Zebra Technologies LOS5000B User Manual

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WhereLAN III User’s Guide

WhereLAN III

LOS-5000

User’s Guide

DRAFT

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Typographical Conventions

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Note

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Warnings call attention to a procedure or practice that could result in

personal injury if not correctly performed. Do not proceed until you fully understand and meet the required conditions.

Cautions call attention to an operation procedure or practice that could damage the product, or degrade performance if not correctly performed. Do not proceed until understanding and meeting these required conditions.

Notes provide information that can be helpful in understanding the operation of the product.

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Document Revision History

Revision Description of Changes Date Approved

A Initial Release 10/20/10 GLC B Per ECO C02532 05/09/11 GLC C Addition of Secure Shell, Wi-Fi

8/28/11 SR configuration, Network Autoconfiguration (DHCP), and general errata.

D Per ECO C02834 04/04/12 GC E Per ECO C02879 05/21/12 GC

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Table of Contents Page

TABLE OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................. 5

1 DOCUMENT OVERVIEW ................................................................................................. 8

2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES ................................................................ 8

3 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................ 11

3.1 MECHANICAL ................................................................................................................. 11

3.2 ELECTRICAL ................................................................................................................... 11

3.3 ENVIRONMENTAL ........................................................................................................... 11

3.4 EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS .............................................................................................. 12

4 ACCESSORIES .................................................................................................................. 13

5 CONFIGURATION & CONTROL .................................................................................. 14

5.1 WHERELAN III SELF BOOT ........................................................................................... 14

5.2 WHERELAN III INTERFACE ........................................................................................... 16

5.3 WHERELAN III MAC/ IP ADDRESS CONFIGURATION ................................................... 23

5.4 WI-FI CLIENT CONFIGURATION (LOS-5000-00AB ONLY) ............................................ 39

5.5 WPA SUPPLICANT UPLOAD ........................................................................................... 44

6 INSTALLATION AND MOUNTING .............................................................................. 50

6.1 SAFETY AND INSTALLATION WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS ............................................... 50

6.2 MOUNTING ..................................................................................................................... 51

6.3 3/8THS THREADED ROD ................................................................................................. 53

6.4 POLE MOUNT KIT .......................................................................................................... 55

7 ANTENNAS......................................................................................................................... 61

7.2 VERTICAL DIVERSITY MOUNTING ................................................................................. 65

7.3 WI-FI 802.11 B/G ANTENNAS......................................................................................... 68

8 CABLING ............................................................................................................................ 69

8.1 POWER, AC ................................................................................................................... 70

8.1 ETHERNET ...................................................................................................................... 71

8.2 WI-FI ANTENNA KIT ...................................................................................................... 71

8.3 TIMING CABLE INTERCONNECTION GUIDELINES ............................................................ 77

8.4 LOCATION SENSOR OPERATIONAL VERIFICATION ......................................................... 84

REGULATORY INFORMATION ........................................................................................... 86

APPENDIX A: LOS-5000 EFFECTIVE PROJECTED AREA (EPA) ................................. 89

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APPENDIX B: LOS-5000 WEIGHT ....................................................................................... 90

APPENDIX C: WI-FI REGULATORY COMPLIANCE ..................................................... 91

APPENDIX D: FIRMWARE UPGRADE ............................................................................... 93

APPENDIX E: HYPERTERMINAL BOOT SEQUENCE ................................................... 98

Table of Figures

Figure 1 LOS-5000 LED's ............................................................................................................ 14

Figure 2 Example of LOS-5000-00AB Label ......................................................................... 36

Figure 3 Safety and Warnings ....................................................................................................... 50

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Figure 4 Mounting Points ............................................................................................................. 51

Figure 5 Safety Lanyard................................................................................................................ 52

Figure 6 Threaded-Rod ................................................................................................................. 53

Figure 7 Safety Lanyard................................................................................................................ 54

Figure 8 Pole Mount Kit ............................................................................................................... 55

Figure 9 Bracket Mount ................................................................................................................ 56

Figure 10 Retaining Bolts ............................................................................................................. 57

Figure 11 Location Sensor Mounted ............................................................................................. 58

Figure 12 Pole mount on Pole ....................................................................................................... 59

Figure 13 Location Sensor on Pole ............................................................................................... 60

Figure 14 Office Omni .................................................................................................................. 61

Figure 15 All Weather Omni ........................................................................................................ 61

Figure 16 Minimum clearance to metallic structures ................................................................ 62

Figure 17 Corner mount industrial application ......................................................................... 63

Figure 18 Office omnidirectional in corridor ............................................................................ 64

Figure 19 Vertical Diversity 5ft, ................................................................................................... 66

Figure 20 Vertical Diversity +11ft. ............................................................................................... 67

Figure 21 Vertical Diversity Connections .................................................................................... 68

Figure 22 Location Sensor Connections ....................................................................................... 69

Figure 23 Drip Plug ...................................................................................................................... 69

Figure 24 CBK-020-00 ................................................................................................................. 71

Figure 25 Wi-Fi Cable 1 ............................................................................................................... 72

Figure 26 Wi-Fi Cables Drip Plug ................................................................................................ 73

Figure 27 Wi-Fi Bracket ............................................................................................................... 74

Figure 28 2.2 dBi Dipole .............................................................................................................. 75

Figure 29 2.2 dBi Installed............................................................................................................ 75

Figure 30 Wi-Fi Bracket Remote Antenna ................................................................................... 76

Figure 31 Remote Antenna Clamp ............................................................................................... 76

Figure 32 Timing cable wiring pin out ...................................................................................... 78

Figure 33 Timing Cable Trim ....................................................................................................... 79

Figure 34 Timing Cable Jacket ..................................................................................................... 79

Figure 35 Timing Cable Trim ....................................................................................................... 80

Figure 36 Timing Cable Pull Jacket.............................................................................................. 80

Figure 37 Timing Cable Crimp ..................................................................................................... 81

Figure 38 Test setup for CAT5 cable using Fluke 620 ............................................................. 82

Figure 39 Correct readout when testing 2 pair cable. ................................................................ 83

Figure 40 Location Sensor LED indicators ............................................................................... 84

Figure 41 Ftproot Directory .......................................................................................................... 93

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Figure 42 VSS Firmware 4.0.5.2 Directory .................................................................................. 94

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1 DOCUMENT OVERVIEW

This document describes the basic configuration and recommendations on physical installation of the WhereLAN III product, which is part of the Location Sensor product line. The site design and placement is detailed in the Location Sensor Placement Guide D0406 and WhereLAN III Instruction Sheet (26913), provide with each unit.

2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES

The WhereLAN III is the next generation of WhereLAN product that receives the signals transmitted by WhereTags (ISO 24730-2), and provides data to the Location Algorithm processor. The received tag blinks are decoded, time stamped, and routed to a Windows Server or ZLA (Zebra Location Appliance) for additional processing. The locate algorithm running on the Windows Server or ZLA calculates the tag position based on the time stamps of multiple Location Sensors, and reports that position to the database where it is displayed by Resource Manager.

The WhereLAN III Location Sensor supports the same Real Time Locating System (RTLS) functions as the previous sensor, known as the WhereLAN Location Sensor (LOS). WhereLAN III is fully backwards compatible and may be used, as outlined herein, as a drop-in replacement for any existing LOS. However, the WhereLAN III incorporates modern and patent-pending techniques that result in superior accuracy performance over the current LOS product. In addition, WhereLAN III supports a number of other value-added features, as follows:

Time Synchronization: Like the LOS, WhereLAN III supports wireless and wired time synchronization. However, the product can operate in two distinct time synchronization modes, known as “Legacy” and “Time Synch II” As shipped, the product defaults to Legacy time synchronization. In Legacy mode, WhereLAN III is drop-in compatible with LOS and is backwards compatible with VSS release 3.8. The Legacy Time service relies on various user-defined entities, such as Line-of-Sight lists and Timing Islands. Time Synch II no longer exposes these entities to the end user. A site must run either the Legacy Time service or the Time Synch II service, but not both. In Time Synch II mode, WhereLAN III furnishes additional data required by a new Time Synchronization Process, scheduled for release in Q4 2012, which runs on the Windows Server or ZLA. The Time Synch II service reduces site design complexity and post-install support. It accomplishes this by being “self-configuring” and “self-adjusting”; it hides its configuration details from

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the end user, automatically self configures and automatically adjusts to a wide range of Radio Frequency environmental changes. The new Time Synch II service is substantially different from and is not backwards compatible with the Legacy Time Synch service. In Legacy mode, the embedded wireless time beacons are transmitted over the right channel whereas both the left and right channels are used in Time Synch II mode. Time Synch II can operate in an all WhereLAN IIIs network, an all LOSs network, or a network with mixed WhereLAN IIIs and LOSs. However, in order for Time Synch II to work with LOSs, they must operate in “dual-posting” mode.

Wi-Fi: A variant of the LOS, known as a Locating Access Point (LAP), supports an integral 802.11 b/g/a Access Point. WhereLAN III does not support an integral Access Point. Instead, a variant of WhereLAN III supports establishing an 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi client side connection to any industrystandard Access Point. Unlike WhereLAN III, the LOS does not support establishing Wi-Fi client side connections.

Network Auto-Configuration (DHCP) and IPv6: The WhereLAN III, with the release of VSS 4.0.5.2 support both DHCP IP and IPv6 address assignment. However, the methods used by system software to establish connectivity with the sensors on start-up preclude the full use of (dynamic) DHCP IP addresses. This restriction is being eliminated, in the VSS 4.0.5.2 release, for WhereLAN III sensors by a new process, referred to as Network AutoConfig. This process conveys the IP address of the RTLS server to the WhereLAN IIIs as part of the standard DHCP IP address assignment message exchange. In turn, the WhereLAN IIIs “check-in” with the RTLS server by passing it the MAC address of their Ethernet port. The RTLS server uses the MAC address to “authenticate” the identity of the WhereLAN IIIs by checking for the MAC addresses to be present in the site configuration file.

IEEE 802.3af Power of Ethernet (PoE): WhereLAN III supports industrystandard PoE. This allows for easier installation as it removes the need to run DC power cabling to the unit. PoE may be supplied by any standardscompliant network switch. Alternatively, Zebra offers a single-line PoE injector.

Power Consumption: WhereLAN III consumes just 12 watts, a 31% and 57% reduction relative to the LOS and LAP, respectively.

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The WhereLAN III product line contains the following product skews:

LOS-5000-00AA: This is a “base” WhereLAN III unit, with an integral

802.3af compliant Ethernet interface, supporting wireless and wired timing options.

LOS-5000-00AB: This version adds 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi support, in client mode, to the base unit. This part number is approved for sale to U.S. Federal Government procurements.

LOS-5000-00CA: This is a “base” WhereLAN III unit approved for sale to U.S. Federal Government procurements.

LOS-5000-01AA: This is a “base” WhereLAN III unit incapable of transmitting a wireless time beacon and is approved for sale to U.S. Federal Government procurements.

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3 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

3.1 Mechanical

Size: 10.3 x 1.7 x 12.0

261 x 43 x 305

Weight: 7.0

3.2

in (HxDxW) mm

Lbs Kg

3.2 Electrical

Voltage: 36 to 57

48V nominal Current: .350 (max) Amps Power Dis.: 12.0 (max) Watts Power:

Can be powered by a Zebra approved, Limited AC to DC Power Supply or Power Over Ethernet (POE). See Accessories List

Vdc

3.3 Environmental

Operating Temp.1:

Ingress Protection: 55 IP Humidity

See power supply limits

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-40 to +60 ºC

5 to 95% Non-condensing

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3.4 External Connections

Antenna (2): MCX (Jack) DC Power: 2.5 ID/ 5.5 OD mm (Jack) Opt. Wi-Fi Antenna: SMB (Jack) Ethernet: RJ45 (Jack) 10/100 and 802.3af POE Timing (3): RJ-22 (4 wire telephone handset, Jack)

With the exception of the LOS-5000-00AB model (Wi-Fi backhaul), the WhereLAN III must be wired to a nearby 10/100BaseT Ethernet switch or hub. In addition, the network to which the switch or hub connects must allow full access to a number of standard communication protocols and port ranges (TCP/IP, UDP, ftp, etc). See the Zebra VSS Software Installation Guide for further detail on the interconnecting network requirements. The maximum Ethernet cable run is 328 ft (100 m). If additional distance is required, hubs, repeaters, and fiber (with 10baseT converters) can be used to extend the distance. Refer to IEEE guidelines for Ethernet cabling. The LOS-500000AB must be configured to connect to an IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi network, as outlined in this document.

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4 ACCESSORIES

The accessories indicated below are required to complete the installation of the Location Sensor. Ordering information is supplied where applicable.

Note: Not all accessories are listed or globally available. Check with local sales representative regarding availability.

Accessories Model Number

• All Weather Omni Antenna1

(standard)

• Office Omni Antenna1 (indoor

only)

• DC power cable extender, 50 ft,

Plenum Rated (Indoor Only)

• DC power cable extender, 50ft.,

Outdoor Rated.

• Power Over Ethernet injector

• Power Supply

• Pole Mount Kit:

• Wi-Fi Antenna Kit

• Wi-Fi Indoor Omni Antenna,

2.2dBi

AK-210-10

AK-110-10

PX-010-00

PX-050-00

EP-025-00 PS-040-00 or PS-045-00

RM-510-00 CBK-020-00 AK-170-00

• Wi-Fi Outdoor Omni Antenna,

5.2dBi

• Wi-Fi Outdoor Directional

Antenna, 13.5dBi

AK-151-00

AK-153-00

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5 CONFIGURATION & CONTROL

5.1 WhereLAN III Self Boot

Upon power up, WhereLAN III executes a self-boot process. The boot process takes between 45 to 60 seconds. If a fault occurs during the boot process, the unit may reset and restart the boot process. During that process, the four LEDs blink in a sequence to indicate the current stage of the power up boot process. The LED Process is as follows after initial power is applied.

• 1 LED (Power): The Boot Loader is loading the Kernel.

• 4 LED’s : The Kernel is initialized and is loading the applications,

JFFS2 and CRAM File system

• 1 LED (Power): The Application is loading the FPGA’s and DSP’s

• 2 LED’s (Power and Tag Reception): The unit is initializing the

FPGA’s and DSP’s.

• 1 LED (Power): Unit is booted and ready for operations.

Location Sensor

ower/

ealth

Tag Reception

Ethernet

WLAN

Outdoor Omni Antenna

Figure 1 LOS-5000 LED's

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5.1.1 LED Functions

Once the boot process is complete, the LEDs revert to their standard functions indicating power/health, tag status, Ethernet, and Wi-Fi.

Power

Ethernet

Tag Reception

WLAN

• Power/Health LED: Indicates unit has power and general health of

unit.

o State 1 Steady ON: When the Power LED is steady on, the

unit is healthy and sitedata has been received and is correct.

o State 2 80% Duty Cycle: The Power LED is ON for close to

80% of the time and OFF for a brief period. This indicates either sitedata has not been received or that there is a problem with site data.

o State 3 50% Duty Cycle: The Power LED blinks ON for 1

Second and OFF for 1 Second. This indicates a health check has failed and possible hardware problem. For example, the unit is either not blinking its embedded tag or is not receiving its embedded tag.

• Tag Reception LED: Blinks when WhereTag signals are received.

• Ethernet LED: Is on solid when has connection to an Ethernet

network.

• WLAN LED: Is on solid when Wi-Fi connection is established.

See Appendix F

: For Complete Boot Sequence details.

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5.2 WhereLAN III Interface

After the WhereLAN III has completed its boot process, it is possible to communicate with the unit via the following methods.

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Do not attempt to communicate with the WhereLAN III it has completed the first stage of the boot process (i.e., left LED is solid). Doing so will stop the boot process. The unit must be reset to clear this condition.

These units are configured using:

• SSH (Secure Shell 2) via Ethernet (preferred)

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• WhereWand

• Hyperterminal (or any terminal emulation software) via serial port

SSH is the preferred method of communicating with the WhereLAN III. Use the HyperTerminal is for initial set-up before being installed on a network for setting static IP addresses, if DHCP is not used. In addition to SSH, WhereLAN III also supports Telnet, but this protocol is disabled by default. To use Telnet, you must first enable it via accessing the WhereLAN III configuration menu via SSH or a serial port connection. However, enabling Telnet is not recommended as it sends user name and passwords across the network in the clear.

The Ethernet Communication Parameters are:

• 10/100 Mb/s

• CAT 5 cable/ RJ-45 plug

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Hyperterminal via Serial Port

Communication Parameters:

• Null-modem cable, 9-pin female to 9-pin female

• 19200 baud, RS-232c

• 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, no hardware flow control

HyperTerminal may be used to configure the sensor before connecting it to a network with a DHCP server, or when a rare fault occurs during the first stage of the boot process, or if visibility to the boot process is needed for debugging installation problems.

5.2.1 Establishing an SSH Connection

WhereLAN III supports Secure Shell (SSH), SSH2 being preferred over SSH1. Either the IP address or host name of the unit must be known in order to establish an SSH session.

An SSH session may be established using a freely available application called OpenSSH (supplied by your Zebra Professional Services staff or visit

http://openssh.com for further details, but requires the ssh_zebra_rsa_key

available from Professional Services). Alternatively, other applications, such as PuTTY, may be used as well, but will require the conversion on the ssh_zebra_rsa_key into the appropriate format.

To establish the SSH session, you must use Zebra-supplied key, called “ssh_host_rsa_key” and the “blowfish” passphrase.

The following section shows how to use the OpenSSH application.

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The provided zip archive contains all you need to use OpenSSH. Unzip the file and put it anywhere on your hardrive.

1. Launch a command prompt, and change directory to the folder where you

placed the executable ssh.exe file, for example, “C\OpenSSH”.

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2. Enter the following command at the command prompt:

‘ssh <ip-address> -i ssh_zebra_rsa_key –l root’

Note: The first time you do this from most computers you will be told “can’t establish….” And it will ask you “are you sure?”…enter ‘yes’

3. The application will prompt you for a passphrase, use: ‘blowfish’

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4. WhereLAN III then presents secure access to its Configuration menu.

5.2.2 Enabling Telnet

The WhereLAN-III comes shipped with Telnet Disabled as added network security. However for certain installation and/or customers Telnet may be Enabled via the Menu System.

The enabling of Telnet is done via the numbered menu system either through HyperTerminal or SHH, either will method will provide the same Menu structure. The following example is shown using a direct connection with a Null Modem Serial cable and HyperTerminal Session.

• From the Main Menu select the number that corresponds to ‘Ethernet

Settings’. The WhereLAN III application shows the following submenu:

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• Next select the number that corresponds to ‘Telnet’ and respond with y

to enable (or n to disable) Telnet.

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Press the ESC key and enter the “ff2” password when prompted. The unit will update NVRAM, save your changes, and ask if you wish to reset the unit. After reset, the unit will boot with Telnet support.

Note Telnet User and Password are as follows. User: root Password: password

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5.3 WhereLAN III MAC/ IP Address Configuration

WhereLAN IIIs connect to an IP network over an Ethernet or Wi-Fi interface using TCP/IP, UDP, and other standard network protocols. For the LOS5000-00AB, both the Location Sensor and the embedded Client Card must be independently configured with its own unique IP addresses or for DHCP address assignment. The IP address of each LS must be recorded and entered into the site configuration file, which contains the configuration information for each LS, including its location, and MAC address. This is for versions of VSS prior to the 4.0.5.2 release.

5.3.1 Activating IPv6 Transport

The WhereLAN-III device, running appropriate firmware V5.0.1 or later, will automatically generate a link-local IPv6 address after booting up. However, in order to acquire a global IPv6 address, which is needed for IPv6 communication with the VSS server, there must be an IPv6 router on the network having the following configuration:

• Allow local IPv6 traffic with a global.

• IPv6 network prefix (such as, for example, 2001:470:87c4:1000::/64)

• Enable neighbor discovery/route advert. protocol

NOTE: The global IPv6 network prefix is a globally unique address and can be used inside or outside of internal networks. You need to apply for and obtain a global IPv6 network prefix for your network (for example, see www.tunnelbroker.net personnel responsible for the network.

If additionally you would like to assign a fixed IPv4 address to a WhereLAN-III, you can do so via the sensor menu, which can be accessed via Telnet (if enabled) or SSH client, or direct connect with serial cable.

). This is a task typically performed by IT

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For example, if you Telnet to a sensor, you may see three IP addresses at the top right of the window, as shown in the screenshot below:

• An IPv4 address, if one has been configured using the ‘Ethernet

Settings’ in the sensor menu (see screenshot).

• A global IPv6 address. This is the IPv6 address required for

communication with the VSS server using IPv6 transport.

• A link-local IPv6 address, automatically generated at boot up time

from the MAC address of the device

IPv4 address

IPv6 address

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In order to have IPv6 network traffic (blinks, status information, etc.) between the WhereLAN-III devices and the VSS server, the following requirements must be fulfilled:

• The WhereLAN-III device must be able to acquire a global IPv6

address as described above.

• IPv6 must be enabled in the operating system (Windows) on the VSS

server.

• The following steps must be followed in System Builder, which is the

tool that generates the sitedata.dat configuration file parsed by the VSS services and the WhereLAN-III devices:

• Activate IPv6 in the ‘Change Site Attributes’ dialog window and enter the

global IPv6 network prefix that the IPv6 router on that network is using:

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• Select IPv6 option in the Sensor Properties window:

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The resulting sitedata.dat generated by System Builder will include the following:

o A site define ipv6prefix specifying the global IPv6 network prefix used by

the IPv6 router on that network

o 0 (zero) IP address for all WhereLAN-III units that will communicate using IPv6

An example sitedata.dat is shown in the screenshot below:

NOTE: As usual, you need to restart the VSS services on the VSS server for changes in sitedata.dat to take effect. Some changes require rebooting the WhereLAN-III devices as well.

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5.3.2 VSS Tool Support for IPv6

Once IPv6 transport between the VSS server and the WhereLAN-III devices has been activated as described above, you can use the VSS diagnostics and status tools as usual, but you will notice that the IPv6 address is used for devices configured with the IPv6 option in System builder, as shown in the Sensor Analyzer screenshot below:

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5.3.3 IPv4 DHCP Dynamic IP for WhreLAN-III Devices

It is possible to have a WhereLAN-III device automatically acquire an IPv4 address from a DHCP server. This IP assignment is dynamic and therefore the assigned IP may change the next time the device is rebooted. To enable the device to do so, the following steps are required:

o The DHCP option in the sensor menu needs to be turned ON:

o On the DHCP server, add scope option 151 (IP Address type) and point it to the IP

address of the VSS server:

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o In the Sensor Properties window in System Builder, select the IPv4 – DHCP option:

This will result in an entry for this sensor in sitedata.dat with a ‘0’ IP address and the ‘autoconfig’ define, as shown in the example below:

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