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User Guide Pharos Control Software 1910012155 REV 2.0.1 April 2017 - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 2
unavailable in your country or region. For local sales information, visit http://www.tp-link.com. When using this guide, please notice that features of Pharos Control may vary slightly depending on the software version you have. All screenshots, images, parameters and descriptions documented in this - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 3
...3 1.2.2 Install Pharos Control Software...3 1.3 Log in to Pharos Control...7 1.3.1 Launch the Pharos Control Server...7 1.3.2 Log in to the Management Interface...9 1.4 Add the Devices to be Managed...9 1.4.1 Discover the Devices Automatically...10 1.4.2 Add the Devices Manually...12 1.5 Monitor - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 4
Pharos Control is the management software for TP-Link Pharos devices. With this software, you can centrally manage all Pharos devices using a web browser. Follow the steps below to complete the basic set up. 1. Determine the Network Topology 2. Install Pharos Control 3. Log in to Pharos Control - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 5
via Internet, you need to open the service port on the router. For example, here the service port number is 9321. Switch 192.168.1.0 Router Pharos Control Control Host Client A 192.168.1.2 CPE CPE CPE 192.168.1.10 Port: 9321 Note Pharos Control server must be running at all the - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 6
Router 192.168.2.0 Pharos Control Pharos Control 192.168.2.2 CPE CPE CPE 1.2 Install Pharos Control Make sure the computer being used as the Control Host meets the system requirements and then follow the instructions below to install the Pharos Control software. 1.2.1 System Requirements - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 7
1. Go to http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/Pharos-Control.html, and download the Pharos Control software for Windows. 2. Double-click the icon to execute the installation file. Please wait while the InstallShield Wizard is being prepared, as shown in the screen - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 8
5. Choose the destination location for the installation files and click Next to continue. 6. The following screen shows the default settings of Pharos Control. You can customize the Server Port number, Username and Password. Click Next to continue. 5 - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 9
enter "http://192.168.0.10:9321" in a web browser to access the Control Host from the Client Host and monitor or manage the devices. ··The username and password set here will be used to log in to the Pharos Control software. Please make a note of them. 7. Click Next. 8. Wait for a moment and the - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 10
that your Linux system has been installed with JRE 1.7 (or above). 1. Go to http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/Pharos-Control.html and download the software package for Linux. Decompress the package and you can find three software files: one for Deb system and two for RPM system (32-bit and 64-bit - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 11
to open the management interface with a web browser. Session Information Displays the information of the Client Hosts connecting to Pharos Control, including Username, Role and Client Address. You can right-click a client and choose to disconnect it. Restart Server Click this button to restart - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 12
.d/pharoscontrol status View the current status and server port of Pharos Control server. sudo /etc/init.d/pharoscontrol list View the information of the client hosts connecting to Pharos Control, including username, role, client address and session number. sudo /etc/init.d/pharoscontrol kick - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 13
Before managing the devices, you need to add them to Pharos Control. There are two methods: discovering the devices automatically and adding them manually. 1.4.1 Discover the Devices Automatically Pharos Control can discover all Pharos devices currently connected to the network. Follow the steps - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 14
3. Pharos Control will start scanning the devices. After the discovery is completed, close the window. 4. Select one or more devices to be managed, and click . 5. The following - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 15
are the same. 6. If the input device information is correct, the status will change from Unmanaged to Managed, and you can manage the device via Pharos Control. 1.4.2 Add the Devices Manually Follow the steps below to add the devices - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 16
1. Go to the Device page, and click . 2. In the pop-up window, specify the IP address of the device and give a description for identification. Check the box of Set Managing Option, and enter the username, password and port number of the device. The username and passport are both admin by default; if - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 17
3. Select the device and click . 4. Then the following window will pop up. Click Start Managing. 14 - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 18
Manage the Network When all the configurations above are finished, you can centrally monitor and manage the devices on Pharos Control's management interface. Pharos Control has the following management tabs, providing a wide range of management functions. Device You can discover, add and group - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 19
you of the device status change via email. For example, if a device in Managed status breaks down and changes to Unmanaged status, Pharos Control will send an email to inform the network administrator of this event. You can manage your account information, including username, password, email and - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 20
2 Monitor and Manage the Network With Pharos Control you can centrally monitor and manage your Pharos devices. This chapter includes the following sections: ·Monitor and Manage the Devices ·Manage the Firmware Files ·Configure Scheduled Tasks ·Configure Trigger Rules 17 - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 21
First, you need to add the devices to be managed in Pharos Control. For detailed instructions, refer to Add the Devices to be Managed in Chapter 1. devices for efficient management and fast search. Pharos Control provides two kinds of groups: Auto group and Manual group. And in Auto group, there are - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 22
group. Click OK, and the devices matching the rules above will be added to the group automatically. For example, here we add two rules: "the client number is larger than 15" and the "CPU load is larger than 70%". Then we choose "OR" as the logical relation between the two rules - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 23
SNR, Tx rate, CPU load and Memory usage. When the real number is smaller than the specified one, the match of this rule is successful. Manual Grouping Follow the steps below to create a new group and add the specific devices to this group: 1. Go to the Device page. Click - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 24
2. In the pop-up window, specify a name for the new group and click OK. 3. Select your desired devices to be added to the new group. Click , move your mouse to Add to Group and select the new group. 4. Then the selected devices will be added to the new group. You can enter the group to check the - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 25
real-time graphic data of the devices. View the Device Information With Pharos Control, you can view the information of each device. Double click the discovered devices, the device name is the product model. For the manually added devices, the device name is New Device. Only when a device - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 26
of the device. Also, when the managed device is down or disconnected to Pharos Control, the status will change from Managed to Unmanaged. Managed: The device is being managed by Pharos Control. Connecting: Pharos Control is trying to connect and manage the device. Upgrading: The device is being - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 27
Description Displays the description of the device. View the Real-time Graphic Data Pharos Control can collect the real-time data of the managed devices and display it graphically. Follow the steps below to monitor the graphic data information of - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 28
and select the information options which will be displayed in the graph. For example, we specify the template name as Graph-1, and select CPU Load, Client Number and SNR to be displayed. Click OK. 4. The template is created. You can add more templates or delete the unused templates on this page - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 29
05:57 of the day, the SNR is -1 dB, the CPU load is 2% and no client is connected to the device for the time being. 2.1.3 Manage the Devices With Pharos Control, you can centrally manage your Pharos devices. The following sections introduce how to configure, upgrade, reboot and ping the devices, and - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 30
1. Select your desired device and click . If you want to upgrade devices in batch, make sure that these devices can be upgraded with the same firmware file. 2. In the pop-up window, configure the basic parameters of the device and click OK. Device Name Region Displays the name of the device. - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 31
With a frequency band of 2.4GHz, CPE210/CPE220/WBS210 supports five wireless modes: 802.11b, 802.11g links over long distances. Subject to the channel width of root AP in Client/ Bridge/ Repeater/ Client . "Hidden nodes" problem can also be eliminated with Pharos series products. You cannot - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 32
distance between the farthest client and this AP. You can manually enter the value or enable the Auto option. Manual: Enter the distance manually in the input box value xx varies according to the channel width you set. CPE210 does not support this option. Enable or disable AP Isolation. AP Isolation - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 33
3. In the pop-up window, select the appropriate firmware file from the drop-down list, and click OK. 4. Then the device status will change to Upgrading. Wait for a while without any operation, and the device will be upgraded automatically. Reboot the Devices Follow the steps below to reboot the - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 34
be rebooted and click OK. Wait for a moment and the device will reboot automatically. Ping the Devices If you want to test the connectivity between Pharos Control and the devices, you can use the Ping feature. Follow the steps below to ping the devices. 31 - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 35
-down menu. 2. In the pop-up window, set the number of ping packets to be sent and the timeout value. Timeout value determines how long Pharos Control will wait for the response from the device before the ping is regarded as failed. Click Start to Ping. 32 - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 36
sent 4 ping packets to the device and a response was received from the device every time, which indicates that the connection between Pharos Control and the device is normal. Open the Web UI of the Device You can open the web UI of each device under management. Select your - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 37
the devices, and upgrade, ping, and reboot the devices. The following table shows all icons and sub-functions on the map. It represents Pharos Control. It represents the device that is not being managed. It represents the device that is being managed. Green Line Between Two Devices It indicates - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 38
Files Firmware is released to upgrade the devices. To centrally and conveniently manage firmware, you can download firmware files from our website and import them to Pharos Control. Follow the steps below to manage firmware files in Pharos Control: 1. Go to the Firmware page, and click . 35 - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 39
OK. 3. In the same way, import all the firmware files to Pharos Control. You can view the firmware information in the table. File Name Displays the name of the firmware file. Software Version Displays the software version of the firmware. Hardware Version Displays the hardware version of the - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 40
4. By default, all the firmware files are in the default group named Firmwares. If needed, you can create more groups to classify the firmware files. To add a new group, click column. in the left 5. The following window will pop up. Specify a name for the group and click OK. 6. Select one or - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 41
. 2.3 Configure Scheduled Tasks With this feature, you can set scheduled tasks for the devices and Pharos Control. For example, you can configure the managed devices to reboot every two weeks, or configure Pharos Control to discover the devices in the LAN at 8:00 am every day, which facilitates you - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 42
1. Go to the Task page. Click . 2. Then the following window will pop up. 1 ) Specify a name for the task. 39 - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 43
2 ) Configure the Scheduled parameters: The following table introduces the configuration options. Once Enable this option and specify a point in time. The task will be performed at the specified time. For example, the following configuration indicates that the task will be performed at 8pm on Feb - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 44
change via email and help you manage the devices automatically. For example, if a device with Managed status has an issue and changes to Unmanaged status, Pharos Control will try to manage this device again, and at the same time, send an email to the specific mailbox to inform you of this event - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 45
group on which the rule will take effect. Configure the trigger conditions. For example, if we choose From as Managed and To as Unmanaged, Pharos Control will send an email to the specific mailbox when the status of a device in the selected group changes from Managed to Unmanaged. If the condition - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 46
of the email server. Email Server Port Enter the port of the email server. SSL Enable or disable SSL encryption. If your email server supports SSL encryption, we recommend that you enable this option to enhance the email security. Email Account Enter the email account. Email Password Enter - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 47
the trigger emails. 4. To verify whether the email settings are correctly configured, select the rule you just created, and click to do a test. Pharos Control will send an email to the recipient's mailbox via the email server. You can check whether an email is received in the recipient's mailbox. If - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 48
Active. Click this button to deactivate the rule, and the status of this rule will change from Active to Inactive. Click this button to make Pharos Control send a test email to the recipient's mailbox. ·View Trigger Events Once an event matching any of the rules occurs, an email will be sent and - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 49
Name Device Name Time Type Action Checked or Not Displays the name of the trigger rule. Displays the name of the device. Displays the time when the event happened. Displays the type of event. Displays the trigger rule type: Manage Device or Email Notification. Displays whether the event has been - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 50
3 Manage Accounts and Logs This chapter introduces how to manage Pharos Control accounts and logs: ·Manage Accounts ·Manage Logs 47 - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 51
3.1 Manage Accounts Pharos Control supports three account types: Administrator, Manager and Guest. The account created in the installation process is an Administrator account and cannot be deleted. If your current - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 52
a note. Also, you can select an account and click to edit it. 3.2 Manage Logs The logs of Pharos Control can effectively record, classify and manage the system information of the managed devices, providing powerful support for you to monitor network operations and diagnose malfunctions. 49 - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 53
events and errors. Pharos Control provides two operations for the logs: exporting the logs to your local host and deleting the logs. ·Export the Logs You can export the logs which are recorded in a specific period of time. But exporting a single log is not supported - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 54
2. The logs will be exported in the excel file. Select a file path to save the logs in your local host. ·Delete the Logs There are two ways to delete the logs: delete the selected logs and delete the logs recorded in a period of time. Also, you can delete all logs in the table with one click. Follow - TP-Link Pharos Control | PharosControl User Guide - Page 55
2. The following window will pop up. Select Delete the selected logs and click OK. Follow the steps below to delete the logs recorded in a period of time or delete all logs in the table. 1. Click directly. 2. The following window will pop up. To delete the logs in a period of time, select Delete the
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User Guide
Pharos Control Software
1910012155
REV 2.0.1
April 2017