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AlphaWave Users Manual 3/21/2005
3. AWARE - GENERAL DESCRIPTION
AWare is a MS Windows® based software program designed for con-
figuring and maintaining ArWest UHF radio systems. AWare is a
user-friendly software application that provides complete and power-
ful tools for radio monitoring and diagnostics. It also provides soft-
ware image and configuration downloading. The statistics from the
monitoring can be viewed in text or graphical format. With the sup-
port of ArWest radios’ real-time software, AWare architecture makes
it possible to maintain all wireless network radio configuration by
connecting to only one unit.
The program consists of three panes. The left pane shows the list of
units in the wireless link/cluster. In the root node of the tree there is
a local unit that is directly connected, through a serial cable, to the
management computer running AWare. The right pane is the main
window, which displays the selected unit’s main configuration pa-
rameters and operating status. The bottom pane is a terminal win-
dow. It gives the ability to work directly with a Command Line Inter-
face (CLI), without a GUI, by entering CLI commands. The bottom
pane also contains a log window that shows the log records coming
from selected unit.
To work with the program, the operator needs only to connect PC’s
COM port to local unit’s maintenance port. AWare automatically gen-
erates the network tree displaying the locally connected unit in the
root of the tree. AWare uses CLI commands for interaction with the
radio modem.
The “Dealer” version of AWare provides the tools to preprogram the
maximum output power level, channel spacing, and channel planning
for specific countries and users. The “End-User” version allows an
operator to select the settings preprogrammed by the dealer. The
“Workshop” version of AWare provides the calibration tools used by
repair centers to recalibrate the units.
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