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  • Page 1 User Manual Version 2.5...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Enable AP Client on Airconsole for Android Tethering ............37 7 Using Airconsole Serial port with Mac OSX ............38 8 Other Airconsole Uses ..................41 8.1.1 Using Airconsole Serial port with Windows 7 Terminal Applications ......41 8.1.2 Connecting to Cisco USB console ports..................... 41 8.1.3 Connecting to other USB Serial ports ....................

  • Page 4: Welcome To Airconsole

    1 Welcome to Airconsole Thanks for purchasing Airconsole - the fastest and easiest way to get Wired Serial and Ethernet connectivity into your Apple iPad or iPhone, Android Device or PC / Mac via WIFI and or Bluetooth Classic or Bluetooth Low Energy.

  • Page 5: Quick Setup

    2 Quick Setup Getting setup with Airconsole is easy - the WIFI instructions are also printed on the back of the unit Step Description Example Power on Airconsole by sliding the Off/Charge/On slider to the “R” position. The Airconsole takes about 20 seconds to boot.
  • Page 6 12345678. To do this go to your iOS device settings page, select WIFI and Choose the Airconsole-[XX] network. By default Airconsole acts as a DHCP server so will give an IP address to your iOS/PC/Android device on the 192.168.10.X network.
  • Page 7 Bluetooth Low Energy Operation To use Bluetooth Low Energy your iOS device does not have to join Airconsole WIFI. Ensure Bluetooth is enabled in your iOS device settings Launch Get Console App, Bluetooth adaptor will be auto-discovered and appear as option in Quick Connection...
  • Page 8 The changes take effect immediately.

  • Page 9: Hardware And Connectivity Overview

    Android 4.1 or later 4 Airconsole Web Configuration Airconsole has a built in webpage that can be used to change the default settings, as well as flash the device with new firmware if required. To access this webpage complete steps 1 and 3 of the initial setup instructions above, and then browse to http://192.168.10.1/...
  • Page 10 Change the default serial port baud rate, data and parity bit settings and flow control. Note that all of these settings can be also changed in Get Console, the webpage is just used to change the default settings if using with a terminal that does not fully support RFC2217 extensions.

  • Page 11: Serial Settings

    Each page on the Airconsole website has built in help for each of these functions on the right hand side of the screen. 4.1 Serial Settings The Serial page allows for the tuning of the default serial port baud rate and other parameters.

  • Page 12: Advanced Serial Settings

    115200 230400 4.1.1 Advanced Serial Settings Airconsole can act as an RFC2177 compatible serial terminal server and/or a raw IP- Serial bridge. The default ports for each of these services can be modified on the Advanced Serial Settings page. Note that altering the default Com Port Control tcp port from 3696 will require a restart of Get Console app to redetect the changed port, and will require modification of windows and OSX driver default configuration.

  • Page 13: Lan Settings

    To learn more about Websockets support in Airconsole download the Websockets SDK at www.get-console.com/airconsole Developer resources. In firmware 2.12 and later, Airconsole supports the Bluetooth Low Energy and Bluetooth Classic connectivity to serial ports if a USB-Bluetooth-Serial cable is present. Support is enabled by default.

  • Page 14: Setup Page

    Wired LAN that has a DHCP server DHCP Client Enabled Configuration Not Possible Each mode is discussed in the sections below 4.2.1 Setup Page The LAN Setup page sets the IP address of the Airconsole’s Bridge interface. The 2...

  • Page 15: Static Ip Address

    Airconsole needs to have a statically configured IP address to integrate into an existing statically addressed network 3) When there is DHCP server on the wired LAN but Airconsole needs static IP in a range not assigned by the DHCP server while the wireless PC/iPad/iPhone...

  • Page 16: Dhcp Client Mode

    LAN port of Airconsole to an existing LAN that already has a DHCP Server running on it. In this mode the Airconsole acts as a DHCP Client for its own Bridge IP address, and also proxies DHCP requests from wireless clients connected to the Airconsole-XX SSID WIFI network through to the external DHCP server on the Wired LAN network.

  • Page 17: Dhcp Server Page

    DHCP servers existing on the same LAN. 4.2.4 DHCP Server Page While the Airconsole Setup page has a static IP address set for the Bridge interface, the DHCP Server Mode is enabled by default in the DHCP Server page.
  • Page 18 In this mode the Airconsole acts as a DHCP Server on its Bridge interface (ie for both the “Airconsole-XX” wireless and wired LAN port. It will allocate IP addresses from the range configured on the webpage. Within this mode there are 2 sub options: ...

  • Page 19: Wireless Settings

    4.3 Wireless Settings The pages allows for configuring the Wireless settings of Airconsole. This includes the SSID, the security settings and for advanced users the tuning of the radio interface. 4.3.1 Basic Wireless The Basic Wireless tab allows for setting the WIFI SSID, and the supported wireless protocols.
  • Page 20 Airconsole-XX WIFI network with the correct password will be able to join AP Isolation: Off – enable this if you do not wish wireless clients joined to Airconsole to be able to communicate with each other (ie only with the Airconsole itself) Channel: Auto.

  • Page 21: Wireless Security

    4.3.2 Wireless Security Airconsole offers 5 Security modes  Security Disabled  Open System – for WEP based encryption using pre-shared secrets. This is very weak encryption for use with very old Wireless clients that do not support newer WPA based security.

  • Page 22: Advanced Wireless

    If all wireless clients needing to connect to Airconsole support WPA2/AES then we recommend changing the security mode to this setting. Airconsole does not support the use of WPA2 or 802.1X with certificates. 802.1X is supported with just Radius pre-shared key.

  • Page 23: Ap Client Mode

    “Wireless1” interface which remains bridged through to the wired LAN port. Effectively then the Airconsole becomes a 2 port router that can route between its “LAN” port (the Wired and Wireless1 bridged interface) and the AP Client Wireless2 “WAN”...

  • Page 24: Ap Client Configuration

    The Site Survey results appear at the bottom of the AP Client page. Select the WIFI network you wish Airconsole to join which will populate the SSID in the top of page form. Complete the password for the selected WIFI network and Apply button.

  • Page 25: Ap Client Detailed Steps

    If successful the AP Client page will show status connected. The IP Address allocated by the external WIFI network (assuming AP Client interface is using default DHCP setting) will be shown on the main Airconsole home (status) page. 4.4.2 AP Client Detailed Steps Choose existing WIFI network from Site Survey and press select The SSID, Authentication type and encryption method are prepopulated.
  • Page 26 Because Airconsole can only operate on a single channel at a time, if the current Airconsole-XX WIFI network is on a different wireless channel to the selected AP Client WIFI network, the Airconsole-XX SSID will shift to the same channel and a popup will...

  • Page 27: Access Internet Via Ap Client

    If successful the AP Client page will show Connection Status: Connected. Also on the Airconsole Home (Status) page the IP Address allocated to the AP Client (WAN) interface will be visibile 4.4.3 Access Internet via AP Client...

  • Page 28: Remote Access Via Cloud Service (Private Server)

    5 Remote Access via Cloud Service (Private Server) In version 2.1 and later firmware, Airconsole supports direct tunneling of its serial port to a Cloud server - Get Console Private Server (version 1.6 or above). Just as in Get...
  • Page 29 Airconsole is using should be able to resolve the hostname to an IP address. If the connection to the Private Server is successful, then a session key will be shown in the Status (Home) page of the Airconsole and also the Airconsole will be visible on the Private Server portal page...
  • Page 30 Private Server. Once connected the serial port on the Airconsole can be directly accessed via the Web Console as per any other Private Server shared terminal session. Apart from direct...

  • Page 31: Airconsole With Android

    6 Airconsole with Android 6.1 Bluetooth Connection on Android Airconsole supports Bluetooth 2.1 EDR connections to serial ports via our free SerialBot terminal application (version 1.7.4 and later). To use SerialBot with Airconsole over Bluetooth complete following steps 1) Pair your Android device with Airconsole Bluetooth BEFORE launching SerialBot...
  • Page 32 2) Launch SerialBot app and select the “serial-bt” connection type, then type in the baudrate-databits-parity-stopbits in format like (for example) 9600-8N1 to select 9600 baud, 8 databits, No parity, 1 stopbit...

  • Page 34: Concurrent Wifi And 3G On Android - Android Tethering

    WIFI tethering feature available from Android 2.2 and later. Under this operation, the Airconsole device will use its AP Client to join to the Android WIFI network rather than the other way around. When in this mode the Android device then maintains its 3G/4G radio connection and WIFI connection at the same time.
  • Page 35 When Airconsole is connected it will show up under Connected devices with the IP address that the Android device has allocated to Airconsole APClient interface. This is the address that can be used in SerialBot or other apps to reach Airconsole Serial port.

  • Page 37: Enable Ap Client On Airconsole For Android Tethering

    - Set APClient to join to use SSID “AndroidAP” - Set APClient to use password “Android1234” - Set Airconsole to always use channel 6 by default On the “Basic Wireless” page, set Airconsole to channel 6. On AP Client page, join to “AndroidAP” with passphrase “Android1234” and enable NAT...

  • Page 38: Using Airconsole Serial Port With Mac Osx

    7 Using Airconsole Serial port with Mac OSX In version 2.5 of Airconsole and later, the Mac OSX Serial port driver now supports both Serial over WIFI and also Serial over Bluetooth Low Energy. Running the AirconsoleOSX app will detect the Airconsole adaptor and present it as a TTY line that any terminal application can connect to as if it is a physical serial port directly attached to OSX.
  • Page 39 In the above example, the OSX computer has detected Airconsole on both WIFI and Bluetooth. In this situation, select the method required, or Auto – Auto will default to WIFI as WIFI has better performance than Bluetooth. The AirconsoleOSX program will create a NullModem-1 and an Airconsole-1 COM port.

  • Page 41: Other Airconsole Uses

    8.1.4 Machine to Machine Mode This mode is accessed in the “Remote Access” page on the Airconsole web interface. M2M mode allows you to configure two Airconsoles to connect to each other to make a back-to-back serial connection between 2 remote serial devices.

  • Page 42: Resetting To Factory Defaults

    The master Airconsole can optionally set the line properties (Baud rate etc) which will be applied to the remote Airconsole to ensure that both serial port configurations match. Successful connection to the remote Airconsole will be visible on the Status (home) page.

  • Page 43: Factory Reset Procedure For Version 2.X Firmware

    Note for firmware 1.x that after a factory reset the SSID will always be AirConsole-XX rather than AirConsole-A3 or what is printed on the back of the unit. You can change it to match the SSID printed on the back of the unit via the built in webpage.

  • Page 44: Troubleshooting

    USB cable from any powered USB port. Full Charging takes around 45 minutes Light on unit solid red or Your Airconsole unit is faulty or has failed during a firmware upgrade. Please contact support@get- solid blue and doesn’t console.com for further advice and/or return change after 1 minute.
  • Page 45 IP address and place your iOS/Mac/PC onto the same IP subnet. A quick way to do this is to discover the Airconsole address via Bonjour (iOS/OSX) or mDNS (windows) by pinging the “AirConsole-xx.local” address from the command prompt –...
  • Page 46 TX/RX counters (in Get Console 1.x, top left hidden button where TX/RX LED lights are shown. In Get Console 2.x press and hold the right hand side menu slide out button). If the RX counter shows 0 then no frames are being received from serial device.

  • Page 47: Technical Information

    IP that is in the same subnet as the AirConsole. Alternatively, reconnecting to the AirConsole Wifi can resolve this problem. This will only work provided that the AirConsole IP and the DHCP assigned IP are in the same subnet. AP Client “connects” but On 802.11N networks, this problem can happen when...
  • Page 48 Solid blue – Airconsole ready to receive firmware upgrade. If on when not performing firmware upgrade or stays on for more than 30 seconds then unit maybe faulty. d) Long Blue Blinking – Airconsole is booting (version 2.0) e) Intermittent Blue blinking –...

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