LED FUNCTIONS & INDICATIONS

Access Point

LINK .....ON ............Default state Flashing ....Data Tx/Rx

Remote Gateway

LINK .....ON ............Associated to AP

Flashing ....Data Tx/Rx OFF ..........Not Associated with AP

 

PWR .....ON ............Primary power (DC) present

Flashing.... Alarm present OFF ..........Primary power (DC) absent

LAN ......ON ............LAN detected Flashing ....Data TX/RX

OFF ..........LAN not detected

COM1 ...Flashing ....Data TX/RX Activity OFF ..........No data activity

GPS ...ON ............Has satellite fix Flashing ....Synchronizing OFF ..........No satellite fix

CONNECTORS AND INDICATORS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DC POWER INPUTGPS ANTENNATX/RX1 (10—30 VDC, 2.5A)CONNECTION ANTENNA PORT

USB PORTS LED INDICATOR (Mini-A, Type-A) LAN PORTS PANEL COM1 SERIAL PORT

 

 

 

TX/RX1 ANTENNA PORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RX2 ANTENNA PORT

 

GPS ANTENNA WiFi ANTENNA CONNECTION PORT

 

LED INDICATOR LAN PORTPANEL

COM1 SERIAL PORT

 

 

 

 

 

RX2 ANTENNA PORT

 

 

 

 

 

DC POWER INPUT (10—30 VDC, 2.5A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Option Set 1

Remote

 

 

 

 

 

 

Starting Information Screen

(Read-Only Status)

MAIN MENU

Network

Radio

Security

Redundancy

Device

Configuration

Configuration

Configuration

Configuration (AP)

Information

Performance Maintenance/Tools Information

Ntwk. Intfc. Config

Ethernet Port Config

Bridge Configuration

SNMP Agent Config. (AP)

AP Location Info (RM)

SNTP Server Config.

Network Name

Transmit Power

Receive Pwr. (AP)

Freq. Control

Adv. Config.

Device Security

Wireless Security

RADIUS Configuration

Manage Certif.

Redundancy Config.

Ntwk Event Triggers

Radio Event Triggers

Hdwr Event Triggers

Red. Config. Options

Force Switchover

Model

Serial Number

Uptime

Date

Time

Date Format

Console Bd. Rt.

UTC Time Offset

Event Log

Packet Statistics

GPS Status

Wireless Ntwk Stat.

Intl. Radio Stat. (RM)

Performance Trend

Reprogramming

Config. Scripts

Ping Utility

Auth. Codes

Reset to Defaults

Radio Test

F/W Versions

NOTES

Chart shows top-level view only. See Reference Manual for details.

Not all menu items are-user configurable

Spacebar is used to make some menu selections

AP = Access Point Only

RM = Remote Only

GPS

Configuration (RM)

Stream GPS to Console

Send GPS via UDP

GPS UDP Server IP Address GPS UDP Server UDP Port

Device Names

F/W Upgrade

MENU SYSTEM

Flowchart

GE MDS

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GE MDS 05-4558A01 manual Menu System, Main Menu

MDS 05-4558A01 specifications

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