OTC Wireless ACR-201, ASR-102 Utility Software, Use the Utility Program, Overview of the Tabs

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Chapter 3

UTILITY SOFTWARE

Use the Utility Program

Once the radio is properly turned on and connected either directly to the computer running the Utility program or to a port on the same subnet, the Utility is ready for use. To start the Utility program from your Microsoft Windows, click “Start”, then “Program”, move to locate the “AirEZY-2411-BT” group and click on the Utility program icon to launch the Utility program.

Overview of the Tabs

There are five tabs inside the Utility graphic interface. The “About” tab displays the software version information. The “Link Info “, “Station Configuration”, “WLAN Statistics” and “Encryption” tabs will be discussed in detail in the ensuing subsections.

The OK and Exit buttons at the bottom of the frame are common to all tabs.

Clicking the OK button signals the successful completion of the use of the Utility program. The program applies the modifications made to all tabs and exits. Clicking the Exit button exits the program without changing the setting of the radio. The Refresh and the Apply buttons are available for the “Configuration” and the “Encryption” tabs. Clicking the Refresh button at any moment causes the program to retrieve and display the most updated configuration information from the radio at that moment. Clicking the Apply button updates the radio setting without exiting the program. Clicking the Apply button under the “Access Point” sub-tab of the “Configuration” tab, however, requires correct entry of a password before the radio settings can be updated. See details below. Clicking the Apply button also causes the program to automatically perform a function in order to confirm the updating action by displaying the updated information. Sometimes a blank screen may appear after the Apply or the Refresh button is clicked. This indicates that either the radio is extremely busy or there is a problem with the Ethernet connection. Either try clicking the Apply or the Refresh button again or check your Ethernet connection.

Configure AirEZY-2411-BT

There are two sub-tabs under the “Configuration” tab, Station and Access Point. If the “Station” page is displayed, clicking on the “Access Point” sub-tab switch the display to the Access Point page. If the AirEZY-2411-BT is currently configured as a Station, all the parameter fields appear dimmed and are not modifiable. This is illustrated in the screen-shot #2.

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