AirborneDirect™ Users Guide

Quatech, Inc.

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

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