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Typical Applications

This section describes the typical applications of the R1 Extender.

Telemedicine Wireless Broadband Application

The R1 Extender primary usage is as a relay or bridging technology that may be combined with cost

effective solar power solution allowing for telemedicine application in remote and rural environments.

The R1 Extender is able to deliver stable and high performance broadband connectivity for typical

telemedicine applications in a Line-of-Sight environment.

Health Center

Telemedicine

Wireless Application

Relay

Rural Clinics

FI AP

for indoor

coverage

Relay

RS-232

Wi-Fi adaptor

Wi-Fi
phone

Video Surveillance

Communication

Data transmission

Long distance

Diagnosis

Low balance Router

Firewall

Switch

R2 Extender

R1 Extender

R2 Extender

R1 Extender

Health Center

Telemedicine

Wireless Application

Relay

Rural Clinics

FI AP

for indoor

coverage

Relay

RS-232

Wi-Fi adaptor

RS-232

Wi-Fi adaptor

Wi-Fi
phone

Video Surveillance

Communication

Data transmission

Long distance

Diagnosis

Low balance Router

Firewall

Switch

Firewall

Switch

R2 Extender

R1 Extender

R2 Extender

R1 Extender

Figure 2 Telemedicine Wireless Broadband

Chapter 1 Introduction Page 13

Summary of Contents for R1 Extender

Page 1: ...R1 Extender User Manual V 1 1 0 January 2009...

Page 2: ...intended to guide professional installer to install the R1 Extender and how to build the infrastructure centered on it It includes procedures to assist you in avoiding unforeseen problems Conventions...

Page 3: ...reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving ante...

Page 4: ...distance of at least 100cm between you and the antenna of the installed equipment This transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter The availab...

Page 5: ...pplication 14 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 15 PREPARATION BEFORE INSTALLATION 15 Professional Installation Required 15 Safety Precautions 16 Product Package 16 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 18 Assemble the...

Page 6: ...lignment Tool 37 TABLE 3 RSSI BEEP FREQUENCY 38 LINK TEST 38 SUPER MODE 39 WIRELESS SECURITY SETTINGS 40 Security Profile Configuration 40 Access Control 42 RADIUS SETTINGS 43 CHAPTER 5 MANAGEMENT 45...

Page 7: ...SETTINGS 57 RESTORE FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS 58 EVENT LOG 59 REBOOT 60 CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 61 APPENDIX A CHANNEL FREQUENCY TABLE 63 APPENDIX B ASCII 65 APPENDIX C SSH SETTINGS 66 APPENDIX D SER...

Page 8: ...FINITION 20 FIGURE 10 DETAILED VIEW OF RS 232 PORT 21 FIGURE 11 WARNING LABEL 21 FIGURE 12 VENT 22 FIGURE 13 CONNECT UP STEP 1 23 FIGURE 14 CONNECT UP STEP 2 23 FIGURE 15 CONNECT UP STEP 3 23 FIGURE 1...

Page 9: ...IGURE 34 WIRELESS STATISTICS 47 FIGURE 35 CONNECTION 48 FIGURE 36 PASSWORD 49 FIGURE 37 REMOTE MANAGEMENT 50 FIGURE 38 PUTTY CONFIGURATION 1 51 FIGURE 39 PUTTY CONFIGURATION 2 52 FIGURE 40 SSH 53 FIGU...

Page 10: ...SETTINGS 26 TABLE 3 RSSI BEEP FREQUENCY 38 TABLE 4 CHANNELS IN 5MHZ CENTRE FREQUENCY 63 TABLE 5 CHANNELS IN 10MHZ CENTRE FREQUENCY 63 TABLE 6 CHANNELS IN 20MHZ CENTRE FREQUENCY 64 TABLE 7 CHANNELS IN...

Page 11: ...n The R1 Extender is a multi function communication device that supports Base Station CPE PTP and PTMP connectivity It allows for local area network LANs in different locations buildings to be easily...

Page 12: ...128 bit WEP and 802 1X WPA PSK WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK WPA2 PSK etc Support WMM and Quality of service QoS for enhanced performance Proprietary Antenna Alignment Tool helps identify the antenna orientat...

Page 13: ...e Video Surveillance Video Surveillance Communication Communication Data transmission Data transmission Long distance Long distance Diagnosis Diagnosis Low balance Router Firewall Switch R2 Extender R...

Page 14: ...tender Relay Relay Firewall Low balance Router Switch Z Com Wi Fi clients Firewall Low balance Router Switch Firewall Low balance Router Switch Z Com Wi Fi clients School School School School Internet...

Page 15: ...tail store 3 The equipment shall be installed in RESTRICTED ACCESS LOCATIONS Access can only be gained by service persons or by users who have been instructed about the reasons for the restrictions ap...

Page 16: ...ional avoid standing directly in front of the antenna Strong RF fields are present when the transmitter is on Ground the device properly with grounding wire to protect against lightning Use ONLY appro...

Page 17: ...ket 1 T Form Bracket 1 2 Articulation Pole 1 3 Pole Mount Bar 1 Fasteners 4 M8 80 Screw 2 M8 90 Screw 1 5 M8 Washer 3 6 M8 Spring Washer 3 7 M8 Nut 1 8 M5 16 Screw 4 9 M5 Washer 4 10 Wood Screw 4 for...

Page 18: ...by placing articulation pole to the T form bracket via a M8 90 screw through the insertion axe and fix with the M8 washer spring washer and M8 nut Figure 5 Bracket Mounting Step 2 Pole Mounting 1 Inst...

Page 19: ...M8 80 screws and washers through the drill holes and main bracket with a spanner Figure 7 Pole Mounting Step 2 3 Adjust the antenna for appropriate tilt vertical orientation Figure 8 Pole Mounting Ste...

Page 20: ...black plastic cover and RS 232 with a light gray cover that label WARNING No PoE Among which a black RJ45 waterproof connector will be provided for the PoE Data interface Figure 9 Interface Definition...

Page 21: ...short P7 Hard Reset to P8 GND for less than 1 second and the system will reset If P7 Hard Reset is shorted to P8 GND for over 5 seconds the R1 Extender will be reset to the factory default settings Fi...

Page 22: ...add a surge protector to protect the equipment circuit Strongly recommend to add a lightning arrestor on the RS 232 port to prevent from lightning attack Vent The vent is designed to exclude vapors an...

Page 23: ...otted screwdriver and then screw in the body of the gland and tighten Figure 13 Connect Up Step 1 2 Slide the sealing nut to the RJ 45 cable from its middle breach and then insert the sealing into the...

Page 24: ...r attachment to the ODU Figure 17 Grounding Power On To power up the R1 Extender follow the steps bellow 1 Plug a user supplied Cat 5 Ethernet cable from your wired LAN or a computer into the power in...

Page 25: ...hat the R1 Extender is powered up Wait about 60 seconds the system will be initialized and start working Figure 18 PoE Connection Warning Make sure PoE is correctly connected to the RJ 45 port on the...

Page 26: ...eless Device Name DEVICEXXXXXX X represents the last 6 digits of Ethernet MAC address Operating Mode Peer to Peer CSMA Country Region United States Country dependent and software programmed Ethernet D...

Page 27: ...ble Enable Read Community Name Public Write Community Name Private SNMP IP Address 0 0 0 0 System Requirements Before configuration please make sure your system meets the following requirements A comp...

Page 28: ...he default IP address Default 192 168 1 1 of R1 Extender into the address field A Security Alert window may popup as below due to browser s security trusted sites You may choose to continue to the log...

Page 29: ...in page of R1 Extender As you can see this management interface provides four main options in the black bar above which are System Wireless Status and Management Figure 21 Main Page The username and p...

Page 30: ...ore than 15 characters with 0 9 A Z a z or Country Region For the available radio bands vary from country to country the working channels used are different Ethernet Data rate Specify the transmission...

Page 31: ...created between different LAN segments for purposes of fault tolerance Basic Wireless Settings Open Radio in Wireless as below to make basic wireless configuration Figure 23 Basic Wireless Settings Op...

Page 32: ...s is greater than 20km Base Station ID SSID For Base Station mode it requires SSID for CPU clients to associate with This wireless network name is shared among all associated devices in your wireless...

Page 33: ...Multimedia is a subset of 802 11e It allows wireless communication to define a priority limit on the basis of data type thus those time sensitive data like video audio data may own a higher priority...

Page 34: ...administrator to control the amount of data rate each user is receiving This is only available in CPE mode RTS Threshold The R1 Extender sends RTS Request to Send frames to certain receiving station...

Page 35: ...xtender can auto adjust proper ACK timeout value by specifying distance of the two nodes Default distance is 10Km This is only useful for CSMA mode TDM Coordination Time Slice Specify the time slice o...

Page 36: ...Peer to Peer Links To setup Peer to Peer link first login the Web based interface of remote R1 Extender open About in System and record the wireless MAC address of it Then login the Web based interfa...

Page 37: ...RSSI e g 70dBm and click Start button Wait about 5 seconds the antenna alignment starts and performs alignment every one second Fix the local antenna and adjust the remote antenna elevation and horiz...

Page 38: ...ep sound Link Test Under Base Station CPE or Peer to Peer TDMA mode when Antenna Alignment Tool is not available Link Test provides another option to check the signal strength towards the connecting d...

Page 39: ...Super Mode is in the red box as below Figure 28 Super Mode Fast Frame By utilizing frame aggregation and timing modifications it increases throughput via transmitting more data per frame and removing...

Page 40: ...environment and data traffic flow Wireless Security Settings To prevent unauthorized radios from accessing data transmitting over the connectivity R1 Extender provides you with rock solid security set...

Page 41: ...n only be AES and the passphrase is required WPA PSK WPA2 PSK It provides options of WPA TKIP or WPA2 AES encryption for the client If it is selected the data encryption can only be TKIP AES and the p...

Page 42: ...Access Control appoints the authority to STA on accessing R1 Extender thus a further security mechanism is provided This function is available only under Base Station and Peer to Peer TDMA modes Open...

Page 43: ...Es that you would like to cancel and click Delete to cancel that access control rule RADIUS Settings RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service is a server for remote user authentication and ac...

Page 44: ...y RADIUS Server is an option IP Address Enter the IP address of the Radius Server Port Number Enter the port number of the Radius Server Shared Secret This secret which is composed of no more than 31...

Page 45: ...Chapter 5 Management View R1 Extender Basic Information Open About in System to check the basic information of R1 Extender which is read only Figure 32 Basic Information Chapter 5 Management Page 45...

Page 46: ...n Ethernet Status in Status to check the data packets received on and transmitted from the Ethernet port in LAN Click Refresh to view current statistics All is read only Figure 33 Ethernet Statistics...

Page 47: ...Open Wireless Status in Status to check the data packets received on and transmitted via wireless network Click Refresh to view current statistics All is read only Figure 34 Wireless Statistics Chapt...

Page 48: ...information of remote CPEs connected with bridge these values also help determine whether the antenna is aligned in an appropriate direction The table will be updated every 30 seconds All is read only...

Page 49: ...rrent password first and then enter the new one twice respectively in New Password and Repeat New Password fields Restore Default Password If you would like to restore the default password enter the c...

Page 50: ...xtender supports CLI management which could be accessed by Secure Shell SSH It is recommended PuTTY be used to login Download it from http www putty org for free The minimum system requirement for usi...

Page 51: ...Enter IP Address of R1 Extender Default 192 168 1 1 Port 22 and check SSH as connection type Figure 38 PuTTY Configuration 1 Chapter 5 Management Page 51...

Page 52: ...menu bar click SSH select 2 as Preferred SSH protocol version make 3DES the top position in Encryption cipher selection policy Figure 39 PuTTY Configuration 2 Click Open a window as below will popup C...

Page 53: ...atively you can refer to Appendix C SSH Settings for details SNMP The R1 Extender supports SNMP management Set the SNMP parameters and obtain MIB file before remote management From Remote Management i...

Page 54: ...2 168 1 1 username Default admin and password Default password After successful login enter command get bridge mib the information will as below and then bridge mib file is obtained Figure 41 Obtain M...

Page 55: ...ke configuration in Basic from System Figure 42 Time Settings Enter the time server IP address and port respectively in Time Server and Time Server Port fields Select your desired time zone from the d...

Page 56: ...tely through R1 Extender s Web Figure 43 Upgrade Firmware Click Browse to select the firmware file Click Upload to load the file into R1 Extender Wait a moment the system will reboot after successfull...

Page 57: ...e computer Open Backup Restore Settings in Management as below Figure 44 Backup Restore Settings Backup Settings By clicking Backup a dialog box will popup Save it then the configuration file is saved...

Page 58: ...tore will eliminate all current settings and reboot your device then default settings are applied Figure 45 Restore Settings Restore factory default settings via RS 232 If software in R1 Extender is u...

Page 59: ...etc Open Event Log in Management as below Figure 46 Event Log Enable Log Enable System log or not Syslog Server IP Address Specify the IP address of the server Syslog Server Port Number Specify the p...

Page 60: ...boot in Management as below Figure 47 Reboot Check Yes and click Apply to reboot R1 Extender This takes a few minutes during which the device will send out the buzzing sound informing you the system i...

Page 61: ...a remote bridge check whether options in each device are identical Security Settings Remote bridges attempting to authenticate to your bridge must support the same security options configured in your...

Page 62: ...cle may lead to poor signal Check the antenna height Place the unit in a high position can help to get a better communication in long distance transmission Check the polarization direction of antenna...

Page 63: ...Channels in 5MHz Centre Frequency Channel Frequency 149 5 745 GHz 150 5 750 GHz 151 5 755 GHz 152 5 760 GHz 153 5 765 GHz 154 5 770 GHz 155 5 775 GHz 156 5 780 GHz 157 5 785 GHz 158 5 790 GHz 159 5 79...

Page 64: ...05 GHz 165 5 825 GHz Table 7 Channels in 40MHz Centre Frequency Channel Frequency 149 5 745GHz 157 5 785GHz 165 5 825GHz The availability of some specific channels and or operational frequency bands a...

Page 65: ...Hex Equivalent ASCII Character Hex Equivalent ASCII Character Hex Equivalent ASCII Character Hex Equivalent 21 9 39 Q 51 i 69 22 3A R 52 j 6A 23 3B S 53 k 6B 24 3C T 54 l 6C 25 3D U 55 m 6D 26 3E V 56...

Page 66: ...are version devicename system name macaddr system MAC address country country region restoreFactory Default restore factory default iptype system dhcp client ipaddr system IP address netmask system ne...

Page 67: ...global key update interval account account radius setting primary primary ipaddr radius IP address port radius port number secret radius secret string secondary secondary ipaddr radius IP address port...

Page 68: ...e fragmentationt hreshold wireless fragmentation threshold even only rtsthreshold wireless RTS CTS threshold beaconinterval wireless beacon period in TU 1024us operating mode wireless operation mode r...

Page 69: ...mode ipaddr remote AP ipaddr rssi remote AP rssi 4 4th remote AP for pxp mode macaddre ss remote AP mac address for pxp mode bandwidth down flow width for pxp mode status remote AP status or active f...

Page 70: ...and rssi wmm wmm settngs super_audio Fast_Frame settings super_video super burst settings super_picture compression settings bs null ssid network name of this bs 1 32 chars hiddenssid bs ssid broadca...

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