User's Manual

545C Operations Manual

02/10/2012 Prerelease DCN 00001789-A

The MCC-545C, when configured as a Master Station, reports all of its

neighbor connectivity to its neighbors when SNP,RELAY is set to ON. If it is

set to OFF, it does not report any neighbor connectivity. The OFF setting

keeps neighbor units from finding alternate network paths through that

node. This option should be left ON unless there is a very good reason to

have it OFF for some specific customer requirement.

Selecting the Burst Monitor

The MCC-545C has a unique meteor burst monitoring capability that allows

monitoring the number of characters received, the RF signal level and

other parameters on each reception.

To turn on the burst monitor and to record statistics on a meteor burst

link, type:

MON{,d{,r}}

The two optional parameters are designed to limit the printout. The burst

monitor generates two or three lines of printout for every burst. This could

conceivably create hundreds of pages of printout a day in a network

environment. The first parameter is the duration character count limit.

Only meteors lasting long enough to deliver “d” characters will be

monitored. The second parameter is the received character count limit; if

at least “r” characters are received on the burst, a monitor line will be

generated. The default values are 100 for “d” and 1 for “r”. For example,

to limit the printout, but still receive some maintenance benefit from the

monitor, enter:

MON,500,100

This will limit the printout to meteors that have a duration character count

greater than 500, or a received character count greater than 100. These

parameters may be adjusted as desired.

The command MONOFF turns off the burst monitor.

Controlling the Hourly Statistics Report

By default, an hourly statistics report is generated on the maintenance

terminal port on the hour. This report consists of the same statistic reports

generated by the BINS, MEM, and STAT commands.

The hourly report can be disabled by entering the command: