C120
and C130 Lightbar Operation
Overview
The
Gateways offer a Lightbar that can be used to assist in placing
the external antenna in the optimum location to enhance the signal
strength. The Lightbar provides a visual indication of the RSSI
Signal Strength and is available on the C120, C130, C131, C132 and
C134.
The lights
shown when the Gateway is in operation are a snapshot of the last
signal check. Signal strength is automatically checked at boot and
before every new call is placed.
 |
Lights |
Signal
Strength |
| One
LED |
Poor |
| Two
LEDs |
Fair |
| Three
LEDs |
Good |
| Four
LEDs |
Excellent |
| Top
and Bottom LEDs flashing |
No Signal |
| Any
LEDs strobing (on solid, flash, on solid, flash in a continuing
sequence) |
No
PPP Connection. This is displayed when the connection to the
cell tower is available but the connection through the cell
network to the destination server is not established. |
| Four
LEDs flashing rapidly |
Low
cell modem memory detected |
| Note: |
The
Lightbar reflects the measurement from the last sample taken
at boot or prior to the placement of a call. |
| Note: |
Verizon
can put a “hold off” (refuse connection for four
hours) on the card if three connection attempts are made and
each tried with in two minutes from each other. When this occurs
the LightBar LEDs will flash 1 and 3 at the same time then 2
and 4 at the same time. Retry is every four hours or you can
eject and reinsert card. |
Activation
Status Indicators
If an unprovisioned
Air Card is installed in the unit, the Air Card's LEDs can indicate
the status of the activation.
| Operation |
Meaning |
|
Toggle
(1-2, 2-4, repeat) |
Card
is currently not activated, and cannot be activated doe to an
activation failure, or invalid information in the provisioning
config file. If the card is a Verizon card/module, it will retry
every 10 minutes to re-activate. |
|
Light
moving upward
(1, 2, 3, 4, repeat) |
Card
is currently activating. |
|
Light
moving downward
(4, 3, 2, 1, repeat) |
GatherStats
is runing. Do not interrupt this operation.. |
|
| Note: |
The
activation indicators are currently available (2/1/2008) only
with Novatel series cards. |
Signal
Strength Commands
During normal
operation, two commands are available through the Console/Telnet
Command Line Interface or the web browser interface.
| Command |
Function |
| checksignal |
Updates
the Lightbar in real-time. Warning:
this command will terminate any active Wireless PPP connection. |
| getsignal |
Displays
a log of the last 10 to 15 signal checks. |
These commands
are available through the Console/Telnet Command Line Interface
and the JBM GAU GUI interface.
For Console
access, please use these Log In instructions.
For GAU access,
please use these Log In instructions.
Once you have
accessed the GAU:
|
|
Select
the Management Tab |
|
|
Select
Network on the left column |
|
|
View
your wireless signal |
Please contact
us if you have any questions on the functions of the Lightbar.
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