Installation Instructions

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4. Check any or all of the information category check-boxes

in the View: section of the window. Depending on the

check-box selections, relevant statistical information will

be shown as follows:

• TX Rate: Current link transmission rate, in Mb/s.

• Throughput: Rate of successful message delivery

over the wireless link.

• Signal Strength: Current received signal level, in

dBm.

• Packet Error Rate: Percentage of packets

dropped due to excessive transmission errors.

• Link Error Rate: Percentage of packet re-

transmissions due to transmission errors.

Interpreting device warnings and wireless link warnings

If the Warnings check-box in the check-box panel at the top of the

window is checked (Figure 31 (page 74)), all visual warnings for all

devices and wireless links that are not currently performing as expected

will be shown.

Visual warnings that may be shown for radio units are as follows:

• Ethernet Capacity Overflow (Plug-in capacity exceeded)

• Hidden Terminal Detected (A hidden terminal has been detected

by the FluidMAX engine)

Visual warnings that may be shown for wireless links are as follows:

• Low Signal Strength (Link signal strength is less than 60%)

• High Error Rate (Packet error rate is more than 5%)

• High Link Congestion (Link utilization is more than 80%)

Using the address summary table

The Address Summary table is located at the lower left corner of the

window (Figure 35 (page 80)). This table shows the following information

for each radio transceiver unit in the network:

• Name: The user-assigned name of each unit.

• Unit ID: The unique 5.a.b.c Fluidmesh unit identification number.

• IP Address: The IP address of the unit within the network.

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