L3 Nova Engineering NovaRoam MH902, User Manual

Page 1: ... Voice 770 831 8048 Fax 770 831 8598 Certification Exhibit FCC ID OOSNRMH902 IC 9378A NRMH902 FCC Rule Part 15 247 IC Radio Standards Specification RSS 210 ACS Report Number 10 0346 W06 11 A Manufacturer L3 Nova Engineering Model MH902 Manual ...

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Page 3: ...ure guidelines that established safety levels for various categories of wireless transceivers Those limits are consistent with safety standards previously published by the National Council on Radiation Protection NCRP Report 86 17 4 1 17 4 1 1 17 4 2 and 17 4 3 as well as the American National Standards Institute ANSI in 4 1 of IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radi...

Page 4: ... the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operated the equipment under FCC rules Industry Canada Warning This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interferenc...

Page 5: ...Description Part Number 8 2 dBi omni 60 LMR 400 cable NR AAT 9M08MN060 11 2 dBi Yagi 130 LMR 400 cable NR AAT 9M11YN130 ...

Page 6: ...ered using all lower case characters and without any separators for example 0050c2021a1b After entering the appropriate login information press the Login button to connect to the NovaRoam The Main page will be displayed Main Page The display in the upper right corner shows the Location the Radio ID node name Radio IP address Radio Status and user s security access level SNMP Timeout The SNMP proto...

Page 7: ... NovaRoam s Ethernet interface The following parameters can be viewed or configured MAC ID This read only field displays the unique Media Access Control MAC address of the NovaRoam No two network devices will use the same MAC Address IP Address Specifies the IP Address of the Ethernet interface of the NovaRoam The default IP Address is 192 168 200 1 Subnet Mask Specifies the subnet mask of the Eth...

Page 8: ...rameter allows a range of values of 1 16 with a default value of 1 Enable Analog Interference Detection This feature detects analog radio interference within the 902 928 MHz frequency band allowing the NovaRoam to avoid transmitting on frequency channels that have interference Threshold This parameter determines the number of dB above the average signal that will cause Analog Interference Detectio...

Page 9: ... which transport control protocol TCP or UDP will be used for DNP communication UDP is the default setting Enable DNP Dynamic Port Enabling the DNP Dynamic Port feature causes the NovaRoam to monitor SCADA traffic in order to determine the source port for each data stream Port information is stored internally allowing the NovaRoam to know which port to send received packets to on the SCADA master ...

Page 10: ...eriences a failure the NovaRoam will automatically forward packets from the backup SCADA master Configuration of this feature is very simple When building the SCADA table each SCADA master will use the same SCADA Address The IP address will be unique for each SCADA master For example assume there are two SCADA master devices one with an IP address of 192 168 200 20 primary SCADA master and one wit...

Page 11: ...lowing parameters can be configured Off Selecting Off will disable the automated mesh networking protocol When disabled static routes must be entered manually on the Routes tab AODV Selecting AODV will enable the embedded mesh networking protocol allowing network routes to be created and maintained automatically All radios in the network must enable AODV to utilize the feature Selecting AODV is re...

Page 12: ...ed packets Therefore higher values make routes more resilient to temporary changes in the wireless environment The default value is 3 Link Threshold The Link Threshold value determines the signal level above which all routes will be treated as equal If multiple equal routes are available the route with the fewest number of hops will be used All routes with signal qualities that fall below the link...

Page 13: ...se a default gateway Add After entering a Wireless Network Address and Wireless Subnet Mask press the Add button to add the wireless network to the table Delete To delete a wireless network from the table select the wireless network from the table and then press the Delete button Routes Tab The Routes Tab is used to view or delete existing data communication route table entries as well as to add n...

Page 14: ... entering the details of the default gateway press the Add button to add the default gateway to the route table Cancel Press the Cancel button to cancel the default gateway creation process ARP Tab The Address Resolution Protocol ARP is used to associate an IP address to a device s corresponding MAC address The ARP Tab as shown in the following figure is used to view existing ARP table entries as ...

Page 15: ...ion file which will have a rss file extension Then press the Upload button to insert the security configuration into the NovaRoam You will be prompted to login after the security configuration has been applied Keyset Specifies the encrypted keyset that is currently in use All NovaRoams within the network must use the same keyset in order to communicate with each other when encryption is enabled Us...

Page 16: ...rovides information regarding the current Management Information Base MIB that is being used by the SNMP protocol Firmware_Version This read only field displays the current firmware version that is installed on the NovaRoam Running Time This read only field displays the elapsed time since the last time the NovaRoam was rebooted NovaRoam ID This field can be used by Administrators to assign a descr...

Page 17: ...hooting and does not play a role in the configuration of a NovaRoam network Statistics Page The Statistics Page contains several tabs that provide statistical information regarding interface traffic protocol data and routing This section contains descriptions of each statistic that is available through the NovaRoam Client Tool Ethernet Tab The Ethernet Tab provides the following statistical inform...

Page 18: ...plication device and may indicate a problem with the connected hardware Output queue length Error received from the application device that may indicate a problem with the connected hardware ICMP Tab The ICMP Tab provides the following statistical information regarding the Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP Receive Statistics ICMP messages received Total number of ICMP messages received by the...

Page 19: ...ion speed of datagrams on a network Address mask request messages received Total number of address mask requests received An address mask request is sent to determine the number of bits in the subnet mask for the destination s Ethernet subnet Address mask reply messages received Total number of address mask responses received An address mask response is sent in response to an address mask request ...

Page 20: ...ure the transmission speed of datagrams on a network Address mask request messages sent Total number of address mask requests sent An address mask request is sent to determine the number of bits in the subnet mask for the destination s Ethernet subnet Address mask reply messages sent Total number of address mask responses sent An address mask response is sent in response to an address mask request...

Page 21: ...grams sent Total number of IP data packets sent Output datagrams discarded Total number of data packets sent which were discarded because the node was too busy Datagrams discarded due to no route Total number of data packets discarded due to the lack of correct routing information Timeout value for reassembly queue Duration before the reassembly queue is cleared and the connection is dropped Fragm...

Page 22: ... Bytes transmitted Total number of bytes transmitted over the NovaRoam s wireless interface Packets transmitted Total number of packets transmitted over the NovaRoam s wireless interface Packets repeated Number of repeated packet transmissions If a transmission fails to receive a confirmation of successful reception the packet is retransmitted Batt Status Tab The Batt Status Tab provides the follo...

Page 23: ...has been received by the local NovaRoam Link Provides a measurement of the local NovaRoam s signal quality as measured by the NovaRoam that sent the Hello message This is used to ensure that only bidirectional links are used for routing wireless data packets Reverse Link Provides a measurement of the signal quality of the last Hello message that was received from the NovaRoam The Link measurement ...

Page 24: ...ations and other information contained in this document without prior notice The hardware firmware and software described in this manual are subject to change without notice IN NO EVENT SHALL NOVA BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL INDIRECT SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS MANUAL OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT EVE...