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Adaptrum ACRS2.0 Quick Start Guide (International)
Link Tab
This tab provides feedback on the quality of the established link. For the BASE, the GUI provides two
subtabs—a Chart and a List (selected by tabs in the lower left of the window).
Chart
The Link Chart provides both graphical and textual feedback on channel error rates.
Figure 22: GUI screenshot: Link Chart View
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FIELD
DESCRIPTION
1 Graph type toggle
default = BER, click to toggle to Mbps available (mbits)
2 Downlink Metrics
connection rate (Mbps), PHY mode (QAM, QPSK), PER, packet errors (Err), Bit-Error-
Rate (BER), Power (dBm), and Noise (dBm)
3 Uplink Reset
click to reset Uplink Error Packet (Err Pkt) count (4
th
parameter)
4 Uplink Metrics
connection rate (Mbps), PHY mode (QAM, QPSK), PER, packet errors (Err), Bit-Error-
Rate (BER), Power (dBm), and Noise (dBm)
5 Client MAC Address
indicates which CLIENT was selected from Link List Notes column
6 Expand button
click to expand list of parameters reported (fields 2, 4)
7 Mod Rate Select
Click for modulation rate selection pull-down list (See Appendix
8 Graph
Downlink (green) and Uplink (red) Bit-Error-Rate or Mbps; scale is on the left
Table 3: Link Chart View Description
Reasonable connections exhibit the following metrics:
Phy mode = 64QAM
Power > -80dBm
greater than 10 dBm separation between Power and Noise
Note: The first metric reported in both fields 2 and 4 gives bandwidth utilization and availability,
respectively (e.g. here, Downlink utilization is 0.04 Mbps and availability is 5.31 Mbps).
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