M eraki M ini M odule User M anual (Draft)
Copyright 2006, Meraki Networks, Inc. All Rights Reserved Revised: June 2006 Trade marks Meraki, Meraki Mini and Meraki Mesh are trademarks of Meraki Networks, Inc. Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. State me nt of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, Meraki reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice.
Fe de ral Communication Commis s ion Inte rfe re nce State me nt 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.
operation. FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user' s authority to operate this equipment. IMPORTANT NOTE: FCC Radiation Expos ure State me nt: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.
As long as the three above conditions are met, further transmittertest will not be required. However, the OEM integrator is still responsible for testing their end-product for any additional compliance requirements required with this module installed (for example, digital device emissions, PC peripheral requirements, etc.).
The users manual for OEM integrators must include the following information in a prominent location: “ IMPORTANT NOTE: To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, the antenna used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. We declare this product is limited in CH1-CH11 for 2.
Ove rvie w The Meraki Mini Module is a hardware platform for the Meraki Mesh routing software. The device simultaneously operates as a mesh router, bridge and access point, and is suitable for use in either a standalone or embedded configuration. In embedded settings, integrators may connect their existing Ethernet-based devices to the Meraki Mini Module to add mesh networking capabilities. The mesh routing software is updated often, and is thus not described in this manual.
§ § § Headers for 3.3v serial port, GPIO 4.5-18V DC tolerance Power-over-Ethernet support (non-802.3af) The Me raki Mini Module Onboard 2dBi Chip Diversity Antenna RP-SMA connector (6 cm cable not shown) 32MB SDRAM 8MB Flash 3.3V Serial Port 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet (auto-crossover) Integrated 180MHz MIPS CPU and 802.11b/g radio 4.
Us ing the Module The Meraki Mini Module comes pre-installed with Meraki Mesh firmware. The following steps describe how to install the Meraki Mini Module as part of a network. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Connect an antenna to the RP-SMA antenna port. The Meraki Mini Module is certified for use with omni-directional antennas with 5dBi or less gain. Apply power to the Meraki Mini Module, using either a DC adapter or compatible Power-over-Ethernet adapter. Note: the Meraki Mini Module uses a non-standard voltage of 4.
Firmware Upg rade s The Meraki Mesh software automatically applies firmware upgrades over the network. During the upgrade, the power LED on the bottom of the module will flash off and on for up to 15 minutes. Do not power down the device during this time. Advance d De ve lope r Docume ntation Additional documentation for third-party software developers, such as serial port settings, source code and examples are available online at http://www.meraki.net/.
