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AirborneDirect ™ User Manual AirborneDirect ™ DP500/IN50 00/HD500 Family User Manual Revision: 1. 1 February 2011 File name: user manual abdg d p5xx famil y v1.1 Document Number: 100-8510-1 10[...]

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AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 3 Quatech Confidential Copyrigh t © 20 11 QUATECH ® Inc. ALL RIGHTS R ESERVED. No part of this pub lication may be copied in an y form, by photo copy, microfilm, retrieva l system, or by any other means now known or hereafter invented w ithout the prior w ritten per mission of QU[...]

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AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 5 Contents 1.0 Conventions ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Terminology .....................................................................................[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 6 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 19.4 Configuring a Stati c IP Addre ss on Ethernet Interfa c e .................................................................................. 66 20.0 Configuring Serial Device Serv er ............................................................................................[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 7 Figures Figure 1 - Enterpr ise AirborneD irect™ Dev ice ................................................................................................................. 13 Figure 2 - Indus trial AirborneD irect™ Device ........................................................[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 8 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Table 44 - Cable Replacemen t - Master Configu ration ..................................................................................................... 79 Table 45 - Etherne t Adapter interf ace Configurat ion - DHCP ...........................................................[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 9 1.0 Conven tions The following section outlines the conventions use d within the docum ent, where convention is deviate d from the deviation tak es precedence and shoul d be followed. If you have an y question related to the conventio ns used or clarification of indicated deviati[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 10 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 2.0 Product Descript ion This guide describes the AirborneDirect™ d evice servers and wirel ess adapters from Quatech, Inc . Airborn eDirect™ is a full y integrated, 802.11 wireless Loc al Area Network (LAN) connectivit y device d esigned to provide wireless LAN and Internet[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 11 3.0 Features  802.11b/g W iFi Radio with 32bit ARM9 CPU ( 128Mb SDRAM, 64Mb F lash)  Integrated Airborne De vice Server and W ireless Adapter technology.  Supports W EP, W PA, W PA2 and 802.1x Supplicant , with Certif icates.  Th e w ireless device serv er includes i[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 12 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 4.0 Device T y pes This manual covers a ll variations available in the Airbor neDirect ™ de vice famil y . The following section ident ifies the different t y pes both func tional and classification. In most cases the functional t ypes are available in the listed cl assificati[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 13 4.4 Enterprise Class The enterprise class product provid es the best cost vs. perf ormance in the AirborneDirect ™ pr oduct fam ily . The pack aging is compact and designed t o fit with non-industr ial applications and m arkets. The product class supports the full industrial o[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 14 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Figure 2 - In dustrial AirborneDirect ™ Device The fam ily i ncludes a m etal enclosure and a wide range power supp ly capable of exceeding the SAE J14 55 power supply requirem ents. The enterprise class product is ideal for the f ollowing application types:  CNC/DNC equipm[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 15 The Heavy Duty prod ucts are ideal for the f ollowing applicati ons:  Mining equipm ent telematics.  Military vehicle diag nostics.  Avionics.  Construction heavy equipm ent diagnostics. The HD class of products includes Ethernet on ly, Serial only and the dual (Seri[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 16 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 5.0 Block Diagram The following outlines the block diagram for the devices: Figure 4 - ABDG - SE/ET-DP5XX Blo ck Diagram[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 17 Figure 5 - ABDG - ET/SE-IN5XXX Block Diagram[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 18 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 6.0 Pin out and Con nectors Pin definition is de pendent upon the device type selected. The following def ines the pin outs for the individua l interfaces. 6.1 Serial Ports The AirborneDirec t ™ units support either a s ingle or dual ser ial port configuration. T he Port pin o[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 19 Table 2 - Serial Ports by Product Class Device Class Port 1 Port 2 Enterprise RS232 RS422 (4-wire) RS485 (2-wire) N/A Industrial RS232 RS422 (4-wire) RS485(2-wire) N/A RS232 RS422 (4-wire) RS485(2-wire) RS232 RS422 (4-wire) The Port 1 and Port 2 interfaces s upport the following[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 20 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Pin RJ45 Socket (Industrial) RJ45 Plug (Enterprise) 8 NC NC Green LED Valid TCP/IP con nection made with Airborne Adap ter: Off No TCP/IP con nection On Valid TCP/IP Conn ection N/A Yellow LED Power-on Sel f Test (POST): Off Not powered or has fai led POST On Passed POST N/A 6.3[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 21 Table 5 - OEM Reset Procedure 1 Disconnect or turn off t he power suppl y. 2 Press the OEM re set (factory re set) button . This may requ ire the u se of a small n arrow object, it is importan t that this object i s not sharp as i t may cause dam age to the unit. 3 While ho ldin[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 22 2/21/2011 100-8510-110  The inte rface type sel ected by the interf ace jumpers in Figure 8 mus t match th e selected conf iguration fo r the Configuration | Serial Port S ettings | Serial Interface Type set ting in the web int erface. 6.6 Indicator LED’s The devices pro vide indicator LED ’s t[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 23 Table 7 - Industrial LED Indicators LED Color Airborne Device State POWER Adapter is no t powered.  Adapter is powere d. PO ST Adapter is no t powered. Adapter fail ed Power On S elf Test (POST) an d is not configure d for wireless com munication. Adapter passed POS T but is [...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 24 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 7.0 Electrical & RF Sp ecification Table 8- Abso lute Maximum Values 1 Parameter Min Max Unit Maximum Suppl y Voltage - Enterprise 4.5 5.5 VDC Maximum Suppl y Voltage - Industrial 5.0 36 VDC Power Dissipati on 3.00 W Operatin g Temperature Range - 40 85 o C Storage Tem perat[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 25 Table 10 - Supp orted Data Rates by Ban d Band Supported Data Rates ( Mb/ s) 802.11b 11, 5.5, 2, 1 802.11g 54, 48, 36, 2 4, 18, 12, 9, 6 Table 11 - Op erating Channels Band Region Freq Range (GHz) No. of Channels Channels 802.11b US/Canada 2.401 - 2.473 11 1 – 11 Europe 2.401 [...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 26 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 7.1 A C E lectrical Characteristics – Transmitter Transm it power is automatically m anaged by the device for m inimum power consum ption. The transmit power at th e RF connector is +15dBm  2 dB m for 802.11b/g Modes ( all rates). 7.2 Performance/Range The following table i[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 27 8.0 Antenn a The unit supports a ntenna connection t hrough a single Hirose U.F L connector, located on the top surface of the radio next to the RF shielding. Any antenna used with the system m ust be designed for operatio n within the 2.4 GHz ISM band and spec ifically must sup[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 28 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 wish to utilize the FCC/I C m odular app roval the con nector choice mus t comply with FCC regulations . These state that a non-standard c onnector, e.g. RP- TNC/RP-SM A, is required . T NC/SMA connectors are not allowed. 8.3 Host Chassis Mounted A ntenna Host Chassis m ounted a[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 29 PCB Embedded – This approach em beds an antenna desig n into the host PCB. This approach is ver y comm on wi th add -in W iFi cards (CF, PCMCIA, SDIO, etc.) as it requires no ext ernal connections and is the che apest production appro ach. The lower product ion cost requires s[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 30 2/21/2011 100-8510-110  Locate the antenna where there is a m inimum of obstruction between th e antenna and the loc ation of the Access Points. Typically Access Points are located in the ceiling or high on walls.  Keep the m ain antenna’s po lariza tion vertical, or in- line with the antenna [...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 31 Link Margin provides a measure of all the parts of the RF path that im pact the ability of two s y stems to communicate. The basic equ ation looks like this: EIRP (dB) = Tx P + TxA – TxC Link Margin (d B) = EIRP – FPL + (RxS + Rx A – RxC) W here: TxP = Tr ansmitter output [...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 32 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 9.0 Mechanical Outl ine – Enterpr ise Class Antenna Connector: RP -SM A (Reverse Polarity – SM A ) Requires 2.4GHz ISM band an tenna, 50 inpu t impedance, RP-SMA connector Serial Connector : DB- 9M (Male) Requires DB-9 (Fe male) Ethernet Connector: RJ -45 Plug Requires RJ-45[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 33 10.0 Mechanical Outl ine – Indu strial Class Terminal Block (Power) 10/100 Ethernet Socke t System Reset Factory Reset 2.1mm Barrel Jack Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 RP-SMA Antenna Connecto r Ø3.56mm [Ø0.14"] Ø3.81mm [Ø0.15"] 107.42mm [4.23"] 28.44mm [1.12&qu[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 34 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 11.0 Getting S ta rted 11.1 Unpack the A irborne Direct ™ Device Unpack the Airborn eDirect ™ Device and compare the pack age contents with the items listed on the f ront of the included Quick Start Guide. If an y item is m issing or damaged, contact Q uatech imm ediately. C[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 35 12.0 Configuring Device – Industrial Se rial (AB DG- SE -IN5XXX) The following descr ibes initial connection to an A irborne Direct ™ Serial De vice Server (ABDG- SE -IN5XXX) . I f you have an Ethernet device (ABGD- ET -DP5XX /IN5010), please go to section 14 .0. If you have[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 36 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 7 The AMC will lo ad and disc over the attac hed device. 8 Right Click the Unmanaged Devi ce then: 1. Select Change Manage ment State 2. Select Manage OEM-Cfg1 3. Select Device OEM-Cfg1 is Fact ory Defa ult 9 The device s status will move to managed and t he devic e will be disp[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 37 12 When the Reboot but ton is pr essed the unit will restart a nd install new se ttings. This may tak e 15- 20 seconds. Ple ase refresh the web interface a fter the boot cycle has comple ted. 13 When confi gured correct ly the LED patte rn should match the following: ABDG- SE - [...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 38 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 13.0 Configuring Devi ce – Enterprise Se rial (A BDG- SE -DP5XX) The ABDG- SE -DP5XX family does not have an Et hernet port for initial configurati on s o initial configuration ca n be perform ed through the serial port. To do this it is necessar y t o connect using the ser ia[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 39 13.3 Determine and Store the Access Point SSID On the Host com puter, use the term inal emulation program to type the following CLI comm ands in the order shown: Table 16 - UART SSID & Aut hentication CLI Command Description wl - scan<CR> The modul e scans for APs and [...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 40 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 13.5 A ccessing the Device Using the Web Interface See section 15.0. 13.6 A ccess ing the Device Using Telnet On the Rem ote computer, use a term inal emulation program to start a T elnet session. To c onnect to the device using T CP/IP, use the IP address obtained in section 13[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 41 14.0 Conf iguring Device – Enterprise /Industria l Ethernet The following instructi ons describe how access the Air b or neDirect ™ Eth ernet device and web interface for initial configuration of the unit. Table 18 - ET -DP5XX/IN5XXX Accessin g the Web Interface 1 Open the A[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 42 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 7 The AMC will lo ad and disc over the attac hed device. 8 Right Click the Unmanaged Devi ce then: 4. Select Change Manage ment State 5. Select Manage OEM-Cfg1 6. Select Device OEM-Cfg1 is Fact ory Defa ult 9 The device s status will move to managed and t he devic e will be disp[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 43 12 When the Reboot but ton is pr essed the unit will restart a nd install new settings. Thi s may take 15- 20 seconds. Ple ase refresh the web interface a fter the boot cycle has comple ted. 13 When confi gured correct ly the LED patte rn should match the following: ABDG- ET -DP[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 44 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 15.0 Using the W eb Interface The AirborneDirect ™ Device Servers an d Wireless Adapters i nclude a web interf ace that provides access to module status, param eter modification and certif icate and configuration file m anagement. To use the web interface f ollow the steps out[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 45 Figure 10 - Defau lt Home Page 15.1 Navigation Bar Figure 11 - Websit e Navigation Bar Table 19 - Navig ation Bar Items Title Description Status Provides statu s and perform ance characteri stics for th e network interface s available. Inclu des connecti on statu s, radio and Et[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 46 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Title Description Network With th is section it is po ssible to locate other Ai rborne Device Server mo dules on th e current network. It is also possibl e to scan fo r available Access Points. Maintenan ce This section allows the u pdating of th e modules fi rmware. You can als[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 47 Figure 13 - Airborne Web Page To select an y of the items, m ove y our cursor over the item and press the Left Hand mouse button . The items in the Navigat ion bar and the Feature Link s are hyperlinks and will cause the mouse curs or to change f orm an arrow pointer to a finger[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 48 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 15.5 Uploading Certificates Adding certificates t o the Airborne Device Serv er module is ver y easy when using the web interf ace. Figure 14 - up load Certificate Web page Table 20 - Up loading Certificates Step De scription Navigation Bar Select Certificat es You will see a li[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 49 To upload configurati on files follow the steps in Tab le 21 . Figure 15 - Uplo ad Configuration Web Page Table 21 - Up loading Configurations Step Description Navigation Bar Select Configuration You will see majo r WLAN paramet ers displayed. Feature Link Select Upload Con figu[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 50 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 15.7 Updating Firmware The module’s f irmware may be updated us ing the web interface . P lease ref er to Table 22 for th e procedure to do this. Updating the firm ware will not alter an y existi ng configuration fil es or certificates loaded on the m odule. You will first nee[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 51 Figure 17 - Firmware Up date in Progress Figure 18 - Firmware Up date Complete Table 22 - Up dating Firmware Step Description Navigation Bar Select Maintenance This will ope n a window showin g the current mo dule status. Feature Li nk Select Update Modul e Firmwa re You will se[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 52 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Step Description Press Browse... But ton This will ope n a dialog bo x in which y ou can locat e the firmware imag e you wish t o upload to th e module . Select th e firmware im age file and press Open . This will ret urn you to the Upload Firm ware window and will have e ntered[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 53 16.0 Express Setup Con figuration Page W hen th e device ’ s web interfac e is accessed for the f irst time an Express Setup page will be shown. This page is designed to allow a quick device set -up by present ing the m ost popular device conf iguration options in a single l o[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 54 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Step Description Select Disc overy OEM Device Name This paramet er allows you to name the device uni quely or group into a functional set. When dev ice discovery is used this name iden tifies the fou nd device. If you wante d to uniqu ely identify the de vice you co uld mark it [...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 55 Step Description Select Ethernet Sta tic IP This field de fines the static IP address fo r the Ethern et interface . When confi gured as a serial de vice server (Ethe rnet interface is in client mode) th is address is onl y used if th e Ethernet DHCP is disabled o r DHC P failed[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 56 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 17.0 Configuring the W ireless Inte rface The following section will outline how to config ure the wirele ss interf ace for both infrastructure and AdHoc networks. 17.1 Configuring for Infrastructure Networks Infrastructure network s use Access Point and/or W ireless Routers to [...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 57 Table 25 - Con figuring Wireless Interfa ce - AdHoc Step Description Navigation Bar Select Configuration You will see a grou p of fiel ds under the banner of WLAN Paramete rs. Feature Li nk Select WLAN Settings This step is opt ional. Th e default home pag e for the Configuratio[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 58 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 18.0 Configuring the Security Settings Almost all 802.11 net works will use some s ort of security to protect the net work from unauthorized use. T here are m any types of securit y options available. T he following section will cover ho w to configure the device f or the most p[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 59 Step Description Option al Press Restart [Bu tton] Restarts the dev ice. After t he device as reboo ted it will attem pt to authen ticate to th e configured network. As l ong as the n etwork is in ran ge th e wireless inte rface will con nect. If the net work is using D HCP then[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 60 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Step Description Option al Press Restart [Bu tton] Restarts the dev ice. After t he device as rebooted i t will attempt t o authenticate to the configure d network. As lo ng as the network is in range th e wireless int erface will conn ect. If the net work is using D HCP then an[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 61 Step Des criptio n Option al Pre ss Restart [B utton] Restarts the dev ice. After t he device as rebooted i t will attempt t o authenticate to the configure d network. As l ong as the net work is in range th e wireless int erface will conn ect. If the net work is using D HCP the[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 62 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Step Description Select CA Certi ficate Filename Enter the n ame of th e Certificate Auth ority (CA) certificat e stored on the de vice. Storing C ertificates on the device is cover in section 15.5. If the net work security does not requi re the use of a CA certi ficate this fie[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 63 19.0 Configuring Net work Settings Once the device is au thenticated to a wireless network communication is p ossible, however before T CP/IP connectivity can be achieved the device must obta in a valid IP address on the W LAN and/or Ethernet interface. The Airborne device sup p[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 64 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Step Description Optional Press Reload [Butt on] Reloads the Ne twork Settings page. S elect this is you have furthe r configuration o ptions to change. Option al Press Restart [Bu tton] Restarts the dev ice. After t he device as rebooted i t will attempt t o authenticate to the[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 65 Step Description Press Commit [Bu tton] Saves change s to the dev ice. Option al Press Reload [Butt on] Reloads the Ne twork Settings page. S elect this is you have furthe r configuration o ptions to change. Option al Press Restart [Bu tton] Restarts the dev ice. After t he devi[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 66 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Step Description Option al Press Restart [Bu tton] Restarts the dev ice. After t he device as rebooted i t will attempt t o authenticate to the configure d network. As l ong as the net work is in range the wire less interf ace will connect. Once auth enticated th e network will [...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 67 Step Description Select Ethernet Ga teway IP Address Enter the assi gned Gateway IP ad dress. The address must be in the f ormat: XXX.XXX.XX X.XXX Press Commit [Bu tton] Saves change s to the dev ice. Option al Press Reload [B utton] Reloads the Ne twork Settings page. S elect t[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 68 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 20.0 Configuring Serial Dev ice Server The ABDG- SE - DP 5XX /IN 5XXX devices are sh ipped preconfigured for us e as Serial Device Servers. All t hat is required is configuration of the W LAN parameters and securit y protocols; however the following section will cover the full c[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 69 Step Description Feature Li nk Select Serial Port 1 Settings/S erial Port 2 Settings The wireless in terface an d security must be configure d before conf iguring the Ethern et settings. Displays a page sh owing the serial port configurat ion, settin g the default mode of operat[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 70 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Table 36 – Con figure Data Tunnel on Serial Port 1 Tun nel Port (T CP) Step Description Navigation Bar Select Configuration You will see a grou p of fiel ds under the banner of WLAN Parame ters. Feature Li nk Select Connection Settings The wireless in terface an d security mus[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 71 20.3 Configuring Serial Port 2 for Access on Tunnel Port A data tunnel can b e made using the devices t unnel port as the network connection port. This do es not require authen ticating with the de vice and automatically initiates t he tunnel connecti on. Configuring the d evice[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 72 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Table 39 - Data T unnel using Tunnel Port on Serial Port 2 Step Description Open TCP socke t to devi ce Using the WL AN IP Address and c onfi gured tunnel port number for S erial Port 2 (Default 8024). 20.4 Configuring Serial Port 1 as TCP Client In this mode the de vice will at[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 73 Step Description Feature Li nk Select Serial Port 1 Settings The wireless in terface an d security must be configure d before confi guring the Etherne t settings. Displays a page sh owing the serial port configurat ion, settin g the default mode of operation for the serial inter[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 74 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Step Description Select Primary TCP Target Se rver IP Addres s – Serial Port 2 Enter the IP addr ess of the primar y target server. The address must be in the f ormat: XXX.XXX.XX X.XXX Option al Select Secondar y TCP Target S erver IP Address – Serial Port 2 Enter the IP add[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 75 21.0 Inst alling and Using the A irborne VirtualCOM Driver Quatech supplies with its serial de vices a virtual COM port dev ice driver for the Micr osoft W indow s operating s ystem. This driver ac ts as a Virtual COM port f or applications requiring the use of a CO M port for d[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 76 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 3 Right Click the Unmanaged Devi ce then: 1. Select Change Manage ment State 2. Select Manage OEM-Cfg1 3. Select Device OEM-Cfg1 is Fact ory Defa ult 4 The status o f the device wi ll move to managed and it will be disp layed under the de vice type/group i t belongs to o. To ins[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 77 8 Select t he Hardware tab. Select t he Device Manager butt on. 9 Select t he Ports (COM & LPT) group a nd the list of availabl e COM ports wi ll be shown. The VCOM por ts will be i dentified as Ethernet S erial Port (CO Mx) , where x wil l be an i nteger. This COMx refe ren[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 78 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 22.0 Replacing a Serial Cable The serial device ser vers can be configured t o act as a cable replacem ent using either an AdHoc or Infrastruc ture network . In this application you will need two (2) Q uatech Serial device servers . Once configured the t wo devices wil l automat[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 79 Step Description Press Relo ad [Butt on] Reloads the WLA N Settings pag e. Option al Press Reload [Butt on] Reloads the Serial Port Settings page. Select this is you have further co nfiguration options to change. Option al Press Restart [Bu tton] Restarts the dev ice. After t he[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 80 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Step Description Feature Li nk Select Connection Settings The target de vice confi guration must be con figured t o make sure th e master dev ice connects to th e correct slave. A page showing t he confi guration options for TC P/IP and UDP conne ctions to and from the devi ce. [...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 81 23.0 Configuring Ethernet Adap ter The ABDG- ET - DP 5XX /IN 5X XX devices are shipped p reconfigured for use as an Ethernet adapter. All that is requ ired is configuration of the W LAN parame ters and sec urity protocols; however the following section will cover the full config[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 82 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 The Private network is the wired interf ace provided by the bridge. T his interface includes a DHCP server an d supports d y nam ic and static IP address ass ignment. This means an y Ethernet client supporti ng DHCP can be connec ted to the wired interf ace without any configura[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 83 Figure 21 - Airborne Ethernet Bridge IP Configurat ion The public net work interface supports the Air borne ™ d iscovery protocol and will respond to discover y requests issued on the publ ic network. 23.2 Private Network Interface The private network interface is on the Eth e[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 84 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Step Description Feature Li nk Select Network S ettings The wireless in terface an d security must be configure d before conf iguring the net work settings. A page showing t he range of network options an d fields, fo r both the WLAN and Ethernet i nterfaces, i s displayed. Sele[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 85 Step Description Feature Li nk Select Ethernet Se ttings The wireless in terface an d security must be configure d before conf iguring the Ethern et settings. A page showing th e range of Eth ernet options an d fields, set ting the mode of operation for the Ethern et interface i[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 86 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Step Description Option al Press Restart [Bu tton] Restarts the dev ice. After t he device as rebooted i t will attempt to authenticate to the confi gured net work. As long as the network is in range th e wireless interface will connect. Access to the pu blic network from the pr[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 87 24.0 W eb Page Overv iew The following section highlights the contents of each web page and pro vides a reference to the associated CLI com m and. For further explanation of each of the fields please ref er to the referenced com mand in the table (See Airborne Enterprise Com man[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 88 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Module Statu s URL /Status/Module St atus De scription The home pag e when aut henticated to the Airbo rne device, this page provide s important information about th e device’s firm ware version, wirel ess connecti on status an d wireless interface network configurat ion. Fiel[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 89 Ethernet Sta tus URL /Status/Ethernet Status De scription Provides impo rtant inform ation about the devi ce’s firmware versi on, Ethernet connectio n status and Ethernet i nterface n etwork configurati on. Field CLI Command Displayed Page eth-info[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 90 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Ethernet D HCP Client s URL /Status/Ethernet DHCP Clie nts De scription Displays th e IP address issued by the D HCP server to specific MAC addresses. Field CLI Command Displayed Page eth-dhcp-clients[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 91 Radio Stati stics URL /Status/Radio Stat istics De scription Provides inf ormation abo ut the packet transmit an d receive perf ormance of th e wireless int erface. Field CLI Command Displayed Page stats <blank> or radio[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 92 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Ethernet Sta tistics URL /Status/Ethernet Statisti cs De scription Provides inf ormation abou t the packet t ransmit an d receive perf ormance of the Ethernet i nterface. Field CLI Command Displayed Page stats ethernet[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 93 Express Setup URL /Configurat ion/Express Setup De scription A page that pro vides a simpl ified conf iguration o ption set in a singl e page. Is the defau lt home page when confi guring th e device for the first time or af ter a factory reset has be en perform ed. Field CLI Com[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 94 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 WLAN Subnet Mask wl-subnet Ethernet Static IP Address eth-ip Ethernet Subnet Mask eth-subnet[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 95 WLAN Sett ings URL /Configurat ion/WLAN Set tings De scription Configu res the wirele ss interface setti ngs including n etwork name and type . Field CLI Command Radio Startup Mode radio-on, radio-off Wireless LAN Connection Type wl-type Wireless LAN Channel wl-chan SSID wl-ssid[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 96 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 WLAN Security Settings URL /Configurat ion/WLAN Secu rity Settings De scription Configu res the security set tings for the target net work. Field CLI Command Wireless LAN Security Type wl-security Authentication Type wl-auth LEAP User Name user-leap LEAP Password pw-leap Default[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 97 EAP Identity eap-ident EAP Password eap-password EAP Anonymous Identity eap-anon-ident EAP Phase String 1 eap-phase1 EAP Phase String 2 eap-phase2 EAP Subject Match String subject-match EAP Subject Match 2 String subject-match2 EAP Alternate Subject Match String alt-subject-matc[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 98 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Network Setting s URL /Configurat ion/Network Se ttings De scription Configu res the wirele ss and Ethernet interface network setti ngs including DH CP, static IP and fall back configurat ions. Field CLI Command DNS Server1/2 IP Address dns-server1, dns-server2 WINS Server1/2 IP[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 99 WLAN Subnet Mask wl-subnet WLAN Gateway IP Address wl-gateway WLAN DHCP Fallback wl-dhcp-fb WLAN Fallback to Last DHCP IP Address wl-dhcp-fbauto Save Last WLAN DHCP IP Address as Fallback IP Addresss wl-dhcp-fbper WLAN Fallback IP Address wl-dhcp-fbip WLAN Fallback Gateway IP Ad[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 100 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Serial Port Setting s URL /Configurat ion/Serial Port S ettings De scription Configu res the serial po rt settings on the pri mary serial port. Field CLI Command Serial Port Bit Rate bit-rate, parity-p1 Parity parity, parity-p1 Data Bits data-bits, data-bits-p1 Stop Bits stop-b[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 101 Serial Port 2 Settings URL /Configurat ion/Serial Port 2 Settings De scription Configu res the serial port settings on th e secondary seri al port. Field CLI Command Serial Port Bit Rate parity-p2 Parity parity-p2 Data Bits data-bits-p2 Stop Bits stop-bit-p2 Flow Control flow-p[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 102 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Connection Settings URL /Configurat ion/Connecti on Settings De scription Configu res the data t unnel and network port setti ngs for bot h serial ports. Incl udes managem ent of port access and servi ce availabi lity. Field CLI Command Connect LED Mode wl-con-led Wireless UDAP[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 103 Tunnel Mode wl-tunnel-mode, wl-tunnel-mode-p1 TCP Port wl-tcp-port, wl-tcp-port-p1 TCP Timeout wl-tcp-timeout, wl-tcp-timeout-p1 TCP Retry Time wl-retry-time, wl-retry-time-p1 Primary TCP Target Server IP Address wl-tcp-ip, wl-tcp-ip-p1 Secondary TCP Target Server IP Address wl[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 104 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Ethernet Se ttings URL /Configurat ion/Etherne t Settings De scription Configu res the Eth ernet i nterface for Ai rborneDire ct™ Ethernet de vices. Field CLI Command DHCP Server Enabled eth-dhcp-server Ethernet Role eth-role MAC Cloning wl-mac-cone Ethernet Port Speed/Dup[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 105 Wireless Rou ting Settings URL /Configurat ion/Wireless Rout ing Sett ings De scription Configu res the port forwarding routi ng rules fo r the wireless int erface.. Field CLI Command Wireless Routing Default wl-route-default Add rule [Button] wl-route[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 106 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Ethernet R outing Sett ings URL /Configurat ion/Ethernet Routing Settin gs De scription Configu res the firewall ro uting rules for th e Ethernet interface.. Field CLI Command Ethernet Routing Default eth-route-default Add rule [Button] eth-route[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 107 Advanced Settings URL /Configurat ion/Advanced S ettings De scription Configu res the advan ced configu ration settings fo r the unit, i ncluding auth entication usernames an d passwords, con figurati on of SSH, power save set up, GPIO, indi cator LED an d FTP setti ngs. cont.[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 108 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Field CLI Command OEM Defined Version String Discovery Manufacturer Device Name name-manuf Discovery OEM Device Name name-oem Discovery Device Name name-device Manufacturing User Name user-manuf Administrator Password pw-root Manufacturing Password pw-manuf OEM User Name user-o[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 109 Association Retry Count wl-assoc-retries Association Backoff Time (msec) wl-assoc-backoff ARP Staleout Time arp-staleout-time ARP Reachable Time arp-reachable-time Use Directed Probes wl-specific-scan Lost Association Link Timeout wl-link-timeout Startup Message Mode startup-ms[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 110 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Upload Co nfiguration File URL /Configurat ion/Upload Co nfiguration Fil e De scription Allows user, O EM or encrypted co nfiguration files to be uploaded to th e device. Field CLI Comm and Upload Configuration [button] put-cfg User Config put-cfg user_config.txt Encrypted Conf[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 111 List Configurat ion File URL /Configurat ion/List Conf iguration File De scripti on Displays a li st of the co nfiguration fi les saved to t he device. Field CLI Command Displayed Page list-cfg[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 112 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Delete Con figuration File URL /Configurat ion/Delete Co nfiguration Fil e De scription Allows confi guration files saved to the device to be delet ed. Field CLI Command Delete File [Button] del-cfg[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 113 Active Configura tion URL /Configurat ion/Active Configuration De scription Displays th e current co nfiguration settings being u sed by the dev ice. Field CLI Command Displayed Page cfg-dump active[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 114 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 User Configu ration URL /Configurat ion/User Conf iguration De scription Displays th e contents of t he user_conf ig.txt con figuration file . Field CLI Command Displayed Page cfg-dump user[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 115 OEM Confi guration URL /Configurat ion/OEM Confi guration De scription Displays th e contents of t he oem_conf ig.txt co nfiguration fil e. Field CLI Command Displayed Page cfg-dump oem[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 116 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Factory Configu ration URL /Configurat ion/Factory C onfiguration De scription Displays th e factory co nfiguration setti ngs. These are t he default settin gs delivered f rom the Quat ech factory. Field CLI Command Displayed Page cfg-dump factory[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 117 WPA Configu ration URL /Configurat ion/WPA Con figuration De scription Displays th e current secu rity configurati on settings being used by the devi ce. Field CLI Command Displayed Page cfg-dump wpa[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 118 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 List Certificat es URL /Certificate s/List Certificate s De scription Displays a li st of the cer tificates saved t o the dev ice. This is th e home page for the Certificates li nk. Field CLI Command Displayed Page list-cert[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 119 Upload Cer tificate URL /Certificate s/Upload Certifi cate De scription Enables certifi cates and priv ate keys to be uplo aded to th e device. Field CLI Command Upload Certificate [Button] put-cert[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 120 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Delete Certifica te URL /Certificate s/Delete Certif icate De scription Allows certif icates store d on the device t o be delete d. Field CLI Command Delete Certificate [Button] del-cert[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 121 Network (Home Page) URL /Network De scription Home page fo r the netwo rk related pages. Field CLI Command Displayed Page wl-info[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 122 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Discover Airborn e Modu les URL /Network/Discover A irborne Modu les De scription Displays a li st of Airborn e devices, with IP addr ess, device ty pe and W ireless or Ethe rnet MAC address, vi sible to th e device on th e current netwo rk. Field CLI Command Displayed Page dis[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 123 Scan for Acc ess Points URL /Network/Scan for A ccess Point s De scription Displays a li st of wireless n etworks with in range of the device Field CLI Command Displayed Page wl-scan[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 124 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Maintenanc e (Home Page ) URL /Maintenance De scription Home page fo r the mai ntenance relat ed pages. Field CLI Command Displayed Page sys-info[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 125 Update Modu le Firmware URL /Maintenance/Updat e Modul e Firmware De scription En ables mo dule firmwar e to be updat ed. Field CLI Command Load New Firmware [Button] update[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 126 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Reset Factor y Defaults URL /Maintenance/Reset Factory Defaults De scription Returns devi ce to factory defaults. If oem_conf ig.txt i s present thi s will take precedence over t he factory con figuration . Field CLI Command Yes [Button] reset[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 127 Restart Modu le URL /Maintenance/Restar t Modul e De scription Restarts device. Field CLI Command Yes [Button] restart[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 128 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Blink the POST LE D URL /Maintenance/B link the PO ST LED De scription Starts the POST LED blin king. This ident ifies the specific device be ing communicat ed with. Field CLI Command Displayed Page blink-post-led on[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 129 Stop Blinking the POST LE D URL /Maintenance/St op Blin king the POST L ED De scription Stops the PO ST LED blin king. Field CLI Command Displayed Page blink-post-led off[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 130 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 Change Modu le Persona lity URL /Maintenance/Ch ange Module Personal ity De scription Allows devices pe rsonalit y to be modifi ed, including t he enabli ng or disabling of ports. Field CLI Command Module Personality [Heading] device-type Serial Port 1 [Check Box] serial-port, [...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 131 25.0 Certification & Re gulatory App rovals The unit complies with the following agenc y approvals: Table 47 - Reg ulatory Approvals Country Standard Status North Ameri ca (US & Canada) FCC Part 15 Sec. 15.107, 15.1 09, 15.207, 15.209, 15.247 Modular Approv al Complete [...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 132 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 25.3 Information for Canadian Users (IC Notice) This device has bee n designed to operate with an antenna having a m aximum gain of 5dBi for 80 2.11b/g band . An antenna having a hig her gain is strictly prohibited per reg ulations of Industr y Canada. The req uired antenna imp[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 133  FCC Part 15 – Ra dio Frequency Devices  FCC Public Notice – DA - 00 -1407A1 (June 26 th , 2000) Quatech recomm ends that during the integrati on of the radio, into the cus tomers system, that an y design guidelines be followed. Please contact Quatech Technical Suppor[...]

Quatech, Inc. AirborneDirect™ User Man ual 134 2/21/2011 100-8510-110 26.0 Physical & En vironment al Approvals The device has pass ed the following prim ary physical and environm ental tests. The test methods ref erenced are def ined in SAE J1455 Aug1994. Table 49 - Mec hanical Approvals Test Reference Conditions Temperature Range (Operation[...]

AirborneDirect™ Users Guid e Quatech, Inc. 100-8510-110 2/21/2011 135 27.0 Change L og The following table indicates all changes m ade to this document: Version Date Section Change Descripti on Author 1.0 2/2/2011 - Initial Release CHM 1.1 2/18/2011 4.0 Added product pictures ACR 6.1 Table 1: Added RS232 Power on pin 9 pin out. 6.6 Added section [...]