User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Important Information
- Notices
- Description
- Installation
- Configuration
- Overview
- Accessing the Main Menu
- Configuring with the Main Menu
- Unit Identification
- Hardware/Software Revision
- System Software ROM Images
- System Current Status
- Network Configuration
- IP Filter Configuration
- RF Station Configuration
- Viewing Current RF Station Configuration
- Setting the Operating Mode
- General Equipment Setup for Performing RF Tests
- Setting Test Mode Timer Minutes
- Performing Link Monitor Test (Normal Mode)
- Performing Transmit and Receive Tests
- Performing the RSSI Test
- Setting the RF Transmit Status
- Setting the Link Monitor Period
- Setting Maximum Remote Distance (Base Station Only)
- Setting Link Monitor Remote Station Rank
- Adjusting Throttling (Remote Station Only)
- Setting Tx Power Automatically (Remote Station Only)
- Adjusting User Output Power Ceiling (Remote Station Only)
- Setting Signal Margin (Remote Station Only)
- Viewing Current Output Power Level Adjust
- Radio Module Configuration
- Viewing the Radio Module Configuration
- Setting Config Test Minutes
- Setting the Station Type
- Setting the Station Rank
- Setting the Center Frequency
- Setting Security Passwords
- Setting the Scrambling Code
- Setting the Acquisition Code
- Adjusting the Tx Power Level
- Setting a Base to Repeater Mode (Base Station Only)
- Setting System Symmetry Type (Base Station Only)
- Setting Dynamic Polling Level (Base Station Only)
- Setting Remote Unit RF Group
- Rebooting and Saving RF Module Configurations
- RF/Ethernet Statistics
- System Security
- System Commands
- Link Monitor Display
- Logout
- Setting Operating Mode with the Mode Button
- Command Line Interface
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix A: Planning Your Wireless Link
- Appendix B: Using HyperTerminal
- Appendix C: Configuring a Simple Data Network
- Appendix D: SNMP
- Appendix E: Technical Reference Information
- Appendix F: Menu Map
- Appendix G: Upgrading Software
- Glossary
- Index
Installation
18 AWE 120-24 Installation & Configuration Guide
10. Select Logout to exit or press Esc.
Note: At this time you may want to finish configuring the base station according to the network
plan. See Configuration, page 29 for instructions about viewing and changing various settings.
Configuring a Remote Unit
When you configure a unit as a remote unit, you need to do the following tasks.
• Check the Network Configuration information of the unit
• Set the Station Type of the unit to "Remote Unit"
• Assign the Station Rank (polling ID # of the remote unit)
• Select a Center Frequency (must be the same for all units in network)
• Select an Acquistion Code (must be the same for all units in network)
• Set Tx Power Level Adjust intially to "0 dB"
• Set the security passwords (must be the same for all units in network)
• Change the default menu passwords
These tasks are described below in detail.
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To configure a unit as a remote unit
1. Connect a PC to a AWE remote unit. Connect the COM port of the PC to the Serial port of the remote
unit using an adapter plug and RS-232 cable. See Configuring a Base Station, page 15 for cabling diagram.
2. Start the terminal emulation program (see Appendix B: Using HyperTerminal, page 127). Use the following
commnication settings: 9600 bps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control.
3. Press
Enter. The AWE Login window is displayed. Type the default password supervisor and press
Enter. The Main Menu is displayed.
4. Select Network Configuration. Check the IP settings. If necessary, change the settings to match
the network plan.
5. From the Main Menu, select Radio Module Configuration and press
Enter. The Radio Module
Configuration window is displayed.