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AirborneM2M™ User Manual

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1/9/2014

Step

Description

Optional

Press Restart [Button]

Restarts the device. After the device has

rebooted it will attempt to authenticate to

the configured network. As long as the
network is in range the wireless interface will

connect.
Once authenticated to the network the
device will attempt to make a TCP

connection with primary target server, using
the configured port number.

15.5 Configuring Serial Port 2 as TCP Client

In this mode the device will attempt to initiate a TCP connection to a network
based server and establish a data tunnel with Serial Port 2 on a successful
network connection.

Table 28 - Configure Serial Port 2 as TCP Client

Step

Description

Navigation Bar

Select Configuration

You will see a group of fields under the

banner of WLAN Parameters.

Feature Link

Select Connection Settings

The wireless interface and security must be

configured before configuring the Ethernet
settings.
You will see a page showing the

configuration options for TCP/IP and UDP
connections to the device. You may

configure Telnet, HTTP and SSH ports on
this page.

Select TCP Port – Serial Port 2

Enter the port on which the target server is

listening for TCP connections.

Select TCP Timeout – Serial Port 2

Enter the inactivity timeout in seconds, after

which the device will close the open data
tunnel on Serial Port 1.
The default 0 disables the timeout.

Select TCP Retry Time – Serial Port 2

Enter the period (in seconds) the device
should use to retry establishing the TCP

connection to the target server.

Select Primary TCP Target Server IP Address

– Serial Port 2

Enter the IP address of the primary target

server.
The address must be in the format:
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

Optional

Select Secondary TCP Target Server IP

Address – Serial Port 2

Enter the IP address of the secondary target

server.
The address must be in the format:
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
This address will be used if the initial
attempts to connect to the primary server

fail. This field is optional.

Press Commit [Button]

Saves changes to the device.

Press Reload [Button]

Reloads the Connection Settings page.