Hybrid networks can involve the management of multiple technologies that are used together to provide a single integrated communications network. Often these systems combine satellite, microwave, lease lines and frame relay. An additional item involved in managing the system is the fact that it has been built over a period of many years and has a large variety of standards and non-standards based device interfaces such as TL-1, SNMP, GPIB, contact closure and serial communications. Newpoint Compass and Mercury provide the platform for integrating this diverse equipment into a single seamless operating unit. Compass screen displays allow operators to quickly view network topology, locate and recognize system failures, and bring services back on-line. Using Sigmon operators can analyze the effect of intermittent radio and microwave interference on the performance of the network, and service affecting alarms will be posted to Compass. Similarly, Monics provides satellite RF carrier management and spurious carrier detection to help guarantee QOS on the satellite network.