Ekahau T301W, User Manual

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2 Initial Activation of the Tag
When the tag is delivered it does not have any of the necessary configuration settings. These
environment specific settings need to be applied before the tag can connect to the network and
the ERC. The T301W tags are delivered with the battery charged to a storage charge.
Tag activation is done using Ekahau Activator software that configures Ekahau T301 family tags
wirelessly. The activation of the tags is explained in more details in chapter
Installing Ekahau
Activator T301 on page 3 .
After successful Activation you will see the MAC address of the tag appears on the ERC list of
tags. After successful connection with ERC the configurations can be managed directly from ERC
using
Tag Configurations page.
2.1 Installing Ekahau Activator T301
The Ekahau Activator T301 can only be installed using the Ekahau RTLS installer. When you
install the Ekahau RTLS, you do not necessarily need to install the Ekahau Activator if the target
computer cannot be used to activate tags with a supported Wi-Fi adapter. If you want to install the
Ekahau Activator later on another computer, simply run the RTLS setup file on the target computer
and choose to install only the Ekahau Activator.
To install Ekahau Activator as a stand alone:
1. Choose a laptop (or a desktop with a supported Wi-Fi adapter) computer with Windows XP
or 2000, at least 256 MB of memory, PC card slot, and 100 MB of free hard disk space
2. Install a supported Wi-Fi adapter using the driver provided by Ekahau. For list of supported
adapters, please visit http://www.ekahau.com/devices
3. Run the RTLS setup file from it's location, and follow the on-screen instructions
2.2 Supported Wi-Fi Adapters.
You can find the latest supported Wi-Fi adapters from our website:
http://www.ekahau.com/devices
2.3 Activation Procedure
For the tags to be able to communicate with the Ekahau RTLS Controller, the tag needs to be
activated e.g. the tag needs to be given the necessarry parameter to associate with the network.
At least the IP address of the Ekahau RTLS Controller, SSID of the network used and the IP
configuration method are required. To activate T301W tags, you need to use the Ekahau Activator
T301 which you can run from Ekahau Programs menu. After that, follow the following Activator
configuration procedure:
2.3.1 Configuring Ekahau RTLS Controller Settings
Input the IP address of the Ekahau RTLS Controller. The Maintenance Interval is by default 240
seconds, but shorter interval can be used if LED and Vibration alerts are sent frequently to the
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