User's Guide

Chapter 2. Initial Activation of the Tag

2 Initial Activation of the Tag

When the tag is delivered it does not have any of the necessary configuration settings. These

environment specific settings need to be applied before the tag can connect to the network and

the ERC. The W4 tags are delivered with the battery charged to a storage charge, it is recommended

to fully charge the battery, before activating the tags first time. See charging instructions in chapter

Charging the W4 tag on page 22.

Tag activation is done using Ekahau Activator software that configures Ekahau tags wirelessly.

The activation of the tags is explained in more details in chapter Installing Ekahau Activator

3 on page 5.

After successful Activation you will see the MAC address of the tag appears on the ERC list of

tags. After successful connection with ERC the configurations can be managed directly from ERC

using Tag Configurations page.

2.1 Installing Ekahau Activator 3

The Ekahau Activator 3 comes with the Ekahau RTLS installer. When you install Ekahau RTLS,

you do not necessarily need to install the Ekahau Activator if the target computer cannot be used

to activate tags with a supported Wi-Fi adapter. If you want to install the Ekahau Activator later on

another computer, simply run the RTLS setup file on the target computer and choose to install

only the Ekahau Activator. The Ekahau Activator is usually installed on a laptop as the Ekahau

RTLS software is installed on a server.

The Ekahau Activator 3 installation package can also be downloaded from http://www.eka-

hau.com/download/activator.

How to install Ekahau Activator:

1. Choose a laptop (or a desktop) computer running Windows 7 (32 or 64bit operating system)

with a supported Wi-Fi adapter (and driver supporting virtual Wi-Fi), at least 256 MB of memory,

free USB port, and 3.5 MB or more free hard disk space.

2. Run the Ekahau Activator setup file from it's location, and follow the on-screen instructions

3. Install a supported Wi-Fi adapter from th eprograms menu: Start -> Ekahau -> Ekahau

Activator 3 -> Ekahau USB Driver.

2.2 Supported Wi-Fi Adapters

Please visit our website for the complete list of supported Wi-Fi adapters: http://www.eka-

hau.com/devices.

2.3 Activation Procedure

For the tags to be able to communicate with the Ekahau RTLS Controller, the tag needs to be

activated e.g. the tag needs to be given the necessary parameter to associate with the network.

At least the IP address of the Ekahau RTLS Controller, SSID of the network used and the IP

configuration method are required. To activate W4 tags, you need to use the Ekahau Activator 3