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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 1

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 2

    2 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN R LM Manager , CP 151 5 Manager C79 000-G897 6-C 1 7 1 -0 1 &RSULJKW6LHPHQV$*   $OOULJ KWVUHVH UY HG Th e repr oducti on, tra ns mis sion or use of this document or its contents is not permit ted with out express written authority . Of f enders will be liable for damages. All ri ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 3

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 7 1 -0 1 3 &ODVVLILFDWLRQRI6DI HW5 HODWHG1RWLFHV This documen t contains notices which y ou sho uld observe to ensure y our own per sonal safety , as well as to protect the product and connected equipment. These notices are highlighted in the manu ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 4

    4 Industrial Et hernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager , CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 7 UDGHPDUNV SIMA TIC , SI MA TIC NET and SINEC are registered trademarks of Siemens AG. Third parties using for their own purposes any other nam es in this document which ref er to trademarks might infringe upon the rights of the trademark own ers. 6DIH ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 5

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 7 1 -0 1 5 &RUUHFWXVH RI6 RI WZ DUH3URGXFWV Please n ote the following: &DXWLR Q This sof t wa re may only be used f or the applications described in the catal og or the tec h nical description, and only in connection with sof tware products, d ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 6

    6 Industrial Et hernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager , CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 3ULRUW R6W DUW XS Bef ore put ting the product into operation, note the f ollowing w a rning: &DXWLR Q Bef ore installa tion and star tup, r ead the instructions in the appro- priate documen tation. F or ordering dat a of the doc umentation, p ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 7

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 7 1 -0 1 7 3UHI DFH 3XUS RVHRIWKH2SHUDWLQJ,QVW UXFWLRQV These Operating Instructions support you when configur ing, commissioning , and troubleshooting networks incl uding the Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager and CP 15 1 5 M anager . )XU W ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 8

    8 Industrial Et hernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager , CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 *XLGHWRWKH0 DQXD O T o help you to f ind specific information quic kly , these m anual includes the f ollowing parts: • At the front of the o perating instructions you will find a com plete table of contents. • At the bac k of the operating ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 9

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 7 1 -0 1 9 3 HUVRQDO4XDOLILFDWLRQ5HTXLUH P HQWV Only qualified per sonnel should be allowed to install and work on t his equipment. Qualified personnel as ref erred to in the operating instr uc tions or in the warning notes are defined as persons who are f a ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 10

    1 0 Industr ial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Ma nager, CP 1 515 Manager C79000-G8 976 -C1 7 1 -0 1  ,QWURGXFWLRQ 1.1 About Siemens SIMATIC NET Industrial W ireless LAN ........ .............. 16 1.2 About Siemens SIMATIC NET Industrial Wireless LAN Tools ...... ....... 17 1.2.1 CP 15 15 Manager ...... ...... ........ ....... ........ ...... ...... ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 11

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 7 1 -0 1 1 1 3.2 Assigning an L AN Administrato r Station ......... ......... ............. .......... .... 34 3.2.1 Minimum Requ irements ...... ......... ...... .......... ......... ...... ........ ....... .......... ..... 34 3.3 Managing Peer-to-Peer Workgroups ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 12

    1 2 Indu strial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 5.2 Using t he CP 1515 Manager ... .......... ............. ......... ............. .......... ..... 71 5.2.1 Monitor ing Methods ... .......... ......... ...... ........ ....... ........ ...... ........... ........ ...... 71 5.2.2 Link T est Wi nd ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 13

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 7 1 -0 1 1 3 7.2 Securing Access to Wire less Data ........... .......... ............. .......... ........ 155 7.2.1 Restri ct Wirel ess Access to the Netw ork ... ......... ...... .......... ......... ...... ..... 155 7.2.2 Closing the Wire less Netw ork ....... ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 14

    1 4 Indu strial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 8.3 Configuring Large Networks .......... ......... ................ ............. .......... ... 218 8.3.1 Common Parameter s .... ...... ......... ...... ........ ....... ........ ...... ........... ........ ...... 219 8.3.2 Unique Paramet ers .. ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 15

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 7 1 -0 1 1 5 C.2 Doing a Forced Reload ............. .......... ............. ......... ................. ........ 246 C.2.1 Step 1 - Prepa rations........ .... ...... ......... .... ...... ......... ...... ........ ..... ...... ........ . 246 C.2. 2 Step 2 - Set ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 16

    1 6 Industr ial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manag er, CP 151 5 Ma nager C79000-G8 976 -C1 7 1 -0 1  ,QWURG XFWLRQ    $ERXW 6LHPHQV 6,0$ 7,& 1(7  ,QGXVWULD O :LUHO HVV/$1 The Siemens SIMA TIC NET Industrial W ireless LAN (IWL) pr oduct f amily is a comprehensive set of ne twork equipment that enables you to build any ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 17

    $ERX W6LH PHQV 6,0$ 7, &1(7 ,QG XVWU LDO: LUHOHVV /$1 7 RROV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 7 1 -0 1 1 7   $ERXW 6LHPHQ V 6,0$ 7,& 1(7 ,QGXVWU LDO :LUHOH VV/$17 RROV The Siemens SIM A TIC NE T Industrial W ireless LAN sof tware suite co ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 18

    $ERXW 6LHP HQV 6,0$ 7,& 1( 7,Q GXVW ULDO :LUHOHVV /$17 RR OV 18 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Man ager, CP 1 5 1 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Y our SIMA TI C NET Ind ustrial W ireles s LAN ha rdware will commu nicate with other vendors ’ IEEE 802. 1 1 co mpliant wireless L AN pr oducts . Howe ver , you ma ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 19

    $ERX W6LH PHQV 6,0$ 7, &1(7 ,QG XVWU LDO: LUHOHVV /$1 7 RROV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 9    &30 DQDJHU The CP 1 51 5 M anager is a diagnostic tool to monitor wi reless radio communica tion between a wireless st ation a ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 20

    $ERXW6,0$ 7,&1(7,QGX VWULDO:LUHOHVV/$15/0 20 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Man ager, CP 1 51 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1   $ERXW 6 ,0$ 7,&  1(7 ,QGXVWU LDO :LUHOHVV /$ 1 5/ 0 The Radio L ink Module RLM is a tra nsparent bridge de vice equipped wit h two PC Card slots A and B. W ir ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 21

    $ERXW7KLV0DQXDO Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 21   $ERXW7KLV0DQXDO This Manual describes how to use the SIM A T IC NET Industrial Wireless LAN (IWL) tools to config ure and monito r wireless LANs built w ith SIMA TIC NET IWL pr oduc ts. In this man ual, y ou will f ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 22

    $ERXW7K LV0DQXDO 22 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Man ager, CP 1 51 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 general guideline to help you to decide whic h tool can help you to accomp lish a specific ta sk. F or more inf orm ation about specific softwar e scre ens or options, you are advised to consult the on-line help docum entation. ? ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 23

    $ERXW7KLV0DQXDO Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 23 • T o acc ess context-sensitive help on a specific screen for the SIMA TIC NET Ind ustria l W irele ss LAN pro grams, click the +HOS b ut ton or pre ss the function key . • In the on-line help you can click the &RQWHQW V ta ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 24

    24 Industr ial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manag er, CP 151 5 M anager C79000-G8 976 -C1 71 -0 1  :LUHOHVV&RQ ILJXUDW LRQV   ,QWURGXFWLRQ This documen t describes a nu mber of networ k scenarios tha t may serve as an example f or building your wireless sy stem. Wireless systems typically apply to indoor network environments that r ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 25

    3H H U  W R  3H H U  :R U N J U R X S Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 25  3 HHU WR3 HHU : RUN J URXS A P eer -to-P eer work gro up, as pict ured in Fi gu re 1 , is a group of wireless de vices that do not bridge their data via the Radio L ink Module (RLM). All ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 26

    %DVLF, QIUDVWUXFWXU H 26 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1  %DVLF  ,QIUDVWUX FWXU H   6WDQG$ORQH&RQILJXUDWLR Q In a s tand a lone configuration ( Figure 2 ), the Radio Link Module (RLM) will function as a relay RLM, that will f orward the data co ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 27

    %DVLF,QIU DVWUXFW XUH Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 27 The wir eless infrastr ucture i s identified by a uniq ue network name. All equipped de vices that wish to con nect to this network, must be configured with an ident ical netw ork name. Mobile w ireless stations will maint ain c ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 28

    %DVLF, QIUDVWUXFWXU H 28 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJ XUH : LUHOHVVWR (WKHUQH W$FFHVV &RQI LJXUDW LRQ All wireless stations w ithin this cov erage area that wish to conne ct to the network mu st be co nfigured with the same network name as the Acces ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 29

    $ GY DQFHG,QIUDVW UXFWX UHV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 29   $ GY DQFHG, QIUDV WU XFW XUH V   0XOWLSOH&KDQQHO &RQILJXUDWLRQ The stations are capable of switching their operating frequency c h annel dynamically whe n roaming between Access P ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 30

    $GY D QFHG ,QI UDVWUX FWXUHV 30 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJXUH 'XDO&KDQQ HO&RQILJXUDWLRQ • By confi guring neighboring Acces s P oints RLMs wit h dif fer ent frequencies, you create separate mediums f o r each wireless cell. Operating at dif f ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 31

    $ GY DQFHG,QIUDVW UXFWX UHV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 31 As is the case in any roaming environment, you must configure all Access P oints RLMs in multipl e channel configur a tio ns with an identic al netw ork name. The pref erred channel separation between the channels i n neig ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 32

    32 Industr ial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manag er, CP 151 5 M anager C79000-G8 976 -C1 71 -0 1  6HW WLQJ8S RXU/$1 $ GP LQLVWUD WRU6 WDW LRQ   ,QWURGXFWLRQ SIMA TIC NET Industrial Wireless LAN infrastructur es are manage d from the LAN admi n ist rato r station. W ithin this c hapter decisio n points ar e describe d whic ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 33

    ,QWURGXFWL RQ Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 33 In this c hapter , we describe ho w to set up the LAN adminis trato r station in the follo wi ng network c onfigurations: • 3HHUWR3HHUZ RUNJURXS - all st atio ns within t h e netw ork directly commun icate with all othe r statio ...

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    $VVLJQLQJDQ /$1$ G PLQLVWUDWRU6WDWLRQ 34 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1  $VVLJQLQJDQ/$1$GPLQLV WUDWRU 6WDW LRQ   0LQLPXP5HTXLUH PHQWV T o set up the LAN administrator stat ion, you can use any desktop or por table compute r that mee ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 35

    0DQDJLQJ 3HH U WR3 HHU: RUN JURXSV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 35 12 7( i F or managin g your wireless network you are adviced to set the IP- addresses of the RLM a nd mobile CP 1 51 5 as described in "About IP Addresses and Subnets" (page 229) .  0D ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 36

    0DQD JLQ J,QI UDVWU XFWXUH 1HWZRUNV 36 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1   0DQDJ LQJ, QIU DVWUX FWXU H1HW ZR UNV In an infra str uct u r e network , yo u will primarily use the LAN admini str ator station tha t has the RLM Manager inst alled to configure your Acces ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 37

    0DQDJLQJ, QIUDVWUXFW XUH 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 37 Y o ur next consideration f or wired or wireless st ation should be the size of your network. For instan ce: • in larger networks, it may be more conv enient to manage the stations from a ce ntral loc atio n, s ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 38

    0DQD JLQ J,QI UDVWU XFWXUH 1HWZRUNV 38 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1       & RQILJXUDWLRQ A wired LAN administrator s tation ha s access to all Access Points RLMs vi a a wired backbone. The Access P oi nts RLMs are iden tified by means of their ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 39

    0DQDJLQJ, QIUDVWUXFW XUH 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 39    : LUHOHVV6WD WLRQV A wireless, mo bile LAN administrator st ation allows you to us e the CP 151 5 Manager as well as the RLM M anager. The Mobic uses only its CP 1 51 5 Manager .  ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 40

    ,QVWDO OLQJ6,0$ 7,&1(7,:/6RI WZD UH 40 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1  ,QVWDOOLQJ6,0$ 7,&1 (7,:/6 RI WZDUH   &3 0 DQDJH U The CP 1 51 5 Manager is a diagnostics tool that r uns on wireless stations only . T o ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 41

    ,QVWDOOL QJ6,0$ 7,&1(7,:/6RI WZDUH Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 41 5. F ollow the instr uct ions on your screen. If not a vailable y et, a special Siemens group in the Windows Programs menu will be created. T his group will pro vid e access to the CP 1 515 Manager. 12 ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 42

    ,QVWDO OLQJ6,0$ 7,&1(7,:/6RI WZD UH 42 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1  , QVWDOOLQJ5 /00DQDJ HU T o install the RLM Manager sof tware, proceed as f o llo ws: 1 . Inse rt the sof tware CD-ROM that came with yo ur product in the CD- ROM drive of the ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 43

    ,QVWDOOL QJ6,0$ 7,&1(7,:/6RI WZDUH Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 43 12 7( i Pre vious ly installed v ersions of the RLM Manager program will automatica lly be repl aced, without af f ec ting any other file that y ou might have sa ved i nto the program’ s directory ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 44

    ,QVWDO OLQJ6,0$ 7,&1(7,:/6RI WZD UH 44 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 - you can set the IP -adresses manualy . Y ou must order the k orrect IP - adre sses from your LAN adm istrat or (see also sec tion "About IP Addresse s and Subnet s" (page 22 9) ). • W ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 45

    ,QVWDOOL QJ6,0$ 7,&1(7,:/6RI WZDUH Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 45 T o verify whether the TCP/IP protocol is properly installed, proceed as fo l l o w s : 1 . On the W indows task bar , clic k the but ton. 2. P oint to 6HWWLQJV and then click on &RQWURO3DQHO . 3 ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 46

    ,QVWDO OLQJ6,0$ 7,&1(7,:/6RI WZD UH 46 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 f . In the Subne t Mask field enter the v alue   g. Cl ic k t he 2. butt on to confir m and f ollow the instructions as display ed on y ou r screen. 5. W hen ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 47

    &RQILJXUDWLRQ6FHQDULRV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 47  &RQILJXU DWLRQ6FHQDULRV In the pre vious section you may hav e s elected either a wired, or a wireless LAN administrator station. This section will describe some of the c haracteristics and feat ure s of ea ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 48

    &RQIL JXUDWL RQ6FH QDULRV 48 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJXUH  :LUHG$ FFHVVY LDD'LUHFW &DEOH&R QQHFWLRQ Selecting a wired LAN administrator station i s recommended in one of the f ollowing situations: • Y ou pref er to manage you ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 49

    &RQILJXUDWLRQ6FHQDULRV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 49 )LJX UH : LUHG $FFHVVY LDD 1HWZRUN &RQQH FWLRQ Looking at Fi gure 6, the LAN administrator statio n has access to both Ac ce s s P o i nt s R LM s $ and % via the wir ed back bone. • When these ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 50

    &RQIL JXUDWL RQ6FH QDULRV 50 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • When you ha ve assigned a unique IP address value to eac h Access P oint RLM, you s hould be able t o access eac h Access P oint RLM from anywhere within the network by using its unique IP address. When inst alli ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 51

    &RQILJXUDWLRQ6FHQDULRV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 51 )LJX UH : LUHOHVV $FFHVV YLDD 'L UHFW &RQQ HFWLRQ Using a wireless LAN administ rator station allows you to configure Access Po i n t s R L M s : • Directly by means of a wireless point-to ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 52

    &RQIL JXUDWL RQ6FH QDULRV 52 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 — the LAN administrator s tation is within range of the “t arget” Access P oi nt RLM, and — the wire less n etwork interf ace set u p ma tc h es the para meter values of the Access P oint RL Ms. When using t ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 53

    &RQILJXUDWLRQ6FHQDULRV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 53 • The scenario pictured in Figure 7 W ireless Access via a Direct Connection w ill be most conv enien t when configuring multiple “ out-of- the-box” A c cess P oints RLMs sequentially . • The scenario pictured in F ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 54

    8QLQ VWDOOL QJ6 ,0$ 7,& 1(7 ,:/ 6RIWZDUH 54 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1  8QLQVWDOOLQJ6,0$ 7,&1( 7,:/ 6RI WZ DUH If you wi sh to remove th e SIMA T IC NET Indu stria l Wi reless LAN sof t ware from the LAN administrator station you can use ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 55

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 55  %DVLF1HWZ RUN&RQILJXU DWLRQ   ,QWURGXFWLRQ Thi s chapte r will describe how t o configur e the SIMA TIC NET Indust rial Wirele ss L AN netwo rk f or: • P eer -to-P eer wo rk grou ps, an d • Infrastruct ure networks   ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 56

    ,QWURGXFWLRQ 56 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJXUH  3 HHU WR3 HHUZR UNJUR XS    ,QIUDVWUXFW XUH 1HWZ RUNV The number of network configurations t hat you could create using Ac cess P oints RLMs and SIMA T IC NE T Industrial Wireless LAN produc t ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 57

    ,QWURGXFWL RQ Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 57     :KDW R X1HHG T o manag e your Access P oint s RLMs, you must assign a unique IP address to ea ch RLM wi thin you r net work. F urther more, your manageme nt station must also have an IP address. T h e TCP/IP ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 58

    &RQIL JXULQJ ,QIUDVWU XFWXU H1HWZR UNV 58 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1  &RQILJXULQJ,QIU DVWUXFWXU H1HWZRUN V   %DVLF&RQILJXUDWLRQ     ,QW URGXFWLRQ This section will describe a 4-step installation approac h to ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 59

    &RQIL JXULQJ, QIUDVW UXFW XUH 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 59 )LJX UH  % DVLF $FFHVV1 HWZRUN T o con nect a wireless station to the SIMA TIC NET Industrial Wi reless LAN network, each station must be configured with the same Network Name as the Ra ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 60

    &RQIL JXULQJ ,QIUDVWU XFWXU H1HWZR UNV 60 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 4. C r eate a back-up file of the ne w configuration set tings (optional but recommended). Repeat steps 2 to 4 f or eac h of the A ccess P oints RLMs that you wish to install.    ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 61

    &RQIL JXULQJ, QIUDVW UXFW XUH 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 61 T o connect to the RLM proceed as f ollows: 1 . Sta rt the RL M Manage r program. 2. Select the Radio Link Module that you wish to config ure fr om the list or enter the IP address in the f ield (QWHU ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 62

    &RQIL JXULQJ ,QIUDVWU XFWXU H1HWZR UNV 62 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJXUH   0DLQ5/0 0DQDJ HUZLQGRZ  3. C lic k the (GLW but ton. • If the RL M that you select is identifie d b y the factory-set IP address 1 53.69.25 4.254, y ou will be pr om ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 63

    &RQIL JXULQJ, QIUDVW UXFW XUH 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 63 b. Record the IP a ddress on t he 5/0&RQILJXUDWLRQ5HFRUG located in A “Star t-up Configuration ” . 4. Enter the R ead Write passw ord and clic k 2. (default password is “public”). • I ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 64

    &RQIL JXULQJ ,QIUDVWU XFWXU H1HWZR UNV 64 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJXUH 5/00DQDJHU:LUHOHVV,QWHUIDFHVWDE 3. En ter th e iden tific atio n des igna tor in the fie ld 1HWZRUN1DP H for the service type that t h is interf ace should use: The n ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 65

    &RQIL JXULQJ, QIUDVW UXFW XUH 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 65 The network name should be the same for all wireless network inter faces tha t wi ll ser vice w ireles s sta tion s that b elon g to th e net work. The network name distinguishes your Access P oints RLM ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 66

    &RQIL JXULQJ ,QIUDVWU XFWXU H1HWZR UNV 66 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1    6WHS  &UHDWHD%DF NXSRIWKH&RQILJXUDWL RQ At all times wh en you c hange the configuration of the Access P oint RLM, we recommend that you crea ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 67

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 67  0RQLWRULQJ RXU6,0$ 7 ,&1(7 ,: / 1HW ZRUN   ,QWURGXFWLRQ Once your network has been c onfigured and installed, you can use SIMA TIC NET IWL sof tware t ools to : • Monitor the performance of your network; • V erify op ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 68

    ,QWURGXFWLRQ 68 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1       &3  0DQD JHU The CP 1 51 5 M anager has been designed to monitor the radio perf or mance of your net work on-site. Y ou can use this program to: • Run dynamic radio communication diagnosti ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 69

    ,QWURGXFWL RQ Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 69 Both the CP 1 51 5 Manager and the RLM M anager of fer logging functions that can save measurement data f or later ev al uation or comparison with pre v ious measurements. Y ou can view saved log files with any ASCII editor , or import the ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 70

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 71

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 7 1  8VLQJWKH& 3 0DQDJHU   0RQLWRULQJ0 HWKRGV The CP 1 51 5 Manager o f f ers f o ur monitoring m ethods: • P C C a r d C P 15 15 d i a g n o s t i c s ( ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 72

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 72 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJ XUH  0DLQ &3 0 DQDJHU :LQ GRZ Th e main C P 1 51 5 Manag er wind ow wil l dis pla y the k ey in f ormat ion r equ ir ed to validate the current network connect ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 73

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 73 The quality of the radio connection is also display ed wi th a colored icon. The color indicates the quality of the conn ection • Green: Excellent or good connection • Y ellow: Ma rginal connection • R ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 74

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 7 4 Indu strial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 F rom the main CP 1 5 1 5 Manage r window (as pict ured in Figure 1 3 M ain CP 1 5 1 5 Manage r Window ) you will also hav e ac cess to a number of me nu items. These menus are described in the next par ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 75

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 76

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 76 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJXUH  /LQN7 HVW:LQGR Z The “Link T est” window provides you with three l ink test option s to assist you in analyzing the link test data: • 7 HVW UHVXOW V - pro vides measure ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 77

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 77   7 HV W5HVXOWV 7 D E Th e T est R esult s tab is y our pri mar y scr een t o analyz e link te st resu lts us ing the f ollowin g indicator s : • Signal to noise radio (SNR) • ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 78

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 78 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • A high n oise lev el indicates a source of radio int erf erence i n the radio path between the two link test partners. Compar ing the v alues f or your station and the link test part ner will help yo ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 79

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 79 In most situations you will see that the numbe r of lost messages will increase whenever the level of SNR decreases. The dif f e rent fi elds f or messages received at the dif ferent transmit rates (e.g . ? ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 80

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 80 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • One of the test partners is using a w ireless card that does not support the high rates. T o in vestigate link quality results in more detail, you can use one of the f ollowing but tons : • $G YLFH ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 81

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 81 F o r example, if you have an Radio Link M odule that s hows my s terious perf or mance problems at regular intervals, you can run the te st history mode f o r 24 hou rs to: • Determine the exact time the ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 82

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 82 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 When roamin g throughout a wireless network environment with your CP 1 5 1 5 Manage r station, you will be able to identify areas that may not hav e adequate cov erage, or that suf f er from in-band inte ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 83

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 83 with the Site Monit or tab but will start wi th the Se lecti on tab described on Selectio n T ab (page 86) .   6LWH0RQLWRU 7 DE When you open the Site Monitor window , this will di ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 84

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 84 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Displayed across the top of the Site M onitor window are the f ollowing fields: • &XUUHQW1HW ZRUN 66,' - whic h id entifies the name of the network to which you ar e currently conn ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 85

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 85 T o p erf orm a stan dard site survey: 1 . Arrange the site monitor display as described above. 2. Determine which locations in your network environment require wireless connectivit y . 3. Use a m obile comp ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 86

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 86 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 — A high noise lev el would indicate a source of interference in the radio path between your CP 1 51 5 Mana ger station and the Access Po i n t R L M . The SNR, signal lev el and noise le vel can be di ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 87

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 87 — only conn ect to an infrastr u ct ure network identified by the same network name when the station is pow ered up. — display only the Access Points RLMs belongi ng to that net w ork that are within ran ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 88

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 88 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJ XUH  6HOHF WDQ RWKH U1HWZRUN WR0RQL WRU The list of 2EVHUYHG1HWZ RUNV on th is tab wi ll sho w: • All net works that are operational within the range of your CP 1 515 Man ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 89

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 89 • The dif f erent radio c ha nnels used by the Access P oints RLMs. 2. (Optional) C lic k the 6FDQ1RZ button to r efresh the list of observed networks. 3. Click t he network of your c h oice to ret urn ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 90

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 90 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • The neighboring networks have been “close d” to den y wireless compliant devices to esta blish a ra dio connectio n when these devices hav e been configured with: a. The network name “ ANY” , ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 91

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 91 T o display this name it is r e quired that y our com puter first establishes tr u e data connec tions with suc h Access P oints RLMs. T his means yo ur comput er did not y et: • Walk around • Use t he $ ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 92

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 92 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 The Radio Link Module nam es you assign to a spotted MAC address will be sav e d into an ASCII file that you can use to: Share the file with other LAN Administrators that use the CP 1 515 Manager tool to ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 93

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 93    0DQXDO 'DWD/RJ JLQJ The manual data logging function all o w s y ou to take a snapshot of the measurement dat a at specific moment in time, e.g . when you are r unni ng sit ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 94

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 94 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJXUH   /RJ6H WW LQJV 2. E nter a filename f or your log file in the field /RJ) LOHQDPH . If you: • Enter a new filename - a new file is created. • Enter the same filename - t he d ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 95

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 95 • 0DQXDOGDW DORJJLQJ - to man ual ly reco rd your lin k measu rements. Optionally , you can add comments each time you log dat a by clic king the “ Add comm ents” check bo x. • $XWRPDWLFGDW ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 96

    8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 96 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1  'LDJQRVH & DUG If you suspect that your PC card CP 1 51 5 ma y not be functioning properly , y ou can sel ect 'LDJQRVWLFV in the $GY DQFHG m enu of the main CP 1 515 Mana ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 97

    8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 97 • Y our CP 1 5 1 5 Manage r station is “ out -of-range ” of the Access P oints RLMs that you wish to monitor . T ypically the values f or signal lev el and SNR are ‘0’ ( zer o). • A configuration ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 98

    8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 98 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1  8VLQJWK H5/00DQDJHU Y ou can use the RL M Manager to: • Display a standard set of SNMP variables to monitor general LAN traf fic perf ormance in your network (see R emote Statis tics T ab (page 1 08) ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 99

    8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 99 12 7( i All diagnostic options are described in the on-line help inf orma tion of the RLM Manager. T o acces s that you can access by pressing the function key or clicking the +HOS but ton in your RLM Manager window . ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 100

    8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 1 00 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Y ou ca n now monitor your network. )LJXUH 6 VWHP,QIR UPDWLRQ:LQGRZ ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 101

    8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 0 1  6 VWHP,QIR UPDWLRQ The s ystem inf ormatio n does not pro v ide on-line statistics, but is primarily used to verify the ver sion lev e l of the embedded sof tware that is loaded into the Acc ess Poi ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 102

    8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 1 02 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 —U s e t h e 3ULQW but ton to print t he inf ormation to paper that y ou wil l fax to y our T echnical Support together , or — Press the ke ys and simultan eously to copy the contents of this screen to the W indows clip ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 103

    8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 03 Y ou are a dvised to c ons ult the MO BIC web s ite a t reg ular i nterva ls to find out whether newer sof tware is av ai lable f or your Access Po i n t s R L M s .  5HPRW H/LQN7 HVW:L QGRZ The ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 104

    8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 1 04 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJ XUH 6 HOHFW D/ LQN7 HVW3DUWQ HU The middle section of the “Select Remote Link Pa rtner for ..." window displays all wireless devices connected to the “i nitiator station ” . The f ollo ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 105

    8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 05 — 2 = PC Card slot A — 3 = PC Card slot B •T h e 5DGLR7 SH field identifies the type of PC Card (in the cor re sp ondi ng slot s): — IEEE 80 2. 1 1 for PC Cards (CP 151 5) 2. (O pti onal) T o refresh the l ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 106

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 107

    8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 07   ,PSRUWDQ W,Q GLFDWRUV WR0RQLWRU The Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) identifies the comm unication quality of the radi o path betw een the initia tor stati o n and i ts remote lin k test p a ...

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    8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 1 08 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Compar ing the v alues f or the Access P oint RLM and its link test partner will help you to identify the location where the interference occurs, and investigate whether any actions to eliminate or remedy the source inte rf ...

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    8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 1 1 0 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1   6 WDUWLQJ5HP RWH6WDWLVWLFV T o displa y remote statistics for the R adio Link Module, you must first connect to the t arget RLM as des cribed in Connecting to Access P oi nts RLMs (page 99) . 1 ...

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    8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 1 1 5DWLR(UUR UVWR %U L GJH  3 D FNHW V &RQF OXVLR Q 0. 1% or less St at us: P erformance is Good. Impact: None . Action: None. 0. 1% an d 1% Status: P erformance is accept able. Impact: Network perf o rman ...

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    8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 1 1 2 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1  6VWHP ,Q WHUY D OV T o display the sy stem in terv al pa rameter s to monitor t h e RLM, you must fir st connec t to t h e tar get A ccess P oint RLM a s descri bed in Connect ing to Access P oints R ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 113

    8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 1 3 )LJXUH ,QWHUY DOV ZLQGRZ In the Intervals wind ow two diff ere nt tim e inte rval param eters c an be s et to change to monitor interval set t ings: • Analy sis polling inte rv a l (us ed f or remote l ...

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    8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 1 1 4 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1    $GMXVWLQJ $QDOVL V3 ROOL QJ,QW HUY DO Subject to the type of conne ction, you can adjust the refresh rate of the remote link test results, also identified as the analysis polling interv ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 115

    8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 1 5  $GMX VWLQJ6103 3 ROOLQJ ,QWHUY D O The data displa yed in the 5HPRWH tab refreshe s at regular intervals that can vary between 1 second and 5 minutes. Adjust the refresh rate by c han ...

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    1 16 In dustrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Ma nager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C79000-G8 976 -C1 71 -0 1  2SWLP L]LQJ 3 HUIRUPDQF H   ,QWURGXFWLRQ The perf ormance of y ou r L AN is usually determined by a complex combination of dif f erent f a ctors. T hi s section will present a number of considerations that may help you to: • Determ ...

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    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 1 7  (OL P LQDWLQJ5HGXQGDQW7 UDIILF Data transm itted v ia y our netw ork can be di vided in tw o major types o f data: • T rue Data - is data communicated bet ween network stations, such as file-tra ...

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    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 18 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • Optimizing W ired Connections (page 121) : to eli mina te redu nda nt error messages due to fai l ing connections. • Optimizing Wireless Conne ctions (page 1 25) : to av oid retransmission of lost or c ollid ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 119

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 1 9 • When th e number of “ Out collisions” i s less than 1% of the “Bridg e out pack ets” , this indicates that the wireless medium is perf orming fine, i.e. protocol filtering is not required, but m ight ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 120

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 20 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1  )LOW HULQJ1HWZ RUN3URW RFROV When you suspect that network protocols are adv e rsely af fecti ng the perf ormance of your network, use the f o llowing procedure to filter o ut unnecess ary or ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 121

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 121 1 1 . Download a bac kup file as described in Step 4 - Create a B a c k-up of the Configuration (pag e 66) . When prompted to enter a name f or the back-up fi le, you are ad vised to select a name that is dif f er ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 122

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 22 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • Y our network system will generate a large number of error mess ages as a result of the faulty conn ection(s). As thes e messages are taking up bandwidth, the perf or mance of your network may become v ery slo ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 123

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 123 5. Check whether the problem occurs only with t he selected RLM , or with mult iple Acce ss P o ints RLM s. • If the problem is observed on only one Access P oint RLM , the problem may lie in the con nectors or ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 124

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 24 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1   &KHFN LQJWKH/HQJW KRI< RXU/ $16HJPHQWV In ex ceptional cases, net working problems may be caused b y LAN segments t hat hav e been st retc he d o ver (too) lar ge distanc ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 125

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 125 12 7( i If you decide to split the LAN (segment) into multiple (sub) seg men ts, ma ke sure that a ll SIM A TIC NET Ind ustria l W irele ss LAN equipped de vices will be grouped i nto the same LA N segment. W i ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 126

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 26 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • The retransmissions will also degrade the performance as perceiv ed by the end-user of a wireless st ations: e.g. saving a file will take longer if ma ny retran smis sio ns a re re quired . A poor link quality ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 127

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 127 These tallies can be useful in determining whether or not the per f orman ce of your netwo rk is caused by interf erence.   5HP RWH/LQ N7 HVW F o r inst ructions abou t the Rem ote Lin k ...

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    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 28 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJ XUH  ,((( LQIRUP DWLRQ WD E The three indicator s that you should pa y particular attention to are: ...

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    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 30 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • When the number of 2XWHUURUV is 1% or mo re of t he %ULGJHRXW SD FNHWV , it is lik el y that one or more st ations suff er f orm a poor link qua lity . 3. C ompare the number of pack e ts 2XWFROOLV ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 131

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 131 • If you suspect a “hidden ” statio n, see RTS/CTS Medium Reservation (pag e 1 3 1) . 12 7( i Y ou can also us e the CP 1 515 Manager to analyze the link quality between a remote sta tion and the Access P ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 132

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 32 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 protocol would fail due to the “hidden st ation ” problem as pictured in F igure 24 The Hidden Station Problem . )LJXUH  7KH+LGG HQ6WDWL RQ3U REOHP RTS/CTS medium reservation may pro vide ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 133

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 133 Fi gure 24 The Hidden St ation Problem illustrates an example of the “h idden station ” problem. Both station A and station B ar e within range of the A ccess P oint RLM h ow ev er , s tati on B can not “h e ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 134

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 34 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJXUH 0HGLXP5HVHUY DWLRQo5HTXHVWWR6HQGp   $ERXWWKH0H GLXP5HVH UY DWLRQ0H FK DQLVP When you enable RTS/CTS medium reservation on a suspect “hidden stati o ...

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 136

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 36 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Since a ll stations c onnected to the Access P oint RLM are typically within range of that Radio Link Module, they should be able to sense wh enev er the RLM is using the medium to transmit messag es via the wirel ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 137

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 137 All other stations w ill def er their transmiss ions f or the duration of the “radio -silence time ” identifi ed in the CT S message.    (QDE OLQJ5 76&760HGLXP5H VHU Y DWLR ...

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    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 38 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 7. C l i c k 2. to ret urn to the I nterf ace tab. 8. Cli c k 2. again to sav e the new configuration to the Access P oint RLM and to r et urn to the main RLM Man ager win dow . 9. Next create a backup-file of the ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 139

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 139 )LJXU H 'XDO&KDQQHO &RQIL JXUDWL RQ This w ay y ou can apply a maximum c han nel separation f o r neighboring Access P oints R LMs that w ill easily satisfy t he requirements recomme ...

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    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 40 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1     0XOWLS OH&KDQQHO&RQIL JXUDWLR Q Y ou can alternate th e frequenc y channels of your Access P oints RLM s between three or more sub-channels (depending on local r adio regu ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 141

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 141 F or e xampl e, lo oking at Mul ti ple Chan nel Conf igur ation (p age 1 40) , to set up a three channel system you could c onfigure the Access P oints RLMs as fo l l o w s : • All Access P oints RLMs iden tifie ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 142

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 42 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 3. C hoose the sock e t (A or B) f o r the network interf ace that you would li ke to configure. 4. C lic k the $GY DQFH G but ton. T h e PC Card CP 1 515 supports multiple sub-channels, a pull-down box will appea ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 143

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 143 7 DEOH 5HFRPPHQGH G6XE&KDQQHO &RQILJXUDWLR QV F o r wireless networks where wireless cells only have a slight ov er lap, y ou may also e x periment with multiple c hann el configuratio ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 144

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 44 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 1 1 . (Optionally) Modify the configurations of all your other A ccess P oi nts RLMs acco rdingly . We r ecommen d that y ou use dif f erent frequencies f or neighboring Radio Link Modules, as descri bed in Dual C ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 145

    (OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 145 )LJXUH /LQN,QWHJULW:LQG R Z F o r more inf orma tion about link integrity refer to the help-file of the RLM Manager program. ...

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    'HVLJ QLQJ+LJK &D SDFL W1HW Z RUNV 1 46 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1   'HV LJQLQJ +L JK&DSD FLW1 HWZ RUNV In networking environmen ts where you ha ve either data intensive users, or a large number of users in a smal l area, y ou m ay wish ...

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    'HVLJ QLQJ+L JK&DSDFLW 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 147 may perceiv e tha t wir eless stat ions show a degrading perf ormance, perceived as long network response times when communicating vi a the network. Where poor perf ormance is typic ally caused by po ...

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    'HVLJ QLQJ+LJK &D SDFL W1HW Z RUNV 1 48 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1     ,QIOXHQF LQJWKH'HI HUUDO% HKDY LRU T o overcome the perf ormance issue described on pre vious pages, you can choose to design a high perf or mance network base ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 149

    'HVLJ QLQJ+L JK&DSDFLW 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 149 • Considering the fact that you ha ve added more Access P oi nts RLMs, the def erral behavior does no longer need to be as strict in environments where the density of inst alled Radio Link Modules ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 150

    'HVLJ QLQJ+LJK &D SDFL W1HW Z RUNV 1 50 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 This set ting provides y ou with the maximum radio range possible with the minimum number of Radio Link Modules to cover the wireless network area. )LJ XUH  /DUJH' LVWD QFH EH ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 151

    'HVLJ QLQJ+L JK&DSDFLW 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 151 • The absolute range of the radio signal from the Access P oints RLMs is iden tifie d by the gray - dotted ci rcles • The reduced virtual r a nge is identified by the colored areas. With the new ...

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    'HVLJ QLQJ+LJK &D SDFL W1HW Z RUNV 1 52 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJ XUH  0HGLXP 'L VWDQFH EHWZHHQ $3V ...

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    15 4 Industr ial Ether net Wireles s LAN RL M Manager, CP 151 5 Ma nager C79000-G8 976 -C1 71 -0 1 6 H F X U L W   , Q W U R G X F W L R Q An adva ntage of the IE EE 802. 1 1 st andard f or wireless networks is that it gives a quic k and eas y wa y to connect your wireless station to a network. F o r instance, wireless st ations that ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 155

    6HFXULQJ$ FFHVVWR :LUH OHVV' DWD Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 155   6HFXULQJ $ FF HVVWR:LUHOHVV'DWD T o prev e nt unauthorized stations from accessing dat a that is transmit ted ov e r the network, the pr oducts suppor t the f ollowing lev e ...

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    6HFXUL QJ$ FFHVVW R:LUHOHV V'DW D 1 56 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1   &ORVLQJWKH:LU HOHVV1HWZ RUN Closing t he wireless ne twork prev ents un authorized users from ac cessing the Acce ss P o int RL M wi thin a spe cifi ed SIM A TIC NET In du ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 157

    6HFXULQJ$ FFHVVWR :LUH OHVV' DWD Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 157 T o close your network proceed as described belo w: 1 . Start the R LM Manager and select th e A ccess P oint RL M. 2. Click (G LW to connect the RLM . 3. Select the :LUHOHVV,QWHUID FHV tab (see Fig ...

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    6HFXUL QJ$ FFHVVW R:LUHOHV V'DW D 1 58 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJ XUH  &ORVH WKH :LUHOHVV 6VWHP 8. (Optional) C lic k the second i nterf ace to set t he secur ity par ameter s (ret urn to step 4). ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 159

    6HFXULQJ$ FFHVVWR :LUH OHVV' DWD Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 159 9. Click 2. to sa ve the new configuration to the Access P oin t RLM and to retur n to the main RLM Manager window . :$ 5 1 , 1 *  ! < RXU$FFH VV3 RLQW5 /0ZLO ODXWRPD WLFDOO UH ...

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 161

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 162

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 163

    6HFXULQJ$ FFHVVWR :LUH OHVV' DWD Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 163 7. C l i c k t h e 6DY HILOH but ton to make a back-up copy of the access control table file you just c reated (*.tbl ). Y o u can use this file later to import the conf iguration into other Access ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 164

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 165

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 166

    6HFXUL QJ$ FFHVVW R:LUHOHV V'DW D 1 66 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1     5$',8 66H U Y HU $ FFHVV &R QWURO RADIUS Access Control en ables you to: • Specify the lif etime of a granted authorizatio n • Set the authorizati on pass ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 167

    :LUHOHVV'DWD(QFUSWL RQ Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 167   :LUHO HVV'DWD(QFUSW LRQ T o provide the highest level of security to wireless data transm it ted via your wireless network, y o u can use the W ired Equi valent P rivac y (WE P) data encryption ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 168

    :LUH OHV V'D WD (Q FU SWLR Q 1 68 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1    (QDEOLQJ:(3(QFU SWLR Q T o enable WEP encryption you will need to ensure that: • All wireless devices have been equipped w ith CP 1 51 5 cards • All wireless devices will be conf igu ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 169

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    :LUH OHV V'D WD (Q FU SWLR Q 1 70 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Wired Equivalent Priv acy ( WEP) dat a encryption enables you to encrypt all data that wil l be transmi t ted via the wir eless LAN medium. T o use WEP within your network, all access points and wireless st atio ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 171

    :LUHOHVV'DWD(QFUSWL RQ Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 71     :(3(QFU SWLRQ. H9 DOXHV If you select to enable encryption you may c hoose to enter up to the f o llow ing e ncr yptio n keys. F o r the CP 1 51 5 that supports 1 28-bit RC4 encryp ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 172

    :LUH OHV V'D WD (Q FU SWLR Q 1 72 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 In case you specified no more than 2 ke y values, you can only se lect the transmit key from these two values. &$ 87,21 ! ,I RXFOHDUHGWKH  o'HQ QRQHQFU SW HG'DWDpWL ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 173

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 174

    :LUH OHV V'D WD (Q FU SWLR Q 1 7 4 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1      (QDEO H(QFUSWLRQ 'HQQRQ HQFUSWHG 'DWD When you select to enable encryption and deny non-encrypted dat a, y o ur Radio Link Module will : • Only proc ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 175

    :LUHOHVV'DWD(QFUSWL RQ Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 75 • If the address ed station doe s not use WE P encryption , the Access P o int RLM will send the mess age in non-encrypted f ormat. • If the data messa ge is a multicast or broadcast message, typica lly addresse ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 176

    :LUH OHV V'D WD (Q FU SWLR Q 1 76 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1     *RRG3UDFWLFH$ GPLQLVW HULQJ(QFU SWLRQ.H V Like with other properties, your WEP lock is as saf e as locking the door to your house: i.e. if you don’t stick to secure polic ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 177

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 178

    6HFXULQJ$FFHVV3 RLQW5/06HWXS 1 78 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1     5 HDG:ULWHSD VVZRUG A read/wr ite pass wor d will pro vide y o u with full acce ss to displa y Radio Link Module diagnost ic inf ormation found under the 0RQLWR U button, as well a ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 179

    6HFXULQJ$ FFHVV3 RLQW5/06H WXS Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 79 T o author iz e the SIMA TIC NET Industrial Wi reless LAN management station to access your Radio Link Modules, you must identify: • t he un ique IP add ress o f the mana gement stati on, and • the RLM i ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 180

    6HFXULQJ$FFHVV3 RLQW5/06HWXS 1 80 Indust rial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager , CP 1 515 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • (GLW - to change entries in the list. The def a ult value i s $OOZ LOOEHS HUPLWWHG! .   7UDS+RVW$OHU WV Y ou can use the T rap Host mechanism to inf orm a network administra ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 181

    6HFXULQJ$ FFHVV3 RLQW5/06H WXS Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 181 The T rap Host IP P asswor d will be embedded in the SNMP T rap messages sent b y this RLM. If the T rap Host receives a message without or with an unknown password, the T rap message will be ignored. • 9 D ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 182

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 183

    $ GY DQFHG6HFXUL W0DLQ WHQDQFH Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 183   $ GY DQFHG6HFXU LW 0DLQWHQDQFH    0DLQWDLQLQJ$ FFHVV&RQWU RO7 DEOHV It is best to create a single access control table and store it on the harddisk of the LAN administ ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 184

    $ GY DQFHG6HFXUL W0DLQ WHQDQFH 1 84 Indust rial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager , CP 1 515 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 12 7( i The 802. 1 1 st andard also de fines the pos sibility for having a unique ke y per Station, tied to the sta tion ’ s MAC A ddres s. SIMA T IC NE T Industrial W ireless LAN curr ently does not suppor t ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 185

    $ GY DQFHG6HFXUL W0DLQ WHQDQFH Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 185 transmission. The k ey v alues are shown by capital letter s to indicate a real k ey or b y z ero to indi cate a non-configured index. The column “Ke ys 1 -2-3-4” sh o ws an equal sign (=) wh en the value does ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 186

    $ GY DQFHG6HFXUL W0DLQ WHQDQFH 1 86 Indust rial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager , CP 1 515 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 7 DEOH  6 LQJO H.H 1R7 UDQV LWLRQ  By initially configuring all sta tions with the ke ys f or the first 4 periods, only the Txkey index needs to be changed at all stations f or the f ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 187

    $ GY DQFHG6HFXUL W0DLQ WHQDQFH Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 187    6LQJO H.H r7 UDQV LWLR Q3 HUL RG T o introduce a transition period between the main life of the successive k ey s, the scheme has to be changed as shown in T able 5 Single Key ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 188

    $ GY DQFHG6HFXUL W0DLQ WHQDQFH 1 88 Indust rial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager , CP 1 515 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 lif e is much bigger than the transition, this can still be considered to be a sin gle k ey sc heme, bec ause most of th e time onl y a single ke y is in us e.    $OWHUQDWLYH6FKHP HV Altern ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 189

    $ GY DQFHG6HFXUL W0DLQ WHQDQFH Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 189 7 DEOH $OW HUQDWLY H6FKHP HV T able 6 Alternative Schemes gives a scheme wh ere at each period two ke ys are in use; a t the end of each period, the oldest ke y is no longer valid and needs to be re ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 190

    1 90 Industr ial Ethernet Wireles s LAN RLM Manager, C P 15 1 5 Manager C79000-G8 976 -C1 71 -0 1  $ GY DQF HG1HWZ RUN& RQILJXUDWLRQV   ,QWURGXFWLRQ T o c onfigure your SIMA TIC NET IW L network beyond the basic con figuration a number of ad vanced aspect will be discussed: • Ad vanced Parameters (page 1 91) , • Configurin ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 191

    $GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 191  $GY D Q FH G 3 D UD PH WHUV Y o u may wish to expl ore the “Adv anced Parameters” options as suppo rted by y ou r Radio Link Modules, especially when adm inistering larger networks that e ncom pass m ore tha n ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 192

    $ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 1 92 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1   $G Y DQFHG3 DUDPHWHUV If you created a basic A ccess P oint RLM configuration, as described in the previous section, you may have alr eady noticed th e additional buttons in the setup wi ndow , as pict ur ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 193

    $GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 193    576& 760HG LXP5HV HUY D WLRQ RTS/CTS medium reservation may pro v ide a solution f or networks where: • De nsit y of stat ion s and Ac cess P o int RL Ms is very low . • Y ou witness po ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 194

    $ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 1 94 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 T o enab le In terf er ence Ro bustne ss cl ick t he $GY DQFH G but ton on the :LUHOHVV ,QWHUIDFHV tab in the edit mode to displa y the Ad vanced Set up window , then select the option ,QWHUIHUHQFH5RE XVWQHVV . ? ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 195

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 196

    $ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 1 96 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 12 7( i Th e set tings 0H GLXP or 6PDOO dist ance bet ween Access P o int RLMs require a e xcellent quality of radio communicat ions throughout the entire wireless cov erage area. In environments where the ac t u al place ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 197

    $GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 197  %U LGJH3 DUDPHWHU V One of the way s to optimize the perf o rmance of your wireless networks is to prevent “ redund ant” traf fic fro m bein g transm itted over the w ireles s network. Redundant traf fic ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 198

    $ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 1 98 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • Storm threshold filtering to limit the number of messages per port and/ or st ation from being br idged (see Stor m T hreshold (page 205 ) ). &$ 87,21 ! 7KH %ULGJHSDU DPHWHUV HW WLQJVDUH WSL FDO ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 199

    $GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 199 )LJX UH  %ULGJH7 D ELQ WKH (GL W0RG H T o set the Bridge paramet ers, connect to the Access P oint RLM and se lect the t ab to displa y the bridge par ameters as pict u red in Figure 36 B ridg e T a ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 200

    $ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 200 Industrial Ethern et Wireless LAN RLM Man ager, CP 1 5 1 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1   3URWRFRO)LOWHULQJ The filtered prot ocols are listed in the top section of the %ULGJH tab. The factory -set default of the Radio Link Module is 1RQH ! which wi ll allo w all protocols to be tra ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 201

    $GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 20 1 )LJXU H 6HOHFW(W KHUQH W3URW RFROVW RE H)LOW HUHG 3. Place a check mark in the check box of each protocol that does no t need to be tr ansmit ted to the wi rele ss medium. T o stop filtering a spec i ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 202

    $ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 202 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Man ager, CP 1 51 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 4. (Optional ) T o add a non-listed protocol to the list, clic k the &XVWRP butt on to enter the protocol manually . 5. W hen finished click 2. to r eturn to the %ULG JH tab as pict ured in Figure 36 . All of the protoc ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 203

    $GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 203 the stations wishe s to send to an y other (non-paired) MAC address will be f o rwarded . F o r more informati on ab out st atic MAC add ress fi lter ing , plea se refer to Opt imizing P erf ormanc e (pag e 1 1 6) . ? ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 204

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 205

    $GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 205 T o enable spa nning tree: 1. C l i c k t h e 6 SDQQLQJ7 UHH button to open the Spanning T ree Setup windo w (see F igure 38 Spanning T ree Setup window ). 2. Click the (QDE OH6 SDQQ LQJ7 UHH check bo x ; 3. Use def a ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 206

    $ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 206 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Man ager, CP 1 51 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJ XUH  6WRUP 7KUHVKROG V3 URWHFWLRQ 'LVD EOHG The f ac tory-set configuration f or storm threshold pr otection is disabled (all value s are set to zero). 1 . If you need storm threshold protectio ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 207

    $GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 207  $ FFHVVSRLQW,33 DUDPHWHUV The A ccess P oint IP t ab enables you to set the common IP parameters and to c ha nge t he uni que I P a ddr ess of your Radi o Li nk Modu les . T o change the IP parameters ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 208

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    $GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 209   ,3 DGG UHVV Each A c cess P oint RLM needs an unique IP address. Use either: • DHCP , to obt ain an IP address auto matically , or • manually enter an IP address 12 7( i All Access Point RLMs m ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 210

    $ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 21 0 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager, CP 151 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 the field 2EWD LQDQ,3 DGGUHVV IURP'+&3VHUYHU on the $ FFHVV3 RLQW  ,3 tab . F or more in f ormation abou t DHCP r ef er to BOO TP and DHCP (page 231) .  6X EQHW0D VN Th ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 211

    $GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 21 1 The Def ault R outer is also rele vant i f you want to manage (or just ping) the Access P oint RLM from an other subnet.   7LPH7 R /LYH77/ The field 'HIDX OW77/ (T ime T o Live) iden ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 212

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    $ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 21 4 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager, CP 151 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Passw o rd par ameters you can create dif f erent lev els of auth ority f or your LAN Administrators to configure and/or monitor the RLMs.  6VWHP&RQW DFW Use the field 6 VWHP&RQW DFW to en ...

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    $ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 21 6 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager, CP 151 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 T o allow multiple LAN admi nistrator stations to access the RLM configuration an d/or monitor parameters, y ou can also assign a range of IP addresses. Doing so, enter a subnet mask value that will indicate the subnet from w ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 217

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    &RQIL JXULQJ /DUJ H1HWZ RUNV 21 8 Indust rial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager , CP 1 515 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1  &RQILJXULQJ/DUJ H1 HWZ RUNV Each Radio Link Module configuration i s characteriz ed by two t ypes of para mete rs: • Com mon p aramet ers tha t mus t be the same for ALL R LMs in your networ ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 219

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 220

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 224

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 225

    &RQILJ XULQJ/DU JH1HW Z RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 225   &RPSOHWLQ JWKH ,QVWDOOD WLRQ When you configured the RLMs at y our desk, i.e. the Radio Link Modules wer e not yet installed into their intended location, label each Access P oint ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 226

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 228

    5HV WRULQ JD%DFNXS&R QILJXU DWLR Q 228 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Man ager, CP 1 51 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1   5HVW RUL QJD%D F NXS &R QIL JXUDW LR Q T o restore previously sav ed back-up configuration files to your A ccess P oint RLM proceed as f ollows: 1 . St art the RLM M anager ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 229

    'XDO3& &DUG&RQILJXUDWLRQ Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 229  'XDO3& &DUG&RQILJXUDWL RQ The use of two PC Cards CP 151 5 in one RLM can serve multiple purpo ses, e.g.: • Doubling the capacity of t he Radio Link Module. A second PC ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 230

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 231

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 237

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 241

    5HER RWLQJ5 / 0V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 241 %  5HERRWLQJ5/0V If a particular Radio Link M odule has stopped responding to normal bridging requests, y ou can reboot (r eset) the Access P oint RLM. Y o u can reboot RLMs eit her manually on-the-spot or remotely . Upon ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 242

    5HERRWLQJ 5/0V 242 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJXUH  5HVHW%XW WRQ 3. Us e a small pointed object, such as the tip of a ball-point, to press the 5HVHW but ton. The RLM w ill restar t and run the st art-up di agnostics, characteri zed b y a LED sequence where th ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 243

    5HER RWLQJ5 / 0V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 243 % 5HP RWH5 HERRW T o reboot the Rad io Li nk Mo dule from a re mote locat ion : 1 . Start the RLM Ma nager progra m. 2. Select the t arget Access P oint RLM from the list o r enter the IP a ddress fo r a s p e c i f ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 244

    244 Industr ial Ether net Wirele ss LAN RL M Manager, CP 151 5 Ma nager C79000-G8 976 -C1 71 -0 1 &) R U F H G  5 H O R D G  3 U R F H G X U H &  ,QWU RGXFW LR Q A f orced reload allows you to recov er from a sit ua tion where: • The Radio Link Module has stopped responding to the sys tem • Y ou have mi slaid the unique iden ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 245

    ,QWURGXFWL RQ Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 245 < RXPLJK WULVNXQH[SHFWHGDGPLQLVWUDWLY HSUREOHPV GXHW RFRQIL JXULQJPXOW LSOH XQLWV ZLWKDQL GHQWLFDO FRQILJXUDWLRQLPDJHDQG,3DGGUHVV When in ”For ced Reload Mode ” the RLM w il ...

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 247

    'RLQ JD )RUFHG 5HORD G Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 247 • If y ou ha ve ac cess to the Si emens KW WSZZZ VLHPHQVFRPPRE LF web site, you can download the latest sof tware (*.bin) available f or your Radio Link Module. • It is advised to specify a te ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 248

    'RLQJ D )RUFHG5 HORDG 248 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 &   < RXU/$1 DGPLQLVWUDWRUVWDWLRQLVD:LUHOHVV6 WDWLRQ Y ou can use a wi reless LAN administrator station to acces s the Radio Link Mod ule in f o rce relo ad mo de 21/ ...

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    'RLQ JD )RUFHG 5HORD G Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 249 & 6W HS6HWW Ro)R U FHG5HORDGp0R GH 1 . Remove the cover of the RL M. 2. Locate the two small holes on the long -edge side of the processor module, marked “Reset” and ? ...

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    'RLQJ D )RUFHG5 HORDG 250 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 5. A f ter app ro ximately 5 seconds, use the sm all pointed obje ct again to press the 5HORDG but ton for a ppr oximately 30 seconds. Y ou will see the LEDs changing color in th e range Amber , Red and Green aga ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 251

    'RLQ JD )RUFHG 5HORD G Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 251 )LJXU H &RQILJXU D WLR QDQXSORD GLQI RUFHGU HOR DGPRGH ...

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    'RLQJ D )RUFHG5 HORDG 252 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 T o configure the Radio Link Module in for ced reload status and to upload the configuration do the followi ng steps: 1 . Select the RLM wh ic h is in F orced R eload. The Radio Link Module in F orced Reload stat ...

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    'RLQ JD )RUFHG 5HORD G Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 253 )LJXUH 7KH5/0LQ)RUFH G5HORDG 2. Select 8SORDG6 RI WZDUH from the Acce ss Point RLM men u to sta rt the configuration and upload procedure. ...

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 255

    'RLQ JD )RUFHG 5HORD G Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 255 Y ou ar e no w ad vise d to ma nua lly mo dify /ver ify the co nfigur atio n settings of the Ac cess P oint RLM (i.e. assign a unique IP address, setup the parameter s and, (if applicable) the other A cc ess P oint ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 256

    'RLQJ D )RUFHG5 HORDG 256 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 The local softw a re file (“wpntxxx.bin ”) w ill now import the con figuration settin gs and save the se to th e sof t ware (b inary ) file. T he so f t ware file w ill now be overwrit ten by the new sof twar ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 257

    'RLQ JD )RUFHG 5HORD G Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 257 & &U HDWLQJD%DF NXS)LOH Y o u are advised to sav e th e configuration parameters of the Radio Link Module to a bac k-up file (*.cnf). T o cr eate a bac k -up fi le, use the ' ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 258

    258 Industr ial Ether net Wirele ss LAN RL M Manager, CP 151 5 Ma nager C79000-G8 976 -C1 71 -0 1 ' 8SJUD GLQJ WKH 5/0 6RIWZ D UH '   $ERXWWKH5/ 06RIWZ DUH The Acces s P oi nt RLM runs on embe dded sof t ware, th at is a lso referred to as “firmware ” or “Bridge Kernel” . T hi s sof tware is already factory ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 259

    8SORDG6RIWZ D UH Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 259 '  8 S OR D G  6 R IW ZD UH When uploading RLM sof tware (or firmware) no ch anges are made to the configuration of the RLM. Howe ver , it is recommended to create a back-up file using the 'RZQORDG&RQIL J? ...

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    8SORDG6RIWZ DUH 260 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 '   &RQILUP8SORDG5/0 6RIW ZDUH Whe n you tr y to up load the RL M software fil e (*.b in) to your RL M, a messag e bo x will pop-up asking you to confirm: • T he upl oad to the RLM, an d • Overwr ...

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    8SORDG6RIWZ D UH Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 261 '    1R G RQR W8S OR DG5 /0 6R I WZ DUH When you select “No, do not Upload RLM Sof tware ” , the RLM Mana ger progr am will abort th e upload o perat ion. If you w ould still lik e to up ...

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    262 Industr ial Ethernet Wireles s LAN RLM Manager, C P 151 5 Manager C79000-G8 976 -C1 71 -0 1 ( )XUWKHU 6XSSRUW (  :KRWRFRQWDFW If you hav e technical questions about using the described pro duct and your problem is not dealt with in the documentation or in the inte grated help sy stem, please cont act y o ur Siemens representati v ...

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 264

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 265

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 266

    6HUYLFH6XSSRUW RQWKH,QWHUQHW 266 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 (  6HU YLFH 6 XSSRU WR QWK H, QW HUQHW On the W orld Wide Web, y o u will find the v ery latest infor mation on the entire SIMA TIC product range, f o r example, answ ers to fre ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 267

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  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 268

    268 Industr ial Ethernet Wireles s LAN RLM Manager, C P 151 5 Manager C79000-G8 976 -C1 71 -0 1 *ORVVDU $ $ FFHVV &RQW URO A securit y f eature f or RLM that enables y ou to restrict wireless access to a access point to authorized stat ions only . Authoriz ed station s are i dentified by the MAC address of their SIMA TIC NET IWL PC Car d in ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 269

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 269 The Access Control T abl e is loaded into t he Radio Link M odule as par t of an configuration upload. $QDO VLV3 RO OLQJ LQW HUY DO A parameter that enable s you t o control the responsiveness of the SIMA TIC NET IWL RLM Mana ger Remote Link T ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 270

    270 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 NET IWL sta tions to automatical ly connect to the access point that pro v ides the best communi cations quality . %22 73%RRWV WUDS3U RW RFRO The standard protocol that is used to configure sy stems across inte rnet works . %RRW520 Memo ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 271

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 27 1 %ULGJ HRXW Th e number of data pac ket s tha t ha ve b een f orwa rded b y th e RLM t o the LAN segment served by the selected interface. See also: RLM Manager , Monitorin g, Remote Stat istics %ULG JH3ULRU LW A Bridge setup parameter that enab ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 272

    272 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 %WH VRXW The number of frames req uested by higher le vel pr otocols that are to be transmit ted to a Non-Unicast address (i.e. a subnetwork br oadc ast or subnetwork Multicast address). This number includes the frames that we re dis carded or ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 273

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 273 A dynamically ass igned IP address is r ef erred to as an ‘ Active L eas e ’ . The Activ e Leas e usually has an e xpiry date, wh ic h allows re- allocation of IP a ddr esses that are no longer used. F or Radio Link Modules you are advise d to use ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 274

    27 4 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager, CP 151 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 ( (QF USWLRQ A security feat u re f or Access P oint RLM and SI MA T IC NET I WL stations that ena bles y o u to encrypt data that is transmitt ed via the wir eless me dium. SIMA TIC NET IWL products are optional ly av ail able with a factory- installe ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 275

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 275 ) )LOW HU$ JLQJ7LPH Radio Li nk Modules main tain dy n amic lists t o identify the i nterf ace where they last spot t ed a SIMA TIC NET IWL station (either the Ethernet interface, or SIM A TI C NE T IWL interface A or B). When the RLM rece iv es ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 276

    27 6 Indust rial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager , CP 1 515 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LUP Z D UH8SJ UDGH Upgrade f or the embedde d sof tware on the hardw are of y our SIMA TIC NE T IWL pr oduct. F or SIMA TIC NET IWL PC Ca rd, firmwar e upgrades are distributed as an ex e cutable file of the f orm at “wsuVVxxx.exe ” , where ? ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 277

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 27 7 compe nsate f or the propagation delays that occur in passing the protocol inf o rmation, allowing all b ridges to close the ol d data paths, bef ore the ne w data paths ar e act iva ted. Recommended value: 1 5 seconds + +HOOR7 LPH A Spanning T ree ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 278

    278 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 ,3$ GGUHVV The Internet P rotocol (IP) address is a unique addressing code f or computing devices. When your network already uses IP addressing, you must c hange the factory-set IP address to a v alue selected from the range of IP addresses assi ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 279

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 279 Y ou can use the Link T est to analyze the quality of the wireless communic ation, and to determine or optimize the placement of statio ns and antennas . 0 0$& $GGUHVV 1 6-digit hexadecimal number tha t identifies a networking product on the ne ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 280

    280 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 0D[ $ JH An adv anced Bridge setup parameter f or Radio Link Module that identifies the maximum age of receiv ed Spanning T ree protocol informat ion . When the bridge receives protocol information that ex ce eds the Max Age v alue, the bridge w ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 281

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 281 on the last digits of the MAC address of the inserted SIMA TIC NET IWL PC C ard. Optionally you can define a ‘User -defined’ M ulticast delay in the range o f 1- 10 . See also: RLM Ma nag er Edit p arame ters 1 1RLVH/HY HO The Noise lev el is t ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 282

    282 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Broadcast mess ages. This number includes the frames that were discarded or not sent. See also : RLM M anager Remote Statistics 2 2X W&RO OLVLRQV The number of successfully transm it ted frames on a par ticular interface f or which transmiss ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 283

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 283 3D W K  F R V W An adv anced Bridge Setup parameter f or Radio Link Module t hat is used to determine the pref erred data paths between bridges throughout the network and the root bridge as calculated by the ‘Spanning T ree Algorithm. The ‘R oo ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 284

    284 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 The stations must be configured to operate in P eer -to-P eer mode. 3 RUW 3ULRU LW An adv anced Bridge Setu p paramete r f or Access P oint RLM that enables you to influence which port should be included in the Spanning T ree, when concurrent b ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 285

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 285 5HDG:ULWH3 DVVZRUG A securit y option that enables you to create a network management level, b y means of a password. F or example, the ‘R ead/Write ’ password in combination with the corre ct IP add ress w ill autho rize a Corp orate LAN Ad ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 286

    286 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 The roaming functionalit y will monitor the comm unications qualit y with the RLMs and, if required, automatically connec t to another access point to maint ain the network connection. Roaming is only possible within one domain, i.e., as long as th ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 287

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 287 6103 6LPS OH1 HWZ RUN 0DQDJ HPHQW3U RW RFRO  A standard net work pr otocol that can be used to m anage networks locally , or worldwide via the Internet. 6103, 3$FFH VV/LV W An adv anced Secur ity option that enables you to a ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 288

    288 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 61037 UDS0HVVD JHV SNMP trap message s are part of the trap host mec hanism whi c h c an be used to inf or m a network administrator when somebody resets a Access P oint RLM unit, loads a new configuration into th e access point, or perf orms ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 289

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 289 Wi th the spanni ng tree algorithm , all bridges on the LAN exchange special configur ation messages t hat allo w them to: Elect a single bridge am ong all bridges in the connected LAN segments t o be the r oot bridge. Calculate the distan ce of the s ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 290

    290 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 6WDW LRQ1D PH The station name is an optiona l parameter that may be used to designate wireless de vi ces in the network. The name can help to identify a device in one of the SIMA TIC NET IWL diagnostic utilities. A station name can consist of u ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 291

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 291 Each subnet is identified b y the Subne t Mask. 1RWH SIMA TIC N ET IWL roaming does not work over routers. T o allow mobile stations to roam between dif f erent wireless cells, all wireless stations and access points must be connec ted to the same ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 292

    292 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 8QLFD VWSD FN HWV RXW The number of bytes (octets) transmit ted out to the interf ace. This is ‘tr ue data’ from s tation to station. 8S7LP H The amount of time elapsed since the last time the RLM unit was pow ered up, reset, or upload ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 293

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 293 ,QGH[ A Access Control disable 164 Access Control Table 161 manual s etup 17 9, 1 80 Advanced Parameters 191 Anal ysis Po lling In terva l 113 Analyzi ng Link Quality see Link Test Resul ts 77 B Back-Up configu ration files 246, 257 create file 22 4 B ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 294

    294 Industrial Et hernet Wi reless LAN RLM Ma nager, CP 151 5 Manage r C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 stand alon e wireles s LAN 26 Config uring Ac cess Poi nt scenar ios 47 wired s tation 48, 49 wirel ess stati on 50, 52 Config uring access point wirel ess stati on 51 CP 1515 M anager about 19 Site Moni tor 82 CSMA/CA 131, 146 CTS see Medi um Reserv ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 295

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 295 I Icons used i n thi s do cume nt 22 In Errors 110 Initiator Stati on 104 Interface Parameters 63 Interference Robustness 19 3 IP Access L i st, SNM P 215 IP Address about 229 access po int 50 , 53 edit 62 MANAGER station 45 K Kernel 258 L LAN Adminis ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 296

    296 Industrial Et hernet Wi reless LAN RLM Ma nager, CP 151 5 Manage r C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 loggin g optio ns 93 manua l lo gging 93 Medium Rese rvat ion CTS 136 RTS 136 threshold 136 Monitoring CP 1515 M anager 68 introduction 67 metho ds 71 RLM Manag er 98 util ities 67 Multicast Rate 196 N Network basi c access 58 mana ging 67 name 63 per ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 297

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 297 R RADIUS Server Access Control 165 Ratio of Errors to Bridge Packets 110 Read Password 177, 233 Read password 177 Read/Write Password 177, 23 3 Reboot manua lly 241 remotely 243 Redundant Traffic 117 Refresh Button 105 Remo te Link Test 103 Remote Sta ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 298

    298 Industrial Et hernet Wi reless LAN RLM Ma nager, CP 151 5 Manage r C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 poll ing inter val 11 3 read password 213 SNR (S ignal to No ise Rat io) 84 Span ning Tree 203 SSI D 90, 97 Static M AC Addre ss Filter 202 Stor m Thre shold 20 5 Subn et Mask 4 6, 210 Subn ets about 229 System Interval Parameters 112 T TCP/IP Protoc ...

  • Siemens CP 1515 - page 299

    Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 299 W WEP 167 see W ired Eq uival e nt Pr ivac y 167 WEP Encryptio n 168 Wired E quivale nt Priv acy 167 Wireless Interface Parameters 63 Wirele ss Netw ork setting parameters 63 ...

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