Ubiquiti NanoBeam M5 Manual

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Ubiquity NanoBeam M5 Setup for Truck Scales
1. Purchase the Ubiquity NanoBeam M5 bridge here on Amazon: Nanobeam M5 bridge
2. To access the Nanobeam web interface, your computer must be in the same subnet range as the unit.
3. Click Start, and type Control in the search field, then select Control Panel.
4. Click on Network and Internet.
5. Click on Network and Sharing Center.
6. On the left pane, click the Change adapter settings link.
7. Right-click on your computer’s Ethernet network adapter and select Properties.
8. Select the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) option.
9. Click the Properties button.
10. Select the Use the following IP address option.
11. Set the IP address to 192.168.1.1 .
12. Set the Subnet mask. (e.g., 255.255.0.0).
13. Click OK.
14. Click Close again to close the network adapter properties.
15. Connect the truck scale intercom to a POE switch, plug a computer into the POE. Connect the first bridge device
to the POE injector that came with it. Plug the LAN port of that POE injector into the POE Ethernet switch (can
use a non-powered port). Do NOT plug the wireless bridge directly into the same POE Switch as the intercom
since they use different voltages.

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16. Launch your web browser. Enter https://192.168.1.20.Press Enter.
17. Log in with username ubnt, password ubnt. Change password to alphaadmin when prompted.
18. Click on the Wireless tab and set Wireless Mode to Access Point.
19. Also under the Wireless tab and Wireless Security, change Security to WPA-AES, WPA Authentication to PSK,
and the WPA Preshared Key to alphaadmin . Click on Change button at the bottom of the screen and the Apply
button at the top of the screen.

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20. Go to the Network tab and change IP address to 169.254.1.200 Change Gateway IP to 169.254.1.1. Click on the
Change button at the bottom of the screen and the Apply button at the top of the screen.
21. Connect the scale house phone intercom to a POE switch. Connect the second bridge device to the POE injector
that came with it. Plug the LAN port of that POE injector into the POE Ethernet switch (can use a non-powered
port). Do NOT plug the bridge into the same POE as the phone since they are different voltages. Point the two
bridge devices at each other so they can communicate.
22. Log in to the second unit using the same address and password combination: https://192.168.1.20. username
ubnt, password ubnt
23. Click on the Wireless Tab and make sure Wireless Mode is set to Station.
24. Also under the Wireless tab and Wireless Security, change Security to WPA-AES, WPA Authentication to PSK,
and the WPA Preshared Key to alphaadmin . Click on Change button at the bottom of the screen and the Apply
button at the top of the screen.
25. Go to Network and change IP address to 169.254.1.201. Change Gateway IP to 169.254.1.1. Click on Change
button at the bottom of the screen and the Apply button at the top of the screen.
26. You will now need to reconfigure the Ethernet adapter on your computer with a static IP address on the
169.254.1.1 subnet, subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 if you want to log in to make any changes. The username is
ubnt and the password is alphaadmin. Changing the adapter will also allow you to connect to the intercom
equipment.
27. The equipment should now be operational. For best performance, you should follow the antenna alignment
instructions located here: https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/205222640-airMAX-How-to-Aim-a-NanoBeam-
for-the-Best-AC-Performance