QK-A026-plus Manual
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2020
Figure 14 Setup the baud rate
4.2. WiFi - Station mode
WiFi is set to Ad-hoc mode by default. Station mode however, allows your router/access point to handle
the data from your device. This data can then be picked up through your router anywhere on your local
area network (Similar to plugging the device directly into the router, but using wireless technology). This
allows your mobile device to still receive Internet while viewing your marine data.
To begin setup station mode the A026+ should be connected via USB to a computer running Windows
(Mac users can use BootCamp).
1.
Connect the A026+ to computer via Micro USB B connection.
2.
Run the Configuration software (having closed any other programs that would access the A026+)
3.
Click ‘Connect’ and check connection to the A026+ at the bottom of Configuration tool.
4.
Change working mode to ‘
Station mode’
5.
Enter your router’s
SSID.
6.
Enter the
password
for your network.
7.
Enter the
IP address
assigned to the A026+, this normally starts
with 192.168. The third group of digits depends on your router’s
configuration (commonly 1 or 0). The fourth group must be a
unique number between 0 and 255). This number must not be
used by any other equipment connected to your router.
8.
Enter your
router’s IP address
in the
Gateway
section. This can
usually be found under the router. Leave the other settings as
they are.
9.
Click ‘
Con
fig’
in the bottom right-hand corner and wait 60
seconds. After 60 seconds Click ‘
Disconnect’
.
10. Repower the A026+ and it will now attempt to connect to the
router.
In your chart software
, set the protocol as ‘
TCP
’, insert the
IP address
you assigned the A026+ and
enter the Port number as ‘
2000
’.
You should now see your marine data in your chart software. If not, check your router’s
IP address list
and confirm the
IP address
that your router has assigned the A026+. Occasionally, a router assigns a
different
IP address
to a device than the one you chose to assign it during Configuration. If this is the
case, copy the IP address from the router into your chart software.
If the
IP address
in the router’s
IP address list
matched the one inputted into the chart software,
everything will work in station mode.
If you are not able to view your data in station mode, the likely cause is either the data has been input
incorrectly, or the IP address is different in your chart software to that of your router.