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The RU Screen
Use the RU screen to view the RU’s status and its RF modules’ output power and
temperature. Choose an RU by clicking on its picture in the Home screen, and the following
screen will appear.
Figure 27 Home > RU
The following table describes the labels on the RU screen.
Table 10 Home > RU
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
RU Name
RU1 ~ RU8
ET1-RU1 ~ ET8-RU8
This identifies the RU on screen and is displayed in blue.
RUs plugged directly into the BU are labeled RU1~RU8.
RUs plugged into Extenders are labeled ET1-RU1~ ET8-RU8, where the number after
“ET” is the number assigned to the BU-SD slot that connects the Extender.
Left Side Labels
Up Time
This field displays how long the RU has been running since its last reboot or power-
on.
Cable Loss
This displays the amount of cable loss over the BURU or ExtenderRU
connection. Cable loss increases with cable length and can be magnified by
poor quality or damaged cable.
Given proper cabling, ZoneDAS has effectively no BUExtender cable loss.
Location
Enter a descriptive name for this RU’s location.
e.g. Grand Lobby, 2nd Floor East Wing, Central Courtyard
Power Select
ON
to power on the RU.
Select OFF and the system will cut its power supply to the RU.
LED Select Turn ON to activate the LED signal lights that are physically on the RU.
Select Turn OFF to deactivate all physical signal lighting on this RU. In this mode,
the physical LEDs will remain off even during alarm states, but the virtual LEDs in the
Web Configurator will stay on and provide information.
Right Side Labels
Graph
Here the system displays each RF module installed in this RU.
Select a module (RF-A to RF-D) to display a graph showing its temperature and
output power through time. The labeled axis for temperature is on the left; the
labeled axis for output power is on the right.