Setup guide

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Application Objective
The purpose of this document is to aid in the setup of the RLX-IH when used in conjunction with
an RLX-PC-IB/EB card. This document assumes the following:
1. The user has a general understanding of the Windows Networking Environment.
2. The user has read and understands the hardware and voltage requirements of the RLX-
IH.
3. The user is configuring the RLX-IH with a laptop that has an installed LAN based
Ethernet adapter. If using a PC, the steps for the RLX-IH setup are similar.
4. The user has Administrative rights on the laptop.
Instructions
1. RLX-IH Setup
1. Do not install the RLX-PC-IB/EB or software at this time.
2. Open the Network Properties for you LAN based Ethernet adapter on your laptop.
3. Open the TCP/IP properties page, and manually assign an IP address.
Note:
This is done, because with Windows 2000/XP, if your LAN based Ethernet adapter is set to
DHCP, you’ll lose your assigned IP address once you disconnect the Ethernet cable
(something that we will do later in this procedure).
4. Install the RadioLinx Industrial Hotspot Browser software.
5. Connect one end of a cross-over Ethernet cable (a red cross-over cable was supplied
with the RLX-IH) to the Ethernet port of your laptop, and connect the other end to the
RLX-IH.
6. Supply power to the RLX-IH.
7. Launch the RadioLinx Industrial Hotspot Browser software.
8. Once open, you should see the RLX-IH in the RadioLinx Industrial Hotspot Browser.
9. Right-click on the RLX-IH and choose “Assign IP”. Be sure to assign a unique IP
Address.
10. Once you see the IP address in the “IP” column, double-click on any portion of that row.
11. When prompted for a password, enter the default password, “password”.
12. Under Radio Network Settings, change the radio name to your liking; change the SSID
if needed (be sure to remember this, as well use it later in the PC Card setup), and
ensure that Master is selected. We recommend using a channel higher than 6, as lower
channels are more commonly used.
13. Under Security Settings, select either None, or WEP. If WEP64 is selected, type your
5-character text key. If WEP128 is selected, type your 13-character text key.
Remember these keys.
14. Under Radio Access Settings, choose whether you want the RLX-IH to obtain an IP
address automatically (proceed to step 15 now), or whether you manually assign an IP
address, and now assign the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway.