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3 USING THE SOFTWARE FOR SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
3.1 ANALYSING CONNECTION STRENGTH
After the system is configured and all of the equipment is fitted, you can analsze the connection
strength with wireless devices. To do that, open the
Connection quality
tab.
This table allows you to see the connection strength with each device in the system. The
Rating
column shows connectivity levels with the devices on a scale from 2 to 5. It is recommended that
connection with all devices is rated at least 4 or 5. The
Actuality
column tells you how much time
has passed since the connectivity
levels have been updated. By
double-clicking
on a device you can
open a plot of connection strength
with this device over a certain
amount of time.
This plot shows the current
signal strength (higher is
better)
and
traffic percentage (lower is better)
in the
network.
The
Wireless system network topology
window shows how different expanders and wireless
devices are interconnected with each other. In the example on the left, you can see that all four
of the devices are connected directly to the translator. The bigger the system is, the more
complicated the graph will get.
The colour of the line also represents the connection strength (e.g.
green
is a 5). You can also
select the
Full graph
option to inspect backup communication routes.
To begin analysuing the network, turn
on reading signal strength data
