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Fluidmesh 1100/2200 series
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Firmware Version 4.7.
Fluidmesh 1100/2200 Series
Copyright c 2005-2008 Fluidmesh Networks, Inc.

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  • Page 1 Fluidmesh 1100/2200 series User manual Firmware Version 4.7. Fluidmesh 1100/2200 Series Copyright c 2005-2008 Fluidmesh Networks, Inc.
  • Page 3 filled with liquid shall be placed on the apparatus. NOTICE TO USERS Copyright c Fluidmesh Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. This manual or the software described herein, in whole or in part, shall not be reproduced, translated or reduced to any machine-readable form without prior written approval from Fluidmesh Networks, Inc.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    3 Installation and System Set-up 3.1 Fluidmesh 1100 Series ..... 3.1.1 Proper Installation Procedures ... . .
  • Page 6 4.2.1 Mesh Network Addressing and Configuration..18 4.3 Mesh Network Layer 2 Addressing ....18 4.3.1 Connecting and Configuring an Ethernet Edge-device with the Layer 2 Addressing Mode .
  • Page 7 6.4 With FM1100 in bridge mode I am unable to get any video from the cameras or from the Remote Ethernet Device ..44 6.5 With FM1100 in bridge mode I get no Link or the Link LED is always red or I am getting a weak Wireless link (below 60% signal strength) .
  • Page 8 This manual describes how to install and operate both the Fluidmesh 1100 and the Fluidmesh 2200 series products. More specifically, Fluidmesh 1100, shown in Fig. 1.1(a), and Fluidmesh 2200, shown in Fig. 1.1(b), are introduced in Section 3.1 and Section 3.2, respectively. The Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) is then described in Section 5.5.

  • Page 9: Precautions

    If the unit emits smoke or an unusual smell, if water or other foreign mat- ter enters the enclosure, or if your drop the unit or damage the enclosure, power off the unit immediately and contact your authorized Fluidmesh Net- works dealer or Fluidmesh Networks, Inc. directly.

  • Page 10: Installation And System Set-Up

    3 Installation and System Set-up 3.1 Fluidmesh 1100 Series The Fluidmesh 1100 (FM1100) is designed for outdoor operations in harsh environments. The hardware is enclosed in a multi-band panel antenna en- closure that can be mounted and oriented using the supplied pole-mounting adapter as depicted in Fig.

  • Page 11: Powering On An Fm1100

    Figure 3.2: Fluidmesh 1100 pole mounting adapter. There is a label on the back of the antenna enclosure that shows the polar- ization of the antenna (Fig. 3.4). Two antennas forming a wireless bridge must have the same polarization, so be sure to check the correct orientation of the antennas to confirm that both sides have the same polarization.

  • Page 12: Factory Default Hardware Reset

    No wireless link established. default settings and reboot. If the reset does not resolve the issue, contact Fluidmesh Net- works’ technical support. Table 3.1: FM1100 LEDs Color Scheme malfunctions whereas the Link LED reports the quality of the wireless link.

  • Page 13: Integral Antenna

    GHz and 15 dBi at 5 GHz. Integral Panel Antenna Specifications are reported Table 3.2. 3.2 Fluidmesh 2200 Series The Fluidmesh 2200 (FM2200) is designed for outdoor operations. This section covers the Fluidmesh 2200 Duo Edition (part number FM2200E-D). 3.2.1 Proper Installation Procedures The FM2200 can be installed on a wall or pole using the mounting adapters provided.

  • Page 14: Connecting Antennas

    The use of a lighting arrestor is strongly recommended for outdoor usage. Make sure to use a low-loss lighting protector with appropriate frequency range. Your Fluidmesh Networks’ representative can provide you with ap- propriate lighting protectors, pre-assembled low-loss coaxial cables and an- tennas for your application.

  • Page 15: Status And Link Leds

    System is booting up. Green Fast Blinking Fatal error. Reset to factory default settings and reboot. If the reset does not resolve the issue, please contact Fluidmesh Networks’ technical support. Green Static System is up and running correctly. Table 3.3: External Status LED...

  • Page 16: Installing A Video-Encoder Into The Enclosure

    30W. In case you need to operate the unit directly connected to a high voltage in- put (for example 110V AC or 240V AC), Fluidmesh provides a high voltage power supply kit (part number FM2200E-HVPS) that can be mounted either directly inside the FM2200 enclosure or outside.

  • Page 17: Fluidmesh Architecture Overview

    4 Fluidmesh Architecture Overview 4.1 Point-to-Point Wireless Bridge (FM1100 only) A wireless bridge enables two local networks (i.e., network segments) to communicate with each other. A sample network architecture which in- cludes the FM1100 operating as a wireless bridge is depicted in Fig. 4.1.

  • Page 18: Connecting And Configuring Ip Devices And Cameras

    4.2 Mesh Networking Basics This section describes the Fluidmesh mesh networking architecture and the basic functionalities of the Fluidmesh 2200 (FM2200) unit and the Flu- idmesh 1100 (FM1100) unit with mesh-plugin. For the sake of clarity, we will refer to a generic FMunit whenever the discussion applies both to FM1100 and FM2200.
  • Page 19 field that is not connected to the wired LAN backbone must be set in Mesh Point Mode. Mesh End Mode: in the Fluidmesh WMN, an FMunit that is connected to the wired LAN must be set in Mesh End Mode. The Mesh End unit is the junction point between the wireless mesh network and any IP-based wired network.

  • Page 20: Mesh Network Addressing And Configuration

    4.2.1 Mesh Network Addressing and Configuration. The Fluidmesh network can be configured in either Layer 2 Addressing Mode or Layer 3 Addressing Mode: 1. Layer 2 Addressing Mode: all the network devices (both the FMunits and the video-surveillance devices) can be configured according to private LAN addressing adopted for the control room.

  • Page 21: Connecting And Configuring An Ethernet Edge-Device With The Layer 2 Addressing Mode

    Figure 4.3: Fluidmesh architecture with Layer 2 Addressing Mode enabled. 4.3.1 Connecting and Configuring an Ethernet Edge-device with the Layer 2 Addressing Mode The FM2200 unit has two Ethernet ports that can be used to connect all kinds of Ethernet edge devices (e.g. IP Cameras, Video-Server, Wi-Fi Ac- cess Points, etc.).

  • Page 22: Mesh Network Layer 3 Addressing

    Figure 4.4: Fluidmesh Layer 3 Addressing. 4.4 Mesh Network Layer 3 Addressing Each FMunit is uniquely identified by a default factory-set unit ID in the format 5.a.b.c, as discussed above. The unit ID cannot be changed by the user and does not depend on the mode of operation, i.e., it remains unchanged both in Mesh Point and in Mesh End Mode.

  • Page 23: Connecting And Configuring An Ethernet Edge-Device With The Layer 3 Addressing Mode)

    4.4.1 Connecting and Configuring an Ethernet Edge-device with the Layer 3 Addressing Mode) The FM2200 unit has two Ethernet ports. On the other hand, FM1100 pro- vides a single Ethernet port. These ports can be used to connect Ethernet edge devices, such as IP cameras, video-encoders, DVR, VoIP phone, etc. By default, each Ethernet port of the FMunit is provided with an IP address of class A.

  • Page 24: Web-Based Interface And Configuration

    OS’, such as Linux or older versions of Windows. – Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. In this manual, we assume to use Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or newer. A Fluidmesh device can also be configured using other browsers such as older ver- sions of Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari but the configuration...

  • Page 25: Logging-In To The Web-Based Interface

    (FM2200 only). Wait for about one minute for the initialization to be com- pleted. Connect an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors between a com- puter and the Fluidmesh device that you want to configure. Configure the wired Ethernet port of your computer according to the de- fault class “C”...

  • Page 26: End-User License Agreement And Region Of Operation

    If you do not wish to accept the terms of the license agreement, please turn off the unit and contact Fluidmesh Networks. Choosing a wrong country/regulatory do- main setting may lead to an illegal wireless configuration.

  • Page 27: Fmwizard

    5.4 FMWizard FMWizard is a simple yet effective tool to configure the basic settings of an FMunit based on the following four steps: 1. Step 1, Fig. 5.3(a): click on the “Wizard” button to start configuring the unit; 2. Step 2, Fig. 5.3(b): unit IP configuration; 3.

  • Page 28: Web-Based Interface Menus

    Figure 5.4: Fluidmesh 1100 general configuration window. 5.5 Web-based Interface Menus Once logged in successfully, the general mode page will appear as shown in Fig. 5.4 (FM1100) and Fig. 5.5(a) (FM2200). Through this page you can change the mode of operation of the FMunit. The item list menu on the left can be used to set/modify the configuration of the unit.

  • Page 29: General Mode: Mesh Unit

    IP address configuration of your PC and re-connect to the specified Fluidmesh device IP address to continue configuring the unit. With Layer 3 Addressing, no configuration is required when the unit is op- erating in Mesh Point Mode as depicted in Fig. 5.5(b). When operating in...
  • Page 30 Mesh End mode you need to configure the settings of the FMunit Ethernet port to be connected to the control room LAN. An example is depicted in Fig. 5.6. Then, remember to connect to the new IP address to configure the unit.

  • Page 31: Wireless Settings

    The following wireless parameters are available: Shared Passphrase. The shared passphrase is a shared secret that must be set in every FMunit forming a wireless mesh network. Any Fluidmesh device that does not have the right passphrase will not be able to be part of the network.

  • Page 32: Advanced Wireless Settings

    system. Frequency Selectors. Every FMunit is equipped multi-band radio(s) ca- pable of operating on the 2.4 GHz, 4.9 GHz, 5.3 GHz, and 5.8 GHz bands. The single radio operates using 20 MHz or 40 MHz channels. You can change the frequency band of each radio in order to minimize interference with other wireless networks operating in the same area.
  • Page 33 fines and criminal charges by the local telecom- munication authorities. IN NO EVENT SHALL FLUIDMESH NETWORKS, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH IMPROPER USE OR OPERATION OF THE DFS FUNCTIONALITIES.

  • Page 34: Antenna Alignment Tools And Physical Statistics

    Figure 5.9: Antenna Alignment tool. for wireless data transmission. This feature is available in addition to the default Fluidmesh proprietary encoding algorithm for maximum industry- grade network security. A software plug-in is required to activate this option. Please contact your Fluidmesh Networks’ representative for details.

  • Page 35: Frequency Scan Tool

    5.11 Frequency Scan Tool The frequency scan page provides a powerful tool for analyzing the status of the radio interference in the available channels. The channel scan can be started on each radio separately by means of the buttons at top of the page (see Fig.

  • Page 36: Fmquadro Routing Table (Mesh End Only)

    Fluidmesh network where vertices and edges represent FMunits and wireless links, respectively, as shown in Fig. 5.11. The links which are cur- rently in use by every packet generated/relayed by a Fluidmesh device to reach a possible destination in the network (i.e., the routing table) are de- picted as a continuous lines.
  • Page 37 FMQuadro is an accurate representation of the network, so it can be useful to add a map of the area in which the Fluidmesh system is deployed. this end, the top toolbar provides several intuitive buttons to manage the background map upload and control.
  • Page 38 Figure 5.13: FMQuadro routing tables menu. Link information. Figure 5.14: FMQuadro routing tables menu. Addresses Summary table.

  • Page 39: Firmware Upgrade

    Through the firmware upgrade page (Fig. 5.15), it is possible to upgrade the Firmware of the devices to the latest version available. To do so, down- load the latest Firmware upgrade file on your PC from the Fluidmesh Net- works Web site at www.fluidmesh.com.

  • Page 40: Plug-In Management

    The manage plug-ins page (Fig. 5.16) shows the installed plug-ins and allows you to add new ones. Please contact Fluidmesh Networks for the complete list of available plug- ins. Figure 5.16: Plug-ins management Web page.

  • Page 41: Remote Subnets (Mesh Point In Layer 3 Only)

    The remote subnets page (Fig. 5.18) shows the remote local subnets reachable beyond other FMunits. When the Layer 3 Addressing is enabled, devices connected to Fluidmesh units using the default IP configuration (re- fer to Section 5.17 for details) are not reported in this page.

  • Page 42: Ethernet Ports (Mesh Point In Layer 3 Only)

    Figure 5.18: Remote subnet menu. 5.17 Ethernet Ports (Mesh Point in Layer 3 only) This page (Fig. 5.19) allows manual configuration of the Ethernet ports. The default Ethernet settings can be changed through this menu. Please note that this is an advanced settings page for expert users only. Any in- correct setting might cause serious malfunctions in the network.

  • Page 43: Universal Plug & Play (Mesh End In Layer 3 Only)

    Custom settings can be provided by manually configuring the IP and net- mask of every wired Ethernet port. By doing so, it is possible to cre- ate a custom VLAN behind every Fluidmesh unit. Additionally, a DHCP Server can be activated on every Ethernet port to dynamically assign IP addresses to Ethernet devices with a DHCP client enabled.
  • Page 44 Mesh End mode must be configured to forward UPnP packets to the correct Fluidmesh units. Using the UPnP menu (Fig. 5.20) it is possible to add the IP addresses of every Fluidmesh unit with UPnP- enabled devices attached. The Mesh End unit will forward UPnP multicast packets toward those units.

  • Page 45: Troubleshooting

    Is the Ethernet cable used a crossover cable? A standard Ethernet cable cannot be used to connect a computer to a Fluidmesh unit for configuration purposes. Make sure that you are using an appropriate crossover Ethernet cable rather than a standard patch Ethernet cable.

  • Page 46: I Am Unable To Log-In Into The Web-Based Interface

    6.2 I am unable to log-in into the Web-based inter- face If you are unable to log-in into the Web-based interface, check your user name and password settings. The user name cannot be changed by the user and corresponds to: admin The password can be changed so make sure you are using the right pass- word.
  • Page 47 Antenna Alignment: the two antennas must be aligned toward each other. Line of Sight: you must have clear line of sight between the two antennas. Antenna Polarization: both antennas must have the same polariza- tion. Check antenna polarity. Power: check if the FM1100 is properly powered-on with the provided PoE injector.
  • Page 48 APPENDIX A Federal Communication Commission Interference State- ment This equipment has been assembled with components that comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 49 Canadian regulations. EC Declaration of Conformity Fluidmesh Networks, Inc declares under its sole responsibility that Flu- idmesh 2200 series and Fluidmesh 1100 series are compliant with the fol- lowing Directives has been designed and manufactured to the following 73/23/EEC...
  • Page 50 European community and countries that have adopted the European R&TTE directive 1999/5/EC. For more details on legal combinations of power levels and antennas, con- tact Fluidmesh Networks, Inc. Belgique Dans le cas d’une utilisation priv ´ ee, ` a l’ext ´ erieur d’un b ˆ atiment, au-dessus d’un espace public, aucun enregistrement n’est n ´...
  • Page 51 APPENDIX B Contact Information Fluidmesh Networks, Inc. Ten-10 Post Office Square 8th Floor Boston, MA 02111 U.S.A. Tel. +1(617) 381-4219 Fax. +1(866) 458-1522 www.fluidmesh.com...
  • Page 52 Fluidmesh Networks, Inc. Ten-10 Post Office Square 8th Floor Boston, MA 02111 U.S.A. Tel. +1(617) 381-4219 Fax. +1(866) 458-1522 www.fluidmesh.com...

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