WipAir Series

ViewAir NMS
WipAir Network Management System
ViewAir NMS

ViewAir Features:

• Manages entire deployment composed of WipAir PTP and PTMP radios

• Cloud-based or on-premises software
• Integrated with Google maps
• Automatic network discovery
• Radio monitoring and configuration
• Alarm reporting (via email/twitter)
• System health in a glance
• QoS and traffic shaping per SU
• Built in RF & traffic analyzers
• Integrated Path Profiler and link
budget calculator
Cloud NMS

Getting Started

Step 1: Verification

• Login: to waveip.cloud:4050

• On the Log IN screen, choose "No account yet?"

• A "Request Key" screen will appear
• enter your details, company name,
contact person and your email for verification
• Select the no robot check box and press the request key button

• A verification email will be sent to your email address, verify your email to
reach the Account setup panel
Cloud NMS

Step 2: create your account

• Select a unique Cloud ID (min 8 chars, max 15 chars, alphanumeric).

• Select your Administrator username
• Configure your and password.
• Press the create account button

Cheers, your account was successfully created!

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Step 3: Cloud ID configuration

• Make sure radios’ firmware is updated as follow:

• WipAir 8000 - 10.0079 and above.
• WipAir ACE - 14.0020 and above.

• Login to your MUs Network tab:

• Configure your default gateway.
• Under NMS configuration:
• Select "Cloud“-For Cloud NMS
• Select “NMS” – For on premises server
• Enter your unique Cloud ID
• Enter the Cell #

• Radios should appear automatically on the NMS

Cloud NMS

Login to the cloud

• Fill in your data

• Cloud ID
• Username
• Password

• Press log in
Cloud NMS

NMS view
ViewAir NMS

Tree View- Displays the entire deployment hierarchically

• Cell – The cell is a logical group of MUs. The grouping criteria may be arbitrary
and its sole purpose is to organize the deployment in a manageable way.
The default and main cell is called Deployment
• MU – WipAir Master Unit that controls one or more Slave Units
• SU – WipAir Slave Unit
• The MUs and the SUs are represented with a color-coded icon
• Green when MU/SU is online
• Red when MU/SU is offline
• Expand/collapse the Tree View
• Simulates right-click (for tablets NMS clients)
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Cell, MU and SU operations

ViewAir NMS

Cell operations

The cell can be configured with an IP address to represent external device

(router / switch / etc). The default and main cell is called Deployment
• Search MU - By IP , MAC or Name. To locate the radio and add it to the tree
• Show on map - Center the map view on the selected Cell
• Show branch - Center the map view on the selected branch, MUs and SUs
• Place on map - Place the Cell on the map
• Remove from map - Remove the Cell from the map
• Open Web - Open the Cell WEB interface (if applicable) in a new page
• Add Cell - Add a new Cell to the Tree view
• Delete Cell - Delete the selected Cell, its MUs and its SUs from the database
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MU operations

The MU is WipAir PTP or PTMP Master Unit. Right click the MU icon to view
the MU operations menu
• Show on map - Center the map view on the selected MU
• Show branch - Center the map view on the selected sector (MU & SUs)
• Place on map - Place the MU on the map
• Remove from map - Remove the MU from the map
• Open Web - Open the MU WEB interface in a new tab
• Move to - Move the MU to a different Cell
• Delete MU - Delete the MU and its SUs from the database
• Monitor - Monitor MU performance graphs
• Reset - Reset the MU
• Restore CFG – Restores MU specific configuration from a selected date
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SU operations

The SU is WipAir PTP or PTMP Slave Unit. Right click the SU icon to
view the SU operations menu
• Show on map - Center the map view on the selected SU
• Place on map - Place the SU on the map
• Remove from map - Remove the SU from the map
• Open Web - Open the SU WEB interface in a new tab
• Path Profiler – Perform link budget analysis
• Monitor - Monitor SU performance graphs
• Reset - Reset the SU
• Restore CFG – Restores SU specific configuration from a selected date
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MU / SU Restore Cfg

Each configuration/settings changes in MU or SU,

yields a new “cfg” backup configuration file.
• File name - radio_mac_address.cfg
• File is stored in the cfg sub-directory and in the cloud
• To restore a specific configuration, right click on the
radio, and select the Restore Cfg option
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Monitoring Graphs

• Display unit’s history records, RF status & traffic counters

• Values displayed are average/minute
• Can display history of 1 week
• Zoom In - to zoom into a selected area, left-click on and drag
• Zoom can be down to 1 minute resolution
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Google Map View

ViewAir NMS is integrated with Google maps, allowing the operator to locate the
radios on the map, view the deployment topology and installation and calculate
wireless link parameters.
Map Options:
• save coordinates of all radio units
• Reload locations – undo unsaved changes
• Select the desired map view
• Display the coordinates
of the mouse cursor
• Display the actual throughput
per link
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Map Menu
Right click the map to view the map menu.
• Save locations - Save coordinates of WipAir radio units
• Refresh locations - Undo unsaved changes
• Zoom in/out - Zoom in/out the map view
• Center here - Move the map view center to the mouse
cursor location
• Show all - Select this option to view all WipAir radios on
the map
• Show sector - Select this option to view only the selected
sector on the map (select the sector in the tree view)
• Show me - Select this option to view only the selected
unit on the map (select the unit in the tree view). If the
selected unit is an SU, ‘show me’ option will also present
its parent MU
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Info TAB Monitor Mode

• Displays a summary of WipAir data, status, locations & distances and also system
capacity and utilization
• Status is color coded
• Green - radio is online and connected to NMS
• RED - radio is offline or not connected to NMS
• Orange - radio throughput has reached the utilization settings (default 80%)
• The table automatically filters its display according to the selected unit in the tree
view:
• Selected Cell – the table displays all units under the cell (MUs and SUs)
• Selected MU – the table displays the entire sector (the MU and its SUs)
• Selected SU – the table displays the SU parameters
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Options
• Add-remove users, administrator permission only
• Get Logs from NMS data base to a text file, for NMS
activities such as Login/logout, configuration changes
• Database - Import, Export and clean/delete
• Logout
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Info TAB Inventory Mode

• Displays the inventory and data of WipAir Radios at the network
• Status is color coded as in monitor mode, Green, Red and Orange
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WEB Interface

ViewAir NMS interfaces with the WEB

interface of WipAir radios for
configuration, monitoring and analysis.

• To open the WEB interface, double-click the

radio in the Tree view, or right click the radio
and select ‘Open web’. The Radio’s web page
will open in a new tab.

• ViewAir NMS supports multiple tabs, allowing

monitoring and configuration of multiple radios
simultaneously.
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Alarms

ViewAir NMS constantly monitors WipAir radios and displays radios alarms and
notifications. In addition, the NMS manages alarm notification via email or Twitter
and includes alarms filters and history. The alarms are color coded, according to the
severity levels:
• Critical (Red) – unit status changed from online to offline
• Warning (Orange) – indicating unit reset (reset reason can be viewed in the radio’s
WEB interface, logger tab)
• Notification (Green) - unit status changed from offline to online
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Alarms

• Alarm ID - Sequence number that specifies the serial number of the alarm
• Unit name - The name of the radio that issued the alarm
• Unit IP - The IP of the radio that issued the alarm
• Alarm severity - Severity level (critical / warning / notification)
• Alarm type - Alarm textual description
• Alarm Sequence - A sequence number that specifies the serial number of
the alarm for all alarms that were recorded in the same radio
• Alarm time - Timestamp of the alarm
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• Clear the view of alarms. Alarms are kept in the data base
• Get the last 1000 alarms from the data base
• Save the alarm data to .csv file (excel file)
• Delete alarm history from the database
• Configure:
• Bip for each alarm
• Throughput utilization threshold for “utilization alarm” warning in
order to identify network’s bottlenecks
Path Profiler Introduction

WaveIP state-of-the-art path profiler

WaveIP’s Path Profiler is a powerful link planning software, integrated in

ViewAir NMS

WipAir users, can use the path profiler to evaluate link performance taking
into account radio specifications, geographical information, antenna height
and gain, estimated noise level and climate conditions

The profiler automatically saves simulation history in the database and

generates informative PDF and PNG files
Path Profiler Introduction

Path Profiler key features

• Integrated in ViewAir NMS

• Easy and quick planning of WaveIP radios in all frequencies
• Integrated with Google maps
• Terrain Data - based on NASA - SRTM3
• Propagation calculations - Based on
Longley Rice models
• Easy to use
• Saves simulation history and data
• Detailed output in PDF and PNG format
Path Profiler

Profiling and Link budget

• Select Path profiler TAB

• Write a profile name and select New
• A default profile will appear
Path Profiler

• Configure the following:

• Name of the MU and SU.
• Latitude & longitude in decimal format
• Antenna’s gain and height
• Radio Model- SISO, MIMO or ACE
• Radio frequency
• Radio License
• channel BW
• TX power
• Estimated noise level
• Climate Zone
• Rain fall (Recommended Auto)
• Press Submit. Simulation might take few seconds.
Path Profiler Configuration

DMS (degree, Minute, Second) converter for coordinates input

Coordinate parameters in DMS format can be easily
converted to decimal format
Path Profiler Results
Path Profiler Results

Map or Satellite view and terrain profile

Path Profiler Results

Path profile and fresnel zone parameters

Path Profiler Results

Estimated link parameters in ideal conditions including:

• Range
• RSSI per modulation
• Net Capacity per modulation
• Availability per modulation
Path Profiler Advance Parameters

Simulation and evaluation of real life parameters

• Configure estimated noise level, based on experience or site survey

• Change climate zone
• Add Rain fall parameters in mm/h, or write AUTO (will automatically
retrieve the average rain parameters according to the coordinates)

• View results in Rain and/or Noise tabs

Path Profiler Report

Transmitter site: Seminar Bgta MU

Site location: 5.0091 North / -73.5406 West ( N / W)

Detailed path profile report Ground elevation: 1918 meters AMSL

Antenna height: 15.00 meters AGL / 1933.00 meters
AMSL
• SU / MU Name Distance to Seminar Bgta SU: 2.41 kilometers
Azimuth to Seminar Bgta SU: 36.64 degrees

• Locations Elevation angle to Seminar Bgta SU: +17.6861 degrees

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• Altitudes Receiver site: Seminar Bgta SU

Site location: 5.0265 North / -73.5536 West ( N / W)
Ground elevation: 2651 meters AMSL
• Azimuth between sites Antenna height: 15.00 meters AGL / 2666.00 meters
AMSL

• Elevation/depression of antennas Distance to Seminar Bgta MU: 2.41 kilometers

Azimuth to Seminar Bgta MU: 216.64 degrees
Depression angle to Seminar Bgta MU: -17.7067
• Free space loss and Longley Rice Loss degrees
Depression angle to the first obstruction: -15.5941

• Additional losses based on rain and terrain type. degrees

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Summary for the link between Seminar Bgta MU and
Seminar Bgta SU:
Free space path loss: 115.36 dB
Longley-Rice path loss: 115.36 dB
Attenuation due to terrain shielding: 0.00 dB
Attenuation due to rain fall 0.0[mm/h] 0.00 dB
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No obstructions to LOS path due to terrain were
detected.
The first Fresnel zone is clear.
Path Profiler PDF Report

Select the “PNG" button to retrieve an output file in PNG format. The file will be saved to
your local download directory
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