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MDS 05-3301A01, Rev. C MDS 9810 Installation and Operation Guide 53
7.3 Performing Network-Wide Remote Diagnostics
Diagnostics data from a remote radio can be obtained by connecting a
laptop or personal computer running MDS Network Management Soft-
ware to any radio in the network. Figure 30 shows an example of a setup
for performing network-wide remote diagnostics.
Invisible place holder
Figure 26. 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
RTU
TO
DIAGNOSTICS
PORT
TO DATA
PORT
REPEATER
POLLING REMOTE
ROOT NODE
REMOTE NODE
OPERATION
Intrusive messaging only
(not preferred)
DIAGNOSTICS
COMPUTER
RUNNING InSite
TO RJ-11
DIAGNOSTICS
PORT
RTU
DTYPE
ROOT
DIAGNOSTICS DATA
(To InSite)
HOST COMPUTER
PAYLOAD DATA
(To SCADA application)
ROOT NODE OPERATION
Active messaging or
passive messaging (preferred)