User manual PLEXTOR PX-PA15AW HARDWARE

PX-PA15AW For Hardware Settings March 2006 Copyright © 2006 Plextor Corp. All Rights Reserved. No portion of this document may be copied or reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from Plextor Corp. Plextor has no warranties to this documentation and disclaims any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. All information contained herein is subject to change without notice. All sample images and electronic files included in the documentation and distribution materials are copyrighted by their respective photographers and are not to be copied or reproduced in any manner. Trademarks All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. ii Content Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Starting up the PX-PA15AW ........................................1 Setting up the PX-PA15AW..........................................4 Status .........................................................................................................4 Setup ..........................................................................................................5 Maintenance ...............................................................................................7 Change Username/Password .....................................................................7 Download WMS ..........................................................................................8 Site Survey .................................................................................................8 iii Starting up the PX-PA15AW Chapter 1 Starting up the PX-PA15AW Here is a description of how to configure and log in to the PX-PA15AW. 1. After the Receiver Box has been connected, turn it on and wait for 10 seconds. We recommend using the Ethernet LAN port to connect to the Receiver Box. Either by direct connection or through a hub device. The Ethernet cable for the direct connection is not required to be of the cross type. 2. You must set the network adapter to the same network segment before connecting to the Receiver Box. The adapter cannot use a DHCP client since the Receiver Box supports DHCP clients but not DHCP servers. Here is how to set up the IP address. a. From the Windows Control Panel, open Network Connections, click Local Area Connection, and then click Properties. You will see the following dialog box. 1 Starting up the PX-PA15AW b. Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and change the IP address to a number between 192.168.168.2 and 192.168.168.254. (Don't use 192.168.168.30). Type 255.255.255.0 for the Subnet mask. Example of an IP Address 2 Starting up the PX-PA15AW 3. Use your Internet browser to open http://192.168.168.30/ to see the configuration page for the Receiver Box. Type "admin" as User name, and "1234" for Password. You must disable your firewall and proxy settings. If the configuration page doesn't open, turn the device off and on to reset it. 3 Setting up the PX-PA15AW Chapter 2 Setting up the PX-PA15AW The main menu has all the controls for configuring your PX-PA15AW. Status Under Status, you can view the current settings of the Ethernet LAN or WLAN. Click General and LAN to see the Device Information and LAN Settings, including the MAC and IP address. WLAN settings can be seen by clicking WLAN. · The Region setting will tell you if 802.11a Ad-hoc mode is supported or not. For region ETSI, the 802.11a 5 GHz Ad-hoc mode is not supported. · The Link Status may be Up, indicating that it is connected to a PX-PA15AW Sender, or Down, indicating that it is available for connecting. 4 Setting up the PX-PA15AW Setup Under Setup, you can choose LAN or WLAN. LAN is used to choose DHCP or static for the IP address. · If you select DHCP, you have to find the IP address by using another tool or by asking your MIS department if you ever need to reconfigure. An alternative would be to push and hold the Reset button on the Receiver Box for more than 5 seconds to revert to the factory default IP address. · If you change to another network segment, remember to configure the computer to the same network segment. 5 Setting up the PX-PA15AW Use WLAN to change these settings. · · Country is used to identify the WLAN card set. Region is used to identify the radio certification. For example, FCC, ETSI. · · SSID is defaulted to use "WMS100-IMAGE" Channel & Transmission rate is used to identify the transmission speed. Channels higher than 36 are for 802.11a (5 GHz). Transmission rates faster than 24 Mbps indicates that you can use 802.11a and 802.11g modes. Some WLAN cards don't support the 802.11g Ad-hoc mode. These will use the IEEE standard 802.11b. The performance will be lower. · If the channel is changed, a new Web page will open for the settings. After finishing the settings, click Apply. · The default settings will be Channel 11, 802.11b, and 802.11g Ad-hoc mode. 6 Setting up the PX-PA15AW Maintenance Click to upgrade firmware or reset factory default and bridge functions. Change Username/Password Click for security control to restrict access to the PX-PA15AW Receiver Box. You can press the Reset button for more than 5 seconds to get the default user name and password if you forget it. Only English alphanumeric characters are accepted for passwords. 7 Setting up the PX-PA15AW Download WMS Click to download the WMS software. It takes about 2 minute and 20 seconds. The program will be installed immediately. Site Survey This function is used to connect to any other SSID groups, especially Access Point. 8