Yes that value will increment when the injector detects a loss of sync and
also when it's restored.

These are definitely good values to monitor, and I know at least one
customer which does as you suggest and monitors for a non zero value and
resets the value to zero to clear the error.
On Sep 29, 2014 7:23 PM, "Bill Prince via Af" <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Yeah.  Not sure why I thought the index name was where I would get the
> value.  The OID that shows in the UI for the Satellites Visible is:
>
> .1.3.6.1.4.1.32050.2.1.28.2.1
>
> The OID for the actual value is
>
> .1.3.6.1.4.1.32050.2.1.28.5.1
>
>
> So I was able to fix that part.  What I'm wondering is how to know that
> We've had a loss in sync.  There is something under Binary I/O called "1PPS
> Active".
>
> Seeing as we only poll once every 5 minutes, catching that going to zero
> seems slim to none.  However, I am intrigued by the "Events" value.  Does
> that increment every time the Syncpipe loses sync?  In which case, I can
> zero it out, and set a threshold for whenever it is non-zero (see below).
>
>
> I may try that.
>
>
> bp
>
> On 9/29/2014 1:28 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) via Af wrote:
>
>  A little out of order:
>
>  On the OID's .. you may have the wrong OID.  There is an oid for the
> title strings, and an oid for the value.  You may want to check the oid you
> are using.   In addition, on the strings tab, there *are* strings which
> list the specific statellite and signal strength of all of the sats it is
> receiving a signal from.
>
>  One more troubleshooting item is the 'pulse received' counter on the
> analog tab.  It should increment once and exactly once per second.  I've
> had good luck comparing this value over a specific time.  I.E. at exactly
> 10 minutes, there should be exactly 600 more pulses.
>
>  As far as fixing it:  I'd move the syncpipe, then try a different one.
> If a second does the same thing, then we need to look at what else might be
> causing it.
>
>  If you want to send in screenshots to [email protected] of the
> boolean/analog/string tabs from the sitemonitor, I might be able to see
> something.
>
> -forrest
>
>
> On Sep 29, 2014 1:40 PM, "Bill Prince via Af" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> One of our many locations where we're using a Packetflux sync
>> pipe/injector seems to be losing satellite lock once every few days.
>> Typically it loses it for 2 to 4 seconds, but I've seen at least once where
>> it went 13 seconds.
>>
>> I've not been able to get useful information from the SiteMonitor because
>> the satellites tracked/Visible OIDs are returning a string with "Sats in
>> View" and "Num Sats Used" instead of the actual values. (is that a bug or
>> what? This is on F/W "Jul 29 2012").
>>
>> However, I'm getting messages like this in the AP logs:
>>
>> 09/21/2014 : 07:49:00 PDT : : Bridge Core : Loss of sync pulse from Power
>> Port! No other sync source available.
>> 09/21/2014 : 07:49:04 PDT : : Bridge Core : Acquired sync pulse from
>> Power Port.
>> 09/23/2014 : 18:49:37 PDT : : Bridge Core : Loss of sync pulse from Power
>> Port! No other sync source available.
>> 09/23/2014 : 18:49:41 PDT : : Bridge Core : Acquired sync pulse from
>> Power Port.
>> 09/23/2014 : 18:49:55 PDT : : Bridge Core : Loss of sync pulse from Power
>> Port! No other sync source available.
>> 09/23/2014 : 18:49:59 PDT : : Bridge Core : Acquired sync pulse from
>> Power Port.
>> 09/24/2014 : 18:47:15 PDT : : Bridge Core : Loss of sync pulse from Power
>> Port! No other sync source available.
>> 09/24/2014 : 18:47:28 PDT : : Bridge Core : Acquired sync pulse from
>> Power Port.
>> 09/27/2014 : 07:24:18 PDT : : Bridge Core : Loss of sync pulse from Power
>> Port! No other sync source available.
>> 09/27/2014 : 07:24:20 PDT : : Bridge Core : Acquired sync pulse from
>> Power Port.
>>
>> Not sure what I might do here.  This is with all the equipment up against
>> a concrete wall, so there is only a 180 degree view of the sky.  Maybe a
>> little bit less than that because the wall is not flat, maybe about 170
>> degree view of the sky.
>>
>> The APs are PMP450, and rarely get a GPS lock on the internal GPS.  Maybe
>> I can try moving the sync pipe away from the wall or something.
>>
>>
>> --
>> bp
>>
>>
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