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Chapter 8: Basic Configuration Examples
Figure 8-11. Monitor > Access Points > SmartPath APs (view mode: Config).
Updating the Country Code
For SmartPath APs intended for use in the United States, the region code is preset as "FCC"—for "Federal Communications
Commission"—and the country code is preset as "United States". If this is the case, you can skip this section.
If the preset region code for the managed SmartPath APs is "World", you must set the appropriate country code to control the
radio channel and power selections that SmartPath APs can use. If this is the case, set the country code as follows:
1. On the Monitor > Access Points > SmartPath APs page, select the checkbox for SmartPath AP3, and then click Update >
Update Country Code.*
*When updating the country code on SmartPath APs in a mesh environment, you do not want the rebooting of portals to
interrupt the data path between the SmartPath EMS VMA and mesh points before they can complete their update process.
Therefore, try to update and reboot mesh points first. Then, update and reboot the portals. See Section 7.6.
2. In the Update Country Code dialog box, enter the following, and then click Upload:
•ChoosethecountrywheretheyaredeployedfromtheNewCountryCodedrop-downlist.
NOTE: Be sure to choose the correct country. An incorrect choice might result in illegal radio operation and cause harmful
interference to other systems.
•IntheActivateafterfield,setanintervalinsecondsafterwhichtheSmartPathAPrebootstoactivatetheupdatedcountrycode
settings.
•MakesurethatthecheckboxforSmartPathAP3isselected.
SmartPath EMS VMA updates the country code on SmartPath AP3 and then reboots it after the activation interval that you set
elapses. After SmartPath AP3 reboots, it puts the appropriate radio settings for the updated country code into effect.
3. Select the checkboxes for the two portals SmartPath AP1 and SmartPath AP2, and then repeat the previous steps to update
their country codes.
After they reboot, all the SmartPath APs will have the correct country code, will reform into a cluster, and reconnect to
SmartPath EMS VMA.
Uploading SmartPath AP Configurations
At this point, you have finished assigning configurations to the managed SmartPath AP objects on SmartPath EMS VMA, and it is
time to push these configurations from SmartPath EMS VMA to the physical SmartPath AP devices. Because this is the first time to
use SmartPath EMS VMA to update the configuration on these SmartPath APs, you must perform a full upload, which requires
rebooting the SmartPath APs to activate their new configurations.
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