ViewSonic ® WPD-100 Wireless Presentation Dongle - User Guide Model No.
Compliance Information For U.S.A. This device complies with part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. This wireless module device complies with part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Declaration of RoHS Compliance This product has been designed and manufactured in compliance with Directive 2002/95/ EC of the European Parliament and the Council on restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS Directive) and is deemed to comply with the maximum concentration values issued by the European Technical Adaptation Committee (TAC) as shown below: Substance Proposed Maximum Concentration Actual Concentration Lead (Pb) 0,1% < 0,1% Mercury
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CATALOG CHAPTER I: Product Information................................................................................. 1 1-1 Introduction and safety information....................................................................... 1 1-2 Safety Information ................................................................................................ 2 1-3 System Requirements .......................................................................................... 3 1-4 Package Contents .................
CHAPTER I: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing ViewSonic WPD-100! Excepting common wireless standards 802.11b/g, it is also able to access 802.11n wireless networks - data transfer rate is 150Mbps, and that’s three times faster than 802.11g wireless network! With easy-to-install USB 2.
1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This WPD-100 is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose it to direct sun light, rain, or snow. 2. DO NOT put WPD-100 at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not left it in the car in summer. 3. This WPD-100 is small enough to put in a child’s mouth, and it could cause serious injury or could be fatal.
1-3 System Requirements An empty USB 2.0 port (May not be able work with USB 1.
1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use WPD-100, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: 1 - WPD-100 (1 pcs) 2 - Protection Cap (1 pcs) 3 - Quick Start Guide (1 pcs) 4 - CD (with Driver/Utility/User Manual (1 pcs) 2 1 4 3 ViewSonic WPD-100 4
1-5 Familiar with WPD-100 1. 2. 3. 4. USB Connector Connector Cap (To protect USB connector when not in use) Link/Activity LED WPS Button 3 1 2 4 LED Name Radio Off Radio On (No Link) Radio On (Link to AP or Router) Light Status Off Off Flashing On Description Wireless LAN function is disabled. No link to wireless AP or Router Transmitting management information. Link to wireless AP or Router Flashing Transmitting data or management information.
CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration 2-1 WPD-100 Installation Please follow the following instructions to install WPD-100. 1. Insert the WPD-100 into an empty USB 2.0 port of your computer when computer is switched on. Never use force to insert the WPD-100, if you feel it’s stuck, flip it over and try again. 2. If the following message appears on your computer, please click ‘Cancel’. 3. Insert device driver CD into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program.
4. It is recommend installing driver and utility. If you want to update the driver only, choose ’Install driver only’. Click ‘Next’ to continue. 5. During the installation, you might see some security warning message vary by different systems, please ignore and click ‘Install this driver software anyway” to complete the installation. Note: Please disable firewall or anti-virus program before the installation. 6. Please wait while the install procedure is running.
2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point After the driver is correctly installed, you could use the utility to connect a specific wireless access point you wish to connect. The current status of wireless connection will be displayed by WPD-100 utility icon: Wireless connection is established, good signal reception. Wireless connection is established, normal signal reception. Wireless connection is established, weak signal reception. Connection is not established yet. Wireless network card is not detected.
2-2-1 Using WPD-100 Utility Please follow the following instructions to use WPD-100 utility to connect to wireless access point. 1. Right-click the WPD-100 utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then clicks ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. WPD-100 utility will launch, and begin to scan for all wireless access points automatically. Menu Setup Area More / Less button WPD-100 consists two parts: Menu and setup area. You can select a setup function (Profile, Network, etc.
2-2-1-1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices There are two kinds of wireless connection mode: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc. Infrastructure mode is used by wireless access points, which is able to establish wireless connection for you and other wireless / wired network clients.
Please launch WPD-100 setup utility and it will scan for wireless access points near by: Scan results will be displayed here, please check if the wireless device (access point or another computer) with the SSID you wish to connect is shown here. Scan result includes 6 types of information, they are: A B C D E A The SSID (Service Set Identifier) of wireless device. If nothing is displayed here, it means the SSID of this wireless device is hidden.
‘n’ for 802.11n WPS icon , ‘g; for 802.11g , and ‘b’ for 802.11b . will appear when the access point supports WPS. If the access point uses encryption, a key icon will appear. Note: When the access point supports WPS and WPS icon you will not see the key icon encryption. is appeared, here even through the access point uses D Shows the signal strength of access point by percentage. E Shows the bar graph of the signal strength.
There are 4 types of technical information: General: Displays basic information about this access point, such as SSID, MAC Address, authentication / encryption type, channel etc. WPS: If this access point supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), related information will be displayed here. CCX: If this access point supports CCX (Cisco Compatible eXtension), related information will be displayed here. 802.11n: If this access point complies with 802.11n draft, related information will be displayed here.
And here are descriptions of every setup item in setup area: Item Name Sorted by >> Show dBm Rescan Add to Profile Connect Description You can decide how to sort all listed access point by ‘SSID’, ‘Channel’, or ‘Signal’ (signal strength). Check this box to show the signal strength of access point, instead of percentage. Click this button to rescan access points. You can click this button for several times, if the access point you wish to use does not show in the list.
2-2-1-2 Connect to an Access Point If the wireless access point you wish to connect is found, you can establish connection with it by clicking ‘Connect’ button. Instructions will be given as follow: 1. Click the wireless access point or network device you wish to connect, it will be highlighted, then click ‘Connect’. If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you’ll be connected to this wireless access point within one minute.
4. Please ask the owner of the wireless access point you want to connect, and input the correct key here and then click ‘OK’. If the value you inputted here is wrong, you will not be able to connect to this wireless access point. Authentication type will be selected by the authentication type of the access point automatically, please don’t change it. However, if you’re connecting to an access point uses 802.1x authentication, you have to check ‘802.1x’ box and input related information.
2-2-1-3 Add an Access Point to Profile If you will connect to some specific wireless access point frequently, you can add their information to the profile. Just like the telephone directory, the profile saves all information of access points, and you can recall them anytime you wish to establish connection. You can add a found access point to profile, or access to Profile section to input all information of an access point by yourself.
Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Profile Name SSID Network Type Tx Power Preamble Channel Description You can give this profile a name. Every profile needs a unique name. Please input the SSID of this access point. If you selected an access point from the list, and its SSID is not hidden, the SSID will be filled automatically; however, you can modify the SSID by yourself. Please select the network type: Ad hoc or Infrastructure.
Power Save Mode RTS Threshold Fragment Threshold Please select CAM (constantly awake mode, keep wireless radio activity even when not transferring data), or PSM (Power saving mode, switches radio off when not transferring data). It’s recommended to choose ‘PSM’ if you’re using this network card with notebook computer to help the battery live longer. Check this box to set the RTS threshold by yourself. You can drag the slider to set the threshold value, or input the value in the box located at right.
To set authentication / encryption information for the access point. Please click ‘Auth. \ Encry.’ tab: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Authentication Select the authentication type of the wireless access point or wireless device you wish to connect. When you’re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device, authentication type will be selected automatically, and please do not change it.
Use 802.1x The length of WEP key depends on the type of WEP key you selected. You can input 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters and 5 or 13 ASCII characters as WEP key. If the access point you wish to connect requires 802.1x authentication, please click on ‘Use 802.1x’ box, then click ‘802.1X’ tab to set 802.1x parameters. To set 802.1x authentication for the access point. Please click ‘802.1X’ tab: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name EAP Method Description Select 802.
If you need to use protected authentication credential, check ‘Use protected authentication credential’ box, and click ‘Import’ to load .pac credential file; to remove a loaded credential file, click ‘Remove’. Session You can enable or disable session resumption here. If you Resumption don’t know if you should enable session resumption or not, please ask your 802.1x authentication administrator. ID \ Password Input 802.1x username (ID) and password and other tab information if it is required here.
Here are descriptions of Profile List item: Item Name Add Edit Delete Import Export Activate Description Click to create a new profile. Edit existed profile. Delete existed profile if the profile is no longer to be used. Import existed profile from your computer to WPD-100 utility. Export the selected profile and store in your computer. Activate a specific wireless device in the profile list.
2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter: 1. Right-click WPD-100 utility icon and select ‘Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility’. 2. Right click Windows Zero Configuration icon and select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’. If you can not find the icon, please follow the procedures from step 3 to step 5. 3.
6. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here. If the access point you want to use is not displayed here, please try to move your computer closer to the access point, or you can click ‘Refresh network list’ to rescan access points. Click the access point you want to use if it’s shown, then click ‘Connect’. 7. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point.
8. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.
2-3 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Wireless mode Display the wireless operation mode of the network card. Enable Tx Burst Check this box to accelerate the data transmit rate. It may not work with all wireless access point and wireless devices.
2-4 View Network Statistics This section provides information about network statistics and link status. All connection-related statistics is displayed here. You can click ‘Transmit’ or ‘Receive’ tab, to view the statistics of transmitted or received packets. You can also click ‘Reset Counter’ button, to reset the statistics of all items back to 0.
In ‘WMM Setup Status’ block, current WMM settings will be displayed. And here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name WMM Enable WMM - Power Save Enable Description Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this check box after you check or uncheck this box, so corresponding settings in this window will be activated or deactivated respectively. Check this box to enable WMM power saving mode to save energy, and let your computer’s battery live longer.
2-6 WPS Configuration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you want to establish a secure connection to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless access point and setup data encryption by yourself.
2-6-1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Set ‘Config Mode’ to ‘Enrollee’, and then push the ‘WPS’ button on your wireless access point (the button used to activate WPS standby mode may have another name), or use other way to start WPS PBC standby mode as the instruction given by your wireless access point’s user manual. You can also set ‘Config Mode’ to ‘Registrar’. In this mode, this wireless network card will wait for other WPS-enabled access points to send WPS pairing requests.
3. Start PBC pairing procedure at access point side (please refer to the instruction given by your access point’s manufacturer), then click ‘PBC’ button in wireless configuration utility to start to establish wireless connection by WPS. Please be patient (This may take a period to complete).
2-6-2 WPS Setup - PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connect supports PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish connection to it: 1. The PIN code of your wireless network card is an eight-digit number located at the upper-right position of the utility. Remember it, and input the number to your wireless access point as the WPS PIN code (Please refer to the user manual of your wireless access point for instructions about how to do this).
2-7 SSO Single sign-on (SSO) is a property of access control of multiple, related, but independent software systems. With this property a user logs in once and gains access to all systems without being prompted to log in again at each of them. Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable SSO Choose which SSO methods to log on. 1. Use ID and Password in Winlogon. 2. Use ID and Password in Profile. 3. User ID and Password in Dialog.
2-8 CCX CCX is a wireless feature developed by Cisco used to improve the wireless performance with CCX compatible wireless devices. Here are descriptions of every setup item: Enable CCX 1. Enable Radio Measurements: When you’re connecting to CCX-compatible access point, check this box to enable radio measurement function to improve wireless connectivity. Non-Serving Channel Measurements Limit is between 0 to 1023 milliseconds. 3. Roaming with RF Parameters: Roaming by a set of RF parameters from AP. 4.
2-9 Radio On/Off You can switch the wireless radio transceiver on and off by the utility, so if you want to disable wireless network function, you don’t have to remove the network card physically. Wireless radio is on (Green) Wireless radio is off (Red) 2-10 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version number of the WPD-100 utility, driver, and other important information about your wireless network card.
2-11 On-line Help If you need to know the directions of how to use specific function in the utility, please click ‘Help’ button. On-line help documents will be presented in Windows help format. Click this button to view on-line help documents.
CHAPTER III: Soft-AP Function Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless service provider also! You can switch this wireless card’s operating mode to ‘AP’ mode to simulate the function of a real wireless access point by software, and all other computers and wireless devices can connect to your computer wirelessly, even share the internet connection you have! Please follow the instructions in following chapters to use the AP function of your
Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name SSID Description Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here. Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here, excepting space. Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to use. The number of channels available here will vary depends on the setting of ‘Country Region Code’. Wireless Mode Select the operation mode of the access point here.
2: SPAIN 3: FRANCE 4: MKK 5: MKKI (TELEC) 6: ISERAL (Channel 3 to 9) 7: ISERAL (Channel 5 to 13) No forwarding among wireless clients Hide SSID Please note that only change the country code if you are in different country. For example: when operating this product in US, only channels 1~11 can be operated. Selection of other channels is not permitted under FCC regulations. Check this box and wireless clients will not be able to share data with each other.
3-2 Security Setting This wireless card supports wireless encryption in AP mode, which will encrypt the data being transferred over the air to enhance data security level. It’s recommended to enable data encryption unless you wish to open your computer (and its internet connection) to the public.
WPA Pre-shared Key Group Rekey Interval Wep Key data will not be encrypted and people with some networking knowledge will be able to read the data you transfer with proper tool. Please input the WPA pre-shared key here. Only clients with the same pre-shared key you inputted here will be able to connect to your computer. This setting is only available when you select one of WPA encryptions. You can specify the time interval to re-issue the key to your wireless clients here.
3-3 Access Control If you’re not going to open your computer and wireless resources to the public, you can use MAC address filtering function to enforce your access control policy, so only wireless clients with MAC address you defined by this function can be connected to your software access point. Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Access Policy Description Select the policy type of your access rule.
MAC address Add Delete Remove All Reject All: Reject wireless clients with MAC address listed here to be connected to this access point. Input the MAC address of the wireless client you wish to allow or reject here. No colon (:) or hyphen (-) required. Add the MAC address you inputted in ‘MAC address’ field to the list. Please select a MAC address from the list, then click ‘Delete’ button to remove it. Delete all MAC addresses in the list.
3-4 Connection Table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point, please select ‘Mac Table’ tab from the utility. Here are descriptions of every field: Item Name MAC Address AID Power Saving Mode Status Description Displays the MAC address of this wireless client. The serial number of this wireless connection. Displays the capability of power-saving function of this wireless client.
3-5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless-related activities as a log. Click ‘Event Log’ tab, and the event log will be displayed. You can click ‘Clear’ to remove all entries in the log.
3-6 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works, click ‘Statistics’ tab, and the event log will be displayed. You can click ‘RESET COUNTERS’ button to reset all counters to zero. 3-7 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility, driver, and other important information about your wireless access point.
3-8 Open Diagnostic Testing Mode The function is to check if utility, driver, and network all work fine.
CHAPTER IV: Appendix 4-1 Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g Interface: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: 11b: 1/2/5.
4-2 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very simple, and you can solve the problem by yourself! Scenario Solution I can’t find any wireless 1. Click ‘Rescan’ for few more times and see if you access point / wireless can find any wireless access point or wireless device in ‘Site Survey’ device. function. 2.
The network is slow / having problem when transferring large files 3. You have to input correct security key to connect an access point with encryption. Please contact the owner of access point to ask for correct security key. 4. The access point you wish to connect only allows network cards with specific MAC address to establish connection.
Customer Support For technical support or product service, see the table below or contact your reseller. NOTE: You will need the product serial number. T = Telephone F = FAX Email Australia/New Zealand www.viewsonic.com.au AUS= 1800 880 818 NZ= 0800 008 822 service@au.viewsonic.com Canada www.viewsonic.com T (Toll-Free)= 1-866-463-4775 T (Toll)= 1-424-233-2533 F= 1-909-468-3757 service.ca@viewsonic.com Europe www.viewsoniceurope.com www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/support/call-desk/ Hong Kong www.
Limited Warranty Please go to the Customer Support table in this guide for the ViewSonic website in your region to get warranty information.
