
Metacom MC601 Router
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User Manual
3.6.2 Gprs status
This page takes a while to be displayed as it interrogates the tower and the GPRS module and
retrieving the state of the GPRS connection and listing the neighbouring cellphone towers.
Signal strength
Specifies the GPRS signal strength. If this value falls below 25% then the router might not function
properly. Normally a value above 40% will be adequate for normal operation.
Bit error rate
If this value is non zero then the router might be too far from the tower and communication with
the router could become slow.
Cells
Lists the neighbouring tower information with the active one on top.
Cell: tower id in hex,
BSIC:
Base station identity code
Chan:
Absolute Frequency Channel Number
RSSI:
Received signal level of the BCCH carrier (signal strength, value 0-63)
Medium
Indicates if the router is attached on GPRS or EDGE.
Distance from tower
Distance from the tower in steps of 550 m.
Network
Current network provider: Vodacom-SA or MTN.
Note:
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The signal strength indicator has been changed to green in the newer released software.
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