Multitech MultiConnect rCell 100 Series - Assigning Fixed Addresses; Configuring GPS; Configuring the Router for Use with a Global Positioning System (GPS)

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UsingtheRouter’sWebInterface  12
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Assigningfixedaddresses
YoumustletyourrouterknowaboutdeviceswithfixedIPaddresses.Todoso,youmanuallyenterthe
device'sMACaddressandtheIPaddressthatisboundtothatMACaddress.AfteryoubindtheMACaddress
totheIPaddress,theIPaddresscannotbeusedbyanyDHCPclientwithadifferentMA
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ddress,evenif
thereisnoactiveDHCPconnectionwiththatIPaddress.
Toassignfixedaddresses:
1. IntheFixedAddressgroup,clickAdd.Adialogboxopens,whereyoudefinetheaddress.
2. IntheMACAddressfield,typetheMACaddresstowhichth
especifiedIPaddressbi
nds.
3. IntheIPAddressfield,typethefixedIPaddresstobeassigned.
4. ClickFinish.Theaddressesareadded.
ConfiguringGPS
ConfiguringtherouterforusewithaGlob alPositioningSyst em(GPS)
Someroutershaveabuilt‐inGPSreceiver.IfyourrouterhasaGPS,theroutercanforwardNMEA(National
MarineElectronicsAssociation)sentencesfromtheGPSreceivertoadeviceconnectedtotherouter'sserial
port.YoucanalsosendtheGPSdataoverthenetworktoaremotecomputer.
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ToconfiguretheGPSonyourrouter:
1. FromSetup,selectGPSConfiguration.TheSetup:GPSconfigurationpaneopens.
2. ToconfiguretheTCPserverportandenableaserialportdumpofNMEAsentences,seeDumpingNMEA
sentenceinformationtotherouter'sTCPserverport.