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Chapter 8: Basic Configuration Examples
Updating the Country Code
For SmartPath APs intended for use in the United States, the region code is preset as "FCC"—for "Federal Communications
Commission"—and the country code is preset as "United States". If this is the case, you can skip this section.
If the preset region code for the managed SmartPath APs is "World", you must set the appropriate country code to control the
radio channel and power selections that SmartPath APs can use. If this is the case, set the country code as follows:
1. On the Monitor > Access Points > SmartPath APs page, select the checkbox for SmartPath AP3, and then click Update >
Update Country Code.*
*When updating the country code on SmartPath APs in a mesh environment, you do not want the rebooting of portals to
interrupt the data path between the SmartPath EMS and mesh points before they can complete their update process. Therefore,
try to update and reboot mesh points first. Then, update and reboot the portals. See Section 7.6.
2. In the Update Country Code dialog box, enter the following, and then click Upload:
• Choose the country where they are deployed from the New Country Code drop-down list.
NOTE: Be sure to choose the correct country. An incorrect choice might result in illegal radio operation and cause harmful
interference to other systems.
• In the Activate after field, set an interval in seconds after which the SmartPath AP reboots to activate the updated country code
settings.
• Make sure that the checkbox for SmartPath AP3 is selected.
SmartPath EMS updates the country code on SmartPath AP3 and then reboots it after the activation interval that you set elapses.
After SmartPath AP3 reboots, it puts the appropriate radio settings for the updated country code into effect.
3. Select the checkboxes for the two portals SmartPath AP1 and SmartPath AP2, and then repeat the previous steps to update
their country codes.
After they reboot, all the SmartPath APs will have the correct country code, will reform into a cluster, and reconnect to
SmartPath EMS.
Uploading SmartPath AP Configurations
At this point, you have finished assigning configurations to the managed SmartPath AP objects on SmartPath EMS, and it is time
to push these configurations from SmartPath EMS to the physical SmartPath AP devices. Because this is the first time to use
SmartPath EMS to update the configuration on these SmartPath APs, you must perform a full upload, which requires rebooting
the SmartPath APs to activate their new configurations.
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Figure 8-9. Monitor > Access Points > SmartPath APs (view mode: Config).
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