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Installation

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2.3

Antenna connection (FL EPA 2 RSMA only)

Avoid the use of long and/or low-quality antenna cables. They cause additional attenuation

and may reduce the range.

Torque the antenna cable to 1 Nm. Excessively high torques may damage the device.

2.4

LED indicators

Figure 2-5

LED indicators

The device is provided with an RSMA (female) antenna socket. Only use suitable antenna

cables and adapters. The antenna socket may be damaged when trying to screw on

wrong connectors.

Table 2-3

Meaning of the LED indicators

LED

Color

Meaning

PWR

Off

No power

Green

Normal operation

WLAN

Off

WLAN deactivated

Flashing blue

Access Point mode: WLAN activated, no client connected

Blue

Access Point mode: Connected to at least one client

Client mode: Connected to Access Point

Flashing blue

rapidly

WLAN data activity (when connected)

Flashing pur-

ple

Client mode: Scanning for Access Points

Purple

Client mode: Connecting to a detected Access Point

Red

Unrecoverable error

LAN

Off

No Ethernet connection

Yellow

Ethernet link present

Flashing yel-

low rapidly

Ethernet data activity (when connected)

Summary of Contents for FL EPA 2

Page 1: ...User manual FL EPA 2 UM EN FL EPA 2 ...

Page 2: ...21 PHOENIX CONTACT 108452_en_00 FL EPA 2 UM EN FL EPA 2 00 Designation Order No FL EPA 2 1005955 FL EPA 2 RSMA 1005957 FL BT EPA 2 1005869 User manual Designation Revision Order No This user manual is valid for ...

Page 3: ... phoenixcontact com Published by PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH Co KG Flachsmarktstraße 8 32825 Blomberg GERMANY Should you have any suggestions or recommendations for improvement of the contents and layout of our manuals please send your comments to tecdoc phoenixcontact com This is the safety alert symbol It is used to alert you to potential personal injury hazards Obey all safety measures that follow thi...

Page 4: ... Terms and Conditions of Phoenix Contact apply exclusively in particular as concerns any warranty liability This manual including all illustrations contained herein is copyright protected Any changes to the contents or the publication of extracts of this document is prohibited Phoenix Contact reserves the right to register its own intellectual property rights for the product identifications of Pho...

Page 5: ... 4 LED indicators 5 3 Configuration 1 3 1 Easy Config MODE button 1 3 1 1 Using the MODE button 2 3 1 2 Easy Config modes 2 4 Web based management 1 4 1 General 1 4 1 1 System overview 2 4 1 2 Easy Config 3 4 1 3 Network settings 3 4 1 4 WLAN settings Client mode 4 4 1 5 WLAN settings Access Point mode 6 4 1 6 Bluetooth settings General 7 4 1 7 Bluetooth settings Mode specific 8 4 1 8 Firmware upd...

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Page 7: ...ing highly robust wireless con nections or if precise channel planning is not possible 1 1 1 Device versions Three device versions are available FL EPA 2 Internal antenna WLAN and Bluetooth Order No 1005955 FL EPA 2 RSMA External antenna WLAN and Bluetooth Order No 1005957 FL BT EPA 2 Internal antenna Bluetooth one device Order No 1005869 Depending on the model not all of the properties described ...

Page 8: ...FL EPA 2 1 8 PHOENIX CONTACT 108452_en_00 ...

Page 9: ...tive measures against electrostatic discharge NOTE The product may only be installed started up and maintained by qualified specialist per sonnel who have been authorized to do so by the system operator An electrician is some one who because of their education experience and instruction and their knowledge of relevant standards is able to assess all planned activities and recognize any possible da...

Page 10: ...FL WLAN EPA 2 10 PHOENIX CONTACT 108452_en_02 2 2 Mechanical installation Figure 2 1 Assembly drawing all dimensions in mm antenna connection for the FL EPA 2 RSMA only ...

Page 11: ... to fix the EPA to the base plate Place the EPA with the adapter on the top edge of the DIN rail Push the EPA towards the DIN rail until it snaps into place For releasing the adapter from the DIN rail pull the latch downwards using a screw driver and simultaneously remove the EPA from the DIN rail 2 2 2 Wall or mast mounting The FL EPA WMS Order No 2701134 mounting kit can be used for EPA wall or ...

Page 12: ...12 connectors A coded Table 2 1 M12 power connectors Graphic Pin Function 1 Power supply 9 V DC 30 V DC 2 Digital input ground 3 Power ground 4 Digital input 9 V DC 30 V DC 5 Functional ground NOTE The signal line for the digital input must be carried in the same cable as power supply and functional ground if the line length exceeds 3 meters Table 2 2 LAN power connectors Graphic Pin Function Colo...

Page 13: ...ay be damaged when trying to screw on wrong connectors Table 2 3 Meaning of the LED indicators LED Color Meaning PWR Off No power Green Normal operation WLAN Off WLAN deactivated Flashing blue Access Point mode WLAN activated no client connected Blue Access Point mode Connected to at least one client Client mode Connected to Access Point Flashing blue rapidly WLAN data activity when connected Flas...

Page 14: ...a activity when connected Purple PANU mode Trying to connect to NAP Red Unrecoverable error A B C D Green RSSI received signal strength or link quality Table 2 4 Received signal strength indication via A B C D LEDs RSSI WLAN client link quality Bluetooth PANU A B C D No connection RSSI link quality low RSSI link quality sufficient RSSI link quality good RSSI link quality excellent Table 2 3 Meanin...

Page 15: ... state can simply be displayed without the use of special software or the device can be configured For parameter description please refer to Section Web based management on page 4 1 AT commands All the EPA parameters can be modified or transmitted to the EPA in an automated manner for example from a program of a controller For development or testing purposes AT com mands can also be transmitted to...

Page 16: ...d mode Configure the clients for mode 4 The Access Point or NAP then configures the devices in mode 4 matching the selected operating mode As soon as a device is configured as a cli ent the device is restarted Table 3 1 Received signal strength indication via the A B C D LEDs Mode Role RSSI WLAN client link quality Blue tooth PANU A B C D 2 Reset configuration to factory defaults 3 Reset IP settin...

Page 17: ...e AP has previously been configured to 192 168 3 50 it will retain this address 192 168 3 51 52 are then assigned to the clients PANU A WLAN connection is established on channel 6 The channel can also be changed subse quently using the Access Point web interface The connection is layer 2 transparent and thus also suitable for PROFINET If several radio sets are used within a common backbone network...

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Page 19: ...d Safari Other browsers may not support the full functionality of the web based management All changes are activated using the Safe and Reboot button The button will only be ac tive if parameters have been changed This also applies to changes made to the device on other web pages during this session Selecting another menu item within the configu ration pages does not discard the changes that have ...

Page 20: ...FL WLAN EPA 2 4 20 PHOENIX CONTACT 108452_en_00 4 1 1 System overview The System Overview page provides an overview of the current settings and connections Figure 4 2 System Overview web page ...

Page 21: ...lect it from the dropdown menu and click on Set For additional information please refer to 3 1 2 on page 3 2 4 1 3 Network settings Figure 4 4 Network Settings web page IP Assignment Select whether the wireless module should use a static IP address or be assigned an IP address from an existing DHCP server IP Address Static IP address field ...

Page 22: ...its IP ad dress will be skipped and the next IP address will be assigned instead If the static IP address is changed the browser is automatically redirected to the new ad dress after clicking on Save and Reboot The automatic redirect function may not be supported by all browsers 4 1 4 WLAN settings Client mode Figure 4 5 WLAN Settings web page DHCP requests from connected devices are forwarded in ...

Page 23: ...he network Channel Select a specific channel to use when scanning for networks Which channels are available depend on the Channel Bands setting Auto All channels will be scanned default 4 1 4 1 Extended settings Bridge mode Client mode Layer 3 IP forward default Several connected network devices support layer 3 transpar ent communication Several network devices can be connected behind the WLAN cli...

Page 24: ...authentication with AES CCMP encryption Other authentication and encryption modes can be selected using AT commands WPA2 Passkey Enter a string in plain text or hexadecimal format to use for authentication Channel Bands Channel Select both a frequency band and channel for the Access Point the client follows the Ac cess Point settings The WPA2 passkey must consist of 8 63 characters from the follow...

Page 25: ...will use the default name including the last six characters of the MAC ID Connectable Enable to make the device accept connection requests initiated by other Bluetooth devices Discoverable Enable to make the device visible to scans of other Bluetooth devices Security Mode Disabled No encryption or authentication PIN Encrypted connection with PIN code protection This mode only works between two dev...

Page 26: ...ction Scheme Choose whether to select a Bluetooth device by MAC address or name Local Name when connecting manually NAP mode only List Nearby Devices Lists Bluetooth devices discovered in the environment 4 1 7 1 Configuration examples Connection in Connect to MAC mode A Bluetooth connection based on MAC addresses is established quickly In addition de vices do not need to be set to Visible i e the ...

Page 27: ...ttings page Connection Scheme Connect to MAC PIN Security key identical to the NAP key Press the Scan for Devices button If the NAP is located in close proximity the NAP address can be selected from the drop down list after just a few seconds Apply the settings with Save and Reboot Connection in Connect to Name mode A connection based on the Local Name network name is established using the Connect...

Page 28: ...on the Network Settings page Figure 4 9 Bluetooth Settings web page Modify the following data on the Bluetooth Settings page Operating Mode NAP Access Point Connectable Yes Visible Yes Local Name descriptive name for the wireless cell PIN unique key 4 6 digits e g 123456 Apply the settings with Save and Reboot ...

Page 29: ...AP Access Point Connection Scheme Connect to Name Name Local Name of the NAP Local Name descriptive name for the wireless cell PIN unique key 4 to 6 digits e g 123456 identical to NAP Apply the settings with Save and Reboot After a few seconds the client connects to the Access Point NAP if it is located in the radio range With this type of configuration the NAP responds to any scanning device Conn...

Page 30: ...ess bars will turn green when the firmware update has been completed Follow ing firmware installation the device restarts automatically 4 1 9 AT commands Figure 4 12 AT Commands web page AT commands can be used for setting extended parameters that are not accessible via web based management or to read out parameters in text format It is possible to simultaneously copy a set of commands into the in...

Page 31: ...nagement Reboot System Reboots the system without applying changes Cancel All Changes Restores all parameters in the web based management to the cur rently active values Factory Reset Resets the device to the factory default settings and reboots 4 2 Restoring the factory defaults The device can be restored to the factory default settings using any of the following meth ods Press and hold the MODE ...

Page 32: ...ge number of protocols a general recommendation cannot be given here To this end it may be necessary to perform a test Bluetooth optimizations The performance of a Bluetooth Access Point NAP can be improved by specifying the number of clients PANU ATS2010 n n 1 7 number of devices Table 4 1 Default settings default upon delivery Network Settings IP Assignment Static IP Address 192 168 0 254 Subnet...

Page 33: ...e protection against accidental or unauthorized changes to the configuration Using the AT command AT AMPSM 1 1 1 all configuration interfaces web based management AT command interface are disabled Execute the command on the AT Commands page using the web based management Typical values for the monitoring time 250 ms To ensure a stable latency the data load for a wireless path must never be higher ...

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Page 35: ...ing Degree of protection IP65 Interface Ethernet Number 1 Connection method M12 connector D coded female Interface Ethernet 10 100 Mbps Number of interfaces 1 Connection method M12 connector D coded female Note on the connection method Auto negotiation and auto crossing Transmission speed 10 100 Mbps Physical transmission method Copper Transmission length 100 m per segment Designation Bluetooth Wi...

Page 36: ...upply voltage 24 V DC Supply voltage range 9 V DC 30 V DC Supply current 36 mA typical at 24 V DC Current consumption 190 mA maximum at 9 V DC Configuration Web interface MODE button AT commands TCP IP SSC Security PIN Non discoverable Mounting type Wall mounting Net weight 105 g Wireless licenses Belgium Bulgaria Denmark Germany Estonia Finland France Greece Great Britain Ireland Iceland Italy Ca...

Page 37: ...A Cyprus Republic Mechanical tests Shock according to EN 60068 2 27 IEC 60068 2 27 3g 11 ms Half sine shock pulse vibration resistance according to EN 60068 2 6 IEC 60068 2 6 eCl ss 4 0 27240409 eCl ss 4 1 27240409 eCl ss 5 0 27242215 eCl ss 5 1 27250501 eCl ss 6 0 27242208 eCl ss 7 0 27242208 eCl ss 8 0 19170101 eCl ss 9 0 19170101 ETIM 2 0 EC001423 ETIM 3 0 EC001423 ETIM 4 0 EC000515 ETIM 5 0 EC...

Page 38: ...ter blue shielded straight M12 connector D coded to free cable end cable length 5 m Network cable NBC MSD 1 0 93E R4AC SCO 1407360 Network cable Ethernet CAT5 100 Mbps 4 pos PUR RAL 5021 water blue shielded straight M12 connector SPEEDCON IP67 D coding to straight RJ45 IP20 connector cable length 1 m Network cable NBC MSD 2 0 93E R4AC SCO 1407361 Network cable Ethernet CAT5 100 Mbps 4 pos PUR RAL ...

Page 39: ...le outlet straight color RAL 7042 traffic gray A Assembly adapter Assembly adapter FL EPA WMS 2701134 Set for mounting devices with EPA design to wall or mast including mast clips for a diameter of 25 mm 85 mm can be moved on two axes for optimum alignment stainless steel Sensor actuator cable Sensor actuator cable SAC 4P 2 0 PUR M12FS 1533576 Sensor actuator cable 4 pos PUR halogen free RAL 7021 ...

Page 40: ...or cable 4 pos PUR halogen free RAL 7021 black gray free cable end to straight socket M12 A coded cable length 10 m DIN rail adapter FL EPA RMS 2701133 Set for mounting devices with EPA design on a DIN rail PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH Co KG Flachsmarktstr 8 32825 Blomberg Germany 49 5235 300 49 5235 341200 phoenixcontact com Worldwide locations phoenixcontact com salesnetwork HOTLINE If there are any pro...

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