WaveRider NCL1170, User Manual

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5 Testing and Deployment
APCD–NC006–A 39
1. Ensure that the new Station NCL1170 has been configured and tested.
2. Deploy the Station and connect the antenna.
WARNING!
Antennas and associated transmission cable must be installed
by qualified personnel. Failure to terminate the antenna port
correctly can permanently damage the NCL1170. WaveRider
assumes no liability for failure to adhere to this recommendation
or to recognized general safety precautions.
3. Connect a terminal at the Station NCL1170 using a serial cable and log into the
device.
4. At the Station NCL1170, type
<radio rxTest start>
to begin “sniffing” the
transmissions and automatically start the Radio PER display. “Continuous Rx test
started” is displayed when the test is started.
NOTE: If you stop the Radio PER display (press any key), you can
restart the display by typing
<radio per continuous>
. Refer
to section 6.2, Radio Packet Error Rate (PER) , on page 44 for
more information.
5. Using the information from Radio PER, align the antenna at the NCL1170 Station so
that the number of packets missed is at a minimum rate.
6. When done with the antenna alignment, press any key to stop the Radio PER display,
then type
<radio rxTest stop>
to stop the test.
The information received from Radio PER during the Continuous Receive test will be similar to
the following output. The following output is from a Station (unit ID 2) communicating with the
Master (unit ID 1) that is also transmitting to another Station (unit ID 3).
station> radio rxtest start
Continuous Rx test started
Unit Id Link Status Total # Received Total # Missed PER (%)
--------- ----------- ---------------- -------------- -------
1 UP 1 0 0
broadcast 509 0 0
3 UP 1 0 0
Unit Id Link Status Total # Received Total # Missed PER (%)
--------- ----------- ---------------- -------------- -------
1 UP 1 0 0
broadcast 510 0 0
3 UP 1 0 0
Unit Id Link Status Total # Received Total # Missed PER (%)
--------- ----------- ---------------- -------------- -------
1 UP 1 0 0
broadcast 512 0 0
3 UP 1 0 0