Winegard TRAVELNET TN-2303 Installation guide

TravelNet Data/Voice Cellular Router Installation Guide

ATTENTION INSTALLER

Parts List:

• TravelNet Data/Voice Cellular Routers ( Models TN-2301/TN-2303/TN-2305)

• Green battery pack

• 110 volt power adapter

• Power line cord

• Edimax BR-6204WG WiFi Preconfigured Router

• 110 volt adapter with plug connector

• 3 foot Ethernet Cable

• RJ11 Phone Cable

• (2)External Antenna (white)

• (2)External Antenna mount with 14’ cable

• (2)Stainless Antenna Mounts

• (2)SMA to TNC adapters

• Cable Entry Cover

• Aluminum Ground Plane (7 x 7 )

• Customer Package (clear envelope) o 7 foot Blue Ethernet Cable o (2)Black TNC Antenna o TravelNet Quick Start, o TravelNet User CD

• User Manual

• Troubleshooting Guide

Other items not included:

• Sealant (Consult your vehicle manufacturer for the best sealant for your roof material.)

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TravelNet’s Cellular Router System is Preconfigured

And Ready to Install with these Easy Steps

Installation Instructions: ( Models TN-2301/TN-2303/TN-2305)

1. Install the TravelNet Router and Edimax Router equipment in a convenient place such as upper cabinet (Velcro works well on the base of the each unit). Mount the unit so that the diagnostic lights can be viewed without moving the TravelNet

Router and the Edimax Wireless Router.

2. Locate the 2 antennas on the roof away from other obstructions

Also, you will need sealant as recommended by your coach manufacturer, stainless screws (4) to anchor the aluminum ground plane to roof, cable clips to anchor cable, cable entry cover plate.

Warning – You must connect antennas to the SMA style antenna connectors on the

TravelNet Cell Router before turning it on. Failure to do this could result in erratic start up behavior and could possibly damage the unit.

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Position the antennas near the cable entry point. Here the TravelNet unit was located in the front overhead (Figure 1) with the antennas mounted close by on the roof.

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Note that the antenna mounts are anchored to the 7” x 7” aluminum ground plane and that everything is well sealed.

Figure 3

3. Insert the small end of the cable through the ¾” diameter hole in the stainless antenna mount and feed the cable through. Next screw the brass antenna mount nut to the antenna mount as shown above, with the O-ring down, and attach the

Antennas. Locate the antenna mounts as shown, and attach the stainless Antenna

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mounts securely to the ground plane and coach roof as shown. Secure the antenna cable to the roof as shown.

Figure 4

4. Route the 2 antenna cables to the cable entry hole in the coach roof. Securely attach the cable entry cover over the cable entry point on the coach roof using screws and caulk (Figure 5) Antenna cables should be directed to the TravelNet

Router.

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Setup the TravelNet Data/Voice Terminal

Setting up your Carrier Account.

Your TravelNet-DV requires both a data plan for internet service and a voice plan for analog phone service. Locate the “Account Application” (yellow sheet) in the “End User Envelope”.

Sprint Customers (TN-2303) fill out the top half of the form and fax back to TravelNet

Tech Support. Tech Support will set up the line of service with Sprint and contact you with the provisioning information required to activate the TravelNet system.

AT&T Customers (TN-2301)

Figure 6 to take the Account

Application form to your local

AT&T store; ask your representative to provision a

Data Connect 5 GB line of service and a voice plan with your choice of minutes. Once you have the SIM card proceed to installation instructions

Verizon Customers (TN-

2305) fill out the top half of the form and fax back to

TravelNet Tech Support.

Tech Support will set up the line of service with Verizon and contact you with the provisioning information required to activate the

TravelNet system.

Attention

Installer:

AT&T systems (TN-2301) can be installed without the AT&T SIM card, the SIM maybe installed later. Convenient access to the bottom of the TravelNet Data Voice unit would make installing the

SIM at a later time much easier.

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1. Remove Battery Compartment Door on the bottom of the unit.

Figure 7

2. Installing the AT&T SIM (Sprint and Verizon users skip to Step 3)

Figure 8

Install the SIM Card into the SIM card holder in the battery compartment.

• If applicable, remove the SIM Card from the larger plastic card holding it.

• Remove the battery compartment door from your TravelNet unit.

• Carefully slide the SIM Card into the SIM card holder inside the battery compartment.

It will slide lengthwise as shown below, with the gold contact surface facing into the

TravelNet and the corner notch matching the plastic SIM holder outline.

NOTE; Do not touch the gold-colored areas of your SIM Card.

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3. Install the Battery & Secure the compartment door.

Install the Rechargeable

Battery Pack into the battery compartment.

Remove the battery compartment door, insert the battery connector into the battery terminal, arrange the battery pack in the compartment, and replace the battery compartment door. (As pictured above, the clipped corner of the battery connector will be on the left side.)

Figure 9

4. Attach Antenna cables

Figure 10

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Carefully attach the 2 SMA-to-TNC adapters to the TravelNet router TNC antenna mounts.

Carefully attach the antenna cables to the SMA-to-TNC adapters on the TravelNet router. Caution should be taken to not over tighten the SMA cable connectors.

Hand tighten only.

5. Attach Ethernet Cable to Cell Router and Edimax.

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Connect Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the TravelNet Network Port (as shown) and to the Edimax WAN port (as shown)

Antenna cables not shown for clarity.

6. Attach Phone Cable

Connect an RJ-11 Phone cable from a standard phone to the Phone input (J1

Figure 12

Figure 13

7. Attach power cable

Connect the Power Supply Adapter to the unit’s Power Input and connect the

Power Line Cord to the Power Supply Adapter. Then, connect the Power Line Cord plug into a power outlet . When a 12 VDC source, order the appropriate pigtail accessories and please save the 12 volt power supply for the coach owner. Note that if using RV’s DC power, the power inputs are polarity sensitive. NOTE: The lead with the white stripe is +12 VDC.

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8. Turn on Cell Router Power using switch.

9. Understanding the LED Lights

Figure 14

Note: LED’s are tricolored, Green,

Amber and Red and this corresponds to the background colors of the table below.

LED

Status

Off

Solid

Slow

Flashing

Fast

Flashing

Solid

Slow

Flashing

Fast

Flashing

Solid

Slow

Flashing

Fast

Flashing

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LED Status Table

Power Messaging Phone

Service

/SIM

No Power

AC/Batt

Normal

No

Messages

Voicemail

On Hook /

No WAN

On Hook/

WAN

Service / 2G

Batt Only SMS Service / 2.5 G

AC/Batt

Charging

Low Batt

Batt Fault

Batt

Critical

Both

On-Hook /

WAN Tx

Off-Hook /

WAN

Off-Hook /

No WAN

Off-Hook /

WAN Tx

Off-Hook /

WAN

Off-Hook /

No WAN

Off-Hook /

WAN Tx

Service / 3G

Roam / 2G

Roam / 2.5G

Roam / 3G

No Service

PIN Locked

SIM Error /

No SIM /

Net Reject

Signal

Strength 1

1 Bar

1 Bar

Signal

Strength 2

2 Bars

1 Bar

Signal

Strength 3

3 Bars

2 Bars

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Attention Installer: Place “User Envelope” in cabinet or drawer for your customer.

TravelNet Data/Voice (TN-2303) Terminal Setup

Activate your Sprint TravelNet Data/Voice on the Sprint

Network

Your TravelNet Data/Voice requires a data plan for internet and a voice plan to hook up the analog phone.

Locate the “Account

Application” (yellow sheet) in the “End User Envelope”.

Fill out the top half of the form and fax to TravelNet

Tech Support. Tech

Support will set up the line of service with Sprint and contact you with the provisioning information required to activate the

TravelNet system.

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1. When all devices are connected and powered on, use your computer to connect to the TravelNet Device Manager.

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Launch your Web browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox).

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Go to the browser’s address bar, type http://192.168.1.1, and press Enter or click the green Go arrow. A “Connect to” window will be displayed.

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_ Enter the default User name (“ctek”) and Password (“1234”). The TravelNet

Device Manager will start and display the Home screen.

Figure 18

2. From the Home screen, click Activation

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Wait 5–10 minutes to see if your unit will auto-register itself on the wireless network.

If the Activation Status field displays ACTIVE, your TravelNet is ready for use.

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Figure 19

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Proceed to Set Up a Wireless WAN Data Connection.

TIP: Bookmark the TravelNet Device Manager access page ( http://192.168.1.1

).

3. For Sprint Activation, manually enter your MSL/SPC Code (4a), your MDN (10-digit wireless phone number) (4b), and your MIN/MSID (usually also your 10-digit wireless phone number) (4c).

4. Click Save. If you have no additional changes, click Restart to complete Activation.

The TravelNet will power down and restart.

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5. Click Setup, click Wireless WAN in the Setup menu.

6. PSD Auto Connect select Always On

7. Do a hard restart of all network devices in order, first the TravelNet Cellular

Router, 2 nd

the WiFi Router, and finally laptop.

Activate your AT&T TravelNet Data/Voice (TN-2301) on the

AT&T Network Set Up Your TravelNet

Your AT&T TravelNet (TN-2301) requires a data plan for internet service and a voice plan to connect the analog phone to . Locate the “Account Activation” Form (yellow sheet), it has all the information the AT&T store will require to setup your account and provide you a SIM card.

IMPORTANT: Power down your TravelNet system, and remove the green battery pack from the battery compartment before attempting to install SIM.

1. Install the SIM Card into the SIM card holder in the battery compartment.

• If applicable, remove the SIM Card from the larger plastic card holding it.

• Remove the battery compartment door from your TravelNet unit.

• Carefully slide the SIM Card into the SIM card holder inside the battery compartment.

It will slide lengthwise as shown below, with the gold contact surface facing into the

TravelNet and the corner notch matching the plastic SIM holder outline.

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NOTE; Do not touch the gold-colored areas of your SIM Card.

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2. Install the Rechargeable Battery Pack into the battery compartment. (Fig. 20 above)

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With the battery compartment door open, insert the battery connector into the battery terminal.

• Arrange the battery pack in the battery compartment, so the battery connector wire is in the top right of the compartment.

• Replace the battery compartment door.

• The battery connector will have the rounded corner side on the left when inserted into the battery terminal.

3. Connect and hand-tighten the two Antennas (see above).

4. Connect the Power Supply Adapter to the unit’s Power Input and connect the

Power Line Cord to the Power Supply Adapter. Then, connect the Power Supply

Adapter plug into a power outlet.

5. (Optional) For optimal performance and protection, you may elect to connect a copper wire (not included) to the protective earth Ground Connector Screw to ground the device.

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In a building environment, connecting to an earth ground (such as a cold water pipe) can protect the device and peripherals from static and conducted electricity. It can also reduce static or buzzing during voice calls.

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In a vehicle environment, grounding to the frame and battery or alternator can reduce static or buzzing during voice calls.

Connect the Ethernet (RJ-45) cable to the Ethernet Port on the TravelNet D/V. (This cable will serve as the connection to your computer or WiFi Router or other network

device in most configurations, including the primary Wireless WAN data connection.)

Setting Up WiFi Security on the Edimax BR-6204WG

Refer to the Edimax users guide CD for additional information.

Once you have an internet connection and an unsecure WiFi connection established proceed to setup WiFi security for your Edimax router.

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WEP Key Setup

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1. Log into the Edimax WiFi Router at 192.168.2.1

2. Enter the Username ‘admin’ and Password ‘1234’

3. Go to WIRELESS SETTINGS > SECURITY

4. Encryption type: select WEP

5. Key Length: 64-bit

6. Key Format: Hex (10 Characters)

7. Default Tx Key: Key 1.

8. Encryption Key 1: Enter your 10 Characters Key- see chart below

9. Do not place an “x” in the selection box labeled “Enable 802.1x

Authentication” for normal installations. If there are any questions call

TravelNet Technical Support.

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Figure 23

WEP Key Setup

Parameters Default Description

Key Length 64-bit You can select the WEP key length for encryption, 64-bit or

128-bit. Larger WEP key length requires 26 hexadecimal characters

Key Format Use hexadecimal digits (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) to be the WEP Key.

Examples:

Hexadecimal Digits: 12345abcde or abcdef0123

10. Write key on piece of paper or on Edimax manual and keep in a safe place with other important documentation.

11. Click on the Apply Button and wait for the System to automatically Restart.

Click OK button and security setup is complete.

12. Call TravelNet Technical Support (877) 475-7771 if there are questions concerning Apple Computers or if you prefer to use other encryption methods.

To connect your XP computer to your wireless network

Configuring the Windows XP Wireless Clients (With WEP)

Configuration of the Windows XP wireless clients for WEP key authentication depends on whether you are using Windows XP with SP2 or Windows XP with SP1 and whether the wireless network adapter driver supports Wireless Auto Configuration.

Wireless Network Adapter Driver Supports Wireless Auto Configuration with

Windows XP with SP2

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Use the following procedure to configure Windows XP with SP2 for your infrastructure mode wireless network when the wireless network adapter supports Wireless Auto

Configuration:

1. When the computer is within range of the wireless router or Access Point (AP) operating in your home or small business, Windows XP should detect it and prompt you with a Wireless networks detected message in the notification area of your taskbar.

2. Click the notification message. If you are not notified, right-click the wireless network adapter in Network Connections, then click View Available Wireless

Networks. In either case, you should see a Choose a wireless network dialog box with the name of your wireless network. (If the “TravelNet xxxx” wireless network is not displayed, it may be necessary to reset the unit by removing its power plug for

10 seconds, then reinsert the power plug and wait 45 to 60 seconds). Then select the

“View Available Wireless Networks” again.

3. Double-click your wireless network name. Windows XP will attempt to connect to your wireless network.

4. Because Windows XP has not been configured with the WEP key for your wireless network, the connection attempt will fail and Windows XP will prompt you with a

Wireless Network Connection dialog box. Type the WEP key in Network key and

Confirm network key, and then click Connect.

5. If the status message for your wireless network in the Choose a wireless network dialog box is Connected, you are done. If the status message for your wireless network in the Choose a wireless network dialog box is Authentication did not

succeed, click Change the order of preferred networks in the list of Related tasks.

From the Wireless Networks tab of properties of your wireless network adapter, click the name of your wireless network in Preferred networks, and then click

Properties.

6. In Network Authentication, click WEP.

7. In Network key, type the WEP key as configured on the wireless Access Point (AP).

In Confirm network key, retype the WEP key.

8. Click OK to save changes to the wireless network.

9. Click OK to save changes to the wireless network adapt

To connect your Windows Vista computer to your wireless network

View and connect to available wireless networks

Applies to all editions of Windows Vista.

If you have a mobile PC, you can see a list of available wireless networks, and then connect to one of those networks, no matter where you are. The wireless networks appear only if your computer has a wireless network adapter installed and the adapter is turned on.

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1. Open Connect to a Network by clicking the Start button , and then clicking

Connect to.

2. In the Show list, click Wireless.

You'll see a list of the wireless networks currently available. If you do not see a network listing similar to this example: TravelNet 1234, it may be necessary to reset power on the

WiFi router, wait 45 to 60 seconds and refresh the “View Available Wireless Networks”.

You'll see a list of the wireless networks currently available.

3. Click a network, and then click Connect.

If you don't see the network you want to connect to, click Set up a connection or

network. A list of options will appear that includes manually searching for and connecting to a network, as well as creating a new network connection.

Some networks require a network security key or passphrase. To connect to one of those networks, ask the network administrator or the service provider for the key or passphrase.

Enter WEP encryption key in same manner as described on previous page for Windows XP

Whenever possible, you should connect to security-enabled wireless networks. If you do connect to a network that is not secure, be aware that someone with the right tools can see everything that you do, including the websites you visit, the documents you work on, and the user names and passwords that you use.

After you're connected, you can close the Wireless Network Connection window.

Now you're ready to browse the Web wirelessly. You can also create a wireless network in your home, RV or boat that connects your computers, printers, cameras, games, and other accessories for easy access and enjoyment.

QUESTIONS? CALL OUR SUPPORT LINE: 877-475-7771 or visit our website FAQ at http://www.winegard.com

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