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1. Radio Front Panel FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 79 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FreeWave FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Point to Multipoint Operation LEDs len len E Condition Carrier Transmit Carrier Transmit Carrier Transmit Detect CD TX Detect TX Detect TX CD CD Powered not linked Solid red Solid red Solid red Off Blinking Solid red Of Blinking bright dim bright red bright red Repeater and Endpoint Solid red Solid red Off Solid Solid Solid red Solid red linked to Gateway no bright dim red green dim bright data bright Repeater and Endpoint Solid red Solid red Off Solid Solid Solid red Solid red linked to Gateway bright dim red green dim bright Gateway sending data bright to Endpoint Repeater and Endpoint Solid green Solid red Intermit Intermit Solid Solid red Solid red linked to Gateway RCV data dim tent flash tent flash green bright bright Endpoint sending data or Solid red red voa red voa to Gateway bright Gateway with diagnos Solid red Solid red Intermit Intermit Solid Solidred Solid red tics program running bright dim tent flash tent flash green bright bright red voa red voa e Clear to Send LED will be solid red with a solid link as the link weakens the Clear to Send LED light on the Repeater and Endpoint will begin to flash
2. e To terminate the server program close the TFTP Server window just like any other pro gram by clicking the close icon at the upper right of the window All existing client connections will be dropped when the program closes Note that the log file will not be erased when the program is restarted Only the Clear log button will erase the log FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com g8 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual The top half of the window 1s a list of active client connections Each connection shows the IP address of the client and the UDP port number the server is using to communicate with the cli ent The Action column shows what the client is doing The progress column shows a green progress bar that indicates the progress of file transfers The Kbytes sec column shows the cur rent transfer speed gt Stop server Clearlog Configure Client IP Action Progress KBytes sec 127 0 0 1 31256 GET test pdf ees 1927 127 0 0 1 31748 GET test pdf Dees 1740 Timestamp Client IF Message Fri Mar 31 10 18 03 2006 TEIR server started Fri Mar 31 10 18 09 2006 127 0 0 129700 Client wants file test pdf Fri Mar 31 10 18 13 2006 1327 0 0 1 29700 Transfer completed 13581682 bytes in 4 Lieu Mar 31 10 18 32 2006 127 0 0 1 31236 Client wants file test pdf Fri Mar 31 10 18 32 2006 127 0 0 1 31748 Client wants f
3. mode e The Gateway s Serial Number must be listed in the Endpoint s Call Book EndPoint col umn e The Endpoint s Serial Number must be listed in the Gateway s Call Book EndPoint col umn e The Gateway must be programmed to call the Endpoint Entry to Call drop down box The Call Book allows users to incorporate up to 10 FreeWave transceivers designate to 4 Re peaters to be used with each transceiver and designate which Endpoint the Gateway will call If a Call Book entry utilizes 3 or 4 Repeaters then the total number of available Endpoint en tries will be reduced as an extra Call Book line would be in use for Repeaters 3 and 4 To set the Entry to Call option choose the appropriate Entry number in the Entry to Call drop down FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 41 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual It is important that the Call Book slots 0 9 are filled sequentially starting with slot 0 When a Gateway is instructed to Call All it will call all Endpoints listed until it reaches the first blank entry If a valid serial number is entered after the blank entry or as a Repeater it will not be rec ognized as a valid number by the Gateway Note To call a Endpoint through one or more Repeaters that Endpoint must be called indi vidually The line containing the Endpoint and Repeaters m
4. point Repeater feature Gateway s Endpoint Endpoint Repeater Repeater Endpoint Endpoint FreeWave gt FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 19 LUMOOOY9AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Operational RS 422 and RS 485 Information For both RS 422 and RS 485 the FreeWave transceiver can drive 32 standard unit loads and loads the bus with only 1 8 unit load This means the user can tie up to 256 devices on the bus if all of the line receivers have 1 8 unit load RS 422 is used for 4 wire or full duplex communication with one Gateway and multiple End points The FreeWave Gateway transceiver keeps the line driver asserted at all times The maxi mum line length is 4 000 feet using two 120 ohm twisted pair cables with a 5th wire for data common RS 485 full duplex using 4 wire plus common is the same as RS 422 except the system can have multiple Gateways on the bus The most common operation of RS 485 is a two wire comprised of a 120 ohm impedance sin gle twisted pair In this system the loading of the FreeWave transceiver is as described above which allows up to 256 1 8 unit load units on the bus Maximum line length is also 4 000 feet with a third wire required for data common The FreeWave transceiver will ch
5. Packet Size setting versus the Max Packet Size setting where the RF Data Rate is set to 867 Kbps Maximum Packet Size Definition with RF Date Rate of 867 kbps in bytes for HTP 900RE Max Setting Blank grey area Not Recommended ie ee Ee of 124 144 164 184 204 fT 129 149 169 189 209 pf 114 134 154 174 194 214 fT 419 139 159 179 199 219 f 124 144 164 184 204 224 129 149 169 189 209 229 114 134 154 174 194 214 234 tt9 139 159 179 199 219 230 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 3g LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Transmit Power This option sets the transmit power of the radio A setting of 10 is approximately 1W of output power in a Plus poo re o REECH ECH ee _ Ts 0 ee so 10 870 HTP 900RE 1000 FGRplusRE Retry Time Out The Retry Time Out parameter in an Endpoint or Repeater sets the delay the unit will wait be fore dropping the connection to a Gateway or Repeater in Multipoint mode The factory default is set at the maximum of 255 The maximum setting means that if 1 packet in 255 is received successfully by that radio the link will be maintained The minimum setting is 8 This allows an Endpoint or Repeater to drop a c
6. The following options appear on the File menu in the Discovery Server Window Export to CSV Save Network File Import Network File Clear Radio List and Exit Export to CSV This menu options saves the current radio entries in a comma delimited CSV file The file contains all the information currently displayed in the Discovery Server program including Ra dio Name and all the Diagnostic columns Save Network File This menu option saves the current radio list as a Network File PNF that can be imported into other copies of the Discovery Server The Network File only saves a list of the radio IP Ad dresses no other information 1s saved Import Network File This menu option loads a selected Network File PNF into the Discovery Server Only the ra dio IP Addresses will be displayed until a broadcast is received from the listed radios when the radios are rebooted or when the Search button is clicked or until the Diagnostics box is checked Exit Selecting this menu option closes the FreeWave Discovery Server Enable Diagnostics FreeWave Discovery Tool L File Serial Number Name IP Subnet Gateway Web Port FW Version Local Signal Local Noise Local Margin Upstream Signal Upstream Noise Upstream Margin Rx Tx vswr 0 1 8841328 192 168 111 197 255 255 255 0 192 168 111 1 80 2 14 12 16 58 103 45 0 0 0 00 0 00 109 2 8843329 192 168 111 199 255 255 255 0 192 168 111 1 80 2 14 12 16
7. ated when the supply volt age for a radio modem goes out of specification This notification is gener ated when the receive rate for a radio modem goes out of specification This notification is gener ated when the transmit rate for a radio modem goes out of specification This notification is gener ated when the reflected power for a radio modem goes out of specification This notification is gener ated when the Signal to Noise delta for a radio mo dem goes out of specifica tion This notification is gener ated when the Signal to Noise delta for a radio mo dem goes out of specifica tion This notification is gener ated when the Noise for a radio modem goes out of specification Objects fwtPlusModemSupplyVoltage fwtPlusModemVendorString fwtPlusModemSystemName fwtPlusModemRxRate fwtPlusModemVendorString fwtPlusModemSystemName fwtPlusModemTxRate fwtPlusModemVendorString fwtPlusModemSystemName fwtPlusModemReflectedPower fwtPlusModemVendorString fwtPlusModemSystemName fwtPlusModemSNDelta fwtPlusModemVendorString fwtPlusModemSystemName fwtPlusModemSNDelta fwtPlusModemVendorString fwtPlusModemSystemName fwtPlusModemNoise fwtPlusModemVendorString fwtPlusModemSystemName FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 64 LUMOOOY9AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Object List for FREEWAVE T
8. le e E CR ee E cee ee ee nn ae ee ee ee 87 Appendix B FreeWave TFTP Users Manual ssscsssccccssccssssssssscccsscceessesssscceseees 88 Appendix C Changing the IP Address in Windows SP 92 Appendix D FreeWave Discovery Server 93 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 9 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Choosing Point to Point or Point to Multipoint Operation A Point to Point network is limited to one Gateway and one Endpoint transceiver Up to 4 Re peaters may be added to extend the reach of the network but no other Gateway or Endpoint may be added In a Point to Multipoint network also referred to as a Multipoint network the transceiver des ignated as a Gateway is able to simultaneously communicate with numerous Endpoints In its simplest form a Multipoint network functions with the Gateway broadcasting its messages to all Endpoints and the Endpoints responding to the Gateway when given data by the device con nected to the data port It is important to note the differences between Point to Point and Multipoint networks In a Point to Point network all packets are acknowledged whether sent from the Gateway to the Endpoint or from the Endpoint to the Gateway In a Multipoint network outbound packets from the Gateway or Repeater to Endpoint or other Repeaters are sent a set number of times de
9. 0 Rev A FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com N O FreeWave FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Object List for FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES MIB Object fwtPlusModemSystemName fwtPlusModemFreqZoneIndex fwtPlusModemFreqZoneDescr fwtPlusModemFreqZoneEnabled Description An index used to identify a specific fre quency zone for a specific radio mo dem A textual description of a specific fre quency zone for a specific radio mo dem If the value of this object is true 1 then the referenced frequency zone is en abled for the relevant radio modem if the value of this object is false 2 then the frequency zone 1s disabled Access A textual identifier for a given system Read Write Not Accessible Read Only Read Write Syntax DisplayString SIZE 0 32 Unsigned32 DisplayString TruthValue LUMOOOY9AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com CCH O FreeWave FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Object List for FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES MIB Group Object fwtPlusModemSupplyVoltageBad fwtPlusModemRxRateBad fwtPlusModemTxRateBad fwtPlusModemReflectedPowerBad fwtPlusModemSNDeltaBad fwtPlusModemSignalBad fwtPlusModemNoiseBad FreeWave gt D Description This notification is gener
10. 3 884 4444 and finally Repeater 4 884 5555 It is the entry of serial number 9999999 in line that instructs the Gateway to continue calling through the Repeaters programmed on that line FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 42 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Programming Point to Multipoint Call Book In a Multipoint network the Endpoints and Repeaters are not listed in the Gateway s Call Book An Endpoint must have the Gateway and any Repeater it is going to use in its Call Book Note Ifthe Network ID feature is used in a Multipoint network no entries are needed in the Call Book of any of the transceivers See the Network ID feature on page 45 of this manual The following example shows the Call Books of a Multipoint network com prised of a Gateway Repeater and Endpoint in which the Endpoint can communicate either through the Repeater or directly to the Gateway Multipoint Gateway Call Book Unit Serial Number 884 1111 Entry EndPoint Serial Number Ist Repeater Serial Number 2nd Repeater Serial Number 0 000 0000 1 000 0000 No serial number entries are necessary in the Gateway s Call Book Multipoint Repeater Call Book Unit Serial Number 884 2222 Entry EndPoint Serial Number Ist Repeater Serial Number 2nd Repeater Serial Number 0 884 1111 1 000 0000 Multipoint Endpoint Call Book Unit S
11. FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 15 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Selecting option 5 from the main Setup Menu will bring up the Security menu SECURITY SETUP MENU HI Clear HAC Filter List Esc Exit Enter Choice Connected 0 28 55 Auto detect 19700 6 H 1 From this menu some of the various security options can be changed e Option 0 clears out the MAC Filter list setting the radio back to allowing all Ethernet traf fic Exiting the Setup Menu will initiate a reboot of the radio Free Wave Discovery Server The IP Address of a Plus radio can also be set using the FreeWave Discovery Server For more information on the FreeWave Discovery Server please see Appendix D see p 90 Resetting Radio to Default Settings Follow the steps for accessing Basic IP Setup as indicated on pages 11 15 When the Enter Password prompt appears the password default can be entered The radio will then reboot and all of the radio settings will be reset to the factory defaults see p 74 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 16 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Accessing Setup via the Built in Web Server This section will discuss how to configure the settings in the Plus radio Plug t
12. Point to Point Operation LEDs We EE eee ee eee Ee eee Condition Carrier Transmit Clear to Carrier Transmit Clear to Carrier Transmit Clear to Detect TX Send CTS Detect TX Detect TX CD CD n a Powered no Solid red Solid red Solid red Solid red Off Blinking Solid red Off Blinking link bright bright bright bright red bright red Linked no Re Solid Intermittent Intermittent Solid Intermittent Intermit n a peater sending green flash red flash red green flash red tent flash sparse data DOK VOA DOK red o Gateway calling Solid red Solid red Solid red Solid red Off Blinking Solid red Off Blinking Endpoint bright dim bright bright red bright red through Repeater Gateway linked Flashing Solid red Solid red Solid red Off Blinking Solid red Solid red Solid red to Repeater not orange dim bright bright red bright di bright to Endpoint VOA o Repeater linked Solid Intermittent Intermittent Solid Intermittent Intermit Solid Intermittent Intermit to Endpoint green flash red flash red green flash red tent flash green flash red tent flash VOK VOA XOK red voa 0 red voa Mode 6 waiting Solid red Off Blinking red Solid red Off Blinking n a n a n a for ATD com bright bright red mand Setup Mode Solid Solid Solid green Solid Solid Solid Solid Solid Solid green green green green green green green green FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phon
13. Rev A 58 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Object Tree for FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES MIB continued freewave Technologies fwtModules fwtTopLevelModule fwtProducts fwtPlusMIB fwtPlusStatusObjects fwtPlusControlObjects See previous page fwtPlusModemControlTable See previous page fwtPlusModemControlFreqZoneTable See previous page fwtPlusNotificationsPrefix fwtPlusNotifications fwtPlusModemSupplyVoltageBad fwtPlusModemRxRateBad fwtPlusModemTxRateBad fwtPlusModemReflectedPowerBad fwtPlusModemSNDeltaBad fwtPlusModemSignalBad fwtPlusModemNoiseBad fwtPlusConformance fwtPlusGroups fwtPlusModemStatusGroup fwtPlusModemControlGroup fwtPlusNotificationGroup FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com FreeWave LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A 59 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Object List for FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES MIB Object fwtPlusModemIndex fwtPlusModemSignal fwtPlusModemNoise fwtPlusModemSupply Voltage fwtPlusModemRxRate fwtPlusModemReflectedPower fwt ModemTemperature fwtPlusModemRange fwtPlusModemTxRate fwtPlusModemSNDelta fwtPlusModemVendorString fwtPlusModemConnectedTo Description Access Syntax An index used to identify a specific ra Not Accessible Unsigned32 dio modem within the system Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com The r
14. _ 75 119 44 73 104 31 94 12 99 22 123 Checking this box will cause the Discovery Server to request diagnostics information from any discovered radio Diagnostics will only be reported from radios with a firmware version of 2 11 and higher The following diagnostics information is listed in the Discovery Server Local Sig nal Local Noise Local Margin Upstream Signal Upstream Noise Upstream Margin Rx Tx VSWR Reflected Power Temp Voltage Distance and Connected To Specif ics on these statistics can be found on pages 20 21 of this manual Diagnostics will be regu larly updated as long as the Enable Diagnostics box is checked When that box is unchecked the last reported diagnostic information remains in the window but it is no longer updated The Upstream statistics will only show in radios with a firmware version of 2 13 or higher FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A 95
15. a Network Administrator before adjusting these settings Many of these set tings are also available through Basic IP Setup see p 11 or the Discovery Server see p 90 N D2 fi REEWAVE D gt 192 168 111 197 MAC 00 07 E7 80 70 8F Serial4 8417423 IP Setup LAN Network Interface Configuration Management salle lal Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Radio Setup SECUI SNMP Web Page Port http D Enable Default Gateway 192 168 111 1 save Apply 2006 2010 FreeWave Technologies Inc LAN Network Interface Configuration Management IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway A unique IP address will need to be assigned to each Plus radio modem The IP addresses must be in the proper subnet A Network Administrator will be able to assign the proper IP addresses for the radios It is also possible to have a transparent bridge with an IP address of 255 255 255 255 but serial port functionality the Security features and access to the Web based setup pages will be lost To reassign a valid IP address follow the instructions in Basic IP Setup see p 11 or use the FreeWave Discovery Server see p 90 The Subnet Mask and Default Gateway are normally assigned by a network administrator NOTE Putting multiple devices on the network with the same IP address can cause the whole network to crash When the VLAN Mode option see p 25 is set to Tagged or Untagged this IP information will be assigned to the Mana
16. a Subnet ID RX of F and a Subnet ID TX of F an Endpoint or Repeater will connect with the first Repeater or Gateway that it hears with the same Network ID There are scenarios however where communications need to be forced to follow a specific path Subnet ID is particularly helpful to force two Repeaters in the same network to operate in series rather than in parallel or if desired to force Endpoints to communicate to a specific Re peater for load balancing purposes There are two components to the Subnet ID e Subnet ID RX This setting identifies which transceiver a Repeater or Endpoint will listen to e Subnet ID TX This setting identifies the ID on which this device transmits and in turn which devices will listen to it The Subnet ID TX parameter is relevant for Multi point Gateways and Repeaters only The default disabled setting for both Subnet ID RX and Subnet ID TX is F Notes In some Multipoint Networks the Frequency Key will be at the same setting for all transceivers In other networks where parallel Repeaters are introduced the Frequency FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 47 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Key value will need to change See the Frequency Key section p 35 for more infor mation If both the Subnet ID RX and the Subnet ID TX settings are set t
17. a device the Gateway be lieves is on its wireless network the Gateway has exhausted all of its packet retries and the Gateway never received any acknowledgements for that packet Reasons for this are the destination address is not actually in the wireless network the destinations could not hear the packet from the Gateway or the Gateway could not hear the acknowledgement from the destination e Onan Endpoint this statistic shows a packet that is being sent to the Gateway the Endpoint has received no acknowledgements from the Gateway and the Endpoint has exhausted its maximum number of attempts per the Slave Connect Odds setting see p 45 It is still possible that any packet counted by this statistic was successfully delivered but the radio is unable to obtain an acknowledgement that the packet succeeded FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 272 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Broadcast Packets This statistic shows the number of packets sent over the radio where the broadcast address was the packet destination Radio Addressed Packets This statistic shows the number of packets sent over the radio where another radio in the wire less network was the packet destination Peer to Peer Packets This statistic is only valid in a Multipoint Gateway This statistic reflects the number of packets recei
18. address in the box and clicking the Add button will put that MAC address into the MAC Filter list This list is specific for each radio Only devices with MAC addresses in the MAC Filter list will be per mitted to communicate over the Ethernet port of the radio Any other traffic will be refused Selecting a MAC address in the MAC Filter list and clicking the Delete button will remove that address from the list Clicking the Clear button will remove every entry in the MAC Filter list If the MAC Filter list is blank all traffic will be allowed Mise Detach Local Eth Checking the Detach box disables the physical Ethernet port on the radio With this setting en abled the radio can only be contacted via the radio link Force SSL https Checking the Enable box will redirect any HTTP requests to the configuration pages through an HTTPS link using SSL Web page performance will be slower with this option enabled due to the encryption requirements Peer Io Peer Checking the Enable box allows the Gateway radio to build a table of Ethernet devices con nected over its radio link When the Gateway receives a packet over its radio link it compares the destination of that packet to its address table If the destination is found in the table the Gateway radio re transmits that packet over the radio instead of applying it to the Ethernet port If the Enable box is not checked data received over the radio link by the Gateway radio will alwa
19. be set to a valid UDP port 0O 65535 Power Up Dest IP amp Port In this line an IP Address and Port Number can be entered In a radio set to a Mode of UDP Before an incoming UDP request has been received by the radio the IP Address and Port num ber entered here will be where the radio sends any serial data coming into its serial port Once a UDP request is received the radio will operate as listed above The IP address is entered in the box to the left of the colon The UDP port number is entered in the box to the right of the colon The port number must be set to a valid UDP port O 65535 Multicast Settings Multicast Address amp Port This line sets the IP address and port number that will be used for Multicast In a Multipoint Gateway this will be the sending address In Multipoint Endpoints and Multipoint Repeaters this will be the address they register interest in see Multicast p 28 The IP address is entered in the box to the left of the colon The UDP port number is entered in the box to the right of the colon The port number must be set to a valid UDP port O 65535 Any IP addresses used in this line must be designated Multicast addresses 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 Serial Settings Baud Rate This setting is the communication rate between the serial port on the radio and the instrument to which it is connected It is important to note that this is independent of the baud rate for any other transceivers in
20. checked yd 867 kbps HTP 900RE 154 kbps FGRplusRE Default os FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com FreeWave 75 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A SNMP SNMP Version Read Community Write Community Authentication Password v3 Privacy Password v3 Trap Version Trap Community Min Fault Time Trap Manager IP Trap Manager2 IP Voltage Rx Rate Tx Rate Reflected Power S N Delta Signal Noise RMS Mode Paired Radio IP Min Fault Time Seconds Voltage Reflected Power FreeWave Private Blank MI Blank AES Disabled Blank ke ed Z o 300 Blank Blank Alarm Above 30 Alarm Below 6 Alarm Below 90 Alarm Below 90 Alarm Above 2 Alarm Below 30 Alarm Below 90 Alarm Above 100 Default Disabled 0 0 0 0 Alarm Above 30 Alarm Below 6 Alarm Above 2 76 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Examples of Data Communication Links Free Wave transceivers versatility allows data communication links to be established using a variety of different configurations The example below shows the most common and straightforward link a Gateway communicat ing to a Endpoint in a Point
21. is used to change the login password for the Admin and Guest accounts The cur rent Admin password must be entered in the Admin Password field The new password is en tered in the New Password field and re entered in the Confirm NEW Password field Click ing the Change Admin Password button will change the Admin password to the one entered in the New Password field Clicking the Change Guest Password button will change the Guest password to the one entered in the New Password field TFTP Firmware Upgrade The Plus radio downloads its firmware updates via TFTP To update the firmware two things are required the IP address of a TFTP server that contains the upgrade file and the file name of the upgrade file Address of TFTP Server Enter the IP address of the TFTP server that contains the upgrade file here Only an IP address is accepted File Name Enter the file name of the firmware upgrade file here The file name must exactly match what is stored on the TFTP server Upgrade Firmware Button Clicking this button begins the Firmware update process on this radio The radio will download the Firmware file from the specified TFTP Server load the file to memory and then reboot Once this button is clicked status messages will be displayed on the webpage in place of the Tools page Global Firmware Upgrade Button Clicking this button on a Gateway radio begins the Firmware update process on the Gateway radio The radio will download the Fi
22. optimum setting values The default settings for Max packet size Min packet size and RF Data Rate on the HTP 900RE are 9 1 and 867 Kbps respectively The default settings for Max packet size Min packet size and RF Data Rate on the FGRPlusRE are 9 1 and 154 Kbps respectively The following table defines the Minimum packet size in bytes by way of charting the Min Packet Size setting versus the RF Data Rate setting Using the default settings the actual mini mum packet size for the radios in bytes is 19 in the HTP 900RE and 21 in the FGRPlusRE Minimum Packet Size Definition HTplus FGRplus Min Packet Size Min Packet Size Min Packet Size bytes bytes bytes RF Data Rate RF Data Rate RF Data Rate 614 Kbps 115 Kbps 154 Kbps FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 36 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual The following table defines the Maximum packet size in bytes by way of charting the Min Packet Size setting versus the Max Packet Size setting where the RF Data Rate is set to 154 Kbps Using the default settings the actual maximum packet size m bytes is 213 Maximum Packet Size Definition with RF Date Rate of 154 kbps in bytes Max Setting Blank grey area Not Recommended a Toes 86 07 EE Ta oo S S S fsg 181 202 223 S S S 1o56 207 229 o S S S 17
23. port Received rx data indicates data coming from the connected device into the serial port Trans mitted tx data indicates data sent out the serial port to the connected device This amount is in bytes This page updates every 5 seconds Clicking the Refresh link will manually refresh the page FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 32 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Radio Setup This page 1s where the radio s Operation Mode Transmission Characteristics Multipoint Pa rameters and the Call Book can be set up When setting the operation mode there are two menus Network Type and Modem Mode The Network Type is either Point To Point or Point To Multipoint The Modem Mode 1s either Gateway Repeater or Endpoint In Point To Point mode the repeater is not an Endpoint Repeater The Call Book must also be used in Point To Point mode In Point To Multipoint mode either the Call Book or Network ID can be used Any Repeater in a Point To Multipoint network will be an Endpoint Repeater D2 FREEWAVE 192 168 111 197 MAC 00 07 E7 80 70 8F Serial4 8417423 IP Setup Serial Setup 1 Operation Mode Network Type Modem Mode Serial Setup 2 Radio Setup Transmission Characteristics a02 903 9 W 904 1 905 5 W 9057 907 1 W 907 3 908 7 EA EE EE EE GC UI SNMP Frequency Eey ZON
24. to Point link cb Gateway Endpoint The example below shows how a link might be set up using a Repeater The Repeater may be located on a hilltop or other elevated structure enhancing the link from the Gateway to the End point In this configuration it may be desirable to use an external Omni directional antenna at the Repeater Yagi antennas may be used at both the Gateway and Endpoint transceivers When a Repeater is used the RF throughput is cut in half Gateway Repeater Endpoint The example below shows a link with two Repeaters between the Gateway and Endpoint With two Repeaters there is clearly more flexibility in getting around obstacles and greater total range is possible Once again it would be desirable to use external Omni directional antennas with the Repeaters and attaching a Yagi to the Gateway and Endpoint to increase the range of the link When two Repeaters are used there is no further degradation in the RF throughput of the link Endpoint Gateway Repeater 1 Repeater2 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D Gei FGRplus and HTplus User Manual The example below shows a configuration where a Gateway routinely calls a number of End points at different times The Gateway is communicati
25. 0 191 213 234 S S S 154 175 197 218 239 S S S 159 181 202 223 245 e5 186 207 229 250 S S So 170 194 213 234 255 Referencing the default settings the Gateway will transmit up to 213 bytes on every hop If fewer than 213 bytes are transmitted by the Gateway the balance is allocated to the Endpoint s transmission plus the quantity in the Min Packet Size Setting For example if a Gateway transmits 100 bytes the Endpoint will then have a total of 134 bytes available 113 leftover bytes 21 Min packet size S1HINTN ns WON Ve Maximum Packet Size Definition with RF Date Rate of 614 kbps 115 kbps in bytes o EE 88 104 120 496 152 22 Lal a0 156 Feo o ate 20 144 160 et o ne 132 a8 164 Fes ECH 120 136 152 168 e208 F124 140 156 172 o n 128 144 160 176 f fea oo ne 132 148 164 180 ES s oal io i 152 168 184 EERE The above table defines the Maximum packet size in bytes by way of charting the Min Packet Size setting versus the Max Packet Size setting where the RF Data Rate is set to 115 Kbps FreeWave gt D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 37 LUMOOO9AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual The following table defines the Maximum packet size in bytes by way of charting the Min
26. 1 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 50 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Security On this page the RADIUS authentication information MAC filtering and the AES encryption key can be set IP Setup Serial Setup 1 D2 192 168 111 197 MAC 00 07 E7 80 70 8F Serial 84 17423 RADIUS Authentication Configuration Enable RADIUS Enable RADIUS IP Address RADIUS Port Number erred AES Encryption Serial Setup 2 Radio Setup Security Diagnostics Tools Rey MAC Filter Mise LI Detach Enable Enable save Apply 2006 2010 FreeWave Technologies Inc MAC Filter Detach Local Eth Force SOL https Peer To Peer RADIUS Authentication Configuration The Plus radios have the capability to require Endpoint or Multipoint Repeater radios to authen ticate to a central RADIUS server before being able to send or receive Ethernet data The radios comply with the RADIUS standards set forth in RFC 2138 The authentication method used in the Plus radios is PAP RADIUS authentication allows the administrator control over which radios will be allowed to participate on the Ethernet network Without authentication an Endpoint or Multipoint Re peater radio will not be allowed to send or receive Ethernet data across its RF link Enable RADIUS Checking this box enables RADIUS authentication from the Endpoint or Multipoint Repeater radios th
27. AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Choosing option 0 will bring up the IP Setup menu FGR2 PE HyperTerminal SEE File Edit View Call Transfer Help Radio Platform H 0 IP Setup 1 Security Esc Exit Enter Choice ke 5 SETUP MENU IP Address 192 168 111 198 Subnet Mask 200 200 200 9 Default Gateway 192 168 111 1 Web Port 80 VLAN Mode Disabled VLAN IP Address 192 168 111 100 VLAN Subnet Mask 299 299 259 0 Default Gateway 192 168 111 1 Hanagement YAN ID H Data YAN ID H Esc Exit WO CO zl OS OE CS NO Ga See eee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee el Enter Choice Connected 0 01 41 Auto detect 19200 8 N 1 From this menu the various IP Address and VLAN settings can be changed FreeWave gt D Option 0 will change the IP Address of the radio see p 24 Option 1 will change the Subnet Mask also called Netmask of the radio see p 24 Option 2 will change the Default Gateway of the radio see p 24 Option 3 will change the port number of the radio s Web based configuration screens see p 25 Option 4 will change the VLAN Mode Disabled Tagged Untagged of the radio see p 25 Option 5 will change the Data VLAN IP Address see p 25 Option 6 will change the Data VLAN Subnet Mask see p 25 Option 7 will change the Data VLAN Default Gateway see p 26 Option 8 will change the Management VLAN ID see p 26 Option 9 will change the Data VLAN ID see p 26
28. AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Operation LEDs COM LEDs Communications Port 1 or 2 C1 C2 Data Streaming into Rx Solid red bright Data Streaming out Tx Solid red bright Error LEDs Buffer Overflow Locally Solid red bright Buffer Overflow in Network Solid green bright Ethernet Port Lights Status Left LED Link Right LED Activity Linked Data Activity Linked Data Activity Linked No Data Activity Not Linked Check that cable is in good condition and plugged in FreeWave gt D 71 Solid Green bright 100BaseT Solid Orange Bright 10BaseT Solid Green bright 100BaseT Solid Orange Bright 10BaseT Solid Green bright 100BaseT Solid Orange Bright 10BaseT Solid Green bright Blinking Green FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOOOY9AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Authentication related LEDs Condition LED pattern Endpoint has not linked with Gateway Solid bright red ERR LED Endpoint cannot contact RADIUS server f Solid bright red ERR LED Endpoint was denied authentication from Alternating red and green ERR LED the RADIUS server Endpoint AES encryption key does not Alternating red and green ERR LED match Gateway encryption key SRL EE Ci C2 ERR HIGH THROUGHPUT 5 a CN ETHERNET BRIDGE
29. Bits This option sets the number of stop bits the serial port will send This should match the number of stop bits required by the connected device s settings The available settings are 1 and 2 Flow Control This option sets whether hardware flow control will be used on this serial port The available settings are None Uses software flow control XON XOFF Hardware Hardware flow control RTS CTS CD Mode This controls the function of the CD line on the serial port Normal CD is asserted when a TCP connection to the associated port is made and de asserted when the TCP connection 1s closed Most serial devices will use this option Keyed CD asserts 500 us before transmit and de asserts 1 ms after the transmission of the first bit of the last byte of data This option should be used with serial devices that require the CD line to be asserted prior to the transmission of data Interface This option sets the serial protocol the serial port will use This should match the protocol re quired by the connected device The available settings are RS232 RS485 and RS422 See page 80 for pinout information Modbus RTU This option adjusts for Modbus RTU timing When enabled the radio will gather data on the serial port until there is a break in the data due to Modbus RTU timing every 256 bytes The data is then sent as one TCP packet This option is recommended for any serial data that consist of many small packets of data T
30. C v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt 11 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual In the Name text box type in a descriptive name Select an icon from the Icon selection box Click on the OK button The following Connect To dialog box appears Connect To ES way FreeWave User Manual Enter details for the phone number that you want to dial Country code United States of America 1 Area code 303 Phone number Connect using iene Select the connection type to be used from the Connect using drop down menu In most cases the connection type will be either Direct to Com1 or Direct to Com Click on the OK button The Properties dialog box appears for the selected connection type COM1 Properties g 2 x Fort Settings Bits per second IER Data bits le sl stop bits D sl Flow control let Restore Detaults ze FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 12 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt FGRplus and HTplus User Manual The following are the port settings which must be set for a proper connection Port Setting Daans o After selecting the appropriate menu items for each setting click on the OK button The follow ing HyperTerminal dialog box appears FreeWave User Manual HyperT erminal File Edit View Cal Transfer Help F Disconnected Auto detect Auto detect SC
31. CH lt 2 a co a 5 lt is CH SNMP Agent Configuration In this section the proper SNMP version Communities and Passwords required by the SNMP Agent are entered SNMP Version In this dropdown box the desired version of SNMP can be selected The available options are vl v2 and v3 FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 54 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Read Community In this box the SNMP Community name that has Read access should be entered Write Community In this box the SNMP Community name that has Write access should be entered Authentication Password v3 This option is only available when v3 is selected in the SNMP Version setting The password needed for SNMP v3 authentication should be entered in the text box The proper encryption algorithm for the SNMP Agent should be selected in the dropdown box The available options are MD5 and SHA1 Privacy Password v3 This option is only available when v3 is selected in the SNMP Version setting The password needed for SNMP v3 privacy should be entered in the text box The proper encryption algo rithm for the SNMP Agent should be selected in the dropdown box The available options are AES and DES SNMP Trap Configuration In this section the version Community timing and Managers for the available SNMP Traps are set Tr
32. ECHNOLOGIES MIB Group Object Description fwtPlusModemStatusGroup A collection of objects con cerned with the current status of a radio modem fwtPlusModemControlGroup A collection of objects con cerned with the current status of a radio modem FreeWave gt D 65 Objects fwtPlusModemSignal fwtPlusModemNoise fwtPlusModemSupply Voltage fwtPlusModemRxRate fwtPlusModemReflectedPower fwtPlusModemTemperature fwtPlusModemRange fwtPlusModemTxRate fwtPlusModemSN Delta fwtPlusModemVendorString fwtPlusModemConnectedTo fwtPlusModemUpstreamSignal fwtPlusModemUpstreamNoise fwtPlusModemDisconnectCount fwtPlusModemPacketRxCount fwtPlusModemPacketTxCount fwtPlusModemPacketDroppedCount fwtPlusModemPacketBadCount fwtPlusModemNetworkMode fwtPlusModemMode fwtPlusModemFrequencyKey fwtPlusModemMinPacketSize fwtPlusModemMaxPacketSize fwtPlusModemTxPower fwtPlusModemRetryTimeout fwtPlusModemRFDataRate fwtPlusModemBroadcastRepeat fwtPlusModemNetworkID fwtPlusModemRepeaters fwtPlusModemRxSubnetID fwtPlusModemTxSubnetID fwtPlusModemReboot fwtPlusModemMaxSlaveRetry fwtPlusModemSystemName fwtPlusModemFreqZoneDescr fwtPlusModemFreqZoneEnabled FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOOOY9AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual RMS The settings on the RMS page are utilized in FreeWave Redundant Master System units only For deta
33. ES Diagnostics Tools Iv 915 4 916 8 917 0 918 6 19188 9202 V 920 4 921 8 9221 325 4 lw 9257 925 1 W925 5 926 7 YI 9269 92 8 D Retry Timeout 25 RF Data Rate 154 kbps Mass Packet Size Mam Packet Size Transmit Power cm JAAR 4 P lt rd Si nt To Pomt Parameters Normal ze all Book Transnut Fate Cal Book ei Multipoint Parameters Addressed Repeat b Broadcast Repeat slave Connect Odds Master Tx Beacon Hetwork ID lll ell AND THEN out of every lots 55 Disabled ze l Repeaters subnet ID Rx oubnet ID TX T P lt 4 F nave Apply 2006 2010 FreeWave Technologies Inc FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 33 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Operation Mode Network Type Modem Mode The Network Type and Modem Mode options designate the method FreeWave transceivers use to communicate with each other FreeWave Plus transceivers operate in a Gateway to Endpoint configuration Before the transceivers can operate together they must be set up to properly communicate In a standard configuration the Gateway Mode should be used on the end which will be con nected to the LAN When setting up the transceiver remember that a number of parameters are controlled by the settings in the Gateway Therefore deploying the Gate
34. FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Version 5 0 LUM0009AC Rev A Covering Firmware v 2 20 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Free Wa ve m Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 1 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual SPREAD SPECTRUM WIRELESS DATA TRANSCEIVER USER MANUAL Copyright 1995 2010 by FreeWave Technologies Inc All rights reserved Published 2010 WARRANTY FreeWave Technologies warrants your FreeWave Wireless Data Transceiver against defects in materials and manufacturing for a period of two years from the date of purchase In the event of a Product failure due to materials or workmanship FreeWave will at its discretion repair or replace the Product In no event will FreeWave Technologies Inc its suppliers and its licensors be liable for any damages arising from the use of or inability to use this Product This includes business inter ruption loss of business information or other loss which may arise from the use of this Prod uct Please be advised that OEM customer s warranty periods may vary Warranty Policy may not apply 1 If Product repair adjustments or parts replacements is required due to accident neglect un usual physical electrical or electromagnetic stress 2 If Product is used outside of FreeWave specifications 3 If Product has been modified repaired or altered by Customer unless FreeWave specifically authorized such a
35. ROLL CAPS z Connect power to the radio After a few seconds the following screen should appear in the HyperTerminal window FGR2 PE HyperTerminal Fie Edit Yiew Call Transfer Help For Config press Y within 2 secs Connected 0 00 18 Auto detect 19200 8 N 1 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 13 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Enter a Y or a y within 5 seconds even though the text says 2 seconds to go into the IP setup of the radio Any other key will exit allowing the radio to complete the boot up Upon entering a Y a password prompt will appear FGR2 PE Hyper Terminal File Edit Yiew Call Transfer Help Dae 3 28 For Config press Y within 2 secs Enter Password Connected 0 02 30 Auto detect 19200 8 N 1 Entering the Administrator password factory default is admin will bring up the FreeWave Setup Menu FGR2 PE HyperTerminal File Edit View Call Transfer Help For Config press Ni within 2 secs Enter Password admin FREEWAYE SETUP MENU Firmware Version 2 18q Radio Platform H 0 IP Setup 1 Security Esc Exit Enter Choice Connected 0 00 51 Auto detect 19200 8 N 1 FreeWave gt FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 14 LUMOOOI
36. Rev A fwtPlusModemUpstreamNoise The Noise level that the upstream radio receives from this radio in dBm fwtPlusModemDisconnectCount The Number of times this radio has lost its RF link fwtPlusModemPacketRxCount The Number of ethernet packets the ra dio has received over its RF link fwtPlusModemPacketTxCount The Number of ethernet packets the ra dio has sent over its RF link fwtPlusModemDroppedCount The Number of ethernet packets the ra dio has dropped FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com O fwtPlusModemBadCount The Number of BAD corrupt ethernet packets the radio has received over its RF link fwtPlusModemNetworkMode The network mode to be used by a radio modem fwtPlusModemMode The modem mode to be used by a radio Read Write modem INTEGER gateway 1 re peater 2 endpoint 3 fwtPlusModemFrequencyKey The frequency key to be used by a radio Read Write modem Unsigned32 0 14 Read Write fwtPlusModemMinPacketSize The minimum packet size to be used by a radio modem Unsigned32 0 9 FreeWave FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Object List for FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES MIB Object fwtPlusModemMaxPacketSize fwtPlusModemTxPower fwtPlusModemRetryTimeout fwtPlusModemRFDataRate fwtPlusModemBroadcastRepeat fwtPlusModemNetworkID fwtPlusModemRepeaters fwtPlusModem
37. RxSubnetID fwtPlusModemTxSubnetID fwtPlusModemReboot fwtPlusModemMaxSlaveRetry Description Access Syntax The maximum packet size to be used by Read Write a radio modem Unsigned32 0 9 The transmit power to be used by a ra Read Write dio modem Unsigned32 0 10 How many times a radio modem should Read Write try to transmit a packet before timing out Unsigned32 0 255 The RF data rate to be used by a radio modem Permissible values are 1200 867 614 154 115 depending on the radio series radios Read Write Unsigned32 The number of times a Gateway will Read Write send out a packet of information before moving on to the next Unsigned32 0 9 A numerical ID that radios use to de Read Write cide which network they are allowed to link to Unsigned32 0 4095 Allows for repeaters in the network or Read Write not INTEGER enabled 1 dis abled 2 Unsigned32 0 15 A numerical ID that radios use to de Read Write cide which subnet they are allowed to link to A numerical ID that radios use to de Read Write cide which subnet they will transmit on Unsigned32 0 15 Set to 1 to reboot radio This will force any changes to take effect Read Write INTEGER 0 1 The maximum number of times an End Read Write Unsigned32 0 9 point can attempt to deliver data to the Gateway before it discards the data LUMOOOY9AC v 5
38. Status Temperature being displayed incorrectly has been resolved FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A 87 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Appendix B FreeWave TFTP Server Users Manual Installation Requires Microsoft Windows 98 2000 XP with Microsoft Windows Installer 2 0 or higher To install FreeWave TFTP Server execute the fwTFTP Install msi program If the defaults are accepted the program will be installed in the C Program Files FreeWave Technolo gies fWIFTP folder The installer will automatically create an uninstall entry in the Add or Remove Programs list To uninstall this software open Add or Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel select TFTP Server from the list then click Remove to uninstall it Using the Server The illustration on the next page Figure 1 shows the basic layout of the server The icons at the top of the window control the server e To stop the server click the Stop server button No TFTP clients will be able to connect to the server and any existing connections will be dropped e To restart the server click the Start server button To clear the log click the Clear log button This will clear the log display and also erase the log file e To configure the server click the Configure button This will open the configuration window described in Figure 2
39. This signal is used to tell the system device connected to the transceiver that the transceiver is ready to receive data When asserted the transceiver will accept data when de asserted the transceiver will not accept data This should always be used for data rates above 38 4KB or there will be a risk of lost data if an RF link is not very robust 9 GND Ground TI Signal return for all signal lines shared with Pin 5 FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com g LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Technical Specifications HTP 900RE 900 MHz Transceiver Specifications Specification Frequency Range Transmitter Output Power Range Line of Sight Modulation Occupied Bandwidth Hopping Channels Frequency Zones RF Connector Receiver Sensitivity System Gain Data transmission Over the air data rate Error detection Data encryption Authentication Data interface Protocol Data Connector Power requirements Operating Voltage 902 928 MHz FHSS FCC DTS 5 mW to 870 mW 29 4 dBm Point to Point 15 miles with clear line of sight 2 level GFSK 611 2 kHz 4 16 zones 2 3 channels per zone TNC Female 102 dBm for 10 bit error rate at 614 Kbps 96 dBm for 10 bit error rate at 867 Kbps 129 dB 540 Kbps sustained throughput 270 Kbps sustained throughput with Repe
40. agnostics port and cable do not have a latching connector and cannot be used in a hazard ous location FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 3 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Model FGRplusRE This equipment is suitable for use in Class I Division 2 Groups A B C and D or non hazardous locations only Warning Explosion Hazard Substitution of components may impair suitability for Class 1 Division 2 The diagnostics port and cable do not have a latching connector and cannot be used in a hazard ous location Some of the software in the firmware is licensed under the GNU General Public License and other Open Source and Free Software licenses You can obtain corresponding source by con tacting FreeWave and requesting the source on CD IMPORTANT NOTICE Although both the HTP 900RE and the FGRplusRE radios are outlined in this manual they cannot link with each other over the air An HTplus can interface with an FGRplus through a hard wired Ethernet or serial connection ONLY For a serial to serial connection between an HTplus and an FGRplus or between any Plus radio and a FreeWave serial radio a Null Modem adapter and a M to M Gender Changer must be used For an Ethernet to Ethernet connection a straight through Ethernet cable may be used as the port on the Plus ra dios are auto crossove
41. antly communicating their network location FreeWave Technolo gies recommends leaving Spanning Tree unchecked unless Spanning Tree Protocol is required by your application VLAN Configuration Data Mode This drop down selects whether VLAN will be active and which mode will be utilized e Disabled VLAN will not be used e Tagged If the data coming into the radio s local Ethernet port is tagged with a VLAN ID select this option The radio will bridge the data leaving the VLAN ID as is e Untagged Ifthe data coming into the radio s local Ethernet port is not tagged with a VLAN ID select this option The radio will accept the data tag it with the VLAN ID entered in the Data VLAN ID field and send it across the radio link Data arriv ing at this radio and being sent out of the local Ethernet port will have any VLAN tag removed before being sent out of the port IP Address When the VLAN Mode is set to Tagged or Untagged the IP Address entered here will be as signed to the Data portion of the radio Ethernet port traffic and terminal server communica tion Any data destined for one of the Plus s serial ports or its Ethernet port will need to be ad dressed to this IP address and tagged with the Data VLAN ID Subnet Mask The appropriate subnet mask for the Data VLAN IP address above should be entered in this box FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 F
42. ap Version In this dropdown box the Trap Version supported by the SNMP Agent should be selected The available options are v1 v2 and Disabled Trap Community In this box the SNMP Community name that has Trap access should be entered Min Fault Time Seconds This dropdown box sets the amount of time a trap condition must be continuously present be fore an SNMP Trap is sent to the Trap Manager s The amount of time is in seconds The available options are 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 and 300 seconds Trap Manager 1 IP amp Trap Manager 2 IP These boxes contain the IP Addresses of the authorized SNMP Trap Managers DNS names are not accepted in these boxes FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 55 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual SNMP Trap Limits In this section the limits for any available SNMP Traps can be set Voltage This is a Trap for the supply voltage of the radio Checking the Enable box will enable this spe cific Trap The Trap Condition will be present if the voltage drops below the Alarm Below voltage or is above the Alarm Above voltage The available settings are the whole numbers between 6 and 30 The numbers are in volts DC Rx Rate This is a Trap for the Receive Percent of the radio Checking the Enable box will enable this specific Trap The Trap Condition will be p
43. aters 32 Bit CRC retransmit on error 128 bit AES encryption proprietary 256 bit Dynamic Key Substitution SSL RADIUS HTTP Password RS 232 RS422 RS485 300bps to 115 2Kbps async full duplex 2 ports Ethernet 10 100BaseT auto sensing auto MDIX Ethernet IEEE 802 3 TCP IP DHCP ICMP UDP ARP multicast TCP Ethernet RJ45 Serial 2x DE 9 6 to 30 VDC At 100 receive success rate RF Data Rate setting of 154 Kbps Sawn te 252 mA 150 mA 63 mA 140 mA 71 mA 32 mA FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com FreeWave 82 LUMOO0O09AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual FGR2 PE continued Operating Temperature Range 40 C to 60 C Dimensions 165 mm L x 74 mm W x 59 mm H Weight 427g Humidity 0 to 95 non condensing FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com g3 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Technical Specifications FGRplusRE 900 MHz Transceiver Specifications Specification Frequency Transmit Output Power Range Modulation Spreading method Occupied bandwidth Hopping channels Receive Sensitivity Data transmission Over the air data rate Error detection Data encryption Max link throughput Data interface Power requirements Supply voltage Transm
44. ave com 74 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Factory Default Settings FreeWave Plus transceivers are shipped from the factory with the following Default Settings IP Setup IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Web Page Port Spanning Tree Mode IP Address VLAN Configuration Subnet Mask Default Gateway Management VLAN ID Data VLAN ID Serial Setup Mode Port Alarm Alarm IP amp Port Maintain Drop Link Alarm Retry Limit Attempts Inactivity Timeout Seconds IP Address amp Port Local IP Port Power Up Dest IP amp Port Multicast Address amp Port Baud Rate Data Bits Parity Stop Bits Flow Control CD Mode Interface Modbus RTU pea J pene Se een A a m ooo C a C o Serial Setup 1 Serial Setup 2 7000 7001 Not Checked Not Checked 0 0 0 0 8000 0 0 0 0 8001 Not Checked Not Checked DS DS E Radio Setup Network Type Modem Mode Frequency Key Zones Max Packet Size Min Packet Size Transmit Power Retry Timeout RF Data Rate Point to Point Parameters Transmit Rate Multipoint Pa rameters Addressed Repeat Broadcast Repeat Slave Connect Odds Master Tx Beacon Network ID Repeaters Subnet ID RX Subnet ID TX Security Enable RADIUS RADIUS IP Address RADIUS Port Number Shared Secret User Password Key MAC Filter Detach Local Eth Force SSL https Peer to Peer Point to Point All
45. ax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 25 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Default Gateway The appropriate default gateway for the Data VLAN IP address p 25 should be entered in this box Management VLAN ID Computers and devices using the VLAN ID entered here will be able to access the radio s Setup Pages receive SNMP information send SNMP commands and view the radio via the Free Wave Discovery Server Data VLAN ID Data using this VLAN ID will be allowed to come into or be sent out of the radio s local Ethernet port and will be allowed to access the serial ports via the terminal server NOTE Not every network needs or uses VLAN IDs The Mode setting is normally kept at Disabled Changes to these settings should be approved by a Network Administrator Save Apply Button Clicking this button saves any settings changes in the IP Setup page and applies those changes to the radio Before the changes become active the radio requires a reboot Navigating away from the IP Setup page without clicking this button discards any changes FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 26 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FreeWave gt FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Serial Setup 1 and Serial Setup 2 This is where the port numbers and data settings for each serial port can be assigned These set tings need to ma
46. ceivers are close together and data throughput needs to be optimized A setting of 867 154 Kbps must also be used when the full throughput of 540 92 Kbps is necessary A setting of 613 115 Kbps should be used when the transceivers are farther away and a solid data link is preferred over data throughput The maximum available throughput in an FGRplus radio 1s e 70 kbps at an RF Data Rate of 115 kbps e 92 kbps at an RF Data Rate of 154 kbps The maximum available throughput in an HTplus radio 1s e 360 kbps at an RF Data Rate of 614 kbps e 540 kbps at an RF Data Rate of 867 kbps Note In Multipoint networks the RF Data Rate must be set identically in all transceivers Any transceiver with an RF Data Rate different from the Gateway will not establish a link In Point to Point networks the Gateway s settings take precedence over the Endpoint Point to Point Parameters The items in this section are mainly set in Point to Point Networks although they do have some usage in Multipoint networks Transmit Rate There are two settings for the Transmit Rate parameter The setting for normal operation of the transceiver 1s Normal The Transmit Rate of Diagnostics is useful to qualitatively gauge signal strength in Point to Point mode When set to Diagnostics the transceivers will transmit back and forth continuously whether or not the radios have received any actual data In Point to Point operation a Transmit Rate of Diagnostics should be used onl
47. cessful connection it will cease trying and act as if no alarm was received The incoming data will be flushed from the radio s data buffer If new in coming data is received the radio will attempt to connect again A setting of 0 means that the radio will continuously try to connect to the alarm server until the radio is rebooted Inactivity Timeout Seconds This setting controls how long an incoming TCP connection must be idle i e no data being transferred before the radio drops the connection This setting is in seconds A setting of 0 means that the radio will never disconnect an idle connection all disconnects will need to come from the client TCP Client Settings IP Address amp Port This line sets the IP address and TCP port number the radio will create a connection to upon boot up when the radio is set to the TCP Client mode see TCP Client p 28 The IP address is entered in the box to the left of the colon The TCP port number is entered in the box to the right of the colon The port number must be set to a valid TCP port O 65535 UDP Settings Local IP Port The port number entered in this box is the UDP port the radio will listen to for connections FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 29 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual when the Mode is set to UDP The port number must
48. cting this option will delete the selected entry from the Discovery Server list If the radio is still connected to the Ethernet link the entry will reappear upon the radio s next broadcast Open Web Page Choosing this option opens the computer s default web browser and enters the selected radio s IP Address in the address bar If the computer can communicate with that IP Address via HTTP the radio s login information will come up Logging in will display the radio s settings pages Change Basic Settings Change Serial Number 8841328 IP Address Netmask Gateway Web Port Password Selecting this option brings up a window that allows the changing of the basic IP settings of the radio In this section the IP Address Netmask Subnet Mask Gateway and Web Port can be changed If changes are made the Administrator password for the radio must be entered in the Password box and then the Change button should be clicked If the password is correct the radio will reboot and apply the requested changes Otherwise the radio will ignore the change request NOTE Radios with a firmware version of 2 14 and lower will only accept admin as the valid password This is corrected in newer versions of firmware FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 94 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual File Menu
49. cts fwtPlusModemStatusTable fwtPlusModemFrequencyKey fwtPlusModemStatusTableEntry fwtPlusModemMinPacketSize fwtPlusModemlIndex fwtPlusModemMaxPacketSize fwtPlusModemSignal fwtPlusModemTxPower fwtPlusModemNoise g fwtPlusModemRetryTimeout fwtPlusModemSupplyVoltage fwtPlusModemRfDataRate fwtPlusModemRxRate fwtPlusModemBroadcastRepeat fwtPlusModemReflectedPower fwtPlusModemNetworkID fwtPlusModemTemperature fwtPlusModemRepeaters fwtPlusModemRange fwtPlusModemRxSubnetID fwtPlusModemTxRate fwtPlusModemTxSubnetID fwtPlusModemSNDelta fwtPlusModemReboot fwtPlusModemVendorString fwtPlusModemConnectedTo fwtPlusModemUpstreamSignal fwtPlusModemUpstreamNoise fwtPlusModemDisconnectCount fwtPlusModemPacketRxCount fwtPlusModemPacketTxCount fwtPlusModemPacketDroppedCount fwtPlusModemPacketBadCount fwtPlusModemMaxSlaveRetry fwtPlusModemSystemName __ _ fwtPlusModemControlFreqZoneTable CT fwtPlusModemControlFreqZoneTableEntry fwtPlusModemFreqZonelndex fwtPlusModemFreqZoneDescr fwtPlusModemFreqZoneEnabled FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com FreeWave LUMOOO9AC v 5 0
50. d Change Succeeded message Change succeededReboot Reboot required message FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 18 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Status This page will include all of the device status information Nothing on this screen is user ad justable If the Auto Refresh Page box at the bottom of the page is checked this page updates every 10 seconds D2 AVE fi nee WAVED 192 168 111 197 MAC 00 07 E7 80 70 8E Serial 8417423 IP Setup Hardware Information Software Boot Version Serial Setup 1 Serial Setup 2 Radio Setup RF Stats OO CemmeetedTo 0 OOOO O 0 meters or 0 0 miles Packet Stats Diagnostics Tools il 31 C 88 F t Radio AddressedPockets D __PeerToPenPurkets bk OOO Rasowe D O o site Information Auto Refresh Page Ll Hardware Information This is displayed at the top of every page in the radio setup It displays the model name of the radio the radio s IP address the radio s MAC hardware address and the radio s Serial Num ber Firmware Version This displays the current version number of the firmware revision installed on the radio Wireless Version This displays the current version number of the Radio Frequency module s firmware FreeWave gt FreeWave Technolo
51. e 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 17 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual GES YY Navigating the Plus interface Along the left side of all screens in the Web based interface of the Plus is the Pages List Clicking the items in this list allows navigation to the different configuration pages available m the Plus The currently selected page is high lighted in teal Status IP Setup Seal Setup 1 Sie jal at j p A Radio setup Below the Pages List is the Reboot button Clicking this button forces a re boot of the radio a PA i L ks e Be Sr Pages List and Reboot button When making changes on the various settings in the Plus it is necessary pna to click the Save Apply button before navigating away from that page or rebooting the radio No changes will take effect until the Save Apply button is clicked When the changes have been successfully saved and applied the message Change Succeeded will appear beneath the Re boot button Save Apply button require a reboot to complete the changes When such a change 1s made the Change Succeeded message changes to include a link labeled Reboot Required Clicking either the Reboot Requiured link or the Reboot button will reboot the radio and apply the re quested changes If the user does not reboot the radio right away the requested changes will not be made until the radio 1s reboote
52. e 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 73 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Choosing a Location for the Transceivers Placement of the FreeWave transceiver is likely to have a significant impact on its performance The key to the overall robustness of the radio link is the height of the antenna In general Free Wave units with a higher antenna placement will have a better communication link In practice the transceiver should be placed away from computers telephones answering machines and other similar equipment The 6 foot Ethernet cable included with the transceiver usually pro vides ample distance for placement away from other equipment To improve the data link Free Wave Technologies offers directional and Omni directional antennas with cable lengths ranging from 3 to 200 feet When using an external antenna placement of that antenna is critical to a solid data link Other antennas in close proximity are a potential source of interference use the Radio Statistics to help identify potential problems The Radio Statistics are found on the Status Page An adjustment of as little as 2 feet in antenna placement can resolve some noise prob lems In extreme cases such as when interference is due to a Pager or Cellular Telephone tower a band pass filter may reduce this out of band noise FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freew
53. eceived signal level for this radio Read Only Integer 32 modem in dBm The detected noise for this radio mo Read Only Integer 32 dem in dBm The supply voltage to this radio mo Read Only Hundredth dem in units of one hundredth of a volt The current receive rate as a percentage Read Only Hundredth of the maximum in units of one hun dredth of a percent The current amount of reflected RF Read Only Unsigned32 power The current temperature of this radio Read Only Integer 32 modem in degrees Celsius The current approximate range of this Read Only Unsigned32 radio modem from its peer in meters The current transmit rate as a percent Read Only Hundredth age of the maximum in units of one hundredth of a percent The current margin absolute between Read Only Integer32 the received signal and the noise at this radio The name of the vendor of this radio Read Only DisplayString modem The serial number of the radio that we Read Only Integer32 currently have an RF link with FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 FreeWave LUMOOOY9AC v 5 0 Rev A O FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Object List for FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES MIB Object Description Access Syntax Read Only Unsigned32 Read Write INTEGER pointToPoint 1 multipoint 2 fwtPlusModemUpstreamSignal The received signal level that the up stream radio receives from this radio in dBm LUMOOOY9AC v 5 0
54. eck the line to be certain no other device is transmitting before enabling the line driver for data transmission There is no provision for handshaking in any of the above modes of operation so data rates of 57 6 KBaud and above are not recommended without a protocol that can handle error detection properly FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D 80 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual RS 422 and RS 485 Full Duplex Pin Outs Function DB 9 Pin Number 3 2 RS 485 Half Duplex Pin Outs Wire to both pins for Bus Wire to both pins for Bus Signal Ground RS232 Pin Assignments Carrier Detect Output Used to show an RF connection between transceivers 2 TX Transmit Data Output Used to transmit data bits serially from the transceivers to the system device 3 RX Receive Data Input Used to receive data bits serially from the system device con nected to the transceivers Data Terminal Ready Used only for DTR Connect 5 GND Ground Signal return for all signal lines shared with Pin 9 DSR Data Set Ready Output Always high when the radio is powered from the Phoenix power connector Indicates power is on to the radio 7 RTS Request to Send Input The transceiver does not recognize RTS for flow control RTS is used as a control line in RTS CTS mode CTS Clear to Send Output
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56. eeeeeeeeeeeees 51 Tabe Eet 51 RADIUS RE AUI oara ene sey 32 RADIUS Ee SE bar eE E a nn a eRe 3 EE 52 REN Ee yD MOM E 52 tee 32 MAC FO e A EE E EE EANAN EEEE EAA EE 53 MACET H Terren ae E A A 53 Denen Locat irea E E 53 Forco SSLN D er RE 53 PCE UO PC le geed 53 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual eye hie APTI E e e EE 53 SKI 54 SNMP Agent Configuration irs sccsvenciunnadesaadesndsaranadioanautoncdcsnndesiadeandnereues 54 SNMP CUS E 54 Reid ON y ara A A 55 Write Community oneneneesnnnesossssssssseeetttereeeenessssssssssssssseerrereeeees 55 Authentication Password V3 ssscccccceecesssseeccceceeeeasessseeeeees 55 See e A ee E AA ee 55 SNMP IE O O e E A 55 E EE 55 Trap OM AAA eea EA EE E ER 55 Min Fault Time Seconds wscnsasscescocsctevescdsensscactdesvesstencewetanteecisees 55 Trap Manager 1 IP amp Trap Manager 2 IP 55 SNMP Trap CN 56 KE 56 e Ee 56 KN 56 Reece a PON T ee T ee eee eee ee 56 SN DET E 56 EE tee 56 ler 56 Save Apply Button KE NIV OCC EE ee 58 STE 10 D EE 60 DRS epee eee ae 66 Re e 67 EGOI ao sepscsrssi sso E xe eosin sang aae AEEA sane ennai E ene 68 Change Sl OPA eebe 68 BT E ore ccs on E E E E E A 68 SE EE 68 By SS EE E 68 NN 69 Change Password Alpha Numeric cccces
57. enceenes 23 Peer to Peer Packets cc cece cceeccssecccsecccsecccsscccescccccceueccusecensececsnceeenccense 23 TRAC e NR Set NEEN 23 RA TOU 5 01 ee E E E ee ee 23 T EE a E E E ont mer ere 23 Ir e EEN 23 Site Name Site Contact System Name Notes ccccccccccssssssssssseseeseeees 23 ERR NEE 23 MEPS E 24 FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual LAN Network Interface Configuration Management 24 IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway ccccccccccccceeeeeeeees 24 IV CO TO a er senrcie toes E A seetaietasc santa 25 BS iA EC a E E ES 25 VLAN ContiouratiOn Data eessen r EEEE 25 ee E 25 ele E 25 RUT E 25 DSTA ENA o 26 Management VLAN ID erea a 26 PNV er RR EE 26 SR E e E 26 De Mla ye Cfo land Serial SED ee EE 27 Port 1 Port 2 Terminal Server Confeuratnon Ga ee E 27 Eelere 27 KI e E 28 TG CIC E 28 IER 28 IVAN A CASE E 28 TEP Sev T E e 28 Nu E 28 PM ANT T P to acai trea NEA ee taper AAEE 28 Faw He E EEN 29 Maintain Drop Link cc cesssssesseeeeeeeecccceeeeeeeeeesaaaaaeeeseeeeees 29 Alarm Retry Limit Attempts EEN 29 Imactyvity Timeout Seconds eei aN 29 TEPC HCI OE cas A E 29 EP POC E 29 UDP EE e E A 29 Loca EPO E 29 POWer Up Dest IP amp Eeer 30 Multicast Settngs cccccccccssssssssssseeeeeeeccceceeeeeeseeseaeaessess
58. erial Number 884 3333 Entry EndPoint Serial Number Ist Repeater Serial Number 2nd Repeater Serial Number 0 884 1111 1 884 2222 2 000 0000 At times it may be desirable to force a Endpoint to go through a specific Multipoint Repeater In this scenario the Endpoint s Call Book should contain only the Serial Number for that Re peater as the entry on line 0 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 43 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HT plus User Manual Programming Point to Multipoint Extended Call Book Y FREEWAVE gt gt ee 192 168 111 197 MAC 00 07 E7 80 2D 31 Serral 8400177 IF Setup Callbook serial Setup 1 Enty En dP ont Ist Repeater 2nd Repeater VTT DAILZZ b403333 Radio Setup 8406666 8407777 8408888 8409999 8401313 SE JECUNE Diagnostics Tools 8401414 401515 8401616 8401919 Se 8402020 oan 8402323 8402626 402929 8403030 9999999 9999999 E a An a Entry To Call All sl 2006 2010 FreeWave Technologies Inc In a Multipoint network an Endpoint can be programmed to roam between Gateways and Re peaters using the Multipoint Extended Call Book function An Endpoint with its Call Book configured as below wil
59. f the Windows Firewall is enabled the notice displayed in Figure 3 will appear when Free Wave TFTP Server is run for the first time To allow the server to run under Windows XP sim ply click the Unblock button This issue does not occur if the Windows Firewall has been dis abled vi Windows Security Alert EN To help protect your computer Windows Hrewall has blocked sume features of this program Do you want to keep blocking this program Lal Name TFT PServer Publisher Unknown even Windows Firewall has blocked this program from accepting connections from the Intemet or a network P you recognize the program or trust the publisher you can unblock t When should unblock a program Figure 3 Windows Firewall Security Alert FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt 9 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Appendix C Changing the IP Address in Windows XP NOTE These instructions are for Windows XP The displayed widows and available option may be different under other Operating Systems 1 Click on Start Control Panel or Start Settings Control Panel Bon Double click the Network Connections icon Figure 1 Connections 3 Right click on Local Area Connection and then click Properties Figure 2 NOTE Depending on the Network setup different icons may appear here Please contact
60. gement portion of the radio Setup pages SNMP Discovery Server Any communication with the Plus s Setup pages SNMP or changes via the Discovery Server will need to be addressed to this IP address and tagged with the Management VLAN ID FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A 24 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Web Page Port This setting allows the assigned port for the Web interface Setup pages to be changed The de fault setting is port 80 the standard Web page port If this setting is changed from port 80 the proper port number must be included when accessing the Setup pages http lt IP address gt lt Port gt where lt IP address gt is the IP address of the Plus radio and lt Port gt is the port number assigned in the IP Setup page Any valid TCP port can be entered from 1 to 65535 If an invalid TCP port is entered the Plus radio will default the Web Page Port setting to 80 In the example below the Web Page port was changed to 5150 Example Address http 192 168 111 203 5150 Spanning Tree Checking the Enable box will cause a Gateway radio to utilize Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1D This will eliminate the possibility of the radios creating a network loop which can cause network wide problems Spanning Tree Protocol does use radio bandwidth as any Span ning Tree radios are const
61. gies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 19 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Software Boot Version amp Hardware Version These settings are for internal FreeWave use When speaking with a Technical Support repre sentative they may ask for this information Uptime This is the total time the radio has been running since the last reboot RF Stats Connected To This field will display the serial number of the radio s upstream connection i e the Gateway or a Repeater This statistic will display a 0 in a Multipoint Gateway Signal The Signal field indicates the level of received signal at this transceiver The signal source is the transceiver that transmits to this transceiver shown in the Connected To field The number is an average of the received signal levels measured at each frequency in the transceiver s fre quency hop table For a reliable link the margin between the average signal level and average noise level should be 30dBm or more Low average signal levels can often be corrected with higher gain antennas better antenna placement and or additional Repeaters Note Please consult the install manual for antenna and FCC requirements Noise The Noise field indicates the level of background noise and interference at this transceiver The number is an average of the noise levels measured at each frequency in the transceiver
62. he radio into either a computer or a switch router using an RJ 45 cable Open a web browser IE Netscape Firefox etc and type the IP address of the radio into the address bar For example to access a Plus radio with an IP address of 192 168 111 90 type http 192 168 111 90 into the address bar of the web browser A static IP address on the same subnet may need to be assigned to the router switch and or the computer to access the radio see Appendix C p 89 The default IP address from the factory is 192 168 111 100 2 FreeWave Home Page Microsoft Internet Explo File Edit View Favorites Tools Help O O H HE Dech Address http f 192 168 111 100 A prompt for a user name and password will appear The default username for the Ad ministrator login is admin the password is admin The default username for the Guest login is guest the password is guest The Administrator login has full permission to change all settings on the radio including Firm ware upgrades The Guest login can only view the settings The Guest login can see the Status IP Setup Serial Gateway Setup and Radio Setup pages The Guest login cannot save any changes cannot see the Security or Maintenance Tools pages and cannot reboot the radio Connect to 192 168 111 90 fx Freed awe User name f admin Fassword TTT Remember my password FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phon
63. his option is enabled by default Save Apply Button Clicking this button saves any settings changes in the Serial Setup 1 or Serial Setup 2 pages and applies those changes to the radio Navigating away from the Serial Setup 1 page or the Serial Setup 2 page without clicking this button discards any changes FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 3 LUMOOO9AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Serial Port Status Clicking on the Serial Port Status link at the bottom of this page will open a new window shown below which displays Terminal Server Diagnostics For each serial port the current status of the Terminal Server is listed first Waiting Connected etc i 192 168 111 198 MAC 00 07 E7 80 2D 4C Serial 8400204 EE status Connected to 192 168 111 152 4258 ee mg geg ME Stats Watne For Client 1 to Connect on port 7001 Diagnostics OOOO O Emele O sd 0 ei CS Joo Retresh mmm 2006 2010 FreeWave Technologies Inc The Ethernet line shows the amount of data received rx and transmitted tx from the termi nal server Received rx data indicates data received on the radio from the serial port Trans mitted tx data indicates data sent from the radio out the serial port This amount is in bytes The Serial line shows the amount of data received rx and transmitted tx from the serial
64. ile test pdf Figure 1 TFTP Server Window The bottom half of the window is the log display It shows log entries since the program was started To the left of the timestamp is an icon to indicate the type of log entry There are three types of log entries Information indicated by an 1 in a balloon Warning indicated by a yel low warning sign and Error indicated by a red circle with an x in 1t Each log entry is time stamped and includes the IP address and UDP port of the client as well as a descriptive message indicating the reason for the log entry FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com g9 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Server Configuration Server Configuration Root folder C Program Fiesch TFT PServerAoot Log file C Program Files TFT PServer TFTP Server Log csy wl Figure 2 Server Configuration Window Root folder The root folder is where TFTP clients access their files By default the root folder 1s named Root and is created under the FreeWave TFTP Server folder in the Windows Program Files folder The root folder can be directed to any other folder or drive on the computer by either typing in a path in the Root folder box or by clicking the icon to the right to open a direc tory browser Note that clients can only access files from the root folder o
65. ils on these settings please see the manual for the FreeWave Redundant Master System FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 FreeWa Ve Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 66 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Diagnostics The Diagnostics page displays the signal level noise level signal to noise delta and receive rate for each frequency available to the radio The serial number of the Gateway or Repeater that this radio is connecting to appears above the chart In a Point to Multipoint Gateway this header always says I am currently NOT connected This chart on this page displays each frequency the radio is using in MHz along with the Signal in dBm Noise in dBm Signal to Noise Delta and Receive Rate for each individual frequency see pp 20 21 for statistic descriptions 3 D2 FREE WAVE 192 168 111 198 MAC 00 07 E7 80 2D 4C Serial4 8400204 Status IP Setup I am Currently connected to 8400177 Frequency Information By Channel Radio Setup 902 0160 111 120 d 100 00 902 2464 111 120 d 100 00 5024768 2 w Security aS Liiagnostics a 10 10 00 903 3984 109 120 11 100 00 904 0896 109 20 1 mmm 905 0112 Lu 120 9 100 00 95 2416 a 120 100 00 2054720 112 120 S 100 00 O 05704 112 120 100 00 905 9328 ell d 100 00 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Ph
66. ing device Multicast Selecting this mode will allow a one to many con nection from the Multi point Gateway s serial port to the interested Mul tipoint Repeaters and or Endpoints serial ports In a Multipoint Gateway radio selecting this mode will cause the radio to act Serial Data A Multipoint Endpoint COM Multipoint Gateway Port 1 Config Mode Multicast 255 0 0 38 11111 entered in Multicast Settings Port 1 Config Mode Multicast 255 0 0 38 11111 entered in ulticast Setting Multipoint Endpoint Port 1 Config Mode Multicast 255 0 0 38 11111 entered in ulticast Setting Serial Data A COM Serial Data A COM as an IP Multicast Sender on the Multicast address and port entered in the Multicast Settings section In a Multipoint Repeater or Multipoint Endpoint selecting this mode will register that radio s interest for any Multicast packets sent from the Multicast address and port entered in the Multi cast Settings section TCP Server Settings Port The number entered in this box will be the TCP port the radio listens to for incoming TCP con nections Any valid TCP port number 0O 65535 may be entered in this box Alarm Checking the Enable Alarm box enables the port as an alarm client To use this function the Alarm IP amp Port boxes must also be configured The radio will act as a
67. int Repeater Voltage This displays the voltage level of the power being supplied to the radio RX Success Rate This statistic shows the percentage of packets successfully received by this radio This statistic will show 0 00 in a Multipoint Gateway This statistic is only valid in a Multipoint network FreeWave recommends a minimum of 75 for proper radio operation TX Success Rate This statistic shows the percentage of packets sent by the radio that successfully reached the upstream radio e the Gateway or a Repeater This statistic will show 0 00 on a Multi point Gateway or Multipoint Repeater This statistic 1s only valid on Multipoint Endpoint ra dios FreeWave recommends a minimum of 75 for proper radio operation Reflected Power This is a measurement of the transmitted power that is reflected back into the transceiver from mismatched antennas mismatched cables or loose connections between the transceiver and the antenna A reading of 0 5 is good 5 29 is acceptable to marginal 30 is unacceptable and indicates that the connections should be inspected for loose connections and cable quality Disconnect Count This statistic show the number of times the radio has lost its RF connection to its upstream ra dio This statistic is not valid in Multipoint Gateways or Point to Point Repeaters Temperature This indicates the current operating temperature of the radio in both degrees Celsius and de grees Fahrenhei
68. ipoint Gateway The Endpoint may communicate with its Gateway through one or more Repeaters FreeWave allows the use of up to four Repeaters in a Point to Point communications link significantly extending the operating range When designated as a Point to Point Repeater a transceiver behaves as a pass through link All settings for the call book baud rates and radio transmission characteristics are disabled A Repeater will connect with any Gateway that calls it The Repeater must be set up properly in the Gateway s call book This Network Type and Modem Mode should be the ones used when operating the Plus as a terminal server only no RF connectivity Adding a repeater to the radio network results in greatly reduced throughput over 50 less This option allows the transceiver to operate as an Endpoint Repeater in a Multipoint net work Adding a repeater to the radio network results in greatly reduced throughput over 50 less Some advanced features of the Plus radio do not operate in networks containing Repeaters FreeWave Technologies does not recommend the use of single radio Repeaters FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 34 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Transmission Characteristics The Transmission Characteristics section of the Radio Setup page allows the user to modify several different parame
69. ipoint networks to be established without using the Call Book The default setting of 255 means Disabled and mandates using the Call Book instead of Network ID To enable Network ID the value must be set between 0 and 4095 excluding 255 Since the Network ID does not use serial numbers Multipoint Gateways and Repeaters may be re placed without reprogramming all of the Endpoints in the network Endpoints will link with the first Gateway or Repeater that it hears that has a matching Network ID The Network ID func tion should be used in conjunction with the Subnet ID feature if necessary Using Network ID instead of the Call Book an Endpoint may establish communications with different Gateways though not at the same time This is can be useful in mobile Multipoint ap plications Repeaters In a Multipoint network it is critical to transmission timing to configure this parameter cor rectly The value should be Disabled if there are no Repeaters in the network and Enabled if any number of Repeaters are present This parameter needs to be set in the Gateway radio only Many advanced features of the Plus radio are restricted in networks where the Repeaters option is set to Enabled For best op eration FreeWave Technologies does not recommend the use of single radio Repeaters Subnet ID RX Subnet ID TX The Subnet ID function only works in Multipoint Networks utilizing the Network ID option In a Multipoint Network with
70. iscovery Tool Firewall software such as Windows Firewall and McAfee Personal Firewall can prevent the Discovery Server from operating properly FreeWave Technologies recommends disabling any Firewall software prior to running the Discovery Server In firmware versions 2 13 and higher Endpoint and Multipoint Repeater radios can only be dis covered if the PC running Discovery Server is connected on the Gateway side of the radio net work If connected to an Endpoint or Multipoint Repeater in this situation only that radio and the Gateway will be reported The FreeWave Discovery Tool will show the Serial Number Radio Name if assigned IP Ad dress Subnet Mask Default Gateway Web Port and Firmware Version for each discovered radio Choosing a radio from the discovered list and right clicking on it will bring up a Context Menu with the following items Add Delete Open Web Page and Change Basic Settings FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 93 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Add Add New Radio Enter IP Address Of Radio To Add This option allows a radio to be manually added to the discovery list by its IP Address The IP Address of the radio would be entered into the box and then the OK button is clicked Press the CANCEL button to close the window without entering an IP Address Delete Sele
71. it current for 1 W power at 100 duty cycle Receive current Operating modes Operating temperature range 902 to 928 MHz 5 mW to W 30 dBm See Transmit Power settings 60 miles with clear LOS WE 110 dBm for 10 bit error rate at 115 Kbps 108 dBm for 10 bit error rate at 154 Kbps 154 Kbps sustained throughput 77 Kbps sustained throughput with Repeaters 32 Bit CRC retransmit on error 128 bit AES 92 Kbps RS 232 RS422 RS485 300bps to 115 2Kbps async full duplex 2 ports Ethernet 10 100BaseT auto sensing auto crossover 6 to 30 VDC 550 mA 140 mA Point to Point Point to Multipoint 40 C to 75 C At 100 receive success rate RF Data Rate setting of 867Kbps Current mA 6 VDC 12 VDC 30 VDC am am SE FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com FreeWave LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A 84 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Data Ports 2 DB 9 DCE Connectors for RS232 RS485 RS422 1 RJ 45 connector for Ethernet 165 1 mm Le MA i We somm Power requirements 6 30 VDC AC wall adapter provided TNC Female connector External antenna required FCC Identifier KNY 6231812519 IC Identifier 2329B DGRO9RAS FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com FreeWave g5 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus Use
72. l communicate with any transceiver whose serial number appears in any of the three columns This functionality is enabled by setting Network ID to 255 Then in the Call Book enter 9999999 as the last entry in the EndPoint and Ist Repeater columns and set Entry to Call to ALL Save Apply Button Clicking this button saves any settings changes in the Call Book page and applies those changes to the radio FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D 44 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Multipoint Networks When installing Multipoint networks it 1s important to do some up front planning Unlike Point to Point networks a Point to Multipoint network requires that several parameters are set con sistently on all transceivers in the network This includes RF data rate Min and Max Packet Size and Frequency Key Note If several independent Multipoint networks are to be located in close proximity the planning becomes more critical In such cases it becomes very important to include as much frequency and time diversity as possible through use of different Frequency Key and Packet Sizes Multipoint Parameters Addressed Repeat In a Multipoint network where the Repeaters option is set to Disabled most packets from the Gateway will be addressed to a specific MAC address This allows the destination device to send an ackno
73. ledgment In this case if a packet 1s sent by the Gateway and not received by the Endpoint the user software will control the retries as needed Broadcast Repeat in Multipoint Networks with Repeaters The Broadcast Repeat parameter must also be set in Multipoint Repeaters since a Repeater will appear as a Gateway to an Endpoint Therefore the Repeater will send the packet out the num ber of times corresponding to its own Broadcast Repeat parameter If this parameter is set im properly the reliability of the overall network may be diminished For example if a Gateway s Broadcast Repeat setting is 3 the link between the Gateway and Repeater should be robust If the Repeater s Broadcast Repeat is set to 0 this could cause marginal communications between the Repeater and the Endpoints The Endpoints communicating through this Repeater will only receive the initial packet from the Gateway with no repeats Therefore if the packet 1s not re ceived on the first try the Endpoint will not respond as expected This setting should never be set higher on a Repeater than on its Gateway Slave Connect Odds This setting controls how the Endpoint retries sending its data when it fails to receive an ac knowledgement from the Gateway The number in the first dropdown box is how many times in a row the Endpoint will retry After that number of retries has been reached the Endpoint will then take the action listed in the second dropdown box Drop Data The End
74. lterations in each instance in writing This includes the addition of conformal coating The Warranty period begins from the date of shipment and is defined per the Standard Warranty Policy stated above Special Rate Replacement Option A special rate replacement option is offered to non warranty returns or upgrades The option to purchase the replacement unit at this special rate 1s only valid for that RMA Return Material Authorization The special replacement rate option expires 1f not exercised within 30 days of final disposition of RMA RESTRICTED RIGHTS Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation pcANY WHERE is a registered trademark of Symantec Corporation Other product names mentioned in this manual may be copyrights trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective com panies and are hereby acknowledged Information in this document is subject to change without notice The information contained in this document is proprietary and confidential to FreeWave Technologies Inc This manual is for use by purchasers and other authorized users of the FreeWave Spread Spec trum Wireless Data Transceiver only No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means elec tronic or mechanical or for any purpose without the express written permission of FreeWave Technologies Inc FreeWave s Spread Spectrum Wireless Data Transceivers are made in the United Sta
75. m accepting data or a TCP connection TCP Server Selecting this mode enables the radio as a TCP terminal server its default mode The number entered in the Port box in the TCP Server Settings section will be the TCP port that the radio listens to for connection requests In the picture above the server is set for port 7000 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 27 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual TCP Client Selecting this mode causes the radio to act as a TCP client to the IP address and port number entered in the TCP Client Settings section Upon booting up the radio will create a persistent outgoing TCP connection to the entered IP address and port number Any data sent to the asso ciated serial port on the radio is automatically directed to the entered IP address and port num ber UDP Selecting this mode enables the radio as a UDP terminal server using the port number entered in the UDP Settings section The port number entered in the UDP Settings section will be the UDP port that the radio listens to for requests Once a request comes into that port the radio will send any incoming serial data to the IP address of the requesting device The radio will continue doing so until a new device makes a request on that UDP port The radio will always send the serial data to the address of the last successful request
76. negative whole numbers be tween 100 and 70 in increments of 5 The numbers are in dB Noise This is a Trap for the Noise level reported by the radio Checking the Enable box will enable this specific Trap The Trap Condition will be present if the Noise level rises above the amount FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 56 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual set in the Alarm Above box The available settings are 100 to 70 in increments of 5 The numbers are in dB Save Apply Button Clicking this button saves any settings changes in the SMNP page and applies those changes to the radio Navigating away from the SMNP page without clicking this button discards any changes FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 57 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Object Tree for FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES MIB Column 1 Column 2 freewaveTechnologies fwtPlusControlObjects GE fwtModules TH fwtPlusModemControlTable LL SE fwtTopLevelModule fwtPlusModemControlTableEntry fwtProducts fwtPlusModemNetworkMode fwtPlusMIB fwtPlusModemMode fwtPlusStatusObje
77. ng with a transceiver designated as a Endpoint Repeater that is connected to a remote device Since this device is placed in an ele vated location the transceiver may also be used as a Repeater when it is not used as a Endpoint At any time the Gateway may call any of the Endpoints establish a connection and send and receive data oS Gateway Endpoint wem Endpoint Repeater The next example depicts a standard Point to Multipoint network From the Gateway any data is broadcast to all three Endpoints one of which receives it through a Multipoint Repeater The data is in turn sent out of the serial port of each of the three Endpoint The end device should be configured to interpret the serial message and act on it if necessary Ge Gateway Endpoint ae Endpoint Se Repeater Endpoint a FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt 78 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual The last example is a Point to Multipoint network which uses one of the sites as an Endpoint Repeater This network functions in the same manner as a standard Multipoint network with Repeaters However the number of radios may be reduced with the use of the Multipoint End
78. o 0 this is known as Roaming mode This setting will allow a mobile Endpoint to roam from subnet to subnet and possibly from network to network FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com Ag LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual This drawing depicts a Network in which Subnet IDs are used to force communications In this example Repeater must talk directly to the Gateway Repeater2 must talk directly to Re peaterl Endpoints 1 2 and 3 are forced along the direction of the solid lines Endpoint4 may link to the first Gateway or Repeater it hears Rx Tx Repeater2 1 2 Gateway 0 0 Repeater 0 1 Endpoint3 Zan Endpoint1 0 F Endpoint2 1 F Endpoint4 0 0 The respective Subnet ID diagram and settings are shown below Subnet IDs for the above example Transceiver Subnet ID RX Subnet ID TX Other Information Gateway 0 F 0 F The Tx Subnet ID value may be set in the Gate way The default settings F F actually use 0 0 The Rx Subnet ID on the Gateway has no effect on the network Repeater1 A 0 will force the transceiver to link only to the Gateway Repeater2 amp SubnetID 1 forces communication through ae Repeater1 transmits on SubnetID 1 Endpointl Rx SubnetID 0 forces communication through Gateway Endpoint2 am
79. one 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 67 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Tools This page will allow the editing of the Site Information changing of the login Password and Upgrading of the radio s Firmware D2 fi REEWAVE DD 192 168 111 197 MAC 00 07 E7 80 70 8F Serial 8417423 Status EES SE Site Contact Radio Setup seum Soen en fT RMS Diagnostics Tools E A SSE SS a We TFTP Firmware Upgrade ases ETETE Semer e 2006 2010 FreeWave Teclnologies Inc Change Site Information Any text entered in these fields will show on the Status page They can be used to help identify the radio technical contact etc Site Name 25 characters are allowed in this field Any text entered here appears next to Site Name on the Status Page Site Contact 25 characters are allowed in this field Any text entered here appears next to Site Contact on the Status Page System Name 32 characters are allowed in this field Any text entered here appears next to System Name on the Status Page FreeWave gt FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 68 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Notes 50 characters are allowed in this field Any text entered here appears next to Notes on the Status Page Change Password Alpha Numeric This section
80. onnection if less than 1 in 8 consecutive packets is success fully received from the Gateway The function in the Gateway is effectively the same With a setting of 255 the Gateway will allow an Endpoint or Repeater to stay connected as long as packet in 255 is successfully re ceived at the Gateway The Retry Time Out parameter is useful when a Multipoint network has a roving Gateway or Endpoint s As the link gets weaker a lower setting will allow a poor link to break in search of a different link Note Setting Retry Time Out to 20 is recommended in areas where several FreeWave net works exist This setting will allow Endpoints and Repeaters to drop the connection if the link becomes too weak while at the same time prevent errant disconnects due to in terference from neighboring networks While intended primarily for Multipoint networks the Retry Time Out parameter may also be modified in Point to Point networks However the value in Point to Point mode should not be set to less than 151 FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 30 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual RF Data Rate HTplus FGRplus transceivers have two settings for the RF Data Rate 867 154 Kbps and 614 115 Kbps RF Data Rate should not be confused with the serial port Baud Rate A setting of 867 154 Kbps should be used when the trans
81. onsisting of 7 or 8 frequency channels These 16 Zones are listed in the Zones line of the Radio Setup page A checkmark indicates that zone will be used by the radio A blank box indicates the radio will not use those frequen cies The zones listed are in MHz The radio requires at least one zone active to operate If all Frequency Zones are de selected the radio will operate as if all zones were selected Any Endpoint or Endpoint Repeater radios will take their Frequency Zone settings from the Gateway radio regardless of Network Type Therefore this section should only be changed on the Gateway radio FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 35 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Max Packet Size amp Min Packet Size The Max and Min Packet Size settings and the RF Data Rate determine the number of bytes in the packets Throughput can be enhanced when packet sizes are optimized In Point to Point mode the Max and Min Packet Settings will not have material impact on throughput unless A data rate of 540 Kbps for the HTplus or 92 Kbps for the FGRplus is desired However this may have an impact on latency For example if small amounts of data are sent and large packet sizes are selected there would be a certain amount of time wasted between each packet The following tables provide the information to determine
82. p SubnetID 1 forces communication through Leg Endpoint3 Rx SubnetID 2 forces communication through Repeater2 Endpoint4 The 0 0 setting allows the Endpoint to link with the first Gateway or Repeater it hears with the correct Network ID FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 FreeWave gt Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com AQ LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Save Apply Button Clicking this button saves any settings changes in the Radio Setup page and applies those changes to the radio Navigating away from the Radio Setup page without clicking this button discards any changes Overlapping Multipoint Networks Overlapping Multipoint networks may be set up effectively with FreeWave transceivers when several key parameters are set correctly Overlapping Multipoint networks are defined as net works using different Gateways which share or overlap in a specific geographic area It may also include co located transceivers configured into different networks Co located Multipoint networks require the following parameters be unique for each network e Network ID unless using Call Book e Frequency Key e Max Packet Size e Min Packet Size For more questions about the installation of Point to Multipoint networks please contact Free Wave Technical Support at 303 444 3862 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 38
83. point will throw away the current data it failed to send The pattern begins again upon receipt of new data Drop Link The Endpoint will drop its radio link with the Gateway or Repeater for a brief amount of time and then re link Try Forever The Endpoint will wait a brief amount of time before starting again with the data retries It will keep retrying the same packet of data over and over until it succeeds Master Tx Beacon This setting controls the Gateway radio s duty cycle during idle times By default the Gateway transmits every frame whether there is payload data or not Choosing a number larger than 1 in the drop down box will cause the Gateway to skip that number of transmit frames when it has no other data to send This can reduce the power usage from the Gateway during idle times If data does come into the Gateway radio the Gateway will transmit that data regardless of this setting This setting needs to be the same in every radio Gateway Repeater and Endpoint NOTE In any network that has Plus style radios with a firmware version lower than 2 10 this setting must be 1 FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 46 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual NOTE In a radio network that has the Repeaters option set to Enabled this setting must be set to 1 Network ID Network ID allows Mult
84. r Manual FreeWave Technical Support For up to date troubleshooting information check the Support page at http www freewave com FreeWave provides Technical Support Monday through Friday 7 30 AM to 5 30 PM Moun tain Time GMT 7 Call us toll free at 1 866 923 6168 locally at 303 381 9200 or email us at moreinfo freewave com FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOOO9AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D 86 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Appendix A Errata Known Issues HTP 900RE v 2 18 and FGRplus v 2 18 Status Modem Stats require a radio link to be accurate Radio Setup Master Tx Beacon is not supported on a setting higher than 1 in a Multipoint network with Repeaters Basic IP Setup states For Config press Y within 2 sec even though timeout is now 5 secs Fixes Improvements eCorrected bug where radios would periodically disconnect during data transfer HTP 900RE v 2 20 and FGRplusRE v 2 20 Status Modem Stats require a radio link to be accurate Radio Setup Master Tx Beacon is not supported on a setting higher than 1 in a Multipoint network with Repeaters Basic IP Setup states For Config press Y within 2 sec even though timeout is now 5 secs Fixes Improvements FreeWave gt D Improved data contention algorithm Web interface completely re worked Intermittent issue with
85. r from subdirectories in the root folder Clients see the root folder as their root path For example if a client asks for a file named sample Gr the server will send the file if it is located in the server s root folder If there is a folder in the root folder named Examples and it contains a file named image bmp then the TFTP client would access that file using the path examples image bmp Both forward and backward slashes are allowed to separate directory and file names Filenames are case insensitive That is the server does not check letter case when looking for files EXAMPLE Example and example are all the same as far as the server is concerned Log file The log file is created by default in the FreeWave TFTP Server program folder and is named Log csv The log file can be moved if desired by either entering the desired filename in the log file path box or by clicking the button to the right which will open a file browser This is a CSV Comma Separated Value format file and can be imported into Microsoft Excel for viewing or printing The first line of the file contains column headers and is followed by one line for each entry in the log FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 90 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Troubleshooting Windows XP I
86. r ports The HTplus radios and the FGRplus radios will not link with each other nor will they pass data to each other via RF FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 4 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Table of Contents Choosing Point to Point or Point to Multipoint Operation ccccseeeeesesseeeseeeeeeeens 10 FreeWave Basic IP Setup Via the Serial PO csiciss dssa0s8 ccncesonuseienescsanbededssapebecsanesoessasenies 11 Resetting Radio to Default Seting S ueneno a 16 Accessing Setup via the Built in Web Server E 17 Navigating the Plus Eege 18 EE 19 Hardware Information ccc ccecceseccscccseccesccessccusccesccescceesccuseceusceuseese 19 EE EE 19 Wireless Version EN 19 Software Boot Version amp Hardware Version 20 UO GAO eege 20 Conner od Ehe 20 EE eege 20 ele TE 20 Upstream SIS Ali naichacasasreaeaedisnaeadanveneasagalecssannesadadiasaeadagssseasanadscaaagnssededosk 20 IR Ne 20 VOD 21 Ee Ee EE 21 bo e E Sch Re ilected EN 21 Disc nnect Count EEN 21 nuer E 21 IR E ele 21 RCS E E EE 22 Packets Sent E 22 Packe DIOD Tene E A E AE 22 Bad Pickel EN 22 Un Acked Packets ona antares aes st aaseccnmaceeunseaancoadeasonseeannouiansasenasageaow 22 Broadcast Packets EE 23 Radio Addressed Packets cccccceccseeccssecccsecccescccesccenscccuesceecceeecec
87. resent if the Receive Percent drops below the Alarm Below percentage The available settings are whole numbers from 50 to 100 in incre ments of 5 The numbers are in percent Tx Rate This is a Trap for the Transmit Percent of the radio Checking the Enable box will enable this specific Trap The Trap Condition will be present if the Transmit Percent drops below the Alarm Below percentage The available settings are whole numbers from 50 to 100 in incre ments of 5 The numbers are in percent Reflected Power This is a Trap for the Reflected Power of the radio Checking the Enable box will enable this specific Trap The Trap Conditions will be present if the Reflected Power is above the number set in the Alarm Above box The available settings are whole numbers from 0 to 40 in incre ments of 2 The numbers are in J Units S N Delta This is a Trap for the calculated difference between the Signal level and the Noise level of the radio Checking the Enable box will enable this specific Trap The Trap Condition will be pre sent if the Delta drops below the amount set in the Alarm Below box The available settings are whole numbers from 10 to 40 in increments of 5 The numbers are in dB Signal This is a Trap for the Signal level reported by the radio Checking the Enable box will enable this specific Trap The Trap Condition will be present if the Signal level drops below the amount set in the Alarm Below box The available settings are
88. rmware file from the specified TFTP Server The Gateway will then send a copy of the Firmware update to all connected Endpoint and Multipoint Repeater radios This Firmware information is sent to each ra dio in KB sections Each radio must successfully receive every section or it will not upgrade its Firmware Increasing the Broadcast Repeat setting see p 44 will increase the probability of success but will slow down the overall process Radios that success fully received the Firmware upgrade will load the file to memory and then reboot The reboot times are randomized within a short window to keep every radio from restarting at the same time The Gateway radio itself will not be upgraded during a Global Up FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 69 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual grade If the GLOBAL Firmware Upgrade button is selected on an Endpoint or a Multipoint Repeater that individual radio will be not be upgraded but it will send the upgrade file to its Gateway radio which will be upgraded No other radios will receive the file For locations that do not have a pre existing TFTP server please contact FreeWave for a copy of FreeWave TFTP see Appendix B p 85 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 70 LUMOOOI
89. rough the Gateway radio This option is controlled from the Gateway radio only It has no functionality on Endpoint or Multipoint Repeater radios Enabling RADIUS authentication on the Gateway will require all of its Endpoints and Multi point Repeaters to authenticate to a central RADIUS server The RADIUS server must be con FreeWave gt FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 5 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual nected to the same LAN segment the Gateway radio is connected to The radios will not accept any authentication packets through their own Ethernet port If the radios cannot contact the RADIUS server no Ethernet traffic will be sent across their Ethernet port The Setup pages of the radios can be accessed by connecting over the radio link through the Gateway If the radios are denied access by the RADIUS server Ethernet traffic will neither be sent via the Ethernet port nor via the radio link RADIUS IP Address The IP address of the RADIUS server should be entered in this box DNS names are not ac cepted This option is controlled from the Gateway radio only It has no functionality on End point or Multipoint Repeater radios RADIUS Port Number The port number of the RADIUS server s authentication port should be entered here By de fault the port number is set to 1812 This option is controlled from the Gatewa
90. s for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protec tion against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the in structions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guar antee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Note Whenever any FreeWave Technologies module is placed inside an enclosure a label must be placed on the outside of that enclosure which includes the module s FCC ID UL Notification Model HTP 900RE This equipment is suitable for use in Class I Division 2 Groups A B C and D or non hazardous locations only Warning Explosion Hazard Substitution of components may impair suitability for Class 1 Division 2 The di
91. s fre quency hop table Ideally noise levels should be below 80dBm and the difference between the average signal level and average noise level should be 30dBm or more Noise levels signifi cantly higher than this are an indication of a high level of interference that may degrade the per formance of the link High noise levels can often be mitigated with band pass filters antenna placement or antenna polarization Upstream Signal The Upstream Signal field indicates the level of the signal received by the upstream radio listed in the Connected To field from this transceiver The number is an average of the re ceived signal levels measured at each frequency in the upstream radio s frequency hop table This statistic is only valid in a Multipoint Endpoint or Multipoint Repeater Upstream Noise The Upstream Noise field indicates the level of the RF noise at the upstream radio listed in the Connected To field The number is an average of the noise levels measured at each frequency in the upstream radio s frequency hop table Ideally noise levels should be below 80dBm and FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 20 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual the difference between the average signal level and average noise level should be 30dBm or more This statistic is only valid in a Multipoint Endpoint or Multipo
92. sseseseeeseseessssssseseseeseeaees 69 RR Ak e E E 69 Address of TE TP E 69 FANG IN INN eegen 69 Upgrade Firmware E 69 Global Firmware Upgrade Button ccccceesesesssseeseeeeeeeeeees 69 ster Ee na E CR 71 BOUD o TS Ee 71 COM LED oe E E T AAA A TE A EN 71 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Lao bh 12 Pinem t Pon EE 12 E Meet EE BN LE KC 72 Point to Multipoint Operation LEDS ccccccccsssssssseeeeeeeeeeececceeeeeeeeeeeaaaaas 73 Point to Point Op ration LEDS soi cssundedecsessatessandudaachcosucssindealeadesnoeesesetagsecaaveesiates 73 Choosing a Location for the Transceiver ccccseseeesssssssssssssssssssssseeseseeseseseeseseeeeeeeegs 74 Pacon DELUSI S en E E E E A E E EE EEE 75 Examples of Data Communications Links eees0nsssssseeseeeeerrreessssssssssssssssrrrrerereesssssssss 71 Operational RS 422 and RS 485 Information 0 0 0 0 cesesceccccceeeceseseeeecccceeeeaaaseeeeeeeess 80 RS 232 RS 422 and RS 485 Pum outs cece ccecccscccecccssccssccesccescceusceescceesceesscesesenecs 8 EE 8l Technical Specifications HTP 900RE eeeeseeesssssssssssesereerrrrrnssssssssssssssssrrrerrreeeessssssssss 82 Technical Specifications FGRDIUSRE cc ccccccsssssssssseeseeeeececcccceeeeeeeeessaaaaasneeeseeees 84 FreeWave Technical Support 86
93. t Distance This is the distance between this radio and the radio to which it is directly linked Distances greater than 3 5 of a mile are typically accurate to within 100 feet Shorter distances are not reported accurately FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 21 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Packet Stats Received This statistic shows the number of Ethernet packets and bytes of data the radio has received over its radio link Packets Sent This statistic shows the number of Ethernet packets and bytes of data the radio has sent over its radio link Packets Dropped This statistic shows the number of Ethernet packets the radio has thrown away due to its data buffer being full Bad Packets This statistic shows the number of Ethernet packets the radio has thrown away due to a bad CRC checksum Un Acked Packets This statistic shows the number of Ethernet packets sent using a broadcast MAC address These packets are unacknowledged by the destination device In a radio network where the Repeaters setting see p 46 is set to Enabled all packets be come Un Acked and this statistic displays a high number of packets In a radio network where the Repeaters setting is set to Disabled this statistic can indicate the following e On the Gateway this statistic shows a packet that 1s addressed to
94. t will discard the repeated packets Similarly once a MultiPoint Repeater receives a good packet from the Gateway it will discard any further repeated packets In turn the Repeater will send the packet out to the next Repeater or Endpoint s the number of times corresponding to its own Broadcast Repeat setting Increasing the Broadcast Repeat setting will increase the probability of a packet getting through In a radio network that contains radios set as a Repeater all packets from the Gateway are con sidered broadcast MAC address packets Increasing the Broadcast Repeat setting in this type of network will increase the probability of a packet getting through but it will also increase la FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 45 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual tency and decrease Gateway to Repeater and Gateway to Endpoint throughput in the network because each packet from the Gateway or Repeater is being sent multiple times Therefore it is important to find the optimal mix between network robustness throughput and latency In gen eral a setting of 2 to 3 will work well for most well designed networks This setting must match between the Gateway and all Repeaters This setting is ignored in Endpoint radios Note The Broadcast Repeat may be set to 0 if the user software is capable of or requires ac know
95. tch the device to which each port is connected The ports are independent of each other they can have different baud rates parity protocol etc To access either port a cli ent will need to call the IP address of the radio plus the port number If both ports are disabled the Basic IP Setup will still work through Port 1 Each serial port is configured on its own page FREEWAVE gt gt gt Serial Setup 1 Serial Setup 2 Radio Setup Diagnostics D2 192 168 111 197 MAC 00 07 E7 80 70 8F Serial 8417423 Port 1 Terminal Server Configuration Mode TCP Server Alarm IP amp Port Maintain Drop Link Alarm Retry Limit Attempts E fiy Inactivity Timeout Seconds TCP Server Settings 7000 Cl Enable Alarm Drop Link IP Address amp Port TCP Client Settings Local IP Port Power Up Dest IP amp Port UDP Settings Multicast Settings Multicast Address amp Port Baud Rate Data Bits A Stop Bits Flow Control CD Mode Interface Modbus RTU Serial Port Status Serial Settings 19200 ei None EZ lt None Normal v ECKE M Enable Save Apply 2006 2010 FreeWave Technologies Inc Port 1 Port 2 Terminal Server Configuration Mode This drop down box selects the operating mode of the radio s terminal server The available modes are described below Disabled Selecting this mode disables the associated serial port preventing it fro
96. ter mined by the user The receiving transceiver Endpoint or Repeater will accept the first packet received that passes the 32 bit CRC However the packet is not acknowledged On the return trip to the Gateway all packets sent are acknowledged or retransmitted until they are acknowl edged Therefore the return link in a Multipoint network is generally very robust Traditionally a Multipoint network is used in applications where data is collected from many instruments and reported back to one central site As such the architecture of such a network is different from Point to Point applications The number of radios in a Multipoint network is in fluenced by the following parameters e Size of the blocks of data The longer the data blocks the smaller the network capacity e Baud rate e The amount of contention between Endpoints Polled Endpoints vs timed Endpoints e Use of Repeaters Using the Repeater setting in a Point to Point or a Point to Multipoint network will decrease overall network capacity by at least 50 For example if the network will be polling Endpoints once a day to retrieve sparse data several hundred Endpoints could be configured to a single Gateway However if each Endpoint will be transmitting data at greater levels then fewer Endpoints should be linked to the Gateway The overall network will be closer to capacity with fewer Endpoints For examples and additional information on data communication links see the sec
97. terminal server on the FreeWave gt FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 28 LUMOOOY9AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual port specified in the Port box see also Port p 28 If there is no current TCP connection to this port and serial data is received on the local serial port the radio will become a client and make a connection to the IP address and port number specified in the Alarm IP amp Port line Alarm IP amp Port This line sets the IP address and TCP port number the radio will connect to when it becomes a client per the Alarm setting above The IP address is entered in the box to the left of the co lon The TCP port number is entered in the box to the right of the colon The port number must be set to a valid TCP port 0O 65535 Maintain Drop Link Checking the Drop Link checkbox will cause the outgoing connection to the Alarm IP amp Port to be dropped as soon as the serial data is sent Unchecking the Drop Link checkbox will keep the connection to the remote IP Address and port number active until the radio is rebooted or the server side drops the link Alarm Retry Limit Attempts This setting 1s the number of times the radio will attempt to create an outgoing TCP connection when acting as an alarm client see Alarm above When the radio reaches the number of re tries listed in this setting without a suc
98. ters in the transceiver Many of these parameters must be maintained throughout the network for proper functionality Note This section is only for the advanced user who has a good understanding of the princi ples of radio data transmission In a Point to Point network the settings for the Endpoints and Repeaters that are not deter mined by the Gateway are Transmit Power and Retry Time Out All other settings in a Point to Point network are determined by the Gateway radio s settings Frequency Key The Frequency Key setting in the Radio Setup menu allows the user to modify the hopping pat terns of the transceiver There are 15 choices available for the Frequency Key setting 0 9 and A E representing 15 different pseudo random hop patterns This is to minimize the interfer ence with other FreeWave transceivers operating in the area For instance if there were 10 pairs of FreeWave transceivers operating on different networks in close proximity setting a different Frequency Key value for each pair reduces the chance that transceivers will hop to the same frequency at the same time If two networks were to hop to the same frequency by chance the next hop would be to a different frequency for both networks Additional network separation can be gained by adjusting the Max and Min packet sizes Zones The idea of frequency zoning is to divide the available band 902 MHz to 928 MHz into smaller bands in this case 16 smaller bands each c
99. tes of America Printed in the United States of America FreeWave gt FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 3 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual This product is licensed by The United States Diversion contrary to U S law is prohib ited Shipment or re export of this product outside of The United States may require au thorization by the U S Bureau of Export Administration Please contact FreeWave Tech nologies for assistance and further information FCC NOTIFICATIONS This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This de vice must be operated as supplied by FreeWave Technologies Inc Any changes or modifica tions made to the device without the express written approval of FreeWave Technologies may void the user s authority to operate the device CAUTION The model number FGRplusRE has a maximum transmitted output power of 955mW The model number HTP 900RE has a maximum transmitted output power of 870mW It is recommended that the transmit antenna be kept at least 23 cm away from nearby persons to satisfy FCC RF exposure requirements This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limit
100. the IT Department if there are issues finding the proper icon 4 Click on Internet Protocol TCP IP to highlight it then click the Figure 1 Properties button Figure 3 CH DEE 5 Select the Use the following IP address radio button and enter an oat Tilia appropriate IP address Hit the Tab key and Windows XP will enter a Subnet Mask of 255 255 255 0 automatically They may be Figure 2 changed if necessary Usually the Default Gateway Preferred DNS Server and Alternate DNS Server en Er tries can be left blank when the computer is being used General Authentication Advanced solely for radio configuration Figure 4 If there are Connect using questions about these entries please contact the IT De BD back PRO 100 VE Netwak Comme partment This connection uses the following items wv I Client for Microsoft Networks A File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks QoS Packet Scheduler Intemet Protocol TCP IP Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties Description Transmission Control Protocol Intemet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks ee General You can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings C Show icon in notification area when connected O Obtain an IF address automatically No
101. the network It is also independent of the other serial port on the radio For example a pair of transceivers may be used in an application to send data from remote process instrumentation to an engineer s computer In this application the baud rate for the transceiver on the instrumentation might be set to 9600 and the transceiver on the engineer s computer might be set to 57 600 A serial radio may be attached to one port and an RTU PLC End De vice attached to the other In this case one port might be set at 115 200 and the other might be set at 9 600 It is usually most desirable to set the baud rate to the highest level supported by the device to which it is connected In certain circumstances however this may actually result in slower data communications 1 e trying to run higher baud rates 38400 and higher without flow control Data Bits This option sets the number of data bits the serial port will send This should match the number of data bits the connected device requires or is set to The available settings are 5 6 7 and 8 FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 30 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Parity This option sets the parity type the serial port will use This should match the parity required by the connected device s settings The available settings are None Even and Odd Stop
102. tify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity Use the following IP address IP address 132 168 L1 A Subnet mask 255 255 255 s Se Figure 3 Defaut gateway Gei Use the following DNS server addresses Prefered DONS server Alttemate DNS server Figure 4 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 92 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Appendix D FreeWave Discovery Server v 1 5 Plus style radios with a Firmware version of 2 8 or higher will report its IP Address and other information to the FreeWave Discovery Tool a free utility available from FreeWave FreeWave Discovery Tool a BR File Serial Number Name Subnet Gateway Web Port FW Version Local Signal Local Noise Local Margin Upstream Signal Upstream Noise Upstream Margin Rx 1 8841328 192 168 111 157 Jh JN 3 192 168 1111 80 2 14 12 16 Enable Diagnostics Upon running the program it will automatically attempt to discover any Plus style radios con nected via Ethernet The radios broadcast this information so they should be successfully dis covered as long as they have a physical Ethernet connection to the network Depending on an IT department s policies broadcasts may be blocked through any routers so the radio may need to be on the same LAN segment as the PC running the FreeWave D
103. tion Ex amples of Data Communication Links on page 76 FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D 10 FGRplus and HTplus User Manual FreeWave Basic Setup via the Serial Port This section describes how to either set or determine the IP address of the Plus radio To determine or set the IP address of a Plus radio plug a serial cable into COM 1 the left port with the radio disconnected from the power Then follow the instructions below to open and setup HyperTerminal Accessing HyperTerminal s Setup Menu Note The following screen shots are taken from a computer using Windows XP The display may vary slightly if using different operating systems Click on the Start button A cascading menu appears Select Programs Accessories Commu nications and then HyperTerminal A window appears similar to the following Se HyperTerminal File Edt View Go Favorites Help Address IS C Program Files 4ccessones Hyperl erminal P E s F ES n of ATAT Mal Compuserve hticons dl bupertmn dll 3 3 Hypertrm exe e Ap GIE MCI Mal Freeware User HypertTer Modified 6 11 98 6 01 PM Enter a name and choose an icon for the connection Name Freewave FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com LUMOOOIA
104. ust be specifically selected in Entry to Call With Call All selected the Gateway will not connect with any Endpoints through Re peaters This is because when Call All is selected the Gateway calls every Endpoint in the list and will connect with the first Endpoint that responds When calling through a Repeater the Gateway must first call that Repeater and establish a communication link with it prior to mak ing contact with the Endpoint Programming Point to Point Extended Call Book to Use Three or Four Repeaters D2 FREE WAVE 192 168 111 197 MAC 00 07 E7 80 2D 31 Serial4 8400177 Callbook Entry EndP ont Ist Repeater 2nd Repeater IP Setup serial Setup 1 Serial Setup 2 Radio Setup SBCurity Diagnostics Tools en Entry To Call D ei 2006 2010 FreeWave Technologies Inc In a Point to Point configuration the Plus radios can utilize up to 4 Repeaters To use 3 or 4 Repeaters program the Call Book with the Endpoint s Serial Number followed by the first 2 Repeaters On the next line enter 9999999 as the transceiver to call When prompted for the Re peaters enter the third and fourth Repeaters in the link The illustration above depicts a Point to Point link where an Endpoint is called through 4 Re peaters In this example the Gateway is calling the Endpoint 884 1111 through Repeater 1 884 2222 then Repeater 2 884 3333 then Repeater
105. ved by the Gateway from the radio link and re transmitted out as the destination address was determined to be across the radio link Radio Parse Error This statistic displays the number or errors in data transmission between the Ethernet stack and the radio interface RX Throughput This statistic shows the throughput of data being received over the radio link within the last 1 second TX Throughput This statistic shows the throughput of data being transmitted over the radio link within the last 1 second Reset Button Clicking this button will reset all of the statistics in the Packet Stats section to 0 Power cycling or rebooting the radio will also reset all the statistics Site Information Site Name Site Contact System Name Notes These are user defined fields The values for these fields can be entered under the Tools page Auto Refresh Page Checking this box causes the Status page to refresh its information every 10 seconds By de fault this box is not checked and the Status page does not refresh Navigating away from the Status page will cause this box to revert to its unchecked default FreeWave gt D FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 23 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FGRplus and HTplus User Manual IP Setup This page will be used to setup the IP address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway of the radio Please check with
106. way on the communi cations end where it will be easier to access is strongly advised Operation Mode Point to Point amp Gateway Point to Point amp Endpoint Multipoint amp Gateway Multipoint amp End Point Point to Point amp Repeater Single radio Repeater Multipoint amp Repeater Single radio Repeater Description This mode designates the transceiver as the Gateway in Point to Point mode The Gateway may call any or all Endpoints designated in its Call Book A quick method of identifying a Gateway is to power the transceiver Prior to establishing a communication link with an Endpoint or Repeater all three of the Gateway s lower LEDs CD TX CTS will be solid red This mode designates the transceiver as an Endpoint in Point to Point mode The Endpoint communicates with any Gateway in its Call Book either directly or through up to four Re peaters When functioning as an Endpoint the Entry to Call feature in the transceiver s Call Book is not operational This mode designates the transceiver as a Gateway in Multipoint mode This mode allows one Gateway transceiver to simultaneously be in communication with numerous Endpoints and Repeaters A Multipoint Gateway communicates only with other transceivers designated as Multipoint Endpoints or Multipoint Repeaters This mode designates the transceiver as an Endpoint in Multipoint mode This mode allows the Endpoint to communicate with a Mult
107. wledgement back to the Gateway that the packet was received successfully The Addressed Repeat setting determines the maximum number of times the gateway will repeat its data packet if it does not receive an acknowledgement from the destination device This is a smart repeat the Gateway will only repeat its data if it does not receive an acknowledge ment Changing this setting to a higher number can increase the reliability of weaker radio links while keeping the maximum possible throughput for that link This setting must match between the Gateway and all Repeaters This setting is ignored in Endpoint radios Broadcast Repeat In a Multipoint network Endpoints do not acknowledge transmissions from the Gateway that are addressed for broadcast MAC addresses If Endpoints did acknowledge all broadcast MAC address transmissions 1n a large network the Gateway would soon become overwhelmed with acknowledgments from the Endpoints Without acknowledgements there is not 100 confi dence that every Endpoint has received every packet To address this issue the user may mod ify the Broadcast Repeat setting assigning a value between 0 the packet is transmitted once to 9 the packet is transmitted 10 times For networks with solid RF links this parameter should be set to a low value such as 1 or 2 If a network has some weak or marginal links it should be set with higher values If an Endpoint receives a good packet from a Gateway more than once i
108. y as a diagnostic tool and not for normal operation The strength of the signal may be gauged by the Clear to Send CTS LED A solid red CTS LED indicates a strong signal a blinking CTS LED indicates a weaker signal FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 40 LUMOO009AC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual Call Book Clicking the Call Book link opens the Call Book page FREEWAVE DDD IP Setup D 197 168 111 197 MAC 00 07 E7 80 2D 31 Serial 8400177 Callbook Entry EndP oint lst Repeater 2nd Repeater Serial Setup 1 Serial Setup 2 Radio Setup Security Diagnostics Tools 9 o E J O mnra 2006 2010 FreeWave Technologies Inc Use of the Call Book is required in Point to Point networks While the call book is an option in Point to Multipoint networks the Network ID feature is strongly recommended in most appli cations The instructions provided in this section are for Point to Point mode only Use of the Call Book for Multipoint networks is explained on page 41 of this manual Using the Call Book offers both security and flexibility in determining how Free Wave trans ceivers communicate with each other Three settings must be made for two FreeWave transceivers to communicate in Point to Point
109. y radio only It has no functionality on Endpoint or Multipoint Repeater radios Shared Secret The appropriate secret for the RADIUS server should be entered in this box The IP address of the radio should be entered in the RADIUS server s Clients file Each radio will act as a cli ent when accessing the RADIUS server for authentication This option is used on Endpoint and Multipoint Repeater radios only It has no functionality on Gateway radios User Password The RADIUS password for the radio should be entered in this box An entry for the radio should be created in the RADIUS server s Users file The radio will always report its Serial Number minus any hyphens as its username This option is used on Endpoint and Multipoint Repeater radios only It has no functionality on Gateway radios AES Encryption Key A user defined encryption key for the 128 bit AES encryption is entered in this box Up to 16 alphanumeric characters can be entered for the encryption key The encryption key must be the same on every radio in the FreeWave network 128 bit AES encryption is always enabled although the encryption key may be blank FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 59 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual MAC Filter MAC Filter In this section MAC filtering can be enabled Entering a hardware MAC
110. ys be applied to the Ethernet port only Save Apply Button Clicking this button saves any settings changes in the Security page and applies those changes to the radio Before the changes become active the radio requires a reboot Navigating away from the Security page without clicking this button discards any changes FreeWave Technologies 1880 S Flatiron Ct Boulder CO 80301 Phone 303 381 9200 Fax 303 786 9948 www freewave com 53 LUMOOOIAC v 5 0 Rev A FreeWave gt D FGRplus and HTplus User Manual SNMP This page is where the SNMP management features of the Plus radio can be set The Plus radio supports SNMP versions 1 2 and 3 All of the SNMP manageable objects for FreeWave s Plus radios are contained in a single MIB file FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES MIB This file is available from FreeWave Technologies upon request D2 FREEWA VE 192 168 111 197 MAC 00 07 E7 80 2D 31 Serial 8400177 SNMP Agent Configuration Disabled ze SHME Version Read Community l Write Community Security SNMP Authentication Password v3 Privacy Password 3 AES SNMP Trap Configuration Disabled Diagnostics Trap Com unity Reboot Min Fault Time Seconds Trap Manager IP Trap Managers IP SNMP Trap Limits Enable Alarm Above Alarm Below S Rx Rate L Tz Rate LJ Reflected Power S N Delta Signal ll Noize 2006 2010 FreeWave Technologies Inc Voltage ao

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