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Brandname:IgniteNet

60GHz Module

Model name: RDO-60-FB-USBB-8

User’s Manual

TableofContents

1.Introduction.....................................................................................................................3

1.1 Overview......................................................................................................................................................3

1.2 DefinitionsandAcronyms............................................................................................................................3

1.3 Background..................................................................................................................................................3

2.FunctionalDescription......................................................................................................4

2.1 EnableTestModeonWindowsHostPC......................................................................................................4

2.1.1 DisableDriverSigning..............................................................................................................................4

2.1.2 AddingTestCertificate............................................................................................................................5

2.2 InstallingtheHostandNetworkdriver........................................................................................................6

2.2.1 InstallingdriveronWindows7................................................................................................................6

2.3 Loadingimageontoboards..........................................................................................................................7

2.3.1 Loadingimageontodevicefortheveryfirsttime...................................................................................7

2.3.2 Loadingimageontodevicethatalreadyhaveapriorimage...................................................................7

2.4 CreatingaNetworkwithtwoPRS4601s.......................................................................................................7

2.4.1 ConfiguringPCP/STAModes....................................................................................................................7

2.4.2 Creatinganetworkprofile.......................................................................................................................8

2.4.3 Startingandconnectingtocreatednetwork.........................................................................................10

2.4.4 SettingstaticIPaddressesforhostmachines.......................................................................................11

3.Appendix........................................................................................................................12

3.1 AppendixA‐EnablingDriverSigning.........................................................................................................12

3.2 AppendixB–SettingupTeraTerm.............................................................................................................12

1.Introduction

ThisdocumentwillexplainthestepsrequiredinordertocreateanetworkconnectionusingthePRS4601,including

driverinstallation,firmwareupgrades,andnetworkconfiguration.

1.1 Overview

ProductSpecificationCreation

OperatingFrequency:57–64GHz

ChannelBandwidthSetting:2160MHz

Channel1:Fc=58.32GHz

Channel2:Fc=60.48GHz

Channel3:Fc=62.64GHz

TXPower:13.78dBmnominalatRFICoutput

TXEVM:‐11dBforMCS6/‐12dBforMCS7/‐13dBforMCS8

RXSensitivity:‐63dBmforMCS6/‐62dBmforMCS7/‐61dBmforMCS8

HighestRawDataRate:1‐streamMCS8(2310Mbps@QPSK)

Throughput:1500Mbpstypicalwithappropriatetestsetup

Interface:USB3.0miniconnector

PowerConsumption:4Watttypical

OperatingTemperature:‐40to+70°C

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1.2DefinitionsandAcronyms

ADC Analog‐to‐digitalconverter

AFE AnalogFrontEnd

ARC ARC625DCPU

DWC DesignWareCore

GPIO

LMAC

GeneralPurposeIO

LowerMAC

PIO ProgrammableIO

PWM PulseWidthModulator

SSI SynchronousSerialInterface

UART

UMAC

UniversalAsynchronousReceiver/Transmitter

UpperMAC

1.3Background

ThePRS4601MACisdesignedaroundapairofARC625CPUs,referredtoasUpperMAC(UMAC)andLowerMA

C

(LMAC).TheseCPUsutilizetwoindependentbusesforperipheralconnection:

1.AnAHBbuswhichconnectstoanAHB‐Litefabricandprovidesaccesstosharedperipheralsandmemory

2.AdedicatedARCPeripheralBus

TheUMACandLMACCPUsshareaccesstothefollowingperipherals:

　IPC:Providesatomicinter‐processorcommunicationwithbothlocksandevents

　MACTimer:Providesapreciseover‐the‐airMACtime(attheMAC_CLKand1MHz)

　AFETest,ConfigurationandControl:

oTheUMAChasaccesstoAFETestandConfiguration

oTheLMAChasaccesstoAFEControlfunctions

TheUMACCPUhasdedicatedaccesstothefollowingperipherals:

　 HostInterfaces

oUSB3.0(and2.0)Configuration

　Otherperipherals

oUMACDMA:toassistinmovingdatabetweensharedmemoryandDCCM

oUART:fortestanddebug

oSSI:forbootandconfigurationdata(viaserialflashorEEPROM)

oARCTimer:generalpurposetimer(MQX)

oInterruptcontrol

oGPIO:forbootconfiguration(straps)andstatus/control/debug

oPWM:pulsewidthmodulatorforLEDsandotherstatus/debug

oTopLevelChipControl:Reset,PowerDown,etc.

oGeneralPurposeADC(notfunctionalinPRS4601)

oAprogrammableIOblockthatallowsmostIOpinstobeconfiguredasGPIO

TheLMACCPUhasdedicatedaccesstothefollowingperipherals:

　 MAC/PHYInterfaceOtherperipherals

oTXDMA:UsedtosenddatafromsharedMACmemorytotheMAC/PHY

oRXDMA:UsedtoreceivedatafromMAC/PHYtosharedMACmemory

oUART:fortestanddebug

oSSI:forradioconfiguration,controlandstatus

oARCTimer:generalpurposetimer(MQX)

oInterruptcontrol

oGPIO:forradiocontrolandstatus,andgeneralstatus/debug

oPWM:pulsewidthmodulatorforstatus/debug

oCalibrationTimer:toallowprecisefrequencylockingofthecrystaloscillatorandtoallowing

lockingofMACtimetoanexternalclock

oAprogrammableIOblockthatallowsmostIOpinstobeconfiguredasGPIO

2.FunctionalDescription

2.1EnableTestModeonWindowsHostPC

BeforeinstallingdriversforthePRS4601,onemustconfiguretheHosttobeabletoinstallatestdriver

2.1.1DisableDriverSigning

1)Runcommandpromptasadministrator(entercmd.exeinsearchfield,rightclickonit)

2)Enterthefollowingtwolines:

a)bcdedit.exe–setloadoptionsDDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS

b)bcdedit.exe‐setTESTSIGNINGON

2.1.2AddingTestCertificate

1)OpenMicrosoftManagementConsole‐Typemmcinsearchandpressenter

2)File‐>Add/RemoveSnap‐in

3)SelectCertificatesandpresstheAdd>button

4)SelecttheComputerAccountradiobutton

5)ChooseLocalcomputerthenpresstheFinishButton

6)ImporttheprswigigusbcertificationtoTrustedRootandTrustedPublishers

a)Thecertificatecanbefoundin<build>\host\win\WinRelease_wlan\

b)Toimportthecertificate,right‐clickTrustedRootorTrustedPublishersandthenselectAllTasks‐>Import.

2.2InstallingtheHostandNetworkdriver

Inordertocreateanetwork,thePRS4601boardsmustbeconnectedtoahostcomputerwhichhasthe

appropriatedevicedriversinstalled.Atthetimeofwritingthisdocument,onlyhostcomputersrunningthe

Windows7operatingsystemwassupported.

2.2.1InstallingdriveronWindows7

Inordertoinstallthehostdrivers,ausermusthavethePRS4601devicewithavalidfirmwareimageprogramm

ed.

Thestepsforinstallingthehostdriveraredetailedbelow:

1.PluginthePRS4601devicetoaUSB3portonthehostcomputer.Immediatelythisprovidespowertothe

deviceandaflashinggreenstatusLEDindicatesthatthedeviceisreadyforuse.

2.NavigatetotheDeviceManageronthehostcomputer(RightclickonMyComputerandselectProperties.

AlinktotheDeviceManagercanbefoundintheleftpanelintheopenedwindow)

3.Twounknowndeviceshouldnowbevisibleunder“Otherdevices”(seeFigurebelow)

Figure2‐1:MissingdriverforpluggedinPRS4601device

4.RightclickonthefirstunknowndeviceandselectUpdateDriverSoftware

5.Select“Browsemycomputerfordriversoftware”thenbrowsetotheappropriatelocationofthedrivers.

6.SelectNexttostarttheinstallation

7.Aftertheinstallationcompletes,clicktheClosebutton

8.Repeatsteps4to7fortheremainingunknowndevice.

2.3Loadingimageontoboards

2.3.1Loadingimageontodevicefortheveryfirsttime

Thebootloaderisusedtoprogramtheboardsfortheveryfirsttime.ThePRS4601enablescommunicationwith

thebootloaderviatheUSBinterfaceassumingtheSerialdriverwasinstalled(seeSection2.2.1).TeraTerm(ora

ny otherterminalapplicationthatemulatescommunicationwithaCDCdevice)canbeusedtoverifycommunicatio

ntothebootloader.Theusercanpressedthe“Enter”keyorenterthe“version”commandandviewtheresponse.

Beforeprogrammingtheimage,theusermustdecidewhethertoloadtheimageto:

1.RAMinwhichcasetheprogramwouldbelostafterresettingthedevice

2.Flashinwhichcasetheprogramwouldbepersistedevenafterresettingthedevice

Note:IfthestatusLEDonPRS4601isblinkingagreenpattern,youcanskipthisstepandgotosection2.3.2.When

installingthefirmwareforthefirsttimethebootloadermustberunning–thisisindicatedwithaflashingyellow

LED.

Thedownload_elf.exeutilityisusedtoloadtheimagetoRAMonly.Thisutilitymustbeexecutedfromthesame

directorythathasthefirmwareimages.Note:Pleaseensuretorunthisutilityasanadministratorbyrightclicking

onthedownload_elf.exefileandselectingoptionto“RunasAdministrator”.

Thedownload_flash.exeutilityisusedtoloadtheimagetoFlash.Similarly,thisutilitymustbeexecutedfromthe

samedirectorythathasthefirmwareimages.Note:Pleaseensuretorunthisutilityasanadministratorbyright

clickingonthedownload_flash.exefileandselectingoptionto“RunasAdministrator”.

Note:Forthemajorityofuserscenarios,option#2wouldgenerallybepreferred.

2.3.2Loadingimageontodevicethatalreadyhaveapriorimage

Theimageontheboardcanbeupgradedordowngradedbydoubleclickingtheprs_flash_bin.batscriptprovided

withthefirmwareimage.Theboardmustberesetforthenewimagetotakeeffect.

2.4CreatingaNetworkwithtwoPRS4601s

WhenattemptingtocreateanetworkbetweentwoPRS4601s(wiredorwireless),theusermaychooseto

configureaspecificnodeasthenetworkcoordinator(moreappropriatelyknownasthePCPinan802.11adPBS

Snetwork)whileconfiguringtheothernodeasaStation(STA).Alternately,ausermayalsooptforhavingtheP

CPandSTAselectionsbenegotiatedallowingthedevicestochooseamongthemselvestheroleeachnodewillp

lay.

2.4.1ConfiguringPCP/STAModes

InordertosetthenodetoPCPorSTAmode,wewillneedtousetheDeviceManager.

TheDeviceManagercanbefoundunderControlPanel‐>DeviceManager.

Findthecorrectnetworkadapter,rightclick‐>properties.

Figure2‐2:Devicemanager

Then,gototheadvancedtabandset:

AMSDU‐>ON

DeviceMode‐>PCPorSTA

Repeatthesestepsforbothnodes,onewithDeviceModesettoPCP,theotherwithDeviceModesettoSTA.

2.4.2Creatinganetworkprofile

Afterconfiguringdiscoverymodeonbothhostcomputers,thenextstepwillbetocreateaprofileforthenetwo

rk.

ThiswillneedtobedoneonthenodesettoPCPmode.Thestepsfordoingthisisoutlinedbelow.

1.OpentheNetworkandSharingCenterfromControlPanel

2.Clickonthe“Managewirelessnetwork”linkontheleftpanelforthewindow

3.ClickAddthenchoose“Createanadhocnetwork”.

4.ChoosetheNextbuttonafterreadingthedescriptionforsettingupawirelessadhocnetwork

5.Fillouttheformwhichisusedtoprovidedetailsaboutnetwork(seeFigurebelow)

Figure2‐3:Creatinganetworkprofile

6.ClicktheNextbuttonafterfillingform

7.Clicktheclosebuttonafternetworkisreadyforuse(seeFigurebelow)

Figure3‐2‐4:Networkprofilesuccessfullycreate

2.4.3Startingandconnectingtocreatednetwork

ThenetworkmustbestartedfromthenodethatissettoPCP.FromthetrayiconsclickontheiconforWireless

Connection.Thisshoulddisplaythenetworkthatwascreatedabove.Doubleclickonthenetworkname(orRight

ClickandchooseConnect)tostartthenetwork.Oncestartedyoushouldnoticethestatuschangeto“Waitingfor

users”(seeFigurebelow)

TheusercanalsoknowthatthenetworkhasbeenstartedbylookingonthePRS4601device.Therewillbeafast

blinkingpatternofthegreenTXLEDindicatingthatframes(inthiscasebeacons)arebeingtransmittedbythe

device.

Figure3‐2‐5:StatusafterstartingPCP

FromthehostcomputerconfiguredtobeaSTA,thenetworkshouldnowbevisiblewhentheuserclicksonthe

wirelessconnectiontrayicon.Theusercanthendoubleclickonthenetworktheywishtoconnectto.Note:this

stepisthesameasconnectingtoanywirelessnetwork.

Ifconnectionwassuccessful,thestatuswillbeupdatedtoConnectedonbothhostcomputers.

2.4.4SettingstaticIPaddressesforhostmachines

WhileeachnodeonthenetworkwillbegivenanIPaddressautomatically,staticIPaddressescanbeconfigured

foreachhost.Thisisnotrequiredfortraffictobesentoverthenetwork.SettingstaticIPaddressescanbedone

fromtheAdapterpropertiesforthedevice(sameasanyothernetworkdevice)andselectingtheInternetProtocol

Version4(TCP/IPv4)properties.EnsurethatdifferentIPaddressesareusedforbothdevices.Figure#belowshows

theconfiguringofstaticaddressesforoneofthehostmachines

Figure3‐2‐6:ConfiguringstaticIPaddresses

3.Appendix

3.1AppendixA‐ EnablingDriverSigning

Ifevertheuserwantstostopusingacomputerasahostmachine,theycandisabletestmodewiththefollowing

steps:

1)Runcommandpromptasadministrator(entercmd.exeinsearchfield,rightclickonit)

2)Enterthefollowingtwolines

a)bcdedit.exe–setloadoptionsENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS

b)bcdedit.exe‐setTESTSIGNINGOFF

3.2AppendixB–SettingupTeraTerm

ThestepstoconfigureTera Termonfirstusearedescribedbelow.

1.OpenthepreviouslydownloadedTeraTermapplication

2.NavigatetoSetup‐>Terminalandapplythefollowingsetting(s)

oReceive:AUTO

oCheck“LocalEcho”

3.NavigatetoSetup‐>SerialPortandapplythefollowingsetting(s)

oBaudRate:115200

4.SavethechangesbynavigatingtoSetup‐>SaveSetup

Next,youwillwanttopluginPRS4601viaUSB.Ifyouseeaflashingyellowlight,youwillneedtoinstallnew

firmware.Ifyouseeagreenlight,youcanupdateexistingfirmware.Ifthereisnolightvisible,PRS4601isnot

poweredon,andnothingwillwork.

Ineithercase,openupTeraTermandchoosethecorrectserialport.

Pressenterafewtimes.Ifthereisnofirmware,youwillgetasimplemessageafterthesecondenterpress,butno

commandswillwork.

IfyouhaveagreenlightonPRS4601,thefollowingcommandswillgivesomeoutputtoTeraTerm:

FCCStatement:



This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the

following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and

(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.



FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the

party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this

equipment.



IMPORTANT NOTE:

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an

uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum

distance 56 cm between the radiator & your body.



IMPORTANT NOTE:

This module is intended for OEM integrator only and limited to host with brand: IgniteNet and model:

ML-60-35, ML-60-35-1. The OEM integrator is still responsible for the FCC compliance requirement

of the end product, which integrates this module.

USERS MANUAL OF THE END PRODUCT:

In the users manual of the end product, the end user has to be informed to keep at least 56 cm

separation with the antenna while this end product is installed and operated. The end user has to

be informed that the FCC radio-frequency exposure guidelines for an uncontrolled environment can

be satisfied.

The end user has to also be informed that any changes or modifications not expressly approved by

the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.

LABEL OF THE END PRODUCT:

The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following " Contains TX FCC ID:

HED-ML60MDSB ".

The FCC part 15.19 statement below has to also be available on the label: This device complies

with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may

not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including

interference that may cause undesired operation.



This Module may not be integrated into host devices that are addressed for operation inside

airplanes/satellites.

Antenna list:

Ant.BrandP/NAntenna

TypeConnectorGain(dBi)

1Accton123400001084ADishAnt.N/A42



ICStatement:

This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject

to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must

accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio

exempts de licence. L'exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes : (1) l'appareil ne

doit pas produire de brouillage, et (2) l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage

radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d'en compromettre le fonctionnement.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

IC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with IC RSS-102 radiation exposure limits set forth for an

uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance

20 cm between the radiator & your body.

Cet équipement est conforme aux limites d'exposition aux rayonnements IC établies pour un

environnement non contrôlé. Cet équipement doit être installé et utilisé avec un minimum de 20 cm

de distance entre la source de rayonnement et votre corps.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

This module is intended for OEM integrator only and limited to host with brand: IgniteNet and model:

ML-60-35, ML-60-35-1. The OEM integrator is still responsible for the IC compliance requirement of

the end product, which integrates this module.

Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's

authority to operate this equipment.

USERS MANUAL OF THE END PRODUCT:

In the users manual of the end product, the end user has to be informed to keep at least 20 cm

separation with the antenna while this end product is installed and operated. The end user has to

be informed that the IC radio-frequency exposure guidelines for an uncontrolled environment can

be satisfied. The end user has to also be informed that any changes or modifications not expressly

approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. Operation

is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference and (2)

this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause

undesired operation.

LABEL OF THE END PRODUCT:

The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following " Contains IC:

3857A-ML6035G3 ".

The Host Model Number (HMN) must be indicated at any location on the exterior of the end product

or product packaging or product literature which shall be available with the end product or online.

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