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Managing the Hub at the Port Level........................................................................ 2-33
Converting a Station Port to a Ring-out Port...................................................2-33
Enabling and Disabling Station and Ring Ports.............................................. 2-33
Removing a Station from the Ring.................................................................... 2-34
Chapter 3 Ring Map

Launching the Ring Map..............................................................................................3-2
Selecting a Ring to Map................................................................................................3-3
Viewing Station-specific Information.........................................................................3-6
The Quick Info Popup Window...........................................................................3-6
Setting a Station Name..........................................................................................3-8
Setting a Station Drop............................................................................................3-9
Viewing Management Station Configuration....................................................3-9
Viewing Ring-level Information............................................................................... 3-13
Setting the Statistics Calculation Mode............................................................ 3-13
Viewing the Error Table......................................................................................3-14
Changing the Station Labels...............................................................................3-18
Viewing Device Information.............................................................................. 3-19
Setting the Map Poll Interval..............................................................................3-20
Viewing Beacon History......................................................................................3-21
Beacon Configuration..........................................................................................3-23
Using the Find Options.............................................................................................. 3-25
Searching for a Station’s Nearest Active
Upstream or Downstream Neighbor......................................................... 3-26
Searching by Station Name, MAC Address, Board/Port, or Drop...............3-26
Searching for the Active Monitor, Ring Management Station,
or Last Beaconing Station............................................................................ 3-27
Finding the Active Monitor on the Network............................................3-27
Finding the Management Station on the Network.................................. 3-28
Finding the Last Beaconing Station............................................................3-28
Searching by Highest or Lowest Occurrence of a
Performance Parameter................................................................................3-28
Accessing Other SPMA Applications.......................................................................3-30
Chapter 4 Alarm Configuration

Setting and Viewing Ring Alarms.............................................................................. 4-3
Setting a Ring Level Alarm...................................................................................4-5
Setting and Viewing Station Alarms.......................................................................... 4-5
Setting a Station Level Alarm...............................................................................4-9
Chapter 5 Statistics

Using Statistics...............................................................................................................5-1
Viewing the Ring Station List......................................................................................5-2
Using the Reverse MAC Button...........................................................................5-4