RuggedCom RuggedWireless RS900W Family User manual

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Installation Guide
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Federal Communications Commission
Radio Frequency Interference Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This
equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which
case the user will be required to correct the interference at his expense
Trademarks:
Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corporation
RuggedSwitch, RuggedRated, ROS and eRSTP are trademarks of RuggedCom® Inc
Caution
This product contains a laser system and is classified as a “CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT”
Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein
may result in hazardous radiation exposure This product contains no user serviceable parts
Attempted service by unauthorized personnel shall render all warranties null and void
Should this device require service see the “Warranty” section of this installation guide
Important
This unit should be installed in a restricted access location where access can only be gained by
service personnel or users who have been instructed about the reasons for the restrictions
applied to the location and about any precautions that shall be taken; and access is through the
use of a tool or lock and key, or other means of security, and is controlled by the authority
responsible for the location

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Table of Contents
1Product Overvie .................................................................................................................. 4
1.1 Functional Overview ....................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Feature Highlights........................................................................................................... 4
1.3 RS900 Family Front Panel View.................................................................................. 5
1.4 RS900 Family Bottom Panel View............................................................................... 6
2Installation ............................................................................................................................. 7
2.1 DIN Rail Mounting........................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Power Supply iring and Grounding.............................................................................. 8
2.2.1 AC Power Supply iring and Grounding.................................................................... 8
2.2.2 DC Power Supply iring and Grounding ................................................................... 9
2.3 Dielectric Strength (HIPOT) Testing ............................................................................. 10
2.4 Failsafe Output iring and Specifications .................................................................... 11
2.5 RS232 Port iring........................................................................................................ 12
2.6 RJ45 Ports – Signal Description ................................................................................... 13
3Technical Specifications..................................................................................................... 14
3.1 Operating Environment................................................................................................. 14
3.2 Power Supply Specifications......................................................................................... 14
3.3 Failsafe Relay Specifications........................................................................................ 14
3.4 RJ45 Ethernet Port Specifications ................................................................................ 15
3.5 ireless Standards Supported ..................................................................................... 16
3.6 Radio Characteristics.................................................................................................... 16
3.7 IEEE 802.11b/g............................................................................................................. 17
3.8 Fiber Optical Port Specifications................................................................................... 18
3.9 Physical Dimensions..................................................................................................... 19
3.10 Agency Approvals......................................................................................................... 20
4Warranty............................................................................................................................... 20
5Appendix A - RuggedWireless ™ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)........................... 21

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1 Product Overview
1.1 Functional Overview
The Rugged ireless RS900 family of products are industrially hardened, fully managed, IEEE
802.11g Access Points with integrated Ethernet switching, specifically designed to operate reliably
in electrically harsh and climatically demanding industrial environments. The RS900 ’s superior
ruggedized design coupled with the RS900 ’s Rugged ireless Operating System (ROS)
provides improved system reliability and advanced networking features making it ideally suited for
creating 802.11g ireless Ethernet networks for mission-critical, real-time, control applications.
The RS900 can be equipped with dual 100Mbps fiber optical Ethernet ports for creating a fiber
optical backbone with high noise immunity and long haul connectivity. The RS900 also provides
dual power inputs for backup power and is packaged in a rugged steel enclosure that can be DIN
rail or panel mounted.
1.2 Feature Highlights
Complies with the IEEE 802.11g 2.4GHz specification ( ireless LAN) including “fallback”
(backward) compatibility with IEEE802.11b station-client devices.
High wireless data rates: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 11, 5.5, 2 and 1Mbps network speed.
The R 80 Access Point functionality will seamlessly integrate wireless and wired Ethernet
LAN networks.
Auto rate fallback in case of obstacles or interferences.
Basic security is provided with 64/128-bit EP Data Encryption function to protect the wireless
data transmissions.
Enhanced security is provided by PA and TKIP data-encryption method.
Robust security is provided by 802.11i/ PA2 (backward compatible with PA stations) and
AES (with CCMP) data-encryption method.
Both PA and PA2 modes both feature Enterprise and Personal configurations for key
management. Enterprise mode will offer IEEE 802.1x security (EAP with RADIUS) while
Personal offers Pre-Shared Key (PSK) “passphrase” to generate keys for authentication.
Integrated ROS™ configuration methods.
Exceeds IEC 61000-6-2 standards for industrial environments and NEMA TS-2 standards for
traffic control equipment.
Operating temperature: -40° to 85°C (no fan)
Power supply options: 12, 24 or 48VDC, and universal HI (88-300VDC or 84-264VAC)
Dual, independent inputs for 24 and 48VDC power supplies for redundancy
Failsafe output relay for critical failure or error alarming
Advanced layer-2 switching functions: Rapid Spanning Tree, Message Prioritization and Virtual
LANs
Full-duplex operation (no collisions) with flow-control

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1.3 RS900W Family Front Panel View
Figure 1 - Front Panel Description
ITEM Activity Comments
Solid Link Established LINK LED (Yellow)
Blinking – Once per second Tx/Rx Activity
Power LED Solid Po er On
Alarm LED Solid Alarm condition exists
Table 1 - Status LEDs
Fail
-
Safe Relay
Po er Port
Port 9:
Antenna #2
Port 9:
Antenna #1
Ports 1
–
6:
10/100 BaseTx
Ports 7
–
8:
10/100 BaseTx
or
100 BaseFx
Po er and
Alarm LEDs
Reset LED

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1.4 RS900W Family Bottom Panel View
Figure 2 - Bottom Panel Description
Chassis ground
Po er Supply
Connection
Optional DIN Rail
Mounting Bracket
Fail
-
Safe Relay
Connection
RS232 Console
Port

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2 Installation
2.1 DIN Rail Mounting
An optional DIN rail mounting bracket is available for the RS900 . Figure 2.1.1 details mounting
instructions for the standard 1” DIN Rail.
Figure 3 - DIN Rail Mounting
Din Rail
Din Rail
Optional
Din Rail
mounting
bracket
Release latch
Release
direction

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2.2 Power Supply Wiring and Grounding
2.2.1 AC Power Supply Wiring and Grounding
Figure 4 - Po er Supply Inputs
The AC power supply inputs should be connected as follows:
1. +/L should be connected to AC Line/Hot.
2. -/N should be connected to AC Neutral.
3. Surge Ground should be connected to the Chassis Ground via a braided cable or other
appropriate grounding wire. Surge Ground is used as the ground conductor for all surge
and transient suppression circuitry internal to the unit.
4. Chassis Ground must be connected to the AC ground terminal.
NOTES:
1. Equipment must be installed according to the applicable country wiring codes.
2. All line-to-ground transient energy is shunted to the Surge Ground terminal. In cases
where users require the inputs to be isolated from ground, remove the ground braid
between Surge and Chassis Ground. Note that all line-to-ground transient protection
circuitry will be disabled.

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2.2.2 DC Power Supply Wiring and Grounding
Figure 5 - DC Po er supply iring and grounding diagram
The low voltage DC power supply features reverse polarity protection and dual independent inputs.
The latter feature allows the connection of two DC sources with the same nominal voltage to
provide redundant power supply inputs.
The DC power supply inputs should be connected as follows:
1. Connect to the DC inputs according to the polarity markings on the unit.
2. Surge Ground should be connected to the Chassis Ground via a braided cable or other
appropriate grounding wire. Surge Ground is used as the ground conductor for all surge
and transient suppression circuitry internal to the unit.
3. Chassis Ground must be connected to the protective earth.
NOTES:
1. Equipment must be installed according to the applicable country wiring codes.
2. All line-to-ground transient energy is shunted to the Surge Ground terminal. In cases
where users require the inputs to be isolated from ground, remove the ground braid
between Surge and Chassis Ground. Note that all line-to-ground transient protection
circuitry will be disabled.

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2.3 Dielectric Strength (HIPOT) Testing
Units which are to have dielectric strength testing (HIPOT testing) done in the field must have the
braided ground cable disconnected during the test. This is required in order to prevent the surge
suppression circuitry, which is connected to surge ground, from being activated.
Figure 6 - Dielectric Strength Testing

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2.4 Failsafe Output Wiring and Specifications
The Failsafe output relay is provided to signal critical error conditions that may occur on the unit.
The contacts are energized upon power up of the unit and remain energized until an alarm
condition or power loss occurs.
Figure 7 - Failsafe Output Relay

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2.5 RS232 Port Wiring
The RS232 port is used for configuring the unit. A straight-through serial cable with a DB-9
connector is required. There is no need to crossover the Transmit and Receive signals from the PC
side since this has been done internally as is shown below.
Figure 8 - RS232 Female DCE pin-out
Pin Signal
1 No Connection
2 Transmit Data
3 Receive Data
4 No Connection
5 Ground
6 No Connection
7 No Connection
8 No Connection
9 No Connection
Table 2 - RS232 Female DCE pin-out
NOTE: This port is not intended to be a permanent connection and the cable shall be less than 2m
(6.5 ft) in length.

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2.6 RJ45 Ports – Signal Description
Units with 10/100Base-TX ports allow connection to standard Category 5 (CAT-5) unshielded
twisted-pair (UTP) cable with RJ45 male connectors. The RJ45 receptacles are directly connected
to the chassis ground on the unit and can accept CAT-5 shielded twisted-pair (STP) cables. If
shielded cables are used, care must be taken to ensure the shielded cables do not form a ground
loop via the shield wire and the RJ45 receptacles at either end. The figure below shows the shows
the RJ45 port pin-out and LEDs.
Figure 9 - RJ45 port pin-out and LEDs
Pin Signal
1 +Rx
2 -Rx
3 +Tx
4 No Connection
5 No Connection
6 -Tx
7 No Connection
8 No Connection
Case Shield (Chassis Ground)
Table 3 - RJ45 port pin-out
NOTE: RuggedCom does not recommend the use of copper cabling of any length for critical real-
time substation automation applications. However, transient suppression circuitry is present on all
copper ports to protect against damage from electrical transients and to ensure IEC 61850-3 and
IEEE 1613 Class 1 conformance. This means that during the transient event communications
errors or interruptions may occur but recovery is automatic.
RuggedCom also does not recommended to use these ports to interface to field devices across
distances which could produce high levels of ground potential rise, (i.e. greater than 2500V) during
line to ground fault conditions.

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3 Technical Specifications
3.1 Operating Environment
Parameter Range Comments
Ambient Operating Temperature -40 to 85°C Ambient Temperature as measured from a 30 cm radius
surrounding the center of the enclosure.
Ambient Storage Temperature -40 to 85°C
Ambient Relative Humidity 5% to 95% Non-condensing
Table 4 - Operating Environment
3.2 Power Supply Specifications
Power Supply Type Minimum
Input
Ma imum
Input
Fuse
Rating Isolation Ma imum Power Consumption
12 – 24 VDC 10 VDC 36 VDC 3.15 (T) 1.5 kV DC
24 VDC 18 VDC 36 VDC 3.15 (T) 1.5 kV DC
48 VDC 36 VDC 72 VDC 3.15 (T) 1.5 kV DC
HI (125/250 VDC)
1
HI (110/230 VAC)
1
88 VDC
85 VAC
300 VDC
265 VAC 3.15 (T) 4 kV AC 5.5 kV DC
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Table 5 - Po er Supply Specifications
NOTES:
1. This is the same power supply for both AC and DC.
2. (F) Denotes fast-acting fuse, (T) denotes time-delay fuse.
3. For continued protection against risk of fire, replace only with same type and rating of fuse.
3.3 Failsafe Relay Specifications
Parameter Value
Max Switching Voltage 30VAC, 80VDC
Rated Switching Current 0.3A @ 30VAC
1A @ 30VDC, 0.3A @ 80VDC
Table 6 - Failsafe Relay Specification
NOTES:
1. Resistive Load.
2. For Class-2 circuits only.

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Isolation Comments
1500 V
rms
Dielectric test voltage (1 minute) between coil & contacts
Table 7 - Failsafe Relay Isolation
3.4 RJ45 Ethernet Port Specifications
Data Port Media Distance Connector Type
10/100 Mbps CAT-5 UTP or STP 100m RJ45
Table 8 – RJ45 Ethernet Port Specifications

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3.5 Wireless Standards Supported
Standard Parameter Mode Notes
IEEE 802.11g 54 Mbps ( LAN) Full Access Point 2.4 Ghz ISM
IEEE 802.11b 11 Mbps ( LAN) Client support Backwards compatibility
IEEE 802.11i Strong Encryption PA2-AES (CCMP) Robust Secure Network
(RSN)
Enhanced Encryption PA-TKIP (RC4) Temporal keys
Basic Encryption EP (RC4) Up to 4 static keys
IEEE 802.1x ireless Authentication ‘Personal’ or ‘Enterprise’ PSK or RADIUS
Table 9 - Wireless Standards supported
3.6 Radio Characteristics
Standard Parameter
Modulation Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum 802.11b / OFDM 802.11g
Frequency Range 2.4 Ghz – 2.4965 Ghz
Data Rate
6-54 Mbps: OFDM
11 Mbps: CCK
5.5 Mbps: CCK
2 Mbps: DQPSK
1 Mbps: DBPSK
Channels
11 – US (FCC)
11 - CAN (IC)
14 – Japan (MKK)
13 – Other countries (ETS)
Output Po er
100 m (20dBm) 802.11b 11Mbps Data Rate
100 m (20dBm) 802.11g 6-24Mbps Data Rate
79 m (19dBm) 802.11g 36Mbps Data Rate
63 m (18dBm) 802.11g 48Mbps Data Rate
40 m (16dBm) 802.11g 54Mbps Data Rate
Receiver Sensitivity At Radio 802.11b 11Mb@-88dBm / With Antenna: 11Mb@-91dBm
At Radio 802.11g 54Mb@-74dBm / With Antenna: 54Mb@-77dBm
Table 10 - Radio Characteristics

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3.7 IEEE 802.11b/g
The channel identifiers, channel center frequencies, and regulatory domains of each IEEE 802.11b/g 22-MHz-wide
channel are shown in Figure 2.7.1
Regulatory Domains
Channel Identifier
Frequency
(in MHz)
America (-A) EMEA (-E) Japan (-J) Rest of World (-W)
1 2412 X X X X
2 2417 X X X X
3 2422 X X X X
4 2427 X X X X
5 2432 X X X X
6 2437 X X X X
7 2442 X X X X
8 2447 X X X X
9 2452 X X X X
10 2457 X X X X
11 2462 X X X X
12 2467 - X X X
13 2472 - X X X
14 2484 - - X -
Table 11 - Channel allocations for IEEE 802.11b/g
NOTES:
•Mexico is included in the Rest of orld regulatory domain; however, channels 1 through 8 are for indoor use
only while channels 9 through 11 can be used indoors and outdoors. Users are responsible for ensuring that
the channel set configuration complies with the regulatory standards of Mexico.
•In Japan, channel 14 is not supported for 802.11g mode.

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3.8 Fiber Optical Port Specifications
Order
Code
Speed
Standard
Mode /
Connector
Tx
(nm)
Cable
Type
(um)
Tx
min
(dBm)
Tx
max
(dBm)
Rx
Sensitivity
(dBm)
Rx
Saturation
(dBm)
Typical
Distance
(km)
Po er
Budget
(dB)
MJ 100FX MM/MTRJ 1300 50/125 -22.5 -14 -33.5 -14 2 11
62.5/125 -19 -14 -33.5 -14 2 14.5
MC 100FX MM/SC 1300 50/125 -22.5 -14 -33.9 -14 2 11.4
62.5/125 -19 -14 -33.9 -14 2 14.9
MT 100FX MM/ST 1300 50/125 -22.5 -14 -33.9 -14 2 11.4
62.5/125 -19 -14 -33.9 -14 2 14.9
ML 100FX MM/LC 1310 62.5/125 -19 -14 -32 -14 2 13
T2 100FX SM/ST 1310 9/125 -15 -7 -34 -3 20 19
L2 100FX SM/LC 1300 9/125 -15 -8 -38 -3 20 23
C2 100FX SM/SC 1300 9/125 -15 -8 -31 -7 20 16
L5 100FX SM/LC 1310 9/125 -5 0 -35 -3 50 30
C5 100FX SM/SC 1310 9/125 -5 0 -34 -3 50 29
L9 100FX SM/LC 1310 9/125 0 5 -37 0 90 37
C9 100FX SM/SC 1310 9/125 5 0 -37 0 90 42
Table 12 - Fiber Optic Port Specifications
NOTES:
1. All values listed are average values
2. To convert from average to peak add 3 dBm. To convert from peak to average, subtract 3 dBm.
3. Maximum segment length is greatly dependent on factors such as fiber quality, and number of patches and
splices. Please consult RuggedCom sales associates when determining maximum segment distances.

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3.9 Physical Dimensions
Figure 10 - Mechanical Specifications

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3.10 Agency Approvals
Agency Standards Comments
CSA CSA C22.2 No. 60950, UL 60950 Approved
CE EN 60950, EN 61000-6-2 CE Compliance is claimed via
Declaration of Self Conformity Route
FCC FCC Part 15, Class A Approved
CISPR EN55022, Class A Approved
FDA/CDRH 21 CFR Chapter 1, Subchapter J Approved
IEC/EN EN60825-1:1994 + A11:1996 + A2:2001 Approved
CSA
Class 1, Division 2 Hazardous Locations
Gas Groups: A,B,C, and D
Temp. Code: T6 at 40C°, T4A at 85C°
Approved
Table 14 - Agency Approvals
4 Warranty
RuggedCom warrants this product for a period of five (5) years from date of purchase. For warranty
details, visit http://www.ruggedcom.com or contact your customer service representative. Should
this product require warranty or service contact the factory at:
RuggedCom Inc.
30 hitmore Road,
oodbridge, Ontario
Canada L4L 7Z4
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Parameter Value Comments
Dimensions 7,4 x 2,6 x 5,0 inches
(187,96) x (66,04) x (127,0) mm
(Length x idth x Depth)
eight 2.7 lb (1.2 Kg)
Enclosure 20 A G Galvanized Steel
Table 13 - Physical Dimensions