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GE GFK-2489 User's Manual

1. Index Event Type Event Name String Clear String Set String 0 EVENT_IPADDR IP Address Valid Invalid 1 EVENT_IPMASK IP Mask Valid Invalid 2 EVENT_MACADDR MAC Address Valid Invalid 3 EVENT SYSTEM ERROR System Error Cleared Please Reboot 4 EVENT_BRIDGE Network Interface OK Error 5 EVENT_FREQ_CAL Frequency Calibrated Not Calibrated 6 EVENT_POWER_CAL Power Calibrated Not Calibrated 7 EVENT_FLASH_TEST Flash Test Passed Failed 8 EVENT_RSSI_CAL RSSI Calibrated Not Calibrated 9 EVENT_RAD_NO_NETWORK_ Net Address Programmed Not Programmed ADDRESS 10 EVENT_RAD_RX_TIMEOUT RX Timeout Cleared Set 11 EVENT RAD NVMEM FAULT NV Memorv Cleared Set Fault 12 EVENT RAD NOT CALIBRATED TOR Not Calibrated Cleared j Set 13 EVENT RAD OUT OF LOCK TOR Synthesizer a Out of Lock 14 EVENT_RAD_AUTHORIZATION_ FAULT Authoribah Set 15 OR Mismatched 16 C Not Programmed 17 Set 18 l Spare 18 Cleared Set 19 Spare 19 Cleared Set 20 Spare 20 Cleared Set 21 Spare 21 Cleared Set 22 EVENT_SPARE22 Spare 22 Cleared Set 23 EVENT_SPARE23 Spare 23 Cleared Set 24 EVENT_SPARE24 Spare 24 Cleared Set 25 EVENT_SPARE25 Spare 25 Cleared Set 26 EVENT_SPARE26 Spare 26 Cleared Set 27 EVENT_SPARE27 Spare 27 Cleared Set 28 EVENT_SPARE28 Spare 28 Cleared Set 29 EVENT_SPARE29 Spare 29 Cleared Set 30 EVENT_SPARE30 Spare 30 Cleared Set 31 EVENT_SPARE31 Spare 31 Cleared Set 33 EVENT_BOOTUP System Bootup
2. 12345678 COM2 Port DCE viewed from the outside of the radio Pin Functions COM2 Port DCE 1 Unused 2 Data Carrier Detect DCD Out 3 Data Terminal Ready DTR In 4 Signal Ground GND 5 Receive Data RXD Out 6 Transmit Data TXD In 7 Clear to Send CTS Out 8 Request to Send RTS In GFK 2489 Chapter 8 Technical Reference 8 11 Technical Specifications Below are the technical specifications for TS Wireless 900 and 2400 models Specifications that are unique to a particular model are identified by frequency range 900 MHz or 2400 MHz General Data Rate 106 kbps over the air Frequency Band 900 MHz models 902 928 MHz ISM band 2400 MHz models 2401 6 2477 8 MHz in the following bands 2401 6 2427 0 MHz Band A 2427 2 2452 6 MHz Band B 2452 8 2478 2 MHz Band C Configurations Access Point Remote Spreading Mode Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FHSS Frequency Channels Selectable 64 to 128 in increments of 16 MTBF Mean Time Between 35 years Telcordia Method 1 Case 3 Failures Startup Time AP about 30 seconds Remote about 1 second Time Required for Remote to Connect typically less than 1 second with AP Radio Characteristics System Gain Carrier Power Output Impedancej II Occupied Bandwidt 200 kHz Modulation Two level CPFSK Continuous Phase FSK Rece
3. Minimize the length of the power cabling within reason When power is applied from a power source having a relatively high 1 or 2 Ohm source impedance or from a power source without a large amount of output capacitance no overshoot occurs Therefore use a power supply that is rated appropriately for the radio if possible avoid using power supplies that far exceed the radio s current requirements GFK 2489 Chapter 2 Tabletop Setup and Evaluation 2 5 Step 3 Configure the Access Point The instructions below summarize essential Access Point AP settings for tabletop testing For detailed AP log in and menu navigation instructions see Accessing the Menu System in chapter 3 Log in and Configuration The AP must be configured first as Remote transceivers depend on the AP beacon signal to achieve a connected linked state The illustration below shows the basic setup for configuring an AP with a personal computer Access Point 2 6 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Console Terminal recommended for first time log in To configure the AP via a console terminal 1 Connect a PC to the COM1 port on the radio 2 Establish a terminal session using HyperTerminal for example using the following data parameters e 19200 bps e 8 bits e no parity e one stop bit ONT e hardware flow control disabled e VT100 emulation 2 Log in to the AP as follows
4. Calculating System Gain To determine the maximum allowable power setting of the radio perform the following steps 1 Determine the antenna system gain by subtracting the feedline loss in dB from the antenna gain in dBi For example if the antenna gain is 10 dBi and the feedline loss is 2 dB the antenna system gain is 8 dB 2 Subtract the antenna system gain from 20 dBm the maximum allowable EIRP The result indicates the maximum transmitter power in dBm allowed under the rules In the example above this is 12 dBm 3 If the maximum transmitter power allowed is less than 20 dBm reduce the transmit power accordingly using the radio menu system Main Menu gt Radio Configuration gt RF Output 6 12 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Lal Power Setpoint or introduce additional feedline loss The EIRP of the antenna svstem should never exceed 20 dBi For convenience the table below lists several antenna svstem gains and shows the maximum allowable power setting of the radio Note that a gain of 0 dB or less entitles vou to operate the radio at full power output 20 dBm 100 mW To convert dBm to Watts refer to the conversion chart in chapter 8 Antenna System Gain Maximum Power Antenna Gain in dBi Setting EIRP minus Feedline Loss in dBT in dBm in dBi 0 or less 20 20 3 17 20 6 14 20 9 11 20 10 10 20 Most antenna manufacturers rate antenna gain in dB
5. 34 EVENT_REBOOT User Selected Reboot 35 EVENT_REPROG_STARTED Reprogramming Started 36 EVENT_REPROG_COMPLETE Reprogramming Complete 37 EVENT_REPROG_FAILED Reprogramming Failed 38 EVENT_TELNET_LOGIN Telnet User Logged Out Logged In 39 EVENT_HTTP_LOGIN HTTP User Logged Out Logged In 40 EVENT_LOG_CLEAR Event Log Cleared GFK 2489 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting and Radio Tests 7 9 Index Event Type Event Name String Clear String Set String 41 EVENT REMOTE CONN Remote Disassociate Associated d 42 EVENT DHCP SERVER DHCP Server Enabled Disabled 43 EVENT DHCP CLIENT DHCP Client Enabled Disabled 44 EVENT DHCP ADDRESS Obtained DHCP Address 45 EVENT_TIME_NOT_SET Date or time Not Set 46 EVENT_TIME_BY_USER Date or time Changed by User 47 EVENT_TIME_FROM_SERVER Date or time from Server 48 EVENT_CONSOLE_LOGIN Console User Logged Out Logged In 49 EVENT_CONSOLE_LOCKDOWN Console Access Locked for 5 min 50 EVENT_TELNET_LOCKDOWN Telnet Access Locked for 5 min 51 EVENT_HTTP_LOCKDOWN HTTP Access Locked for 5 min 52 EVENT_PARM_CHANGED Parameter Changed 53 EVENT_CFGSCRIPT Configuration Script Generated Received 54 EVENT_AUTH_KEY Auth Key Entered Valid Invalid 55 EVENT_AUTH_DEMO Demo Authorization Expired 56 EVENT_MAX_DEMOS Max Dgs t Reached 57 EVE
6. i If GFK 2489 Chapter 6 Installation 6 7 lt Antenna and Feedline Selection Antennas The equipment can be used with a number of antennas The antenna type used depends on the physical size and layout of a system In general an omnidirectional antenna see below is used at the AP sta tion site This provides equal coverage to all of the remote sites High gain Type Unity gain Type Im ig eduction of 20 dB aatt P station employ At remote sites and for radios in point to point LANs a directional Yagi shown below antenna is generally recommended to minimize interference to and from other radio systems Antennas are available from a number of manufacturers It is essential that all antenna systems incorporate appropriate lightning protection Information on lightning protection and grounding considerations can be obtained from the Polyphaser Corporation www polyphaser com The firm s Web site offers free engineering notes as well as information on lightning protection devices 6 8 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Feedlines The choice of feedline used with the antenna should be carefully considered Poor quality coaxial cables should be avoided as they degrade both transmission and reception The cable should be kept as short as possible to minimize signal loss For 900 MHz systems with cable runs of less than 20 ft 6m an inexpensive
7. A Telnet session can be started on most PCs by selecting Start gt Programs gt Accessories gt Command Prompt At the command prompt window enter the word telnet followed by the radio IP address for example telnet 10 1 1 168 Press ENTER to display the Telnet log in screen Never connect multiple radios to a network with the same IP address Address conflicts result in improper operation Enter the username the username default is admin Press ENTER Next the password prompt appears Enter your password the default password is admin For security your password keystrokes do not appear on the screen Press ENTER The Starting Information Screen shown previously is displayed From here you can review basic information about the radio or press G to proceed t in Menu Passwords are case sensitive Do not use pungfijatio parks use up to eight LD alphanumeric characters g ol l fe GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 7 Starting a Web Browser Session This method requires that you know the IP address of the radio you are connecting to If you do not know the address start a Local Console session see Starting a Local Console Session recommended for first time users and access the Starting Information Screen The IP address is displayed on this screen 1 5 Connect a PC to the LAN port on the radio either directly or via a network If connecting directly use an Ethernet crossover cable if connecting via a
8. Security Configuration The TS Wireless system contains built in security features for your transceivers and the network These options start with controlling remote access to the network via Telnet Web browser and SNMP Other areas include multiple levels of encryption and MD5 level security for HTTP connections The Security Configuration Menu contains all of the settings related to these functions Encryption must be turned OFF prior to upgrading TS Wireless Remote radios with the new firmware Failure to turn encryption off results in loss of communication between an AP and TS Wireless Remote radios Once the firmware upgrade is complete encryption may be re enabled Additionally any changes to encryption settings should be made first at all Remote radios then at the AP This prevents a loss of communication between the AP and Remote radios due to security mismatches Communication loss requires a personal visit to each affected remote site where restoration can be performed at the Remote itself see Chapter 4 Remote Radio Management Security Configuration Menu A Approve Remotes disabled H Encryption Phrase B Encryption Enable disabled I HTTP Security Mode Basic Auth C HTTP Access enabled J Auto Key Rotation disabled D Telnet Access enabled K Force Key Rotation E SNMP Mode v1 v2 v3 L Max Remotes 100 F Approved Remotes List N User Passwords G Remote Access Mgr disabled N Remote Access IP 224 254 1 1
9. Environmental Temperature Range Humidity Input Power Power Consumption Transmit 900 MHz AP 1175 mA at 6VDC 525 mA at 13 8VDC 270 mA at 30VDC 900 MHz Remote 1025 mA at 6VDC 600 mA at 13 8VDC 240 mA at 30VDC 2400 MHz AP 1091 7 mA at 6VDC 488 5 mA at 13 8VDC 253 3 mA at 30VDC 2400 MHz Remote 941 7 mA at 6VDC 433 8 mA at 13 8VDC 223 3 mA at 30VDC Receive 900 MHz AP 510 mA at 6VDC 220 mA at 13 8VDC 115 mA at 30VDC 900 MHz Remote 260 mA at 6VDC 120 mA at 13 8VDC 65 mA at 30VDC 2400 MHz AP 533 3 mA at 6VDC 230 1 mA at 13 8VDC 119 7 mA at 30VDC 2400 MHz Remote 283 3 mA at 30VDC 130 1 mA at 13 8VDC 69 7 mA at 30VDC Sleep all remotes 130 mA at 6VDC 15 mA at 12VDC 8 mA at 30VDC Shutdown all remotes 0 37 mA at 6VDC 0 55 mA at 12VDC 0 78 mA at 30VDC GFK 2489 Chapter 8 Technical Reference 8 13 Mechanical Case Cast aluminum Mounting Options Flat surface mount brackets 35 mm DIN rail Dimensions Excluding mtg hardware AP 3 15 H x 17 2 W x 11 2 D cm 1 25 H x 6 75 W x 4 5 D in Remote 2 5 x 12 7 x 8 9cm 1Hx5 W x 3 5 D in Weight AP 1 4 Ib 635g Remote 1 04 Ib 472g Agency Approvals FCC Part 15 247 Industry Canada RSS 210 and RSS 139 ETSI CSA US Class 1 Div 2 Groups A B C and D hazardous locations veg lll aly 8 14 TranSphere TS Wireless Extende
10. a Press the ENTER key to receive the login prompt The COM1 LAN LED flashes to indicate data communications b At the login prompt enter the username admin is the default username Press ENTER c At the Password prompt enter the password admin is the default password Press ENTER Upon successful log in the Starting Information Screen appears 3 Review the current menu settings and make any necessary changes Refer to Set Key AP Parameters for configuration guidance 4 Repeat Steps 1 3 for any other AP radios in your system You can save time by using configuration scripts to uniformly configure multiple transceivers This technique is discussed in the section Configuration Scripts Menu GFK 2489 Chapter 2 Tabletop Setup and Evaluation 2 7 Set Key AP Parameters The table below lists key AP operating parameters their default settings and their values or range Typically these are the only settings that need to be set or reviewed for a basic check of the radio system A complete list of AP commands appears in chapter 3 AP Management Menu Item Management System Default Values or Range Location IP Address Main Menu gt gt Network 192 168 1 1 Contact your Network Configuration gt IP Administrator Configuration If IP Address Mode below is set to Dynamic IP Address is configured automatically IP Address Main Menu gt gt Network Static Static Dynamic Mode Configuratio
11. mode ON Default direct state is Direct Mode OFF Default direct state is Infrastructure Mode EXT Default direct state is controlled by an external I O pin FEC lt ON OFF gt In ROOT mode this command sets the Forward Error Correction setting ON FEC on OFF FEC off HOPTIME lt ms gt In ROOT mode this command sets the time between frequency hops 4 10 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 GFK 2489 4 11 7 7 milliseconds 14 14 milliseconds 28 28 milliseconds MODE lt mode gt Sets operation to Direct or Infrastructure mode ON Enter Direct mode OFF Enter Infrastructure mode EXT Enter Direct mode by external control NETADDR lt netaddr gt Sets or displays the network system address 0 30000 when in direct mode PWR lt range integerr In ROOT mode this command sets the radio power setting in dBm the range depends on the radio model REPEAT lt range integer gt In ROOT mode this command sets the Broad base Repeat Count A ede this mand sets the TA 0 Min 0 15 Max 15 SKIPZONES lt bitmap gt In ROOT mode this command sets the Skip zones Binary Map HEX preceded by Ox bm ZONE 1 Skipped 0 Active bit1 ZONE2 1 Skipped 0 Active bit2 ZONE3 1 Skipped 0 Active bit3 ZONE4 1 Skipped 0 Active bit4 ZONE5 1 Skipped 0 Active bits ZONE6 1 Skipped 0 Active bit6 ZONE7 1 Skipped O Active bit7 ZONE8 1 Sk
12. the gain or loss of a system DES Data Encryption Standard More information on DES is available at www itl nist gov fipspubs fip46 2 htm DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol An Internet standard that allows a client that is anv computer or network device to obtain an IP address from a server on the network This allows network administrators to avoid the tedious process of manuallv configuring and managing IP addresses for a large number of users and devices When a network device powers on if it is configured to use DHCP it contacts a DHCP server on the network and requests an IP address The DHCP server provides an address from a pool of addresses allocated by the network administrator The network device may use this address on a time lease basis or indefinitely depending on the policy V the network administrator ira l profocol that was kal SA oday this non initially created for communication proprietary protogoris bejng waidely AG other applications Although DNP3 is typically empl j l nt this serial protocol is one of only a few that allow peer ion between devices without the need for a host computer It does this in the ay that IP supports peer to peer communication in an Ethernet environment Encapsulation Process by which a complete data packet such as MODBUS frame or any other polled asynchronous protocol frame is placed in the data portion of another protocol frame for example IP t
13. 10 0 76 35 125 128 21 2 52 125mW 28 8 9 77 32 126 117 20 2 25 100mW 29 8 0 78 29 127 100 19 2 00 80mW 30 74 001mW 79 25 128 90 18 1 80 64mW 31 6 25 80 22 5 01nW 129 80 1fW 17 1 60 5OMW 32 5 8 81 20 0 130 71 16 1 41 40mW 33 5 0 82 18 0 131 61 15 1 25 32mW 34 4 5 83 16 0 132 58 14 1 15 25mW 35 4 0 84 11 1 133 50 13 1 00 20mW 36 3 5 85 12 9 134 45 GFK 2489 Chapter 8 Technical Reference 8 15 dBm V Po dBm V Po DBm mV Po dBm HV Po 12 90 16mW 37 3 2 86 11 5 135 40 11 80 12 5mW 38 2 85 87 10 0 136 35 10 71 10mW 39 2 5 88 9 0 137 33 9 64 8mW 40 2 25 1uW 89 8 0 138 29 8 bp 6 4mW 41 2 0 90 7 1 001nW 139 25 7 500 5mW 42 1 8 91 6 1 140 23 01fW 6 445 4mW 43 1 6 92 5 75 5 400 3 2mW 44 1 4 93 5 0 4 355 2 5mW 45 1 25 94 4 5 3 220 2 0mW 46 1 18 95 4 0 2 280 1 6mW 47 1 00 96 3 51 1 252 1 25mW 48 0 90 97 3 2 8 16 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 veg lll aly Chapter Terms and Abbreviations 9 If you are new to wireless IP or Ethernet systems some of the terms used in this guide may be unfamiliar The following glossary explains many of these terms and is helpful in understanding the operation of the transceiver svstem Access Point AP The transceiver in the network that provides synchronization information to one or more asso
14. 14 28 msec 14 msec e Contention Window Min Sets the number of random contention slots to use on first attempt 0 15 2 e Contention Window Max Sets the maximum number of random contention slots to use 0 15 10 Broadcast Repeat Count Because broadcast messages are not acknowledged noisy environments may prevent some Remotes from receiving a broadcast This parameter sets the number of times that point to multipoint messages are transmitted by the AP Higher values increase the reliability of communications but also increase over the air congestion 0 14 3 Unicast Retry Count Sets the maximum number of attempts made to deliver point to point messages Higher values are more reliable but increase over the air congestion 0 14 10 GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 19 Skip Zones editable at AP only Displays the current use of frequency zones Each zone consists of 16 RF channels See Skip Zones Menu for details Skip Zones Menu Skip Zones Menu A Zone 1 Active E Zone 5 Active B Zone 2 Active F Zone 6 Active C Zone 3 Active G Zone 7 Active D Zone 4 Active H Zone 8 Active I Commit Changes Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Commit changes displayed only on AP After a change is made This screen displays the current use of eight frequency operating zones in the network Zones can be toggled between Active and Skipped at APS by first key
15. 192 168 0 1 IP ADDRESS 192 168 0 10 0 Z x com 2 ETC wan OTE Er A Ga SERIAL CABLEW LL LOCAL PC aS INITIATE UPLOAD FROM HERE Transferring the radio firmware image file which is about 3 MB may take several minutes depending on traffic between the TFTP server and the transceiver Regardless of your connection to the transceiver loading firmware or configuration files into the flash RAM within the radio is much slower than loading software onto a PC hard drive or RAM 8 2 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Upgrade Procedure To upgrade the transceiver firmware file filename gpk use the procedure below 1 Launch a TFTP server on a PC connected either directly or via a LAN to the transceiver Ethernet port LAN Configure the server to allow downloads from the directory containing the firmware image file 2 Connect to the TS Wireless MS using a Web browser or Telnet session via the LAN or Terminal emulator via the COM1 port whichever is easier 3 Go to the TS Wireless MS Reprogramming Menu Main Menu gt Maintenance Menu gt Reprogramming Menu 4 Fill in the information for the following TFTP Host Address JD Address of server host computer running TFTP server Retrieve File Name of file filename gpk to be pulled from the TFTP server holding the firmware file 6 Restart the transceiver with the new firmware image t
16. 2 B Continue Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard 10 The next screen prompts for the baud rate and byte format Press A to set the Data Baud Rate Press SPACE to cycle through the baud rate options until the baud rate for your equipment is displayed In the example below the baud rate is 19200 Press ENTER to accept the Data Baud Rate GFK 2489 Chapter 5 Sample Configurations 5 15 Press B to set the Data Byte Format Press SPACE to cycle through the byte format options until 8N1 is displayed Press ENTER to accept the Data Byte Format Then press N to continue Serial Configuration Wizard Menu Please choose appropriate baud rate and byte format to be used while sending all of the serial data A Data Baud Rate 19200 B Data Byte Format 8NI B Continue Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard 11 The next screen prompts for the data buffer size and inter packet frame delay Press A to select Buffer Size Press SPACE to cycle SE the buffer size options until 256 is displayed Press ENTER to accept the Press B to select Inter Frame Character Times is displayed JIRrf4 SEN Si N to continug jl IB B LUS L Serial Configuration Wizard Menu Please choose the appropriate value for the Buffer Size and the Inter Frame Delav between each serial message gh options until 4 Ffamie
17. 2 15 dBi 3 meters 1 0 dB 31 15 dBi 3 dBd 5 15 dBi 3 meters 1 0 dB 34 15 dBi 5 dBd 7 15 dBi 3 1 meters 1 2 dB 35 95 dBi How Much Output Power Can Be Used U S A and Canada 900 MHz systems 900 MHz transceivers are normally supplied from the factory set for 30 dBm 1 Watt RF power output this is the maximum transmitter output power allowed under FCC and Industry Canada rules The power must be decreased from this level if the antenna system gain transmitter output power setting In regions where ETSI standards to 100 mW 20 on Vo 4 fisejifrea Hib d Calculating S a e7 To determine t axmum allowable power setting of the radio perform the following steps 1 Determine the antenna system gain by subtracting the feedline loss in dB from the antenna gain in dBi For example if the antenna gain is 10 dBi and the feedline loss is 2 dB the antenna system gain is 8 dB 2 Subtract the antenna system gain from 36 dBm the maximum allowable EIRP The result indicates the maximum transmitter power in dBm allowed under the rules In the example above this is 28 dBm 3 If the maximum transmitter power allowed is less than 30 dBm reduce the transmit power accordingly using the radio menu system Main Menu gt Radio Configuration gt RF Output Power Setpoint or introduce additional feedline loss The EIRP of the antenna system should never exceed 36 dBi 6 10 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceiv
18. A measure of the quantity of data sent and the speed with which it is transferred in a network TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol GFK 2489 Chapter 9 Terms and Abbreviations 9 5 UDP User Datagram Protocol A basic transmission protocol with low overhead requirements but with no acknowledgement or retry capability It is often used for broadcast transmission where acknowledgements are not required and incomplete messages are discarded by the receiving station veg lll aly 9 6 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Index Manuals 1 1 eal
19. Delay Then press A Buffer Size 256 Bytes B Inter Frame Delay 4 Character Times B Continue Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard 5 16 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 12 The next screen prompts for the Port Status Press A to select Port Status Press SPACE to toggle between enabled and disabled Press ENTER when enabled is displayed Then press N to continue Serial Configuration Wizard Menu Please choose whether or not you would like to enable this serial port for data communication B Continue Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard 13 The final screen displays all the previous settings for your review The settings should be COM2 Port Status Enabled COM2 Mode Serial to Serial ay ex j a l KEN DU vil e COM2 Buffer Size 256 Bytes COM2 Inter Packet Delay 4 Character lines Serial Configuration Wizard Menu A Com 2 Port Status enabled B Com 2 Mode Serial to Serial C Com 2 Remote Unit ID broadcast D Com 2 Remote COM Port Com 2 E Com 2 Baud Rate 19200 F Com 2 Byte Format 8NI G Com 2 Buffer Size 256 Bvtes H Com 2 Inter Packet Delav 4 Character Times X Commit Changes and Exit Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard GFK
20. Example AUTH KEY 123456abcdef CMD Displays all settable optional arguments and their current values You can copy this list to a text file as a record of your configuration Optional arguments BAUD lt bps gt Sets or displays the baud rate setting as 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 or 115200 bps BUFFER lt bytes gt Sets or displays the maximum COM port buffer size 1 1500 CMD Displays all settable optiona can copy this list to A if file as a r DEPAY LT lt model j I Ge defaults to command line mode COM1 defaults to transparent data mode BSP COM1 defaults to in Basic Serial Protocol mode INT LOOP COM1 defaults to internal loopback mode EXT LOOP COM1 defaults to external loopback mode FORMAT lt format gt Sets or displays the COM1 port data characters parity and stop bits setting Valid data parameters are 7N1 seven char bits no parity one stop bit 7N2 seven char bits no parity two stop bits 701 seven char bits odd parity one stop bit 702 seven char bits odd parity two stop bits 7E1 seven char bits even parity one stop bit 7E2 seven char bits even parity two stop bits 8N1 eight char bits no parity one stop bit default setting DONT eight char bits no parity two stop bits 4 6 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 COM2 GFK 2489 4 7 801 m eight char bits odd par
21. Name admin Password sc BrowsePackage D eNET 2_3 2 apk Upgrade Firmware F Reboot to new image after download Change Baud Rate IV Retrieve Restore Configuration Remote Upgrade Utility Version 3 0 0 A brief description of each screen item is given below e File Allows exiting the utility e Options Here you can select to extract 28 files display the debugging log or show file versions election of an upgrade file to be loaded his functions in a similar manner to that seen in the Windows environment e Upgrade Firmware This button initiates the file transfer to the radio e Reboot to new image after download When checked the radio reboots with the new firmware just loaded e Change Baud Rate When checked the utility automatically changes its baud rate to match that set in the radio Retrieve Restore Configuration When checked this saves a copy of your configuration MDS recommends that you check this box before upgrading to ensure that you have a back up copy of your configuration 4 20 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Chapter Sample Configurations 5 This chapter provides details of how radios should be configured and connected for specific applications such as IP to serial and serial to serial configurations Only the most relevant parameters are shown for the sake of simplicity All other parameters are assumed
22. RSSIAVG is below the programmed threshold RSSIAVGTHRESH ACKRSSI The remote hands off when either ACKAVG or RSSIAVG falls below its programmed threshold RSSIAVG lt RSSI dBm gt Current RSSI average dBm This average is determined by sampling as defined by RSSIAVGINT RSSIAVGINT lt integer gt RSSI sampling frequency defined as One sample every 61 hops Two samples every 122 hops Four samples every 244 hops E Eight samples every 488 hops 16 16 samples every 976 hops 32 32 samples every 1952 hops 64 64 samples every 3904 hops 128 128 samples every 7808 hops GFK 2489 Chapter 4 Remote Radio Management 4 13 256 256 samples every 15616 hops RSSIAVGTHRESH lt RSSI dBm gt The hand off threshold for RSSI averaging 120 dBm to 50 dBm HELP Lists commands supported for the current user log in level LOG Sets or displays the event log information and displays the number of entries in the event log Optional arguments are used to clear or display the log Optional arguments CLEAR Clear the event log SHOW Show the event log TOTAL Number of event log entries in log Read only CMD Displays all settable optional arguments and their current values You can copy this list to a text file as a record of your configuration LOGIN pt enter the can be up to LOGOUT MESSAGE LOW Default priority setting is low NORMAL Default priority setting is normal HIGH Default priority
23. Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 8 GFK 2489 The Wizard displays a prompt to select a point to point or point to multipoint connection Press A to select One Remote point to point Serial Configuration Wizard Menu With the host connected directly to a serial port all of its data will be transmitted over the air The data can either be transmitted to a single remote radio or broadcast to all associated remote radios at the same time Would you ike to transmit to one radio or all associated radios Data is currently being sent to All Remotes A One Remote B All Remotes Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard The Wizard displays a prompt for the Uni to set the Remote ID generally the las fe Type the Unit ID of the R press N tacontinye fa NAMBA fi E e In order to transmit to a particular remote you must specify which remote to which transmissions will go B Continue Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard Chapter 5 Sample Configurations 5 7 10 The next screen prompts for the input serial data port Press A and then press SPACE to toggle to COM2 Press ENTER to accept the displayed selection Then press N to continue Serial Configuration Wizard Menu Please choose which serial port on the remote radio s that all of the data should be sent throu
24. and be ready for operation The Remote requires approximately five seconds to power up Lead Binding Screws 2 The transceiver the power nich and an on boar fuse 2 4 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Power Supply Connections at 28VDC Common 28VDC supplies are often high current power supplies designed primarily to charge battery banks The radio can be operated from these supplies providing there are no transients on the leads as power is applied to the radio Transients can be created that rise above 30VDC to a voltage that exceeds the primary voltage rating of the radio and can destroy its voltage regulators and other components It is important to keep this potential hazard in mind when designing 28VDC power supply connections for the radio Use a two conductor cable to power to the radio Then the currents in the positive and negative wires are equal and opposite causing their magnetic fields to cancel The result is no net inductance in the connection to cause voltage overshoot Do not connect a radio to a power supply that is already powered up unless necessary that is when connecting a radio to a battery bank and charger When power is applied by switching on a power supply the rise time of the supply is too slow to cause overshoot Typically there are multiple return paths for the negative side of the power supply through f e currents in the
25. are based on multiple samples over a period of several seconds The average of these measurements is displayed by the TS Wireless The measurement and antenna alignment process usually takes 10 or morezminutes at each transceiver Si The path to the Management Syst GEO itemi tb each step of the procedure i Procedure 2 1 Verify the ted associated with an AP radio Observe the condition of the LINK L LINK LED on or blinking This indicates that you have an adequate signal level for the measurements and it is safe to proceed 2 View and record the Radio Retries and No Ack counts on the Radio Packet Statistics Screen This information will be used later 3 Clear the Radio Statistics history 4 Read the RSSI level at the Remote RADIO RSSI 5 Optimize the RSSI by slowly adjusting the direction of the antenna and watching for a peak in received signal strength Get the RSSI indication several times after making each adjustment so that the RSSI accurately reflects any change in the link signal strength The higher the indication less negative the stronger the signal level that is 60 is better than 70 6 16 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 6 View the Radio Retries and No Ack counts at the point of maximum RSSI level They should be the same or lower than the previous reading Main Menu gt Performance Information gt Packet Statistics gt Wireless
26. configuration of the serial ports using a step by step process When the Wizard is started you may choose between beginning the step by step process or simply viewing the current settings Serial Port Configuration Menu Welcome to the Serial Configuration Wizard This wizard will assist you in the configuration of your available Serial Data Ports A Begin Wizard B View Current Settings Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard To start the Serial Configuration Wizard choose Begin Wizard The Wizard presents an nect to the radio The current method used is Network A Serial host linked directly to serial port B Network host linked through ethernet port to device C DNP3 DNP3 device linked directly to serial port D Com2 RSG routing Map broadcast packets to local Com2 Port Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard Next a series of screens are presented where you set all of the parameters needed for proper operation of the serial port s The screens provide text that assist you in making your selections At the end of the configuration process the View Current Settings Menu is displayed there all of the settings can be reviewed and changes made if necessary Once you are satisfied with the settings you can commit the changes and exit the Serial Configuration Wizard by choosing the last selection on the View Cu
27. file However only a few essential parameters need to be reviewed and altered to use the file with another transceiver A configuration file makes it easy to apply your unique settings to any transceiver s you wish Configuration files also provide you with a tool to restore parameters to a known working set in the event that a parameter is improperly set and performance is affected See Using Configuration Scripts for detailed instructions and a sample configuration file Configuration Scripts Menu A TFTP Host Address 169 254 0 1 B Config Filename cfgscript txt C TFTP Timeout 30 sec D Retrieve File E Send File aw Aal Z CS or the prev menu TFTP Host IP address of the computer on which the TFTP server resides Any valid IP Config Filename Name of the file containing the configuration profile to be transferred to the TFTP server The configuration information is in ASCII format May require a sub directory for example config entranet config txt Any 40 character alphanumeric string The filename field is used in identifying the desired incoming file and as the name of file being exported to the TFTP server Before exporting the configuration profile you may wish to name it something that reflect radio services or identification TFTP Timeout Time in seconds the TFTP server waits for a packet ACK acknowledgment from the transceiver before suspending the file transfer 10 to 12
28. modular types RJ 12 for the COM1 port and RJ 45 for the COM2 port This section provides illustrations and pinout information for all of these connectors Caution RADIO INTERFERENCE POTENTIAL The transceiver meets U S A FCC Part 15 Class A limits when used with shielded data cables not exceeding 3 ft 0 9m LAN ETH Port This port is used to connect to an Ethernet network at an AP or to the endpoint of a Remote To connect a PC directly to the AP LAN port an RJ 45 to RJ crossover cable is required At the Remote a straight through cable is required LAN ETH Port RJ 45 Pinout viewed from the outside of the radio Pin Functions Reference 1 Transmit Data TX Out High 2 Transmit Data TX Out Low 3 Receive Data RX In High 4 Unused 5 Unused 6 Receive Data RX In Low 7 Unused 8 Unused Ga 8 10 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 COMI Port A PC may be connected to the Remote transceiver COM1 port RJ 12 for diagnostics and configuration 123456 COM1 Port DCE viewed from the outside of the radio Pin Functions COM1 Port DCE 1 Unused 2 Unused 3 Unused 4 Receive Data RXD Out 5 Transmit Data TXD In 6 Ground i Z A COM2 Port A A terminal devio a b oy ceiver COM2 port RJ 45 for payload data connection
29. network use a straight through cable The LAN LED lights to indicate an active connection Open a Web browser on your computer Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator etc Enter the radio IP address and press ENTER A log in page is displayed web browser example shown below where you enter a user name and password to access the radio menu Note that the default entries are made in lower case default username admin default password admin Passwords are case characters IP Library_Admin_Office User Name admin Password E T Save this password in your password list Cancel Click OK The radio responds with a startup menu as shown below From here you can review basic information about the radio or click on one of the menu items at the left side of the page 3 8 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Navigating the Menus Navigating via Terminal or Telnet Sessions Recommended for first time users Local console and Telnet sessions use multi layered text menu systems that are nearly identical To select a menu item press the letter shown at the beginning of that item This takes you to an associated screen where settings may be viewed or changed To return to the previous menu in most cases press ESCAPE In general the top portion of menu screens show read only information with no menu selection letter The bottom por
30. see Bridge Configuration Menu from ALL default to either DISABLED or NO BROADAST MULTICAST Otherwise you may experience sync errors Or programming may not complete Excessive broadcast multicast traffic from a connected LAN can also cause problems GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 37 Manage Selected Remote Submenu Manage Selected Remote Menu A Device Information E Statistics B Network F Remote Reprogramming C Radio G Authorization D Serial Configuration Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Device Information Selecting this item brings up a submenu where you may change a Remote radio Owner Name and Location Hardware and software version information including the bootloader version is also displayed specific Remotes and for specifying the image that will be active when the radio is restarted 3 38 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 e Muthorization Brings up a submenu showing the authorized capabilities of the Remote entered in the Unit ID field enabled or disabled Ethernet capabilities network management serial capabilities and multiple endpoints Remote Reprogramming Menu A Remote to Manage 7728 B Package to Transmit 1 C Send Images Status D Remote Reboot Image 1 OIB Version at Remote 2 2 1 active Image 1 TOR Version at Remote 1 4 0 active Image 2 OIB Version at Rem
31. send a PING Any valid IP address e Count Number of PING packets to be sent Packet Size Size in bytes of each PING data packet V can be y ey after viewing the Authorization Codes Menu A Authorization Key Authorized Features NETview MS enabled DNP3 Handling enabled Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu Authorization Key Accept an Authorization Key into the transceiver non volatile memory Authorized Features display only Presents a list of authorized features GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 55 Transmitter Test Menu This menu allows testing of the radio transceiver RF transmitter section power amplifier Selections of specific frequencies and key duration as well as transmit key behavior can be modified from this screen This function is useful for troubleshooting specific radio amplifier issues Transmitter Test Menu A Frequency 916 000000 Mhz B Duration 600 seconds C Tx Key Normal Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu SE to set the carrier EE used during ta sting frequencv hopping configuration Forced kevs the transmitter on the specified test frequency Normal Forced Normal 3 56 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Redundancy Menu Redundancy is available only at the AP The Redundancy Menu is used in protected installations where a backup transc
32. setting is high CMD Displavs all settable optional arguments and their current values You can copy this list to a text file as a record of your configuration PASSWORD Sets the log in password for the user at current access level or below Optional arguments lt username gt The log in username to be associated with the password PROGRAM VERIFY Performs a checksum verification of one of the parameters listed below Do not enter PROGRAM alone without the VERIFY qualifier unless instructed by technical support personnel Such an entry causes the radio to enter the Bootloader mode which if improperly used causes an undesired state in the radio 4 14 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 If you are instructed to enter the Bootloader mode be aware that selecting y automatically changes the console baud rate to 115200 bps Failure to change the terminal program to match this baud rate will cause communications errors Optional arguments ALL All images BOOT Bootloader Image APP1 Firmware application image 1 APP2 Firmware application image 2 TOR1 Tor 1 Image TOR2 Tor 2 Image RADIO Sets or displays the radio configuration and status Optional arguments AP read only Displays the associated AP Serial Number Remote radio has i ASSOC read only Displays whether or not the ae ae ih If AV R lt dBm gt Sets or displays the current power s
33. the transceiver Both sections use different portions of the firmware package thus the difference in the version numbers Remote Database Menu RX Okts Num Eps 198 1190 0 228 926 0 Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu UnitID The unit ID of the associated remote Conn State Shows whether or not the Remote is connected to the AP e _AgeOut Number of minutes until the entry expires and is removed from the table Each AP maintains a table with the addresses of the devices it communicates with The AgeOut countdown is restarted to its default setting every time a message to or from that device is detected If no traffic with that device occurs and it does not respond to a final handshake request it then ages out of the table An expired Remote must reconnect before it is again included in the table See Database Timeout on the Wireless Network Menu TX Pkts Number of packets sent to this Remote s RX Pkts Number of packets received from this Remote 3 40 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 e Num EPs Number of endpoints connected to this Remote Endpoint Database Menu The Endpoint Database Menu shows all non TS Wireless Ethernet devices that are known to the transceiver this is equivalent to the AP table of IP devices The list shows endpoint MAC and IP addresses as well as packet exchange data A Remote doe
34. 0 Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu e Approve Remotes Enables authentication of Remote radios before granting access to the network Enabling forces the entra NET radio to check the Approved Remotes List described below before continuing the authorization process Before enabling this option at least one entry must already exist in the Approved Remotes List Enabled Disabled Disabled 3 32 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Encryption Enable Enable encryption of over the air data packets Enabling forces the transceiver to use 128 bit encryption on all over the air messages This option requires the Encryption Phrase see below to be previously configured Enabled Disabled Enabled HTTP Access Prevents remote access through HTTP a Web browser on Port 80 Enabled Disabled Enabled Telnet Access Prevents remote access through Telnet sessions on Port 23 Enabled Disabled Enabled SNMP Mode Prevents remote access through SNMP commands on Port 161 Disabled v1 only v2 only v3 only v1 v2 v1 v2 v3 v1 v2 v3 Approved Remotes List Menu Presents a menu where the creation and management of Remote radios allowed to communicate with the AP is performed For more information refer to Approved Remotes List Submenu below e Remote Access Manager Allows management of the Approved Remotes List using optional Rem
35. 0 seconds 30 Retrieve File Initiate the file transfer of the configuration file from the TFTP server into the transceiver Send File lInitiate the file transfer from the current configuration file to the TFTP server GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 53 RSG Configuration Script Menu The RSG Configuration Script Menu is used to manage the download of configuration script files for the transceiver RSG Configuration Scripts Menu A RSG Config Host Address 169 254 0 1 B RSG Config Filename rsgcfg txt C TFTP Timeout 30 sec D Send File E Retrieve File Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu RSG Config Host Address This is the IP address of the host computer This computer also runs a TFTP server to transmit or receive configuration files RSG Config Filename The name of the file t existing AP This file contains all e TFTPTimeout This fiel waits before P j his command initiates the download of the configuration file from the TFTP server PC 3 54 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 PING Utility Menu The PING Utility Menu is used to verify IP connectivity with LAN nodes or Ethernet endpoints Ping Utility Menu A Address to Ping 169 254 0 100 B Count 4 C Packet Size 32 D Ping Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu Address to Ping Address to
36. 0 bps BUFFER lt bytes gt Sets or displays the COM2 port maximum buffer size 1 1500 The maximum Remote buffer size for incoming serial data is 1500 Chapter 4 Remote Radio Management bytes The Remote can thus buffer up to 1500 bytes of serial data from the RTU before splitting the serial data into separate packets Each packet when transmitted over the air to an AP is transmitted out of the AP local serial port as a separate packet This parameter does not affect serial data packets received by the Remote over the air and transmitted out of the local Remote serial port CMD Displays all settable optional arguments and their current values You can copy this list to a text file as a record of your configuration FLOWCTRL lt mode gt Sets or displays the transceiver hardware flow control status Optional arguments NONE Hardware flow control disabled CTS_CTRL CTS Clear to Send flow control CTS_RTS CTS follows RTS Ready to Send flow control RTS_CTS DCE RTS CTS hardware based flow control FORMAT lt format gt Sets or displ 2 grd WA aracters parity f seven char bits even parity one stop bit seven char bits even parity two stop bits eight char bits no parity one stop bit default setting eight char bits no parity two stop bits eight char bits odd parity one stop bit eight char bits odd parity two stop bits eight char bits even parity one stop b
37. 00 300 Receive Error Count Interval This field is used for entering the number of seconds to count Packet Receive errors works with Maximum Receive Errors above Time interval 300 seconds veg fll aly 3 60 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 DNP3 Routing Menu This menu is used to configure the AP to support DNP3 protocol routing See also DNP3 Protocol Aware Networks Detailed information on the DNP3 protocol is available on the DNP Users Group Web site at www dnp org DNP3 Routing Menu A DNP Routing Enable disable B DNP Multicast Address 224 254 1 1 C DNP Multicast Port 20000 D DNP Unicast Port 20001 E DNP3 Routing Database Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu e DNP Multicast Port Specifies the IP port number used for all DNP3 Multicast messaging 0 65535 20000 e DNP Unicast Port This field specifies the IP port number used to establish a socket to other IP devices This UDP port along with the AP local IP address is used to encapsulate DNP3 messages over IP 0 65535 20001 e DNP3 Routing Database This selection brings up a screen where the current DNP3 routing information known by the AP can be viewed For installations that include multiple APs it is important to properly configure IAPP which is located within the Mobility Menu IAPP allows APs to share their DNP3 routing information GFK 2489 Cha
38. 2489 Chapter 5 Sample Configurations 5 17 If the settings shown on screen match the ones listed above press X to commit the changes and exit the Serial Configuration Wizard If not press the letter of the item to change press SPACE to cycle through the choices or type the Unit ID if it is incorrect then press ENTER to accept the displayed choice Then press N as many times as necessary to return to the settings display When all the entries are correct press X to commit the changes and exit the Serial Configuration Wizard In the future if you need to set up another radio or make changes you can go directly to this screen by pressing B instead of A in step 5 above Serial Port Configuration Menu Welcome to the Serial Configuration Wizard This wizard will assist you in the configuration of your available Serial Data Ports A Begin Wizard e iew Current Settings 5 18 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Mixed Mode Application Example In this configuration the Host PC can use both TCP and serial to serial data paths to reach the endpoint devices This may be helpful when a mixed collection of endpoint devices is present where some endpoint devices operate via Ethernet while others are polled via a serial port Operation and Data Flow Communicate with endpoint devices A and B by sending and receiving data from the AP COM2 port Communicate with endpoint dev
39. 55 Over the Air Data 5575 Lost Data 0 Frags 6773 Timeout 0 Retries 4 Good Data 5630 Diags 211 A Packets Received by Zone Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu A i D DS EC Ention timeout Failed TX packets failed data integrity failed Over the Air Data Data packets successfully delivered over the air Frags Total fragments of data received e Retries Total number of times packets were re transmitted e Diags TX packets with Remote not synchronized data responses GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 47 Event Log Menu The microprocessor within the transceiver monitors many operational parameters and logs them Events are classified into four levels of importance which are described below Some of these events result from a condition that prevents the normal operation of the radio these are critical events These cause the radio to enter an alarmed state and the POWER LED to blink until the condition is corrected All events are stored in the Events Log which holds about 5 000 entries Event Classifications Level Description or Impact Informational Normal operating activities Minor Does not affect radio operation Major Degraded radio performance but still capable of operation Critical The radio cannot operate Time and Date Stamping al any date You must The manuallv set A The events store
40. 6 14 24 Console User Logged In admin 30 25 Sep 2006 14 23 System Bootup 25 Sep 2006 13 22 Console User Logged In admin Send Event Log Telnet or Terminal only Initiates TFTP transfer of the Event Log ina plain text ASCII file to a TFTP server on the connected LAN Event Log Host Address Telnet or Terminal only IP address of the computer on which the TFTP server resides Any valid IP address 127 0 0 1 Event Log Host Filename Telnet or Terminal only Name to be given to the Event Log file sent to the TFTP server for archiving Any 40 char alphanumeric string eventlog txt You may wish to change the Event Log file name to reflect the type of log you intend to archive or its date TFTP Time out Telnet or Terminal onivj Number of seconds the TFTP server waits for a packet ACK acknowledgment from the transceiver before suspending the file transfer 10 to 120 seconds 30 Syslog Server Address The radio can also pass log messages on as they occur to a syslog server Use this field to enter the IP address of this server Valid server IP address GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 49 Device Information Menu The Device Information menu displays basic administrative data on the radio to which you are connected It also provides a date and time display Console Baud Rate setting and customer specific parameters under the Device Names selection Device Information Menu Model Number Serial Number 117
41. 7833 Uptime 01 hrs 33 min A Date 16 Jul 2007 D Console Baud Rate 19200 B Time 23 03 F Device Names C Data Format Generic Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu Date Format Select a presentation format Generic dd Mmm yyyy e European dd mm yyyy U S A mm dd yyyy The date and time are maintained by an internal battery module which is not customer serviceable Console Baud Rate Allows setting the console baud rate to match the connected terminal Device Names Menu he Device Name is used by the transceiver as the network realm name and as the TS Wireless MS screen heading The contact location and description fields for each radio can be used to record whatever radio specific information is useful to your organization the information appears on this screen only 3 50 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Maintenance And Tools In the course of operating your network you may want to take advantage of product improvements and to read and archive the configuration of your individual transceivers The Maintenance Menu provides several tools to make this possible This section provides detailed information on how to use these services Key maintenance tasks are Reprogramming Managing and selecting the radio operating system firmware resources See Reprogramming Menu Configuration Scripts Saving and importin
42. AN a RN vs bidlet J Ip Z and disabled Press ENTER Please choose whether or not you would like to enable this serial port for data communication B Continue Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard GFK 2489 Chapter 5 Sample Configurations 5 9 13 The final screen displays all the previous settings for your review The settings should be COM2 Port Status Enabled COM2 Mode Serial to Serial COM2 Remote Unit ID Unit ID displayed COM2 Remote COM Port COM2 COM2 Baud Rate 19200 COM2 Byte Format 8N1 COM2 Buffer Size 256 Bytes COM2 Inter Packet Delay 4 Character lines Serial Configuration Wizard Menu A Com 2 Port Status enabled B Com 2 Mode C Com 2 Remote Unit ID Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard If the settings shown on screen match the ones listed above press X to commit the changes and exit the Serial Configuration Wizard If not press the letter of the item to change press SPACE to cycle through the choices then press ENTER to accept the displayed choice Then press N as many times as necessary to return to the settings display When all the entries are correct press X to commit the changes and exit the Serial Configuration Wizard 5 10 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 In the future if you need to set up another radio or
43. AP radio e To the serial port of a Remote radio Authorization Kev is required to enable this functiona LI TA Li ft de NOTE Detailed site at www dnp vailable on the DNP Users Group Web GFK 2489 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 7 Upgrading an Older Wireless Network with Serial Interfaces Millions of wireless data products have been sold in the last two decades for licensed and license free operation There are several ways that these systems can benefit from employing TranSphere TS Wireless wireless equipment including flexible serial and Ethernet interfaces higher data throughput and ease of installation TranSphere TS Wireless radios are well suited to replace leased lines dial up lines or existing data radios by taking advantage of the built in serial and Ethernet interfaces on the transceiver Replacing Legacy Wireless Products In most cases legacy radio transceivers supporting serial interface equipment can be replaced with TranSphere TS Wireless radios with little or no special configuration This equipment can be connected to TranSphere TS Wireless radios through the COM1 or COM2 port with a DB 25 to RJ 45 cable wired for EIA 232 signaling The COM2 port supports standard EIA 232 signaling and acts as a data communications equipment 4DCE device DI TranSphere TS Wireless Remote encapsulate serial data in twe differe UDP and conng li User D or TCP 1 8 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended R
44. Bridge Input power 6 to 30VDC Data rate of 106 kbs and supports both data and voice over IP IC231RDB901 TranSphere TS Wireless 60 900MHz EZ Remote TranSphere remote radio with a 8 dBd panel antenna Ethernet only No serial ports are provided Input power 6 to 30VDC Data rate of 106 kbs and supports both data and voice over IP IC231ASE240 TranSphere 2 4 GHz Access Point Provides both serial and Ethernet connections and is configured as an Access Point Input power 6 to 30VDC Data rate of 106 kbs and supports both data and voice over IP IC231RDB240 TranSphere 2 4 GHz Ethernet Provides both serial and Ethernet connections and is configured as a Remote Dual Bridge Input power 6 to 30VDC Data rate of 106 kbs and supports bother data and voice over IP Options IC231NSW001 TS Wireless 15 and TS Wireless 60 TranSphere Network Mana Software Time of Purchase per radio The Network Mana 4 e radios using an SNMP management system this festur il o be supported This is a hardware kev IC231UPG001 SH lare Field Upgrade The ui P management system this rted This is a hardware key IC230ACC010 IC230ACC0O01 GFK 2489 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 11 Accessories IC230PSA001 AC 120 220VAC to 12VDC power supply 2 5 Amps at 13 8 VDC ES e Assy RIT to DBO A AAA aaen Adapter 200 BAO SSCS IC230CBL009 ageet 84 RUBS WEE Vasen Jee Ruas 1a Db ui LIZ A o c2aoacco0s Tirade aiD EE Slap 5mm Plug es d NETK r Mounting Brack
45. Configurati There are several configuration parameters for the remote serial gatewav found under the Serial Configuration Menu Some of the parameters are not applicable to IP to serial mode After making changes to the configuration vou must use the Commit Changes option to cause the transceiver to implement the requested changes If you are connecting EIA 232 serial devices to the transceiver review these parameters carefully Serial Configuration Wizard The Serial Configuration Wizard available through the Local Serial Configuration Menu is recommended for configuration of serial ports The Wizard uses a step by step process that eliminates conflicting settings and streamlines complex configurations GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 23 Local Serial Configuration Menu 3 24 Local Serial Configuration Menu Com Com A Port Status disabled C Port Status enabled B Serial Config Wizard D Serial Config Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu Port Status COM1 COM2 Defines whether the specified port is enabled or disabled to pass payload data COMI is typically disabled to allow it to be used for console terminal control terminal connected to the COM1 connector T Hayes modem compatible esc e restores COM1 ta console te j TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Serial Configuration Wizard This is a tool for
46. E Ge Male A ee l e 5 ipiiguration menu displays the status of the AP COM1 and port enabled or disabled Set the COM2 port to enabled Press C to select COM2 then press sPAce to toggle between enabled and disabled Press ENTER when enabled is displayed to select it Then press D to continue Local Serial Configuration Menu Com Com A Port Status disabled C Port Statusf enabled B Serial Config Wizard D serial Config Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu 6 Press A to start the Serial Configuration Wizard GFK 2489 Chapter 5 Sample Configurations 5 5 Serial Port Configuration Menu Welcome to the Serial Configuration Wizard This wizard will assist you in the configuration of your available Serial Data Ports Lk Wizard B View Current Settings Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard 7 The first screen of the Serial Configuration Wizard prompts for the connection type Press A to select Serial Seria l Configuration Wizard Menu Please select the method the local serial port will be utiized d dir ctly to serial port York hrough ethernet port to device NP3 DNP3 device linked directly to serial port D Com2 RSG routing Map broadcast packets to local Com2 Port Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard 5 6 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended
47. GE Fanuc Automation Programmable Control Products TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers Users Manual GFK 2489 eal GFL 002 Warnings Cautions and Notes as Used in this Publication Warning notices are used in this publication to emphasize that hazardous voltages currents temperatures or other conditions that could cause personal injury exist in this equipment or may be associated with its use In situations where inattention could cause either personal injury or damage to equipment a Warning notice is used Caution notices are used where equipment might be damaged if care is not taken Note Notes merely call attention to information that is especially signif operating the equipment erstanding and tion While efforts ot purport to cover all GE Fanuc Automation makes no representation or warranty expressed implied or statutory with respect to and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy completeness sufficiency or usefulness of the information contained herein No warranties of merchantability or fitness for purpose shall apply The following are trademarks of GE Fanuc Automation Inc Alarm Master Genius ProLoop Series Six CIMPLICITY Helpmate PROMACRO Series Three CIMPLICITY 90 ADS Logicmaster PowerMotion VersaMax CIMSTAR Modelmaster PowerTRAC VersaPoint Field Control Motion Mate Series 90 VersaPro GEnet PACSystems Series Five VuMaster Proficy Series One Workmaster C
48. K i Omg through Web Browser Connect a P A ectly or via a network and ef Netscape etc This method provides a gja es jon ofeach screen just as you see when viewing an Internet Web e creens look a little different from other methods of control but the con organization of screen items are similar Web browser sessions may be run locally or remotely via the Internet Telnet and Web browser sessions require the use of a straight through or crossover Ethernet cable depending on the whether the PC to radio connection is made directly or through an Ethernet switch or hub For direct connection a crossover cable is required for connection via a switch or hub a straight through cable is needed To identify the cable type hold the two cable ends side by side and in the same plug orientation that is both locking tabs are up or down Now look at the individual wire colors on each plug If the wires on both plugs are ordered in the same sequence from left to right the cable is a straight through type If they are not in the same order it may be a crossover cable or it may be wired for some other application Refer to Data Interface Connectors for detailed pinout information 3 4 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 PC Connection and Log In Procedures The following steps explain how to access the radio menu These steps require a PC to be connected to the COM 1 or LAN por
49. NT_RAD_TEMPERATURE T R T ratu Out of Range 58 EVENT_RAD_RX_SIGNAL n LOW 59 EVENT RABD RK PW t r OK Out of Range 60 EVENT RAn Gi Input OK Out of Range 61 EVENT F LCP Data Framing Cleared Error 62 EVENT RAD D PARITV LCP Data Parity Cleared Error 63 EVENT BAD NO UNIT ADDR TOR Unit Address OK Not Programmed 64 EVENT IAPP PEER IAPP Peer Removed Added 65 EVENT INTERNAL ERROR Internal Error 66 EVENT_IAPP_UNIT_UPDATE IAPP Unit Update Received Sent 67 EVENT_SHRD_KEY_CHAL Shared Key Passed Failed Challenge 68 EVENT_REDUND_LACK_ REMOTES Redundant Lack of Switchover Switchover Remotes 69 EVENT_REDUND_RECV_ERR Redundant Packet Switchover Switchover Receive 70 EVENT_REDUND_FORCED Forced Redundant Switchover Switchover 71 EVENT_ICOPY_STARTED Image Copy Started 72 EVENT_ICOPY_COMPLETE Image Copy Complete 73 EVENT_ICOPY_FAILED Image Copy Failed 74 EVENT_ENDPOINT_ADDED Endpoint Removed Added 75 EVENT_BROADCAST_REPROG Broadcast Complete Started Reprogram 7 10 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Chapter Technical Reference S Upgrading Firmware One version of the transceiver firmware provides core software resources for all radio models Uploading new firmware into the radio does not alter any privileges provided by Authorization Keys and does not require the transceiver to be taken offline until you want to operate the radio from the new firmware image in the radio You mus
50. P Configuration Menu A IP Address Node Static B Static IP Address 169 254 0 2 C Static IP Netmask 255 255 00 D Static IP Gateway 0 0 0 0 Current IP Address 169 254 0 2 Current IP Netmask 255 255 0 0 Current IP Gateway 0 0 0 0 j SS ny Protocol OPOE fet oprocese Veit M d 288 from a DHCP Server along with other parameters g LK Ahdi Caution Changes to anv of the following parameters while communicating over the network LAN or over the air mav cause a loss of communication with the unit being configured Communication will need to be re established using the new IP address IP Address Node Defines how the IP address of this device is obtained either statically configured or dynamically assigned from a DHCP server Static Dynamic Static Static IP Address We recommend that you review this setting Essential for connectivity to the transceiver MS via the LAN port and to encapsulate serial data over an IP Enter any valid IP address that will be unique within the network 192 168 1 1 This field is unnecessary if DHCP is enabled Static IP Netmask The IPv4 local subnet mask This field is unnecessary if DHCP is enabled 255 255 0 0 Static IP Gateway tThe IPv4 address of the network gateway device typically a router This field is unnecessary if DHCP is enabled or if all devices are on the same subnet 0 0 0 0 Current IP Address We recommend that you review this setting Displ
51. Packet Statistics If the RSSI peak results in an increase in the Radio Retries and No Ack counts the antenna may be aimed at an undesired signal source Try a different antenna orientation Tips for Improving Data Throughput Some suggestions are offered below for maximizing the throughput of the radio system It is important to realize that an exact formula for every radio system cannot be given Much depends on the number of radios contained in the radio system the size of data strings being sent the type of data being sent zone quality interference potential and data speed You should find several items here however that can be applied to your radio system To Maximize Throughput of Data and Reduce Latency Time AP only Increment the Hop Time to the maximum of 28 msec Thislowfrs the overhead since it stays longer on a channel The drawbagki annel becomes blocked it will take longer to hop to The following table offers suggested Hop Time settings for four different message sizes Hop Time FEC Status Bvtes per msec Packet 28 OFF 325 ON 151 14 OFF 139 ON 59 7 OFF 45 ON 11 FEC ON is generally not recommended if optimal throughput is desired The transceiver Repeat Retry function is a more efficient means of ensuring message delivery NOTE Reprogramming does not work over the air when the settings Hop Time 7 FEC On and Encryption On are used at the AP GFK 2489 Chapter 6 Installation 6 17 Ls To Maxi
52. This selection is used to specify which local IP port address should be used to receive data from the host as well as the IP address and port number of the host to send data to at the remote end TX IP Address This selection is used to specify the local IP address used to receive data from the host as well as the IP address and port number of the host to send data to at the remote end TX IP Port A dynamically assigned software port used by external applications such as HMI interfaces host polling programs etc e Talkback Enable Used to enable or disable Talkback mode Enabled Disabled Disabled 3 28 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Baud Rate his menu item is used to set the data rate payload for the COM port in bits per second 1 200 115 200 19200 e Byte Format bis item allows you to set the interface signaling parameters baud rate see Baud Rate above for the allowable range data bits parity and stop bits 7N1 7E1 701 8N1 8E1 801 8N1 Buffer Size This selection selects the size of the buffer available for passing serial traffic The maximum AP buffer size for incoming serial data is 256 bytes Incoming serial packets from the RTU larger than 256 bytes are split by the AP into 256 byte packets before being transmitted over the air The associated remote s on receiving these packets transmits them out of the serial port as separate pac
53. aces then press ENTER To request or set a value Type the command press then press ENTER For example Type COMMAND_ARGUMENT t query a s Type COMMAND_ARGUMEN Die Type the command presp SPACE press 7 then press ENTER To get help with ja 4 2 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Minimum Configuration for Remotes Remote radios require little configuration to operate as most of the configuration is conducted at the AP The minimum set of parameters that needs to be set for a Remote are RADIO UNIT 32 bit radio address Defaults to the radio serial number but is settable RADIO NETADDR Radio network address Must match the AP address RADIO PWR RF output power setting in decibels dB The range is 20 30 for non ETSI 900 MHz radios 20 27 for non ETSI 2400 MHz radios and 10 20 for ETSI 2400 MHz radios pel aly GFK 2489 Chapter 4 Remote Radio Management 4 3 Commands The table below summarizes commands for the Remote transceiver Command Description Command Description _ after a When entered after a command in HELP Lists commands supported for the logged command this list shows detailed information in user See also the command at the and allowable entries beginning of this table ALARM Displays current alarm conditions by LOG Sets or dis
54. agnostic Tools The Maintenance Menu contains a tool that is especially useful to network technicians the PING utility The PING utility can be used to verify reachability of Ethernet devices connected to the network G Transmitter Test Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu GFK 2489 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting and Radio Tests 7 7 Using Logged Operation Events Event Log Menu A Current Alarms B View Event Log C Clear Event Log D Send Event Log E Event Log Host Address 0 0 0 0 F Event Log Filename eventlog txt G TFTP Timeout 30 sec H Syslog Server Address 127 0 0 1 Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Ane transceiver ee Monitors many operational parameters ang a them as E Storage rmal operating activities Flash Memory Does not affect radio operation RAM Degraded radio performance RAM But still capable of operation Critical Prevents the radio from RAM operating These events are stored in the transceiver Event Log and can be a valuable aid in troubleshooting radio problems or detecting attempts to breach network security 7 8 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 TranSphere TS Wireless Event Codes The table below describes the transceiver event codes
55. ake up time almost as long as if the radio were de powered NOW lt setting gt This command is used to place the radio into immediate Sleep or Shutdown mode Sleep The radio E SE A ja jie STATS Displays radio statistics If lt device gt RADIO COM1 COM2 ETH is omitted all statistics are displaved Optional arguments ALL Displavs all statistics RADIO Displavs radio packet statistics COM1 Displays COM1 packet statistics COM2 Displays COM2 packet statistics ETH Displays Ethernet packet statistics RESET Resets packet statistics for the indicated interface GFK 2489 Chapter 4 Remote Radio Management 4 17 STATTRACKER When the STATTRACKER mode is turned on the Remote transceiver sends out UDP packets with a broadcast destination IP address The command has a user defined port number between 30000 and 60000 and sends packets consisting of e RSSI statistics e Receive byte errors e Connectivity e Transmit byte errors e Packets received e Total fragments e Packets transmitted e Total retries e Packets dropped e Bytes received e Bytes transmitted The source MAC address in the UDP packet is the MAC address from the TS Wireless AP These monitoring packets are sent out every time there is over the air traffi Im This command is designed to work with th Optional arguments 30000 60000 Allowable range of port numbers that may be entered CMD Displays all settable optional argumen
56. ange IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Cyber Security Suite The operation and management of an enterprise is becoming increasingly dependent on electronic information flow An accompanying concern becomes the security of the communication infrastructure and the security of the data itself The following table profiles security risks and how the TranSphere TS Wireless provides a solution for minimizing vulnerability Security Risk The TranSphere TS Wireless Solution Unauthorized access to the backbone network through a foreign remote radio Approved Remotes List Only radios on the Approved Remotes list connect Rogue AP where a foreign AP takes control of some or all Remote radios and thus remote devices Approved AP List A Remote connects only to APs on its Approved AP List Dictionary attacks where an intruder runs a program that sequentially tries to break a password Failed log in lockdown After three tries a transceiver ignores log in requests for five minutes Critical event reports Denial of service where Remote radios could be reconfigured with bad parameters bringing the network down Ges Frequency hopping spread spectrum FHSS does not talk over the air with standard 802 11b cards The transceiver cannot be put in a promiscuous mode Proprietary data framing Eavesdropping intercepting messages 128 bit encryption Key c
57. ansmission path exists Radio signals travel primarily by line of sight and obstructions between the sending and receiving stations affect system performance If you are not familiar with the effects of terrain and other obstructions on radio transmission the discussion below provides helpful background Conducting a Site Survey An on the air te installation site g path study was The test can be site one per system Then visit the remote site s with a transceiver and a hand held antenna A PC with a network adapter can be connected to each radio in the network to simulate data during this test using the PING command With the hand held antenna positioned near the proposed mounting spot a technician can check for synchronization with the AP station shown by a lit LINK LED on the front panel and measure the reported RSSI value using the RADIO RSSI command If adequate signal strength cannot be obtained it may be necessary to mount the station antennas higher use higher gain antennas select a different site or consider installing a repeater station GFK 2489 Chapter 6 Installation 6 3 lt Terrain and Signal Strength While the 900 MHz and 2400 MHz license free bands offer many advantages for data transmission services signal propagation is affected by attenuation from obstructions such as terrain foliage or buildings in the transmission path A line of sight transmission path between the central transceiver and
58. ased traffic it may be necessary to implement serial to serial interface transfers as shown in the lower part of the illustration above Additional information for serial to serial wireless networks is provided in chapter 5 of this manual 3 22 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 IP to Serial Services When the AP transceiver is used as an IP to serial gateway two types of IP terminal services are available TCP and UDP TCP provides a connection oriented link with end to end acknowledgment of data This requires some added overhead but provides confirmation that data has been successfully conveyed which may be needed for mission critical applications UDP on the other hand provides a best effort delivery service with less overhead than TCP It basically broadcasts data transmitting information packets without an expected acknowledgment This method minimizes overhead requirements and is acceptable for repetitive exchanges of information where an occasional missed packet would not affect performance Most polled protocols are best served by UDP services as the protocol itself has built in recovery mechanisms error correction UDP provides the needed multidrop operation by means of multicast addressing where multiple remote devices receive and process the same poll message mechanism and muet have the guaranteed deliver overhead The IP to Serial example shows how to
59. association with the AP Network Address 100 The ID of the network that this radio belongs to The radio only communicates with devices having identical network addresses Date Format Generic Specifies the date format e Generic dd Mmm yyyy e European dd mm yyyy GFK 2489 Chapter 8 Technical Reference 8 5 e U S A mm dd yyyy Console Baud 19200 The baud rate of the serial menu console The default value is 19200 bps Company Name Version Name 06 1234567 Product Name TS Wireless RF Output Power Setpoint 30 The desired amount of RF output power measured in dBm Active Boot Image 0 Skipped Hop Zonel Active Skipped Hop Zone2 Skip Skipped Hop Zone3 Active Skipped Hop Zone4 Active Skipped Hop Zone5 Active Skipped Hop Zone6 Active Skipped Hop Zone7 Active Skipped Hop Zone8 Active Skipped Hop Zone9 Active Skipped Hop Zonel0 Active Firmware TFTP Host IP 63 Address ot tk it oaded Firmware Eventlog Address ef the TFTP host to which to send the event log Eventlog TFTP Filename eventlog txt Config Script TFTP Host IP 192 168 1 33 Address of the TFTP host to which to send or receive the configura tion script Config Script TFTP Filename TS Wireless_config txt SNMP Read Community public Community string for read access using SNMPv1 SNMP Write Community private Community string for write access using SNMPv1 SNMP Trap Community public Commu
60. atch the desired AP Verify that the system has a unique network address Aiming Directive Antennas for Maximum RSSI PWR LED is blinking The radio is reporting an alarm condition View the current alarms and the Event Log Correct the problem if possible see Using Logged Operation Events later in this section Blinking continues until the source of the alarm is corrected for example a valid IP address is entered etc LAN ETH LED does not turn on a Verify that the Ethernet cable is connected at both ends does not turn on b Verify that the proper type of Ethernet cable straight through or crossover is used See the following table for the proper cable type 7 2 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 COM1 or COM2 does not show traffic Check the configuration of COM port and the remote serial LED does not show gateway settings traffic The table below shows the proper type of Ethernet cable to use with the radio when connecting to external devices Radio Type Connected Device Cable Type Required AP Hub or network switch Straight through AP PC Crossover Remote PC Straight through Remote Hub or network switch Select for the external device port Troubleshooting Using the Embedded Management System If following the suggestions on the previous pages does not resolve the problem there are some additional tools and techniques that can be used The Embedde
61. aware of the new address IP Netmask 255 255 255 0 The IPv4 local subnet mask This field is unnecessarv if DHCP is enabled IP Gateway 0 0 0 0 The IPv4 address of the network gateway device typically a router This field is unnecessary if DHCP is enabled Ethernet Address 00 06 3D 00 00 5D The physical Ethernet MAC address of the radio This value is set at the factory and cannot be changed Model Number 900 8 4 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 The radio model number This value is set at the factory and cannot be changed Serial Number 1026295 The radio serial number This value is set at the factory and cannot be changed Unit Name Library Admin Office A name for this radio It appears at the top of every menu screen Owner Hilltop College MIS The name of the owner of this radio Contact John Galt X232 The contact person for this radio Description Link to Campus Server A brief description of this radio Location Hollister Bldg RM450 The physical location of this radio Com2 Port Config 8N1 Configures the radio to act as a Remote or an AP The Access Point option is not allowed unless the radio is specifically ordered as such or an Authorization Key has been purchased to allow it Hop Time 28 The amount of time that a radio spends at any given frequency This field is controlled by the AP Remotes obtain the appropriate value upon
62. ays the IP address 3 14 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Current IP Netmask Displays the IPv4 local subnet mask Current IP Gatewav Displavs the IPv4 address of the default gateway device typically a router Wireless MAC Configuration Menu Wireless MAC Configuration Menu A Net Address 1123 B X Address 0 C FEC enabled Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu Net work Address You must review this setting ID of the network to which this radio programmed at the factory 9999 X Address Extended Addre re gt Get P ER Thi dress jal in single AP sg IO FAIR Aion status enabled or disabled The FEC setting has a significant eff ct on the throughput or speed of the radio network For a discussion of this and other issues affecting throughput see OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE Enabled Disabled Disabled GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 15 Mobility Configuration Menu Mobility Configuration Menu A BSP Routing Enable disabled B IAPP Enable disabled C Unit Update Enable enabled D IAPP Multicast Address 244 254 1 1 E IAPP Multicast Port 39990 F IAPP Multicast TTL 1 G IAPP Unicast Port 39990 Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu BSP Routing Enable This parameter controls intra cell transmission and routing of Basic Serial Protocol packets Enable
63. by the AP from remotes over the air and transmitted out of the local AP serial port 32 64 128 256 bytes 64 Inter Packet Delay Set the number of characters that signify the end of a message inter character time out A transceiver receiving data through the serial port sends an end of message signal to the remote end MODBUS3 defines a 3 5 character parameter 0 65535 4 Commit Changes and Exit Weeder the settings the screen and closes the Serial rali i ii A GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 27 View Current Settings Screen Unicast UDP Mode Example A sample View Current Settings Screen for a system configured for Unicast UDP mode is shown below The selections are similar to the serial to serial example above but some items are UDP specific Serial Configuration Wizard Menu A Com 2 Port Status disabled B Com 2 Mode Unicast UDP C Com 2 RX IP Port 30011 D Com 2 TX IP Address 00 0 0 E Com 2 TX IP Port 1024 F Com 2 Talkback Enable disabled G Com 2 Baud Rate 19200 H Com 2 Byte Format DN D Com 2 Buffer Size 64 Bytes J Com 2 Inter Packet Delay 4 Character Times X Commit Changes and Exit Wizard an be remedied by typing the escape sequence SHIFT followed by ENTER This restores COM1 to console terminal mode You must log in again e _Mode UuUsed to set the method the host uses to connect to the radio Serial Network Network e RX IP Port
64. c string Snmp v3 Auth Password The password used in an MD5 Message Digest algorithm 5 hash along with the message data to create a message digest The digest is used by the SNMP entities to validate the source of the packet The password can be any alphanumeric string between eight and 30 characters in length Snmp v3 Priv Password The privacy password stored in the transceiver flash memory The password is used in DES Data Encryption Standard encryption and can be any alphanumeric string between eight and 30 characters in length It is used when the SNMP Agent is managing passwords locally or initially for all cases on restart SNMP Mode Set or display current state of the SNMP agent Disabled v1 only v2 only v3 only v1 v2 v1 v2 v3 v1 v2 v3 Trap Version Set the SNMP version for traps v1 Traps v2 Traps v3 Traps v1 Traps Auth Trap Enable Current state of the authentication traps Disabled Enabled Disabled GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 17 SNMP v3 Password Mode Determines whether v3 passwords are managed locally or via an SNMP Manager The different behaviors of the Agent depending on the mode selected are described in SNMP Mode above Manager Local Manager Trap Manager 1 4 Table of up to four locations that traps are sent to Any valid IP address Bridge Configuration Menu Bridge Configuration Menu A Ethernet Bridging All B Bridge Priority 32769 C Bridge Hello Time 2 se
65. cable type such as Type RG 8A U may be acceptable For longer runs or for 2400 MHz systems we recommend using a low loss cable type such as Andrew Corp HELIAX cable The choice of cable depends on the required length cost considerations and the amount of signal loss that can be tolerated The table below lists several types of popular feedlines and indicates the signal losses in dB that result when using various lengths of cable at 900 MHz 10 Feet 50 Feet 100 Feet 500 Feet Cable Type 3 05 m 15 24 m 30 48 m 152 4 m LMR 400 0 39 dB 1 95 dB 3 90 dB Unacceptable Loss 1 2 inch HELIAX 0 23 dB 1 15 dB 2 29 dB 11 45 dB 7 8 inch HELIAX 0 13 dB 0 64 dB 1 28 dB 6 40 dB 1 1 4 inch HELIAX 0 10 dB 0 48 dB 0 95 dB 4 75 dB 1 5 8 inch HELIAX 0 08 dB 0 40 dB 0 80 dB 4 00 dB The next table shows the same data V ieu Vall Cable Type m 30 48 152 4 m LMR 400 If B Unacceptable Loss 1 2 inch HELIAX 17 3 dB 7 8 inch HELIAX e 9 85 dB 1 1 4 inch HELIA 7 50 dB 1 5 8 inch HELIA 6 25 dB GFK 2489 Chapter 6 Installation 6 9 lt Maintaining Compliance at 900 MHz U S A and Canada Only The following table outlines the minimum lengths of RG 214 coaxial cable that must be used with common omnidirectional antennas to maintain compliance with the FCC and IC maximum limit of 36 dBm for license free 900 MHz systems Antenna Gain AntennaGain Minimum Feedline Power Level dBd dBi Length Loss in dB at Minimum Length Unity 0 dB
66. ceive Errors 0 Lost Carrier Detected 516 A Clear Statistics B Clear Statistics Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu Bytes sent Packets d ER f Lost carri Ef d tected Number of times the carrier signal on the Ethernet port has been missing This count increase significantly when the Ethernet cable is inserted or removed Clear Statistics Resets the statistics counter Wireless Packet Statistics Packets received Over the air data packets received by this radio Packets sent Over the air data packets sent by this radio Bytes received Over the air data bytes received by this radio Bytes sent Over the air data bytes sent by this radio Packets dropped Received packets dropped from a lack of buffers Receive errors Packets that do not pass a Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC This may be due to transmissions corrupted by RF interference Clear Statistics Resets the statistics counter 3 46 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Radio Packet Statistics The previous screen dealt with Ethernet related information The Radio Packet Statistics menu contains statistics that relate directly to over the air transmission of data It provides valuable insight into the quality of the RF link between TS Wireless radios with respect to the handling of data packets Radio Packet Statistics Menu Overflow 0 Failed 0 No Ack
67. ceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Step by step instructions for configuring a point to multipoint serial connection 1 Connect a powered AP radio to a PC 2 At the PC open a connection with the Access Point radio using a terminal Telnet or Web browser session 3 Press G to display the Main Menu 4 From the Main Menu press D to select Local Serial Configuration Main Menu A Starting Information Screen G Wireless Network B Network Configuration H Statistics Event Log C Radio Configuration I Device Information Local Serial Configuration J Maintenance Tools E Remote Serial Gateway K Redundancy F Security Configuration L DNP3 Routin AD Sea DAZ Press C to select COM2 then press SPACE to toggle between enabled and disabled Press ENTER when enabled is displayed to select it Then press D to continue Local Serial Configuration Menu Com Com A Port Status disabled C Port Status enabled B Serial Config Wizard D Serial Config Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu GFK 2489 Chapter 5 Sample Configurations 5 13 6 Press A to start the Serial Configuration Wizard Serial Port Configuration Menu Welcome to the Serial Configuration Wizard This wizard will assist you in the configuration of your available Serial Data Ports Lk Wizard B View Current Settings Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt fo
68. ciated Remote radios Antenna System Gain A figure normally expressed in dB representing the power increase resulting from the use of a gain type antenna System losses from the feedline and coaxial connectors for example are subtracted from this figure to calculate the total antenna system gain AP See Access Point traffic Authorization Ke in a transceive ha eric string code that is used to enable additional capabilities Bit The smallest unit of digital data often represented by a one or a zero Eight bits plus start stop and parity bits usually comprise a byte Bits per second See bps bps Bits per second A measure of the information transfer rate of digital data across a communication channel Byte A string of digital data usually made up of eight data bits and start stop and parity bits Data Communications Equipment See DCE dBi Decibels referenced to an ideal isotropic radiator in free space Frequently used to express antenna gain dBm Decibels referenced to one milliwatt An absolute unit used to measure signal power as in transmitter power output or received signal strength GFK 2489 9 1 DCE Data Communications Equipment In data communications terminology this is the modem side of a computer to modem connection The transceiver COM1 and COM2 ports are set as DCE Decibel dB A measure of the ratio between two signal levels Frequently used to express
69. conds D Bridge Forward Delay 5 seconds Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu radios All Disab o 117 LI 1 GIS Bridge Hello Time Defines how often Spanning Tree protocol Bridge Protocol Data Units BPDU are sent out by the AP Each bridge in the network should have the same hello time Number of seconds 2 Bridge Forward Delay This value decides how long a bridge is in the learning and listening states Traffic begins forwarding through the bridge after twice the Forward Delay time Number of seconds 5 3 18 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Configuring Radio Parameters There are two primary data layers in the TranSphere TS Wireless network radio RF and data The data layer is dependent on the radio layer to work properly The Radio Configuration Menu is the primary menu used to set radio parameters This screen includes the Skip Zone Options Submenu Radio Configuration Menu Radio Configuration Menu A RF Output Power 30dBm B Dwell Time 28 mSec C Contention Window Min 2 D Contention Window Max 10 E Broadcast Repeat Count 3 F Unicast Retry Count 10 G Skip Zones DwellTime Duration of one hop on a particular frequency in the hopping pattern This field is only changeable on an AP Remotes get their value from the AP upon association Dwell time is the same as hop time 7
70. d Disabled Disabled travel to all fadios in a subnetwork all radios with a common network address 39990 IAPP Multicast TTL Multicast time to live number This is the number of hops that a message is allowed to make before it is no longer transportable This feature prevents infinite life packets that degrade system performance 1 15 1 e APP Unicast Port An address that allows messaging to travel to a specific radio when that message has originated from another subnetwork 39990 3 16 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 SNMP Agent Configuration Menu SNMP Agent Configuration Menu 80000102201 a9fe0002 A SNMP Read Community B SNMP Write Community C SNMP Trap Community D Snmp v3 Auth Password E Snmp v3 Priv Password F SNMP Mode v1 v2 v3 J Trap Manager 1 0 0 0 0 G Trap Version vi traps K Trap Manager 2 0 0 0 0 H Auth Trap Enable disabled L Trap Manager 3 0 0 0 0 F SNMP v3 Password Mode manager M Trap Manager 4 0 0 0 0 Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu This menu provides configuration and control of SNMP functionality of the screen The entry of this string is require example SNMPc Refer to i documen SNMP Trap community Community name with SNMP access to receive traps Any eight character alphanumeri
71. d Management System is a good source of information that may be used remotely to provide Ian diagnostic information or may even provide a path to correcting the probter Remote does not associate f a Verifv that ra A u d IB b If A f tep s4enabled on the Security Configuration Menu at the AP verif g co t serial number is listed in the Approved Remotes List c On Remote if Restrict is turned on in the APLIST command verify that the AP is included in the list of Approved APs d Check for the proper heading of directional antennas as described in Aiming Directive Antennas for Maximum RSSI e The encryption mode is not set correctly in all radios of the network If this occurs after upgrading firmware disable encryption then re enter the encryption phrase using eight to 41 characters in all radio devices Finally re enable encryption Cannot access the TS Wireless Menu a Check for secure cable connections The serial data cable should be as short as possible never exceeding 50 ft 15m through COM1 b Ifthe radio is an AP connect using a Telnet session or a Web browser c Disable the serial mode for COM1 Serial Gateway Configuration gt COM1 Serial Data Port gt Status gt Disabled Or if you know the radio data configuration follow the numbered steps below 1 Connect to COM1 via a terminal set to VT100 and the port data baud rate GFK 2489 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting and Radio Tests 7 3 2 Ente
72. d Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Dbm Watts Volts Conversion Chart The table below shows the equivalent voltage or wattage of an RF power expressed in dBm for a 50 Ohm system dBm V Po dBm V Po DBm mV Po dBm HV Po 53 100 0 200W 0 2328 1 0mW 49 0 80 98 2 9 50 70 7 100W 1 200 80mW 50 071 01iuW 99 2 51 49 64 0 80W 2 180 64mW 51 0 64 100 2 25 1pW 48 58 0 64W 3 160 50mW 52 0 57 101 2 0 47 50 0 50W 4 141 40mW 53 0 50 102 1 8 46 445 40W 5 125 32mW 54 0 45 103 1 6 45 40 0 32W 6 115 25mW 55 0 40 104 1 41 44 32 5 25W 7 100 20mW 56 0 351 105 1 27 43 32 0 20W 8 090 16mW 57 0 32 106 1 18 42 28 0 16W 9 080 125mW 58 0 286 41 26 2 12 5W 10 071 10mW 59 0 251 40 225 10W 11 064 60 0 225 001uW 39 20 0 8W 12 058 61 38 18 0 6 4W 13 050 62 37 16 0 SW 36 14 1 4W 35 12 5 3 2W 34 11 5 2 5W 33 10 0 2W 32 9 0 1 6W 31 8 0 1 25W 30 7 10 1 0W 19 25 1 68 90 117 325 29 6 40 800mW 20 22 5 01mW 69 80 118 285 28 5 80 640mW 21 20 0 70 71 ld 119 251 27 5 00 500mW 22 17 9 71 65 120 225 001pW 26 4 45 400mW 23 15 9 72 58 121 200 25 4 00 320mW 24 14 1 73 50 122 180 24 3 55 250mW 25 12 8 74 45 123 160 23 3 20 200mW 26 11 5 75 40 124 141 22 2 80 160mW 27
73. d in the Event Log are time stam jet Bint hye manually enter the date and time iit fo time and date clockis backed 4p bya G atte lalia d il UU IDI f Lea ID Eent Log Menu lg Ann B View Event Log C Clear Event Log D Send Event Log E Event Log Host Address 0 0 0 0 F Event Log Filename eventlog txt G TFTP Timeout 30 sec H Syslog Server Address 127 0 0 1 Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Current Alarms Telnet or Terminal only Lists events that have placed the radio in the alarmed state 3 48 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 View Event Log Lists events stored in the current log Some of these events are stored in volatile memory and are lost if power is removed View Event Log Menu Num Date Time Description START OF EVENT LOG 42 25 Sep 2006 14 50 Console User Logged In admin 41 25 Sep 2006 14 49 Console User Logged Out admin 40 25 Sep 2006 14 39 Console User Logged In admin 39 25 Sep 2006 14 37 Console User Logged Out admin 38 25 Sep 2006 14 33 Console User Logged In admin 37 25 Sep 2006 14 26 IAPP Unit Update Sent Unit ID 7727 36 25 Sep 2006 14 26 IAPP Unit Update Sent Unit ID 7664 35 25 Sep 2006 14 26 Remote Connected Unit 7727 34 25 Sep 2006 14 26 Remote Connected Unit 7664 33 25 Sep 2006 14 26 Parameter Changed Snmp v3 engine boots 32 25 Sep 2006 14 26 System Bootup 31 25 Sep 200
74. d in their literature To convert to dBi add 2 15 dB t Feedline loss varies by cable type and length To determine the loss for common lengths of feedline as described previously in this chapter ffe GFK 2489 Chapter 6 Installation 6 13 lt Optimizing Performance After the basic operation of the radio has been established you may wish to optimize network performance using some of the suggestions in this section The effectiveness of these techniques vary with the design of your system and the format of the data being sent There are two major areas for possible improvement the radio and the data network The following sections provide you with a variety of items to check and on many occasions ways to correct or improve their performance Principles of Wireless Network Operation The following points are of value in dealing with the networking aspects of the transceiver 1 The AP serves as a network bridge The transceiver goes through a listening and learning period at start up before it sends any packets over either of its ports This lasts about 10 seconds after the forwarding just like anye addresses that it has s If the destination address is not known forward the packet to all other ports f the destination address is known forward the packet to the port that the destination is known to be on usually the RF port The bridge code uses Spanning Tree Protocol STP to prevent loops from bein
75. dingly using the radio menu system Main Menu gt Radio Configuration gt RF Output Power Setpoint or introduce additional feedline loss The EIRP of the antenna system should never exceed 27 dBi GFK 2489 Chapter 6 Installation 6 11 For convenience the table below lists several antenna system gains and shows the maximum allowable power setting Note that a gain of 0 dB entitles you to operate the radio at full power output 27 dBm 0 5 Waitt Antenna System Gain versus Power Output Setting U S A and Canada only Antenna System Gain Maximum Power Antenna Gain in dBi Setting EIRP minus Feedline Loss in dBf in dBm in dBm 0 27 27 5 22 27 7 20 27 9 18 27 12 15 27 15 12 27 Most antenna manufacturers rate antenna gain in dBd in their literature To convert to dBi add 2 15 dB t Feedline loss varies by cable type and length In regions where ETSI requiremen aie supplied from the factory with a 20 dBm 100 a IRP transmitter the antenna sys l 1 4 ga etn bg ang SE f arde elpower must be decreased from this level if ees H dBi llowable level is dependent on the antenna Some EU countries mandate lower power outputs and frequency limitations from those ihe ror mitter output power setting referenced here For example in France the transceiver may only be operated in band C 2 4528 2 4782 GHz at a power level of 10 dBm Be sure to check the requirements for your region before placing the transmitter on the air
76. dio A full listing of Remo gramming he sceivers so that in the next step With all radios connected you are their operation can be tested over your transceivetts capable of supporting your devices Be sure not to overload the radio network with high bandwidth LAN traffic during this test Refer to the Bridge Configuration Menu see chapter 3 for more information Ethernet Device Connection to Remote Verify that the Remote ETH port is enabled on using the ETH command If it is not use the ETH ON command to enable the port Connect an Ethernet endpoint to the Remote ETH port The ETH port supports any Ethernet compatible device This includes a device that uses the Internet Protocol IP Serial Device Connection to Remote Connect a serial device to the Remote COM2 port and verify that the port settings are compatible with the connected device baud rate data format etc Step 6 Check for Normal Operation With data equipment connected you are ready to check the transceivers for normal operation 2 10 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Observe the transceiver LEDs on the top cover for the proper indications In a normally operating system the following LED indications should be seen within 30 seconds of start up PWR Lit continuously LINK Lit continuously unless Sleep is enabled ETH On or blinks intermittently COM1 COM2 Blinks
77. dresses of Ethernet endpoints connected to Remote radios See Endpoint Database Menu below for more information Access Point Database Lists the APs in the wireless network IAPP must be enabled as explained previously for this function to work Inter Access Point Protocol IAPP traffic can be passed via these transceivers See Access Point Database Menu below for more information e EndPoint Logging This selection is used to specify whether endpoint logging is enabled or disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled 3 36 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Remote Management Submenu The Remote Management Menu allows selection of a particular Remote to manage based on the radio Unit ID number generally the last four digits of its serial number Remote Management Menu A Remote to Manage 0 B Manage Selected Remote C Broadcase Remote Reprogramming Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu Remote to Manage Radio address of the Remote to be managed typically a four digit code Manage Selected Remote Displays the sereg Ze St Gontains several parameters that are used to spi SC g 9 POR t ios in the network e Broadcast Re g he axe lecting this item brings up a submenu where you mfy i tHe broadcast of new firmware images and Remote restart commands Before programming a Remote radio over the air be sure to set ETHERNET BRIDGING
78. ds the data from its COM port Likewise data presented at the Remote COM port is packetized sent to the AP stripped and sent from the AP COM port Note that this configuration does not use multi cast addressing 192 168 0 10 Terminal or Computer listed in the table below Following the table are Ge GER Point to Point Serial to Se eil TS Wireless BALI radio Location AP COM2 Remote UnitID Rem COM Port Baud Rate Format Buffer Size Inter Packet Delay Mode Baud Format Buffer DelayChars Remote radio COM2 5 4 Access Point TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 192 168 0 1 ake the settings i ayes of the Wizard Enabled Serial to Serial 1155999 example COM2 19200 Byte 8N1 256 Bytes 4 Data 19200 8N1 256 4 GFK 2489 Step by step instructions for configuring a point to point serial connection 1 Connect a powered AP radio to a PC 2 At the PC open a connection with the Access Point radio using a terminal Telnet or Web browser session 3 Press G to display the Main Menu 4 From the Main Menu press D to select Local Serial Configuration Main Menu A Starting Information Screen G Wireless Network B Network Configuration H Statistics Event Log C Radio Configuration I Device Information Local Serial Configuration J Maintenance Tools E Remote Serial Gateway K Redundancy F Security Configuration L 3 Fil AV
79. e Add Associated Remotes Net Address Delete All X Address Remote Access Manager FEC Encrvption Phrase HTTP Securitv Mode Auto Kev Rotation Force Kev Rotation Max Remotes User Passwords Remote Access IP NOTES Chart shows top level view only The pages that follow provide detailed screen by screen explanations Not all items are user configurable s Some menu items depend on Device Mode s Spacebar used to make some menu selections GFK 2489 Starting Information Read only items continued Wireless Network Database Timeout Max Remotes Remote Management Remote to Manage Manage Selected Remote Broadcast Remote Reprogramming Remote Database Endpoint Database Access Point Database EndpontLoggng GFK 2489 Statistics Event Log Device Information COM 1 2 Data Stats Bytes in Port Bytes out Port Bytes in Socket Bytes out Socket Clear Statistics Remote Serial Gateway Statistics Device Name UnitID Contact Com Port Location Local IP Port Description l Client IP Address State transport status P client address Packets In E Bytes In Packets Out Bytes Out EthernetWireless Packet Statistics Event Log Current Alarms View Event Log Clear Event Log Send EventLog EventLog Host Address Event Log Host Filename TFTP Timeout Syslog Server Address Chapter 3 AP Management i Maintenance Tools Redundancy DNP3 Routing Redundancy Co
80. eiver can be immediately placed online if a primary radio fails This protects against single point of failure scenarios The Redundancy Menu contains selections and settings that are used to manage redundancy functions Redundancy functions require the presence of a specially constructed supervisory board MDS Part No 03 6061Axx Ask your MDS representative for details Redundancy Menu Please select the type of Redundancy Switchover Events to Configure A Redundacy Configuration enabled B Network Event Triggers C Hardware Event Triggers D Redundancy Configuration Options E Force Switchover transceiver is dis Enabled J e Network Event Triggers This selection presents a submenu see below with Ethernet network related alarm conditions Configuration operation indy ng ck al Network Event Triggers Menu Description Status A Network Interface Error enabled Please select the event that you want to trigger a Redundancy Switchover on Press lt SPACE gt to cycle through options lt ENTER gt to accept lt ESC gt to cancel Hardware Event Triggers This selection presents a submenu see below with parameters related to local alarm conditions GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 57 Hardware Event Triggers Menu Description Status A Frequency Not Calibrated enabled B Power Not Calibrated enabled Please select the event that you want to trigger a Redundancy Switchove
81. eiver complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This device is specifically designed to be used under Section 15 247 of the FCC Rules and Regulations Any unauthorized modification or changes to this device without the express rthermore this structions outlined ser s authority to device is intended to be used only when installed i in this manual Failure to comply with Bree instru operate this device FI Il 2 W q uipment has required the extraction and use of natural health risk due to hazardous substances contained within To avoid dissemination of these substances into our environment and to limit the demand on natural resources we encourage you to use the appropriate recycling systems for disposal These systems will reuse or recycle most of the materials found in this equipment in a sound way Please contact GE Fanuc or your supplier for more information on the proper disposal of this equipment GFK 2489 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 13 Quick Start Instructions Listed below are the basic steps for installing TranSphere TS Wireless transceivers Refer to the appropriate sections in the manual for detailed information 1 2 Initial Checkout Set the equipment up in a tabletop arrangement as descr
82. eivers January 2008 GFK 2489 3 Set Configuration of AP and Remote Radios Refer to Chapter 3 AP Management for details of connecting to the AP and using the built in menu system Refer to Chapter 3 Remote Radio Management for details of programming Remotes If you have a large number of radios to configure a configuration script may be used to speed the process See Using Configuration Scripts in chapter 8 for details 4 Install the Equipment in the Field Refer to Chapter 5 Installation for details on site selection mounting cabling and antenna feedline recommendations e After basic installation optimize the performance of the radio network following the recommendations described in this manual veg lll aly GFK 2489 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 15 Chapter Tabletop Setup and Evaluation Z Prior to installation in the field it is recommended that you set up the radio system in an office or lab and become familiar with its operation and features This also allows tests of various network designs and configurations prior to arrival at a field site A tabletop test can be performed with any number of radios This section describes the hardware setup and software configuration needed for testing an Ethernet connection To simulate data traffic flow over the radio network a PC or LAN is connected to the LAN port of the AP and used to PING Packet INternet Groper a device connected to the Remote transceiver hat a
83. elnet or a Web browser and Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP GFK 2489 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Feature Summary The TranSphere TS Wireless design makes installation and configuration an easy task while allowing for configuration changes in the future Long range transmission over favorable unobstructed terrain with sufficient antenna heights Low power consumption Sleep and Shutdown modes to enable solar powered operation Repeater configurations A repeater scheme can be established to extend the transmission range or to work around obstructions in a network This is accomplished by connecting two radios back to back at a single site Industrial grade product Extended temperature range for trouble free operation in extreme environments Robust radio communications Designed to perform in high interference environments Security Suite Blocks common attack schemes and prevents rogue hardware from gaining access to or control of a network Common attack events are logged and reported via alarms Serial ports embedded tg The TranSphere TS Wireless system includes two primary radio types APs and Remotes The table below summarizes the interface capabilities for each TS Wireless radio type Note that a remote serves only one endpoint MAC address even if a bridge or hub is used Model LAN ETH COM COM2 AP LAN Yes Yes Remote ETH Yes Yes This connector provides access to the radio men
84. er Chars 4 Minimum number of characters that constitute a gap in inter packet delay for COM1 COM2 Serial Data Delimiter Chars 4 COM1 Serial Data Buffer Size 20 Number of output characters buffered in inter packet delay for COM1 Com2 Serial Data Buffer Size 20 RF Frequency Hopping Format USA or CANADA read only The frequency hopping rules the radio is configured to operate under SNMP Enable disabled Enable or disable the SNMP agent Approved Remotes List Enable disabled Enable or disable the Approved Remotes List Encryption E alli AN g a f l Telnet Enable enabled Enable or disable the Telnet interface HTTP MD5 Authentication disabled Enable or disable MD5 digest authentication End of Configuration File Editing Configuration Files Once the AP radio operation is fine tuned use the Configuration Scripts Menu to save a copy of the configuration on a PC 8 8 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Configuration Scripts Menu A TFTP Host Address 169 254 0 1 B Config Filename cfgscript txt C TFTP Timeout 30 sec D Retrieve File E Send File Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu The file can be used to generate modified copies adjusted to match other devices The configuration files can be modified using a text editor or an automated process not provided We recom
85. er manuallv Delete All Completely purges all Remotes from the current list e Next Page Moves you to the next page within the Approved Remotes List Menu e Number of Remotes Shows the number of Remotes that are currently connected to the AP Approved Remotes List Simple listing of the serial numbers of Remotes that are authorized to communicate with this AP If a Remote is not on this list it cannot associate with this AP GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 35 Wireless Network Menu The Wireless Network Menu monitors the operation of Remote radios in the network regardless of the type of data they are passing Ethernet or serial from the perspective of the AP This information is stored in a local database at the AP and is not sent to the Remotes Wireless Network Menu A Database Timeout 10 minutes B Max Remotes 100 C Remote Management D Remote Database E EndPoint Database F Access Point Database G EndPoint Logginc enabled Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu e Database Timeout Number of minutes until refreshed through a handshake process to staty decommissioned or faulty radi i eg ole i 1 IL Remote Management Submenu below for more information e Max Remote 1024 100 Remote Database A listing of all Remotes connected with the AP See Remote Database Menu below for more information Endpoint Database Lists the IP or MAC ad
86. ers January 2008 GFK 2489 L For convenience the table below lists several antenna system gains and shows the maximum allowable power setting of the radio Note that a gain of 6 dB or less entitles you to operate the radio at full power output 30 dBm 1 Watt Antenna System Gain Maximum Power Antenna Gain in dBi Setting EIRP minus Feedline Loss in dBf in dBm in dBm 6 or less 30 36 8 28 36 10 26 36 12 24 36 14 22 36 16 20 36 Most antenna manufacturers rate antenna gain in dBd in their literature To convert to dBi add 2 15 dB t Feedline loss varies by cable type and length as shown previously How Much Output Power Can Be Used U S A pot a 2400 MHz systems allowable RF output is generally limited to 100 mW 20 dBm on 2400 MHz License free operation on 900 MHz is not permitted Calculating System Gain To determine the maximum allowable power setting of the radio perform the following steps 1 Determine the antenna system gain by subtracting the feedline loss in dB from the antenna gain in dBi For example if the antenna gain is 10 dBi and the feedline loss is 2 dB the antenna system gain is 8 dB 2 Subtract the antenna system gain from 27 dBm the maximum allowable EIRP The result indicates the maximum transmitter power in dBm allowed under the rules In the example above this is 19 dBm 3 If the maximum transmitter power allowed is less than 27 dBm reduce the transmit power accor
87. et 2 Per Standards ISO 9001 Registration GE Fanuc adheres to the internationallv accepted ISO 9001 qualitv svstem standard Operational amp Safety Notices RF Exposure U S Installations Professional installation required The radio equipment RF Exposure described in this guide emits radio frequency energy Although the i power level is low the concentrated energy from a directional antenna may pose a health hazard For 900 MHz units do not allow people to come closer than 23 cm 9 inches to the antenna For 2 4 GHz units do not allow people to come closer than 5 cm 2 inches to the antenna These distances apply whether the transmitter is operated in indoor or outdoor environments More information on RF exposure is available on the Internet at www fcc gov oet info documents bulletins 1 12 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 ETSI Installations In regions where the European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETSI standards apply 2 4 GHz units with a maximum output power of 100 mW EIRP are supplied Do not allow people to come closer than 2 2 cm 1 inch to the antenna CSA US Notice The transceiver has been recognized for use in hazardous locations by the i ab _ Canadian Standards Association CSA which also issues the U S mark of approval The CSA Certification is in accordance with CSA STD C22 2 No 213 M1987 FCC Part 15 Notice The transc
88. etting The value is in dBm with an acceptable range of 0 30 for 900 MHz radios 10 20 dBm for 2 4 GHz ETSI radios or 17 27 dBm for 2 4 GHz non ETSI radios QUALITY read only Displays the quality of the over the air link expressed as a percent 0 100 Quality is calculated from the successful reception of ACK packets sent by the AP 0 100 REFRESH lt refresh gt Connection refresh period in seconds 0 255 RSSI read only Shows the Received Signal Strength RSSI The value is shown in dBm with a range of 120 0 This value is refreshed every three seconds SYNC read only Shows the current state of radio synchronization TX KEY lt on off gt Starts or stops the transmitter test GFK 2489 Chapter 4 Remote Radio Management 4 15 TX FREQ lt valid frequency range gt Sets or displays the carrier frequency in MHz for transmitter tests The valid range is 902 2 927 6 for 900 MHz radios or 2400 6 2482 for 2 4 GHz radios UNIT lt unit gt The 32 bit user programmable radio address which defaults to the radio serial number but can be changed REBOOT Restarts the radio firmware Optional arguments SAME Restarts the radio with the active firmware image OTHER Restarts the radio with the inactive image APP1 Restarts the radio with Application Image 1 APP2 Restarts the radio with Application Image 2 SLEEP Sets or displays the low power operating mode These modes are commonly
89. etween each radio while preventing interference to nearby electronic equipment POWER ATTENUATORS Fixed or adjustable 1W Minimum Rating il 1701UH17 ei mg NON RADIATING ATTENUATORS COMPUTER POWER DIVIDER e Install on unused divider ports if any TI ii 1W Minimum Rating It is very important to use attenuation between radios in the test setup The amount of attenuation required depends on the number of radios being tested and the desired signal strength Received Signal Strength Indicator or RSSI at each transceiver during the test In no case should a signal greater than 30 dBm be applied to any transceiver in the test setup A transmit RF power output level of 20 dBm 100 mW is recommended This can be set via the radio menu Main Menu gt Radio Configuration gt RF Output Power Setpoint GFK 2489 Chapter 2 Tabletop Setup and Evaluation 2 3 Step 2 Measure and Connect Dc Power The power applied to transceivers AP and Remotes must be within 6 30VDC and be capable of continuously providing a minimum of 11 Watts Typical power consumption is 800 mA at 13 8VDC for the AP and 600 mA at 13 8VDC for Remotes A power connector with screw terminals is provided with each radio Strip the wire leads to 6 mm 0 25 Be sure to observe proper polarity as shown in below with the positive lead on the left and the negative lead on the right It takes about 30 seconds for the AP transceiver to power up
90. g created when connecting bridges in parallel For example connecting two Remotes to the same wired LAN could create a loop if STP was not used Every bridge running STP sends out Bridge Protocol Data Units BPDUs at regular intervals so that the spanning tree can be built and maintained BPDUs are 60 byte multicast Ethernet frames 2 Throughput calculations must take into account all overhead Throughput over the air is affected by several factors including how compressible the data is how efficiently the over the air bandwidth is used which varies by packet size and dwell time and the quality of the link 6 14 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 e The number of bytes they can fit into a hop depending on hop time is Hop time MS FEC Bytes hop 7 45 7 FEC 11 14 139 14 FEC 59 28 324 28 FEC 151 Included in the byte count is 9 bytes of overhead per packet So at 7MS without FEC a 1000 byte packet requires 1009 bytes split into 45 bytes hop or 23 hops 1026 bytes of data also requires 23 hops however a 1027 byte data packet requires 24 hops H any transceiver in your network is connected to a large LAN such as may be found in a large office complex there may be undesired multicas or broadcast traffic over the air 3 Station to Station Traffic When sending Te nes fro fi Die f D mote endpoint via an Ai s ughpur alved at Bee This is beca
91. g aiurria pale eha dein Nu dao 7 2 Technical Referente ii iii ek in i aa alka a biet 8 1 Upgrading Firmware li b iain di ian leans 8 2 Using Configuration Scripts nanna nanna 8 5 Data Interface Connechors nanna nanna tran ann nt nanna 8 12 Technical Specifications nanna 8 14 Dbm Watts Volts Conversion Chart 8 17 Chapter 9 TERMS ANDABBREVIATIONS srennnnnnnnnznzznnnnnnnnnnnnnzzzzmmmmn nn nn nn 8 18 Terms and Abbreviations see ee ran EE n 9 1 veg lll aly iv TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers Users Manual January 2008 GFK 2489 eal ppal Chapter Introduction 1 This guide provides installation and operating instructions for the TranSphere TS Wireless 900 900 MHz and TranSphere TS Wireless 2400 2400 MHz series radio system The guide is intended for use by those who install configure and operate the TS Wireless wireless network Quick Start instructions are included They provide the basic steps for installing and operating the transceivers but do not cover all of the configurable parameters The main section of this guide contains complete information on menu functions as well as detailed installation operation and troubleshooting information This guide is arranged into the following chapters e Chapter 1 Jntroducing the TranSphere TS en Syste E e Chapter 2 Tabletop Setup and Evaluation al Some oe Radio Tests e Chapter 9 Terms a
92. g data files containing radio operating parameters or settings See Configuration Scripts Menu RSG Configuration Scripts Scripts for configuring the Remote Serial Gateway See Remote Serial Gateway Configuration IP to Remote Serial PING Utility Diagnostic tool to test network connectivity See PING U Menu Authorization Codes Keys Alter the radio ca Mid br Ai L f g built in resources via purchased kevs See Authorizati p If Transmitter Test Diagnostic l Fansmitter Test Menu SCH Ap pri ere ii B Configuration Scripts C RSG Configuration Scripts D Ping Utilitv E Authorization Codes G Transmitter Test Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 51 Reprogramming Menu The AP transceiver has two copies of the firmware microprocessor code used for the operating system and applications One copy is active and the second one is standing by ready to be used Using the Reprogramming Menu you can upload a new release into the inactive position and place it in service whenever you desire See Upgrading AP Firmware for complete details on downloading new firmware code into the transceiver via TFTP Reprogramming Menu A IFIP Host Address 169 254 0 1 B Firmware Filename aw bkrto 0 3 3 gpk C TFTP Timeout 30 sec D Retrieve File E Image Verify F Image Copy G Reboot Device Current Firm
93. gh B Continue Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard The next screen prompts for the baud rate and byte format Press A to set the Data Baud Rate Press SPACE to cycle through the baud rate Format Then press N to j ent Ke FIA LSM Al Bl l i p to be used while sending all of the serial data e appropriate baud rate and byte format A Data Baud Rate 19200 B Data Byte Format 8N1 B Continue Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard 5 8 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 11 The next screen prompts for the data buffer size and inter packet frame delay Press A to select Buffer Size Press SPACE to cycle through the buffer size options until 256 is displayed Press ENTER to accept the Buffer Size Press B to select Inter Frame Delay Press SPACE to cycle through the options until 4 Character Times is displayed Press ENTER to accept the Inter Frame Delay Then press N to continue Serial Configuration Wizard Menu Please choose the appropriate value for the Buffer Size and the Inter Frame Delay between each serial message A Buffer Size 256 Bytes B Inter Frame Delay 4 Character Times B Continue Wizard Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wi IKA WEI R ita H
94. guration Configuration IP Configuration RF Output Power IP Address Mode Dwell Time Static IP Address Static IP Netmask Contention Window Min Contention Window Max Repeat Count Static IP Gatewav Current IP Address Current IP Netmask Unicast Retrv Count Current IP Gatewav Skip Zones E Zones 1 8 Wireless MAC Config Mobilitv Configuration BSP Routing Enable IAPP Enable S Unit Update Enabl IAPP Multicast Ad IAPP Multicast Po IAPP Multicast TT alll Bridge Configuration IAPP Unicast Po SNMP Agent Configuration Read Community Ethernet Bridging Write Community Bridge Priority Trap Community Bridge Hello Time v3 Auth Password Bridge Forward Delay v3 Priv Password SNMP Mode Trap Version Auth Trap Enable v3 Password Mode Trap Managers 3 2 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 Local Serial Configuration COM1 COM2 Port Status COM1 CON2 Serial Configuration Wizard 1 i i i Various submenus and parameters depending on mode selected Y Security Configuration C Approved Remotes TC Encryption Enable Fr HTTP Access Remote Serial Gateway RSG Talkback Enable RSG Talkback Timeout RSG Entries F H Telnet A Remote Serial Wizard ainat Access r SNMP Mode Various submenus and Approved Remotes List parameters depending Add Remote mu on mode selected Delete Remot
95. he RSSI levels in each zone are within a few decibels dB of each other but less than 590 dBm then E 1 e aiming of the antenna svstem See Aiming Directive Antennas Ti RIS TIN Wha pter 6 for details The average signal level should be4 m foymance with an Another place to GO GH p in Fackets l ived by Zone The packets should be evenly distributa Seit Onas 5 variation If they are not interference in the disparate zone ould be suspected Blocking these zones may eliminate or reduce harmful B interference Skip Zones Menu A Zone 1 Active E Zone 5 Active B Zone 2 Active F Zone 6 Active C Zone 3 Active G Zone 7 Active D Zone 4 Active H Zone 8 Active I Commit Changes Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu When dealing with radio interference troubles be sure to review A Word About Radio Interference in chapter 6 7 6 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Serial Port and Remote Serial Statistics Menus The Serial Port and Remote Serial Statistics Menus provide top level information on data exchanges between the radio serial ports and the network through the wireless and the Ethernet data layers These include Bytes In On Port xxx Bytes In On Socket xxx Bvtes Out On Port xxx Bytes Out On Socket xxx You can use this information as an indicator of port activity at the data and IP levels Di
96. hosen and installed correctly The Installation chapter provides guidance on choosing proper antennas and installation sites To establish basic service connect an antenna connect an Ethernet LAN Local Area Network to the AP connect a serial or Ethernet device to the Remotes apply power set a few operating parameters via a personal computer and you are done No license is required for operation in the U S A Canada and many other countries Check the regulations in your country before placing the radios on the air CyberSecurity Suite Network security is a vital issue in today s wireless world The TranSphere TS Wireless system provides multiple tools to help you build a network that minimizes the risk of eavesdropping or unauthorized access Some security features are inherent to radio operation such as the use of spread spectrum transmission other techniques are built into the radio fiirmware including data encryption enabling or disabling remote access channels and password protection License Free Operation The spectrum operatior n i f services in data networks that are on a migration path from legacy serial or EIA 232 based hardware to faster and more easily interfaced Ethernet systems Flexible Management Configuration troubleshooting and other management activities are per formed using a connected PC locally or remotely Modes of access include a local RS 232 console local or remote IP access through Ethernet T
97. ibed in Chapter 2 Tabletop Setup and Evaluation Follow all steps to ensure proper cable connections and unit configuration As a minimum Access Points must have the following programmed IP Address IP Network identifier and Radio Network Address RF output power and Password should also be reviewed and set if necessary Remote radios normally require only a Radio Network Address to be set Note The Remote Radio Network Address must match that of the AP Connect data equipment to the transceivers Use LAN ETH ports for Ethernet systems or COM2 ports for Serial data systems Verify proper exchange of data communi oi H Gei Ss The following indications should be see fil 4 e d Jt e PWR Leni LINK ILi je ja startup o unless Sleep is activated Blinking to indicate exchange of data communications COM2lLI Endpoint Connectivity PING Test for Ethernet Systems Only For Ethernet systems verify the link integrity between the Access Point and endpoint devices connected to Remotes by issuing a PING command from the AP Below is a basic setup diagram for the PING test Note Endpoint devices must have a compatible IP address for this test to work PC RUNNING PING UTILITY ACCESS POINT REMOTE CROSSOVER _ SSA TENS i i W it Cen LAN lt gt RK gt SEH all PORT a Lt kat Mn STRAIGHT THROU a CABLE ETHERNET ENDPO TT Device Being PINGed TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transc
98. ices C and D by Telneting to the IP address of each endpoint device Access Point TS Wireless Menu Item radio Location AP COM2 Port Status Mode Remote UnitID Remote COM Port Baud Rate Byte Format Buffer size Inter Packet Delay Remote radios 1 and 2 Mode COM2 Baud Rate Data Format Buffer Size DelayChars Remote radios 3 and 4 Mode ETH GFK 2489 Chapter 5 Sample Configurations Setting Enabled Serial to Serial Broadcast COM2 19200 8N1 256 Bytes 4 Characters Data 19200 8N1 256 4 On 5 19 Chapter Installation This chapter provides tips for selecting an appropriate site choosing an antenna system and reducing the chance of harmful interference Installation in Hazardous Locations The transceiver is not acceptable as a stand alone unit for use in hazardous locations It must either be mounted within another piece of equipment which is certified for hazardous locations or installed within guidelines or conditions of approval set forth below 1 The transceiver must be mounted within a separate enclosure which is suitable for the intended application Installatiq perati E J th the LA A e ITIDIE with the DHE F all Tampering or replacement with non factory components may adversely affect the safe use of t transceiver in hazardous locations and may void the approval A power connector with screw type retaining screws as supplied by the manufactu
99. ing in When you have made the desired changes to the Skip Zones Menu select Commit Changes to implement the new settings These changes are forwarded to all radios in the network through the AP beacon signal In the U S A up to four zones may be skipped for 900 MHz systems and a maximum of three skipped for 2 4 GHz systems per FCC regulations The skip function may be disabled in some radios due to regulatory requirements in some countries 3 20 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Frequency Zones The following tables shows the frequency range covered by each zone for 900 MHz radios and for 2400 MHz radios 900 MHz systems Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 6 Zone 7 Zone 8 902 200 905 400 908 600 911 800 915 000 918 200 921 400 924 600 to to to to to to to to 905 200 908 400 911 600 914 800 918 000 921 200 924 400 927 600 2400 MHz systems Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 6 Zone 7 Zone 8 2401 6 2404 8 2408 0 2411 2 2414 4 2417 6 2420 8 2424 0 to to to to to to to to 2404 6 2407 8 2411 0 2414 2 2417 4 2420 6 2423 8 2427 0 Use caution when changing the operating band of 2 4 GHz radios te and AP are set V visit the Remote to different bands and communication is lost with bi da site to restore operation rel GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 21 Configuring the Serial I
100. ipped 0 Active STATE read only Displays the current Direct mode status Currently operating in Infrastructure mode Currently operating in Direct mode TYPE Sets or displays the role of this radio in Direct mode NODE Operates as one of the Node Remotes Chapter 4 Remote Radio Management ROOT Operates as the Single Root Remote ENCRYPT Sets or displays the configuration for data encryption Optional arguments MODE lt ON OFF gt Sets or displays the data encryption mode ON Data encryption on OFF Data encryption off PHRASE lt string gt Sets or displays the Encryption Pass Phrase 8 41 characters CMD Displays all settable optional arguments and their current values You can copy this list to a text file as a record of your configuration ETH Sets or displays the configuration of the Ethernet port The port can be set toa specific Ethernet address static mode or the address can be determined automatically based on the first received packet autoselect mode ENDPT lt string of bytes in h Ml He i C address gt Nay ies inti ss and sets the endpoint address Ir f ha ie address must be in the following format Set ETH ENDPT to the device s Ethernet address or set the address to a string of zeros to use the address of the source of the first received packet Optional arguments ENDPTMODE lt auto static gt Displays the endpoint IP address behavior AUTO Endpoint address is auto
101. it eight char bits even parity two stop bits Entering data formats other than those listed above may cause undesired operation INTERGAP Sets or displays the transceiver inter packet gap status Optional arguments IO For incoming or outgoing serial data IN For incoming serial data only IOL Forincoming or outgoing low latency serial data INL For incoming low latency serial data only 4 8 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 MODE lt mode gt Switches the console port among various interface modes MODE cannot be set to DATA unless the device has been authorized for serial payload DATA places COM2 in transparent data mode BSP places COM2 in Basic Serial Protocol mode INT_LOOP places COM2 in internal loopback mode EXT_LOOP places COM2 in external loopback mode DISABLED COM2 is not operational RXDELAYCHARS Sets the inter packet receive gap size in character times 1 65535 TXDELAY Sets the inter packet delay in milliseconds 1 65535 The minimum TXDELAY setting should be set to two times the Dwelltime setting When TXDELAY is set to less than twice the Dwelltime setting the measured inter packet delav can increase up to one dwelltime 7 14 or 28 ms period CONFIG Leg the current configuration into the Factory Default configuration table The factory default is used to restore the configuration when the system detects a data corrupti
102. it switches its connection to the stronger signal Roaming refers to a station s logical not necessarily physical move between APs within a specific network and IP subnet RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition An overall term for the functions commonly provided through an MAS radio system Skip Zone s Groups of operating channels frequencies deleted th radio transmitter and receiver operating range g i Uz l i x 1 j e kid at Q ceived signal qualitv High ratios OQ beriormance Standing Wave Ratio See SWR SWR Standing Wave Ratio A parameter related to the ratio between forward transmitter power and the reflected power from the antenna system As a general guideline reflected power should not exceed 10 of the forward power 2 1 SWR TCP Transmission Control Protocol A guaranteed delivery protocol used to set up a connection between two devices with acknowledgements ACK NACk and retries if the data is not received properly Requires more overhead than UDP see below but is sometimes required in mission critical systems Terminal Server A device that provides a common connection point for serial terminals PCs printers endpoint devices etc to a Local or Wide Area Network LAN WAN The terminal converts serial data from these terminals into Internet Protocol IP The TS Wireless AP contains a built in terminal server Throughput
103. its associated transceiver site s is highly desirable and provides the most reliable communications link Much depends on the minimum signal strength that can be tolerated in a given system Although the exact figure differs from one system to another a Received Signal Strength Indication RSSI of 100 dBm or stronger provides acceptable performance in many systems While the equipment works at lower strength signals signals stronger than 90 dBm provide a fade margin of 15 dB to account for variations in signal strength that may occur from time to time RSSI can be measured with a terminal connected to the transceiver COM1 port See Aiming Directive Antennas for Maximum RSSI for details A Word About Radio Interference Because the transceivers share the radio frequenqpispec cor license free devices in the U S A 100 dl feh o A achieved in a given location and ech f bd shu flexible design a i i g HECH i al D EG T ie ani e e In general keep following points in mind when setting up your communications network Svstems installed in rural areas are least likely to encounter interference those in suburban and urban environments are more likely to be affected by other devices operating in the license free frequency band and by adjacent licensed services Use a directional antenna at remote sites whenever possible Although these antennas may be more costly than omnidirectional types they confine the transmis
104. ity one stop bit 801 eight char bits odd parity two stop bits 8E1 eight char bits even parity one stop bit DEZ eight char bits even parity two stop bits Entering data formats other than those listed above may cause undesired operation INTERGAP Sets or displays the transceiver inter packet gap status Optional arguments IO For incoming and outgoing serial data IN For incoming serial data only IOL For incoming and outgoing low latency serial data INL For incoming low latency serial data only MODE lt mode gt Sets the console port interface mode MODE cannot be set to DATA unless the device has been authorized for ser AT WD Koad To escape from data mode enter three consedfifi AEACKETS h 1 with at least 100 mSec between CONSQ ad a ge MG i EXT_LOOP places COM1 in external loopback mode _LOOP places COM1 in internal loopback mode RXDELAYCHARS Sets the inter packet receive gap size in character times 1 65535 TXDELAY Sets the inter packet delay in milliseconds 1 65535 The minimum TXDELAY setting should be set to two times the Dwelltime setting When TXDELAY is set to less than twice the Dwelltime setting the measured inter packet delay can increase up to one dwelltime 7 14 or 28 ms period Sets or displays the COM2 port configuration Optional arguments BAUD lt bps gt Sets or displays baud rate setting as 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 or 11520
105. iver Sensitivitv 2400 MHz typically 104 dBm 1 x 10 BER 900 MHz typically 105 dBm 1 x 10 BER Frequency Hopping Range Eight user definable 3 2 MHz wide zones each containing 16 frequencies Hop Pattern Based on network address Frequency Stability 30 ppm Transmitter Duty Cycle Continuous Spurious 67 dBc Receiver Type Double conversion superheterodyne Intermodulation 59 dB minimum EIA Desensitization 70 dB Spurious 60 dB 8 12 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Physical Interface Ethernet Port 10BaseT RJ 45 10 Mbps Serial Port RS 232 V 24 RJ 45 DCE 1 200 115 200 bps asynchronous Antenna Connector TNC female LED Indicators LAN AP ETH Remote COM1 COM2 PWR LINK Data Characteristics Protocols Supported IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 802 3 single device at Remote Ethernet IP or Ethernet DHCP ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol UDP TCP ARP Encapsulation over IP tunneling for serial async multidrop protocols including MODBUS DNP 3 Bisync BSAP DEI TotalFlow Poll Select Transceiver Management Methods Supported AP HTTP embedded Web server pending Telnet Local console via COM1 port SNMPv1 2 3 MIB II Enterprise MIB pending SYSLOG NETview MS pending Methods Supported Remote Local console via COM1 port
106. kets This parameter does not affect serial data packets received by the AP from remotes over the air and transmitted out of the local AP serial port 16 32 64 128 256 64 Bytes Inter Packet Delay Specifies the number of characters that signify the end of a message inter character time out A transceiver receiving data through the serial port sends an end of message signal to the remote end MODBUS wl a 3 5 character parameter 0 65535 4 Commit Changes and Exit ie aes ag l screen and closes the Serial Configurati ell Sat El GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 29 Remote Serial Gateway Configuration IP to Remote Serial The Remote Serial Gateway Menu controls the IP encapsulation behavior of all Remote radios The gateway function is essentially a table with one entry for each Remote radio passing serial data No further configuration is required at Remote radios The AP can be configured to accept IP traffic to be exchanged with devices connected to the serial ports of one or more Remotes The screen below shows the starting point for configuring the remote serial gateway settings Remote Serial Gateway Menu A RSG TalkBack Enable enabled B RSG TalkBack Timeout 30 seconds C RSG Entries D Remote Serial Wizard Enabled RSG Talkbaek Timeout This selection is used to set a time limit after which if no data has been received from the IP host the RSG talkback feature expires When this hap
107. le terminal mode You must log in again e Mode Setthe method the host uses to connect to the radio Serial Network Network e Remote UnitID Specify the Remote s that transmissions are directed to Enter broadcast to send transmissions to all Remotes or enter the Unit ID number of a particular Remote for unicast directed data The Unit ID defaults to the last four digits of the radio serial number but can be set to any 32 bit integer Remote ID Broadcast Broadcast e Remote COM Port Choose which serial port on the Remote radios that all data are sent through COM1 or COM2 COM1 COM2 COM2 3 26 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Baud Rate Set the data rate payload for the COM port in bits per second 1200 115200 19200 Byte Format Set the interface signaling parameters baud rate see Baud Rate above for allowable range data bits parity and stop bits 7N1 7E1 701 8N1 8E1 801 8N1 Buffer Size Select the appropriate value for the buffer size for each serial message The maximum AP buffer size for incoming serial data is 256 bytes Incoming serial packets from the RTU larger than 256 bytes are split by the AP into 256 byte packets before being transmitted over the air The associated remote s on receiving these packets transmit them out of the serial port as separate packets This parameter does not affect serial data packets received
108. lease check with your MDS sales representative for available configurations e DNP3 Routing This selection provides access to a submenu where DNP3 routing attributes can be managed 3 12 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Configuring Network Parameters Network Configuration Menu The Network Configuration Menu is the home of all IP and Ethernet level parameters Network Configuration Menu A IP Configuration B Wireless MAC Configuration C Mobility Configuration D SNMP Agent Configuration E Bridge Configuration Ethernet Address 08 06 3d 00 83 bd Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu e IP Configuration The transceiver IP SE aie Wireless MAC Configuration m RA protocol Mobility Confi a rol handoffs See GFK 2222 Transphere View Installation and Operation Guide for details Bridge Configuration Specialized parameters for the operation of Ethernet bridging including prioritv and forward delav settings GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 13 IP Configuration Menu The radios use a local IP address to support remote management and serial device services The IP address of a radio can be set as a static IP address or as a dynamic IP address using the IP Configuration Menu The radio is not a router so all IP parameters access local management only and have no effect on the routing of system data I
109. make changes you can go directly to this screen by pressing B instead of A in step 5 above Serial Port Configuration Menu Welcome to the Serial Configuration Wizard This wizard will assist you in the configuration of your available Serial Data Ports A Begin Wizard B iew Current Settings Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard veg lll aly GFK 2489 Chapter 5 Sample Configurations 5 11 Point to Multipoint Serial to Serial Application Example The operation and data flow for this mode is very similar to a point to point serial to serial application except that it uses multicast addressing The primary difference is that data presented at the AP COM port is packetized and sent to all of the Remotes Upon receiving the packet all of the Remotes the data is stripped out of the packet and sent from the COM port Likewise data presented at any of the Remote COM ports is packetized sent to the AP stripped and sent from the AP COM port 192 168 0 10 192 168 0 1 CE SF Terminal or Computer TS Wireless radio Menu Item Setting Location AP COM2 Port Status Enabled Mode Serial to Serial Remote UnitID Broadcast Remote COM port COM2 Baud Rate 19200 Byte Format 8N1 Buffer Size 256 Bytes Inter Packet Delay 4 Remote radio COM2 Mode Data Baud 19200 Format 8N1 Buffer 256 DelayChars 4 5 12 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Trans
110. matically set to the source address of the first received packet STATIC Endpoint address is manually configured MODE lt ON OFF gt Determines whether the Ethernet port is enabled or disabled ON Ethernet port is enabled OFF Ethernet port is disabled CMD Displays all settable optional arguments and their current values You can copy this list to a text file as a record of your configuration 4 12 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 HANDOFF Sets or displays the hand off configuration Optional arguments ACKAVG lt percent gt The percentage of hops for which data transmission was successful an ACK for the hop was received This average is sampled every hop over an interval as defined by HANDOFF ACKAVGINT ACKAVGINT lt integer gt ACKAVG averaging interval defined as averaging ACKs received over 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 or 128 hops ACKAVGTHRESH lt percent gt The hand off threshold for ACK averaging 1 99 BLOCKTIME lt seconds gt Sets or displays the time in seconds 0 255 to block access to an AP after hand off CMD Displays all settable optional arguments and their current values You can copy this list to a text file as a record of your configuration uration or f aS ets of dignlay elihe ra f LAT jj JI fe The Remote hands off when ACKAVG is below the programmed threshold ACKAVGTHRESH RSSI The remote hands off when
111. mend that you review and update the following parameters for each individual radio Other parameters may also be changed Field Comment Range IP Address Unique for each individual radio IP Gateway gal IP address Unit Name Should reflect f4 fed 0 character appears in TS aipfanumeric string Location r Any 40 character alphanumeric string Radio Net work 1 20000 Address IU Each resulting file should be saved with a different name We recom mend using directories and file names that reflect the location of the radio to facilitate its identification Editing Rules s You may include only parameters you want to change Change only the parameter values Capitalization counts in some field parameters for example in System Mode Comment fields a Edit or delete anything on each line to the right of the comment delimiter the semicolon b Comments can be of any length but must be on the line as the parameter or ona new line that begins with semicolon character c Comments after parameters included in files exported from a transceiver do not need to be present in your customized files GFK 2489 Chapter 8 Technical Reference 8 9 Data Interface Connectors Three types of data interface connectors are used on TS Wireless transceivers The first the LAN ETH port LAN on the AP ETH on the remote is a metallized RJ 45 connector The other two are standard
112. mize Overall Data Performance Change the Buffer Size for serial ports to the maximum of 1500 Longer packets are sent over the air reducing overhead On the down side if a packet is corrupted it takes longer to be retransmitted Use the Packet Statistics Menu to check Packets Received by Zone Counts should be evenly distributed across all zones Block the zones at the AP that have poor performance Main Menu gt Radio e Configuration gt Skip Zone Option Use the Packet Statistics Menu to check for errors retries and dropped packets Do the same with Ethernet traffic Note that with weak signals interference or hidden nodes the optimal performance may be lower due to collisions and retries 6 18 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Chapter Troubleshooting and Radio Tests 7 Troubleshooting Successful troubleshooting of a wireless system is not difficult but requires a logical approach It is best to begin troubleshooting at the AP radio as the rest of the system depends on the AP for synchronization data If the AP has problems the operation of the entire wireless network is affected When communication problems are found it is good practice to begin by checking the simple things Applying basic troubleshooting techniques in a logical progression can identify many problems Multiple Communication Layers It is important to remember the ope
113. n gt IP Configuration IP Netmask Main Menu gt gt Network 255 255 0 0 Configuration gt IP require ts Configuration w Net Address Main Menu gt gt Ne pl Configuration gt Wirgle Lou uer Menu Item Values or Range n RF Output Main Menu gt gt Radio 900 MHz 30 dBm 900 MHz 20 30 dBm Power non Configuration gt 2 4 GHz 3 4 GHz 17 27 dBm RF Output Main Menu gt gt 2 4 GHz 20 dBm 2 4 GHz 10 20 dBm Power ETSI Radio Configuration gt Password Main Menu gt gt Administrator Password 1 8 alphanumeric Changes admin lower case characters Passwords are Security Configuration gt User Passwords Guest Password guest lower case case sensitive can be mixed case We recommend setting Net Address to the last four digits of the AP serial number to reduce the chance of conflict with other nearby TS Wireless systems 2 8 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Step 4 Configure the Remote Radio The instructions below summarize essential Remote settings for tabletop testing For detailed log in and menu navigation instructions see chapter 4 Remote Radio Management Remote COMI Port PC Running Terminal Session 19 200 bps 8N1 Log in and Configuration Prepare the Remote for configuration as follows using the following data one stop bit 8N1 hardware flow control disabled VT100 emulation NOTE The exact
114. n the radio Current User Privilege level at which the user has logged in GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 11 Main Menu The Main Menu is the entryway to all customer definable features The Device Name of the radio that is being interrogated appears at the top of this and all other screens device name Main Menu A Starting Information Screen G Wireless Network B Network Configuration H Statistics Event Log C Radio Configuration D Device Information D Local Serial Configuration J Maintenance Tools E Remote Serial Gateway K Redundancy F Security Configuration L DNP3 Routing Select a letter to configure an item Q to exit menu Ri a ki Ki Local serial ify e Remote Sel ise transceiver is Security Configuration Tools to configure the transceiver security services e Wireless Network Tools to manage Remote and AP databases and manage Remote radios e Statistics Event Log Tools to measure the radio and data layer network performance e Device Information Top level customer specific and definable parameters such as the date time console baud rate and device name information Maintenance Tools Tools for upgrading and selecting firmware images and configuration files and applying Authorization Keys to change radio capabilities e Redundancy Places the radio in a 1 1 redundancy compatible mode This mode is specifically for use with MDS P22 packaged model chassis P
115. nSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Basic Device Information Starting Information Screen Upon successful log in to the menu system the Starting Information Screen appears This screen provides a read only overview of the current operating conditions on the transceiver Some items can be changed using the Device Information Screen described later in this section Starting Information Screen Device Name IP Address 169 254 0 2 Device Status Operational Associated Remotes 1 Location Serial Number 1205683 Uptime 2 days 01 hours Current Firmware 2 3 1 Current User admin ffe TS Operational The radio is operating normally Alarmed An alarm event has been logged and not cleared If an alarm is present when this screen is displayed an A appears to the left of the Device Status field The PWR LED also flashes Typing A on your keyboard takes you directly to the Current Alarms Screen e Associated Remotes Shows current number of Remote radios associated with the AP Location User definable string that can be used to identify the radio location 40 characters maximum Serial Number Unique identifier for this device It must be provided when purchasing Authorization Keys to upgrade radio capabilities Uptime Elapsed time since the transceiver was powered up Current Firmware Version of firmware that is currently active i
116. nd Abbreviations GFK 2489 1 1 TranSphere The TS Wireless system is an easy to install wireless solution supporting long range serial and Ethernet data transmission at speeds up to 106 kbps The system includes an Access Point AP transceiver and a Remote transceiver capable of serial and Ethernet communication These radios serve a variety of network configurations Access Point Remote Robust Radio Operation TranSphere TS Wireless transceivers use an advanced Media Access Controller MAC to ensure network access for stations with data to send The MAC permits data to be sent from endpoint devices on an on demand basis preventing over the air data collisions and ensuring that data gets through as intended MAC functionality eliminates the need for active polling of Remotes a key requirement in Report by Exception RBE applications Rugged Packaging TranSphere TS Wireless radios are housed in compact and rugged die cast cases that need only be protected from direct exposure to the weather The transceivers are supplied with flat surface mounting brackets or optional 35mm DIN rail brackets depending on customer requirements 1 2 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Simple Installation Basic installation typically employs an omni directional antenna at the AP site and a directional antenna at each associated Remote site The antenna is a vital link in the system and must be c
117. nfiguration Network Event Triggers Hardware Event Triggers Redundancy Config Options Force Switchover Reboot Device Current Firmware Configuration RSG Sori HostAddress Config Filename TFTP Timeout Retieve File Send File PING Utility NOTES Chart shows top level view only The pages that follow provide detailed screen by screen explanations Not all items are user configurable Some menu items depend on Device Mode Spacebar used to make some menu selections 3 3 Accessing the Menu System The radio has no external controls All configuration diagnostics and control are performed electronically using a connected PC This section explains how to connect a PC log in to the radio and access the built in menu screens Methods of Control The radio configuration menus may be accessed in several ways Local Console This is the primary method used for the examples in this manual Connect a PC directly to the COM 1 port on the radio using a serial communications cable and launch a terminal communications program such as HyperTerminal This method provides text based access to the radio menu Console control is a hardware based technique and is intended for local use only Telnet Connecta PC to the LAN port on the radio either directly or via a network and launch a Telnet session This method provides text based access to heradio menu similar to a Local Console session Telnet sessions may Des
118. nity string sent with traps using SNMPv1 SNMP Trap Manager 1 0 0 0 0 The IP address of an SNMP manager to receive traps 8 6 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 SNMP Trap Manager 2 SNMP Trap Manager 3 SNMP Trap Manager 4 0 Auth trap enable disabled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Setting to enable SNMP authentication traps Trap Version vl Traps The SNMP trap format Package 1 Version 1 1 0 Indicates the version of firmware in Image 1 Package 2 Version 1 1 0 TFTP Timeout 20 COM1 Serial Data Enable disabled Setting to enable the COM1 data mode COM1 Serial Data Mode UDP IP protocol for the COM1 data mode g HK COM1 Serial Data Tx IP Port 0 COM data is sent to this IP port COM1 Serial Data Rx IP Port 0 COM data is received on this IP port COM2 Serial Data Enable enabled COM2 Serial Data Mode UDP COM2 Serial Data Baud Rate 9600 COM2 Serial Data Tx IP Address 169 254 10 2 COM2 Serial Data Tx IP Port 0 COM2 Serial Data Rx IP Port 0 COM1 Serial Data Rx IP Address 0 0 0 0 COM data is received on this IP address COM2 Serial Data Rx IP Address 169 254 0 2 COM2 Serial Data Flow Control disabled Setting to enable hardware flow control RTS CTS in COM2 data mode GFK 2489 Chapter 8 Technical Reference 8 7 SNTP Server IP 0 0 0 0 The IPv4 address of NTP SNTP time server COM1 Serial Data Delimit
119. nsceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Chapter AP Management 3 The TranSphere TS Wireless AP embedded Management System MS is accessible through various data interfaces These include the COM1 serial port LAN Ethernet port and SNMP Essentially the same capabilities are available through any of these paths For SNMP management the transceiver is compatible with NETview MS software PC Based Configuration Software The Remote Access Manager Application Part Number 06 4490A01 makes it possible to authenticate all Access Points and associated Remotes from a PC without having to update individual radios The software maintains a Master Approved Remotes H nd all participating access points are synchronized with e list Vb does not enable its Ethernet adapter as it believe lade 3 Je to s connected to a must be properly The command fg mote radios are presented separately in chapter 4 Remote Radio Management NOTE Any parameter options ranges or default values are displayed at the end of the field description between square brackets The default value is always shown last in a series of items For example Range Options or Description Default GFK 2489 3 1 Menu Structure The following illustrations show an overall view of the TS Wireless MS Detailed information for screens and menu items is provided on the pages that follow Starting Information Read only items Network Radio Confi
120. nterfaces Overview To understand the operation of the radio system it may be helpful to visualize the AP and the Remotes as being in a single box with the AP ports on one side and all of the Remotes on the other side as shown below In practice the radios are typically separated by considerable distances but thinking of them grouped in the same box is helpful for this discussion Most data routing is done at the AP so the majority of system configuration must also be performed at the AP The AP requires configuration of its local interfaces Ethernet or Serial and knowledge of its remote interfaces which are physically located at the Remote radios There are also a few parameters that may be configured at the individual Remote radios IP TO LOCAL SERIAL EXAMPLE showing port steering Ethernet d ACCESS POINT Serial AP REMOTE 1 Serial Data Serial Dat REMOTE 2 Serial Data ela aa Al ACCESS POINT AP REMOTE 3 Serial Data REMOTE 4 Serial Data The AP includes an embedded terminal server that provides access to Remote serial ports via an IP or serial connection at the AP In this capacity it acts as a gateway between IP and remote serial devices thus the name serial gateway or a transparent over the air serial to serial connection Serial to Serial Services When the AP transceiver has remote serial units and is primarily passing RS 232 serial b
121. o be transported over a network Typically this action is done at the receiving end before being sent as an IP packet to a network A similar reversed process is applied at the other end of the network extracting the data from the IP envelope resulting in the original packet in the original protocol Endpoint Ethernet or IP data equipment connected to the ports of the transceiver Fade Margin The greatest tolerable reduction in average received signal strength anticipated under most conditions Provides an allowance for reduced signal strength due to multipath slight antenna movement or changing atmospheric losses A fade margin of 15 to 20 dB is usually sufficient in most systems FHSS Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum A common transmission technique used by license free transceivers 9 2 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 L Frame A segment of data that adheres to a specific data protocol and contains definite start and end points It provides a method of synchronizing transmissions Frequency Hopping The spread spectrum technique used by the transceivers where two or more associated radios change their operating frequencies several times per second using a set pattern Since the pattern appears to jump around it is said to hop from one frequency to another Frequency Zone A segment of radio spectrum containing the transmitters lower and upper frequency limit
122. o make it active Main Menu gt Maintenance Menu gt Reprogramming Menu gt Reboot Device 7 Test the transceiver for normal operation End of procedure GFK 2489 Chapter 8 Technical Reference 8 3 Using Configuration Scripts Configuration scripts can be created and downloaded from the transceiver that contain a wealth of information on the radio This file can serve many purposes not the least of which is to keep a copy of the radio configuration at a point in time These files can also be used to view the setup of a radio without needing to connect to it Examining archival files can be a useful source of information during troubleshooting The next few sections describe the contents of this file and explain how to use it as a template for configuring multiple transceivers with the same profile Ultimately standardized files can be uploaded into the transceiver to speed up the installation process Configuration files can also be uploaded into a transceiver to restore the settings of a radio using a previously saved configuration of the radio This is particularly convenient after finishing a test using some experimental settings Sample of an Exported Configuration File functionally identical to both COM Beginning of Conft CreatedjjoO IP Address 192 168 1 1 The IPv4 address of this radio This field is unnecessary if DHCP is enabled Changing the IP value via the network causes a loss of communication with other devices un
123. o the AP and the AP delivers this information through its Ethernet port in the form of an IP packet Additionally the AP serial port can be used as a virtual Remote This means that encapsulated serial information received by the AP is sent out the serial port of all Remotes as well as the AP serial port The reverse is also true meaning that data received by the serial port of any Remote or the AP serial port is encapsulated and sent out the AP Ethernet port This arrangement can be used to connect an endpoint device at a Repeater site without the need for an additional Remote radio 1 6 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 DNP3 Protocol Aware Networks The implementation of Distributed Network Protocol 3 DNP3 allows the transfer and routing of DNP3 messages between serial devices while also supporting the conversion to an IP Ethernet network As DNP3 messages are routed through the svstem the APs learn the locations of all end devices regardless of whether they are configured for serial or Ethernet communication eliminating the need to configure their individual locations DNP3 devices with an Ethernet or IP interface can be connected to a transceiver in one of two ways e To the Ethernet port of an AP radio e To the Ethernet port of a Remote radio DNP3 devices with a serial RS 232 interface can be connected to a transceiver in one of two ways e To the serial port of an
124. on DEVICE Displays the device configuration and allows setting of the OWNER NAME and LOCATION Optional arguments CMD Displays all settable optional arguments and their current values You can copy this list to a text file as a record of your configuration COMPANY read only Displays the company name MODEL read only Displays the radio model number PRODUCT read only Displays the product name REV read only Displays the software revision ID GFK 2489 Chapter 4 Remote Radio Management 4 9 DIRECT OWNER Sets or displays the owner information 1 40 ASCII characters NAME Sets or displays the radio name 1 40 ASCII characters LOCATION Sets or displays the radio location 1 40 ASCII characters UPTIME read only Displays the current system uptime in the format lt YY MM DD hh mm ss gt SER Device serial number Sets or displays the configuration for direct mode operation Remote to Remote This is a special mode intended primarily for railroad applications where Remotes communicate with each other Optional arguments CMD Displays all settable optional arguments and their current values You can copy this list to a text file as a r your configuration E and sets the nel integer gt In ROOT mode this command sets the Maximum Contention Windows gt CWMIN 1 0 Min 0 15 Max 15 DEFAULT lt mode gt Sets or displays the default power up state direct
125. on TS Wireless Menu ltem Setting Radio Location AP COM2 Remote ID 1155883 COM Port COM2 Mode TCP Server Radio IP Port 30066 Remote radio COM2 Mode COM2 in transparent data mode Baud 19200 Format 8N1 Buffer 256 DelayChars 4 5 2 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Endpoint Device Connected to the AP In this arrangement information received via an AP Ethernet port is sent to the serial port of the Remotes and the AP local serial port The reverse is also true meaning that any data received from the serial port of any Remote or the AP local serial port is encapsulated into an IP packet and sent out the AP Ethernet port Terminal Remotes or Computer ER 192 168 0 10 Access Point A 192 168 0 1 _ Ethernet IP to Remote Serial TS Wireless We Radio Location AP COM2 i WEJ 1155883 HLOM Port COM2 Mode RSG COM2 Handler Radio IP Port 30066 Remote radio COM2 Mode COM2 in transparent data mode Baud 19200 Format 8N1 Buffer 256 DelavChars 4 Intergap TX data only GFK 2489 Chapter 5 Sample Configurations 5 3 Point to Point Serial to Serial Application Example Once the transceivers are configured and the changes have been executed they begin processing any data presented at the COM ports Data presented at the AP COM port is packetized and sent over the air via a proprietary protocol to the Remote Upon receiving the packet the Remote sen
126. ools For information on how to connect to the TS Wireless MS see Step 3 Configure the AP in chapter 2 Ethernet Packet Statistics Menu Ethernet Packet Statistics Menu Ethernet Wireless Packets Received 443 Packets Received 440 Packets Sent 1309 Packets Sent 1383 Bytes Received 210746 Bytes Received 28728 Bytes Sent 79262 Bytes Sent 260872 Packets Dropped 0 Packets Dropped 0 Receive Errors 0 Receive Errors 0 Lost Carrier Detected 516 A Clear Statistics B Clear Statistics This screen pr viewed and the The most SH Detected If the data values are more than 10 of their sent and received counterparts or the Lost Carrier Detected value is greater than a few dozen there may be trouble with interference or a loss of the Ethernet signal Note that this does not refer to the over the air RF carrier but only to the Ethernet carrier GFK 2489 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting and Radio Tests 7 5 When troubleshooting throughput quality issues a check should also be made of the Radio Packet Statistics Screen This menu provides a review of packet statistics from a radio link RF perspective Radio Packet Statistics Menu Overflow 0 Failed 0 No Ack 55 Over the Air Data 5575 Lost Data 0 Frags 6773 Timeout 0 Retries 4 Good Data 5630 Diags 211 A Packets Received by Zone Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu It is also helpful to check the RSSI of incoming signals If t
127. opyright 2008 GE Fanuc Automation North America Inc All Rights Reserved Contents ld OCU CULO EEN 1 1 TranSphere A 1 2 leist le NEE 1 5 Cvver Security Gute 1 9 AC ESSOTJES iii si ia a a dee eege ege ee ee EE 1 11 Product NUMDE S eiciia ee E E E 1 12 Tabletop Setup and Evaluation ssreeennnnznnnnnnnzznnnnnnnzznnnnnnzzzzntenazzznnnnnnnzznnnza 2 1 TeSt SOUP EE 2 3 AP Managemen a nent 3 1 Accessing the Menu System mm 3 4 Basic Device Information ccccccccceceesceceeseeceeeeseeeeeeeseeeeeesseeeeeessseeseessceeseessenaeesseeaaeess 3 11 Remote Radio Management iii a sab aa 4 1 Programming dl Vele E 4 1 LOG IN Procedure sssini iniaa aut pain anda A Akal 4 1 Type the command press SPACE press then press ENTER ceee 4 2 Minimum Configuration for Remotes nanna 4 2 Commands EE 4 3 Upgrading Remote Firmware 4 19 Sample Configurations ccc ae ate nc aice cect ics et eta 5 1 DEVS ATU OO EE 6 1 Installation in Hazardous Locations 6 2 General Heouirements AA 6 3 ILE SSIS Lu EEN 6 4 Mounting Dimensions for Radios 6 7 Antenna and Feedline Gelecton ss sse essesenenzennnenazzznnanaznnznenanannnanannnnananannztanannnzzana 6 9 GFK 2489 lii Contents Maintaining Compliance at 900 MHz U S A and Canada Onlv 6 12 Optimizing Performance A 6 16 Troubleshooting and Radio Tests sssrnnnnzzennennnnnnnnnnnznnnnnnnnnnnnnnznzmmnnnznnnnnnnnzznz 7 1 Troubleshootin
128. ote 1 2 2 Image 2 TOR Version at Remote 1 2 1 OIB TOR Versions Availabe for Transmission Package 1 OIB 2 4 3 TOR 2 3 0 Package 2 OIB 2 4 8 TOR 2 3 1 Select a letter to configure an item Remote to allows selegti 6s Begins transmitting the selected firmware image to the Remote Remote Reboot Restarts the Remote radio with one of the two firmware images Broadcast Remote Reprogramming Menu Broadcast reprogramming is used to upgrade the firmware of all radios in a network If your Use the Manage Selected Remote Submenu on Page to determine which radios were not upgraded The Broadcasting Remote Reprogramming menu items are GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 39 Package to Transmit ldentifies which of the two available firmware images 1 or 2 will be sent to the associated Remotes e Broadcast Images Starts transmission of the selected firmware package to all associated Remotes Status Shows either Not Started or the progress in percent of a firmware image transmission At the end of a transmission the word Complete is displayed e Broadcast Remote Reboot Causes a reboot of all associated Remotes to the new offline firmware image This image then becomes the active firmware file The bottom of this screen shows the software versions of the OIB and TOR boards inside the TS Wireless radio The OIB is the interface board section of the transceiver the TOR is the radio section of
129. ote Access Manager software Part Number 06 Bet the Remote multicast address to use with the Remote Acc IP Enabled Disabled Disabled Encryption Phra O thE encrypt minimum of i Ug Ke l h in al is string Any 8 41 character j 3 hek cfranging the Encryption Phrase it is recommended HTTP Security Mode Select the security mode or level of log in using an HTTP browser Disabling HTTP Access prevents access through HTTP HTTP Security Mode is functional if HTTP Access is enabled Basic Auth MD5 Digest Basic Auth Note that Basic mode requires a password but the actual password text is transmitted unencrypted MD5 Digest is more secure because it encrypts the password Auto Key Rotation Used to select whether or not the encryption key is automatically rotated changed periodically Enabled Disabled Enabled Force Key Rotation This selection invokes an immediate change in the encryption key For this function to work encryption must be enabled a valid Encryption Phrase must be set and key rotation must be enabled Note that there is no feedback on the screen the change takes place as soon as the menu selection is made Max Remotes Maximum number of Remotes permitted to be connected to served by this AP Default 50 GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 33 User Passwords Administrative and Guest password for this radio Used at log in via the COM1 Port Telnet session and Web bro
130. parameters given above must be used for console terminal communication Improper settings are a common cause of difficulty 3 Press ENTER several times to receive the entranet gt prompt The COM1 ETH LED blinks to indicate data communication 4 At the entranet gt prompt enter login Press ENTER 5 At the next prompt enter the username the default username is admin Press ENTER 6 At next prompt enter the password the default password is admin Press ENTER The radio is now ready to accept commands GFK 2489 Chapter 2 Tabletop Setup and Evaluation 2 9 Set or Verify Network Address The only setting normally required for initial checkout of a Remote radio is the network address All radios in a given network must be programmed with the same network address as the AP or communication is impossible Follow the steps below to check the address and program a new one if necessary 1 Enter the RADIO NETADDR command This displays the currently programmed network address 2 If changes are required enter the RADIO NETADDR lt netaddr gt command where lt netaddr gt is 1 15 alphanumeric characters The network address of the Remote radio must match that of the AP 3 Verify that the LINK LED lights to indicate successful connection with the AP It may take several seconds for the LED to light 4 Repeat Steps 1 3 for each Remote radio to be installed in the network This concludes the basic setup of a Remote ra
131. pens the RSG reverts to its configured IP address and port for upstream data destined for an IP host Time in seconds 30 3 30 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 RSG Entries This selection allows entry of key RSG parameters including Unit ID COM port setting Mode and Local IP Port on the screen shown below Remote Serial Wizard This tool assists you in adding or changing a configuration to your remote serial gateway entries These are the same settings contained in RSG Entries Screen above but the Remote Serial Wizard presents a step by step series of screens with explanatory text to assist you in making your selections RSG Entries Menu Entry 1 of 1 A Unit ID B Com Port C Mode D Local IP Port E TCP Keepalive N Next Entry P Previous Entry 7728 2 TCP Server 30820 5 seconds X Copy This Entry Y Delete This Entry S Save Changes es e Unit ID En The Unit ID jde 32 bit integer COM Port Remote serial port with which to exchange data e Mode TCP server or UDP Local IP Port The IP Port Number to which an application connects to exchange data via the AP TCP Keepalive tThis value sets the number of seconds that a TCP connection can be inactive before it is disconnected If the value is set to zero the port is effectively shut off 0 600 5 GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 31
132. plays the event log information class APLIST Sets or displays serial numbers of up LOGIN Secure log in Prompts for the case to 50 APs with which the Remote sensitive username and password can associate AUTH Sets or displays the Authorization LOGOUT Logs the user off and ends the terminal Key and a list of authorized features session COM1 Sets or displays the configuration of MESSAGE Sets the default priority level for message COM1 port baud rate data format pack ets low normal high buffer size inter packet gap COM2 Sets or displays the configuration of PASSWORD Sets the user log in password for the user COM2 port baud rate data format gel or below buffer size inter packet gap CONFIG Shows the dump configuration of all m verification on one settable parameters MLA S DEVICE iby e radio configuration DIRECT REBOOT Restarts the radio firmware ENCRYPT SLEEP Sets the low power operating mode Sleep or Shutdown ETH Sets or displays the Ethernet port STATS Shows radio statistics configuration HANDOFF Sets or displays the hand off STAT When enabled STATTRACKER ON configuration TRACKER sends UDP packets from the Ethernet port on the Remote radio every time a wireless packet is received VER Displays the current version number 4 4 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Detailed Command Descriptions ALARM Displays the current alarm conditions by severity level Fo
133. pter 3 AP Management 3 61 Chapter Remote Radio Management 4 Local configuration of Remote transceivers is performed through a PC terminal connected to the COM1 port of the radio This chapter explains how to establish a console session with the Remote and provides a complete list of commands Programming Methods Terminal Interface Mode A PC program even as HyperTerminal may be used to SE a terminal session with the ennector Refer to The HvperTerminal communicatio san bt aon L mputers by selecting Start gt Programs gt Accels ortek K cd G hardware flow control disabled ANSI or VT100 emulation The exact parameters given above must be used for terminal communication Improper settings are a common cause of difficulty Remote Management via the AP Several Remote parameters may be configured over the air using the AP Management System For more information on Remote Management via the AP refer to Wireless Network Menu in the previous chapter GFK 2489 4 1 Log in Procedure You must log into the radio in order to issue commands The log in procedure for a Remote is somewhat different than for an AP Follow the procedure below 1 At the entranet gt prompt enter login 2 At the username prompt enter your username admin is the default 3 At the Password prompt enter your password admin is the default Entering Remote Commands To enter a command Type the command including any sp
134. r ENTER 3 Change the terminal baud rate to match the transceiver console baud rate 4 Enter ENTER Cannot access the Remote command interface a Check for secure cable connections Serial data cable should be as short as possible never exceeding 50 feet 15 meters b Connect to the AP menu and manage the Remote via the Serial Configuration menu Check the configuration for COM1 or COM2 as applicable Display on terminal or Telnet screen is garbled a Verify that the terminal or terminal emulator or Telnet application is set to VT100 Restart the terminal program Cannot pass IP data to the WAN a Verify the AP IP settings b Use the PING command to test communication with the AP and endpoints C d L Thisleiten limits interference to and from other stations b Try skipping some zones where persistent interference is suspected or packets per zone are disparate c The installation of a filter in the antenna feedline may be necessary ConsultTechnical Support for further assistance Password forgotten a Connect to the transceiver using a terminal through the COM1 port b Contact Technical support Get a password resetting Authorization Key c Enter the Authorization Key at the login prompt as a password 7 4 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 The following is a summary of how several screens in the TS Wireless MS can be used as diagnostic t
135. r B f gtv io communications Radio Config There are over 50 parameters in the TS Wireless MS With so many settings a parameter may be incorrectly set and then what was changed is forgotten To help you avoid these problems we recommend creating an archive of the transceiver profile when your installation is complete in a Configuration File This file can be reloaded into the transceiver to restore the radio to the factory defaults or to known working settings For details on creating and archiving Configuration Files see PING Utility Menu in chapter 3 Assistance If problems cannot be resolved using the guidance provided here contact technical support for recent software or firmware updates general troubleshooting help and service information GFK 2489 7 1 Interpreting the Front Panel LEDs An important set of troubleshooting tools are the LED status indicators on the front panel of the transceiver They should be checked whenever a problem is suspected See chapter 2 for definitions of LED functions Symptom Based Troubleshooting Using LEDs PWR LED does not turn on a The voltage is too low or is the wrong polarity Check for the proper supply voltage at the power connector 6 30 VDC See chapter 2 for polarity details b This is a transient condition Cycle the power and wait about 30 seconds for the radio to restart Recheck for normal operation LINK LED does not turn on a The Remote network address does not m
136. r each level the specific events that caused an alarm are listed along with a brief description of each alarm Alarm levels are ALL AIl alarm classes INFORM Non persistent information MINOR Minor alarm MAJOR Major alarm CRITICAL Critical alarm Optional argument HEX Displavs the hex bit codes for the current alarm condition by class For each specific event that causes an alarm the corresponding bit is set Event numbers are matched to the appropriate hex code by a relationship of 2 APLIST Configures a list of approved APs Optional arguments AP50 lt integer gt Serial Number of approved AP CLEAR Clears all entries in the AP list Be sure to set RESTRICT to OFF before using this command to avoid restricting Remotes to associating with an empty list CMD Displays all settable optional arguments and their current values You can copy this list to a text file as a record of your configuration RESTRICT lt ON OFF gt Turns on or off restricting registration to APs in the list ON The Remote can only associate with an AP on the list OFF The Remote can associate with any AP GFK 2489 Chapter 4 Remote Radio Management 4 5 AUTH COM1 Displavs the list of authorized features or changes the Authorization Kev that controls these features Optional arguments KEY lt key gt Enter a valid authorization key 1 16 characters which is used to enable or disable software features
137. r on Press lt SPACE gt to cycle through options lt ENTER gt to accept lt ESC gt to cancel e Redundancy Configuration Options This selection presents a submenu see below for network event duration settings for example if a PING attempt fails after so many minutes a contingency action is taken such as the radio switching from the active to the standby radio Redundancy Configuration Options Menu Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu e Force Switchover I his selection invokes an immediate switcho ver from the active to the standby radio Network Interface Error This selection is used to enable or disable redundancy switchover on the occurrence of a Network Interface Error Enabled Disabled Enabled Frequency Not Calibrated This selection is used to enable or disable redundancy switchover if a frequency calibration error occurs If this error occurs the radio requires factory servicing Enabled Disabled Enabled Power Not Calibrated This selection is used to enable or disable redundancy switchover if an RF power calibration error occurs If an error occurs the radio requires factory servicing Enabled Disabled Enabled Lack of Associated Remotes Exceeded Threshold This selection brings up another menu where you can specify the duration of time that a redundant AP waits before considering 3 58 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transcei
138. r prev menu Q to quit wizard 7 The first screen of the Serial Configuration Wizard prompts for the connection type Press A to select Serial The current method used is Network A Serial host linked directly to serial port B Network host linked through ethernet port to device C DNP3 DNP3 device linked directly to serial port D Com2 RSG routing Map broadcast packets to local Com2 Port Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard 5 14 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 8 The Wizard displays a prompt to select a point to point or point to multipoint connection Press B to select All Remotes broadcast Serial Configuration Wizard Menu With the host connected directly to a serial port all of its data will be transmitted over the air The data can either be transmitted to a single remote radio or broadcast to all associated remote radios at the same time Would you ike to transmit to one radio or all associated radios Data is currently being sent to All Remotes A One Remote B All Remotes Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Q to quit wizard 9 The next screen prompts for the input serial data toggle to COM2 Press ENTER to accept the display continue le a e p ji OT AH HE duch serial port on the remote radio s A Remote Port Com
139. racking Automatic Key Rotation algorithm In addition a Force Key Rotation command is available to immediately rotate the keys of the AP and synchronize all Remotes with it Replaying messages 128 bit encryption with rotating keys Unprotected access to configuration via SNMP Non secure SNMP versions can be SNMP enabled or disabled at will NMPv3 password protection Potential ongoing attacks Provides early warning via SNMP through critical event reports of unauthorized log in attempts and suspicious activities GFK 2489 Chapter 1 Introduction Intrusion Detection via SNMP Traps In addition to the operative tools and techniques the TS Wireless system provides an SNMP based network management system with traps alarms that report suspicious activities or events These include Log in attempt limit exceeded accessed via HTTP Successful log in or logout accessed via HTTP veg lll aly 1 10 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Product Numbers IC231ASE900 TranSphere TS Wireless 60 900MHz Access Point Provides both serial and Ethernet connections and is configured as an Access Point Input power 6 to 30VDC Data rate of 106 kbs and supports both data and voice over IP IC231RDB900 TranSphere TS Wireless 60 900MHz Remote Dual Bridge Provides both serial and Ethernet connections and is configured as a Remote Dual
140. re different es the possibility GFK 2489 2 1 Connectors The following illustrations provide a reference to all of the interface connectors present on TS Wireless transceivers Interface Connectors for the AP Transceiver 10 Base T IP Ethernet Port IP Address 192 168 0 1 COM e DCE Console Termina 19 200 bps 8N1 No Handshaking RS EIA 232 fe Co fectors 7 ANTENNA 502 TNC 30 dBm 1W Out Max 30 dBm Input Max LAN e 10 Base T IP Ethernet Port No IP Address Endpoint Bridge Only me ANTENNA 502 TNC 30 dBm 1W Out Max 30 dBm Input Max PRIMARY POWE PRIMARY POWER 6 30 Vdc 600 ma 13 8 Vdc Negative Ground COM2 DCE Connects to serial data equip 115 200 bps 8N1 Full Handshaking e RS EIA 232 COM1 DCE Console Terminal only 19 200 bps 8N1 No Handshaking e RS EIA 232 2 2 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Test Setup The following steps explain how to make connections to the transceiver system power it up and set basic configuration After these steps are complete the system is ready for field installation Step 1 Connect the Antenna Ports The drawing below represents a tabletop arrangement Connect the antenna ports of each transceiver as shown through attenuators and an RF power divider This provides for stable communications b
141. rer must be used Articles 500 through 502 of the National Electrical Code NFPA 70 provide further information on hazardous locations and approved wiring methods WARNING Explosion Hazard Do not connect or disconnect equipment unless power has been switched off or the area is known to be non hazardous Refer to Articles 500 through 502 of the National Electrical Code NFPA 70 for further information on hazardous locations and approved Division 2 wiring methods GFK 2489 6 1 lt General Requirements There are three main requirements for installing a transceiver adequate and stable primary power a good antenna system and the correct interface between the transceiver and the data device The following illustration shows a typical Remote installation TO ANTENNA SYSTEM COMPUTER W TERMINAL TRANSCEIVER ERIAWOR ETHERNET RTU 6 2 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Site Selection Suitable installation sites should provide e Protection from direct weather exposure A source of adequate and stable primary power Suitable entrances for antenna interface or other required cabling Antenna location that provides as unobstructed a transmission path as possible in the direction of the associated station s These requirements can be quickly determined in most cases A possible exception is the last item verifying that an unobstructed tr
142. rrent Settings Menu GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 25 View Current Settings Screen Serial to Serial Example If you choose View Current Settings from the Serial Configuration Wizard Menu you see a summary menu showing the serial configuration settings This is the same screen that is also shown at the end of the configuration process Here you may choose the letter of an item to change or exit the Serial Configuration Wizard completely Selecting any item other than Commit Changes and Exit Wizard returns you to the configuration process After making the necessary change s you can use the Continue Wizard selection repeatedly to reach the end of the configuration process and then exit Serial Configuration Wizard Menu A Com 1 Port Status disabled B Com 1 Mode Serial to Serial C Com 1 Remote Unit ID 0 D Com 1 Remote COM Port Com 2 E Com 1 Baud Rate 19200 F Com 1 Byte Format 8NI G Com 1 Buffer Size 64 Bvtes H Com 1 Inter Packet Delav 4 The following te ns the kev settings for the Serial Configuration Menu serial to serial example Port Status This selection is used to enable or disable the serial data port for payload data operation Normally COM1 is set to Disabled to permit console terminal operation When COMI is enabled for data management of the radio through COM is disabled This problem can be remedied by typing the escape sequence SHIFT followed by ENTER This restores COM1 to conso
143. s Hardware Flow Control A transceiver feature used to prevent data buffer overruns when handling high speed data from the connected data communications device When the buffer approaches overflow the radio drops the clear to send CTS line that instructs the connected device to delay further transmission until CTS again returns to the high state Host Computer The computer installed at the master station site that controls the collection of data from one or more remote sites HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol Image File Data file that contains the operating system and other essential resources for the basic operation of the transceiver CPU Intergap See Inter Packet Delay Inter Packet Delay A technique used in devices to accommodate protocols that do not tolerate gaps in the middle of a frame for example MODBUS ASCII In these protocols gaps are interpreted by the connected device as an end of frame indication which may cause errors Inter packet delay resolves this through the use of buffers kbps kilobits per second See bps LAN Local Area Network Latency The delay usually expressed in milliseconds between when data is applied at the transmit port at one radio until it appears at the receive port at the other radio MAS Multiple Address System A radio system where a central master station communicates with several remote stations for the purpose of gathering telemetry data GFK 2489 Chapter 9 Term
144. s and Abbreviations 9 3 MCU Microcontroller Unit This is the processor responsible for controlling system start up synthesizer loading hop timing and key up control MD5 Message Digest algorithm 5 A highly secure data encoding scheme MD5 is a one way hash algorithm that takes any length of data and produces a 128 bit fingerprint This fingerprint is non reversible it is computationally infeasible to determine the file based on the fingerprint For more details check out RFC 1321 on the Internet Microcontroller Unit See MCU Mobility Refers to a station that moves about while maintaining active connections with the network Mobility generally implies physical motion The movement of the station is not limited to a specific network and IP subnet In order for a station to be mobile it must establish and tear down connections with various APs as it moves through the APs territory In order to do this the station employs roaming and Mobile IP MTBF Mean Time Between Failures Multiple Address System MAS See Point Multipoint System PHY Physical PING Packet INternet Groper Diagnostic message generally used to test reachability of a network device either over a wired or wireless network Point Multipoint System A radio communications network or system designed with a central control station that exchanges data with a number of remote locations equipped with terminal equipment Poll A reque
145. s not have an IP address rather it acts as a transparent bridge for IP traffic to the connected Ethernet endpoint EndPoint Database Menu Number of connected endpoints 1 EP MAC Address 1 00 50 c5 00 92 99 IX Pkts RX Pkts 439 AgeOut Via Remote IP Address 9 7664 169 254 0 100 442 with The age time countdown is restarted to its default setting every time a message to or from that device is detected If no traffic with that device happens it then ages out of the table When traffic is detected it is included again in the table e Via Remote Unit ID of the transceiver connected to this device IP Address IP Address of endpoint device not the Remote radio itself e TxPkt Numberof packets received from the endpoint device and passed over the air RxPkts Over the air data packets received by the transceiver and passed on to the endpoint device GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 41 Access Point Database Menu The Access Point Database Menu lists all APs contained in the wireless network and includes details about each radio Access Point Database Menu Number of Access Points 1 AP Serial Num IP Address NumRemotes Remotes 1 1177826 169 254 0 2 2 8586 8617 Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu Serial Number Factory assigned serial number for the AP e IP Address IP Address of the AP List of Remotes Lists all Rene by Unit
146. sion and reception pattern to a comparatively narrow lobe which minimizes interference to and from stations located outside the pattern If interference is suspected from a nearby licensed system such as a paging transmitter it may be helpful to use horizontal polarization of all antennas in the network Because most other services use vertical polarization in this band an additional 20 dB of attenuation to interference can be achieved by using horizontal polarization 6 4 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Lal Another approach is to use a bandpass filter to attenuate all signals outside the desired band Multiple AP radios can co exist in proximity to each other with only very minor interference Each network address has a different hop pattern Additional isolation can be achieved by using separate directional antennas with as much vertical or horizontal separation as is practical IW constant interference is present in a particular frequency zone it may be necessary to skip that zone from the hopping pattern The radio includes built in software to help you identify and remove blocked frequency zones from its hopping pattern See Skip Zones Menu for more information H interference problems persist even after skipping some zones try reducing the length of data streams Groups of short data streams have a better chance of getting through in the presence of in
147. st for data issued from the host computer or master PLC to a Remote radio Portability Refers to the ability of a transceiver to connect to an AP from multiple locations without the need to reconfigure the network settings For example a transceiver located in one place and connected to an AP can be turned off moved to another place turned back on and when the right information is entered can immediately reconnect to the AP without intervention PLC Programmable Logic Controller A dedicated microprocessor configured for a specific application with discrete inputs and outputs It can serve as a host or as an endpoint device Remote A transceiver in a network that communicates with an associated AP radio 9 4 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 L RFI Radio Frequency Interference Roaming The ability of a station to automatically switch its wireless connection between various APs as the need arises A station may roam from one AP to another because the signal strength or quality of the AP signal has degraded below what another AP can provide When two APs are co located for redundancy roaming allows the stations to switch between the radios to provide a robust network Roaming may also be employed in conjunction with Portability where the station has been moved beyond the range of the original AP to which it was associated As the station comes in range of a new station
148. t on the radio as shown below To COM1 or LAN Port See Text Serial or Ethernet Crossover Cable See Text Configuration PC Starting a Local Console Session recommended for first time users If necessary a cable may be constructed as shin Al length is 50ft 15m e l i TO COMPUTER RXD 2 TXD 3 GND 5 RJ 11 PIN LAYOUT L Ka 2 Launch a terminal emulation program such as HyperTerminal The HyperTerminal program can be accessed on most PCs by selecting Start gt Programs gt Accessories gt Communications gt HyperTerminal 3 Configure the connection with the following settings 19200 bps 8 bits no parity one stop bit ONT hardware flow control disabled VT100 emulation The exact parameters given above must be used for console terminal communication Improper settings are a common cause of difficulty GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 5 If the radio is powered up or restarted while connected to a terminal a series of pages of text relating to the startup of the internal microcomputer is displayed Wait for the log in screen before proceeding 4 Press ENTER to receive the login prompt 5 Enter the username the default username is admin Press ENTER 6 Enter your password the default password is admin For security your password keystrokes do not appear on the screen Press ENTER Passwords are case sensitive Do not use punctuation marks You may use up
149. t use the TS Wireless MS for all firmware activities including uploading from a TFTP server G a net J e Web browser Connect a PC directly to the transceiver LAN port or associated network and open a Web browser on the PC For information on downloading firmware code please visit the GEMDS Web site at www gemds com Upgrading the Transceiver Firmware To install firmware using TFTP you need APC with a TFTP server running You can download a TFTP server from the MDS Web site at www microwavedata com service technical support downloads asp The IP address of the PC running the TFTP server If you do not know your computer IP address Windows PC select Start gt Run and enter winipcfg or ipconfig to determine this information The radio IP address can be found under the Network Configuration Menu GFK 2489 8 1 There are several options for connecting the transceiver and computer control point to the firmware server The next illustrations show two variations With either method it is essential that all of the equipment be on the same subnet Upgrade Configuration TFTP Server and Firmware File on Same CPU LOCAL PC WITH FIRMWARE FILES ACCESS POINT AR TNE CROSS A Oy PORT g IP ADDRESS 192 168 0 1 IP ADDRESS 192 168 0 10 INITIATE UPLOAD FROM HERE Upgrade Configuration TFTP server and firmware ff mote server REMOTE PC f W FIRMWARE FILES B d ACCESS POINT IP ADDRESS
150. terference than do long streams The power output of all radios in a system should be set for the lowest level necessary for reliable communications This lessens the chance of causing unnecessary interference to veg lll al GFK 2489 Chapter 6 Installation 6 5 a Mounting Dimensions for Radios Mounting dimensions are shown below When mounting TS Wireless transceivers choose a location that provides easy access to the connectors on the end of the radio and an unobstructed view of the LED status indicators Mounting Bracket Spacing MITTENTI Es Bees e e bes if ja ponte Remote Mou Sp ME ed KE e o Ha aene ne Ta MILL ILI 2 757 7 cm D 69 16 99 cm DIN Rail Mounting Option The radio is available with an optional 35 mm DIN Rail Mounting Bracket Part No 03 4022A02 Equipment cabinets and racks of recent design often employ this type of mounting A transceiver with a DIN bracket can be quickly installed or removed without tools The illustration below shows how the DIN rail bracket attaches to the back of the radio and how the entire radio attaches to the mounting rail 6 6 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Step 1 Attach the bracket using the Step 2 Snap the assembly onto the the two screws provided Attach to DIN rail To remove the radio the end opposite the connectors pull down on the release tab
151. the AP Hi f l 3 42 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Statistics And Event Log The Statistics Event Log Menu contains a variety of items related to the health and performance of the wireless network Data throughput statistics as well as past and present events and alarms are all presented and stored in this menu area Statistics Event Log A Com Data Statistics B Com2 Data Statistics C Remote Serial Gateway Statistics D Ethernet Packet Statistics E Radio Packet Statistics F Event Log Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu e COM1 COM2 Data Statistics These screen COM2 ports Radio Packet Statistics Summarizes data packets sent and received by the radio including overflows good or failed data retries and timeouts e Event Log Database of past and present events and alarms for the wireless network GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 43 COM1 and COM2 Data Statistics Menus Com2 Data Statistics Menu Bytes In Port 138840 Bytes Out Port 23145 Bytes In Socket 23145 Bytes Out Socket 128840 A Clear Statistics Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu e Bytes in on port Number of bytes received by the transceiver through the serial interface e Bytes out on port Number of bytes transmitted by the transceiver G the serial interface Bytes in on socket Number of b
152. tion of the screen contains parameters that can be selected for further information alteration of values or to navigate to other submenus When you arrive at a screen with user definable parameter fields Press the letter shown at the beginning of the user definable parameter then saved by a single keystroke To cancel the parameter change simply press ESCAPE to restore the previous value Log Out via Terminal Emulator or Telnet From the Main Menu Screen press Q to quit and terminate the session GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 9 Navigating via a Web Browser Navigating with a Web browser is straightforward with a scrollable clickable page instead of a command line interface The primary navigation menu is permanently located on the left hand side of this page Click on a desired menu item to display it To maintain security it is best to log out of the menu system entirely when you are done working with it If you do not log out the session automatically ends after 10 minutes of inactivity Log Out via Web Browser Click on Logout in the left hand frame of the browser window The right hand frame changes to a log out page Follow the remaining instructions on this screen This completes the instructions for connecting to the TS Wireless radio for PC configuration and control The next section contains detailed menu screens and settings that you can use to specify the behavior of the radio 3 10 Tra
153. to be set at their default values IP to Local Serial Application Example You may use either UDP or TCP to establish communications with the TS Wireless radio The choice depends on the type of device you are communicating with at the other end of the IP network This example uses TCP to illustrate this function f oeh for connection through the IP d The TCP From the PC establish a TCP connection to the IP address of the Remote transceiver and to the IP port as configured earlier typically 30011 A Telnet client application can be used to establish this connection Data can now be sent between the PC and the endpoint device Computer or Network 192 168 0 10 A Access Point 192 168 0 1 AN Ethernet 2 Use crossover cable for computer straiht through cable for network GFK 2489 5 1 IP to Local Serial Port Application Configuration IP to local serial connection Local Serial Gateway Radio Location Menu Item Setting AP COM2 Port Status Enabled Mode TCP RX IP Port 30011 Baud Rate 19200 Byte Format 8N1 Buffer Size 256 Bytes IP to Remote Serial Application Example This configuration makes any data sent or received with the AP via an IP port number appear via the serial port of a single Remote or of all Remotes if Broadcast is selected for Remote ID Terminal or Computer 192 168 0 10 ln 3 EIA 232 d RTU y IP to Remote Serial Application Configurati
154. to eight alphanumeric characters The Starting Information Screen is displayed From here you can review basic information about the radio or press G to proceed to the Main Menu Device Name IP Address 169 254 0 2 Device Status Operational 2 y An l ck e J K S If Press G to go to Main Menu Starting Information Screen Starting a Telnet Session This method requires that vou know the IP address of the radio beforehand If vou do not know the address use the Local Console method above and access the Starting Information Screen The address is displaved on this screen 1 Connecta PC to the LAN port on the radio either directiv or via a network If connecting directiv use an Ethernet crossover cable if connecting via a network use a straight through cable The LAN LED lights to indicate an active connection When using a Local Area Network LAN to access the radio it mav be necessarv to change the computer IP access to the LAN in order to be compatible with the TS Wireless radio compatible subnets Vou can identifv or verifv the radio IP address bv using a Local Console session to communicate with the TS Wireless radio through its COM 1 port and viewing the Starting Information Screen 3 6 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 2 Start the Telnet program on your computer targeting the IP address of the radio to which you are connected and press ENTER
155. to indicate data communications The table below details the LED functions for Remotes and AP radios GFK 2489 LED Label Activity Indication LAN ETH ON LAN or endpoint detected Blinking Data TX or RX OFF LAN or endpoint not detected COM Blinking Data TX or RX MeT Svstermi OFF No data activity COM2 Blinking PWR p LINK AP Lights when radio has finished its startup cycle Remains lit LINK Remote Connected to an AP Not connected to an AP Chapter 2 Tabletop Setup and Evaluation Verify Connectivity PING command If the radio LEDs indicate that the radio network is operating properly you can use the PING command from the AP to verify the link integrity between the AP and an endpoint device connected to the Remote radio The following illustration shows the typical arrangement for this test PC RUNNING PING UTILITY ACCESS POINT REMOTE H es C Se CROSSOVER a SS CABLE amp A p beg H l STRAIGHT THROU Si i CABLE ETHERNET ENDPO jT Device Being PINGed To conduct a PING test an Ethernet enabled device must be connected tothe Remote and it must have a compatible IP address Remote radong not Kg ss and cannot be verified directly using this method o a Serial Connections ji al Configuration Menu This section contains or serial to serial connection 2 12 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Tra
156. ts and their current values You can copy this list to a text file as a record of your configuration VER Displays the current software version information Optional arguments CMD Displays all settable optional arguments and their current values You can copy this list to a text file as a record of your configuration CONFIG Displavs the Configuration Table version number EVENT Displavs the Event List version number H2H Displays the Host to Host protocol version number HREV Displays the OIB board hardware version number IMAGE lt image gt Displays the number of the currently active image LOG Displays the current log version number 4 18 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 RADIOSW Displays the current software version number xx vv zz SREV1 Displavs the software version number xx vv zz SREV2 Displavs the software version number xx yy Zz XHREV Displays the radio board hardware revision number XSREV1 Displays the radio software version XSREV2 Displays the radio software version veg lll al GFK 2489 Chapter 4 Remote Radio Management 4 19 Upgrading Remote Firmware Remote radio firmware may be upgraded using the Remote Firmware Upgrade Utility available from MDS A local PC connection to the radio is required to use this utility Remote Firmware Upgrade Utility ell xi File Options Help Com Port u D User
157. u system 1 4 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Applications This section describes typical TS Wireless installations All installations should be reviewed by a network manager to ensure proper integration with existing equipment Long Range Wireless LAN The wireless LAN is a common application of the TS Wireless system It consists of a central control station AP and one or more associated Remote radios as shown below Ethernet Device Ethernet Device WAN LAN A LAN provides communications between a central LAN WAN and remote Ethernet endpoints Remote radios can support one Ethernet endpoint each The operation of the radio system is transparent to the computer equipment connected to it With respect to data format and integrity the system behaves just as it would in a hardwired arrangement Over the air messages are exchanged at the Ethernet level including all types of IP traffic Antenna Placement The AP antenna is positioned at a location from which it can reliably communicate with all of the Remote radios in the system Commonly this is a relatively high location on top of a building communications tower or other elevated point Communication Rules A Remote transceiver can only talk over the air to an AP Peer to peer communications between Remotes can take place indirectly through the AP An AP can only talk over the air to Remote radios howe
158. use all f p Ge g e AP Therefore in the previous 100 byte UDP example Ge d eth sthe air bytes is 380 bytes 190 bytes times 2 if the frame has Access Point o gt 192 168 0 1 wl BA d H E Zeg ee Za Terminal or Computer 192 168 192 168 0 50 N Remote wl f n kW l P 4 TA li ju n RTU Ne jIL 7 Remote T RTU Message Destir Message Source 4 Interference has a direct correlation to throughput Interference could be caused by any unnecessary traffic on the network from unrelated activities or radio interference GFK 2489 Chapter 6 Installation 6 15 lt Aiming Directive Antennas for Maximum RSSI The wireless network integrity depends in a large part on stable radio signal levels being received at each end of a data link In general signal levels stronger than 90 dBm provides the basis for reliable communication that includes a 15 dB fade margin As the distance between the AP and Remotes increases the influence of terrain foliage and man made obstructions become more influential and the use of directional antennas at remote locations becomes necessary Directional antennas usually require some fine tuning of their bearing to optimize the received signal strength The transceiver has a built in received signal strength indicator RSSI that can be used to tell you when the antenna is in a position that provides the optimum received signal RSSI measurements and Wireless Packet Statistics
159. used where power consumption must be kept to a minimum such as in solar powered installations a 2 their current values 6 as a record of your configuration Optional arguments LOW DTR Active LOW HIGH DTR Active HIGH When WAKE is set to DTR the radio will wake on receiving this signal from the endpoint device HANGTIME lt hangtime in ms gt Minimum wake time in milliseconds 100 60000 before returning to Low Power mode INDICATOR lt on off gt Indicates whether or not the Sleep indicator LED is active ON Sleep Mode indicator is on OFF Sleep Mode indicator is off MODE lt mode gt Set the mode as follows NONE Normal operation the radio does not sleep 4 16 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 SLEEP Sleep mode is enabled In this mode the radio draws less than 20 mA at 12 Volts It can be brought back online ready to send data within 75 milliseconds Wake up is accomplished by asserting the DTR line on the COM2 port or by the appearance of payload data at the active COM port Sleep mode also works on the Ethernet interface except that the endpoint device must not require Ethernet pulse signals in order to send data This mode is similar to a PC Ethernet port Wake on data setting SHUTDOWN Shutdown mode is enabled In this mode the radio draws less than 1 mA at a supply voltage of 12VDC Note that this mode requires a longer w
160. ver two APs can communicate with each other through their Ethernet connectors when a wired LAN WAN is utilized GFK 2489 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 5 Combining Serial and Ethernet Devices Prior to the introduction of the TS Wireless series multiple networks were often needed to service different types of communication protocols A TS Wireless system provides this functionality through a single AP radio Each of the Remote radios in a system can be connected via IP to different SCADA or telemetry hosts transporting different or the same protocols Both data streams are completely independent and the transceiver provides seamless simultaneous operation as illustrated below Remote RTU IN l l f lj ED p EIA 232 l d wh e A 8 RAS el SCADA Host Modbus IP p KS Remote ei d EIA 232 Device Ethernet TCP IP Device deii SCADA Host Total Flow By using a single AP the cost of infrastructure deployment is cut in half with only one antenna one feedline and one lightning protector required Other cost reductions come from the system as a whole including reduced management requirements when using NETview Management System MS software In addition TS Wireless offers nearly unlimited potential for future applications that run over IP and Ethernet services In an IP to serial scenario every Remote is sent information received by the AP Ethernet port Likewise information received at the Remote serial port is transmitted t
161. vers January 2008 GFK 2489 itself to be malfunctioning A system must have at least one associated Remote to be functional Lack of Associated Remotes Exceeded Threshold Menu Configuration Options for Lack of Associated Remotes A Lack of Remotes for 500 seconds Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu e Packet Receive Errors Exceeded Threshold This selection bringsup another screen see Packet Rx Errors Exceeded Threshold Menu below where you can specify the number of packet errors that must be exceeded in a given time frame before a redundant AP considers itself to be malfunctioning Lack of Remotes for number of jp that itself to be malfunctioning The settings work together and both criteria must be met before a redundancv switchover occurs Packet Receive Errors Exceeded Threshold Menu Configuration Options for Packet Receive Errors A Maximum Receive Errors 300 B Receive Error Count Interval 300 seconds Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for the prev menu These configuration settings are intended for data intensive applications and must be customized for your specific application GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 59 e Maximum Receive Errors Here you specify the number of packet errors that must be exceeded before a redundant AP considers itself to be malfunctioning This setting works in conjunction with the Interval setting below 0 10
162. ware Image a 2 i d UU L C gt for the prev menu Firmware Filename Name of file to be received from the TFTP server Verify that this string corresponds to the TFTP directory location May require a sub directory for example entranet bkrfto 1_0_O gpk Any 40 character alphanumeric string TFTP Timeout Time in seconds the TFTP server waits for a packet ACK acknowledgment from the transceiver before suspending the file transfer 10 to 120 seconds 30 Retrieve File lInitiate the file transfer from the TFTP server Placed into inactive firmware position in the transceiver non volatile memory Y N ImageVerify lInitiate the verification of the integrity of firmware file held in the radio Image Copy lnitiate the copying of the active firmware into the inactive image Reboot Device Initiate restarting the transceiver This interrupts data traffic through this radio and the network if performed on an AP Use this command to toggle between firmware images Current Firmware Shows the current firmware revision level 3 52 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Configuration Scripts Menu If you plan to have more than a few transceivers in your network you may want to use the Configuration Script feature below to configure similar radios from a common set of parameters Over 50 customer settings that optimize the network are saved in a configuration file data
163. wser session To reset the admin password to the factory default admin 1 At the login prompt type authcode 2 At the password prompt type authcode 3 At the authorization prompt enter the authorization code Up to eight case sensitive non blank alphanumeric characters admin none login authcode Password Access Point No Directory logging in with HOME Device Name Serial Number 137374 Enter Authorization Code e Remote Ace ss IP Remote multicast address to use when running optional Remote Access Manager software see Remote Access Manager above Default 239 254 1 10 3 34 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Approved Remotes List Submenu Approved Remotes List Menu A Add Approved Remote 0 C Add Associated Remotes D Delete Approved Remote 0 R Delete All P Previous Page N Next Page Number of Remotes 0 Approved Remotes List Page 1 No Approved Remotes Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu The AP restricts communication to only those Remotes included in the Approved Remotes List Messages received from Remotes that are not in this list are discarded Add Approved Remote Enter the Remote serial number This entry must consist of seven or more characters Serial number of Remote at least s ctersl Previous Pa Menu approved Remote list Alternativelv vou can enter each Remote serial numb
164. ytes receiveib Un Bytes out on socket Number d socket 9 3 44 TranSphere TS Wireless Extended Range IP Networking Transceivers January 2008 GFK 2489 Remote Serial Gateway Statistics The Remote Serial Gateway Statistics screen summarizes port activity for Remote Serial Gateway entries that have been set up for IP to Remote serial data These values are reset to zero when a radio is restarted Remote Serial Gateway Statistics Menu Index Unit ID Com IP Port State IN P B OUT P P 7117 2 30022 ICP Listening 0 0 0 0 7720 2 30021 ICP Listening 0 0 0 0 7741 2 30023 ICP Listening 0 0 0 0 Select a letter to configure an item lt ESC gt for prev menu Both COM1 and COM2 will be shown if applicable Index Sequential number assigned to the assetjajet Py Gen tant Ai IJIET ji d ALI s IN P B Displavs the incoming port byte count e OUT P B Displavs the outgoing port byte count GFK 2489 Chapter 3 AP Management 3 45 Ethernet and Wireless Packet Statistics The Ethernet Wireless Packet Statistics menu shows vital data on packets and bytes sent or received and errors detected The screen is updated about every three seconds Ethernet Packet Statistics Menu Ethernet Wireless Packets Received 443 Packets Received 440 Packets Sent 1309 Packets Sent 1383 Bytes Received 210746 Bytes Received 28728 Bytes Sent 79262 Bytes Sent 260872 Packets Dropped 0 Packets Dropped 0 Receive Errors 0 Re

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