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Aprisa SRi User Manual 1.1.0

Advanced Gateway Router Mode (AGRM) and Advanced Router Mode (ARM)

The Advanced Gateway Router Mode (AGRM) or Advanced Router Mode (ARM) are enabled when either
Router or a Gateway Router modes are selected and the Advanced

checkbox is ticked (see ‘

Advanced Gateway Router mode (AGRM) or Advanced Router mode (ARM) act like a true router between the
Ethernet ports and the RF interface port where the next hop is either an Ethernet port or an RF port (in the
non-advanced option the next hop is the Ethernet interface of the next hop radio and the RF interface are
for internal use). This means that the RF Interface of the radio also becomes a public interface, so the user
should be able to use this interface just like any other Ethernet interface.

In AGRM, all Ethernet ports have the same IP address and subnet and in ARM, each Ethernet interface has a
different IP address and subnet. In addition, the advanced option supports a new mix between AGRM / ARM
and Bridge Mode in a radio network. The following mix of [Base Station] - [Remote] networks are supported:

•

AGRM / ARM - Bridge network

i.e. base station AGRM / ARM and remote radios in Bridge mode.

•

Bridge - AGRM / ARM network

i.e. base station in Bridge mode and remote radios are in AGRM /

ARM, where each node in the network can act as independent router without depending on other
nodes in the network.

•

Bridge - Mix [AGRM / ARM and Bridge] network

i.e. base station in Bridge mode and remotes are a

mix of Bridge and AGRM / ARM.

•

AGRM / ARM - Mix [AGRM / ARM and Bridge] network

i.e. base station in AGRM / ARM and remotes

are a mix of Bridge and AGRM / ARM.

•

AGRM / ARM

–

AGRM / ARM network

i.e. base station in AGRM / ARM and remote radios are also in

AGRM / ARM.

The last option is a fully routed network where it is recommended to use the standard router modes to
benefit from the radio port auto IP assignment and auto static route build for all associated devices
connected to the radio network.

Note:

A mix between advanced router modes and standard router modes in the network is prohibited and

will raise a ‘

network configuration warning

’ alarm. If a user wants to build a full routed network, use the

standard router modes for the base station, remote radios.

The following figures are examples of the currently supported networks as described above.

The above figure describes a mixed radio mode network (AGRM-Bridge) where base station is in Advanced
Gateway Router Mode (AGRM) and the remote radios are in bridge mode (where the base station is AGRM /
ARM and all remotes must be in the same bridge mode). RTUs must set their default gateway to 10.10.1.1
which is RF IP Address of base station to reach the SCADA master.

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Summary of Contents for Aprisa SRi

Page 1: ...August 2019 Version 1 1 0a ...

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Page 3: ...uropean Commission s RoHS Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment and WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment environmental directives Restriction of hazardous substances RoHS The RoHS Directive prohibits the sale in the European Union of electronic equipment containing these hazardous substances lead cadmium mercury hexavalent chromium polybromina...

Page 4: ...s sought by 4RF are based on the Aprisa SRi radio equipment being installed at a fixed restricted access location and operated in point to multipoint or point to point mode within the environmental profile defined by EN 300 019 Class 3 4 Operation outside these criteria may invalidate the authorizations and or license conditions The term Radio with reference to the Aprisa SRi User Manual is a gene...

Page 5: ... Part 15 247 UIPSI902M160 NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed...

Page 6: ...es with Part 15 of the FCC Rules and ISED s licence exempt RSSs Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause interference and 2 This device must accept any interference including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device Ce dispositif est conforme à la partie 15 des règles de la Federal Communications Commission FCC des États Unis et d Innova...

Page 7: ...esigned to comply with New Zealand RSM specifications as follows Radio EMC AS NZS 4268 Environmental EN 300 019 Class 3 4 Ingress Protection IP51 Safety EN 60950 1 2006 Class 1 division 2 for hazardous locations Frequency Band Channel size Power input Authorization RSM 915 928 MHz 50 kHz 10 30 VDC Licence 266324 Complete Compliance Brazil ANATEL The Aprisa SRi radio is designed to comply with Braz...

Page 8: ...ly with the Mexico IFETEL specifications as follows Radio EMC NOM 208 SCFI 2016 Environmental EN 300 019 Class 3 4 Ingress Protection IP51 Safety EN 60950 1 2006 Class 1 division 2 for hazardous locations Frequency Band Channel size Power input Authorization ID 902 928 MHz 50 kHz 10 30 VDC Pending ...

Page 9: ...wn to be non hazardous RF Exposure Warning WARNING The installer and or user of Aprisa SRi radios shall ensure that a separation distance as given in the following table is maintained between the main axis of the terminal s antenna and the body of the user or nearby persons Minimum separation distances given are based on the maximum values of the following methodologies 1 Maximum Permissible Expos...

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Page 11: ...6 Data Link Layer MAC layer 27 Channel Access 27 Hop by Hop Transmission 27 Adaptive Coding and Modulation 28 System Gain vs Modulation 28 Zones and Channels 29 Frequency Hopping Synchronization 30 Interference Avoidance Immunity 31 Two Base Stations Using the Same Antenna 32 Repeater Station 32 Network Layer 33 Packet Routing 33 Static IP Router 34 Bridge Mode with VLAN Aware 49 VLAN Bridge Mode ...

Page 12: ...62 5 Preparation 63 Bench Setup 63 Compliance Considerations 64 Canada 65 Mexico 65 Path Planning 66 Antenna Selection and Siting 66 Base Station 66 Remote radio 67 Antenna Siting 68 Coaxial Feeder Cables 69 Linking System Plan 69 Site Requirements 70 Power Supply 70 Equipment Cooling 70 Earthing and Lightning Protection 71 Feeder Earthing 71 Radio Earthing 71 6 Installing the Radio 72 Mounting 72...

Page 13: ...are 256 Monitoring 275 Network Status 297 Command Line Interface 306 Connecting to the CLI via the Management Port MGMT 306 Connecting to the CLI via Telnet 309 Connecting to the CLI via SSH 309 CLI Commands 311 Viewing the CLI Terminal Summary 313 Changing the Radio IP Address with the CLI 313 8 In Service Commissioning 314 Before You Start 314 What You Will Need 314 Antenna Alignment 315 Alignin...

Page 14: ...32 Pinout 328 RS 232 Customer Cable Wiring 328 RS 232 RJ45 LED Indicators 328 Alarm Interface Connections 329 12 Alarm Types and Sources 330 Alarm Types 330 Alarm Events 331 Informational Events 337 13 Specifications 339 RF Specifications 339 Frequency Bands 339 Channel Sizes 339 Receiver 340 Transmitter 342 Spread Spectrum 342 Modem 343 Data Payload Security 343 Interface Specifications 344 Ether...

Page 15: ...t End Of Life 350 End of Life Recycling Programme WEEE 350 The WEEE Symbol Explained 350 WEEE Must Be Collected Separately 350 YOUR ROLE in the Recovery of WEEE 350 EEE Waste Impacts the Environment and Health 350 15 Copyrights 351 16 Abbreviations 353 ...

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Page 17: ...considerations for example temperature control Mounting space Page 69 Phase 2 Installing the radios 1 Mount the radio Page 72 2 Connect earthing to the radio Page 71 3 Confirm that the Antenna is mounted and visually aligned Feeder cable is connected to the antenna Feeder connections are tightened to recommended level Tower earthing is complete 4 Install lightning protection Page 71 5 Connect the ...

Page 18: ... radio s Ethernet port and the PC 3 Confirm that the PC IP settings are correct for the Ethernet connection IP address Subnet mask Gateway IP address Page 83 4 Open a web browser and login to the radio Page 87 5 Set or confirm the RF characteristics TX RX frequency TX output power Zone channel selection Page 123 6 Compare the actual RSSI to the expected RSSI value from your path planning Page 283 ...

Page 19: ...ssional field technicians and engineers who have an appropriate level of training and experience Contact Us If you experience any difficulty installing or using the Aprisa SRi radio after reading this manual please contact Customer Support or your local 4RF representative The 4RF New Zealand head office is 4RF Limited 26 Glover Street Ngauranga PO Box 13 506 Wellington 6032 New Zealand E mail supp...

Page 20: ...Aprisa SRi radio fitted with a power connector One Aprisa SRi Accessory kit containing the following Aprisa SRi Quick Start Guide Management Cable Aprisa SRi Accessory Kit The accessory kit contains the following items Aprisa SRi Quick Start Guide Management Cable USB Cable USB A to USB micro B 1m ...

Page 21: ...is a Point To Multipoint PMP digital radio providing 915 MHz Industrial Licence Free Spread Spectrum communications The radios carry a combination of serial data and Ethernet data between the base station and remote radios A single Aprisa SRi is configurable as a Point To Multipoint base station or remote radio ...

Page 22: ...TU PLCs QoS supports using IEEE 802 1p VLAN priority bits to prioritize and handle the VLAN traffic types QoS per port Ethernet serial management L2 L3 L4 filtering for security and avoiding narrow band radio network overload L3 Gateway Router mode with standard static IP route for simple routing network integration L3 Router mode with per Ethernet interface IP address and subnet L2 Bridge mode wi...

Page 23: ...Rijndael version 3 0 Data authentication NIST SP 800 38C Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code CBC MAC based on RFC 3610 using Advanced Encryption Standard AES Data payload security CCM Counter with CBC MAC integrity NIST special publication 800 38C Secured management interface protects configuration L2 L3 L4 Address filtering enables traffic source authorization Proprietary physical l...

Page 24: ...high power over a wide temperature range Usability Configuration diagnostics via front panel Management Port USB interface Ethernet interface Built in webserver SuperVisor with full configuration diagnostics and monitoring functionality including remote radio configuration diagnostics over the radio link LED display for on site diagnostics Dedicated alarm port Software upgrade and diagnostic repor...

Page 25: ...termined by a range of factors including the number of services the packet sizes the protocols used the message types and network timeouts Automatic Registration On start up the remote radio listens for the base station and tries to sync with base station frequency hopping before attempting registration It then transmits a registration message to the base station which responds with a registration...

Page 26: ...r DLL and the Network Layer These three layers are required to transport data across the wireless channel in the Point to Multipoint PMP configuration The Aprisa SRi DLL is largely based on the 802 15 4 Media Access Control MAC layer using a proprietary implementation Physical Layer The Aprisa SRi PHY uses a one frequency half duplex transmission mode which eliminates the need for a duplexer Remot...

Page 27: ... the channel access arbitrator and therefore inherently it has contention free access to the channel This means that there is no possibility of contention on data originating from the base station As all data flows to or from the base station this significantly improves the robustness of the system All data messages are controlled via the AG access grant control message and therefore there is no p...

Page 28: ...al remote radio When the RF path is healthy no fading modulation coding is increased and the FEC code rate is decreased to maximize the data capacity If the RF path quality degrades modulation coding is decreased and the FEC code rate is increased for maximum robustness to maintain path connectivity System Gain vs Modulation This table defines the modulation order based on gross capacity Modulatio...

Page 29: ...ies Channels Guard Band Frequencies Channels Guard Band Channel Spacings 62 5 62 5 56 25 Zone 1 902 5313 0 5 915 2813 0 25 902 625 0 596875 905 5938 50 916 7813 25 904 5375 35 Zone 2 905 6563 916 8438 904 5938 908 7188 50 918 3438 25 906 5063 35 0 965625 Zone 3 908 7813 918 4063 915 6188 0 590625 911 8438 50 919 9063 25 917 5313 35 Zone 4 911 9063 919 9688 917 5875 914 9688 50 921 4688 25 919 5 35...

Page 30: ...s A remote will override its configured channels once it registers and gets updates from base station or when base station changes its channels configuration At power on the Aprisa SRi base station immediately starts hopping and sending packets ACKs and beacon control packets When a remote is powered on or has lost sync with the base station it picks a random channel from its hop channel set and l...

Page 31: ...Aprisa SRi as it adds a layer of interference recovery on top of the powerful Aprisa FEC Forward Error Correction Some frequencies may be subject to more interference than others so if packet retries are enabled in the Aprisa SRi and interference on a specific frequency overwhelms the FEC then any missing packets are automatically retransmitted on another frequency Packet retries for uplink and do...

Page 32: ...nfigured as per the base station they are associated with Note this cannot be used with ACMA RSM radios Repeater Station To create a back to back repeater station two additional radios are used One is the remote radio and the other is the base station both connected via a G5 tuned duplexer to the same antenna i e similar to the two base stations using the same antenna as described above The remote...

Page 33: ...ncoming Ethernet packet on the Ethernet port is stripped from its Ethernet header to reveal the IP packet and to route the IP packet based on its routing table If the destination IP address is one of the RTUs the packet is then forwarded to the wireless ports and broadcasted as a PMP wireless packet to all the remote radios The appropriate remote then routes the IP packet and forwards it based on ...

Page 34: ...routes in the network which might be tedious and introduce significant human error The Aprisa SRi works as a static IP router without using any routing protocol and therefore does not have the overhead of a routing protocol for better utilization of the narrow bandwidth network In addition to the semi automated routes the user can manually add remove routes in the routing table for the radio inter...

Page 35: ...i path to prevent route updates being sent over the radio network The Radio Network as a Router Example The purpose of this example is to determine the static route setting for router R2 in the base station and remote radio in the following network Since the Aprisa SRi network should be considered as a router where the network Ethernet interface is the router port the network configuration for set...

Page 36: ...tation in Bridge mode and remote radios are in AGRM ARM where each node in the network can act as independent router without depending on other nodes in the network Bridge Mix AGRM ARM and Bridge network i e base station in Bridge mode and remotes are a mix of Bridge and AGRM ARM AGRM ARM Mix AGRM ARM and Bridge network i e base station in AGRM ARM and remotes are a mix of Bridge and AGRM ARM AGRM...

Page 37: ...ion is in Bridge Mode and remote radios are a mix of AGRM and Bridge mode To reach RTU 2 10 10 1 3 the external router must use a next hop gateway of 192 168 1 3 which is RF Interface address of Remote 1 To reach RTU 3 192 168 1 5 the external router can send the traffic directly on the bridge subnet 192 168 1 x 24 network The above figure describes a mixed radio mode network ARM Bridge where base...

Page 38: ...e radio interface IP address as next hop default gateway The radio Interface IP address can be used as the Local IP Address in terminal server Auto assignment of radio interface IP address is done in a routed network of Router Mode RM and Gateway Router Mode GRM but not in AGRM ARM In AGRM ARM the radio interface IP address is manually configured Changes to the radio Interface IP address will be i...

Page 39: ...the above figure the static route setting for router R2 at the remote radio AGRM will be Destination Address Destination Mask Gateway Address 192 168 3 0 255 255 255 0 192 168 2 2 In the above figure the static route setting for router R2 at the Base Station AGRM will be Destination Address Destination Mask Gateway Address 192 168 3 0 255 255 255 0 10 10 0 2 Note In AGRM ARM AGRM ARM network scena...

Page 40: ... and its routing table When the user changes the remote radio IP address subnet a re registration process in the base station then auto updates its routing table accordingly Terminal Server Transition to Converged Ethernet IP Network Customers that are transitioning their SCADA network to an Ethernet IP SCADA network can simultaneously operate their legacy serial RTUs not as a separate serial netw...

Page 41: ...ds of the header like IP header checksum or higher level checksum The advantage of NAT is to allow preservation of the multiple local private IP addresses even if the external public IP addresses change Another advantage is the security function of NAT where private internal IP addresses are hidden from the external public IP domain behind the NAT Also private internal IP addresses can be reused i...

Page 42: ...types One to One NAT is translating inbound session packets per public interface and based on NAT Address Map Table Address Map Table supporting max 20 entries Outbound session packets are translated based on the reverse table of Address Map Table The user can configure the public port and Address Map Table in IP NAT page NAT is translating inbound packets IP address originating in public network ...

Page 43: ...emote radio NAT router radio will respond to inbound ARP requests for IP addresses in public range as define in Address Map Table with the MAC address of the public interface Outbound ARP request for private IP range will ARP respond with MAC address of the NAT radio private local interface In a protected station all NAT configurations are shared between both the active and standby radios The stan...

Page 44: ...te To Active Public Dest IP Address Start Public Dest IP Address End Protocol Private Dest IP Address Start 1 192 168 2 7 192 168 2 8 Any 10 10 1 2 NAT Session Table Remote 1 ID In Out bound Public IP Src Addr Public IP Dest Addr Protocol Private IP Src Addr Private IP Dest Addr Comments 1 In 172 16 1 1 192 168 2 3 Any N A N A Management Remote1 2 In 172 16 1 1 192 168 2 4 Any 172 16 1 1 10 10 1 2...

Page 45: ... perspective RTU 1 public address is 192 168 2 4 as it doesn t know the real address 10 10 1 2 of RTU 1 which is hidden behind the NAT As explained above SuperVisor will not show session ID 2 and 3 in one line as these inbound outbound transactions are considered as one session NAT translates the inbound session public RF port destination IP 192 168 2 4 to 10 10 1 2 on Eth port the real private IP...

Page 46: ...opped if they don t match any translation criteria defined for the appropriate public interface and Address Map Table configuration Monitoring the NAT translation sessions is available in Monitoring NAT with max 250 entries in NAT session table Entries with a max idle time will be aged in favour of a new entry if the limit is reached Entries are automatically removed after a period of inactivity a...

Page 47: ...10006 Any 10 10 1 3 502 3 192 168 2 2 101 107 ICMP 10 10 1 1 200 NAT Session Table Base Station Eth 1 ID In Out bound Public IP Src Addr Public IP Dest Addr Public Src Port Public Dst Port Protocol Private IP Src Addr Private IP Dest Addr Private Src Port Private Dst Port Comments 1 In 172 16 1 1 192 168 2 2 PPP 80 Any N A N A N A N A Management Base 2 In 172 16 1 1 192 168 2 2 XYZ 8081 Any 172 16...

Page 48: ...1 as it doesn t know the real address 10 10 1 1 which is hidden behind the NAT As explained above SuperVisor will not show session ID 2 and 3 in separate lines as these inbound outbound transactions are considered as one session Session ID 4 and 5 are the same as sessions ID 2 and 3 and supported by NAT Address Map Table configuration ID 2 Session ID 6 shows that an inbound session will drop packe...

Page 49: ... ports through the terminal server function Within the Aprisa SRi Bridge mode each incoming Ethernet packet is inspected for the destination MAC address and VLAN and looks up its FDB table for information on where to send the specific Ethernet frame If the FDB table doesn t contain the specific MAC address it will flood the Ethernet frame out to all ports in the broadcast domain and when using VLA...

Page 50: ... flushed automatically after aging period VLANs are statically configured by the user on the ports where a Virtual LAN is required across the radio network An example of VLAN isolation of traffic type is shown in the figure below where RTUs 1 4 and 6 together with SCADA meter master form a Virtual LAN which is isolated from the other devices even though they are on the same physical network VLAN m...

Page 51: ...i base station carrying VLAN ID 1 20 30 and 40 VLAN Manipulation Add Remove VLAN Tags In order to support double VLAN and different device types connected to the Aprisa SRi e g switches RTUs etc which can be VLAN tagged or untagged plain Ethernet devices add remove VLAN manipulation is required In an Aprisa SRi VLAN tagged network a remote Aprisa SRi connected to a plain RTU without VLAN support w...

Page 52: ... does not meet the filtering criteria will not be transmitted over the radio link 3 L2 Port VLANs Ingress Filtering and QoS Double VLAN Bridge Mode Double VLAN is used to distinguish segregate between different radio sub networks remotes Traffic with double VLANs which are not destined to a specific sub network will be discarded on the ingress of the radio sub network avoiding the overload of the ...

Page 53: ...rity controls the priority of the Ethernet management traffic relative to Ethernet customer traffic and can be set to one of the four queues The Background Bulk Data Transfer Rate sets the data transfer rate high medium low for large amounts of management data 6 Ethernet Packet Time to Live Another aspect of avoiding overload radio network is the Ethernet packet TTL which is used to prevent old re...

Page 54: ...5 asynchronous port using USB host port with USB to RS 232 or USB to RS 485 converters USB Interfaces 1 x Management port using USB micro type B connector Used for product configuration with the Command Line Interface CLI 1 x Host port using USB standard type A connector Used for software upgrade diagnostic reporting and configuration save restore Protect Interface 1x Protect interface port Not ap...

Page 55: ...serial using RJ45 connector Used for RS 232 asynchronous user traffic See Serial Port Setup on page 130 Host Port using a USB standard type A connector Used for software upgrade and diagnostic reporting and optional 1x RS 232 asynchronous port with USB to RS 232 converter See Software Upgrade on page 323 and Maintenance General on page 231 ALARM Alarm Port using a RJ45 connector Used for two alarm...

Page 56: ... path fail Flashing Orange Diagnostics Function Active OTA software distribution Management traffic on the USB MGMT port Solid Orange Alarm present with Warning Severity Device detect on the USB host port momentary Flashing Green Software Upgrade Successful Tx Rx Data on the USB host port RF path TX is active RF path RX is active Solid Green Power on and functions OK and no alarms Processor Block ...

Page 57: ...upgrade started the OK LED flashes orange Software upgrade progress indicated by running AUX to MODE LEDs Software upgrade completed successfully the OK LED flashes green Software upgrade failed any LED flashing red during the upgrade Network Software Upgrade During a network software upgrade the MODE LED flashes orange on the base station and all remote radios ...

Page 58: ...ess and hold the TEST button on the radio LED panel until all the LEDs flash green about 3 5 seconds The response time is variable and can be up to 5 seconds To exit Test Mode press and hold the TEST button until all the LEDs flash red about 3 5 seconds Note Test Mode traffic has a low priority but could affect customer traffic depending on the relative priorities setup The RSSI result is displaye...

Page 59: ...of elements Managed network software distribution and upgrades Performance and alarm monitoring of the entire network including RSSI alarm states time stamped events etc View and set standard radio configuration parameters including frequencies transmit power channel access serial Ethernet port settings Set and view security parameters User management Operates over a secure HTTPS session on the ac...

Page 60: ...e alarm events from the network The hardware alarm inputs and outputs are part of the event system All alarm events can be viewed in SuperVisor event history log see Events Event History on page 246 These include the alarm events generated by the hardware alarm inputs Alarm Input to SNMP Trap An alarm event from an Aprisa SRi hardware alarm input can be sent over the air to any SNMP Manager using ...

Page 61: ...5 Set the radio zones channels 6 Set the radio security settings see Security Setup on page 202 Installing the Remote radios To install the remote radios in your network 1 Install the remote radio see Installing the Radio on page 72 2 Set the radio Network ID to the same ID as the other stations in the network see Terminal Device on page 102 3 Set the radio operating mode to remote radio see Termi...

Page 62: ...o IP address see IP IP Setup Bridge Gateway Router Modes on page 159 4 Set the radio zones channels to be compatible with the base station 5 Set the radio operating mode to remote radio see Terminal Operating Mode on page 110 The base station will automatically allocate a node address to the new remote radio To remove a remote radio from your network 1 Turn the power off on the remote radio you wi...

Page 63: ...bench setup there should be 60 80 dB at up to 1 GHz of 50 ohm coaxial attenuation capable of handling the transmit power of 26 dBm 0 4 W between the radios antenna connectors Splitter If more than two radios are required in your bench setup a multi way splitter is required The diagram shows a two way splitter This splitter should be 50 ohm coaxial up to 1 GHz and capable of handling the transmit p...

Page 64: ...ting the transmitter output power Regulatory Requirement Frequency Range Maximum EIRP1 SRi Equivalent Maximum Average Power RdBm USA FCC Part 15 247 902 MHz to 928 MHz 36 dBm PEP 32 dBm Canada ISED RSS 247 902 MHz to 928 MHz 36 dBm PEP 32 dBm Australia ACMA AS NZS 4268 915 MHz to 928 MHz 30 dBm 30 dBm New Zealand General User Radio Licence for Short Range Devices 915 MHz to 928 MHz 30 dBm 30 dBm N...

Page 65: ...enna Type and Gain Feeder Coax Length and Loss Regulatory Limit Maximum SRi Power Setting Yagi 11 dBi 10 m of Heliax 0 11 dB m gives 1 1 dB loss 36 dBm PEP 22 dBm Panel 12 dBi 33 m of RG214 0 22 dB m gives 7 3 dB loss 30 dBm 25 dBm Dipole 3 5 dBi 3 m of RG214 0 22 dB m gives 0 66 dB loss 30 dBm 26 dBm Grid 18 dBi 15 m of Heliax 0 11 dB m gives 1 65 dB loss 30 dBm 13 dBm Canada This radio transmitt...

Page 66: ...onsiderations in your system design The antenna choice for the site is determined primarily by the frequency of operation and the gain required to establish reliable links Base Station The predominant antenna for a base station is an omni directional collinear gain antenna Omni Directional Collinear Antennas Factor Explanation Gain Varies with size 5 dBi to 11 dBi typical Wind loading Minimal Towe...

Page 67: ... Explanation Gain Varies with size typically 11 dBi to 16 dBi Stackable gain increase 2 Yagi antennas 2 8 dB 4 Yagi antennas 5 6 dB Size Range from 0 6 m to 3 m in length Front to back ratio Low typically 18 to 20 dB It is possible to increase the gain of a Yagi antenna installation by placing two or more of them in a stack The relative position of the antennas is critical Example of stacked anten...

Page 68: ... reflect RF energy along the link path for instance water could cause multipath fading If the link path crosses a feature that is likely to cause RF reflections shield the antenna from the reflected signals by positioning it on the far side of the roof of the equipment shelter or other structure Example of a mid path reflection path The antenna site should be as far as possible from other potentia...

Page 69: ...of 7 0 dB 100m 900 MHz RFI CNT 400 Feeder CNT 400 10 8mm Double Shielded Solid Polyethylene Low loss 0 4 10 8 mm feeder cable UV protected black Polyethylene bonded AL tape outer conductor Bending radius of 30 mm min Attenuation of 12 8 dB 100m 900 MHz For installations requiring short feeder cable runs use the RFI 8223 feeder cable or equivalent Part Number Part Description Specification RFI 8223...

Page 70: ...ironment where the ambient temperature exceeds 50 C the Aprisa SRi convection air flow over the heat sinks must be considered The environmental operating conditions are as follows Operating temperature 40 to 70 C 40 to 158 F Storage temperature 40 to 85 C 40 to 185 F Humidity Maximum 95 non condensing WARNING If the Aprisa SRi is operated in an environment where the ambient temperature exceeds 50 ...

Page 71: ...rthing Earth the antenna tower feeders and lightning protection devices in accordance with the appropriate local and national standards The diagram below shows the minimum requirements Use grounding kits as specified or supplied by the coaxial cable manufacturer to properly ground or bond the cable outer Radio Earthing The Aprisa SRi has an earth connection point on the top left of the enclosure M...

Page 72: ... enclosure base and two holes 5 2 mm through the enclosure for mounting Mounting options include DIN rail mounting with the Aprisa SRi DIN Rail Mounting Bracket Rack shelf mounting Wall mounting Outdoor enclosure mounting WARNING If the Aprisa SRi is operated in an environment where the ambient temperature exceeds 50 C the Aprisa SRi must be installed within a restricted access location to prevent...

Page 73: ...ng bracket using the four M4 threaded holes in the Aprisa SRi enclosure base Four 8 mm M4 pan pozi machine screws are supplied with the bracket The Aprisa SRi DIN rail mounting bracket can be mounted in four positions on a horizontal DIN rail Vertical Mount vertical enclosure perpendicular to the mount Horizontal Mount horizontal enclosure perpendicular to the mount Flat Vertical Mount vertical en...

Page 74: ...he Aprisa SRi enclosure base The following picture shows Aprisa SRi mounted on a 1 RU rack mounted shelf Part Number Part Description APSB MR19 X1U 4RF SR Acc Mounting 19 Rack Mount Shelf 1U WARNING If the Aprisa SRi is operated in an environment where the ambient temperature exceeds 50 C the Aprisa SRi convection air flow over the heat sinks must be considered ...

Page 75: ...ing the Radio 75 Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 Wall Mounting The Aprisa SRi can be mounted on a wall using the two holes through the enclosure 5 2 mm diameter Typically M5 screws longer than 35 mm would be used ...

Page 76: ...cable ties or cable hangers Follow the cable manufacturer s recommendations about the use of feeder clips and their recommended spacing Connect the antenna and feeder cable Weatherproof the connection with a boot tape or other approved method The Aprisa SRi antenna connection is a TNC female connector so the feeder jumper must be fitted with a TNC male connector If a jumper is used between the fee...

Page 77: ...male 1 item Turn your power source on All the radio LEDs will flash orange for one second and then the OK MODE and AUX LEDs will light green the TX and RX LEDs will flash red The Aprisa SRi radio is ready to operate The TX and RX LEDs will be green steady or flashing when the radio is registered with the network If the LEDs fail to light carefully check the supply polarity If the power supply conn...

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Page 79: ...nk The key features of SuperVisor are Full element management configuration and diagnostics Manage the entire network from the Base Station remote management of elements Managed network software distribution and upgrades Performance and alarm monitoring of the entire network including alarm states time stamped events etc View and set standard radio configuration parameters including frequencies tr...

Page 80: ...Service Pack 1 1 GHz processor 2 GB Ram Internet Explorer 11 MS Windows 8 1 1 GHz processor 2 GB Ram Mozilla Firefox MS Windows MS Windows XP Service Pack 2 1 GHz processor Pentium 4 and above 1 GB Ram Mozilla Firefox Linux Gnome desktop 2 18 and above 1 GHz processor Pentium 4 and above 1 GB Ram Mozilla Firefox Apple Mac 4RF does not support retina displays Mac OS X 10 6 1 GHz processor Pentium 4...

Page 81: ...mask of 255 255 0 0 This is an IPv4 Link Local RFC3927 address which simplifies the connection to a PC Each radio in the network must be set up with a unique IP address on the same subnet To change the Aprisa SRi IP address 1 Set up your PC for a compatible IP address e g 169 254 50 1 with a subnet mask of 255 255 0 0 2 Connect your PC network port to one of the Aprisa SRi Ethernet ports 3 Open a ...

Page 82: ... Radio and the Remote Radios The Local Radio is the radio that your IP network is physically connected to If the Local Radio is a base station SuperVisor manages the base station and all the remote radios in the network If the Local Radio is a remote radio SuperVisor only manages the remote radio logged into If the user is at the remote radio and connects SuperVisor directly to the remote radio vi...

Page 83: ...ol Panel 2 Open Network Connections and right click on the Local Area Connection and select Properties 3 Click on the General tab 4 Click on Internet Protocol TCP IP and click on properties 5 Enter the IP address and the subnet mask example as shown 6 Click OK then close the Control Panel If the radio is on a different subnet from the network the PC is on set the PC default gateway address to the ...

Page 84: ...usly been used with Dial up connections you may need to change your PC Internet Connection setting to Never dial a connection Windows Internet Explorer 8 example 1 Open Internet Explorer 2 Open the menu item Tools Internet Options and click on the Connections tab 3 Click the Never dial a connection option ...

Page 85: ...bled e g saving a MIB Windows Internet Explorer 8 example 1 Open Internet Explorer 2 Open the menu item Tools Internet Options and click on the Privacy tab 3 Click on Pop up Blocker Settings 4 Set the Address of Web site to allow to the radio address or set the Blocking Level to Low Allow Pop ups from secure sites and close the window ...

Page 86: ...quire JavaScript in the web browser to be enabled Windows Internet Explorer 8 example 1 Open Internet Explorer 2 Open the menu item Tools Internet Options and click on the Security tab 3 Click on Local Intranet 4 Click on Custom Level 5 Scroll down until you see section labeled Scripting 6 Under Active Scripting select Enable ...

Page 87: ... 169 254 50 10 with a subnet mask of 255 255 0 0 If you don t know the IP address of the radio you can determine it using the Command Line Interface see Command Line Interface on page 306 Note The Aprisa SRi has a randomly generated unique self signed ECC256 security certificate which may cause the browser to prompt a certificate warning It is safe to ignore the warning and continue The valid cert...

Page 88: ...sful login retries see Security Users Login Protection Mode on page 211 If login protection is active and a login attempt failed due to temporary lockout of the account Level 1 or Level 2 lockout SuperVisor will display an Account Locked message Login If a login attempt failed due to permanent lockout of the account continued failed login attempts even after levels 1 and 2 lockout periods SuperVis...

Page 89: ... not have an associated Standard OPT password entered see One time Password Recovery on page 217 SuperVisor will display an error message If a factory password was verified successfully during the account recover process SuperVisor will display a message indicating that the radio will be reset to factory defaults and rebooted If the submitted password for the account recovery process was invalid S...

Page 90: ... log will also record the users logged into the radio or logged out the radio Logout of SuperVisor As the maximum number of concurrent users that can be logged into a radio is 6 not logging out correctly can restrict access to the radio until after the timeout period 30 minutes Logging out from a radio will logout all users logged in with the same username If the SuperVisor window is closed withou...

Page 91: ... Layout Standard Radio The following shows the components of the SuperVisor page layout for a standard radio SuperVisor Branding Bar The branding bar at the top of the SuperVisor frame shows the branding of SuperVisor on the left and the product branding on the right ...

Page 92: ...o the page shows the name of the remote radio on the left The right side of the Alarm Bar will be blank The LED alarm indicators reflect the status of the front panel LEDs on the radio SuperVisor Summary Bar The summary bar at the bottom of the page shows Position Function Left Busy SuperVisor is busy retrieving data from the radio that SuperVisor is logged into Ready SuperVisor is ready to manage...

Page 93: ...enefits Of EXM Some of the benefits that will be seen from this enhancement include Ability to use SuperVisor to manage any 4RF compatible radio units via the closest radio station A user can now simply establish a local connection with the closest radio and navigate to manage another radio down the RF path from the radio logged into Ability to use SuperVisor to perform inverse remote management i...

Page 94: ...Type Key Encryption Key Size and the Key Encryption Key are the same on all radios in the extended network radio list see Security Setup on page 202 4 Click on the Network button on SuperVisor Alarm Bar see Network Status Network Table on page 297 5 In the External Access box enter the IP address of the external radio and click the Connect button If this connection is successful The Network Button...

Page 95: ...rminal Network Network Table Terminal Summary Radio Exceptions Serial View Ethernet IP QoS Security Maintenance Events Software Monitoring SuperVisor Parameter Settings Changes to parameters settings have no effect until the Save button is clicked Click the Save button to apply the changes or Cancel button to restore the current value ...

Page 96: ...Read Write Read Write Read Write Ethernet Summary Read Only Read Only Read Only Read Only Ethernet Port Setup No Access Read Write Read Write Read Write Ethernet L2 Filtering No Access No Access Read Write Read Write Ethernet VLAN No Access No Access Read Write Read Write IP IP Summary Read Only Read Only Read Only Read Only IP Terminal Server Summary Read Only Read Only Read Only Read Only IP IP ...

Page 97: ...ss No Access Read Write Read Write Software File Transfer No Access No Access Read Write Read Write Software Manager No Access No Access Read Write Read Write Software Remote Distribution No Access No Access Read Write Read Write Software Remote Activation No Access No Access Read Write Read Write Monitoring Terminal Read Only Read Only Read Only Read Only Monitoring Serial Read Only Read Only Rea...

Page 98: ...ing Mode This parameter displays the current Operating Mode i e if the radio is operating as a base station or remote radio and the network operating mode of Bridge Mode or Router Mode Interface Mode This parameter displays the Interfaces available for traffic on the radio such as Ethernet and Serial For Ethernet availability on the radio see Maintenance Licence on page 237 TX Power dBm This param...

Page 99: ...s an integer from 1 to 8 Node Address The Node Address of the base station is 0000 If the Node Address shown is FFFE this radio is a remote radio but has not been registered with the base station The base station will automatically allocate a Node Address to all its registered remote radios This address can be between 000B to 01FE Network Radius This parameter indicates a Network Repeaters Proximi...

Page 100: ...Details MANUFACTURING DETAILS Radio Serial Number This parameter displays the Serial Number of the radio shown on the enclosure label Sub Assembly Serial Number This parameter displays the Serial Number of the printed circuit board assembly shown on the PCB label ...

Page 101: ...ess This parameter displays the MAC address of the radio the management Ethernet MAC address Active Software Version This parameter displays the version of the software currently operating the radio Previous Software Version This parameter displays the software version that was running on the radio prior to the current software being activated A new radio from the factory will display None for the...

Page 102: ...The default value is 4RF Limited 4 Enter the Contact Details The default value is support 4RF com GPS Coordinates This parameter sets the GPS Coordinates for the radio location It can be manually entered and saved or if the radio is fitted with a GPS Receiver it can be set by clicking on the Update GPS button The entry is two values of latitude and longitude comma delimited The Latitude value must...

Page 103: ...Managing the Radio 103 Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 GPS Status This field displays the status of the GPS Receiver if enabled see ...

Page 104: ...asurements could be used to make reliable in route navigation suggestions to the user 5 10 Moderate Positional measurements could be used for calculations but the fix quality could still be improved A more open view of the sky is recommended 10 20 Fair Represents a low confidence level Positional measurements should be discarded or used only to indicate a very rough estimate of the current locatio...

Page 105: ...tting is Metric RF NETWORK DETAILS Network ID This parameter sets the network ID of this base station node and its remote radios in the network The entry is four hexadecimal chars not case sensitive The default setting is CAFE Base Station ID This parameter identifies the base station All radios operating to the base station in the same network must use the same Base Station ID setting It is espec...

Page 106: ...k operation Base Repeater Base Repeater If remotes are configured with Network Repeaters Proximity Base repeater then the network will support peer to peer connections between remotes via the base station Remote No Repeater This option shall be configured when base station Operating Mode Base Remote Base Repeater This option shall be configured when base station Operating Mode Base Repeater to sup...

Page 107: ...e Synchronization feature allows a radio to synchronize its date and time from an SNTP server Using the SNTP feature will ensure that all radios in the network has the same date and time required for accurate network diagnostics Configure SNTP on the base station which then sends the date and time to all the remote radios It can be configured on a remote radio if required but not on all remotes as...

Page 108: ...t The Time Zone Offset is the number of hours minutes offset from UTC time The default setting is No Offset Clicking the Time Zone Offset field brings up a pop up to enter the offset After selecting the offset review the current date and time before saving the changes ...

Page 109: ... synchronization attempt The minimum period is 60 seconds A period of 0 seconds will disable SNTP server synchronization attempts The base station sends a broadcast message to the remote radios to synchronize the radio date and time at a rate controlled by the Announcement Period see page 243 Time Server 1 Address This parameter sets the IP address of the first priority SNTP server If the synchron...

Page 110: ...is the center point of the network where in most cases will be connected to a SCADA master Base Repeater The base repeater has the same function as the base station but used when peer to peer connections between remotes is required via the base station Not applicable for the Aprisa SRi radio Remote The remote in most cases is used as the end point of the SCADA network connected to an RTU or PLC de...

Page 111: ... select the operating mode Router or Gateway Router and tick the Advanced checkbox Advanced Gateway Router mode AGRM or Advanced Router mode ARM act like a true router between the Ethernet ports and RF interface port where the next hop is one of these ports This means that the RF interface is a public interface exposed to the user with IP and MAC address like the Ethernet interface In AGRM mode al...

Page 112: ... Managing the Radio Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 Radio Radio Radio Summary This page displays the current settings for the Radio parameters See Radio Radio Setup and Radio Channel Setup for setting details ...

Page 113: ...e Channel parameters See Radio Channel Setup for setting details DATA COMPRESSION Payload Compression Ratio The payload is compressed using level 3 QuickLZ data compression Payload Compression is automatic and cannot be turned off by SuperVisor Compression is not attempted on data that is already compressed e g jpg files ...

Page 114: ...Channel Setup for setting details ZONE SUMMARY Zone The zone number defined in the regulatory specification The maximum number of standard hop zones is 8 Enabled Displays the hop zones enabled Frequencies Displays the zone frequencies defined for the zone hop number Channels Enabled Displays the number of channels selected in the zone ...

Page 115: ...Managing the Radio 115 Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 The Zone Summary Zones shows the channels enabled per zone hop 1 to 8 ...

Page 116: ...e Compliance Considerations on page 64 for details If TX Power setting is higher than the high limit or lower than the low limit for the current modulation an Informational Event 55 Terminal Unit Information will be raised to notify the user that transmit power has been changed This only applies to fixed modulation not ACM The Peak Envelope Power PEP is calculated based on current configured TX po...

Page 117: ...QAM Low Gain Sets the modulation to 16 QAM 64QAM Low Gain Sets the modulation to 64 QAM The default setting is QPSK Low Gain The base station radio TX modulation will be set based on the worse case RSSI path profile scenario of all the radios in one hop distance from the base station radio ACM Control base station This parameter enables disables Adaptive Code Modulation for the remote to base dire...

Page 118: ...Type for the remote radio Option Function Adaptive Sets the modulation type to Adaptive Code Modulation The remote radio receives the modulation type recommendation from the base and adjusts the modulation in the remote to base direction of transmission upstream QPSK Low Gain Sets the modulation to QPSK 16QAM Low Gain Sets the modulation to 16 QAM 64QAM Low Gain Sets the modulation to 64 QAM GENER...

Page 119: ...nt by other radios The default setting is 1550 bytes This packet size includes the wireless protocol header and security payload 0 to 16 bytes The length of the security header depends on the level of security selected When the security setting is 0 the maximum user data transfer over the air is 1516 bytes When encryption is enabled the entire packet of user data payload is encrypted If authentica...

Page 120: ...e Aprisa SRi traffic protocols The default setting is Automatic Note The Aprisa SRi network is transparent to the protocol being transmitted therefore the Packet Filtering parameter is based on the Aprisa SRi addressing and network protocols not the user SCADA etc traffic protocols Serial Data Stream Mode This parameter controls the traffic flow in the radio serial ports Option Function Broadcast ...

Page 121: ... unicast packet sets the number of retries for a packet sent to the base station The default value is Auto If the Auto is ticked remote radios will use the Remote To Base Packet retries setting sent from the base station If the Auto is unticked remote radios will use the unicast packet retries set on the remote radio Broadcast Packet The base station broadcast packet retries sets the number of bro...

Page 122: ...fic Low Utilizes a minimal of the available capacity for large amounts of management data Lowest impact on user traffic The default setting is high Network Traffic Type This parameter optimizes the channel settings for the predominant traffic type Option Function User Defined Allows the user to define the channel settings see Radio Advanced Setup on page 126 Serial Only Optimizes the channel setti...

Page 123: ... connect with a base station if there is some overlap between configured channels on the base and the radio When a remote radio registers with the base station the remote radio will automatically configure to use the zone channel list distributed by the base station The zone channels displayed on the remote radio will continue to display the radio channels initially enabled not the zone channel li...

Page 124: ...isa SRi for the zone number The zone frequencies are spaced at the hop frequency of 62 5 kHz Channels Enabled Displays the number of channels selected in the zone Controls The Enable All button enables all zones and all channels in each zone The Disable All button disables all zones and all channels in each zone ...

Page 125: ...s 50 Initially remote radio channels are enabled to allow communication with the base station When a remote radio registers with the base station the remote radio will automatically configure to use the zone channel list distributed by the base station The zone channels displayed on the remote radio will continue to display the radio channels initially enabled not the zone channel list distributed...

Page 126: ...ster requests If the TTL value is too long the SCADA master will detect sequence errors It is recommended to use a TTL which is half the serial SCADA timeout This is commonly called the scan timeout or link layer time out or retry timeout When using TCP protocols a TTL of 1500 ms is recommended because a TCP re transmission usually occurs after approximately 3 seconds In SCADA networks which use b...

Page 127: ...is allowed to live in the system before being dropped if it cannot be transmitted over the air The default setting is 800 ms Ethernet Packet Time to Live ms This parameter sets the time an Ethernet packet is allowed to live in the system before being dropped if it cannot be transmitted over the air The default setting is 600 ms ...

Page 128: ... the Radio Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 Serial Serial Summary RS 232 Hardware Ports This page displays the current settings for the serial port parameters See Serial Port Setup on page 130 for configuration options ...

Page 129: ...ngs for the USB serial port parameters Type This parameter displays the Serial Port interface type If the Name is USB Serial Port Option Function RS 232 Indicates that a USB to RS 232 serial converter is plugged into the radio RS 485 Indicates that a USB to RS 485 serial converter is plugged into the radio ...

Page 130: ...NGS Name This parameter sets the port name which can be up to 32 characters Option Function Serial Port This is for the standard RS 232 serial ports provided with the RJ45 connectors USB Serial Port This is the optional RS 232 RS 485 serial port provided with the USB host port connector with a USB to RS 232 RS 485 RJ45 converter cable see USB Serial Ports on page 318 ...

Page 131: ... both Ethernet ports and serial ports on remote radios RS 232 traffic is encapsulated in IP packets see Serial Port Setup Terminal Server on page 138 SLIP IP packets are encapsulated over RS 232 interface port see Serial Port Setup Serial Line Interface Protocol SLIP on page 141 MTU Size bytes This parameter sets the size of the packet in bytes received before it is transmitted if an inter frame g...

Page 132: ...prisa SRi buffer is full the CTS goes OFF In the case of radio link failure the signal goes to OFF ve state In terminal server mode the serial packet is no different from an Ethernet packet and travels through various packet queues before being transmitted over the air Thus the serial flow control has no affect in terminal server mode Inter Frame Gap chars This parameter defines the gap between su...

Page 133: ...not receive a status packet within a predefined time then it asserts an instantaneous channel monitor error ROK this error clears as soon as the next status packet is received There are two more significant errors RBAD ROK dropout for settable time and CBAD long term channel unavailability exceeding a settable threshold that will be asserted if more extensive delays occur or the communications cha...

Page 134: ... air OTA packet size To date 4RF has lab tested and confirmed operation with the follow SEL Mirrored Bits devices Contact 4RF for preferred configuration 2411 PAC Programmable Automation Controller 2505 series remote I O modules 321 series relays 4RF is working with customers to confirm support for other devices as they are identified The remainder of this document details the configuration settin...

Page 135: ...proven to provide reliable communications is 9600 bit with this rate an IFG of 0 2 is required to be used With the 2505 device the IFG increases with increases in serial baud rate while easier to detect gaps the ROK error period is reduced MTU initially set to 32 bytes Dependent on serial line baud rate channel size modulation security settings intended traffic mix and all other settings that infl...

Page 136: ...ernatively reboot the radio Note if the serial baud rate intended to be used is not 9600 then repeat for each different rate and clearly identify the screen prints by baud rate before forwarding to 4RF Note there are additional low level configurations which can improve performance 4RF will detail these if required based on the information received Additional Setup for Improved Latency or Addition...

Page 137: ...n introducing new devices It is recommended that initial testing is carried out with one step size higher 8 on MTU Serial Baud Rate Modulation Channel Size Minimum MTU Size IFG SEL 2505 One Way Latency ms 9600 64 QAM Low 50 8 0 2 20 0 9600 16 QAM Low 50 16 0 2 9600 QPSK Low 50 24 0 2 42 5 19200 64 QAM Low 50 16 0 5 25 0 19200 16 QAM Low 50 24 0 5 19200 QPSK Low 50 24 0 5 38400 64 QAM Low 50 24 3 4...

Page 138: ...er The radio will listen for a TCP connection on the specified local port Generally this setting is for the remote radio with a serial connection to the RTU Data received from any client shall be forwarded to the associated serial port while data received from that serial port shall be forwarded to every client with an open TCP connection If no existing TCP connections exist all data received from...

Page 139: ...rotocol Conversion This parameter defines the mode of operation of the terminal server connection The default setting is None Option Function None No terminal server Protocol Conversion Modbus TCP to Modbus RTU The radio provides a gateway between Modbus TCP to Modbus RTU Modbus TCP to Modbus ASCII The radio provides a gateway between Modbus TCP to Modbus ASCII Local Address This parameter sets th...

Page 140: ...otocol This parameter sets the L4 TCP IP or UDP IP protocol used for terminal server operation The default setting is TCP Gateway IP Address This Terminal Server parameter sets the Gateway IP address of a router in the network that serves as the forwarding router to other networks when no other route specification matches the destination IP address of a packet This is useful when default gateway I...

Page 141: ...and can coexist and operate with a mix of Ethernet interfaces serial SLIP and terminal server interfaces As the RTU PLC serial SLIP interface doesn t support MAC addresses a remote radio SLIP interface uses a proxy ARP function that returns its own MAC address for ARP requests based on the IP address of the RTU PLC SLIP interface Serial Device IP Address This parameter sets the IP address of the R...

Page 142: ... communicating with serial ports on other stations Terminal Server A base station Ethernet port can communicate with both Ethernet ports and serial ports on remote radios RS 232 traffic is encapsulated in IP packets see Serial Port Setup Terminal Server on page 138 CLI Management The USB host port is used to access the radio Command Line Interface CLI A USB converter to RS 232 convertor will be re...

Page 143: ... number of stop bits to 1 or 2 bits The default setting is 1 bit Flow Control This parameter sets the flow control of the serial port The default setting is Disabled Option Function None The Aprisa SRi radio port DCE CTS is in a permanent ON ve state CTS RTS CTS RTS hardware flow control between the DTE and the Aprisa SRi radio port DCE is enabled If the Aprisa SRi buffer is full the CTS goes OFF ...

Page 144: ... values give better serial latency however if this value is too small then packets may be incorrectly split and serial speed may be much slower If this value is too large serial packets may be incorrectly joined together The Inter Frame Gap limits are 0 to 9999 chars in steps of 0 1 char The default setting is 3 5 chars An alarm event indicates if the value is set larger than the maximum for the s...

Page 145: ...iver devices are Part Number Part Description 1 FTD FT X GPS GPS Receiver 1575 MHz USB Dongle 2 INV EZ GPS GPS Receiver 1575 MHz USB SMA PCT GNSS HR26PM Antenna Patch 1565 1610 MHz GNSS Freq Filter SMA MTU Size bytes This parameter is not required for GPS Receiver device Baud Rate bit s Set to 4800 bit s for both supported GPS Receiver devices above Character Length bits Set to 8 bits Parity Set t...

Page 146: ...the Radio Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 Ethernet Ethernet Summary This page displays the current settings for the Ethernet port parameters and the status of the ports See Ethernet Port Setup for configuration options ...

Page 147: ...rols the Ethernet traffic flow The default setting is Standard Option Function Standard Enables Ethernet data communication over the radio link but Ethernet traffic is not switched locally between the two Ethernet ports Switch Ethernet traffic is switched locally between the two Ethernet ports and communicated over the radio link Disabled Disables all Ethernet data communications ...

Page 148: ...port The default setting is Auto Option Function Auto Provides auto selection of Ethernet Port duplex setting Half Duplex The Ethernet Port is manually set to Half Duplex Full Duplex The Ethernet Port is manually set to Full Duplex Function This parameter controls the use for the Ethernet port The default setting is Management and User Option Function Management Only The Ethernet port is only used...

Page 149: ... will be transmitted over the radio link User traffic that does not meet the filtering criteria will not be transmitted over the radio link Management traffic to the radio will never be blocked Source MAC Address This parameter sets the filter to the Source MAC address of the packet in the format hh hh hh hh hh hh If the Source MAC Address is set to FF FF FF FF FF FF traffic will be accepted from ...

Page 150: ...ination MAC address Special L2 Filtering Rules Unicast Only Traffic This L2 filtering allows for Unicast only traffic and drop broadcast and multicast traffic This filtering is achieved by adding the two rules Rule Source MAC Address Destination MAC Address Protocol Type Allow ARPS FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF ARP Allow Unicasts from Any source FF FF FF FF FF FF FE FF FF FF FF FF Any To del...

Page 151: ...ID and the Double VLAN ID S VLAN and the priority bit These parameters can t be defined per port and are globally defined for the Ethernet Bridge VLAN Enabled This parameter sets if VLAN operation is required on the network If it is enabled on the base station it must also be enabled on the remote radios The default is disabled Management VLAN This parameter sets the VLAN ID for management traffic...

Page 152: ... The default is Priority 1 Best Effort Option Egress Priority Classification High Low Priority Priority 0 Background 0 Lowest Priority Priority 1 Best Effort 1 Priority 2 Excellent Effort 2 Priority 3 Critical Applications 3 Priority 4 Video 4 Priority 5 Voice 5 Priority 6 Internetwork Control 6 Priority 7 Network Control 7 Highest Priority ...

Page 153: ...default is disabled Double Tagging Enabled This parameter enables double tagging on this specific port When enabled if the ingress traffic is double tagged the Aprisa SRi will check and validate that the S VLAN ID matches the S VLAN defined in Double Tag Egress S VLAN ID in the all ports tab If there is a match the packet will be forwarded into the Bridge and the S VLAN outer tag will be removed t...

Page 154: ... as if they were single tagged frames At the egress of the Ethernet port such frames are forwarded only if the S VLAN ID of that frame is a member of the Port VLAN Membership PVID Port VLAN ID This parameter sets the frame VLAN ID when the ingress frame is untagged e g when in port VLAN membership the egress action is set to untagged and forward or priority tagged VLAN 0 The value can be between 1...

Page 155: ...nction Untag and forward Removes the tagged information and forwards the frame On Ingress the VLAN tag will be added to the PVID tag Forward Forwards the tagged frame as it is on egress On Ingress traffic is expected to include the VLAN tag with a member VLAN ID otherwise the packet will be dropped Controls The Add button adds the selected entry The Delete button deletes the selected entry ...

Page 156: ...P IP IP Summary Bridge Gateway Router Modes This page displays the current settings for the Networking IP Settings for an Ethernet Operating Mode of Bridge or Gateway Router See IP IP Setup Bridge Gateway Router Modes on page 159 for configuration options ...

Page 157: ...sa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 IP IP Summary Router Mode This page displays the current settings for the Networking IP Settings for an Ethernet Operating Mode of Router See IP IP Setup Router Mode on page 160 for configuration options ...

Page 158: ...g Mode of Bridge or Gateway Router TERMINAL SERVER SUMMARY IP Terminal Server converts local incoming IP packets to a local physical serial port and to OTA serial packets This function is typically used on a base master station to convert traffic to serial OTA for transmission to all remote radios See IP IP Terminal Server Setup for configuration options ...

Page 159: ...ode The default IP address is in the range 169 254 50 10 Subnet Mask Set the Subnet Mask of the radio Management and Ethernet ports using the standard format xxx xxx xxx xxx The default subnet mask is 255 255 0 0 16 Gateway Set the Gateway address of the radio if required using the standard format xxx xxx xxx A default gateway is the node on the network that traffic is directed to when an IP addre...

Page 160: ...et Mask Set the Subnet Mask of the of the radio Ethernet port n using the standard format xxx xxx xxx xxx The default subnet mask is 255 255 0 0 16 Gateway Set the Gateway address of the radio Ethernet port n if required using the standard format xxx xxx xxx A default gateway is the node on the network that traffic is directed to when an IP address does not match any other routes in the routing ta...

Page 161: ... base station RF interface IP address is a network IP address and if the remote radio is also using a network IP address within the same subnet or different subnet then the base radio will assign an automatic RF interface IP address from its own subnet When the base radio has a host specific RF interface IP address then all the remotes must have a host specific RF interface IP address from the sam...

Page 162: ...ts as well This function is typically used on a base master station to convert traffic to serial OTA for transmission to all remote radios Name This parameter displays the IP terminal server port name Serial Port This parameter selects the serial port to use IP terminal server Option Function Serial Port This is the normal RS 232 serial ports provided with the RJ45 connector USB Serial Port This i...

Page 163: ...t to establish a TCP connection with the specified remote unit Generally this setting is for the base station with an Ethernet connection to the SCADA master Server The radio will listen for a TCP connection on the specified local port Generally this setting is for the remote radio with a serial connection to the RTU Data received from any client shall be forwarded to the associated serial port wh...

Page 164: ...nfigured inactivity time TCP Keep Alive A TCP keep alive is a message sent by one device to another to check that the link between the two is operating or to prevent the link from being broken If the TCP keep alive is enabled the radio will be notified if the TCP connection fails If the TCP keep alive is disabled the radio relies on the Inactivity Timeout to detect a TCP connection failure The def...

Page 165: ...e used for L4 TCP UDP port filtering which in most cases relates to specific applications as per IANA official and unofficial well known ports Entering a into any to field will automatically enter the wildcard values when the data is saved Priority This parameter shows the priority order in which the filters are processed Action This parameter defines the action taken on the packet when it meets t...

Page 166: ...e filter criteria Destination Wildcard Mask This parameter defines the mask applied to the destination IP address 0 means that it must be a match If the destination wildcard mask is set to 0 0 0 0 the complete destination IP address will be evaluated for the filter criteria If the destination wildcard mask is set to 0 0 255 255 the first 2 octets of the destination IP address will be evaluated for...

Page 167: ...er the radio link or discarded based on the route criteria Route Index This parameter shows the route index Destination Address This parameter defines the destination IP address of the route criteria Destination Mask This parameter defines the subnet mask applied to the Destination IP Address 255 means that it must be a match If the destination subnet mask is set to 255 255 255 255 all octets of t...

Page 168: ...e gateway address is the IP address of the device connected to the Ethernet port If the gateway interface is set to Radio Path the gateway address is the IP address of the remote radio Gateway Interface This parameter sets the destination interface Option Function Ethernet Ports Packets are forwarded to the Ethernet interface port Radio Path Packets are forwarded to the RF Interface radio path ...

Page 169: ...ng Mode on page 110 NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION Mode Option Function Disabled No Network Address Translation One to One NAT mapping translating of public interface IP address space into another private interfaces IP address space and vice versa via AGRM ARM router Port Forwarding NAT mapping translating of public TCP UDP port or ICMP query ID of a single public IP addresses into multiple private I...

Page 170: ...RM ARM and Bridge Mix AGRM ARM and Bridge i e other network configuration options are not supported by NAT such as AGRM ARM AGRM ARM network For more detailed information about NAT see section Network Address Translation NAT Router on page 41 Public Interface This parameter sets the Global external public interface Option Function Radio Port The public interface for NAT is the radio port Ethernet ...

Page 171: ...never there is a matching rule in the private IP address and protocol fields translating it to the public IP address Public Destination IP Address Start The start of the public destination IP address range Public Destination IP Address End The end of the public destination IP address range Protocol The matching protocol where NAT should perform the IP address translation function Supports ICMP TCP...

Page 172: ...lation whenever there is a matching rule in the private IP address and protocol fields translating it to the public IP address Public Destination IP Address Start The start of the public destination IP address range Public Destination IP Address End The end of the public destination IP address range Protocol The matching protocol where NAT should perform the IP address translation function Support...

Page 173: ...s thus a multiple Ethernet port can be used as a public interface This is useful for example when radio is connected via two Ethernet ports to two different networks with different subnets for protection or for different services e g SCADA service and management service Option Function Radio Port The public interface for NAT is the radio port Ethernet Port 1 The public interface for NAT is a Ether...

Page 174: ...Timeout This time defines the NAT session period in the NAT session table The session will be automatically removed once the idle timer expires The Time is common for ANY protocol This timer will be reset to 0 in session table when a matching packet hits the NAT rule ...

Page 175: ...tion direction will perform the IP address translation whenever there is a matching rule in the TCP UDP port and private IP address and protocol fields or a dynamic rule is created translating it to the single public IP address and TCP UDP port Public Destination Port Start The start of the public destination port range between 0 to 65535 Public Destination Port End The end of the public destinati...

Page 176: ... Destination Port Start The start of the private destination port range between 0 to 65535 Private Destination Port End The end of the private destination port range between 0 to 65535 Active If checked the rule becomes active if unchecked the rule is inactive ...

Page 177: ...rface translation direction will perform the IP address translation whenever there is a matching rule in the TCP UDP port and private IP address and protocol fields or a dynamic rule is created translating it to the single public IP address and TCP UDP port Public Destination Port Start The start of the public destination port range between 0 to 65535 Public Destination Port End The end of the pub...

Page 178: ... Destination Port Start The start of the private destination port range between 0 to 65535 Private Destination Port End The end of the private destination port range between 0 to 65535 Active If checked the rule becomes active if unchecked the rule is inactive ...

Page 179: ...Managing the Radio 179 Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 QoS QoS Summary This page provides a summary of the QoS Settings See QoS Traffic Priority and QoS Traffic Classification for configuration options ...

Page 180: ...al data priority can be set to Very High High Medium and Low The default setting is Low A queuing system is used to prioritize traffic from the serial and Ethernet interfaces for over the air transmission A weighting may be given to each data type and this is used to schedule the next transmission over the air e g if there are pending data packets in multiple buffers but serial data has a higher w...

Page 181: ...ated Services Code Point on page 184 The default setting is Low A queuing system is used to prioritize customer traffic from the serial and Ethernet interfaces for over the air transmission A weighting may be given to each data type and this is used to schedule the next transmission over the air e g if there are pending data packets in multiple buffers but serial data has a higher weighting it wil...

Page 182: ...riority The radio in bridge mode used the PCP value in the VLAN tag to prioritize packets and provide the appropriate QoS treatment per traffic type The radio implements 4 priority queuing techniques that base its QoS on the VLAN priority PCP Based on VLAN priority bits traffic can be put into a particular Class of Service CoS queue Packets with higher CoS will always serve first for OTA transfer ...

Page 183: ...dio network VLAN priority to the internal radio CoS priority using the PCP priority definition tab The radio support 4 queues thus at maximum an 8 4 VLAN priority CoS mapping is done Default mapping of ingress packet VLAN priority to radio CoS priority shown in the PCP priority definition tab ...

Page 184: ...traffic can be partition into multiple priority levels The radio in router mode uses the DSCP value in the IP header to select a PHB behaviour for the packet and provide the appropriate QoS treatment The radio implements 4 priority queuing techniques that base its PHB on the DSCP in the IP header of a packet Based on DSCP traffic can be put into a particular priority CoS Class of Service queue Pac...

Page 185: ...ng the DSCP priority definition tab The radio support four queues thus at maximum a 64 4 CoS priority mapping is done Default mapping of ingress packet DSCP priority to radio CoS shown in the DSCP priority definition tab The radio maps all 64 DSCP values The user can configure most common used 21 DSCP codes and the rest are mapped by default to low CoS priority ...

Page 186: ... to identify and classify the specific traffic type When an ingress packet matches the profile L2 3 4 header fields settings the packet is assigned to a particular VLAN and CoS priority in bridge mode or to CoS priority in router mode to provide the appropriate QoS treatment The radio supports four CoS priority queues very high high medium and low These queues are connected to a strict priority sc...

Page 187: ...by its associated VLAN ID and VLAN CoS priority to provide the appropriate QoS treatment CoS Priority can be set to very high high medium low priority Profile name A free form field to enter the profile name with a maximum of 32 chars Assigned Priority Traffic packets that match the applied profile rules will be assigned to the selected assigned priority setting of Very High High Medium and Low Th...

Page 188: ...e station will drop a packet from the remote This setting parameter can be Don t Care Assigned VLAN ID 0 which means that the VLAN ID of ingress frame will never be modified Active Activates or deactivates the profile rule Controls The Save button saves all profiles to the radio The Cancel button removes all changes since the last save or first view of the page if there has not been any saves This...

Page 189: ...n rule VLAN ID Sets the layer 2 packet Ethernet header VLAD ID field in the selected profile classification rule Valid values are between 0 and 4095 This VLAN ID should be enabled in the system for using this parameter during classification Enable this VLAN in the network by setting the same VLAN ID value in PVID port VLAN ID and in the PORT VLAN MEMBERSHIP under VLAN PORT SETTINGS Port on page 15...

Page 190: ...eld used as DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point per RFC 2474 and RFC 2475 priority bit in the selected profile classification rules PCP DSCP Range As per the priority type selection this parameter sets the PCP priority value s or DSCP priority value s fields in the selected profile classification rule The value can be set to a single priority or a single range no multiple ranges are allowed fo...

Page 191: ...t IP header DSCP priority field values DSCP Value Decimal DSCP Priority 46 EF Expedited Forwarding 10 AF11 Assured Forwarding 12 AF12 14 AF13 18 AF21 20 AF22 22 AF23 26 AF31 28 AF32 30 AF33 34 AF41 36 AF42 38 AF43 0 CS0 Best Effort BE 8 CS1 Class Selector 16 CS2 24 CS3 32 CS4 40 CS5 48 CS6 56 CS7 ...

Page 192: ...classification rule in the format of hh hh hh hh hh hh Source MAC Wildcard Mask This parameter sets the wildcard mask of the Source MAC Address If the Source MAC Address is set to FF FF FF FF FF FF all source MAC addresses will meet the criteria Destination MAC Address This parameter sets the Layer 2 Ethernet packet header Destination MAC Address field in the selected profile classification rule i...

Page 193: ...t to 0 0 255 255 the first 2 octets of the Source IP Address will be evaluated for the classification rule If the wildcard mask is set to 255 255 255 255 none of the Source IP Address will be evaluated for the classification rule Note The wildcard mask operation is the inverse of subnet mask operation Destination IP Address This parameter sets the Layer 3 IP packet header Destination IP Address fi...

Page 194: ...in the selected profile classification rule To specify a range insert a dash between the ports e g 1000 2000 If the source port range is set to 1 65535 traffic from any source port will meet the criteria Destination Range This parameter sets the Layer 4 TCP UDP packet header Destination Port or Destination Port range field in the selected profile classification rules To specify a range insert a da...

Page 195: ...affic type will be identified in the radio network by its associated CoS priority to provide the appropriate QoS treatment CoS Priority can be set to very high high medium low priority Profile name A free form field to enter the profile name with a maximum of 32 chars Assigned Priority Traffic packets that match the applied profile rules will be assigned to the selected assigned priority setting o...

Page 196: ... is added after that profile The Delete button will delete the selected profile The button will be disabled unless a profile has been selected The Delete All button will delete all the profiles A pop up will ask if the action is correct If the answer is yes then all profiles are deleted in SuperVisor The Save button must be pressed to delete all the profiles in the radio The Move up button will mo...

Page 197: ...e layer 1 Ethernet port number or all Ethernet ports in the selected profile classification rules PRIORITY CRITERIA DSCP Range Sets the DSCP priority value s field in the selected profile classification rule The value can be set to a single priority or a single range no multiple range are allowed for example priority value can be 46 EF or a range of priority values like 10 14 ...

Page 198: ...t IP header DSCP priority field values DSCP Value Decimal DSCP Priority 46 EF Expedited Forwarding 10 AF11 Assured Forwarding 12 AF12 14 AF13 18 AF21 20 AF22 22 AF23 26 AF31 28 AF32 30 AF33 34 AF41 36 AF42 38 AF43 0 CS0 Best Effort BE 8 CS1 Class Selector 16 CS2 24 CS3 32 CS4 40 CS5 48 CS6 56 CS7 ...

Page 199: ...IP Address This parameter is written in the standard IPv4 format of xxx xxx xxx xxx 0 means that it must be a match If the wildcard mask is set to 0 0 0 0 the complete Source IP Address will be evaluated for the classification rules If the wildcard mask is set to 0 0 255 255 the first 2 octets of the Source IP Address will be evaluated for the classification rules If the wildcard mask is set to 25...

Page 200: ...col field in the selected profile classification rule This field defines the protocol used in the data portion of the IP datagram Protocol number Examples Protocol Protocol value decimal ICMP 1 TCP 6 UDP 17 TCP UDP Port Criteria Source Range This parameter sets the Layer 4 TCP UDP packet header Source Port or Source Port range field in the selected profile classification rule To specify a range in...

Page 201: ...ing the Radio 201 Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 Security Security Summary This page displays the current settings for the Security parameters See Security Setup and Security Manager for configuration options ...

Page 202: ...Scheme This parameter sets the security scheme to one of the values in the following table Security Scheme Disabled No encryption and no Message Authentication Code AES Encryption CCM Authentication 128 bit AES Encryption CCM Authentication 64 bit AES Encryption CCM Authentication 32 bit AES Encryption only CCM Authentication 128 bit CCM Authentication 64 bit CCM Authentication 32 bit The default ...

Page 203: ...ption size the better the security Payload Encryption Key This parameter sets the Payload Encryption password This key is used to encrypt the payload Pass Phrase Good password policy contains at least eight characters and contains at least one upper case letter and contains at least one lower case letter and contains at least one digit or another character such as and is not a term in a familiar l...

Page 204: ...e encryption key must be 16 bytes 32 chars The default setting is Pass Phrase Key Encryption Key Size This parameter sets the Encryption Type to AES128 AES192 or AES256 The default setting is AES128 The higher the encryption type the better the security Key Encryption Key This parameter sets the Key Encryption Key This is used to encrypt the payload encryption key USB Transaction Status This param...

Page 205: ...ended as a plain text phrase based on known spelling and grammar constructs is not very random The default Key Encryption Key is provided only to allow testing of the security mechanism and is not intended for operational use Using the default Key Encryption Key undermines the security of the AES payload encryption because an attacker using the default Key Encryption Key would immediately recover ...

Page 206: ...ocol This parameter sets the SNMP Protocol Option Function Disabled All SNMP functions are disabled All Versions Allows all SNMP protocol versions SNMPv3 Only Only SNMPv3 transactions will be accepted including authenticated or encrypted transactions SNMPv3 With Authentication Only Only SNMPv3 transactions authenticated using HMAC MD5 or HMAC SHA will be accepted as per table below SNMPv3 With Enc...

Page 207: ... a user authentication passphrase The following are examples of Changing the privUserSHA user encryption key password from privUserSHA to privUserSHANew c usr bin snmpusm v 3 u privUserSHA n priv l authPriv a SHA A privUserSHA x AES X privUserSHA Cx 172 17 70 17 passwd privUserSHA privUserSHANew Changing the privUserSHA user authentication key password from privUserSHA to privUserSHANew c usr bin ...

Page 208: ...tion key password from authUserMD5 to authUserMD5New c usr bin snmpusm v 3 u authUserMD5 n auth l authNoPriv a MD5 A authUserMD5 Ca 172 17 70 17 passwd authUserMD5 authUserMD5New Notes Cx option is to change the Encryption key password Ca option is to change the Authentication key password Other information on this utility can be obtained from the utility command help itself or online Summary It i...

Page 209: ...radio in the network and via the CLI reset the passphrases 2 Login to the radio with Login admin Password 3 Set all SNMP3 users to default values with the snmpusm reset command see SNMP3 users to default values below for the list of default values 4 Reboot the radio with the reboot command SSH This parameter enables disables Secure Shell SSH The default setting is enabled Create New SSH Keys This ...

Page 210: ...g the Save button will be grayed out and the Copy To USB button will not be shown SNMPv3 Context Addressing SNMPv3 is not user configurable and user can use this option with any NMS The radio SNMP management interface supports SNMPv3 2 context addressing The SNMv3 context addressing allows the user to use secure SNMPv3 management while improving NMS performance A NMS Network Management System can ...

Page 211: ... this mode the user account will be locked out for the duration specified in Level 1 Lockout Duration and Level 2 Lockout Duration cycling between the two This mode slows down attacks Attack Lockout In this mode the user account will be permanently locked out if the protection mechanism has reached Locked Level 1 and Locked Level 2 and the next login attempt fails The user account must then be man...

Page 212: ...t mechanism will be processed as follows When the number of login failure attempts is less than the setting of the Login Failure Attempts field the login attempt is processed When the number of login failure attempts is greater than the setting of the Login Failure Attempts field the user account will be o temporarily disabled at level 1 for the Level 1 Lockout Duration period if the user account ...

Page 213: ...d level 1 shall be unlocked and put in the released from level 1 lockout state after this level 1 lockout duration has expired Level 2 Lockout Duration min When Login Protection Mode is active and the user account is in the state of locked level 2 the user account will be locked out for the duration specified This field can be set from 5 to 30 minutes and the default value is 5 minutes A user acco...

Page 214: ... new user 1 Click Add If the currently viewed page is full displaying 8 user accounts SuperVisor shall automatically display the last user account page when a new user is added However if there are unsaved changes on the current page the user shall be prompted to save the changes first before adding a new user 2 Enter the Username A username can be up to 32 characters but cannot contain tabs Usern...

Page 215: ...lt usernames and passwords of the same name The default login is admin This login has full access to all radio parameters including the ability to add and change users There can only be a maximum of two usernames with admin privileges and the last username with admin privileges cannot be deleted User Privilege Default Username Default Password User Privileges View Users in this group can only view...

Page 216: ...de is active and the user account has been locked out due to repeated unsuccessful login attempts The user account is permanently locked out This tab shall also provide the interface for the ADMIN user to unlock any locked user accounts The Unlock button shall be disabled unless a locked account is selected in which case clicking the button will unlock the selected account To delete a user 1 Selec...

Page 217: ...io the password is immediately changed so it can t be used again Recovery Method Option Function Standard OTP Using the Standard OTP password when logging into a radio allows the user to change the radio Admin password so it can then be used to login and access the radio Standard and Factory OTP Using the Standard and Factory OTP password when logging into a radio allows the user to change the rad...

Page 218: ...218 Managing the Radio Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 The Copy button copies the generated passwords to the clipboard for storage in a text file for future use ...

Page 219: ...io Access Controls and Community strings must be set up as described in the following sections A SNMP Community String is used to protect against unauthorized access similar to a password The SNMP agent radio or SNMP manager will check the community string before performing the task requested in the SNMP message ACCESS CONTROL SETUP A SNMP Access Control is the IP address of the radio used by an S...

Page 220: ...achieved by using the radio s IP address and the normal community string or by proxy in the base station SNMP Access via Base Station Proxy To access the remote radios via the base station proxy the community strings must be setup on the SNMP manager in the format ccccccccc bbbbbb Where ccccccccc is the community string of the base station and bbbbbb is the last 3 bytes of the remote radio MAC add...

Page 221: ... sent to the RADIUS server for authentication of the user Transactions between the RADIUS client and RADIUS server are authenticated through the use of a shared secret which is never sent over the network For a RADIUS server to respond to the radio it must be configured with the following Management Privilege level attributes Admin Level 4 Technician Level 2 Viewer Level 1 Alternatively for Admin ...

Page 222: ...authentication servers setup in Radius Server Settings Secondary Server This parameter sets which radius server is used as the secondary server for authentication Select one of the possible authentication servers setup in Radius Server Settings RADIUS ACCOUNTING SETTINGS Primary Server This parameter sets which radius server is used as the primary server for accounting log of user activity Select ...

Page 223: ...ved from the radius server Reject and Deny Reject the authentication received from the radius server RADIUS SERVER SETTINGS Server Name You can enter up to four radius servers 1 4 IP Address The IP address of the Radius server Port Number The Port Number of the Radius server RADIUS uses UDP as the transport protocol UDP port 1812 is used for authentication authorization UDP port 1813 is used for a...

Page 224: ... always active PREVIOUS PAYLOAD SECURITY PROFILE Profile Name This parameter displays the security profile that was active on the radio prior to the current profile being activated Status This parameter displays the status of the security profile that was active on the radio prior to the current profile being activated Option Function Active The security profile is active on the radio Inactive The...

Page 225: ...rofile that could be activated on the radio or distributed to all remote radios with Security Distribution Status This parameter displays the status of the new security profile Option Function Unavailable A predefined security profile is not available on this radio To create a predefined security profile go to Security Setup on page 202 Available A predefined security profile is available on this ...

Page 226: ...ot available on this radio Available A predefined payload security profile is available on this radio for distribution and activation Start Transfer This parameter when activated distributes broadcasts the new payload security profile to all remote radios in the network Note The distribution of the payload security profile to remote radios does not stop customer traffic from being transferred Payl...

Page 227: ...le has been setup see Security Setup on page 202 1 Tick Start Transfer and click Apply Note This process could take up to 1 minute per radio depending on channel size Ethernet Management Priority setting and the amount of customer traffic on the network 2 When the distribution is completed activate the software with the Remote Payload Security Profile Activation ...

Page 228: ...ofile available for activation on all remote radios To activate the security profile in remote radios This process assumes that a security profile has been setup into the base station see Security Setup on page 202 and distributed to all remote radios in the network Note Do not navigate SuperVisor away from this page during the activation process SuperVisor can lose PC focus 1 Click Start Activati...

Page 229: ...e Remote Status Polling Period sec This parameter displays the rate at which SuperVisor refreshes the Remote Radio alarm LED states and RSSI value Network View Polling Period sec This parameter displays the rate at which SuperVisor polls all remote radios for status and alarm reporting Inactivity Timeout min This parameter displays the period of user inactivity before SuperVisor automatically logs...

Page 230: ...nt This parameter displays the number of times the base station attempts to poll the network at startup or if a duplicate IP is detected when a remote radio is replaced UPGRADE USB Boot Cycle Upgrade This parameter shows the type of USB Boot Cycle upgrade defined in Software Setup USB Boot Upgrade on page 259 LICENCE Remote Management This parameter displays if Remote Management is enabled or disa...

Page 231: ...20 seconds Remote Status Polling Period sec This parameter sets the rate at which SuperVisor refreshes the Remote Radio alarm LED states and RSSI value To avoid problems when managing Aprisa SRi Networks ensure that the Remote Polling Period is set to be longer than the Inband Management Timeout set on page 102 The default setting is 20 seconds Inactivity Timeout min This parameter sets the period...

Page 232: ...hanges or Cancel to restore the current value 4 Click OK to reboot the radio or Cancel to abort All the radio LEDs will flash repeatedly for 1 second The radio will be operational again in about 10 seconds The OK MODE and AUX LEDs will light green and the TX and RX LEDs will be green steady or flashing if the network is operating correctly 5 Login to SuperVisor ...

Page 233: ...osite is not true for this diagnostic function In other words this diagnostic function does not provide the user with the option to temporarily enable forward error correction on the channel All diagnostic functions are not persistent and will be return to disabled states should the system restart Option Function Enable Enables the FEC Disable diagnostic function Disable Disables the FEC Disable d...

Page 234: ...modulation to be manually locked Timer Allows the adaptive modulation to be manually locked but only for a predetermined period ACM Lock To This parameter manually locks the adaptive modulation Option Function Default Manually locks the adaptive modulation to the default Current Manually locks the adaptive modulation to the current modulation at that time Duration s This parameter defines the peri...

Page 235: ...e for this diagnostic function In other words this diagnostic function does not provide the user with the option to temporarily enable forward error correction on the channel All diagnostic functions are not persistent and will be return to disabled states should the system restart Option Function Enable Enables the FEC Disable diagnostic function Disable Disables the FEC Disable diagnostic functi...

Page 236: ...ters will be set to the factory default values This includes resetting the radio IP address to the default of 169 254 50 10 Note Take care using this command Save User Defaults When activated all current radio parameter settings will be saved to non volatile memory within the radio Restore User Defaults When activated all radio parameters will be set to the settings previously saved using Save Use...

Page 237: ...Managing the Radio 237 Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 Maintenance Licence LICENCE In this software version Remote Management Ethernet Traffic and SNMP management are enabled by default ...

Page 238: ...ntenance file types which can saved restored to from PC or USB flash drive Note 4RF radios only support the FAT32 file system for flash drives If the flash drive is a different format such as exFAT or NTFS you will need to reformat it to FAT32 Also some brands of USB flash drives may not work with 4RF radios ...

Page 239: ...filename of asrcfg_1 1 0 to a binary encrypted file on the radio USB flash drive root directory Restore from PC This restores all user configuration settings from a binary encrypted file on a PC directory to the radio A reboot warning message will warn of a pending reboot after the PC file is selected Clicking OK will open a browser file selection window to select the file Note If you are using Ex...

Page 240: ...owser popup example is Windows Internet Explorer 11 The file should be renamed to be able to identify the radio it was saved from The tar gz file is normally for sending back to 4RF Limited for analysis but can be opened with widely available archive tools e g WinRar or 7 ZIP Save to Radio USB This saves the file with a filename of e g alarm_173 10 1 30_2014 11 10 15 54 14 txt to a text file on th...

Page 241: ...4 hours of data is stored in this file perfDaily csv This file contains the performance data for the radio recorded on a daily basis Up to 31 days of data is stored in this file perfUnitQhour csv This file contains the performance data for the RF path of the radio to each remote radio recorded on a quarter hourly basis Up to 24 hours of data for each RF path is stored in this file perfUnitDaily cs...

Page 242: ...tions The following process steps are recommended a Save the current radio configuration to a PC or USB before uploading the new configuration script file b Upload the new configuration script file to the radio c If for some reason the radio doesn t work as expected the saved configuration file can be uploaded to the radio roll back to previous configuration Retain IP Address This parameter when e...

Page 243: ...os The default setting is 1440 minutes 24 hours Setting this parameter to 0 will stop periodic announcement messages being transmitted Node Missed Poll Count This parameter sets the number of times the base station attempts to poll the network at startup or if a duplicate IP is detected when a remote radio is replaced The default setting is 3 Discover Nodes This parameter when activated triggers t...

Page 244: ...e intermediate nodes see this message and populate their routing tables in the reverse direction thus re establishing the route The default setting is disabled Delete Received Channel List Remote Radios Only This parameter deletes the existing zone channel list and uses the configured zone channel allocation setup with Zone Setup on page 123 until it re registers with the base station and receives...

Page 245: ...ormational Events Informational Events are generated to provide information on key activities that are occurring on the radio These events do not indicate an alarm on the radio and are used to provide information only See Alarm Types and Sources on page 330 for a complete list of events ALARM SUMMARY The Alarm Summary is a display tree that displays the current states of all radio alarms The alarm...

Page 246: ...e last 50 events stored in the radio in blocks of 8 events The Next button will display the next page of 8 events and the Prev button will display the previous page of 8 events Using these buttons will disable Auto Refresh to prevent data refresh and page navigation contention The last 50 events stored in the radio are also accessible via an SNMP command Auto Refresh The Event History page selecte...

Page 247: ...loped and an urgent corrective action is required Such a severity can be reported for example when there is a severe degradation in the capability of the managed object and its full capability must be restored Minor The Minor severity level indicates the existence of a non service affecting fault condition and that corrective action should be taken in order to prevent a more serious for example se...

Page 248: ...rrent reading is outside the limits Example 9 RX CRC Errors The Upper Limit is set to 0 7 and the Duration is set to 5 seconds If in any 5 second period the total number of errored packets divided by the total number of received packets exceeds 0 7 the alarm will activate Units 1 The Units parameter shows the unit for the Lower Limit and Upper Limit parameters Duration This parameter determines th...

Page 249: ...unning the SNMP manager Community String This parameter sets the community string which is sent with the IP address for security The default community string is public Notification Mode This parameter sets when an event related trap is sent Option Function None No event related traps are sent Event Recorded When an event is recorded in the event history log a trap is sent Event Updated When an eve...

Page 250: ... a SNMP v2 Inform Request trap event including trap retry and acknowledgement Notification Type set to Inform Request Timeout second This parameter sets the time interval to wait for an acknowledgement before sending another retry Maximum Retries This parameter sets the maximum number of retries to send the event without acknowledgement before it gives up Enabled This parameter determines if the e...

Page 251: ...o hardware alarm inputs and two hardware alarm outputs provided on the alarm connector The alarm inputs are used to transport alarms to the other radios in the network The alarm outputs are used to receive alarms from other radios in the network Name The alarm IO number Type The Type shows if the alarm is an input or output ...

Page 252: ...the port will cause an active alarm state High The alarm is active high i e an open contact on the port will cause an active alarm state Alarm Output Option Function Low The alarm is active low i e the active alarm state will generate a ground contact output High The alarm is active high i e the active alarm state will generate a open contact output Current State The Current State shows the curren...

Page 253: ...r of the event action setup and the maximum number of setups stored Action Destination IP Address This parameter sets the IP address of the radio that will output the action type Action Type This parameter sets the action type that will be activated on the radio Option Function None This action setup does not activate any alarm output Activate Alarm Output 1 This action setup activates alarm outpu...

Page 254: ...rity Equal or Worse than Minor Activates the action output when a radio alarm is a minor alarm a major alarm or a critical alarm Radio Severity Equal or Worse than Warning Activates the action output when a radio alarm is a warning a major alarm a minor alarm or a critical alarm Controls The Save button saves the current event action setup The Cancel button cancels the new event action setup The A...

Page 255: ...255 Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 Events Defaults EVENT DEFAULTS Restore Defaults This parameter when activated restores all previously configured event parameters using Events Events Setup to the factory default settings ...

Page 256: ...only be used if the radio was a replacement or a new station in an existing network Network Software Upgrade The radio software can be upgraded on an entire Aprisa SRi radio network remotely over the radio link see Network Software Upgrade on page 323 This process involves following steps 1 Transfer the new software to base station with Software File Transfer 2 Distribute the new software to all r...

Page 257: ...ious Version This parameter displays the software version that was running on the radio prior to the current software being activated Software Pack Version On the base station this parameter displays the software version available for distribution to all radios in the network On the all stations this parameter displays the software version ready for activation USB AUTOMATIC UPGRADE USB Boot Upgrad...

Page 258: ... Completed Method This parameter shows the file transfer method When the software distribution is in progress this parameter will change to Over the Air from xx xx xx xx to show that the interface is busy and the transfer is in progress File This parameter shows the software file source Transfer Result This parameter shows the progress of the transfer ...

Page 259: ...sa SRi when the radio is power cycled and activated automatically Load Only New software will be uploaded from a USB flash drive in to the Aprisa SRi when the radio is power cycled The software will need to be manually activated see Software Manager on page 264 Disabled Software will not be uploaded from a USB flash drive into the Aprisa SRi when the radio is power cycled Note This parameter must ...

Page 260: ...To the Radio Method This parameter sets the method of file transfer Option Function USB Transfer Transfers the software from the USB flash drive to the radio FTP Transfers the software from an FTP server to the radio HTTP HTTPS Transfers the software directly from a PC software pack file to the radio File This parameter shows the software file source FTP Username This parameter sets the Username t...

Page 261: ...method File This parameter shows the software file source Transfer Result This parameter shows the progress of the transfer Transfer Result Function Starting Transfer The transfer has started but no data has transferred In Progress x The transfer has started and has transferred x of the data Successful The transfer has finished successfully File Error The transfer has failed Possible causes of fai...

Page 262: ...vate the Software Pack see Software Manager on page 264 The radio will reboot automatically If the file transfer fails check the Event History page see Events Event History on page 246 for more details of the transfer Note Some brands of USB flash drives may not work with 4RF radios FTP Method 1 Unzip the software release files into a temporary directory 2 Open the FTP server and point it to the t...

Page 263: ...tart Transfer 3 Browse to the swpack file in the temporary directory and open the file Go to Supervisor Software Manager and activate the Software Pack see Software Manager on page 264 The radio will reboot automatically If the file transfer fails check the Event History page see Events Event History on page 246 for more details of the transfer ...

Page 264: ...ew software on single radios Network activation is performed with Software Remote Activation Both the previous software if available and Software Pack versions can be activated on the radio from this page CURRENT SOFTWARE Version This parameter displays the software version running on the radio Status This parameter displays the status of the software version running on the radio always active ...

Page 265: ...n SOFTWARE PACK Version This parameter displays the software pack version available for distribution on base station and activate on all stations Status This parameter displays the status of the software pack version Option Function Available On the base station the software pack is available for distribution On all stations the software pack is available for activation Activating The software pac...

Page 266: ... will occur This setting can be any future date and 24 hour time If the network base station radio date time is not synchronized you will get the following popup You can manually enter the base station radio date time or use the Date And Time Synchronization from a SNTP server feature see Terminal Date Time on page 107 ...

Page 267: ...quired to be activated previous software or software pack 2 Click Apply The page will display a Status of Activating Once started activation cannot be cancelled When the activation is completed the radio will reboot This will cause the current SuperVisor session to expire 3 Login to SuperVisor to check the result ...

Page 268: ... link to all remote radios This page is used to manage the distribution of that software pack to all remote radios on the network This page is only available when the radio is configured as a Base Station REMOTE SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION Software Pack Version This parameter displays the software pack version available for distribution on base station and activate on all stations Status This parameter ...

Page 269: ...rocess see Software File Transfer on page 260 1 To ensure that the Network Table is up to date it is recommended running the node discover function see Discover Nodes on page 243 2 Click on Start Transfer Note This process could take anywhere between 40 minutes and several hours depending on channel size Ethernet Management Priority setting and the amount of customer traffic on the network 3 When ...

Page 270: ...as a Base Station REMOTE SOFTWARE ACTIVATION When the software pack version has been distributed to all the remote radios the software is then activated in all the remote radios with this command If successful then activate the software pack in the base station to complete the network upgrade Version This parameter displays the software version for activation The default version is the software pa...

Page 271: ...n which will halt the activation process Skipping the confirmation will enable the activation process to continue without use intervention To activate software in remote radios This process assumes that a Software Pack has been loaded into the base station with the file transfer process see Software File Transfer on page 260 and distributed to all remote radios in the network Note Do not navigate ...

Page 272: ...ios that contain the new software version and can be activated Remote Radios On New Version X is the number of radios that has been successfully activated and now running the new version of software Y is the number of radios that the activation command was executed on Note When upgrading from software version 1 2 5 to 1 2 6 or later communication to all remote radios will be lost due to a MAC prot...

Page 273: ...ation The example shows that during the activation process there were exceptions that may need to be investigated When all the remote radios have been activated the base station radio must now be activated with see Software Manager on page 264 4 Click on OK to start the activation on the base station ...

Page 274: ...onfirmation which will halt the activation process Skipping the confirmation will enable the activation process to continue without use intervention Activation Date Time This parameter sets the Date Time when the remote software activation will occur This setting can be any future date and 24 hour time When the date and time is set the remotes will be polled to setup the scheduled activation date ...

Page 275: ...PPLY PARAMETERS Monitored Parameter Function Normal Operating Limits Current VDC Power Supply Parameter to show the current power supply input voltage 10 to 30 VDC Current 3 3 Volts Power Supply Parameter to show the current 3 3 volt power rail voltage 3 1 to 3 5 VDC Current 5 0 Volts Power Supply Parameter to show the current that the current 5 0 volt power rail voltage 4 7 to 5 5 VDC Current 7 2...

Page 276: ...6 Managing the Radio Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 Controls The History Quarter Hourly button presents a log of results every quarter of an hour The History Daily button presents a log of results every day ...

Page 277: ...he serial port Equal to the serial port baud rate setting Packets Transmitted Parameter to show the number of packets transmitted to the customer from the serial port Packets Received Parameter to show the number of packets received from the customer into the serial port Bytes Received Parameter to show the number of bytes received from the customer into the serial port Errored Bytes Received Para...

Page 278: ...Monitored Parameter Function Normal Operating Limits Maximum Capacity Parameter to show the maximum Ethernet data rate of the Ethernet port Equal to the Ethernet port speed setting Packets Parameter to show the number of packets transmitted to the customer from the Ethernet port Bytes Parameter to show the number of bytes transmitted to the customer from the Ethernet port Packet Collisions Paramet...

Page 279: ...prisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 Controls The Reset button clears the current results The History Quarter Hourly button presents a log of results every quarter of an hour The History Daily button presents a log of results every day ...

Page 280: ...fragments Packets 65 to 127 bytes Parameter to show the number of packets received from the customer into the Ethernet port that are between 65 and 127 bytes including broadcasts multicasts unicasts FCS CRC error alignment error undersize jabber oversize and fragments Packets 128 to 255 bytes Parameter to show the number of packets received from the customer into the Ethernet port that are between...

Page 281: ... CRC Alignment Error Parameter to show the number of CRC alignment errors received from the customer into the Ethernet port CRC alignment errors are defined as frames that had a length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets of between 64 and 1518 octets inclusive but had either a bad Frame Check Sequence FCS with an integral number of octets FCS Error or a bad FCS with a non integral numb...

Page 282: ...prisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 Controls The Reset button clears the current results The History Quarter Hourly button presents a log of results every quarter of an hour The History Daily button presents a log of results every day ...

Page 283: ...s not transmitted over the air due to congestion Dropped Bytes congestion Parameter to show the number of dropped bytes not transmitted over the air due to congestion Last TX Packet PA Current Parameter to show the current consumed by the transmitter power amplifier in mA The value is stored from the last time the transmitter was active and transmitted a packet This value will change depending on ...

Page 284: ...reflected power of 15 dB below the transmit power shows an acceptable performance Last TX Packet VSWR note 1 Parameter to show numerically how well the antenna is impedance matched to the radio The value is stored the last time the transmitter was active and transmitted a packet This value will be dependent on the feeder and antenna performance a value of 1 5 1 shows acceptable performance A value...

Page 285: ...er to show the number of packets dropped because received packets were either destined for another radio or could not be decrypted It is normal to see this counter increment as radios filter out unicast Ethernet or management packets Dropped Bytes filtering Parameter to show the number of bytes dropped because received packets were either destined for another radio or could not be decrypted It is ...

Page 286: ...e updated automatically every 12 seconds RADIO PARAMETERS Result Function To The destination Node Address of the radio s transmitting data to Tx Mod The current radio transmitter modulation being used to communicate with the destination radio s Tx Timestamp The timestamp of the last transmitted packet to the destination radio s Controls The Next button will display the next page of 8 radios and th...

Page 287: ...eter displays the receiver RSSI reading taken from the last data packet received Rx SNR The SNR of the RF signal received from the source radio s This parameter displays the receiver SNR reading taken from the last data packet received Rx Freq Error The frequency difference between this radio s receiver and the frequency of the incoming packet rate from the source radio s Rx Mod The current radio ...

Page 288: ...pdated automatically every 12 seconds Ethernet Ports INTERFACE PARAMETERS Ethernet Ports Monitored Parameter Function NAT In Translations The number of translated packets received on Ethernet ports NAT Out Translations The number of translated packets transmitted on Ethernet ports NAT Discards The number of translated packets rejected discarded on Ethernet ports due to the lack of resource or othe...

Page 289: ...NAT In Translations The number of translated packets received on the radio interface NAT Out Translations The number of translated packets transmitted on the radio interface NAT Discards The number of translated packets rejected discarded on the radio interface due to the lack of resource or other reason ...

Page 290: ...e timestamp of the last received packet used for RSSI Packets Transmitted The number of packets transmitted from the radio Transmit Errors The number of transmit packets not acknowledged by the base station Packets Received The number of packets received by the radio Receive Errors The number of errored packets received by the radio Beacon Packets Not Received The base station sends broadcast beac...

Page 291: ...tup in all the other Monitoring screens e g in the Monitoring Radio Transmitter the User checkbox is ticked for the Dropped Packets Congestion and Dropped Bytes Congestion The results shown are since the page was opened and are updated automatically every 12 seconds Controls The Reset button clears the current results ...

Page 292: ...ocal radio TCP port number Remote Address The remote host IP address in most case a host PC connected to radio network Remote Port The local radio TCP port number in most case a host PC connected to radio network Controls The Next button will display the next page of 8 connections and the Prev button will display the previous page of 8 connections If the Auto Refresh option is ticked the TCP Conne...

Page 293: ...ask The subnet mask of the destination IP address of the route Next Hop The next hop IP address on the path to the destination IP address of the route Interface The physical interface output on the path to the destination IP address of the route Controls The Next button will display the next page of 8 routes and the Prev button will display the previous page of 8 routes If the Auto Refresh option ...

Page 294: ...ds the IPv4 packet encapsulated in Ethernet frame with the found MAC address If the ARP cache table did not produce a result for the destination IPv4 address the radio sends a broadcast ARP message requesting an answer of MAC address that matches for IP address The destination device responds with its MAC address and IP The response information is cached in radios ARP table and the message can now...

Page 295: ...me LAN or in case of VLAN to the specific VLAN except the port that received the frame When the destination bridge device replies the radio bridge adds its relevant MAC source address and interface port number to the MAC address table The switch then forwards subsequent frames to a single LAN port without flooding all LAN ports ADDRESS TABLES Title Function MAC Address The learned MAC address of a...

Page 296: ...ion Idle Time s The total duration where the session has been idle Traffic on this session will reset the Idle Time to zero Session Up Time s The total duration that this session has been shown in the session table Inbound Packets The total number of packets received on the public interface for this session Outbound Packets The total number of packets transmitted from the public interface for this...

Page 297: ...base station and provides management access to each of the remote radios NETWORK TABLE This Network Table is only available when the local radio is the base station i e SuperVisor is logged into the base station To manage a remote radio with SuperVisor Click on the radio button of the required station The remaining menu items then apply to the selected remote radio ...

Page 298: ...C Addr filter and select Bridge for the Eth Mode filter Grouping Entries in the network table can be grouped based on the Segment IDs The user can expand the groups with the and collapse the groups with the button to help locate an entry Sorting Clicking on a column header of the table will sort the table by that column The Select button closes the popup updates the selection on the Network Table ...

Page 299: ...eshes the Network table from the currently selected IP address External Access Sets the IP address of an extended network radio for SuperVisor management Recent The Recent dropdown list shows the IP addresses that have been managed recently with the extended network radio ...

Page 300: ...of the alarm status of all registered remote radios for the base station When open it provides a continuous monitor of the network Depending on the poll period set 20 seconds minimum and the number of remotes in the network it will take at least three poll cycles to indicate a failure in the network Initial results may indicate All ok until at least three poll cycles completed This could take Numb...

Page 301: ...rk Polling Cycle The number of poll cycles since first opening a Network Status Summary Exceptions or View page Remote Radios Polled This shows the number of remote radios polled for the current polling cycle out of the number of remote radios registered with the base station Polling Interval The time interval between the completion of one radio poll and the start of the next radio poll To set the...

Page 302: ...ios if one of the Network Status pages is open SuperVisor can lose PC focus The network poll continues from where it was stopped last time it was polling Network Exceptions Example Result Function Network Polling Cycle The number of poll cycles since first opening a Network Status Summary Exceptions or View page Remote Radios Polled This shows the number of remote radios polled for the current pol...

Page 303: ...emote radio on the list is detected to be responding to a poll request and no longer be in an alarmed state the entry for this remote radio will be removed from the list View Events Clicking on View Events navigates to the Events page see Events on page 245 for the specific remote radio where the radio events will be displayed View Parameters Clicking on View Parameters navigates to the Monitoring...

Page 304: ...topped last time it was polling Network View Example Result Function Network Polling Cycle The number of poll cycles since first opening a Network Status Summary Exceptions or View page Remote Radios Polled This shows the number of remote radios polled for the current polling cycle out of the number of remote radios registered with the base station External Radios Polled This shows the number of e...

Page 305: ...eters navigates to the Monitoring page see Monitoring on page 275 for the specific remote radio where the radio parameters will be displayed Controls Add The Add button adds a radio to the extended network radio list An error message will warn the user if the IP address entered is not a radio in the external network A maximum of 480 external radios can be added to the monitoring list but only the ...

Page 306: ...vertor Telnet via the Ethernet Port RJ45 using standard TCP UDP port 23 Secure Shell SSH application via the Ethernet Port RJ45 using standard TCP UDP port 22 Connecting to the CLI via the Management Port MGMT A USB Cable USB A to USB micro B 1m is provided with each radio 1 Connect the USB A to your computer USB port and the USB micro B to the management port of the Aprisa radio MGMT 2 USB to UAR...

Page 307: ...ce Manager 4 Click on Ports COM LPT 5 Make a note of the COM port which has been allocated to the Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge COM3 in the example below 6 Open HyperTerminal or an alternative type of terminal Emulator program e g TeraTerm or Putty HyperTerminal Example 7 Enter a name for the connection Aprisa radio CLI for example and click OK ...

Page 308: ... Using drop down box that was allocated to the UART USB 9 Set the COM port settings as follows 10 Click OK The HyperTerminal window will open 11 Press the enter key to initiate the session 12 Login to the CLI with a default username admin and password admin The Aprisa radio CLI menu is shown ...

Page 309: ...he following advantages Allows secure CLI connection over the internet Provides an alternate secure CLI connection to the un secure CLI Telnet connection RADIUS retype password change user privilege and user account lockout are also applied over SSHv2 The Aprisa radio supports the following SSH features capabilities SSH is operated over Ethernet ports It is also operated over the RF port when the ...

Page 310: ...ption aes128 cbc Host key RSA 1 Connect the PC Ethernet to the radio Ethernet port assuming a compatible IP address range 2 Install one of the following tested SSH clients on your PC PuTTY Windows Ubuntu TeraTerm Secure CRT MobaXterm OpenSSH Linux Terminal Ubuntu Kitty portal DameWare smartTTY Terminals https terminals codeplex com mRemoteng Multi Remote Next Generation 2 Open the SSH client 4 Log...

Page 311: ...be obtained in the MIB files It can be a scalar object or a table object If the MIB object is a scalar then the CLI command needs to be get ObjectName If the MIB object name is a table then the CLI command needs to be get ObjectName ObjectIndex Examples get termName get unitConfigOperatingMode 1 set Set the value of a MIB object The MIB object name can be obtained in the MIB files It can be a scal...

Page 312: ...ssword confirmation i role userName editpasswd editpasswd old password new password password confirmation who Shows the users currently logged into the radio debug Used by 4RF for detailed debug list list tablename Example list user reboot Reboots the radio snmpusm reset To reset SNMPv3 users to Default ...

Page 313: ...anual 1 1 0 Viewing the CLI Terminal Summary At the command prompt type cd APRISASR MIB 4RF MPA APRISASR MIB 4RF ls Terminal Changing the Radio IP Address with the CLI At the command prompt type set termEthController1IpAddress xxx xxx xxx xxx ...

Page 314: ...Testing that the links are operating correctly 5 Connecting up the client or user interfaces What You Will Need Appropriately qualified commissioning staff at both ends of each link Safety equipment appropriate for the antenna location at both ends of each link Communication equipment that is mobile phones or two way radios SuperVisor software running on an appropriate laptop computer or workstati...

Page 315: ...nna adjustments should be made and then wait for the display to refresh 2 Move the antenna through a complete sweep horizontally pan Note down the RSSI reading for all the peaks in RSSI that you discover in the pan 3 Move the antenna to the position corresponding to the maximum RSSI value obtained during the pan Move the antenna horizontally slightly to each side of this maximum to find the two po...

Page 316: ... Products The standard Aprisa SRi provides product option part numbers for the following country compliance bodies APSI N915 SSC SO 22 C1AA Country Compliance Body United States Of America FCC Canada ISED APSI N915 SSC SO 22 C2AA Country Compliance Body Australia ACMA New Zealand R NZ ...

Page 317: ...r Kit for an Aprisa SRi radio containing 1x 1U 19 rack front mount shelf with mounting brackets and screws to mount 2x Aprisa SRi radios and 1x APIT DUPL 915 G5 duplexer 1x G5 Duplexer 900 MHz split 26 MHz passband 7 MHz 2x TNC to SMA right angle 640mm cables Fixed tuning does not require factory tuning Used for overlapping coverage two Aprisa SRi base stations coupling to a single antenna base st...

Page 318: ...130 The Aprisa SRi USB port has driver support for these USB serial converters Other USB serial converters may not operate correctly USB RS 232 RS 485 operation The USB serial converter buffers the received data frames into 64 byte blocks separated by a small inter frame gap For the majority of applications this fragmentation of egress frames is not an issue However there are some applications tha...

Page 319: ...ersion Part Number Part Description APSB KFCA USB 23 45 MF18 4RF SRi Acc Kit Interface USB Conv RS 232 RJ45 Female 1 8m 3 USB converter to DB9 female kit for USB to RS 232 DCE conversion Part Number Part Description APSB KFCA USB 23 D9 MF18 4RF SRi Acc Kit Interface USB Conv RS 232 DB9 Female 1 8m USB RS 485 Cabling Options The following converter cable is available as an Aprisa SRi accessory to p...

Page 320: ...sure adjacent to the USB connector To attach the USB Retention Clip 1 Clean the enclosure surface where the retention clip will attach with an alcohol based cleaner e g Isopropanol 2 Peel off the retention clip protective backing 3 Stick the clip onto the Aprisa SRi enclosure ensuring that it aligns to the middle of the radio USB connector ...

Page 321: ...connections are fused The fuse type is a Littelfuse 0454007 with a rating of 7 A 75 V very fast acting To replace the fuses 1 Remove the input power and antenna cable 2 Unscrew the enclosure securing screws posi 2 2 Separate the enclosure halves CAUTION Antistatic precautions must be taken as the internal components are static sensitive 3 Access the enclosure spare fuses under the plastic cap ...

Page 322: ...54 07 02 4RF SR Spare Fuse Nano SMF 454 Series 7A 2 items No User Serviceable Components Except for fuse replacement there are no user serviceable components within the radio All hardware maintenance must be completed by 4RF or an authorized service centre Do not attempt to carry out repairs to any boards or parts Return all faulty radios to 4RF or an authorized service centre For more information...

Page 323: ...adios by a flashing orange MODE LED Note The distribution of software to remote radios does not stop customer traffic from being transferred However due to the volume of traffic the software distribution process may affect customer traffic Software distribution traffic is classified as management traffic but does not use the Ethernet management priority setting Software distribution traffic priori...

Page 324: ...kely not be required 8 If step 7 shows that not all remote radios are running the latest software version restore the base master station to the previous software version see Software Manager on page 264 9 Attempt to re establish connectivity to the remote radios that have failed to upgrade by navigating to and remotely managing the remote radios individually 10 Navigate to the remote radio histor...

Page 325: ...ated see Software Manager on page 264 The Aprisa SRi upgrade operation is indicated by a flashing orange AUX LED To upgrade the Aprisa SRi radio software 1 Unzip the software release files in to the root directory of a USB flash drive 2 Insert the USB flash drive into the host port 3 Using File Transfer load the software pack into the radio see Software File Transfer on page 260 4 Remove the USB f...

Page 326: ... being upgraded and go to SuperVisor Software Manager on page 264 The version of the uploaded software will be displayed in the Software Pack Version field and the current software version If the upgrade process did not start the Aprisa SRi could already be operating on the version of software on the USB flash drive This will be indicated by flashing OK LED and then the OK MODE and AUX will light ...

Page 327: ...ive Input Orange white Green white 4 Not used Blue Blue 5 Not used Blue white Blue white 6 Receive Input Orange Green 7 Not used Brown white Brown white 8 Not used Brown Brown Note The TIA 568B wiring is the most commonly used and matches the cables we supply RJ45 connector LED indicators LED Status Explanation Green On Ethernet signal received Orange Flashing Data traffic present on the interface...

Page 328: ... Brown white 8 CTS Output Brown Brown Note The TIA 568B wiring is the most commonly used and matches the cables we supply RS 232 Customer Cable Wiring Aprisa RS 232 Interface DCE DTE Customer Interface DCE Customer Interface RJ45 Pin Number Pin Function Direction Pin Function DB9 Male Pinout Pin Function DB9 Female Pinout 1 RTS Input RTS 7 CTS 8 2 DTR Sleep Mode Input DTR 4 DSR 6 3 TXD Input TXD 3...

Page 329: ...1 Alarm 1 Input Input Green white Orange white 2 Ground Green Orange 3 Alarm 2 Input Input Orange white Green white 4 Ground Blue Blue 5 Alarm 1 Output Sleep Mode Output Blue white Blue white 6 Ground Orange Green 7 Alarm 2 Output Output Brown white Brown white 8 Ground Brown Brown Note The TIA 568B wiring is the most commonly used and matches the cables we supply ...

Page 330: ...fined sample duration For Serial it is the ratio of bad characters vs total characters in the duration seconds An alarm is raised if current error ratio is greater than the configured ratio The error ratio is configured in Upper Limit field and accepts value between 0 and 1 Monitoring of these events can be disabled by setting the duration parameter to 0 3 Sample Duration Type Used for No Receive ...

Page 331: ...rectly connected and tuned if OK replace radio 3 TX Reverse Power warning 4 Threshold Type Alarm to indicate that the antenna is not connected to the radio Check antenna is not open or shorted check duplexer correctly connected and tuned and confirm VSWR at TX port is less than 2 1 If OK replace radio 60 TX Forward Power warning 4 Threshold Type Alarm to indicate that the transmitter power is outs...

Page 332: ...lure warning 4 Sample Duration Type Alarm to indicate that packets have been received over the air where the radio has failed to decrypt the content Check the event history log for more details If the decryption failure is solely due to security setting mismatch then the security settings of the radios involved needs to be checked and corrected If the decryption failure is also possibly due to a s...

Page 333: ...wn critical 1 Sample Duration Type Alarm to indicate that Ethernet port 1 has no detected connection during the defined duration period Check the cable and connector Check switch port or RTU is active Check Ethernet Port speed duplex configuration 35 Port 2 Eth No Receive Data warning 4 Sample Duration Type Alarm to indicate that Ethernet port 2 has no received input signal in the defined duration...

Page 334: ... Port 4 Eth Port Down critical 1 Sample Duration Type Alarm to indicate that Ethernet port 4 has no detected connection during the defined duration period Check the cable and connector Check switch port or RTU is active Check Ethernet Port speed duplex configuration 13 Port 1 Serial Data No Receive Data warning 4 Sample Duration Type Alarm to indicate that the RS 232 port 1 has no received input s...

Page 335: ...rm Events Event ID Event Display Text Default Severity Configuration Type Function Recommended Actions 20 Calibration Failure major 2 Not Configurable Alarm to indicate that the RF calibration has failed Power off and restart radio If fault persists replace radio 21 Configuration Not Supported major 2 Not Configurable Alarm to indicate that a configuration has entered that is invalid Restore previ...

Page 336: ...Function Recommended Actions 24 Alarm Input 1 warning 4 Not Configurable Alarm to indicate that there is an active alarm on hardware alarm input 1 Action depends on nature of third party alarm 25 Alarm Input 2 warning 4 Not Configurable Alarm to indicate that there is an active alarm on hardware alarm input 2 Action depends on nature of third party alarm ...

Page 337: ...icate that software is being distributed to remote radios Information No action required unless unexpected 43 Terminal Server TCP Activity information 5 Event to indicate TCP packets are being transferred from the terminal server Information No action required unless unexpected 55 Terminal Unit Information information 5 Event to indicate a miscellaneous activity occurring on the radio Information ...

Page 338: ... Default Severity Function Recommended Actions 89 User Account Activity information 5 Events related to the management of User Accounts of the radio This includes adding or deleting user accounts or updates to existing accounts Refer to the event history logs for details of the events ...

Page 339: ...ETSI standards EN 300 113 1 Frequency Bands Compliance Body Frequency Band Frequency Range Synthesizer Step Size FCC 915 MHz 902 928 MHz 6 250 kHz ISED 915 MHz 902 928 MHz 6 250 kHz ACMA 915 MHz 915 928 MHz 6 250 kHz RSM 915 MHz 915 928 MHz 6 250 kHz ANATEL 915 MHz 902 907 5 and 915 928 MHz 6 250 kHz Channel Sizes Minimum Coded Forward Error Correction Channel Size Gross Radio Capacity less FEC 64...

Page 340: ...nt channel selectivity 37 dBm BER 10 2 64 QAM 53 dB BER 10 2 16 QAM 53 dB BER 10 2 QPSK 58 dB Co Channel Rejection 50 kHz BER 10 2 64 QAM 23 dB BER 10 2 16 QAM 19 dB BER 10 2 QPSK 12 dB Intermodulation Response Rejection 50 kHz Intermodulation response rejection 35 dBm BER 10 2 64 QAM 55 dB BER 10 2 16 QAM 55 dB BER 10 2 QPSK 60 dB Blocking or Desensitization 50 kHz Blocking or desensitization 17 ...

Page 341: ... SRi User Manual 1 1 0 Spurious Response Rejection 50 kHz Spurious response rejection 32 dBm BER 10 2 64 QAM 58 dB BER 10 2 16 QAM 58 dB BER 10 2 QPSK 63 dB Receiver Spurious Radiation 50 kHz Receiver spurious radiation 57 dBm ...

Page 342: ...nt adjacent channel power 60 dBc Spurious emissions 20 dBc 49 dBm 800 MHz to 915 MHz 33 dBm 928 MHz to 1 GHz Attack time 1 5 ms Release time 0 5 ms Data turnaround time 2 ms Frequency stability 0 5 ppm Frequency aging 1 ppm annum Spread Spectrum Number of standard hop zones 8 non overlapping Zone channel selection Zone selection list and channel blacklist Hop Frequency 62 5 kHz Minimum number of c...

Page 343: ...Burst Support Adaptive FEC Adaptive Coding and Modulation Data Payload Security Data payload security CCM Counter with CBC MAC Data encryption Counter Mode Encryption CTR using Advanced Encryption Standard AES 128 192 or 256 Data authentication Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code CBC MAC using Advanced Encryption Standard AES 128 192 or 256 ...

Page 344: ...neral Interface RJ45 x 2 Integrated 2 port switch Cabling CAT 5 6 UTP supports auto MDIX Standard Ethernet Maximum line length 100 metres on cat 5 or better Bandwidth allocation The Ethernet capacity maximum is determined by the available radio link capacity Maximum transmission unit Option setting of 1522 or 1536 octets Address table size 1024 MAC addresses Ethernet mode 10Base T or 100Base TX Fu...

Page 345: ...al Interface ITU T V 24 EIA TIA RS 232E Interface direction DCE only Maximum line length 10 metres dependent on baud rate Async parameters Standard mode data bits 7 or 8 bits Standard mode parity Configurable for None Even or Odd Standard mode stop bits 1 or 2 bits Interface baud rates 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 and 115200 bit s Control signals DCE to DTE CTS RTS DSR DTR Diagnos...

Page 346: ...etector type Non isolated ground referenced voltage detector Detection voltage on 10 VDC Detection voltage off 4 VDC Maximum applied input voltage 30 VDC Maximum input current limit 10 mA Alarm Outputs The alarm connector provides two hardware alarm outputs for alarm reception from other radios in the network Interface RJ45 connector Output type Non isolated ground referenced open collector output...

Page 347: ...power input 20 W Connector Molex 2 pin male screw fitting 39526 4002 Power Consumption Note The radio power consumption is dependent on transmitter power the type of traffic and network activity Mode Transmit Peak Power 13 8 VDC Transmit Receive 1 0 W 15 W Receive only 4 5 W Power Dissipation Mode Transmit Peak Power 13 8 VDC Transmit Receive 1 0 W 14 W Receive only 4 5 W ...

Page 348: ...ure range 40 to 85 C 40 to 185 F Operating humidity Maximum 95 non condensing Acoustic noise emission No audible noise emission Mechanical Dimensions Width 210 mm 8 27 Depth 130 mm 5 12 and 146 mm 5 748 with TNC connector Height 41 5 mm 1 63 Weight 1 25 kg 2 81 lbs Colour Matt black Mounting Wall 2 x M5 screws Rack shelf 4 x M4 screws DIN rail bracket ...

Page 349: ...Canada Safety EN 60950 1 2006 Class 1 division 2 for hazardous locations Environmental ETS 300 019 Class 3 4 Ingress Protection IP51 ACMA Radio Radio Communications Short Range Devices Standard 2004 EMC AS NZS 4268 Safety EN 60950 1 2006 Class 1 division 2 for hazardous locations Environmental ETS 300 019 Class 3 4 Ingress Protection IP51 RSM Radio EMC AS NZS 4268 Safety EN 60950 1 2006 Class 1 di...

Page 350: ...ected Separately You must not dispose of electrical and electronic waste with municipal and other waste You must separate it from other waste and recycling so that it can be easily collected by the proper regional WEEE collection system in your area YOUR ROLE in the Recovery of WEEE By separately collecting and properly disposing of WEEE you are helping to reduce the amount of WEEE that enters the...

Page 351: ...Copyrights 351 Aprisa SRi User Manual 1 1 0 15 Copyrights Mirrored Bits is a registered trademark of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc ...

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Page 353: ...s Control MAC Message Authentication Code Mbit s Megabits per second MHz Megahertz MIB Management Information Base MTBF Mean Time Between Failures MTTR Mean Time To Repair ms milliseconds NMS Network Management System PC Personal Computer PCA Printed Circuit Assembly PLL Phase Locked Loop ppm Parts Per Million PMR Public Mobile Radio RF Radio Frequency RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances RSSI...

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