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AirborneDirect™ Users Guide Quatech, Inc.
100-8510-110 2/21/2011 5
Contents
1.0 Conventions ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
1.1 Terminology ................................................................................................................................................... 9
1.2 Notes .............................................................................................................................................................. 9
1.3 Caution ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
1.4 File Format ..................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.0 Product Description .......................................................................................................................................... 10
3.0 Features .......................................................................................................................................................... 11
4.0 Device Types ................................................................................................................................................... 12
4.1 Serial ............................................................................................................................................................ 12
4.2 Ethernet ....................................................................................................................................................... 12
4.3 Serial + Ethernet........................................................................................................................................... 12
4.4 Enterprise Class ........................................................................................................................................... 13
4.5 Industrial Class ............................................................................................................................................. 13
4.6 Heavy Duty Class ......................................................................................................................................... 14
5.0 Block Diagram ................................................................................................................................................. 16
6.0 Pin out and Connectors .................................................................................................................................... 18
6.1 Serial Ports ................................................................................................................................................... 18
6.2 Ethernet Port ................................................................................................................................................ 19
6.3 Connector Definition ..................................................................................................................................... 20
6.4 OEM Reset Switch (Factory Reset) .............................................................................................................. 20
6.5 Enterprise Serial Interface Jumpers .............................................................................................................. 21
6.6 Indicator LED’s ............................................................................................................................................. 22
7.0 Electrical & RF Specification ............................................................................................................................ 24
7.1 AC Electrical Characteristics – Transmitter ................................................................................................... 26
7.2 Performance/Range ..................................................................................................................................... 26
8.0 Antenna ........................................................................................................................................................... 27
8.1 Antenna Selection ........................................................................................................................................ 27
8.2 Host Board Mounted Antenna....................................................................................................................... 27
8.3 Host Chassis Mounted Antenna ................................................................................................................... 28
8.4 Embedded Antenna ...................................................................................................................................... 28
8.5 Antenna Location ......................................................................................................................................... 29
8.6 Performance ................................................................................................................................................. 30
9.0 Mechanical Outline – Enterprise Class ............................................................................................................. 32
10.0 Mechanical Outline – Industrial Class............................................................................................................... 33
11.0 Getting Started ................................................................................................................................................. 34
11.1 Unpack the AirborneDirect™ Device ............................................................................................................ 34
11.2 Connect AirborneDirect™ to host ................................................................................................................. 34
11.3 Attach Antenna and Power-up the AirborneDirect™ ..................................................................................... 34
12.0 Configuring Device – Industrial Serial (ABDG-SE-IN5XXX) .............................................................................. 35
13.0 Configuring Device – Enterprise Serial (ABDG-SE-DP5XX) ............................................................................. 38
13.1 Connect a Host Computer ............................................................................................................................ 38
13.2 Interacting with the AirborneDirect™ device ................................................................................................. 38
13.3 Determine and Store the Access Point SSID ................................................................................................ 39
13.4 Determine the Device’s IP address ............................................................................................................... 39
13.5 Accessing the Device Using the Web Interface ............................................................................................. 40
13.6 Accessing the Device Using Telnet .............................................................................................................. 40
14.0 Configuring Device – Enterprise/Industrial Ethernet ......................................................................................... 41
15.0 Using the Web Interface ................................................................................................................................... 44
15.1 Navigation Bar .............................................................................................................................................. 45
15.2 Feature Links ............................................................................................................................................... 46
15.3 Navigating the Website ................................................................................................................................. 46
15.4 Updating a Field ........................................................................................................................................... 47
15.5 Uploading Certificates .................................................................................................................................. 48
15.6 Upload Configuration Files ........................................................................................................................... 48
15.7 Updating Firmware ....................................................................................................................................... 50
16.0 Express Setup Configuration Page .................................................................................................................. 53
17.0 Configuring the Wireless Interface ................................................................................................................... 56
17.1 Configuring for Infrastructure Networks ........................................................................................................ 56
17.2 Configuring for AdHoc Networks ................................................................................................................... 56
18.0 Configuring the Security Settings ..................................................................................................................... 58
18.1 Configuring for WEP Security ....................................................................................................................... 58
18.2 Configuring for WPA-PSK Security ............................................................................................................... 59
18.3 Configuring for WPA2-PSK Security ............................................................................................................. 60
18.4 Configuring for PEAP Security ...................................................................................................................... 61
19.0 Configuring Network Settings ........................................................................................................................... 63
19.1 Configuring DHCP on WLAN Interface ......................................................................................................... 63
19.2 Configuring DHCP on Ethernet Interface ...................................................................................................... 64
19.3 Configuring a Static IP Address on WLAN Interface ..................................................................................... 65