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Overview
SuperVisor™ software enables operators to set up and manage the Aprisa XE radio. It is a Java-based platform that is built into the Aprisa XE radio’s operating system.

Operators can use any major web browser (such as Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft® Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator) to:
• configure radio and interface parameters
• monitor performance, radio status and alarm details

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Configuring the Aprisa XE radio
The SuperVisor software enables operators to set radio parameters such as frequencies, modulation and power levels. It passes parameters to the web server, which uses SNMP to load them into the various elements within the radio.

Monitoring the Aprisa XE radio
The SuperVisor software uses SNMP to interrogate the elements of the radio over a control bus. It stores the variables in the web server where they are available for retrieval by the browser.

Operator rights and access levels
The SuperVisor software has three access levels, each of which has certain rights:
• View — allows operators to view Aprisa XE radio information
• Modify — allows operators to configure Aprisa XE radio parameters
• Admin — allows system administrators to perform administration tasks

Viewing the status of the link
The Summary page appears when the operator logs on. It shows the status of the link including the following parameters:
• Transmit and receive frequencies
• Transmit power output level and received signal strength
• Radio and link status
• Terminal name, ID, and contact details

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Configuring the standard radio settings
The Radio Settings page allows the operator to configure the standard radio settings including:
• Transmit frequency
• Receive frequency
• Transmit power
• Modulation

It also displays the radio channel width and IP address details.

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Configuring the interface ports and cross connect
The Interface Summary page allows the operator to configure each port on each interface card. When the operator selects a port, the SuperVisor software automatically detects each interface card and makes available the relevant configuration options.

For each interface the operator must specify criteria to adjust the in-built cross-connect and multiplexer. These include:
• traffic channel assignments
• compression levels
• data rates
• gains and loopbacks

The operator may configure interfaces remotely via a remote management channel.

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Loopback functionality
The Aprisa XE radio provides loopback functionality for link commissioning and debugging. The loopback simultaneously sets a radio and line facing loopback, and can be positioned at different points in the traffic path. The loopbacks provided with each interface are:
• Interface loopback: the SuperVisor software sets this loopback at the interface port. It loops back all traffic at the physical interface to and from the radio.
• Cross-connect loopback: the SuperVisor software sets this loopback at the cross-connect. It loops back all traffic at the digital interface to and from the modem.

Loopbacks are configured by the operator via the SuperVisor software.

Configuring the cross connects
Cross Connections is a Java applet-based software application that you can use to:
• display and configure the traffic interface ports
• display and configure the powerful cross connect functionality
• save and load configuration files
• operate seamlessly with SuperVisor

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Monitoring performance and troubleshooting problems
The SuperVisor software provides comprehensive alarm diagnostics, including:
• Forward power
• Reverse power
• High temperature
• Loss of synchronization
• RSSI
• Internal voltages
• Correctable and un-correctable errors
• E1 and other interface card alarms
• Fan stopped
• Discrete alarm input status

In addition to alarms, the SuperVisor software provides link performance functions for both the local and remote terminal. Performance monitoring functions include:
• Error count statistics
• RSSI
• SNR
• Constellation display

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Network management
Operators can use any industry-standard SNMPc Management software, such as Castle Rock's SNMPc (www.castlerock.com), to manage an Aprisa XE radio network and to configure radio and interface parameters.

Using an SNMPc client running on a standard PC, operators can interrogate SNMP agents within the Aprisa XE radio. SNMP traps and events raise alarms and log performance criteria within the SNMPc network management platform.

The SNMPc client software can remotely access many Aprisa XE radio links in a network from one location via an IP network. The software polls the terminals in the network and monitors their status, capturing alarms and fault report events and alerting the operator by visual indication and audible alarm. It time-stamps events and stores them in a database for later analysis.

Alternatively, operators can configure the system to operate within a Client Server-type architecture. This involves configuring many SNMPc clients to run in a server mode and loading a server module onto the Client PC. The server module interrogates the Aprisa XE radio’s SNMP agents via the server’s client application. External SNMPc clients interrogate the server for details of each of the individual Aprisa XE radios.

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• Overview
• Configuring the Aprisa XE radio
• Monitoring
• Rights and access levels
• Viewing the status of the link
• Configuring the radio settings
• Configuring the interfaces
• Loopback functionality
• Configuring the cross-connects
• Monitoring performance
• Network management

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