User's Manual

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DIAGNOSTICS INTERFACE

Signaling Standard: EIA-232

Connector: RJ-11 (may use radio’s DB-25 instead if Pin 23 is

grounded to enable diagnostics channel)

I/O Devices: MDS Hand Held Terminal or PC with MDS software

7.2 Performing Network-Wide Remote Diagnostics

Diagnostics data from a remote radio can be obtained by connecting a

laptop or personal computer running MDS InSite diagnostics software

to any radio in the network.

Figure 12 shows an example of a setup for performing network-wide

remote diagnostics from both a Root (master station) location, and a

Node (remote station) location.

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Figure 12. Network-Wide Remote Diagnostics Setup

If a PC is connected to any radio in the network, intrusive polling

(polling which briefly interrupts payload data transmission) can be per-

formed. To perform diagnostics without interrupting payload data trans-

mission, connect the PC to a radio defined as the “root” radio. A radio

is defined as a root radio using the

DTYPE ROOT command locally, at the

radio.

RTU

MASTER RADIO

DIAGNOSTICS COMPUTER

RUNNING InSite

PAYLOAD DATA

(To SCADA Application)

DIAGNOSTIC DATA

(To InSite)

HOST

COMPUTER

NODE

(Supports Intrusive

Diagnostics Only)

ROOT

(Supports Intrusive or

Non-Intrusive Diagnostics)