Mimer RadioServer Instructions Manual
Mimer RadioServer
Technical description and set-up instructions
Rev F
Release date April 05, 2017
A Mimer SoftRadio system can be configured in many ways. This paper
describes the basic use of a Mimer RadioServer and how to set it up.
Please also refer to the standard setup instructions for SoftRadio and to the
information provided on the web pages.
www.softradio.se
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1 Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents.................................................................................... 3
2 General ................................................................................................... 4
3 The RadioServer ...................................................................................... 5
3.1 Settings in the RadioServer ............................................................. 5
4 Connecting to the RadioServer ............................................................... 6
4.1 Connect your PC .............................................................................. 6
4.2 Login ................................................................................................ 6
5 Setting up connections to the devices ................................................... 7
5.1 Interface ID ...................................................................................... 7
5.2 IP Address ........................................................................................ 8
5.3 Port .................................................................................................. 8
5.4 Password ......................................................................................... 8
5.5 Submit changes ............................................................................... 8
5.6 Save and Load from file ................................................................... 8
5.7 Configuration history ...................................................................... 8
6 Change network settings ........................................................................ 9
6.1 Static IP ............................................................................................ 9
6.1.1 IP address ................................................................................. 9
6.1.2 Netmask ................................................................................... 9
6.1.3 Gateway ................................................................................. 10
6.2 Dynamic IP ..................................................................................... 10
6.3 Important note regarding Gateways ............................................. 10
7 Other commands .................................................................................. 11
7.1 Change password .......................................................................... 11
7.2 Checking RadioServer status ......................................................... 11
7.3 Show the server log ....................................................................... 12
7.4 Allowed users ................................................................................ 13
7.5 Change Server name ..................................................................... 13
8 Setting up the Mimer SoftRadio client ................................................. 14
9 Mimer RadioServer summary: .............................................................. 15
9.1 Note ............................................................................................... 15
9.2 Power failure ................................................................................. 15
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2 General
Mimer RadioServer is a component in the Mimer family of products for
network operated 2-way radios.
The RadioServer is used to allow many operators to remotely connect to one
or more Mimer radios at a single site via TCP-connections. This can be used
to allow access from users at different locations to radio resources at a
single site, like a remote radio site or a command centre with local radios.
A standard Mimer Network interface allows only one user to connect
remotely via TCP. If another user tries to connect he will get the message
“Server not found” because there is no free TCP server socket to connect to.
Typical setup where a RadioServer is needed, with two radios and two
remote operators
Mimer Radio Server solves this situation by allowing many simultaneous
operator connections for each radio attached to the server. The RadioServer
can handle up to 32 locally placed radios and up to 32 operators. However a
total of max 64 connections are allowed.
2 radios x 32 operators
4 radios x 16 operators
8 radios x 8 operators
16 radios x 4 operators
32 radios x 2 operators
The RadioServer has two Ethernet connections. This means it can serve as a
router to the Internet connection. By default the local network connection
has a static IP address and the WAN connection uses dynamic IP address
assignment, but this can be changed if needed.
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The RadioServer can also be used in an existing Local Area Network (LAN)
which has a router towards the Internet. In this case only the Local network
connection on the RadioServer needs to be used.
3 The RadioServer
The Radio Server is basically a computer that runs a Debian based Linux
operating system. Network settings are configured in a standard Linux
way, using configuration files.
Settings for the Mimer system are defined in configuration files.
The Radio Server has an ssh server and an ftp server so it can be accessed and
configured via network connections.
3.1 Settings in the RadioServer
From version 1.29 of the software and forward all settings are made through
a standard web browser. Earlier versions needs the use of an ssh client like
PuTTY or similar. This is not described in this manual.
After logging on to the server you can change what radios to connect to, the
IP-settings, password etc.
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