Operator's Manual

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Basestation Details include the name, description, GUID, IP Address, whitespace database
provider. You will also see the “AfterBootSystem”, the boot image used to initialize the
Basestation with the OMC upon establishing a connection.
You will also see two buttons. To perform a “soft reboot” of a Basestation, click the “Reboot”
button. To restart the station software alone, without a reboot, click the “Restart Stack” button.
Health
The fi
rst Station Properties tab, “Health”, is open by default, displaying the last reported date
and time for each control interface. Basestations also report the current channel and channel
allocations.
Channel Allocations
The spectru
m database provides a list of available channels, based on the registration details.
The OMC displays the allocated channel is a list on this tab.
Figure 33: Channel Allocation
An active RuralConnect network requires an active channel allocation. You can find this
information in other areas of the OMC, as well.
On the right of each channel listed, you will see the expiration, or “Expiry Time”. This is a color-
coded indicator of the expiration of the channel allocation lease provided by the spectrum
database. If the Basestation fails to acquire a new lease before the Expiry Time shown, it will
cease transmission. The radio will not transmit until the OMC obtains a new channel allocation
lease.
Underneath the channel allocations, you will also see the current channel and details of the last
spectrum database activity results.
Interfaces
Each radi
o has multiple network connections created for controls to and from the OMC. This
value indicates the most recent date and time interface successfully established a connection to
the station. If an Internet connection fails,
these interfaces will fail to communicate.
During such down time, the OMC cannot
control the station, though local network
functionality will continue until the channel
Figure 34: Interface Date/Time Stamps
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