AvaLAN Wireless AW900iTR User Manual

AvaLAN

WIRELESS

900 MHz Indoor Wireless Ethernet Radio

Industrial-grade, long-range wireless Ethernet systems

AW900iTR

USER’S MANUAL

AW900iTR

Thank you for your purchase of the AW900iTR Indoor Wireless Ethernet Radio.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Operational Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Physical Setup Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Digital Setup Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

LCD Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Technical Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Radio Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Antenna Alignment Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Transmitter to Reciever Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Abbreviation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

User’s Manual

The AW900iTR includes:
(1) AW900iTR radio in extruded aluminum box
(1) AW2-900 2.5dBi omnidirectional antenna
(1) 110 VAC to 12 VDC power adapter

The AW900iTR-PAIR includes:

(2) AW900iTR precongured radios in extruded aluminum box

(2) AW2-900 2.5dBi omnidirectional antenna
(2) 110 VAC to 12 VDC power adapter

If you have any questions when conguring your AvaLAN system, the best place to get answers is

to visit www.avalanwireless.com. You will also nd the latest updates there. If more assistance
is needed, send email to [e-mail].

To speak to a live technician, please call technical support at the number below during normal
business hours.

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Revision 03.21.2013

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Compatible Accessories

Antennas

AW11-900 AW10-900 AW15-900

900 MHz Directional 11 dBI
YAGI Antenna

900 MHz Directional 10 dBI
Panel Antenna

900 MHz Directional 15 dBI
YAGI Antenna

AW3X-900 AW5M-900 AW5P-900

900 MHz Omnidirectional
3 dBI Armored Antenna

900 MHz Omnidirectional
5 dBI Magnetic Antenna

900 MHz Omnidirectional
15 dBI Pole Antenna

Accessories

AW-12VA

AW-LA

Auto Adapter Lightning Arrestor

AW-RFx900

x = 4ft, 10ft, 25ft or 50ft

900 MHz Antenna Extension
Cable

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Warranty

AW-Warranty-900

These items can be found on our website,
www.avalanwireless.com

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Quick Start Guide

PROGRAMMING:

Step 1. Gather the AvaLAN radios, power supplies, 2x CAT5 cables and a computer with an RJ45

Ethernet interface.

Step 2. Connect the radios one at a time directly to the PC via an Ethernet cable. Set your computer
to an IP address of 192.168.17.1 (refer to page 6 for detailed instructions). Enter the radio’s default
IP address* of 192.168.17.17 into a web browser.

Step 3. Enter the password and click login. The default password is “password”.

Step 4. Click “advanced admin” at the bottom of the web page.

Step 5. Toggle to select the device type - Access Point or Subscriber Unit. An access point (AP) can

communicate with up to 16 Subscriber Units (SU).

• For the AP, enter the maximum number of SUs communicating with the AP.

• For each SU, set the subscriber ID incrementing from one. (Ex. 1, 2, 3, etc.)

Step 6. Enter the “Network Name” and “Encryption Key” using numbers “0-9” and characters “A-F”.
All radios in a single network must have the same “Network Name” and “Encryption Key”.

TESTING:

We recommend connecting and powering up the units on the bench before deploying in the eld.

During bench testing, keep the radios at least 10 feet apart to prevent overload of radio receivers.

Step 1. Power on all the radios with the computer wired directly to the AP.

Step 2. Use the AvaLAN IP nder utility to assign a unique IP address to each radio. (See page x)

Step 3. Open a web browser to view the operation of all the radios. (See page y)

Step 4. Perform PING ood testing to simulate network data and observe overall performance.

INSTALL:

Every installations is dierent, however radio performance is typically best at shorter distances

using directional antennae with unobstructed paths in low noise environments. It can be challenging
to determine the best approach for a unique installation. The radio’s browser interface has a link
performance statistics and a spectrum analyzer display that is helpful for troubleshooting radio
interference noise levels. (See page 9).

Please call AvaLAN Technical Support for assistance as needed.

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Operational Summary

The AW900iTR Radio allows the user to create a long-range, wireless Ethernet network with up to

16 subscriber units per access point. The conguration may include any combination of AW900iTR,

AW900xTR and AW900xTP radios. (Please note that older AvaLAN 900 MHz radios can exist on the
same LAN but cannot be used to form wireless links with the AW900iTR units because link encryption
protocols have changed.)

Conguring a wireless link with the AW900iTR requires the establishment of six elements:

• Each radio must know whether it is to be an access point (AP) or subscriber unit (SU).

• Each radio must have an IP address that is unique among all others on the same network.

• The AP must know how many SUs are expecting communication with it.

• The AP and any given SU must agree on which radio frequency channel they are using. This can

be manually set or allowed to change automatically.

• The SU must be assigned a unique subscriber ID to specify which time division slot it will use
when communicating with the AP.

• The AP and any given SU must share a common 128-bit encryption key and 32-bit network name.

The access point (AP) automatically scans for the best of the 12 available radio frequency channels,
encrypts Ethernet data received from the network, and transmits it wirelessly to the correct subscriber
unit (SU). The AP is constantly monitoring the radio link and can automatically change the channel
if performance is degraded due to interference. If two AP units are very close to one another, they
may interfere if operating on adjacent frequency channels. Place them at least 10 feet apart and
manually select non-adjacent channels for their operation. Also, the SU should be placed at least 10
feet from the AP to avoid overloading the radio’s receiver.

Any 10/100 BaseT Ethernet client device (ECD) can be connected to an AW900iTR subscriber unit.

Each SU encrypts Ethernet trac received from the attached ECD and transmits the data wirelessly

to its AP. Each SU can be plugged directly into an ECD without adding drivers or loading software.

Essentially, once the AP/SU pair is congured and running, it behaves like a transparent Ethernet
cable that encrypts and then passes all trac including VLANs.

Physical Setup

1. Before placing the radio in its nal location, it may be best to perform the digital setup procedure

described in the next section.

2. Connect the AW900iTR’s RP-TNC RF connector to a suitable antenna. A 2 dBI omni-directional
dipole antenna (AW2-900) is included and is suitable for testing and general applications. Application

specic antennas are available if greater range and/or directionality is required. Choose one of our

other antenna models that can be found on our website at www.avalanwireless.com.

3. Power is provided to the unit by means of the 120 VAC to 12 VDC 0.5A wall power supply.

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Digital Setup

1. Digital conguration is done by means of the AW900iTR’s built in browser interface. It should be
powered on and connected at least temporarily to a network containing a computer that can run a
conventional web browser.

2. Download the AvaLAN IP Discovery Utility from our website and extract

ipnder.exe from the zip archive, placing it on your desktop or in a convenient folder.

http://www.avalanwireless.com/marketing_resources/downloads/ipnder.zip

Note: This utility only runs on Microsoft Windows, not linux or MAC. If you must use a non-Windows

computer for conguration, make sure your subnet mask allows your computer to see 192.168.17.17.

Connect to that default IP address with your web browser and continue the setup procedure with
step 6.

How to congure static IP address for Windows 7.

Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center

Click
Properties

Click local area
connection

Double Click
Internet
Protocol
Version 4
(TCP/IPv4)

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