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Access5830™ 

Wireless Broadband System 

 

USER MANUAL 

 

[draft] 

Summary of Contents for Access5830

Page 1: ...Access5830 Wireless Broadband System USER MANUAL draft ...

Page 2: ...Unit Database 12 Subscriber Unit Set Up and Configuration 13 SU System Information 14 Establishing a Wireless Link 16 Access Point 16 Subscriber Unit 16 Association Concept AP to SU communications 16 Basic Diagnostics 17 Deployment 18 Site Selection 19 Site Survey 19 Channel Planning 19 Installation 20 SU Installation and Antenna Alignment 21 Link Test 22 Managing your Access5830 Network 22 Networ...

Page 3: ...ntee that interference will not occur in any particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to correct the interference by one of more of the following measures 1 Reorient the antenna 2 Increase the separation between the affected equipment and the unit 3 C...

Page 4: ...te spacing and shielding network operators can co locate up to 22 AP s at a single cell site The AP and SU conform to maximum radiated power limits as established by the FCC Band AP Max EIRP Approximate max range AP to SU 5 8 GHz ISM Band 36 dBm 6 Miles allowing for 10 dB fade margin 5 3 GHz U NII Band 30 dBm 2 Miles allowing for 10 dB fade margin In this document and within the radio configuratio...

Page 5: ...l associated SU s As such we refer to The Access5830 is an AP Centric system One of the major advantages of the Access5830 system is the ability of the AP to handle multiple SU connections and share the 10 Mbps data throughput very efficiently Bandwidth allocation is managed by the AP s SMARTPolling algorithm according to provisioning rules set up by the system administrator The AP unit acts as a ...

Page 6: ...fully locating and ranging the SU The AP will then add the SU to the normal polling list and level the RF transmit power level from the SU to set a good signal to noise ratio at the AP The AP uses several parameters to determine how often each SU is polled for data and the conditions of any data transfer as follows 1 Committed Information Rate CIR 2 Maximum Information Rate MIR 3 Priority 4 Poll r...

Page 7: ... for PoE pinout diagram for this J Box to radio connection If connecting to a COMPUTER use a Cross Over Ethernet cable from the NET port of the J box to the computer s Ethernet port If connecting to a HUB SWITCH or ROUTER use a Straight Thru cable Plug the AC adapter into an AC outlet POWER ODU POWER ODU NET LED Indicates power to J Box LED Indicates power to Radio AP or SU AC Power CAT 5 Straight...

Page 8: ...830 AP s can be in one of two opmodes OFF opmode or AP opmode When in OFF opmode the radio is not radiating RF energy and it is not attempting to associate with SU s AP opmode is the normal operating mode of the AP which is used when radiating RF energy and associating with SU s Similarly SU s have two opmodes SU opmode or OFF opmode Opmode is important to understand for the following reason You c...

Page 9: ...e information on the HTTP browser interface please see Appendix 3 or refer to the online HELP button on the browser screen Logging On to your Radio via Telnet Open a command prompt DOS session on your PC Open a Telnet session by typing telnet ip address of radio You will be greeted with current hardware and firmware information and prompted for a password Type in the password and press enter All T...

Page 10: ...ged by the user A description of each of these changeable parameters along with the related command is shown in the table below Please note that in order to save any changes to persistent storage you must type the command updateflash systemsetting If you do not update the flash settings will be reset after reboot AP SYSINFO PARAMETERS AND RELATED COMMANDS Parameter Description Related CLI Command ...

Page 11: ...progressing to the default opmode set default opmode time secs IP Subnet gateway IP Subnet and Gateway address of radio ipconfig new ip new subnet mask new gateway Tftpd status Tftpd status on or off Tftpd should be turned on to import file into radio such as new firmware Default is off tftpd on tftpd off Service Radius User specified estimate of the distance of the furthest SU this AP will serve ...

Page 12: ...10 Channel Table Lists each of the assigned frequencies to each channel Note that default channels 1 6 are assigned to ISM band and channels 7 11 are assigned to U NII band All channels may be re assigned as desired by the user Freq writechannel ch freq Broadcast Packet This switch 0 enables disables the blocking of Ethernet control packet except ICMP and ARP to reduce the amount of unnecessary ov...

Page 13: ...9 f3 3c 50 67 89 d4 Add up to 2000 entries in the SU database It is recommended that users not enter any more SU s than necessary since excessive numbers of inactive SU s in the database will negatively impact system performance To view the entries in the SU database type the command sudb view Other important SU database related commands are sudb delete and sudb modify See Appendix 1 for detailed ...

Page 14: ... settings will be reset after reboot SU SYSINFO PARAMETERS AND RELATED COMMANDS Parameter Description Related CLI Command Device ID Mac ID of AP N A Base ID Specifies the cell or cluster that of the associated AP set baseid baseid AP ID Informational parameter used to provide a unique number for the SU s associated AP Please note that AP ID is not used by the system for SU authentication set apid ...

Page 15: ...written during the su powerleveling process Power setism senunii min max dBm Channel Table Lists each of the assigned frequencies to each channel freq writechannel ch freq Channel Scan Sequence Shows the various channels in sequence which the SU will scan while search for an AP Freq writescan ch h v ch 1 30 Broadcast Packet This switch switch 0 enables disables the blocking of Ethernet control pac...

Page 16: ... lowest power setting 8 dBm power set 8 8 Update system setting flash memory updateflash systemsetting 9 Add SU to SU database sudb add 10 Update SU database flash memory updateflash sudb 11 Verify all system settings by typing sysinfo and sudb view At this point the AP will begin actively searching for any SU in its SU database Once an active SU is detected the authentication and association proc...

Page 17: ...nds follows su Displays the status of all SU s in the AP s SU s in the SU database will appear by SU ID classified into one of the following status categories Associated Associating and OFF su live Displays a list of SU s that are currently associating with the AP by SU ID su ping su AP will sends 10 RF pings to the designated SU ID The response from each ping will indicate the strength RSSI of th...

Page 18: ...e r is used in this command to repeat the rf link test repeatedly until the user terminates the test by hitting SPACE ENTER Example As another example a result of 20 10 18 would indicate 20 packets sent from AP 18 packets received at SU 10 packets received back at the AP For thorough results it is recommended you run the command repeatedly for at least 1 minute or more to determine if packets are ...

Page 19: ...survey 30 h This command will perform the site survey for 30 seconds for the horizontal polarization After the specified period the results of this command will provide you with a listing of each frequency within the band in 2 Mhz increments the average signal received and the maximum signal received during the survey period In general you will be looking for frequencies with signal strength of 85...

Page 20: ...maximum signal strength Both AP s and SU s are equipped with a universal mounting bracket that can be used for wall or pole installations See diagram below from proper use of the mounting bracket Mounting of the Access5830 AP and SU 20 00 UP DOWN TILT MAX 50 3 00 DIAM MAST FOR MAST SIZES SMALLER THAN 2 00 BRACKET MUST BE INVERTED SEE DETAIL A BELOW 40 00 UP DOWN TILT MAX INVERTED BRACKET SMALL DIA...

Page 21: ...lignment Once the AP is installed and aligned in the correct general direction it is time to install the SU The hardware installation of the SU is identical to the AP including considerations for line of site cable distances cable type weather sealing and grounding Once the SU is installed and aimed in the general direction of the AP it is time to perform an RSSI test to determine the signal stren...

Page 22: ...tablished It may take one minute or more for the association process to complete This process may take longer if there are many SU s in the sector If all tests show favorable results the wireless link will automatically begin passing Ethernet traffic between the radios Managing your Access5830 Network Network Setup The Access5830 is an AP centric system meaning that the AP controls most functions ...

Page 23: ...rk In order to telnet into an SU via the AP side of the network it is necessary to turn on switch 2 TCP IP for AP switch at the SU To turn on switch 2 while logged onto AP su sw su id all 2 on Example su sw 2 all on to turn on swich 2 for all associated SU s While switch 2 is on you can also access the SU via HTTP interface from the AP side of the network Managing AP from SU side of Network As a s...

Page 24: ...Access5830 User Manual 24 Specifications add specifications here ...

Page 25: ...icates command may not work properly through http s command console OPMODE Command Description OFF AP SU AP or SU Remarks redo the last command s s s both display complete help pages se se se both command search and display command s help se se se both _password new password new password specify new password max 15 octs se se se both apsearch sec ch v h ch v h monitor traffic from all APs se both ...

Page 26: ...ogout both freq display current channel se se se Both freq ch h v change current channel and polarization se se se Both freq channeltable display channel table se se se Both freq scantable display scan sequence table se se se Both freq writechannel ch freq build channel and write to flash ch 1 30 freq 5260 5340 5736 5836 se se se Both freq writescan ch h v set active channel and polarization se se...

Page 27: ...se Both up to 3 hours logout log out console se se se Both opmode display current opmode se se se Both opmode ap y set opmode to be ap and use y if opmode is not as same as default se AP opmode su y set opmode to be su and use y if opmode is not as same as default se SU password specify new password max 15 octs s s s Both ping ip address ping local Ethernet device se se Both It only works for loca...

Page 28: ... ISM 4 mi UNII MIR Threshold off 3 SNMP Community String Read Write public private SU Defaults 0 BASE ID 1 AP ID 1 SU ID 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway radio ip Password trango 1 Channel Tables Scan Table 1 h 7 h Active Channel 1 h 2 Tx Power Max RF Threshold 90 dBm rfrxth ism unii 90 85 80 75 70 65 specify RF rx threshold se se se Both default 90 for both bands rfrxthreshold same as rfrxth B...

Page 29: ...bps 6 Mbps set rssitarget dB set Target RSSI threshold It must be in 45 to 75 and 5 dB higher than RF Rx Threshold se se AP set serviceradius ism unii miles set or display service range miles 0 30 se se AP default ISM 10 miles UNII 4 miles set snmpcomm read write display or assign snmp community string se se AP set subnet mask set or display subnet mask se se AP if ip is 0 0 0 0 or 255 255 255 255...

Page 30: ...ch are in priority group se AP su reboot su id reboot one su se AP su reboot all reboot all associated su se AP su restart su id restart one su se AP su restart all restart all associated su se AP su rssi su id request su s rssi se AP su status su id display request su s current status 1 current time mark 2 RF receives user payload in Kbytes 3 RF transmits user payload in Kbytes 4 Local Ethernet r...

Page 31: ... 0 F modify group id for su to su communication group 0 disabled group se se AP sudb view display all entries in su database se se AP sulog display last su log 1 time tag ms 2 sample period 1 60 mins 3 RF receives user payload in Kbytes 4 RF transmits user payload in Kbytes 5 Local Ethernet receives user payload in Kbytes 6 Local Ethernet transmits user payload in Kbytes 7 rssi 8 tx power 8 temp s...

Page 32: ...su ap only se se AP default off need to update flash sw 4 on off set sw 4 broadcast time stamp to su ap only se se AP default off need to update flash sw 5 on off httpd enable disable se se s Both default on need to update flash sysinfo display system configuration se se se Both temp display current temperature se se se Both time display current time se se se Both time hh mm ss set current time hh...

Page 33: ...ent su database into flash memory at sudb section se se AP updateflash systemsetting write current configuration into flash memory at system configuration section se se se Both ver display 1 version number and date code 2 firmware and fpga version code 3 firmware and fpga image checksum se se se Both Appendix 2 HTTP Browser Interface ...

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