User Manual

AS8100 Sitespan
Release Description
DLP 001
605-0000-449
Issue 1.1 Date 28/10/98
Page 2 of 2
5.2. Sitespan Server
The Server application is a multithreaded object-oriented database acting as a
real-time repository for managed equipment inventory and status. The user
is provided with a single window that displays the number of queued
operations and connect time of each connected Client application. All other
operations, which are performed in the background, include:
• Monitoring communications to/from the managed equipment
• Maintaining an accurate object model of the static and dynamic attributes
of the managed equipment
• Communicating with the managed equipment in its native control
language
• Monitoring Client connections
• To provide, where possible, real-time access to the managed equipment
• To maintain a real-time log of all attribute changes
Once configured, the server will continue to manage the equipment even when
no Clients are connected.
5.3. Sitespan Client (Equipment View)
The Client application provides the user interface and being Windows NT
based, Sitespan utilises drop-down menus, iconic representations, maps and
equipment views. Great effort has been taken to minimise the depth of menus
to ensure that most operations are accessed by only a few mouse clicks.
Subscriber
Site(s)
Central Terminal - CT
Antenna Systems (Omni, Directional)
Subscriber Terminal - ST
Customer Radio Unit - CRU (External)
Power Supply Unit - PSU (Indoor)
Sitespan Craft
- SCraft
The Switch Site
The Radio Site
To the
PSTN
The Management Site
SCraft
CT
ST(s)
- + - +
PSU
CRU
(External)
Antenna
CRU (Internal)
Sitespan Server
and Client
Modem
RS232
DSC
DSC
DSC
DSC
DSC
DSC
Airspa
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Figure 2: Fixed Assignment Management