Quanta Inc. Computer Quanta WiMAX Connection Manager Operator Guide Version 1.1 Aug.
Quanta Inc. Computer Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This 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 in a residential installation.
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Quanta Inc. Computer Contents 1. Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................6 1.1. Document Scope...........................................................................................................................6 2. Install and Un-install Windows Driver and Connection Manager ........................................................7 2.1.1.
Quanta Inc. Revision History Version Release Date Description 1.1 Aug. 25, 2010 Based on WU202 to update the document. 1.0 Apr.
Quanta Inc. Computer 1. Introduction The WiMAX dongle supports IEEE 802.16e-2005 state of the art Scalable OFDMA based Technology. It provides users a seamless broadband wireless access, video streaming at home, office or on the move. To protect information transmitting through wireless network, standard security Sublayer PKMv2 EAP based user authorization/authentication for data encryption is supported. The following chapters will show you how to install the software package step by step. 1.1.
Quanta Inc. Computer 2. Install and Un-install Windows Driver and Connection Manager 2.1.1. Un-installation of Windows Driver & Connection Manager 1. Please EXIT the WiMAX Connection Manager first. 2. Please click “Start All Programs WCM Uninstall WCM” to remove it. 2.1.2. Execute InstallShield Wizard 1. Please plug in WiMAX device into the laptop and execute InstallShield Wizard to install windows driver and connection manager. 2. Please click “Next” button.
Quanta Inc. 3. If the laptop is off auto-install feature for security reasons, please open “CD Driver: WU202-GN…” and run “setup.exe”. 4. Please click “Install” button to continue installation. 5. WCM InstallShield will pop out a message if your laptop doesn’t install .NET Framework. 6. Please check if your Windows has .NET Framework 2.0 or plus, or WCM may not work properly.
Quanta Inc. 7. Prepare to copy configuration file to C:\WiMAX. 8. Windows will find new hardware and guide you to complete installation. 9. Please check “Always trust software from “Sequans Communications”.” and click “Install” button to continue installation. 10. It may take a few minutes to complete driver installation.
Quanta Inc. 11. After InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed WCM and driver, windows will prompt a message. 12. Click “Finish” button to finish InstallShield Wizard. 13. You can run the WCM from the WiMAX Connection Manager icon on desktop or run WCM from “Start All Programs WCM WiMAX Connection Manager”. 2.1.3. Install with Second WiMAX device 1. Each device is written with unique serial number in the flash, so windows will recognize each device as different one. 2.
Quanta Inc. 4. Click “Next” button to start installing WCM. 5. Click “Install” button to start install WCM. 6. It will pop out a Question window. If you want to keep the configuration settings, please click “No” button.
Quanta Inc. 7. It will show the message “Found USB/ PCIe Device”. 8. It may take a few minutes to complete driver installation. 9. Please click “Finish” button to exit the Wizard.
Quanta Inc. 3. Configuration by WiMAX Connection Manager 1. Please open WiMAX Connection Manager firstly. 2. Please move the mouse on the WCM and press “Ctrl + Alt + F9” to show the “Advanced” button for advance settings. Please click “Advanced” button and input the code “admin2”. 3. Once you switch to Advanced View, WCM will keep staying at Advanced View till you exit WCM or minimize to system tray.
Quanta Inc. 4. Please plug in WiMAX device and wait for WCM detects device. 5. After WCM detects WiMAX device, you can start to set up the profile settings and EAP parameters. 3.1. Connection Mode 3.1.1. Auto Mode 1. If you have well setup frequency, bandwidth and the other EAP settings. Please keep the “Auto Mode” setting as “On” on “Profile” tab, this button will let device always try to automatically connect with BS. 2.
Quanta Inc. 4. Please remember to keep the “Auto Mode” as “On” to let device automatically connect with BS. 3.2. Profile The user profile “WiAMXd.cfg” is stored in the directory “C:\WiMAX\”. 1. Please plug in WiMAX device and wait for WCM detects device as depicted in the right screenshot. 2. When WCM detects WiMAX device, you can start to set up the EAP parameters. 3. Please input all the information on “Profile” tab, including PKM, Authentication, EAP Method, NWG, Inner EAP, and so on. 4.
Quanta Inc. 3.2.1 1. Scanning Setting Please click “Scan Setting” button to enter setting page. 2. In the Scan Channel Setting field, you can set up some searching criteria. 3. CINR Threshold filter: searching BS if and only if CINR is higher than specified value (dB). Minimum: -20, and maximum: 40. 4. Period setting: Period (0) which is initial period in second after which the terminal restart scanning procedure. Minimum: 0, and maximum: 255. 5.
Quanta Inc. 6. In the Center Frequency List field, you can set up some specified frequency you want. 7. Frequency Range: please select your target and frequency range according to what kind of WiMAX device you used. 8. Bandwidth: please select your preferred bandwidth in KHz. WCM supports mix-bandwidth scanning mechanism. 9. Frequency: please input your preferred frequency in KHz according to what kind of WiMAX device you used. 10. Please click Add button to add it into frequency list. 11.
Quanta Inc. WiMAX device you used. 19. Please click Add button to add it into frequency list. WCM supports maximum up to three sets of frequency range list. 20. Please select frequency from frequency list and click Delete button to remove it from the list. 21. You can click Clear All button to clear all setting of Center Frequency List. 22. If you have confirmed all your setting, please click Save Setting button. 23. This device will auto-reboot in order to make your settings become effective.
Quanta Inc. Computer 3.2.2. User Authentication This section only guide you to connect with BS by User Authentication, for Device Authentication and User and Device Authentication, please refer to chapter 6. 1. Please enable PKM by selecting the “PKMv2_EAP” option. 2. Please select “User Authentication” as your authentication method. WCM will select EAP Method as “EAP-TTLS”. 3. Please select inner EAP method, such as PAP, CHAP, MSCHAP and MSCHAPV2. 4.
Quanta Inc. 4. How to Upgrade F/W 1. This section will guide you how to upgrade the F/W of the device. 2. Please click “Upgrade” button on ‘Tools” tab to start the F/W upgrade wizard. 3. Please choose “Upgrade firmware from a file”, and then click “Next” button.
Quanta Inc. 4. Click “Read Firmware” button to browse the new F/W file. 5. Please browse the new F/W file and then click the “Open” button. 6. Please click “Details” button if you want to check the new F/W information.
Quanta Inc. 7. It will show the file name of new F/W in the window, then click “Start Upgrade” button to start upgrade procedure. 8. The message is to notify you to start the upgrade procedure. 9. The device will auto reboot and then start to upgrade new F/W. Please don’t power off device during the upgrade procedure. 10. In the upgrade procedure, the LED will display “Green Flashing” light 11. There are total 5 files to transport and burn to flash, it will take a few minutes to do this.
Quanta Inc. 12. After all files are burned success, the device will reboot automatically and display a successful message. 13. Please click “Close” button to exit the F/W upgrade wizard. 14. Please click on “Device” tab to check if the F/W version is the same with new F/W version.
Quanta Inc. Computer 5. Trouble Shooting 5.1. Why I can’t detect my device? 1. If there is a yellow exclamation point on WiMAX Network Adapter, please re-install the driver from 2. C:\Program Files\WCM\Driver\USB. Please check if you have installed software package successfully. If not, please uninstall WCM, reboot your 3. computer and reinstall it again. Please check if LED function is OK on your device, I. II. 4. if YES, i. Please uninstall WCM ii. Please reinstall software package again.
Quanta Inc. 5.4. How to log debug information and report it? Please open WCM and click on “Tools” tab. 1. For CLI window: I. Please click “Popup CLI window” button and input the administrator code “22822281”. II. You can run the CLI command and get the response in this window. III. The log file is stored in “C:\Program Files\WCM\WiMAXlog.txt”.
Quanta Inc. 2. Computer For Debug Message I. Please click “Debug Message” button that will pop out another window to have scanning, network link status and EAP log. Please check application type and message level you want to filter messages. You can click “Pause”, “Start”, “Clear”, “Save As”, and “Load” button to control tracking messages. 5.5. What does LED activity mean? The different state information for WU series is as follows: 1.
Quanta Inc. 6. Appendix 6.1. Create Device Information *.IFO file 1. If you would like to set up a WCM with security, especially Device Authentication and User + Device Authentication, please use WCM to generate the Device Authentication Information file firstly. 2. WCM will import all your necessary certificates and generate a file named *.ifo format. 3. Please enable PKM by selecting PKMv2_EAP. 4. Please select “Device Authentication” as your authentication method. 5.
Quanta Inc. 6.2. Device Authentication 1. Please follow section 6.1 to create Device Authentication Information File before you set up device authentication. 2. Please enable PKM by selecting the “PKMv2_EAP” option. 3. Please select “Device Authentication” as your authentication method. WCM will select EAP Method as “EAP-TLS”. 4. Please check the “Outer Identity”, it should be “0017C4XXXXXX”. 5. 0017C4XXXXXX is the MAC address of your device.
Quanta Inc. before you configure device authentication, otherwise WCM can NOT detect and get your device MAC address and can NOT put its MAC address as outer identity for device authentication. 15. Once you have plugged in your WiMAX device, please open WCM and wait for 5 seconds for WCM to initialize your device and get MAC address. Then you can start to configure device authentication. 16. Now, you can connect to base station successfully. 6.3. User and Device Authentication 1.
Quanta Inc. Information File from you local hard disk. 10. You can click “Create New” button to create new one used for device authentication. 11. Please select NWG spec as R1.0 or Draft or No Decoration. 12. Please click “Save Setting” button to save all authentication settings. 13. If you want to reset to default setting, please click “Reset” button. 14. If the “Outer Identity” is empty, please exit this WCM and take out your WiMAX device. 15.
Quanta Inc. 6.4.1. Profile 1. “Auto Mode” On/Off, select on to enable automatic connection. 2. “NWG R1.0.0” option, use decoration with the format {am=1} preceding outer identity. 3. “NWG Draft” option, use decoration with the format {1} preceding outer identity. 4. “No Decoration” option, use no decoration preceding outer identity. 5. “Save Setting” button, click to save current setting into active profile. 6. “Reset” button, click to reset current setting to default. 7.
Quanta Inc. 6.4.2. Scan 1. “Disconnect” button, click it to disconnect with current base station. If your WCM is in “Auto Mode On” state, WCM will reconnect to BS automatically. This action of “Disconnect” button will not cause WCM to switch off Auto Mode. 2. “Scan Base Station” button, click it to do manual scanning. This function is valid if and only if you switch “Auto Mode” off. 3. “Start/Stop” button, click it to start/stop the WiMAX RF. 4.
Quanta Inc. as Start Operator ID = 00:00:17:10:21:14 mask1 = FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FC Target BS group2 (HEX format) 00:00:18:10:11:11 00:00:18:10:xx:yy So, you can define the Start Operator ID and mask2 as Start Operator ID = 00:00:18:10:11:11 mask2 = FF:FF:FF:FF:00:00 6.4.3. Network 1. “IP Release” button, click it to release current IP address. 2. “IP Renew” button, click it to renew the lease time of current IP address. NOTICE: IP release/renew buttons are for you to manually release/renew IP address.
Quanta Inc. 6.4.4. Statistic 1. “Service Flow Refresh” button, click it to refresh the status of service flow. 6.4.5. Tools 1. “Popup CLI Window” button, click it to show a CLI window for CLI commands. 2. “Upgrade” button, click it to open upgrade wizard. 3. “Debug Message” button, click it to open Debug Message window. 4. IOT block, set IOT mode for different BS. 5. Debug Setting block: Debug Port: UDP port “1234” Debug IP: IP address “127.0.0.1”.
