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Using the AP Evaluation Tool (SM)
Using Tools in the GUI
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The AP Evaluation tab provides the following fields that can be useful to manage and troubleshoot a
system:
Table 32 AP Evaluation tab attributes
Attribute
Meaning
Index
This field displays the index value that the system assigns (for only this
page) to the AP where this SM is registered.
Frequency
This field displays the frequency that the AP transmits.
ESN
This field displays the MAC address (electronic serial number) of the
AP. For operator convenience during SM aiming, this tab retains each
detected ESN for up to 15 minutes. If the broadcast frequency of a
detected AP changes during a 15-minute interval in the aiming
operation, then a multiple instance of the same ESN is possible in the
list. Eventually, the earlier instance expires and disappears, and the
later instance remains to the end of its interval, but you can ignore the
early instance(s) whenever two or more are present.
Region
This field displays the AP‘s configured Region Code setting.
Power Level
This field displays the SM‘s received power level from the AP‘s
transmission.
Beacon Count
A count of the beacons seen in a given time period.
FECEn
This field contains the SNMP value from the AP that indicates whether
the Forward Error Correction feature is enabled.
0: FEC is disabled
1: FEC is enabled
Type
Multipoint indicates that the listing is for an AP.
Age
This is a counter for the number of minutes that the AP has been
inactive. At 15 minutes of inactivity for the AP, this field is removed
from the AP Evaluation tab in the SM.
Lockout
This field displays how many times the SM has been temporarily locked
out of making registration attempts.
RegFail
This field displays how many registration attempts by this SM failed.
Range
This field displays the distance in feet for this link. To derive the
distance in meters, multiply the value of this parameter by 0.3048.
MaxRange
TxBER
A 1 in this field indicates the AP is sending Radio BER.