QK-A024/26 Manual
V 3.0 12 of 16 2020
5.2. Configuring Station mode WiFi
WiFi is set to Ad-hoc mode as standard (see “WiFi Ad-hoc mode connection” chapter). Station mode
however, allows your router/access point to handle the data from your device. This data can then be
picked up through your router anywhere on your local area network (Similar to plugging the device
directly into the router, but using wireless technology). This allows your mobile device to still receive
Internet while viewing your marine data.
More and more vessels have a wireless onboard network for access to the internet. In most cases the
network is created by using a 3G/4G connections. iOS devices, tablets, mobile phones can all access
the internet to obtain weather forecasts, send/receive email and access many other internet services via
onboard WiFi.
Although switching between the A024/26 WiFi network and any onboard wireless network is simple and
quick, it can be advantageous to integrate the two networks and allowing operators to receive the
A024/26 multiplexer output through the onboard WiFi network. This way, operators can access the
Internet while receiving the NMEA 0183 messages without having to switch between the 2 access
points. To work in this way, operators should set up the A024/26 in Station mode through A024/26
Configuration software.
To begin setup Station mode the A024/26 should be connected via USB to a computer running Windows
(Mac users can use BootCamp).
1. Connect A024/26 to computer via a micro USB
connection.
2. Run the Configuration software (having closed any
other programs that would access the A024/26)
and check connection to the A024/26 at the bottom
of configuration tool.
3. Change working mode to ‘Station mode’
4. Enter your router’s SSID.
5. Enter the password for your network.
6. Enter the IP address assigned to the A024/26.
This normally start with 192.168. The third group of
digits depends on your router’s configuration
(commonly 1 or 0). The fourth group must be a
unique number between 0 and 255) This number
must not be used by any other equipment
connected to your router.
7. Enter your router’s IP address in the Gateway section. This can usually be found under the
router. Leave the other settings as they are.
8. Click ‘Config’ in the bottom right hand corner and wait 30 seconds. Click ‘Disconnect’.
9. Repower the A024/26 and it will now attempt to connect to the router.
In your chart software, set the protocol as ‘TCP’, insert the IP address you assigned the A024/26 and
enter the Port number as ‘2000’.
You should now see your marine data in your chart software. If not, check your router’s IP address list
and confirm the IP address that your router has assigned the A026. Occasionally, a router assigns a
different IP address to a device than the one you chose to assign it during configuration. If this is the
case, copy the IP address from the router into your chart software.
If the IP address in the router’s IP address list matched the one inputted into the chart software,
everything will work in Station mode.
If you are not able to view your data in Station mode, the likely cause is either the data has been input
incorrectly, or the IP address is different in your chart software to that of your router.
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