Redline Communications RDL-2000, User Manual

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Page 3: ...Indoor PoE Power Adapter 12 2 3 Ground Connection 13 2 4 Mounting Brackets 13 2 5 RF Ports 13 2 5 1 RF Cable Connections 14 2 6 Antenna Alignment 14 3 Link Manager 15 3 1 Link Manager Overview 15 3 1 1 Installing the Link Manager Application 15 3 1 2 Connecting Locally 15 3 1 3 Connecting Through a Gateway 16 3 2 Menu Commands 16 3 2 1 File Menu 16 3 2 2 View Menu 16 3 2 3 Action Menu 17 Unit List...

Page 4: ...rent Rate 30 3 7 Software Screen 31 3 8 Firmware Screen 32 Firmware 32 Target Bank 32 Boot Control Block 32 Upload Procedure 33 3 9 License Screen 34 License File Upload Procedure 34 3 10 Spectrum Sweep 35 3 11 Tests 36 Using the Throughput Test 36 3 12 Ping 37 Configuration 37 Results 37 3 13 Debug 38 Debug Counters 38 Tx 38 Rx 39 Tx Power Control 39 Utility Variables 39 Reset Logger 39 4 Trouble...

Page 5: ...Cable 14 Figure 6 Link Mgr Save Configuration Example 16 Figure 7 Link Mgr Select Ethernet Adapter and Default Gateway 17 Figure 8 Link Mgr Select Ethernet Adapter and Default Gateway 18 Figure 9 Link Mgr Login Toolbar 18 Figure 10 Link Mgr Main Toolbar 19 Figure 11 Link Mgr Status Toolbar 20 Figure 12 Link Mgr Screen Menu 21 Figure 13 Link Mgr Basic Installation Screen Master 22 Figure 14 Link Mg...

Page 6: ...ion for future reference 6 The power requirements are indicated on the product marking label Do not exceed the described limits 7 Disconnect the power before cleaning Use only a damp cloth for cleaning Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners 8 Disconnect power when unit is stored for long periods 9 The unit must not be located near power lines or other electrical power circuits 10 The system must be...

Page 7: ...l electrical codes serve to minimize equipment damage service outages and serious injury Reasons for lightning damage are summarized as a Poorly grounded antenna sites that can conduct high lightning strike energy into equipment b Lack of properly installed lightning protection equipment can cause equipment failures from lightning induced currents A lighting protection system provides a means by w...

Page 8: ...ormation to Users FCC 15 105 NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance wi...

Page 9: ...ns un fil de télécommunication ayant un calibre minimum de 26 AWG doit être utilisé 5 Reminder to all the BWA system installers Attention to Section 820 40 of the NEC which provides guidelines for proper grounding and in particular specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as is practical 6 RDL 2000 must be insta...

Page 10: ...ow beam antenna the RDL 2000 supports long range operations in clear line of sight LOS conditions An indoor PoE power adapter provides operational power for the RDL 2000 and connectivity to the local Ethernet network using a standard outdoor approved Ethernet cable For each PTP link one RDL 2000 is configured as Master Unit MU and controls the wireless link This function is transparent to all Ethe...

Page 11: ...d to match the specifications in the following table Table 2 System Ethernet Port Wiring RJ 45 Conn Signal Color Code 1 Wire Identification 1 Rx White Orange 2 Rx Orange 3 Tx White Green 4 No Connection 2 5 No Connection 2 6 Tx Green 7 Ve Blue 8 Ve Brown 1 Color codes are provided for convenience only signals must match the RJ 45 connector assignments 2 Do not terminate wires to these pins on the ...

Page 12: ...ng a protective ground connection for the Ethernet cable Customer supplied PoE devices must have metal lined RJ 45 sockets providing a protective ground connection to the cable shield Use a straight through cable when connecting to a PC or router or a cross over cable to connect the PoE Data port directly to a switch Note The RDL 2000 Ethernet port uses a custom pinout for the PoE signals All Ethe...

Page 13: ...ng system 2 4 Mounting Brackets The heavy duty four point mounting bracket can be used to mount the RDL 2000 and a flat panel antenna The RDL 2000 can also be mounted using just the mounting adapter plate and the supplied hose clamps when used with parabolic antennas or other antenna not compatible with the heavy duty mounting bracket Refer to the RDL 2000 Installation Guidelines manual for a deta...

Page 14: ...RF cables conduct RF signals between the RDL 2000 and antenna system Each 75 cm 29 5 in cable is terminated female N to BNC Figure 5 System RF Jumper Cable 2 6 Antenna Alignment The RDL 2000 features a built in audible alignment tool to assist with pointing the antenna The Link Manager application or Telnet interface can provide assist in fine alignment based on displaying real time RSSI readings ...

Page 15: ... parameter settings match on both units The Link Manager application can be used to monitor both ends of the wireless link by being connected to either the Master or Slave unit An operator at the Master can adjust settings for both units but system security prevents an operator connected at the Slave location logged in over the air from changing the configuration on the Master 3 1 1 Installing the...

Page 16: ...session 3 2 Menu Commands This section provides an overview of features and parameter settings 3 2 1 File Menu Save Configuration Save a configuration summary of the connected RDL 2000 unit The data is saved in HTML format filename htm Refer to the following example IP 192 168 30 227 255 255 255 0 MAC 00 09 02 02 5F E9 Status Online Link Up Unit Configuration ATPC True MU ID 00 09 02 02 60 00 Tx P...

Page 17: ...ess of detected unit Controls Login Login to the selected RDL 2000 using the current login settings below Discover Sus Query a Master to discover the remote Slave Cancel Close this dialog Login Settings User Select the user account type Admin Authority to change configuration User Allowed only to view configuration and monitor operation Password Enter password for the selected user type Remember S...

Page 18: ...rk for connected RDL 2000 units The operator may also specify a network gateway see the View menu item Login Bar Figure 8 Link Mgr Select Ethernet Adapter and Default Gateway Adapter List Adapter Unique number for this adapter IP Address IP address of detected unit Network Mask Network IP address mask Name Logical name of detected adapter 3 2 5 Help Menu About Link Manager Display the Link Manager...

Page 19: ...eature when changing the unit IP address or the master slave mode 2 While active no other users are able to login to this RDL 2000 3 There is no timeout for this function 4 This selection is not altered by manually cycling the connection status EL Enable logging of RDL 2000 event message Master Log Messages Sec Time seconds from last Master reboot C PHY CRC errors 1 second sample time SN0 SN1 SNR ...

Page 20: ...operation does not affect the log file Display version information 3 2 8 Unit Status Bar Display or hide the unit status bar Figure 11 Link Mgr Status Toolbar Op Mode Indicates the current status of the wireless data link Master Not Available The Link Manager is not communicating with the RDL 2000 Online The wireless link has not been established with the Slave unit Online link up The wireless lin...

Page 21: ...ual 70 00143 01 01a Proprietary Redline Communications 2010 Page 21 of 50 September 20 2010 3 3 System Menu The screens are accessible using the menu located on the left side of the screen Figure 12 Link Mgr Screen Menu ...

Page 22: ... IP address for this RDL 2000 The IP address is routable through the Ethernet port and over the wireless interface Note The default gateway setting can not be viewed or modified by the operator The default gateway IP and MAC address is learned automatically during network discovery following a system rebooted Subnet Mask IP subnet mask MU ID Slave only Enter the identification number for this wire...

Page 23: ... locate a Master with the matching MU ID Spectrum Sweep The sweep function is active wireless link is offline Channel Indicates the RF channel frequency in use RF Channel Scan Slave only Lists all available RF channels to be monitored by the Slave Click to enable disable channels for auto scan and DFS operations RSSI Received signal strength indication This chart is updated in real time and can be...

Page 24: ...he Ethernet and RF settings Different information displayed for the Master and Slave Figure 15 Link Mgr Advanced Installation Screen Master Figure 16 Link Mgr Advanced Installation Screen Slave General Configuration Admin Login Password Use this field to change the Admin password on the connected RDL 2000 You must be logged in as Admin to change the password ...

Page 25: ...ignals are detected the Master switches to the next channel and resumes monitoring If no radar signals are detected on a channel for the duration of the monitoring period the unit reboots and begins transmitting using that channel If radar signals are detected while online or a DFS Alarm message is received from the Slave the Master immediately stops transmitting and returns to the monitoring cycl...

Page 26: ...ed to avoid false DFS triggering overriding ATPC if enabled Expected Rx Power Master Only Set the desired Rx power threshold This value is used to adjust the Tx power for both ends of the wireless link valid only when ATPC enabled Current Tx Power Slave Only Set the default Tx power for the Slave when performing initial ranging valid only when ATPC enabled TX Power Configuration Antenna Gain Selec...

Page 27: ... automatically change the following Channel Scan list Slave only DFS Master and Slave Fixed Frame Mode Master only Choose the TDD framing mode Mode Use this setting to enable or disable fixed frame mode Enable Use TDD fixed size frame The UL DL ratio is fixed at 50 50 Disable Use TDD dynamic size frame The UL DL ratio is adjusted dynamically based on current traffic requirements Signal Count Facto...

Page 28: ...dentical settings must be used on the Master and Slave A wireless link can be established only between pairs of RDL 2000 systems having ID identical settings This feature ensures that following power up and reboot or a DFS event the wireless link will be established only between designated pairs of RDL 2000 units For the Slave link ID setting refer to section 3 4 Installation Screen Basic on page ...

Page 29: ... IIS feature is permanently enabled in the current version of software Enable ACS Master only Check this box to enable the ACS Automatic Channel Selection feature When ACS is enabled on power up the RDL 2000 performs a spectrum sweep of the selected band and chooses a channel based on the lowest measured interference The spectrum sweep requires approximately one second The RDL 2000 then reboots an...

Page 30: ...al setting Identical settings must be used on the Master and Slave Enable MIMO Check this box to enable the MIMO feature and the transceiver for RF Port 2 This setting must be enabled for use of a 2 x 2 MIMO antenna system Identical settings must be used on the Master and Slave Current Rate Displays the current DL and UL modulation coding Get Parameters Click this button to read the current settin...

Page 31: ...e Firmware screen to upload new software and to change the selected active software bank Figure 20 Link Mgr Software Screen Bank Identifies the memory bank where the binary file is saved Boot Loader General program to validate and load the RDL 2000 system specific software at power up reboot Firmware Bank 1 First memory bank for software file SW1 in Firmware screen Firmware Bank 1 Second memory ba...

Page 32: ...ftware file Browse Click this button to use the system file browser to locate the file on a PC or network drive The operator may also drag drop the file from a file browser onto this screen Submit Click this button to start the file upload The file will be uploaded to the inactive target bank TFTP Check this box to use TFTP to transfer the software file from the local PC or network drive to the RD...

Page 33: ...fer may require a few minutes based on the data transfer rate Do not interrupt the transfer process 5 When the transfer is complete the RDL 2000 checks the integrity of the uploaded file and registers a status message in the event log If errors were introduced during the transfer process the software file is discarded and the upload must be repeated 6 When the transfer has been completed successfu...

Page 34: ... License Screen License File Name of the selected license file Browse Click this button to use the system file browser to locate the file on a PC or network drive The operator may also drag drop the file on this screen License File Upload Procedure Use the following procedure to upload a new license file 1 Login to the RDL 2000 and click License in the main menu left side of screen a Drag drop the...

Page 35: ...be rebooted at the end of the test period This function should be performed only during installation or a scheduled maintenance window This test can only be performed using a local connection to the RDL 2000 No user data is transmitted over the wireless link while this test is running This operation requires a system reboot Figure 23 Link Mgr Spectrum Sweep Screen Start Click this button to start ...

Page 36: ...ton to stop transmitting receiving Using the Throughput Test This test requires an available Windows based computer to be connected to the network side of the RDL 2000 wireless link The Link Manager application must be installed and running on both computers During the test one computer is transmitting and the other computer is receiving 1 Disconnect the Link Manager sessions from the RDL 2000 uni...

Page 37: ...5 Link Mgr Tests Screen Ping Test Configuration Ping Size Enter the size bytes of the ping message Ping Delay Enter the period milliseconds between sending ping messages IP Address Enter the IP address of the target device MAC Address Enter the MAC address of the target device Start Click this button to start the ping test Stop Click this button to stop the ping test Results Send Number of ping me...

Page 38: ...tenance window Figure 26 Link Mgr Debug Screen Debug Counters Common controls for the transmitter and receiver statistics Start Stop Click this button to start and stop collecting statistics Clear Click this button to reset all counters Graph Click this button to display a graph of the Tx and Rx throughput Figure 27 Link Mgr Debug Screen Throughput Graph Tx Statistics for the transmitter section o...

Page 39: ...justments for modulation settings and may result in over the air errors Changes are not saved permanently and the saved configuration is restored on the next system reboot Tx Power tx pwr table Use this control to manually adjust the Tx power setting Changes made using these controls are sent to the RDL 2000 by clicking the Submit button RF Attenuator 0 31 Use this setting to attenuate the signal ...

Page 40: ...tting the unit to perform ACS User selected Perform ACS Scan stopped Spectrum sweep stopped by operator Scanning watchdog expired Slave will reboot automatically every three minutes while in scanning mode searching for Master Signal lost Slave has switched to scanning mode Telnet reset command Reset command from Telnet 4 2 Reset Causes The unit will perform a normal reset when the following operat...

Page 41: ...s are not available Connect Link Manager on local subnet and start session S Subnet mask set incorrectly Connect Link Manager on local subnet and start session S Password is unknown Contact Redline for service Recovery Procedure 1 Use an Ethernet cable to connect the PC with Link Manager installed directly to the PoE or to the network segment subnet connected to the PoE 2 Click the S button or pre...

Page 42: ...mmand Summary Master Slave Command Description aes Activate deactivate AES encryption atpc Set ATPC mode and power level autorate Activate deactivate auto rates extsync Set show ext GPS sync not supported in this release firmware Upgrade firmware help Show all available commands id Set show id MAC address format ip Set show IP logger Activate deactivate Ethernet logger mgmtvid Set show Mgmt VLAN t...

Page 43: ...rompt similar to the following example RDL 2000 MU 5GHz 00 09 02 02 5F FF 192 168 25 2 This prompt provides the following information Unit type RDL 2000 Configuration MU master SU slave RF Frequency e g 5 GHz MAC Address e g 00 09 02 02 5F FF IP Address e g 192 168 25 2 5 3 Login Procedure The user is not required to login for basic CLI access to view current settings A login is required to change...

Page 44: ...shold dBm Example Use the following command to enable ATPC on the Master and set the RSSI threshold of the link to 60 dBm 192 168 25 2 atpc on 60 autorate off on View or change the adaptive modulation settings When adaptive modulation is disabled the RDL 2000 will transmit using only using the selected modulation coding see rate command When adaptive modulation is enabled the modulation coding is ...

Page 45: ... modify the RDL 2000 IP address blank Display current IP address address Specify the new IP address for this unit Example Set the RDL 2000 IP address to 192 168 20 25 192 168 25 2 ip 192 168 20 25 logger off on Change the logger settings When enabled the logger feature sends all RDL 2000 event messages directly to the screen running the CLI session All CLI commands remain available while the logge...

Page 46: ...QAM 5 6 dl_rate Enter the desired maximum downlink modulation coding for the link When Adaptive Modulation is disabled the RDL 2000 downlink rate is fixed at this modulation coding When Adaptive Modulation is enabled this setting is ignored ul_rate Select the desired maximum uplink modulation coding for the link When Adaptive Modulation is disabled the RDL 2000 uplink rate is fixed at this modulat...

Page 47: ... s Enter one or more RF channel frequencies to be scanned Example Scan all enabled channels 192 168 25 2 sweep start all RF Analyzer CH 1 rssi 77 dBm RF Analyzer CH 2 rssi 78 dBm RF Analyzer CH 3 rssi 48 dBm switchbank soft pld both Switch between the active and inactive banks of the software A system reboot is required to activate the selected software version soft or blank Switch the software lo...

Page 48: ...ion FEC Forward Error Correction Fragmentation Concatenation System Configuration Telnet Link Manager Application Windows based Network Connection 2x 10 100 Ethernet RJ 45 PoE Cable Up to 91 m 300 ft 5 Wireless Encryption AES 128 Operating Temp 35 C to 60 C Power Consumption Max 6 W PoE Power Supply 110 220 240 VAC 50 60 Hz Compliance Safety IEC and EN 60950 EMC EN 301 489 1 EN 301 489 17 RF FCC p...

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