Rajant Corporation ME BreadCrumb, User Manual

Page 1: ...Version 1 02 September 18 2007 ME BreadCrumb User Guide BreadCrumb is a registered trademark of Rajant Corporation...

Page 2: ...ncouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the device and receiver Connect the dev...

Page 3: ...ONNECTION LINE 15 3 2 1 ASYMMETRIC CONNECTIONS 16 3 2 2 INFO AREA 17 3 3 CONFIGURING INDIVIDUAL BREADCRUMBS 18 3 3 1 GENERAL SETTINGS 18 3 4 RADIO SETTINGS 20 3 5 REACHBACK SETTINGS 21 3 6 FORWARDING...

Page 4: ...AREA 36 4 5 2 DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATION REACH AREA 36 4 6 DEPLOYMENT GUIDELINES AND METHODOLOGY 37 4 6 1 DEPLOYMENT GUIDELINES 37 4 6 3 BITE LED 40 5 0 BREADCRUMB SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE 41 5 1 BREADCRUM...

Page 5: ...0 BREADCRUMB PROPERTIES RADIOS TAB 20 FIGURE 11 BREADCRUMB PROPERTIES REACHBACK TAB 21 FIGURE 12 BREADCRUMB PROPERTIES FORWARDING TAB 23 FIGURE 13 WEP CONFIGURATION SCREEN 25 FIGURE 14 ACCESS CONTROL...

Page 6: ...lable This is followed by a guide to BCAdmin the management application used to configure BreadCrumb devices before or during a deployment Finally common deployment scenarios are described and concise...

Page 7: ...quipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause...

Page 8: ...work is in how it adapts rapidly to the creation or destruction of the links in the mesh as devices are moved switched OFF or ON blocked by obstructions interfered with by other devices or otherwise a...

Page 9: ...hargeable battery designed to be completely mobile as worn by an individual war fighter 2 3 1 FEATURES The BreadCrumb ME is the smallest and lightest BreadCrumb device offered making it ideal for depl...

Page 10: ...through wireless connections The USB port is used primarily for upgrading firmware 2 5 ANTENNA FEATURES The BreadCrumb ME makes use of two antenna ports which should have directly connected omni dire...

Page 11: ...istrators BCAdmin is an application allowing an administrator to perform several tasks on a BreadCrumb Wireless Network including Monitor its status Configure network wide settings Configure individua...

Page 12: ...for BreadCrumb devices client devices and wireless links Figure 2 BCAdmin Initial Screen at Startup Note If your BCAdmin workstation does not have a network address in the 10 0 0 0 8 range the large b...

Page 13: ...see and the physical locations of your BreadCrumb devices and client devices physical locations are not represented in this diagram Tip BCAdmin makes an effort to layout the Topology Area in an easil...

Page 14: ...bs This allows the administrator to distinguish between multiple BreadCrumb devices in a BCWN If the BreadCrumb device has no name assigned its ID is used The ID is a unique alphanumeric non editable...

Page 15: ...box containing the client device s MAC address as pictured below Figure 5 Client Device s MAC Address 3 1 3 1 CLIENT MAC ADDRESS NICKNAME The MAC address or administrator set nickname of the client d...

Page 16: ...BreadCrumb devices in which each BreadCrumb device is transmitting at a different speed When an asymmetric connection is made the BCAdmin operator will see two lines of the same color connecting two B...

Page 17: ...lighted with a dashed border The top portion of the Info Area shows a summary of the selected BreadCrumb device s configuration as pictured below Figure 7 BreadCrumb Summary Panel In this example you...

Page 18: ...e corresponding line in the Topology Area 3 3 CONFIGURING THE BREADCRUMB To configure the BreadCrumb device right click on the BreadCrumb device in the Topology Area and choose Properties A window wil...

Page 19: ...y must be changed 3 3 1 2 DHCP SERVER Each BreadCrumb device provides an internal DHCP server see the Section called DHCP in Chapter 3 for a description of its addressing scheme When this check box is...

Page 20: ...for the radio are 1 Channel Channel selection may be automatic as described in the Section called Channel Assignments in Chapter 3 or radios maybe fixed to specific channels If one radio is set to use...

Page 21: ...hernet Reachback will be configured to use the BreadCrumb device s Ethernet port if any Note The reachback mode for eth1 is always bridge Therefore eth0 is the only port that can be changed The type o...

Page 22: ...Gateway Ingress Mode as in Gateway mode the reachback interface is configured to exist on a different network than the BreadCrumb device s other interfaces NAT however is configured in the direction...

Page 23: ...d to contact your network administrator in order to determine the correct settings 3 6 FORWARDING SETTINGS The Forwarding tab contains controls for configuring inbound NAT translation for BreadCrumb d...

Page 24: ...of the web server on the BCWN Note that this should be a fixed IP address as addresses obtained via DHCP can change overtime and thereby cause the port forwarding to fail 3 6 4 TO PORTS The web server...

Page 25: ...allow on the network Each device communicating on the network e g each BreadCrumb radio or laptop radio card has a unique identifier known as a MAC address ACLs consist of lists of these addresses to...

Page 26: ...orbidden devices This policy denies BCWN access to all devices in the Forbidden Devices list 3 7 2 2 ACL LIST TABS The Permitted Devices Forbidden Devices Administrators and BreadCrumbs tabs allow acc...

Page 27: ...Access ID If your BCAdmin workstation is connected to a BreadCrumb device via Ethernet be sure that the BCAdmin workstation s radio is disabled in order to guarantee that the Ethernet connection is in...

Page 28: ...the BreadCrumb network No client device configuration is necessary although it is important to note that traffic between wireless clients and BreadCrumb devices should also be encrypted using WPA WPA2...

Page 29: ...roperties window Unlike the Key this setting maybe changed when communicating wirelessly with the BreadCrumb device Important Enabling and disabling encryption in a BreadCrumb device has an immediate...

Page 30: ...unt of time the BreadCrumb box will turn red in the Topology View to call the administrator s attention to a possible problem A red BreadCrumb box will return to normal up on receipt of an update from...

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Page 32: ...umb ID as reported by BCAdmin To enable the relaying of position information open the Preferences dialog shown above and provide the following information 1 Fugawi Tracker IP Address ThisistheIPv4 add...

Page 33: ...hen using its own embedded DHCP servers the BreadCrumb Wireless Network requires that wireless devices use IPv4 addresses in the Class A network 10 0 0 0 8 that is any address that begins with 10 If y...

Page 34: ...weather and device placement should all be considered when deploying a wireless network IEEE 802 11b wireless operation degrades gracefully as distance increases between nodes or as interference becom...

Page 35: ...tions it may be advisable to add BreadCrumb devices into the network to act as short haul repeaters to counter act the effects of the weather An alternative is to move the devices closer together 4 4...

Page 36: ...detailed in Section 3 4 CT00 GC Laptop Tablet PC CT01 BC CT02 BC CT03 BC CT04 BC 350 ft 250 ft 300 ft 2 5 0 f t 250 ft 2 5 0 f t Figure 18 Deployment Configuration Coverage Area Note the offset placem...

Page 37: ...lacement of BCWL components a Elevate the BCWL components whenever possible i Directly on the ground the maximum distance between any two BCWL components is approximately 300 ft Also the maximum dista...

Page 38: ...rst two Crumbs 8 Power ON the device 9 Wait approximately 90 seconds for the device to boot 10 Power ON the BCAdmin PC 11 Start BCAdmin 12 The BCAdmin console should display the first BreadCrumb 13 In...

Page 39: ...you progress a If the BreadCrumb loses network connectivity before you reach its destination backtrack until network connectivity is restored The point at which network connectivity for this BreadCru...

Page 40: ...LED function on the BreadCrumb indicates the current status of the BreadCrumb The LED has three colors Red Blue and Green Their color code indicators are given in the table below Table 3 LED Color Sta...

Page 41: ...pped files and only those files onto an empty no pre existing files ATA Flash Memory Card of at least 16MB The flash card may be directly purchased from http www magicram com flshcrd htm 3 Proceed wit...

Page 42: ...ust then be performed on each of the BCWL Administrators PCs 1 Obtain the desired version of BCAdmin from Rajant 42 2 Existing Versions of BCAdmin do NOT need to be uninstalled 3 Locate the BCAdmin so...

Page 43: ...ME BreadCrumb User Guide Rajant Corporation Figure 21 BCAdmin Installation Screen 1 43...

Page 44: ...Rajant Corporation ME BreadCrumb User Guide Figure 22 BCAdmin Installation Screen 2 Figure 23 BCAdmin Installation Screen 3 44...

Page 45: ...adCrumb User Guide Rajant Corporation Figure 24 BCAdmin Installation Screen 4 BCAdmin automatically uninstalls any previous version of BCAdmin on the computer before installing the new version of BCAd...

Page 46: ...Rajant Corporation ME BreadCrumb User Guide Figure 25 BCAdmin Installation Screen 5 Figure 26 BCAdmin Installation Screen 6 46...

Page 47: ...gateway helps forwarding all the traffic on its port 80 to the IP Address port where the web server is running 5 3 1 SETTINGS In BCAdmin right click on the BreadCrumb where port forwarding is to be do...

Page 48: ...n LOS to known BreadCrumb device locations Place BreadCrumb devices strategically to ensure coverage of areas through which users are expected to move A wireless client that moves beyond the range of...

Page 49: ...ble 6 BCAdmin Issues Problem Resolution The screen is red and empty The BCAdmin workstation does not have a 10 x x x address which is required to administer the BCWN The screen is black and empty BCAd...

Page 50: ...t side panel at the same time Continue pressing both of these buttons for approximately 30 seconds 5 The user will see LEDs cycling through all seven 7 colors The user can release these buttons after...

Page 51: ...lash Error Codes 2 21 Flash image file rajant breadcrumb_ UPGRADE_VERSION _ PLATFORM UPGRADE_ADDITIONALI NFO flash does not exist 22 Current flash image version is greater than or equal to versions of...

Page 52: ...rough any issues you encounter regarding this release Please forward all feedback regarding the BreadCrumb system functionality to support rajant com Other than speaking with a Rajant representative t...