Afar AR-24010E, Руководство оператора

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pulsAR radio Operator's Manual
3.3 Recording the Network Configuration and Performance
Once you finish a deployment and all links in your network are operational, you should record the
configuration of each radio and the performance of every RF link. Then at a later time, if you need to
replace a radio, or you suspect the performance of a link has degraded, you will have easy access to
the original configuration and RF performance at the time the network was deployed.
Our utility program Econsole provides an easy way to achieve this record-keeping. From a single
location you can log onto every radio in the network and record the command session into a file.
Below are the steps we recommend you use to keep a record of your network:
1. Start the Econsole program in a PC connected over the Ethernet to one of the radios in the
network. Econsole performs a “discovery” and displays a list of all the radios it reached.
Verify that every radio in the network is in that list.
2. Create a script command file as follows:
Econsole> edit cmd.txt
a new window opens where you can type any radio commands. We recommend you type the
following:
display-config
show
show radios
logout
then Save the file and close the window.
3. At the Econsole> prompt type:
Econsole> connect all command=cmd.txt output=my_network.txt
The Econsole program now will log onto each radio in turn, and perform the commands in
the cmd.txt file. The output, besides going to the screen, is also being written into the file
“my_network.txt”.
4. Once Econsole completes and you get its prompt (this may take some time), use any text
editor to open the file “my_network.txt”. The file should contain the configuration of each
radio, and the RF performance (RSSI, distance, and other statistics) of each RF link.
3.4 Upgrading the Firmware.
3.4.1 Description
The operational firmware for the pulsAR radio is stored in Flash PROM and can be easily updated.
The Flash PROM can hold multiple versions of the firmware simultaneously. The table below lists
some of the “File Utility” commands used to download and manage the various files stored in Flash
PROM. A more detailed explanation for each command can be found in section 4.
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