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Page -1- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. C-130 Quick Start Guide[...]
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Page -2- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. Table of Contents Quick Start Guide ............................................................................................................. .. 3 Unpacking Instructions ................................................................................................... 3 Preparation .....[...]
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Page -3- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. Quick Start Guide Unpacking Instructions 1. Unpack the C130. 2. Verify the following components are enclosed (Figure A) . 3. If any items are missing, please contact JBM at 1-800-489-7781 . Preparation 1. Verify that you have one of th e following, supported cellular cards: 1xRTT/1xEVDO Audiovox/UTSS[...]
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Page -4- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. 2. Using the instructions that accompanied the card, verify that the card is properly activated and functioning correc tly prior to installin g the car into the JBM Gateway: • Install the software that came with the air card on a laptop. • Install the aircard into the laptop. • Follow the carri[...]
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Page -5- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. Note: This example shows cabling to a PC. The link LED is not lit for ETH1. Without a link LED lit either Method 1 mu st be used or the cabling must be checked. Step 2: Setup PC IP Address Set the PC’s IP Address by going to control panel and selecting network connections, the screen below will app[...]
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Page -6- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. NOTE: The screens and instructions displaye d are based on Windows XP. Your system may be different. If you have any problems contact your system adm in. • Scroll down to the bottom of the following items and select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” (as shown to the left). METHOD 1: PC to ETH0 • S[...]
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Page -7- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. METHOD 2: PC to ETH1 • Select “Use the following IP address” and fill in the blank fields with the information below: • IP address: 192.168.1.2 • Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 • Default gatewa:y 192.168.1.1 • Preferred DNS: 192.168.1.1 • Click “ OK ” • The previous screen will appe[...]
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Page -8- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. • METHOD 1 should display an IP of 192.168.0.2 • METHOD 2 should display an IP of 192.168.1.2 Step 3: Access JBM Webserver • Open a web browser and enter the following in the address bar: METHOD 1: http://192.168.0.1:10000/ METHOD 2: http://192.168.1.1:10000/ Step 4: Log into the Graphical Admi[...]
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Page -9- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. Cellular Card Configuration Your JBM Gateway is able to detect m any cellular car ds, but others must still be configured manually. If you are using either one of the older 1xRTT/CDMA cards, or a GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA card that requires the us e of a userid, password, and APN, you will need to configure yo[...]
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Page -10- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. Step 1: Cellular Carrier Selection • Select the cellular carrier you ar e using from the drop-down menu.[...]
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Page -11- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. • Select the Aircard you are using:[...]
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Page -12- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. Step 2: Set the Userid, password and APN • If you are using a GPRS, Edge, or HSDP A based card, enter the userid, password, and APN that was provided by your cellu lar carrier. This information should have been packaged with your card. If you do not have this information please contact your carrie[...]
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Page -13- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. Note: Depending on the provisioning of you r card, particularly in corporate applications in which the JBM Gateway is providing cellular backup connectivity to wired circuits, your card may be restrict ed from Internet access. If this is the case, you may want to instead test to insure that you are [...]
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Page -14- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. Verifying IP Connectivity First, let’s check to make sure that you car d is connecting to th e cellular network and obtaining an IP address. Navigate to the GAU screen shown below: If your screen looks similar to the one shown above, you are having signal reception difficulties. As you will notice[...]
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Page -15- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. Minimal Reception On occasion, you can find yourself in a situation where you have just enough signal to be able to communicate with the cellular tower, and obtain an IP addr ess, but not enough reception to be able to sustain a viable connection . If your cellular card is using dynam ically assigne[...]
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Page -16- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. Re-verify your userid, password, and APN information. Be sure to pay close attention, as all three of these items are case specific and m ust be entered exactly in order to prop erly log into the cellular network. Don’t forget to click “Save” and “Apply” if you make any changes. JBM Techni[...]
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Page -17- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. HARDWARE STATUS LEDS Power: Yellow – Power Connection Status (P WR) ON Power is being received b y the C130 OFF Power is not being received by the C130 Ethernet Ports: Green – LAN Connection Status (LINK ) ON C130 is connected to LAN OFF C130 is not connected to the LAN, or the C130 is in th e p[...]
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Page -18- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. Software Licensing Terms and Conditions Software supplied with each JBM Electronics ' product remains the ex clusive property of JBM Electronics. JBM grants with each unit a p erpetual license to us e this software with the express limitation that the sof tware may not be copied or used in any [...]
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Page -19- Copyright © 2007 JBM Electronics, Inc. Warranty JBM Electronics provides a limited hardware warranty for the Gateway, which consists of the following: • This warranty is effective for one year fro m the delivery date of the Gateway to the purchaser. • The purchaser is responsible for returning th e defective unit to our factory, frei[...]