User's Manual

 PA Reverse Power
Displays the actual measured reverse power of the transmitter. If the measured reverse
power increases to within 3 dB of the user configured power level, this line will report
“(fault)”. When the reverse power is within range, this line will report “(normal)”. The
Viper radio can be configured to send an SNMP trap if the Reverse Power goes into a “fault”
state.
 Power state
Indicates if the unit is running at full power or at a reduced power. The TX power will
foldback when the temperature is too hot or the Power Amp (PA) current is too high. In
extreme cases of high temperature or high current, the Viper transmitter will shutdown
completely to protect the radio from permanent damage.
When the Viper is at Full power this line will report “(normal”). If the Viper’s PA goes into
Foldback or Shutdown this line will report “(fault)”. The Viper radio can be configured to
send an SNMP trap if the Power State reports a fault.
 Refresh
This button will refresh the current page's parameters.
5.2.2 Online Diagnostics
Transmission of online diagnostics may be enabled or disabled at any station or stations
without affecting their ability to communicate with other stations. Online Diagnostics can be
sent anywhere, including being back-hauled. Back hauling adds to the network traffic flow
and must be taken into account when designing a network. If a return flow is necessary, it
needs to be reduced substantially to have a minimal effect on the network.
Viper can support up to 4 diagnostics socket connections at once. This may be used, for
instance, to carry out monitoring at a main office and at up to three separate field locations.
It is also possible one of the four connections use a serial port instead by enabling it on the
Viper’s web browser interface.
 Output Format
The online diagnostic output is man/machine readable, ASCII, comma-delimited format. Any
reader program used (or written) must decode the VERSION FIELD and check for type 1 as
more types may be released in the future.
From a Command Prompt window, type telnet nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn 6272 and the unit’s online
diagnostic output will display on the screen (where nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn is your unit’s IP
address in dot decimal format). Note: no overhead is generated in the Viper unit if no
online diagnostic connection is actually made.
Figure 5.3 – Diagnostic output sample
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