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Cooper Bussmann Wireless Ethernet & Device Server BU-945U-E 802.11 DSSS User Manual

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 1.1 NETWORK TOPOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 1.2 GETTING STARTED QUICKLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

CHAPTER 2 - INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 2.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 2.2 ANTENNA INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Bench test and Demo System setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Plant and Factory Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Line-of-Sight Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Installation tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Omni-directional antennas (dipole and collinear) . . . . . . . . .11 Yagi directional antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 2.3 POWER SUPPLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 2.4 SERIAL CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 RS232 Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 DB9 Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 RS485 Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 2.5 DISCRETE (DIGITAL) INPUT/OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

CHAPTER 3 - OPERATION		.16
3.1	START-UP	.16
“Access Point” Start-up		.16
“Client” Start-up		.16
Link Establishment		.16
How a Link connection is lost		.16
Roaming Clients		.16
LED Indication		.17
3.2	SELECTING A CHANNEL	.17
802.11 (900 MHz) Channels		.17
Radio Throughput		.19
Throughput and Repeaters		.19
3.3	CONFIGURING THE UNIT FOR THE FIRST TIME	.20
Default Configuration		.20
Accessing Configuration for the first time		.20
Method 1 - Set PC to same network as BU-945U-E		.21
Method 2 - Set BU-945U-E Network
address to match the local network		.22
3.4	QUICK START	.23
3.5	NETWORK CONFIGURATION	.24
Network Settings Webpage Fields		.25
Security Menu		.26
3.6	NORMAL OPERATION	.28
Transparent Bridge Operation		.28
Router Operation		.28
3.7	RADIO CONFIGURATION	.28
Channel Selection		.30
3.8	DHCP CLIENT CONFIGURATION	.30
3.9	DHCP SERVER CONFIGURATION	.31
3.10 DNS SERVER CONFIGURATION		.31
3.11 SPANNING TREE ALGORITHM / REDUNDANCY		.31
3.12 MULTIPLE AP REPEATER MESH NETWORK		.32
Example – Extending range using WDS		.34
Example - Roaming with WDS Access Points		.35

Example – Adding Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Example – WDS Routed Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 WDS Connections: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 3.13 ROUTING RULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 3.14 WIRELESS MESSAGE FILTERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 MAC Address Filter Configuration: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 IP Address Filter Configuration: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 ARP Filter Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 3.15 SERIAL PORT CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 RS-232 PPP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Serial Gateway (Server/Client/Multicast) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Serial Gateway (Modbus - Modbus RTU to TCP) . . . . . . . . .45 Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Serial Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Multicast Pipe Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 3.16 DIGITAL INPUT/OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 3.17 MODBUS I/O TRANSFER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 3.18 MODULE INFORMATION CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Module Information Webpage Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 3.19 SYSTEM TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 3.20 REMOTE CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 3.21 CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Setting a BU-945U-E to Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . .54 Extending a wired network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Connecting two separate networks together . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Extending range of a network with a Repeater hop . . . . . . .56

CHAPTER 4 - DIAGNOSTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 4.1 DIAGNOSTICS CHART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 4.2 DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Site Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 4.3 STATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Network Traffic Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 4.4 INTERNAL DIAGNOSTIC MODBUS REGISTERS . . . . . . . . . .60 Connection Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Statistic Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 4.5 TESTING RADIO PATHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 4.6 UTILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 “Ping” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 ”Ipconfig” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 “Arp” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 ”Route” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

CHAPTER 5 - SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

APPENDIX A - FIRMWARE UPGRADES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Web based Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

APPENDIX B - GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

APPENDIX C - POWER CONVERSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Power Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

APPENDIX D - IPERF THROUGHPUT TEST - EXT . . . . . . . . . . .74

APPENDIX E - GNU FREE DOC License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Terms and Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

NO WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

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Cooper Bussmann BU-945U-E 802.11 DSSS user manual Contents

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