Tycon Power Systems Wireless EZ-Bridge AC Manuale utente
EZ-Bridge® AC
High Performance Point to Point Wireless Bridge System
▫Achieve up to 867 Mbit/sec speed
▫Link up to 3 miles with good line of sight
▫Plug and Play Simple Installation
▫Best security available (WPA)
▫Field Proven Wireless Technology
Now with
TyconOS™ Firmware
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EZ-Bridge® Wireless Antenna System
Router
Internet Source PC
Note: The EZ-Bridge AC accepts standard 802.3af/at/bt PoE or 48V
Passive PoE. ETH0 Connector accepts PoE. ETH1 for data only.
Antenna “A”
Router
LAN Port
POE Port
LAN Port
WAN Port
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Antenna “B”
Router or Switch
PC
Typical IP Device(s)
Cameras, Access Points,
Radios, Other.
Simplified Hook-Up Diagram
All connections beyond this point
must happen after EZ-Bridge Set-Up
and Verification Tests.
LAN Port
POE Port
LAN Port
LAN Port
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Getting Started
We strongly recommend that you setup the EZ-Bridge® system
in a single room to get acquainted with the operation of the units
before installing outdoors.
CAUTION: Do not plug/unplug the CAT5/6 cable to the antenna with
power applied (hot swapping) as this could damage the unit. Always
plug cable first and then apply power to the PoE inserter. Always
disconnect power from the PoE inserter before disconnecting cables.
DANGER! Avoid Powerlines!
You Can Be Killed!
When following the instructions in this guide to install the antenna take
extreme care to avoid contact with overhead power lines, lights and
power circuits. Contact with power lines, lights or power circuits may be
fatal. We recommend to install antenna no closer than 20 feet to any
power lines.
Safety: For your own protection, follow these safety rules.
▫Perform as many functions as possible on the ground
▫Do not attempt to install the antenna on a rainy, windy or
snowy day or if there is ice or snow accumulation at the install
site or if the site is wet.
▫Make sure there are no people, pets, etc. below when you are
working on a roof or ladder.
▫Watch out for any power lines which may be overhead, under-
ground or behind walls, keeping safely clear of them with the
antenna, ladders or any tools.
▫See appendix for FCC RF exposure guidelines
Recommended Tools: Pliers, Screws and screwdriver if
mounting to a wall. NOTE: You should be familiar with using
tools such as these before attempting installation of the antenna.
You should be comfortable with working on a ladder.
Note: We highly recommend connecting the EZ-Bridge® power sup-
ply to a surge protected outlet or an Uninterruptable Power Supply
system. We also recommend using shielded and grounded CAT5/6
cable between the antenna and the POE Inserter. This will help pre-
vent damage from lightning and electrical surges caused by lightning.
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Qwik Install
Things You Need:
1. Computer with an RJ45 port
2. Qty. (4) CAT5/6 Ethernet cables.
STEP 1: Remove the antenna bottom cover
by using a coin or house key or screwdriver to
push in one of the side snaps and then re-
move the cover.
STEP 2: Identify Antenna A by the label on the back side of the unit
“Side A” (Also called “AP” Antenna).
Plug an Ethernet cable from the PoE port on the power inserter to the
antenna ETH0 (RJ45 jack closest to the LEDs). Plug another cable
from the inserter LAN port to a (non-powered) spare LAN port on your
router. Plug in the PoE power inserter to the AC outlet to power up the
bridge. You will hear 2 beeps from the antenna when it is ready. (2-3
Mins)
STEP 3: Identify Antenna B by the label on the back side of the unit
“Side B” (Also called “Client” Antenna).
Plug an Ethernet cable from the PoE port on the power inserter to the
antenna ETH0 (RJ45 jack closest to the LEDs). Plug a PC directly to
the LAN port of the B side power inserter. Plug in the PoE power insert-
er to the AC outlet to power up the bridge. You will hear 2 beeps from
the antenna when it is ready. (2-3 mins) Place the antennas a few feet
away from each other facing opposite directions or face down on the
floor.
STEP 4:
Turn the computer’s Wi-Fi off and try to pull up a web page. If you can
pull up a web page, then the EZ-Bridge works. If you can’t pull up a web
page, power cycle the router, if still not working, please go to the Trou-
bleshooting section later in this user guide.
STEP 5: Choose a mounting location with good line of sight to the re-
mote location. The supplied bracket can be mounted to a wall or to an
existing pole up to 2” diameter.
TECH TIP: Microwaves travel in straight lines and they lose
strength quickly when going thru buildings and trees. These units
are designed for clear line of sight. Be aware of trees that may grow up
to block sight line and beware of objects that may move in and out such
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as swaying trees that
may block the sight line.
STEP 6: Mount the Bracket:
To mount to a pole: Use the supplied U-Bolt and wing nuts. Make sure
to use a lock washer at each wing nut. Tighten wing nuts evenly by
hand. Use pliers if additional tightness is needed.
To mount to a wall: The supplied U-bolt is not used and the bracket is
screwed directly to a wall using customer supplied screws.
STEP 7: Mount the antenna housing to the bracket. Put the hex head
bolt thru the housing back fin. Put the star lock washer so it is between
plastic housing and metal bracket. Install wing nut with lock washer.
Adjust desired tilt angle and tighten wing nut. Use pliers if additional
tightness is needed.
TECH TIP: Because of the specially designed wide beam width
antenna, pointing is not critical and simply pointing in the general
direction of the receiving antenna will yield great results. At longer dis-
tances it requires more accurate alignment.
STEP 8: Route an Ethernet ca-
ble through the bottom cover
and plug into the ETH0 (RJ45
jack closest to the LEDs). Keep
the black gasket material in the
bottom of the cover to help keep
out dust and insects. Note: If
your Ethernet cable has a strain
relief boot, this may need to be removed to be able to fit properly.
STEP 9: Route the Ethernet cable from the antenna into the building.
Always create a strain relief near the antenna so the cable is not pulling
directly on the antenna connector. Use the cable strain relief hook fea-
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ture built into the housing back fin. The Ethernet spec allows for a maxi-
mum cable length of 100 meters or about 328 feet.
STEP 10: Connect the device needing network connectivity to the LAN
port of Side B’s PoE inserter.
Advanced Features
Since documentation for the advanced features is too extensive to cov-
er here please visit our online wiki at https://tyconsystems.com/
support?view=kb&kbartid=25
FAQs: https://faq.tyconsystems.com
Knowledge Base: https://tyconsystems.com/index.php/support?
view=kb
Software Settings
We strongly recommend that you create a working plug
and play link before making ANY changes to the soft-
ware settings
1. There is an HTML management system (control panel) built into eve-
ry EZ-Bridge® unit which is accessed thru a standard web browser. The
unit can communicate thru the CAT5/6 Ethernet cable connection or
with an established link, through the wireless bridge connection, so you
can manage remote units from a single location.
NOTE: The device will usually go into a 2-3 minute reboot cycle when
clicking on SAVE & APPLY CHANGES. During this time it will be unre-
sponsive. The unit will beep once when it reboots and beep twice when
it is ready.
2. IP ADDRESS: Default fallback IP addresses for the EZ-Bridge® are
192.168.1.139 and 192.168.1.239. To access the EZ-Bridge® control
panel, your computer IP address must be on the same subnet ie;
192.168.1.xxx. The EZ-Bridge® ships with DHCP client enabled so if the
unit has access to your network it will get its IP address automatically
from your network. To find the units IP address use the Discovery Tool
which is available at https://support.tyconsystems.com. We recommend
after everything is working to your satisfaction that you assign a unique
static IP to each unit so you always know how to access the units on
your network. The IP address setting can be changed at INTERFACES
| LAN | EDIT
TECH TIP: We recommend always making changes to the remote
unit first and the local unit second. The EZ Bridges are shipped with
the two antennas paired up. No additional changes on the settings is
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required. Avoid making any changes to the settings if you are not sure
what that setting does. Please refer to our FAQs and knowledge base
articles if you have questions.
3. SECURITY: Security is pre-configured with system passwords and
WPA2 encryption pre-set. This is so that you can setup a plug and play
link and have confidence that the link is secure and that your data and
network are safe. Once you feel comfortable with the system and its
operation, we would recommend the following security changes :
a. PASSWORD: Change the password on each side of the link
by going to ADMINISTRATION and re-setting the user interface
password. The default password = link4me. The user name,
EZTEAM, cannot be changed.
b. ENCRYPTION: Change the WPA2 encryption key by going
to WIFI | EDIT | WIRELESS SECURITY | KEY .
TECH TIP: When setting encryption you must setup both sides of
the link to have identical encryption keys. You can setup the remote
unit first and then the local unit last in order to be able to configure both
units from one location across the wireless link. Keys can use any
ASCII characters. The more random the key, the more secure the code.
4. CHANNELS: The default channel is set to AUTO on both units. The
only reason you might want to set a fixed channel is if you experience
interference from local wireless systems and you find a channel that
works better. To change the channel go to WIFI | EDIT | Device Config-
uration | CHANNEL.. NOTE: You only need to change the channel on
the AP side. The client will automatically follow after a few minutes.
5. SITE SURVEY: The site survey is a very useful tool to determine
what wireless devices are within range of your
EZ-Bridge® and could be
a source of interference that could cause degraded performance. Go to
WIFI page and then click on SCAN . The list will show information on all
wireless devices within the range of the EZ-Bridge®.
6. TRANSMIT POWER (Tx Power): Normally there wouldn’t be any
reason to change the power setting. The factory default setting is MAX.
which should be good for most applications. If you have a very short
link you will actually get better performance if you turn down the Tx
Power. This is because at close range there is too much power and it
has a tendency to overload the input stage of the units and perfor-
mance degrades. The best performance will be seen with signal
strength of –40 to –60dBm. This signal strength can be viewed on the
bottom of the WIFI page. To change the Tx power go to WIFI | EDIT |
TRANSMIT POWER. We recommend starting by cutting power in half
and then increasing till the “sweet spot” is found. Both antennas should
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have the same power setting.
TECH TIP: You may want to play around with different power set-
tings to see what works best for your particular link.
7. FACTORY DEFAULTS: If at any time the system stops working be-
cause of changes made to the settings, you can get back to the original
settings by resetting to factory defaults. Go to BACKUP/FLASH FIRM-
WARE | PERFORM RESET. You will need to reset both sides of the
link in this way. Always reset the remote unit first and the local unit sec-
ond. Any customized settings will be lost once this process is initiated.
MANUAL RESET: If you cannot access the control panel on the unit
you can do a manual reset. Remove bottom cover of unit. Power up the
unit, wait 2-3 mins or until you hear two beeps, then press and hold the
black reset button for 15 seconds, release and wait 2-3 mins for reboot.
Power cycle the unit which refreshes the DHCP and wait 2-3 mins.
RESTART: A single (1) second press of the reset button will restart the
unit without changing any defaults. This action will also refresh the
DHCP.
8. FIRMWARE UPGRADE: For the latest firmware point your browser
to https://support.tyconsystems.com. Download the latest firmware to
your PC. Go to BACKUP/FLASH FIRMWARE | FLASH NEW FIRM-
WARE | CHOOSE FILE and then browse for the new file, then click
FLASH IMAGE. The update process takes about 4 minutes. You will
hear 1 beep when the unit reboots and two beeps when the unit is
ready.
9. CHANGING OPERATING MODE: The EZ-Bridge® can be changed
to an Access Point or Client (Station) device on the WIFI | EDIT | IN-
TERFACE CONFIGURATION | MODE page. You might change units to
station if you wanted to have multiple units communicating with a single
access point. We recommend using Access Point (WDS) and Station
(WDS) to maintain the highest level of network transparency.
TECH CORNER
Additional Information you may find useful
1. ADDING A SECOND ROUTER — Don’t attempt to add a second
router to your network until you first have a working EZ-Bridge® link and
you are familiar with the operation. We have a white paper which may
help you to install the second router here: http://tyconsystems.com/
documentation/WhitePapers
2. RAIN, SNOW, ICE – The frequencies being used by the EZ-Bridge®
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AC will not be affected by heavy rain or falling snow. You should not
see any performance degradation due to inclement weather. If snow or
ice collects on the front of the antenna, you may see some reduced per-
formance assuming you are shooting a long distance ( >1miles) and the
ice or snow buildup is greater than 1” thick on the surface of the anten-
na. For this reason, we suggest mounting under an eave of a house if
feasible for your particular situation.
3. SUN AND HEAT– The EZ-Bridge® is constructed of all UV protected
materials so it will survive for many years in the most extreme of solar
environments (ie; an Arizona rooftop during the summer). The unit has
been tested and qualified for constant operation at over 158 deg F am-
bient temperature. Even though the EZ-Bridge® is designed for long
term survivability in extreme environments, we would still recommend
that the unit be mounted in a more protected location, like under a roof
eave, if possible. Of course if line of sight is better with the antenna
mounted in a non-protected environment then we would recommend
the better line of sight mounting location.
4. LIGHTNING – Lightning is the single worst enemy of outdoor elec-
tronics equipment. No electronics will survive a direct strike but there
are close proximity strikes that can cause huge electrical fields to be
generated which can damage electronic equipment. We have taken
special care in the design of the EZ-Bridge® unit to ensure proper
grounding of the electronics inside the enclosure to prevent damage
from electrical storms. Make sure that the POE Power Supply is
plugged into a surge protected outlet such as a surge protected power
strip or UPS inside the house. Shielded CAT5/6 cable is also recom-
mended between the POE Inserter and antenna.
5. PAINTING – The EZ-Bridge® unit can be painted to match a particu-
lar house color. Only non metallic enamel or latex paints should be
used. If a paint with metal content is used, it will block the microwaves
and cause reduced performance.
6. COMMON MICROWAVE BARRIERS – Tinted windows are made by
applying a metallized film to the window. If a window has tinting, it will
usually block the microwaves and cause reduced performance of the
EZ-Bridge® . Concrete walls are also a significant barrier to microwave
signals. Aluminum siding on houses is also a barrier to microwave sig-
nals. Wood frame houses covered with brick or stucco are pretty trans-
parent to microwave signals and they will reduce the signal strength but
the signal will still pass thru the structure. We are bringing this up to you
so you can better understand possible causes of performance issues.
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