Weidmuller WI-MOD-E-G User Manual

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WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 10 1.2 Getting Started Quickly Most applications for the

Page 11 February 2010 Chapter Two INSTALLATION 2.1 General The WI-MOD-E module is housed in a rugged aluminium case, suitable for DIN-rai

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 12 tolerated for shorter distances. For short distances, i

Page 13 February 2010 The gains and losses of typical antennas are Antenna Gain (dBi) Dipole 2 Collinear 5 or 8 Directional 10 - 28 Cable t

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 14 2.2.2 Directional antennas. Directional antennas can

Page 15 February 2010 2.3 Power Supply The WI-MOD-E module can be powered from a 9 - 30VDC power supply. The power supply should be rated at 1 Am

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 16 DB9 Connector Pinouts Pin Name Direction Function 1

Page 17 February 2010 HOST WI-MOD-E HOST RS485 CONNECTIONS 120Ω RS485 SUPPLY RS232 DIP SWITCH FOR 120Ω 120ΩHOST HOS

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 18 2.5 Discrete (Digital) Input/Output The WI-MOD-E has on

Page 19 February 2010 Chapter Three OPERATION 3.1 Start-up “Access Point” Start-up An Access Point (AP) unit starts and immediately beg

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 2 Thank you for your selection of the WI-MOD-E-100 and/or

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 20 link is dropped. Whenever a Client is not connected to a

Page 21 February 2010 Increasing frequency 1 6 11 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 3.2 Selecting a Channel The WI-MOD-E conforms to the IEEE 802.11 Wir

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 22 3.3 Default Configuration The default factory configura

Page 23 February 2010 • Power up the WI-MOD-E module. • Open “Network Settings” on your PC under Control Panel. The following description is f

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 24 • On the General tab enter IP address 192.168.0.1, S

Page 25 February 2010 3.4.2 Set WI-MOD-E to same network as PC This is the alternate procedure to setting an IP address in the WI-MOD-E. Cons

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 26 e) Check values for Boot Address, Boot Netmask, and Boo

Page 27 February 2010 the command: bip <Type the IP address> i) Switch dip-switch on WI-MOD-E to RUN position. j) Type the command reset,

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 28 Network Settings Webpage Fields Operating Mode Used to

Page 29 February 2010 Radio Encryption Select “None”, “WEP (64-bit)”, “WEP (128-bit)”, “WPA-PSK (TKIP)”, or “WPA-PSK (AES)” security encrypt

Page 3 February 2010 Important Notice Weidmuller, Inc. products are designed to be used in industrial environments, by experienced industrial eng

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 30 3.7 Normal Operation After addresses are configured, th

Page 31 February 2010 E client/station uses 3-address mode any Access Point that it is to communicate with may be configured for either 3 or 4 ad

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 32 Power Level The RF power level is shown in this field.

Page 33 February 2010 3.9 Spanning Tree Algorithm / Redundancy The bridge “Spanning Tree Protocol” function was introduced to handle network loo

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 34 3.10 Multiple AP Repeater Mesh Network The range of a

Page 35 February 2010 (i.e. auto connect) network with encryption, the same encryption algorithm and keys must be inherited from the default inte

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 36 The WDS configuration for unit B is shown above (this pa

Page 37 February 2010 An example of using WDS router interfaces to achieve a similar physical topology to the WDS bridge example discussed earli

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 38 establish a link – but the MAC address is always broadca

Page 39 February 2010 The routing rules for unit B are shown below (for more information on routing rules, refer to the section “3.11 Routing Rul

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 4 Limited Lifetime Warranty, Disclaimer and Limitation of R

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 40 WDS Configuration The WDS Configuration page (as seen ab

Page 41 February 2010 WDS Connections: SSID Specify the SSID of the Access Point(s) to establish a WDS link with. Leave this field blank if you

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 42 3.11 Routing Rules When a WI-MOD-E

Page 43 February 2010 The Routing Rules configuration page can be accessed by selecting the “Routing” link on any of the configuration web pages

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 44 3.12 Wireless Message Filtering When configured as a Br

Page 45 February 2010 If radio links are chained together to form a radio backbone, it is also important to consider the operation of the Layer 3

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 46 IP Address Filter Configuration: Add Entries Enter the

Page 47 February 2010 If you wish to use routing over this serial network connection, then the IP addresses selected must not lie on Wireless or

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 48 2. On the New Connection Wizard, click Next

Page 49 February 2010 5. Set PC as guest 6. Set Computer Name 7. Select a COM port 8. Select availability

Page 5 February 2010 CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION ... 7 1.

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 50 12. Ensure maximum speed is 115200bps, click OK

Page 51 February 2010 3.13.2 Serial Gateway Serial Gateway functionality is available for both RS-232 and RS-485 ports independently, and enable

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 52 There are software packages available (i.e. SerialIP Red

Page 53 February 2010 3.13.3 ModBus TCP to RTU Gateway The ModBus TCP to RTU Gateway allows an Ethernet ModBus/TCP Client (Master) to communicat

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 54 3.14 Digital Input/Output The functionality of the shar

Page 55 February 2010 for ON and 0000(hex) for OFF. Inverted status registers are also provided where the registers contain 0000(hex) for ON and

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 56 An example of the ModBus functionality of the WI-MOD-E

Page 57 February 2010 digital output at B. Local Register 4320 specifies the register for the onboard digital output at B (since B is the local u

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 58 the status of the I/O registers – including the I/O at u

Page 59 February 2010 3.16 Socket Routing TCP/IP Port forwarding The WI-MOD-E is primarily a TCP/IP Routing Server, to which a number of extern

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 6 CHAPTER FOUR DIAGNOSTICS...

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 60 Modes of operation As mentioned earlier, there are 3 mo

Page 61 February 2010 Routing Servers Configuration Master Port When a master/slave protocol is to be used by remote devices, specify the TCP P

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 62 Max connections are set to 10 meaning that a total of 1

Page 63 February 2010 3.17 Module Information Configuration Module Information Webpage Fields This configuration page is primarily for informati

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 64 3.19 Configuration Examples Setting a WI-MOD-E to Facto

Page 65 February 2010 Set dipswitch to RUN Save the changes and unit will restart with new settings. Client 1 Configuration Perform the same con

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 66 Connecting two separate networks together Network A C

Page 67 February 2010 Set the Wireless IP address to 169.254.102.54, network mask 255.255.255.0 Select the Radio Encryption required, and enter e

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 68 Chapter Four DIAGNOSTICS 4.1 Diagnostics Chart LED In

Page 69 February 2010 4.2 Diagnostic Information Available 4.2.1 Connectivity The Connectivity webpage at an Access Point lists all Clients wi

Page 7 February 2010 Chapter One INTRODUCTION The WI-MOD-E Industrial Wi-Fi Wireless Ethernet module provides wireless connections betw

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 70 4.2.2 Monitor Communications To monitor radio communic

Page 71 February 2010 4.2.3 Statistics The Statistics webpage is used for advanced debugging of WI-MOD-E. This webpage details the state of the

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 72 If the signal is strong enough, a link may be establishe

Page 73 February 2010 The screen shot below shows the response of the “ping 192.168.123.123 –t” command. This -t command is used to repeatedly

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 74 4.4.2 IPCONFIG IPCONFIG can be used to show your curren

Page 75 February 2010 4.4.3 ARP Displays and modifies the IP-to-Physical address translation tables used by Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). On

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 76 Network A Settings Client Bridge Settings IP Addr

Page 77 February 2010 Chapter Five SPECIFICATIONS General EMC specification EN 300 683 FCC Part 90 Radio specification EN 300 328 FCC

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 78 Serial Ports RS232 Port DB9 female DCE RTS/CTS/DTR/

Page 79 February 2010 Appendix A FIRMWARE UPGRADE Determine which firmware version is present in the module to be upgraded by viewing the index w

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 8 Access Point vs Client The Access Point unit acts as the

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 80 5. There are two options: a. The “Save to Flash and

Page 81 February 2010 When upgrade is completed, the System Tools webpage will be shown if “Save to Flash” was clicked. If “Save to Flash and

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 82 4. Ensure your PC network settings have a Subnet Mask o

Page 83 February 2010 11. Select Server Interface in the FlashUpdate program. (IP address of PC connected to which can be found from step 4 above)

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 84 15. Programming will commence… 16. If programming wa

Page 85 February 2010 Appendix B GLOSSARY ACK Acknowledgment. Access point An access point is the connection that ties wireless communicatio

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 86 DHCP A utility that enables a server to dynamically ass

Page 87 February 2010 with setting standards for computers and communications. Infrastructure mode A client setting providing connectivity to an A

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 88 Presentation, Application. LAN A system of connecting P

Page 89 February 2010 eight wires, whereas telephone connectors have only four. Server A computer that provides its resources to other computers

Page 9 February 2010 Bridge vs Router Each WI-MOD-E is configured with an IP address for the Ethernet side, and another for the wireless side.

WI-MOD-E-100 & WI-MOD-E-300 Wireless Ethernet User Manual WI-MOD-E Manual v1.10 Page 90 VPN A type of technology designed to increase the sec