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5 Testing and Deployment
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7. When done with the antenna alignment, stop the test at the Master NCL1170. Type
<radio txTest stop>.
8. At the Station NCL1170, press any key to end the Radio PER output.
NOTE: By default, a Master NCL1170 keeps track of the Radio PER of
each Station. A Station does not track the Radio PER of another
visible Station unless it is running the Continuous Receive test.
Refer to section 5.2.2, Running the Continuous Receive (Rx)
Test, on page 38. A Station does track the Radio PER of both
direct and broadcast communication with the Master.
The information received from Radio PER during the Continuous Transmit test will be similar
to the following output. The following output is from a Station (unit ID 2) communicating with
the Master (unit ID 1) that is running the Continuous Transmit test.
station> radio per continuous
Unit Id Link Status Total # Received Total # Missed PER (%)
--------- ----------- ---------------- -------------- -------
1UP 2 0 0
broadcast 5 0 0
Unit Id Link Status Total # Received Total # Missed PER (%)
--------- ----------- ---------------- -------------- -------
1UP 2 0 0
broadcast 820 56 6
Unit Id Link Status Total # Received Total # Missed PER (%)
--------- ----------- ---------------- -------------- -------
1UP 2 0 0
broadcast 1679 91 5
Unit Id Link Status Total # Received Total # Missed PER (%)
--------- ----------- ---------------- -------------- -------
1UP 2 0 0
broadcast 2545 126 4
Unit Id Link Status Total # Received Total # Missed PER (%)
--------- ----------- ---------------- -------------- -------
1UP 2 0 0
broadcast 3411 149 4
station>
5.2.2 Running the Continuous Receive (Rx) Test
The purpose of this test is to help you deploy an additional Station in an existing network
without interrupting traffic to the currently active Stations in the network. The test is run from
the new Station to “sniff” packets destined to every other Station (originated by the Master) in
the system. The test is run simultaneously with Radio PER which displays the number of
packets received and missed for each Station that is sniffed. This test can also be used at
existing Stations to analyze throughput in a running system.