ii MDS TransNEXT Technical Manual MDS 05-7280A01, Rev. A
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK ................................................................................................................ 4
RF REGULATORY INFORMATION ............................................................................................................. 4
SAFETY REGULATORY INFORMATION ................................................................................................... 9
1.0 PRODUCT OVERVIEW AND APPLICATIONS ............................................................................. 10
1.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 10
ABOUT THIS MANUAL ............................................................................................................................... 10
2.0 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................. 12
2.1 KEY FEATURES .............................................................................................................................. 12
2.2 TYPICAL APPLICATIONS .................................................................................................................. 12
2.3 TRANSNEXT CONNECTORS AND INDICATORS ................................................................................. 14
2.4 GROUNDING CONSIDERATIONS ....................................................................................................... 19
2.5 MOUNTING OPTIONS ...................................................................................................................... 19
OPTIONAL DIN RAIL MOUNTING ................................................................................................................ 20
2.6 ANTENNA PLANNING AND INSTALLATION .......................................................................................... 20
2.7 INITIAL SETTINGS OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 21
SETTING BASIC PARAMETERS—FIRST STEPS ............................................................................................. 21
3.0 DEVICE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................ 22
3.1 USING THE WEB USER INTERFACE .................................................................................................. 22
3.2 USING THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE (CLI) .................................................................................. 28
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN USB, SERIAL AND SSH ........................................................................................ 28
ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION— SSH .................................................................................................... 28
ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION— USB .................................................................................................... 29
ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION—SERIAL INTERFACE ................................................................................. 29
CLI OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................ 30
3.3 DEVICE CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................ 32
OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................... 32
RADIO SETTINGS ...................................................................................................................................... 34
OWNER SETTINGS .................................................................................................................................... 37
SYSTEM SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................... 37
DISPLAY SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................... 38
ETH SETTINGS ......................................................................................................................................... 38
COM1 SETTINGS ..................................................................................................................................... 39
IPPL SETTINGS ......................................................................................................................................... 41
DLINK SETTINGS ....................................................................................................................................... 42
PASSWORD SETTINGS ............................................................................................................................... 43
3.4 SYSTEM HEALTH AND STATUS ........................................................................................................ 44
SHOW COMMAND ..................................................................................................................................... 44
EVENT LOGGING ...................................................................................................................................... 44
SNAPSHOTS AND SYSTEM RECOVERY ........................................................................................................ 45
3.5 FIRMWARE REPROGRAMMING ......................................................................................................... 45
LOCAL DEVICE REPROGRAMMING .............................................................................................................. 45
OVER-THE-AIR REPROGRAMMING .............................................................................................................. 48