West Mountain Radio RIGrunner 10010i User manual

RIGrunner 4005i
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RIGrunner 10010i Rackmount

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Thank you for choosing the RIGrunner 4005i or 10010i with Internet
and WIFI capabilities. The RIGrunner 4005i is a sophisticated 12 VDC
power controller and distribution system, intended for use in remote-
control applications. Any reference to 4005i also applies to the 10010i
unit. The RIGrunner 4005i allows EMCOMM and Repeater operators
the ability to monitor and control the power distribution of their systems
from any PC or Internet-ready mobile device.
Mounting Location
Consider a location that gives easy access and is easy to see. The
location should be close, or central, to most of the equipment; especially
those that draw large amounts of current. Locate the power source
in close proximity to the RIGrunner, remembering every wire has
resistance, and longer wires have more resistance. Understand that
#10 cable of 10 feet or more will not allow for adequate full output supply
to the RIGrunner without a signicant voltage drop.
Install in a cool, dry place with good ventilation. Do not place on top of
an amplier or room heater and do not cover the unit. It is recommended
to not place in the engine compartment of a car, or directly on the oor
within the car, as water from rain or snow many damage the unit.
Connecting to Equipment
RIGrunners come standard with Anderson Powerpole®. Powerpole®
connectors are genderless and the same connector arrangement works
for both supply and load. Consider updating all cables that supply
or use 12VDC to use Powerpole® connectors for quick, convenient
connections to equipment.
Assembly of Powerpole® to cables should follow the amateur radio
standard also used by RIGrunners. Powerpole® may be installed by
soldering or crimping. Powerpole® general installation instructions can
be found at www.westmountainradio.com/Powerpoleinstall or view the
video presentation on PWRcrimp Tool and Powerpole®.
IMPORTANT: Be sure that assembly of the pairs is correct. ALWAYS
verify that RED+PLUS and BLACK— MINUS is correct.
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Front Panel Description
LCD – view operational status.
Next/Exit Buttons – operation for LCD display
Node LEDs – The LED above the button indicates the current state of
that powerpole:
• Unlit – Powerpole® node is not active and no power is being supplied
to the node.
•  – Powerpole® node is active and power is being supplied
to the node.
• Red – The soft fuse has blown, or voltage is too high/low and no
power is being applied to the node.
DC IN Powerpole®
Connection
Powerpole® Nodes
“Nodes” 1 - 5
Expansion
Port
Ethernet
Port
Back Panel
Back Panel Descriptions
The far right connector is DC IN for input of a power supply or battery. It is
recommended to plug in equipment with the highest power consumption
to start at Powerpole® Node 1 and continue down the Powerpole®
nodes for lower drain units. Typically 12V input ampliers and 100W
RF output transceivers should be near Node 1, VHF radios in the middle
nodes, and smaller accessories in Nodes 4 and 5. All Powerpole® nodes
have software adjustable fuses. Fuse conguration and adjustment
procedures discussed in a later section of this manual.
Expansion Port connector is an 8-pin MiniDIN and allows for future
accessories from West Mountain Radio such as antenna rotor control,
CI-V, and daisy-chain of equipment. Details on the expansion port pins
and conguration is discussed later in this manual.
Ethernet Port connector is a standard RJ45 jack to connect the
RIGrunner 4005i to any Internet connection or router.

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Node Enable and Soft Fuses
Each Powerpole® node has a toggle button to enable/disable node.
Pressing the corresponding button will toggle the ON/OFF state of the
Powerpole®node. The LED above the button indicates the current
state of that Powerpole®.
The ON/OFF state is stored in program memory and retained if power
is lost to the RIGrunner.
Each node has a “soft fuse”, meaning that it is a user congurable
setting. The fuse value can be congured from the web browser over a
network connection. If the soft fuse has been blown, the Node Enable
Button must be pressed twice to return to ON status. NOTE: The rst
button press clears the alarm and the second button press enables
the node.
Status Screen
The LCD status screen shows operational status of the unit. If left
alone, the unit will scroll through displaying measurements of all nodes
and the DC supply.
Pressing NEXT button will cause the unit to stop scrolling and manually
scroll to the next screen to display. Pressing EXIT will return back to
scrolling mode.
The LCD status screen and the NEXT and EXIT buttons generally are
used to view unit information and settings. In order to congure the
Node Enable Buttons – button press will toggle the ON/OFF state of
each node or Reset Fuse.
Front Panel
Next/Exit Buttons
LCD Display
Node Enable Buttons
Node LED
Status Indicators

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unit, the user must use a web browser over the network or the USB
connection with a computer.
Status Mode:
The top line displays the user congured name for this node or power
supply. The bottom line displays the status of one node at a time for a few
seconds before scrolling to the next node. If the node is enabled, it will
display the load (in Amps) drawn from that node. If the node is disabled,
it will display OFF in that position.
The LCD status screen will continue to display a screen until the NEXT or
EXIT button is pressed. If NEXT is pressed it will display the next status
screen. If EXIT is pressed, it will return to the scrolling status mode.
Network Status Screen: Press NEXT past each node status to view
the network status information.
In this screen, the second line gives the current network status, and has
the following possible values:
• Not Connected – No network connection is found. If using Ethernet,
verify that a good Ethernet cable has been connected from a hub/
PC to the RIGrunner. If using Wi, verify that all of the WIFI SSID
and security settings are valid for the WIFI router.
• DHCP Not Bound – A network connection has been found, but no IP
information has been sent by a DHCP server. More information about
this is detailed in the Networking section of the RIGrunner manual.
• IP Address – An IP address is a set of 4 numbers, with
each number separated by a ‘.’. This number represents
the address on the network, and is the address that can be
open with a web browser. More information about this is
detailed in the Networking section of the RIGrunner manual.
Node 1
0.15 Amps
Figure 1 - status mode screen
Network Status:
192.168.100.220
Figure 2 - network status screen

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DHCP Status Screen: Press NEXT when viewing the Network Status
Screen to view the DHCP client conguration information.
This screen displays the current DHCP client conguration. DHCP is
a protocol that allows for auto IP address conguration. If enabled,
the RIGrunner will attempt to talk to a DHCP server to get IP address
conguration automatically. In order to enable this, there must be a
DHCP server on the network. Most modern routers have DHCP support.
Additional information and details are discussed in the Networking
section of this manual.
HTTP Port Screen: Press NEXT when viewing the DHCP Status Screen
to view the HTTP Port web browser information.
The HTTP port is the TCP/IP port that the RIGrunner’s webserver is
using for web browser connections. The default port used by all web
browsers is 80. But in order to route or use port-forwarding on some
router congurations, it may be required to change this port. More
information about this is detailed in the Networking section of this manual.
DHCP Toggle, WIFI Networking Mode Toggle
and Factory Reset
DHCP Toggle
By holding down the NEXT and EXIT buttons for 5 seconds the
RIGrunner will start a special menu that allows the user to toggle the
DHCP (Auto IP):
Disabled
Figure 3 – DHCP status screen
HTTP Port
80
Figure 4 – http port screen
Disable DHCP?
Next=N, Exit=Y
Figure 5 – DHCP toggle screen

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DHCP setting or perform a factory reset.
Figure 5 shows the DHCP toggle screen, and is the rst choice shown after
holding down the NEXT and EXIT buttons for 5 seconds. Pressing the
EXIT button will toggle the existing value of the DHCP client conguration
and then return to normal operation. This only toggles the DHCP client
conguration of the RIGrunner. Refer to the manual of the router in use
to adjust the DHCP server conguration.
WIFI Networking Mode Toggle
If you are using a WIFI version of the RIGrunner 4005i, pressing the
NEXT button on the Figure 6 screen will bring up the WIFI networking
mode screen as shown in Figure 6 If you are not using a WIFI RIGrunner
4005i you can skip to Figure 7.
Figure 6 shows the WIFI networking mode toggle screen. The RIGrunner
4005i can either be placed into Ad-Hoc mode or Infrastructure mode. The
di󰀨erences between these two modes are documented in the section
labeled WIFI Networking.
If Ad-Hoc networking mode is enabled, the rst line of Figure 6 will say
‘Disable Ad-Hoc?’. Pressing the EXIT button will set WIFI networking
mode to Infrastructure. A reboot of the RIGrunner is required for this
change to have e󰀨ect.
Factory Reset
If Infrastructure networking mode is enabled, the rst line of Figure 6 will
say ‘Enable Ad-Hoc?’. Pressing the EXIT button will set WIFI networking
mode to Ad-Hoc. A reboot of the RIGrunner is required for this change
to have e󰀨ect. Pressing the NEXT button on the Figure 6 screen will go
to the Factory reset screen as shown in Figure 7.
Factory Reset: Press the NEXT button to advance the toggle of DHCP
screen to Factory Reset screen.
Enable Ad-Hoc?
Next=N, Exit=Y
Figure 6 – WIFI networking mode toggle screen

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Press the EXIT button will perform a factory reset.
Press the NEXT button to bypass performing a factory reset and return
the unit to normal operating mode. Below is a list of the initial values
that will be set if a factory reset is performed.
NOTE: Toggling the DHCP client or performing a factory reset
requires a power-cycle in order to take e󰀨ect.
Factory Defaults:
• DHCP client: Enabled
• IP Address: 192.168.100.220
• Netmask Address: 255.255.255.0
• Gateway Address: 192.168.100.1
• HTTP Port: 80
• HTTP does not require login
• Admin user named ‘admin’ with password ‘admin’
• Control user named ‘control’ with password ‘control’
• All scheduled events removed
• Node descriptive strings are clear
• Device String: RR4005i
• Expansion port pins set to high impedance
• All soft fuses set to 40A
• WIFI SSID: MY_WIFI
• WIFI networking mode: Infrastructure
• WIFI channels used: All
• WIFI security mode / encryption: Open (none)
• E-mail server conguration cleared
• All e-mail alerts disabled
Factory Reset?
Next=N, Exit=Y
Figure 7 – Factory reset screen

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Rebooting the Device
By holding the EXIT button down for 3 seconds, the device will prompt
if you want to reboot (reset) the device:
Pressing the NEXT button will ignore the request and the unit will operate
normally. Pressing the EXIT button will cause the unit to be rebooted. A
reason for wanting to reboot the unit is to load new or changed network
settings.
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Ad-Hoc vs Infrastructure
The RIGrunner 4005i can be placed in two di󰀨erent WIFI networking
modes: Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure. Infrastructure is the more common
WIFI networking mode, where all WIFI devices on the network connect
to one WIFI access point (aka AP, gateway or router). With Infrastructure
mode several devices can be connected to one network. Ad-Hoc mode
is a peer-to-peer network connection that can only be shared between
two devices. The most common use of Ad-Hoc is a direct connection
between two computers or between a smart phone and another device.
When the RIGrunner 4005i is using Infrastructure mode, the RIGruner
4005i acts like a common TCP/IP client. In this mode the TCP/IP
settings, such as IP address or DHCP, needs to be congured to match
the network that the RIGrunner 4005i is to join. See the section labeled
‘TCP/IP Networking Conguration’ for more help on this.
When the RIGrunner 4005i is using Ad-Hoc mode, the RIGrunner 4005i
acts more like a server. In this mode the DHCP client setting is ignored,
instead the RIGrunner 4005i acts as a DHCP server and will assign IP
addresses to clients that connect to the RIGrunner 4005i (if the client
has DHCP enabled). Also in the Ad-Hoc mode, the RIGrunner 4005i
acts as a DNS server. If the client connecting to the RIGrunner 4005i
is using the RIGrunner 4005i as the DNS server, the RIGrunner 4005i
will answer all DNS queries and point the result to the RIGrunner 4005i.
That means opening a browser to http://someplace.com it will open
Reboot Unit?
Next=N, Exit=Y
Figure 8 – Reboot prompt screen

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the web-page on the RIGrunner 4005i. The application of this is, with
minimal conguration, a smart phone or client PC can connect to the
RIGrunner 4005i and access the web-pages. If the client connecting to
the RIGrunner 4005i is using DHCP to get IP conguration, the client
will automatically use the RIGrunner as a DNS server.
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In order to make the RIGrunner 4005i connect properly to an established
Infrastructure network, the RIGrunner 4005i needs to be congured for
that network’s parameters. The settings that need to be set are the SSID
(the unique name of the infrastructure network), the security mode and
encryption key. All of these parameters are unique to each network.
These settings can be set on conguration web-page on the RIGrunner
4005i or by using the USB connection on the unit.
WIFI radio frequency region
RIGrunner 4005i’s are shipped by West Mountain Radio using the FCC
radio frequency region. If the RIGrunner 4005i is to be used in a di󰀨erent
region then this setting will have to be changed. To change this region
the NEXT and EXIT button have to be held down during power-up and
then held for over 5 seconds. This will then be displayed on the LCD
of the RIGrunner 4005i:
Pressing EXIT button on Figure 9 will cause the RIGrunner 4005i
to return to normal operation. Press NEXT button on Figure 9 will
acknowledge the change request, and the LCD on the RIGrunner 4005i
will now display:
Pressing the NEXT button on Figure 10 will cycle between the valid
radio frequency regions supported by the RIGrunner 4005i. Pressing
Set WIFI Region?
Next=N, Exit=Y
Figure 9 – WIFI region warning screen
FCC
Next=N, Exit=Y
Figure 10 – WIFI region setting screen