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KWT-178AG Wireless Tester

User’s Guide v2.0

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Page 1: ...KWT 178AG Wireless Tester User s Guide v2 0 ...

Page 2: ...rnal Buttons Starting Page Main Functions The Setup Page Country Domain List Channel Survey BSS Survey Connecting Monitor Roaming Test Auxiliary Tools Example Trouble Shooting Index 3 4 7 8 12 13 15 20 26 30 36 39 40 47 52 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ...

Page 3: ... the signal quality of each channel and the numbers of base stations but also monitors all base station of channels In addition the Tester can help users to trace the information of selected base stations including the encryptions the packets and the stations connecting to base station The Tester also offers the engineers some practical tools for reference during site survey or setting 1 Product O...

Page 4: ...t Wolfson WM9705 AC 97 codec with Touch screen controller 3000mAH 7 4V Li Ion battery pack One rechargeable backup battery Dimension 192 5mm L x 91 3mm 78mm W x 42 2mm 60 6mm H Weight 560g with Standard Battery Pack OS WinCE NET5 0 Professional Environmental Operation 10 50 Storage 20 79 Humidity Operation 10 80 IP54Certificated IP64 compliant 1 2m 4ft drop to concrete certificated 1 5m 5ft drop t...

Page 5: ...5 Tester Dual Band Antenna x2 Carrying bag with strap USB Host Cable Li ion Battery DC Adapter Power Cord Styli U Disk 2a Package Content ...

Page 6: ...ase Station A B G N in the same time Information of Base Station SSID BSSID RSSI Sorting Channel Selection Base Station Tracing Yes Information of Specified Base Station Yes Roaming Test Report Yes Security s Detecting Yes Clients Status of Specified Base Station Yes Status of Base Station Data Rate 54 48 6 11 1 Mbps Frame Ctl Mgt Data Error retry Rogue AP Detecting Yes Rogue Client Detecting Yes ...

Page 7: ...7 Antenna B for 2 4GHz Antenna A for 5GHz Scan Button Power Button USB Host Power Socket Scan Button 4 External Buttons ...

Page 8: ...8 Pen Holder There are 2 Positions for selection The Styli Insert the Styli into The holder 4a Touch Pen Styli ...

Page 9: ...9 A B Antenna B for 2 4GHz Antenna A for 5GHz USB Host Power Socket USB Host Cable USB socket 4b USB Interface ...

Page 10: ...harging Green Charging Completely 4c LED Signal Other hot keys F1 F4 Reset System F1 F4 Power Reset to Factory Default F2 Back Light Setting Push the button to keep the backlight shining Press one more time to go back to original setting F3 Calibration for Touch Screen ...

Page 11: ...11 The function table will be right on after starting the system 5 Starting Page ...

Page 12: ...re are 5 main functions for users to quick switching the option Basic Setting Set up the region Country Area time and check the status of Battery Channel Survey Information of each channel BSS Survey Information of the base station on each channel Roaming Test Check if the construction of base station is suitable for roaming Aux Tools Including the Attenuation of Free Space Measurement of Power Ca...

Page 13: ...ill be switched to basic setting page Save click the button The page and the collected data can be stored Export click the button The saved files can be exported to external USB disk Home click the button Switch to main page Soft Keyboard click the button the keyboard will be showed on the screen 6a Instant Function Keys ...

Page 14: ... at the same time to save and start the new setting 2 System settings The page displays battery status the configuration of time date as well as volume and tools for firmware upgrading And firmware upgrade tools picture showed as below 7 The Setup Page NOTICE The storage will be filed as the name of date Please adjust the right time and date before using the Tester at first ...

Page 15: ...15 Status of battery Setup for data and time Control of volume and sound 7 The Setup Page ...

Page 16: ... host cable 2 Click Update button in Basic Setting page displayed as the left picture 3 Click Update button 4 After the updating is completed a new page will show up as below 5 Click F1 F4 Power to restart Tester for completing upgrade Copy wirelesstester bin to the root directory of U disk 7a Firmware Update ...

Page 17: ...17 6 A caution as left picture will appear on the screen if U disk is not properly connected or the file wirelesstester bin cannot be found please renew the upgrading 7a Firmware Update ...

Page 18: ...bration of Touch Screen When you feel the touch screen function is poor or the operation does not match the exact location it should be please recalibrate the screen by using F3 function key to recalibrate again ...

Page 19: ...128 132 136 140 BELIZE 1 13 149 152 153 157 160 161 165 BOLIVIA 1 13 149 152 153 157 160 161 165 BRAZIL 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 149 153 157 161 165 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1 13 149 152 153 157 160 161 165 BULGARIA 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 CANADA 1 11 36 40 42 44 48 50 52 56 58 60 64 149 152 153 157 160 161 165 CHI...

Page 20: ...ANDS 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 FINLAND 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 FRANCE 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 FRANCE2 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 GEORGIA 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 GERMANY 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 GREECE 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 11...

Page 21: ...116 120 124 128 132 136 140 ISRAEL 1 13 ITALY 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 JAMAICA 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 JAPAN 1 14 34 38 42 46 JAPAN1 1 14 34 38 42 46 JAPAN2 1 11 34 38 42 46 JAPAN3 1 14 8 12 16 34 38 42 46 184 188 192 196 JAPAN4 1 14 34 38 42 46 JAPAN5 1 14 34 38 42 46 JAPAN6 1 13 34 38 42 46 JORDAN 1 ...

Page 22: ...104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 MACAU 1 13 36 40 42 44 48 50 52 56 58 60 64 149 152 153 157 160 161 165 MACEDONIA 1 13 MALAYSIA 1 13 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 MALTA 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 MAXICO 1 11 36 40 42 44 48 50 52 56 58 60 64 149 152 153 157 160 161 165 MONACO 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 MOROCCO 1 13 NETHERLANDS 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 5...

Page 23: ...0 52 56 58 60 64 149 152 153 157 160 161 165 QATAR 1 13 ROMANIA 1 13 RUSSIA 1 13 SAUDI_ARABIA 1 13 SINGAPORE 1 13 36 40 42 44 48 50 52 56 58 60 64 149 152 153 157 160 161 165 SLOVAKIA 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 SLOVENIA 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 SOUTH_AFRICA 1 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116...

Page 24: ...00 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 UNITED_STATES 1 11 36 40 42 44 48 50 52 56 58 60 64 149 152 153 157 160 161 165 UNITED_STATES_FC C49 1 11 36 40 42 44 48 50 52 56 58 60 64 149 152 153 157 160 161 165 188 189 190 192 193 194 196 197 URUGUAY 1 13 149 153 157 161 UZBEKISTAN 1 11 36 40 42 44 48 50 52 56 58 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 149 152 153 157 160 16 1 165 VENEZUE...

Page 25: ...re 4 base stations on channel 1 Score According to the signal strength Tester will score the channels to 3 levels Blue one means excellent Green means middle and Red means poor Users may select different Radio Mode in detecting like the current frequency is 802 11b g showed above it might be switched to be 802 11a The default value is B G pattern Select the wanted channel system will lead you to e...

Page 26: ...ey Page b All scoring information in each channel 9 Channel Survey Net Mode B G Signal Level Channel No Signal Level AP Amount Score Noise SNR 1 90 1 84 96 4 6 4 2 85 1 81 95 5 10 5 3 100 0 92 98 2 1 8 4 100 0 100 100 0 5 100 0 71 92 8 7 2 6 51 5 43 82 9 31 9 7 100 0 71 92 8 7 2 8 100 0 100 100 0 9 100 0 100 100 0 10 100 0 92 98 2 1 8 11 89 1 88 97 3 8 3 ...

Page 27: ...f the wireless signal The range of sensitivity is from 100 dBm to 10 dBm as detecting b The table in the middle lists the detailed information for of the base stations in the detected channel such as SSID BSSID Security and RSSI c Click one of the base stations the system will lead you to the function of BSS Survey 9a The Selected Channel ...

Page 28: ...uding SSID BSSID Security and RSSI 9a The Selected Channel Current Channel Signal Net Mode Channel Number Signal dBm Noise dBm SNR dB b g 6 70 85 6 15 6 Current Channel BSS List SSID RSSI Mode BSSID Security corega 10 88 11g 00 0A 79 94 BD AD Open None Home502A 7 90 11b 00 16 B6 F1 50 29 Open None default 7 90 11g 00 18 F3 90 DA B3 Open None test 61 55 11g 00 1C 24 1A 1C 6B Open None TSC 36 71 11g...

Page 29: ...each channel All base stations are listed on the table to reveal their signal strength and other related information b User may filter out unnecessary channels to make the detecting more clear Only informations of wanted channels are listed on the table including SSID BSSID Security and RSSI 10 BSS Survey ...

Page 30: ...cessary to recognize whether the disallowed base stations exist in the surrounding users may click ImportMAC button to check the file APLIST txt that is exported from U disk Allowed base stations will be showed in yellow and disallowed ones will be in red If APLIST txt is unseen all defaults will be revealed in yellow 10 BSS Survey ...

Page 31: ...630218 00 1B 11 26 A8 D6 Wep 92 11 WLBARGLV2 00 0A 79 B8 8D 35 00 0A 79 B8 8D 35 Open None 88 11 default 00 50 FC F4 7A 56 Wep 94 11 Hau 00 16 01 98 0F 6B Wep 92 11 default 00 0E 2E F6 63 D9 Wep 87 The saved information Click the Save button the following information will be stored a BSS Survey Page b Information of all base stations in the surroundings including channel SSID BSSID Security and RS...

Page 32: ...o the portable USB disk a Connect U disk to the Tester with the USB Host Cable b Click Export button to export datas from Tester to U Disk c If U Disk is not connected to the Tester a caution will appear on the page please plug U Disk in again 10a Exporting Data ...

Page 33: ... the continuous performance of signal strength b The page displays 3 main detail information including the data as well as status of base station and something about the client connecting to this base station If necessary click Connect button the Tester will connect the base station in client mode for further detecting 10b Observation of The Selected Base Station ...

Page 34: ...on of Clients The list to connected clients including the MAC address RSSI Packet information Status of Base Station Supporting Standard 11A 11B 11G 11N Status of packet including control management data and warning included retry times Network is supported to be something wrong which having a serious rety About About showing IP address 10b Observation of The Selected Base Station ...

Page 35: ... it not only reveals data rate and signal intensity but also responds the ping reaction of the Tester to base station so that efficiency of base station can be figured out Column Bandwidth reveals the transporting bandwidth between Tester and the base station that is expected to be tested 11 Connection Monitor ...

Page 36: ...od the tested IP address and the Tester s IP address Certification method Open Share WPA WPA2 WPA PSK WPA PSK2 Encryption method Open None WEP Share None WEP WPA AES TKIP WPA2 AES TKIP WPA PSK AES TKIP WPA2 PSK AES TKIP Golden Key Index Key 1 Key 4 Data Rate 1 2 5 5 11 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54 Golden Key Input Certification Method Enable 802 1x EAP Type None TLS TTLS PEAP 11a Connection Configuration...

Page 37: ...setting Contains IP Network Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Relevant setup of Ping Base Station s IP address After the connecting is completed the Tester will display real Data Rate and Strength As settings are correct the Tester will immediately show the responses that Tester pings on base stations and the real throughput 11a Connection Configuration ...

Page 38: ...s a page that represents the signal strength and channel of the base stations receiving the same SSID according to the current location c Based on the mobile location users observe the signal strength of base station to judge whether the connection will be interrupted as removing or not 12 Roaming Test Poor Poor for Roaming Good Good for Roaming ...

Page 39: ...39 This function contains 6 auxiliary tools 1 Free Space Loss 2 Power Meter 3 Distance Calculation 4 AP Detector 5 Client Finder 6 mW dBm Conversions 13 Auxiliary Tool ...

Page 40: ...40 This table offers the calculation of decline in power under different frequency and range 13a Free Space Loss ...

Page 41: ...r at least before measuring to avoid the damage to the Tester Reminder A 20dB attenuator is recommended to be connected and used before the measurement is started Warning It will cause the damage to the Tester if an attenuator is not used before measuring the output power 13b Output Power Measurement AP Attenuator ...

Page 42: ...42 Assign different modulation data rate output power and antenna gain to calculate the maximum range effective distance between the 2 base stations 13c Distance Calculation ...

Page 43: ...er will list out all base stations users need to select the preferred one and click Searching button to detect The closer the Tester approaches to the preferred base station the hurrier the sound from the Tester will be Please click STOP button to suspend the detecting if need 13d AP Detector ...

Page 44: ...lient and then click Searching button the Tester will find this target client and reveal the results on the page below including the status the MAC address of base station the signal strength the radio mode the modulation and total packets Please click STOP button to suspend the detecting if need 13e Client Finder ...

Page 45: ...45 This function provides an instant conversion of mW into dBm or dBm into mW 13f mW dBm Converstion ...

Page 46: ...46 Quality Analysis of Wireless Environment 14 Sample Applications ...

Page 47: ...47 Detecting of the Base Station in the environment 14 Sample Applications ...

Page 48: ...48 Detecting of the illegal base station 14 Sample Applications ...

Page 49: ...49 Bridge Antenna WiScan Antenna Test of Bridging 14 Sample Applications ...

Page 50: ...50 Fixed distance Alteration to the antennas Test of Antenna Efficiency 14 Sample Applications ...

Page 51: ...ectric power for maintaining the data in Flash ROM Both the batteries will charge at the same time while the system is charging When the charging light turn green it means the batteries are finished charging b How to handle the situation of no display as booting and a red light shows up above of screen This might be the problem of starting electric power Please push F1 F4 Power button to restart t...

Page 52: ...This is caused by wrong execution of programs Please push F1 F4 button to restart the Tester or execute the step of power off power on e No messages can be found when scanning the base stations This often occurs due to a repeated scanning within a short period It takes 10 seconds for the Tester to make a complete scan but a hurried scan could probably enforce the Tester to continue the next scan w...

Page 53: ... file name should be Wirelesstester bin g The files done with the Tester cannot be exported to the U Disk Some possibilities 1 The Disk included in the package should be used in the first place instead of other USB flash disk 2 The USB host cable may be broken or has not been installed properly 3 The U Disk memory is full in order to preserve more space some of the files in the disk should be clea...

Page 54: ...s broken or connected incorrectly 4 An error happens to the file name The correct file name should be Wirelesstester bin g Data can not be exported Possibilities 1 Use other USB Flash Disk instead of the U Disk attached by the Tester 2 USB Host Cable is broken or unconnected correctly 3 The memory of the U Disk is full some of files should be cleaned out then export the data again 15 Trouble Shoot...

Page 55: ...y with AC adapter and restart the Tester again if it still cannot be booted push F1 F4 to restart once more If it doesn t work still please contact the dealer to send the Tester back to the manufactory NOTICE To our strong suggestion please charge the Tester with AC adapter all the time during the upgrading procedure 15 Trouble Shooting ...

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