SW5501 – SW5502
Wireless Serial Server
User Manual
Configuration and
setup
Address, the Country code, current IP Address, and the Status of the interface
.
Note that the Country code
indicates the available radio channels for your WLAN interface while the Status displays current MAC Address
of an access point
(
AP
)
that the SW550X associates with and the AP
’
s link quality in percent
.
Information under the COM 1 Information & COM 2 Information
boxes report on the current serial connection
setting of both interfaces which are the
type of current Serial Interface
(
RS
-
232, RS
-
422, or RS
-
485
)
, the Link
Mode, the Baud Rate, the Parity bit, the Data bits, the Stop bits, the Flow Control, and the current Link Status
.
Note that the Link Status will show the mode of the port such as SERVER MODE
and the number inside the
square brackets
([
N
]))
is the number of sessions that are connected in the corresponding COM port
.
If the
number in the bracket is zero
([
0
])
, it means that the port link is connecting or listening
.
4.2.3
Wireless Status
The SW550X
’
s current wireless network status
is displayed in this section called
“
Wireless Status
”
submenu under
the
“
System Status
”
menu
.
The current information is summarized below
.
Please remember to always keep a note
of your preferred setting
.
The Current Information
includes
SSID, BSSID
(
AP MAC
)
,
Topology
(
infrastructure or
other
)
, Band mode, Channel, Encryption, and Status
.
Note that the Status of current information will be display as
green bar
(
s
)
with percentage number to indicate the quality of the wireless link
.
Figure 4.19
Wireless Status page shows current information of SW550X
.
4.2.4
Site Monitor
Site Monitor
submenu under the System Status menu allows users to view other wireless networks in the
neighborhood
.
It also provides information on other access points
(
APs
)
such as SSID, occupied Channel
(
s
)
, the
RSSI
(
Received Signal Strength Indicator
)
, Security
and other parameters
.
It can be helpful when setting SSID and
Channel number for your SW550X device to avoid SSID name and Channel number conflict
and prevent unexpected
errors or degradation of your wireless network performance
.
Note that it will take a few second
(
approximately 10
seconds
)
for this option to gather information of the surrounding wireless networks
.
During this process, the web
page will show a
“
Please wait
…”
message with running animation
as shown below
.
