Wi-Fi Changes

Various default Wi-Fi settings on the PwrPak7 or SMART7 can be changed and Wi-Fi can be disabled.

Change the Wi-Fi Passkey

The term passkey and password are the same.

  1. Start a CLI session with the receiver.
    Use a USB, Ethernet or Serial (COM) port connection.

  2. Use the WIFIAPPASSKEY command to change the Wi-Fi passkey.

    WIFIAPPASSKEY NewPasskey

    The new passkey must be a null terminated ASCII string that is 8 to 64 characters long.

    The passkey will not change until the Wi-Fi transceiver has been restarted.

  3. Use the WIFIMODE command to restart the Wi-Fi transceiver.

    WIFIMODE AP

  4. Use the SAVECONFIG command to store the change in Non-Volatile Memory.
    This ensures the new passkey is kept when the receiver is restarted.

Change the SSID

Use the WIFIAPSSID command to change the default SSID if required.

WIFIAPSSID <ssid>

Issue the SAVECONFIG command and restart the receiver to change the SSID.

Change the Wi-Fi Channel

  1. Start a CLI session with the receiver.
    Use a USB, Ethernet or Serial (COM) port connection.

  2. Use the WIFIAPCHANNEL command to change the Wi-Fi channel.

    WIFIAPCHANNEL 3

    The channel must be a number from 1 to 14.

    The Wi-Fi channel will not change until the Wi-Fi transceiver has been restarted.

  3. Use the WIFIMODE command to restart the Wi-Fi transceiver.

    WIFIMODE AP

  4. Use the SAVECONFIG command to store the change in Non-Volatile Memory.

    This ensures the new channel is kept when the receiver is restarted.

Change the Wi-Fi IP Address

  1. Start a CLI session with the receiver.
    Use a USB, Ethernet or Serial (COM) port connection.

  2. Use the WIFIAPIPCONFIG command to change the Wi-Fi IP address and netmask.

    WIFIAPIPCONFIG xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy

    In the command above xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx represents the IP address and yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy represents the netmask. For example:

    WIFIAPIPCONFIG 192.162.55.20 255.255.0.0.

    The Wi-Fi IP address and netmask will not change until the Wi-Fi transceiver has been restarted.

  3. Use the WIFIMODE command to restart the Wi-Fi transceiver.

    WIFIMODE AP

  4. Use the SAVECONFIG command to store the change in Non-Volatile Memory.
    This ensures the new IP address and netmask are kept when the receiver is restarted.

Disable Wi-Fi

  1. Start a CLI session with the receiver.
    Use a USB, Ethernet or Serial (COM) port connection.

  2. Use the WIFIMODE command to disable the Wi-Fi transceiver.

    WIFIMODE OFF

  3. Use the SAVECONFIG command to store the change in Non-Volatile Memory.
    This ensures the changes are kept when the receiver is restarted.