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    TECHNIC AL MANU AL For WiSER2400.IP WiSER2400.Plus 802.11 Wireless Serial Solutions http://ww w.otcw ireless.c om[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 2 of 32 Technical Manual For WiSER2400.IP WiSER2400.Plus 802.11 Wireless Serial Solutions Copy right Information in th is docu ment is subject to change without notice. Compl ying with all app licable cop yright laws is th e responsibi [...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 3 of 32 TA BLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 1. Installation 6 1.2 Installation of WiSER2400 Adm inistrative Software 9 1.3 Installation of VirCOM, the virtual ser ial COM port redirector 9 2. WiSER Deployment Strategies 10 2.1 Using the W[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 4 of 32 I I N N T T R R O O D D U U C C T T I I O O N N The W iSER2400.IP a nd the W iSER2400 .Plus are IEEE 802.11b c ompliant devices with built-in serial interf aces. They are designed to allow non- wirelessly enabl ed serial devices[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 5 of 32 Key Features Specifications W orks with any 802.11b or 802.11g access point Supports peer-to-peer networking with one another or any 802.11b /g station devices Supports TCP/IP and UDP networking over 802.11 Plug & Play opera[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 6 of 32 1 1 . . I I n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n 1.1.1 Standard Hardw are WiSER2400.IP WiSER2400.Plus 1 W iSER2400.IP radio 1 RS232-P cable 1 RS232-C cable 1 ac-dc power adapter 1 pair of Velcro mounting pads 1 W iSER2400[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 7 of 32 1.1.4 Sel ecting the Serial Mode for WiSER2400.Plus WiSER2400.IP The W iSER2400.Plus has a 4-position dipswitch next to the min i Phoenix connector for s electing the seri al operating mode: RS-232 RS-485 (select RS-485 and half[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 8 of 32 WiSER2400.Plus This sec tion des cribes th e signal s expected on the mini-Ph oenix connector pins. 10-pin mini-Phoenix termina l : Pin: 1. DATA+(RS-485) 2. DATA- (RS-485) 3. N/C 4. TX+ (RS-422) 5. TX- (RS-422) 6. RX+ (RS-422) 7[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 9 of 32 1.2 Installation of WiSE R2400 Administrative S oftware 1.3 Installation of VirCOM, the v irtual serial COM port redirector 1.2.1 System Requirements 1.3.1 System Requirements To support the W iSER2400 administra tive software, [...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 10 of 32 2 2 . . W W i i S S E E R R D D e e p p l l o o y y m m e e n n t t S S t t r r a a t t e e g g i i e e s s 2.1 Using the WiSER 2400 in a Point-to-po int Link 2.1.1 Using the WiS ER2400 in a point-to-point link Scheme 1 See Fig[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 11 of 32 Fig. 5[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 12 of 32 2.1.2 Using the WiS ER2400 in a point-to-point link Scheme 2 See Figure 6 (overleaf) Configure the W iSER2400 on the device side to match its serial parameters (baud rate, parity bit, … etc.) w ith that of the serial device i[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 13 of 32 Fig. 6[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 14 of 32 2.2 Using the WiSER 2400 in a Point-to-m ultiple point Link 2.2.1 Using the WiSER2400 in a point-to- multiple point link Scheme 3 See Figure 7 (overleaf) Connect the PC to an 802.11b/g access point, or us e a PC with a built-in[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 15 of 32 Fig. 7[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 16 of 32 2.2.2 Using the WiSER2400 in a point-to- multiple point link Scheme 4 See Figure 8 (overleaf) Configure each W iSER2400 on the device side to match its serial parameters (baud rate, parity bit, … etc.) w ith that of the seria[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 17 of 32 Fig. 8[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 18 of 32 3 3 . . U U s s i i n n g g t t h h e e W W i i S S E E R R 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 A A d d m m i i n n i i s s t t r r a a t t i i o o n n S S o o f f t t w w a a r r e e 3.1 Overview This cha pter desc ribes the functionalit y an d o[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 19 of 32 Fig. 10 Adm inistrative software dialog with a PC co nnected to the W iSER2400 via a serial cable Fig. 11 Adm inistrative software dialog with a PC co nnected to the W iSER2400 wirelessly. Fig. 10 shows the a dministrative prog[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 20 of 32 3.2 Password Pro tection Before any cha nge/modification can be ma de to th e configurati on of a W iSER2400, a password m ust be submi tted before the c onfiguration command is executed. After entering the p assword, click “[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 21 of 32 3.3 Link Status The Link Status page displ ays wireless link informa tion such as SSID (of the access p oint the W iSER2400 is connected with, or the group ID in an ad-hoc peer-to-peer network), the fi rmware version and releas[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 22 of 32 3.4 Configuration Page The Configuration page ha s four sections: Serial Port Serial IP Proxy W ireless Port Peer Host After selecting the desired section, click on the Refresh button at the bottom of the page to bring up the c[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 23 of 32 3.4.1 Seri al Port (Refer to Fig. 14 on previous page). Serial Parameter Baud rate: for setting the bau d rate of the W i SER2400’s serial port. Support ed values: 1200, 2400, 48 00, 9600, 14400, 19200, 3 8400, 57600, and 115[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 24 of 32 3.4.2 Seri al-IP-Proxy MAC Address: the MAC address of the W iSER2400. This field is not modifiable. DHCP Enable: Allows the W iSER2400 to obtain IP address from a DHCP server. IP Address: The IP address of the WiSER2400, user [...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 25 of 32 3.4.3 Wi reless Port Wireless Settings SSID : The SSID of the acces s point the W iSER2400 is to be associa ted with; or the peer-to-peer group ID when the W iSER2400 is ope rated in the ad- hoc mode. Max imum: 32 charac ters. [...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 26 of 32 3.4.4 Pee r Host Destination Unit MAC Address: T he MAC address of the destina tion device. IP Address: The des tination IP addre ss of the device that the W iSER2400 radio is set to comm unicate with. For TCP server and UDP mo[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 27 of 32 3.5 Encryption The W iSER2400 s upports W ired Equiv alent Privacy (W EP) security for both 64-bit and 128-bit encryp tions. The Encryption page contains two sections: 3.5.1 Encryption This secti on allows the user to choose fr[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 28 of 32 3.6 Statistics The statistic s of the data traffic throug h both the serial (COM) port and the wireless link is di splayed in this page. Us e th e Refresh button locate d at the bottom of the p age to retrieve/update the most c[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 29 of 32 3.7 Admin Under this tab us ers will find tools for Adm inistrative setting s: Change Passwo rd: Used for changing the password. Ple ase keep a s afe record of changed passwords as lo sing the password could prohibit future cha[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 30 of 32 A A P P P P E E N N D D I I X X Troubleshootin g Blank Pages Appear When Opening the Administrative Program This is possibly due to the unavailability of the COM port. Check the Connection and Status fields at t he bottom of th[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 31 of 32 Limited Warranty Recovering from the Data Only Mode There are two approaches for recovering the W iSER2400 radio from the Data Only Mode. First is to use the Administrative software under wirele ss c onnection s ince the Wi SER[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Technical Manu al Version 2.16 Copyright  2001- 2005, OTC Wireles s, Inc. All Rights Reserv ed Page 32 of 32 Regulatory Compli ance FCC Part 15 Declaration of Conformity (DoC ) The equipment is confirm ed to comply with the requirements of FCC Part 15 rules. The operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may [...]