BEACON®MANUAL REVISED NOVEMBER 2022
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Table of Contents
1Introduction ............................................................................................................................................5
1.1 Technical support..........................................................................................................................6
1.2 Related documents .......................................................................................................................6
2Hardware Overview / Getting Started....................................................................................................7
2.1 Contents of the BEACON® Package............................................................................................7
2.1.1 BEACON® Hardware provided.................................................................................................7
2.1.2 BEACON® Software provided ..................................................................................................7
2.2 Hardware specifications / setup....................................................................................................8
2.2.1 BEACON® hardware specifications..........................................................................................8
2.2.2 Power connection......................................................................................................................8
2.2.3 Vehicle Network connections....................................................................................................9
2.3 Hardware overview .....................................................................................................................10
2.3.1 Powering up the hardware......................................................................................................10
2.3.2 Status indicator........................................................................................................................10
2.3.3 Power jack connector..............................................................................................................11
2.3.4 USB Type A connectors..........................................................................................................11
2.3.5 USB Type B connector............................................................................................................11
2.3.6 Ethernet RJ45 connection.......................................................................................................11
2.3.7 Protocol Connections..............................................................................................................11
3Configuring the Host PC Connections.................................................................................................14
3.1 USB Connection to the PC..........................................................................................................14
3.2 Wired Ethernet Default IP address..............................................................................................14
3.3 Configuring the wired Ethernet IP Address.................................................................................15
3.4 Reset Pushbutton........................................................................................................................15
3.5 Firmware Updating......................................................................................................................16
4The Beacon Internal Web Pages.........................................................................................................18
4.1 Home Page .................................................................................................................................18
4.1.1 Login Screen ...........................................................................................................................19
4.2 Configuration Tab........................................................................................................................20
4.2.1 Date & Time ............................................................................................................................20
4.2.2 Device Name Tab....................................................................................................................21
4.2.3 Network Tab............................................................................................................................22
4.2.4 DNS Configuration ..................................................................................................................24
4.2.5 Default Route Configuration....................................................................................................25
4.2.6 Programs Tab..........................................................................................................................26
4.2.7 Password Tab .........................................................................................................................27
4.2.8 Update Tab..............................................................................................................................28
4.3 Pinouts Tab.................................................................................................................................29
4.4 Channels Tab..............................................................................................................................30
4.5 System Tab.................................................................................................................................32
4.6 Utilities Tab..................................................................................................................................33
4.7 Documentation Tab.....................................................................................................................34
Appendix A..................................................................................................................................................35
BEACON 8 channel CAN FD Version - Overview........................................................................................35
