Dataradio ViPR, User Manual

Page 1: ...ViPR Wireless Radio Modem User Manual Preliminary For Internal Use Only Copyright DATARADIO Inc April 2007 Part no...

Page 2: ...uter mode 16 2 3 2 Connections 16 2 4 SELECTABLE DATA RATES 17 2 5 POINT TO POINT SYSTEM 18 3 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 19 3 1 LEDS 20 3 2 USER CONNECTOR PIN OUTS 21 3 2 1 Ethernet LAN Port 21 3 2 2 SETUP...

Page 3: ...Test 59 4 8 6 2 Unit Configuration Control 60 4 8 6 3 Package Control 61 4 8 7 Radio RF Tests 62 4 8 8 Help 62 5 OPTIMIZATION TROUBLESHOOTING 63 5 1 MAXIMIZING TCP IP 65 5 2 MAXIMIZING VIA SETUP PAGE...

Page 4: ...BLED ON VIPR 46 FIGURE 35 PRIVATE TO PUBLIC 46 FIGURE 36 ADVANCED IP CONFIGURATION IP ADRESSING MODES 47 FIGURE 37 REGISTRATION TO MULTICAST GROUP FIRST STEP 48 FIGURE 38 RECEPTION OF MULTICAST PACKET...

Page 5: ...120 40520 100a ViPR User Manual v TABLE 7 DECODING SAMPLE OUTPUT FOR ROUTER MODE 25 APPENDIX 1 DATA TELEMETRY WARRANTY 72...

Page 6: ...Version 1 00 Preliminary 12December 2006 Draft leading to Initial release of Dataradio ViPR wireless ra dio modem User Manual Version 2 00 Preliminary 11 April 2007 Changed iPR radio name to ViPR Mad...

Page 7: ...tures radios and integrated wireless modems to serve a wide variety of data communication needs Dataradio produces equipment for the fixed data market including SCADA systems for utilities petrochemic...

Page 8: ...s DCE is designed to connect to DTE DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol A networking protocol that allows ad ministrators to assign temporary IP addresses to network computers by leasing an IP ad...

Page 9: ...purpose of data sharing stor age and or transmission between users Network speed This is the bit rate on the RF link between units Node A network junction or connection point typically a computer or w...

Page 10: ...ta sent TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol A set of protocols to commu nicate over a network TDD Time Division Duplex Allows virtually simultaneous transmission in both di rections...

Page 11: ...for SCADA telemetry control and industrial applications in Point to Point and Point to Multipoint configurations The ViPR radiomodem supports serial and Ethernet IP Remote Terminal Units RTU and prog...

Page 12: ...nd or setup information Remote access for over the air system firmware upgrades Wide input power range of 10 to 30 volts DC AES 128 bit data encryption Superior data compression Native UDP and TCP IP...

Page 13: ...Ste 110 Waseca MN 56093 Tel 507 833 8819 Fax 507 833 6758 Email support dataradio com For application assistance consult the Technical Support Application Notes TSAN at Dataradio com support shtml 1...

Page 14: ...pping charges Return shipping instructions are the re sponsibility of the customer 1 4 2 PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION Dataradio reserves the right to update its products software or documentation without obl...

Page 15: ...ip antenna is used The ViPR radio uses a low power radio frequency transmitter The concentrated energy from an antenna may pose a health hazard People should not be in front of the antenna when the tr...

Page 16: ...mode Bridge mode provides for fast set up IP bridging allows for quick deployment of basic point to point and point to multipoint networks with minimal configuration to all units on a same network Br...

Page 17: ...left connected at all times but is not required for normal operation once the unit has been configured The Ethernet port allows end users Ethernet capable RTU or PLC to be connected Figure 3 Basic Se...

Page 18: ...different IP Sub nets A hub or switch may be used to allow multiple Ethernet devices to connect to the ViPR radio modem Serial connections are transparent pass through connections allowing the use of...

Page 19: ...ver cables LED indicators make it simple to verify that Ethernet cables and connections are good Two DE 9F RS232 ports Serial baud rates from 300 to 115 200 are supported ViPR units are factory set de...

Page 20: ...Service mode Special Solid Amber Solid Amber Solid Amber Test jumpers installed Normal Operation LEDs are independent PWR Indication RX TX Indication STATUS Indication Flashing Green on Black Neighbo...

Page 21: ...RTS DTE DCE 8 CTS DTE DCE 9 RING 4 DTE DCE 1 Depends on connection control mode 2 Always keeps DSR asserted 3 Ignores status of RTS internally always asserted 4 For future use DCD pin 1 handling by V...

Page 22: ...wn phase CTS Clear to Send pin 8 signal handling by the ViPR UART If CTS based flow control is not used always asserts CTS If CTS based flow control is used Asserted If level of unprocessed data in in...

Page 23: ...justing the return diagnostics flow is done via parameter This parameter indicates that only one out of every x packets delivered will generate an online diagnostic message The thinning value can be a...

Page 24: ...m Background RSSI Decimal level in calibrated dBm Forward power Decimal indications in milliwatts Reverse power Decimal indications in milliwatts Value 10 Bad Value 20 Mediocre Value 30 Good Value 40...

Page 25: ...204 IP address in router mode type of report is 0 there are 9 fields to follow 1 10 sampled packets are output DC input is used Volts are 10 3 Internal temperature is 42 C PER of 10 5 3 with a carrie...

Page 26: ...screen click Properties 4 On the Local Area Connection Properties screen scroll the List Box until Internet Protocol TCP IP is highlighted click Properties 5 On the Internet Protocol TCP IP Propertie...

Page 27: ...t note Record all original ViPR factory settings for possible future use Note Screen captures used throughout this document may vary slightly from actual screens The ViPR user interface is used to con...

Page 28: ...nished click the Save Config button to make all changed entries permanent Use the Save Config command button before doing a Reset Unit otherwise temporarily entered parame ters would be lost Click on...

Page 29: ...Attention sub window Figure 12 above 2 On page one Figure 13 of the Setup Wizard read the on screen instructions Once the Operating mode is selected click Apply Your Changes Wait for the Progress bar...

Page 30: ...Encryption dialog box click on Proceed to Next Step Important Be sure to record your encryption pass phrase for future reference Figure 15 Setup Wizard Page Three 5 Figure 16 of the Setup Wizard read...

Page 31: ...he instructions below for both modes of operation Click one of the Save Config buttons Wait for the Prog ress bar activity to stop The status reports Success Click on Reset Unit button Wait for the Pr...

Page 32: ...IP Network Settings For Advanced IP Settings web interface screen captures and descriptions see section 4 8 4 7 1 Factory Settings in Bridge Mode Referring to Figure 19 set one of the ViPR unit as a...

Page 33: ...Enable the Dynamic Registration on both Master and Remote Add routes in the Host route add and add Default Gateway to RTU In the illustration Host and RTU are part of different IP subnet Figure 21 IP...

Page 34: ...ration on both Master and Remote Add Default Gateway to the RTU Enable RIPv2 on Master In the illustration Host and RTU are part of different IP subnet Figure 22 IP Network Settings in Router Mode wit...

Page 35: ...warding mode Bridge or Router Configured under Setup Basic General IP Forwarding Mode Sync Status For remote unit s only Displays unit sync status in relation to Master Line not present in Figure abov...

Page 36: ...ers in length System ID Factory default ID is zero Dataradio recommends for security reasons changing it to some other value unique to each ViPR network thus preventing collision Upper limit is 16 382...

Page 37: ...settings automatically assigned if your network supports the DHCP Server capability NOTE Activating this option will reset the unit s IP address If your network supports the DHCP Server capability ma...

Page 38: ...26 Setup Basic RF Setup Item Description Power Level Set power level between 30 0 dBm and 40 0 dBm 1 0 and 10 watt Default is 40 0 dBm Airlink speed Sets the maximum speed the ViPR will use for data p...

Page 39: ...120 40520 100a ViPR User Manual 39 4 8 2 4 Serial Ports Setup Figure 27 Setup Basic RF Setup...

Page 40: ...Serial RF bridge for COM port IP Gateway Transport Available only if IP Gateway Service selection is Custom choose the socket connection mode from the drop down list box choices of TCP Server TCP Cli...

Page 41: ...User Manual 41 4 8 2 5 Diagnostics Figure 28 Diagnostics Thinning value Item Description Thinning Value Number of packets before a packet delivers a diagnostic message For further Diagnostics details...

Page 42: ...500 may reduce system performance Range is 576 to 1500 MAC address Ethernet Interface MAC address in HEX format factory set Default IP Gateway Con trol Disabled Default Enabled By design the Sync Mast...

Page 43: ...0 0 0 sets the RF IP Address to the factory default and high lights the Factory name active address Entering nnn nnn nnn nnn RF IP Address of your choice overrides the factory default and highlights...

Page 44: ...ool managed by the DHCP Server Normally ViPR automatically calculates the Lease Start Address equal to Ethernet IP Address plus one Lease Duration The period over which the IP Address allocated to a D...

Page 45: ...The Host 2 device does not see the private IP address of Host 1 When Host 2 sends a reply to Host 1 he uses the destination IP address 172 31 1 1 this gets translated back to the appropriate destinat...

Page 46: ...s 200 1 1 1 Packet 1 Source Address 172 31 1 2 Destination Address 200 1 1 1 172 30 1 1 24 172 31 1 2 24 ViPR NAT Enabled Management Host 1 172 30 1 2 24 External Host 1 200 1 1 1 24 Private network 1...

Page 47: ...ulticast Address List Add Delete Address To add an address to the Multicast List Select the Add radio button and type in the dialog box the new address to be added to the read only Address List Note t...

Page 48: ...ast The limited broadcast address is 255 255 255 255 MULTICAST IP multicast addresses are in the range 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 These addresses are used to represent logical groups of units that m...

Page 49: ...packets Upon reception of a directed broadcast packet the unit takes the following actions If the directed broadcast address match with one of the unit s interface broadcast address Keep a copy for it...

Page 50: ...eceived If limited broadcast packets cannot be forwarded Silently discards the packet 4 8 3 4 1 2 Multicast In an ViPR environment an outside host Sender might be interested in sending multicast packe...

Page 51: ...Main ViPR unit Multicast Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the registration of the multicast groups by the main ViPR unit Outbound unit address Indicates the All Remote ViPR unit multicast group Mu...

Page 52: ...Tuning Figure 42 Advanced IP Configuration IP Optimization Tuning Router Mode Item Description RF ACK Disabled Enabled Default OIP Retries Number of OIP retries Default 1 Note No optimizations are av...

Page 53: ...scription Client Disabled Default Enabled Server address IP of the SNTP Server in dot decimal format Period Period at which the SNTP Server is polled SNTP UTC Time Last update received from the SNTP S...

Page 54: ...e to 100 Mbps Force to 10 Mbps Default PHY Duplex Auto Negotiate Force to Full Duplex Force to Half Duplex Default 4 8 3 8 RF Link Figure 45 Advanced IP Configuration RF Link Item Description TDD Mode...

Page 55: ...f any letters or numbers of at least 8 and not exceeding 15 characters CAUTION Do not lose the new password or you will not be able to gain access to the unit you will need to contact Dataradio for su...

Page 56: ...cess Control List Delete Entry Deletes entry in the Access Control List Import Access list from file Imports Access List from file Populates Access Control table from the file accesslist acl It is bas...

Page 57: ...X Pkts Total number of packets received by the UDP layer UDP TX Pkts Total number of packets sent by the UDP layer ICMP RX Pkts Total number of packets received by the ICMP layer ICMP TX Pkts Total nu...

Page 58: ...ink statistics Pkts with missing fragments Total packets received over the air with missing fragments 4 8 5 3 Interfaces The LAN Ethernet Interface layer shows reception and transmission traffic count...

Page 59: ...6 Maintenance 4 8 6 1 Ping Test Figure 51 Maintenance Ping Test Item Description Enter IP address Enter IP address in dot decimal format Execute This button executes the ping command Ready field disp...

Page 60: ...oad User Configuration the radio button is available if User Configuration Settings have been previously saved To restore to user configuration click the Restore User Configuration radio button Check...

Page 61: ...diomodem firm ware Click on Maintenance Package Control and wait a few seconds for the results to display Snapshot in Figure 53 shows a PASS result indication If an upgrade problem arises and persists...

Page 62: ...specially useful for testing the power output with a wattmeter Figure 54 RF Tests Item Description Start Test Test frequency is xxx xxx MHz carrier only no modulation RF Power will be as configured in...

Page 63: ...l 63 5 Optimization Troubleshooting After original setup is complete you may wish to maximize performance by first optimizing the Airlink or RF link and then optimizing the ViPR radio modem to functio...

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Page 65: ...se protocols and TDD interfere which each other and may run somewhat faster with TDD disabled 5 2 Maximizing via Setup Pages Further performance optimization can be done via the User Interface Setup p...

Page 66: ...x Free BSD EXAMPLE ping 192 168 204 1 displays the response with turn around time in milliseconds TRACERT WINDOWS The tracert command is used to visually see a network packet being sent and received a...

Page 67: ...6 Once recognized the server or networking device returns a response containing the required address Available for MS Windows 9x ME NT 2000 and XP EXAMPLE arp a displays all entries in the ARP cache U...

Page 68: ...PR radiomodem are labeled in the form ViPR_Vx x_Rx xx zip Be careful not to transfer firmware into the wrong unit 2 Using an FTP program of your choice establish a connection to the mobile IP address...

Page 69: ...e in its Banner should correspond to the upgrade package version and the H W Status should also show Ok d In the left pane click on Maintenance then on Package Control Wait a few moments for the re su...

Page 70: ...mA Cold start 10 seconds typical Nominal Dimensions 5 50 W x 2 125 H x 4 25 D 13 97 x 5 40 x 10 8 cm Shipping Weight 2 4 lbs 1 1 Kg Mounting Options 19 Rack mount configuration DIN rail option Mounti...

Page 71: ...x Connectors Antenna Connector Half Duplex Simplex TNC female Tx Rx Full Duplex TNC female Tx SMA female Rx Serial Setup Port DE 9F Serial Terminal Server DE 9F Ethernet RJ 45 10 100 BaseT auto MDIX P...

Page 72: ...anty is void and DRL shall not be obligated to replace or repair any Products if i the Product has been used in other than its normal and customary manner ii the Product has been subject to misuse acc...

Page 73: ...100a ViPR User Manual 73 The entire contents of this manual are Copyright 2006 by DATARADIO Inc Dataradio ViPR and PARALLEL DECODE are registered trademarks TRUSTED WIRELESS DATA is a trademark of Dat...