User's Manual

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Nordic ID PL3000 user manual, v. 2.6, October 2006 47
6.5 The Control Panel
The PL3000 control panel contains subprograms that allow you to confi gure how the unit should work.
These subprograms are represented by the icons in the image on the left. The subprograms available and
their functionalities are explained below.
Open the control panel from Start menu, Settings and Control panel.
6.5.1 Aironet Client Utility
The Aironet Client Utility is used to confi gure the Cisco Aironet 350 series 802.11b Wireless LAN Cards.
Unless such a card is present in the PCMCIA slot of the PL3000 this program will only allow you to check
the version of the driver. This is done by starting the program and clicking the ‘About…’ button; this will
bring up a dialogue showing the version of the driver. If the fi rmware of your card is too old to work with the
installed version of the driver, an error message will appear upon inserting the card. In this case you need to
acquire a compatible fi rmware image fi le for the card from Cisco and update your card. You can also contact
your Nordic ID reseller for help in acquiring the fi rmware. Please note also that in most cases the fi rmware
version of the card and an access point should be upgraded hand-in-hand. This can be verifi ed by reading
the release notes of the new fi rmware fi le.
The Program Dialogue
The fi gure 45 shows the main window for the ACU. If the buttons are displayed grey there is no WLAN card
in the PL3000 or the card is not correctly installed. With a card present the following functions are available
to you: