Installation manual

Wi-Drive Installation Manual

Adjust the antenna cable to the fittings of the dashboard. Please avoid bending the cable too

sharply; this might destroy Wi-Fi performance.

If generally you park your car with the rear facing the home antenna, then use the same

position on the back windscreen. For this you will need some antenna extension cables.

If you want to have better reception profile both to the front and to the back of the car, than

install two (main) antennas accordingly.

Alternatively you may use the inside surface of the front or the back plastic bumpers, or the

housing of the side mirrors, These locations normally provide better directional signal

strength, and allow “invisible” installation, but require antenna extension cables, and some

installation expertise. Furthermore, the external antenna location will result somewhat lower

signal strength inside the cabin, when you use Wi-Drive as an in-vehicle Internet Access

Point. In most cases the signal strength will be enough due to the short distance; however it

is worth testing before finalizing the installation.

If your car has metallic content in the windscreen, than the inside antenna installation will not

work for external connectivity; you have to use the plastic bumpers or the side mirrors as

installation locations. In this case the externally placed antennas may not cover the cabin for

in-vehicle Internet Access Point application. For this situation install two antennas: one

inside, the other outside. The inside antenna location is now not as critical, and should not be

attached to the windscreen, rather the glove box, as a directly attached antenna stick.

Secondary antenna location

The secondary antenna is a stick antenna directly screwed on the antenna connector of Wi-

Drive so it is located with the device. Please consider a location where you have enough

space to have the antenna in a vertical position.

Tips:

Try out the Wi-Fi performance before fixing the antenna and the cables. Use some temporary

adhesive tape to fix the antenna to the selected position, and test the signal strength by

connecting to the home computer.

If you use a notebook, establish connection with Wi-Drive first within a short, visible distance.

Than increase the distance, and continuously monitor the signal strength.

If the signal is still low, you can try to relocate your WLAN router. Put it to the window

temporarily, and adjust its antenna direction parallel to the car antenna.

You may also install an external antenna to the router.

In order to help the installation, Wi-Drive features an approximate signal strength indication in

Station mode (Signal LED). For details, see chapter 6.

3.4 Finish and Test your physical Installation - Part1

PLEASE CONNECT THE POWER CONNECTOR TO WI-DRIVE NOW!

DO NOT CONNECT CAR USB CONNECTOR TO THE CAR YET!

In order to test the successful device installation, check the followings:

1. Power on Wi-Drive by turning on the ignition (permanent power or Accu-Pack

installation) or by starting the engine (continuous cigarette lighter installation). The Wi-

Drive “Status LED” should turn on Orange for a few seconds (boot up), than blink

green slowly – to indicate Access Point (AP) mode.

2. Insert an USB Flash drive into the “USB Storage” port.