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AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge P P P P User’s Guide 8 02.11b/g ABDG-ET Series WLNG-ET Series 802.11b ABDB-ET Series WLNB-ET Series Document number 100-8007-141G Quatech, Inc. Confidential...
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Quatech, Inc. This document may not be used as the basis for manufacture or sale of any items without the prior written consent of Quatech, Inc.
T his guide describes the AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge from Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ is a fully integrated, 802.11 wireless Local Area Network (LAN) connectivity device designed to provide wireless LAN and Internet connectivity in industrial, scientific, medical, and transportation applications where an existing communications interface already exists. The AirborneDirect™...
Does not require special programming, only simple configuration. I ndustrial specifications ensure robust and reliable performance in demanding system environments. R el iable data transport for Ethernet devices. Quatech, Inc. Confidential T able 1 T X T X Benefit 100-8007-141G...
Access Point (AP). Figure 1. Basic Application Involving a LAN Host and Ethernet Client 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide A irborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge is exchanging over a wireless network connection via an attached Quatech, Inc. Confidential Introduction Page 3...
Appendix C, Glossary ⎯ defines the terms associated with the AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge and wireless networks in general. For convenience, an Index appears at the end of this guide. Page 4 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
The following convention is used for cautions. A caution contains information that, if not followed, can cause damage to Caution: the product or injury to the user. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential Introduction Page 5...
Evaluation Kit CD. For the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, go to the Adobe Web site (www.adobe.com). A dditional literature about AirborneDirect™ products and the Airborne WLN Module that powers them, such as application notes, product briefs, and white papers, can be found on the Quatech Web site: w ww.quatech.com...
AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge Evaluation Kit Quick Start Guide, product briefs and application notes, Adobe® Reader® for viewing the documents and an Airborne™ Control Center (ACC). If any item is missing, damaged, or improperly functioning, contact Quatech. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide...
AP, either remove power from these Access Points or move to an isolated location, and then perform the setup in Figure 1 on page 3 Page 8 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide with DHCP enabled Quatech, Inc. Confidential ® 100-8007-141G...
(and hold) this switch for at least 5 seconds after power is applied to the Bridge. To protect against accidental resets, the Reset switch is recessed. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential Hardware Installation Page 9...
Bridge’s power-up status, link, connection, and data-activity status. describes the status of the indicator LEDs. Figure 3. Indicator LEDs on the AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge Page 10 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential T able 2 100-8007-141G...
Ethernet port. A wireless TCP session is established, a physical Ethernet Green connection is detected, but there is no active data movement across the wired Ethernet port. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential Hardware Installation Page 11...
Bridge into the cradle. Figure 4. Mounting Cradle Dimensions Page 12 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide ) . Be careful not to tighten the mounting hardware (user- Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Name Description POST Power on self test completed Device has a valid IP address LINK Device has successfully associated/authenticated with an AP. CONN TCP/IP connection established with device. Quatech, Inc. Confidential Hardware Installation Page 15...
A floor can interfere with signals if the Bridge is mounted too low. Mount the Bridge so the antenna is high enough to allow adequate clearance from the floor. Page 16 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
If your Access Point is using WEP or WPA, disable the security. You can re-enable WEP or WPA after the Bridge has been configured. • Connect the RJ-45 jack on the Bridge’s Ethernet cable to an RJ-45 jack on your Ethernet- ready device. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential Hardware Installation Page 17...
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IP address for the Bridge and record it in Table 4 (on page 20). You will need it to access the Bridge with the Airborne Control Center (ACC). 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide INITIAL CONFIGURATION Quatech, Inc. Confidential CHAPTER 3 Page 19...
The bridge can be accessed using this address, after DHCP fails, by the attached host using a different IP address in the same subnet (192.168.10.8). Page 20 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide ) to help determine the Bridge’s IP address. Value Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
AP, either remove power from these Access Points or move to an isolated location and perform the setup shown in Figure 1 on page 3. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential Initial Configuration Page 21...
IP network communication can proceed. Symptoms of an unauthenticated client include: A bridge configured for DHCP will not obtain host configuration from the DHCP server; therefore, the IP address will remain 0.0.0.0. Page 22 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
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Re-Keying The session key may expire and the authentication process will be executed again causing streaming data to stop until a new key is authorized. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential Initial Configuration Page 23...
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LAUNCHING THE ACC On the Windows XP Start menu, navigate to the Quatech submenu and click on Airborne Control Center. The ACC scans the local subnet for Airborne devices and displays a list like the...
OK button to login. To select a different device, click the Discover button to reinitiate the device detection scan. The Status page is displayed as shown in Page 26 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Figure 9. Device login Figure 10. Status Page Quatech, Inc. Confidential F igure 7 100-8007-141G...
The user discovery name identifies the Bridge in Evaluation and Management Utilities (if Enable UDAP is checked in the Services Page). 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Figure 11. ACC Navigation Bar Quatech, Inc. Confidential Airborne Control Center F igure N etwork Settings Page ” on...
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Lets you change port numbers and timeouts for the TCP and telnet ports. See “ Page ” on page Page 28 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide S ecurity Settings Page ” on page R eset Page ” on page ” on page Quatech, Inc. Confidential R eset Page ” on page S ervices 100-8007-141G...
. To continue, click Yes, or you can go to another . Wait for the Restart to complete. Once the Restart has Figure 12. Saved Settings Screen Figure 13. Reset Notice Screen Quatech, Inc. Confidential Airborne Control Center Page 29...
MAC address is the MAC address of the Bridge. BSSID is the MAC address of the associated Access Point (AP). RSSI indicates the receive signal strength in dBm. Page 30 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Figure 14. Status Page Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
Clicking the Misc link in the navigation bar displays the Miscellaneous OEM Settings page. In this page, you can enter the Bridge’s OEM version string and discovery name. This page also lets you specify the OEM user name and password. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Page 31 Quatech, Inc. Confidential...
Name is case-sensitive. Default is oem. Two fields where you type and retype the OEM password, from 1 to 31 alphanumeric characters. Password is case-sensitive. For security, each password character appears as an asterisk. Default is oem. Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
This page actually displays more than one page of information. Use the scroll bar to scroll down to see all of the items on the page. Note: Figure 16. Wireless Network Configuration Page 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential Airborne Control Center Page 33...
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Airborne Control Center F igure 13. Wireless Network Configuration Page F igure 13. Wireless Network Configuration Page Page 34 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential (continued) (continued) 100-8007-141G...
Default channel is 1. Bridge Operation Region Specifies the wireless channels allowed. See Region Country Codes Default is US. Quatech, Inc. Confidential Airborne Control Center – connects to a WLAN using an AP. (default) – used to connect two peer-to- peer devices.
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This key must match the key on the AP. Configures the WPA-LEAP username. The LEAP username [1 to 32 characters] must match the LEAP username assigned on the LEAP server. The LEAP username cannot contain spaces. Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
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Bridge’s MAC address. Default is factory set. Do not change this value; otherwise, unexpected results can occur. • – use primary antenna (J2) (default) Ant2 • Diversity – allows the Bridge to select the antenna receiving the best quality signal. Quatech, Inc. Confidential Airborne Control Center Page 37...
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IP address to be saved to NVRAM, so that it is saved across reboots. This setting is ignored if DHCP Fallback and DHCP Fallback Auto are not enabled. Configures the IP address used by the DHCP fallback algorithm. Default is 192.168.10.1. Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
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Sets the secondary DNS server address for DNS look-ups when the primary DNS server is unavailable. Default is 0.0.0.0. Sets the name_device field, which can be retrieved with the CLI name_device command. Default is Device. Quatech, Inc. Confidential Airborne Control Center Page 39...
Sweden Slovenia Slovak Republic China Indonesia Israel India Korea Malaysia Singapore Belgium Thailand Taiwan South Africa Japan Wideband France Spain Quatech, Inc. Confidential Channels 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11 1-11...
Specifies the port number of the Telnet server. Default is 23. Specifies the number of seconds of inactivity that must occur for the Telnet session to timeout. Setting the timeout to 0 disables it. Default is 60. Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
Security Settings Page (Advanced Configuration Setting) The Security Settings Page allows management of the authentication-based access services. You can change user names and passwords. Figure 18. Security Configuration Page 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Page 43 Quatech, Inc. Confidential...
Two fields where you type and then retype the password required to pass data through the Password Bridge, from 1 to 31 alphanumeric characters. Password is case-sensitive. For security, each password character appears as an asterisk. Default is password. Page 44 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
Updating firmware may cause the Bridge to stop operating if it is not Caution: performed properly. Only advanced users should update firmware. If you encounter problems, contact Quatech, Inc. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Figure 19. Update Firmware Page Quatech, Inc.
Enter the name of the new firmware version source file. This file must be of type .bin and have come from Quatech, Inc. If the file is located on your hard drive, click Browse… and locate the source directory and file.
Upon restarting, the Status Page will be displayed. If this does not happen automatically, close the ACC and restart it. Updating firmware may cause loss of saved parameters. Caution: 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide F igure 18 Quatech, Inc. Confidential Airborne Control Center Page 47...
Caution: customer changes. If the target AP has WEP or WPA enabled, the AirborneDirect™ unit will not be able to associate (WEP/WPA default is disabled). Page 48 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Figure 22. Reset Page Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
The ACC may timeout before the Bridge can obtain its DHCP lease. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Figure 23. Confirm Restart Figure 24. Reset In Progress Quatech, Inc. Confidential Airborne Control Center F igure 20 . Click Yes to Page 49...
AP. The Bridge may be associated to another AP. Check the Link LED on the Bridge. If the problem remains, contact Quatech, Inc. You may have typed the wrong IP address. If you typed the correct IP address, your computer may be on a different subnet than the Bridge.
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Make sure the one you will upload has a higher (later) revision level (for more details, see Firmware Page on page using the appropriate file. Quatech, Inc. Confidential Troubleshooting U pdate U pdate ) . Repeat the procedure Page 51...
Perform These Tasks… Check power connector is properly inserted. Remove power and re-apply. If the Power LED remains Red, contact Quatech, Inc. Bridge has not established an IP address either through DHCP or Static methods. DHCP is the default method by which the unit obtains an IP address.
This appendix lists the specifications of the AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge. Ethernet Interface – standard package Ethernet 10Base-T Interface: RJ-45 Connector: Flexible, stranded, copper conductor cable 10 Mb/sec Data Rates: 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Table 12. Specifications Quatech, Inc. Confidential APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS Page 53...
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Battery Power Input Ground /F_RESET Factory RESET. Active LOW (internal pull-up). Default OFF Pulling signal low as power is applied will RESET device settings to factory default values. No Connect No Connect RXTP- Receive- TXTP- Transmit- Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
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-83 dBm for 18 Mbps -85 dBm for 11 Mbps -87 dBm for 1 Mbps 128 K x 8 SRAM, 512 K x 8 Flash. SRAM and Flash are not available to external applications. Quatech, Inc. Confidential Specifications Page 55...
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2.1 mm Barrel Jack Airborne Control Center Device Discovery and Configuration, Remote Firmware Upgrade Utility Any operating system with TCP/IP (the Airborne utilities require Microsoft Windows 2000/XP) -40º C to 85º C -40º C to 100º C Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
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2.58 in. W x 4.03 in. L x 1.90 in. D (65.5 mm x 102.3 mm x 48.2 mm) Plastic 4.63 in. W x 5.24 in. L x 1.43 in. D (117.6 mm x 133.0 mm x 36.2 mm) Quatech, Inc. Confidential Specifications Page 57...
Table 14. Heavy-Duty DC Specifications Symbol Parameter Supply Voltage Supply Supply Current @ V Supply Peak Inrush Current For 25 ms Inrush Page 58 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide 4.5V -24V = 12 V Supply Quatech, Inc. Confidential Units 100-8007-141G...
To reduce potential radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) is not more than required for successful communication. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide FCC COMPLIANCE Quatech, Inc. Confidential APPENDIX B Page 59...
Part 17: Specific conditions for 2.4 GHz wideband transmission systems and 5 GHz high performance RLAN equipment. EN 60950—Safety of information technology equipment, including electrical business equipment. Marking by the symbol: 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential FCC Compliance Page 61...
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1, av de Norvege, ZA de courtaboeuf BP79, 91 943 Les Ulis Cedex France Information Technology Equipment Commercial and Light Industry AirborneDirect™ Serial Bridge AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge EN 300 328 V1.4.1, EN 310 489-17 V1.2.1, EN 60950-1 First Edition 2006 Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
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Directiva 1999/5/CE. Portuguese DPAC Technologies Corp. declara que este AirborneDirect™ Serial/Ethernet Bridge está conforme com os requisitos essenciais e outras disposições da Directiva 1999/5/CE. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential FCC Compliance Page 63...
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“processing gain”). A high processing gain increases the signal’s resistance (DSSS) to interference. The minimum processing gain that the FCC allows is 10, and most products operate under 20. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential GLOSSARY Page 65...
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Access Point or hub. However, since there is no central base station to monitor traffic or provide Internet access, the various signals can collide with each other, reducing overall performance. Page 66 AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential 100-8007-141G...
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Wi-Fi Protected Access - Pre-Shared Key, an implementation based on the WPA-PSK IEEE 802.11i 2004 and IEEE 802.1X 2001 standards, where the PSK is stored on the client. 100-8007-141G AirborneDirect™ Ethernet Bridge User's Guide Quatech, Inc. Confidential Glossary s ervices Page 67...
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