Distech Controls ECLYPSE ECY-STAT User Manual page 47

The Wireless connection parameters can be set as follows.
Item Description
On / Off
Enable/disable the controller's wireless features.
Select the Wi-Fi network operating mode: Hotspot, Access-Point, or Client.
Hotspot: This creates a Wi-Fi hotspot with a router. See
Network
Access-Point: This creates a Wi-Fi access point. See
Wireless Mode
Network
Client: this connects the controller as a client of a Wi-Fi access point. See
Wireless Network
Connection
SSID Hidden Hide or show the Service Set IDentification (SSID).
The Service Set IDentification (SSID) for a Wi-Fi hotspot. This parameter is case sensitive. When
this controller's active mode is configured as a:
For Hotspot: set a descriptive network name that other wireless clients will use to find this hotspot.
Network Name
For Client: select an available hotspot from the lists of access point connections that are within
range. Click the Wi-Fi icon
that are within range.
Set the encryption method to be used by the Wi-Fi network:
-Open: this option should be avoided as it does not provide any wireless security which allows any
wireless client to access the LAN
Encryption
-WPA2: select the Wi-Fi Protected Access II option to secure the Wi-Fi network with a password.
-WPA2E: Use this option if you are connecting to an enterprise network that has a working
RADIUS authentication server. This RADIUS server provides user authentication.
When encryption is used, set the password to access the Wi-Fi network as a client or the
password other clients will use to access this hotspot. Passwords should be a long series of
random alphanumeric characters and symbols that are hard to guess. This parameter is case
Password
sensitive.
Click to show or hide the password.
IP address for a Hotspot (or gateway address that wireless clients will connect to). Ensure that this
address is:
IP Address
-Not in the range of IP address set by First Address and Last Address.
-Not the same as the IP address set under IP Configuration for the wired network.
Subnet Mask The hotspot's subnetwork mask. See
The range of IP addresses to be made available for Hotspot clients to use. The narrower the
First Address
range, the fewer hotspot clients will be able to connect due to the lack of available IP addresses.
For example, a range where First Address = 192.168.0.22 and Last Address = 192.168.0.26 will
Last Address
allow a maximum of 5 clients to connect to the hotspot on a first-to-connect basis.
When a Hotspot is configured, this sets the channel width and number the hotspot is to use. The
Advanced
wireless mode can also be set. See below.
Sets the center frequency of the transmission. If there are other Wi-Fi networks are nearby,
configure each Wi-Fi network to use different channel numbers to reduce interference and network
Channel Number
drop-outs.
NOTE: The range of available channels may vary from country to country.
Sets the wireless mode (wireless G or wireless N). Wireless N mode is backwards compatible with
Wi-Fi Mode
wireless G and B. Wireless G mode is backwards compatible with wireless B.
Click to refresh the information in the list.
Apply Click Apply to apply and save the changes
ECLYPSE Connected Thermostat (ECY-STAT)
for how to configure this mode.
for how to configure this mode.
for how to configure this mode. See also
Modes.
to select an available Wi-Fi network from the list of access points
If using a Hotspot connection, network access will be disabled until the default password
is changed.
About the Subnetwork
ECLYPSE Web Interface
Setting up a Wi-Fi Hotspot Wireless
Setting up a Wi-Fi Access Point Wireless
Setting up a Wi-Fi Client
ECLYPSE Connected Thermostat
Mask.
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