System information

Part 2: System Setup and Configuration 33
Chapter 8 ‒ Wireless Workbench Configuration Example 34
Step 1: Setting up a show file ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Step 2: Adding devices to inventory and setting up zones ................................................................................................................................................... 35
Step 3: Naming devices........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 36
Step 4: Entering television station information ..................................................................................................................................................................... 37
Step 5: Selecting channels to coordinate ............................................................................................................................................................................. 38
Step 6: Entering frequency scan data .................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
Step 7: Entering Exclusion ranges ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Step 8: Save Show File ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 41
Step 9: Matching inventory to live devices (including merging devices)............................................................................................................................... 42
Step 10: Frequency coordination and deploying frequencies to live devices ....................................................................................................................... 43
Step 11: Setting up and using monitor views ....................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Step 12: Viewing the frequency list from the Spectrum Manager......................................................................................................................................... 46
Step 13: Using the ShowLink, Frequency, and RF History Plots ......................................................................................................................................... 47
ShowLink Plot ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Frequency Plot ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48
RF History Plot ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Chapter 9 ‒ RF Connectivity and Antennas 50
Antenna Placement .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 50
Antenna Power ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Antenna Faults ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
RF Cascade Ports ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 51
AXT630/AXT631 RF Output Distribution .............................................................................................................................................................................. 52
Connecting Devices to the RF Outputs ................................................................................................................................................................................ 52
Input Band Filtering .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 52
Adding an AXT600 Spectrum Manager to an Antenna System ........................................................................................................................................... 52
Gain and Attenuation ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 52
Multiple Levels of Antenna Distribution ................................................................................................................................................................................ 53
Chapter 10 ‒ Networking 54
Networking Best Practices.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Configuring Network Settings with the AXT620 Ethernet Switch ......................................................................................................................................... 55
Default Values ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
System Login ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Configuration Options ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
System Information............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
IP Configuration .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
DHCP Server - System Configuration .................................................................................................................................................................................. 55
DHCP Server - Client Entries ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
TFTP Transaction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 55
User Authentication .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 55
Power over Ethernet ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 55
Network Topologies .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 56
Multiple Ethernet Switch Setup #1........................................................................................................................................................................................ 56
Multiple Ethernet Switch Setup #2........................................................................................................................................................................................ 57
Multiple Ethernet Switch (Wi-Fi) Setup #3 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 58
Assigning IP addresses to Networked Devices .................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Automatic IP addressing....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Manual IP Addressing .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Connecting a Computer to the Network ............................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Configuring Firewalls for Mac or Windows Operating Systems............................................................................................................................................ 60
Configuring Wi-Fi for Wireless Networking ........................................................................................................................................................................... 61