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XYR301E Wireless Ethernet 

User Manual 

Page 12 

April 2012 

Router Operation ............................................................................................................................................. 40

 

3.8

 

R

ADIO  

C

ONFIGURATION

......................................................................................................................... 41

 

Channel Selection ............................................................................................................................................ 42

 

3.9

 

A

DVANCED 

R

ADIO 

S

ETTINGS

.................................................................................................................. 43

 

Fixed Noise Floor ............................................................................................................................................ 44

 

3.10

 

S

ERIAL 

P

ORT 

C

ONFIGURATION

............................................................................................................... 45

 

RS-232 PPP Server .......................................................................................................................................... 45

 

Serial Gateway................................................................................................................................................. 46

 

Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway........................................................................................................................ 47

 

3.11

 

S

ERIAL 

M

ENU

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3.12

 

M

ULTICAST PIPE 

M

ANGER

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3.13

 

D

IGITAL 

I

NPUT

/O

UTPUT

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3.14

 

M

ODBUS 

I/O

 

T

RANSFER

.......................................................................................................................... 51

 

3.15

 

R

OAMING

................................................................................................................................................ 55

 

3.16

 

R

EPEATER 

(WDS)................................................................................................................................... 56

 

3.11.1 Example – Extending range using WDS .............................................................................................. 58

 

3.11.2 Example - Roaming with WDS Access Points ..................................................................................... 58

 

3.11.3 Example – Adding Redundancy ........................................................................................................... 59

 

3.11.4 Example – WDS Routed Network........................................................................................................ 61

 

3.17

 

R

OUTING 

R

ULES

...................................................................................................................................... 64

 

3.18

 

F

ILTERING

............................................................................................................................................... 66

 

MAC Address Filter Configuration: ................................................................................................................ 67

 

IP Address Filter Configuration:...................................................................................................................... 67

 

ARP Filter Configuration................................................................................................................................. 68

 

3.19

 

DHCP

 

C

LIENT 

C

ONFIGURATION

............................................................................................................. 69

 

3.20

 

DHCP

 

S

ERVER 

C

ONFIGURATION

............................................................................................................ 69

 

3.21

 

DNS

 

S

ERVER 

C

ONFIGURATION

............................................................................................................... 70

 

3.22

 

M

ODULE 

I

NFORMATION 

C

ONFIGURATION

............................................................................................... 70

 

3.23

 

C

ONFIGURATION 

E

XAMPLES

................................................................................................................... 71

 

Setting an XYR301-E to Factory Default Settings .......................................................................................... 71

 

Extending a wired network .............................................................................................................................. 71

 

Connecting two separate networks together .................................................................................................... 72

 

Extending range of a network with a Repeater hop ......................................................................................... 73

 

CHAPTER FOUR

 

DIAGNOSTICS.............................................................................................................. 74

 

4.1

 

D

IAGNOSTICS 

C

HART

.............................................................................................................................. 74

 

4.2

 

C

ONNECTIVITY

........................................................................................................................................ 75

 

Connectivity..................................................................................................................................................... 75

 

Site Survey....................................................................................................................................................... 75

 

4.3

 

C

HANNEL 

S

URVEY

.................................................................................................................................. 76

 

Channel Utilisation on a Live System: ............................................................................................................ 76

 

Using Channel Utilisation for Channel Selection or RF Path Testing:............................................................ 76

 

Diagnosing Low Throughput:.......................................................................................................................... 76

 

Solutions for High Channel Utilisation: .......................................................................................................... 76

 

4.4

 

C

USTOM 

S

URVEY

.................................................................................................................................... 79

 

4.5

 

T

HROUGHPUT 

T

EST

................................................................................................................................. 81

 

Internal Throughput Test ................................................................................................................................. 81

 

4.6

 

S

TATISTICS

.............................................................................................................................................. 83

 

Wireless Statistics ............................................................................................................................................ 83

 

Access Point: ................................................................................................................................................... 83

 

Client: .............................................................................................................................................................. 83

 

Network Traffic Analysis ................................................................................................................................ 84

 

Summary of Contents for XYR301E

Page 1: ...Honeywell Process Solutions XYR301E Wireless Ethernet Device Server User Manual 34 XY 25 41 Version 1 8 1 April 2012 ...

Page 2: ...Page ii April 2012 ...

Page 3: ...akes no express warranties except as may be stated in its written agreement with and for its customers In no event is Honeywell liable to anyone for any indirect special or consequential damages The information and specifications in this document are subject to change without notice Honeywell PlantScape Experion PKS and TotalPlant are registered trademarks of Honeywell International Inc Other bran...

Page 4: ...tion Document Name XYR301E Wireless Ethernet User Manual Document ID Revision Number Publication Date New 34 XY 25 41 1 5 September 2010 Updates 34 XY 25 41 1 6 April 2011 34 XY 25 41 1 8 1 April 2012 References The following list identifies all documents that may be sources of reference for material discussed in this publication Document Title 34 XY 25 41_XYR301E Wireless Ethernet User Manual ...

Page 5: ... 4 00 pm Mountain Standard Time Emergency calls outside normal working hours are received by an answering service and returned within one hour Email support ask ssc honeywell com Mail Honeywell Process Solutions 1860 West Rose Garden Lane Phoenix Arizona 85027 For Europe Asia Pacific and North South America contact details see pack page World Wide Web Honeywell Solution Support Online www honeywel...

Page 6: ...nt refers the user to the product manual for additional information The symbol appears next to required information in the manual WARNING Risk of electrical shock Potential shock hazard where HAZARDOUS LIVE voltages greater than 30 Vrms 42 4 Vpeak or 60 VDC may be accessible ESD HAZARD Danger of an electro static discharge to which equipment may be sensitive Observe precautions for handling electr...

Page 7: ...omply with FCC RF Exposure requirements in section 1 1310 of the FCC Rules antennas used with this device must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons to satisfy RF exposure compliance DO NOT operate the transmitter when someone is within 20 cm of the antenna operate the transmitter unless all RF connectors are secure and any open connectors are properly te...

Page 8: ...le from vendors specified by HONEYWELL Please contact HONEYWELL for end user antenna and connector recommendations Notices Safety Exposure to RF energy is an important safety consideration The FCC has adopted a safety standard for human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic energy emitted by FCC regulated equipment as a result of its actions in Docket 93 62 and OET Bulletin 65 Edition 97 01 ...

Page 9: ...lations 2 Operation is authorized by the radio frequency regulatory authority in your country on a non protection basis Although all care is taken in the design of these units there is no responsibility taken for sources of external interference Systems should be designed to be tolerant of these operational delays 3 To avoid the risk of electrocution the aerial aerial cable serial cables and all t...

Page 10: ...arranties or conditions made by Honeywell or its representatives or by any other party except as expressed solely in this document Full product specifications and maintenance instructions are available from your Service Agent your source of purchase or from the master distributor in your country upon request and should be noted if you are in any doubt about the operating environment for your equip...

Page 11: ...t 25 3 4 DISCRETE DIGITAL INPUT OUTPUT 26 CHAPTER THREE OPERATION 27 3 0 START UP 27 Access Point Start up 27 Client Start up 27 Link Establishment 27 How a Link connection is lost 27 Roaming Clients 27 LED Indication 28 3 1 SELECTING A CHANNEL 28 Radio Throughput 29 Throughput and Repeaters 30 3 2 CONFIGURING THE UNIT FOR THE FIRST TIME 31 Default Configuration 31 Accessing Configuration for the ...

Page 12: ... Filter Configuration 67 ARP Filter Configuration 68 3 19 DHCP CLIENT CONFIGURATION 69 3 20 DHCP SERVER CONFIGURATION 69 3 21 DNS SERVER CONFIGURATION 70 3 22 MODULE INFORMATION CONFIGURATION 70 3 23 CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES 71 Setting an XYR301 E to Factory Default Settings 71 Extending a wired network 71 Connecting two separate networks together 72 Extending range of a network with a Repeater hop ...

Page 13: ...FIGURATION 87 4 10 INTERNAL DIAGNOSTICS MODBUS REGISTERS 88 Statistic Registers 89 4 11 UTILITIES 90 Ping 90 Ipconfig 91 Route 92 CHAPTER FIVE SPECIFICATIONS 93 APPENDIX A FIRMWARE UPGRADE 94 APPENDIX B GLOSSARY 95 APPENDIX C POWER CONVERSION 99 Power Conversion 99 APPENDIX D IPERF DATA THROUGHPUT TEST 100 Materials 100 Installation 100 IPerf Applications 100 JPerf Application 102 APPENDIX E GNU F...

Page 14: ...s to handle other protocols The XYR301 E has a standard RJ45 Ethernet connection which will operate at up to 100Mbit sec The module will transmit the Ethernet messages on the wireless band at rates between 1 and 54 Mbit sec 6 and 54 Mbit sec depending on model band encryption methods and radio paths 1 1 Network Topology The XYR301 E is an Ethernet device and must be configured as part of an Ethern...

Page 15: ... should be the central unit An Access Point could be used as a Repeater unit to connect two XYR301 E Clients which do not have direct reliable radio paths There is no Special repeater module any XYR301 E can be a repeater and at the same time can be connected to an Ethernet devices or on a LAN Multiple Access Points can be set up in a mesh network to provide multiple repeaters Ethernet Devices Cli...

Page 16: ... the Ethernet side A Router connects devices on different LAN s The IP addresses for the Ethernet and wireless sides are different In this example the wireless link is part of LAN A with the Client unit acting as a Router between LAN A and LAN B Alternately the Access Point could be configured as a Router the wireless link is then part of LAN B If more than two routers are required within the same...

Page 17: ... the XYR301 E and make an Ethernet connection to your PC for further information on how to do this refer to section 3 2 Configuring the Unit for the first time Set the XYR301 E address settings as per section 3 2 Configuring the Unit for the first time Save the configuration the XYR301 E is now ready to use Before installing the XYR301 E bench test the system It is a lot easier to locate problems ...

Page 18: ......

Page 19: ...s An XYR301 E 900MHz with a single antenna 6 2 miles can be achieved in USA Canada 4W ERP and 10km in Australia New Zealand 1W ERP To achieve the maximum transmission distance the antennas should be raised above intermediate obstructions so the radio path is true line of sight The modules will operate reliably with some obstruction of the radio path although the reliable distance will be reduced O...

Page 20: ... connectors are separated the RF signal at each connector will be different in the presence of multi path fading The XYR301 E unit will automatically select the higher RF signal provided RX diversity has been enabled on radio Config page See Section 3 9 Advanced Radio Configuration for details of configuring Antenna Diversity Bench test and Demo System setup Care must be taken with placement of an...

Page 21: ...near 5 or 8 dBi Directional 10 15 dBi Cable Loss dB per 30 m 100 ft RG58 Cellfoil 9 dB RG213 7 4 dB LDF4 50 2 dB The net gain of the antenna cable configuration is determined by adding the antenna gain and the cable loss For example an 8dBi antenna 5 8dBd with 10 meters of Cellfoil 3dBd has a net gain of 2 8dB 5 8dB 3dB Installation tips Connections between the antenna and coaxial cable should be ...

Page 22: ...at are easy to install and use The dipole antenna with integral 15 ft 5m cable does not require any additional coaxial cable however a cable must be used with the collinear antennas Collinear and dipole antennas should be mounted vertically preferably 1 wavelength away see drawing below for distances from a wall or mast and at least 3ft 1m from the radio module to obtain maximum range ...

Page 23: ...the direction of transmission to benefit from the gain of the antenna Parabolic antennas should be mounted as per the manufacturer s instructions with the parabolic grid at the back and the radiating element pointing in the direction of the transmission Ensure that the antenna mounting bracket is well connected to ground earth 2 2 Power Supply The XYR301 E module can be powered from a 9 30VDC powe...

Page 24: ...ot support XON XOFF Example cable drawings for connection to a DTE host a PC or another DCE hosts or modem are detailed above DB9 Connector Pinouts Pin Name Direction Function 1 DCD Out Data carrier detect 2 RD Out Transmit Data Serial Data Output from DCE to DTE 3 TD In Receive Data Serial Data Input from DTE to DCE 4 DTR In Data Terminal Ready 5 SG Signal Ground 6 DSR Out Data Set Ready always h...

Page 25: ...ed pair cable be used to interconnect modules to reduce potential RFI It is important to maintain the polarity of the two RS485 wires An RS485 network should be wired as indicated in the diagram below and terminated at each end of the network with a 120 ohm resistor On board 120 ohm resistors are provided and may be engaged by operating the single DIP switch in the end plate next to the RS485 term...

Page 26: ...vided to maintain reliable operation of driving relays The digital input is connected between the DIO terminal and common COM The I O circuit includes a LED indicator which is lit GREEN when the digital input is active that is when the input circuit is closed Provided the resistance of the switching device is less than 200 ohms the device will be able to activate the digital input The I O channel ...

Page 27: ...k status is also displayed on the Connectivity page of the web interface After the link is established data may be transferred in both directions The Access Point will act as a master unit and will control the flow of data to the Clients linked to it Clients can only transmit data to the AP to which they are connected When a Client transfers data to another Client it first transmits the data to th...

Page 28: ...n LEDs The LINK LED comes on when there is a connection on the Ethernet port and will blink off briefly when activity is detected on the Ethernet Port The 100MB LED indicates that the connection is at 100 MBit Sec The 100MB LED will be off for 10MB Sec connection Other conditions indicating a fault are described in Chapter Four DIAGNOSTICS 3 1 Selecting a Channel The XYR301 E conforms to the IEEE ...

Page 29: ...el is non overlapping Adjacent channels do not cross over however the Data throughput will be considerably lower If you require a high data throughput then the higher band width will need to be selected and care with antenna placement etc will also need to be taken into account Selecting a 20 MHz channel will give the maximum TCP IP throughput of around 22 Mbps however if the band width is reduced...

Page 30: ... 1 1 56 28 1 8 9 45 23 91 1 5 75 38 19 1 2 6 3 15 91 1 1 56 28 14 9 45 23 11 92 75 38 19 09 6 3 15 08 93 25 13 06 03 2 1 05 03 2 5MHz Channel 1 25MHz Channel Data Throughput based on Repeater Hops 20 MHz Channel 10 MHz Channel 5MHz Channel 900Mhz Signal 20MHz 10MHz 5MHz 2 5MHz 1 25MHz 72dBm 22 11 5 5 2 8 1 4 75dBm 20 10 5 2 5 1 3 81dBm 17 8 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 84dBm 11 5 5 2 8 1 4 7 88dBm 9 4 5 2 3 1 1 ...

Page 31: ...ETUP mode wireless operation is disabled The previous configuration remains stored in non volatile memory and will only change if a configuration parameter is modified and the change saved Do not forget to set the switch back to the RUN position and cycle power at the conclusion of configuration for resumption of normal operation Accessing Configuration for the first time Because the Default IP ad...

Page 32: ...ollowing description is for Windows XP earlier Windows operating systems have similar settings Open Properties of Local Area Connection Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and click on Properties On the General tab enter IP address 192 168 0 1 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 and press OK Open Internet Explorer and ensure that settings will allow you to connect to the IP address selected If the PC uses a pro...

Page 33: ...port using a straight through serial cable and a terminal package such as Hyperterminal set to 115 200 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no Parity Open Hyperterminal and monitor communications Set the SETUP RUN switch to the SETUP position and connect power to the modem Observe Hyperterminal and when you see the Dragon screen see below press Enter to get the following prompt Type the following ifconfig ...

Page 34: ...n you need to select the following parameters Quick Start Configuration Operating Mode Access Point or Client Bridge operation is assumed for Router selection go to the Network page after Quick Start Default Gateway This is the address that the device will use to forward messages to remote hosts that are not connected to any of the local bridged network Ethernet or Wireless IP Address Subnet Mask ...

Page 35: ...ngs For further information and examples on wireless network topologies refer section 1 1 Network Topology above The XYR301 E supports several different radio encryption schemes If utilising any form of encryption all modules in the system that communicate with each other will need the same encryption method and encryption keys WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption is the weakest encryption meth...

Page 36: ...Some field changes may stop the radio link from working and will require a hard wire connection to change back Network Settings Webpage Fields Operating Mode Used to select Access Point Infrastructure Client Infrastructure By default this is set to Client Device Mode Used to select Bridge or Router mode By default this is set to Bridge Bridge STP Checking this box enables Spanning Tree protocol in...

Page 37: ...h a redundant wireless link If the bridge Spanning Tree Protocol is enabled one of the two wireless links will be disabled that is all wireless data will be transferred by one link only If the active link fails the other link will automatically start transferring the wireless data The Spanning Tree Protocol implemented is IEEE 802 1d compatible The algorithm forms a loop free network by blocking t...

Page 38: ...ve and decrypt a message from a module that has a different default key index as long as each module has the same key configured at the same index WEP keys must be entered as pairs of hexadecimal digits separated by colons Hexadecimal digits are in the range 0 9 and A F 64bit WEP requires 10 Hexadecimal digits and 128bit WEP requires 26 Hexadecimal digits For example 12 AB EF 00 56 for 64bit encry...

Page 39: ...ertificate has been loaded this text box will contain validation information for the certificate If this text is blank or contains errors the certificate is invalid Trusted CA Certificate Contents Displays the contents of the loaded certificate WPA Enterprise Authenticator Configuration RADIUS Server IP Address Port shared secret Connection information for the RADIUS Authentication Server Supplica...

Page 40: ... to reduce broadcast traffic sent over the radio Refer Section 3 18 Filtering for how to configure a filter By default a transparent bridge does not handle loops within the network There must be a single path to each device on the network Loops in the network will cause the same data to be continually passed around that loop Redundant wireless links may be set up by enabling the bridge Spanning Tr...

Page 41: ...This allows adjustment of the radio power Do not set the radio power above the allowed setting for your country You can reduce the power for short range applications or to allow the use of high gain transmitter antennas while still complying with the emission requirements of your country See Appendix C for dBm to mW conversion Channel AP only Select available channel frequency and bandwidth from d...

Page 42: ...ccess point Background Scanning STA only Enabling this option will allow a modem to periodically rescan for Access Points keeping the connectivity page up to date with current system information Default is off Note Enabling this option will slightly increase overall radio communications Rescan time is fixed at 300sec 5min Max Distance Configure the maximum distance the radio signal is expected to ...

Page 43: ...h will give better RX signal gain but not increase the TX gain and possibly pushing it over the regulatory EIRP threshold DTIM Period AP only DTIM sets which beacon frames incorporate extra information for low power sleeping client devices Normally set this to 1 RTS Threshold Ready to Send RTS frames can be used to help avoid radio collisions between two stations that cannot directly hear each oth...

Page 44: ...hannel is busy it will hold off regardless of the level of signal If the background interference is high due to other radio systems or noise you can raise the Fixed Noise floor to compensate The Channel Utilisation page can be used to identify excess noise interference Raising the Noise Floor will block out any receive signal levels below the value configured under Fixed Noise Floor on the Advance...

Page 45: ...ke the device visible on the network In this process the XYR301 E pretends that it holds the IP address on the network and responds on behalf of the remote device The result of this is similar to bridging for a single device with some exceptions One of these exceptions is the inability to handle name server searches of the network via this serial link For example you would encounter difficulty if ...

Page 46: ... Multicast Group or Modbus When configured as Server the module will wait for a TCP connection to be initiated by a remote client When configured as Client the module will automatically attempt to connect to a specified remote server using TCP When configured as Multicast Group the module will broadcast data to all members of the same Multicast Group using UDP With the Serial Gateway Server Client...

Page 47: ...ys performed by the XYR301 E which is directly connected to the Modbus serial device i e only this module needs to have Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway enabled The above example demonstrates how a Modbus TCP Client Master can connect to one or more Modbus RTU i e serial Slaves In this example the XYR301 E Access Point is configured with the RS232 Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway enabled Once enabled the gatewa...

Page 48: ...um delay in msec between received serial characters before packet is sent via network Packet Size The number of received bytes that will be buffered before a packet is sent via the network Listen Port Server Server Only Enter the TCP port number on which the server must listen for incoming connections The standard TELNET port is 23 Serial Gateway Mode Client Module will wait for a connection to be...

Page 49: ... i e the remote IP Address to automatically connect to RS232 RS485 Modbus TCP RTU Converter Modbus Server TCP Port Port number used for the Modbus TCP Standard port is 502 Pauses Between Requests Enter the delay between serial request retries in milliseconds Response Timeout Enter the serial response timeout in milliseconds a serial retry will be sent if a response is not received within this time...

Page 50: ...ipe Manager Server Port Server port used by the Multicast Pipe Manager Will need to be configured the same as the Port on the Client i e Scada DCS etc 3 12 Multicast pipe Manger Previously it has been difficult to connect a single TCP device i e a Scada DCS system to multiple remote multicast serial devices Multicast Pipe allows this type of connection Example An example would be a Scada system th...

Page 51: ...al output to turn ON set or OFF drop 3 14 Modbus I O Transfer The XYR301 E provides Modbus TCP Client and Modbus TCP Server functionality for I O transfer 5000 x 16bit general purpose registers are provided for Modbus including the onboard Digital Input Output and are shared for both Client and Server Modbus TCP Client Master and Modbus TCP Server Slave are both supported simultaneously and when c...

Page 52: ...dbus devices use a different Modbus Device ID i e Modbus Slave Address to the onboard Modbus TCP Server Up to 32 separate connections to the Modbus TCP Server are supported Modbus RTU serial Master functionality is achieved by combining the Modbus TCP Client Master and Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway Simply specify a Modbus TCP Client Master connection to a Modbus TCP Server where the server is the addr...

Page 53: ...s configured I O Count 1 specifies that only one I O point is being transferred i e the single digital I O Function Code 02 Read Discretes specifies the standard Modbus function code to read discrete i e digital inputs Destination Register 4300 specifies the register for the onboard digital input at unit C since C is the destination unit for this mapping Device ID 1is the ID of the onboard Modbus ...

Page 54: ... and also slightly increase processing resources Log background Noise RSSI BGND on Rx messages are made available in the diagnostic registers See Error Reference source not found Internal Diagnostic Modbus Registers for details For a Hex value of 5F5D the 5D byte RSSI and the 5F byte BGND Convert value from hex to dec and add a e g 5F 95dB Enabling this option removes the RSSI byte from these regi...

Page 55: ... device from sending probe request messages when it is searching for an access point to connect to Instead the client waits for a beacon transmission from the access point Passive Scanning should be disabled when Fast Roaming is enabled Roam Scan Threshold Background Scan will be initiated when the RSSI to the currently connected AP drops below this threshold and Fast Roaming above is enabled Defa...

Page 56: ... retransmission when complete It is therefore recommended the scan list is used to limit the number of channels the client needs to scan thus reducing the overall scan time During the background scan a client will scan all of the channels in the Scan List to identify better AP s If no channels are configured it will scan all channels The above configuration shows that the Client will start scannin...

Page 57: ... configuration intensive as routed networks Since WDS bridge interfaces generally do not require IP address configuration they inherit the IP address of the standard wireless interface A WDS router interface allows traffic to be routed to an Access Point on a different network and therefore requires configuration of an IP address to reflect the network address of the destination network WDS router...

Page 58: ...r WDS is to extend the range of the wireless network using repeaters The diagram above illustrates a simple example where the four Access Points are all at fixed locations each of the Access Points could of course have one or more client stations connected Since the locations are fixed we can avoid the overhead of using the Bridge Spanning Tree protocol here by configuring fixed WDS links to ensur...

Page 59: ...acting as a Virtual Station for Site C which in turn is acting as a Virtual AP This setup can be replicated to extend the range and will allow any Roaming Stations full connectivity across the network Site B WDS Configuration 2 3 11 3 Example Adding Redundancy In the example below 4 x Access Points A B C D form a mesh network using only WDS bridge interfaces Each of the Access Points may also have...

Page 60: ...h Virtual Station to Site C Site A WDS configuration Repeaters Page configured with two Virtual Clients to Sites B C Encryption levels and key above are shows as being different however they can be the same as in some of the earlier examples One reason why the Encryption level and key would be different is because the Access Point may have clients that communicate using a different Encryption meth...

Page 61: ...te that this IP Address specifies a different network than that of the default interface for Site A or B i e default interfaces 192 168 0 X and 192 168 X respectively It is a requirement that the virtual interfaces at each end point of a WDS link have the same network structure this ensures that the WDS links at either end point are not bridged with their default interface A consequence of using a...

Page 62: ...2 168 0 0 as the destination address the network address of unit A because the last byte is zero this refers to a route to the network 192 168 0 X as opposed to a route to an individual host The same rule specifies the address 169 254 0 2 as the gateway address this is the WDS Router IP address that Site A has been configured with for its WDS link to Site B So this routing rule effectively tells t...

Page 63: ... for this WDS link Encryption Key Enter the Encryption key for WEP encryption or the passphrase for WPA encryption For WEP encryption the encryption key is set as WEP Key 1 For Sta Mode this must match WEP Key 1 on the Access point this virtual client will connect to For AP mode clients must configure their WEP Key 1 to the same value as this key and select the Default WEP Key to be WEP Key 1 Rout...

Page 64: ...d to be configured In this example the XYR301 E clients need only specify the Access Point as their default gateway i e they require no routing rules be configured However for the Access Point to be able to deliver traffic to LAN B and LAN C it needs to have routing rules configured that specify the respective XYR301 E client routers as next hop routers i e gateways to networks B and C Note that d...

Page 65: ...ules may be added to each XYR301 E The table below summarizes the configurable parameters of a routing rule Name A name to describe the routing rule Max 32 characters Destination The destination network or host IP address to specify a network address set the host address to 0 i e for an IP address 192 168 0 0 with Netmask 255 255 255 0 would specify a destination network while 192 168 0 16 specifi...

Page 66: ...isted below The MAC Address filter is always checked before the IP Address filter If a message matches a MAC filter entry it will not be subsequently processed by the IP filter If the MAC filter list is a Whitelist the message will be accepted If the MAC filter list is a Blacklist the message will be dropped The MAC address list checks the Source address of the message only The IP Address filter c...

Page 67: ...evices from accessing the module and using the radio link Whitelist will allow devices with the MAC addresses listed to communicate with the module and utilize the radio link All other devices are blocked Add Entry Add a row to the table of Mac Address filter rules Delete Entry Delete the currently selected MAC address filter rule Enable Check to enable the rule Mac Address Enter the desired sourc...

Page 68: ... rule Enable Check this box to enable the rule IP Address Min IP Address Max These set the range of IP addresses All addresses within the specified range are affected by the rule Port Min Port Max When the protocol is set to TCP or to UDP this is the range of port addresses to which the rule applies When protocol is set to All or to ICMP these settings have no effect Protocol This chooses the prot...

Page 69: ...lying IP addresses automatically to other DHCP Client devices Note that the XYR301 E units need to act in conjunction with their connected devices If a connected device is a DHCP server the local and remote XYR301 E units can be configured as DHCP Clients and receive IP addresses from the server device Similarly if an XYR is configured as a DHCP server it can provide IP addresses to DHCP Clients b...

Page 70: ...network If your network is part of a larger network this would be assigned to you by the relevant naming authority If your network is stand alone this field is set to an arbitrary name of your choice Device Name Host Name This is the DNS name of the local device Commonly referred to as the host name or computer name This setting is duplicated on the main Module Information configuration page This ...

Page 71: ...e with Internet Explorer at address 192 168 0 1XX where XX is the last two digits of the module s serial number When prompted for password enter default username user and password user Click Network and select Operating Mode as Access Point Select Device Mode as Bridge Change the Gateway IP Address to 192 168 0 1 Change the Ethernet and Wireless IP addresses to 192 168 0 200 Change Ethernet and Wi...

Page 72: ...settings Set Configuration PC network card with network setting of IP address 192 168 0 1 netmask 255 255 255 0 Open configuration webpage with Internet Explorer at address 192 168 0 1XX When prompted for password enter default username user and password user Enter Network and select Operating Mode as Access Point Device Mode should be set to Router Set the Gateway IP address to 192 168 0 1 Set th...

Page 73: ...e Extending a wired network example above Place the Access Point at the remote intermediate repeater location Additional repeaters can be added using Wireless Distribution System WDS refer section Error Reference source not found Error Reference source not found for further details 192 168 0 0 255 255 255 0 Access Point Client 2 Client 1 LAN ...

Page 74: ...t is open circuit The green OK LED on the front panel indicates correct operation of the unit This LED turns red on failure as described above When the OK LED turns red shutdown state is indicated On processor failure or on failure during start up diagnostics the unit shuts down and remains in shutdown until the fault is rectified During Module boot up the OK LED flashes RED GREEN until the boot s...

Page 75: ... Every Client gets a unique temporary ID from the AP CHAN Channel What radio channel is being used RATE Radio Data Rate RSSI Radio Signal Strength Index Amount of received signal strength BGND Background interference level in dBms The amount of internal noise the radio is able to hear This level does not indicate external radio interference noise level CAPS Capabilities Ref 802 11 Standard Site Su...

Page 76: ... Channel Selection or RF Path Testing When used on an inactive system the Channel Utilisation will indicate how quiet the current channel is and therefore indicate how much interference is present To select the quietest channel configure the radio as an Access Point with no data transfer and on each channel of interest record the Channel Utilisation over a period of time The channel with the lowes...

Page 77: ...ireless Ethernet 34 XY 25 41 Page 77 The first screen shows a percent of the overall radio traffic on the channel that is currently being used The next screen shot shows the radio receive noise floor for the last 60 seconds ...

Page 78: ...ng average for the total number of minutes up to 59 minutes The next screen shot shows the running radio receive noise floor average for each minute up to 59 minutes The Channel Survey page also shows two other screen shots not shown here which indicate the Percent Channel Utilisation and Noise Floor in one hour intervals The screens will only show the last 24 hour period ...

Page 79: ...ess Phones RC devices etc By configuring the different chart options we can get a clear idea of the amount of data being transmitted received and the amount of other noise that can be heard at the radio Configure what is to be logged on each chart select a time interval and save changes and the charts will then be displayed below the settings Click the button again to manually redraw the graphs Ea...

Page 80: ...two shows the amount of other noise that is being received From this you can see that in the last 60 second period there was a 20 second interval with around 60 80 channel Utilisation in this case from another 900 MHz device With this sort of outside interference it is recommended to perform the same test but over a longer period so as to get a clearer indication of channel utilisation ...

Page 81: ...nal load placed on the internal microprocessor Even so the throughput results still gives an excellent indication of link performance as long as you compare the measured result against the expected result in the table See Appendix D Iperf Throughput for details on running this application externally Internal Throughput Test Before testing ensure that the end node of the Wi Fi Link that you wish to...

Page 82: ...the internal Iperf utility or running Iperf externally on a laptop or PC at both ends of the link The following table shows the estimated throughput results based on real world communications These estimates are not necessarily the maximum that are achievable in the modems but are used more as a guideline to determine the performance of the radio link The Iperf throughput result provides an excell...

Page 83: ...ference as AP is holding off sending Beacon and Utilisation will increase TX Queue stopped because full Message buffer Ethernet Frames in radio queue If Radio cannot transmit due to high noise this will increment When the buffer is full all new messages are dropped Buffer size 150 messages Client Beacon Missed Interrupts How many beacons 100msec the Client has missed from the Access Point TX Faile...

Page 84: ...ughput Test Performs a Throughput Test See section 4 5 Throughput Test above for details Radio Path Test Perform a Radio Path test without the use of a Laptop and get a visual indication of RSSI and Throughput on the front panel LEDs Read Configuration File This option will show the module configuration in XML format This file can be saved for future reference Write Configuration File Any configur...

Page 85: ... data throughput levels The way iPerf works is a Server is enabled at one end of the link and a Client at the other The iPerf Client will then pass data over the link and calculate and display the throughput accordingly iPerf server can be run internally on the modem by enabling this feature on the Advanced Radio page of one of the modems see section 4 5 Throughput Test It can also be run external...

Page 86: ... High Threshold then the RS485 LED will be green otherwise if the throughput is greater than the configurable Throughput Low Threshold then the RS485 LED will be red if the measured throughput is less than the Throughput Low Threshold then the RS485 LED will be off Radio Path Test can be accesses by selecting the link from the System Tools page and then ticking the Enable Radio Path Test and enter...

Page 87: ...device name if using DNS the configuration page of the remote module will be shown and changes can be made Care must be taken if modifying the configuration of a module remotely If the Radio Configuration is changed some changes made may cause loss of the radio link and therefore the network connection It is advisable to determine the path of the links to the modules you wish to modify and draw a ...

Page 88: ...i0 Number Associated Stations for this interface 5013 AP Only Wireless Adaptor wi0 Points to the starting register of the AP s Station List First interface wi0 will always start at 5200 and dynamically enter data depending on the number of STA s Remaining interfaces wi1 wi10 will be entered after wi0 data Register 5023 5033 etc will indicate starting location for each interface 5014 STA Only Wirel...

Page 89: ...the interface 4520 Both Transmit frames with antenna 1 TX RX 4522 Both Transmit frames with antenna 2 RX 4524 Both Transmitter antenna switches 4526 Both Transmitter on chip retries 4528 Both Transmit message failed due to too many retries 4530 Both Transmit frames with alternate rate 4532 Both Transmit frames with no ack marked i e broadcast multicast 4534 Both Management frames transmitted 4536 ...

Page 90: ... steps in any Windows operating system Click on the Start Menu and select Run Type in cmd and enter you should then see the command screen come up There will be a certain directory specified unique to your own PC with a flashing cursor at the end At the cursor type the word ping leaving a space and the default IP address for the XYR301 E at first start up This command would be written as ping 192 ...

Page 91: ...nd the gateway it is connected to Other ipconfig commands will return back more information The hardware or MAC address of the computer may be discovered using the command ipconfig all Ipconfig Lists all of the commands and their usages available for use Arp Displays and modifies the IP to Physical address translation tables used by Address Resolution Protocol ARP Once a remote computer has been p...

Page 92: ... 168 0 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Wireless IP 192 168 2 50 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 In the Network A PC a routing rule is to be set This will allow Network A B to have access to each other This is entered under cmd prompt Route ADD 192 168 2 0 MASK 255 255 255 0 192 168 0 191 This says access everything on network B 192 168 2 0 with the Mask of 255 255 255 0 on Network A via the Ethernet IP Inte...

Page 93: ...5MHz 4 x 5MHz 4 x 10MHz and 2 x 20MHz See 3 2 Selecting a Channel for more channel detail Australia 4 x 1 25MHz 4 x 2 5MHz 3 x 5MHz and 1 x 10MHz Receiver sensitivity Model Receiver Sensitivity 8 FER XYR301 E 92dBm 6Mb s 88dBm 18Mb s 72dBm 54Mb s Antenna Connector 2 x Female SMA coaxial Two connectors for signal diversity or High gain receive antenna Wireless data rate configurable 6 to 54Mb s XYR...

Page 94: ... necessary create a temporary separate radio network to perform the upgrade to remote modules Please refer to the Web based Upgrade section for the upgrade procedure Web based Upgrade Web based firmware upgrade is available from the System tools page by selecting firmware upgrade Firmware upgrade is performed by uploading a patch file which is specific to the currently installed firmware version I...

Page 95: ...er than collision detection must be used because the standard employs half duplex radios radios capable of transmission or reception but not both simultaneously Unlike conventional wired Ethernet nodes a WLAN station cannot detect a collision while transmitting If a collision occurs the transmitting station will not receive an ACKnowledge packet from the intended receive station For this reason AC...

Page 96: ...ogram or device that transfers data to or from a computer Internet appliance A computer that is intended primarily for Internet access is simple to set up and usually does not support installation of third party software These computers generally offer customized web browsing touch screen navigation e mail services entertainment and personal information management applications IP Internet Protocol...

Page 97: ...data RJ 45 Standard connectors used in Ethernet networks RJ 45 connectors are similar to standard RJ 11 telephone connectors but RJ 45 connectors can have up to eight wires whereas telephone connectors have four Server A computer that provides its resources to other computers and devices on a network These include print servers Internet servers and data servers A server can also be combined with a...

Page 98: ...ecurity of information transferred over the Internet VPN can work with either wired or wireless networks as well as with dial up connections over POTS VPN creates a private encrypted tunnel from the end user s computer through the local wireless network through the Internet all the way to the corporate servers and database WAN Wide Area Network A communication system of connecting PCs and other co...

Page 99: ...Bm Watts dBm 10 mW 10 dB 200 mW 23 dB 13 mW 11 dB 316 mW 25 dB 16 mW 12 dB 398 mW 26 dB 20 mW 13 dB 500 mW 27 dB 25 mW 14 dB 630 mW 28 dB 32 mW 15 dB 800 mW 29 dB 40 mW 16 dB 1 0 W 30 dB 50 mW 17 dB 1 3 W 31 dB 63 mW 18 dB 1 6 W 32 dB 9 mW 19 dB 2 0 W 33 dB 100 mW 20 dB 2 5 W 34 dB 126 mW 21 dB 3 2 W 35 dB 158 mW 22 dB 4 0 W 36 dB ...

Page 100: ...eds to be installed on both PC s and can be downloaded from the following link http www honeywell com ps hfs Download the jperf application and save to a location on your PC Locate the downloaded file and extract to the main root directory on your PC this will create a directory jperf 2 0 2 under the main root C This folder contains the main Iperf application as well as the Jperf graphical interfa...

Page 101: ...source not found shows the Bandwidth Throughput of the test is 10 6Mbits sec Using the Theoretical throughput calculations in Table 5 you can compare the results with the measured to give an indication of the difference between expected and measured Remembering that the theoretical calculations are best case possible results XYR400 E XYR401 E XYR301 E 20Mhz XYR400 E 54Mbps 27Mbps 27Mbps 11Mbps 5Mb...

Page 102: ... Figure 8 JPerf Application Jperf is a graphical interface that runs over the top of Iperf It will print out a graph of the results from the Iperf test To run Jperf go to the CMD prompt and point the root directory to the jperf 2 0 2 directory as shown in Figure 9 Figure 9 Followed by entering in Jperf at the prompt and pressing enter The CMD screen will disappear and the Jperf Screen will appear ...

Page 103: ...lient Mode enter in IP address of the Server PC leave Port as default and press Run Iperf button The test will run again and the Bandwidth Throughput display will show results of the test Note Jperf runs using Java technology and depending on PC setup further installation of Java software may be required ...

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