The Monitor Log Chapter 9
WinLink™ 1000 User Manual Release 1.9 9-12
Performance Monitoring Report Toolbar
You can use the toolbar to perform the actions described in the following
table:
Setting Air Interface Thresholds
Use the Thresholds button on the Monitoring Performance Report toolbar
to set the Air Interface Thresholds:
Figure 9-14: Threshold configuration dialog box
RSL Thresholds
Two RSL Thresholds can be defined. They are used as an indicator of prob-
lems in the radio channel. You can check the RSS from the Link Budget Cal-
culator results during installation. Values of -5dB and -8dB from the current
RSS are typical.
TSL THreshold
A counter is maintained, of the number of second intervals during which Tx
power exceeds this threshold.
BBER Threshold
The Background Block Error Ratio is measured as a percentage. The thresh-
old can be set from 0.1% up to 50%.
For links with Ethernet only service, 8% threshold is recommended. If there
are no problems during the interval, then for that threshold, the recom-
mended BBER value should be 0. Since the system provides a lossless
Table 9-4: Action of the toolbar buttons
Command Button Action
Get Data Gather current performance monitoring data.
Save Save current performance monitoring data to a file
Clear Clear current performance monitoring data
Thresholds Set Thresholds
Selection Pane Toggle on/off left panel
Close Closes the Performance Monitoring window