Moxa Technologies WAPN008 User manual

Moxa802.11a/b/g/n/jPCI Module
WAPN008User’s Manual(4.9GHz version)
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Second Edition, October2016
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WAPN008User’s Manual
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Overview
Specification
Chapter 2 Getting Started
Module Layout
Block Diagram
Hardware Installation
Software Installation

WAPN008User’s Manual Introduction
1
Chapt er 1 Introduction
The following topics are covered in this chapter:
 Overview
 Specifications

WAPN008User’s Manual Introduction
Overview
WAPN008PCI module is designed to provide wireless communication for Moxa industrial wireless products. It
communicates via the standard 802.11a/b/g/n/j protocols on standard 2.4GHz/4.9GHz. The WAPN008uses the
AR9344SoC Wireless chipset from Atheros.
Specification
Features
WAPN008
Chipset
Atheros AR
9344
Baseband
Processor (BBP)
-
DSSS with DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK
- OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
- 802.11b: CCK @ 11/5.5 Mbps, DQPSK @ 2 Mbps, DBPSK @ 11 Mbps
- 802.11a/g: 64QAM @ 54/48 Mbps, 16QAM @ 36/24 Mbps, QPSK @ 18/12 Mbps,
BPSK @ 9/6 Mbps
- 802.11n: 64QAM @ 300 Mbps to BPSK @ 6.5 Mbps (multiple rates supported)
- 802.11j
security engine
-
64
-
bit and 128
-
bit WEP encryption, WPA /WPA2
-
Personal and Enterprise (IEEE
802.1X/RADIUS, TKIP and AES)
Connectors
Defined BTB connector is using 2x40 pins header
,and Support
PCI Express
standard.
Power
requirement
3.3V +/
-
10%
Dimension
60mm x 60mm x 1.2mm
Operating
Temperature
-40 to +80 ℃
Storage
Temperature:
-40 to +150℃
Operates in 2.4
and 5 GHz
frequency bands.
JP:
2.412 to 2.484 GHz (14 channels)
4.920 MHz to 4.980 MHz (4 channels)
TX Transmit Power:
802.11b:
Typ. 26±1.5 dBm @ 1 Mbps, Typ. 26±1.5 dBm @ 2 Mbps,
Typ. 26±1.5 dBm @ 5.5 Mbps, Typ. 25±1.5 dBm @ 11 Mbps
802.11g:
Typ. 24±1.5 dBm @ 6 to 24 Mbps, Typ. 22±1.5 dBm @ 36 Mbps,
Typ. 20±1.5 dBm @ 48 Mbps, Typ. 18±1.5 dBm @ 54 Mbps
802.11n (2.4 GHz):
Typ. 23±1.5 dBm @ MCS0/8 20 MHz, Typ. 17±1.5 dBm @ MCS7/15 20 MHz
Typ. 23±1.5 dBm @ MCS0/8 40 MHz, Typ. 17±1.5 dBm @ MCS7/15 40 MHz
802.11a:
4920 MHz Typ. 19±1.5 dBm @ 6 to 24 Mbps, Typ. 19±1.5 dBm @ 36 Mbps, Typ.
19±1.5 dBm @ 48 Mbps, Typ. 19±1.5 dBm @ 54 Mbps
4940 MHz Typ. 18±1.5 dBm @ 6 to 24 Mbps, Typ. 18±1.5 dBm @ 36 Mbps, Typ.
18±1.5 dBm @ 48 Mbps, Typ. 18±1.5 dBm @ 54 Mbps
4960 MHz Typ. 18±1.5 dBm @ 6 to 24 Mbps, Typ. 18±1.5 dBm @ 36 Mbps, Typ.
18±1.5 dBm @ 48 Mbps, Typ. 18±1.5 dBm @ 54 Mbps

WAPN008User’s Manual Introduction
4980 MHz Typ. 19±1.5 dBm @ 6 to 24 Mbps, Typ. 19±1.5 dBm @ 36 Mbps, Typ.
19±1.5 dBm @ 48 Mbps, Typ. 19±1.5 dBm @ 54 Mbps 802.11n (5 GHz):
Typ. 18±1.5 dBm @ MCS0/8 20 MHz,
Typ. 18±1.5 dBm @ MCS7/15 20 MHz
RX Receive
Sensitivity:
802.11b:
-93 dBm @ 1 Mbps, -93 dBm @ 2 Mbps,
-93 dBm @ 5.5 Mbps, -88 dBm @ 11 Mbps
802.11g:
-88 dBm @ 6 Mbps, -88 dBm @ 9 Mbps,
-85 dBm @ 12 Mbps, -85 dBm @ 18 Mbps,
-85 dBm @ 24 Mbps, -82 dBm @ 36 Mbps,
-78 dBm @ 48 Mbps, -74 dBm @ 54 Mbps
802.11n (2.4 GHz):
-70 dBm @ MCS7 20 MHz, -69 dBm @ MCS15 20 MHz
-67 dBm @ MCS7 40MHz, -67 dBm @ MCS15 40 MHz
802.11a:
-90 dBm @ 6 Mbps, -88 dBm @ 9 Mbps,
-85 dBm @ 12 Mbps, -85 dBm @ 18 Mbps,
-81 dBm @ 24 Mbps, -78 dBm @ 36 Mbps,
-74dBm @ 48 Mbps, -71dBm @ 54 Mbps
802.11n (5 GHz):
-69 dBm @ MCS7 20MHz, -71 dBm @ MCS15 20 MHz

2
Chapt er 2 Getting Started
This chapter covers the module layout, and block diagram, hardware installation of the WAPN008. Software
installation is covered in the next chapter.
The following topics are covered:
 Module Layout
 Block Diagram
 Hardware Installation
 Software Installation

WAPN008 User’s Manual Getting Started
Module Layout
Top and Bottom
Block Diagram
Below is a block diagram of the WAPN008.

WAPN008 User’s Manual Getting Started
Connector Locations

WAPN008 User’s Manual Getting Started
PCI Bus Connector PIN Assignments
Function Connect to Pin Pin Function Connect to
3.3v 3.3v 1 2 GND GND
3.3v 3.3v 3 4 GND GND
3.3v 3.3v 5 6 ERXD3 PHY RGMII
3.3v 3.3v 7 8 ERXD2 PHY RGMII
3.3v 3.3v 9 10 ERXD1 PHY RGMII
3.3v 3.3v 11 12 ERXD0 PHY RGMII
3.3v 3.3v 13 14 GND GND
GPIO 16 I2C_SCLK 15 16 GND GND
GPIO 17 I2C_DATA 17 18 ETX_CLK ETX_CLK
GND GND 19 20 GND GND
GPIO 21 POWER 2 21 22 GND GND
GPIO 1 JP1 Debug 23 24 ETX_EN ETX_EN
GND GND 25 26 GND GND
GPIO 4 S17_INT 27 28 GND GND
GND GND 29 30 ETXD3 PHY RGMII
GPIO 0 I2C_INT0 31 32 ETXD2 PHY RGMII
GND GND 33 34 ETXD1 PHY RGMII
GPIO 3 UR_DSR 35 36 ETXD0 PHY RGMII
GPIO 9 UR_SIN 37 38 GND GND
GPIO 10 UR_SOUT 39 40 GND GND
GPIO 13 MDC 41 42 ERX_CLK ERX_CLK
GPIO 14 MDIO 43 44 GND GND
GPIO 20 POWER 1 45 46 GND GND
GND GND 47 48 ERX_EN ERX_EN
GPIO 22 POWER 3 49 50 GND GND
GND GND 51 52 GND GND
GPIO 2 UR_DTR 53 54 EMDC GIGA PHY
GND GND 55 56 EMDIO GIGA PHY
GPIO 11 Reset 57 58 GND GND
GND GND 59 60 GND GND
GPIO 12 LAN 10/100 61 62 TXP0 10/100 LAN
GND GND 63 64 TXN0 10/100 LAN
GPIO 15 Reserved 65 66 GND GND
GND GND 67 68 RXP0 10/100 LAN
SYS_RST_L GIGA PHY Reset 69 70 RXN0 10/100 LAN
AVDD18 Fast Ethernet bios 71 72 GND GND
AVDD18 Fast Ethernet bios 73 74 GND GND
AVDD18 Fast Ethernet bios 75 76 USB_DM USB port
GND GND 77 78 USB_DP USB port
GND GND 79 80 GND GND