User's Manual

Rajant Corporation ME BreadCrumb User Guide
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4.2.1 ADDRESSING.....................................................................................................................................33
4.2.1.1 BREADCRUMB DEVICE ADDRESSES ........................................................................................33
4.2.1.2 DHCP.................................................................................................................................................33
4.3 CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS....................................................................................................................... 34
4.3.1 CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT FOR SINGLE-RADIO BREADCRUMB DEVICES.............................34
4.4 PHYSICAL PLACEMENT AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS................................................................ 34
4.4.1 LINE OF SIGHT...................................................................................................................................34
4.4.2 DISTANCE...........................................................................................................................................34
4.4.3 WEATHER...........................................................................................................................................35
4.4.4 INTERFERENCE.................................................................................................................................35
4.4.5 PLACEMENT OF BCWL COMPONENTS........................................................................................35
4.5 DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATIONS........................................................................................................ 35
4.5.1 DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATION – COVERAGE AREA ............................................................36
4.5.2 DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATION – REACH AREA.....................................................................36
4.6 DEPLOYMENT GUIDELINES AND METHODOLOGY.......................................................................... 37
4.6.1 DEPLOYMENT GUIDELINES...........................................................................................................37
4.6.3 BITE LED.............................................................................................................................................40
5.0 BREADCRUMB SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE...................................................................................... 41
5.1 BREADCRUMB FIRMWARE .................................................................................................................... 41
5.1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................41
5.1.2 UPGRADING THE FIRMWARE........................................................................................................41
5.1.3 FLASH UPDATE PROCEDURE FOR VERSION 3 SYSTEMS........................................................41
5.2 BCADMIN MAINTENANCE...................................................................................................................... 42
5.2.1 UPGRADING OR INSTALLING THE BCADMIN SOFTWARE.....................................................42
5.3 PORT FORWARDING ................................................................................................................................47
5.3.1 SETTINGS............................................................................................................................................47
6.0 TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................................................................................................. 48
6.1 BREADCRUMB WIRELESS NETWORK.................................................................................................. 48
6.1.1 SPORADIC NETWORK CONNECTIVITY .......................................................................................48
6.1.2 BREADCRUMB DEVICE CANNOT CONNECT TO BCWN...........................................................49
6.1.3 BCADMIN ISSUES .............................................................................................................................49
6.1.4 Hardware Reset.....................................................................................................................................50
APPENDIX A ........................................................................................................................................................ 51