User's Manual

BreadCrumb
®
LX User Guide Rajant Corporation
June 25, 2008 Version 1.06
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Table of Contents
Contents Page
1.0 PREFACE .........................................................................................................................................................5
1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE ................................................................................................................................ 5
1.2 USER INFORMATION.................................................................................................................................. 5
2.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................6
2.1 WHAT IS A BREADCRUMB?...................................................................................................................... 6
2.1.1 RAPIDLY DEPLOYED WIRELESS NETWORKS..............................................................................6
2.1.2 MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORKS......................................................................................................6
2.1.3 WIRELESS NETWORK EXTENSION.................................................................................................6
2.1.4 WIRED NETWORK EXTENSION .......................................................................................................7
2.1.5 ANY COMBINATION OF THE PREVIOUS SECTIONS 2.1.1 to 2.1.4..............................................7
2.2 MOBILITY THROUGH MESHING.............................................................................................................. 7
2.2.1 MESH – A DEFINITION.......................................................................................................................7
2.2.2 BREADCRUMBS MESH BY CHANNEL AND ESSID ......................................................................7
2.3 DESCRIPTION OF BREADCRUMB LX...................................................................................................... 9
2.3.1 RADIOS..................................................................................................................................................9
2.4 POWER/ETHERNET................................................................................................................................... 10
2.4.1 BREADCRUMB LX EXTERNAL CHASSIS FEATURES................................................................11
2.5 NETWORK FEATURES.............................................................................................................................. 12
2.6 CONNECTIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 13
2.7 ANTENNA FEATURES .............................................................................................................................. 14
2.8 POWER FEATURES.................................................................................................................................... 16
2.9 MISC. INFORMATION ABOUT THE LX..................................................................................................16
2.10 RESET/ZEROIZE THE LX........................................................................................................................ 16
3.0 USING BCADMIN
™
......................................................................................................................................17
4.0 DEPLOYING THE BREADCRUMB WIRELESS NETWORK...............................................................18
4.1 OVERVIEW OF BCWN DEPLOYMENT................................................................................................... 18
4.2 DEPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................................................ 18
4.2.1 ADDRESSING .....................................................................................................................................18
4.2.1.1 BREADCRUMB DEVICE ADDRESSES ........................................................................................18
4.2.1.2 DHCP.................................................................................................................................................18
4.3 CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS....................................................................................................................... 19
4.4 PHYSICAL PLACEMENT AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS................................................................ 19
4.4.1 LINE OF SIGHT...................................................................................................................................19
4.4.2 DISTANCE...........................................................................................................................................19
4.4.3 WEATHER...........................................................................................................................................20
4.4.4 INTERFERENCE.................................................................................................................................20
4.4.5 PLACEMENT OF BCWN COMPONENTS........................................................................................20
4.5 DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATIONS........................................................................................................ 20
4.6 DEPLOYMENT GUIDELINES AND METHODOLOGY.......................................................................... 20
4.6.1 DEPLOYMENT GUIDELINES...........................................................................................................20
4.6.2 DEPLOYMENT METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................21
4.7 STATUS LED............................................................................................................................................... 22
5.0 BREADCRUMB SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE......................................................................................23
5.1 BREADCRUMB FIRMWARE .................................................................................................................... 23
5.1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................23
5.1.2 UPGRADING THE FIRMWARE........................................................................................................23