B&B Electronics WLNN-EK-DP551 Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide

Airborne™ Evaluation kit
WLNN-EK-DP55x

Revision v1.5

August 2013

Part Number: 710-10086-01

Kit Contents:

Upon receiving the kit please check that you received the following:

 One Airborne™ Enterprise Module Evaluation Circuit Board Assembly (EVB)
 One Airborne™ WLNN-EK-DP551 module (mounted to EVB)
 5VDC Power Supply (2.1mm barrel jack)
 Two 2dBi, 2.4GHz/5Ghz 50 ohm, omni-directional antenna
 DB9-to-DB9 Serial Cable (Null Modem)
 USB to Serial Adapter (232USB9M-LS)
 CAT5 Ethernet Cable
 Quick Start Guide
 Airborne™ software and documentation CD

If any of the above contents are missing or appear to be damaged please contact B&B Electronics Sales support directly at [phone] or

[e-mail].

What you will need:

To evaluate the unit you will need the following components and facilities:

 EVB unit with included antenna attached.
 Laptop or desktop system with an Ethernet port.
 Power outlet for power supply.
 802.11b/g/n or 802.11a/n network for testing the unit, either AdHoc or Infrastructure (Access Points) mode. The test network

configuration must be known. Required information will include:

o SSID (Wireless network name).
o Security settings (WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc.).
o Security credentials (passphrase, key or certificates).
o Static IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway address if static IP addresses are used on the test network.

 A web browser on the laptop top or desktop (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Chrome v4.0 are supported).

Airborne™ Evaluation Kit Quick Start Guide

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Getting Started:

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1

Open the Airborne™ Evaluation Kit packaging and locate the Install CD.

2

Place the CD in the CD/DVD drive of the laptop or desktop you will be using to configure the Airborne™
device. Follow the on screen directions for installation of the appropriate device software and
documentation.

3

Connect the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the EVB and to an Ethernet port on the laptop or
desktop system.

Change the IP configuration of the laptop/desktop Ethernet interface to the following:

DHCP Status: Disable DHCP and use a static IP configuration
IP Address: 192.168.2.101
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway IP Address: 192.168.2.100

4

Apply power to the Evaluation Kit. Move the Power switch (SW1) to the Power On position.

5

The EVB will boot. Confirm that the POST LED is illuminated (Orange). This indicates the module is ready
to be configured.

If the POST LED is not illuminated check the power connections and reapply power (Make sure that
SW1 is in the correct position). If the POST LED does not illuminate, contact B&B Electronics Technical
Support.

6

Run the Airborne Management Center (AMC) application. This was installed during the CD installation
and a menu item will be found in the Airborne folder located in the Programs directory of your
system. When the application opens the following dialog will be displayed:

Select Group Name: manuf and enter Group Password: dpac

7

The AMC will discover the EVB and show the following message:

Press Yes

8

The AMC will ask of the devices are factory default:

Press Yes