User's Manual

Backhaul User Manual Draft for Regulatory Review
existing network infrastructure. It is important that this parameter be set for a longer time period
than the ARP (address resolution protocol) cache timeout of the router being used to feed the
network.
Authorization Key: each module ships with a unique, pre-programmed authorization key to be
used when an operator configures the Canopy System for DES encryption.
Site Name: enter information relating to a name given to the physical module. This parameter will
set the supplied information into the
sysName SNMP MIB-II object and can be polled by a SNMP
management server. The buffer size for this field is 256 characters.
Site Contact: enter contact information relating to the module. This parameter will set the
supplied information into the
sysContact SNMP MIB-II object and can be polled by a SNMP
management server. The buffer size for this field is 256 characters.
Site Location: enter information relating to the physical location of the module. This parameter
will set the supplied information into the
sysLocation SNMP MIB-II object and can be polled by a
SNMP management server. The buffer size for this field is 256 characters.
Save Changes: by clicking on this button, any changes that have been made on the
Configuration
page will be committed to flash memory and will take effect after the next module reboot.
Undo Save Changes: by clicking on this button, any changes that have been made and
not
committed through a reboot of the module.
Set to Factory Defaults: depressing this button will change all of the configurable parameters (all
of which are contained on the
Configuration page) back to their factory settings.
Reboot: depressing this button will reboot the module.
Event Log
See the Timing Master section. Information is exactly the same.
AP Eval Date
The AP Eval Data web page contains information on each of the access point modules that the
subscriber module has visibility to. For each access point module that can be seen certain bits of
information are shown on this web page. An example of the information shown on this web page
for each access point module:
Index: 0 Frequency: 0 MHz ESN: 0a-00-3e-00-01-d5
Jitter: 5 RSSI: 1295 Beacon Count: 37
Type: Multipoint Avail: 1 Age: 0 Lockout: 0 RegFail 0 Range: 245 feet TxBER: 1
Session Count: 3 No LUIDS: 0 Out of Range: 0 Rescan Req: 0
FrameNumber: 568 SectorID: 0 Color Code: 0 BeaconVersion: 1 SectorUserCount: 1
PercentDataDwn: 75 PercentDataUpHi: 0 NumDAckSlots: 3 NumContSlots: 3 NumUAckSlots: 3
Descriptions of the parameters that can be useful for managing and troubleshooting a Canopy
System are:
Index: each access point module that a subscriber module can see is assigned an index value for
purposes of this web page only. The index number starts with 0 and increases by 1. This index is
used to tell the operator which access point module the subscriber is currently registered to. For