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Coax MDU Master Bridge
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  • Page 1 XL-HCW128C HPNA3.1 over Coax Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Features Glossary Packing List Rear Panel Connectors LED Indicators Connecting the Cables Verification Configuration Methods Use Web Browser System Setup (TCP/IP Properties) System Assets (Information) EP (User) Management Firmware/Driver Files Smart EP Properties Profile – stored the settings Master HomePNA Properties (HPNA) Security Mode Privacy Mode Privacy Mode Usage Example...
  • Page 3 Static MAC Reboot System Default Setting Upload Firmware Activate Firmware Backup/Restore Configuration Example to Upload then Activate System Firmware and HCNA Driver Current System Firmware and HCNA Driver Version New System Firmware and HCNA Driver Files System Firmware Upload the New System Firmware Check the New System Firmware in ‘Upload Area’...
  • Page 4 Priority in Upstream and Downstream 802.1p IP TOS TCP/UDP Port Number...

  • Page 5: I N T R O D U C T I On

    Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide This chapter describes the features of your HomePNA3.1 over Coax to Ethernet Master (Management) Bridge -- XL-HCW128C. Refer to “HomePNA3.1 over Coax” as HCNA from this point. Features ♦ One HCNA Port for Driving HomePNA3.1 Signal into Existing Coaxial Cable ♦...

  • Page 6: I N S T A L L A T I On

    1. DC5V: Connect to the power adapter plug. 2. LAN1/LAN2: Two fast Ethernet ports to connect Switch/FTTx/xDSL Modem for Internet access. 3. Reset: While XL-HCW128C is turned on, press and release this button will reboot XL-HCW128C. Press it for lasting 5 seconds will restore all settings to factory default.

  • Page 7: Connecting The Cables

    XL-HCW128C ‘TV/Antenna’ port and connect XL-HCW128C ‘HCNA’ port to the original coax entrance building. XL-HCW128C works as a Combiner for TV and HCNA signal. In each Dwelling Unit, use the HCNA EP to extract the TV signal and Ethernet packets. See...

  • Page 8: Verification

    Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide You can also use other Combiner or Mixer-Splitter with XL-HCW128C to build the same system, see the following Figure 3 for different cabling, Satellite/CATV VHF/UHF Mixer Combiner XL-HCW128C Splitter Optical Fiber Figure 3: Different Cabling of XL-HCW128C NOTE: After power up XL-HCW128C, the led ‘SynMode’...

  • Page 9: C O N F I G U R A T I On

    ‘192.168.1.1’ and the default subnet mask is ‘255.255.255.0’. To access the bridge with default IP, your PC should be within the same IP network as the bridge XL-HCW128C. That is, your PC's IP address should be as "192.168.1.xxx". For instance, you may connect your PC with the bridge directly by one Ethernet cable between your PC's Ethernet adapter and bridge's port LAN1.

  • Page 10: System Setup (Tcp/Ip Properties)

    EP (User) Management Refer the following Figure 4 as the example for generic EP management. Each EP is identified by its built-in HCNA MAC address. The HCNA device resides at XL-HCW128C is regarded as the Master (Local) device, and is used to...

  • Page 11: Firmware/Driver Files

    6. HCNA physical connection diagnosis utility To upgrade any one of them, you need to follow the 2-stage procedure. First to ‘Upload’ the file onto XL-HCW128C Upload Area, then do the real upgrade by ‘Activate’ it on demand -- the file will move into Working Area for running.

  • Page 12: Smart Ep

    EPs that are powered off.. Smart EP Denote an EP whose Ethernet properties are configurable. Based on 3110 chipset, with built-in simple management function, its Ethernet settings can be configured by XL-HCW128C. Refer “Master/EP Ethernet Properties”. EP not denoted as ‘Smart’ is not configurable in its Ethernet properties, based on 3010 chipset.

  • Page 13: Properties Profile - Stored The Settings

    XL-HCW128C if ‘Privacy Mode’ is ‘ON’. The factory default mode is ‘Off’ and key is ‘0x0’ (states in hexadecimal). Once you activate the ‘Privacy Mode’ and set up the ‘Privacy Key’ in XL-HCW128C(the setting values), you need to upgrade Master and all allowable EPs’...

  • Page 14: Privacy Mode Usage Example

    For example, first activate the ‘Privacy Mode’ by apply the ‘ON’ setting and change the ‘Privacy Key’ to ‘0x1234’. XL-HCW128C will request to upgrade the Master’s HCNA driver, and all allowable EP’s HCNA driver. Click the ‘Apply’ button will change the Master row background color to yellow (refer ‘Profile...
  • Page 15 Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide Here we have one banned EP shown in red background after upgrade, Then power on the 2 extra off-line EPs, they will also be banned since their ‘Privacy Mode/Key’ (as default ‘OFF’/‘0x0’) doesn’t match with the Master’s (now key is ‘ON’/‘0x1234’ ).

  • Page 16: Privacy Mode/Key Summary

    EP can’t communicate with each other regardless of the settings of ‘Privacy Mode’ and ‘Privacy Key’. EP could access the coax network controlled by XL-HCW128C only if EP has the right ‘Privacy Mode’ and ‘Privacy Key’. Please refer the following diagram for more details,...

  • Page 17: Ep Homepna Properties (Hpna)

    For banned EP, either ‘Privacy Mode/Key’ in EP is not matched or the ‘Host Limit’ value in EP is 0. Red: XL-HCW128C will refuse to serve this EP. EP HomePNA Properties (HPNA) EP (either Smart or not) conforms to the following HomePNA settings stored in XL-HCW128C Master, Note Footnote to the EP (user). Host Limit...

  • Page 18: Service And Speed/Duplex

    Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide Service and Speed/Duplex Change ‘Service’ to enable or disable the port. This setting open or close the related Ethernet switch port in EP. Default setting in field ‘Speed/Duplex’ is ‘Auto’ states for auto-negotiation.

  • Page 19: Qos Setup

    Queue3 (highest priority). You may assign the different packet dropping ratio and service weight for different queue. Refer Chapter “ADVANCED FEATURES” for more XL-HCW128C mechanism details. For example, according to the setting diagram we classify TCP/UDP packet with port ‘1234’ or ‘80’ (decimal) as the highest priority packet goes to Queue3, port ‘23’...
  • Page 20 Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide The following diagram denotes path for tagged packets according to the above settings, EP Tag VLAN Master Tag VLAN Enable Enable (VID, Priority) (VID, Priority) LAN1 LAN1 In=All In=All (VID=1, Pri=0) Out=Untag (VID=1, Pri=0)

  • Page 21: Status And Statistics

    Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide EP Tag VLAN Master Tag VLAN Enable Disable (VID, Priority) LAN1 (VID=1, Pri=0) LAN1 VID = 1 In=All Out=Untag VID = 2 Out=Tag HCNA HCNA In=VID Matched VID = 1 VID = 2...

  • Page 22: Device Noise In Master And Ep

    Connect only one EP to Master, with 30dB attenuator add-on. Here’s the ‘Noise Test’ result of the connected EP, Physical Connection between Master and EP Connect only one EP to Master, with 30dB attenuator add-on. Here’s the result by clicking on ‘Tx Diagnose’ button to perform a Cert test between XL-HCW128C and connected EP,...

  • Page 23: Administration

    Lost Pkts: Denominator is the total number of transmitted packets in one test run. Numerator is the number of lost packets in one test run. 112Mbps/128Mbps/144Mbps (best connection carrier speed, in bits per second) for normal connection. XL-HCW128C will adopt lower carrier speed automatically for connection path with high attenuation (lower SNR). Rx Power: measured signal power...

  • Page 24: Administrator

    Allowed Source Factory default filter set for the ‘IP address’ is ‘0.0.0.0’ and the ‘Subnet Mask’ is ‘0.0.0.0’ in ‘Allowed Source’ setting. If the incoming packet fulfills the following criterion, XL-HCW128C will accept the management packet, else discard it. ( Incoming Source IP Address & Subnet Mask ) = ( IP Address & Subnet Mask ) For the factory default setting, it will accept all incoming packets.

  • Page 25: Telnet/Http/Snmp Setup

    For each programmed filter set, you can further specify if the protocol Telnet/Http/Snmp/Ping is enabled or not. Be careful not to block your current IP from accessing XL-HCW128C remotely; else you have to press the Reset Button locally and restart from factory default settings.

  • Page 26: System Log

    For example, XL-HCW128C will emit only ‘EMERGENCY’ event to Server with IP address ‘192.168.1.111’ according to the following setting. System Time In order to provide correct timestamp for Syslog event, XL-HCW128C supports SNTP protocol and you may assign the suitable SNTP servers to XL-HCW128C.

  • Page 27: Static Mac

    To access your listed SNTP server by its domain name instead of IP address, the ‘DNS Server’ and ‘Default Gateway’ in ‘System Setup’ window need to be set up correctly. In order for XL-HCW128C to access the SNTP server by its domain name.

  • Page 28: Activate Firmware

    Example to Upload then Activate System Firmware and HCNA Driver It is a 2-stage file upgrade procedure, first to upload the selected file onto XL-HCW128C flash ROM ‘Upload Area’, then to ‘Activate’ it. A coax network system with one XL-HCW128C and seven connected EPs—include two 3010 EPs and five 3110 Smart EPs, will be used as an example to demonstrate the upgrade details.

  • Page 29: New System Firmware And Hcna Driver Files

    New System Firmware and HCNA Driver Files In this example, preparing the following binary files to upgrade the XL-HCW128C and the seven connected EPs, ♦ CEM538M_Sysfw_V3.06.bin XL-HCW128C system firmware version ‘3.06’...
  • Page 30 Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide Click ‘Browse’ button to locate where the new system firmware resides at your PC, then click ‘Start’ button to upload the file (CEM538M_Sysfw_V3.06.bin) onto your XL-HCW128C, Uploading in progress, Another count-down counter to verify the integrity of uploaded file,...
  • Page 31 Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide Verifying is ok, click ‘Continue’ button. You may activate the new system firmware right away, or wait for the proper scheduled time in order not to disturb current operation.

  • Page 32: Check The New System Firmware In 'Upload Area

    Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide Check the New System Firmware in ‘Upload Area’ After the successful uploading, you may check the uploaded ‘System Firmware’ does exist in ‘Upload Area’. Open the ‘System Firmware’ window in the ‘Activate Firmware’ function item, here shows the new system firmware version ’3.06’.

  • Page 33: Hcna Driver

    Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide A progress counter for upgrade XL-HCW128C system firmware, XL-HCW128C will reboot after upgrade has completed, New system firmware version ’3.06’ shown on the ‘Information’ window, HCNA Driver Upload the New Master/EP HCNA Driver Follow the similar procedures as to upload new system firmware, start from the ‘Upload Firmware’...
  • Page 34 Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide And complete to upload the driver file, New HCNA driver version ’2.7.5-3’ shown on the ‘Information’ window, Also shown on ‘EP Management’ window,...

  • Page 35: Upgrade The New Hcna Driver

    Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide Upgrade the New HCNA Driver Designate the targeted Master/EPs for driver upgrade from version ‘2.7.5-2’ to ‘2.7.5-3’, Click ‘Upgrade’ button to proceed,...

  • Page 36: Master/Ep Runs The New Hcna Driver

    Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide Then ‘Upgrade’ button again to confirm, Upgrade EP one by one, will keep the Master (Local) for the last, Master/EP runs the New HCNA Driver ‘EP Management’ window that queries the properties from each HCNA device,...

  • Page 37: System Firmware And Hcna Driver Version After Upgrade

    Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide Indicate the new driver version ‘2.7.5-3’ is working. System Firmware and HCNA Driver Version after Upgrade As shown on the ‘Information’ window for summary.

  • Page 38: Use Telnet

    Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide Use Telnet Any popular Telnet client could use to configure the bridge remotely. For example, run Windows built-in Telnet to configure the bridge, Input any command with ‘-h’ argument will show you the usage, as ‘dconfig –h’ will explain the function and usage of command ‘dconfig’.

  • Page 39: Command Sets For Telnet Console

    Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide Note that Telnet connection will be terminated automatically if the telnet client doesn’t input any command for 5 minutes; i.e. the console idle timer is 10 minutes (600 Sec). Command Sets for Telnet Console The following table lists all commands for Telnet console.

  • Page 40: Dir

    Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide Show detail file information resides in flash ROM. Include ‘Working Area’ and ‘Upload Area’, refer Figure 4. The listed filenames are, ‘bootcode’: bootloader ‘sysfw’: system firmware ‘HcnaMduM’: Master HCNA driver ‘HcnaMduEp’: EP HCNA driver ‘diagsw’: utility file for diagnosis...

  • Page 41: Ping

    [-f] Display EP connection status and properties, and check if it <note>] matches the stored Properties Profile in XL-HCW128C. showep <mac>] -f: force to re-scan all connected EPs -n: display EP with matched <note> -m: display EP with MAC address <mac>...

  • Page 42: Swqos

    <port>: TCP/UDP port number (0~65535), <queue>: select queue index (0~3) for this rule set, as q0(lowest priority)/q1/q2/q3(highest priority) <ip> Run TFTP client to get file (upload file onto XL-HCW128C) or <get/put> to put file (retrieve file from XL-HCW128C) from TFTP server tftp <file>...

  • Page 43: Use Snmp

    You need to specify the correct Read-Only Community Name into bridge before any SNMP ‘GET’ operation can work. Also set up the Read/Write Community Name for SNMP ‘SET’ operation. ‘SET’ operation can modify the setting within XL-HCW128C. While ‘Get’ is read-only operation used to report the requested SNMP data to SNMP manager.

  • Page 44: A D V A N C E D F E A T U R Es

    0 to priority 0, and so on. It will take effect in both downstream and upstream. IP TOS The bit7 to bit5 of TOS byte in IP packet is treated as TOS precedence value (0~7). By default, XL-HCW128C uses the precedence value to map the priority queue. Please refer RFC-1349.
  • Page 45 Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide E T W O R K N T E R F A C E • HomePNA3.1 over Coax(HCNA) Compliant • IEEE 802.3u 100Mbps Fast Ethernet • IEEE 802.3 10Mbps Ethernet • IEEE 802.3x Flow Control •...
  • Page 46 Coax MDU Master Bridge User’s Guide R A N M I S S I O N P E E D A N D A N G E • Up to 144Mbps • Up to 50dB Attenuation (-176dBm/Hz Noise Floor) O N N E C T O R S •...

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