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Figure 8: Principle of remote configuration via radio
is described in detail in the
”
WACO RFAN 3.x – Software description and configuration” manual, where there are
also described in details the steps how to find out current setting of a particular parameter and how to change the
setting.
Purpose and importance of all configuration parameters is described in the next part of the document. Overview of
all parameters that can be configured via radio can be found in the section
3.6
”
Setting of module parameters via
radio”. General principles and technique of radio configuration are described in details in section 3.2.3
”
General
rules of configuration via radio”.
3.2.2 Connection of WACO communication GateWay to computer
WACO Communication Gateway is the device intended for communication among a WACO supported software
application (e.g. RFAN 3.x) and all subordinate elements of WACO wireless network. The GateWay can be
connected to the computer with the RFAN 3.x application directly (through a convenient port of PC) or indirectly
through the IP network.
”
WACO USB GateWay” (with USB support) as well as
”
WACO Ethernet GateWay” (with
etrhernet support) can be connected directly, while
”
WACO Ethernet GateWay”, and
”
WACO GSM GateWay”
can be connected indirectly, what means that the GateWay is not connected to the computer with analyzer, but it
is connected to the remote Ethernet/IP port of the IP-network (Internet) anywhere over the world provided that
there is an IP-connection between the computer and the GateWay (see figure
8 ).
Connect WM868-RFU (WACO USB GateWay) to the USB port of computer with RFAN 3.x program. The module
is powered from the USB port of computer, so it automatically goes
”
on” and three virtual serial ports are activated:
one for data connection, one for configuration and one for possible firmware upgrade. The device appears in the
”
Other devices” section of the
”
Device manager” window and its virtual serial ports appear in the
”
Ports (COM
and LPT)” section as depicted in the figure 9 .
Figure 9: Appearance of WACO USB GateWay in the MS Windows
”
Device Manager”
If there is no appropriate driver with support of multiple virtual serial ports over USB installed in the computer, it
is not possible to select serial port in RFAN 3.x setting (no serial port is available for choice). In this case the virtual
serial ports appear in the
”
Other devices” section of
”
Device Manager” and it is necessary to install appropriate
driver according to the instructions stated in part 3.4 ”
”
USB GateWay and USB-IRDA driver installation”.
3.2.3 General rules for configuration via radio
RFAN 3.x Analyzer enables remote configuration of WACO radio devices. This function is accessible in folder
”
Remote Config”. The principles of the configuration tools are following:
- select the device to be configured (or read current configuration)
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