Monitoring The Radio; Start Monitoring - Vislink Strata RX Technical Reference Manual

5.5

Monitoring the Radio

One of the features of the Strata RX Configurator is that it
enables you to monitor the operation of your RX System, in near-
real time, from your PC. In addition, you can save the monitored
information to a log file for review later.
5.5.1

Start Monitoring

To start monitoring the Strata RX, perform the steps below.
Already Connected? If your RX is already powered, and the
Configurator is already running, skip to step 5.
1. Connect the RX to power and to your PC.
a. Connect the RXU to the RCU with coaxial cable.
b. Connect power through the front panel connectors
on both the RXU and RCU.
c. Connect the RS-232 cable to the RS-232
connector on the RXU (or RCU if present).
If you are configuring an RXU and RCU that are
connected, you only need to connect the RS-232
cable to one of them.
2. Power up both the RXU and RCU.
3. Start the RX Configurator.
Double-click the icon on your PC's Desktop:
4. The Main Page appears (see Figure 5-16).
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Figure 5-16: Main Page - No Radio Connected
5. Click on the Connect to Radio button.
This will establish communication with the Strata RX.
See Figure 5-16.
The Connect to Radio button will change its label to
Disconnect.
6. The Main Page updates to show the hardware
detected.
See Figure 5-17.
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