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StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual

 

4/30/19 

10017C000

 

Silvus Technologies Confidential

 

 

Page  

 

 

30 

SC4400E PTT Connector 

Enclosure PTT Connector 

(ODU GKCWAM-P07UB00-000L) 

Signal 

1 

RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 

2 

RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 

3 

AUDIO_GND 

4 

PTT 

5 

SPEAKER_OUT 

6 

MIC_IN 

7 

RESERVED (Do Not Connect) 

Table 5 SC4400E PTT Connector Pinout 

 

Figure 7 SC4400E PTT Pinout Diagram (Cable Side) 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for StreamCaster SC3500

Page 1: ...Document Number 10017C000 Version 3 17 0 5 Date 4 30 2019 Silvus Technologies Inc 10990 Wilshire Blvd 1500 Los Angeles CA 90024 StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual...

Page 2: ...3 January 17 2014 Updated Throughput in Tables 6 and 7 3 4 February 24 2014 Updated through release SS3vb9 17 3 5 April 1 2014 Updated to include SC3822 3 6 August 18 2014 Updated for SS3 11 2 5 3 7...

Page 3: ...SC4410 235 and SC4480 235 3 15 0 0 May 15 2018 Added FIPS features 3 15 0 1 July 2 2018 Added QoS Scheduler feature 3 15 0 2 July 24 2018 Reformatted FCC Notice section 3 15 0 3 August 15 2018 Revised...

Page 4: ...ector PA Faceplate Option 26 4 2 Connector Pinouts 27 4 2 1 SC4400E Pinouts 27 4 2 2 SC4200E Pinouts 31 4 2 3 SC4400 Pinouts 35 4 2 4 SC4200 Pinouts 39 4 2 5 SC3822 Pinouts 43 4 2 6 SC3500 SC3800 Pino...

Page 5: ...AN WIFI Configuration 80 5 1 4 Multicast 84 5 1 5 Quality of Service QoS QoS 86 5 1 6 Serial USB Setup 90 5 1 7 Node Diagnostics 92 5 1 8 BDA Support 94 5 1 9 Build Information 95 5 1 10 Security 96 5...

Page 6: ...10 1 Required Equipment 146 10 2 Running Iperf Test 146 11 Precautions and Recommendations 147 11 1 Saving the Radio Configuration 147 12 Troubleshooting 148 12 1 LED Issues 148 12 2 Intermittent Link...

Page 7: ...Side 34 Figure 10 SC4400 Power Optional Serial Ethernet Pinout Diagram Cable Side 36 Figure 11 SC4400 AUX Pinout Diagram Cable Side 37 Figure 12 SC4400 PTT Pinout Diagram Cable Side 38 Figure 13 SC42...

Page 8: ...Page 84 Figure 32 Quality of Service QoS Configuration Page 86 Figure 33 Serial USB Setup Configuration Page 90 Figure 34 Node Diagnostics Configuration Page 92 Figure 35 BDA Bi Directional Amplifier...

Page 9: ...Characteristics 119 Figure 61 iPerf Function within GUI 120 Figure 62 Table View 121 Figure 63 Table View Settings 122 Figure 64 Network wide Setup 123 Figure 65 Per Node Setup 124 Figure 66 Map Overl...

Page 10: ...Table 12 SC4400 USB GPIO Connector Pinout USB1 is USB 2 0 OTG USB2 is USB 2 0 Host Mode Only 37 Table 13 SC4400 PTT Connector Pinout 38 Table 14 SC4200 Power Ethernet Serial Connector Pinout 39 Table...

Page 11: ...ogies Confidential Page 10 Table 29 Color Coding for Links and Nodes 113 Table 30 RSSI Reporting Format 141 Table 31 Sample RSSI Report 142 Table 32 Temperature Reporting Format 144 Table 33 Voltage R...

Page 12: ...osure to Non Ionizing RF Radiation Safe Working Distances The safe working distance from a transmitting antenna may be calculated from the relationship D 4 In which D safe working distance meters PT t...

Page 13: ...hing steady Red LED status indication is a normal condition and is not meant to convey a fault condition The Power Disconnect Device for the product is the connector for the external AC DC Adapter or...

Page 14: ...t cloth and mild detergent do not use any solvents that might remove case markings or labels The unit at the end of its useful life is to be disposed in accordance with local regulations or may be ret...

Page 15: ...d environment is defined as one in which the person subjected to the RF radiation may be unaware of and has no control over the radiation energy received The uncontrolled environment conditions can ar...

Page 16: ...ser to log into any radio within the network This quick start user guide contains all essential information for the user to configure the StreamCaster radio as well as how to run an iperf network test...

Page 17: ...nectors TNC Female Bi Color Status LED See Section 12 1 for Troubleshooting Information Red Radio is in the process of booting up Flashing Green Radio is fully booted but not wirelessly connected to a...

Page 18: ...repeat every 5 seconds Rapid Flashing Green When the multi position switch is rotate to a new position LED will rapidly flash green while new settings are being applied LED will resume normal indicat...

Page 19: ...nd Serial Port Connector ODU GK0YAR P10UC00 000L Bi Color Status LED See Section 12 1 for Troubleshooting Information Red Radio is in the process of booting up Flashing Green Radio is fully booted but...

Page 20: ...d rapidly for 1 second then go back to normal This will repeat every 5 seconds Rapid Flashing Green When the multi position switch is rotate to a new position LED will rapidly flash green while new se...

Page 21: ...s of booting up Flashing Green Radio is fully booted but not wirelessly connected to any other radio Green Radio is wirelessly connected to at least one other radio Flashing Red Spectrum Scan in Progr...

Page 22: ...otate to a new position LED will rapidly flash green while new settings are being applied LED will resume normal indication after settings have been applied Power 9 20V Ethernet and Serial Port Connec...

Page 23: ...or Troubleshooting Information Red Radio is in the process of booting up Flashing Green Radio is fully booted but not wirelessly connected to any other radio Green Radio is wirelessly connected to at...

Page 24: ...d Flashing Green When the multi position switch is rotate to a new position LED will rapidly flash green while new settings are being applied LED will resume normal indication after settings have been...

Page 25: ...Color Status LED See Section 12 1 for Troubleshooting Information Red Radio is in the process of booting up Orange Radio is fully booted but not wirelessly connected to any other radio Green Radio is...

Page 26: ...ower 9 20 VDC and Serial Port connector Mighty Mouse 801 010 07NF7 10PA Tri Color Status LED See Section 12 1 for Troubleshooting Information Red Radio is in the process of booting up Orange Radio is...

Page 27: ...onnector Mighty Mouse 801 010 07NF7 10SA Power 9 20 VDC and Serial Port connector Mighty Mouse 801 010 07NF7 10PA Power Switch Tri Color Status LED See Section 12 1 for Troubleshooting Information Red...

Page 28: ...nector Pinout Enclosure PWR COMM GK0YAR P10UC00 000L Signal Switchcraft Pinout EN3C2F16X 1 5V OUT For External GPS Puck NC 2 GND IN 2 3 VCC IN 1 4 ETH0_MX2N 1 5 ETH0_MX2P 1 6 ETH0_MX1P NC 7 RS232_RXD...

Page 29: ...000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 28 SC4400E RS 232 Pinout RS 232 DB9 Signal Switchcraft Pinout 3 TxD 2 2 RxD 1 NC NC 4 NC 5V OUT 6 NC NC 5 5 Ground 3 Table 3 SC4400E Serial and GPS Pinout Fig...

Page 30: ...AUX Connector Pinout Enclosure AUX LF10WBRB 12SD Signal 1 USB GND 2 USB1_D 3 USB1_VBUS 4 USB0_VBUS 5 GPIO1 BDA control 6 USB0_D 7 USB0_D 8 GND 9 USB1_ID 10 USB1_D Table 4 SC4400E USB GPIO Connector Pi...

Page 31: ...Page 30 SC4400E PTT Connector Enclosure PTT Connector ODU GKCWAM P07UB00 000L Signal 1 RESERVED Do Not Connect 2 RESERVED Do Not Connect 3 AUDIO_GND 4 PTT 5 SPEAKER_OUT 6 MIC_IN 7 RESERVED Do Not Conn...

Page 32: ...ut Enclosure PWR COMM GK0YAR P10UC00 000L Signal Switchcraft Pinout EN3C2F16X 1 5V OUT For External GPS Puck NC 2 GND IN 2 3 VCC IN 1 4 ETH0_MX2N 1 5 ETH0_MX2P 1 6 ETH0_MX1P NC 7 RS232_RXD NC 8 RS232_...

Page 33: ...000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 32 SC4200E RS 232 Pinout RS 232 DB9 Signal Switchcraft Pinout 3 TxD 2 2 RxD 1 NC NC 4 NC 5V OUT 6 NC NC 5 5 Ground 3 Table 7 SC4200E Serial and GPS Pinout Fig...

Page 34: ...AUX Connector Pinout Enclosure AUX LF10WBRB 12SD Signal 1 USB GND 2 USB1_D 3 USB1_VBUS 4 USB0_VBUS 5 GPIO1 BDA control 6 USB0_D 7 USB0_D 8 GND 9 USB1_ID 10 USB1_D Table 8 SC4200E USB GPIO Connector Pi...

Page 35: ...Page 34 SC4200E PTT Connector Enclosure PTT Connector ODU GKCWAM P07UB00 000L Signal 1 RESERVED Do Not Connect 2 RESERVED Do Not Connect 3 AUDIO_GND 4 PTT 5 SPEAKER_OUT 6 MIC_IN 7 RESERVED Do Not Conn...

Page 36: ...ernal GPS Puck NC 2 GND IN 2 3 GND IN 2 4 VCC IN 1 5 VCC IN 1 6 100 Base T ETH0 M2N NC 7 100 Base T ETH0 M2P NC 8 100 Base T ETH0 M1P NC 9 RS232_RXD NC 10 RS232_TXD NC 11 RS232_GND NC 12 100 Base T ET...

Page 37: ...StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 36 Figure 10 SC4400 Power Optional Serial Ethernet Pinout Diagram Cable Side...

Page 38: ...D 8 RESERVED Do Not Connect 9 GND 10 USB1_Sense 11 USB1_D 12 USB2_GND Table 12 SC4400 USB GPIO Connector Pinout USB1 is USB 2 0 OTG USB2 is USB 2 0 Host Mode Only 3 5 SC4400 USB GPIO Serial Ground 11...

Page 39: ...Page 38 SC4400 PTT Connector Enclosure PTT Connector ODU GKCWAM P07UB00 000L Signal 1 RESERVED Do Not Connect 2 RESERVED Do Not Connect 3 AUDIO_GND 4 PTT 5 SPEAKER_OUT 6 MIC_IN 7 RESERVED Do Not Conne...

Page 40: ...2 3 GND IN External Power Option Only 2 4 VCC IN External Power Option Only 1 5 VCC IN External Power Option Only 1 6 100 Base T ETH0 M2N NC 7 100 Base T ETH0 M2P NC 8 100 Base T ETH0 M1P NC 9 RS232_R...

Page 41: ...7 Grey Black P i n k Pink SC4200 Power Ethernet Serial Serial Rx Serial Tx Serial Ground V for GPS Antenna White White 11 10 Pink G r e y Orange Brown Red Yellow Grey White Green Blue Purple B W stri...

Page 42: ...D 8 RESERVED Do Not Connect 9 GND 10 USB1_Sense 11 USB1_D 12 USB2_GND Table 16 SC4200 USB GPIO Connector Pinout USB1 is USB 2 0 OTG USB2 is USB 2 0 Host Mode Only 3 5 SC4200 USB GPIO Serial Ground 11...

Page 43: ...Page 42 SC4200 PTT Connector Enclosure PTT Connector ODU GKCWAM P07UB00 000L Signal 1 RESERVED Do Not Connect 2 RESERVED Do Not Connect 3 AUDIO_GND 4 PTT 5 SPEAKER_OUT 6 MIC_IN 7 RESERVED Do Not Conne...

Page 44: ...wer NC 2 GND IN 2 3 GND IN 2 4 VCC IN 1 5 VCC IN 1 6 100 Base T ETH0 M2N NC 7 100 Base T ETH0 M2P NC 8 100 Base T ETH0 M1P NC 9 RS232_RXD NC 10 RS232_TXD NC 11 RS232_GND NC 12 100 Base T ETH0 M1N NC T...

Page 45: ...Power Ethernet Serial Serial Rx Serial Tx Serial Ground V for GPS Antenna White White 11 10 Pink G r e y Orange Brown Red Yellow Grey White Green Blue Purple B W striped Black 9 RJ45 Pin 1 6 Power Eth...

Page 46: ...USB_D 3 USB_5V 4 NC 5 GPIO1 PA Enable 3 3V 6 GPIO2 7 GPIO3 8 3 3V 9 GND 10 USB_Sense 11 USB_D 12 GPIO4 Table 20 SC3822 USB GPIO Connector Pinout 1 9 11 6 8 7 5 12 10 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 USB_Ground USB_Data...

Page 47: ...ese GPIOs are directly wired to the GPIOs on FPC connector 2 11 19 Reserved for Testing Do Not Connect 20 CPU Reset 3 3V Wired to PS_SRST_EXT signal on FPC 1 21 54 Reserved for Testing Do Not Connect...

Page 48: ...Power 1 5 TxD For Serial Comm 6 RxD For Serial Comm 7 RTS For Serial Comm 8 CTS For Serial Comm 9 Ground For Serial Comm 10 3 3V 5V on Rev E Digital and Newer 3 3VDC for GPS Table 22 SC3500 SC3800 Po...

Page 49: ...StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 48 Figure 18 SC3500 SC3800 Power Serial Pinout Diagram Cable Side for GPS Top and RS 232 Bottom...

Page 50: ...C3500 3800 Ethernet Connector Pinout Enclosure Pinout 801 010 07NF7 10SA Signal RJ45 Pinout 1 WHT BLU 5 2 WHT BRN 7 3 BRN 8 4 ORG 2 5 WHT GRN 3 6 WHT ORG 1 7 BLU 4 8 GRN 6 9 NC NC 10 NC NC Table 24 SC...

Page 51: ...nologies Confidential Page 50 SC3500 3800 EXT Connector Pinout PA Faceplate Option Only Enclosure Pinout 801 010 07NF7 25SA Signal 1 PA On 3 3V 2 Ground 3 NC 4 NC 5 NC Table 25 SC3500 SC3800 EXT Conne...

Page 52: ...8 W TX Power 8 W 24 W 1 W TX Power Optional External Power Supply for indoor only 12VDC 5A Interfaces RF 4 x TNC f N f Optional Primary Ruggedized Push Pull Connector 1 x Ethernet 1 x RS232 DC Input...

Page 53: ...ITR Battery Power Options Twist Lock Battery or Front Panel Optional External Power Supply for indoor only 12VDC 5A Interfaces RF TNC f 2 Each Primary Ruggedized Push Pull Connector Front Panel 1 x Et...

Page 54: ...3 W 8 W TX Power 8 W 24 W 1 W TX Power Optional External Power Supply for indoor only 12VDC 5A Interfaces RF 4 x TNC f N f Optional Primary Ruggedized Circular Connector 1 x Ethernet 1 x RS232 DC Inpu...

Page 55: ...e Up to 12 Hours 6 8Ah MBITR Battery Power Options Twist Lock Battery or Front Panel Optional External Power Supply for indoor only 12VDC 5A Interfaces RF TNC f 2 Each Primary Ruggedized Circular Conn...

Page 56: ...6 oz 1 2 lbs 0 54 kg 19 2 oz Color a Black anodized b FED STD 595B 34094 green 383 Mounting 4 hole mounting patterns Through hole Connectors RF SMA f 2 each Data Control Ethernet Gigabit for OEM 100 B...

Page 57: ...d Black anodized e CARC Chemical Agent Resistant Coating Mounting 4 hole mounting patterns non penetrating located on both rear and bottom sides Connectors RF TNC f 4 each Data Control Ethernet cable...

Page 58: ...Caster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 57 Weight 8 oz RF Connector SMP m Data Connector Harwin M80 8 pin m RS232 GPS optional Power Connector Harwin M80...

Page 59: ...eamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 58 4 3 1 SC4400E Enclosure Mechanical Drawing Figure 21 SC4400E Mechanical Drawing top and Mounting Pattern bot...

Page 60: ...eamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 59 4 3 2 SC4200E Enclosure Mechanical Drawing Figure 22 SC4200E Mechanical Drawing top and Mounting Pattern bot...

Page 61: ...reamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 60 4 3 3 SC4400 Enclosure Mechanical Drawing Figure 23 SC4400 Mechanical Drawing top and Mounting Pattern bott...

Page 62: ...reamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 61 4 3 4 SC4200 Enclosure Mechanical Drawing Figure 24 SC4200 Mechanical Drawing top and Mounting Pattern bott...

Page 63: ...reamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 62 4 3 5 SC3822 Enclosure Mechanical Drawing Figure 25 SC3822 Mechanical Drawing top and Mounting Pattern bott...

Page 64: ...l 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 63 4 3 6 SC3500 SC3800 Phase II Enclosure Mounting Pattern Figure 26 SC3500 SC3800 Phase II Enclosure Mounting Pattern for Back of Enclosure t...

Page 65: ...4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 64 4 3 7 SC3500 SC3800 Phase III Enclosure Mounting Pattern Figure 27 SC3500 SC3800 Phase III Enclosure Mounting Pattern for Back of Enclosure...

Page 66: ...tal Power Output 4 1mW 4W variable up to 8W Effective w TX Beamforming Performance Latency 7ms Average 20MHz BW Sensitivity 102 dBm 5MHz BW Frequency Bands Bands from 400MHz to 6GHz Available Dual Ban...

Page 67: ...as Total Power Output 2 1mW 4W variable up to 8W Effective w TX Beamforming Performance Latency 7ms Average Sensitivity 99 dBm 5MHz BW Frequency Bands Bands from 400MHz to 6GHz Available Dual Band Opt...

Page 68: ...er Software Configurable Max Avg Speaker Output Power 2 65W with 4 Ohm Speaker Impedance MIC Bias 2 15V or 3V Software Configurable Applied via a 2K Ohm Resistor Recommended Speaker Impedance Handset...

Page 69: ...put 4 1mW 4W variable up to 8W Effective w TX Beamforming Performance Latency 7ms Average 20MHz BW Sensitivity 102 dBm 5MHz BW Frequency Bands Bands from 400MHz to 6GHz Available Dual Band Optional On...

Page 70: ...r Output 2 1mW 4W variable up to 8W Effective w TX Beamforming Performance Latency 7ms Average Sensitivity 99 dBm 5MHz BW Frequency Bands Bands from 400MHz to 6GHz Available Dual Band Optional Onboard...

Page 71: ...er Software Configurable Max Avg Speaker Output Power 2 65W with 4 Ohm Speaker Impedance MIC Bias 2 15V or 3V Software Configurable Applied via a 2K Ohm Resistor Recommended Speaker Impedance Handset...

Page 72: ...ing No of Spatial Streams 1 2 No of Antennas Total Power Output 2 10mW 500mW variable Performance Latency 7ms average Sensitivity Varies with MCS index Maximum 99 dBm 5MHz BW MCS0 5 MHz BW MCS 0 Frequ...

Page 73: ...Size 1KHz Data Rates 85 Mbps UDP 70 Mbps TCP Error Correction 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 Antenna Processing Spatial Multiplexing Space Time Coding Eigen Beam Forming No of Spatial Streams 1 4 No of Antennas 4 T...

Page 74: ...ial Streams 1 4 No of Antennas Total Power Output 4 10mW 1 W variable Performance Latency 7ms average Sensitivity Varies with MCS index Maximum 102 dBm 5MHz BW MCS 0 5 MHz BW MCS 0 Frequency Band Spec...

Page 75: ...n be available by typing the radio IP address in a web browser Please ensure that your laptop is on the same subnet as the radio 172 20 xx xx by default Users will be directed to the Basic Configurati...

Page 76: ...10 15 greater than the actual maximum distance Total Transmit Power This defines the total power of the signal power is divided equally between the radio antenna ports There is also an option to Enab...

Page 77: ...lso adds more overhead to the network which scales with the number of nodes in the network For larger networks a larger Routing Beacon Period is recommended Default value is 100ms Routing Beacon MCS S...

Page 78: ...se the modulation and coding scheme MCS If this is set as AUTO the radio will dynamically cycle between a subset of the modes depending on the quality of the link This is the recommended setting for m...

Page 79: ...10 and 5MHz bandwidth respectively 1600 byte Fragmentation Threshold Modes supported under the AUTO MCS option Modes supported under the EXTENDED AUTO MCS option in addition to AUTO MCS modes Modes c...

Page 80: ...4 64 QAM 3 4 58 5 43 50 79 77 2 15 64 QAM 5 6 65 48 1 74 75 Table 27 MCS vs Sensitivity Chart 10MHz Bandwidth Table 28 MCS vs Sensitivity Chart 20MHz Bandwidth Sensitivity numbers reflect typical valu...

Page 81: ...StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 80 5 1 3 LAN WIFI Configuration Figure 30 LAN WIFI Configuration Page...

Page 82: ...xx subnet Virtual Netmask Netmask for the Secondary IP address e g 255 255 255 0 Gateway Gateway for local network to allow radio to connect to the internet VPN For WAN wired backbone scenarios where...

Page 83: ...nagement e g routing and network management All radios on the network should have the same management VLAN The 172 20 xx yy IP of the radio is available only on this VLAN Trunk VLAN s This setting ena...

Page 84: ...and 5GHz frequency ranges It is recommended to set the Wifi channel to a frequency that has maximum separation from the mesh network frequency i e if mesh network is operating at 2 4GHz it is recommen...

Page 85: ...ulticast traffic will be sent to all radios Custom Pruning Augmenting Enable or Disable the Multicast group The format for the field is Multicast_ip_address receiver_id1 receiver_idn If IGMP snooping...

Page 86: ...ate at these nodes In multi hop mode multicast traffic will reach all radios in the mesh subject to IGMP custom pruning if applicable MCS and fragmentation threshold must be designated for these trans...

Page 87: ...StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 86 5 1 5 Quality of Service QoS QoS Figure 32 Quality of Service QoS Configuration Page...

Page 88: ...ollisions occur The MAC takes random backoffs in the range 0 2 cw_min Every time there is a collision noise it will increase this cw_min by 1 until it is capped by cw_max E g 4 10 translates to random...

Page 89: ...eta Feature License Enabled The Quality of Service QoS Scheduler feature provides a Hierarchical Token Bucket HTB scheduler The scheduler prioritizes traffic based on the packets DSCP value There are...

Page 90: ...0x1E 0x78 AF33 0x1C 0x70 AF32 0x1A 0x68 AF31 7 4 0x18 0x60 CS3 8 5 0x16 0x58 AF23 0x14 0x50 AF23 0x12 0x48 AF23 9 5 0x10 0x40 CS2 10 6 0x0E 0x38 AF13 0x0C 0x30 AF12 0x0A 0x28 AF11 11 6 0x00 0x00 BE 12...

Page 91: ...ule can be connected to and powered from the serial port of the radio A gpsd service daemon running on the node will make the GPS information available to any user on the network from TCP IP port 2947...

Page 92: ...virtual IP address but must be consistent at both ends Baud rate must match the baud rate of data being sent from the device Note An additional null modem cable may be needed at either end depending u...

Page 93: ...s In addition to receiving temperature reports this page can be used to set minimum and maximum temperature thresholds for the radio The StreamCaster family of radios is equipped with on board tempera...

Page 94: ...amCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 93 Voltage Monitor Radios built on or after Jan 1 2015 have the ability to monitor the input voltage displayed h...

Page 95: ...rnal amplifier It is preferred that this remain disabled and the LNA gain values be manually input further below but if the LNA gain values are not known this can be used instead PA Mode Either set to...

Page 96: ...chnologies Confidential Page 95 5 1 9 Build Information Figure 36 Build Information The Build Information page provides information about the hardware and firmware loaded onto the radio as well as the...

Page 97: ...ant see Section 6 1 Enable FIPS Mode for details Enabling disabling will require a reboot and will erase all setting profiles reset the encryption key both SSH keys the HTTPS certificate and the login...

Page 98: ...os o AES GCM 256 ECDH KAS FIPS compliant AES encryption in GCM mode with authentication and ECDHE based re keying This is the recommended mode on the 4K series as it is the most secure and provides th...

Page 99: ...rk Starting with firmware version 3 12 6 8 multiple radios within the same network can be upgraded all at once Users can simply choose the appropriate firmware file for the corresponding radio models...

Page 100: ...ings to default except those related to security such as login passwords encryption keys FIPS mode etc This is useful if the user changed some advanced settings and now they don t know how to get to t...

Page 101: ...ly the settings to use the selected profile The profile stored can be downloaded or deleted Upload Profile Select a downloaded profile from the computer and upload to the radio as a saved profile Save...

Page 102: ...ey and HTTPS Certificate All key pairs used are elliptic curves SSH Login Keys In order to SSH into the radio you must first generate a key pair and upload the public key onto the radio A common way t...

Page 103: ...HTTPS connection If you are using a factory default or radio generated certificate and haven t added an exception of this certificate to your browser you will see a message like below from your brows...

Page 104: ...TT SC4400 SC4200 Only Figure 45 PTT Push to Talk The PTT page can be used to configure talk groups Multicast Groups and speaker mic settings for PTT enabled radios Radios will only communicate with ot...

Page 105: ...e Rate Code OPUS G 722 high quality and G 711 are also supported for backwards compatibility Speaker Volume Moving slider adjusts the gain on the speaker Mic Volume Moving slider adjusts the gain on t...

Page 106: ...a network of 6 radios The checkboxes at the top allow users to show or hide plots from specific radios The three plots provided are Average Displays the average power over the time duration specified...

Page 107: ...mal operation Note that an unchecked node will continue transmitting in the frequency channel it is operating in and its transmission will show up in the scan results of scanning radios Mode Set to Sp...

Page 108: ...detail and time of scan Threshold Specify the threshold for measurement of the duty cycle of interference Duration Duration of each scan A longer duration will provide better accuracy but will take lo...

Page 109: ...Sampling Rate Set the sampling rate of the scan 0 3Msps recommended Antenna Mask Choose which antenna on the radio to use for scanning If there are 2 antenna radios in the network antenna 1 or 2 must...

Page 110: ...being edited Group Type represents the collection of settings that will be applied Only one Group Type is active at a given time When the MPS switch is turned the LED light on the radio will quickly...

Page 111: ...ed and Admin each with increasing privileges on the GUI and backend API For example only Admin can access the Security tab To enable set the Login Authentication to Enable and provide a password Once...

Page 112: ...password reset key file must be called reset_pass txt signed Note that since the SC3500 and SC3800 do not have USB ports you will not be able to set a password for these radios This will set login pa...

Page 113: ...s StreamScape utility is designed to be accessible from a Firefox or Chrome web browser 5 2 1 Network Topology Figure 54 Silvus StreamScapeNetwork Manager The network topology provides the user with r...

Page 114: ...e will change from green to yellow to red as the packet queue increases see 1132_4 108 and 1131_4 107 in Figure 55 This will allow the user to recognize the issue and rearrange the network accordingly...

Page 115: ...ew name as shown in Figure 57 Once this is done the user need to hit enter to keep the node name Otherwise it will change back to what it was This feature enables quick identification of nodes in the...

Page 116: ...de Characteristics By simply rolling the mouse over any node in the network users can view key operating characteristics of the node Figure 59 shows an example of this for node12593 The characteristic...

Page 117: ...o Bandwidth RF bandwidth of the node o Noise Level Received noise level of the node o Interference Approximate in band interference level o TX Power Total target transmit power of node o TX Power Act...

Page 118: ...Speed setting of node o Queue Size Number of packets currently waiting to be transmitted o Total Air Time Total percentage of air time being used by this radio o Total Data Rate Total data rate in Mbp...

Page 119: ...0 Link Characteristics shows an example of this for the link between node25700 and node12593 The characteristics shown are o SNR The SNR of the link in each direction o MCS The MCS used to transfer da...

Page 120: ...clicking the blue bar at the top of the topology view titled Send traffic between nodes This will open up a drop down menu where users can specify UDP TCP data source destination port time to send and...

Page 121: ...StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 120 Figure 61 iPerf Function within GUI...

Page 122: ...onfidential Page 121 5 2 2 Table View Figure 62 Table View The table view tab shows all the statistics and setting profiles in table view Users can select what is needed through the drop down menu on...

Page 123: ...StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 122 Figure 63 Table View Settings...

Page 124: ...e parameters they wish to be updated across the network and click on Apply to apply but not write new values to flash or Save and Apply to apply and save values to flash The Broadcast Update Interval...

Page 125: ...an individual node and modify its parameters Any parameters changed from this interface can either be applied or saved and applied In addition this page can be used to upgrade a radio s firmware by s...

Page 126: ...nodes in real time Nodes with GPS modules attached will be placed on the map as shown in Figure 66 Figure 66 Map Overlay For convenience a small copy of the network topology is displayed on the right...

Page 127: ...s into the radio see section 5 2 5 2 OpenStreet Maps Silvus is a version of OpensStreet maps which is hosted on Silvus servers in case of an interruption in service with OpenStreet Maps The Silvus map...

Page 128: ...map Figure 68 Offline Map Image To upload a custom image 800 x 600 pixels recommended first choose the file from your desktop You will then need to provide the image bounds These bounds will be the l...

Page 129: ...your local network and open the Map Overlay tab 4 Input the address of the location you wish to download 5 You now have two options for caching map data a Zoom pan around the area you are interested...

Page 130: ...Nodes on the Map If there are nodes within the mesh that do not have a GPS module connected or are located in an area with no GPS connectivity the user can easily place the node on the map by right c...

Page 131: ...disable cursor on target CoT IP Address Port IP address port for the communication to establish CoT Message Interval Seconds How often to send CoT messages CoT Current Date UTC Time stamp of the date...

Page 132: ...you must create an encryption key that will be shared amongst all radios on a network For initial setup you must have a direct connection to each radio from your laptop since a mesh cannot be formed w...

Page 133: ...used to establish an encrypted connection in a network o SSH Host Key This key is used for authenticating the radio to all machines that want to connect to it via SSH o SSH Login Key s These are ecds...

Page 134: ...The gateway radio will forward traffic originating from the LAN destined for a device attached to a wireless radio to the non gateway radio that is closest to the destination Similarly any traffic or...

Page 135: ...Tower 3 with radio 5 and Tower 2 with radio 6 Video from Tower 1 will flow wirelessly to radio 4 then via the LAN backbone to the HQ viewer which is also attached to the LAN backbone Even though the r...

Page 136: ...d at any server with a public IP on the Internet As a proof of concept a server has been set up on Amazon Web Services Currently we support up to 10 Mbps unencrypted between any two sites 7 2 2 Use Ca...

Page 137: ...StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 136 Figure 72 WAN Backbone Example...

Page 138: ...ure 63 Add Add the frequencies in the text box to the list Download Plan Download the frequency plan the radio is currently using Remove Plan Removing the entire frequency plan If this field is left e...

Page 139: ...age can be accessed via http radio IP custom_freq sh The interface will allow an upload of a custom frequency plan file which should be in the following format type custom_frequency_plan name cfp_exam...

Page 140: ...n be changed to the frequencies desired The name of the text file does not matter in order to be utilized After uploading the file the web interface will be populated with the Custom Frequency Plan No...

Page 141: ...rmation being transmitted Pre defined types are listed later in this document LENGTH indicates the length of the VALUE field in bytes including the terminating null byte VALUE will be ASCII encoded te...

Page 142: ...er Raw signal power of fourth antenna represented in half dBm steps 5004 Integer Raw noise power represented in half dBm steps 5005 32 bit integer Sync signal power from digital domain see note below...

Page 143: ...00 5 43 5001 5 31 5002 5 28 5003 5 66 5004 5 190 5005 8 8604568 5006 8 8861322 5007 5 1025 1 1 Table 31 Sample RSSI Report The corresponding raw UDP dump in hexadecimal format is attached below For th...

Page 144: ...StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 143 13 ffffff8e 0 a 20 20 38 38 36 31 33 32 32 0 13 ffffff8f 0 5 31 30 32 35 0 0 1 0 1 0...

Page 145: ...le Report Type Data Type Data 8 Empty string Begin of temperature report 9 Float Revision number for temperature report 2 Integer Current Temperature on the radio 3 Integer Maximum Temperature reached...

Page 146: ...ISION_REPORT Indicates revision of this report currently always 1 1 4004 CUR_VOLTAGE_REPORT Current voltage value as a floating point string 4005 MIN_VOLTAGE_REPORT Minimum voltage seen so far as a fl...

Page 147: ...this test It is recommended the iperf or jperf tests are first conducted between the laptops using an Ethernet switch or cross over Ethernet cable between them to verify the laptops and iperf jperf t...

Page 148: ...important that the radio does not lose power during any configuration changes in which the user requests a save and apply operation Partial saving of the configuration to the radio due to power interr...

Page 149: ...range and node won t connect to another node click restore factory defaults on both radios to ensure all settings are reverted to factory settings 12 2 Intermittent Link In a long range scenario if SN...

Page 150: ...27MHz to 2447MHz Maximum Output Power across Frequency Range 2 493 62mW from 5745MHz to 5830MHz 13 2 FCC Identifier N2S SC3822 Silvus model SC3822 245580 Equipment Class Digital Transmission System Th...

Page 151: ...Transmission System The following parameters must be used to be compliant to the appropriate FCC requirements Antenna 2 1dBi Omni Antennas AOV2S230515 Bandwidth 10MHz Maximum Output Power Frequency 1...

Page 152: ...V2D230515 4dBi Omni Antennas Silvus AOV4S235 Bandwidth 10MHz Maximum 10MHz Bandwidth Output Power Frequency 1 789 84mW 2430MHz Maximum 10MHz Bandwidth Output Power Frequency 2 790 06mW 2440MHz Bandwid...

Page 153: ...e approval of the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate the equipment To satisfy RF exposure requirements this device and its antennas must operate with a separation distance of at l...

Page 154: ...y Exposure Verification of the Silvus Technologies Inc StreamCaster SC420 206 and SC4480 Tactical MIMO Radio EN 62311 January 2008 copy of report available upon request The CE Mark Technical File is a...

Page 155: ...StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 154 Table 34 Additional Restrictions on Band C2...

Page 156: ...StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual 4 30 19 10017C000 Silvus Technologies Confidential Page 155...

Page 157: ...er SC24980 SC4210E245has been approved by Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada to operate with the antenna types listed below with the maximum permissible gain indicated Antenna types no...

Page 158: ...our tout type figurant sur la liste sont strictement interdits pour l expolitation de l metteur 1 Omnidirectional d onde Silvus P N A0VD230515 le gain max 2 1 dBi 50 ohm 2 Omnidirectional d onde Silvu...

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