Quick Start Guide
Table Of Contents
- [Introduction]
- 1 Electronic Shelf Labeling – A brief introduction
- 2 The G1 label family
- 3 What’s in your Smart Box?
- [Getting Started]
- 1 Latest Software and Documentation
- 2 Install software
- 3 Start Server and Client
- 4 Connect and configure Access Point AP-2010
- 5 Setup Security
- 6 Register labels
- 7 Start tagging
- 8 Integration
- [Troubleshooting]
- 1 FAQ
- 1.1 Running the ESL Server as a background service
- 1.2 Where can I find the license file for my SmartBox?
- 1.3 Deleting the demo articles
- 1.4 Establish a network configuration when no DHCP is available – Step by step
- 1.5 AP discovering with Bonjour Services
- 1.6 What can I do if the Status LED of the AP-2010 access point doesn’t turn blue?
- 1.7 Labels don’t come online
- 1.8 The encryption does not work
- 1.9 Unlocking labels
- 1.10 Starting Java applications
- 1.11 Encoding problems
- 1.12 Further documentation
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4.4 Selecting channels
For a working installation a channel must be selected on each access point in the network. There
are 11 non overlapping ESL channels reserved for the communication with the labels. Five of
these channels do not interfere with typical Wi-Fi installations and should therefore be favored.
These are the ESL channels 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10 and they should be selected if there is a Wi-Fi
installation on the Wi-Fi channels 1, 6 and 11.
FIGURE 1-15: Comparison between common used Wi-Fi and ESLchannels
If there is a Wi-Fi installation operating at 2.4 GHz (IEEE 802.11b/g/n) or any other radio
frequency (RF) technology that uses the 2.4 GHz ISM band make sure to select the ESL channels
that are least overlapping with the existing installation. If there is no ESL channel without any
overlapping both the ESL and existing installation should still work but there might be a reduced
overall speed in both installations.
Warning: Do not select the same channel on two access points within one area. This will cause
interferences and avoids labels from joining the network. The same channel may only be selected
on two access points if it can be guaranteed that every label is within the range of only one of
these access points.
4.5 The Status LED
There are several LED colors that indicates the main status of the access point.
Color Description Note
Red
Boot process
Can take about 2 minutes, if it takes much
longer, the device is defective and there is a
need for service.
Blue
Normal mode ---
Yellow
Operational, but not
connected to any server
or no channel selected
---
Red (blinking)
Running Firmware Update
During this time there is no connection to the
electronic label
If there are any problems regarding the access point please see chapter [Troubleshooting].