User's Manual

ES210 Hardware Guide: LEDs and Pushbutton Operation
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3.2 Pushbutton Operation
The ES210 Mesh Point is equipped with three push buttons.
Figure 3.2. ES210 Push Buttons
NOTE: If the Mesh
Point’s internal
temperature reaches
176ºF (80ºC) it powers
itself off. If you power it
up before the Mesh
Point has cooled, it will
again shutdown.
3.2.1 Powering the Mesh Point On and Off
When the ES210 Mesh Point is powered off, the lower button
on the left side of the chassis powers it on. The single button
on the right side of the chassis powers it off.
 If the Mesh Point is off, press and hold the Power On button
for five seconds to turn it on.
The
Power LED will slow-flash green while the Mesh Point
boots, then light solid green for normal operation.
NOTE: If the Mesh
Point is running
and the
Power On but-
ton is pushed and held,
it toggles
Blackout Mode
so the Mesh Point ap-
pears to be powered off.
If the unit has batteries,
this condition will drain
the batteries.
or
 If the Mesh Point is on, press the Power Off button to turn it
off.
The
Power LED will go dark.
3.2.1.1 Pushbutton Rebooting
Reboot (hard boot) the ES210 by powering it off and back on
again (described above).
3.2.2 Pushbutton Blackout Mode Operation
When the ES210 Mesh Point is powered on, the lower button
on the left side of the chassis turns the Mesh Point’s top-panel
LEDs off and on (
Blackout Mode, Enabled/Disabled).
The default blackout mode setting is
Disabled, in which state
the Mesh Point’s top-panel LEDs illuminate to indicate various
conditions. (LED behaviors and their associated meanings are
covered in Section 3.1.) Enabling blackout mode turns all top-
panel LEDs off.
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RF Kill
Power On/
Blackout Mode
Power Off