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M2400S™

2.4 GHz Wireless Broadband System

USER MANUAL

October 18, 2004

Revision A

for Firmware Version 1.0

Summary of Contents for M2400S

Page 1: ...M2400S 2 4 GHz Wireless Broadband System USER MANUAL October 18 2004 Revision A for Firmware Version 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...Configure Other Basic AP Parameters 13 Configure Basic SU Parameters 15 Link Control Page 16 RF Link Loopback Test 17 SU Ranging Test 18 Advanced Setup Page 18 Other Key Parameters 19 Site Survey Page 20 Basic Configuration via CLI 21 Access Point Basic Settings 21 Subscriber Unit Database Settings 24 Subscriber Unit Basic Settings 25 Section 5 Mounting Hardware 28 Cabling and Grounding Considerat...

Page 3: ...Components of an M2400S Radio 3 Figure 3 Bottom of Radio 3 Figure 4 Back of Radio 4 Figure 5 Side of Radio Location of Reverse Polarity SMA Connector 4 Figure 6 Wiring Diagram 5 Figure 7 LED Summary 16 Figure 8 M2400S Mounting Hardware Assembly 28 Figure 9 Articulation for M2400S with Mono Pod Mount not supplied 28 Figure 10 Grounding of Radio 29 ...

Page 4: ...nd on the user is encouraged to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient the antenna 2 Increase the separation between the affected equipment and the unit 3 Connect the affected equipment to a power outlet on a different circuit from the one the receiver is connected to 4 Consult the dealer and or experienced radio TV technician for help FCC ID NCYM2400S Canada ...

Page 5: ...etary adaptive dynamic polling algorithm called SMARTPolling Network operators can co locate multiple APs at a single cell site thus increasing the aggregate throughput available at each wireless point of presence POP Figure 1 Typical Deployment The AP typically resides at the center of the point to multipoint PMP network It performs all management functions including the allocation of bandwidth f...

Page 6: ...am maximum information rate MIR and Priority Setting Each of the above parameters is set in the AP by the system administrator and cannot be controlled at the SU These parameters will be covered in greater detail later in this text When power is first applied to a properly installed SU it will scan all available channels listening for a grant from an AP that has a matching Base ID and the SU s MAC...

Page 7: ... channels of operation within the 2400 MHz ISM band which spans from 2400 MHz to 2483 MHz Default channel spacing is 10 MHz allowing for 8 non overlapping channels M2400S AP and SU Hardware Components Each radio comes equipped with a power over Ethernet PoE J Box an AC adapter and mounting hardware Radio AP or SU antenna Power Supply 120 VAC 20 VDC J Box Power over Ethernet Injector Mounting Hardw...

Page 8: ...on explains how to power your radios establish TCP IP connectivity to the radios as well as how to access the HTTP browser and the command line interfaces Connections and Power Connection and powering of radios is the same for APs and SUs Trango Broadband Wireless M24000S AP Rev A S N 00000XXXX MAC 00 01 DE 00 02 F3 FCC ID NCYM2400S Canada XXXXXXXXXX This equipment has been tested and found to com...

Page 9: ...ET J BOX INDICATES POWER TO RADIO INDICATES POWER TO J BOX USE STRAIGHT THRU CABLE USE CROSS OVER CABLE IF TO COMPUTER IF TO HUB SWITCH OR ROUTER CAT 5 NETWORK OR COMPUTER GROUND LUG VOLTMETER TEST LEADS VOLTMETER TEST LEADS Figure 6 Wiring Diagram Both green LEDs on the J box should be lit indicating power is present at the J box as well as the radio You are now ready to configure the radio via t...

Page 10: ... setting for SW 6 from factory is ON If SW 6 is OFF TCP IP access to SU from it s Ethernet port is possible only if SU s Opmode is OFF Switch 7 AP TCP IP access to AP from SU s side of network requires that the AP s switch 7 SW 7 TCP IP for SU be ON Default setting for SW 7 from factory is ON Passwords In order to log into an M2400S radio either through telnet or through the web browser interface ...

Page 11: ...o to a PC and type the radio s IP address default IP address 192 168 100 100 into the web browser i e Microsoft Internet Explorer This will bring up the Login page NOTE Login pages for AP and SU are similar Browser Interface Login Page Type the password default trango and continue This will bring up the radio s system information page ...

Page 12: ... the radio that includes its Base ID current Opmode channel antenna selection and frequency The navigation column also features links to each of the following pages System Information This page shows most of the basic configuration parameters of the radio It is the first page shown after login Configuration The essential parameters such as Base ID IP subnet gateway channel and antenna polarization...

Page 13: ...ssion by typing telnet ip address of radio All Trango radios are pre configured at the factory with a default IP address of 192 168 100 100 The factory default password is trango Once you connect to the radio you will be greeted with current hardware and firmware information and prompted for a password Type in the read write RW password and press enter Example C telnet 192 168 100 100 Welcome to T...

Page 14: ...oubleshooting If you cannot telnet into the radio or open a browser session check cable connections ensure proper use of cross over vs straight through cable and ensure PC s subnet is routable to radio s IP address If you still cannot access the radio s management interfaces consult the troubleshooting guide which is available at www trangobroadband com in the Technical Support area of the website...

Page 15: ...U must be in Opmode ON Adequate signal strength must be received at each radio If all of these parameters are met the wireless link will automatically establish itself and Ethernet traffic will begin to pass between the radios Note This section utilizes the Browser Interface as the configuration tool For the equivalent procedure using CLI commands see Section 5 Configuring the AP Subscriber Unit D...

Page 16: ...will attempt to deliver bandwidth to that SU Maximum setting is 5200 DEVICE ID MAC address of the SU Creating an SU in the SUDB 1 Connect to the AP see Getting Started and open the Subscriber Database page 2 Enter the SU ID range 1 126 3 Select either PRIORITY or REGULAR 4 If the SU will be part of an SU to SU group enter the SU to SU group number 5 CIR up SU to AP Committed Information Rate is th...

Page 17: ... for a link to be established This parameter can only be changed while in Opmode OFF AP ID User definable AP ID 00 FF Default is last two digits of MAC ID Once authenticated the AP will automatically assign its AP ID to the SU This parameter can only be changed while in Opmode OFF IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway The IP address used on the radio is for management purposes only Since this is a la...

Page 18: ... your HTTP session when you save and activate 5 Choose Active Channel 1 8 6 Choose Antenna Polarization H or V or choose E for an external antenna 7 Ensure default Opmode is ON 8 Save and Activate Settings 9 If this is the first SU to be added to the SUDB reboot the AP After reboot the AP will automatically enter its default Opmode after approximately 40 seconds At this time it will begin actively...

Page 19: ...ep in mind if you change the IP Settings of the radio you will loose your HTTP session when you save and activate 4 Ensure default Opmode is ON 5 Save and Activate Settings 6 If Opmode is OFF click Opmode ON At this point if all parameters have been set correctly and the radios are within range a wireless link between the AP and SU will automatically become established Once this occurs the SU will...

Page 20: ...peed is negotiated at 100 BaseT It is off when link speed is 10 BaseT or not connected RSSI LEDs YELLOW In all modes except Survey the unit s four yellow LEDs indicate the level of RF signal being received from a valid AP Yellow LED 1 rightmost On when RSSI 85 dBm Yellow LED 2 On when RSSI 75 dBm Yellow LED 3 On when RSSI 65 dBm Yellow LED 4 leftmmost On when RSSI 55 dBm In addition these 4 LEDs w...

Page 21: ...is not Consider Power Off status synonymous with not associated RF Link Loopback Test The RF Link Loopback Test is one of the built in tools for evaluating the quality of the wireless link Specify an SU ID and time in minutes to conduct the test The test is prioritized so it will take precedence over all other traffic 1600 byte packets are sent and received between the SU and AP at 50 millisecond ...

Page 22: ... Power RF RX Threshold target RSSI from SU AP only and Channel Table RF TX Power Sets the conducted RF power output of the radio Highest allowable setting is 23 dBm Lowest setting is 10 dBm This value does not include antenna gain RF RX Threshold Sets the receive threshold of the radio The radio will not process signals received below this level so it is very useful for interference mitigation For...

Page 23: ...set and can not be changed by the user FPGA Version Low level field programmable gate array firmware currently loaded on the radio Normally the FPGA firmware will not require upgrading Firmware Version Main firmware In this example the version part of the string is 1p0 v1 0 the hardware code is H8006 and the remainder of the string is a date code Device ID MAC address of the radio S N Serial numbe...

Page 24: ... peer to peer mode through the AP without the need of a router behind the AP SUs using SU to SU communication must be on the same subnet TCP IP Service for SU If enabled the AP can be accessed via TCP IP Telnet or HTTP from the SU side of the network via the wireless link Remarks User definable radio information i e customer name address of installation etc A maximum of 28 characters can be stored...

Page 25: ...ubnet Mask 255 255 255 192 Gateway 10 8 1 193 Login Password RW Httpd Port 80 Httpd Status listen Telnetd Port 23 Telnetd Status connected 10 8 0 60 1454 Tftpd disabled RF Tx Power 10 dBm RF Rx Threshold 80 dBm MIR Threshold 5 Mbps Ch 01 2405 Mhz Ch 02 2415 Mhz Ch 03 2425 Mhz Ch 04 2435 Mhz Ch 05 2445 Mhz Ch 06 2455 Mhz Ch 07 2465 Mhz Ch 08 2475 Mhz Default Channel 1 e Active Channel 1 e Broadcast...

Page 26: ...l default to OFF Default Opmode Determines the Opmode ON or OFF of the radio after reboot power cycle When this parameter is set to ON the radio will progress into Opmode ON automatically after a reboot power cycle set defaultopmode on or off Example set defaultopmode on Opmode Start Determines the amount of time the radio will remain in Opmode OFF after reboot power cycle before progressing to th...

Page 27: ... h e RF RX Threshold Specifies the receiver sensitivity of the AP It is a powerful tool when the radio is in a noisy environment AP will block out any signal received which is below the RF Rx threshold Separate settings exist for both ISM and UNII bands rfrxth 90 85 80 75 70 65 example rfrxth 70 RF TX Power Current transmit power of the AP not including antenna gain power set min max dBm Example p...

Page 28: ...DB There are five basic commands related to the SUDB sudb add sudb cirmir sudb defaultcirmir sudb view and save sudb Adding an SU You will need to know the following information to add an SU to the database 1 MAC ID of the SU printed on the back of the SU 2 Polling priority either PRIORITY or REGULAR Note SUs designated as PRIORITY will get polled more often by the AP To add an SU to the SUDB use ...

Page 29: ...d into the SU you can receive a comprehensive snapshot of the system s configuration info and status by typing the command sysinfo sysinfo Hardware Version 0006 FPGA Version 04042201 Checksum 47231EEE Firmware Version SU 1p0x8H0006D04061502 Checksum 6DDF232C Device ID 00 01 DE 19 F0 A4 S N 01700004 Base ID 1234 AP ID 01 SU ID 1 System Up Time 0 day s 05 14 51 Opmode on Default Opmode on IP 10 8 1 ...

Page 30: ...e Determines the Opmode ON or OFF of the radio after reboot power cycle When this parameter is set to ON the radio will progress into Opmode ON automatically after reboot power cycle set defaultopmode on or off Example set defaultopmode on IP Subnet Gateway IP Subnet and Gateway address of radio ipconfig new ip new subnet mask new gateway Example ipconfig 10 1 1 3 255 0 0 0 10 1 1 1 TFTPD TFTPD st...

Page 31: ...AP Autoscan This software switch 1 is to turn AP autoscan on or off sw 1 on off default is on TCP IP for AP This software switch 2 when on allows users at the AP side of the network to telnet or HTTP into the SU sw 2 on off default is on Example sw 2 off TCP IP for Local Ethernet Port This software switch 6 when on allows users on the wired side of the SU to telnet or HTTP into the SU regardless o...

Page 32: ...00S Mounting Hardware Assembly U p D o w n T i lt 4 X M u s t B e l o o s e n e d f o r U p D o w n T i lt Figure 9 Articulation for M2400S with Mono Pod Mount not supplied 1 2 3 4 5 Not Supplied ITEM NO PART NUMBER QTY 1 Radio 1 2 5 16 x 3 Threaded Rod 4 3 5 16 Keps Nut 8 4 V Bracket 2 5 Mono Pod Mount Not Supplied 1 ...

Page 33: ...elf is grounded It is important to consider that most Cat 5 cable will deteriorate over time if exposed to the weather especially direct sunlight Conduit metal or PVC is recommended to protect the cable Important The Ethernet port compression washer should be loosely tightened around the Cat 5 cable to allow pressure equalization within the radio enclosure Leave approximately 1 mm around the Cat 5...

Page 34: ...tive clarity of channels at the chosen installation location Site Survey Both the AP and SU provide a powerful on board site survey tool This tool will tell you if there is interference present in the 2 4 GHz ISM band Command survey time antenna In order to use the survey command the radio must be in Opmode OFF The survey can be performed for up to 10 seconds per channel incrementing by 5 MHz The ...

Page 35: ...peak 94 dBm avg 99 dBm 2500 MHz peak 94 dBm avg 99 dBm 2505 MHz peak 94 dBm avg 99 dBm 2510 MHz peak 94 dBm avg 99 dBm 2515 MHz peak 94 dBm avg 99 dBm 2520 MHz peak 94 dBm avg 99 dBm 2525 MHz peak 94 dBm avg 99 dBm 2530 MHz peak 94 dBm avg 99 dBm 2535 MHz peak 94 dBm avg 99 dBm 2540 MHz peak 94 dBm avg 99 dBm 2545 MHz peak 94 dBm avg 99 dBm 2550 MHz peak 94 dBm avg 99 dBm Once the site survey is c...

Page 36: ...ment Step 1 Telnet into the SU while in Opmode OFF Use the freq and antenna command to note current radio settings Step 2 Run the rssi command The telnet session screen will begin a continuous readout of the received signal strength As you read the RSSI reading move the antenna in the horizontal and vertical planes until the maximum RSSI reading is achieved To allow for plenty of fade margin we re...

Page 37: ... may take longer if there are many SUs in the sector If all tests show favorable results the wireless link will automatically begin passing Ethernet traffic between the radios In establishing and diagnosing the quality of the link between AP and SU s there are a few commands that are especially useful All of these commands are performed at the AP A summary of these commands follows su Displays the...

Page 38: ...a 1 h tx power 23 dBm ch 1 2405 ch 2 2415 ch 3 2425 ch 4 2435 ch 5 2445 ch 6 2455 ch 7 2465 ch 8 2475 remarks RF Tx Retry at AP 0 RF Tx Retry Maxed Out at AP 0 RF Tx Retry at SU 0 RF Tx Retry Maxed Out at SU 0 Success su linktest suid This command checks the integrity of the wireless link from the standpoint of performance throughput and over the air packet loss The AP will send 100 1600 byte pack...

Page 39: ...AP The expected result of an error free link is 20 20 20 indicating in the following sequence 20 packets sent from AP 20 packets received back at AP and 20 packets received at the SU Any results other than 20 20 20 indicates a performance problem most likely due to interference or inadequate signal to noise ratio For thorough results it is recommended you run the command repeatedly for at least 1 ...

Page 40: ...ansmission Attempts Total Maximum Attempts Reached Section 8 Management Section Topics Radio Management Access via TCP IP SU Management from AP s command set SNMP Radio Management Access Via TCP IP The IP Address of an M2400S radio is for management purposes only The IP address is not used for routing purposes or passing traffic Users should take care to set appropriate IP schemes for all manageme...

Page 41: ...d many others can be found in Appendix A Command Set Summary Loading Multiple SU s into SUDB using DLOAD Command To load a full database of SU entries into the AP s SUDB you will need to create an SUDB in ASCII text file format As shown below each row represents all information for one SU Each column is an information field which includes SU ID SU to SU group service level CIR MIR and MAC address ...

Page 42: ...s an overview of a few of the more commonly used SNMP objects in the M2400S system Objects for Monitoring and Control SU Bandwidth Monitoring suRFInOctets Number of octets of payload transmitted from AP s RF port suRFOutOctets Number of octets of payload received on AP s RF port AP Bandwidth Monitoring aptrafficEthInOctets Number of octets of payload received on the Ethernet port aptrafficEthOutOc...

Page 43: ...le to C Program Files SNMPc Network Manager bitmaps 6 The MIB needs to be compiled into the SNMPc database By default the Read Community is set to public and the Write Community is set to private in the AP The Trap Community is SNMP_trap The manager needs to have the same settings in order to communicate with the AP successfully To send traps from the AP set the following trap destination IP Trang...

Page 44: ...SU Display complete list of commands and syntax ro rw help command AP SU Display specific command syntax ro rw ipconfig new ip new subnet mask new gateway AP SU Assign radio s IP subnet mask and gateway IP rw linktest txrx rxtx pkt len bytes of pkts of cycle AP SU Loopback test to check quality of the wireless link Variable parameters include pktlen 64 1760 0 pkts 1 500 of cycles 1 100000 ro rw lo...

Page 45: ... ap id 1 255 rw set baseid base id 4 oct AP SU Set base station id Base ID XXXX where X any alphanumeric character except rw set defaultopmode on off AP SU Set default Opmode to ON or OFF Factory set default Opmode is OFF rw set httpport port AP SU Set or display HTTPD port number port 1 65534 default port 80 rw set snmpcomm read write trap id trap all AP SU Set SNMP read or write or trap communit...

Page 46: ...rw survey search time sec antenna h v e AP SU Spectrum analysis of the entire band and near band search time 1 10 sec per channel Opmode OFF only ro rw Sw AP SU Display current sw setting ro rw sw 0 on off AP SU set sw 0 enable or disable packet filter for broadcast multicast packets on filtering default on rw sw 1 on off SU Enable or disable SU s autoscan AP feature If on SU will automatically sc...

Page 47: ...updateflash systemsetting ss AP SU Save current settings This command can be issued in several ways save ss updateflash systemsetting save systemsetting and updateflash ss rw updateflash mainimage fpgaimage current chscksum new checksum AP SU Retrieve uploaded firmware from TFTP buffer verify checksum and write to flash memory at main or FPGA image section rw updateflash sudb AP Save SUDB into fla...

Page 48: ...lity 2 5 ppm PLL stabilized over temperature Freq Plan Upconversion from BB to 426 MHz IF to 2400 MHz Modulated BW 10 MHz null to null 40 dB down 2nd Harmonic atten Per CFR47 part 15 247 LO Supression Per CFR47 part 15 247 Receiver Specifications Storable Channels 8 memory locations Agility 2405 to 2475 MHz in 1 MHz increments Default channels Channel 1 2405 MHz Channel 2 2415 MHz Channel 3 2425 M...

Page 49: ...g a junction box J Box provided Current Cons 500 mA in transmit and receive modes at max power using 20 V standard adapter 10 W and 10 ft cable from J Box to unit Protection 28 volt Transient Voltage Suppression TVS diode on power input Note Voltages above 28 volts will cause damage to unit Mechanical and Environmental Specifications General Material High temp polycarbonate radome and diecast meta...

Page 50: ...icators 2 LEDs to indicate power and a connection to radio Protection Resettable fuse for DC input Integrated Antenna AP Type Air loaded Patch Antenna Polarization Vertical or Horizontal Polarization electrically selectable Frequency 2405 to 2475 MHz Gain 13 1 dBiL Az Beamwidth 60 degrees 3 dB pts El Beamwidth 18 degrees 3 dB pts Cross Pol 15 dB Front Back Ratio 12 dB VSWR 2 0 1 over bandwidth Int...

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