Electronic Systems Technology HZN216AD WIRELESS MODEM User Manual

Electronic Systems Technology WIRELESS MODEM

User Manual

ESTeemUser’sManualHorizonSeriesManualRevision1.0June2016 ESTeem Industrial Wireless Solutions
Electronic Systems Technology, Inc. Dba ESTeem Wireless Modems Building B1 415 N. Quay Street Kennewick, WA 99336 Phone: 509-735-9092 Fax: 509-783-5475 E-mail: market@esteem.com Web Site: www.esteem.com Copyright© 2016 by Electronic Systems Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Electronic Systems Technology. Author: Date:Name: Eric P. Marske Title: Product Support Manager Approved by: Date:Name: Mike Eller Title: President
PRODUCTWARRANTY ESTeem Industrial Wireless Solutions Specifications subject to change without notice 415 North Quay Street  Kennewick, WA 99336 www.esteem.com Phone (509) 735-9092  Fax (509) 783-5475 Revised: 27 Jun 2016 Electronic Systems Technology, Inc. dba ESTeem Wireless Modems, (hereinafter ESTeem) expressly warrants its products as free of manufacturing defects for a period of one year from the date of sale to first user/customer. THERE ARE NO OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AND THERE IS EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO OTHER WARRANTY GIVEN BY ANY EMPLOYEE, AGENT, DISTRIBUTOR OR OTHER PERSON WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT SHALL BE BINDING ON ESTEEM. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: ESTeem's liability shall be limited to refunding of purchase price, repair or replacement of product. IN NO EVENT SHALL ESTEEM HAVE LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES CAUSED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY INTERRUPTION OF SERVICES, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATORY PROFITS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ESTEEM BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER IN EXCESS OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE PRODUCT. In the event that a unit or part requires replacement or factory servicing, the following conditions apply: a) Customer must obtain from ESTeem an authorized RMA (Return Materials Authorization) Number before shipment of product or parts to ESTeem for any reason; b) If the whole unit is shipped, it must be in its original carton and shipping components, or a carton and shipping components supplied by ESTeem, or it parts only are shipped, they must be packaged and cushioned so as to prevent damage in transit and shipped freight prepaid; PRODUCT WILL BE CONSIDERED OUT OF WARRANTY IF: a) If the product is damaged due to improper or abnormal use, abuse, mishandling, accident or improper maintenance or failure to follow operating instruction; b) If the product is defective as a result of sand, dirt, or water damage; c) If any factory-sealed enclosure has been opened or shows evidence of an attempt to be opened; d) If defects or damage are caused by the use of unauthorized parts or unauthorized service; e) If the product has had its serial numbers altered or removed. Warranty repair form must be accompanied by proof of user's purchase of unit. Product must be shipped to the manufacturer at the following address: ESTeem Wireless Modems 415 North Quay Street Kennewick, Washington USA 99336 ADDITIONAL SERVICE: If ESTeem releases an improvement update to firmware internal to the ESTeem unit during the 90-day period after the unit was purchased by the first user/customer, ESTeem will update the applicable unit with the revised version at no charge other than for UPS handling and shipping to and from your location to the ESTeem factory. Return of any such item must be accompanied with proof of purchase.
TABLEOFCONTENTS Revised:27Jun16Page1ESTeemHorizonSeriesCHAPTER1–IntroductionBeforeYouBegin1‐1HorizonOverview1‐1HorizonConfigurationModesAccessPointModes ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 1‐2AccessPointPeer(Repeater)Mode ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 1‐3Self‐HealingMeshNetwork ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 1‐4Station(WiFiClient)Modes ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 1‐4RS‐232SerialApplications ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 1‐5CHAPTER2–StartingOutThreeConfigurationPhases2‐1HorizonHardwareDescription2‐1FrontPanelLayout ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 2‐2AntennaConnectionOverview ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 2‐2HorizonHardwareConfiguration2‐3CHAPTER3–ExampleApplicationsModesofOperationDescriptionandExamples 3‐1EthernetBridgeMode ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3‐1RouterModes ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3‐3MobileClientModes ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3‐4802.11AccessPointModes ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3‐5ProgrammingExamples3‐7UsingESTeemNetworkConfiguration(ENC)Utility ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3‐7Example1–PointtoPointEthernetBridge ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3‐9Example2–PointtoPointEthernetBridgewithRepeater ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3‐10Example3–PointtoMultipointwithMeshRepeater ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3‐11Example4–PointtoMultipointRouterMode ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3‐13Example5–MobileClientMode ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3‐15Example6–802.11AccessPointMode ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3‐16RouterAddressingExamples ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3‐17CHAPTER4–UtilitiesandFeaturesESTeemNetworkConfiguration(ENC)Utility ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 4‐1ESTeemDiscoveryUtility ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 4‐1FirmwareUpdates ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 4‐3SettingLocalTime ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 4‐4ConfiguringTimeServer ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 4‐5VLANOperation ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 4‐6
TABLEOFCONTENTS Revised:27Jun16Page2ESTeemHorizonSeriesIGMPSnooping ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 4‐6SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 4‐10CHAPTER5–WebConfigurationLoggingIntoWebConfigurationManager5‐1WebConfigurationManagerTopMenu ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 5‐1SettingModemIDField ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 5‐2StatusMenu ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 5‐3SystemLogScreen ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 5‐4SetupScreen ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 5‐5AdvancedConfigurationScreen ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 5‐5BackupScreen ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 5‐6RestoreScreen ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 5‐6SoftwareUpdate ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 5‐7SystemReboot ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 5‐7CHAPTER6–SerialConfigurationandApplicationsUsingRS‐232ProgrammingPort6‐1UsingRS‐232DataPortSerialConnections ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 6‐3SerialConfiguration ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 6‐3CHAPTER7–BridgeLinksandMeshNetworkingESTeemMeshNetwork7‐1Configuration ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 7‐1RapidSpanningTreeProtocol(RSTP)Overview ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 7‐4Phases ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 7‐4PriorityandPathCost ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 7‐4RootBridge ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 7‐4RedundantBackupRedundantMasterConfiguration ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 7‐5CHAPTER8–AntennaSetupsAntennaandCableConfigurationsHorizon2.4AntennaandCableConfigurations ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 8‐1Horizon900AntennaandCableConfigurations ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 8‐3
TABLEOFCONTENTS Revised:27Jun16Page3ESTeemHorizonSeriesWeatherproofingCoaxialCableConnections 8‐3AntennaDiversity8‐3AssemblingtheAA195PMOutdoorPoleMountingKit 8‐4GroundingProcedure8‐9FresnelZone 8‐10APPENDIXA–FCCInformationAPPENDIXB–InterfacePortsEthernetInterface ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ B‐1ConfiguringDHCPServer ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ B‐1RS‐232ProgrammingPortPin‐Out ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ B‐2RS‐232DataPortPin‐Out ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ B‐2APPENDIXC–RadioConfigurationFrequencyofOperation ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ C‐1RFDataRateConfiguration ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ C‐1RFBandwidths ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ C‐2RFDataRatesandThroughputChart ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ C‐3SettingRFOutputPower ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ C‐4APPENDIXD–SecurityAPPENDIXE–TroubleshootingTestingCommunicationLink ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ E‐1ViewingPeerTable ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ E‐1TroubleshootingTips ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ E‐2APPENDIXF–Horizon2.4SpecificationsHorizon2.4(216An)Specifications ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ F‐1CaseDiagram ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ F‐2AntennaSpecifications ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ F‐3APPENDIXG–Horizon900SpecificationsHorizon900(216Ad)Specifications ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ G‐1CaseDiagram ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ G‐2AntennaSpecifications ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ G‐3
CHAPTER1INTRODUCTION Revised: 27 Jun 16 1-1 ESTeem Horizon Series BEFOREYOUBEGINThankyouandcongratulationsonyourpurchaseoftheESTeemHorizonSeriesWirelessEthernetModem!ThismanualwaswrittentohelpboththefirsttimeandadvanceduseroftheHorizontoconfigurethewirelessmodemforyourapplication.IfthisisyourfirsttimeconfiguringtheHorizonandyouwouldliketogetgoingassoonaspossible,werecommendusingtheESTeemResourceCDprovidedwiththemodem.TheResourceCDwillprovidethesoftwareutilitiesandguideyouthroughtheconfigurationofthewirelessmodemforyourapplication.TheESTeemHorizonSeriesofwirelessEthernetnetworkinghardwareareverysophisticatednetworkingdevices.Tokeepthemanualusablyshort,manyoftheapplicationdescriptionsandprogrammingdetailsassumetheuserhasagoodworkingknowledgeofthefollowingnetworkconcepts: GeneralEthernetnetworkingandtheconfigurationofLANtopologies CommonEthernetterminologyandacronyms TCP/IPnetworkprotocolstructureandhowtoconfigureTCP/IPnetworksandsubnets HowtoidentifyandsettheTCP/IPaddressonyourcomputer Haveadministratorprivilegestothecomputerandnetworkyouareconfiguring Ifusingroutingprotocols,youmustbeabletoidentifyandconfigurethenetworkrouters,gatewaysandfirewalls YoumustbefamiliarwithusingwebbrowsersoftwaresuchasInternetExplorer,NetscapeorMozillaIfyouareunfamiliarwithanyoftheabovenetworkingconcepts,youmayneedtocontactyournetworkadministratorforassistance.HORIZONOVERVIEWTheESTeemHorizonisaseriesofwirelessLANtransceiversthatcanbeusedtobuildmanytypesofWirelessLocalAreaNetworks(WLAN).ThewirelessmodemsinHorizonseriescanprovideRFdataratesupto150MbpsandhaveanRS‐232serialportforlegacydevicenetworks.TheModelHorizonisaverysophisticatednetworkingdevicethatcanbeconfiguredformultiplemodesofoperationdependingupontheneedsofthewirelessandwiredLANsystem.Thefollowingconfigurationmodesareprovidedasanoverviewofthebasicnetworktypes,asallpossiblenetworkconfigurationscannotbelisted.Forfurtherhelpinselectingthecorrectnetworktype,pleaserefertoChapter4ofthisUser’sManualorcallCustomerSupportat509‐735‐9092.Figure1:ESTeemHorizonSeriesThroughoutthisUser’sManualare“TechnicalTips”inboxeslikethisthathavebeenaddedtohelpanswerthemostcommonlyaskedquestions.Figure2:AccessPointBridgeDiagram
CHAPTER1INTRODUCTION Revised: 27 Jun 16 1-2 ESTeem Horizon Series CONFIGURATIONMODESTheHorizoncanbeconfiguredformultiplemodesofoperationwithoutanychangestothehardware.Thefollowingarebriefdescriptionsoftheconfigurationmodes.Fordetaileddescriptionsandsuggestedapplicationsforeachmode,pleaserefertoChapter4.AccessPointModesWhentheHorizonisconfiguredasanAccessPointitwillprovideawirelessbridgeformobileclientssuchasHorizonorModel195EmodemsinclientmodesorWi‐Fidevices.MultipleAccessPointscanbephysicallyconnectedtothesamenetwork(LAN)orthrougharadiolinkusingtheAccessPointPeermodetoprovideoverlapping,seamlessEthernetcommunicationformobiledevices.1. AccessPointBridgeMode AnESTeemHorizoninAccessPointBridgemodewillbothprovidewirelessaccesstomobileclients(AccessPoint)andbridgeallEthernetdataconnectedtotheEthernetports.TheAPBridgemodewillpassallnetworktrafficbetweenconnecteddevicesincludingglobalnetworkbroadcasts.(SeeFigure2)2. AccessPointRouterMode InthismodetheESTeemHorizonwillfunctionasarouterbetweenwiredEthernetnetworks,connectedtotheHorizon’sEthernetport,andthewirelessclientsinthenetwork.Asinallstandardrouterconfigurations,thewirelessandwiredEthernetnetworkswillneedtobeonseparatesubnets.TheHorizoninAccessPointRoutermodewillpassnetworktrafficforconnecteddevicesbutwillblockglobalnetworkbroadcastsfromthewirednetwork.ThismodeofoperationshouldbeusedinsteadoftheAccessPointBridgemodewhenaseparationbetweennetworksisrequiredortheESTeemisconnectedtolargerLANNetworksthatwillcontinuouslysendglobalnetworkbroadcasts(Figure3).Figure3:PeerModeDiagramFigure4:AccessPointMasqueradeDiagram
CHAPTER1INTRODUCTION Revised: 27 Jun 16 1-3 ESTeem Horizon Series 3. AccessPointMasqueradeMode TheAccessPointMasquerademodeisaspecialuseoftheAccessPointmodewheretheHorizonwillconnectmobileclientsintoasinglestaticIPaddressonawirednetwork.DatarequestsfromthewirelessnetworkwillbeprocessedthroughtheAccessPointMasquerademodem,butanyrequestfromthewiredEthernetnetworktodevicesonthewirelessnetworkwillberejectedsimilartotheoperationofa“firewall”.TheHorizonwillhidealltheIPaddressesconnectedonthewirelesslink.YouwouldusethismodeofoperationifHorizonisconnecteddirectlytotheInternetwithastaticIPaddress(DSL,T1,etc.)andyouwantthewirelessclientstoaccesstheinformationthroughtheHorizon(Figure4).ThismodeshouldalsobeusedforattachingtheHorizontoanetworkwherefewIPaddressesareavailableorafirewallforthewirelessclientsisrequired.AccessPointPeer(Repeater)Mode TheAccessPointPeerconnectionisauniqueenhancementoftheESTeemHorizonseries.TheAccessPointRepeatercanbeusedwithanyoftheaboveAccessPointmodes.Withthisrepeaterfeatureenabled,theAccessPointsdonothavetobehardwiredtogetheronthesamephysicalLANtoprovideseamlessEthernetcommunicationforroamingclients.InadditiontogreatlyextendingtheAccessPointcanopyrange,theHorizonwillalsobridgeanyEthernetdeviceorEthernetnetworkconnectedtotheunitoverthissamewirelessEthernetnetwork.Thismodegivestheuserthefeaturesofapointtomulti‐pointbridgenetworkbutalsoallowstheHorizonintheClientmodetosimultaneouslyroamunderthenetworkcanopy.Figure5:MeshNetworkDiagram
CHAPTER1INTRODUCTION Revised: 27 Jun 16 1-4 ESTeem Horizon Series Self‐HealingMeshNetwork IfmultipleAccessPointRepeaterroutesareconfiguredtothesamedestinationESTeem,theHorizonwillcreatea“self‐healing”meshnetworkbyautomaticallyre‐routingdatathroughalternatepathstoreachitsdestinationiftheprimarypathisinoperable.Theroutingandpriorityofalternatepathsiscompletelyuserconfigurable.(SeeFigure5) Station(Client)Modes1. EtherStationMode WhentheHorizonisconfiguredintheEtherStationmodeandattachedtoasingleEthernetDevice,theHorizonwillemulatean802.11wirelesscardinfunctionalityforcommunicationasamobileclient.TheHorizonwillseamlessroamundertheradiocanopyofAccessPointsandcanprovidegreatlyincreasedrangeoveraWirelessLANCardformobileEthernetdevicessuchasvehicles,forklifts,cranes,etc(Figures2‐4).2. StationRouterMode TheStationRoutermodewillalsofunctionsasamobileclient,similartoEtherStation,butwillallowmultipleEthernetdevicestobeconnectedtoasingleHorizon(Figure4).TheHorizonwillfunctionasarouterbetweenthewirelessclientmodeandthewiredEthernetdevicesconnectedtotheEthernetport.SimilarinconfigurationtotheAccessPointRoutermode,thewirelessandwiredEthernetnetworkswillneedtobeonseparatesubnets.TocommunicatefromwirelessnetworktodevicesonthewiredStationRouternetwork,aseparaterouter(connectedtotheEthernetsideoftheAccessPoint)isrequired.ThismodewouldbeusedwheremultipleEthernetdeviceswillbeconnectedtoasingleHorizoninamobileclientapplicationandtheconnectedEthernetdeviceswillneedtobeaccessiblefromtheAccessPoint’sLANnetwork.3. StationMasqueradeMode TheStationMasquerademodeisanothercasemultipledeviceswillbeconnectedtoasingleESTeeminamobileorclientapplication.However,unliketheStationRoutermode,theStationMasqueradewillconsolidateallconnectedEthernetdevicestoasingleIPaddressonthenetwork.ThedevicesconnectedtotheStationMasqueradewillbeabletoaccessinformationfromboththewirelessandwiredLAN,butwillbeinaccessibletheotherwaysimilarinapplicationtoafirewall.ThismodewouldbeusedwheremultipleEthernetdeviceswillbeconnectedtoasingleHorizoninamobileapplicationandtheIPaddressesforeachdevicewillbehiddenfromtheLANconnectedtotheAP.SeeFigure4.
CHAPTER1INTRODUCTION Revised: 27 Jun 16 1-5 ESTeem Horizon Series RS‐232SerialApplications TheESTeemHorizonisinstalledwithanRS‐232dataportforserialdataapplicationsrunoverthebroadbandlink(Figure6).Theserialoverbroadbandnetworkcanbeusedinapoint‐to‐pointorpoint‐to‐multi‐pointapplicationfornetworkingserial(RS‐232C)devices,providingserialconnectionstolegacyhardwareinanewEthernetnetworkorprovidingforhigh‐bandwidthdevices(suchasVideoorVoiceoverIP)inanexistingserialnetwork.  TobeginsetupofyourwirelessEthernetnetwork,continuetoChapter2‐StaringOutofthisUser’sManual.Figure6:Multi‐pointSerialDiagram
CHAPTER2STARTINGOUT Revised: 27 Jun 16 2-1 ESTeem Horizon Series OVERVIEWTherearethreemainphasestopreparetheESTeemHorizonforoperationinawirelessnetwork:Phase1‐DeterminethecorrectmodeofoperationfortheHorizoninthewirelessnetwork.TheESTeemHorizonisasophisticatednetworkingdevicethatcanbeconfiguredformultiplemodesofoperation.DeterminingthecorrectmodeofoperationfortheESTeemHorizonisthefirststep.Chapter3ofthisUser’sManualdetailsthemodesofoperationandapplicationswhereeachwouldbeused.Phase2‐ProgramtheESTeemforoperationinthewirelessnetwork.OncethecorrectmodeofoperationfortheESTeemhasbeendetermined,theHorizoncanbeprogrammedforthewirelessnetwork.TosimplifytheprogrammingoftheHorizon,ESTeemhascreatedanewsoftwareutilitycalledtheESTeemNetworkConfiguration(ENC)Utilitywhichisusedtographicallyconfiguretheprimaryandbackupcommunicationroutesbetweenradiomodemsinthenetwork.TheENCUtilitycanbeinstalledfromtheESTeemResourceDiskorfromtheESTeemwebsite(www.esteem.com).Chapter4(UtilitiesandFeatures)ofthisUser’sManualwillguideyouintheinstallationofthesoftwareandgiveabriefoverviewofoperationoftheENCUtility,butadetailedUser’sGuideisavailablebothontheESTeemResourceDiskandintheHelpsectionoftheprogramitself.TheESTeemHorizoncanalsobeprogrammedthroughtheinternalWebinterface(discussedindetailinChapter5)ifyoudonothaveaccesstotheENCUtility.Phase3‐InstalltheESTeemhardwareandtestcommunication.AftertheESTeemHorizonprogramming,installthehardwareineachremotelocation.Chapter8ofthisUser’sManualdescribestheantennaspecifications,mountingoptionsandtheconfigurationofthepolemountinghardwarefortheESTeem.Forinstructionsontestingandtroubleshootingthewirelesslink,refertoAppendixF(Troubleshooting).HORIZONHARDWARELAYOUTTobegintheconfiguration,unpacktheESTeemHorizonshippingboxesandlocatetheitemsbelowforinitialconfiguration.Takeafewminutestoinventoryyourequipmentbeforeyouproceed.ReportanymissingordamageditemstoCustomerSupport(509‐735‐9092)assoonaspossible.EachnodeinyourESTeemHorizon’snetworkmayhavedifferenthardwarecomponentsbaseduponthefinalinstallationlocation(i.e.Outdoor,Indoor,Point‐to‐pointorMuti‐Point).Antennatypes,cablelengths,powersuppliesmaybedifferent,butthefollowingitemswillberequiredforbasicsetup:HorizonRadioAA109ResourceDisk Antenna(AA01SDisplayed) (2)EthernetCables PowerSupply(AA175.2Displayed)SerialInterfaceCable(AA6021.1)Note:Youraccessorymodelnumbersmayvaryfromtheabove,butyouwillneedtolocateeachofaboveitemstocontinueconfiguration.
CHAPTER2STARTINGOUT Revised: 27 Jun 16 2-2 ESTeem Horizon Series Figure2:HorizonAntennaOverviewFigure1:HorizonFrontPanelOverview
CHAPTER2STARTINGOUT Revised: 27 Jun 16 2-3 ESTeem Horizon Series HORIZONHARDWARECONFIGURATIONThefollowingstepsshouldbecompletedtobeginconfigurationoftheESTeemHorizon:1. ConnecttheantennatotheantennaconnectorontheHorizon(Figure3).ForasingleantennauseAntennaPort1andconnectbothifusingdualantennas.2. AssembletheHorizonhardwareasshowninFigure4.Figure3:AntennaConfigurationDiagramTechnicalTips:1.ConfiguretheHorizonpriortomounting.2.AttachantennatotheHorizonbeforepoweringup.Figure4:HardwareConfigurationDiagramLeaveOpenSingle AntennaConfiguration Dual AntennaConfiguration
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-1 ESTeem Horizon Series MODESOFOPERATIONTheESTeemHorizonisasophisticatedwirelessnetworkingdevicethatcanbeconfiguredformultiplemodesofoperation.DeterminingthecorrectmodeofoperationfortheESTeemisthefirststepincreatingareliablewirelessnetwork.Thischapterwillexplaineachmodeofoperation,provideexampleapplicationsanddetailedprogramminginformationforeachmode.Pleasereviewthefollowingmodesofoperations.Ifyoudonotseeanexampleofyourapplication,pleasecontactESTeemsupportat509‐735‐9092forhelpinselectingyourmodeofoperation.EthernetBridgeMode(APBridge)ThemostcommonlyusedmodeofoperationwiththeESTeemHorizonistheEthernetbridgemode.TheEthernetbridgemodewillconnecttwoormoreESTeemHorizon’swhilepassingallnetworktrafficthatarrivesinboththewirelessandconnectedEthernetports;includingallglobalnetworktraffic(Figure1).ThismodewillworkinmostwirelessapplicationsoftheHorizontowirelesslyconnecttwoormoreremoteEthernetdevicesornetworks.TheEthernetbridgemodeisalsousedinrepeating(Figure2)andinself‐healingMeshnetworks(Figure3)forfixed(non‐mobile)applications.ExampleApplications BuildingtobuildingremotewirelessLANnetworks PointtopointwirelessEthernetcommunicationdevices Multi‐pointwirelessEthernetnetworks RemoteSupervisoryControlandDataAcquisition(SCADA)networks Redundant,self‐healingMeshnetworks FixedlocationswithmobileESTeemHorizon’sApplicationsWhereEthernetBridgeModeNotUsed Mobileapplications(seeMobileClients) ConnectionstolargeEthernettrafficnetworkssuchaslargeofficebuildingsorplantnetworks(seeRoutermodes)Figure1:PointtoPointExample
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-2 ESTeem Horizon Series Figure3:MultipointBridgewithMeshNetworkingFigure2:EthernetBridgewithRepeater
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-3 ESTeem Horizon Series RouterModes(APRouterandAPMasquerade)TheESTeemHorizoncanbeconfiguredasanetworkrouterornetworkfirewallbetweentheEthernetLANconnectionandthewirelessnetworkofremotelocations.TheroutermodesareusedtolimitthenetworktrafficfromabusyEthernetnetworkconnectiontoonlythosespecificIPaddressusedonthewirelessnetwork(seeFigure4).TheEthernetroutermode(APRouter)willallowbi‐directionalcommunicationfromtheEthernetLANconnectiontothewirelessnetwork.TheEthernetfirewallmode(APMasquerade)willallowEthernetdevicesinthewirelessnetworktorequestinformationfromtheEthernetLANnetworkandreceivearesponse,butnotrafficcanbegeneratedfromtheEthernetLANside.ExampleApplications WirelessEthernetnetworksconnectedtolargecompanyorplantEthernetLANnetworks(APRouter) WirelessEthernetnetworkswitharequirementfornetworkisolationfromtheplantorcompanynetwork(APRouter) SharedEthernetconnectiontodirectInternetservice(DSL,Cable,T1,etc.)(APMasquerade)ApplicationsWhereEthernetRouterModeNotUsed Mobileapplications(seeMobileClients) SimplenetworkconnectionsonlyusingasingleIPnetworksubnet(seeEthernetBridgemodes)Figure4:RouterModeExample
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-4 ESTeem Horizon Series MobileClientModes(EtherStation,StationRouterorStationMasquerade)TheESTeemHorizoncanalsobeconfiguredtofunctionasamobileclient.TheclientmodesallowtheHorizontoseamlesslyroambetweenfixedAccessPoints.TheseAccessPointscaneitherbeESTeemHorizonwirelessmodemsconfiguredinoneofthethreeAccessPointmodes(APBridge,APRouterorAPMasquerade–seeabove)oranyIEEE802.11(Wi‐Fi).TheclientmodeswillallowmobileEthernetdevicestoconnecttoeachotherortoanEthernetLANthroughthefixedAP(Figure5).TheEtherStationmodeisusedtoconnectasingleEthernetdevicetotheESTeemHorizon.IfyouareconnectingtheHorizontomultipleEthernetdevicesinamobilemode,theStationRouterorStationMasqueradewillberequired.TheStationRouterwillallowbi‐directionalcommunicationbetweentheEthernetdevicesconnectedtotheHorizonandthewirelessnetwork,whiletheStationMasqueradewillserveasafirewallontheEthernetside.ExampleApplications MobileapplicationswheretheHorizonwillchangelinksoftenbetweenfixedAccessPoints Longrangemobileclientnetworks Publicsafetyapplicationsforpolice,fireandEMSApplicationsWhereMobileClientModeNotUsed FixedlocationsusingEthernetBridgingorRouting WirelessEthernetnetworkswithrepeatersFigure5:RouterModeExample
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-5 ESTeem Horizon Series 802.11AccessPointModes(APBridge,APRouterorAPMasquerade)TheESTeemHorizoncanbeconfiguredasahighpower802.11AccessPoint(AP).TheIEEE802.11n/g/bAccessPoint(AP)functionalityisavailableinallthreeoftheAccessPointmodes(APBridge,APRouterorAPMasquerade).TheAccessPointmodewillprovideeitherasinglewirelessconnection(Figure6)oroverlappingcoverage(Figure7)tocreatea“canopy”ofwirelesscoveragefor802.11devices.TheESTeemHorizoninAPmodecanfunctionasbothanEthernetbridgeorrouterand802.11APsimultaneously(Figure8).ExampleApplications Industrial,longrange802.11(Wi‐Fi)networks HybridnetworksofEthernetbridging/routingandmobileclientaccessApplicationsWhereAccessPoint(AP)ModeNotUsed MobileapplicationsFigure6:SingleAccessPointNetwork
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-6 ESTeem Horizon Series Figure7:OverlappingAccessPointCoverageFigure8:AccessPointandEthernetBridge
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-7 ESTeem Horizon Series PROGRAMMINGEXAMPLESOncethemodeofoperationfortheESTeemhasbeendetermined,youarenowreadytoprogramtheHorizonforuse.ESTeemhascreatedasimplifiednetworkprogrammingutilitycalltheESTeemNetworkConfiguration(ENC)Utility.ThisENCUtilitywillbeusedinallthefollowingprogrammingexamples.FordetailedinstructionsoninstallingtheENCUtility,pleaserefertotheUser’sGuide(foundintheESTeemResourceCDorUtilityprogramitself)orChapter4ofthisUser’sManualAddingEsteem’stoENCUtilityandChangingNameEachoftheexampleapplicationswillusethefollowingproceduretoaddandrenameESTeemHorizon’s.1. ConsulttheENCUtility’sUserGuideonhowthecreateanewwirelessnetwork.Onceyouhaveablanknetworkconfigurationpage(Figure9),selectESTeemfromthemenuitemstodisplaythedropdownmenu,thenselectNew>NewESTeem.2. EnterintheESTeemHorizonserialnumbersusedfortheexample(forexampleenterZ‐14000intheSetSerialNumberBox)andpresstheOKbutton(Figure10).TheENCUtilitywilllookuptheESTeemHorizon’sserialnumberinthedatabaseandmatchthecorrectWirelessLANMAC(WLANMAC)addresstothemodem.ThisWLANMACaddresswillbedisplayedabovethemodemsymbolonthescreen(Figure11).TechnicalTip:TheENCUtilitycalculatesthewirelesslinkinformationbaseduponexactESTeemserialnumbers.Theserialnumberslistedinthefollowingexamplesareforexampleonly.EnterthecorrectESTeemserialnumbersforyourapplication.Figure9:AddingESTeemtoBlankENCConfigurationPageFigure10:EntertheSerialNumber
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-8 ESTeem Horizon Series 3. TochangethenameoftheESTeemHorizonfromtheWLANMACaddressto“MainOffice”(oranyotherlocationname)tomatchtheexampleconfiguration,Right‐MouseclickontheESTeemiconandselectChange>ChangeModemID(Figure12).Enter“MainOffice”inthepop‐upwindowandselectOK.4.DuplicatetheaboveprocedureforeachESTeemHorizonaddedtothenetwork.Figure11:MainOfficeESTeemHorizonFigure12:ChangeModemID
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-9 ESTeem Horizon Series EthernetBridgeModeExample1(Figure1)PointtoPointEthernetBridge(2)ESTeemHorizonSerialNumbers:Z‐14000(MainOffice)andZ‐14001(RemoteOffice)1. AddthetwoESTeemHorizonstothenetworkusingtheaboveprocedure.OncebothESTeemHorizonsareontheconfigurationpage,createawirelesslinkbyclinkingononeofthetwoconnectionboxesanddraggingalinetotheothermodem(Figure13).5. VerifybothESTeemmodemsareconnectedtothesameswitchasthecomputerrunningtheENCUtilityandsendtheconfigurationtobothmodemsatthesametimebyselectingESTeem>ESTeemConfiguration>SendConfigurationtoAllESTeems(Figure14).6. OncetheENCUtilityhasdownloadedtheconfigurationforbothESTeemHorizons,thestatusboxaroundtheESTeemswillchangefromyellowtoblue.ThisindicatesthattheconfigurationwascompletedsuccessfullyandtheESTeemHorizonsarereadytobeinstalledintheapplication.Figure13:CreateWirelessLinkFigure14:SendConfigurationtoESTeem’s
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-10 ESTeem Horizon Series EthernetBridgeModeExample2(Figure2)PointtoPointwithRepeaterEthernetBridge(3)ESTeemHorizonSerialNumbers:Z‐14000(MainOffice)Z‐14001(RemoteOffice)Z‐14002(Repeater)1.Usingtheaboveprocedure,enterthethreeESTeemHorizonsintotheENCUtility.YourlayoutshouldappearlikeFigure14.2. MovetheESTeemHorizoniconsonthescreentosimulatethelayoutofthediagram.Drawconnectionlinesbetweenthemodemstomakethewirelesslinkinthesameorderasthenetworklayout(Figure15).3. VerifyallESTeemmodemsareconnectedtothesameswitchasthecomputerrunningtheENCUtilityandsendtheconfigurationtobothmodemsatthesametimebyselectingESTeem>ESTeemConfiguration>SendConfigurationtoAllESTeems.OncetheENCUtilityhasdownloadedtheconfigurationforbothESTeemHorizon’s,thestatusboxaroundtheESTeem‘swillchangefromyellowtoblue.ThisindicatesthattheconfigurationwascompletedsuccessfullyandtheESTeemHorizon’sarereadytobeinstalledintheapplication.TechnicalTip:AlthoughitdoesnotmatterwheretheESTeemiconsarelocatedonthescreen,puttingtheminthesamelayoutastheapplicationmakesiteasiertovisuallyverifythenetworkconnections.Figure14:Example2ModemsFigure15:Example2Layout
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-11 ESTeem Horizon Series EthernetBridgeModeExample3(Figure3)PointtoMultipointwithMeshRepeaterLinks(6)ESTeemHorizonSerialNumbers:Z‐14000(MainOffice)Z‐14001(RemoteOffice)Z‐14002(Repeater)Z‐14003(RemoteSite1)Z‐14004(RemoteSite2)Z‐14005(RemoteSite3)1. UsingtheaboveprocedureforaddingESTeemHorizons,addthesixESTeemHorizonsforthisexampleandrenamebylocation.YourlayoutshouldappearlikeFigure16.2. MovetheESTeemHorizoniconsonthescreentosimulatethelayoutofthediagram.Drawconnectionlinesbetweentheprimarywirelesslinksmodemsinthesameorderasthenetworklayout(Figure17).3. TocreatethebackuplinkbetweenRemote1andRemote2andtheotherbackuplinkfromRemote2totheRemoteOffice,drawawirelessconnectionasyouwouldontheprimarylink.Double‐clickonthelinecreated.TheLinkEditorboxwillbedisplayed(Figure16).AnyPathLengthgreaterthan1willdisplayasadashedlineindicatingabackuplinkintherepeaterFigure16:Example3ModemsFigure15:Example2Layout
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-12 ESTeem Horizon Series Meshconfiguration(Figure17).FordetailedinstructiononMeshnetworkconfiguration,refertoChapter7ofthisUser’sManual.4. VerifyallESTeemmodemsareconnectedtothesameswitchasthecomputerrunningtheENCUtilityandsendtheconfigurationtoallmodemsatthesametimebyselectingESTeem>ESTeemConfiguration>SendConfigurationtoAllESTeems.OncetheENCUtilityhasdownloadedtheconfigurationforbothESTeemHorizon’s,thestatusboxaroundtheESTeem‘swillchangefromyellowtoblue.ThisindicatesthattheconfigurationwascompletedsuccessfullyandtheESTeemHorizon’sarereadytobeinstalledintheapplication.Figure16:BackupLinkConfigurationFigure17:MeshNetworkConfiguration
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-13 ESTeem Horizon Series EthernetRouterModeExample(Figure4)PointtoMultipointRouterMode(4)ESTeemHorizonSerialNumbers:Z‐14000(RouteratNetwork)Z‐14001(RemoteSite1)Z‐14002(RemoteSite2)Z‐14003(RemoteSite3)1. UsingtheaboveprocedureforaddingESTeemHorizons,addthefourESTeemHorizonsforthisexampleandrenamebylocation.YourlayoutshouldappearlikeFigure18.2. MovetheESTeemHorizoniconsonthescreentosimulatethelayoutofthediagram.Drawconnectionlinesbetweenthewirelesslinksmodemsinthesameorderasthenetworklayout(Figure19).Figure18:RouterModeExampleModemsFigure19:RouterExampleLayout
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-14 ESTeem Horizon Series 3. Bydefault,theENCUtilitysetsallESTeemmodemsinAPBridgemode.TochangethePlantRouterESTeemtoAPRoutermode,double‐clickontheicontobringuptheESTeemSummarywindowandpresstheEditbutton(Figure20).4. ChangetheModeofOperationfromAPBridgetoAPRouter(orMasqueradeifdesired)andpresstheNextbuttonatthebottomofthewindow(Figure21).5. ContinuethroughtheconfigurationscreenssettingtheAPRouteraddressingtomatchtheIPaddressrangesforyournetwork.ForhelpwithsettingtherouteraddressingpleaserefertoRouterAddressExampleslaterinthischapter.YouwillendonthescreeninFigure22.PresstheFinishbuttontoreturntotheconfigurationpage.6. VerifyallESTeemmodemsareconnectedtothesameswitchasthecomputerrunningtheENCUtilityandsendtheconfigurationtoallmodemsatthesametimebyselectingESTeem>ESTeemConfiguration>SendConfigurationtoAllESTeem’s.OncetheENCUtilityhasdownloadedtheconfigurationforbothESTeemHorizons,thestatusboxaroundtheESTeem’swillchangefromyellowtoblue.ThisindicatesthattheconfigurationwascompletedsuccessfullyandtheESTeemHorizonsarereadytobeinstalledintheapplication.Figure21:APRouterConfigurationFigure20:ESTeemSummaryPageFigure22:ESTeemSummaryPage
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-15 ESTeem Horizon Series MobileClientModeExample(Figure5)EtherStation,StationRouterandStationMasqueradeModes(3)ESTeemHorizonSerialNumbers:Z‐14000(EtherStation)Z‐14001(StationRouter)Z‐14002(StationMasquerade)SettingtheESTeemforMobileClient(station)modewiththeENCUtilityisdifferentthantheBridge/RouterorAccessPoint(AP)modes.ESTeemmodemsconfiguredinasaMobileClientwillnotlinkwithaspecificfixedmodem;butwillroambetweenany802.11AccessPointwiththecorrectNetworkName(SSID)andEncryption.TheESTeemconfiguredasaclientisalsonotsetonaspecificoperatingfrequency(channel)butwillscanallchannelslookingfortheAP.UsethefollowingproceduretoconfigureanESTeemHorizoninoneofthethreemobileclientmodes:1. StartinganewnetworkofESTeemHorizonsinMobileClientmodeisthesameasanyoftheBridgemodesexceptwhenyouareaskedforthefrequency(channel)ofoperation,select“Station”(Figure23).2. AddthethreemobileclientmodemstotheENCUtilityconfigurationpageasinstructedaboveandsettheModemIDtomatchthethreemodesofoperation.YourconfigurationwillappearasinFigure24.EtherStation3. Bydefault,theENCUtilitysetsallstationmodeESTeemmodemstoEtherStationmode.TheonlyadjustmentnecessarytotheEtherStationmodeminourexampleistoentertheconnectedEthernetdevice’sMACaddress.TheESTeemHorizonwill“clone”theEthernetMACaddressoftheconnectedEthernetdevice.ToconfiguretheEtherStationmodem,double‐clickontheicontobringuptheESTeemSummarywindowandpresstheEditbutton(Figure20).4. EtherStationmodeshouldbeselectedintheModeofOperation.PresstheNextbuttonatthebottomofthewindowtocontinue.EntertheconnectedEthernetdevice’sMACaddressinthe“DeviceMACAddress”box(Figure25)andpresstheNextbuttonatthebottomofthewindowtocontinue.5. Verifytheencryptionsettingsarecorrectforthe802.11APnetworkinwhichtheEtherStationmodemwillbeworkingandpresstheFinishbuttontoreturntotheconfigurationpage.TechnicalTip:TheESTeemHorizon’sinMobileClientmodesdonothaveaspecificfrequencyofoperationascanbeseeninFigure24.Figure23:StationFigure24:StationModeExampleModemsFigure25:MACAddressEntry
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-16 ESTeem Horizon Series StationRouterandStationMasquerade6. Toconfigurethetwoothermodems,double‐clickontheiriconstobringuptheESTeemSummarywindowandpresstheEditbutton(Figure20).7. SelectStationRouterforZ‐14001andStationMasqueradeforZ‐14002intheModeofOperation(Figure26).PresstheNextbuttonatthebottomofthewindowtocontinue.8. ContinuethroughtheconfigurationscreenssettingtheStationRouter/MasqueradeaddressingtomatchtheIPaddressrangesforyournetwork.ForhelpwithsettingtherouteraddressingpleaserefertoRouterAddressExampleslaterinthischapter.9. Verifytheencryptionsettingsarecorrectforthe802.11APnetworkinwhichtheEtherStationmodemwillbeworkingandpresstheFinishbuttontoreturntotheconfigurationpage.10. VerifyallESTeemmodemsareconnectedtothesameswitchasthecomputerrunningtheENCUtilityandsendtheconfigurationtoallmodemsatthesametimebyselectingESTeem>ESTeemConfiguration>SendConfigurationtoAllESTeems.OncetheENCUtilityhasdownloadedtheconfigurationforbothESTeemHorizons,thestatusboxaroundtheESTeemswillchangefromyellowtoblue.ThisindicatesthattheconfigurationwascompletedsuccessfullyandtheESTeemHorizonsarereadytobeinstalledintheapplication.802.11AccessPointModes(Figures6‐8)AccessPointBridge,RouterorMasqueradeModesConfiguringtheESTeemHorizonasanAccessPointfor802.11clients(asseenFigures6‐8)isexactlythesameasconfigurationforAPBridge,APRouterandAPMasqueradeasshownabove.TheonlydifferencebeingthatawirelesslinkisonlyaddedbetweenESTeemHorizonswhereawirelessconnectionisnecessary.Infigures6and7therewouldbenowirelesslinklistedintheENCUtility.Infigure8,theconfigurationwouldbeexactlyasshowninFigure2withtheadditionofthemobileclientsinthenetwork.The802.11clientswillusetheSSIDconfiguredduringthesetupofthenetworkwiththeENCUtility.Theencryptionwillbesetatthefactorydefaultsettingsforclients(WPAPSK).Toadjusttheencryptiontype,right‐mouseclickontheESTeemiconandselectChange>ChangeESTeemEncryption(Figure27).Figure26:ModeofOperationSelectionFigure27:EncryptionConfiguration
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-17 ESTeem Horizon Series ROUTERADDRESSINGEXAMPLESThefollowingareexamplesoftheIPaddressingandsubnetsrequiredfortheESTeemRoutermodes.PointtoPointAccessPointRoutertoStationRouterAP RouterWireless IP Address: 172.16.1.6Netmask: 255.255.0.0Default Route: 172.17.1.6Ethernet IP Address: 172.17.1.6Netmask: 255.255.0.0Static Route: 172.20.0.0255.255.0.0gateway: 172.16.2.22Station RouterWireless IP Address: 172.16.2.22Netmask: 255.255.0.0Default Route: 172.16.1.6Ethernet IP Address: 172.20.2.22Netmask: 255.255.0.0Device IP address: 172.17.X.XNetmask: 255.255.0.0Default gateway 172.17.1.6Device IP address: 172.20.X.XNetmask: 255.255.0.0Default gateway 172.20.2.22Figure28:APRouterAddressingExample
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-18 ESTeem Horizon Series Stand‐AloneAccessPointRouterandSingleStationRouterFigure29:StationRouterAddressingExampleStatic Routes Routes for 172.18.0.0 network use gateway 172.16.2.20 Note: Wireless Networks and Station Devices Must Be on Separate Subnets ESTeem Horizon in Access Point Router Mode Ethernet IP Address = 172.17.1.6 Wireless IP Address 172.16.1.6 Netmask = 255.255.0.0 Default Route = 172.17.1.6 ESTeem Horizon in Station Router Mode Netmask 255.255.0.0 Wireless IP Address 172.16.2.20 Ethernet IP Address 172.18.2.20 Gateway(Route) 172.16.1.6 Connected Ethernet Devices IP Address 172.18.X.X Netmask 255.255.0.0 Gateway (Route) = 172.18.2.20 Computer IP Address = 172.17.1.1 Netmask = 255.255.0.0 Default Route = 172.17.1.6
CHAPTER3EXAMPLEAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 3-19 ESTeem Horizon Series Stand‐AloneAccessPointRouterwithMultipleStationRoutersFigure30:CompleteRouterAddressingExampleESTeem Horizon in Access Point Bridge Mode Bridge IP Address = 172.16.1.7 Netmask = 255.255.0.0 Default Route = 172.16.1.6 Connected Ethernet Devices IP Address 172.16.X.X Netmask 255.255.0.0 Gateway (Route) = 172.16.1.6 ESTeem Horizon in Station Router Mode Netmask 255.255.0.0 Wireless IP Address 172.16.2.22 Ethernet IP Address172.20.2.20 Gateway(Route) 172.16.1.6 ESTeem Horizon in Station Router ModeNetmask 255.255.0.0 Wireless IP Address 172.16.2.20 Ethernet IP Address 172.18.2.20 Gateway(Route) 172.16.1.6 Static RoutesRoutes for 172.18.0.0 network use gateway 172.16.2.20 Routes for 172.19.0.0 network use gateway 172.16.2.21 Routes for 172.20.0.0 network use gateway 172.16.2.22 Routes for 172.16.0.0 network use gateway 172.16.1.6 Note: Wireless Networks and Station Devices Must Be on Separate Subnets ESTeem Horizon in Access Point Router Mode Ethernet IP Address = 172.17.1.6 Wireless IP Address 172.16.1.6 Netmask = 255.255.0.0 Default Route = 172.17.1.6 ESTeem Horizon in Station Router Mode Netmask 255.255.0.0 Wireless IP Address 172.16.2.21 Ethernet IP Address 172.19.2.20 Gateway(Route) 172.16.1.6 Connected Ethernet Devices IP Address 172.18.X.X Netmask 255.255.0.0 Gateway (Route) = 172.18.2.20 Connected Ethernet DevicesIP Address 172.17.X.X Netmask 255.255.0.0 Gateway (Route) = 172.17.1.6 Connected Ethernet Devices IP Address 172.19.X.X Netmask 255.255.0.0 Gateway (Route) = 172.19.2.20 Connected Ethernet Devices IP Address 172.20.X.X Netmask 255.255.0.0 Gateway (Route) = 172.20.2.20 Blockage Blockage
CHAPTER4UTILITIES&FEATURES Revised: 27 Jun 16 4-1 ESTeem Horizon Series ESTeemNetworkConfigurationUtility(ENC)TheESTeemNetworkConfiguration(ENC)UtilityisasoftwareprogramdesignedtogreatlysimplifytheconfigurationofyourHorizonwirelessEthernetnetwork.TheENCUtilitywillallowgraphical,point‐and‐clickconfigurationofyournetworkrouting,thenconfigureeachESTeemwirelessmodemforthenetworkasdesigned(Figure1).TheENCUtilitywilleliminatetheneedtoprogramorupdateeachESTeemwirelessmodemindividually.TheENCUtilitycansendallwirelessmodemconfigurationchangessimultaneouslytoaneworexistingnetwork.TheENCUtilitywillbeusedforallwirelessnetworkprogramminginthisUser’sManual.FordetailedinstructionsontheuseoftheESTeemNetworkConfiguration(ENC)UtilitypleaserefertheENCUtilityUser’sGuideavailableontheESTeemResourceCDorintheapplicationitself.ESTeemDiscoveryUtilityTheESTeemDiscoveryUtilitywillallowyoutoconfiguretheIPaddressontheHorizonradiotomatchyournetworkregardlessofitscurrentIPsubnet.ThisutilitywillalsoallowyoutoupdatethesoftwareintheHorizonandopenthewebconfigurationforthatwirelessmodem.InstallationTheDiscoveryUtilitycanbedownloadedfromtheESTeemwebsite(http://www.esteem.com)orisavailableontheSoftwareResourcemediathatwasshippedwiththeHorizonradios.1. TheDiscoveryUtilityisaJava™basedapplicationcompatiblewithanycomputeroperatingsystem(Window,Linux,etc).Theapplicationrequirestwo(2)additionalsupportfilestooperate:Java–Downloadablefromhttp://www.java.com.Theversionrequiredwillbebaseduponyouroperatingsystem.Note:TheinstallationandupdatesfromJavamaytryandinstalladditionalwebbrowsertoolbars.Unchecktheoptionalinstallationiftheyarenotdesired.WinPcap–Downloadablefromhttp://www.winpcap.org/.Theversionrequiredwillbebaseduponyouroperatingsystem.Figure1:ESTeemNetworkConfigurationUtilityTechnicalTip:IfyourcomputerisconfiguredforDHCPandnotattachedtothenetwork,youwillneedtoassignastaticIPaddresstoprogramtheHorizon.
CHAPTER4UTILITIES&FEATURES Revised: 27 Jun 16 4-2 ESTeem Horizon Series 2. Onceboththeaboveprogramshavebeeninstalled,savetheESTeem.exefiletoanylocationonyourcomputersuchastheDesktop.DoubleclicktheESTeem.exeprogramandFigure2willbedisplayed.3. ConnecttheHorizonmodemtoyourcomputereitherdirectlytotheEthernetcardorthroughaSwitchusingaCAT‐5eEthernetcable.TheEthernetportsupportsAuto‐Negotiation,soeitherapatchcableorcrossovercablewillwork.PresstheDiscoverESTModemsbutton.4. TheESTeemHorizonwillbedisplayed(Figure3).IftheESTeemHorizonisnotonthesameIPsubnetasthecomputer,doubleclickontheIP,NetmaskorGatewayandmakethenecessarychanges.PresstheApplyChangesbuttonwhencomplete.5. IfchangesweremadetotheIPaddress,youwillneedtopresstheDiscoverESTModemsbuttonagaintoshowthechanges.Right‐mouseclickontheHorizonandselectConfigureRadiobuttontobeginprogramming.Figure2:ESTeemDiscoveryUtilityFigure3:ESTeemDiscoveryUtilityFigure4:OpeningRadioConfigurationSoftware
CHAPTER4UTILITIES&FEATURES Revised: 27 Jun 16 4-3 ESTeem Horizon Series FirmwareUpdatesToupdatefirmwareonanyESTeemHorizonthatisshownontheDiscoveryprogram,“right‐mouse”clickontheHorizon’sMACaddressandselectUpdateFirmwarefromthemenu(Figure5).Therearetwofirmwareupdateoptionsavailable,“Normal”and“CongestionAware”.SelectNormalformostupdatesanduseCongestionAwarewhensendingtheupdateoverthewirelesslinkonabusynetwork.Onceyoulocatetheupdatefile,selecttheOpenbuttonandtheHorizonwillupdate,validateandthenrebootwiththeupdatedoperatingsystem.OpeningWebBrowserToquicklyopenawebbrowserpagetotheIPaddressprogrammedintheHorizon,“right‐mouse”clickontheHorizon’sMACaddressandselectConfigureradiofromthemenu(Figure5).IfyourcomputerisconfiguredforthesameIPsubnetattheESTeemHorizonwirelessmodem,youwillbeaskedtosigninwiththeUsernameandPassword(Figure6).YoucannowbeginprogrammingtheHorizonforyourapplication.Figure5:DiscoveryFeaturesMenuTechnicalTip:ThedefaultUsernameandPasswordis“admin”(alllowercase).ExampleUsername:adminPassword:adminFigure6:ESTeemWebPageLog‐onScreen
CHAPTER4UTILITIES&FEATURES Revised: 27 Jun 16 4-4 ESTeem Horizon Series SETTINGLOCALTIMETheESTeemHorizonwillbeshippedfromthefactorywiththeinternalreal‐timeclocksettoPacificTime.Tochangetheclocksettingstothelocaltimeforaccuratelogfileentries:2. SelectAdvancedfromthetopMenu,selectGlobalSettings>SetSystemTime(Figure7)fromthemenuandpresstheNextbuttontocontinue.3. Selectthecorrectdateandtimefromthedrop‐downmenus(Figure8)andpresstheSetSystemTimebuttontosavethetimetotherealtimeclock.Figure7:AdvancedFeaturesScreenFigure8:AdvancedFeaturesScreen
CHAPTER4UTILITIES&FEATURES Revised: 27 Jun 16 4-5 ESTeem Horizon Series CONFIGURINGTIMESERVEREnablingNTPtimesynchronizationservicesontheHorizonwillallowusageoftimeservicesfromupstreamservicestokeepthetimeonthesystemaccurate.Toallowtimesynchronization,theHorizonmustbeconfiguredwiththeNTPDaemonenabledandtheappropriateIPaddressoftheupstreamnetworkNTPserver.1. SelectAdvancedfromthemenuitemsandGlobalVariables(Figure7).2. PresstheNextbuttonandFigure9willbedisplayed.AtthebottomofthepagearetheNTPserverconfigurations.3. TheNTPdaemonisenabledbyselectingONforNTPClient(Figure9).Whenenabled,theNTPdaemonwillusetimeservicesfromupstreamservicestokeepthetimeonthissystemaccurate.4. Next,theNTPServershouldbeconfiguredto“On,”ifyouwanttoallowthesystemtoprovideNTPserviceforclientswishingtimesynchronization(Figure9).5. ThefinalstepinconfiguringNTPservicesistoentertheIPaddressorthehostnameoftheupstreamNTPserver.Onceconfigurationiscomplete,presstheAcceptbutton.6. Tocompletetheconfiguration,select“CommitandReboot.”TheHorizonwillnowcommittheconfigurationchangesandreboot.Figure9:NTPSettings
CHAPTER4UTILITIES&FEATURES Revised: 27 Jun 16 4-6 ESTeem Horizon Series VLANOPERATIONVirtualLAN(VLAN)systemsarerapidlybecomingthedesiredconfigurationonlargerEthernetnetworks.TheESTeemHorizonsoftwarewillallowtheEthernetmodemstotransparentlypasstheVLANpacketsforthesenetworks.TheHorizoncurrentlycannotbeusedasaVLANswitch,butwillpassVLANtaggedEthernetpacketsthroughthewirelessbridge.IGMPSNOOPINGInternetGroupManagementProtocol(IGMP)SnoopingallowstheESTeemHorizontooperatemoreefficientlyinnetworkswithhighMulticast(UDP,etc.)traffic.IGMPSnoopingwilldefinethedestinationfortheMulticasttrafficandsendthedatatothecorrectwirelessEthernetmodem,nottheentirenetwork.ThislimitingofMulticasttraffictospecificdestinationsgreatlyincreasestheoverallnetworkefficiency.TheproblemwithusingmulticasttrafficoverawirelessconnectionisthatmulticastpacketsdonotrequireanAcknowledgeontheprotocollayer.IfthewirelessnetworkmissesadatapacketontheRFnetwork,thatmulticastdatapacketislost.TheoryofOperationTherearetwotypesofEthernetpacketsonanetwork,unicastandmulticast.Unicastisintendedforexactlyonerecipient(andignoredbyallothers).Multicastisintendedtobereceivedbymultiplerecipients.Interestedpartiescanlistenforparticularmulticastpackets,butmostnodesignoreit.Inanycase,thenetworkmediumisstillutilizednomatterhowmanynodesarelistening.Broadcastpacketsareaspecialtypeofmulticasttrafficwhichallnodesalwaysreceive.Theseareparticularlyusefulforglobalannouncements(Hey,I'mAlice!)andqueries(Hey,I'mAliceandI'mlookingforBob!).Morerelevantly,itishowhostsonanetworkfindouteachother'saddresses,andareabsolutelycrucialtotheproperfunctioningofanetwork.Asthenetworkgrowsphysically,itencounterssomegrowingpains.Thefirstismorephysical,relatingtothecablinglimitations.Bridgessolvethisproblembyjoiningtwophysicalnetworkstogethersotheyappeartobeasinglelargenetwork.Throughuseofbridges,anetworkcanscaletohundredsoreventhousandsofhosts.Thereisadownside,however.Wellbeforethephysicallimitationsofbridginghit,youstarttorunintoefficiencyproblems,asalltraffichastotraveleverywhereonthenetwork.Therawcarryingcapacityofthissharedmedium,oftenreferredtoasbandwidth,isthesecondscalingproblem.Smartbridges,orswitches,helpalleviatethebandwidthproblembyonlypassingtrafficacrossthebridgeifthedestinationhostwasontheotherside.Thisgreatlyincreasesthecapacityandefficiencyofthenetworkbyallowingtwopairsofhostscommunicatingsimultaneouslyoneachsideoftheswitchedbridge.Onlywhenthepacketneedstogototheothersideisbothmediumsutilizedsimultaneouslyforthesamepacket.Unfortunately,broadcastandmulticasttrafficbyitsverynaturemustalwaysberelayedacrossthebridge.Whilethenumberofnetworknodesmaygrowlinearly,themulticasttraffictendstogrowexponentially.Thisisn'tgenerallyaproblemforwirednetworks,astheyhaveaconsiderableamountofbandwidthtospare,butwirelessnetworkshave,atbest,anorderofmagnitudelessbandwidthtobeginwith.Ifawirelessnetworkisbridgedwithawirednetwork,whiletheabsolutenumbersarethesame,amuchhigherproportionofthewirelessnetwork’savailablebandwidthisusedupbymulticasttraffic.Thiseffectisfurthermagnifiedifmultiplewirelessrepeatersareinuse.Thepreferredwayofdealingwithexcessmulticasttrafficistoputthewirelessnetworkonadifferentsub‐network(subnet)andusearoutertojoinittothewirednetwork.Thisensuresthatonlyunicasttrafficintendedforthewirelessnetworkcrossesover,asmulticastandbroadcasttrafficstayswithinitslocalsubnet.Normallythisisfine,buttherearetimeswhereyouneedmulticasttraffictospansubnets.ForIPtraffic,thiscanbeobviatedbyusingamulticast‐capablerouter,butforlegacymulticastprotocolsthatwerenotdesignedtoberouted,anothersolutionmustbefound.
CHAPTER4UTILITIES&FEATURES Revised: 27 Jun 16 4-7 ESTeem Horizon Series TherearetwoprimarytypesofcommunicationnetworksusedinwirelessEthernetsystems;fixedpointscommunicatingtoeachotherthroughanEthernetBridgeandmobiledevicescommunicatingtothesefixedpoints.ThefixedpointEthernetbridgecommunicationintheHorizonisthroughRepeaterPeerlinks,whilethemobilecommunicationisfromtheClientmodes(EtherStation,StationRouterandStationMasquerade)totheAccessPoints(FixedLocations)inthenetwork.EachofthesenetworkshandlesMulticasttrafficdifferentlyasexplainedbelow.EthernetBridgeMode(withPeers)WhentheESTeemHorizonisconfiguredasapeer,allmulticasttrafficis“wrapped”inaUnicastframeandsenttoallotherrepeaterpeers.(Figure10)ThisoperationallowstheESTeemnetworktoreceiveanacknowledgepacketandretransmitthedataifthepacketislostduringtransmission.ThisunicastencapsulationwillworkregardlessiftheprotocolcansupportIGMPornot.Figure10:RepeaterPeerOperation
CHAPTER4UTILITIES&FEATURES Revised: 27 Jun 16 4-8 ESTeem Horizon Series EthernetBridgeMode(RepeaterPeers)WithIGMPSnoopingWhentheESTeemHorizonisconfiguredasarepeaterpeer,IGMPSnoopingisenabledandthenetworksupportsIGMPprotocol,theHorizonwillbegintoidentifytheconnectedEthernetdevicesusingMulticasttransmissionsandreportthisinformationtothenetwork.Asthisprocesscontinues,allsitesthathaveMulticasttrafficonthewirelessnetworkwillonlysendtheserequeststothespecificESTeemreportingtheEthernetdevice(seeFigure11).Figure11:RepeaterPeerwithIGMPEnabled
CHAPTER4UTILITIES&FEATURES Revised: 27 Jun 16 4-9 ESTeem Horizon Series EnablingIGMPSnoopingToenabletheESTeemHorizonforIGMPSnooping,selectAdvanced>BridgeVariablesandpresstheNextButton(Figure15).SelectIGMPSnooptoOn,presstheAcceptButtonandthenCommitandReboot.Figure12:IGMPEnabled
CHAPTER4UTILITIES&FEATURES Revised: 27 Jun 16 4-10 ESTeem Horizon Series SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)TheESTeemHorizonsupportsSNMPVersion1(SNMPv1)andVersion2(SNMPv2c)protocol.ThisprotocolenablesanySNMPservertoviewthestatusofthewirelessnetworkwhilethesystemisinoperation.ThefollowingarealistoftheManagementInformationBase(MIB)itemsthataresupportedintheESTeemHorizonandtheirMIBlocation:MIBNameMIBDirectoryLocationNotes SystemTemperatureEST‐MIB::sysInternalTemp.0inC*1000UptimeHOST‐RESOURCES‐MIB::hrSystemUptime.0SystemUpdateModemIDEST‐MIB::sysIdentifier.0User‐specified“nickname”forESTeemSerialNumberEST‐MIB::sysSerialNumber.0ESTeemserialnumberModelEST‐MIB::sysModel.0ESTeemmodelnumberFirmwareVersionEST‐MIB::sysFirmwareRevision.0FirmwarerevisionSystemModeEST‐MIB::sysMode.0AP_BRIDGE/STA_ETHERSTA,etcFreeMemoryUCD‐SNMP‐MIB::memTotalFree.0TotalFreeMemoryIdleCPUUCD‐SNMP‐MIB::ssCpuIdle.0PercentageofCPUIdle  [[per‐interface]] IPAddressIF‐MIB::ifAddressPortSpeedIF‐MIB::ifSpeedInbpsPortStatusIF‐MIB::ifOperStatusMacAddressIF‐MIB::ifPhysAddress  [[per‐wlandeventry]]EST‐MIB::wirelessDevicesNumber.0WirelessPortIdentificationDeviceNameEST‐MIB::wirelessDeviceTable.1.wName.1Nameofdevice(wlan0standard)MACAddressEST‐MIB::wirelessDeviceTable.1.wMacAddress.1MACaddressofWLANportModeEST‐MIB::wirelessDeviceTable.1.wMode.1CurrentModeap=accesspoint,sta=stationmodeandairscopeFrequencyEST‐MIB::wirelessDeviceTable.1.wFreq.1FrequencyinMHzBandwidthEST‐MIB::wirelessDeviceTable.1.wBandwidth.1Bandwidth(5,10,or20MHzifused)SSIDEST‐MIB::wirelessDeviceTable.1.wSSID.1ServiceSetIdentificationBSSIDEST‐MIB::wirelessDeviceTable.1.wBSSID.1BasicServiceSetIdentificationOperationalRatesEST‐MIB::wirelessDeviceTable.1.wOpRates.1ListofRFDataRatesinRateSetBasicRatesEST‐MIB::wirelessDeviceTable.1.wBasRates.1ListofRFBasicRatesforstatusmessages  
CHAPTER4UTILITIES&FEATURES Revised: 27 Jun 16 4-11 ESTeem Horizon Series [[peertableentry]]AllentriesinthePeerTablewillhaveadeviceentryindex,bothESTeemandotherwirelessdevicesEST‐MIB::wirelessPeersNumber.0Totalnumberofpeerentriesintable wlandeviceEST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pDevice.1indexintothewirelessDeviceTable(eachentrywillhaveauniquenumberPeerMACAddressEST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pMacAddr.1MACaddressofpeerisRepeater?EST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pRepeater.1IsthepeeranESTeemrepeaterisAP?EST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pAP.1IsthepeeranAccessPointisAssocSta?EST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pAssoc.1IsthepeeranMobileClientisAdhoc?EST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pAdhoc.1IsthepeeranAdHocStation(802.11only)FrequencyEST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pFreq.1FrequencyinMHzcurrentratesetEST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pCurRates.1CurrentOperatingRateslastrxsignalEST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pSignal.1ReceiveSignalin–dBmlastrxnoiseEST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pNoise.1BackgroundNoisein–dBmBSSIDEST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pBssid.1BasicServiceSetID(InHex)SSIDEST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pSSID.1SSIDinTextisValid?EST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pCurrent.1Trueifpeerinfoisfora“current”peer.lastrxEST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pLastRxl.1secondssincelastreceivedpacketfrompeerlasttxEST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pLastTx.1secondssincelasttransmittedpackettopeercurrenttxrateEST‐MIB::wirelessPeerTable.1.pCurrentRate.1currenttxrateinbps.DownloadingMIBTablesTodownloadtheMIBitemslistedaboveandimportintoyourSNMPserver,logintoanyESTeemHorizonandselecttheAboutpage(Figure16).PresstheDownloadMIBFileshyperlinkonthepageandsavethefilestoyourcomputer.Figure16:MIBTableDownload
CHAPTER5WEBCONFIGURATION Revised: 27 Jun 16 5-1 ESTeem Horizon Series TheESTeemHorizonWebConfigurationManagerisaninternalwebserverthatwillallowsetup,monitoringanddiagnosticsofalloperatingparametersintheHorizon.TheHorizoncanbeconfiguredusinganycurrentwebbrowsersoftwaresuchasInternetExplorer,Mozilla,FireFoxorGoogleChrome®.LOGGINGONTOTHEESTeemWEBPAGE1. UsingyourWebBrowserconnecttotheHorizonWebPagewiththeIPAddressthatyouhaveassigneditinChapter3.2. YouwillnowseetheLog‐onMenuonFigure1.ToentertheHorizonTopMenuyouwillneedtologintothesystemwithaUserNameandPassword.3. FortheUserNameenteradminandpresstheEnterkey(<Enter>).TheUserNameisdefinedatthefactoryandisnotchangeable.4. EnteryourPasswordandpresstheEnterkey(<Enter>).5. AfterLog‐inthenextscreendisplayedwillbetheHorizonTopMenupage(Figure2).ThisexamplescreenshowstheTopMenuscreen.Note:ThroughouttheConfigurationManagerareHelpScreensthatcanbeaccessedforfurtherinformationoneachitem.Figure1:ESTeemWebPageLog‐onScreenTechnicalTip:IfthisisthefirsttimetheHorizonhasbeenprogrammedandthePasswordwasnotchangedfromthefactorydefaultvalues,thefactorydefaultPasswordisalsoadmin.Figure2:TopMenuScreen
CHAPTER5WEBCONFIGURATION Revised: 27 Jun 16 5-2 ESTeem Horizon Series WEBCONFIGURATIONMANAGERSECTIONSThefollowingsectionswilldescribethefeaturesineachofthemainandsubmenuitemsinthewebpages.Forstep‐by‐stepexamplesofhowtoconfiguretheHorizonindifferentModesofOperation,pleaserefertoChapter3–ExampleApplications.TopMenuTheTopMenuwillbethedefaultwebpagefortheHorizonWebConfigurationManager(Figure2).ThissectionwilldisplaythecurrentconfigurationsummaryfortheHorizonandallowchangingofthedefaultpassword.ThispagewillalsodisplaytheModemIDfieldthatcanbeusedtoeasilyidentifytheHorizonyouareprogramming.ThisModemIDfieldcanbesettoanytextcombinationforexample,locationname,GPScoordinatesoraddresses.SettingtheModemID1. TheModemIDfieldcanbeadjustedundertheGlobalVariablesoftheAdvancedMenutab.SelectGlobalVariablesandpresstheNextbutton.Figure3willbedisplayed.2. ScrolltothebottomoftheGlobalVariableswindowandenterthetextyouwouldlikedisplayedintheModemIDfield(Figure4).Whencomplete,presstheSaveSettingsbuttonandtheCommitChangesbuttononthenextscreentosavethenametotheHorizon.Figure3:GlobalVariablesScreenFigure4:ModemIDFieldinGlobalVariablesScreen
CHAPTER5WEBCONFIGURATION Revised: 27 Jun 16 5-3 ESTeem Horizon Series StatusMenuTheStatusMenuprovidesasummaryofthecurrentmodeofoperation,systemtime,processorusage,internaltemperatureandstatusofthecommunicationlinkstootherwirelessdevices.AnexampleisshownbelowinFigure5.MostofthecommunicationtroubleshootingisdoneinthissectionoftheWebConfigurationManager.PeerStatusTableThePeerStatussubmenuliststheconnectedwirelessdevices(Horizon’sor802.11clients),theirsignalstrength,datarateandtimeoflastpacketsent.PresstheViewPeerTablelinkandRepeaterPeerStatusTablewillbedisplayed(Figure6).Foradetailedanalysisoftheinformationprovidedinthistable,pleasereviewAppendixE–Troubleshooting.Figure5:StatusScreen
CHAPTER5WEBCONFIGURATION Revised: 27 Jun 16 5-4 ESTeem Horizon Series AssociatedStation–ThissectionwilllistalltheassociatedstationsthatareattachedtotheAccessPoint.ThesecouldbeotherHorizon’sinoneofthethreeClientmodesor802.11devices.Peers–ThissectionwilllistallconnectedHorizonpeers(EthernetBridgelinks)bytheirWirelessMACaddress.Fordetailedinformationonpeerlinks,bridgingandwirelessMesh,seeChapter7–WirelessBridgingandMeshFeatures.AccessPoints–Thissectionwilllistallother802.11AccessPointsthataresharingtheoperatingchannel(frequency)oftheHorizon.YoucanalsonotethatthePeerslistedabovearealsoincludedinthislist.SystemLogScreenTheLogScreenisatrouble‐shootingtoolthatshowsthecurrentlogofHorizonsystemmessages.SeeFigure7.TheSystemDetailsbuttonwilldisplayamoredetailedsystemdiagnosticthatmayberequestedbyESTeemtechnicalsupport.Figure6:PeerTableScreenFigure7:SystemLogScreen
CHAPTER5WEBCONFIGURATION Revised: 27 Jun 16 5-5 ESTeem Horizon Series SetupScreenTheSetupscreenallowsthestep‐by‐stepconfigurationoftheHorizonusingtheWebConfigurationManager(Figure8).PleaseseeChapter3forcompletedescriptiononModesofOperationandexamplesystemconfigurations.AdvancedConfigurationScreenTheAdvancedscreenallowstheusertoaccessallconfigurationparameters.Theparametersaregroupedbasedupontheirvariable.ItisrecommendedthatonlyadvancedusersoftheHorizonenterthissectionunlessinstructedbyESTeemtechnicalsupport.SeeFigure9.Figure8:SetupScreenFigure9:AdvancedFeaturesScreen
CHAPTER5WEBCONFIGURATION Revised: 27 Jun 16 5-6 ESTeem Horizon Series BackupScreenTheBackupScreensavesthecurrentconfigurationintheHorizontoafileonthecomputerornetwork.SeeFigure10.PressingtheBackupButtonwillcreateaconfigurationfilethatcanbesavedtothecomputer.Thissavedfilecanthenbelateropened,ifnecessary,bytheRestoremenutoquicklyreplaceaHorizonwithasparemodem.RestoreScreenTheRestorescreenisusedtorestoretheHorizontofactorydefaults,returntothelastsavedconfigurationortoaccesstheconfigurationfilesthatwerebackeduptothecomputer.SeeFigure11.FactoryDefault–ReturnstheHorizontoallfactorydefaultvalues.LastCommittedChanges–Thisbuttonwillremoveanychangestothemodemthathavebeendonesincethelastcommittedchanges.ThelastcommittedchangeswillbereadfromtheFlashfileandresetintheHorizon.File–PressingthisbuttonwillbringupaselectionofwheretherestorefilewassavedduringtheBackup(Figure12).Select“Uploadviawebbrowser”tobrowseforfilessavedonalocalcomputerorselect“DownloadfromanhttporftpURL”forfilessavedonanetworkorovertheInternet.Figure10:BackupScreenFigure11:RestoreSettingScreenFigure12:RestorefromLocalFileScreen
CHAPTER5WEBCONFIGURATION Revised: 27 Jun 16 5-7 ESTeem Horizon Series SoftwareUpdateScreenTheSoftwareUpdatefeatureallowstheusertoupdatethelatestHorizonoperatingsystemsoftwarefromafilesuppliedbythefactoryortheInternettotheHorizon’sflashmemory.Touploadfromafileonyourcomputer,selectUploadviawebbrowserandafileselectionwindowwillbedisplayed.TouploaddirectlyfromtheInternet,selectDownloadfromanhttporftpURLandenterthesiteaddress.SeeFigure13.SystemRebootScreenTheRebootscreenallowstheusertoresettheHorizon.SeeFigure14.Figure13:SoftwareUpdateScreenFigure14:SystemRebootScreen
CHAPTER6SERIALAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 6-1 ESTeem Horizon Series UsingTheRS‐232ProgrammingPortTheRS‐232ProgrammingPortwillprovidealimitedsetcriticalprogrammingfeaturessuchassettingtheIPaddressorrestoringtheHorizonradiotofactoryfaults.AnyterminalemulationprogramthatcanrunwithVT100emulationcanbeusedforthisconfigurationoftheESTeemHorizon.AnyRS‐232terminalprogram(suchasPuTTY‐http://www.putty.org)willwork.ConfigureyourRS‐232portforaBaudRateto38,400,DataBitsto8,ParitytoNone,StopBitsto1andHandshakingtoNone.OnceyourHorizonhasanIPaddress,youcanattachtheESTeemtoyournetworkandusetheWebConfigurationManager(Chapter5forcompletedetails)forfurtherprogramming.ProgrammingUsingtheRS‐232ProgrammingPort1. Connecttheserialcable(ESTP/N:AA0621.1)betweentheRS‐232connector(RJ‐45)ontheHorizon’sRS‐232ProgrammingPorttotheserialportonthecomputer.2. Ifyourcomputerisconfiguredproperly,youwillseetheESTeemHorizonbootingsequenceonyourTerminalEmulationprogram.OncetheESTeembootsequenceiscomplete(approximately60seconds)youwillreceivethismessage:“PleasepressEntertoactivethisconsole.”Ifyoudon’tseethismessagepresstheResetbuttononthefrontpaneloftheHorizonand/orchecktheprogrammingofyourRS‐232port.3. PresstheEnterkeyandyouwillbeattheConfigurationMenuHorizonloginprompt.SeeFigure1.4. ToentertheHorizonMainMenuyouwillneedtologintothesystemwithaloginnameandpassword.5. IfthisisnotthefirsttimeconfigurationoftheHorizon,seeyournetworksystemsadministratorforthepassword.6. AttheHorizonloginprompttypeadminfortheloginnameandpresstheEnterkey(<Enter>).Theloginnameisdefinedatthefactoryandisnotchangeablebytheuser.Notethatallcharactersarelowercase.IfthisisthefirsttimetheHorizonhasbeenprogrammedorthePasswordwasnotchangedfromthefactorydefaultvalues,thefactorydefaultpasswordisalsoadmin.EnteradminforthepasswordandpresstheEnterkey(<Enter>).Figure1:RS‐232PortLog‐inScreen
CHAPTER6SERIALAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 6-2 ESTeem Horizon Series 7. TosettheIPaddressintheESTeemHorizon,typetheletter“A”andpresstheEnterkey.EnterthevaluefortheIPaddress,NetmaskanddefaultroutepressingtheEnterkeyaftereachentry.8. AfterthebasicparametershavebeenenteredintotheHorizonyouwillneedtocommitthechangestotheHorizon(Figure3).PresstheCkeyandthenEnter.Thechangeswillbesavedtoflashmemory.YoucanuseprogrammingfeaturesintheESTeemWebConfigurationManagertoconfiguretheunitforyourapplication.Figure2:RS‐232WelcomeScreenFigure3:RS‐232WelcomeScreen
CHAPTER6SERIALAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 6-3 ESTeem Horizon Series UsingTheRS‐232DataPortTheESTeemHorizonhasaserialdataportthatcanprovideRS‐232communicationbetweentwoormoreserialdevicesusingthewirelessbroadbandlink.TheserialdataisencapsulatedandtransferredasastandardEthernetpacketoveranoperatingHorizonwirelessEthernetsystem.TheconfigurationforaserialHorizonnetworkwillbethesameasanEthernetoraserial(RS‐232)basedcommunicationnetwork.Theserialinterfaceoptioncanbeusedtolinktwoormoreserialdevicesinaneworexistingsystem.TheserialdatahasverylittleimpactonthenetworkbandwidthandwillallowforbothEthernetandserialapplicationssimultaneously.ApossibleapplicationwouldbeinstallationoftheHorizoninanexistingserialbasednetworkthatwaslookingforfutureupgradetoanEthernetbasedsystem.Anotherwouldbeusingthehigh‐bandwidthEthernetconnectionstoprovidealinktoremotevideohardwarewhilealsoprovidingaseriallinktotheexistingPLCinaSCADAtypeapplication.SerialConnectionsTheRJ‐45serialdataportisthefar‐leftportonthefaceoftheHorizon(Figure4).UsingtheESTeemAA0621.1interfacecable,theHorizoncanbeconnectedtoastandardDTE‐device(PC)withamale9‐pinSub‐Dconnector.ThecompletecableconfigurationisavailableinAppendixC–InterfacePorts.SerialConfigurationConfigurationoftheserialportisdoneinAdvanced>SerialPortSettings.SelectSerialPortSettings>RS‐232andpresstheNextbutton,theSerialPortSetupscreen(Figure5)willbedisplayed.EachsectionintheSerialPortSetupscreenisdescribedindetailwiththefollowing:DataSerialPortEnablingtheserialdataportallowsthemodemtosendRS‐232dataoverthebroadbandwirelessconnectionestablishedwiththeESTeemrepeaterpeers.Themodemcanbeconfiguredinapoint‐to‐pointorpoint‐to‐multipointsystem.SelectYesifyouwishtoenabletheserialdataport.SerialModeTherearetwodistinctmodesofoperationfortheserialportintheHorizon.TheRedirectormodewillprovidetwo‐wayserialcommunicationbetweentwoormoreserialdevices,whiletheTerminalServermodewillallowserialcommunicationtoaspecificremotesitebyconnectingthroughtelnetorSSH.Selectoneofthefollowingmodesofoperation:FullRedirectorMode‐Thismodeallowsbi‐directionalRS‐232datacommunicationwithotherESTeemHorizon’s.TheRS‐232datatransmissionwillappeartransparenttotheconnecteddevicesasifaserialcableisconnectedbetweenthetwoports.Thismodewillalsobeusedinamulti‐pointserialnetworkwereallserialdeviceswillneedbi‐directionalcommunication(Figure6).TerminalServerMode‐ThismodeofoperationtranslatesRS‐232serialdataintoanetwork‐orientedterminalprotocol,suchastelnetorSSH.ThismodewouldbeselectedifaninteractiveRS‐232sessionatremotelocationsisdesiredoverthewirelessEthernetlink.SerialBaudRateSelectthedatarateoftheRS‐232connectiontomatchyourserialdevice.Figure4:HorizonFrontPanelOverview
CHAPTER6SERIALAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 6-4 ESTeem Horizon Series SerialDataBitsSelectthenumberofdatabitsontheRS‐232connectiontomatchyourserialdevice.SerialStopBitsSelectthenumberofstopbitsontheRS‐232connectiontomatchyourserialdevice.SerialParitySelecttheparityoftheRS‐232connectiontomatchyourserialdevice.Figure5:SerialConfigurationScreen
CHAPTER6SERIALAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 6-5 ESTeem Horizon Series SerialFlowControlSelectthetypeofdataflowcontrolusedontheRS‐232connection.TheESTeemcansupportHardwareflowcontrol(RTS/CTScontrollines)orSoftwareFlowControl(XON/XOFF).SelectNoneifnoserialflowcontrolisnecessary.SerialMulticastTTL(MaximumBridgeLinksforMulticastPackets)ThisvaluesetsthemaximumnumberofEthernetbridgelinksthatthemulticastpacketswillbesentthroughwhenusedinamulti‐pointsystem.Amulti‐pointserialnetworkusesmulticastpackets(UDP)tosendthedatatomorethanoneremoteESTeem.YouwanttolimitthenumberofnetworkbridgelinksthattheseUDPpacketswillbepassedthroughtomakethenetworkmoreefficient.IfyouareusingmultipleESTeemrepeaterlinkstosendtheserialdatatoremotelocations,thevalueforthemaximumbridgelinkneedstobeincreasedtoanumbergreaterthanthelongestrepeaterchain.Forexample,ifyouareusingfourrepeater(peer)linkstosendtheserialdatabetweentwoormoresitesthenumberwillneedtobefive(5)orgreater(Figure4).DestinationIPAddressTheESTeemconfiguredforthecorrectdestinationIPandportnumberwillsendandreceivetheserialdatafromanothermodem.SetthedestinationIPaddressfortheESTeemwheretheserialdatawillbesent.IfsendingtomorethanoneESTeem(Multipoint)settoamulticastaddress(i.e224.0.0.1).Note:IfyouareusingtheESTeemHorizoninamultipointapplication(multicast),youmusthavedefaultGatewayconfiguredintheESTeemsettotheIPaddressoftheRootBridgemodem.DestinationPortTheESTeemconfiguredforthecorrectdestinationIPandportnumberwillsendandreceivetheserialdatafromanothermodem.SettheIPportnumberstomatchwheretheserialdatawillbesent.TheserialdatawillnotbesentifboththeIPaddressandportnumberisnotcorrect.MaximumPacketSizeThisnumberrepresentsthemaximumsizeoftheserialdatapacketinbytes.Ifthenumberofbytesofdataintheserialportbufferexceedsthemaximumpacketsizebeforethetimerordelimitercharacterisreached,theESTeemwillsendforwardtheserialpacket.Forexample,ifthemaximumpacketsizeissettoavalueof100,whentheserialportreceives100bytesthedatawillbesentthroughthewirelessconnection.DwellTime(NumberofMillisecondsforPacketization)ThisnumberrepresentsthetimetheESTeemwillholddataintheserialdatabufferbeforesendingtotheremoteESTeem.Thisfeatureisgenerallyusediftheserialdatadoesnothaveaconsistentpacketlengthordelimitercharacter.Forexample,ifthenumberofmillisecondsissettoavalueof10theESTeemwillmonitortheincomingserialdatastreamandanybreakincharacterslongerthan10millisecondswillcausethedatawillbesentthroughthewirelessconnection.DelimiterCharactersEnablingandspecifyingadelimitercharacterwilltransmitthedataintheserialbufferwhenthedelimitercharacterisrecognizedintheserialdatastream.Therearetwouniquedelimitercharactersthatcanbeconfiguredandenabledindependently.ModemControlLinesEnablingthisfeaturewillallowtheESTeemintheTerminalServermodetoreadandgeneratemodemcontrollinestotheconnecteddevice.
CHAPTER6SERIALAPPLICATIONS Revised: 27 Jun 16 6-6 ESTeem Horizon Series Figure6:SerialFullRedirectorExample
CHAPTER7BRIDGELINKSANDMESH Revised: 27 Jun 16 7-1 ESTeem Horizon Series Toincreasethewirelessnetwork’sareaofcoverageforbothindoorandoutdoorapplications,theHorizonutilizesacustommeshingfeaturethatallowsincreasedcoverageareaswithouttheaddedexpenseofhardcablingoraddinganadditionalpointtopointradiolink.WithaconventionalIEEE802.11(Wi‐Fi)AccessPoint(AP)network,alloftheAPshavetobeinterfacedtoacommonnetworkeitherbyhardwire,seeFigure1,oraseparate,dedicatedRFbackbone.TheModelHorizoncancreatethisRFbackbone,bridgeEthernetnetworksconnectedtothewiredEthernetportandprovidethewirelesscanopyfor802.11clientssimultaneously.WhenprogrammedinanyofthethreeAccessPoint(AP)Modes(Bridge,RouterorMasquerade),theHorizonwillcreateawirelessnetworkwithotherHorizonunitsinradiorangethatareprogrammedinthePeertableduringsetup.ThisfeatureaddstheincreasedfunctionalityofrepeaterstothetypicalEthernetBridgeconfiguration.ESTeemMeshNetworkOneofthemostpowerfulfeaturesoftheAPPeerModeistheabilitytoinputmultiplecommunicationroutesanddesignatethepriorityforeachoftheseroutestocreateawirelessMeshnetwork.TheESTeemHorizonwillautomaticallychangecommunicationroutesinthenetworkifaroutehasfailed.Thenewroutewillbebasedupontheprioritylevelsetduringconfiguration.ThiswirelessMeshingtechnologyallowstheRFnetworkto“self‐heal”ifanyofthecommunicationpathsfail.TheroutingpriorityismanuallysetduringtheconfigurationoftheHorizon.Amanualpathconfigurationisfarsuperiortostandard“self‐discovery”networks,becauseyouhavedirectcontroloverthebestRFpathsandcaneasilyidentifyanyfailedroutesforeasytroubleshooting.Forexample,Figure2showsatypicalwirelessEthernetsystemusedintheWater/WasteWaterIndustry.Theproblemwithastandard“self‐discovery”Meshnetworkistheselectionofroutes.NoticethatthecommunicationbetweentheWaterPlant(SiteA)andPumpSiteDhasamarginallink,butitisthemostdirectroutebetweentheEthernetdevices.Thisscenarioposesthequestion,whichpathwillthenetworkselect?TheESTeemMeshNetworktakesouttheguessinggamesbyallowingtheusertoselectandprioritizeallcommunicationroutesinthesystem.InourexamplewewouldwanttheprimarylinktogothroughTankB(Repeater)andusethedirectlinkonlyifthisprimarylinkfails.Thefollowingsectionswillshowhowthiscompleted.ConfigurationTheconfigurationofthewirelesspathsiscompletedduringsetupoftheAccessPointmodes.AllthreeAccessPointmodessupportrepeatingandMeshingfeatures.TheMeshnetworkconfigurationusingtheESTeemNetworkConfiguration(ENC)UtilityisshownindetailinChapter3ofthisUser’sManual.Figure1:ConventionalAccessPointDiagramFigure2:SmallMeshNetworkDiagram
CHAPTER7BRIDGELINKSANDMESH Revised: 27 Jun 16 7-2 ESTeem Horizon Series YoucanalsoconfiguretheMeshnetworkingdirectlythroughthewebconfigurationsetup(Chapter5).Figure3showsanexamplerepeaterpeertablefromthesetupmenus.FortheHorizontocommunicatewithanotherHorizon,selectYesmustatEnablePeerCapability.Next,theSerialNumberorWirelessLAN(WLAN)MACaddressofeachHorizonthatwillhavedirectcommunicationsmustbeaddedtothePeerList.Finally,enablingthelinkallowsthecorrespondingHorizontobeincludedinthecommunicationrouting.Mobileclientsdonotrequireinputintherepeaterpeertable.IfmultipleMeshroutesareconfigured,youwillalsoneedtosetthevaluesforPriorityandPathCosts(explainedinRapidSpanningTreebelow).Formultipleexamplesofrepeaterconfigurations,pleaserefertoChapter3ofthisuser’smanual.Figure3:RepeaterConfigurationExample
CHAPTER7BRIDGELINKSANDMESH Revised: 27 Jun 16 7-3 ESTeem Horizon Series RapidSpanningTreeProtocol(RSTP)TheESTeemHorizonusesstandardEthernetRapidSpanningTreeProtocol(RSTP)todeterminetheradioroutingstructureofthewirelessnetwork.TheprimarypurposeofRSTPistomakesurethat“networkloops”arenotcreated.Anetworkloopishavingtwocommunicationpathstothesamedestinationwheretheremotedevicewouldreceivethesamedatamultipletimes.Iftherewerenowaytocontrolthedataflow,thisdatawouldbeconstantlypassedaroundthisloopcausinga“packetstorm”thatwouldshutdowntheentirenetwork.TheSpanningTreeProtocolwillblockalltheseredundantlinks.TheRSTPoperationbeginsbydeterminingwhichEthernetdeviceonthenetworkwillbetheRootBridge.AllEthernetnetworkshaveaRootBridgethatisselectedbythelowestMACaddress.AllpathcostsareevaluatedagainstthisRootBridgedevicetodetermineroutingandwhichpathswillbeblocked.OnawiredEthernetnetwork,thelocationoftheRootBridgeisnotreallyimportant,butinawirelessnetworkselectionoftheRootBridgeiscriticaltothewirelessnetworkrouting.Let’suseoneoftheExamplenetworkdiagramsfromChapter3tocontinuethediscussion(Figure4).Figure4:ProgrammingExample#1DiagramAccess Point Routerwith RepeaterFeature Enabled10/100BaseTHUB or SwitchMobilePLCEtherStationMode10/100BaseTAccess Point Bridgewith RepeaterFeature EnabledPrimary Repeater PathBackup Repeater PathAccess Point Bridgewith RepeaterFeature EnabledMobile VehicleSingle Ethernet DeviceExample #4S/N: 14004Primary Repeater PathPlant NetworkLarge Wired LANExample #1 S/N: E-14001WLAN MAC=00:04:3F:00:09:01Remote BuildingSmall Ethernet Wired LANExample #3 S/N: E-14003WLAN MAC=00:04:3F:00:09:10Stand-Alone Repeater SiteExample #2 S/N: E-14002WLAN MAC= 00:04:3F:00:09:05NetworkRouter(Required)
CHAPTER7BRIDGELINKSANDMESH Revised: 27 Jun 16 7-4 ESTeem Horizon Series RSTPPhasesThefollowingsectionsdescribetheprocessoftheRSTPintheESTeemHorizonashowitwouldhappenintheaboveexample.LearningPhase‐Onceproperlyconfigured,eachHorizonwillbegintosearchouttheotherHorizonunitsinradiorangethatareprogrammedintheAPRepeaterPeertable.AllHorizon’swillcalculatetheirroutestoeveryHorizoninthenetworkbaseduponthelowest“pathlength”totheRootBridge.Pathlengthisthetotalnumberofwirelesslinks(repeaterpeerlinks)totransmitapacketthroughthewirelessnetworktotheRootBridge.Note:TheRootBridgeinanetworkshouldbetheHorizonwherethemajorityofthedataflowisprocessed.Ineverywirelessnetworkoftwoormoreradios,theRootBridgeshouldbeuserdefined.Ifnotdefined,theHorizonwiththelowestMACaddresswillbedesignatedastheRootBridge.InFigure4,thePlantnetwork(Example1)isthemostlogicallocationfortheRootBridgebasedupontheamountofdataflow.SettingthissiteastherootbridgeisdiscussedbelowinRootBridge.BlockingandForwardingPhase–Toensureyoudonothaveanetworkloopsituationduetoredundantpathsinyourwirelessnetwork,theModelHorizonwillrecognizeanddisable(block)oneormoreredundantlinksandprovidebackuplinksshouldtheprimarylinkfail.Thisestablishesawirelessmeshnetworkwithaseriesofforwardinglinks,basedupontheshortestpathlengthtotheRootBridge.Forexample,lookingatFigure4,theRemoteBuildinghastworoutestotheRootBridge(PlantNetwork–Example#1);directlytothesiteandthroughtherepeater.Thedirectlinkbetweenthetwositesistheshortestroute(lowestPathLength)andwillbeselectedastheprimaryrouteunlessoverriddenbymanuallychangingthePathLengthintheconfiguration.PathCostIfmorethanonecommunicationpathtotheRootBridgeisfound,theHorizonmustdeterminewhichroutetotakebaseduponthelowestPathCost.ThedefaultpathcosttoalllinksintheHorizonnetworkis1.IfthePathCostsareequalthenthelowestMACaddresswilldeterminethepriorityroute.IntheESTeemMeshNetworkwewanttodirectlycontrolalldataflowsodonotwanttheroutestobeautomaticallydetermined.LookingagainatourExampleinFigure4,ifwemadenochangestothedefaultpathcostof1(notevaluesinFigure3)thelowestpathcostwouldbedirectfromtheRemoteBuildingtotheRootBridge(PlantNetwork).LinkDescriptionTotalPathLengthDirectfromRemoteBuilding1RemoteBuildtoRootBridgeThroughRepeater 2(Length1torepeater+Length1toMaster=2)ToconfiguretheHorizontoselecttherepeaterastheprimaryradiopath,setthepathcostvalueforthedirectlinkgreaterthan2(suchasavalueof3)tomakethistheprimaryradiopath.Thelowestpathlengthwillidentifythehighestpriority.TheModelHorizonwillusethisrouting,butalsoswitchtodirectcommunicationiftherepeaterweretodisappear.RootBridgeInanyAccessPointRepeaternetworkconsistingofmorethantwosites,oneModelHorizonshouldbedesignatedastheRootBridge.OnlyoneModelHorizoncanbedesignatedastheRootBridgeinagivennetworkandshouldbelocatedwherethemajorityoftheEthernetdataflowisprocessed.ThissitemaybetheMasterlocationinaSCADAnetworkorcouldbeconfiguredatarepeatersite.SelectionisimportantbecauseallModelHorizon’sNOTconfiguredastheRootBridgewillchooseroutingbaseduponthePathLengthtotheRootBridge.IfyouhaveanyquestionastowhichsiteinyourAPRepeaterapplicationshouldbetheRootBridge,contactESTeemCustomerSupportat509‐735‐9092ore‐mailyourapplicationtosupport@esteem.com.
CHAPTER7BRIDGELINKSANDMESH Revised: 27 Jun 16 7-5 ESTeem Horizon Series TheRootBridgewillbeselectedinoneoftwoways:theRootBridgecanbemanuallyset(recommended)duringtheconfigurationoftheRepeaterPeertable(Figure3)ortheRootBridgedesignationwilldefaulttothelowestMACaddressofalltheModelHorizon’sinthenetwork.ThemanualRootBridgeconfigurationislocatedinthe“AdvancedSettings”section.RedundantBackupTheESTeemHorizonconfiguredinAccessPointmodewillautomaticallyfunctionasaredundantbackupiftwoHorizonsareinstalledatthesamelocation(Figure7).IftwoHorizonsareconnectedtothesameswitch,oneoftheHorizonswillbeBlockedwhentheRapidSpanningTreeProtocoliscompleted.ThenetworkwillcontinuetousethisrouteuntilanyproblemwiththeoriginalModelHorizonisdetectedandthesecondHorizonwillbeginoperationatthatsite.RedundantMasterConfigurationTheconfigurationinFigure7willalsoprovidearedundantbackupfortheMasterSite(RootBridge).ConfigurebothHorizonsasRootBridges(seeabove)givingtheprimaryRootBridgeavalueof1andthesecondaryRootBridgeavalueof2.Figure7:RedundantBackupDiagram
CHAPTER8ANTENNASETUPS Revised: 27 Jun 16 8-1 ESTeem Horizon Series Horizon2.4GHzAntennaandCableConfigurationsESTeemoffersdifferenttypesofantennasforbothindoorandoutdoorconfigurations.Toreducepotentialradiointerferencetootherusers,theantennatypeanditsgainshouldbechosensothattheequivalentisotropicallyradiatedpower(e.i.r.p.)isnotmorethanthatpermittedforsuccessfulcommunication.ThisradiotransmitterESTeemHorizon2.4GHz(HVIN:216AN)hasbeenapprovedbyIndustryCanadatooperatewiththeantennatypeslistedbelowwiththemaximumpermissiblegainandrequiredantennaimpedanceforeachantennatypeindicated.Antennatypesnotincludedinthislist,havingagaingreaterthanthemaximumgainindicatedforthattype,arestrictlyprohibitedforusewiththisdevice.LepresentemetteurradioESTeemHVIN:216ANaeteapprouveparIndustrieCanadapourfonctionneraveclestypesd'antenneenumeresci‐dessousetayantungainadmissiblemaximaletl'impedancerequisepourchaquetyped'antenne.Lestypesd'antennenoninclusdanscetteliste,oudontlegainestsuperieuraugainmaximalindique,sontstrictementinterditspourl'exploitationdel'emetteur.Warning:OnlythetestedcablelengthsandantennasprovidedbyESTeemmeettheFCCmaximumpeakoutputpowerrequirements.Anyothercombinationofantennasorcoaxcablesisnotauthorized.Thisdevicehasbeendesignedtooperateinapolemountconfigurationwiththeantennaslistedbelow,havingamaximumgainof6dBinamulti‐pointsystemor15dBinapointtopointnetwork.Antennasnotincludedinthislistorhavingagaingreater6dBinamulti‐pointsystemor15dBinapointtopointnetworkarestrictlyprohibitedforusewiththisdevice.Therequiredantennaimpedanceis50ohms.PartNumber:AA20DMEg Omni‐directionaldirectmountantenna,5dBigain. Indoorandoutdoorapplications. Theremustbeaminimumseparationdistanceof24cm.fromtheantennatotheuser.SeeWarnings.PartNumber:AA203Eg Directionalpolemountantenna,6dBigainwith3‐ft.integralfeedlineandconnector. Pointtopointandpointtomulti‐pointoutdoorapplications. AntennaportBisnotusedinthisconfiguration. Theremustbeaminimumseparationdistanceof24cm.fromtheantennatotheuser.SeeWarnings. PartNumber:AA204Eg.1 Directionalpolemountantenna,15dBigainwith3‐ft.integralfeedlineandconnector. Pointtopointapplicationsonly. MaximumOutputPowerof250mWatts(PowerLevel=LowPower) AntennaportBisnotusedinthisconfiguration. Theremustbeaminimumseparationdistanceof50cm.fromtheantennatotheuser.SeeWarnings.Transmit/Receive Antenna Port 1 Receive Only Antenna Port 2Warnings: Only pre-made coax cables from the factory used in conjunction with either the AA203Eg or AA204Eg.1 directional antennas meet all FCC Section 15.247(b) EIRP maximum power requirements. Use of the AA204Eg.1, directional antenna is limited to fixed point to point applications only. In accordance FCC Section 15.247(b)iii, this antenna must be professionally installed. The installer must ensure the system is used exclusively for fixed, point-to-point applications and the ESTeem Horizon is set for 0.25 Watts output power (Power Level = Min).
CHAPTER8ANTENNASETUPS Revised: 27 Jun 16 8-2 ESTeem Horizon Series Horizon900MHzAntennaandCableConfigurationsESTeemoffersdifferenttypesofantennasforbothindoorandoutdoorconfigurations.Thisdevicehasbeendesignedtooperatewiththeantennaslistedbelow,andhavingamaximumgainof7dB.Antennasnotincludedinthislistorhavingagaingreaterthan7dBarestrictlyprohibitedforusewiththisdevice.Therequiredantennaimpedanceis50ohms.ThisradiotransmitterESTeemHorizon900MHz(HVIN:216AD)hasbeenapprovedbyIndustryCanadatooperatewiththeantennatypeslistedbelowwiththemaximumpermissiblegainandrequiredantennaimpedanceforeachantennatypeindicated.Antennatypesnotincludedinthislist,havingagaingreaterthanthemaximumgainindicatedforthattype,arestrictlyprohibitedforusewiththisdevice.LepresentemetteurradioESTeemHVIN:216ADaeteapprouveparIndustrieCanadapourfonctionneraveclestypesd'antenneenumeresci‐dessousetayantungainadmissiblemaximaletl'impedancerequisepourchaquetyped'antenne.Lestypesd'antennenoninclusdanscetteliste,oudontlegainestsuperieuraugainmaximalindique,sontstrictementinterditspourl'exploitationdel'emetteur.Warning:OnlythetestedcablelengthsandantennasprovidedbyESTmeettheFCCandDOCmaximumpeakoutputpowerrequirements.Anyothercombinationofantennasorcoaxcablesisnotauthorized.Toreducepotentialradiointerferencetootherusers,theantennatypeanditsgainshouldbesochosenthattheequivalentisotropicallyradiatedpower(e.i.r.p.)isnotmorethanthatpermittedforsuccessfulcommunication.PartNumber:AA20DMs Omni‐directionaldirectmountantenna,2dBigain. Indoorandoutdoorapplications. Theremustbeaminimumseparationdistanceof23cm.fromtheantennatotheuser.SeeWarnings.PartNumber:AA20Es900 Omni‐directionalexternalpolemountantenna,7dBigainwith3‐ft.integralfeedlineandconnector. Outdoorapplications. Theremustbeaminimumseparationdistanceof23cm.fromtheantennatotheuser.SeeWarnings.PartNumber:AA203Es900 Directionalpolemountantenna,7dBigainwith3‐ft.integralfeedlineandconnector. Pointtopointandpointtomulti‐pointoutdoorapplications. Theremustbeaminimumseparationdistanceof23cm.fromtheantennatotheuser.SeeWarnings.Notes: Antenna Port A is a transmit and receive port for use in all applications. Antenna Port B is a receive only port and is used for dual diversity antennas applications only. This port is not used for point to point applications. Warnings: Only pre-made coax cables from the factory used in conjunction with either the AA20Es900 omni-directional and AA203Es900 directional antennas meet all FCC Section 15.247(b) EIRP maximum power requirements. Transmit/Receive Antenna Port 1 Receive Only Antenna Port 2
CHAPTER8ANTENNASETUPS Revised: 27 Jun 16 8-3 ESTeem Horizon Series WEATHERPROOFINGCOAXCONNECTIONS1.Lightlycoatthethreadsoftheconnectorswithsiliconelubricantpriortoassembly(SeeNote1)andhandtighten.Makesuretousethesiliconsparinglysowhenassembled,anyexcessdoesnotgetoncenterconductor.Careshouldbetakennottogetanylubricantonthecenterconductor.2.Wraptheconnectorassemblywithanon‐adhesivesiliconetape,ESTpartnumberAA243,forweatherproofing(SeeNote2andinstructionsbelow).a) Cleansurfacetobewrapped.Cutofflengthtobeused.b) Peelbackashortlengthofprotectivefilm.Keeptapecleananddry.c) Beginwithonecompleteoverlapoftapeontoitself.d) STRETCHCoaxWrapwhilecontinuingtowrapobjectwith“half‐laps”,removingclearfilmasyougo(Figure1).Forgreaterpressureresistance,use2ormoretightlywrappedlayers.e) Endoftapeatfinalwrapshouldbecompletelypositionedontoitself.Note:CoaxWrap’sbondbeginstocureimmediatelyuponcontactwithitself.Repositioningorremovalisnotrecommendedafter2minutesofwrapping.3.Applyanelectricalcoating(sealingagent),overthevaporbarrierpatchforaddedprotection(SeeNote3).NOTES:1.DowCorningRTV‐3140orequivalent.2.CoaxWrap,CW10Borequivalent.3.SCOTCHKOTE,3‐MCompany,orequivalent.ANTENNADIVERSITYThedualdiversityantennaconfigurationontheHorizonallowstheradiotooperatemoreefficientlyinareaswithhighreflections(suchasindoorsorinacity)withoutdirectlineofsight(LOS)betweentheantennas.Oneofthemostdifficultconditionstocontrolinaradiosystemistheeffectofadestructivereflectedradiosignalcalledmutipathing.Multipathingoccurswhenwavesemittedbythetransmittertravelalongadifferentpathandinterferedestructivelywithwavestravelingonadirectline‐of‐sitepath.Thephenomenonoccursbecausewavestravelingalongdifferentpathsmaybecompletelyoutofphasewhentheyreachtheantenna,therebycancelingeachotherout.Thedualdiversityantennaconfigurationplacesaphysicaldistancebetweentheantennaswhereonereflectedsignalwillbeoutofphase,butthesecondwillbenot.TheESTeemHorizonwillsamplebothantennasandselectthebestreceivesignal.BothantennaportsareactivebydefaultintheHorizonseries.
CHAPTER8ANTENNASETUPS Revised: 27 Jun 16 8-4 ESTeem Horizon Series AssemblingTheAA195PMTwoHoleOutdoorPoleMountingKitTheAA195PMmountingkitcontainseverythingrequiredforpolemountingandweatherproofingtheESTeemHorizonforoutdoorinstallations.TheHorizonwithAA195PMmountingkitcanbedirectlymountedtoaroundpolefrom1.25”toadiameterof2.25”OD.Anymountingstructuregreaterthan2”requireshoseclampstrappingrunthroughthePoleMountBrackets.Themountingkitrequiresthefollowingassembly:1. IfyoupurchasedanAA195PMmountingkitwithyourHorizon,thekitwillbepackedinthesamepackingboxastheESTeem(Figure4).2. Removeandinventorythetwo(2)PoleMountingBrackets,one(1)Two‐HoleFacePlateCover(withsingleportcoverinstalled),one(1)HeatShieldand(1)AA195PMHardwarebagfromthepackingbox(Figure4).ReportanymissingordamageditemstoESTeemCustomerSupport(Phone509‐735‐9092)assoonaspossibleforreplacement.3. InventorytheAA195PMHardwarebagforallthecomponentslistedinFigure5. Figure4:PacketBoxContents Figure5:AA195PMHardwareContents
CHAPTER8ANTENNASETUPS Revised: 27 Jun 16 8-5 ESTeem Horizon Series 4. AssemblethetwoPoleMountingBracketswiththeincludedU‐bolts,hardwareandPoleMountClamps.ReferenceFigure6.5. Placethefoursupplied10‐24x1”PhillipsPanHeadscrewsthroughthemountingholesoftheHeatShieldandattachtothetopoftheESTeemHorizon(Figure7).6. AttachthetwoPoleMountingBracketstotheESTeemHorizonwiththe10‐24x1”PhillipsPanHeadscrewsthroughthetopoftheheatshield.ReferenceFigure8(HeatShieldremovedfordetail).Figure6:PoleMountAssemblyFigure7:HeatShieldAttachment
CHAPTER8ANTENNASETUPS Revised: 27 Jun 16 8-6 ESTeem Horizon Series 7. AssembletheoutdoorratedCAT‐5eEthernetcable(NotProvided)withthesuppliedEthernetCableBoot(Figure9).Figure8:PoleMountConnectiontoCase(HeatShieldRemovedforDetail) Ethernet Cable Boot Figure9:EthernetCableAssembly
CHAPTER8ANTENNASETUPS Revised: 27 Jun 16 8-7 ESTeem Horizon Series 8. FeedtheCAT‐5eEthernetconnector(s)throughtheFacePlateCoverandsecuretheEthernetCableBoottothecover.ReferenceFigure10.NOTE:TheEthernetcablebootmustbeinstalledbeforetheRJ‐45endisinstalled.IfusingtheESTeemAA09.1outdoorEthernetcable,verifythattheEthernetcablebootendisroutedtowardtheESTeemHorizon.9. RoutetheCAT‐5eEthernetcablethroughthemoldedstrain‐relieffinsintheFacePlateCover(Figure11)tosecurethecableandprovidestrain‐relieffortheconnector.IfasecondEthernetcableisinstalled,removethesecondportcoverandroutecable.10. PlugtheCAT‐5eEthernetcabletotheHorizon’sEthernetportandsecuretheFacePlateCoverwiththeattachedthumbscrew.VerifythattheweatherproofsealontheFacePlateCoverissealedagainsttheouterrimoftheHorizon.ReferenceFigure12.11. AttachtheantennaconnectorbootsasshowinFigure13foreitherdualattachedantennasorexternalantennas.YouarenowreadytomounttheESTeemHorizonFigure11:FacePlateCoverStrainRelief   Figure10:EthernetCableRoutingFace Plate Cover Ethernet Cable Boots Second Port Cover Remove for 2nd Cable
CHAPTER8ANTENNASETUPS Revised: 27 Jun 16 8-8 ESTeem Horizon Series Caution:OutdoormountingoftheHorizonrequirestheuseofweatherproofboots.Improperinstallationcouldresultinradiofailure.Caution:AlwaysmounttheHorizonverticallywiththeantennaportsontop.  Figure12:FacePlateCoverInstalledonESTeemFigure13:CompletedAA195PMMountsDirect Mount Antenna Boots Port 1 EST Approved Direct Mount Antenna Only Port 2 EST Approved External Antenna With Factory Installed Boot Weather Proof Boot NOTE: Remove Plastic Connector Cover Before Installation Face Towards The South (North America)
CHAPTER8ANTENNASETUPS Revised: 27 Jun 16 8-9 ESTeem Horizon Series HorizonPoleMountGroundingProceeduresMountingtheHorizonseriesradiomodemoutdoorsrequirespropergroundingprocedurestopreventdamagetoboththeradiohardwareandtheconnectedEthernetandSerialperipherals.ThecaseontheHorizonserieswirelessmodemiselectricallyconductive,buttheAA195PoleMountkitprovidesisolationfromtheconnectedstructure.TobringtheHorizoncasetoagroundpotentialwithEarthgroundandeliminateanystaticbuilduponthecaseitself,theshieldontheEthernetcableisusedtoprovidethegroundconnection.OutdoorEthernetCableAcriticalcomponentofthisgroundingprotectionsystemistheESTeemAA09.1outdoor,shieldedCAT‐5EEthernetcable.Thiscableprovidesthree,necessaryelements;Ethernetdata,DCPoweroverEthernet(PoE)applications,andagroundfromtheHorizoncasetotheAA166surgeprotector.TheEthernetcableisoutdoorratedandprotectedfromUVbreakdown.InstallationThefollowingdiagramoutlinesallthecriticalcomponentsandconnectionsintheHorizonseriessystem.TheEarthgroundconnectiontothesurgeprotectormustbeinstalledtocomplywithlocalElectricalcoderequirements.Figure14:PoleMountInstallationDiagramESTeem Horizon Series Wireless ModemESTeem AA09.1 Outdoor, Shielded CAT-5E Cable (300 ft. maximum) Metal RJ-45 Hood (Amp 5-569530-3) Drain Wire Soldered To Metal RJ-45 HoodDrain Wire With Ring Terminal Connectedto Ground Lug Approved Earth Ground ConnectionAA166 Ethernet Surge ProtectionEthernet Patch Cable(AA09.2) Power Over EthernetSupply (AA175) Metal RJ-45 Hood (Amp 5-569530-3)
CHAPTER8ANTENNASETUPS Revised: 27 Jun 16 8-10 ESTeem Horizon Series FresnelZoneTheFresnelzoneshowstheellipsoidspreadoftheradiowavesaroundthevisualline‐of‐sightaftertheyleavetheantenna(seeFigure15).Thisareamustbeclearofobstructionsorthesignalstrengthwillbereducedduetosignalblockage.Typically,20%FresnelZoneblockageintroduceslittlesignallosstothelink.Beyond40%blockage,signallosswillbecomesignificant.Thiscalculationisbasedonaflatearth.Itdoesnottakeintoaccountthecurvatureoftheearth.ItisrecommendedforRFpathlinksgreaterthan7milestohaveamicrowavepathanalysisdonethattakesthecurvatureoftheearthandthetopographyoftheterrainintoaccount.FresnelZoneRadius=72.1SQRT[(d1d2)/(F(d1+d2)]UnitsFresnelZoneRadiusinfeet.d1andd2instatuemilesFinGHzFigure15:FresnelZoneDiagram
APPENDIX A LICENSING INFORMATION Revised: 28 Jun 16 APX A-1 ESTeem Horizon Series Information to Users FCC Statement The ESTeem Horizon 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. Caution: Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by ESTeem Wireless Modems for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. IC Statement “This device complies with Industry Canada licence-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.” “Cet appareil est conforme avec Industrie Canada exempts de licence standard RSS (s). Son fonctionnement est soumis aux deux conditions suivantes: (1) cet appareil ne doit pas provoquer d'interférences et (2) cet appareil doit accepter toute interférence, y compris celles pouvant causer un mauvais fonctionnement de l'appareil.” Emissions Information Horizon 2.4 GHz (Model 216An) HVIN: 216AN Direct Sequence/OFDM Spread Spectrum Device (USA) FCC ID: ENPHZN216AN (Canada) IC No: 2163A-216AN Horizon 900 MHz (Model 216Ad) HVIN: 216AD Direct Sequence/OFDM Spread Spectrum Device (USA) FCC ID: ENPHZN216AD (Canada) IC No: 2163A-216AD The 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 when the equipment 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 harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
APPENDIX A LICENSING INFORMATION Revised: 28 Jun 16 APX A-2 ESTeem Horizon Series FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FIELD OFFICES ALASKA 1011 E. Tudor Rd. Rm 240 Box 2955 Anchorage, AK 99510 CALIFORNIA Interstate Office Park 4542 Ruffner St., Room 370 San Diego, CA 92111-2216 Los Angeles Office (LA) Ceritos Corporate Tower 18000 Studebaker Rd., Room 660 Cerritos, CA 90701-3684 San Francisco Office (SF) 5653 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 105 Pleasanton, CA 94588-8543 COLORADO Denver Office (DV) 215 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 303 Lakewood, CO 80226-1544 FLORIDA 919 Federal Bldg 51 SE First Ave. Miami, FL 33130 Tampa Office (TP) 2203 N. Lois Ave., Room 1215 Tampa, FL 33607-2356 GEORGIA Atlanta Office (AT) 3575 Koger Blvd., Suite 320 Duluth, GA 30096-4958 HAWAII 7304 Prince Kuhi Federal Building Honolulu, HI ILLINOIS Chicago Office (CG) Park Ridge Office Ctr., Room 306 1550 Northwest Highway Park Ridge, IL 60068-1460 LOUISIANA New Orleans Office (OR) 2424 Edenborn Ave. Suite 460 Metarie, LA 70001 MARYLAND 1017 Geo. Fallon Building 31 Hopkins Plaza Baltimore, MD MASSACHUSETTS Boston Office (BS) 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02169-7495 MICHIGAN Detroit Office (DT) 24897 Hathaway Street Farmington Hills, MI 48335-1552 MINNESOTA 691 Federal Building 316 N Robert St. St. Paul, MN MISSOURI Kansas City Office (KC) 520 NE Colbern Road Second Floor Lee’s Summit, MO 64086 NEW YORK 1307 Federal Building 111 W. Huron Buffalo, NY 14202NEW YORK New York Office (NY) 201 Varick Street, Suite 1151 New York, NY 10014-4870 OREGON 1782 Federal Building 1220 SW 3rd Avenue Portland, OR 97204 PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia Office (PA) One Oxford Valley Office Bld. Room 404 2300 E. Lincoln Hwy Langhorne, PA 19047-1859 PUERTO RICO 747 Federal Building Carlo Chardon Ave. Hato Rey, PR 00918 TEXAS Dallas Office (DL) 9330 LBJ Freeway, Room 1170 Dallas, TX 75243-3429 5636 Federal Building 515 Rusk Avenue Houston, TX 77002 WASHINGTON DC Columbia Office (CF) 9300 East Hampton Drive Capitol Heights, MD 20743 WASHINGTON Seattle Office (ST) 11410 NE 122nd Way Room 312 Kirkland, WA 98034-6927
APPENDIXBINTERFACEPORTS Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX B-1 ESTeem Horizon Series ETHERNETINTERFACETheESTeemHorizon’sEthernetPortisaFullandHalf‐DuplexAuto‐negotiationinterfacesupporting10Mbps,100Mbpsand1Gbps(10/100/1000BaseT).TheEthernetportiscompliantwithIEEE802.3at‐2009PowerOverEthernetPlus(PoE+)toprovidebothdataandpoweroverthesameCAT‐5EgradeEthernetcable.TheportiscompatiblewithTIA/EIA‐568Bcableconfiguration(Figure1).AsecondEthernetportisincludedwiththeESTeemHorizon.ThissecondEthernetportcanbeconfiguredtobridgetotheprimaryEthernetportorconfiguredtocommunicateontheWirelessorEthernetsideoftheHorizoninroutermode.Figure1:EthernetPinLayout
APPENDIXBINTERFACEPORTS Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX B-2 ESTeem Horizon Series CONFIGURINGDHCPSERVERTheESTeemHorizonEthernetportsupportsbothclientandserverDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP).Figure2showstheDHCPhostconfigurationscreenthatwillbeshownifDHCPserverisselectedinthesetupscreens.EnterthevaluesthatmatchtheDHCPconfigurationforyournetwork.Figure2:DHCPServerConfiguration
APPENDIXBINTERFACEPORTS Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX B-3 ESTeem Horizon Series RS‐232CProgrammingPortConfigurationTheESTeemHorizonusesaproprietaryRS‐232CinterfaceinaRJ‐45connectoronthefrontpanel.TointerfacetheHorizontotheserialportonthecomputer,youneedESTeemcableAA0621thatcombinesastandardEthernetpatchcabletoa9‐pinFemaleadapter.TheRS‐232ProgrammingPortontheESTeemHorizoncanbeusedtoaccesstheconfigurationmenuintheESTeemforsystemandnetworkconfiguration.TheESTeemcommunicationsportoperatesat38,400bps,NoParity,8DataBitsand1StopBit(38,400,N,8,1).Configureyourterminalprogramtomatchthesesettings.RS‐232ProgrammingPortPin‐OutTableESTeemModelAA0621RS‐232CPortPin‐OutTableRJ‐45PinNo.FunctionDB‐9PinNo.4SignalGround(GND)55ReceiveData(RxD)26TransmitData(TxD)3RS‐232CDataPortConfigurationTheESTeemHorizonhasanRS‐232CdatainterfaceinaRJ‐45connectoronthefrontpanel.SeeChapter6forfurtherinformationonserialdataportconfiguration.TointerfacetheHorizontotheserialportonthecomputer,youneedserialcablewiththefollowingpin‐out:ESTeemModelAA0621RS‐232CPortPin‐OutTableRJ‐45PinNo.FunctionDB‐9PinNo.1DataSetReady(DSR)62DataCarrierDetect(DCD)13DataTerminalReady(DTR)44SignalGround(GND)55ReceiveData(RxD)26TransmitData(TxD)37CleartoSent(CTS)88RequesttoSent(RTS)7HorizonSerialPortInterfaceEthernetPin‐out
APPENDIXCRADIOCONFIGURATION Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX C-1 ESTeem Horizon Series HorizonFrequenciesofOperationInawirelessEthernetnetworkalloftheESTeemHorizonmustbesettothesameradiofrequencyofoperation(channel)andbandwidth.ThefollowingtableshowsthechannelsandcorrespondingfrequenciesofoperationforeachmodelofESTeem.ThefrequencyofoperationisselectablewhenconfiguringthemodeofoperationoftheHorizon(referenceChapter3). Figure1:RadioFrequencyChannelSelectionRFDataRateConfigurationTheRFdatarateoftheHorizoncanbeprogrammedforoperationatmultipledatarates.TheRFdataratecanbesetforafixedrateoraspecificrangethatisdynamicallyscaledbytheHorizonfrommonitoringthereceivedsignalquality.DynamicscalingmeansthattheHorizonwilloperateatthehighestRFdataratethatisprogrammedintounit.Ifthereceiveddataqualitydropsbelowtherequiredminimumsforreliablecommunications,theHorizonwillreducethedataratetothenextloweststeptoincreasesignalquality.ConverselyifthesignalqualityincreasesabovetheminimumstheHorizonwillincreasetheRFdataratethenexthighestlevel.TheESTeemHorizonissetatthefactorytooperateatmaximizedscalingspeeddataratesandshouldnotneedadjustment.TheRFDataRateisprogrammedintheHorizonthroughtheAdvancedMenu>WirelessLANSettings>wlan0deviceandthevalueforCommunicationRatesand802.11nCommunicationRateIndex:.IntheexampleshowninFigure2theRFDateRateisprogrammedtodynamicscalealldatarates(recommendfactorydefaultsetting).Tosetthevaluesforthedatarate,checktheboxnexttothelisteddataratetoenablethisrateforoperation.TechnicalTip:Theshadedfrequencychannelsareavailablefor802.11(Wi‐Fi)clientuse.Allothernon‐shadedchannelsareproprietary.ChannelNumberFrequencyBandwidths Horizon900MHz4907MHz5/10MHz5912MHz5/10/20MHz6917MHz5/10/20MHz7922MHz5/10MHzChannelNumberFrequencyBandwidths Horizon2.4GHz12412MHz5/10/20/40MHz22417MHz5/10/20/40MHz32422MHz5/10/20/40MHz42427MHz5/10/20/40MHz52432MHz5/10/20/40MHz62437MHz5/10/20/40MHz72442MHz5/10/20/40MHz82447MHz5/10/20/40MHz92452MHz5/10/20/40MHz102457MHz5/10/20/40MHz112462MHz5/10/20/40MHz 
APPENDIXCRADIOCONFIGURATION Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX C-2 ESTeem Horizon Series RFBandwidthsTheHorizonradioshaveadjustableRFbandwidthsforoperation.ReducingtheRFbandwidthincreasesthenumberofavailablechannelsandtheradio'sabilitytorejectRFinterference.DifferentmodelsoftheHorizonserieswillhavedifferentavailablebandwidthsdependinguponthefrequencyofoperation.Forexample,Figure3showstheconfigurationoftheHorizon2.4GHz’savailablebandwidths.NOTE:AllESTeemradiosinthesamenetworkMUSTbeonthesamefrequencychannelandusethesamebandwidthselection.Figure2:AdvancedDataRateSelectionFigure3:Horizon2.4GHzBandwidthSelection
APPENDIXCRADIOCONFIGURATION Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX C-3 ESTeem Horizon Series DataRatesandThroughputTheHorizonseriesradiosaredesignedtodynamicallychangetheirdatarate,modulationandguardindex(GI)basedupontheircurrentreceivesignalstrengthandbackgroundnoise.ItishighlyrecommendedtoallowtheHorizontodynamicallyscaletothebestdatarategiventheoperationconditions.DynamicscalingmeansthattheHorizonwilloperateatthehighestRFdataratethatisprogrammedintounit.Thefollowingtablesshowtheinteractionsofdatarate,channelbandwidth(CW)andguardinterval(GI): Table1:DataRatesandThroughputLegacy DSSS or Modulation Coding Data Rate Throughput Data Rate Throughput Data Rate ThroughputRates OFDM 5MHz 5MHz 10MHz 10MHz 20MHz 20MHz1DSSS BPSK 1/11 0.25 0.01 0.5 0.03 10.602DSSS QPSK 1/11 0.5 0.03 10.06 20.115.5 DSSS CCK 4/8 1.375 0.43 2.75 0.86 5.5 1.7211 DSSS CCK 4/8 2.75 0.86 5.5 1.72 11 3.446OFDM BPSK 1/2 1.5 0.47 30.09 61.889OFDM BPSK 3/4 2.25 1.05 4.5 2.11 94.2212 OFDM QPSK 1/2 30.94 61.88 12 3.7518 OFDM QPSK 3/4 4.5 2.11 94.22 18 8.4424 OFDM 16-QAM 1/2 61.88 12 3.75 24 7.5036 OFDM 16-QAM 3/4 94.22 18 8.44 36 16.8848 OFDM 64-QAM 2/3 12 5.00 24 10.00 48 20.0054 OFDM 64-QAM 3/4 13.5 6.33 27 12.66 54 25.31802.11n Spatial Modulation Coding Data Rate Throughput Data Rate Throughput Data Rate Throughput Data Rate ThroughputIndex Streams GI = --> 800ns 800ns 400ns 400ns 800ns 800ns 400ns 400nsCW = --> 5MHz 5MHz 5MHz 5MHz 10MHz 10MHz 10MHz 10MHz01 BPSK 1/2 1.625 0.56 1.8 0.62 3.25 1.12 3.6 1.2411QPSK 1/2 3.25 1.12 3.6 1.24 6.5 2.23 7.2 2.4821QPSK 3/4 4.875 2.51 5.425 2.8 9.75 5.03 10.85 5.5931 16-QAM 1/2 6.5 2.23 7.225 2.48 13 4.47 14.45 4.9741 16-QAM 3/4 9.75 5.03 10.825 5.58 19.5 10.05 21.65 11.1651 64-QAM 2/3 13 5.96 14.45 6.62 26 11.92 28.9 13.2561 64-QAM 3/4 14.625 7.54 16.25 8.38 29.25 15.08 32.5 16.7671 64-QAM 5/6 16.25 9.31 18.05 10.34 32.5 18.62 36.1 20.68CW = --> 20MHz 20MHz 20MHz 20MHz 40MHz 40MHz 40MHz 40MHz01 BPSK 1/2 6.5 2.23 7.2 2.48 13.5 4.64 15 5.1611QPSK 1/2 13 10.05 14.4 4.95 27 9.28 30 10.3121QPSK 3/4 19.5 10.05 21.7 11.19 40.5 20.88 45 23.2031 16-QAM 1/2 26 8.94 28.9 9.93 54 18.56 60 20.6341 16-QAM 3/4 39 20.11 43.3 22.33 81 41.77 90 46.4151 64-QAM 2/3 52 23.83 57.8 26.49 108 49.5 120 55.0061 64-QAM 3/4 58.5 30.16 65 33.52 121.5 62.65 135 69.6171 64-QAM 5/6 65 37.24 72.2 41.36 135 77.34 150 85.94
APPENDIXCRADIOCONFIGURATION Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX C-4 ESTeem Horizon Series SETTINGRFPOWERLEVELTheESTeemHorizonpeakpowerisadjustableinoutputpowerfromtheadvancedconfigurationmenu.TheoutputpowerisadjustedontheAdvancedMenu>WirelessLANSettings>wlan0devicescreen(Figure4)oftheWebConfigurationManager.SelectthevalueandpresstheSaveSettingsbutton.Max(Maximum)FullPowerHi(High)75%PowerLo(Low)50%PowerMin(Minimum)25%PowerFigure5:PowerLevelSettingsFigure4:AdvancedGlobalVariables
APPENDIXDSECURITY Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX D-1 ESTeem Horizon Series OVERVIEWThesecurityfortheESTeemHorizon,likeallnetworksecurity,mustbemulti‐layered.Onelevelofsecurityisneverenoughtomakesurethatdatadoesnotendupinthewronghands.Pleasereviewthefollowingsecuritylevelsanddecidewhatisthemostappropriateforyournetwork.AES‐CCMP(802.11iandWPA‐2)AES‐CCMP(AdvancedEncryptionStandard‐CounterModeCBC‐MACProtocol)istheencryptionalgorithmusedintheIEEE802.11iandWPA‐2securityprotocols.Thisnationalencryptionstandardusesa128bit‐AESblockcipherandCCMPtechniquetoensurethehighestlevelofsecurityandintegrityavailableonawirelessnetwork.AES‐CCMPincorporatestwosophisticatedcryptographictechniques(countermodeandCBC‐MAC)andadaptsthemtoEthernetframestoprovidearobustsecurityprotocolbetweenthemobileclientandtheaccesspoint.AESitselfisaverystrongcipher,butcountermodemakesitdifficultforaneavesdroppertospotpatterns,andtheCBC‐MACmessageintegritymethodensuresthatmessageshavenotbeentamperedwith.TheESTeemHorizoniscompatibleaseitheranAccessPointorclientineitherWPA2orIEEE802.11isecuritysystems.Wi‐FiProtectedAccess2withPresharedKey(WPA2PSK)WPA2PSKusesacommonpassphrase(presharedkey)betweentheAccessPoint(AP)andtheclienttobeginasecurecommunicationsession.ThispassphrasemustbeenteredexactlythesameinboththeAccessPointandtheclient.ThispassphraseisusedtoauthenticatecommunicationsessionbetweentheAPandclienttobeginthesecurewirelessnetworkingsession.Wi‐FiProtectedAccess2withEnterpriseServer(WPAEnterprise)LikeWPA2PSK,WPA2EnterpriseverifiestheauthenticityoftheAccessPointandclient,butusesan802.1xbackendauthenticationserverhandlingtheauthenticationdecision.ThemostcommonlytypeofauthenticationserverisaRADIUSserver.TheESTeemHorizoncanbeconfiguredtooperatewithanestablishedRADIUSserveronthenetwork.WPAWi‐FiProtectedAccesswithPresharedKey(WPAPSK)WPA,whichuses802.1x,wasintroducedin2003toimproveontheauthenticationandencryptionfeaturesofWEP.Allauthenticationishandledwithinthisaccesspointdevice.WPAhastwosignificantadvantagesoverWEP:1. Anencryptionkeydifferingineverypacket.TheTKIP(TemporalKeyIntegrityProtocol)mechanismsharesastartingkeybetweendevices.Eachdevicethenchangestheirencryptionkeyforeverypacket.Itisextremelydifficultforhackerstoreadmessageseveniftheyhaveinterceptedthedata.2. CertificateAuthentication(CA)canbeused,blockingahackerposingasavaliduser.Wi‐FiProtectedAccesswithEnterpriseServer(WPAEnterprise)LikeWPAPSK,WPAEnterpriseverifiestheauthenticityoftheAccessPointandclient,butusesan802.1xbackendauthenticationserverhandlingtheauthenticationdecision.ThemostcommonlytypeofauthenticationserverisaRADIUSserver.TheESTeemHorizoncanbeconfiguredtooperatewithanestablishedRADIUSserveronthenetwork.WPAisserver/clientrelationshipfromasoftwaredriveronacomputer’swirelessLAN(WLAN)cardtoanAccessPoint.ThescopeofWPAislimitedinusetothisconfigurationonly.TheESTeemHorizoncansupportWPAEnterpriseandPSKasanAccessPoint,butthelevelofsecurityontheBridginglayerisconfiguredseparately.
APPENDIXDSECURITY Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX D-2 ESTeem Horizon Series 128‐BITWEPThe128WEPusesaparticularalgorithmcalledRC4encryptiontoencodeanddecodetrafficthatisbasedona104‐bitencryptionkeyanda24‐bitInitializationVector(IV).RC4startswitharelativelyshortencryptionkey(104bits)thatisexpandedintoanearlyinfinitestreamofkeystoaccompanythestreamofpackets.ThebasicconceptofRC4isgood,butthewayit’simplementedinWEPleavesitopentocompromise.Theresearchersthattesttheintegrityofthesystemusuallyfocusononepieceoftheimplementation,theInitializationVector(IV).TheIV(24bits)isthealgorithmcomponentthat’ssupposedtokeepexpandedkeysfromrepeating.Fromtheresearcher’spointofview,ahigh‐volumeaccesspointismathematicallyguaranteedtoreusethesamekeystreamatleastonceaday.Whenthishappens,it’scalledanIVcollisionthisbecomesasoftspottoenterthesystem.Theresearchersaren’tsayingthatit’seasytobreakintothesystem,orthatit’sbeingdoneonaregularbasis,onlythatitispossibleandadministratorsshouldconsiderwaystoreducethepossibilityAccessControlList(ACL)TheACLisoneofthesimplestyetmostsecuremethodsofnetworksecurity.TheACLisaconfigurableMACfilterintheModel192EthatcanbesettoallowspecificMACaddressonthewirelessnetworkbyindividualaddressoraddressranges.ThesamefiltercanalsobesettorejectindividualMACaddressesoraddressranges.TheMACaddressisaunique,6hexadecimalfieldaddressassignedatthemanufacturerthatcannotbechanged.TheMACaddressistraceablethroughtheIEEEgoverningbodytothemanufacturerandisthe“fingerprint”forallEthernetdevices.UsingacombinationofboththeWPAor128‐BitWEPencryptionandtheACLfilterprovidetheESTeemanextremelysecurewirelessnetworkinglayer.DisablingBroadcastProbesandHidingSSIDAsimplebutveryeffectivewayofsecuringanetworkistomakethenetworkdifficulttofind.BydisablingbroadcastprobesandhidingtheServiceSetIdentification(SSID),wirelessandnetwork“sniffers”willnotbeabletofindyourESTeemHorizonnetwork.Togainaccesstothewirelessnetwork,youwouldberequiredtohavetheSSIDandallsecurityloadedintheWLANcardsoftwarepriortoenteringthenetwork.ProprietaryBridgeCommunicationAlthoughtheESTeemHorizoniscompatiblewiththeopencommunicationstandardsIEEE802.11gand802.11b,therepeatercommunicationbetweentheunitsisaproprietarycommunicationlink.NoothermanufacturerofwirelesshardwarecanaccesstheESTeemrepeaternetworkwhenbridgingbetweenEthernetnetworks.Thisproprietarycommunicationlayer,incombinationwiththeothersecuritysettings,allowsyouastheusertorejectwirelessclientsintothenetworkifsodesired.WhenusedinconjunctionwiththeAccessControlListthe802.11gand802.11bclientaccesscanberemoved.Thesecuritylevelofthebridgecommunicationlinkisconfigurablefor64‐BitWEP,128‐BitWEPorTKIPandiscompletelyindependentoftheclientaccessleveloranyothercommunicationlinklevel.Forexample,anESTeemHorizoncanbeconfiguredforWPAEnterpriseforclientlevelaccess,communicatetoanotherESTeemHorizonusingaTKIPbridgelinkandalsocommunicate128‐BitWEPtoourolderESTeemModel192Eradiomodemsallrunningsimultaneously.
APPENDIXDSECURITY Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX D-3 ESTeem Horizon Series MasqueradeModesWhentheESTeemHorizonisconfiguredineithertheAccessPointMasqueradeortheClientMasquerademodes,thewirelessmodemfunctionsasanetworkfirewall.Ifaccesstothewirednetworkisthegreatestconcern,placetheESTeemintheMasquerademodeandthewirelessnetworkwillbecompletelyisolatedfromthewiredEthernetnetwork.IncreasingNetworkSecurityThefollowingareafewsuggestionstohelpimprovetheoverallsecurityofyourwirelessnetwork:1. Enablethesecurity.Ifyouresearchallofthearticlesregardinghackers,theyhavegottenintotheuser’snetworkduetothesecuritynotbeingenabled.2. SettheACLfiltertoincludeonlythoseMACaddressofthewirelessEthernetdevicebeingusedonthenetwork.3. Makesurethekeysarenotreusedinyourcompany,sincereuseincreasesthestatisticallikelihoodthatsomeonecanfigurethekeyoutandchangethedefaultpasswordonyouraccesspointorwirelessrouter4. Asanetworkadministrator,youshouldperiodicallysurveyyourcompanyusingatoollikeNetStumblertoseeifany"rogue"accesspointspopupwithinyourcompanywithoutauthorization.Allofyourhardworkto"harden"yourwirelessnetworkcouldbewastedifarogueAPwaspluggedintoyournetworkbehindthefirewall.5. ManyaccesspointsallowyoutocontrolaccessbasedontheMACaddressoftheNICattemptingtoassociatewithit.IftheMACaddressofyourNICisn'tinthetableoftheaccesspoint,youwon'tassociatewithit.Andwhileit'struethattherearewaysofspoofingaMACaddressthat'sbeensniffedoutoftheair,ittakesanadditionallevelofsophisticationtospoofaMACaddress.ThedownsideofdeployingMACaddresstablesisthatifyouhavealotofaccesspoints,maintainingthetablesineachaccesspointcouldbetimeconsuming.Somehigher‐end,enterprise‐levelaccesspointshavemechanismsforupdatingthesetablesacrossmultipleaccesspointsofthesamebrand.6. Considerusinganadditionallevelofauthentication,suchasRemoteAccessDailinUserService(RADIUS),beforeyoupermitanassociationwithyouraccesspointsthroughWPAandWPA2Enterprise.7. Ifyou'redeployingawirelessrouter,thinkaboutassigningstaticIPaddressesforyourwirelessNICsandturnoffDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP).Ifyou'reusingawirelessrouterandhavedecidedtoturnoffDHCP,alsoconsiderchangingtheIPsubnet.Manywirelessroutersdefaulttothe192.168.1.0networkanduse192.168.1.1asthedefaultrouter.8. OnlypurchaseAccessPointsthathaveflashablefirmware.Thereareanumberofsecurityenhancementsthatarebeingdeveloped,andyouwanttobesurethatyoucanupgradeyouraccesspoint.9. Asimplesecuritytechniqueusedbythemilitaryistohavetheadministratorperiodicallychangethekeyforthesystemi.e.weekly,monthly,etc.
APPENDIXETROUBLESHOOTING Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX E-1 ESTeem Horizon Series TestingCommunicationLinkAfteryouhaveconfiguredatleasttwooftheHorizonwirelessEthernetmodemsforoperation,youcanverifycommunicationwitheachthefollowingsteps:StatusLightThequickestsourceoflinkstatusistoviewtheStatusLEDonthefaceoftheHorizon(Figure1).IftheStatuslightissolid,theHorizonhasaconnectiontoanotherHorizonlistedinthePeerTable.StatusScreen/PeerTableToviewdetailedinformationonthestatusofthecommunicationlink(suchasconnectionspeed,signalstrengthandlastupdatetime)youcanopentheStatusScreenfromtheWebInterface.AfterpresstheStatustabatthetopofthescreentheStatus:SummarywillbedisplayedshowingthestatusofallportsandmemoryintheHorizon.UndertheWirelessStatusheadingclickontheViewPeerTable(Figure2).Peers‐ThePeerTablewilldisplayallconnectedHorizonsconfiguredasaPeerlinktothisESTeembytheirWireless(WLAN)MACaddress.ReceivedSignalStrength–TheAntSignalcolumnwilldisplaythereceivesignalstrengthforeachofthetwoantennaports.ThefirstantennaportislistedasA1whilethesecond(receiveonly)portislistedasA2.YoumayreceiveasignallevelonA2althoughnoantennaisattached.ThissignalstrengthvalueislistedindBm.LastRXandDataRate–Thisisthetimeofthelastreceiveddatapacket.Whenmonitoringthestatusmenu,itisimportanttonotethetimethelasttransmissionwasupdatedsoyouarenotlookingat“stale”data.Avalueof0inthetimerepresentsacurrent(lessthan1second)receivevalue.ThecurrentdatarateofthelastdatapacketreceivedwillalsobeshownbytheHorizon.ThespeedisdisplayedinMbps.Forexample,inFigure2aLastRxvalueof0@72.2representsanRFpacketreceivedwithinthelastsecondrunningat72.2Mbps.Figure1:ConnectionStatusLightFigure2:PeerStatus
APPENDIXETROUBLESHOOTING Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX E-2 ESTeem Horizon Series Note:TheESTeemHorizonusesspreadspectrumtechnologythatanalyzeseachdatapacketforsignalstrengthanddataquality(strengthvs.noise).Thehigheryoursignal,themorebackgroundnoiseyoucansustainwithoutcausingdegradationinthedatatransfer.Thisisalsotrueforlowersignalstrengthswithaverylowbackgroundnoise.Thesevaluesareprovidedforguidanceandifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutthevaluesinyourapplication,pleasecontactESTeemCustomerSupportat509‐735‐9092ore‐mailyourapplicationtosupport@esteem.com.ModemID–ThisisModemIDfortheoppositeESTeempeer.TROUBLESHOOTINGTIPSGeneral(ApplicabletoAllModesofOperation)WheredoIfindthelatestfirmwareversionnumber?–WehavethelatestversionnumberoftheHorizonfirmwarelistedontheESTeemWebsite(www.esteem.com)undertheHorizonproductpage.HowandwhendoIupdatetheHorizonfirmware?‐YoushouldonlyupdatetheHorizonfirmwareifyouarehavingaspecificproblemanditisrecommendedthatyoudosobyESTeemCustomerSupportpersonnel.AlltheupdateinstructionsandfilesarelocatedontheESTeemFTPsiteatthefollowingaddress:ftp://www.esteem.com/HorizonDoallfirmwareversionshavetobethesametocommunicatebetweentheHorizon?–Itisnotnecessaryforallthefirmwareversionstobethesamerevisiontocommunication,butthelaterversionmayhaveaddedfeaturesthattheotherversionswillnotrecognize.WhatcharactersarevalidforWEPKeyentry?‐OnlytheHexadecimalcharacters0‐9andA‐Farevalidforkeyentry.WhatESTeemUtilityversionisrequiredtoprogramtheHorizon?–TheESTeemUtilityprogramisnotrequiredtoprogramtheHorizon.TheHorizoncanbeprogrammedusinganyTerminalEmulationprogram(suchasWindowsHyperTerminal)andanywebbrowserprogram.WhatisthespeedandduplexconfigurationontheHorizon–TheHorizonisanauto‐negotiationfull/half‐duplex10/100Base‐Tinterface.Etheracross‐overorpatchcableissupported.AccessPointModeWirelessLANcardsarenotconnecting–VerifythatthewirelessLANcardsaresettoInfrastructureMode,haveamatchingSSID(orESSIS)setthesameastheHorizonandthatallencryptioncodesarethesame.MyWirelessLANcardshowsasolidconnection,butIcannotpassanydata–VerifytheencryptionandtheACLsettingontheHorizonmatchthewirelessLANcard.AccessPointPeerModeHowlongdoesittaketore‐establishtheWirelessEthernetNetwork?‐IfacommunicationlinkislostandtheWirelessNetworkneedstore‐establishtherepeaterroutes,thetimecantakeupto10seconds.ShouldtheAPRepeaterModebeusedonmobileequipment?‐TheAPRepeatermodeshouldbeusedonequipmentthatwillnotchangetheRepeaterRouteasitmoves.Forexample,ifamobiledevicesuchasacranecancommunicatedirectlytoanotherESTeemandwillnotloosethelinkinitstravel,theAPRepeaterModecouldbeused.IfthedevicerequirestwoESTeemHorizon’s
APPENDIXETROUBLESHOOTING Revised: 27 Jun 16 APX E-3 ESTeem Horizon Series (BaseandRepeater)tomaintaincommunicationacrossitscompletetravel,theStationModesshouldbeusedonthemobiledevice.TheproblemwillbeinthetimethatthemobileESTeemwilltaketotransferbetweenthetwosites.InAccessPointRepeatermodethetransfercantakeupto30seconds,whiletheEtherStationmodewilltransferwithoutapacketloss.DoesWEPhavetobeused?–TheWEPdoesnothavetobeenabledforthemodemstocommunicate,butallmodemsmustbeconfiguredthesameway.Correctconfiguration,butcannotestablishcommunications.–Inadditiontothenetworkconfiguration,allHorizonmodemsconfiguredintheAPmodemustsharethesameSSIDandbeonthesamefrequencychannel.ThemostlikelycauseoftheerroristheWLANMACaddressisnotconfiguredinbothHorizon’srepeatertables.Ifonlyonesideisconfigured,everythingwillappeartobecorrectbutnocommunicationwillfunction.EtherStationHowdoIaccesstheHorizonwebpageinEtherStationMode?TheHorizondoesnothaveanactivewebbrowserwhenconfiguredinEtherStationmode.YoumustaccesstheESTeemwiththeESTeemDiscoveryProgramorthroughtheRS‐232portafterconfigurationinthismode.Tomonitorthelinkstatus,youcanusetheEtherStationStatusprogram.WhatIPaddressdoIconfiguretheESTeeminEtherStationmode?–TheHorizonwillnothaveanIPaddressinEtherStationmode.Icannotlinkmydeviceintothewirelessnetwork–VerifythattheMACaddressofthedeviceisexactlythesameasconfiguredintheHorizon.TheMACaddressmusthavecolonsbetweenthevalues.CanIconnectmyHorizoninEtherStationmodetoaHUBorEthernetSwitch?–No.ThemodemmustbeconnecteddirectlytotheEthernetdeviceforwhichitisprogrammed.InEtherStationmodetheHorizoncanonlyserviceONEEthernetdevice.
APPENDIX F HORIZON 2.4 SPECIFICATIONS Horizon 2.4 GHz Specifications Revised: 28 Jun 16 APX F-1 ESTeem Horizon Series ESTeem Horizon 2.4 GHz Specifications Transmitter/Receiver Frequency of Operation (Software Selectable) 2.412 to 2.462 GHz (11-channels) RF Data Rate 1 to 150 Mbps (20 steps) Tx Output Power (Software Selectable) 250 to 1000 mW (Pk) (4-levels) Tx Output Impedance 50 ohms Rx Sensitivity -92 to -69 dBm FCC Type Acceptance ENPHZN216AN Industry Canada Type Acceptance 2163A-216AN LED Indicators Power (On/Off) - Carrier Detect (On/Off) - Transmitter (On/Off) - Receiver (On/Off) Power Requirements Receive 600ma @ 12 VDC Transmit 1.350A (Cont) 3A (Peak) @ 12 VDC PoE Power Supply (IEEE 802.3at,30 watts) (opt) External Power Input 10 to 28 VDC @ 3A Input/Output Connectors Ethernet Port 1 (10/100) RJ-45 Female Ethernet Port 2 (10/100) 802.11 Compatibility 802.11n/g/b RS-232C Comm Port (2,400 to 115.2 K baud) RJ-45 Female RS-232C Programming Port (38,400, N, 8, 1) Antenna Input/Outputs TNC Reverse Female External DC Input Power Mini-Combicon, 3 pin female Case Temperature Range -30° to +60° C Humidity 95% Non-condensing Dimensions 1.9 in. H x 6.7 in. W x 6.2 in. L Weight 1.25 lbs. Product Warranty 1 Year Other Outdoor Pole Mt. Kit AA195PM (opt) PoE Power Supply AA175.2 (opt) External DC Input Power Connector AA195PP (opt)
APPENDIX F HORIZON 2.4 SPECIFICATIONS Horizon Case Specifications Revised: 28 Jun 16 APX F-2 ESTeem Horizon Series
APPENDIX F HORIZON 2.4 SPECIFICATIONS Antenna Specifications Revised: 28 Jun 16 APX F-3 ESTeem Horizon Series Model: AA20DMEg Applications: Model 195Eg direct case mount Antenna Type: Omni-Directional, Sleeve dipole Frequency: 2400 to 2485 MHz Polarization: Vertical Impedance: 50 ohms Gain: 5 dBi (3 dBd) VSWR: < 2:1 Power: 10 W Front To Back Ratio: n/a Horizontal Beamwidth: n/a Vertical Beamwidth: n/a Antenna Material: Polyurethane Plastic Radome Recommended Mounting Hardware: n/a Antenna Connector: TNC-R Male Flexibility: +/- 20  Antenna Envelope: 8.28 in. length by .54 in. width Temperature: -40 to +70 C Weight: 33 grams Model AA20DMEg Caution Omni-directional antenna should not be located within 24 cm of personnel.
APPENDIX F HORIZON 2.4 SPECIFICATIONS Antenna Specifications Revised: 28 Jun 16 APX F-4 ESTeem Horizon Series Model No: AA203Eg Antenna Type: Directional, DC grounded Applications: Fixed base. Frequency: 2400 to 2485 MHz Polarization: Vertical or Horizontal Impedance: 50 ohms Gain: 6 dBi (4 dBd) VSWR: < 1.5 Front to Back Ratio: >23 dB Horizontal Beamwidth: 55 degrees @ ½ power Vertical Beamwidth: 55 degrees @ ½ power Antenna Material: Sealed in UV stable fiberglass enclosed radome Mounting Hardware: Stainless steel U bolts (included) for mounting up to 1 5/8 in. diameter pipe. Antenna Connector: TNC-R Male with 36in. pig tail Maximum Power Input: 5 Watts Antenna Envelope: 4.5 in. length by 3 in. diameter Windload (RWV): 125 mph Lateral Thrust at Rated Wind: 5.8 lbs. Wind Surface Area: 0.060 ft2 Weight: 1 lbs. Model AA203Eg Caution To comply with the FCC exposure compliance requirements, a separation distance of at least 24 cm must be maintained between the antenna and all persons.
APPENDIX F HORIZON 2.4 SPECIFICATIONS Antenna Specifications Revised: 28 Jun 16 APX F-5 ESTeem Horizon Series Model No: AA204Eg.1 Applications: Fixed base mounting Antenna Type: 2.4 GHz ISM, Directional, DC Grounded, Parabolic Grid Frequency: 2400-2485 MHz Polarization: Vertical or Horizontal Impedance: 50 ohms Gain: 15 dBi (13 dBd) nominal VSWR: < 1.5:1 nominal Front to Back Ratio: >24 dB Horizontal Beamwidth: 16 degrees @ ½ power Vertical Beamwidth: 11 degrees @ ½ power Antenna Material: Zinc plated cold rolled steel with polyester power coat finish Recommended Mounting Hardware: Standard U-bolt steel mast clamp complete with mounting hardware. Designed for masts of up to 2.5 in. O.D. Antenna Connector: TNC-R Male with 36 in. pig-tail Maximum Power Input: 10 Watts Wind Survival: 100 mph Wind Load: 16 mph Antenna Envelope: 34 in. length by 17 in. width by 11 in. height Weight: 3 lbs. Use of the AA204Eg.1, directional antenna is limited to fixed point-to-point applications only. In accordance with FCC Section 15.247(b)iii, this antenna must be professionally installed. The installer must ensure the system is used exclusively for fixed, point-to-point applications and the ESTeem Model 195Eg is set for 0.25 Watts output power (Power Level = Min). Model AA204Eg.1 Caution To comply with the FCC exposure compliance requirements, a separation distance of at least 50 cm must be maintained between the antenna and all persons.
APPENDIXGHORIZON900SPECIFICATIONSHorizon900MHzSpecificationsRevised: 27 Jun 16 APX G-1 ESTeem Horizon Series Transmiter/ReceiverFrequency of Operation (Software Selectable) 902 to 928 MHz (4-channels)RF Data Rate 1 to 57.8 MbpsTx Output Power (Software Selectable) 250, 500, 750, and 1000 mW (Pk) (4-levels)Channel Bandwidth 5 MHz, 10 MHz or 20 MHzTx Output Impedance 50 ohmsRx Sensitivity -97 to -78 dBmFCC Type Acceptance ENPHZN216AD (Preliminary)Industry Canada Type Acceptance 2163A-216AD (Preliminary)LED Indicators Power (On/Off) - Carrier Detect (On/Off) - Transmitter (On/Off) - Reveiver (On/Off)Power RequirementsReceive 600ma @ 12 VDCTransmit 1.350A (Cont) 3A (Peak) @ 12 VDCPoE Power Supply (IEEE 802.3at,30 watts) (opt)External Power Input 10 to 28 VDC @ 3AInput/Output ConnectorsEthernet Port 1 (10/100/1000) Ethernet Port 2 (10/100/1000) 802.11 Compatibility n/aRS-232C Comm Port (2,400 to 115.2 K baud)RS-232C Programming Port (38,400, N, 8, 1)Antenna Input/Outputs TNC Reverse FemaleExternal DC Input Power Mini-Combicon, 3 pin femaleCaseTemperature Range -30° to +60° CHumidity 95% Non-condensingDimensions 1.9 in. H x 6.7 in. W x 6.2 in. LWeight 1.25 lbs.Product Warranty 1 YearOtherOutdoor Pole Mt. Kit AA195PM (opt) PoE Power Supply AA175.2 (opt) RJ-45 Female RJ-45 Female ESTeem Horizon 900 MHz Specifications
APPENDIXGHORIZON900SPECIFICATIONSHorizonCaseSpecificationsRevised: 27 Jun 16 APX G-2 ESTeem Horizon Series
APPENDIXHHORIZON900SPECIFICATIONSAntennaSpecificationsRevised: 27 Jun 16 APX H-3 ESTeem Horizon Series Model No: AA20Es900 Antenna Type: Omni Directional, DC Grounded Applications: Fixed base Frequency: 902 to 928 MHz Polarization: Vertical Impedance: 50 ohms Gain: 7 dBi (5 dBd) VSWR: 1.5:1 Typical Front to Back Ratio: n/a Horizontal Beamwidth: n/a Vertical Beamwidth: 22 degrees @ ½ power Antenna Material: Brass radiator, UV inhibited fiberglass enclosed Mounting Hardware: Base to Mast, Supplied. Maximum Power Input: 150 Watts Wind Survival: 100 mph Bending Moment: 14.2 ft-lbs. @ 100 mph Antenna Connector: TNC-R Male with 36in. pig-tail. Antenna Envelope: 48 in. L x 1-5/16 in. Dia. Weight: 1.75 lbs. Model AA20Es900 Caution To comply with the FCC exposure compliance requirements, a separation distance of at least 23 cm must be maintained between the antenna and all persons.
APPENDIXHHORIZON900SPECIFICATIONSAntennaSpecificationsRevised: 27 Jun 16 APX H-4 ESTeem Horizon Series Model No: AA203Es900 Antenna Type: Directional, DC grounded Applications: Fixed base. Frequency: 902 to 928 MHz Polarization: Vertical or Horizontal Impedance: 50 ohms Gain: 7 dBi (5 dBd) VSWR: < 1.5:1 Nominal Front to Back Ratio: > 16 dB Horizontal Beamwidth: 130 degrees @ ½ power Vertical Beamwidth: 70 degrees @ ½ power Antenna Material: Aluminum Mounting Hardware: Heavy duty U bolts for mounting up to 2.0 in. pipe (included). Antenna Connector: TNC-R Male with 2 ft. pigtail with ESTeem weatherproof boot. Maximum Power Input: 50 Watts Antenna Envelope: 1.1 ft. length by 6 in. width Windload (RWV): 150 mph Wind Surface Area: .11 ft² Weight: 1 lbs. Caution To comply with the FCC exposure compliance requirements, a separation distance of at least 23 cm must be maintained between the antenna and all persons.

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