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User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Atop Technologies, Inc. AW5601 Series Industrial Access Point User Manual V1.0 March 2024 *The user interface on these products may be slightly different from the one shown on this user manual. Page 1 of 63...
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This PDF Document contains internal hyperlinks for ease of navigation. For example, click on any item listed in the Table of Contents to go to that page. Published by: Atop Technologies, Inc. 2F, No. 146, Sec. 1, Tung-Hsing Rd, 30261 Chupei City, Hsinchu County Taiwan, R.O.C.
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V1.0 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 reproduced, copied, disclosed, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computer language, in any form, by any means, in whole or in part, without the prior explicit written consent of Atop Technologies, Inc.,...
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Table of Contents Introduction .......................... 9 Overview ..............................9 Product Features ..........................10 Getting Started ........................11 Default Factory Settings........................11 2.1.1 The Reset Button ....................... 11 Login Process and Main Window Interface ..................12 2.2.1 Login Process ........................12 2.2.2 Main Window Interface ......................
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User Manual AW5601 V1.0 List of Figures Figure 1. An Application of Industrial Wireless Access Point in WLAN................. 9 Figure 2. IP Address for Web-based Setting ......................... 12 Figure 3. Login Prompt ..............................12 Figure 4. Default Web Interface for AW5601 ....................... 13 Figure 5.
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User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Figure 56. Log Event Pop-up Window ........................... 42 Figure 57. Ping Feature ..............................43 Figure 58. Ping Pop-up Window ............................ 43 Figure 59. Ping Successful with No Packet Loss ......................43 Figure 60. Ping Unsuccessful with 100% Packet Loss ....................43 Figure 61.
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User Manual AW5601 V1.0 List of Tables Table 1. Network Interfaces Default Settings....................... 11 Table 2. Login Default Settings ............................. 11 Table 3. Descriptions of the Function Bar ........................16 Table 4. Descriptions of the Information Features ...................... 21 Table 5. Description of Log Entry ..........................24 Table 6.
1 Introduction 1.1 Overview Atop’s AW5601 series are the product line of wireless product for applications in harsh environment. It is robust enough to operate at temperatures ranging from -20C to 70C. The ease of installation makes it attractive because it utilizes a DIN-Rail for fixing itself to virtually any surface in workplace. Reliability is a key factor of AW5601 when wireless solution is needed.
Flash-Roaming with less than 50ms latency • PROFINET transparent mode support • Easy configuration through embedded web server interface or ATOP’s Windows® -based configuration utility program called Device Management Utility® • Firmware upgradable through embedded web server interface or ATOP’s Device Management Utility®...
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 2 Getting Started This chapter explains how to access the AW5601 for the first time. Users can access the managed switch easily using their web browsers (Internet Explorer 8 or 11, Firefox 44, Chrome 48 or later versions are recommended). We will proceed to use a web browser to introduce the managed switch’s functions.
Then, click the Login button to login to the web interface. Figure 3. Login Prompt After the login process, the main interface will show up as shown in Figure 4. Under the Atop Technologies’ Logo, there are basic information about the device which are Model Name, Kernel Version, Firmware Version, Serial Number (SerialNum) and MAC Address.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Figure 4. Default Web Interface for AW5601 Figure 5. Function Bar on Top of Web GUI The function bar on the top of the web GUI is shown in Figure 5. Function Bar on Top of Web GUI. There are 8 functions in the bar from the left side to the right side which are functions to manage Information, Configuration, Flash-Roaming, Diagnostic, Security, Management, Maintenance, and Logout.
The main web page is divided into several sections, and these sections will be introduced below. Figure 6. Main Window Interface A. Banner with device Information It displays ATOP’s LOGO, and shows Model Name, Kernel Version, Firmware Version, Serial Number (SerialNum) and MAC Address. Figure 7. Logo and banner Information...
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 B. Panel Information It displays the LEDs of power, Wi-Fi mode, 5 GHz, WLAN, Locate, and LAN port link status. Figure 8. Panel Information C. Function Bar. All main function buttons display here. Figure 9. Function Bar on Top of Web GUI Page 15 of 63...
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Table 3. Descriptions of the Function Bar Button Name Description Default webpage while login into device. It includes Device information, Wi-Fi, Information Syslog functions. It includes LAN IP, Wi-Fi, DHCP server, System time, NAT functions. Configuration It includes Flash-Roaming function.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Explaining the functionality of the pop-up window associated with the gear icon: Figure 12. Pop-up Window G. Configuration window. It displays configurations for function. Figure 13. Configuration Window H. Close button. It displays on right-top in configuration frame, and it can close configuration frame. Figure 14.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Save Changes and Apply button. “Save Changes and Apply” button will save and apply the settings. Figure 15. Save Changes and Apply Button. Page 19 of 63...
Figure 16. Main Menu 3.1 Information Feature This feature provides basic system information of Atop’s industrial access point. The user can check the device description which includes System Name, System Description, System Location, System Contact, and System OID as shown in Figure 17. At the bottom of this section, the Uptime and the Current Date &...
Factory Default System Name Specifies a particular role or application of different switches. The (Model name) name entered here will also be shown in Atop’s Device Management Utility. Max. 63 Characters. System Description Detailed description of the unit. Max. 63 Characters.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Figure 19. WLAN feature To change or configure fields under the WLAN feature, the user can click on the gear icon to bring up a pop-up window called Wi-Fi Setting as shown in Figure 24. On this window, the user can configure Wi- Fi Radio, Operating Mode, Country, Tx Power, Network Name (SSID), Hide SSID, Wireless Mode, Channel Bandwidth, Control Channel, Authentication Method, Password, and Client Isolate.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 and RSSI Link Threshold. After you finished, clicking on the Save Changes and Apply button to save and apply the settings. Figure 22. Flash-Roaming Setting Pop-up Window 3.4 LAN IP Feature The LAN IP feature displays the current setting of the network configuration of the access point which are the status of IP Address, and Sub-Netmask as shown in Figure 23.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Figure 24. IP Network Setting Pop-up Window 3.5 System Log Feature The Log feature at the bottom of the Information function shows a table of at least 5 system logs as shown in Figure 25. Each log entry includes Date, Time, Up Time, and Event description. Note that the log entries are sorted by date and time.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Table 6. Description of System Log Setting Pop-up Entry Label Description Factory Default Log to Server Enabled: Enable Syslog Server. Disable Disabled: Disable Syslog Server. If enabled, all recorded log events will be sent to the remote System Log server.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Figure 28. LAN IP Feature Figure 29. IP Network Setting Pop-up Window Table 7. Description of IP Network Settings Label Description Factory Default DHCP Client By selecting Enabled, an IP address and related fields will be Disabled automatically assigned.
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User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Flash-Roaming AP/Client Yes(*1) Flash-Roaming AP/Client Non-NAT Yes: It means that this type of packet can be delivered. No: It means that this type of packet cannot be delivered. (*1): If you are using Flash-Roaming AP/Client in Wi-Fi mode and want transparent PROFINET packets when NAT is enabled, you need to manually enable PROFINET Transparent on the WEB.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 4.2.1 Wi-Fi AP Mode / Client Mode Access Point’s AP mode is used to connect to wireless clients (wireless adapter cards) such as laptops, desktops, and PDAs. Wireless clients can only communicate to AP in Access Point mode. Access Point’s Client mode allows the Access Point to become a wireless client to another AP.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Table 9. Wi-Fi AP / Client Mode Setting Table DHCP server Disabled Wi-Fi Radio Enabled Operating Mode Client WLAN IP Setting 10.0.50.201 LAN IP Setting 10.0.50.200 10.0.100.201 Network Name (SSID) AW5601 NAT Enabled Disabled Table 10. Wi-Fi AP / Client Mode’s Devices IP Address Setting Table Device1 Device2 IP Address...
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Table 11. WDS-AP/WDS-Hybrid/WDS-Client Mode for APs Setting DHCP server Disabled Wi-Fi Radio Enabled Operating Mode WDS-AP WDS-Hybrid WDS-Client LAN IP Setting 10.0.50.200 10.0.50.201 10.0.50.202 Network Name (SSID) AW5601 NAT Enabled Disabled Disabled 4.2.3 Wi-Fi Flash-Roaming AP / Flash-Roaming Client Mode Wi-Fi Flash-Roaming AP / Flash-Roaming Client: It is similar to WDS-AP / WDS-Client mode but incorporates Roaming behavior.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Table 13. Devices IP address setting Device1 Device2 LAN IP Setting 10.0.50.1 10.0.50.22 Figure 38. Flash-Roaming AP Mode for AP1 setting Table 14. Descriptions of the Flash-Roaming AP mode Label Description Default Value Wi-Fi Radio This option can turn on or turn off the wireless signal of Disabled AW5601 completely Operating Mode...
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 ⚫ Channel 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 for US and IEEE 802.11a only, or IEEE 802.11n only, or 802.11n/ac. ⚫ Channel 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 for CN and IEEE 802.11a only, or IEEE 802.11n only, or 802.11n/ac. Authentication Mode of authentication for WLAN which can be Open WPA3 Personal...
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Label Description Default Value Wireless Mode 2.4 GHz: IEEE 802.11g/n, 5G (802.11n/ac) 5 GHz: IEEE 802.11n/ac, or IEEE 802.11a only, or IEEE 802.11n only. Modulation Coding Scheme index is a metric based on Auto several parameters of a Wi-Fi connection between two stations.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Figure 41. Flash-Roaming Client Mode Setting 4.4 NAT Feature NAT function only works in Wi-Fi client mode, and it is distributed to Basic NAT, Static NAT, and NAPT sub-function. Page 36 of 63...
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Figure 42. NAT Feature 4.4.1 Basic NAT (N:1 NAT) Figure 43. Basic NAT (N:1 NAT) Feature Basic NAT can be used to interconnect two IP networks that have incompatible addressing which are . If client mode is activated in “Wi-Fi -> AP/Client -> Wi- WLAN and LAN interfaces in Wi-Fi client mode Fi AP/Client Setting”, “NAT Enabled”...
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Figure 45. Static NAT (1:1 NAT) Feature Figure 46. Static NAT Setting Pop-up Window 4.4.3 NAPT NAPT extends NAT with port translation. NAPT maps the WLAN IP address of Client and an external TCP/UDP port to an IP address and port in local interface. To add a Name, Traffic Type, Local IP, Local Port, and External Port as shown in Figure 48.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 The Diagnostic function allows the user to check the operation of the access point through the following features: System Log, SMTP Event, Log Event, Ping and Locate. The Diagnostic function is the fourth circular icon with stethoscope picture on top of a medical chart. Figure 49 illustrates the list of features under the Diagnostic function.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Figure 51. Systm Log Setting Pop-up Window To clear the table of system log, the user can click on the gear icon of the System Log title to bring up the System Log Clear pop-up window as shown in Figure 52. By clicking on the Clear System Log button on this pop-up window, the user can clear all log entries.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Figure 54. SMTP Event Setting Pop-up Window 5.3 Log Event Feature Figure 55. Log Event Feature Figure 56. Log Event Pop-up Window 5.4 Ping Feature The Web UI of AW5601 has an interface to call Ping, which is a network diagnostic utility for testing reachability.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Ping button as shown in Figure 57. This process usually takes around 20 seconds. The two figures below represent a successful ping without packet loss from AW5601 to the address 10.0.50.200 and back, and the connecting device at the address 10.0.50.2 is unreachable in which no packets have returned from the transmitted ping packets.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 the WEB UI will turn from red to black, as shown in Figure 64, and the red light of the device entity's Locate will also turn off. Figure 61. Locate Feature Figure 62. Locate Pop-up Window Figure 63.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 6 Security Figure 65. Security Function on Menu Bar The following sections describe how to set up the network firewall and its packet filtering in the AW5601. Available criteria for packet filtering are based on MAC address (wired or wireless) and IP address. These filtering methods provide security by preventing unauthorized or malicious packets from entering your network.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 6.1 Firewall - Mac Filtering Feature This function helps users to filter packets from the specific MAC address. Figure 67. Firewall – Mac Filtering Pop-up Window 6.2 Firewall - IP Filtering Feature This function helps users to filter packets from the specific IP address. Figure 68.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 7 Management The Management function is the sixth circular icon on the menu bar. It is the icon with gear and person. The Management function has three features which are Account, HTTPS/Telnet/SSH, and SNMP as shown in Figure 69. These features allow the user to manage the accounts, enable secure HTTP for web interface, and set up the SNMP protocol.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 7.2 HTTPS/Telnet/SSH Feature The HTTPS or Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure feature is another feature under the Management function. This page presents the current setting of HTTPS for the managed switch’s web interface as shown in Figure 72. To enable the HTTPS, the user can click on the gear icon to bring up the HTTPS Setting pop-up window as shown in Figure 73.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Community String and Privilege of each Community String can be managed as shown in the figure. After you finished, clicking on the Save Changes and Apply button to save and apply the settings. Figure 75. SNMP Agent Mode and SNMP v1/v2c Community Managment While SNMP Agent Version is set as SNMP v1/v2c, the SNMP v1/v2c Trap Setting section is active.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Figure 77. SNMP v3 Feature To configure SNMP v3, the user can click the gear icon next to the SNMP v3 Configuration to bring up the pop-up window as shown in Figure 78. On this window, there are four sections: SNMP v3 User Configuration, SNMP v3 Group Configuration, SNMP v3 View Configuration, and SNMP v3 Access Configuration.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 To configure SNMP v3 Trap Server, the user can click the gear icon next to the SNMP v3 Trap in Figure 77 to bring up another pop-up window as shown in Figure 79. On this window, the user can set the SNMP v3 Trap Server IP address and choose the User name previously configured in SNMP v3 User Configuration.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 8 Maintenance Feature The Maintenance function is the seventh circular icon on the menu bar. It is the icon with cloud and arrow. The Maintenance function has five features which are Firmware, TFTP, Backup/Restore, Factory Default, and Reboot as shown in Figure 80. These features allow the user to upgrade firmware, backup/restore configuration, factory default, and reboot device.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Figure 83. Upgrade Firmware Pop-up Alert Window 8.2 TFTP Feature TFTP feature under the Maintenance function allows the user to Upgrade Firmware. The user can check TFTP Server IP, TFTP Port, TFTP Firmware file, and Attempt to Preserve Settings. After you finished, clicking on the Upgrade Now button to upgrade firmware from TFTP protocol.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 8.4 Factory Default Feature The Factory Default feature under the Maintenance function allows the user to reset the device to the original or factory default configuration. The Factory Default web page is shown in Figure 89. To perform the factory default setting, the user can click on the gear icon next to the Factory Default to bring up the pop-up window as shown in Figure 90.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 Mode AP mode Flash-Roaming Client mode DHCP Client Disabled IPV4 Address Empty Subnet Mask Empty Gateway IP Empty LAN IP Setting (WAN) IPV4 Address 10.0.50.200 Subnet Mask 255.255.0.0 Flash-Roaming Setting Auto RSSI Link Threshold Roaming Sensitivity High Hole Time 250 ms...
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 9 Logout To logout of the AW5601, the user can click on the Logout icon which is the last circular icon with an opened door as shown in Figure 93. After clicked on the icon, the user will be returned to the login page as shown in Figure 3.
User Manual AW5601 V1.0 11 Glossary AP – Access Point ▪ ▪ APN – Access Point Name AS – Autonomous System ▪ BIRD – Bird Internet Routing Daemon ▪ ▪ BSSID – Basic Service Set Identifiers CAP – Central Acccess Point ▪...
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