Adeunis RF ARF45, User Manual

Page 1: ...Wifi Modem User Guide ...

Page 2: ...on photocopy without Adeunis RF consent This document is subject to change without notice All trademarks mentioned in this guide are the property of their respective owner ADEUNIS RF 283 rue Louis Néel 38920 Crolles France Phone 33 0 4 76 92 07 77 Fax 33 0 4 76 08 97 46 Ref 09 08 V0 smn ...

Page 3: ... wiring 6 Connection during serial configuration phase 6 Connection for data transmission 6 Functionnality 7 Set up Mode 7 TCP IP connections 9 Set up 10 MAC Address menu 10 Setup menu 10 Server menu 11 Channel 1 menu 13 WLAN menu 17 Default menu 23 Exit without save menu 24 Save and exit menu 24 Recommanded configuration 24 Specifications 25 ...

Page 4: ...ARF45 User Guide Ref 09 08 V0 smn p 2 About this document This guide describes the A RF45 ARF7532A device their options and accessories ...

Page 5: ...onformity is proven by compliance to harmonized standard EN 300 328 covering essential radio requirements of the RTTE directive Exposure to radio frequency signals Regarding the 1999 519 EC recommendation when using the device keep the product at least 3 cm from your body Notes Conformity has been evaluated according to the procedure described in Annex III of the RTTE directive Receiver class if a...

Page 6: ...APPROPRIATE USER GUIDE IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT FIRMWARE VERSION The modem converts data from a serial link into TCP frames transported through the Wifi radio standard to an access point Data can also be received from the access point and sent to the serial link Communication between two modems is also possible using Wifi ad hoc mode ...

Page 7: ...r supply To perform wiring of these products the bottom part of the housing part with stuffing box has to be opened by unscrewing the two stainless steel screws on each side Retirer les vis de la partie avec presse étoupe Remove these screws The ARF 45 product must be supplied from a DC voltage source This voltage source must be 8V minimum and must not exceed 30 VDC DC Supply PWR WLAN ACT GND CTS ...

Page 8: ...figuration software does not require RTS CTS wiring The following scheme is an example of connection with a PC DC Supply PWR WLAN ACT CTS RTS RX TX 5 2 3 SUB D 9 PC DTE Modem DCE Connection for data transmission For the data transmission phase the WIFI modem is attached by its serial port to the final transmission equipment If the hardware flow control has been selected during modem configuration ...

Page 9: ...red using a terminal software This is the only way to configure the modem Accessing modem set up by serial port The modem setup can be reached with any terminal configured with the following settings 9600 baud 8 bits no parity 1 stop bit no flow control and no local echo Then reset the modem by cycling the unit s power turning the power off and back on Immediately upon resetting the modem enter th...

Page 10: ...e the Access point on which it is connected has no WEP key configured and a DHCP server is found on the LAN Only in this special case the modem can be accessed with an access point by WIFI TCP IP and Telnet protocols without any initial configuration When a modem is configured in DHCP mode its IP address can be determined by the LANTRONIX device installer utility It browses the LAN searching for W...

Page 11: ...an only be expected if the recommended settings have been set on the modem see chapter SET UP The TCP communication is established by the modem when it receives any character from its serial link On the first character reception the modem tries to connect on the remote server specified by the remote IP and the remote port and data are transmitted If the remote server cannot be reached data sent on...

Page 12: ...r the setup menu The configuration settings is displayed followed by the setup menu options Setup menu Change Setup 0 Server 1 Channel 1 2 Channel 2 3 E mail 4 WLAN 5 Expert 6 Security 7 Defaults 8 Exit without save 9 Save and exit Your choice Select an option on the menu by entering the number of the option and press Enter You can view the current configuration by only pressing Enter To enter a v...

Page 13: ...e Network Mode 0 Wired Only 1 Wireless Only 2 Bridging One Host 1 Set the IP address If DHCP is not used to assign IP addresses enter it manually The modem IP address must be set to a unique value in the network Enter each byte and press Enter between each section input The current value is displayed in brackets If DHCP is used this address must be set to 0 0 0 0 IP Address 000 000 000 000 Set the...

Page 14: ...red then calculates the netmask which displays in standard decimal dot notation when the save parameters are displayed for example 255 255 255 0 Standard IP network netmasks representing host bits Network class Host bits Netmask A 24 255 0 0 0 B 16 255 255 0 0 C 8 255 255 255 0 Set the DNS server address The DNS server allows the name of a remote machine to be resolved automatically The default is...

Page 15: ...m DHCP name create your own DHCP name If using an IP address of 0 0 0 0 then the last option in server configuration menu is Change DHCP device name This option allows you to change the DHCP name to an alphanumeric name MY_DHCP in the example Change DHCP device name not set N Y Enter new DHCP device Name MY_DHCP Numeric DHCP name you can change the DHCP name by specifying the last byte of the IP a...

Page 16: ...e below 4C means 8 bits no parity 1 stop I F Mode 4C The following table displays available options I F mode option 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 RS232 0 0 7 bits 1 0 8 bits 1 1 No parity 0 0 Even parity 1 1 Odd parity 0 1 1 stop bit 0 1 2 stop bits 1 1 Flow Flow control sets the local handshaking method for stopping serial input output The current value is displayed in brackets Flow 00 The following table disp...

Page 17: ...24 9999 14000 14009 30704 and 30718 Connect mode Connect mode defines the modem connection method and its reaction to incoming and outgoing connections over the network The current value is displayed in brackets ConnectMode C1 Enter connect mode options in hexadecimal notation The following table displays available options connect mode option 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Never accept incoming 0 0 0 0 Always ac...

Page 18: ...tion Auto increment source port N Remote IP address The remote IP address is the destination address used to perform an outgoing connection Remote IP Address 000 000 000 000 Remote port The remote TCP port number is used in TCP connections It is the port number used for modem initiated connections to make outgoing connections This parameter defines the port number on the target host to which a con...

Page 19: ...ter time in the format mm ss where mm is the number of minutes and ss is the number of seconds DisConnTime 00 00 To disable the inactivity timeout enter 00 00 Send char 1 2 Do not change the value 00 for Send char 1 and Send char 2 SendChar 1 00 SendChar 2 00 WLAN menu Topology Select infrastructure ESS mode or adhoc IBSS mode Infrastructure mode communicates with access points Adhoc mode communic...

Page 20: ...urity The modem features WEP and WPA to secure all wireless communication WPA and WPA2 are not available when adhoc is selected as the topology Security 0 none 1 WEP 2 WPA 3 WPA2 802 11i 0 WEP Security 0 none 1 WEP 2 WPA3 3 WPA2 802 11i 1 1 Authentication 0 open none 1 shared 1 0 Encryption 0 WEP64 1 WEP128 0 Display current key N Y 00 00 00 00 00 Change Key N Y Key type 0 hex 1 passphrase 0 1 Ent...

Page 21: ...ey The passphrase input is not the same as ASCII input ASCII is directly translated into hexadecimal bytes according to the ASCII table The passphrase is hashed using specific algorithms The passphrase input is safer because it up to 63 chars long ASCII input is a maximum of 5 WEP64 or 13 WEP128 characters long and limits the number of combinations The TX Key index selects the WEP key used for tra...

Page 22: ...ion key The passphrase input is not the same as ASCII input ASCII is directly translated into hexadecimal bytes according to the ASCII table The passphrase is hashed using specific algorithms Set the Encryption type to the minimum required security level The sign indicates that the group broadcast encryption method is different from the pairwise unicast encryption i e WEP and TKIP WPA2 802 11i Onl...

Page 23: ...ters Lantronix recommends using a passphrase of 20 characters or more for maximum security Set the Encryption type to the minimum required security level The sign indicates that the group broadcast encryption method is different from the pairwise unicast encryption For example for CCMP TKIP CCMP is the pairwise encryption and TKIP is the group encryption Fixed or automatic data rate for radio tran...

Page 24: ...The radio is enabled to synchronize and check for incoming messages every 100 ms This option is not available when the topology is set to Adhoc Enable power management N Enable Roaming If enabled SmartRoam manages the dynamic list of APs belonging to the same network as the AP to which the WiPort is currently associated and stores relevant selection criteria for this list The WiPort uses these cri...

Page 25: ... are listed below Server configuration All parameters Not changed Channel 1 configuration Baudrate 9600 I F mode 4C 1 stop bit no parity 8 bit RS232 no flow control Port No 10001 Connect mode C0 always accept incoming connection no active connection startup Send in modem mode Y Show IP address after RING Y Auto increment source port N All other parameters 0 WLAN configuration Topology Ad Hoc Netwo...

Page 26: ...menu Exit the configuration mode save all changes and reboot All values are stored in non volatile memory Recommanded configuration We recommend that after the default menu has been entered or for the first configuration that you change the following parameters in the Channel 1 and WLAN menus Channel 1 configuration Connect mode C1 always accept incoming connection with any character WLAN configur...

Page 27: ... TCP IP DHCP BOOTP ICMP ARP UDP SMTP TFTP ICMP SNMP Auto IP Modem interface Serial data rate From 300 bps to 921 6 Kbps Serial ports TxD RxD Flow control RTS CTS Set up and configuration Through set up menus by serial link or telnet Mode Transparent General information Power supply 8 to 30 Volts integrated regulator Max Consumption 700 mA Operating temperature 20 to 70 C Size 145x100x40 mm Packagi...