Diagnostics & Network Management; Logs; Graphs; Snmp - RACOM RipEX User Manual

RipEX in detail
opened TCP connections between the RipEX and the locally connected application up to 10 on each
Terminal server.
2.6. Diagnostics & network management
RipEX radiomodem offers a wide range of built-in diagnostics and network management tools.

2.6.1. Logs

There are 'Neighbours' and Statistic logs in RipEX. For both logs there is a history of 20 log files
available, so the total history of saved values is 20 days (assuming the default value of 1440 min. is
used as the Log save period).
Neighbours
The 'Neighbours' log provides information about neighbouring units (RipEX's which can be accessed
directly over the radio channel, i.e. without a repeater). Every RipEX on the network regularly broadcasts
its status, the set of so called "Watched values": the probability of packet loss when transmitting data
over the radio channel, current supply voltage, internal temperature, measured RF output power, the
Voltage Standing Wave Ratio on the antenna feed line and the total number of packets received from
/ transmitted to ETH, COM1, COM2 interfaces. In addition, the RipEX that records this data in its log
also keeps track of how many times it listened to its neighbouring unit as well as of the RSS and DQ
recorded. See Adv. Conf., Diagnostic for more.
Statistic
The 'Statistic' log provides information about the volume of data traffic on all interfaces: radio, ETH,
COM1, COM2. It offers detailed information about the number of transmitted packets, their size and
the throughput per second. Moreover, a detailed division into user and service packets is available for
the radio channel. See chapter Adv. Conf., Diagnostic for more.

2.6.2. Graphs

An independent database periodically stores the Watched values (see 'Neighbours' log above) from
up to five neighbouring RipEX's and from the local one, there including most important values from the
Statistic log. All these values can be displayed as graphs.
The graphs are available in summary and detailed versions. Detailed logging is triggered on when a
threshold value has been reached for the specific item to enable a more detailed investigation into the
units' operation when an alarm event occurs. Each graph can display two different elements at once,
including their set thresholds. Each of the values may originate from a different RipEX unit.
See chapter Adv. Conf., Graphs for more.

2.6.3. SNMP

RipEX implements an SNMPv1/v2c and SNMPv3. The values provided by RipEX are shown in the
MIB table, its Severity level is 3. RipEX also allows generating SNMP traps when thresholds have been
reached for the monitored values: RSScom, DQcom, TXLost[%], Ucc, Temp, PWR, VSWR, ETH[Rx/Tx],
COM1[Rx/Tx], COM2[Rx/Tx], HW Alarm Input and/or for some internal warnings and errors.
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