Table of Contents
1. HAZARDOUS CONDITION WARNINGS ........................................................... 6
1.1. Water Ingress Hazard ............................................................................. 6
1.2. Radio-Frequency Transmission Hazard .................................................... 7
1.3. Optical Radiation Hazard ........................................................................ 8
1.4. Hot Surfaces Hazard ............................................................................... 9
2. Reporting Mistakes And Recommending Improvements ................................... 10
3. Getting Started ............................................................................................... 11
3.1. Introduction ........................................................................................... 11
3.1.1. Fluidmesh 4200 FIBER ................................................................. 11
The Fluidmesh 4200 FIBER Radio Transceiver .................................. 11
Introduction ..................................................................................... 11
Unit Function And Throughput Speed ............................................... 12
Data Throttling ................................................................................ 12
MPLS Protocol ................................................................................ 12
Unit Configuration ........................................................................... 12
Role Adaptability ............................................................................. 12
Environmental Rating ...................................................................... 13
Product Specifications ..................................................................... 13
Transceiver And Gateway Unit Power Consumption .......................... 13
3.2. Fluidmesh Architecture ......................................................................... 14
3.2.1. Overview ..................................................................................... 14
Wireless Network Architectures ........................................................ 14
The FluidMAX TDMA Protocol ......................................................... 14
3.2.2. Fluidmesh Technologies ............................................................... 15
Prodigy .......................................................................................... 15
RACER .......................................................................................... 16
3.2.3. Point-To-Point Wireless Bridge ...................................................... 16
3.2.4. Mesh Network Architecture ........................................................... 17
3.2.5. Point-To-Multipoint Architecture With FluidMAX .............................. 18
3.3. Fluidmesh Network Addressing ............................................................. 20
3.3.1. Bridge IP Addressing ................................................................... 20
3.3.2. Unit Identification And Addressing ................................................. 20
Mesh- And Bridge-Capable Radio Transceiver Identification ............... 20
Operating The Unit In Mesh Point Mode Or Mesh End Mode .............. 21
Network Addressing ........................................................................ 22
Fluidmesh Radio Transceivers ................................................... 22
Connecting And Configuring An Ethernet Edge Device ...................... 23
Fluidmesh Radio Transceivers ................................................... 23
4. Hardware Installation ..................................................................................... 24
4.1. Fluidmesh Hardware Installation ............................................................ 24
4.1.1. Installing The Fluidmesh 4200 FIBER ............................................ 24
Environmental Rating And Unit Roles ............................................... 24
Installation Hardware ....................................................................... 24
4.1.2. Fluidmesh 4200 FIBER Status And Link LEDs ............................... 24
Unit And Link Quality Status ............................................................ 24
Boot Sequence ............................................................................... 25
4.1.3. Supplying Power To The Fluidmesh 4200 FIBER ............................ 25
Connecting Power To The Fluidmesh 4200 FIBER ............................. 26
DC IN, LAN And Fiber-Optic Ports .............................................. 26
4.1.4. Rebooting The Firmware And Resetting The Unit To Factory
Defaults ............................................................................................... 27
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