FM 3500 ENDO User manual Manual version 0.3.1 Firmware Version 8.x….
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1 Manual Overview This manual describes how to install and operate the Fluidmesh 3500 ENDO series products. More specifically, this manual contains a general overview of the Fluidmesh 3500 ENDO, in Section 3.1. Please refer to Fig. 1.1 for a representation of the product. This user’s manual also includes a complete overview of the network architectures that can be created using Fluidmesh technology, and is discussed in Section 4. The Fluidmesh network addressing is described in Section 5.
2 Precautions 2.1 Fluidmesh Networks Products Are For Professional Use Only Fluidmesh Networks products have been designed with safety in mind. However, if not used properly, they can cause fires that may lead to serious bodily injuries. To avoid such accidents, make sure that you are properly qualified to install these products. 2.2 In Case of Breakdown In case of system breakdown, discontinue use and immediately contact your authorized Fluidmesh Networks dealer or Fluidmesh Networks LLC directly. 2.
3 Installation and System Set-Up This section describes how to install and set up Fluidmesh products. 3.1 FM 3500 ENDO The Fluidmesh 3500 ENDO (part number FM3500E-HW), for simplicity referred to as FM3500 ENDO) is a wireless radio enclosed in an IP66-rated metal enclosure that can be pole or wall mounted. The FM3500 ENDO can operate as a point-to-point wireless bridge, as a single radio mesh unit or as a master/client in a Point to Multipoint Network. The former operating mode is described in Section 4.
LED # (Color) 1 (Red) 2 (Orange) 3 (Green) 4 (Green) Boot Status Booting core system Booting wireless system Booting routing engine Booting unit configuration Link Quality Poor/link absent Fair Good Very good Table 3.
and mesh networks. More-over, thanks to the innovative FluidMAX™ patent pending technology, point-to-multipoint links can be created. This also gives to the user the ability to create mixed networks architectures (shown in Fig. 4.1) leading to higher performance and flexibility in the deployment. In the following section we describe how to build point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and mesh networks with the Fluidmesh products. Fig. 4.
i.e., it is not allowed to have two devices sharing the same IP address. 4.2 Mesh Network Architecture This section describes the Fluidmesh mesh networking architecture and the basic functionalities of the FM3500 series. For the sake of clarity, we will refer to a generic FM unit whenever the discussion applies to the FM3500 series.
lower than or equal to 150 Mb/s. Fig. 4.4 - Point-To-Multipoint Network Architecture FluidMAX is fully automatic and integrated within the mesh architecture. By continuously monitoring the network topology, FM units are able to automatically select whether to operate the FluidMAX MAC protocol or remain in the initial mesh operating mode.
5 Fluidmesh Network Addressing 5.1 Bridge IP Addressing The FM unit can be operated in bridge mode to create a single point-to-point connection between two network segments as described in Section 4.1. Each FM unit is provided with a default IP address for its wired Ethernet port(s), which is: 192.168.0.10 No IP address is associated to the wireless interface. When you set up a wireless bridge using two FM units for the first time, both units will have the same default IP address equal to 192.168.0.10.
• Mesh Point Mode • Mesh End Mode Mesh Point Mode: it is the default mode for the FM unit. Each unit in the field that is not connected to the wired LAN backbone must be set in Mesh Point Mode. Mesh End Mode: in the Fluidmesh network, an FM unit that is connected to the main wired LAN must be set in Mesh End Mode. The Mesh End unit is the junction point between the wireless network and any IP-based wired network.
Multiple FM units can be connected together through a network switch to form clusters of radios if needed. The Fluidmesh proprietary routing proto-col will be run automatically on the cabled segment of the network. Please note that the units must be operated in Mesh Point mode only to activate the cluster feature. 5.2.2 Connecting and Configuring an Ethernet Edge-Device The FM unit Ethernet ports can be used to connect all kinds of Ethernet edge devices (e.g.
6 Software Plug-Ins The Fluidmesh 3500 ENDO (part number FM3500E-HW), feature the innovative FluidThrottle™ technology, which provides a variable software-upgradable capacity of the Ethernet port based on the user’s needs. On the Fluidmesh 3500 ENDO, the user can purchase software-based Plug-ins to increase the maximum capacity of the Ethernet port from 1 Mb/s to 100 Mb/s depending on the system’s bandwidth requirements.
6.1 Plug-In Activation/Deactivation Procedure The Plug-in management procedure has been standardized for maximum flexibility as follows. When a customer purchases a Fluidmesh Plug-in, a generic 16-digit License Code is provided. Because the License Code is generic and not associated with any device, it needs to be activated before it can be used on a Fluidmesh device. In order to activate a License Code, the user can access the Fluidmesh website4 (www.fluidmesh.
Fig. 6.3 - Plug-in Deactivation Activation/Deactivation Code Generation Web interface available at www.fluidmesh.com. 7 FMQuadro™ Web Based Interface and Configuration Every FM unit can be configured and managed using a Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI). By default, each FM unit is configured in Bridge Mode with the Bridge IP address 192.168.0.10 and netmask 255.255.255.0. To change the settings on the units, you need to log-in to the Web- based interface. 7.
7.2 Logging Into The Web-Based Interface Power up the device a n d wait for about one minute for the initialization to be completed. Connect an Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors between a computer and the Fluidmesh device that you want to configure. Configure the wired Ethernet port of your computer according to the de-fault class “C” IP address of the device, e.g., IP: 192.168.0.30, Netmask: 2 55.255.255.0.
Once the license is accepted, the unit can be configured. Two configuration methods are available as shown in Fig. 7.3(a): MeshWizard™ and Classic. The former consists of a simple four step wizard to configure the basic settings of the unit (see Section 7.4), whereas the latter is the classic Fluidmesh FMQuadro for advanced configuration (see Section 7.5). Fig. 7.2 - End-User License Agreement 7.
(a) Step 1 (b) Step 2 (c) Step 3 (d) Step 4 Fig. 7.
7.5 Web-Based Interface Menus Once logged in successfully, the general mode page will appear as shown in Fig. 7.4. Through this page you can change the mode of operation of the FM unit. The item list menu on the left can be used to set/ modify the configuration of the unit. Fig. 7.4 - FM Unit General Configuration Window 7.6 General Mode Firmware version 6.5 supports both Prodigy 1.0 and Prodigy 2.0. Prodigy 2.0 is NOT compatible with Prodigy 1.
1. Setting the newly added units with Firmware 6.5 or above to operate in Prodigy 1.0. 2. Upgrading the previously deployed units with a Firmware 6.5 or above and set them to operate in Prodigy 2.0. We recommend option 1. if there is no specific issue in the network. Every FM unit has three possible modes of operations: • Bridge Mode • Mesh Point Mode • Mesh End Mode The FM unit factory default mode is Bridge. The Mesh Point mode must be used for any unit deployed in the field.
Fig. 7.5 - Wireless Parameters Configuration-Basic Mode Please make sure the country has been properly specified before changing the frequency of the system. Frequency Selectors: All Fluidmesh units are equipped with multi-band radios capable of operating on the 4.9-6 GHz bands5. You can change the frequency of each radio in order to minimize interference with other wireless networks operating in the same area. The frequencies listed on the Frequency Selector are the carrier frequencies.
Before deploying your network, you need to plan frequency allocation on every link. A good rule of thumb is to use the narrowest possible channel that can support the amount of throughput needed and separate the channels as much as possible. Although two radios are not on the same channel, they can still interfere with one another because of the side lobes. It is also good practice to space the radios vertically as far apart as possible with a minimum of 3ft., ideally 5ft.
In Advanced mode, the following selectors are also available: Fig. 7.6 - Wireless Parameters Configuration. Advanced Mode Width 5 MHz 10 MHz 20 MHz 40 MHz * Modulation Speed 37 Mb/s 75 Mb/s 150 Mb/s 300 Mb/s Throughput 8 Mb/s* 16 Mb/s* 90 Mb/s* 150 Mb/s Table 7.1 - Available Radio Channel Widths * Throughput mentioned above is in ideal conditions.
interference in the network and to increase the number of available channels. Please remember to set the same channel width on both sides of the wireless link. A channel width mismatch will prevent the FM units from communicating properly. Please note that changing the channel width may violate the local telecommunication authority’s guidelines and lead to illegal wireless operations. IN NO EVENT SHALL FLUIDMESH NETWORKS, INC.
fact, the network administrator will only have to change the frequency of the Master unit to force all the slaves to scan the air and reconnect to the Master with the same Mesh Cluster ID. Please make sure that different point-to-multipoint cluster have different Mesh Cluster IDs or they will be conflicting on the slave perspective leading to unpredictable network topologies.
Fig. 7.7 - Advanced Wireless Parameters Configuration Data Packet Encryption (Software Plug-in Required): Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption can be enabled at the link- level for wireless data transmission. This feature is available in addition to the default Fluidmesh proprietary encoding algorithm for maximum industry-grade network security. A software Plug-in is required to activate this option. Please contact your Fluidmesh Networks’ representative for details. 7.
Fig. 7.8 - Link selection To perform an accurate antenna alignment for a specific link, click on the “Align” button to open the antenna alignment tool as depicted in Fig. 7.9.
Fig. 7.9 - Antenna Alignment Tool The user is warned that the proprietary Fluidmesh TPC algorithm (see Section 7.8) will be disabled during the alignment process so as to avoid unwanted interactions with the tools. The antenna alignment tool consists of a real-time graph and a bar which report the average signal strength and the current signal strength detected at the local unit receiver, respectively.
Fig. 7.10 - Frequency Scan Tool Results Color GREEN YELLOW RED Channel Quality GOOD FAIR BAD Table 7.3 - Frequency Scan Status Additional information such as number of Fluidmesh units and access points detected is available by bringing the cursor of the mouse over the frequency channel bars. Please note that in a network with overlapping channels, the number of Fluidmesh units detected by the scan tool might be higher than the actual number of units deployed.
Fig. 7.11 - FMQuadro™ (Mesh End Only) This feature is available only in FM units configured in Mesh End mode. The innovative FMQuadro engine provides an interactive graph representation of the Fluidmesh network where vertices and edges represent FM units and wireless links, respectively, as shown in Fig. 7.11. The links which are currently in use by every packet generated/ relayed by a Fluidmesh device to reach a possible destination in the network (i.e.
Fig. 7.12 - FMQuadro, Unit Information For example, by clicking on a specific unit, information about the remote unit selected is displayed in a callout as shown in Fig. 7.12. This information includes the Layer 2 IP address, current FluidMAX status of the unit, the radio frequencies currently in use, and the details of the data traffic flows generated by the edge devices connected to the unit. The list of currently active Plug-ins is visible.
Metric Current TX Rate Packet Error Rate Link Error Rate Signal Strength Link Utilization Description Current link transmission rate in Mb/s. Percentage of packet dropped due to excessive trans-‐ mission errors. Percentage of packet retransmissions due to trans-‐ mission errors. Current received signal level in dBm.
Fig. 7.13 - FMQuadro, Link Information A table, placed at the bottom of the window, reports the network units address summary and can be viewed by clicking on the proper button as reported in Fig. 7.15. It is possible to assign a name to each of the Fluidmesh units. This may be especially convenient with a large mesh network. Furthermore, through the “Network Settings” table, placed at the bottom of the window, you can check whether the DFS settings are consistent the network, e.g.
Fig. 7.14 - FMQuadro, Last 48 Hours Link information Fig. 7.
7.11 Fluidmesh Wi-Fi Access Point Firmware 6.5 and above feature an embedded Wi-Fi access point (AP) that works together with the standard Fluidmesh mesh interface. The purpose of the embedded Wi-Fi AP is mainly site maintenance and service. By enabling the Wi-Fi AP, it will be possible to connect to the Fluidmesh radios with a standard PC or laptop equipped with a Wi-Fi NIC card. To avoid impacting the performance of the mesh interface, the Wi-Fi access point bandwidth is limited to 5 Mb/s.
7.12 Static Routes The static routes page can be used to set static routing rules in the radio unit. This option is especially useful with the Wi-Fi AP enabled to allow the connected clients, i) to access other Fluidmesh radios / client devices in the network and, ii) to reach gateways (i.e. Internet gateways). 7.13 SNMP The SNMP page can be used to configure the SNMPv2c service to run on the unit. Both walkthrough and traps operations are supported.
7.14 Firmware Upgrade Through the firmware upgrade page (Fig. 7.18), it is possible to upgrade the Firmware of the devices to the latest version available. To do so, download the latest Firmware upgrade file to your PC from the Fluidmesh Networks Website at www.fluidmesh.com7. Select the correct file on your hard disk, and upload it. This operation might take several minutes. The unit will automatically reboot at the end of the upgrade process.
Fig. 7.18 - Firmware Upgrade Web Page 7.15 Plug-In Management The manage plug-ins page (Fig. 7.18) shows the installed Plug-ins and allows the user to add Plug-in Activation Codes. Additionally, a Plug-in can be deactivated to, for example, transfer it from one unit to another. Once the Plug-in has been deactivated, you will be provided with a Deactivation Code displayed at the bottom of the page.
page. The Plug-in demo mode includes the 4.9 GHz8 5, the AES and the Unlimited Plug-in trials all at once. The unit will reboot on the 8 hours plug-in trial expiration. Fig. 7.19 - Plug-Ins Management Web Page 8 Not available in Brazil and Canada.
7.16 Advanced Tools Through the advanced tools page, it is possible to run tests to verify network connectivity and the achievable throughput on a network path. As shown in Fig. 7.19, network connectivity can be tested by issuing a “Ping Test” towards a specific destination. Additionally, the “Bandwidth Test” tool generates a stream of packets at a specified rate to test the available network path throughput9.
7.17 Multicast By default, FM units operating in Mesh Point mode forward all the multicast traffic generated by the cameras to their closest Mesh End unit. However, in some network configurations, it may be convenient to forward the multi-cast traffic from a Mesh Point to others, e.g., to remotely record the video flow. By default, the unit operating in Mesh End mode does NOT forward any multicast traffic10 to the wireless networks.
7.18 Change Password Use this page to change the password to access the unit Web GUI. 7.19 Status This page reports a summary of the status of the unit. The MAC address of the radio is published on the status page as well. In case of system malfunctions, the unit’s diagnostic file dump can be downloaded through this page and emailed to the Fluidmesh technical support to facilitate the problem diagnosis. Additionally, the unit log can be viewed.
Log Message ethX phy:X is up/down chatter: VBR: duplicate IP X? MACX -‐-‐> MAXY at timestamp Description The Ethernet port X goes up/down. Possible duplicate IP X has migrated from MAC address X to Y. Table 7.6 - Status Description 7.20 Ping Softdog This page can be used to set up constant pings toward multiple destinations.
Fig. 7.23 - Save and Restore Settings 7.22 Reboot and Reset to Factory Default Use the Reboot page to restart the unit. Use the Reset to Factory Default page to restore the unit default factory settings. 7.23 On-Line Help The electronic version of this manual is available by accessing the Help web page. Additionally, specific manual sections can be consulted by clicking on the question mark present at the upper right corner of every page of the Web GUI.
8. Troubleshooting The troubleshooting section will allow you to solve the most common problems encountered when configuring and installing Fluidmesh products. 8.15 I Am Unable To Get The Log-In Screen If you are unable to get the log-in form on your computer screen, you should check the following: Is your computer set to a valid IP address? You should manually set the correct network settings as follows: 1. In Windows Explorer, right-click “My Network Places” and select Properties; 2.
1. Antenna Alignment: the two antennas must be aligned toward each other. 2. Line of Sight: you must have clear line of sight between the two antennas. 3. Power: check if the FM unit is properly powered-on with the provided PoE injector. 4. Channel: both FM unit units must be operating on the same channel.
APPENDIX A Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been assembled with components that comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a commercial environement.
this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. Avis d’industrie Canada Le present appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence.
Belgique Dans le cas d’une utilisation privee, `a l’exterieur d’un batiment, au-dessus d’un espace public, aucun enregistrement n’est necessaire pour une dis-tance de moins de 300m. Pour une distance sup´erieure `a 300m un enregistrement aupr`es de l’IBPT est requise. Pour une utilisation publque a l’exterieur de batiments, une licence de l’IBPT est requise. Pour les enregistrements et licences, veuillez contacter l’IBPT.
APPENDIX B Contact Information Worldwide Headquarters Fluidmesh Networks, LLC 81 Prospect Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 U.S.A. Tel. +1 (617) 209 -6080 Fax. +1 (866) 458-1522 info@fluidmesh.com www.fluidmesh.com EMEA Headquarters (Italy) Tel. +39 02 0061 6189 UK Branch Tel.
