User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Important Information
- Notices
- Description
- Installation
- Configuration
- Overview
- Accessing the Main Menu
- Configuring with the Main Menu
- Unit Identification
- Hardware/Software Revision
- System Software ROM Images
- System Current Status
- Network Configuration
- IP Filter Configuration
- RF Station Configuration
- Viewing Current RF Station Configuration
- Setting the Operating Mode
- General Equipment Setup for Performing RF Tests
- Setting Test Mode Timer Minutes
- Performing Link Monitor Test (Normal Mode)
- Performing Transmit and Receive Tests
- Performing the RSSI Test
- Setting the RF Transmit Status
- Setting the Link Monitor Period
- Setting Maximum Remote Distance (Base Station Only)
- Setting Link Monitor Remote Station Rank
- Adjusting Throttling (Remote Station Only)
- Radio Module Configuration
- Viewing the Radio Module Configuration
- Setting Config Test Minutes
- Setting the Station Type
- Setting the Station Rank
- Setting the Center Frequency
- Setting Security Passwords
- Setting the Scrambling Code
- Setting the Acquisition Code
- Adjusting the Tx Power Level
- Setting a Base to Repeater Mode (Base Station Only)
- Setting System Symmetry Type (Base Station Only)
- Setting Dynamic Polling Level (Base Station Only)
- Setting Remote Unit RF Group
- Rebooting and Saving RF Module Configurations
- RF/Ethernet Statistics
- System Security
- System Commands
- Link Monitor Display
- Logout
- Setting Operating Mode with the Mode Button
- Command Line Interface
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix A: Planning Your Wireless Link
- Appendix B: Using HyperTerminal
- Appendix C: Configuring a Simple Data Network
- Appendix D: SNMP
- Appendix E: Technical Reference Information
- Appendix F: Menu Map
- Appendix G: Upgrading Software
- Glossary
- Index
Installation
16 AWE 120-58 Installation & Configuration Guide
Checking the Power
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To check the power
1. Plug the AC power cord into the AC power outlet.
2. Plug the DC power plug (12 Vdc) to the unit’s power connector.
3. Plug the AC power cord into the power supply unit.
The green Power LED on the front of the unit turns ON and the Air, Mode and Wire LEDs turn ON
briefly then turn OFF.
The green Power LED stays ON. The Mode LED stays OFF (indicating Normal mode). The Air LED is
orange, green, red or OFF. See Front Panel LEDs, page 149 for more information about LEDs.
If the green Power LED does not turn ON, check your AC power source and the power supply unit. Measure
the power supply unit voltage at the DC Power Plug between pins 1 and 2. See DC Power Plug Pinout, page 150.
The output should be 12 Vdc and the power supply unit power LED should be ON.
Pre-Configure Units
This section describes how to pre-configure a base station and a remote unit, which are the basic units
required for a point-to-point wireless link. Once you have configured and tested this basic equipment, you
can configure and test all remaining units. See Configuration, page 33 for detailed information about
configuration settings.
Configuring a Base Station
When you configure a unit as a base station, you need to perform the following tasks.
• Check the Network Configuration information of the unit.
• Set the Station Type of the unit to "Base Station"
• Assign the Station Rank (# equal to or greater than the number of remote units)
• Choose a Center Frequency (must be the same for all units in network)
• Select an Acquistion Code (must be the same for all units in network)
• Set Tx Power Level Adjust intially to "0 dB"
• Set the security passwords (must be the same for all units in network)
• Change the default menu passwords
These tasks are described below in detail.
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To configure a unit as a base station
1. Connect a PC to the AWE unit that will be the base station. Connect the COM port of the PC to the
serial port of the AWE with the adapter plug and straight through RS-232 cable.