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ManualsBrandsFortress Technologies ManualsElectronicsThe ES820 is a dual radio access point/bridge. It provides secure connectivity through multiple Ethernet ports and two 802.11 a/b/g radios in a ruggedized enclosure. It provides secure, fixed or mobile communications for harsh environments.

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ES820 Bridge: Hardware

Radio1

and

Radio2

can exhibit:

 solid green - Radio is on.

 intermittent green - Radio is passing traffic.

 off - Radio is off or Bridge’s RF Kill function is enabled.

3 Chassis and I/O Controls

The single front-panel button powers the ES820 Bridge ON

and OFF.

 If the Bridge is off, press the Power button to turn it on.

The

Power LED will slow-flash green while the Bridge

boots, then light solid green for normal operation.

 If the Bridge is on, press the Power button to turn it off.

The

Power LED will go dark.

Reboot (hard boot) the ES820 by powering it off and back on

again (described above).

The power button is tied to pin 33 or the Bridge’s 37-pin I/O

connector, which is a power control line. Both switches must be

OFF to power the ES820 off.

There are four control lines in addition to

Power, described in

Section 4, below.

4Radios

The ES820 Bridge contains two radios:

The antenna ports on the ES820 back panel correspond to

these radio numbers as shown in Figure 1.

The last two LEDs on the right of the ES820 front panel

correspond to the radios as shown in Figure 2.

color behavior

Power Status Enet1/Enet2 Radio1/Radio2

green

solid normal operation - link established radio ON

slow flash booting - - -

fast flash --- -

intermittent -

cleartext on

encrypted port

passing traffic passing traffic

off powered OFF --

radio OFF

RF Kill enabled

Radio 1 - 802.11a/b/g/n radio

Radio 2 - high power 802.11a/n radio