Mission Machines midoor Quick Configuration Manual

Mission M achines
The m iDoor
This g uide i s t o h elp w ith t he i nitial c onfiguration o f t he m iDoor g arage d oor o pener, w hich i s a lso r eferred t o a s t he m iDoor o pener.
The m iDoor o pener m ust h ave a lready b een s uccessfully i nstalled a nd p owered-­‐up. S ee T he m iDoor G arage D oor O pener Q uick
Installation G uide f or i nstructions o n i nstalling t he m iDoor o pener.
The i nitial c onfiguration o f t he m iDoor o pener i nvolves c onfiguring t he n etwork s ettings a nd s etting u p o ne u ser a ccount. O ther
options s uch a s s etting u p a larms o r c onfigurable I Os a re c overed i n t he m iDoor m anual.
Configuring T he N etwork S ettings
When t he m iDoor o pener i s i nitially p owered-­‐up i t g oes i nto a m ode c alled a dhoc m ode. T he W i-­‐Fi s tandard ( 802.11) d efines t wo
modes o f o peration: i nfrastructure m ode a nd a dhoc m ode. I nfrastructure m ode i s t he n ormal o perational m ode o f W i-­‐Fi d evices. I n
this m ode a W i-­‐Fi d evice m ust c onnect t o a W i-­‐Fi r outer o r a ccess p oint. T he W i-­‐Fi r outer o r a ccess p oint p rocesses s ecurity s ettings
and p asses t raffic f rom o ne d evice t o a nother d evice o r, i n t he c ase o f a W i-­‐Fi r outer, o ut t o t he I nternet. I n o rder f or a d evice t o
attach t o a W i-­‐Fi r outer o r a ccess p oint t he d evice m ust b e p rogrammed t o m atch t he s ettings o f t he W i-­‐Fi r outer o r a ccess p oint.
These s ettings i nclude t he S SID, e ncryption m ethod a nd e ncryption p asswords o r k eys. O ther i mportant s ettings i nclude t he I P
address, s ubnet m ask, d efault g ateway, a nd D NS s ettings. T hese l ater s ettings a re n ot a p art o f t he W i-­‐Fi s tandard b ut a re a n
integral p art o f t he I nternet s tandard a nd a re r equired.
In a dhoc m ode a W i-­‐Fi d evice c an a ttach d irectly t o a nother W i-­‐Fi d evice; b ypassing t he n eed f or a W i-­‐Fi r outer o r a ccess p oint.
By u sing a dhoc m ode w hen t he m iDoor o pener i s f irst i nstalled a nd n ot c onfigured w ith t he r equired s ettings, a u ser c an h ave a W i-­‐
Fi e nabled P C o r i Pad™ c onnect d irectly t o a m iDoor o pener a nd c onfigure t he r equired s ettings.
Once t he m iDoor o pener i s i nstalled, p owered-­‐up a nd i n a dhoc m ode i t w ill b roadcast o ver i ts W i-­‐Fi i nterface a n a dhoc i dentifier o f
'miDoor'. F rom y our c omputer's o r i Pad's W i-­‐Fi s ettings e stablish a c onnection t o t he m iDoor o pener.
To e stablish a n a dhoc c onnection t o t he m iDoor o pener f rom a n i Pad g o t o t he " Settings" a pplication a nd s elect " Wi-­‐Fi".
Under " Choose a N etwork..." l ocate ' miDoor' a nd s elect i t. T he i Pad w ill c onnect d irectly t o t he m iDoor o pener a nd a c heck
mark w ill b e p laced n ext t o ' miDoor'. T his p rocedure w ill a lso w ork w ith a n i Phone™.
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