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    TECH NICAL MANUA L For WiSER2400.IP WiSER2400.Plus 802.11 Wireless Serial Solutions http://w ww .otcwireless.com[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 2 of 32 Techn ical M anual For WiSER2400.IP WiSER2400.Plus 802.11 Wireless Serial Solutions Copy right Information in this document is subject to chan ge without notice. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsi bilit[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 3 of 32 TA BLE OF CON TENTS INTRODUCT ION 4 1. Installation 6 1.2 Installation of W iSER2400 Administrative Software 9 1.3 Installation of VirCOM, the virtual serial COM port redir ector 9 2. WiSER Deployment Strategies 10 2.1 Using the[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved 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 and the W iSER240 0.Plus are IEEE 802.11b co mpliant devices w ith built-i n serial interfac es. They are designed to allow non- wirelessly enabled serial device[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 5 of 32 Key Features Specifications W ork s with any 802.11b or 802 .11g acces s point Supports p eer-to-peer net working with one an other or any 802.11b /g station de vices Supports TCP/IP and UDP networking over 802.1 1 Plug & Pl[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved 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 Hardware WiSER2400.IP WiSER2400.Pl us 1 W i SER2400.IP radio 1 RS232-P cable 1 RS232-C cable 1 ac-dc po wer adapter 1 pair of Velc ro mounting pads 1 W i SER[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 7 of 32 1.1.4 Selecting the Serial Mode for WiSER24 00.Plus WiSER2400.IP The W iSER2400.Plus has a 4-p osition dipswitch next to the mi ni Pho enix connector for selecti ng the serial operating m ode: RS-232 RS-485 (select RS-485 and ha[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 8 of 32 WiSER2400.Pl us This section describes the signals expected on t he min i-Phoenix connec tor pins. 10-pin mini-Phoenix terminal : Pin: 1. DATA+(RS-485) 2. DATA- (RS-485) 3. N/C 4. TX+ (RS -422) 5. TX- (R S-422) 6. RX+ (RS-422) 7[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 9 of 32 1.2 Installation of WiS ER2400 Administrativ e Software 1.3 Installation of VirCO M, the virtual serial COM port redirector 1.2.1 Sy s tem Requirements 1.3.1 Sy s tem Requirements To s upport the W iSER2400 admini strative softw[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved 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 th e WiSER2 400 in a Poi nt-to-point Link 2.1.1 Using the WiSER2400 in a point-to- point link Scheme 1 See Fi[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 11 of 32 Fig. 5[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 12 of 32 2.1.2 Using the WiSER2400 in a point-to- point link Scheme 2 See Figure 6 (overleaf) Configure the W iSER2400 on the devic e side t o match its serial parameters (baud rate, parity bit, … etc.) with that of the serial device [...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 13 of 32 Fig. 6[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 14 of 32 2.2 Using th e WiSER2 400 in a Poi nt-to-multiple point Lin k 2.2.1 Using the WiSER240 0 in a point-to-multiple point link Scheme 3 See Figure 7 (overleaf) Conne ct the PC to an 802.11b/g ac cess point , o r us e a PC with a bu[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 15 of 32 Fig. 7[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 16 of 32 2.2.2 Using the WiSER240 0 in a point-to-multiple point link Scheme 4 See Figure 8 (overleaf) Configure each W i SER2400 on the device s ide to m atch its serial parameters (baud rate, parity bit, … etc.) with that of the ser[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 17 of 32 Fig. 8[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved 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 Overv iew This ch apter d escribes the function ality and o[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 19 of 32 Fig. 10 Administra tive software dialog with a PC con nected to the W iSER2400 via a serial c able Fig. 11 Administra tive software dialog with a PC con nected to the W iSER2400 wirelessly. Fig. 10 shows the adminis trative pro[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 20 of 32 3.2 Pass word Prot ection Before any change/mo dification can be m ade to the conf iguration of a W iSER2400 , a password must be submit ted befo re the config uration command is executed. After entering t he password, clic k ?[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 21 of 32 3.3 Link Status The Link Status pag e displays wireless l ink informa tion such as SSID (o f the access poi nt the W iSER2400 is co nnected with, or the group ID in an ad-hoc peer-to-peer net work), the firmware version and rel[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 22 of 32 3.4 Configuration P age The Configuration page has four sections: Serial P ort 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 [...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 23 of 32 3.4.1 Serial Port (Refer to Fig. 14 on previous page ). Serial Parameter Baud rate: for setting t he baud rate of the W iSER2400’s seri al port. Supported value s: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 14400, 1920 0, 38400, 5760 0, and 115[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 24 of 32 3.4.2 Serial-IP-Proxy MAC A ddress: the MAC address of the W iSER2400. This fi eld i s not modifiabl e. DHCP Enable: Allows the W iSER2400 to obtain IP address from a DHCP server. IP Address: T h e IP address of the W iSER2400,[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 25 of 32 3.4.3 Wireless P ort Wireless Settings SSID : The SSID of the access po int the W i SER2400 is to be associa ted with; or the pee r-to-peer group ID when the W iSER2400 is operated in the ad- hoc mode. M aximum: 32 c haracters.[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 26 of 32 3.4.4 Peer Host Destination Unit MAC A ddress: The M AC address of th e destinati on device. IP Address: The des tination IP addres s of the device that the W iSER2400 radio is set to c ommunica te with. Fo r TCP server and UDP[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 27 of 32 3.5 Encryp tion The W iSER2400 supports W ired Equ ivalen t P r ivacy (W EP) security for both 64-bit and 128-bit encrypti ons. T he Encryption page contains two sections: 3.5.1 Encry ption This section allows the user to cho o[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 28 of 32 3.6 Statistics The statis tics of the d ata traffic thro ugh both the s erial (COM) port and the wireless li nk is displa yed in th is pag e. Use the Refresh butto n located at th e bottom of th e page to retri eve/update the m[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 29 of 32 3.7 Admin Under this tab users will find t ools for Admi nistrative set tings: Change Passw ord: Used for changin g t he p assword. Please keep a sa fe record of changed passwords as losi ng the password could prohibit future c[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 30 of 32 A A P P P P E E N N D D I I X X Troublesh ooting 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 the bottom of the[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 31 of 32 Limited Warranty Recovering from the Data Only Mode There are two approaches for recove ring the W iSER2400 radio from t he Data Only Mode. First is to use the A dministrative software under wirele ss connection s ince t he W i[...]

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    WiSER 2400 Te chnical Manual Version 2.16 Copyright  20 01-2005, OT C Wireless, Inc. All Rights Res erved Page 32 of 32 Regulatory Co mpliance FCC Part 15 Declaration of Conformity (DoC) The equipment is confirmed t o c omply with the requirements of FCC Part 15 rules. The operation is subject to the following tw o c onditions: 1. This device ma[...]