Specifications

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CONNP MASTER OPERATION ONLY - Connectivity message precedence (default is 1
precedence); information on changes in the connectivity table is given highest precedence
(automatic feature).
ETEAP End-to-end ACK message precedence (default is 2 precedence); the
acknowledgment of a message when it reaches its final destination is given highest precedence.
HTO History file timeout in minutes (default is 5 minutes); maintains information for
duplicate filtering.
TEXTL MASTER OPERATION ONLY - Text size in segments (default is 32 segments).
FLOODP MASTER OPERATION ONLY - Partial "flooding" precedence level (default is
A precedence). Messages of this precedence level and above are transmitted over all routes of
minimum length; messages below this precedence are not sent over all minimum length routes,
but are sent only over the routes where the shortest transmit queues exist.
MBHOP meteor burst link hop weight (default is 1 hop). Defines the number of network
hops to associate with a meteor burst Master Station link when determining the minimum path to
use in routing a message. MBHOP should be set high enough to prevent a meteor burst Master
Station link to be chosen over a line-of-sight Remote to Remote link in a network that is
predominantly line-of-sight.
INF MASTER OPERATION ONLY - Infinity hop quantity (default is 8 hops). Defines the
width of the network in hops plus one to determine when connectivity to a node is broken.
Should be as low as possible to minimize auto-connectivity traffic in the network, but large
enough to not erroneously flag nodes as being offline.
RELAY MASTER OPERATION ONLY - Relay function specification (default is ON).
Specifies whether the MC-565 should act like a Remote in terms of relay functionality (i.e., does
not share connectivity table with other Masters.
DATAP Priority of data reports initiated at the MRC-565 (default is Y precedence). When
used in any data collection network, this setting defines the precedence of data reports generated
asynchronously by the equipment itself. Typically, it should be lower than operator entered
messages and commands.
5.3 Local Area Network Configuration
The MRC 525 has two groups of Network setup commands – IPCONFIG and the enhanced
ASSIGN commands. Each group of commands has several options, as shown below and in the
command summary table at the end of this chapter. The IPCONFIG commands set up IP
addresses for the Ethernet ports The ASSIGN commands were enhanced to include the Ethernet
and RX's. The RX port numbers are the Channel Numbers selected in CHANNEL command