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Trango Systems TrangoLINK-45TM User Manual

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TrangoLINK-45™
Point-to-Point
Wireless Ethernet Bridge
USER MANUAL
June, 2007
Revision 1p3

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  • Page 1 Ffirm TrangoLINK-45™ Point-to-Point Wireless Ethernet Bridge USER MANUAL June, 2007 Revision 1p3...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Setting Maximum RF Power for Legal Operation in the U-NII Bands (-EXT only) ... 34 Mounting Hardware ... 35 Connecting External Antenna on EXT Model ... 36 Weatherizing ... 36 Grounding ... 37 Cat-5 Cabling Considerations ... 37 Chapter 5 SNMP ...38 SNMP... 38 Trango Broadband Wireless TrangoLINK-45 page ii...
  • Page 3 Appendix B Specifications...49 RF Parameters... 49 Channels of Operation ... 50 Data Parameters... 52 Regulatory Compliance ... 52 Mechanical ... 53 Environmental ... 53 Power Parameters ... 53 Power Supply ... 53 Antennas... 54 Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page iii...

  • Page 4: Preface

    Increase the separation between the affected equipment and the unit. Connect the affected equipment to a power outlet on a different circuit from that which the receiver is connected to. Consult the dealer and/or experienced radio/TV technician for help. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page iv...

  • Page 5: Industry Canada Information

    (e.i.r.p.) is not more than that permitted for successful communication. Warranty Information Radios from Trango Broadband Wireless are warranted for one year from date of purchase. Please see www.trangobroadband.com for a complete description of warranty coverage and limitations.

  • Page 6: Europe Information

    47173 Benicia St. Fremont, CA 94538 USA The –EU models will have the following label attached to them on the back of the individual radio unit and on the packing box: Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Europe InformationEurope InformationEurope Information page vi...
  • Page 7 Sales Inquiries Technical Support Firmware Update Notices Mailing List Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Europe InformationEurope InformationEurope Information Trango Broadband Wireless, a division of Trango Systems, Inc. 15070 Avenue of Science Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92128 USA www.trangobroadband.com www.trangosys.com email: sales@trangobroadband.com...

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 Overview

    (automatic rate shifting) for changing propagation and interference conditions. The higher order modulation schemes (64QAM) are typically deployed at reduced ranges while lower order modulation schemes (BPSK) are implemented at long distances. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page 8...

  • Page 9: Arq

    TrangoLINK-45 radios feature built-in dual polarity antenna functionality. Users may select either horizontal or vertical antenna polarity through the unit’s software. The feature of selecting antenna polarity provides greater spectral flexibility and ability to mitigate interference. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page 9...

  • Page 10: Range Vs. Throughput

    15” Flat Panel External 27 dBi 2’ Dish External 30 dBi 3’ Dish External 34 dBi 4’ Dish Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 5 miles 20 miles 45 Mbps 11 Mbps (10 db fade margin) (14 db fade margin) 45 Mbps...

  • Page 11: System Contents

    A dual-polarized integrated antenna is located behind the radome of the P5055M-19-xx and P5055M–23-xx units. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Radios with integrated 19 dBi antennas (part numbers P5055M-19-xx) Radios with integrated 23 dBi antennas (part numbers P5055M-23-xx)

  • Page 12: Location Of Serial Number & Mac Address

    The reset button does not reset any other parameters other than IP configuration and password. Typically a user would only press the reset button when the IP configuration or password in unknown. Reset button must be held down for approximately 10 seconds. IP Reset Button Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Trango Broadband Wireless P5055M- 23-US S/N:...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    You are now ready to configure the radio via the Ethernet port. After reboot, the Radio Power LED may take several seconds before lighting. The radio requires approximately 45 seconds to boot. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Connections and Power...

  • Page 14: Configuration Tools

    Note: All Trango radios are pre-configured at the factory with a default IP address of 192.168.100.100. You will be greeted with current hardware and firmware information and prompted for a password. Type in the password and press enter. The factory default read/write password is trango. Welcome to Trango Broadband Wireless, TrangoLINK-45 DFS PtP-P5055M 2p0r1D07061104 Password: Login as read/write.

  • Page 15: Troubleshooting Ethernet Connections

    Area code is set by the factory and can not be altered by the user. ARQ status, encryption, Auto-rate shift, remarks, and LED RSSI function Ethernet TX/RX statistics. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Troubleshooting Ethernet Connections page 15...
  • Page 16 RF Band #1 (5180..5260 MHz) Disabled RF Band #2 (5265..5325 MHz) [Power Range] -10..10/10/10/10 dBm RF Band #3 (5500..5700 MHz) [Power Range] -10..10/10/10/10 dBm RF Band #4 (5735..5840 MHz) [Power Range] -10..22/21/19/17 dBm Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 [RSSI] n/a [Ch#19] 5795 [Ch#20] 5815...
  • Page 17 [Unit Type] [Hardware Version] [Firmware Version] [System Up Time] Section 1 [MAC] Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 3 Kbps 51 Kbps [RSSI] n/a Radio Model # (P5055M) User defined Unit Type (MU or RU) Hardware version set by factory (5010)
  • Page 18 [Key] [Auto Rate Shift] [Auto Scan MU] [RSSI LED] Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Serial Number of Radio User defined IP Address of radio User entered IP Subnet Mask User entered IP address of the default router or gateway on the local Ethernet segment The voltage the ODU received from the Jbox.
  • Page 19 [Eth Tx] [RF Rx] [RF Tx] [ARQ Retransmissions] Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 User entered remarks up to 256 characters. Field accepts alpha numeric’s only. Special characters (!@#$%^&*()\?/) require quotations. Configuration setting of Ethernet port which will also be ANEG...

  • Page 20: Chapter 3 Configuration

    Start a telnet session with one of the radios. Follow these steps for configuration. 1. Set the Unit Type (utype) to MU in one radio. (default for all radios is RU) #> utype mu Success. #> Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Key Concepts page 20...

  • Page 21: Remote Unit Configuration

    (NOTE: It is critical to reboot after the utype has been changed before turning Opmode “On”) After the radio reboots, start another telnet session with the radio and proceed as follows:. 1. Turn Opmode ON. #> opmode on Success. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Remote Unit Configuration page 21...

  • Page 22: Establishing A Wireless Link

    Amber: Four LEDs In all modes except “Survey”, the unit’s four yellow LEDs indicate the level of RF signal being received from a VALID MU or RU as appropriate. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Establishing a Wireless Link [RSSI] -75 dBm...

  • Page 23: Rf Link Loopback Test (Linktest Command)

    --> [tx] 10000 [rx] 10000 [rssi] -36 --> [Local PER] 0.00 % [Peer PER] Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 RF Link Loopback Test (linktest command) peer: [tx] 1000 [rx] 1000 [rssi] -40 -> peer: [tx] 1000 [rx] 1000 [rssi] -40 ->...
  • Page 24 In this example the linktest was run at 24 Mbps at each end of the link. The results indicated 10 cycles of 1000 packets were transmitted and received from each end of the link without error. Actual achievable throughput is measured at 22 Mbps. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page 24...

  • Page 25: Link Speed & Power Settings

    Sensitivity (over-the-air rate) (Mbps) BPSK QPSK QPSK 16QAM 16QAM 64QAM 64QAM Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 - US / IC MODELS* Receiver Max Power 5.18 to 5.24 GHz (dB) (dBm) - EU MODELS Max Power 5.18 to 5.24 GHz (dB)

  • Page 26: Mu Autoscan Feature Description

    It is recommended that fade margins greater than 10 dB always be used to prevent this. Example: #> autoscanmu on Success. #> Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 MU Autoscan Feature Description page 26...

  • Page 27: Automatic Rate Shifting Feature Description

    Payload’s ARQ retransmit rate is higher than 10 percent. 4. Payload speed can be changed manually when auto rate shift is on. But the speed setting will not be sustained. Example: #> autorateshift on Success. #> Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Automatic Rate Shifting Feature Description page 27...

  • Page 28: Encryption Feature Description

    If left wide open, the system will respond to bandwidth demand as needed, allowing the full bandwidth of the channel to be used by either direction. Example: #> mir 10000 Success. #> Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page 28...

  • Page 29: Command Reference Listing

    Command Syntax antenna [h|v] arq [on|off] autorateshift [on|off] autoscanmu [on|off] Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Description Set or display antenna setting. H=Horizontal polarity, V=vertical polarity. Enable or disable Auto Retransmit Request (ARQ). With ARQ enabled, the TrangoLINK-45 system will retransmit packets which are detected as missing or corrupted.
  • Page 30 [<sec>] survey <sec> all survey <sec> [<ch#> [..]] sysinfo Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Set or display default opmode. Radio must be set to opmode ON to establish wireless link. Default setting=OFF Enable or disable proprietary 128 bit tx encryption.
  • Page 31 Configuration sysinfo [[<part #> [<part #> [..]]]] syslog tftpd [on|off] utype [mu|ru] Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Display system information and status <part #> = 0..6 part 0: up time and version information part 1: MAC address and IP configuration...

  • Page 32: Chapter 4 Deployment & Installation

    -97 / -98 5 h 5500 : -98 / -98 Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 display noise floor for current channel based on 10 second scan. display noise floor for current channel for period <sec> 10..3600 seconds display noise floor for all available channels where <sec> = period per channel display noise floor for selected channels (max 4) where <sec>...

  • Page 33: Channel Planning

    Based on the results of the site survey at each end of the link, choose a channel which offers the lowest noise floor. In order to reliably operate in the higher speed modes, clean spectrum is essential. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 n/a / n/a...

  • Page 34: Rssi Command And Antenna Alignment

    –5 dBm. The following chart provides additional details. Antenna Gain Maximum Allowed –cable loss U-NII Tx Power +2 dBm 0 dBm -5 dBm Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 -75 dB Connected -75 dB Connected -73 dB Connected -71 dB...

  • Page 35: Port Plug And Port Plate (Hardware)

    Mounting Hardware Radios are supplied with mounting hardware for pole installations. See diagram below for proper use of the mounting hardware. 8.50 MAX 10.00° UPTILT 25.00° DOWNTILT Mounting Hardware Assembly for Integrated Antenna P5055-23-xx Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page 35...

  • Page 36: Connecting External Antenna On Ext Model

    FROM COLLECTING IN THE RECESSED AREA OF THE CONNECTOR To properly apply the Coax-Seal product first wrap the connector/case as shown: Secondly, compress the Coax-Seal product to mold into a single protective covering: Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page 36...

  • Page 37: Grounding

    Important! The Power-over-Ethernet injector is not a weatherized device and must be located either indoors or in a weather-protected cabinet. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Grounding Grounding Wire...

  • Page 38: Chapter 5 Snmp

    Objects for Link and Association Monitoring 1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.40.2.12 1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.40.2.13 1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.40.3.2 1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.40.3.3 Objects for Bandwidth Monitoring 1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.40.1.9.1 1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.40.1.9.2 1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.40.1.9.3 1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.40.1.9.4 Objects for Alarm Monitoring 1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.40.3.4.1.1 1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.40.3.4.1.2 1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.40.3.4.2 1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.40.3.4.3 Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Name verUnitType sysswAutoScanMUSignal sysDefaultOpmode sysCurrentOpmode sysActivateOpmode sysipconfigIpAddress sysipconfigSubnet sysipconfigDefaultGateway sysipconfigChange rfPeerDeviceID rfActiveChannel rfActivePolarization rfSpeed...

  • Page 39: Chapter 6 Firmware Upgrade Procedure

    Firmware Upgrade Procedure Chapter 6 Firmware Upgrade Procedure Trango Broadband Wireless will from time to time release firmware upgrades for the TrangoLINK-45 series radios. The latest released firmware can be downloaded from http://www.trangobroadband.com/support/downloads.htm. Firmware releases consists of two files: Main image firmware and Web (HTTP interface) firmware.
  • Page 40 2 Dir(s) C:\TrangoLINK-45>tftp -i 10.254.1.2 put p5m_ p5055m_main_2p0r1D07061104_Pupgrade Transfer successful: 1868288 bytes in 9 seconds, 2107904 bytes/s C:\TrangoLINK-45> NOTE: AT THIS POINT WAIT THREE MINUTES BEFORE PROCEEDING Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 <DIR> <DIR> 2,107,904 p5055m_main_2p0r1D07061104_Pupgrade 143,872 p5055m_web_1p3D07051701_Pupgrade 20,217,208,832 bytes free Example 1 Upgrade main image firmware to 1.0a6...

  • Page 41: Appendix A Using The Http Interface

    Open a browser session and type in the IP address of one of the radios. Default IP address is 192.168.100.100. Leave the User name field blank and enter read write or read only Password. Press OK. Default password is trango. After logging on, the system information screen will be displayed. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page 41...
  • Page 42 To log off of the web browser interface, close the browser and the HTTP session will be automatically terminated. Description of System Information entries. To view this information within the radio, click the Help link. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page 42...
  • Page 43 Remarks: Eth In: Eth Out: RF In: Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Model number. P5055M unit type either MU (master) or RU (remote). Hardware version is factory-set and can not be changed by user. Current firmware version loaded in the radio.

  • Page 44: Configuration Page

    Key: . Activate Opmode On: Activate Opmode Off: Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Counter for Ethernet packets which exited over-the-air out the radio. The IP address of this radio; used to manage the radio's application layer. The subnet mask of the radio.

  • Page 45: Configuration Screen - Minimum Required Settings To Establish A Wireless Link

    To configure a wireless link, user must (at a minimum) enter the following information: Unit Type: Set one radio as the MU and one radio as the RU. Click on “Change Unit Type” to save the setting. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page 45...

  • Page 46: Connection Status

    To verify connection status, refer to the System Information page. The status can be viewed in the left-hand margin portion of all HTTP screens. Signal strength (RSSI) received from the peer radio is also provided on this screen. Connection Status Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page 46...
  • Page 47 (5735 – 5835 MHz) is higher and ranges from –58 dBm (at 5735 Mhz) to –90 dBm (at frequency 5775 MHz. In this example, channel 19 is the noisiest and should be avoided. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page 47...

  • Page 48: Link Control

    To run a link loopback test, both radios must be in Opmode ON and status “Connected” In this example, the error rate was 0 packets from MU to RU and 0 packets from RU to MU. Measured aggregate bandwidth is 43.39 Mbps. Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 page 48...

  • Page 49: Appendix B Specifications

    16QAM 48(40) 64QAM 54(45) 64QAM NOTE: Numbers in parentheses are actual max user aggregate throughput speeds Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Frame error rate with ARQ active: - US / IC MODELS* Receiver Max Power 5.18 to 5.24 GHz (dB)

  • Page 50: Channels Of Operation

    Band 4: Tuning resolution: Default Channel assignments: (-US Models) Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 6, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 MBPS User selectable FEC & ARQ 6 MBPS DBPSK OFDM for header, 6-54 MBPS OFDM for payload 24 memory locations 5.265 to 5.325 GHz (DFS)
  • Page 51 Appendix B (-IC Models) (-EU Models) Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Channel 13: 5.660 GHz Channel 14: 5.680 GHz Channel 15: 5.700 GHz Channel 16: 5.735 GHz Channel 17: 5.755 GHz Channel 18: 5.775 GHz Channel 19: 5.795 GHz Channel 20: 5.815 GHz Channel 21: 5.835 GHz...

  • Page 52: Data Parameters

    FCC 15.401 through 15.407(2) U-NII Band transmitter – FCC 15.247 ISM transmitter ETSI EN 301-489-17 EMC EN 301 893 Radio Compliance EN 60950 Safety Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Channel 18: 5.680 GHz Channel 19: 5.700 GHz Channel 20: Disabled Channel 21: Disabled Channel 22: Disabled...

  • Page 53: Mechanical

    Includes 4 plug blades for to allow use in US, Europe, UK and Australia Output: 24 VDC +/- 1 V Max current: 1000 mA Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 Powdercoated Aluminum case/back with UV Stabilized ABS radome (P5055-19,-23) 8.5" x 7.75" for P5055M-19-xx 15” x 15” for P5055M-23-xx 5”...

  • Page 54: Antennas

    Wind speed operational: 100 mph (160 km/hr) Wind speed survival : FCC Certified External Antennas (for P5055M-EXT-xx) Radiowaves models: See Radiowaves, Inc. for specifications and details Trango Broadband Wireless — TrangoLINK-45 4950-5850 MHz 19 dBi +/- 1 dB >30 dB > 18 degrees typical >...

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