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10017C000

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3.17.0.5

Date

4/30/2019

Silvus Technologies, Inc.

10990 Wilshire Blvd, #1500

Los Angeles, CA 90024

StreamCaster MIMO Radio

User Manual

Summary of content (158 pages)

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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual Document Number 10017C000 Version 3.17.0.5 Date 4/30/2019 Silvus Technologies, Inc.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Notice Silvus Technologies reserves the right to make changes to its products or discontinue any of its products or offerings without notice. Silvus Technologies warrants the performance of its products to the specifications applicable at the time of sale in accordance with Silvus Technologies’ standard warranty. Revision History Version Date Changes 1.0 September, 2012 Original 1.1 October 9, 2012 Minor Fixes 2.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 3.12.6 December 1, 2016 Updated 3822/4200 Pinout 3.12.6.4 May 22, 2017 Updated for release 3.12.6.4; Added SC4400 3.12.6.5 May 24, 2017 Added Encryption Profile Descriptions 3.12.6.10 August 1, 2017 Added CE info; Added Network Wide Upgrade; Added iPerf description 3.12.6.11 August 24, 2017 Additional CE Updates on Last 2 pages 3.12.6.12 August 30, 2017 More CE Updates 3.12.6.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Contents 1. General Safety Information ............................................................................................................... 11 1.1 Health & Safety ....................................................................................................................... 11 1.2 Maximum RF Power Density Limits ........................................................................................ 14 2. Introduction ...................
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 4.4 SC4400E Specifications ........................................................................................................... 65 4.5 SC4200E Specifications ........................................................................................................... 66 4.6 SC4400 Specifications ............................................................................................................. 68 4.7 SC4200 Specifications ..................
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 7.1 7.2 8. LAN Backbone ....................................................................................................................... 133 7.1.1 Implementation ....................................................................................................... 133 7.1.2 Use Case ................................................................................................................... 133 WAN Backbone with Roaming ..............................
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 15.3 IC Statement: French ............................................................................................................ 157 List of Figures Figure 1 Product Symbols with Definition ............................................................................................... 13 Figure 2 StreamCaster 4400E Ruggedized Enclosure ...............................................................................
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Figure 23 SC4400 Mechanical Drawing (top) and Mounting Pattern (bottom) ...................................... 60 Figure 24 SC4200 Mechanical Drawing (top) and Mounting Pattern (bottom) ...................................... 61 Figure 25 SC3822 Mechanical Drawing (top) and Mounting Pattern (bottom) ...................................... 62 Figure 26 SC3500/SC3800 Phase II Enclosure Mounting Pattern for Back of Enclosure (top) and Bottom of Enclosure (bottom) ...
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Figure 56 Routing Path ........................................................................................................................... 114 Figure 57 Custom Node Naming ............................................................................................................ 115 Figure 58 Traffic Information .................................................................................................................
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 List of Tables Table 1 Safe Working Distances ............................................................................................................... 12 Table 2 SC4400E Power/Ethernet/Serial Connector Pinout .................................................................... 27 Table 3 SC4400E Serial and GPS Pinout ...................................................................................................
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Table 29 Color Coding for Links and Nodes ........................................................................................... 113 Table 30 RSSI Reporting Format ............................................................................................................ 141 Table 31 Sample RSSI Report .................................................................................................................
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 1. 4/30/19 General Safety Information The information that follows, together with local site regulations, should be studied by personnel concerned with the operation or maintenance of the equipment, to ensure awareness of potential hazards. Switch off supplies before removing covers or disconnecting any RF cables, and before inspecting damaged cables or antennas.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 b) Operators should not operate any RF transmitter or power amplifier with any of its covers removed, nor should they allow anyone else to do so. Antenna Type Omni Sector Parabolic Dish Gain (dBi) 3 20 35 Gain Ratio (GR) 2 100 3162 Transmitter Power 1W 2W 4W 10W 30W 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.3 2.2 2.9 4 5.6 9 15.5 16 22.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Figure 1 Product Symbols with Definition • Product cleaning should only be done with a soft cloth and mild detergent, do not use any solvents that might remove case markings or labels. • The unit, at the end of its useful life is to be disposed in accordance with local regulations, or may be returned to the manufacturer.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 1.2 Maximum RF Power Density Limits The RF Radiation Power Density limit figure recommended by Silvus is based upon guideline levels published in: a. IEEE standard C95.1 1999 - IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz. b.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 2. 4/30/19 Introduction The StreamCaster family of MIMO radios was designed with operator ease of use in mind. Each radio is capable of operating in a multitude of configurations that are accessed via simple web pages within the radio. Settings such as transmit power, frequency, channel bandwidth, link adaptation and range control can be accessed by simply using a web browser to log into any radio within the network.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4. 4/30/19 StreamCaster Hardware Overview 4.1 Hardware Interfaces SC4400E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 2 StreamCaster 4400E Ruggedized Enclosure 1 RF Channels 1-4 Connectors [TNC Female] 2 Bi-Color Status LED (See Section 12.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 • Rapid Flashing Red for 1 second – The battery is less than or equal to 20%. LED will blink red rapidly for 1 second then go back to normal. This will repeat every 5 seconds. • Rapid Flashing Green – When the multi position switch is rotate to a new position, LED will rapidly flash green while new settings are being applied. LED will resume normal indication after settings have been applied.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC4200E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 3 StreamCaster 4200E Ruggedized Enclosure 1 RF Channels 1-2 Connectors [TNC Female] 2 Power Switch [15-Position Rotating] 3 Power (EB Version Only, 9-20V), Ethernet, and Serial Port Connector [ODU GK0YARP10UC00-000L] 4 Bi-Color Status LED (See Section 12.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual • Rapid Flashing Red for 1 second – The battery is less than or equal to 20%. LED will blink red rapidly for 1 second then go back to normal. This will repeat every 5 seconds. • Rapid Flashing Green – When the multi position switch is rotate to a new position, LED will rapidly flash green while new settings are being applied. LED will resume normal indication after settings have been applied.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC4400: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 4 StreamCaster 4400 Ruggedized Enclosure 1 RF Channels 1-4 Connectors [TNC Female] 2 Bi-Color Status LED (See Section 12.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual • 4/30/19 Rapid Flashing Green – When the multi position switch is rotate to a new position, LED will rapidly flash green while new settings are being applied. LED will resume normal indication after settings have been applied.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC4200: 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Figure 5 StreamCaster 4200 Ruggedized Enclosure RF Channels 1-2 Connectors [TNC Female] 2 Power Switch [2-Position Rotating] 3 Power (EB Version Only, 9-20V), Ethernet, and Serial Port Connector [Hirose LF10WBRB- 12PD] 4 Bi-Color Status LED (See Section 12.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual • 4/30/19 Rapid Flashing Green – When the multi position switch is rotate to a new position, LED will rapidly flash green while new settings are being applied. LED will resume normal indication after settings have been applied.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC3822: 1 2 3 4 Figure 6 StreamCaster 3822 Ruggedized Enclosure 1 RF channels 1-2 Connectors [SMA Female] 2 USB/GPIO Connector [Hirose LF10WBRB-12SD] 3 Tri-Color Status LED (See Section 12.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC3500/SC3800: 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 4 StreamCaster 3500/3800 Ruggedized Enclosure 1 RF channels 1-4 connectors [TNC Female] 2 Ethernet connector [Mighty-Mouse 801-010-07NF7-10SA] 3 Power (9-20 VDC) and Serial Port connector [Mighty-Mouse 801-010-07NF7-10PA] 4 Tri-Color Status LED (See Section 12.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC3500/SC3800 with EXT Connector (PA Faceplate Option): 1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 5 StreamCaster 3500/3800 Ruggedized Enclosure 1 RF channels 1-4 connectors [TNC Female] 2 EXT PA Connector [Mighty-Mouse 801-010-07NF7-25SA] 3 Ethernet connector [Mighty-Mouse 801-010-07NF7-10SA] 4 Power (9-20 VDC) and Serial Port connector [Mighty-Mouse 801-010-07NF7-10PA] 5 Power Switch 6 Tri-Color Status LED (See Section 12.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual SC4400E RS-232 Pinout RS-232 (DB9) Signal Switchcraft Pinout 3 TxD 2 2 RxD 1 NC NC 4 NC 5V OUT 6 NC NC 5 5 Ground 3 Table 3 SC4400E Serial and GPS Pinout Figure 8 Switchcraft connector on Primary/Power cable 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 28
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC4400E AUX Connector Pinout Enclosure AUX Signal (LF10WBRB-12SD) 1 USB GND 2 USB1_D- 3 USB1_VBUS 4 USB0_VBUS 5 GPIO1 (BDA control) 6 USB0_D+ 7 USB0_D- 8 GND 9 USB1_ID 10 USB1_D+ Table 4 SC4400E USB/GPIO Connector Pinout (USB1 is USB 2.0 OTG, USB2 is USB 2.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC4400E PTT Connector Enclosure PTT Connector Signal (ODU GKCWAM-P07UB00-000L) 1 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 2 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 3 AUDIO_GND 4 PTT 5 SPEAKER_OUT 6 MIC_IN 7 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) Table 5 SC4400E PTT Connector Pinout Figure 7 SC4400E PTT Pinout Diagram (Cable Side) 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 30
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual SC4200E RS-232 Pinout RS-232 (DB9) Signal Switchcraft Pinout 3 TxD 2 2 RxD 1 NC NC 4 NC 5V OUT 6 NC NC 5 5 Ground 3 Table 7 SC4200E Serial and GPS Pinout Figure 8 Switchcraft connector on Primary/Power cable 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 32
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC4200E AUX Connector Pinout Enclosure AUX Signal (LF10WBRB-12SD) 1 USB GND 2 USB1_D- 3 USB1_VBUS 4 USB0_VBUS 5 GPIO1 (BDA control) 6 USB0_D+ 7 USB0_D- 8 GND 9 USB1_ID 10 USB1_D+ Table 8 SC4200E USB/GPIO Connector Pinout (USB1 is USB 2.0 OTG, USB2 is USB 2.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC4200E PTT Connector Enclosure PTT Connector Signal (ODU GKCWAM-P07UB00-000L) 1 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 2 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 3 AUDIO_GND 4 PTT 5 SPEAKER_OUT 6 MIC_IN 7 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) Table 9 SC4200E PTT Connector Pinout Figure 9 SC4200E PTT Pinout Diagram (Cable Side) 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 34
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4.2.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Figure 10 SC4400 Power (Optional)/Serial/Ethernet Pinout Diagram (Cable Side) 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 36
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual SC4400 AUX Connector Pinout Enclosure AUX Signal (LF10WBRB-12SD) 1 USB1_GND 2 USB1_D- 3 USB1_VBUS 4 USB2_VBUS 5 GPIO1 (PA Enable 3.3V) 6 USB2_D+ 7 USB2_D- 8 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 9 GND 10 USB1_Sense 11 USB1_D+ 12 USB2_GND Table 12 SC4400 USB/GPIO Connector Pinout (USB1 is USB 2.0 OTG, USB2 is USB 2.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC4400 PTT Connector Enclosure PTT Connector Signal (ODU GKCWAM-P07UB00-000L) 1 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 2 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 3 AUDIO_GND 4 PTT 5 SPEAKER_OUT 6 MIC_IN 7 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) Table 13 SC4400 PTT Connector Pinout Figure 12 SC4400 PTT Pinout Diagram (Cable Side) 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 38
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 3 Pink y 2 re G Grey Grey 4 Grey White 6 1 Switchcraft female EN3C6FX - viewed from front 5 White Black 1 Serial Rx White k 8 RJ45 Pin 3 Purple V+ for GPS Antenna Brown White n Pi Raised dot Indicates Pin #1 9 Black 10 Ground 2 Serial Tx RJ45 Pin 6 RJ45 Pin 1 Blue B/W striped Pink Red 7 12 11 3 Ground Serial Ground RJ45 Pin 2 Green Yellow 6 5 Orange 4 DC Power 9 – 20 V (EB Version Only) DC Power 9 – 20 V (EB Versio
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual SC4200 AUX Connector Pinout Enclosure AUX Signal (LF10WBRB-12SD) 1 USB1_GND 2 USB1_D- 3 USB1_VBUS 4 USB2_VBUS 5 GPIO1 (PA Enable 3.3V) 6 USB2_D+ 7 USB2_D- 8 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 9 GND 10 USB1_Sense 11 USB1_D+ 12 USB2_GND Table 16 SC4200 USB/GPIO Connector Pinout (USB1 is USB 2.0 OTG, USB2 is USB 2.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC4200 PTT Connector Enclosure PTT Connector (ODU GKCWAM-P07UB00-000L) Signal 1 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 2 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 3 AUDIO_GND 4 PTT 5 SPEAKER_OUT 6 MIC_IN 7 RESERVED (Do Not Connect) Table 17 SC4200 PTT Connector Pinout Figure 15 SC4200 PTT Pinout Diagram (Cable Side) 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 42
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4.2.5 SC3822 Pinouts SC3822 Power/Ethernet/Serial Connector Pinout Enclosure PWR/COMM Switchcraft Pinout Signal (LF10WBRB-12PD) (EN3C2F16X) 1 3.3V (5V on Rev.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual Pink y 2 re G Grey Grey 3 4 Grey White 6 1 Switchcraft female EN3C6FX - viewed from front 5 White Black 1 Serial Rx White k 8 RJ45 Pin 3 Purple 5v DC – current version 3.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual SC3822 USB/GPIO Connector Pinout Enclosure USB/GPIO Signal (LF10WBRB-12SD) 1 USB_GND 2 USB_D- 3 USB_5V 4 NC 5 GPIO1 (PA Enable 3.3V) 6 GPIO2 7 GPIO3 8 3.3V 9 GND 10 USB_Sense 11 USB_D+ 12 GPIO4 Table 20 SC3822 USB/GPIO Connector Pinout USB 4 3 2 1 1 ` 9 USB_Ground GND ` USB_Sense USB_Data- 2 USB_Data+ USB_5V 3 GPIO 10 8 3.3V GPIO4 11 12 7 GPIO3 Black/White 1 5 6 2 4 NC 3 4 GPIO1 (PA Enable 3.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC3822 Extension Port Pinout Pin # Signal Notes 1-6 VCC_IN 9V - 32V. These pins are directly wired to the VCC_IN on FPC 1. 7-10 GPIO1 – GPIO4 These GPIOs are directly wired to the GPIOs on FPC connector 2. 11-19 Reserved for Testing Do Not Connect 20 CPU Reset (3.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4.2.6 SC3500/SC3800 Pinouts SC3500/3800 Power Connector Pinout Enclosure Pinout Signal (801-010-07NF7-10PA) Switchcraft Pinout (EN3C2F16X) 1 12V Power Return 2 2 12V Power Return 2 3 12V Power 1 4 12V Power 1 5 TxD For Serial Comm. 6 RxD For Serial Comm. 7 RTS For Serial Comm. 8 CTS For Serial Comm. 9 Ground For Serial Comm. 10 3.3V (5V on Rev. E Digital and Newer) 3.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Figure 18 SC3500/SC3800 Power/Serial Pinout Diagram (Cable Side) for GPS (Top) and RS-232 (Bottom) 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 48
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual SC3500/3800 Ethernet Connector Pinout Enclosure Pinout Signal RJ45 Pinout 1 WHT/BLU 5 2 WHT/BRN 7 3 BRN 8 4 ORG 2 5 WHT/GRN 3 6 WHT/ORG 1 7 BLU 4 8 GRN 6 9 NC NC 10 NC NC (801-010-07NF7-10SA) Table 24 SC3500/SC3800 Ethernet Connector Pinout Figure 19 SC3500/SC3800 Ethernet Pinout Diagram (Cable Side) 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 49
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC3500/3800 EXT Connector Pinout (PA Faceplate Option Only) Enclosure Pinout Signal (801-010-07NF7-25SA) 1 PA On (+3.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4.3 Mechanical and Operating Specifications SC4400E: Mechanical • • Ambient Temp. IP Rating • Dimensions • Weight • Color • Mounting -40° to +65° C IP-68 (Dust / Submersible in Water to 20m)** 5.25” x 4.5” x 1.8” (Excluding Connectors) 2.5 lbs. (40 oz./1.13 kg.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC4200E: Mechanical • Ambient Temp. • IP Rating • Dimensions • Weight • Color • Mounting -40° to +65° C IP-68 (Dust / Submersible in Water up to 20m)** 4.00” x 2.63” x 1.51” (Excluding Connectors) 0.94 lbs. (15 oz./0.43 kg.) Black Anodized 4-Hole Mounting Pattern (Through-Hole) Power • Voltage/Current • Power Consumption 9 – 20 VDC (± 5%), 5A 4.8 W – 24 W @ 4W TX Power 4.8 W – 16 W @ 1W TX Power Up to 12 Hours (6.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC4400: Mechanical • Ambient Temp. • IP Rating • Dimensions • Weight • Color • Mounting -40° to +65° C IP-67 (Dust / Immersion in Water up to 1m)** 5.25” x 4.5” x 1.8” (Excluding Connectors) 2.5 lbs. (40 oz./1.13 kg.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 SC4200: Mechanical • Ambient Temp. • IP Rating • Dimensions • Weight • Color • Mounting -40° to +65° C IP-67 (Dust / Immersion in Water up to 1m)** 4.00” x 2.63” x 1.51” (Excluding Connectors) 0.94 lbs. (15 oz./0.43 kg.) Black Anodized 4-Hole Mounting Pattern (Through-Hole) Power • Voltage/Current • Power Consumption 9 – 20 VDC (± 5%), 5A 4.8 W – 24 W @ 4W TX Power 4.8 W – 16 W @ 1W TX Power Up to 12 Hours (6.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual SC3822: Environmental • • Operating Temp. IP Rating (Ingress Protection) Mechanical – Chassis • • • Dimensions Weight Color Standard Temperature Extended Temperature -40° - +55° C -40° - +65° C IP-67 (Dust / Immersion in water up to 1m)* *Must have all connectors mated and use IP67 or better cables/antennas Standard 4.4” x 3.4” x 1.3” 1.0 lbs. (0.45 kg/16 oz) a. Black anodized Extended Temperature 4.4” x 3.4” x 2.0” 1.2 lbs. (0.54 kg/19.2 oz) b.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual SC3500/SC3800: Environmental • • Standard Extended Temperature -40° - +55° C -40° - +65° C IP-67 (Dust / Immersion in water up to 1m)* Operating Temp. IP Rating (Ingress Protection) *Must have all connectors mated and use IP67 or better cables/antennas Mechanical – Chassis • • • Standard Extended Temperature 3.25” x 5.75” x 4” 4.5” x 5.75” x 4” 3.7 lbs. (1.68 kg/59.2 oz) 4 lbs. (1.81 kg/64 oz) HxLxW HxLxW c.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual • • • • Weight RF Connector Data Connector Power Connector 10017C000 4/30/19 8 oz SMP (m) Harwin M80 8-pin (m), (RS232/GPS optional) Harwin M80 8-pin Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 57
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4.4 SC4400E Specifications General • Waveform • Modulation • Channel Bandwidth • Encryption • Tuning Step Size • Data Rates • Error Correction • Antenna Processing • No. of Spatial Streams Mobile Networked MIMO (MN-MIMO™) BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM 5, 10 & 20 MHz (1.25*, 2.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4.5 SC4200E Specifications General • Waveform • Modulation • Channel Bandwidth • Encryption • Tuning Step Size • Data Rates • Error Correction • Antenna Processing • No. of Spatial Streams Mobile Networked MIMO (MN-MIMO™) BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM 5, 10 & 20 MHz (1.25*, 2.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual SC4400E/SC4200 PTT Supported Mic Type Moving Coil or Condenser (Software Configurable) • Max Avg. Speaker Output Power Specifications 2.65W with 4 Ohm Speaker Impedance • MIC Bias • Recommended Speaker Impedance (Handset) 4 Ohm to 16 Ohm • Recommended Speaker Impedance (Headset) 75 Ohm to 300 Ohm • Recommended MIC impedance • Peak Speaker Output Voltage 5.5V • Absolute MIC Input Voltage 3.3V 10017C000 2.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4.6 SC4400 Specifications General • Waveform • Modulation • Channel Bandwidth • Encryption • Tuning Step Size • Data Rates • Error Correction • Antenna Processing • No. of Spatial Streams Mobile Networked MIMO (MN-MIMO™) BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM 5, 10 & 20 MHz (1.25*, 2.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4.7 SC4200 Specifications General • Waveform • Modulation • Channel Bandwidth • Encryption • Tuning Step Size • Data Rates • Error Correction • Antenna Processing • No. of Spatial Streams Mobile Networked MIMO (MN-MIMO™) BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM 5, 10 & 20 MHz (1.25*, 2.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual SC4400/SC4200 PTT Supported Mic Type Specifications 4/30/19 Moving Coil or Condenser (Software Configurable) • Max Avg. Speaker Output Power • MIC Bias • Recommended Speaker Impedance (Handset) 4 Ohm to 16 Ohm • Recommended Speaker Impedance (Headset) 75 Ohm to 300 Ohm • Recommended MIC impedance • Peak Speaker Output Voltage 5.5V • Absolute MIC Input Voltage 3.3V 10017C000 2.65W with 4 Ohm Speaker Impedance 2.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4.8 SC3822 Specifications General • • • • • • • • • Waveform Modulation Channel Bandwidth Encryption Frequency Stability Tuning Step Size Data Rates Error Correction Antenna Processing • • • No. of Spatial Streams No. of Antennas Total Power Output Mobile Networked MIMO (MN-MIMO™) BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM 5, 10 & 20 MHz (1.25*, 2.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4.9 SC3500 Specifications General • Radio Type • Subcarrier Modulation • Channel Bandwidth • Encryption • Frequency Stability • Tuning Step Size • Data Rates • Error Correction • Antenna Processing MIMO Coded-OFDM BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM 5, 10 & 20 MHz DES Standard, AES 128/256 Optional 1 PPM over temp -40° - +85° C 1KHz 85 Mbps UDP & 70 Mbps TCP 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6 Spatial Multiplexing, Space-Time Coding, Eigen Beam Forming • No.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4.10 SC3800 Specifications General • Radio Type • Subcarrier Modulation • Channel Bandwidth • Encryption • Frequency Stability • Tuning Step Size • Data Rates • Error Correction • Antenna Processing MIMO Coded-OFDM BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM 5, 10 & 20 MHz (1.25*, 2.5*) DES Standard, AES 128/256 Optional 1 PPM over temp -40° - +85° C 1KHz 85 Mbps UDP & 70 Mbps TCP • No. of Spatial Streams • • No.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5. 4/30/19 Web Interface 5.1 Getting Started Connect a laptop to the StreamCaster radio using the supplied Ethernet cable and turn on the radio. Users can type “ping ” in order to determine whether the radio is fully booted. A web configuration will then be available by typing the radio IP address in a web browser. Please ensure that your laptop is on the same subnet as the radio (172.20.xx.xx by default).
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 model(s) you are using. Please see Section 8 for “Custom Frequency Plan” access and installation instructions. • Bandwidth: This defines the RF bandwidth of the signal. • Network ID: Network ID allows for clusters of radios to operate in the same channel, but remain independent. A radio with a given Network ID will only communicate with other radios with the same Network ID.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.1.2 4/30/19 Advanced Configuration Figure 29 Advanced Configuration Page This page is used to set the advanced settings. A brief description of each parameter is given below. MAC Settings: • Routing Beacon Period: Controls how often routing beacons are sent to other radios. A lower Routing Beacon Period results in faster reaction to topology changes.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 • Maximum Ground Speed: This setting improves performance in high mobility scenarios where the wireless channel may change rapidly. Setting this value to an unnecessarily high value may have an impact as high as 25 percent on overall achievable throughput. • Burst Time: The burst time determines the maximum amount of time each node is allowed to transmit at once. A larger burst time will provide higher throughput at the cost of higher latency.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual • Radio Mode: Switch between Network mode and PHY Diagnostics. If the value equals 0, it is in Network mode; if the value equals 1, it is in PHY Diagnostics. PHY Diagnostics mode is only relevant for users who wish to run diagnostic tests on the radio. • Apply: Applies the new values but does not save them to flash. • Save and Apply: Save the new values to flash and apply.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual NSS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 MCS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 PHY Throughput UDP User Throughput (Mbps) (Mbps) Coding Rate BPSK 1/2 QPSK 1/2 QPSK 3/4 16-QAM 1/2 16-QAM 3/4 64 QAM 2/3 64 QAM 3/4 64 QAM 5/6 BPSK 1/2 QPSK 1/2 QPSK 3/4 16-QAM 1/2 16-QAM 3/4 64 QAM 2/3 64 QAM 3/4 64 QAM 5/6 3.25 6.5 9.75 13 19.5 26 29.25 32.5 6.5 13 19.5 26 39 52 58.5 65 2.48 4.96 7.40 9.90 14.80 19.90 22.40 24.0 4.96 9.90 14.80 19.90 29.90 39.70 43.50 48.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Network Settings: • Virtual IP: Enable or Disable the Secondary IP address for the radio. • Virtual IP Address: Set the secondary IP address for the radio. The user may set this to be on the user’s IP network, e.g., 192.168.2.10. Once this secondary IP address is set, the user may access the radio web page using either the native IP address or the secondary IP address. Please note that the secondary IP address should NOT be on the 172.20.xx.xx subnet.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 VLAN Settings: VLANs allow users to segregate the Ethernet layer by assigning one or more VLAN IDs to the ports of a VLAN switch. Ethernet packets are only allowed to travel between ports that belong to the same VLAN. To allow concatenating multiple VLAN switches and/or a single physical interface residing on multiple VLANs, a VLAN ID can be inserted to the Ethernet packet header to indicate which VLAN the packet belongs to. This is called VLAN Tagging.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 • Mode: When set to AP, the wireless can be configured to be in Bridge Mode or NAT mode. In Bridge mode, the wireless interface is bridged with the Ethernet interface and the rest of the mesh. This is the simplest mode as all data is transparent and at layer 2. NAT mode puts the WiFi wireless traffic on a LAN, and the rest of the Silvus mesh network on a WAN.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.1.4 4/30/19 Multicast Figure 31 Multicast Configuration Page • IGMP Snooping: Enable or Disable IGMP Snooping for Multicast traffic • Mesh: This option controls default behavior for local and mesh multicast traffic that has no IGMP snooping entries. If set to ‘Block’, all unregistered multicast traffic will be block. If set to ‘Send to All’, all unregistered multicast traffic will be sent to all radios.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Multicast Pruning Examples: Data for multicast group 224.50.50.51 will be received only by radios with node-ids 1131 and 1261: 224.50.50.51, 1131, 1261 Data for multicast group 224.50.50.51 will be discarded at the transmitter and not put on the air: 224.50.50.51, -1 • Local Broadcast: Enable or Disable the Local Broadcast feature. The local broadcast mode can be either single-hop or multi-hop.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Quality of Service Port Classification: The Quality of Service configuration page allows the user to make a distinction between low and high priority traffic transmitted through each radio. High priority traffic will always jump to the front of the queue and bypass any awaiting low priority traffic.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 the jitter buffer in common video decoders (e.g. VLC). The worst-case end-to-end delay will be incremented by the receiver timeout value. Retransmissions Enabled – Packet re-ordering and end-to-end retransmissions enabled in case of packet loss. The retransmission timeout is the time the transmitter will wait before re-sending a lost packet. The worst-case end-to-end delay will be incremented by the retransmission timeout value.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.1.6 4/30/19 Serial/USB Setup Figure 33 Serial/USB Setup Configuration Page Serial Port Setup: Each StreamCaster is equipped with one user configurable serial port. A special power cable and null modem cable are required for access to the radio’s serial port. A brief description of each parameter is given below. • Serial Port Mode: The user can select one of four available modes for the serial port: GPS, RS232, Debug, and Disabled.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual o 4/30/19 RS-232: The RS-232 mode provides a wireless serial connection between any two serial devices connected to StreamCaster radios on the network. In this mode, the user must configure the RS-232 protocol parameters shown in Figure 33 above. The transport protocol for the serial data can be set as either TCP or UDP. For data that is sensitive to latency such as command and control data, UDP is recommended.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.1.7 4/30/19 Node Diagnostics Figure 34 Node Diagnostics Configuration Page The Node Diagnostics page allows the user to specify an IP and Port number for Temperature and RSSI (Receiver Signal Strength Indication) reports to be delivered to. This is useful for users that intend to feed this information into some other platform for analysis and recording. Section 8 gives more information on the format of streaming reports.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Voltage Monitor: Radios built on or after Jan 1, 2015 have the ability to monitor the input voltage, displayed here.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.1.8 4/30/19 BDA Support Figure 35 BDA (Bi-Directional Amplifier) Support Configuration Page The BDA Support page is used to configure the radio to work with an external bi-directional amplifier. These settings should be configured before connecting the amplifier to the radio. • Auto Noise Estimation: When enabled, the radio can automatically estimate the noise in the channel, including any amplification due to the external amplifier.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.1.9 4/30/19 Build Information Figure 36 Build Information The ‘Build Information’ page provides information about the hardware and firmware loaded onto the radio, as well as the changelog of the currently loaded and past firmware revisions.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 5.1.10 Security The Security section of StreamScape allows users to enable/disable encryption, upgrade radios, and load license files for enabling features such as AES encryption. Encryption: Figure 37 Security (Encryption) • Encryption: Enable or disable encryption. • FIPS Mode: Enabling FIPS mode is the first step to making the radio FIPS compliant (see Section 6.1 Enable FIPS Mode for details).
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual • • 4/30/19 Encryption Profile: Choose between various encryption profiles. Available options are: o DES 56 bit – DES encryption using 56 bit keys. This mode is backwards compatible with legacy SC3500/3800 radios. o AES 128/256 – AES encryption using 128/256 bit keys. This mode is backwards compatible with legacy SC3500/3800 radios. o AES-GCM 256 ECDH-KAS – FIPS compliant AES encryption in GCM mode with authentication and ECDHE based re-keying.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Upgrade Network: Figure 39 Security (Upgrade Network) Starting with firmware version 3.12.6.8, multiple radios within the same network can be upgraded all at once. Users can simply choose the appropriate firmware file for the corresponding radio models to apply the upgrade to all the radios in the network. Currently, this feature is not available in HTTPS mode.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Features such as encryption levels and frequency ranges can be enabled by license keys obtained from Silvus. New license keys can be uploaded to the radio on this page. Factory Reset: Figure 41 Security (Factory Reset) • Restore Factory Default: Restores all settings to default except those related to security (such as login passwords, encryption keys, FIPS mode, etc.).
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Settings profile: Figure 42 Security (Setting Profile) • Current Saved Profiles: Select a saved profile and apply the settings to use the selected profile. The profile stored can be downloaded or deleted. • Upload Profile: Select a downloaded profile from the computer and upload to the radio as a saved profile. • Save Current Settings: Store the current settings on to the radio for future access.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Key Management: Figure 43 (Key Management) This page is used to manage the radio’s SSH login keys, SSH host key, and HTTPS Certificate. All key pairs used are elliptic curves. • SSH Login Keys: In order to SSH into the radio, you must first generate a key pair and upload the public key onto the radio. A common way this is done on a computer is through the command `ssh-keygen -t ecdsa -b 521`.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 • SSH Host Key: This key is used for authenticating the radio to all machines that want to connect to it via SSH. A common way this key is generated on a computer is ‘openssl ecparam -name secp521r -genkey -noout -out yourfilename`. You may either upload your own key or generate one on the radio. Once you upload/generate a new key, the previous one is gone. You can get the original key by Factory Reset -> Zeroize.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 5.1.11 PTT (SC4400/SC4200 Only) Figure 45 PTT (Push-to-Talk) The PTT page can be used to configure talk groups (Multicast Groups) and speaker/mic settings for PTT enabled radios. Radios will only communicate with other radios that are subscribed to the same ‘Multicast Group’. Radios can be active in multiple talk groups.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Multicast Group – Input the IP address of the multicast group. Radios will only communicate to radios within the same group. There are three different modes to select which dictate how a radio behaves within a group: • Active: Radio may send and receive PTT audio on this group. • Inactive: Group is disabled, no PTT audio will be sent or received. • Monitor: Radio may listen to PTT audio from other users on this group, but may not talk.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 5.1.12 Spectrum Scan Figure 46 Spectrum Scan Results The spectrum scan feature turns a Silvus network of radios into a distributed spectrum analyzer. When a scan is initiated, each selected radio in the network will go offline, perform a scan of the requested range, and report back. Figure 46 Spectrum Scan above shows the results from a scan of a network of 6 radios. The checkboxes at the top allow users to show or hide plots from specific radios.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Settings: Figure 47 Spectrum Scan Settings Clicking the settings button at the top left of the window will show the settings pane as shown in Figure 47 Spectrum Scan Settings The node list shows the list of nodes currently connected into the mesh network. Any nodes selected will be used as part of the spectrum scan. Nodes that are unchecked will resume normal operation.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Antenna Mask – Choose which antenna on the radio to use for scanning. If there are 2 antenna radios in the network antenna 1 or 2 must be chosen. Resolution Bandwidth – Specify the RBW for the scan. A smaller RBW will provide a more detailed plot, but will take longer to complete the scan. 625KHz is a good balance between scan detail and time of scan. Threshold – Specify the threshold for measurement of the duty cycle of interference.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 scan should not be conducted within the same frequency that the mesh network is operating in. Center Frequency – Specify the center frequency of the scan. Sampling Rate – Set the sampling rate of the scan. (0.3Msps recommended) Antenna Mask – Choose which antenna on the radio to use for scanning. If there are 2 antenna radios in the network antenna 1 or 2 must be chosen. Duration – Duration of each scan.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 5.1.13 MPS (Multi-Position Switch) Figure 50 Multi-Position Switch The Multi-Position Switch allows you to change various settings of the radio by using the new physical switch, no web GUI required (This is not available on all radios). You must first configure the settings you want to correspond with each switch position. The “Editing Profile” slider represents which position is currently being edited.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 5.1.14 Admin Settings Figure 51 Admin Settings The Admin Settings page provides the option of password protecting access to Streamscape. There are three usernames, Basic, Advanced, and Admin, each with increasing privileges on the GUI and backend API. For example, only Admin can access the Security tab. To enable, set the Login Authentication to Enable and provide a password.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Reset Password: Figure 53 Reset Password If a user forgets the password, click “Forgot Password.” They can reset the password using a USB flash drive and a password reset key provided by Silvus. On the USB, the password reset key file must be called reset_pass.txt.signed. Note that since the SC3500 and SC3800 do not have USB ports, you will not be able to set a password for these radios. This will set login passwords and all security keys to their defaults.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.2 4/30/19 StreamScape Network Manager Silvus’ StreamScape Network Management Utility was designed to monitor the status of a Silvus mesh network in real-time. The graphical interface network map, shown in Figure 44, allows users to quickly and effortlessly view the network topology and configure key parameters of the network. For ease of use, the Silvus StreamScape utility is designed to be accessible from a Firefox or Chrome web browser. 5.2.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual • Route Health – The Silvus StreamScape Utility will alert the user when too many packets are being routed through a single node. In such cases, a node will change from green to yellow to red as the packet queue increases (see ‘1132_4.108’ and ‘1131_4.107’in Figure 55). This will allow the user to recognize the issue and rearrange the network accordingly. Table below also shows the values for each scenario.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual • 4/30/19 Routing Information – The user can view the routing path between any 2 nodes within a network by simply specifying the source and destination node in the Control Panel on the left hand side. The path will turn bold as shown in Figure 56 for the path from ‘node4411’ to ‘node4569’. Figure 56 Routing Path • Custom Node Naming – Naming each node in the network is as simple as double-clicking on the node name and typing in a new name as shown in Figure 57.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Figure 57 Custom Node Naming • Traffic Information – The traffic information is shown in table form on the left side of the web GUI. It contains all the current network traffic information of the entire network. Figure 58 Traffic Information • Individual Node Characteristics – By simply rolling the mouse over any node in the network, users can view key operating characteristics of the node. Figure 59 shows an example of this for ‘node12593’.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Notes: 10017C000 - The ‘Air Time’ specifies the percentage of time the radio is transmitting. - Data rate shown is actual user data rate in Mbps. - MCS or NSS of N/A signifies that no data has been sent to that radio yet. o Frequency: RF center frequency of the node. o Bandwidth: RF bandwidth of the node. o Noise Level: Received noise level of the node.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 10017C000 4/30/19 o Link Distance: Link distance setting of node. o Burst Time: Burst time setting of node. o Routing Beacon Period: Routing Beacon Period setting of node. o RTS Retries: RTS Retry setting of radio. o Contention Window Minimum: Low Priority Contention Window Minimum setting of node. o Maximum Ground Speed: Maximum Ground Speed setting of node. o Queue Size: Number of packets currently waiting to be transmitted.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual o 4/30/19 Last Updated: Duration that has passed in seconds since last update. Figure 59 Individual Node Characteristics • Link Characteristics – By simply rolling the mouse over any link in the network, users can view key operating characteristics of that link. Figure 60 Link Characteristics shows an example of this for the link between ‘node25700’ and ‘node12593’. The characteristics shown are: 10017C000 o SNR: The SNR of the link in each direction.
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4/30/19 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual o Data Rate: Data rate in each direction o Data Loss Rate: Percentage of data lost during transmission o Received Signal Powers: Received signal power for each antenna in each direction. Figure 60 Link Characteristics • Send Traffic Between Nodes – Users can send test traffic across radios within a network using the built-in iPerf feature.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.2.2 4/30/19 Table View Figure 62 Table View The table view tab shows all the statistics and setting profiles in table view. Users can select what is needed through the drop-down menu on the upper left side.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.2.3 4/30/19 Network-wide Setup Using the network-wide setup users can configure key parameters of every node in the network with just one click. Users simply need to check off the parameters they wish to be updated across the network and click on Apply to apply but not write new values to flash or Save and Apply to apply and save values to flash.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.2.4 4/30/19 Per-Node Setup The per-node setup can be used to modify key parameters of individual nodes within the network. As shown in Figure 65, users will see a list of all nodes available within the network. The directly connected node is listed first with the rest ordered lexically. From here, users can click on an individual node and modify its parameters. Any parameters changed from this interface can either be applied or saved and applied.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.2.5 4/30/19 Map Overlay The Map Overlay page provides an easy to use method of tracking the location of nodes in realtime. Nodes with GPS modules attached will be placed on the map as shown in Figure 66. Figure 66 Map Overlay For convenience, a small copy of the network topology is displayed on the right-hand side of the page.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.2.5.1 4/30/19 Map Options There are 4 map options currently available in the Map Overlay view. The default map is OpenStreet Maps. OpenStreet Maps and OpenStreet Maps Silvus can be saved to the radio’s internal memory for offline use. For instructions to Download OpenStreet Maps into the radio, see section 5.2.5.2. OpenStreet Maps Silvus is a version of OpensStreet maps which is hosted on Silvus’ servers in case of an interruption in service with OpenStreet Maps.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Offline Map Image: In addition to the preset map options, the user can also upload a custom image or blueprint in place of the map. Figure 68 Offline Map Image To upload a custom image (800 x 600 pixels recommended), first choose the file from your desktop. You will then need to provide the image bounds. These bounds will be the latitude of the left and right bounds of the image and longitude of the top and bottom bounds of the image.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.2.5.2 4/30/19 Downloading Maps An internet connection is required to obtain map data, however, users can cache map data on a node beforehand. For map caching follow these steps: 1. Attach the radio to a laptop and open the advanced tab. 2. Set the Virtual IP address, netmask and gateway to values appropriate for your local network. Your local network should be able to access the internet. 3. Attach the radio to your local network and open the Map Overlay tab. 4.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 5.2.5.3 4/30/19 Manual GPS for Nodes without GPS Module Figure 69 Placing Nodes on the Map If there are nodes within the mesh that do not have a GPS module connected, or are located in an area with no GPS connectivity, the user can easily place the node on the map by right clicking on the desired location on the map and choosing which node to place there. These values will be ignored if GPS coordinates are available via a GPS module.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 5.2.4.4 Cursor on Target Figure 70 Cursor on Target Settings Cursor on Target is an exchange standard that is used to share information about targets. • CoT: Enable/disable cursor on target • CoT IP Address/Port: IP address/port for the communication to establish • CoT Message Interval (Seconds): How often to send CoT messages • CoT Current Date (UTC): Time stamp of the date.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 6. 4/30/19 FIPS Mode 6.1 Enable FIPS Mode The following steps are required to make the radio FIPS compliant. 1. Enable FIPS mode under Security -> Encryption tab. This will require a reboot and will erase all setting profiles, reset the encryption key, both SSH keys, the HTTPS certificate, and the login passwords to their factory default. It will also turn on HTTPS and Login Authentication. 2. After the radio comes back online, you will need to login to continue.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 6.2 4/30/19 List of Security Parameters o Passwords (Basic, Advanced, and Admin User): Used to login to the radio as either Basic, Advanced, or Admin user. o Encryption Key (also called RF-Auth-Key): This is a 256-bit sequence, represented as 64 hex numbers. It is used to establish an encrypted connection in a network. o SSH Host Key: This key is used for authenticating the radio to all machines that want to connect to it via SSH.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 7. 4/30/19 Wired Backbone Wired Backbone extends the StreamCaster mesh functionality over LAN (Ethernet) and WAN (Internet) links. This feature is transparent to end-users - they do not have to re-configure their devices in any manner to use this feature. The StreamCaster routing protocol will automatically detect and route data on wired links to preserve air bandwidth. 7.1 LAN Backbone The LAN backbone feature allows more than one radio to be connected to a LAN.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Towers 1-3 are equipped with IP cameras attached to StreamCaster radios 1-3. Radios 4-6 are mounted on three sides of the HQ building with their Ethernet interfaces connected to the high-speed LAN. Tower 1 can only communicate wirelessly with radio 4, Tower 3 with radio 5 and Tower 2 with radio 6. Video from Tower 1 will flow wirelessly to radio 4, then via the LAN backbone to the HQ viewer which is also attached to the LAN backbone.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 an uplink to the Internet. The roaming feature allows mobile devices connected to StreamCaster radios to roam from one site to another without any network re-configuration. 7.2.1 Implementation Each site wishing to become part of the wireless mesh needs to connect one StreamCaster radio to its LAN. Such a radio has to be configured to connect to a remote VPN server using the N2N protocol.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 8. 4/30/19 Custom Frequency Plan 8.1 Accessing and Installing CFP Figure 73 Custom Frequency Page There are two ways to install the frequency plan. The first method is simpler. Users can simply click on Create Custom Frequencies next to the frequency selection window to get to the custom frequency page shown in Figure 63.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 The hidden Custom Frequency Plan page can be accessed via http:///custom_freq.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 (Put the above format in a Text file. Name/description can be changed) Custom Frequency Plan Text file example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByThlCSjgHe1TDMtZ2xDXzhEblE/view?usp=sharing The numbers can be changed to the frequencies desired. The name of the text file does not matter in order to be utilized. After uploading the file, the web interface will be populated with the Custom Frequency Plan.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 9. 4/30/19 Streaming Response Some users may be interested in streaming specific information from the radio e.g. RSSI, noise floor, temperature, etc. After enabling the response, they need using the above commands, the radio will transmit the desired information in the form of UDP packets to a specific IP address and port.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 9.1 4/30/19 RSSI and Noise Floor Reporting The type/length/value for RSSI and noise floor reporting are listed in the following table: Report Type Data Type Information 5009 Empty string "" Begin of RSSI report 5010 Float Revision number for RSSI report 5000 Integer Raw signal power of first antenna, represented in half dBm steps. 5001 Integer Raw signal power of second antenna represented in half dBm steps.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 Z = (Y-X)/51 SNR_mw = (X – 12 * Z)/(64 * Z) SNR_db = 10 * log(SNR_mw)/log(10) SNR_db is the SNR in dB and it is averaged across all antennae. The SNR obtained above is more accurate when the real SNR goes below 10 dB. Above 10 dB, the SNR obtained from the raw signal and noise values are more accurate. Below is an example of the RSSI report: Report Type 5009 5010 5008 5000 5001 5002 5003 5004 5005 5006 5007 1 Length 1 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 5 1 Information "" "1.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 9.2 4/30/19 Temperature Reporting The type, length and value for temperature reporting are listed in the following table: Report Type Data Type Data 8 Empty string "" Begin of temperature report. 9 Float Revision number for temperature report. 2 Integer Current Temperature on the radio. 3 Integer Maximum Temperature reached on the radio after last booting.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 9.3 4/30/19 Voltage Reporting The type, length and value for temperature reporting are listed in the following table: Report Type 4001 Data Type START REPORT 1 4003 END REPORT REVISION_REPORT 4004 CUR_VOLTAGE_REPORT 4005 MIN_VOLTAGE_REPORT 4006 MAX_VOLTAGE_REPORT 4007 UNDERVOLTAGE_COUNT _REPORT 4008 OVERVOLTAGE_COUNT_ REPORT Data Indicates start of voltage monitoring report Indicates end of report Indicates revision of this report, currently always “1.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 10. Setting up an Iperf Test 10.1 Required Equipment • Two laptops with jperf installed. It is beyond the scope of this manual to cover the installation and operation of these tools. The laptops must be on the same subnet but not necessarily the same subnet as the radios (172.20.xx.yy). It is not required for the user to set a secondary IP address on the radio to perform this test.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 11. Precautions and Recommendations 11.1 Saving the Radio Configuration It is very important that the radio does not lose power during any configuration changes in which the user requests a “save and apply” operation. Partial saving of the configuration to the radio due to power interruption may disable the radio requiring reprogramming at the factory.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 12. Troubleshooting 12.1 LED Issues • If flashing red LED is present, radio is in safe boot mode. Click save and apply to resume normal operation. • If LED is orange and node won’t connect to another node, click “restore factory defaults” on both radios to ensure all settings are reverted to factory settings. 12.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 13. FCC Notice 13.1 FCC Identifier: N2S-SC3500 Silvus Model #: SC3500-243541 Equipment Class: Digital Transmission System The following parameters must be used to be compliant to the appropriate FCC requirements: Antenna: 3dB Omni (AOV3T245515575) Bandwidth: 20MHz Maximum Output Power across Frequency Range #1: 495.28mW from 2427MHz to 2447MHz Maximum Output Power across Frequency Range #2: 493.62mW from 5745MHz to 5830MHz 13.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 The following parameters must be used to be compliant to the appropriate FCC requirements: Antenna: 2.1dBi Omni Antennas (AOV2S230515) Bandwidth: 10MHz Maximum Output Power @ Frequency #1: 810.17mW @ 2430MHz Maximum Output Power @ Frequency #2: 795.3mW @ 2440MHz 13.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 13.6 FCC Identifier: N2S-SC44-520 Silvus model #: SC4410E-520-SBST, SC4480E-520-SBST Equipment Class: Digital Transmission System The following parameters must be used to be compliant to the appropriate FCC requirements: Antenna: 6dBi Omni Antennas (Peak Antennas CO520-6-LS) Bandwidth: 20MHz Maximum Output Power @ Frequency #1: 241.48mW @ 5220MHz Maximum Output Power @ Frequency #2: 246.52mW @ 5240MHz 13.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: * Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. * Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. * Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. * Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual Cable: 4/30/19 Silvus cable assembly (SC22-PRICBL02-6) External Bandpass Filter: Microwave Filter Co.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 15. ISED Canada Notice 15.1 IC: 24980-SC42E245 Silvus model #: SC4210E-245-EB Equipment Class: Digital Transmission System The following parameters must be used to be compliant to the appropriate ISED requirements: Antennas: 2.1dBi Omni Antennas (Silvus AOV2D230515) & 4dBi Omni Antennas (Silvus AOV4S235) Bandwidth: 10MHz Maximum 10MHz Bandwidth Output Power @ Frequency #1: 789.84mW @ 2430MHz Maximum 10MHz Bandwidth Output Power @ Frequency #2: 790.
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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4/30/19 15.3 IC Statement: French Le présent émetteur radio [identifier le dispostif par son numéro de certification d’ISED] a été approuvé par Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada pour fonctionner avec les types d’antenna énumérés ci-dessous et ayant un gain admissible maximal.