and allows you to begin editing the screen c Leave Max Buffers Transmit and Receive Buffers at the default settings d Set the Sub Station Number This is the base sub port address for exam ple ...

Page 104: ...rn to menu commands TAB next available field ENTER edit Field Name MIB Settings default in bold Port Number swRFSubPortIndex 3 The RF physical port number is 3 Configuration Status swRFSubPortConfigSta tus On line On line On line On line Off line Determines if the port is initialized when a reset occurs Set Off line to prevent the port from initializing upon reset Online initializes the port upon ...

Page 105: ...this sub station If ADP is enabled set this parameter to zero Link Down Timeout Interval swRFSubPortLinkTO Seconds The length of time this substation tries to link up to the base station Record Type swRFSubPortType Valid Invalid Indicates the status of this port configuration If valid this port configuration is enabled If marked as invalid after the next reset or port cycle this port will not exis...

Page 106: ...ine Port Type RF DLC Base to Sub Port Corresponding Substation RF Port IP Address 000 000 000 000 Record Type Valid return to menu commands TAB next available field ENTER edit Field Name MIB Settings default in bold Sub Station Number swRFBaseSubPortIndex 256 The sub station number for this Base to Sub station port Configuration Status swRFBaseSubPortCon figStatus On line On line On line On line O...

Page 107: ...age 143 1 2 3 1 4 ADP Substation Configuration Record Type swRFBaseSubPortType Valid Valid Valid Valid Invalid Indicates the status of this RF Sub station port configuration If valid this port config uration is enabled If marked as invalid this record will be deleted after the next reset Field Name MIB Settings default in bold Sub Station Number swADPStationIndex The base sub port number of the su...

Page 108: ...82 IP Address swADPStationNetAd dress The IP address of the sub station Accept Status swADPStationStatus Yes No No No No Enter Yes to enable acceptance Field Name MIB Settings default in bold ...

Page 109: ...Ad dress The MAC address of this Ethernet port Bridging Encap Type swEtherPortBridgingEn capType Ethernet II encap Ethernet 802 3 encap Encapsulation used for bridging Port Type swEtherPortPortType Ethernet 802 3 This field is not configurable 1 2 2 1 Ethernet Port Configuration Record 1 of 1 Port Number 2 Configuration Status On line MAC Address 00 ba d0 ba be 00 Bridging Encap Type Ethernet 802 ...

Page 110: ...of transmit buffers Receive Buffers swEtherPortRecvDesc 256 The number of receive buffers Maximum Frame Size swEtherPortMaxFrame Size 1518 The physical MTU Record Type swEtherPortType Valid Invalid If valid this configuration is enabled upon reset If invalid this configuration record is deleted at the next reset Field Name MIB Settings default in bold ...

Page 111: ...f Duplex Duplex Mode for the Ethernet transceiver SQE 10Base T swEtherTransCfgSQE Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled When SQE heartbeat function is enabled the transceiver will assert COL output for 5 15 BT after each packet Valid only for 10Base T 1 2 2 2 Ethernet Transceiver Configuration Record 1 of 1 Ethernet Port Number 2 Interface Type Auto Negotiation Duplex Mode Full Duplex SQE 10...

Page 112: ...ifiable only is Auto negotiation is enabled Enables pause operation for full duplex link or disables pause operation 100BASE TX full duplex swEtherTransCfg100Bas eTXFullDuplex Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Modifiable only is Auto negotiation is enabled Enables 100Base TX full duplex for DTE capability 100BASE TX swEtherTransCfg100Bas eTX Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Modifiab...

Page 113: ...is the IEEE Selector Field Typical users can accept the default of IEEE 802 3 Record Type swEtherTransCfgType Valid Valid Valid Valid Invalid Indicates the status of this particular ethernet transceiver configuration If valid this configuration is enabled If marked as invalid this record will be deleted and will not exist after the next reset Field Name MIB Settings default in bold ...

Page 114: ... Bridge Configuration on page 90 In this screen you also set the global bridge parameters when bridging is enabled Then set up the ports for bridging operation in 1 3 2 Bridge Port Configuration on page 92 If you enable bridging the bridge receives the frame and determines what action should be taken that is to forward or filter drop the packet based on the state of the bridge ports Port States Ea...

Page 115: ... received on The size of the MTU conveyed by the frame does not exceed the maximum size of MTU supported by the LAN to which the port eligible for transmission is attached The frame is discarded if the port does not meet the above conditions Spanning Tree Spanning Tree allows the bridge to determine which ports to shut down put in Block ing mode to break any loops which may occur in the topology I...

Page 116: ...01 80 c2 00 00 00 return to menu commands TAB next available field ENTER edit Field Name MIB Settings default in bold Bridging swBridgeEnable Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Enables or disables bridging on the system If you disable bridging on this screen it is disabled for all ports If you change this parameter you must reset the unit Bridging supersedes spanning tree function that is if...

Page 117: ...nds the bridge waits before it discards configuration BPDUs Bridge Hello Timeout dotIdStpBridgeHello Time 2 The amount of time in seconds before the bridge issues a configuration BPDU BPDU Forward Delay dotIdStpBridgeForward Delay 15 The amount of time a port waits before going into a forwarding state Multicast Address swBridgeMulticastAddr The spanning tree multicast address contained in the conf...

Page 118: ... This controls the port s bridg ing operation if Spanning Tree is disabled STP State swBridgePortSTPState Disabled Blocking Listening Learning Forwarding This is a status field which tells you the current state for this port For example in the screen above both ports are in the Forwarding state STP Port Cost swBridgePortSTPCost Determines the cost of the path to the root through this port 1 3 2 Br...

Page 119: ... Settings default in bold Routing ipForwarding Disabled Enables or disables IP routing on this unit Time to Live ipDefaultTTL 64 Specified the number of hops a packet can be forwarded before it is discarded ICMP Redirect Route Clearing Interval swIpIcmpredirectdlear ingInterval 1800 The interval of time in seconds in which routes learned from ICMP redirect mes sages are cleared 1 4 1 IP Protocol C...

Page 120: ...e discarding a packet when all frag ments have not yet arrived Default Gateway Enabled swDefaultGateway No No No No Yes Set to Yes to set a default gateway Default Gateway IP Address swDefaultGatewayI PAddr Enter the IP address to send IP datagrams for which no route was found Default Gateway Port Number swDefaultGatewayInter face The SkyWay port number to use when forwarding IP datagrams with unk...

Page 121: ... Proxy ARP swIpPortProxyArp Enabled Disabled Determines whether proxy Address Resolution Protocol ARP is enabled IP Address swIpPortAddr This is the IP address for this IP port configurable IP Mask swIpPortMask This is the subnet mask 1 4 2 IP Port Configuration Record 1 of 2 Port Number 2 Proxy ARP Enabled IP Address 134 196 034 001 IP Mask 255 255 000 000 IP Encapsulation Standard Ethernet IP MT...

Page 122: ...conds to wait for an ARP reply before sending the next ARP request Arp Aging Timeout swIpPortArpAgingTO 300 The amount of time in seconds to hold an entry in the ARP table before removing it Arp Max Retries swIpPortArpMaxRetries 5 The number of times an ARP request is repeated without receiving an ARP reply The minimum value is 1 the maximum value is 15 and the default should be 5 Configuration St...

Page 123: ...ld Network Address swIpRouteNetAddr The destination IP address Network Mask swIpRouteNetMask The destination network subnet mask Gateway Address swIpRouteGateway The IP address of the gateway to use as the next hop Prt swIpRouteIndex 3 The physical port number that is used to reach the gateway address 1 4 3 IP Static Routes Configuration Record 0 of 0 Rte Over Record Network Address Network Mask G...

Page 124: ... cost override is enabled Record Type swIpRouteType Valid Invalid If valid this configuration will initialize upon reset If invalid this record is deleted from the database upon the next reset Field Name MIB Settings defaults in bold 1 4 4 BOOTP Configuration Relaying Disabled Destination Address 255 255 255 255 Maximum Hops 4 Broadcast Reply No return to menu commands TAB next available field ENT...

Page 125: ...o enable BOOTP functionality Destination Address swBootpCfgRelayAgent ForwardIpAddr 255 255 255 255 This is the server s IP address The default is the limited broadcast address Maximum Hops swBootpCfgRelayAgent MaxHops 4 This field sets the maximum number of times a BOOTP request can be routed The range is 1 16 Broadcast Reply swBootpCfgRelayAgent BroadcastReplyFlg No No No No Yes This field if se...

Page 126: ...onfigured bridge ports Press N to see the next page 1 5 Configuration Summary System Configuration System Description Solectek Corporation SkyWay System Date Time 18 Jan 2000 20 35 01 Port 1 RS 422 115200 8 NONE One Port 2 Ethernet 802 3 00 ba d0 ba be 00 Auto Negotiation On line Port 3 RF Base Port 00 00 c4 1c 91 45 2 Mbps On line Bridge Configuration Bridging Enabled Spanning Tree Enabled Number...

Page 127: ...101 Routing Configuration displays IP routing status enabled or disabled and the IP addresses and network masks for each port The RF Configuration displays the number of sub stations and the RF Frequency set ting ...

Page 128: ... the IP Protocol suite The implementation of ICMP on the SkyWay Bridge Router follows the standard as described in RFC 792 The Ping utility generates an ICMP Echo Request and expects to receive an ICMP Echo Reply packet For more information see 3 2 Ping Utility described in detail on page 109 ...

Page 129: ...MP SNMP Features Available The following is a list of RFCs that the SkyWay supports RFC Description Not supported RFC 1213 MIB II Excluded nt group Excluded ipRouteTa ble replaced by RFC 1354 Excluded tcp group Excluded egp group RFC 1215 SNMP Trap Definition RFC 1317 RS 232 like MIB Autobaud in rs232AsynPortTable RFC 1493 Bridge MIB dot1dStaticTable dot1dStpPortPriority port priority in the Spann...

Page 130: ... are two kinds of Run Time diagnostics you can use to test communications between the Base and Sub Stations RF Base and Sub Radio Tests test communications at the bench test level before installation Ping Utility tests communications after installation For an example of using the RF Base and Sub Radio Tests see Bench Test on page 32 DRAM tests the active memory Flash tests the storage area flash m...

Page 131: ...ive tests you can run on the base port as described in the following table To end the test set Test to Run to Terminate Test and press W Test To Run Parameters that can be configured Comments Burst Frame Ping Pong Mode Test Timeout Number of Bursts Maximum Burst Size The base station sends the specified number of bursts and the sub sta tion returns the same number 4 1 RF Base Radio Test Note diagn...

Page 132: ...tion does not reply The base station sends the number of frames to the sub station continu ously until the timeout occurs Single Frame Ping Pong Mode Test Timeout Number of Frames Frame Length The base station sends out the frames one at a time and the substation returns them one at a time This test can be used as a protocol tester to send out all types of RF DLC frames Static Size Ping Pong Mode ...

Page 133: ...Transmit test Frame Length or Maxi mum Burst Size swRFBaseTestFrame Length 1530 The frame length to transmit when running the Continuous Single Frame Transmit test The range is 3 to 3200 Field Name MIB Settings default in bold RF Port Number swRFSubTestIndex 3 The RF Port number is 3 Field Name MIB Settings default in bold 4 2 RF Sub Radio Test Note diagnostic driver must be installed RF Port Numb...

Page 134: ...t packet and expects to receive an ICMP Echo Reply packet Test to Run swRFSubTestToRun Burst Frame Ping Pong Mode Continuous Burst Receive Continuous Single Frame Receive Single Frame Ping Pong Mode Static Size Ping Pong Mode Note Note Note Note See 4 1 RF Base Radio Test on page 105 for test descriptions Field Name MIB Settings default in bold ...

Page 135: ...1 The number of seconds to wait before this ping session times out Delay Between Packets swPingDelay 0 The delay in milliseconds between each ping sent out during this ping session Ping Operation swPingOperation Start Ping Abort Ping Starts or stops the ping operation 3 2 Ping Utility Destination IP Address 000 000 000 000 Ping Payload Size 64 Number of Packets 0 Reply Timeout 1 Delay Between Pack...

Page 136: ...PingNumPacketsTim eout 0 The number of packets that timed out during this ping session Longest Round Trip Delay swPingLongestRTD 0 The longest round trip delay The amount of time in milliseconds that has passed between the time the ping was sent and the response for that ping is returned Shortest Round Trip Delay swPingShortestRTD 0 The shortest round trip delay The amount of time in milliseconds ...

Page 137: ... 0 3 31146 17 Feb 2000 12 31 04 Valid Crash Dump 0 0 81788 26 Jan 2001 00 00 56 Valid Error Log 0 0 130816 26 Jan 2001 00 00 57 Valid Bios DB 0 0 131072 25 Jan 2001 22 23 22 Valid Runtime DB 0 0 1048576 25 Jan 2001 22 23 57 Valid Bios Application 0 30 393216 22 Feb 2000 12 21 08 Valid Runtime Application 0 30 3 983039 22 Feb 2000 13 28 04 Valid Source Information YMODEM on 01 25 2001 22 19 27 retu...

Page 138: ... sends a NAK every 10 seconds up to one minute until the transmitter acknowledges the NAK by sending the first packet The transmitter continues by sending each packet in turn always waiting for the packet to be acknowl SOH 01H This is always the first byte in each block EOT 04H This is sent instead of SOH to mark the end of transmission ACK 06H Positive Acknowledgement NAK 15H Negative Acknowledge...

Page 139: ... checksum Note The XModem and YModem screens are almost identical except that XModem does not have a File Name field that is it supports multi file transfers with packet sizes of 128 to 1024 bytes The remainder of Xmodem and Ymodem fields have identical descriptions Therefore only the YModem screen is shown and one table containing field descriptions is presented Both MIBs are given YModem The Ymo...

Page 140: ...og Bios data base Saved data base Default data base Boot Application Runtime Application The type of file to be transferred Session Type swXmodemAction swYmodemAction Send Receive The action to be performed by the file transfer task Download Send or Upload Receive 3 1 2 Ymodem File Transfer Port Number 1 File Type Runtime Application Session Type Choose Action File Name Status Idle Bytes Transferr...

Page 141: ... Name swYmodemFileName The file name of the file to be transferred The Xmodem screen does not have the File Name field Status swXmodemStatus swYmodemStatus Receiving Transmitting Failed Idle The current status of this file transfer Bytes Transferred swXmodemBytesTrans ferred swYmodemBytesTrans ferred 0 4 294 967 295 Counts the number of bytes as the file is currently being transferred and dynamica...

Page 142: ...egun Another indication is the Bytes Transferred field begins to dynamically display the number of bytes being trans ferred The cps bps cps bps cps bps cps bps button allows you to toggle the displayed transfer rate as either characters per second or bits per second If the system does not begin transferring the file and a time out occurs you may see a message indicating the transfer was cancelled ...

Page 143: ...Way can act as both a server and a client and the PC acts as both a client and a server The SkyWay TFTP server exchanges files with the TFTP client on the PC and the SkyWay TFTP client exchanges files with the TFTP server on the PC Sending and Receiving Files The TFTP server establishes a connection and begins the file transfer It sends the first block of data specified by the block size The clien...

Page 144: ...your workstation when transferring files to or from the SkyWay TFTP Server File Name Description BOOTLDR BIN Boot Loader FPGA BIN FPGA CRSHDUMP BIN Crash Dump ERRORLOG BIN Error Log BIOS_DB BIN Bios Database DATABASE BIN Run Time Database DBDEFLT BIN Default Database BIOS_APP BIN Bios Application RT_APP BIN Run Time Application ...

Page 145: ...Enabled Send only Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Set Server Status to Enabled or Send only to configure the SkyWay as a TFTP server Send only means the TFTP server is enabled to send files only and cannot receive files Time_out swTFTPServerTO 20 The amount of time in seconds the TFTP Server will wait before a timeout occurs For example if the server sends a packet and it is not acknowledged b...

Page 146: ...ests swTFTPServerRRQ Number of read requests received by the TFTP Server Write requests swTFTPServerWRQ Number of write requests received by the TFTP Server Aborted Sessions swTFTPServerAborts The number of times an upload was aborted since the last reboot Reset Statistics swTFTPServerStatsRe set Yes No No No No Reset the statistics each time a file transfer is started Field Name MIB Settings defa...

Page 147: ...Application Runtime Application Use Filename The type of file to be transferred File Name swTFTPFileName The file name of the file to be transferred Timeout swTFTPTO 20 Tells the server what the timeout parameter will be that is how long the server should wait to receive an acknowledgement before terminating the connection 3 1 1 2 TFTP File Transfer IP Host Address 000 000 000 000 File Type Runtim...

Page 148: ...le The current status of the transfer Bytes Transferred swTFTPBytesTrans ferred 0 Counts the number of bytes as the file is currently being transferred and dynamically displays it If a file isn t currently transferring this field displays the number of bytes transferred in the last file transfer Number of Retries swTFTPNumRetries 0 only after an error The number of retries for the current or last ...

Page 149: ...per users and Standard users A Standard user cannot add other users SNMP Security To secure the system against illegal access certain screens are not available via SNMP 1 1 1 Network Management Security Configuration 1 1 3 User Access Configuration Menu all screens in this menu tree 4 3 Field Support Menu all screens in this menu tree ...

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Page 151: ...however some contain configurable parameters that are noted in their descriptions You can use the status screens to monitor protocol operations to test whether a con figuration change is in effect and to troubleshoot problems on the system This chapter provides information on Monitoring Features Available 126 System Status and Control Screens 127 Port Status and Control Screens 132 RF DLC Screens ...

Page 152: ...2 1 1 General Status and Control is read only via SNMP Allows you to check the status of SNMP packets traps and error log Port Status and Control X X Allows you to check all port statistics and gives you operational control over them Bridge Status X X Allows you to check the status of bridging and spanning tree operation Router Status X X Allows you to check the status of IP ICMP and ARP packets r...

Page 153: ...s screen using an SNMP Manager you cannot change the Watchdog timer 2 1 1 General Status and Control 2 1 1 General Status and Control Product Code Skyway Bridge Serial Number 12 Board Revision Version 1 Software Version Version 1 0 Media Type Twisted Pair RF Power Type High Power County Code United States Antenna Type No antenna DRAM Size 32 Mb DRAM Usage bytes 4258216 FLASH Size 8 Mb FLASH Usage ...

Page 154: ...occurred since the last reset At the bottom of the screen the fields list the number of incoming and outgoing SNMP packets and traps 2 1 2 1 SNMP Status In Bad Version 0 In Bad Community Name 0 In Bad Community Use 0 In Bad ASN 0 In Read Only 0 Out Too Bigs 0 Out No Such Name 0 Out Bad Values 0 Out General Error 0 Total Retrieved MIB Objects 0 Total Altered MIB Objects 0 In Get Requests 0 In Get N...

Page 155: ...list of trap messages see Appendix G SNMP Trap Messages on page 191 Value swTrapHistoryValue The value of the first trap variable or zero Date Time swTrapHistoryDateAnd Time The date and time the trap occurred 2 1 2 2 SNMP Trap History Record 1 of 6 Trap Trap Description Value Date Time 0 Link_Down 2 02 Mar 1999 21 58 45 1 New_Root 0 02 Mar 1999 21 58 45 2 New_Root 0 02 Mar 1999 21 58 45 3 Link_Up...

Page 156: ...n Log Level Date Time 0 Link Up Trap for port 1 Notification 14 Jan 2001 20 44 19 1 Link Up Trap for port 2 Notification 14 Jan 2001 20 44 19 2 Cold Start Trap Notification 14 Jan 2001 20 44 50 3 Link Down Trap for port 2 Notification 14 Jan 2001 20 46 44 4 New root detected Notification 14 Jan 2001 20 46 44 5 New root detected Notification 14 Jan 2001 20 46 45 6 Link Up Trap for port 2 Notificati...

Page 157: ... A more complete description of the error at the cursor position File swErrorLogFileName The source file where the error occurred Line swErrorLogLineNum ber The line of code in the source file where the error occurred TrapOid swErrorLogTrapOid The Trap Object Identifier OID Field Name MIB Comments ...

Page 158: ... serial port parameters and errors 2 2 2 Serial Port Status Field Name MIB Port Number rs232AsyncPortIndex 1 The serial port number is 1 Data Bits rs232AsyncPortBits The number of bits in a character Parity rs232AsyncPortParity The port s sense of a character parity bit Stop Bits rs232AsyncPortStopBits 2 2 2 Serial Port Status Port Number 0 Data Bits 8 Parity NONE Stop Bits 1 Parity Errors 0 Frami...

Page 159: ...e port state was up or test Framing Errors rs232AsyncPortFramingE rrs The total number of characters with a framing error input from the port since sys tem re initialization and while the port state was up or test Overrun Errors rs232AsyncPortOverrun Errs The total number of characters with an overrun error input from the port since sys tem re initialization and while the port state was up or test...

Page 160: ...Errors dot3StatsFCSErrors The number of frames received on a particular interface that are an integral number of octets in length but do not pass the FCS check Single Collision Frames dot3StatsSingleCollisionF rames The number of successfully transmitted frames on a particular interface for which transmission is inhibited by exactly one collision 2 2 3 1 Ethernet Port Status Record 1 of 1 Port Num...

Page 161: ...nto the transmission of a packet Excessive Collisions dot3StatsExcessiveCollisi ons The number of frames which could not be transmitted on a particular interface due to excessive collisions Internal MAC Transmit Errors dot3StatsInternalMacTran smitErrors The number of frames which could not be transmitted on a particular interface due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error Carrier Sense Lost d...

Page 162: ...therTransSpeedSta tus If you have the Ethernet transceiver set to auto negotiate the chip speed this tells you at what speed it actually came up Duplex Mode swEtherTransDuplexSta tus Displays the configuration status of the Transceiver at either full or half duplex mode 2 2 3 2 Ethernet Transceiver Status Record 1 of 1 Port Link Chip Duplex Number Status Speed Mode 2 Up 10 Mbps Half Duplex return ...

Page 163: ...us is displaying Port Status swRFPortStatus On line Off line The operational status of the port RF data rate swRFPortBW 2 Mbs 5 5 Mbs 11 Mbs The RF data rate for this port 2 2 4 RF Port Status Record 1 of 1 Port Number 3 Port Type RF Base Port Port Status Online RF data rate 5 5 Mbps RF Channel 2414 Mhz Bytes IN 0 Bytes OUT 2703 Frames IN 749 Frames OUT 901 Discards IN 0 Discards OUT 0 Digital Pha...

Page 164: ...DPLLErrors The number of Digital Phase Lock Loop error that occurred on this port Frame Length Violation swRFPortFrameLength Errors The total number of frames with Frame Length Error received on this port Non Octet Aligned Frame swRFPortFrameAlign mentErrors The total number of Framing Alignment errors on the port Abort Sequence swRFPortAbortErrors The total number of RF frames aborted for any rea...

Page 165: ...wRFPortUnderrunEr rors Transmission error The number of incomplete buffer errors in the communication processor for the port CTS Lost swRFPortCTSLost Transmission error The number of times clear to send was lost for the port Field Name MIB Comments ...

Page 166: ... statistics that show the number of frames transmitted or received as a response from all sub stations On the base station this screen shows a summary of activity from all the sub stations On sub stations the values all will be zero 2 5 1 RF DLC Base Port Status Field Name MIB Comments Port No swRFDLCBasePortIn dex 3 This is the physical RF port 2 5 1 RF DLC Base Port Status Record 1 of 1 Prt SNRM...

Page 167: ...r of IFrames received RR TX swRFDLCBase PortOutRR The number of Receive ready commands sent to all sub stations RR REC swRFDLCBasePort INRR The number of Receive ready responses received from all sub stations REJ TX swRFDLCBase PortOutREJ The number of Reject commands sent to all sub stations REJ REC swRFDLCBasePortInREJ The number of Reject responses received from all sub stations RNR TX swRFDLCB...

Page 168: ... stations XID REC swRFDLCBasePort InXID The number of Exchange station identification responses received from all sub sta tions UA swRFDLCBasePortUA The number of Unnumbered acknowledgement responses received from the sub station DISC swRFDLCBasePort DISC The number of Disconnect commands sent to all sub stations RD swRFDLCBasePortRD The number of Request disconnect responses received from all sub...

Page 169: ...station number SNRME swRFDLCSubPortSN RME The number of Set normal response mode extended SNRME commands sent to the sub station A UA is the expected response FRMR swRFDLCSubPortFRMR The number of Frame reject responses sent from the sub station when it receives an invalid frame IFrames TX swRFDLCSub PortOutIFrame The number of IFrames transmitted 2 5 2 RF DLC Sub Port Status Record 1 of 1 Prt SNR...

Page 170: ...ode Waiting NDM is Normal Disconnect Mode and NRD is Normal Request Disconnect REJ TX swRFDLCSub PortOutREJ The number of Reject commands sent to the sub station REJ REC swRFDLCSubPortInREJ The number of Reject responses received from the sub station RNR TX swRFDLCSub PortOutRNR The number of Receive not ready commands sent to the sub station RNR REC swRFDLCSubPortIn RNR The number of Receive not ...

Page 171: ...eived from the sub sta tion UA swRFDLCSubPortUA The number of Unnumbered acknowledgement responses received from the sub station DISC swRFDLCSubPortDISC The number of Disconnect commands sent to the sub station RD swRFDLCSubPortRD The number of Request disconnect reponses received from the sub station DM swRFDLCSubPortDM The number of Disconnect mode responses received from the sub station Field N...

Page 172: ... 5 3 RF DLC Sub Poll Status Field Name MIB Comments Sub Station Number The sub station number which corresponds to the base sub port number IP Address The IP address of the sub station Polling Status Fast Poll Slow Poll Inactive Poll The poll list on the base station where this sub station is currently listed 2 5 3 RF DLC Sub Poll Status Record 1 of 1 Sub Station IP Polling Number Address Status 2...

Page 173: ...al level for this port For example a value of 55 is 55 dBm Noise Level dBm swSignalStatus NoiseLevel The detected noise level for this port For example a value of 85 is 85 dBm A value of 95 is no noise detected Signal Noise dB swSignalStatusSignal ToNoise The signal to noise ratio The value indicates Noise Level minus Signal Level 2 5 4 RF DLC Signal Status Record 0 of 0 Signal Noise Port Level dB...

Page 174: ...RF DLC Screens 148 Rcv Timeouts Sec swSignalStatusRcvToR ate The rate of receiver timeouts Field Name MIB Comments ...

Page 175: ...riority creates a unique Bridge ID which the Spanning Tree Protocol uses Number of Bridge Ports dot1dBaseNumPorts Minimum of 2 per unit the Ethernet and the RF ports On the base station the number of bridge ports is equal to one plus the number of base sub ports 2 3 1 Bridge Spanning Tree Status Bridge Status Bridge MAC Address 00 ba d0 ba be 00 Number of Bridge Ports 2 Bridging Type Transparent o...

Page 176: ...ue the bridge is currently using The amount of time between the transmission of Configuration bridge PDUs by this node on any port when it is the root of the Spanning Tree or trying to become so in seconds Hold Time dot1dStpHoldTime The interval length during which no more than two Configuration bridge PDUs can be transmitted by this node in hundredths of a second Forward Delay dot1dStpForwardDela...

Page 177: ...d Delay dot1dStpBridgeForward Delay The value that all bridges use for Forward Delay when this bridge is acting as the root Forward Table Timeout dot1dTpAgingTime The timeout period in seconds for aging out dynamically learned forwarding infor mation Time Since last Topology Change dot1dStpTimeSinceTopol ogyChange The time since the last time a topology change was detected by the bridge entity Top...

Page 178: ... the bridge ports are 2 and the sub station numbers Max Info swBridgePortStatusMax Info Maximum size of the information field that this port can transmit or receive In Frames swBridgePortStatusIn Frames Frames including bridge management frames are added into the count only if processed by the bridg ing function Total number of frames received on this port 2 3 2 Bridge Port Status Record 1 of 1 Po...

Page 179: ...mber of frames transmitted on this port In Discards swBridgePortStatusInDis cards In Discards is incremented when a packet comes in on a port that is not forwarding or is destined for a non forwarding port MTU Exceeded Discards swBridgePortStatusMtu ExceededDiscards Number of frames that were discarded because they exceeded the maximum trans fer unit size Field Name MIB Comments ...

Page 180: ...e ports are 2 and the sub station numbers Port State Forwarding The current state of this bridge port Port Status Enabled Whether this port is configured for bridging enabled Port Path Cost dot1dStpPortPathCost The contribution to the path cost towards the Spanning Tree root which includes this port 2 3 3 Spanning Tree Port Status Record 1 of 1 Port Number 2 Port State Forwarding Port Status Enabl...

Page 181: ...ort This value is compared to the Root Path cost field in received bridge PDUs Designated Bridge dot1dStpPortDesignated Bridge The Bridge ID of the bridge which this port considers to be the Designated Bridge for this port s segment Designated Port dot1dStpPortDesignated Port The Port Identifier of the port on the Designated Bridge for this port s segment Port Forward Transitions dot1dStpPortForwa...

Page 182: ...earned Self Mgmt The status of this entry Other means none of the following Invalid means this entry is no longer valid but has not been flushed from the table Learned means the MAC Address was learned from the network Self means the MAC Address represents the port s MAC address Mgmt means this entry was statically entered 2 3 4 Transparent Bridging Table Record 1 of 2 MAC Address Port Status 00 0...

Page 183: ...le routing or change other parameters go to screen 1 4 1 IP Proto col Configuration on page 93 Field Name MIB Comments Incoming Packets ipInReceives The total number of datagrams received from interfaces including those received in error 2 4 1 1 IP Protocol Status Incoming Packets 0 Incoming Discards 0 Incoming Deliveries 0 Outgoing Discards 0 Forwarding Requests 0 Routing Discards 0 Outgoing Requ...

Page 184: ...their IP headers including bad checksums version number mismatches other format errors time to live exceededs errors discovered in processing their IP options etc Address Errors ipInAddrErrors The number of input datagrams discarded because the IP address in their IP header s destination field was not a valid address to be received at this entity Unknown Protocol ipInUnknownProtos The number of lo...

Page 185: ...The number of IP packets successfully reassembled Reassembly Timeout ipReasmTimeout The maximum number of seconds which received fragments are held while they are awaiting reassembly at this entity Default Time to Live ipDefaultTTL A number which together with the Route Cost determines how many hops a packet is allowed to make before it is discarded Each time a packet is forwarded the Default Time...

Page 186: ...ntNetMask The IP Mask to be used for the IP address IP Broadcast ipAdEntBcastAddr 1 Yes 2 No Whether IP broadcasts can be sent or received on this port Reasm Size ipAdEntReasmMask 65535 The maximum size a reassembled packet can reach 2 4 1 2 IP Address Table Record 1 of 2 IP Port IP Address IP Mask IP Broadcast Reasm Size 2 134 196 034 002 255 255 000 000 1 65535 3 196 028 145 069 255 255 255 000 ...

Page 187: ...stamps icmpOutTimestamps The number of ICMP Timestamp request messages received Timestamp Replies icmpInTimestampReps icmpOutTimestam pReps The number of ICMP Timestamp reply messages received ICMP Specific Errors icmpInErrors icmpOutErrors The number of ICMP messages which the entity received but determined as having ICMP specific errors bad ICMP checksums bad length etc 2 4 1 4 ICMP Status Incom...

Page 188: ...ss Mask Reply messages received Echo Requests icmpInEchos icmpOutEchos The number of ICMP Echo Request messages received The Ping utility generates an Echo Request to test communications with another unit Echo Replies icmpInEchoReps icmpOutEchoReps The number of ICMP Echo Request messages received The Ping utility expects to receive this type of packet in response to an Echo Request Source Quenche...

Page 189: ...oing Port ipNetToMediaIPIndex The IP port at which the IP address can be reached IP Address ipNetToMediaNetAd dress The IP address MAC Address ipNetToMediaPhysAd dress The physical or MAC address Type ipNetToMediaType STATIC DYNAMIC INVALID Whether this entry is static or dynamic Static values are user entered and dynamic entries are learned from the network 2 4 1 5 ARP Table Record 0 of 0 Port IP...

Page 190: ...sponse Connected The session has been established and I Frames may be exchanged Wait for any Response The base station has sent an supervisory RR RNR REJ or I Frame and is waiting for a response Disconnected The base station has sent a DISC command and is waiting for a response Events Events Events Events Description Description Description Description Poll timer timeout The poll timer has timed o...

Page 191: ...r count acknowledging the Nr 1 frame sent by the sub station Send SNRME The SNRME frame starts the communications session with the sub station It resets the Nr and Ns counts Send XID The XID command sends configuration information to the sub station Set Poll Timer The poll timer generates a poll timeout event upon expiration of the poll timer Set Response Timer The response timer generates a respo...

Page 192: ...ted No communications session exists between the base station and the sub station Connected The sub station has an active communication session with the base station I Frames may be exchanged only in the connected state Events Events Events Events Description Description Description Description RR Command Received Receive Ready command received from the base sta tion RNR Command Received Receive N...

Page 193: ...n XID response frame replies to a received XID command frame Send RD An RD response frame replies to any poll frame in order to initiate a disconnect with the base station Send RR An RR response frame acknowledges the reception of I Frames Send RNR An RNR response frame indicates to the base station that the receiver is congested Send REJ An REJ response frame indicates to the base station that an...

Page 194: ...hernet port 3 RF port 256 512 base sub ports The port number for this record Port Type The type of port to which this row of statistics apply Address The MAC address of this port 2 6 Status Summary Record 1 of 3 Port Port Physical Number Type Address Bridging IP 1 Serial RS 422 00 00 00 00 00 00 No No 2 Ethernet 100Mbit 00 ba d0 ba be 00 No Yes 3 RF DLC Base Port 00 00 c4 1c 91 45 No Yes return to...

Page 195: ...Status Summary 169 Bridging Whether bridging is enabled for this port IP Whether IP routing is enabled for this port Field Name MIB Incoming MIB Outgoing ...

Page 196: ...Status Summary 170 ...

Page 197: ...hat may be the source of the problem if you approach troubleshooting systematically you can often correct the problem yourself or perhaps with a little help from Solectek Technical Support This chapter contains a flow chart to help you troubleshoot your system It also gives you a list of items to have ready when you need to call Solectek for assistance This chapter provides information on Symptom ...

Page 198: ...ear Problem Solved Clear RF Spectrum Bench Test Pass Call Solectek Technical Support Hardware Failure Initial Configuration Pass Revert to last known good configuration Hardware problem Call Solectek Technical Support END Recent changes in network Revert to last known good configuration Start Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N Y Y N N Is RF DLC working Y N N N Initialize and reconfigure u...

Page 199: ...menu bar select Edit Select All 3 Type Ctrl C Ctrl C Ctrl C Ctrl C to copy the screen to the Windows clipboard 4 From Windows Start click Programs Accessories Notepad A Notepad window opens 5 Type Ctrl Insert Ctrl Insert Ctrl Insert Ctrl Insert to paste the screen capture into the Notepad window 6 From the Notepad menu bar click File Save As and enter a file name for example 211GenSysStats txt 211...

Page 200: ...Be prepared to give the Technical Services Engineer your RF configuration including the distances between each point the type of antenna at each point base station sub station etc Logical Network Map Have on hand a topology diagram of your network if it is available Bench Test Results Provide information from the original bench test you performed on the unit ...

Page 201: ... Network Management System Configuration 1 1 3 User Access Configuration Menu 1 1 3 1 Add a User Requires User Level Super no SNMP access 1 1 3 2 Users Requires User Level Super no SNMP access 1 1 4 General Parameters Configuration 1 2 Port Configuration Menu 1 2 1 Serial Port Configuration Menu 1 2 1 1 Serial Port Configuration 1 2 1 2 Serial Transceiver Configuration 1 2 2 Ethernet Port Configur...

Page 202: ...dge Configuration Menu 1 3 1 Bridge Configuration 1 3 2 Bridge Ports Configuration 1 4 Router Configuration Menu 1 4 1 IP Protocol Configuration 1 4 2 IP Port Configuration 1 4 3 IP Static Routes Configuration 1 4 4 BOOTP Configuration 1 5 Configuration Summary 2 Status and Control Menu 2 1 Menu 2 1 1 General Status and Control 2 1 2 Network Management Status Menu 2 1 2 1 SNMP Status 2 1 2 2 SNMP ...

Page 203: ... Router Status Menu 2 4 1 IP ICMP ARP Menu 2 4 1 1 IP Protocol Status 2 4 1 2 IP Address Table 2 4 1 3 ICMP Status 2 4 1 4 ARP Table 2 4 2 UDP BOOTP Menu 2 4 2 1 UDP Status 2 4 2 2 UDP Listen Table 2 4 2 3 BOOTP Status 2 5 RF DLC Status Menu 2 5 1 RF DLC Base Port Status 2 5 2 RF DLC Sub Port Status 2 5 3 RF DLC Sub Poll Status 2 5 4 RF DLC Signal Status 2 6 Status Summary 3 Utilities Menu 3 1 Fil...

Page 204: ...ry 3 2 Ping Utility 3 3 Flush Tables 4 Diagnostics Menu 4 1 RF Base Radio Test 4 2 RF Sub Radio Test 4 3 Field Support 4 3 1 LMX Synthesizer Field Support 4 3 2 Modulator Demodulator Field Support 4 3 3 Baseband Processor Registers Field Support 4 3 4 Automatic Level Control Field Support 5 Start Application 6 Log Off Screen Description ...

Page 205: ...y Table Screen Description 1 Configuration Menu 1 1 System 1 2 Serial Port 1 3 Serial Transceiver 1 4 Ethernet Port 1 5 Ethernet Transceiver 1 6 Factory Configuration 2 Diagnostics 2 1 DRAM Diagnostics 2 2 Flash Diagnostics 2 3 Ethernet Diagnostics 2 4 Loop Through All Diagnostics 3 Files 4 Utilities 4 1 YMODEM 4 2 XMODEM 4 3 Configuration Database Service ...

Page 206: ...180 4 4 Real Time Clock 5 Error Log 6 User Screens 6 1 Add a User 6 2 Users 7 Reset SkyWay 8 Start Application 9 Log Off Screen Description ...

Page 207: ...X or 100 Base FX Ethernet cable connects to a LAN server inside the building Caution Although Solectek does not recommend it you may find it necessary to cut the con nectors off the cables so that you can feed the cables through conduit in the roof inside the building Cut only the connectors on the indoor indoor indoor indoor side not those that connect directly to the SkyWay from the ends of the ...

Page 208: ...ary to cut this connector cut the cable and not into the molded area around the connector Pin Number Pin Number Pin Number Pin Number Purpose Purpose Purpose Purpose Color Color Color Color Barrel Ground WHT Center Hot BLK Drain Not Connected Center Barrel Drain ...

Page 209: ... 422 DB9 183 Console Cable Serial RS 422 DB9 Pin Number Pin Number Pin Number Pin Number Color Color Color Color 1 ORN WHT 2 WHT ORN 3 GRN WHT 4 WHT GRN 5 BLU WHT 6 Not connected 7 Not connected 8 Not connected 9 BRN WHT 1 9 ...

Page 210: ... TX Ethernet Cable RJ 45 Note Do not cut Note Do not cut Note Do not cut Note Do not cut the 100 Base FX fiber optic cable Pin Number Color 1 WHT ORN 2 ORN WHT 3 WHT GRN 4 BLU WHT 5 WHT BLU 6 GRN WHT 7 WHT BRN 8 BRN WHT 8 1 ...

Page 211: ...ard with all SkyWay models Multiple systems may be co located and run back to back to extend link distances and or cover multiple sec tors from the same mast Wireless Link Dis tance Up to 30 miles 48 Km per pair with clear radio line of sight depending on antenna selected All equipment except antenna and cables included with standard system No additional amplifiers required Media Interfaces Bridgi...

Page 212: ...ssis Specifications 8 5 W x 14 L x 3 5 H 21m W x 35m L x 08m H Chassis Environmental 30C to 70C Power Supply Input Autosensing 100 250 VAC Output 48 VDC Power Consumption 5 amps 48 VDC Certifications FCC Class A UL Outdoor Industrie Canada ETSI SkyWay to Antenna Cable 8 foot 2 4m chassis to antenna cable supplied SkyWay to Hub Router Standard cable available in lengths of 100 feet 200 feet and 300...

Page 213: ...tandard Ethernet for bridging NetBEUI NetBIOS DECNet Ethertalk Any IEEE 802 3 or EtherII Ethernet Frame 802 1d Spanning Tree Protocol STP Routed Protocols SkyWay supports the following protocols that are routed IP Version 4 with support for BOOTP Relay and Proxy ARP Static IP Routing only Management Protocols SkyWay supports the following protocols for managing the SkyWay or for file transfer SMNP...

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Page 215: ...mber Error Status SNMPv2 Error Status SNMPv1 0 No Error No Error 1 Too Big Too Big 2 No Such Name No Such Name 3 Bad Value Bad Value 4 Read Only Read Only 5 General Error General Error 6 No Access No Such Name 7 Wrong Type Bad Value 8 Wrong Length Bad Value 9 Wrong Encoding Bad Value 10 Wrong Value Bad Value 11 No Creation No Such Name 12 Inconsistent Value No Such Name 13 Resource Unavailable Gen...

Page 216: ...Commit Failed General Error 15 Undo Failed General Error 16 Authorization Error No Such Name 17 Not Writable No Such Name 18 Inconsistent Name No Such name Error Number Error Status SNMPv2 Error Status SNMPv1 ...

Page 217: ...one of the com munication links linkUp Indicates a communication link has been reestablished authenticationFailure Indicates the intended recipient of a packet was not properly authenti cated newRoot Indicates that the sending entity has become the new root of the Spanning Tree topologyChange Indicates that the bridge s ports transi tioned from the Learning state to the Forwarding state or from th...

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Page 219: ...ecord installation information Date Installed Location Address Location Coordinates MAC Address Serial Number Base or Sub RF Port Mode For Sub Station Sub Station Number RF IP Address IP Address Network Mask IP Address Port 3 Port 3 RF Channel Number Port 2 Port 2 Antenna Type Antenna Polarization Signal Level Signal Noise Ratio For Base Station Number of attached Sub Stations ...

Page 220: ...194 Antenna Mounting Height Azimuth of Antenna Centerline Is Antenna Mast or Tower Grounded Cable Length RS 422 Ethernet Power Routing Enabled or Disabled ...

Page 221: ... Software The following SNMP managers are available 1 HP Open View Hewlett Packard Visit www openview hp com contact and look for an authorized reseller near you 2 SNMPC Network Management for Windows Castle Rock Computing 12930 Saratoga Ave Saratoga CA 95070 www castlerock com 3 Catalyst Visit www catalyst com and either purchase online or look for an authorized reseller near you ...

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Page 223: ...d Basic Concepts Glossary and Basic Concepts This chapter provides a list of important terms and basic concepts you should under stand while working with SkyWay It includes the following information Basic Concepts 198 Units of Measure 201 Connection Types 203 Antennas 204 Protocols 208 Equipment 209 Site Survey 210 ...

Page 224: ...of a directional antenna to focus radio waves is analogous to a magnifying glass focusing sunlight into a very concentrated hot spot A directional antenna focuses the waves in one direction It forms them into a conical shape that makes them stronger and enables them to travel greater distances In the same way that light is focused by a magnifying glass an RF signal shaped by an antenna is stronges...

Page 225: ...riations in an analog sound signal ISM Bands The FCC regulates the available frequencies to support a maximum number of users By placing limits on signal strength wattage and gain the FCC has been able to accommodate the needs of multiple broadcasters in high use areas with three small bands of frequency If you comply with FCC restrictions you may broadcast within the Industry Science and Medicine...

Page 226: ...Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS with DPSK is the one most frequently used DSSS continuously distributes the signal across a portion of the fre quency band DSSS resists interference from other RF signals static from nearby elec tronic devices and fading DSSS is also highly secure because the signal appears as noise to non DSSS receivers or DSSS receivers that are set to process a different spe...

Page 227: ...w we measure the cone How we measure the cone How we measure the cone To indicate the shape of the cone we measure its expansion in degrees How we measure signal strength How we measure signal strength How we measure signal strength How we measure signal strength We measure signal strength relative to the center point where the signal is strongest but we generally do not say how strong the signal ...

Page 228: ...g normally results from intermittent interference Fade margin is a margin of extra signal strength built into the system to compensate for fading For terrestrial links the most common cause of fading is multipath deflected signals arriving out of phase and foliage within the signal path Interference Interference refers to anything that blocks or degrades an RF signal There are three basic forms of...

Page 229: ...ns in different buildings or different geographic regions Internetwork An internetwork is formed by linking networks to other networks or devices For example a link between local area networks in different buildings creates an internetwork Point to Point A point to point connection is a direct link between locations Multipoint A network or internetwork with multiple sites A large multipoint con ne...

Page 230: ...ial for interference Reduce interference from other RF devices within the same frequency range at distances closer than the target antenna Multidirectional Multidirectional antennas are used for connections where several interfacing antennas are located in the same general direction To achieve directionality with a 2 4 GHz system Solectek uses an antenna with a sectoral Because multidirec tional a...

Page 231: ...s are generally in phase with or the center lobe signal In the second Fresnel zone and all even numbered Fresnel zones deflected signals are up to 180 out of phase with the center lobe signal Signals deflected from the second Fresnel zone can cause Inter Symbol Interference ISI which can result in great losses of the center lobe signal To avoid this problem you must place your antenna at a height ...

Page 232: ...peatedly try to send data as other stations are transmitting Under these circumstances CSMA CA collision avoidance breaks down and the following problems can occur Capture effect Capture effect Capture effect Capture effect Sites with strong signals overpower sites with weak signals and domi nate the bandwidth used for transmission Collision Avoidance locks Collision Avoidance locks Collision Avoi...

Page 233: ...h substation and allows a designated time for the substation to respond This polling protocol has the following advantages To avoid the capture effect where strong stations dominate the base station partials out time to substations needing to broadcast If a connection is lost the disconnected station does not respond to polling When a station times out without responding the connection is recovere...

Page 234: ...sses Spanning Tree Spanning Tree Protocol STP is a bridging protocol based on an IEEE 802 1 standard technique for ensuring efficient paths between bridged networks Where multiple paths exist the Spanning Tree algorithm calculates the best path to use If that path deadends or gets mired in a loop STP reconfigures the network to use another path ...

Page 235: ...a being processed by a wireless bridge Spectrum Analyzer A spectrum analyzer is a tunable instrument which graphically displays signals it detects within a selected band of the RF spectrum The spectrum analyzer can be used for sev eral purposes during site surveys or for problem diagnosis For example by detecting an existing signal in a broadcast band you want to use the spectrum analyzer can aler...

Page 236: ...e deflections Potential sources of interference in the alternative RF bands The best configuration base sub station or point to point The best location for each component The federal state and local requirements that apply for mast construction and electrical grounding in your area Terrain Analysis Terrain analysis charts the terrain between antennas in order to calculate the best loca tion and he...

Page 237: ...how ground cover objects such as trees or buildings The next chart shows the same terrain with the same antenna heights but it calculates based on the recommended minimum limit of 60 6 free space in the lower half of the F1 zone This graphically shows the minimum RF line of sight requirements for the antennas ...

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Page 239: ...tdoor Flat Panel Directional Antenna220 7002701 22 dBi Outdoor High gain Flat Panel Directional Antenna 222 7002801 8 dBi Indoor Outdoor Patch Antenna 224 7002901 12 dBi 110 Outdoor Sectorial Antenna 226 Note All omni antennas should be mounted above the SkyWay bridge router near the very top of the mast Note Antennas are not shown to scale Note Solectek s antennas are all weather units and we rec...

Page 240: ...olarity rejection n a VSWR Average 1 5 1 Impedance 50 τ Coaxial pigtail length to ODU Rated wind velocity 125 mph 201 kph Wind loading rated wind velocity 3 76 lbs 1 71 kg Elevation adjustment n a Size 10 5 in l x 5 8 in dia 266 7 mm l x 15 88 mm dia Weight 0 375 lbs 1701 kg Radome UV stabilized fiberglass Mounting hardware Stainless steel clamp Mast diameter 75 in to 3 0 in 19 05 mm to 76 2 mm OD...

Page 241: ...Way do not use the wall mount if the SkyWay is mounted on a mast 1 Prepare the wall as necessary e g measure and drill holes set screw anchors 2 Insert and tighten two screws through pre drilled mounting holes Mast Mount 1 Attach the antenna to the mast with two hose clamps seated in grooves on the bracket ...

Page 242: ...ront to Back ratio N A Omnidirectional Polarity Vertical fixed Cross polarity rejection n a VSWR Average 1 5 1 Impedance 50 τ Coaxial pigtail length to ODU Rated wind velocity 135 mph 217 kph Wind loading rated wind velocity 4 0 lbs 1 81 kg Elevation adjustment n a Size 37 in l x 7 in dia 939 8 mm l x 17 78 mm dia Weight 0 88 lbs 0 4 kg ...

Page 243: ...ecessary e g measure and drill holes set screw anchors 2 Use two screws to attach the bracket to a backplate then attach the back plate to the wall Mast Mount Use the bracket and U bolt assembly to attach the cable to the mast Radome UV stabilized fiberglass Mounting hardware Galvanized and stainless steel clamp Mast diameter 75 in to 2 0 in 19 05 mm to 50 8 mm OD pipe Specifications Continued ...

Page 244: ...s in the ISM band 2 4 GHz only Specifications Frequency 2 4000 to 2 4835 GHz Net Gain 16 0 dBi 3dB Beam width E Plane Front to Back ratio Polarity Vertical default or horizontal field changeable Cross polarity rejection VSWR Average 1 5 1 Impedance 50 τ Coaxial pigtail length to ODU Rated wind velocity Wind loading rated wind velocity Elevation adjustment Size Weight ...

Page 245: ...unted on a mast 1 Prepare the wall as necessary e g measure and drill holes set screw anchors 2 Use four screws to attach the provided wall mount to the wall Mast Mount 1 Attach it to the mast with a U clamp 2 Tighten the clamp with your fingers Radome Reflector material Mounting hardware Mast diameter 75 in to 3 0 in 19 05 mm to 76 2 mm OD pipe Specifications Continued ...

Page 246: ...cations in the ISM band 2 4 GHz only Specifications Frequency 2 4000 to 2 4835 GHz Net Gain 17 0 dBi 3dB Beam width E Plane Front to Back ratio Polarity Vertical default or horizontal field changeable Cross polarity rejection VSWR Average 1 5 1 Impedance 50 τ Coaxial pigtail length to ODU Rated wind velocity Wind loading rated wind velocity Elevation adjustment ...

Page 247: ...1 Use four bolts to attach the lower part of the bracket to the square antenna 2 Adjust the tilt on the center section using the 2 bolts 3 Use four bolts to anchor the bracket to the mast with two U bolts Size Weight Radome Reflector material Mounting hardware Mast diameter 75 in to 3 0 in 19 05 mm to 76 2 mm OD pipe Specifications Continued ...

Page 248: ...sed as a bridge between two networks or for point to point communications in the ISM band 2 4 GHz only Specifications Frequency 2 4000 to 2 4835 GHz Net Gain 21 2 dBi 3dB Beam width E Plane 10 Front to Back ratio 32 dB Polarity Vertical default or horizontal field changeable Cross polarity rejection 30 dB ...

Page 249: ... the mast VSWR Average 1 5 1 Impedance 50 τ Coaxial pigtail length to ODU 36 in 914 4 mm Rated wind velocity 100 mph 140 mph 161 kph 225 kph Wind loading rated velocity 30 lbs 140 lbs 13 61 kg 63 5 kg Elevation adjustment 45 Size 24 0 in x 24 0 in x 1 5 in 609 6 mm x 609 6 mm x 38 1 mm Weight 15 lbs 6 8 kg Radome n a Reflector material Aluminum plastic Mounting hardware aluminum steel clamp Mast d...

Page 250: ...dBi 3dB horizontal beam width 60 3 dB vertical beam width 60 Front to Back ratio 25 dB Polarity Linear Cross polarity rejection n a VSWR Average 1 5 1 Impedance 50 τ Connector N female Rated wind velocity 125 mph 201 kph Wind loading rated wind velocity 20 lbs 9 072 kg Elevation adjustment n a Size 4 77 in x 1 14 in x 6 25 in 121 2 mm x 29 mm x 158 8 mm Weight 1 5 lbs 68 kg Radome UV stabilized Mo...

Page 251: ...t use the wall mount if the SkyWay is mounted on a mast 1 Prepare the wall as necessary e g measure and drill holes set screw anchors 2 Insert and tighten two screws through pre drilled mounting holes Mast Mount 1 Attach the antenna to the mast with two hose clamps seated in grooves on the bracket 2 Tighten the clamps 3 ...

Page 252: ...r point to point communications in the ISM band 2 4 GHz only Specifications Frequency 2 4000 to 2 4835 GHz Net Gain 12 0 dBi 3dB Beam width E Plane 12 Front to Back ratio 17 dB Polarity Vertical fixed Cross polarity rejection n a VSWR Average 1 5 1 Impedance 50 τ Coaxial pigtail length to ODU Rated wind velocity 124 mph 200 kph ...

Page 253: ...rough pre drilled mounting holes Mast Mount 1 Attach the two mounting brackets to anchor the frame at top and bottom 2 Attach the antenna to the mast with two hose clamps seated in grooves on the brackets 3 Tighten the clamps Wind loading 140 mph 6 6 lbs 2 99 kg Elevation adjustment n a Size 20 in x 2 in x 1 2 in 508 mm x 50 8 mm x 30 48 mm Weight 0 55 lbs 25 kg Radome ASA UV stabilized Reflector ...

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Page 255: ...nment and RF link verification 55 antenna polarization 204 antenna types 204 directional 204 multidirectional 204 omnidirectional 204 antenna connecting an 49 antenna grounding SkyWay and the 47 antenna mounting the 46 antenna selecting the 45 antenna setting up the 45 antennas 204 application from reset starting the BIOS 18 application from runtime starting the BIOS 18 application BIOS 18 applica...

Page 256: ... 85 Ethernet port 83 general parameters 64 RF base port 74 RF base port sub 80 RF diagnostic port 73 RF sub port 78 serial port 24 serial transceiver 25 configuration changes saving 16 configuration database service 21 configuration database understanding the 16 configuration features available 58 configuration menu BIOS 19 configuration parameters setting system 59 configuration settings and fact...

Page 257: ...hecking the 130 Ethernet port configuration 83 port status 134 transceiver configuration 85 transceiver status 136 Ethernet port status checking the 134 Ethernet port configuring the 83 Ethernet port 11 Ethernet transceiver configuring the 85 example at commands 23 F factory defaults for bench test minimum configuration settings and 32 fading 202 features available configuration 58 features availa...

Page 258: ...ion settings and factory defaults for bench test 32 modem attached to the SkyWay to configure a 22 modem settings for dial up connection 22 monitoring features available 126 mount mast 215 217 219 221 223 225 227 mount wall 215 217 219 221 223 225 227 mounting the antenna 46 mounting the SkyWay unit 42 mounting to a mast 42 mounting to a wall 44 mst sm base station substation polling protocol 207 ...

Page 259: ...resolution 163 protocol automatic discovery 65 protocol internet control message 102 protocol mst sm base station substation polling 207 protocol RF DLC base station substation polling 207 protocol the RF DLC 65 protocol trivial file transfer 116 protocols 208 csma ca 206 mst sm 207 routing 208 spanning tree 208 protocols bridged 187 protocols management 187 protocols routed 187 R radio signals 19...

Page 260: ...ting up static routing 97 setting up the antenna 45 settings and factory defaults for bench test minimum configura tion 32 settings for dial up connection modem 22 shift key psk phase 199 shift key phase 199 shot taking a system snap 127 sight line of 205 signal measurement 201 strength 201 signal measurement 201 signal status checking the RF 147 signals radio 198 site considerations 30 site surve...

Page 261: ...ens 127 T table ARP 163 table checking the address resolution protocol 163 table transparent bridging 156 taking a system snap shot 127 terminal for dialing to the SkyWay to configure the 22 terrain analysis 210 test results bench 174 test bench 32 test minimum configuration settings and factory defaults for bench 32 test performing the bench 33 text typed 5 TFTP file transfer 121 server configura...

Page 262: ...ading a new software version 115 users 63 users and setting access levels adding 62 users displaying a list of 63 using this guide 3 utilities file transfer 112 utility ping 108 109 V validating accept status of a sub station 81 verification antenna alignment and RF link 55 version uploading a new software 115 W wall mount 215 217 219 221 223 225 227 wall mounting to a 44 WAN 203 warnings 5 X Xmod...

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