Tipify Platform Controls - Status Tab

T-STAR Platform - Status Tab

Tipify Platform Control

Once you browse to the IP of your device and have accepted the self-signed certificate, you will be presented with the Status screen. A bar across the top will provide access to the features of Platform Control. Without logging into the device, you have access to Status and Documents. You can login to see or make changes to the Configuration of Platform Control by pressing Configuration. You can also login to see or make changes to Tipify by pressing Tipify.


Status Tab

Status provides Devices, Power, System, Modem, WiFi, Network, Applications, NTP, DHCP Server, Routes, Network Traffic and Connections.




Devices

Devices shows the status of the subnets including wan, lan, wlan and modem.



Power

Power provides power status including Source, Battery, Charging and Voltage.


  1. Battery tells you if the battery is on or off and Good or Replace.
  2. Charging shows whether the battery is charging.
  3. Voltage states the current Battery Voltage.
  4. Source is either AC or Battery.

System

System provides Model, Date & Time, Timezone, and Uptime.



  1. Uptime will show how long the T-STAR device has been running since the last power-on or restart.

Modem

Modem provides information about the cellular modem and its connection.



NOTE: Verify that the modem has an IP Address, SIM ID and MDN. RSSI of -85 to -75 would be considered OK, -75 to -65 is good and -65 or greater is very good. The SYSTEM webpage has a PING function that can be used to verify that the T-STAR device is communicating properly on the cellular connection.
The modem ping host is an important setting. By default, this is configured to work properly with Intellastar’s Connect Service, a cost-saving cellular plan having private VPNs using major wireless carriers. Customers using their own cellular plan should set the modem ping host to an IPv4 address that responds to an ICMP ping on the cellular connection, or should disable this by setting the ping time to zero (0).
WARNING: FAILURE TO SET THIS CORRECTLY MAY RESULT IN UNEXPECTED DISCONNECTIONS AND DEVICE REBOOTS.
WiFi
WiFi shows the status of WiFi including Enabled, SSID, Mode and channel.



The T-STAR defaults to WiFi AP (Access Point) mode, and supports 802.11b/g with speeds up to 54 Mbps.

In Access Point mode, the WiFi is bridged to the LAN port, meaning that devices on the LAN and WiFi share a common subnet and can reach each other; and the DHCP Server address range is shared between WiFi and LAN.

This means that in AP mode, the T-STAR has the same IP address as on the LAN (default 192.168.10.1)

The SSID for the T-STAR is the first two parts of the Host ID, eg. 245G-M20200001

The default WEP2 password for your T-STAR is the third part of the Host ID, eg. 02468ACE

Network

Network provides network status information.


Two important settings are the Uplink Ping host and the Uplink Priority. These are used to establish default routing for external subnets. The platform will attempt each of the interfaces in the selected priority order, routing all external traffic through the first interface that reaches the uplink host via ICMP ping.
Applications
Applications provides version information for System, Platform, Web, Tipify, SkySpark, Kernel, and Java versions.



NTP
NTP provides  configuration information for the NTP service.



DHCP Server
Your T-STAR has two 10/100 ethernet connections, labeled WAN and LAN.

WAN defaults to DHCP client mode, which requires a DHCP server on the WAN network.

LAN defaults to 192.168.10.1, and provides a DHCP server. A single CAT-5 cable can be connected from a computer/laptop to the LAN port to create a tiny network for configuring the unit.

DHCP Server shows the status of the DHCP Server which operates on the LAN interface, as well as WiFi when in Access Point mode.



WARNING: DO NOT CONNECT THE LAN PORT TO A NETWORK WHICH ALREADY HAS A DHCP SERVER, UNLESS THE DHCP SERVER ON THE T-STAR HAS BEEN DISABLED.
WARNING: DO NOT CONNECT LAN PORTS FROM MULTIPLE T-STARS TO A SINGLE NETWORK, UNLESS EACH HAS A UNIQUE IP ADDRESS AND ALL (OR ALL BUT ONE) DHCP SERVERS HAVE BEEN DISABLED.

Routes
Routes provides route status.




Network Traffic
Network Traffic provides traffic status.



Connections
Connections provides connection status.



Disk Info
Shows the status of the built in storage device.



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