User Guide

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7signal Solutions Inc., 526 S. Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44311, USA, 855-763-9526, [e-mail],
www.7signal.com
7signal Sapphire Deployment Guide Release 5.0
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 7signal solution ....................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Solution Overview ......................................................................................................................2
1.2 Hardware ...................................................................................................................................2
1.2.1 802.11a/b/g Standard Eye...............................................................................................2
1.2.2 802.11a/b/g/n Standard Eye ............................................................................................2
1.2.3 802.11a/b/g/n Indoor Eye ................................................................................................3
1.2.4 Soft Eye ..........................................................................................................................3
1.2.5 Micro Eye .......................................................................................................................3
2 Requirements .......................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Carat server requirements ..........................................................................................................4
2.2 Sonar server requirements .........................................................................................................4
2.3 Soft Eye laptop PC requirements ................................................................................................4
3 7signal Sapphire Connectivity.............................................................................................................6
3.1 Communication security .............................................................................................................6
3.2 Supportive connections ..............................................................................................................6
3.2.1 SSH for Eye ....................................................................................................................6
4 Installing 7signal Sapphire ..................................................................................................................7
4.1 Operating System installation tips ...............................................................................................7
4.1.1 Hard disk partitioning ......................................................................................................7
4.2 Setting up Eyes ..........................................................................................................................8
4.2.1 Eye IP address configuration ..........................................................................................8
4.3 Setting up Soft Eyes ...................................................................................................................9
4.3.1 Prerequisites...................................................................................................................9
4.3.2 Install and configure operating system ............................................................................9
4.3.3 Install latest mainline kernel .......................................................................................... 11
4.3.4 Configure firewall .......................................................................................................... 11
4.3.5 Install Soft Eye software ................................................................................................ 11
4.3.6 Install certificate and license ......................................................................................... 12
4.3.7 Start Soft Eye ............................................................................................................... 12
4.3.8 Known issues ............................................................................................................... 12
4.4 Setting up Micro Eyes ............................................................................................................... 13
4.4.1 Set IP configuration....................................................................................................... 13
4.5 Mounting Eyes ......................................................................................................................... 13
4.5.1 Indoor Eye Ceiling Installation ....................................................................................... 14
4.5.2 Standard Eye Ceiling Installation ................................................................................... 15
4.5.3 Wall Mount Installation (optional)................................................................................... 15
4.5.4 Pole Mount (optional) .................................................................................................... 16
4.5.5 Eye installation examples .............................................................................................. 17
4.6 Installing 7signal Sapphire software .......................................................................................... 18