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1. AW58100HTA AW58100HTS USER S MANUAL 5 8 GHz Outdoor 100 Mbps Wireless Ethernet Access Point and Subscriber Unit Radios N e e Industrial grade long range wireless Ethernet systems i AvaLA N w I R E L E S AW58100HTA HTS Thank you for your purchase of this member of the 5 8 GHz Outdoor 100 Mbps family of wireless Ethernet radios The AW58100HTA is a radio with dual omnidirectional antennas It serves as an Access Point master in a point to multipoint network The AW58100HTS is a radio with a dual flat panel high gain directional antenna Multiple AW58100HTS radios can serve as a Subscriber Units clients in conjunction with an AW58100HTA The AW58100HTA includes The AW58100HTS includes e 1 AW58100HTA Access Point Radio e 1 AW58100HTS Subscriber Unit Radio e 1 Heavy Duty Pole mount Brackets e 1 Heavy Duty Pole mount Brackets e 1 AW POE18i Power Over Ethernet Injector e 1 AW POE18i Power Over Ethernet Injector with integrated 18 VDC power supply with integrated 18 VDC power supply Table of Contents Quick Start Guide ew te te we ee 3 Physical SOUP cc eese et es eeecad eaten eeeeeeteneseusan 5 Digital Configuration 6 055 e2ee ea ead bee wd ee were bawdwrw es 5 Connecting To The Radio ce ccc ccc ccc ce cece eee ceees 6 Changing the Configuration Step By Step 7 Viewing Status Information ccc cece ee ee ee ee eee 10 Advanced Diagnostic Tools ee ee t2. Log In to the Access Point The default login name is admin and the pass word is password If your login is successful you should see the Quick Set page similar to this You may need to scroll around in the page to see all the elements particularly if you have a lower resolution monitor or are using Firefox as your browser If the two radios are communicating you will see a line in the Wireless Clients sec tion with the MAC address of the Subscriber Unit The Signal Strength box will indi cate whether the receivers are being overloaded Re position antennas if necessary to bring the signal strength below 30 dBm Utilizing state of the art MIMO technology the AW58100HTA S achieves very high data rates through a combination of dual spacial streams and higher level OFDM modu lation The default RF configuration provides a 20 MHz channel bandwidth with 5 selectable non overlapping channels to choose from When configured and mounted with HTS antennas aimed toward the HTA the radios operate as a wireless virtual LAN network Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 4 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS Physical Setup 1 If the factory default digital configuration is satisfactory you can proceed di rectly to physical deployment If you wish to make any changes you may want to perform the procedures in the next section before mounting the radios in their final locations Particularly if data security is import
3. adv_user with a password of passwOrd a zero replacing the o you will see and be able to do anything the standard user user name admin can do plus some additional tasks Obviously you can change the password for adv_user and may want to do so for security purposes Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 12 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS When you log in as the advanced user the navigation menu looks like this There are three new tabs e Files Lists the files associated with the web interface of the radio This information may be useful when contacting To AvaLAN Technical Support You are cautioned not to de Hide menu lete or alter these files without instructions from AvaLAN Hide passwords Technical Support It is very easy to render your radio in Wingox operative by doing so m Logout e Tools Four different diagnostic tools are provided here to facilitate troubleshooting and performance optimization e WinBox Downloads a simple finder utility that can be used on Windows compatible PCs to locate AW58100 family products on your LAN Tools 1 Bandwidth Test This is a tool that will generate a high volume of traffic for a particular radio link and produce a graph of the data rate achieved The test can only be performed from one radio to another over the wireless link so enter the IP address of the remote radio you wish to exchange data with You can also spec
4. 8 1 141 C0 C1 C0 4B 57 E7 0 12 192 168 1 21 00 21 74 03 48 87 3 13 192 168 1 189 00 16 36 7D 18 45 2 14 192 168 1 95 00 1D 73 58 A9 DE 2 15 192 168 1 130 00 0C 42 D8 F5 D7 2 16 192 168 1 134 00 09 6B 8F 8C 99 0 17 192 168 1 137 00 24 1D 27 41 AA 2 18 192 168 1 147 00 23 18 94 6B 86 2 Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 14 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS 4 Ping This tool is like the normal Internet ping command and is less disruptive of network traffic than Flood Ping A request is sent and the time needed for a reply is measured After an interval the process is repeated By default continuous ping requests are send until you click Stop Or you can specify a count much like the ping command used in the Windows or Unix command line sar _sep_ _cose 8 of 8 packets received 0 packet loss Min 1 ms Avg 1 ms Max 2 ms General Ping To 192 168 1 1 Packet Count VY Timeout 1000 e Seq Host i f 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 1 youne w Njel oOo yiounjejwinje o Nieje Nieje eR oe a RRR FSR Re 6 WinBox Clicking this tab will cause your browser to download a utility for instal lation on your PC Windows win32 compatibility only It may be possible to run it on Linux or MAC OSX by using a Windows emulator such as Wine By clicking the discovery button labeled any
5. AvaLAN AW58100 family products on your LAN will be reported You may also see other devices as well if they respond to the CDP protocol used by the utility The popup window will show the IP address of each radio and will facilitate logging in if you have lost or forgotten these addresses This utility has some powerful features that can totally disrupt the functioning of your product You are not encouraged to experiment or you may need to rely upon AvaLAN Technical Support to restore proper functionality 00 0C 42 D8 F5 D7 192 168 1 130 Password 00 0C 42 D9 39 0A 192 168 1 142 Aval AN AP 5 13 RB711 Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 15 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS Frequency Channels Frequency Frequency Non overlapping Non overlapping Non overlapping Band MHz 20 MHz Bandwidth 10 MHz Bandwidth a a MHz 802 113 mo S o Upper Band m a A es E a l O y O e E for Outdoor use alin sap OKT KK O O O Oj Oo ojoj ojo ojojojlojo ISM Band Limited Warranty This product is warranted to the original purchaser for normal use for a period of 360 days from the date of purchase If a defect covered under this warranty occurs AvaLAN will repair or replace the defective part at its option at no cost This warranty does not cover defects resulting from misuse or modification of the product Compliance Statement Part 15 19 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is
6. To Noise Reset Configuration Wireless Protocol 4 Each screen provides a menu on the left to navigate from Quick set section to section The menu looks like this when sections are Interfaces expanded Wireless In addition many screens drill down when an area within the ua screen is clicked ER System Password In the upper right of the screen is a label that tells you the ver Reboot sion of the web interface If the version number is not the same cna as shown below you might want to visit www avalanwireless com to see if a newer version of this manual exists before proceeding 9 4 further WebFig v5 16 You are cautioned not to use the back button on your browser to attempt to move back to earlier screens If you do you will be logged out and will need to login again Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 6 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS Changing The Configuration Step by Step Again please remember that if you change the IP Address or User Password and forget their new values you have locked yourself out of the browser interface Recovery can be a time consuming process and will require the help of AvaLAN Technical Support If you are changing parameters over the RF link we do not rec ommend this be sure to make the remote changes first because the link will be broken if the SSIDs or Security Pass Ph
7. ant you will likely want to change passwords and encryption keys If RF interference sources are present you may want to change the channel frequency or bandwidth 2 Mount each unit securely using the mounting brackets provided or other means as necessary Maximize lightning resistance by providing a strong DC ground connec tion to the metal housing 3 The AW58100HTS units have dual element high gain 23 dBi directional flat panel antennas The AW58100HTA unit has two antennas that are omnidirectional in the horizontal plane It is important that the AW58100HTS antennas be pointed toward their Access Point AW58100HTA Because the 3 dB beamwidth of the flat panel an tennas is just 8 careful aiming is very important especially over long distances 4 Power is provided to the units by means of their Ethernet cables allowing the power supplies to be located at convenient locations The included power over Eth ernet injectors POE provide the means for adding DC power to unused wires in the cable The POE has a power cord for connection to a 120 VAC source a built in 18 VDC switching power supply and two RJ 45 sockets Follow the connection diagram on the top of the POE The radio connects to the end opposite the power cord while the data source connects to the same end as the power cord Each radio is provided with a cable clamping device that allows an RJ45 plug on the cable to pass through and can be tightened down around the cable to p
8. ceive signal strength overall and by in dividual MIMO channel The Statistics section shows the link transmit and receive rates Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 11 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS User s Manual WebFig v5 16 AP Client lt 00 0C 42 D8 B9 BF gt Close Ping Radio Name MAC Address Interface Uptime RouterOS Version Last IP Last Activity Tx Rx Signal Strength Tx Rx Signal Strength ChO Tx Rx Signal Strength Chi Signal To Noise Framing Mode Framing Limit Framing Current Size Nstreme Tx Rx Rate Tx Rx Packets Tx Rx Bytes General 000C429532CA 00 0C 42 D8 B9 BF Wireless_Radio 21 07 41 5 16 216 139 102 201 0 010s 20 32 dBm 20 32 dBm 58 43 dBm 85 dB Rate Last Measured 6Mbps 00 00 00 01 9Mbps 20 42 48 78 12Mbps 21 06 31 74 18Mbps 21 06 12 61 24Mbps 21 05 53 84 00 00 04 58 21 05 31 23 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 01 00 02 16 58 00 00 03 52 54Mbps HT20 3 HT20 4 HT20 5 HT20 6 HT20 7 Nstreme Statistics 78 0Mbps 78 0Mbps 92 906 74 752 113 3 MiB 12 7 MiB Advanced Diagnostic Tools You may want to contact AvaLAN Technical Support for more guidance before using the additional tools described in this section The radio s browser interface unlocks some additional features if you login as an advanced user instead of the standard user described earlier in this manual From the browser initial login page if you enter a user name of
9. displays the current RF frequency the SSID current transmission rates amount of data sent and received since last reboot drops and errors Also shown are graphs of megabits per second and packets per second during the last five min utes or so The graphs are well labeled and auto scale to fit the data After viewing the status you may leave the page by clicking Cancel or by using the Main Menu If you click OK or Apply the process will restart and briefly interrupt the data flow Back on the Wireless page you can click on the WDS process line to see similar information about traffic with just that particular radio 2 Associations Tab This provides a list of radios that are connected showing their MAC addresses how long the connection has been up seconds since last activity Transmit and receive signal strength in dBm and the transmit and receive data rate in use WebFig v5 16 Wireless Tables Radio Tx Rx Signal Name ana dBm 000C429532C 00 0C 42 D8 B9 BF Wireless_Re 21 07 10 0 010 31 27 78 0Mbps 7 Tx Rx Rate Last MAC Address Interface Uptime Activity s Clicking on the white text line brings up detailed status of the remote radio This screen is a very tall window with several interesting sections shown on the next page The top General section shows information that may be useful if you contact AvaLAN Technical Support The Signal section shows transmit and re
10. ee ee eens 12 Frequency Channels ccc cc cece e reece cece scene 16 Warranty and FCC Information 00 e eee ee eee eee 16 If you have any questions when configuring your AvaLAN system the best place to get answers is to visit www avalanwireless com You will also find the latest updates there If more assistance is needed send email to support avalanwireless com To speak to a live technician please call technical support at the number below during normal business hours 2012 by AvaLAN Wireless Systems Inc All rights reserved Revision 09 25 2012 125A Castle Drive Madison AL 35758 Sales 866 533 6216 Technical Support 650 384 0000 Customer Service 650 641 3011 Fax 650 249 3591 Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 2 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS Quick Start Guide To create a point to multipoint system you need one AW58100HTA Access Point and one or more AW58100HTS Subscriber Units We recommend connecting and power ing up the units on the bench before deploying in the field because it is much easier to troubleshoot problems and to adjust the configuration if necessary without hav ing to climb poles to do it Activate the AW58100HTS units one at a time until they can be given distinct IP addresses Step 1 Gather the parts In addition to the AvaLAN radios and the accompanying AW POE18i Power Over Ethernet Injectors you will need at least 4 CAT5 cables and a PC with a LAN connect
11. ify the protocol tcp or udp and the packet size and data direction Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 13 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS User s Manual 2 Flood Ping This tool can be used to generate a continuous string of ping com mands to any IP address the radio can see on its subnet Ping uses ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol to request a packet from the target device waits for a return and then immediately sends another request You can specify the IP address to ping the packet count packet size in bytes and the timeout in milliseconds Flood Ping sem coe Flood Ping To 0 0 0 0 Packet Count Packet Size 1500 ZE Packets Sent Packets Received oO 0 Minimum RTT 0 Average RTT 0 0 Maximum RTT 3 IP Scan The radio will scan a range of addresses by default its entire subnet and report back the MAC address and other information about each device it finds IP Scan Address Range vV Address MAC Address Time ms DNS SNMP Netbios 0 192 168 1 1 00 18 E7 F2 7C CA 3 1 192 168 1 3 00 1E 58 32 C6 8E 2 2 192 168 1 142 1 3 192 168 1 25 00 1D BA 95 84 13 2 4 192 168 1 11 00 21 74 00 06 99 4 5 192 168 1 12 00 21 74 02 44 87 1 6 192 168 1 13 00 21 74 02 63 13 7 Zz 192 168 1 14 00 21 74 00 03 40 7 8 192 168 1 15 00 21 74 00 14 29 19 9 192 168 1 16 00 21 74 02 23 26 21 10 192 168 1 17 00 21 74 02 44 83 16 11 192 16
12. ion If desired you may also want a data source such as a surveillance camera with a TCP IP interface You can determine that the radios are communicating without an external data source by browsing to the radio on the other side of the RF link from your PC Step 2 Make the connections Connect the devices as shown in the diagram Do not point the two radio antennas directly at each other because their close proximity will overload the radio receivers Place the radios at least 10 feet apart with their antennas pointing in different directions Plug in the power supplies to turn on the radios Access Point Subscriber Unit Step 3 The default IP addresses of the radios are written on their product la bels The address of the Access Point master is 192 168 88 12 The address of the Subscriber Unit client is 192 168 88 10 You must configure your PC s wired LAN port to the same subnet and an IP address different from either of the above With this configuration in place you should be able to use a web browser on your PC to log in to each radio s interface Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 3 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS Step 4 Browse to the Access Point s interface Enter http 192 168 88 12 into your web browser s address bar If you are successful you will see a login screen like this If not the browser will time out and you will need to double check the IP addresses and subnet masks Step 5
13. ireless page leads to most of Interfaces Interfaces Associations IP Addressing e System gt 2 items Hide Menu Tx Rx Tx Rx a Name Type L2MTU Tx Rx Packet Packet oa ea fe eee D R Wireless_Radio Wireless Atheros 11N 2290 73 8 kbps 17 4kbps 9 8 0 0 0 DR wds1 WDS 2290 73 8 kbps 17 4 kbps 9 8 0 0 0 the useful status information This page has two tabs Interfaces and Associations 1 Interfaces Tab This provides a list of the interface processes running in this ra dio If it is a SU there will be only one Wireless_Radio If it is an AP there will also be a WDS process running for each SU that is connected CAUTION Do not click the little D button Clicking on the Wireless_Radio line brings up more information WebFig v5 16 Interfaces Interface lt Wireless_Radio gt IP Addressing o cancel if Wireless Frequency 5825 x MHz SSID AvaLANSSPK Encryption Key Traffic Tx Rx Rate 97 0 kbps 27 4 kbps Tx Rx Packet Rate 14 p s 12 p s Tx Rx Bytes 482 6 MiB 94 5 MiB Tx Rx Packets 767 577 647 046 Tx Rx Drops is Tx Rx Errors 100 0 Mbps 80 0 Mbps Byte Graph avg 953 7 kbps avg 38 1 Mbps Packet Graph 2 min age Tx Packet 433 p s avg 1 662 p s max 2 781 p s Rx Packet 808 p s avg 3 148 p s max 5 216 p s Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 10 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS This page
14. ld Password New Password Confirm Password 3 Setting the SSID e On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window click Wireless Then click anywhere in the Wireless_Radio row to bring up the Interface lt Wireless_Radio gt page e The second line down in the content table shows the current SSID and pro vides a text box to change it Change the SSID to a new value of your choice and click OK or Apply e You will need to browse to the radio s IP Address and login again after the change 4 Setting the Encryption Pass Phrase e On the same page as above for setting the SSID a box is provided for entering the Encryption Key Quick Set Interfaces Wireless IP Addressing 7 OK Cancel Apply Set IP subnet Frequency 5825 Hide Menu SSID AvaLANSSPK Logout Encryption Key Tx Rx Rate 761 3 kbps 64 4 kbps Tx Rx Packet Rate 86 p s 56p s Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 8 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS 5 Setting the Access Point Frequency Channel and Bandwidth e On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window click Quick Set This returns you to the page presented after login WebFig v5 16 aP Quick Set 192 168 1 51 8 a a 192 168 1 1 AvaLAN AP Wireless Clients Signal Strength 27 22 MIIIIDIIAUIUAAUUAAA e The default Freque
15. ncy Channel is 5805 MHz There are more choices available in the dropdown list than are legal or appropriate for this set of products Do not change the Band dropdown box setting Please choose from among the frequencies shown in the table on the last page of this manual Make sure that you choose channels for Access Point units operating in proximity that do not overlap e The default Channel Width is 20 MHz which provides the highest possible data rate More range can be achieved at the expense of data rate by choos ing a narrower Channel Width Your choices are 5 10 or 20 MHz e Change to the Frequency and Channel Width desired and click OK or Apply 39 e Note that the important Frequency Channel setting is made on the Access Point You may also set the Frequency Channel on Subscriber Units but if they don t find an AP on that channel they will search and automatically switch to the Frequency Channel of the AP with a matching SSID Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 9 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS Viewing Status Information After configuring your AvaLAN radios and establishing links among them you can use the browser interface to view status and troubleshooting Information The initial Quick Set page will show whether the wireless link is operating and the current signal strength For more comprehensive information choose Wireless from the Main Menu at the left side of the window The W
16. orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 16 www avalanwireless com
17. rases do not agree 1 Setting the IP Address and subnet mask e On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window click IP Addressing then click Set IP subnet e The current IP Address is shown Click it to bring up the page that allows you to change it e Aspecial notation is used for this entry Use x at the end of the IP Address to specify the subnet mask 8 for 255 0 0 0 16 for 255 255 0 0 24 for 255 255 255 0 and 32 for 255 255 255 255 Enter a new IP Address and sub net making sure you will be able to browse to the new address with your com puter Also make sure that the new IP address is unique on your LAN subnet Quick Set Interfaces Wireless WebFig v5 16 Address lt 192 168 1 91 8 gt IP Addressing F OK Cancel Apply Address 192 168 1 91 8 Comment e Click Apply Nothing appears to happen but you have been disconnected and will need to browse to the new IP Address to login again Note that the IP Address is also visible and may be changed on the Quick Set screen 2 Setting the User Password e On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window click System then click Password e Enter the old password and the new password twice in the boxes indicated e Click the Change button e Log out and log back in to test Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 7 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS O
18. rovide a weatherproof seal Digital Configuration These five configuration elements must be set for each radio 1 IP address and subnet mask 2 User password 3 SSID Service Set Identifier 4 Encryption pass phrase 5 Frequency Channel and Bandwidth Access Point only For your point to multipoint system with an Access Point and multiple Subscriber Units each radio must have a unique IP address with all other configuration elements set to the same values The following pages will give you step by step instructions for changing these configuration elements Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 5 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTA HTS Connecting to the radio 1 Digital configuration is done by means of the radio s built in browser interface The unit should be powered on and connected at least temporarily to a network containing a computer that can run a conventional web browser 2 Using your web browser connect to the radio as described in the Quick Start Guide found earlier in this manual 3 The initial screen after a successful login is Quick Set WebFig v5 16 CPE 7 Quick Set Bridge WLAN MAC Address 00 0C 42 D8 B9 BF IP Address 192 168 1 52 8 LAN MAC Address 00 0C 42 D8 B9 BE Gateway a 192 168 1 1 Wireless System Status searching for network Router Identity AvaLAN SU AP MAC Password SSID Upgrade Choose File No file chosen Tx Rx Signal Strength Apply Configuration Signal
19. 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 Warning Part 15 21 Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment RF Exposure OET Bulletin 65 To comply with FCC RF exposure requirements for mobile transmitting devices this transmitter should only be used or installed at locations where there is at least 20cm separation distance between the antenna and all persons Information to the User Part 15 105 b This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection 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 instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee 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 Re
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