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1. height is not critical and popular antenna locations include cockpit guard rail radar arch or wheel house roof The WL510 antenna requires a 1 25 BSP thread mount which is larger than the popular 1 x 14TPI thread mount used by many VHF antennas The WL510 is supplied with an antenna mount that is suitable for mounting to a flat horizontal surface see Fig 1 below However if you wish to mount the WL510 antenna in a different manner a variety of different brackets are available for this type of threaded mount but do not confuse it with the smaller 1 x 14TPI types Please consult your local marine electronics dealer or chandlery for more information The default settings of the WL510 ensure that the Wi Fi transmissions are within the legal limits of the country that you have selected as your current location If you do not select the correct country or you change the power settings from the defaults you may be operating the equipment outside of the legal limits of certain localities and territories Please check with Digital Yacht prior to operation If in doubt only use the WL510 when offshore away from other Wi Fi users The WL510 is a high power Wi Fi access system with an ERP of 1W Installation The maximum distance from the antenna to the below deck modem unit is 10m i as per the supplied cable This is a specialist coax cable assembly and it should not be cut or lengthened Mount the deck base using the supplied fasteners2. 5 30 46 9A 7B AF 31 84 1B SE 9F 24 7C 00 22 3F 1B A0 DC 5 A0 21 B7 D4 97 E4 5 A0 21 B7 EC 3E 42 00 1B 63 2C 87 9C C8 CD 72 77 F9 9B C8 3A 35 37 13 18 2C B0 5D ES 9A 52 00 24 B2 F8 27 7E 00 1F 33 17 24 A9 E WL510 Site Survey Google Chrome 192168 10 20 survey cgi iface ath0 Select Wireless Network to Connect to from the list below and click on the Select button List can be sorted by Encryption type or Signal strength by clicking on the Column heading SSID Bonnici TP LINK_E136AE virginmedia3838171 netgear virginmedia2219117 nellys wheelernet SKY63898 Tenda virginmedia9263247 SKY 99664 SKY37718 Frequency GHz Channel WEP 92 96 2 462 11 Device Name Encryption Signal Noise dBm WPA 45 87 2 412 1 WPA 90 96 2 412 1 WPA 85 88 2 432 WPA 87 88 2 437 WPA 89 96 2 437 WPA 92 96 2 437 WPA 90 96 2 462 ah WPA 92 96 2 412 WPA 92 96 2 437 WPA 95 96 2 437 WPA 94 96 2 462 WPA 89 96 2 437 WPA 91 96 2 462 1 a bd 6 6 6 1 1 6 6 1 6 1 Figure 7 To make sure that you have typed the password correctly you can click the Show tick box to display the password instead of hidden characters Once you have entered the correct password if necessary click the Change button followed by the Apply button that will appear at the top of the page Older WEP passwords can be either HEX 0 9 and A F characte
3. Drill a clearance hole for the cable and connector through the deck Screw the N type connector to antenna and mount the antenna onto base Figure 1 Quick Start Guide for WL510 V4 00 TEL 44 1179 554474 www digitalyacht co uk sales digitalyacht co uk DIGITAL 0000 00 0 0 8 LENSES PRODUCT HANDBOOK Power Requirements The unit is only designed to work on vessels with a 12V DC system 10 18V DC Input voltage It is supplied with an in line 3 15A fuse which should be connected if there is no suitable circuit breaker or fuse protected circuit for the WL510 to be connected to The WL510 has a two core power cable with a Red 12v and Black Ov wire Be very careful to ensure that the correct supply voltage polarity is connected to the WL510 as reverse polarity will damage the unit 3 Connecting the WL510 to a single PC The WL510 can be connected directly to a single PC or via a Wireless Router so that it can be shared by multiple PCs and other wireless devices If you wish to connect it to a Wireless Router please skip to section 4 The WL510 acts as a DHCP server on its LAN connection and will allocate an IP address to any PC connected to it so it is important that your PC is set to Obtain an IP address automatically in the LAN Network Connection properties as shown in Fig 1 to Fig 3 H Pos 4 Local Area Connection Properties f m Local Area Connection Status Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP I
4. are sure that you are operating the WL510 within the legal limits of the country you are in click the Change button and then click the Apply button that will appear at the top of the page To scan for available networks hotspots click on the SCAN button A pop up window will appear see Fig 7 Every wireless network that the WL510 could detect is listed and this can often be quite a long list It is sometimes useful to sort the list by signal strength or by encryption e g to see which networks are Open free To sort the list click on the relevant column heading The list will then be resorted by the category you have selected lt is important to note that the signal strength values are shown in negative dBs Therefore the smaller the number the better the signal strength i e 54dB is a stronger more reliable signal than 75dB From the list of available networks select the one that you wish to connect to by clicking the tick box to the left of the networks MAC Address Then click on the Select button lf the network is protected with a WEP WPA WPA2 password you will be taken back to the WIRELESS screen and you will need to type in the password as shown in Fig 8 LE GiLS PRODUCT HANDBOOK J M1510 Veireless C fi 192 168 10 20 WL510 Wifi Access System Figure 6 Site Survey MAC Address 2E B0 5D E5 9A 53 74 EA 3A E1 36 AE 00 1E 74 BA E9 DC
5. first logged in but if you sail to a different country then you must select the new country you are in from the drop down box This sets the wireless channels to be used and the maximum legal power output for that country 2 Auto Adjust to EIRP Limit this tick box automatically regulates the maximum power that the WL510 transmits to keep it within the legal limits of the country you have selected Only untick this option if you are off shore fi 192 168 10 20 DIGITAL Oi DAOSO IMOD PAMO Ths Digital Yacht WESIO radio device should be professionaly instated it is the Users responsibilty to follow bocal country reguistons including operation within legal frequency channels output power and Dynamic Frequency Selection DFS requirements For further information please visa www Ciotalyacht on uk l agree to these terms of use Figure 4 a es a J M510 Main x C fi 192 168 10 20 DIGITAL WL510 hae WNT PADA TL A Wifi Access System YACHT STATUS MIRELESS i NET WO Status Figure 5 Quick Start Guide for WL510 V4 00 TEL 44 1179 554474 www digitalyacht co uk sales digitalyacht co uk DIGITAL 0000100 0 0 8 3 Output Power This slider is used to adjust the power output of the WL510 and can only be adjusted if the Auto Adjust to EIRP Limit is unticked Only make adjustments to this setting if off shore Once the above settings are configured and you
6. DIGITAL 0100 08 0 O N IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR WL510 LONG RANGE WI FI ADAPTOR Installation and instruction Manual Tel 01179 554 474 www digitalyacht co uk VOY O10 DUO OUO AO DONDOO A PRODUCT HANDBOOK 1 Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your WL510 Wireless Adaptor Antenna This unit is designed for permanent installation on board a sail or motor boat The WL510 comprises the following parts e 2 4GHZ external antenna Base mount for antenna 10M LMR400 coax cable assembly WL510 Modem unit 1m RJ45 Cat5 network cable Manual Before operating this unit you should familiarise yourself with this Quick Start Guide and user manual for any equipment you wish to connect to it 2 Before you start The WL510 is configured and controlled via its built in web interface In order to access this you will need a PC with one RJ45 Ethernet LAN connection and a suitable modern web browser such as Internet Explorer Chrome or Firefox No drivers are required to be installed to make the WL510 work and any Windows Mac OSX or LINUX powered PC can work with the WL510 Do not plug in the WL510 to the Ethernet port of your computer whilst the WL510 is powered up and always ensure that the WL510 is connected to the Antenna before powering up the WL510 3 Mounting the WL510 Antenna The WL510 should be mounted in line of sight with the wireless router that you wish to connect to Unlike VHF antennas
7. Pv4 Properties Networking General General Alternate Configuration Connect using g E You can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports Connection K Realtek RTL8168D 8111D Family PCI E Gigabit Ethemet this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator IPv4 Connectivity No network access for the appropriate IP settings IPv6 Connectivity No network access Media State Enabled This connection uses the following items Use the following IP address 01 15 00 100 0 Mbps V 0 Client for Microsoft Networks V E QoS Packet Scheduler r File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks M Intemet Protocol Version 6 TCP IPv6 Beg ntemet Protocol Version 4 TCP IP v4 Link Layer Topology Discovery Mapper 1 0 Driver Link Layer Topology Discovery Responder i Sent B Received instal Uninsta 7 372 737 2 412 951 Description K J Obtain DNS server address automatically Use the following DNS server addresses Transmission Control Protocol Intemet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks Properties f Disable Diagnose Advanced cancel Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3 OK Cancel Close This is the default network settings for PCs so once you have confirmed these settings
8. be connected to any cable modem type router rather than a phone line ADSL type There are plenty of units available from manufacturers like Netgear Belkin Linksys TP Link Cisco etc and although Digital Yacht have not exhaustively tested all of them every unit that we have so far tested worked fine with the WL510 Unfortunately Digital Yacht cannot provide support for installations that are using 3 party commercial off the shelf routers such as those previously listed Quick Start Guide for WL510 V4 00 TEL 44 1179 554474 www digitalyacht co uk sales digitalyacht co uk WD VON UOVO OU OUD WOON UOO U UOVU OOU DON DOVO UIE T PRODUCT HANDBOOK Connection should be made with both the router and WL510 turned off and simply involves connecting the Ethernet RJ45 WAN INTERNET socket of the router to the WL510 LAN socket using the conventional 1m network cable not cross over supplied It is important that the WL510 is connected to the routers WAN socket and not one of the router s LAN sockets Confirm that you have connected the antenna to the WL510 and then apply power to the WL510 wait a couple of seconds and then apply power to the router Over the next 10 20 seconds as the two devices power up you should see some network activity and your router will receive a WAN IP address from the WL510 in the range 192 168 10 100 to 192 168 10 200 Your WL510 is now ready to connect to a Hotspot and provide long range internet connectivit
9. or reset them ensure the WL510 is turned off and then connect your PC s Ethernet RJ45 LAN socket to the WL510 LAN socket using the conventional 1m network cable not cross over supplied This cable can be replaced with any length of normal RJ45 Cat5 network cable up to 60m in length Confirm that you have connected the antenna to the WL510 and then apply power to the WL510 Over the next 10 20 seconds as the WL510 powers up you should see some network activity and your PC will receive an IP address from the WL510 in the range 192 168 10 100 to 192 168 10 200 Your WL510 is now ready to connect to a Hotspot and provide long range internet connectivity to your PC Proceed to section 6 for details of how to scan for available networks hotspots and connect to them 4 Connecting the WL510 to iNavConnect or iNavHub The WL510 really comes in to its own when you connect it to a Router wireless or wired and share its long range wireless connection with multiple PCs and mobile devices The easiest solution is to use one of Digital Yacht s own wireless routers 1 iNavConnect entry level wireless router Quick Start Guide for WL510 V4 00 TEL 44 1179 554474 www digitalyacht co uk sales digitalyacht co uk WD VON UOVO OU OUD WOON UOO U UOVU OOU DON DOVO UIE T PRODUCT HANDBOOK 2 iNavHub wireless router with integral NMEA to Wi Fi converter Both units are powered directly from the boat s 12v 24v DC supply and are housed in a r
10. rs or ASCII 0 9 A Z and some special characters Also they can vary in length which can create problems when trying to enter the WEP passkey If you have problems connecting to a WEP encoded access point please contact Digital Yacht for guidance lt usually takes up to 10 seconds for the connection to be established and when successful a coloured signal strength meter will appear in the top right hand panel of the STATUS screen se Fig 9 lf the coloured signal strength meter starts a cycle of appearing and then disappearing this means that the password you have entered is incorrect Try correcting the password and then click the Change followed by the Apply buttons again WL510 Wireless Cfi 192 168 10 20 DIGITAL LEEDO SI ATL WL510 Wifi Access System Figure 8 Quick Start Guide for WL510 V4 00 TEL 44 1179 554474 www digitalyacht co uk sales digitalyacht co uk DIGITAL 0000 00 0 0 8 LLNS PRODUCT HANDBOOK If the signal strength meter is stable and is indicating a value between 10db and 84db then you should now be connected to the hotspot Any values less than 84db and WL510 aL Nn AEE the connection may start to drop out htassedesped YACHT STATUS WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM If you click on the STATUS tab you will display more information about the connection status including speed quality and distance At the bottom of the STATUS page yo
11. spot you connected to has an Internet connection b You have paid any necessary connection fees c You have entered the correct password pass key if the wireless network is encrypted WEP WPA WPA2 or d You have registered logged on to the Marina s Welcome page with the correct access codes if it is an Open network Then your PC and any devices connected to the Router should now be able to connect to the internet You can now log out from the WL510 web connection or simply navigate to another webpage on the internet Although the WL510 does have many other seitings in reality these are very rarely needed IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that you do not change any of the settings in the WIRELESS of NETWORK pages Only experienced network technicians should attempt changing any of these advanced menu settings If you have problems with any of the advanced WL510 settings it is recommended that you click the Reset to Defaults button on the SYSTEM screen Quick Start Guide for WL510 V4 00 TEL 44 1179 554474 www digitalyacht co uk sales digitalyacht co uk
12. u will see the Monitor screen which by default shows a series of data performance graphs Above the graphs you will see a series of blue links to other monitor pages that provide a large amount of information that is useful for diagnostic purposes Simply click on the relevant link to display this information The DHCP Client tab is particularly useful as it displays the network settings that the WL510 has been given by the Figure 9 Wireless Network you have connected to The only known reason for a connection to a marina hot spot to not work is if the IP address that the WL510 has been given by the wireless network is in the same range as the WL510 network address i e 192 168 10 xxx If you find that the WL510 has been given an IP address in this range then it may not be possible to connect to this particular hot spot without changing the WL510 s default IP address range In this situation please contact Digital Yacht for advice on how to work around this problem Another useful piece of information that is displayed in the DHCP Client tab is the Lease Time which is the amount of time that the network IP settings that the wireless network has given the WL510 will be valid for If the Lease has expired then it will be necessary to renew the lease by clicking the Renew button This is normally done automatically but in some case the lease can expire and it is necessary to renew it manually Assuming that a The hot
13. ugged IP54 rated enclosure that can be screwed to a bulkhead These units work particularly well with the Captive Portal type Wi Fi hotspots found in many marinas and are fully supported by Digital Yacht It is important that the WL510 and iNavConnect iNavHub are wired to the same switch circuit breaker so that the two units power up together and negotiate correctly to ensure that the WL510 provides IP addresses to the network Connection to iNavConnect iNavHub should be made with both units turned off Use a normal RJ45 Cat 5 network cable as supplied with both units and the WL510 should be wired to the WAN Internet WL510 Option socket as shown in Fig 4 below Do NOT wire the WL510 to the Network LAN socket DIGITAL CEE Npp a YACHT INAVConnect WiFi Interface For On Board Sy ces AFE stems to Mobile Devi Figure 4 Once the WL510 and iNavConnect iNavHub are connected together turn on the common switch circuit breaker and you should see a steady red light on the WL510 and a flashing green light on LAN LED of the iNavConnect iNavHub Your WL510 is now ready to connect to a Hotspot and provide long range internet connectivity to your router Proceed to section 6 for details of how to scan for available networks hotspots and connect to them 5 Connecting the WL510 to a 3 Party Router If you already have a router that you wish to use or you want to use another make of router the WL510 can
14. y to your router Proceed to Section 6 for details of how to scan for available networks hotspots and connect to them 6 Using the WL510 to connect to a Hotspot The WL510 always has an IP address of 192 168 10 20 Whether you are connecting just one PC to the WL510 or multiple PCs via a router to talk to the WL510 you must enter the IP address 192 168 10 20 in to the address bar of a browser on the PC or mobile device connected to the WL510 or router You should then see the WL510 login page as shown in Fig 4 The first time that you log in you will be asked to enter the country in which you are operating the WL510 language that you want the web interface to be displayed in and asked to confirm the terms and conditions The password is wl510 by default All subsequent logins will just display the password box Once logged in to the WL510 you will see the STATUS screen see Fig 5 Normally this screen would display the connection status but as this is the first time you have logged in there is no wireless connection to a network established Click on the WIRELESS tab and you will be taken to the screen shown in screen there are three key settings that need to be configured These settings should be used with care as they affect the output power of the WL510 and may make it operate outside of the local legal limits for Wi Fi signal transmission 1 Country Code you have already set the country when you
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