Redline RDL-3000 SC Quick guide

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CONFIGURING RDL3000 TO COMMUNICATE WITH FCC TVWS DATABASE

TV WHITE SPACES

Before You Start:

●You will need permanent TVWS option keys (Region 12/44) and tokens for each radio. The keys and tokens

are provided by the distributor you purchased the Redline equipment through.

●Keys and tokens are tied to the radio’s S/N or MAC address.

●You will need to install the latest software. The software is provided by the distributor you purchased the

Redline equipment through.

●To install radio software, you will need an FTP/TFTP server running on your computer. TFTP works ﬁne for

local connections; however, FTP works better over live networks.

●To run command lines on RDL-3000 TVWS radios you will need Telnet running on your computer, PuTTY or

Microsoft or equivalent.

●Ensure the following TCP ports, 443 and 53 are open in your network for RDL-3000 TVWS radios to

communicate with the TVWS database.

●The default DNS the RDL-3000 TVWS radios are using is 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

●IP plan needs to be determined for the base station (Ellipse) and subscriber radios (Enterprise RF) to

access the TVWS database.

●Default Gateway needs to be conﬁgured on base station (Ellipse) and subscriber radios (Enterprise RF).

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PROCEDURE

Software Upgrade Using the Web Interface:

1. Login to the unit, navigate to “Utilities” and click “Firmware”. Enter the IP address of the TFTP server and

the full name of the PMP software ﬁle including the binary extension (.sbin). When using FTP the operator

must also enter the FTP account name and password. Click the “Upload File” button to start the upload

process. A status message will indicate when the software ﬁle has been completely uploaded.

2. Click the “Change Version” to move uploaded software from “Alternate” to “Active”. “Are you sure you

want to change version?” message window will open, click “OK”. The radio will reboot.

3. Verify the radio is running the latest software version by logging in and seeing the version in the Web

interface banner.

Install Permanent Option Key and Token Using Web Interface:

1. Using the radio’s serial number or MAC address ﬁnd the permanent option key that was generated for this

radio. Use the “General Information” to locate radios S/N or MAC address.

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2. Click “Product Options” and enter the PMP-enabled options key (copy and paste) in “Options Key 1” or

“Options Key 2” ﬁeld. Select the appropriate key in the “Active Options Key” ﬁeld and click “Activate Key”

to validate and activate the new key.

3. When key is activated the system log ﬁle will be displayed.

4. Using the radio’s serial number or MAC address ﬁnd the access token that was generated for this radio. Click

“Product Options” and enter the “Access Token” ﬁeld (copy and paste) and “Activate” token.

5. When Access Token is activated the system log ﬁle will be displayed.

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TVWS Conﬁguration to Access Spectrum Administrator Using Web Interface:

1. Click “System” to conﬁgure “Basic Network Conﬁguration”. You will need an IP address that is routable

out of the network, Default Gateway, and DNS. The default DNS is 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

2. Click “WSDB Control”. The following information starting with coordinates needs to be entered. If the radio

does not have a GPS antenna connected, or does not support a GPS antenna connection (Enterprise RF),

then coordinates will have to be entered in manually. If the radio (Ellipse) is connected to a GPS antenna,

then the coordinates can be entered in automatically if “Use GPS” is enabled. Ensure you enter “+1” in

front of “Contact Phone” otherwise registration process will fail.

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Wireless Conﬁguration:

1. Click “Wireless” and enter “Antenna Gain” that radio will be using.

2. The radio will display the contiguous channels and center frequency based on selected channel size under

“Basic Wireless Conﬁguration”. After successful connection and registration to TVWS Database the

allowed contiguous channels will be in black font with center frequency and the not allowed contiguous

channels will be in red font.

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Testing TVWS Database Connection:

1. The base station (Ellipse) communicates with the TVWS database via its Ethernet port. Connect the base

station to your network. Click “WSDB Status”.

2. Channels that are in red are not allowed, channels in blue are allowed and green channel is the channel

the radio is using.

3. You will need to follow the same procedure for subscriber radios (Enterprise RF). The subscriber radio

communicates with TVWS database via its RF connection so to test the database connection the subscriber

radio needs to be registered to a base station radio (Ellipse). To learn how to conﬁgure the subscriber radio

to communicate with base station radio go to https://rdlcom.com/resources/ click “All Videos”, then click

“Training Videos”. Watch “RDL-3000 Basic Link Conﬁguration”.

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BASIC TVWS DATABASE CONNECTIVITY TROUBLESHOOTING

Server Connectivity Status Failure:

1. Check Ethernet port is connected with no duplexing issues between Ethernet switch/router and RDL-3000

radio. Force Ethernet port on RDL-3000 and Ethernet switch/route to 100Mbps Full Duplex.

2. Check radio is using a routable IP address.

3. Check radio default gateway is conﬁgured.

4. Check conﬁgured DNS is conﬁgured and supported through network.

5. Ensure TCP ports, 443 and 53 are open in your network.

6. Conﬁrm network connection is not down by pinging DNS, Gateway, or Google web site.

Registration Status Failure:

1. Ensure Access Token is entered and activated.

2. Contact Redline Support, support@rdlcom.com, and request another Access Token be generated.

3. Ensure all ﬁelds starting with coordinates are completed.

4. Ensure phone number has a +1 in front of the number.

Channel List Status Failure:

1. Ensure Antenna height is not over FCC regulations, 30m. Verify number expected channel by doing a TVWS

channel search at https://usa.wavedb.com/.

2. Ensure coordinates have been entered correctly.

3. Ensure “Antenna Gain” has been entered under Wireless Conﬁguration.

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