Wireless:Installation:Routerboard
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1 Routerboard Kit Contents
TODO
- Enclosure (fill up)
- With mounting kit for tower
- Routerboard Board 230
- CF card : 256 or 512 MB
- Wireless cards:
- 2 PCMCIA and 1 mini-PCI
- Pigtails:
- 1 U.FL to N-Female bulkhead for mini-PCI cards
- 2 MMCX to N-Female bulkhead for Atheros PCMCIA cards
- RF Cables: N-Male to N-Male of the required lengths to go from router to the antennas
- Lightening Arrestor: Between the router RF connector and the antenna
- 0-3GHz or 0-6GHz depending on installation
- Also grounding wire and clamp
- PoE injector: Inbuilt power adapter from 110/240V AC to 48V DC
- DC power at 20-56V through power jack (5.5mm outside/2mm inside diameter, pin positive plug)
2 Assembly Instructions
2.1 Enclosure
The NEMA rated metal enclosure has 3 holes for N-Female bulkheads
and one for Ethernet. Install 2 MMCX to N-Female pigtals and
1 U.FL to N-Female pigtails while using silicone to seal them.
2.2 Board Description
This shows the front schematic of the board.
Figure: Front Schematic with jumpers shown
The LAN1 ethernet port is PoE enabled.
2.2.1 Wireless Card slots
This shows the board with the two stacked PCMCIA slots. You have
to insert the PCMCIA cards into the slots before installing the board
into the enclosure.
Figure: Front side with two PCMCIA slots
This shows the back side. The CF card and the mini-PCI card have
to inserted before installing the board. The SoDIMM memory slot can also be seen - it takes either PC100 or PC133 standard sized SoDIMM SDRAM modules.
Figure: Back side with mini-PCI slot and CF card slot
2.2.2 Jumper Settings
The Routerboard 230 has jumper settings for two power modes:
- Power jack/header: 20V to 56V DC or -20V to -56V DC
- both JP4 and JP5 must be switched to the 1-2 position.
- Power over Ethernet (PoE): 48V DC
- both JP4 and JP5 must be switched to the 2-3 position.
2.3 Installing the cards
Connect the pigtail to the correct MMCX connector on the PCMIA card
(the main connector would be marked)
Connect the pigtail to the correct U-FL connector on the min-PCI card
(the main connector would be marked)
Figure: Inserting miniPCI Card
2.4 Mounting board in enclosure
Once the cards are inserted into the board and the pigtails connected, mount the board into the enclosure (it has a mounting plate for that). Make sure the pigtails don't disconnect while doing this.
2.5 Testing
2.5.1 Connect with PoE
The PoE is a combined power adapter and a PoE injector as well. It takes in 110-240V AC and injects 48V DC power on the ethernet output. The ethernet connector marked 'Output' or 'Splitter' goes to the device i.e. Routerboard and the connector marked as 'Switch/Hub' goes to the local LAN.
Figure: PoE Injector connections
2.5.2 Booting
There is a distinct beep sound when the board boots up. The Power LED – LED6 (refer to the schematic) should light up on when the board is powered properly.
2.6 References
- RouterBoard 200 Series User's manual: http://www.routerboard.com/pdf/RouterBOARD200SeriesA4-3-0.pdf
