Performing Network-Wide Remote Diagnostics - Microwave Data Systems MDS 9810 Installation And Operation Manual

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7.3 Performing Network-Wide Remote Diagnostics

Diagnostics data from a remote radio can be obtained by connecting a
laptop or personal computer running MDS Network Management Soft-
ware to any radio in the network. Figure 30 shows an example of a setup
for performing network-wide remote diagnostics.
RTU
REPEATER
ROOT NODE OPERATION
passive messaging (preferred)
Figure 26. Network-Wide Remote Diagnostics Setup
If a PC is connected to any radio in the network, intrusive polling
(polling which briefly interrupts payload data transmission) can be per-
formed. To perform diagnostics without interrupting payload data trans-
mission, connect the PC to a radio defined as the "root" radio. A radio
is defined as a root radio using the
radio.
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Invisible place holder
REMOTE NODE
Intrusive messaging only
RTU
DTYPE
ROOT
Active messaging or
POLLING REMOTE
ROOT NODE
DIAGNOSTICS DATA
(To InSite)
DTYPE ROOT
OPERATION
(not preferred)
DIAGNOSTICS
COMPUTER
RTU
RUNNING InSite
TO RJ-11
DIAGNOSTICS
PORT
TO DATA
TO
PORT
DIAGNOSTICS
PORT
PAYLOAD DATA
(To SCADA application)
HOST COMPUTER
command locally, at the
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