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Industrial Wireless Access Point
User's Manual
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May 2017

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  • Page 1 AW5500C Industrial Wireless Access Point User’s Manual v.1.1 May 2017...
  • Page 2 User Manual V. 1.1 Important Announcement The information contained in this document is the property of Atop Technologies, Inc., and is supplied for the sole purpose of operation and maintenance of Atop Technologies, Inc. products. No part of this publication is to be used for any other purposes, and it is not to be...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Contents Preface ..................... 1 Introduction ....................5 Product Overview ......................5 Features ........................6 Getting Started ..................7 Inside the Package ....................7 Front & Power Panels ....................8 First Time Installation .................... 10 Finding the Device ....................
  • Page 4 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.9.5 Management List ................... 52 4.10 System Log ......................53 4.10.1 Syslog ......................53 4.10.2 Event Log ....................... 54 4.11 System Setup......................55 4.11.1 Admin Settings ....................55 4.11.2 Date/Time Settings ..................56 4.11.3 Alert Event .....................
  • Page 5 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Emergency System Recovery .............. 97 Warranty ....................99...

  • Page 6: Preface

    Supported Platform This manual is designed for the AW5500C Industrial Wireless Access Point and that model only. Warranty Period We provide a 5 year limited warranty for AW5500C Industrial Wireless Access Point.
  • Page 7 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Manufacturers Federal Communication Commission Declaration of Conformity Statement Model: AW5500C NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 8 20 cm (7.9 inches). UL Notice for Power supplier The AW5500C series products are intended to be supplied by a Listed Power Unit marked with a “LPS” (Limited Power Source), or “Class 2” and output rate of 9~48 VDC, 1.0 A minimum, or...
  • Page 9 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Caution Beginning from here there will be extreme caution exercised. Never install or work on electrical cabling during periods of lightning activity. Never connect or disconnect power when hazardous gases are present...

  • Page 10: Introduction

    User Manual V. 1.1 2 Introduction 2.1 Product Overview The AW5500C Wireless Access Point series is our new line of wireless products designed to provide a wireless connectivity to clients or mobile stations creating a complete solution for your industrial wireless networking.

  • Page 11: Features

    User Manual V. 1.1 2.2 Features AW5500C is our latest addition to our Industrial Wireless products; its small size but powerful architecture makes it a perfect choice for industrial/manufacturing needs in which size is a decisive factor. It rewards our customers with superb connectivity. Among its many characteristics, we could mention: ...

  • Page 12: Getting Started

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 3 Getting Started 3.1 Inside the Package Inside the product purchased you will find the following items: Table 3.1 Item Quantity Description AW5500C Industrial Wireless Access Point Antenna 3~5 dBi antenna...

  • Page 13: Front & Power Panels

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 3.2 Front & Power Panels The Front (Figure 3.1), and Power panels (Figure 3.2), are as follow: Figure 3.1 Figure 3.2...
  • Page 14 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 The Rear panel (where you can mount the device on a rail or to the wall), looks as in Figure 3.3, a simple mounting instruction is given on Figure 3.4. For more information on hardware installation, please refer to the product’s installation Guide.

  • Page 15: First Time Installation

    User Manual V. 1.1 3.3 First Time Installation Before installing the device, please adhere to all safety procedures described below, Atop will not be held liable for any damages to property or personal injuries resulting from the installation or overall use of the device. Do not attempt to manipulate the product in any way if unsure of the steps described here, in such cases please contact your dealer immediately.

  • Page 16: Finding The Device

    If the device’s name is double-clicked or the Internet Explorer logo is clicked, Device Management Utility would open the Web UI of AW5500C using the system default browser. A window will pop-out that will prompt you to enter username and password (see Factory for more information), proceed then to click “OK”, Figure 3.6.
  • Page 17 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Figure 3.6...

  • Page 18: Factory Default Settings

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 3.5 Factory Default Settings Upon arrival, the device will be set as Regular AP, the rest of the settings are as follow: Table 3.2 Mode Regular AP WDS Bridge AP Client...
  • Page 19 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Name OPEN Status Disabled SSID AW5500C Day(s) OPEN Time(hour :minute) OPEN Network Settings LAN & WLAN Interfaces DHCP Disabled Gratuitous ARP Disabled Manual Settings IP Address 10.0.50.200 Subnet Mask 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway 10.0.0.254...
  • Page 20 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Static Connection Firewall & Filtering (a total of 64 entries available per option) Wired MAC Filtering Disabled MAC Filtering  Access Control List None (if above checked) Wireless MAC Filtering Disabled ...
  • Page 21 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Firmware Upgrade Path directed to Desktop Backup & Restore Configuration System Status System Information As Shown Site Monitor Wireless client table Default table according to connection N.A. Traffic Log & Statistics...

  • Page 22: Web Console Configuration

    The ease of installation makes it attractive as it uses a DIN-Rail for fixing itself to virtually any surface in your workplace. Reliability is a key factor when wireless solutions are needed, that is why AW5500C’s size makes it ideal for small places when considering its positioning without affecting real-time, control and overall performance.
  • Page 23 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 On the left side, a menu-tree appears with all the modes and options available, while on the right side of your screen the contents of each mode/option will be displayed in a graphical state.

  • Page 24: Secure Wireless Network

    Cancel the current configuration input and shows the original settings. 4.3 Secure Wireless Network AW5500C is designed to provide you security support when building a network. We recommend using WPA2-PSK with AES as a minimum when securing your network; also remember to set it at 802.11n for a full speed performance.

  • Page 25: Wizard

    Mbps on our models 4.4.1 Wizard AW5500C comes with a Quick Setup Wizard that will guide you through most of the common settings. You might find it suffice to follow the wizard and setup the Access Point without the need to proceed with this manual, (again, this is only applicable for the most basic setups in each mode).
  • Page 26 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 use in order to associate with this AP. Each AP (AP1, AP2, and AP3) can have their own SSID for better wireless network management. You can use the “Scan network”...
  • Page 27 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Figure 4.4...
  • Page 28 1, 6, and 11 are the non-overlapping channels for 2.4 GHz Figure 4.6. Again, you can use “Scan network” to see which channels are already occupied.  Bandwidth: when 40 MHz is used, AW5500C will double the channel width to 40 MHz as...
  • Page 29 802.11b/g/n since it will leave only one non-overlapping channel for other APs. HT40 (40 MHz), is recommended for 802.11a/n because it offers a wider frequency range and it is easier for AW5500C to find empty channels as well. Figure 4.6...
  • Page 30 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Figure 4.7...
  • Page 31 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Table 4.3 20 MHz 40MHz upper 40 MHz lower 2.4 GHz Primary channel Blocks Center Blocks Center Blocks Not Available 2-10 3-11 4-12 5-13 6-10 6-13 2-10 7-11 7-13 3-11...
  • Page 32 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Table 4.5 Data rate (Mbit/sec) MCS index Spatial streams Modulation type 20 MHz channel 40 MHz channel 800 ns GI 400 ns GI 800 ns GI 400 ns GI BPSK 6.50...

  • Page 33: Security Settings

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.4.3 Security Settings These settings provide an overall network security (according to the user’s needs), by default Wireless Security is Disabled, Figure 4.8. Each AP (SSID) can have its own wireless security.
  • Page 34 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 A number of Security Settings are available for you:  WEP 64/128-bit Hex: stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. Which is a moderately weak security algorithm, and although it implies security in a wired connection, it is weaker than WPA protocols.
  • Page 35 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1  WPA-PSK: stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access. Uses a passphrase generated and entered by the user; this passphrase can be between 8 and 63 characters long. We strongly recommend not to take a passphrase already in use within the network (nor use a variation of personal information publicly available), since this can compromise network’s security, Figure 4.10.
  • Page 36 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1  WPA2-PSK: stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access II. This is a highly recommended setting for the average user. You can select the encryption mode tone of the following: TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol), or AES (Advanced Encryption Standard). Less prone to be hacked than the above one, Figure 4.11.
  • Page 37 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1  WPA2 (RADIUS): designed for enterprise networks, it requires a RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service), authentication server. Although possessing a more complicated setup, security is optimized since passwords are not transmitted between the NAS (Network Authentication Server) and RADIUS, Figure 4.12.
  • Page 38 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1  Disabled: no security settings are being used in the current device (comes as factory default), Figure 4.13. This option is highly discouraged since authentication as well as encryption is not performed in this mode.

  • Page 39: Wps Settings

    User Manual V. 1.1 4.4.4 WPS Settings This option is available only when AW5500C is running in the Regular AP mode. WPS stands for Wi-Fi Protected Setup, PBC stands for Push Button Configuration. WPS needs to be enabled before you can Start WPS PBC. To use this feature, first trigger the WPS process in AW550 by pressing the WPS PBC button and click on the WPS PBC button on SW5500C’s UI or other WPS methods designated by a WPS compatible device, Figure...

  • Page 40: Wds Settings

    AW5500C is configured as a WDS Hybrid or a WDS Station, three different encryption types are available, WEP/TKIP/AES The configuration is relatively simple and straightforward; enter the Second MAC of the adjacent AW5500C, the adjacent AW5500C could be a Root AP or a Hybrid, Figure 4.15 Figure 4.15...

  • Page 41: Advanced Settings

    The default setting is US(FCC 5_FCCA)  TX Power is AW5500C’s Transmission Power. The transmission power can be reduced to prevent wireless interference to other wireless networks. ...
  • Page 42 This option only shows in the AP Client mode.  Maximum Signal Distance is used to determine how fast a wireless signal should be timed out. If AW5500C is equipped with an outdoor antenna to reach further distances, increase this value accordingly. ...

  • Page 43: Wireless Scheduler Settings

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.4.7 Wireless Scheduler Settings This function allows you to setup a wireless schedule and disables SSIDs according to the time in a day when necessary. You can have up to 10 rules.
  • Page 44 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Scheduler Usage Tutorial: Let’s say there are two sites that are covered by the AP and they have different working hours. The office would normally work from 8am to 6pm and the production line should run 24 hours.
  • Page 45 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Figure 4.18...

  • Page 46: Network Settings

    User Manual V. 1.1 4.5 Network Settings AW5500C will get an IP address from a DHCP server connected on the LAN interface, just check “Obtain an IP Address Automatically” for it, Figure 4.19, or enter the values manually if known, Figure 4.20.

  • Page 47: Snmp Settings

    User Manual V. 1.1 Gratuitous ARP enables to periodically send out an ARP response automatically to announce that AW5500C is in the network. The frequency in minutes could be set in the nearby box. 4.6 SNMP Settings The SNMP is used by network management software to monitor devices in a network to retrieve network status information and to configure network parameters.
  • Page 48 “Write Community”, the group that is allowed to read/modify the device information. By default AW5500C comes in public for Read Community and private for Write Community. In case the device raises an alert due to any unexpected incident, a message will be dispatched to a SNMP trap server.

  • Page 49: Email Settings

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.7 Email Settings In case the device raises an alert and/or warning message, it will send an email to the administrator’s mailbox. Email Settings allows you to set up the device to be able to send an email.

  • Page 50: Dhcp Server

    IP address to any network device. To enable such functionality, check Enabled to enable the DHCP Server in AW5500C; proceed then to fill in the IP Address Range including the “From IP Address” and “To IP Address”, fill in the IP address’ Netmask (or Subnet Mask).
  • Page 51 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Figure 4.23 For a look at the current DHCP client table, just click where it says “DHCP client list”, if no clients are present there would be a message specifying so Figure 4.24...

  • Page 52: Firewall & Filtering

    AW5500C as inaccessible if not configured properly. If the latter happens, you will need to reset the device back to its default by any of...

  • Page 53: Wired Mac Filtering

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.9.1 Wired MAC Filtering When connected to the LAN/Ethernet interface, filtering can be done using this option. The setting is simple, intuitive and straight-forward; just choose whether to Allow or Deny packets and proceed to fill in the blanks with the corresponding MAC addresses.

  • Page 54: Wireless Mac Filtering

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.9.2 Wireless MAC Filtering Packet filtering in a Wireless environment can be done in an analogous way as the Wired MAC Filtering. In the same way, connection is ensured by allowing or denying packets according to their respective MAC addresses;...

  • Page 55: Ethernet Type Filtering

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.9.3 Ethernet Type Filtering Ethernet Type Filtering is done according to the packets’ Ethernet type, also known as Layer 3 filtering. As in the two previous sections, there is a maximum of 64 entries for packets’...

  • Page 56: Ip Filtering

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.9.4 IP Filtering IP Filtering, as its name implies, is for filtering on the IP protocol, also known as Layer 4 filtering. Continuing its simple design, IP address is added on the Source and Destination Address fields.

  • Page 57: Management List

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.9.5 Management List The Management List is used to filter the MAC address that has access to the Web management interface. When enabled, only the MAC addresses entered in the Access Control List below has access to the Web UI.

  • Page 58: System Log

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.10 System Log 4.10.1 Syslog The Syslog function is turned on by default and cannot be turned off. It is used to log system events and report to an external Syslog server if necessary.

  • Page 59: Event Log

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.10.2 Event Log Display the current event log stored in the device. Figure 4.31 Click on “Last Page” to go to the last page. Click on “Next Page” to go to the next page. Click on “Show All Event”...

  • Page 60: System Setup

    Apply in the end, Figure 4.32. There are two ways to access AW5500C’s Web UI. One is Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and the other is Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS). For enhanced security, it is recommended to use the encrypted HTTPS protocol.

  • Page 61: Date/Time Settings

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.11.2 Date/Time Settings Date and time can be set manually, or using Network Time Protocol (NTP) to automatically synchronizes with a Time Server. For auto-synching check the box below NTP Server Settings “Obtain date/time automatically”...

  • Page 62: Alert Event

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.11.3 Alert Event There are five events that will trigger the alarm; these alerts are useful for security control or security monitoring, Figure 4.34  Cold Start, when there is a power interruption.

  • Page 63: Firmware Upgrade

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.11.4 Firmware Upgrade Updated firmware is provided by our company from time to time (for more information visit our News & Events webpage), to fix bugs and optimize performance. It is very important that the device must NOT be turned off or powered off during the firmware upgrading, (please be patient as this whole process might take up to 7 minutes).

  • Page 64: Backup & Restore Configuration

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.11.5 Backup & Restore Configuration Once all the configurations are set and the device is working properly, you may want to back up your configuration. Backup can be used when the new firmware is uploaded and it is reset to a factory default settings, it is done to prevent accidental loading of incompatible old settings.

  • Page 65: System Status

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.12 System Status Overall AW5500C’s info as well as network (and very possibly neighbors’) information will be available when browsing this section. 4.12.1 System Information This section illustrates AW5500C’s overall information, Figure 4.37...

  • Page 66: Site Monitor

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.12.2 Site Monitor Site Monitor allows users to view the other wireless networks in the neighborhood, it also provides information on other access points such as SSID, Channel, the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator), Security and Link Speed of other access points.
  • Page 67 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Figure 4.39...

  • Page 68: Wireless Client Table

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.12.3 Wireless Client Table On this table you may be able to see all the Wireless and WDS device connected to this AW5500C, Figure 4.40. Figure 4.40...

  • Page 69: Traffic Log & Statistics

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.12.4 Traffic Log & Statistics Traffic Log & Statistics shows wireless network and status information; “Refresh Rate” can be changed to automatically reload/update the page, the default being a “no refresh” option, but it can be done manually by clicking on Refresh.

  • Page 70: Dhcp Status

    4.12.5 DHCP Status AW5500C could distribute IP addresses using the DHCP protocol; a list of clients currently receiving an IP can be accessed by choosing the DHCP Status option. DHCP Client’s MAC Address as well as its IP addresses, Host Name, and Lease Time will be shown in this list Figure 4.42...

  • Page 71: Ping

    4.12.6 Ping Use the Ping function to determine whether AW5500C can reach the gateway or other devices in the network or not. This process takes around 20 seconds. Figure 4.43 represents a successful ping while Figure 4.44 means that the connecting device is not reachable.

  • Page 72: Reboot And Restore Default Settings

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 4.13 Reboot and Restore Default Settings To manually reboot the device, you may click on “Reboot”, after which the device will restart. If a factory default setting is needed, tick the “Reset” checkbox, and then click on Reboot, Figure 4.45.

  • Page 73: Operation Modes

    Regular AP mode which is the factory default and the first option on the screen, allows wireless clients to connect to a network, relaying data between the wired and wireless devices in the network. It allows multiple wireless clients to access the network through AW5500C’s Ethernet interface (physical/wired connection). Its corresponding complete menu-tree is as...
  • Page 74 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Figure 5.2...
  • Page 75 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Steps for a quick setting for the AW5500C as a Regular AP are:  On operation mode choose “Regular AP” (if the device is not in factory default).  Go to Wireless → Basic Settings; here you can change the Network Name (SSID) to your preferred name, you might want to first click on “Scan network”...

  • Page 76: Wds Bridge Mode

    On this mode multiple AW5500C can bridge together to create a Wireless Distribution System. Under this mode, the device uses its second MAC address as its wireless interface instead of the first one. The following details the WDS structure; there are three roles that AW5500C can play in a WDS network: ...
  • Page 77 Note: it is possible to setup a Hybrid (Parent) without a Station (Child). The difference between a Hybrid and a Station is that the Station does not allow wireless clients to associate to it. For AW5500C quick steps to work as in WDS Mode, the procedure is as follows: ...
  • Page 78 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1  When on Station mode  SSID is not present here as there is no AP function On WDS Settings → Root AP, the MAC address entered should be the ...
  • Page 79 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Figure 5.5...

  • Page 80: Ap Client Mode

    Figure 5.6 Remember that your AW5500C can function as both a Regular AP and as an AP Client (the latter connected to the first one). Supposing we already have the network physically installed, the steps for configuring your AW5500C as an AP Client are as follows.
  • Page 81 Then proceed to go to System Information, on the AP Client Information you can confirm your AW5500C is connected to the Network selected if the status field displays a signal percentage instead of disconnected. Also, you may also double check the wireless connection status inside the client table of the connected AP.

  • Page 82: Applications

    The following figure illustrates a standard Access Point serving multiple wireless clients within its signal coverage Figure 6.1 For more information on how to configure your AW5500C as an Access Point please refer to Regular AP Mode Note: wireless coverage is dependent on the environment.

  • Page 83: Basic Wds Setup

    Ethernet clients. Note that if the Access Point function is not required at the adjacent site (no wireless clients), WDS Hybrid can be changed to WDS Station. Figure 6.2 For more information on how to configure your AW5500C for this topology, please refer to WDS Bridge Mode Note: wireless coverage is dependent on the environment.

  • Page 84: Coverage Range Extender Setup

    MAC address of the newly added AW5500C (in WDS Hybrid mode) should be MAC address of the AW5500C that it is directly connecting to, not the MAC address of the AW5500C in WDS Root mode. Note that AW5500C in WDS Station mode does not allow both wireless client and AW5500C (in WDS Hybrid mode) to connect in.

  • Page 85: Ap Client Setup

    If AW5500C is being added to a wireless network where Access Points (AP1) from other vendors already existed, AW5500C could be set to AP Client mode to connect to that AP1 and bridge the Ethernet clients to AP1. This setup is similar to Scenario #2, except that WDS is not used.

  • Page 86: P2P Button (External Physical Wps Button)

    User Manual V. 1.1 6.5 P2P Button (External Physical WPS button) AW5500C has an external physical WPS button – P2P Button, which can build the connection directly between two AW550C. So that user’s manual setting steps can be decreased. 1. You have to tick this option to enable P2P button working. This option can be found in webpage, under Wireless, Advanced Settings label.
  • Page 87 Regular AP AP client 4. AW5500C can make WI-FI connection just by pressing P2P button. To set AP mode, press P2P button for 4~7 seconds. To set as AP client, press over 8 seconds. If user wants the AP connect to other clients, just press 1~3 seconds to restart connection.
  • Page 88 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 5. Users can check connection situation by LED status. The follow table represents the meaning of LED color. Table 6.1 LED State Color Blinking mode Orange P2P is not enabled.

  • Page 89: Specifications

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 7 Specifications 7.1 Hardware Specifications The device’s appearance is as follows, Figure 7.1. Figure 7.1...
  • Page 90 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1  Ethernet: IEEE 802.3 10 BASE-T, 802.3U 100BASE-TX, 802.3ab 1000 BASE-T Power Requirements  Input Voltage: 9VDC-48VDC  Input Current: (9VDC) 0.65 A  Power Consumption: Approx. 5.85 W ...
  • Page 91 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Frequency Range Table 7.1 Country/Region 2.4 GHz 5 GHz 2412-2462 (20 MHz) 5180-5240, 5745-5825 (20 MHz) Unites States (FCC) 2422-2452 (40 MHz) 5190-5230, 5755-5795(40MHz) 2412-2472 (20 MHz) 5180-5240(20MHz) Europe (ETSI)
  • Page 92 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Output Power Table 7.3 802.11b +14dBm +17dBm @ 6, 9, 12,18, 24Mbps +17dBm @ 36Mbps 802.11g +16dBm @ 48Mbps +16dBm @ 54Mbps +16dBm @ MCS 0/8 +16dBm @ MCS 1/9...
  • Page 93 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 +15dBm @ MCS 0/8, +15dBm @ MCS 1/9 +15dBm @ MCS 2/10 +15dBm @ MCS 3/11 5GHz/HT20 +15dBm @ MCS 4/12 +11 - 14dBm @ MCS 5/13 +9 - 12dBm @ MCS 6/14...
  • Page 94 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Receiver Sensitivity Table 7.4 Data Rate IEEE Spec (1Rx dBm) Typical/Maximum (2Rx dBm) Not specified -98/-85 802.11b 5.5M Not specified -98/-85 Not specified -94/-85 -96/-85 -96/-84 -95/-82 -93/-80 802.11g -90/-77...
  • Page 95 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 MCS0 -92/-82 MCS1 -90/-79 MCS2 -87/-77 802.11n MCS3 -84/-74 HT40 MCS4 -80/-70 MCS5 -76/-66 MCS6 -74/-65 MCS7 -72/-64 MCS0 -95/-85 MCS1 -94/-82 MCS2 -92/-80 MCS3 -89/-77 802.11b/g/n HT20 MCS4 -86/-73...
  • Page 96 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 MCS7 -75/-64 Operation Distance Table 7.5 Standard Outdoor Indoor 150m @ 11Mbps 30m @ 11Mbps 802.11b 300m @ 1Mbps 100m @ 1Mbps 50m @ 54Mbps 30m @ 54Mbps 802.11g 300m @ 6Mbps...
  • Page 97 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Security  64-bit and 128-bit WEP encryption  802.1x authentication  AES and TKIP, WPA/WPA2 Others  Reset Button: Yes  P2P Button: Yes Regulatory requirements  EMC: EN 301489-1: 2008, EN301489-17: 2009 (Class A), FCC 15B (Class A), CNS 13438 ...
  • Page 98 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Table 7.6 Test Item Value Level Contact Discharge ±8KV IEC 61000-4-2 Air Discharge ±15KV IEC 61000-4-3 Radiated(Enclosure) 10(V/m) AC Power Port ±2.0 KV IEC 61000-4-4 LAN Port ±2.0 KV COM Port ±2.0 KV...

  • Page 99: Software Specifications

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 7.2 Software Specifications Table 7.7  Browser (IE8+, Firefox 6+, and Chrome 13+) Configuration  Telnet  Device Management Utility © (Windows utility)    ICMP HTTP  ...

  • Page 100: Led Indicators

    Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 7.3 LED Indicators Table 7.8 Name Color Status Description The Access Point (AP) function is enabled and has more than one wireless client connected. Regular AP Green The AP function is enabled and does not have any wireless...
  • Page 101 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1 Ethernet is disconnected on 100Mbps Blinking Data is transmitting on Ethernet Green Ethernet is connected on 10Mbps Ethernet is disconnected on 10Mbps Wireless Radio is enabled WLAN Green Blinking Wireless Radio is enabled and data is transmitting...
  • Page 102 System recovery is based on the TFTP Client embedded in the device. It can recover the device from a bad firmware or other unknown reasons that corrupted the firmware image inside the flash. Follow the procedures below to force AW5500C to download a valid firmware from the TFTP Server to recover its Operating System.
  • Page 103 Atop Industrial Wireless Access Point AW5500C User Manual V. 1.1  Release the reset pin after you hear seven consecutive short beeps. You should see that the device requested files from your TFTP Server. Please wait until the device shows up on the management utility.
  • Page 104 Products supplied by us are covered in this warranty for undesired performance or defects resulting from shipping, or any other event deemed to be the result of Atop Technologies’ mishandling. The warranty does not cover however, equipment which has been damaged due to accident, misuse, abuse, such as: ...

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