Fluidmesh 1100/3100 MITO series User manual Firmware Version 6.0.× Fluidmesh 1100/3100 MITO Series Copyright © 2005-2010 Fluidmesh Networks, Inc.
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Contents 1 Manual Overview 6 2 Precautions 7 3 Installation and System Set-up 8 3.1 Fluidmesh 1100 MITO Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.1.1 Proper Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.1.2 Powering on an FM1100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.1.3 Status and Link LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.1.4 Factory Default Hardware Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.1.5 Integrated Panel Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.
5 Fluidmesh Network Addressing 20 5.1 Bridge IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5.1.1 Connecting and Configuring IP Devices and Cameras 21 5.2 Mesh Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5.2.1 Network Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 6 Software Plug-ins 25 6.1 Plug-in Activation/Deactivation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7 Web-based Interface and Configuration 29 7.1 Software and Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . .
8 Troubleshooting 57 8.1 I am unable to get the log-in screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 8.2 I am unable to log-in into the Web-based interface . . . . . . 57 8.3 I forgot the administrator password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 8.
1 Manual Overview This manual describes how to install and operate the Fluidmesh MITO series products. More specifically, this manual contains a general overview of the Fluidmesh 1100 MITO and the Fluidmesh 3100 MITO in Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 respectively. Please refer to Fig. 1.1(a) and Fig. 1.1(b) for a representation of each product. This user’s manual also includes a complete overview of the network architectures that can be created using Fluidmesh technology, and is discussed in Section 4.
2 Precautions Fluidmesh products are for professional use only. Fluidmesh products have been designed with safety in mind. However, if not used properly, they can cause fires which may lead to serious bodily injuries. To avoid such accidents, make sure that you are properly qualified to install these products. In Case of Breakdown In case of system breakdown, discontinue use and immediately contact your authorized Fluidmesh Networks dealer or Fluidmesh Networks, Inc. directly.
3 Installation and System Set-up This section describes how to install and set up Fluidmesh products. Specifically, the Fluidmesh 1100 MITO series and Fluidmesh 3100 MITO series are described in Section 3.1 and Section 3.2, respectively. 3.1 Fluidmesh 1100 MITO Series The Fluidmesh 1100 MITO (part number FM1100M-HW, for simplicity referred to as FM1100) is designed for outdoor operations in harsh environments.
Figure 3.2: Fluidmesh 1100 pole mounting adapter, Ethernet ports and reset button. 3.1.1 Proper Installation Procedures The FM1100 comes with a pole-mounting adapter, shown in Fig. 3.2, that allows the installer to change the alignment of the antenna along the horizontal axis. Plastic or metal tie wraps can be used to install the unit on a pole. 3.1.2 Powering on an FM1100 The unit can be powered only with the Power-over-Ethernet injector provided with the FM1100 (Fig. 3.3).
LED # (Color) 1 (Red) 2 (Orange) 3 (Green) 4 (Green) Boot Status Booting core system Booting wireless system Booting routing engine Booting unit configuration Link Quality poor/link absent fair good very good Table 3.1: FM1100 Boot/Link Status LEDs Color Scheme adapter included. 3.1.3 Status and Link LEDs A panel on the back of the FM1100, shown in Fig. 3.4, provides seven (7) LEDs which can be used to check the unit and the link quality status.
3.1.5 Integrated Panel Antenna The FM1100 has an integrated panel antenna that can operate at 4.9-6.0 GHz. A separate or external antenna cannot be installed or mounted. The gain of the antenna is 15 dBi at 4.9-6.0 GHz. The specifications of the integrated panel antenna are reported Table 3.2. Gain at 4.9-6.0 GHz Frequency Range Polarization 3 dB Beam Angle @ 5470 MHz Front to Back Ratio 14.6-16.1 dBi 4940-6075 MHz Dual Linear 43 degrees 22 dB Table 3.
3.2 Fluidmesh 3100 MITO Series The Fluidmesh 3100 MITO (part number FM3100M-HW, for simplicity referred to as FM3100) is designed for outdoor operations in harsh environments. The hardware is enclosed in an IP65-rated enclosure connected to a multi-band sector antenna which can be mounted and oriented using the supplied pole-mounting adapter as depicted in Fig. 3.5 and Fig. 3.6. Figure 3.5: Fluidmesh 3100 enclosure (back).
Figure 3.6: Fluidmesh 3100 pole mounting adapter. 3.2.1 Proper Installation Procedures The FM3100 comes with a pole-mounting adapter, shown in Fig. 3.6, that allows the installer to change the alignment of the antenna along both the vertical and the horizontal axis. 3.2.2 Powering on an FM3100 The unit can be powered only with the Power-over-Ethernet injector provided with the FM3100 (Fig. 3.7). The PoE injector does not comply with the 802.
LED # (Color) 1 (Red) 2 (Orange) 3 (Green) 4 (Green) Boot Status Booting core system Booting wireless system Booting routing engine Booting unit configuration Link Quality poor/link absent fair good very good Table 3.3: FM3100 Boot/Link Status LEDs Color Scheme 3.2.3 Status and Link LEDs A panel on the back of the FM3100, shown in Fig. 3.8, provides six (6) LEDs which can be used to check the unit and the link quality status.
3.2.5 Integrated Panel Antenna The FM3100 has an integrated 93 degrees sector antenna that can operate at 4.9-6.0 GHz. A separate or external antenna cannot be installed or mounted. The gain of the antenna is 15 dBi at 4.9-6.0 GHz. The specifications of the integrated panel antenna are reported Table 3.4. Gain at 4.9-6.0 GHz Frequency Range Polarization 3 dB Beam Angle @ 5470 MHz Front to Back Ratio 15 dBi 4940-6075 MHz Dual Linear 93 degrees 22 dB Table 3.
4 Fluidmesh Architecture Overview The FM1100 and the FM3100 series can be used to create any kind of network architecture such as point-to-point links and mesh networks. Moreover, thanks to the innovative FluidMAX™ patent pending technology, pointto-multipoint links can be created. This also gives to the user the ability to create mixed networks architectures (shown in Fig. 4.1) leading to higher performance and flexibility in the deployment.
Figure 4.2: Point-to-Point network architecture. is defined as “transparent” because its activity is transparent to the network hosts. In other words, the wireless bridge forwards packets from one network segment to the other according to a “forwarding table” which is built by learning the network topology from the analysis of the incoming traffic. In this configuration, no explicit interaction between the wireless bridge and the network hosts takes place.
In a redundant and reliable mesh network, every stream of data packets has multiple available paths to reach the base station, and the network forwards the packets through the optimal path at any point in time. The absence of any single point of failure increases its reliability compared to any other transmission technology, either wireless or wired. Figure 4.3: Fluidmesh mesh networking architecture. 4.
Figure 4.4: Point-to-Multipoint network architecture. to 100 Mb/s maximum throughput.2 By reducing the number of slaves, the supported rate per slave can be increased provided that the sum of the throughput requirements of the slaves is lower than or equal to 100 Mb/s. FluidMAX is fully automatic and integrated within the mesh architecture.
5 Fluidmesh Network Addressing 5.1 Bridge IP Addressing The FM unit can be operated in bridge mode to create a single pointto-point connection between two network segments as described in Section 4.1. Each FM unit is provided with a default IP address for its wired Ethernet port(s), which is: 192.168.0.10 No IP address is associated to the wireless interface. When you set up a wireless bridge using two FM units for the first time, both units will have the same default IP address equal to 192.168.0.10.
5.1.1 Connecting and Configuring IP Devices and Cameras The FM3100 mounts one Ethernet port and the FM1100 is equipped with 2 Ethernet ports that can be used to connect a camera or other Ethernetcompatible device. You should directly connect any device using an Ethernet cable to the PoE injector. Use a patch Ethernet cable to connect the PoE injector to the FM unit. In the FM1100, the second Ethernet port can be used to power any 12-18V passive PoE device including another FM unit.
Figure 5.2: Fluidmesh network addressing. 5.2.1 Network Addressing The Fluidmesh layer 2 addressing allows configuring each FM unit and each device connected to the FM units according to the IP address class used within the private LAN to which the Mesh End unit is connected. A sample network configuration is shown in Fig. 5.2. The Fluidmesh network logically becomes part of the private LAN where (usually) the control room resides.
Connecting and Configuring an Ethernet Edge-device The FM unit Ethernet ports can be used to connect all kinds of Ethernet edge devices (e.g. IP Cameras, Video-Servers, Wi-Fi Access Points, etc.). Any Ethernet device can be configured either manually or automatically through a DHCP server. A manual IP setting is recommended in any video-surveillance system where the cameras need to have a fixed custom IP address to be accessed by the video-recording software. Figure 5.
individuals or devices must be segregated regardless of their physical location, the MAC-based VLANs can be used. In this case, the network is configured with an access list mapping individual MAC addresses to VLAN membership. Other, less common, types of VLANs exist like the protocolbased VLANs, where the protocol type is used to separate networks. VLAN tagging is usually supported by network switches with advanced capabilities.
6 Software Plug-ins The Fluidmesh 1100 MITO (part number FM1100M-HW) and the Fluidmesh 3100 MITO (part number FM3100M-HW) feature the innovative FluidThrottle™ technology which provides a variable software-upgradable capacity of the Ethernet port based on the user’s needs. On the Fluidmesh 1100, the user can purchase software-based Plug-ins to increase the maximum capacity of the Ethernet port from 1 Mb/s to 100 Mb/s depending on the system’s bandwidth requirements.
Figure 6.1: Plug-in installation procedure. Additionally, both the FM1100 and the FM3100 can be upgraded to support the 128-bit AES industry-grade data encryption, the 4.9 GHz U.S. public safety band1 , and the 6 GHz licensed frequencies band. A summary of the available Plug-ins for the FM units is reported in Table 6.1. 6.1 Plug-in Activation/Deactivation Procedure The Plug-in management procedure has been standardized for maximum flexibility as follows.
the Serial Number are accepted) in order to get the Activation Code. Please refer to Section 7.13 to input the Activation Code into the unit Web interface. To provide the maximum flexibility in the Plug-in management, Fluidmesh allows the deactivation of any installed Plug-in in order to transfer it to another Fluidmesh unit. Specifically, each Plug-in can be deactivated via the Web interface of the unit according to the procedure described in Section 7.13.
(a) Plug-in Activation (b) Plug-in Deactivation Figure 6.2: Activation/Deactivation Code Generation Web interface available at www.fluidmesh.com.
7 Web-based Interface and Configuration Every FM unit can be configured and managed using a Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI). By default, each FM unit is configured in Bridge Mode with the Bridge IP address 192.168.0.10 and netmask 255.255.255.0. To change the settings on the units, you need to log-in to the Web-based interface. 7.1 Software and Hardware Requirements To log-in to the Web GUI, you need a PC with a Web-browser, an Ethernet port, and an Ethernet cable.
Figure 7.1: Log-in window. 7.2 Logging-in to the Web-based Interface Power up the device after making sure the antennas are properly connected. Wait for about one minute for the initialization to be completed. Connect an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors between a computer and the Fluidmesh device that you want to configure. Configure the wired Ethernet port of your computer according to the default class “C” IP address of the device, e.g., IP: 192.168.0.30, Netmask: 255.255.255.0.
The default username and a password are: Username: admin Password: admin Figure 7.2: End-user license agreement. 7.3 End-user License Agreement and Region of Operation The first time you log-in, you will be asked to accept the terms of the enduser license agreement and select the country where you will be operating the unit (Fig. 7.2 is an example for an FM1100 unit). You must accept the terms of the license agreement in order to activate the device.
(a) Step 1 (b) Step 2 (c) Step 3 (d) Step 4 Figure 7.3: MeshWizard™ FM unit configuration steps.
7.4 MeshWizard™ MeshWizard is a simple yet effective tool to configure the basic settings of an FM unit based on the following four steps: 1. Step 1, Fig. 7.3(a): click on the “Wizard” button to start configuring the unit; 2. Step 2, Fig. 7.3(b): unit IP configuration; 3. Step 3, Fig. 7.3(c): wireless radio frequencies configuration; 4. Step 4, Fig. 7.3(d): settings summary and configuration save. 7.
7.6 General Mode Every FM unit has three possible modes of operations: • Bridge Mode • Mesh Point Mode • Mesh End Mode The FM unit factory default mode is Bridge. The Mesh Point mode must be used for any unit deployed in the field. On the other hand, the FM unit must be set in Mesh End whenever it is connected to the main cabled network where the control room (usually) resides. You will need to input the settings of the wired network (LAN) to which the FM unit unit will be connected.
Figure 7.5: Wireless parameters configuration. Basic mode make sure the country has been properly specified before changing the frequency of the system. Frequency Selectors. All Fluidmesh units are equipped with multi-band radios capable of operating on the 4.9-6 GHz bands.1 You can change the frequency of each radio in order to minimize interference with other wireless networks operating in the same area. The frequencies listed on the Frequency Selector are the carrier frequencies.
Figure 7.6: Wireless parameters configuration. Advanced mode Width 20 MHz 40 MHz Data Rate 150 Mb/s 300 Mb/s Throughput 60 Mb/s 100 Mb/s Table 7.1: Available radio channel widths. Channel Width. The width of the operating radio channel can be set through this selector. The available options are described in Table 7.1 where the theoretic data rate and the achievable throughput are also indicated for each channel width.
lines and lead to illegal wireless operations. IN NO EVENT SHALL FLUIDMESH NETWORKS, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH IMPROPER USE OR OPERATION OF THE CHANNEL WIDTH FUNCTIONALITIES. DFS Management.
Option AUTO MASTER SLAVE OFF Specification The FluidMAX engine is enabled and the unit role is set automatically. The FluidMAX engine is enabled and the unit role is set to MASTER. This is used to force the FluidMAX role of the Fluidmesh unit at the center of the star topology to be a MASTER. The FluidMAX engine is enabled and the unit role is set to SLAVE. This is used to force the FluidMAX role of the unit which is NOT the center of the star topology to be a SLAVE. The FluidMAX engine is disabled.
Figure 7.7: Advanced wireless parameters configuration. Data Packet Encryption (Software Plug-in Required). Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128 bit encryption can be enabled at the link-level for wireless data transmission. This feature is available in addition to the default Fluidmesh proprietary encoding algorithm for maximum industrygrade network security. A software Plug-in is required to activate this option. Please contact your Fluidmesh Networks’ representative for details. 7.
(a) Link selection (b) Alignment Figure 7.8: Antenna Alignment tool.
Figure 7.9: Frequency Scan Tool results. The user is warned that the proprietary Fluidmesh TPC algorithm (see Section 7.8) will be disabled during the alignment process so as to avoid unwanted interactions with the tools. The antenna alignment tool consists of a real-time graph and a bar which report the average signal strength and the current signal strength detected at the local unit receiver, respectively.
As shown in Fig. 7.9, each bar in the chart consists of two sections. The black section represents the amount of interference detected in the channel, whereas the colored one gives a qualitative idea of the status of the channel according to the following table: Color GREEN YELLOW RED Channel Quality GOOD FAIR BAD Additional information such as number of Fluidmesh units and access points detected is available by bringing the cursor of the mouse over the frequency channel bars.
Figure 7.10: FMQuadro. 7.11 FMQuadro™ (Mesh End only) This feature is available only in FM units configured in Mesh End mode. The innovative FMQuadro engine provides an interactive graph representation of the Fluidmesh network where vertices and edges represent FM units and wireless links, respectively, as shown in Fig. 7.10. The links which are currently in use by every packet generated/relayed by a Fluidmesh device to reach a possible destination in the network (i.e.
In the graph, blue is the color of a mesh end whereas mesh points are depicted in red. The unit color becomes yellow if any anomalous condition is detected on the unit. Each element displayed in FMQuadro is interactive, and can be dragged and/or clicked to get additional real-time information based on the context. Figure 7.11: FMQuadro. Unit information. For example, by clicking on a specific unit, information about the remote unit selected is displayed in a callout as shown in Fig. 7.11.
itored by clicking on the related line, as reported in Fig. 7.12. Several realtime parameters are displayed including the current signal strength, the packet error rate, and the link utilization of both link directions (i.e. the link from a unit to the other and vice-versa). Additionally, the current congestion level of the link is monitored. A detailed description of the available parameters is reported in Table 7.3.
and statistics are logged and can be displayed by clicking on any link metric button, as shown in Fig. 7.13. By default, the last 48 hour’s statistics are recorded with a metrics’ sampling interval of 5 minutes. The statistics recording time can be increased up to 24 days at the cost of increasing the metrics’s sample interval proportionally. Figure 7.12: FMQuadro. Link information.
Figure 7.13: FMQuadro. Last 48 hours Link information. Figure 7.14: FMQuadro. Addresses Summary table.
ful to add a map of the area in which the Fluidmesh system is deployed.2 Map images can be uploaded to the Mesh End unit using the proper button placed in the FMQuadro top toolbar. Common image formats are supported including png, jpg and bmp. Furthermore, whenever an Internet connection is available to the user PC used to configure the Fluidmesh network, Google Maps map can be used to set the background of FMQuadro.
Figure 7.15: VLAN configuration steps. 7.11.1 VLAN Tagging Configuration (Software Plug-in Required) Each VLAN can be configured via FMQuadro with a simple two steps procedure as described below. Please note that VLANs require some network configuration expertise and should be used by advanced users only. Please refer to Section 5.2.1 for further details. 1. VLAN ID creation: a new VID can be created using the VLAN manager control placed at the bottom-right hand of the FMQuadro window as shown in Fig. 7.
The Fluidmesh VLAN implementation is compatible with the specification of the IEEE 802.1q standard and, thus, the Fluidmesh network can interoperate with other VLAN-aware network devices. VLAN trunking between the Fluidmesh network and Ethernet switches is also supported and can be enabled by selecting the proper control in the unit’s callout window.
6. Upgrade the device with the chosen firmware; 7. Once the upgrade is completed, wait for the system to reboot; WARNING: DO NOT RESTART OR POWER OFF THE UNIT WHILE UPGRADING THE FIRMWARE. RESTARTING OR POWERING OFF THE UNIT BEFORE THE UPGRADE IS COMPLETED MIGHT DAMAGE THE UNIT. When the upgrade is completed, check the firmware upgrade page in order to make sure that the new firmware version has been correctly updated. If the firmware version has not been changed, the upgrade process has failed.
Figure 7.17: Plug-ins management Web page. 7.13 Plug-in Management The manage plug-ins page (Fig. 7.17) shows the installed Plug-ins and allows the user to add Plug-in Activation Codes. Additionally, a Plug-in can be deactivated to, for example, transfer it from one unit to another. Once the Plug-in has been deactivated, you will be provided with a Deactivation Code displayed at the bottom of the page.
7.14 Advanced Tools Through the advanced tools page, it is possible to run tests to verify network connectivity and the achievable throughput on a network path. As shown in Fig. 7.18, network connectivity can be tested by issuing a “Ping Test” towards a specific destination. Additionally, the “Bandwidth Test” tool generates a stream of packets at a specified rate to test the available network path throughput.
7.15 Multicast By default, FM units operating in Mesh Point mode forward all the multicast traffic generated by the cameras to their closest Mesh End unit. However, in some network configurations, it may be convenient to forward the multicast traffic from a Mesh Point to others, e.g., to remotely record the video flow. By default, the unit operating in Mesh End mode does NOT forward any multicast traffic7 to the wireless networks. Figure 7.19: Add/Remove multicast routes towards Mesh Points.
7.16 PoE Passthrough (FM1100 only) The second Ethernet port present on the FM1100 can be used to power up other passive 12-18 V PoE devices such as cameras and FM units. This feature can be enabled through the PoE passthrough page as depicted in Fig. 7.20. Figure 7.20: Enable the PoE passthrough feature. 7.17 Change Password Use this page to change the password to access the unit Web GUI. 7.18 Status This page reports a summary of the status of the unit.
through this page and emailed to the Fluidmesh technical support to facilitate the problem diagnosis. 7.19 Reboot and Reset to Factory Default Use the Reboot page to restart the unit. Use the Reset to Factory Default page to restore the unit default factory settings. 7.20 On-line Help The electronic version of this manual is available by accessing the Help web page.
8 Troubleshooting The troubleshooting section will allow you to solve the most common problems encountered when configuring and installing Fludimesh products. 8.1 I am unable to get the log-in screen If you are unable to get the log-in form on your computer screen, you should check the following: Is your computer set to a valid IP address? You should manually set the correct network settings as follows: 1. In Windows Explorer, right-click “My Network Places” and select Properties. 2.
admin The password can be changed, so make sure you are using the right password. The default password is: admin If you forgot the password, check Section 8.3 to fix the problem. 8.3 I forgot the administrator password If you forgot the password and need to access the Web-based interface, you must physically access the unit, open the enclosure in a weather-safe situation and reset to the factory default settings. Please refer to the instructions of Section 3.1.4 for FM1100 and Section 3.2.
APPENDIX A Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been assembled with components that 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.
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment has been assembled using components that comply with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20 cm between the radiator and your body. This device has been assembled using components that comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2.
EMC R&TTE Safety EN 61000-6-1; EN 61000-6-2; EN 61000-6-3; EN 61000-6-4; EN 489-17 EN 300 328-1 V. 1.3.1; EN 300 328-2 V. 1.2.1; EN 301 893-1 V. 1.2.1; EN 300 440-2 V. 1.3.1 EN 60950-1:2001 Note: As far as the 2.
APPENDIX C Contact Information Fluidmesh Networks, Inc. 18 Tremont St., Suite 730 Boston, MA 02108 U.S.A. Tel. +1 (617) 209-6080 Fax. +1 (866) 458-1522 EMEA Headquarters (Italy) Tel. +39 02 0061 6189 UK Branch Tel. +44 2078 553 132 www.fluidmesh.
Fluidmesh Networks, Inc. 18 Tremont St., Suite 730 Boston, MA 02108 U.S.A. Tel. +1 (617) 209-6080 Fax. +1 (866) 458-1522 EMEA Headquarters (Italy) Tel. +39 02 0061 6189 UK Branch Tel. +44 2078 553 132 www.fluidmesh.
