AvaLAN AW900F Operation & User’s Manual

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• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 2 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com © by AvaLAN Wireless Systems Inc. All rights reserved. Revision 09.5.2014 125A Castle Drive Madison, AL 35758 Sales and Technical Support: (650) 384-0000 Thank you for your purchase of the AW900F Indoor Wireless Ethernet Radio. TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Operational Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

• AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 3 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com Compatible Accessories Antennas AW11-900 AW5M-900 Accessories AW-12VA AW-LA AW-RFx900 x = 4ft, 10ft, 25ft or 50ft Warranty AW-Warranty-900 These items can be found on our website, www.avalanwireless.com 900 MHz Directional 11 dBI YAGI Antenna AW15-900 900 MHz Dire

• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 4 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com Quick Start Guide PROGRAMMING: Step 1. Gather the AvaLAN radios, power supplies, 2x CAT5 cables and a computer with an RJ45 Ethernet interface. Step 2. Connect the radios one at a time directly to the PC via an Ethernet cable. Set your computer to an IP address of 192.168.17.1 (refer to page 6 for detailed instructions). Enter the radio’s default IP address* of 192.168.17.17 into a web browser. Step 3. Enter the password and click login. The default password is “password”. Step 4.

• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 5 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com Step 5: Bench Testing Power up the units on the bench before deploying in the eld. It is important to keep the radios at least 20 feet apart using the 2dBi omni antennae and Transmit power set to 10dBm to prevent over driving of radio’s receiver (permanent damage can occur). • Power on all the radios with the computer wired directly to the AP. • Open a web browser to the IP addresses assigned in the prior steps to view the operation of all the radios. • Perfor

• AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 6 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com Operational Summary The AW900F Radio allows the user to create a long-range, wireless Ethernet network with up to 4 subscriber units per access point. Conguring a wireless link with the AW900F requires the establishment of six elements: • Each radio must know whether it is

• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 7 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com Digital Setup 1. Digital conguration is done by means of the AW900F’s built in browser interface. It should be powered on and connected at least temporarily to a network containing a computer that can run a conventional web browser. 2. Download the AvaLAN IP Discovery Utility from our website and extract ipnder.exe from the zip archive, placing it on your desktop or in a convenient folder. http://www.avalanwireless.com/marketing_resources/downloads/ipnder.zip Note: This utility onl

• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 8 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com Click “Use the following IP address” Populate the following information: IP address: 192.168.17.200 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Default gateway: leave blank Click OK Click OK Click Close 3. Run the IP Discovery Utility, ipnder.exe and you should see a window similar to the view on the next page. The AW900F should appear in the list at the default IP address of 192.168.17.17. If it does not, click “Search” to regenerate the list. If it still does not appear, it may be a connection issue and need to re-examine the cabling or

• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 9 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com The information on the left is the current status of the radio, while the boxes on the right allow you to change it. It is important that the IP address of the AW900F is in the same subnet as your computer. For example, if the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, the rst three number groups of the IP address must match. Choose the desired parameters and click “Apply.” 5. Make note of the chosen IP address and pa

• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 10 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com 7. The admin page has sections similar to the login page showing radio statistics and device information plus it adds several new sections. The Device Settings section allows setting the network information. Scroll down in the Admin browser page to see these additional sections: 1. A section to be used if an update to the AW900F’s rmware is required 8. On the web browser • Choose Device Type: Access Point or Subscriber Unit. �

• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 11 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com 9. When all of the radios are keyed and operating, connect them to your network and Ethernet devices as desired and cycle the radio’s power to begin normal operation. Now, browser mamagement of the SUs can be performed over the wireless network. Note: Avoid plugging actively linked radios into the same switch because this will corrupt the switch’s routing table and may cause network problems just as if you had plugged a CAT5 cable directly be

• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 12 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com During boot up: 1. Current Version 2. Radio Address: 3. Serial Number 4. IP Address* LCD Display After boot up LCD will display: Device type: AP or SU Link Quality/Active Searching for Subscriber radios

• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 13 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com This product is warranted to the original purchaser for normal use for a period of 360 days from the date of purchase. If a defect covered under this warranty occurs, AvaLAN will repair or replace the defective part, at its option, at no cost. This warranty does not cover defects resulting from misuse or modication of the product. Limited Warranty

• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 14 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com Technical Specications PARAMETER SPECIFICATION RF Data Rate 200 kbps Throughput 120kbps total throughput shared between all radios in the group Frequency Range 902.75 MHz to 927.25 MHz Transmit Power Selectable from 1 mW to 1 W Receiver Sensitivity -98 dBm at 10 -5 BER Access Scheme TDMA, up to 4 Subscriber Units per Access Point with deterministic latency Modulation/Spreading FSK - FHSS Range Line-of-sight range up to 60 miles with directional

• AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 15 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com Radio Status Information The Login or Admin pages of the radio’s built-in web browser interface provide many useful pieces of information that let you know how well the wireless link is working: Top of Web Page Version Current version of the radio’s Ethernet interface. M

• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 16 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com Antenna Alignment Guide Please be sure to consider the following when installing antennae from AvaLAN: Figure 1 11 dBi antenna Figure 2 Do not aim the omni-antennae directly at each other Omni-antenna Vertical polarization for directional antennas Horizontal polarization for directional antennas

• AvaLAN AW900F, AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 17 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com ATTENTION: When multiple antennas dened as Access Points are installed in one area and face the same direction, antennas should be spaced a minimum of 25 feet apart. When multiple antennas are installed in one area and face dierent directions, antennas should be spaced a minimum of 15 feet apart. Horizontal polarization 0-deg. separation 45-deg. separation 15 ft physical separation 25 ft physical separation Vertical polarization

• AW900F | AW900F-PAIR User’s Manual PAGE 18 Technical Support (650) 384-0000 www.avalanwireless.com Transmitter to Reciever Placement If radios are installed either indoors or outdoors at distances closer than recommended, antennas can overpower each other and cause undesired eects. If testing radios within one or two feet, remove both antennas. The radios will still be able to s

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