The following procedure describes how to setup and run Tool Suite Network Diagnostic on a Serial Radio network remotely.  The following serial radios are supported:

• FGR-C
• FGR2-C/CE/T
• FGR3-C/CE/T
• LRS-455-C/CE
• GX-C/CE/T
• GXM
• MM2-T/LV/LF
• MM3-T
• MM2-MR

Requirements Needed to Run Tool Suite Network Diagnostics Remotely:

• Windows XP or newer MS Operating system.
• A Legacy Ethernet Radio or Zumlink Radio alternatively some customers have utilized devices such as Moxa or Lantronix Serial to Ethernet converters.  
  • Tool Suite Supports the following MS Operating systems:
    • Windows XP
    • Windows 7
    • Windows 8
    • Windows Vista
    • Windows 10
    • Windows 11
• FreeWave Tool Suite 2.12. or later
• Diagnostic cable
  • ASC0409DC – enclosed radios
  • ASC2009DC – board level radios
• Cable
  • ECD2408ED - Cable Assembly, RJ-45 to DB-9 Male, NULL Modem. RS-232 ONLY. (for connecting Serial Com port of Ethernet radios to Serial radios or a terminal server)

Verify your Configuration Serial to Ethernet Converter:

In this example we will be using the Zumlink product family (Z9-P2):

1. Connect to your Serial to Ethernet converter.
2. Go to your Com port settings (1 or 2) and configure the following.

Note: This setting may have a different name in other devices.

• Terminal Server Handler

• 115200 Baud rate

• RS232

• 8-N-1

• Delay Before Send MS is set to 10.

Figure 1:

Figure 1: In this case I have configured my Com2 port on my Zumlink device as Terminal Server Handler so therefore in that com port will behave the same way as a Serial to Ethernet converter would.

Configuring your Master Radio for Remote Diagnostics: 

1. Open up Tool Suite and in the Configuration, window select the option "Add Network."

2. Once "Add Network" has been selected and a meaningful name has been given to the network select "Next".

3. In the drop-down menu the select the option "TCP Terminal Server."

4. Read your Master Radio into the new "TCP Terminal Server" network that was just created and select the "Operation Mode menu" within your master radio.

5.Once in the operation mode tab select the drop-down menu for "Modem Mode" and select the "Point to Multipoint" mode and enable the "Setup Mode Timeout" setting.

Once you've completed the above steps, you're almost ready to start running Network Diagnostics remotely. There's just a few more things we need to take into consideration such as connectivity to a remote network and average Ping rate!

Verify Network Connectivity to your Remote Site:

1. Let's start by Pinging out Serial to Ethernet converter.                                                                                                    (In the example this example I will be pinging the Zumlink I set up as a Terminal Server Handler.)

2. We'll take the average roundtrip time and add 50-100ms to the value and use that as our polling interval in Tool Suite. In the below example I will be using a Polling interval of "56" on Tool Suite Network Diagnostics.

3. In Network Diagnostics select "option" then select "Network settings."

4. Once the "Network Settings" window opens go ahead and change the interface as needed and the polling interval as needed.

After everything is completed, you're ready to finally click the "Start" Button and conduct regular health checks on your FreeWave Serial Networks!