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Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only Table Of Contents 1 Document History..................................................................................... 4 2 Preface ................................................................................................... 4 3 Overview................................................................................................. 4 4 Using Am1772 Terminal.......................................................................... 5 4.1 Installing Am1772 Terminal.................................................................. 5 4.2 Launching Am1772 Terminal................................................................. 5 4.3 Version Information............................................................................. 6 4.4 General Page ................................................................................... 7 4.4.1 Hardware Information .................................................................... 8 4.4.2 Driver Build Information ................................................................10 4.4.3 Adapter Properties ........................................................................11 4.5 Network Page .................................................................................12 4.5.1 Starting a Network........................................................................14 4.5.2 Connecting to a Network................................................................15 4.5.3 Disconnecting ..............................................................................15 4.6 Stations Page..................................................................................16 4.6.1 Station List Settings......................................................................17 4.6.2 Manual Scanning ..........................................................................17 4.7 Frames Page...................................................................................18 4.7.1 Frame Details...............................................................................19 4.7.2 Frame Display Settings..................................................................20 4.7.3 Clearing the Frame List .................................................................20 4.8 Page Performance............................................................................21 4.8.1 Performance Display Settings .........................................................22 4.8.2 Resetting Histograms ....................................................................22 Version 1.03 Page 3 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 1 Document History Version/Date Modification V1.0: 10/15/02 Initial version V1.01: 10/23/02 Updates for RDK V1.02: 10/31/02 Non-technical edits V1.03: 11/13/02 Added EEPROM configuration option 2 Preface This document describes the Am1772 Terminal user interface for the Mini PCI reference design featuring the Am1772 wireless LAN chipset from AMD. The Am1772 Terminal utility may contain or reveal AMD proprietary information and should not be distributed without the proper license agreement from AMD. 3 Overview The Am1772 Terminal is a Windows application provided to development and test engineers to configure, execute and troubleshoot experiments with the Mini PCI reference design provided by AMD. Please note that the Am1772 Terminal application is not an end-customer utility. Version 1.03 Page 4 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4 Using Am1772 Terminal 4.1 Installing Am1772 Terminal The driver installation script automatically creates the following desktop shortcut for Am1772 Terminal on the desktop. This desktop shortcut points to the Am1772 Terminal executable, which resides in the Windows base directory (typically C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT). 4.2 Launching Am1772 Terminal Am1772 Terminal can be launched using the desktop shortcut, which was automatically created during driver installation. Alternatively, Am1772 Terminal can be started by manually navigating to the Windows base directory (typically C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT) and executing the application (Am1772 Terminal.exe) in that directory. Although not advisable, multiple instances of Am1772 Terminal can be run simultaneously. Care should be taken so that these multiple instances do not issue conflicting commands to the driver. Version 1.03 Page 5 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.3 Version Information The Am1772 Terminal application version can be viewed using the Info about... dialog box. The Info about... dialog box can be accessed by clicking on the About... item in the application system menu (the icon in the top left corner of the application main window). Please note that the Am1772 Terminal version must match the driver version. If the version numbers do not match, Am1772 Terminal will display an error message and the application will not execute further. Version 1.03 Page 6 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.4 General Page The General property page displays basic information about the various components of the AMD wireless solution, and it allows for selecting a network adapter to be used with the current Am1772 Terminal instance. This page can be displayed by clicking on the General tab in the upper region of the Am1772 Terminal main window. If Am1772 Terminal finds more than one AMD wireless network adapter installed, it allows for choosing one AMD wireless network adapter as the context for all other Am1772 Terminal pages and dialog boxes. Version 1.03 Page 7 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.4.1 Hardware Information The Hardware Info dialog box displays version numbers of the various hardware components:
This information can be used for troubleshooting and defect reporting. Please note that the information displayed in the dialog box depends on your actual hardware platform and may be different from the values shown in the figure above. This dialog box can be displayed by clicking on the Hardware Info... button on the General page. Version 1.03 Page 8 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only Clicking on the EEPROM option brings up a Configuration EEPROM dialog box. The various fields on the page are populated if an EEPROM is present on the card. All the fields can be modified to affect the current configuration of the Am1772 chipset. The Write option writes the changes to EEPROM. The EEPROM configuration can also be saved (with the Save option) into a binary file. The Load option loads a configuration from an existing binary file. The EEPROM size has to be a number between 256 to 16384 bits. The Regulatory Domain indicates the region of operation of WLAN 802.11b system. The options include:
Japan (MKK) Canada (IC) France Most of Europe (ETSI) Spain United States of America (FCC) Unrestricted (test mode) Version 1.03 Page 9 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only The last option Unrestricted (test mode) is to test the chipsets operational capability in all the regulatory domains. The Hardware Records can be modified by selecting the appropriate identifier and subsequently depressing function key F2 to edit the corresponding value. 4.4.2 Driver Build Information The Detected Driver Software dialog box displays version numbers of the installed network driver:
This information can be used for troubleshooting and defect reporting. Please note that the information displayed in the dialog box depends on your actual driver version and may be different from the values shown in the figure above. This dialog box can be displayed by clicking on the Driver Build... button on the General page. Version 1.03 Page 10 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.4.3 Adapter Properties The Adapter Properties dialog box displays the Windows Network Adapter Properties dialog box, which can also be invoked using the Windows Device Manager applet:
For information on how to use this dialog box, please consult the documentation for Windows. Version 1.03 Page 11 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.5 Network Page The Network property page displays information about the wireless connection status of the network adapter associated with the current Am1772 Terminal instance. This page also allows for starting or joining wireless networks. This page can be displayed by clicking on the Network tab in the upper region of the Am1772 Terminal main window. Version 1.03 Page 12 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only When the network adapter is connected to an access point, the connection status display looks like this:
If the network adapter has started an ad-hoc network (IBSS), the connection status display would look like this:
The buttons in the lower part of the Network property page allow for controlling connection status of the wireless network adapter. Care should be taken to avoid control ambiguity if the Am1772 Terminal application executes in parallel to the wireless zero-configuration utility built into Windows XP, or the AMD Wireless network configuration utility running on Windows XP and other operating systems. On Windows XP, it is recommended to disable the wireless zero configuration utility when Am1772 Terminal is used to control the AMD wireless network adapter. The AMD Wireless network configuration utility should not be executed when Am1772 Terminal is used to control the AMD wireless network adapter. Version 1.03 Page 13 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.5.1 Starting a Network The Am1772 Terminal application can be used for starting ad-hoc networks. The Start Wireless Network dialog box allows for specifying key parameters of the wireless network to be started. For details about these parameters, please consult the IEEE 802.11 standard. The Rates... button brings up a separate dialog box, which can be used for specifying operational rates for the network to be started. It is recommended not to change the default values in this dialog box. Version 1.03 Page 14 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.5.2 Connecting to a Network The Am1772 Terminal application can be used for connecting to an existing infrastructure or ad-hoc network. The Connect to Wireless Network dialog box displays the available wireless networks. The Rates... button brings up a separate dialog box to specify the supported rates to be reported for the station. It is recommended to not change the default values in this dialog box. 4.5.3 Disconnecting When the wireless network adapter is connected to a network, or when the wireless network adapter has started its own network, the Reset button on the Network tab can be used to close the connection. A warning message will be displayed:
Clicking Yes disconnects the station from the network; clicking No retains the existing connection. Version 1.03 Page 15 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.6 Stations Page The Stations property page displays information about other wireless stations observed by the network adapter associated with the current Am1772 Terminal instance. This page can be displayed by clicking on the Stations tab in the upper region of the Am1772 Terminal main window. The buttons below the station list can be used to configure the automatic scan, authentication, and association sequences triggered by Am1772 Terminal. Version 1.03 Page 16 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.6.1 Station List Settings The Station Discovery and Association Settings dialog box allows for configuring the automatic scan, authentication, and association sequences triggered by Am1772 Terminal. The Am1772 Terminal application displays this dialog box when a user clicks the Settings... button on the Stations page. 4.6.2 Manual Scanning If automatic scanning is disabled (see 4.6.1), the Scan Now button, which is located on the Stations page, allows for manually executing a scan procedure over all channels permitted in the current regulatory domain. Version 1.03 Page 17 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.7 Frames Page The Frames property page allows for displaying frames received or sent through the network adapter associated with the running Am1772 Terminal instance. This page can be displayed by clicking on the Frames tab in the upper region of the Am1772 Terminal main window. Please note that the Enable button must be checked in order to display live frame traces. The icon in the left column indicates whether a given frame was received (arrow pointing away from the antenna), or transmitted (arrow pointing to the antenna). Version 1.03 Page 18 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.7.1 Frame Details Double clicking on a frame entry in the list on the Frames property page will display a Frame Details dialog box:
The information presented in the dialog box represents a hexadecimal dump of the frame contents of the received or transmitted frame. Version 1.03 Page 19 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.7.2 Frame Display Settings The Frame Trace Settings dialog box allows for specifying filter parameters for frames to be included with the frame trace on the Frames property page. This dialog box can be displayed by clicking on the Settings... button on the Frames property page. 4.7.3 Clearing the Frame List Clicking on the Clear button on the Frames property page clears the frame list on the Frames property page. Version 1.03 Page 20 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.8 Page Performance The Performance property page allows for displaying information about received or transmitted current or average bit rates, signal quality values and others. This page can be displayed by clicking on the Performance tab in the upper region of the Am1772 Terminal main window. Version 1.03 Page 21 of 22 Am1772 Terminal Users Manual AMD CONFIDENTIAL: for NDA Use Only 4.8.1 Performance Display Settings The Performance Display Settings dialog box allows for selecting parameters to be displayed in the various histogram controls on the Performance tab. Every row in the Performance Display Settings dialog box configures one histogram. Within each row, the left dropdown list selects a parameter to display, and the right dropdown list allows for displaying current, average, or maximum parameter values next to the parameter histogram. Clicking the Settings... button on the Performance tab pops up this dialog box. 4.8.2 Resetting Histograms All histograms on the Performance tab can be reset by clicking the Clear button on the Performance tab. Version 1.03 Page 22 of 22 33333333 Prime Electronics & Satellitics Inc. WP288PF00000 SP01 A WP288P WLAN CARD WP288P Specifications 1. General specification 2. Standard test condition 3. Electrical specification 4. Frequency channel plan 2003 4 7 Page : 1/3 Specification Condition Min. Typ. Max. Test Method/Condition Item No. 1. General specification 1-1. Standard 1-2. Frequency Band(MHz) 1-3. No. of Selectable Channels 1-4. Channel Spacing (MHz) 1-5. Modulation Technique 1-6. Spreading 1-7. Media Access Protocol Interface 1-8. 1-9. Dimensions 1-10. LED Indicators 1-11. Antenna Connector 2. Standard Test Condition 2-1. Supply voltage(V) 3. Electrical Specification 5 2400 2483.5 IEEE 802.11b 11 Channels (US, Canada) 13 Channels (Europe) 14 Channels (Japan) DSSS (CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK) 11-chip Barker Sequence CSMA/CA(collision Avoidance) with ACK PCMCIA Type II 3.3V 115.0 mm x 54.0 mm x 6.5 mm Link, Power On board patch 3.3 Temperature Range0 ~ 55 Humidity95 % (Non-condensing) 3-1. Power Consumption
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