User's Manual

EX7100 Technical Manual – Monitoring and Diagnostics
©1999 Exicom Technologies (1996) Ltd 4-4 Issue 1 - February 2001
4.3.1 Setting Up a Test Link
To perform remote monitoring it is necessary to set up a Test Link with the terminal to be
interrogated, even if a link is already established due to normal traffic. A test link ensures
that the radio link remains in place irrespective of whether there is traffic or not.
Refer to the menu tree diagram at the end of Section 3. Following the path:
Enter Password→Remote Tests→Start Tests→
• If a link is already established due to user traffic:
There will be a short delay while the
system checks for other terminals in the
RF path
1) A list of terminal ESNs
1
or terminal
descriptors (if set) found will be displayed
with the closest terminal at the top of the
list. Choose the required terminal and then
press ‘Enter’
• If a link is not already established:
1a) If any Link IDs in the path are unknown,
a Test Link can be established by
selecting Ignore Link ID: and then
pressing ‘Enter’.
1b) If all Link IDs in the path are known, a
Test Link can be established by selecting
Use Link ID: and then pressing ‘Enter’.
2) The link will take a few seconds to
establish a link.
3) A list of terminal ESNs
1
or terminal
descriptors (if set) found will be displayed
with the closest terminal at the top of the
list. Choose the required terminal and then
press ‘Enter’
The menu now displays the main menu of the remote terminal. All monitoring, diagnostic,
and configuration parameters are now available for that terminal. The menu layout looks
identical to that of a local terminal menu.
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If a terminals Terminal Descriptor has been changed from default (Refer to Section 3.4.1) it will be displayed instead of
the terminal’s ESN.
→ 12345678
23456789
→ ignore link id
use link id:xx
→ 12345678
23456789
Ignore link id
→ use link id: xx
Please wait
Setting up link
→ please wait
getting chain