User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- interWave WaveNet Link CX User Manual
- One - System Description
- 1-1 General
- 1-2 System Overview
- 1-3 Features
- 1-4 LinkCX Basic Structure
- 1-4.1 Radio Links
- 1-4.2 Data Stream
- 1-4.3 LinkCX Models
- 1-4.4 Mounting and Antenna Alignment
- 1-4.5 Interface Connectors and Indicators
- 1-4.6 Cables
- 1-4.7 Integral Antenna
- 1-4.8 External Antenna
- 1-4.9 Configuration, Operation, and Monitoring
- 1-4.10 SNMP
- 1-4.11 LinkCX Network Management Architecture
- 1-4.12 NMS Connectivity
- 1-4.13 Web-Based GUI Access Security
- 1-4.14 GUI Functions
- 1-5 Typical Applications
- 1-5.1 Internet (ISP)
- 1-5.2 Private Network Wireless Bridged LANs and WANs
- 1-5.3 PCS/PCN and Cellular Networks
- 1-5.4 Wireless Local Loop Networks and Local Exchange Bypass
- 1-5.5 Business Bypass and Local Exchange Bypass
- 1-5.6 Backhaul for Wireless MTU and MTU Access
- 1-5.7 Wireless Mesh Backhaul Networks
- 1-5.8 Wireless ATM Mesh Distribution with StreamNet
- 1-6 Specifications
- Two - Installation Steering Guide
- Three - Installation Planning
- Four - Installing the Link CX
- Five - Final Link CX Setup
- Six - Monitoring and Trend Analysis
- Seven - Troubleshooting the Link CX
- Appendix 1 - Interface Cable Pinouts
- Appendix 2 - Technical Specifications
- Appendix 3 - Using the Web-Based GUI User Interface
- Appendix 4 - Grounding and Lightning Protection
- Appendix 4 - Enterprise MIBs and Traps
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1-4.14 GUI Functions
The Web-based GUI monitors and controls the main functions of the Link CX. These functions are listed
below and detailed in the following sections:
• Configuration management
• Status and fault management
• Test activation and monitoring
• Software downloading
• Performance monitoring
Refer to Appendix 3 for Link CX GUI operating instructions.
Configuration Management
The NMS software can be used to configure the parameters of the Link CX radio, although this is
normally done using a web browser GUI. This includes the setup of templates with predetermined
default values, relating to both the parameters of common element types and the validation of
parameter values. It also includes saving and loading configuration files for individual Link CX radios.
The NMS also controls the uploading and downloading of individual parameter values, and complete
configuration setups.
Parameter configuration is terminal-oriented. Every configuration session deals with the Link CX as
accessed by its particular IP address. Some of the parameters, such as RF channel number, link ID, etc.
affect the Link CXs on both ends of the radio link. Special care should be taken to activate the new
parameter values consistently on both ends of the radio link.
Status and Fault Management
Status and fault management involve a selective display of failures alerting the user to take actions
according to a decision making tree.
Some status indications and alarms may report conditions that pertain to both ends of the radio link.
These ends are commonly referred to as local and remote.
Test Activation and Monitoring
Following is a brief description of the tests that can be invoked and monitored by the Web based NMS.
Loopbacks
The loopbacks are incorporated into the radio to assist in detecting equipment/component/cable failure
during both installation and normal operations. Loopbacks are user initiated. Link CX supports RF and
various interface loopbacks.
Note that the ‘local’ system is the Link CX you are logged into, and the
‘remote’ Link CX is the one at the far end of the radio link. Thus, when
you are logged into the far end Link CX on a radio link that terminates
at your current physical location, the far end Link CX is ‘local’ and the
near end Link CX is ‘remote’.