Icom RS-AP3 User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL
RS-AP3
ACCESS POINT
MANAGEMENT TOOL INTRODUCTION
1 USING THE RS-AP3
2 OPERATING SCREEN
3 MENU
4 INDIVIDUAL CONFIGURATIONS
5 COMMON CONFIGURATION
6 INFORMATION
INDEX
These instructions contain important safety and op-
erating instructions for the RS-AP3.

INTRODUCTION
DPC
CPU Clock speed: Dual Core 2 GHz or more (32 bit (x86) or 64 bit (x64) processor)
System memory: 2 GB or more
Hard disk: At least 2 GB of free space.
DOperating system
Microsoft®Windows Server®2012 R2
Microsoft®Windows Server®2012
Microsoft®Windows Server®2008 R2 (SP1 or later)
Microsoft®Windows Server®2008 (SP2 or later)
Microsoft®Windows®8.1 (Except for Windows RT 8.1)
Microsoft®Windows®10
Microsoft®Windows®7 (SP1 or later)
• The RS-AP3 cannot be used with Microsoft®Windows®RT 8.1.
• The RS-AP3 can be used with both 32 and 64 bit versions of the operating systems listed above.
• These Instructions are based on using Windows 7.
• These screen captures in the instructions may slightly differ, depending on the operating system used.
Thank you for choosing this Icom product. The RS-AP3 access point management tool is designed and built with
Icom’s IP network technology. We hope you agree with Icom’s philosophy of “technology first.” Many hours of
research and development went into the design of your RS-AP3.
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United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, and/or other countries.
Microsoft, Windows and Windows Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or
other countries.
All other products or brands are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
NOTE:
To start the wireless access point management, you must “Enable” the “Access Point Management Tools.”
(+p.1-4)
Set the static IP address to your PC.
If you use the RS-AP3 for the first time, read through operation instructions written in the chapter 1.
System requirements

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• Wireless access points of the same model can be managed by one group.
A total of 64 groups can be programmed.
The license of the RS-AP3 is as follows.
Number of access points managed
➥3000 access points (maximum)/64 groups (total)
➥128 access points (maximum)/1 group
Number of groups
➥64 groups (total)
• Start the RS-AP3 to manage the access points in the groups.
Until the management is completed, changes cannot be made on an access point’s setting screen.
• Multiple access points can be managed individually or collectively.
• From the access points scanning results, power level and channels according to the system environment can
automatically be set to the access points.
• Load balance can be managed based on information received periodically from the access points, according
to the wireless LAN devices.
• Radio wave environment status can be displayed on a graph according into the data received from the access
points.
• Management is automatically enabled when an access point to be managed is detected.
• The Site Survey function and MAC Authentication (RADIUS) server are inside the RS-AP3.
• The SSID or encryption settings for access points programmed to all groups can be displayed on a list.
• If an access point with a previous firmware version is detected, it can automatically be updated.
• Access point information can periodically be sent, or messages can be sent when an unauthorized access or
a notification fault is detected.
➥You can set it not to send messages when none of an unauthorized access or a notification fault is detected.
• Synchronizing the setting data with another PC with the RS-AP3 installed can avoid unmanageability caused
by communication fault.
➥When using the mirroring function, 2 different RS-AP3 (USB flash drives) on the same license are necessary.
• The RS-AP3 consists of the Windows®service (shown below) that resides for managing the operating screen
and wireless access points.
Operating screen Service
For editing settings and
displaying logs.
As the Operating screen and Windows service
are different programs, information is exchanged
by using setting files.
• After editing the setting contents on the
Operating screen, the setting file needs to be
saved and applied to the Windows service
side.
Managing wireless access
points, according to the
setting file contents.
• Operation starts when
Windows®starts
Product information

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• When the RS-AP3 USB flash drive is inserted into the USB port, “REMOVABLE drive” and “Setup.exe” ap-
pear.
The flash drive must be inserted into the PC when saving the setting files or synchronizing with the mirroring
function.
• The RS-AP3 resides as a Windows service. Therefore, you can manage the access points, using saved set-
ting files.
After setting the access points to manage on the operation screen, remove the flash drive.
➥Modifications are applied to the service when the contents modified with the software are overwritten.
➥If you load a setting file that is saved in advance, save it again with the RS-AP3.
• To synchronize the setting data between the RS-AP3 and an access point, overwrite the settings entered on
the operation screen, and then send them to the access point.
• When the access point management is completed (+p.1-21), “Access Point Management Tools” automati-
cally return to “Disable.”
To manage the access point again, you must “Enable” the “Access Point Management Tools.”
(+p.1-4)
• When using the Wireless Bridging communication function, you must activate the function in order for the ac-
cess points to communicate, before enabling the “Access Point Management Tools.”
Installation note

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Table of contents
INTRODUCTION …………………………………… i
System requirements …………………………… i
Product information ……………………………… ii
Installation note …………………………………iii
Table of contents ……………………………… iv
1. USING THE RS-AP3 ………………………… 1-1
1. Before using the RS-AP3 ………………… 1-2
2. Setting the wireless access point ………… 1-3
3. Starting the RS-AP3 ……………………… 1-5
2. OPERATING SCREEN ……………………… 2-1
1. Screen description ………………………… 2-2
2. Tool bar ……………………………………… 2-3
3. Group tab and SYSLOG tab ……………… 2-4
4. Map tab, Individual tab and Common tab. 2-5
5. Map screen ………………………………… 2-6
6. Output Log screen ………………………… 2-8
7. Property screen …………………………… 2-9
8. SYSLOG screen ………………………… 2-12
3. MENU ………………………………………… 3-1
1. File menu …………………………………… 3-2
2. Group menu ………………………………… 3-3
3. Access Point menu ………………………… 3-6
4. Option menu……………………………… 3-24
5. View menu ……………………………… 3-34
6. Help menu ……………………………… 3-35
4. INDIVIDUAL CONFIGURATIONS ………… 4-1
1. Operating …………………………………… 4-2
2. IP Address ………………………………… 4-3
3. DHCP Server ……………………………… 4-4
4. Packet Filter ………………………………… 4-5
5. Wireless Settings…………………………… 4-7
6. SNMP ……………………………………… 4-8
7. Command …………………………………… 4-9
5. COMMON CONFIGURATION ……………… 5-1
1. Operating …………………………………… 5-2
2. Model………………………………………… 5-3
3. Network Settings …………………………… 5-4
4. Wireless Settings…………………………… 5-6
5. Management …………………………… 5-10
6. Command ………………………………… 5-11
7. Load Balancing ………………………… 5-12
6. INFORMATION ……………………………… 6-1
1. Notification by email function……………… 6-2
2. To prevent the management inability …… 6-7
3. Background bitmap setting …………… 6-14
4. Firewall setting…………………………… 6-15

1-1
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1. Before using the RS-AP3 ………………………………………………………………………………………… 1-2
2. Setting the wireless access point ………………………………………………………………………………… 1-3
1. Setting the wireless access point IP address ……………………………………………………………… 1-3
2.
Setting the wireless access point to the RS-AP3 mode ……………………………………………………… 1-4
3. Starting the RS-AP3 ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 1-5
1. Starting the RS-AP3 …………………………………………………………………………………………… 1-5
2. Adding wireless access point groups ………………………………………………………………………… 1-7
3. Adding wireless access points………………………………………………………………………………… 1-8
4. Setting wireless access point IP address ………………………………………………………………… 1-10
5. Saving the access point setting data ……………………………………………………………………… 1-11
Modifying the settings ……………………………………………………………………………………… 1-12
6. Starting the management …………………………………………………………………………………… 1-13
7. Importing wireless access point settings ………………………………………………………………… 1-14
8. Changing the wireless access point settings……………………………………………………………… 1-16
9. Overwriting the setting data ………………………………………………………………………………… 1-18
10.Sending the modified settings ……………………………………………………………………………… 1-19
11.Ending the management …………………………………………………………………………………… 1-21
12.Closing the RS-AP3 ………………………………………………………………………………………… 1-23

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1. Before using the RS-AP3
Before using the RS-AP3 for the first time, follow these instructions.
1. Setting the wireless access point IP address (+p.1-3)
Set the IP address and network settings on the “IP Address” screen to
manage with the RS-AP3.
1. Starting the RS-AP3 (+p.1-5)
2. Setting the wireless access point to RS-AP3 mode (+p.1-4)
Before using the RS-AP3, you must “Enable” the “Access Point Man-
agement Tools” on the setting screen.
2. Adding groups (+p.1-7)
3. Adding wireless access points (+p.1-8)
4. Setting wireless access point IP address (+p.1-10)
Set the IP address set for the access point.
5. Saving the setting data (+p.1-11)
Save the access point setting data as a setting file (extension: rsap3)
on the PC.
• After editing the contents, you must save the setting file and apply it
to the Windows service.
6. Starting the management (+p.1-13)
7. Importing wireless access point settings (+p.1-14)
To reuse the contents set to the access points, load the setting data
from access point.
8. Changing the wireless access point settings (+p.1-16)
If needed, click [Individual Configurations] and [Common Configura-
tion] to change the access point setting contents.
9. Overwriting the setting data (+p.1-18)
• After editing the contents, you must save the setting file and apply it
to the Windows service.
10. Sending the modified settings (+p.1-19)
11. Ending the management (+p.1-21)
To continue the management on the Windows service, skip to the steps
on page 1-23.
12. Closing the RS-AP3 (+p.1-23)
1.
SETTING THE WIRELESS
ACCESS POINT
2.
STARTING THE RS-AP3

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2. Setting the wireless access point
Edit the [IP Address] settings on the “IP Address” screen, and then click [Apply].
• If you want to change the IP address’s “network part (Example: 192.168.0),” also change the IP address on
the PC.
After restarting, click [Back].
The “Login to AP-90M” window is displayed to enter the user ID and password.
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2
3
1. Setting the wireless access point IP address
Set the IP address and network settings for the access point on the “IP Address” screen.
• Make sure the IP address is not the same as the other network’s address.
• Refer to the access point’s instruction manual for details on accessing the setting screen.
• The instruction manual is described based on the AP-90M.
wClick
qEdit
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Click [Reboot].
• Follow the instructions to restart the AP-90M.

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2. Setting the wireless access point (Continued)
Click “Management” and then “Management Tools.”
The “Management Tools” screen is displayed.
“Enable” the [Access Point Management Tools].
Click [Apply].
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2
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2. Setting the wireless access point to the RS-AP3 mode
Before using the RS-AP3, you must set the “Access Point Management Tools” to “Enable.”
Select
Click

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3. Starting the RS-AP3
1. Starting the RS-AP3
NOTE:
• After the installation has completed, the RS-AP3 USB flash drive must also be inserted into the PC
when you first run the RS-AP3 software.
• After running the software for the first time, the flash drive does not have to be inserted.
When a USB flash drive needs to be inserted, such as in the following operation, insert the same flash
drive that you used when you first ran the software.
➥Saving or opening a setting file.
➥Synchronizing using the mirroring function. (+p.6-10)
Click the RS-AP3 icon in the Start menu.
You can also start the software by simply double-clicking the RS-AP3 icon on your desktop.
• These Instructions are based on using Microsoft®Windows®7.
If the “User Account Control” window appears, click [Yes] to continue.
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2
wClick
eClick
qClick
Click

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NOTE:
The next time you start the RS-AP3, you will need to enter the User ID and the password that you en-
tered.
• Without the User ID and Password, you cannot start the RS-AP3.
If you click [Initialize Password], the User ID and Password are cleared, and will have to be reentered.
• To open the setting file saved with a different User ID or Password (+p.1-11), the User ID and Pasword entry
window appears. (+p.2-3, p.3-2)
To open the setting files saved with a different User ID and Password, enter the ones that you entered when you
saved them.
3. Starting the RS-AP3
1. Starting the RS-AP3 (Continued)
Enter a desired User ID, Password and Password (Confirm) of up to 31 characters and symbols, and then
click [OK].
• Use numbers, characters and letters (both lower and upper case).
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wClick
qClick
Select the country code from the drop-down list.
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wClick
qClick

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3. Starting the RS-AP3 (Continued)
2. Adding wireless access point groups
Select the access point device to assign to the new group to, and then click [OK].
Select the assigned group.
Enter a “Title” (up to 32 characters), ”Background Bitmap,” for example.
• Only the same access points can be managed in a group.
• To set the common configurations to a different access point, you need to separate into different groups to
manage.
1
2
wClick
qClick
qClick wSet
When setting the Background Bitmap
First, save the picture file (24 bitmap format) in
the RS-AP3 installated folder. (Icom > RS-AP3 >
BG) (+p.6-14)

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Locking the wireless access point icons
To lock the access point icons, select the access point on the map screen and click “Access point,” and
then click “Lock Icons.”
• Even while it is locked, the coordination (positioning) can be changed in Property on the map screen. (+p.1-10)
3. Starting the RS-AP3 (Continued)
3. Adding wireless access points
Click “Access Point,” then “Add” to add an access point to a group.
• You can also add an access point from the menu that is displayed by right-clicking on the map screen.
qClick
wClick
wClick
qClick
eClick

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3. Starting the RS-AP3
3. Adding wireless access points (Continued)
wClick
qClick
eClick
Deleting a wireless access point
To delete an access point, select the access point on the map screen and click “Access point,” and then
click Lock icons.
• The icon can also be deleted from the menu that is displayed by right-clicking on the map screen.

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3. Starting the RS-AP3 (Continued)
4. Setting wireless access point IP address
Select the added access point, and then enter the IP address.
Enter the “Display Name” (of up to 32 characters) and select the icon from the “Bitmap” list.
• To manage the access points with the RS-AP3, you need to enter an IP address.
• Selecting an access point icon on the map screen will display the access point’s name and information in the
“Property” display.
Repeat “Adding wireless access points” (+p.1-8) and the above settings to add access points to in
the group.
1
2
qClick wSet
If necessary, enter
“Display Name,” “Bitmap,”
and “X/Y Coordinate.”
Importing/Exporting access point information
The registered access point’s information* can be exported in the
CSV format, or the exported file can be imported into the RS-
AP3.
• If the access point’s IP address is the same as other group’s IP ad-
dress, the information cannot be imported or exported.
• If the information is the same as the registered access point, the infor-
mation is overwritten.
• An exported file can be edited with a text editor.
• Importing other files than the exported files is not guaranteed.
* Access point information includes group and model title, IP address,
display name and coordinates (positioning) on the map screen.

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3. Starting the RS-AP3 (Continued)
5. Saving the access point setting data
Save the access point setting data as a setting file (extension: rsap3) on the PC.
• The last saved setting file automatically loads the next time you start the software.
We recommend that you do not move the setting file from where you saved it.
Click “File” and then “Save As...”
Clicking , or double-clicking on the status bar, will also save the setting data.
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When the “Save As...” window is displayed, set the desired file name, and then click [Save].
• The setting file (extension: rsap3) is saved in the selected location.
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qClick wClick
qSet
wClick
If necessary, change the
location.

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3. Starting the RS-AP3
5. Saving the access point setting data (Continued)
Modifying the settings
If the setting data is modified after the file has been saved, “*” appears on the title bar and the group
title.
NOTE
When saving a setting file, you must insert the
USB flash drive that was used when the RS-
AP3 started.
If the dialog to the right is displayed, insert the
flash drive, and then click [Retry].
The settings modified in
the individual or common
configurations are dis-
played in bold letters.

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3. Starting the RS-AP3 (Continued)
Click “Access Point” > “Manage” > “Start (All)...”
• You can select it from the menu that displays by right-clicking on the map screen.
• To start managing the access points one by one, select the access point on the map screen, and then click
[Start].
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qClick wClick
eClick
Click [Yes].
2
When you start the access point management, “Succeeded in the management start command” is
displayed.
• If “Failed in the management start command” is displayed, check the access point connection of the IP ad-
dress.
3
Check
NOTE
To start the management, you must “Enable” the “Access Point Management Tools.”
When you finish the access point management (+p.1-21), the management tool settings on the access
point automatically returns to “Disable.”
6. Starting the management
When the management is started, the access point’s setting data can be imported (+p.1-14) or exported
(+p.1-19) from the RS-AP3.
• The settings on the access point setting screen cannot be modified until the management is finished.
• Refer to page 2-7 for the access point status display (color) details.
Click

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3. Starting the RS-AP3 (Continued)
Click “Access Point” > “Settings” > “Import to Individual Configurations (All)...”
• You can select it from the menu that is displayed by right-clicking on the map screen.
1
Click [Yes].
2
When the setting data is imported, “Succeeded in importing settings to Individual Configurations”
displays.
• If “Cannot import to Individual Configurations” is displayed, check the access point connection of the IP ad-
dress.
3
Check
7. Importing wireless access point settings
To use the contents set to the access points, import the configuration data from the access points.
• To set the “Common Configuration” contents (+p.5-1) as the access point setting, select the access point on the map
screen, and then load the setting data. (+p.1-15)
eClick
qClick wSelect
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3. Starting the RS-AP3
7. Importing wireless access point settings (Continued)
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Importing setting data individually from wireless access points
Select the access point on the map screen, and then click “Access Point” > “Settings” > “Import to Indi-
vidual Configurations...” or “Import to Common Configuration...”
• You can select it from the menu that is displayed by right-clicking on the map screen.