User's Manual Part 1

The Link Budget Calculator Chapter 9
RADWIN 2000 User Manual Release 2.5.40 9-8
A message box asking if you want to enter install mode appears.
3. Click Yes to continue.
The system enters Install mode and the alignment tone becomes audible.
4. Realign the ODUs and start the Installation wizard (see Chapter 5).
The Link Budget Calculator
The Link Budget Calculator is part of the RADWIN Manager software and is found in the Help
menu. This useful utility enables you to calculate the expected performance of the wireless
link and the possible configurations for a specific link range including antenna size, cable loss
and climate conditions. For full details, see Chapter 21.
Throughput Checking
In this mode, RADWIN 2000 estimates Ethernet throughput by filling frames over the air to
maximum for 30 seconds. This mode should not influence service.
 To use Throughput Checking:
1. At the main menu, click Maintenance | Estimated Eth. Throughput. A confirma-
tion message appears:
2. Click Yes to continue. The Ethernet services area changes appearance and the esti-
mated throughput is displayed:
At the end of 30 seconds, the display reverts to normal.
Performance Monitoring
RADWIN 2000 Performance Monitoring constantly monitors traffic over the radio link and col-
lects statistics data for the air interface, TDM and Ethernet ports. It does so continuously,
even when the RADWIN Manager is not connected.
Two types of logs are recorded:
• Monitor Log that records statistics on traffic rate and radio signal strength.
• Events Log that records when the rates fall above or below a predefined threshold.
See page 9-13 below.