User's Manual

SAFFreeMile5.8GHzFODUUserGuide•Rev.1.0•Softwareversion6.77
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FirmwareUpgrade
ToupdateyourdevicefirmwareusetheFirmwareupgradesectionundertheMaintenancemenu,selectthe
firmwarefileandclicktheUploadbutton:
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Figure49–FirmwareUploadontheSystem
Currentversion–displaysversionofthecurrentfirmware.
Uploadfirmware–clickthebuttontoselectthenewfirmwareimageforuploadingittothedevice..
Thedevicesystemfirmwareupgradeiscompatiblewithallconfigurationsettings.Whenthedeviceis
upgradedwithanewerversionorthesameversion
builds,allthesystem’sconfigurationwillbepreserved
aftertheupgrade.
Thenewfirmwareimageisuploadedtothecontroller’stemporarymemory.Itisnecessarytosavethe
firmwareintothedevicepermanentmemory.ClicktheUpgradebutton:
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Figure50–FirmwareUpgrade
Upgrade–upgradedevicewiththeuploadedimageandrebootthesystem.
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Donotswitchoffanddonotdisconnectthedevicefromthepowersupplyduringthefirmware
updateprocessasthedevicecouldbedamaged.
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Tools
UsetheToolsmenutousethefollowingdeviceapplications:
Sitesurvey–toviewthelistofwirelessnetworksinthesurroundingarea.
Antennaalignment–toaligndeviceantenna.
Linktest–tocheckqualityoftheestablishedFreeMile5.8GHzMIMOlink.
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AntennaAlignment
TheantennaalignmenttestmeasuressignalqualitybetweentheMasterandSlaveunits.Forbestresults
duringtheantennaalignmenttest,turnoffallwirelessnetworkingdeviceswithinrangeofthedeviceexcept
thedevice(s)withwhichyouaretryingtoaligntheantenna.Watchtheconstantlyupdateddisplayinthe
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antennaalignmenttestwindowasyouadjusttheantenna.
TheAntennaAlignmenttestresultsappearwhenyouclicktheStartbuttonandfinisheswhenyouclickthe
Stopbutton.