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- Page 1 RIGrunner 4005i www.westmountainradio.com 1020 Spring City Drive Waukesha, WI 53186 262-522-6503 sales@westmountainradio.com ©2019 West Mountain Radio, All rights reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Page 2: Mounting Location
Thank you for choosing the RIGrunner 4005i with Internet and WIFI capabilities. The RIGrunner 4005i is a sophisticated 12 VDC power controller and distribution system, intended for use in remote-control applications. The RIGrunner 4005i allows EMCOMM and Repeater operators the ability to monitor and control the power distribution of their systems from any PC or Internet-ready mobile device. -
Page 3: Back Panel Descriptions
Expansion Port connector is an 8-pin MiniDIN and allows for future accessories from West Mountain Radio such as antenna rotor control, CI-V, and daisy-chain of equipment. Details on the expansion port pins and configuration is discussed later in this manual. -
Page 4: Front Panel
Node Enable Buttons – button press will toggle the ON/OFF state of each node or Reset Fuse. Front Panel Node LED Status Indicators Node Enable Buttons LCD Display Next/Exit Buttons Node Enable and Soft Fuses Each Powerpole® node has a toggle button to enable/disable node. Pressing the corresponding button will toggle the ON/OFF state of the Powerpole node. - Page 5 unit, the user must use a web browser over the network or the USB connection with a computer. Status Mode: Node 1 0.15 Amps Figure 1 - status mode screen The top line displays the user configured name for this node or power supply.
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Page 6: Dhcp (Auto Ip)
DHCP Status Screen: Press NEXT when viewing the Network Status Screen to view the DHCP client configuration information. DHCP (Auto IP): Disabled igure 3 – DHCP status screen This screen displays the current DHCP client configuration. DHCP is a protocol that allows for auto IP address configuration. If enabled, the RIGrunner will attempt to talk to a DHCP server to get IP address configuration automatically. -
Page 7: Factory Reset
DHCP server configuration. WIFI Networking Mode Toggle If you are using a WIFI version of the RIGrunner 4005i, pressing the NEXT button on the Figure 6 screen will bring up the WIFI networking mode screen as shown in Figure 6 If you are not using a WIFI RIGrunner 4005i you can skip to Figure 7. - Page 8 Factory Reset? Next=N, Exit=Y Figure 7 – Factory reset screen Press the EXIT button will perform a factory reset. Press the NEXT button to bypass performing a factory reset and return the unit to normal operating mode. Below is a list of the initial values that will be set if a factory reset is performed.
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Page 9: Rebooting The Device
4005i acts like a common TCP/IP client. In this mode the TCP/IP settings, such as IP address or DHCP, needs to be configured to match the network that the RIGrunner 4005i is to join. See the section labeled ‘TCP/IP Networking Configuration’ for more help on this. - Page 10 WIFI radio frequency region RIGrunner 4005i’s are shipped by West Mountain Radio using the FCC radio frequency region. If the RIGrunner 4005i is to be used in a different region then this setting will have to be changed. To change this region the NEXT and EXIT button have to be held down during power-up and then held for over 5 seconds.
- Page 11 ‘DHCP Toggle, WIFI networking mode toggle and Factory Reset’) will not change this value back to FCC. If the RIGrunner 4005i is not connecting to the WIFI AP properly, even though it appears all the network settings are correct, verify that the WIFI AP does not have a MAC address filter in place that is blocking unknown WIFI devices from using the network.
- Page 12 Using Static IP (no DHCP Client) If the network being used by the RIGrunner does not have a DHCP server, the static IP configuration of the RIGrunner has to be changed to be compatible with the RIGrunner. For example, if the IP range of the network is 10.0.*.* the IP address of the RIGrunner needs to be changed to a valid number in the range and the netmask needs to be changed to 255.255.0.0.
- Page 13 IP address of the PC. Before any settings are changed, it is recommended to write down the old values so the PC can be restored back to normal operation after configuring the RIGrunner. Confirm the Use the following IP address button is selected.
- Page 14 Main Web-pages Here is a summary of what web pages are on the RIGrunner 4005i unit and what they may be used for: Main/Status - view power supply status (voltage), view status of •...
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Page 15: E-Mail Alerts
E-mail Alerts The RIGrunner 4005i can be configured to send e-mail alerts. For example, the RIGrunner 4005i can send an e-mail if one of the fuses has blown. This can be configured on the Alarm Setup web-page. In order to send e-mails, the RIGrunner 4005i must have access to an SMTP server. - Page 16 Invalid authorization (username and password required). • If the RIGrunner 4005i appears to be configured correctly but no e-mails are being received the configure web-page can be used for debugging. On the configure web-page there is a row labeled ‘E-mail Status’. Here are a description of some of the values seen on this row: ‘Idle’...
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Page 17: Expansion Port
Expansion Port The following pin-out is of the 8-pin expansion port on the back of the RIGrunner: Pin Description 1 Supply voltage. This is the same voltage as the supply that is powering the RIGrunner (8 to 15 Volts) 2 Ground 3 Serial output, TTL (3.3V). - Page 18 ‘West Mountain Radio RIGrunner 4005i’ should be listed as a found device. Right click on the ‘West Mountain Radio RIGrunner 4005i’ and then choose ‘Test’. This will open a serial terminal, but it will be blank.Pressing...
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Page 19: Specifications
Micro SD Port The RIGrunner can log unit status, either periodically and/or due to an alarm, to a micro SD card instered by the user. The RIGrunner does not ship with an SD card. To access the SD card receptacle, the top cover of the RIGrunner must be removed. - Page 20 If failure occurs within this period, return the RIGrunner 4005i or accessory to West Mountain Radio at your shipping expense. The device or accessory will be repaired or replaced, at our option, without charge, and returned to you at our shipping expense.
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