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LTE Industrial Router

SmartStart SL302

USER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for B+B SMARTWORX SmartStart SL302

Page 1: ...LTE Industrial Router SmartStart SL302 USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...ncidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing performance or use of this manual All brand names used in this manual are the registered trademarks of their respective owners The use of trademarks or other designations in this publication is for reference purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement by the trademark holder This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules...

Page 3: ...in specific situations Information notice Useful tips or information of special interest GPL licence Source codes under GPL licence are available free of charge by sending an email to cellularsales advantech bb com Advantech B B SmartWorx s r o Sokolska 71 562 04 Usti nad Orlici Czech Republic Manual Rev 1 released in CZ July 20 2016 i ...

Page 4: ...ensions of the Router Box 11 5 5 Mounting Recommendations 12 5 6 Removing from the DIN Rail 13 5 7 Description of the Rear Panel 14 5 8 Description of the Front Panel 14 5 8 1 Status indication 15 5 8 2 Power PWR IO Connector 16 5 8 3 Antenna Connector ANT DIV and WiFi 18 5 8 4 SIM Card Reader 19 5 8 5 Ethernet Port ETH 20 5 8 6 Serial Port RS232 21 5 8 7 Reset 22 6 First Use 23 6 1 Connecting the...

Page 5: ...e Tests and Environmental Conditions 27 7 5 Technical Parameters of Module 28 7 6 Technical Parameters of WiFi 28 7 7 Other Technical Parameters 29 8 Recommended Literature 30 9 Troubleshooting 31 9 1 FAQ 31 10 Customers Support 33 10 1 Global Customer Support 33 10 2 Customer Support for NAM 34 iii ...

Page 6: ...dimensions of the router box 11 10 Default position of DIN holder 13 11 Removing from the DIN rail 13 12 SmartStart front panel 14 13 PWR IO connector 16 14 Connection of power supply 16 15 Connecting of the antenna 18 16 SIM cards 19 17 Ethernet connector 20 18 Connection of Ethernet cable 20 19 RS232 connector 21 20 Router reset 22 21 Router connection 23 22 Entering the IP address of the router...

Page 7: ...cs of binary input 17 8 Connection of Ethernet connector 20 9 Connection of RS232 connector 21 10 Description of reset and restart router 22 11 Basic parameters 26 12 Technical specification of user interfaces 26 13 Standards and regulations 27 14 Type tests and environmental conditions 27 15 Technical parameters of module for NAM AT T 28 16 Technical parameters of WiFi 28 17 Other technical param...

Page 8: ...ter against dust moisture and high temperature The router should not be used in locations where flammable and explosive materials are present including gas stations chemical plants or locations in which explosives are used We remind the users of the duty to observe the restrictions concerning the utilization of radio devices at such places Switch off the router when traveling by plane Utilization ...

Page 9: ...ectronic products are recycled using the best available recovery techniques to minimize the impact on the environment This product contains high quality materials and components which can be recycled At the end of it s life this product MUST NOT be mixed with other commercial waste for disposal Check the terms and condi tions of your supplier for disposal information 3 ...

Page 10: ... router can be equipped with a WiFi module but this must be part of the initial configuration it cannot be added to the router at some point in the future The router is supplied in a plastic casing 3 3 Configuration and Diagnostics For configuration of the cellular router is available web interface protected by password Web interface provides after logging in detailed statistics about the router a...

Page 11: ...of possible applications mobile office smart meters for utilities fleet management security system telematic telemetric remote monitoring vending and dispatcher machines 3 4 Usage of the Router The router is primarily intended for these four basic situations I Access to the Internet from LAN Figure 1 Access to the Internet from LAN 5 ...

Page 12: ...3 ROUTER DESCRIPTION II Backed up access to the Internet from LAN Figure 2 Backed up access to the Internet III Secure networks interconnection or using VPN Figure 3 Using VPN tunnel 6 ...

Page 13: ...3 ROUTER DESCRIPTION IV Serial Gateway Figure 4 Serial Gateway 7 ...

Page 14: ... are included paper start guide Figure 5 Contents of package 4 1 Recommended Accessories The following list contains the recommended accessories These accessories are not included in the package LTE antennas Terminal antenna Taoglas TG 30 8113 Magnetic mount antenna Taoglas GA 110 101111 WiFi Antenna Sectron AW A24G SRPK2 Power Supply 12 V 12 W Multi country EU UK AUS US Level Efficiency VI 8 ...

Page 15: ...s supplied in the following versions see table below All versions are available only in the plastic box Router versions SIM BIN BOUT ETH RS232 WiFi SL302 with RS232 2 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x SL302 with RS232 WiFi 2 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x Table 1 Router versions Figure 6 Front panel 9 ...

Page 16: ...s interfaces SmartStart SL302 SL30200010 LTE module Cat 1 AT T 1x ETH 1x RS232 1x BI 1x BO 2x SIM reader SmartStart SL302 SL30210110 LTE module Cat 1 AT T 1x ETH 1x RS232 1x BI 1x BO 2x SIM reader WiFi SmartStart SL302 SL30200015 LTE module Cat 1 AT T 1x ETH 1x RS232 1x BI 1x BO 2x SIM reader accessories four different plugs for power supply SmartStart SL302 SL30210115 LTE module Cat 1 AT T 1x ETH...

Page 17: ...5 ROUTER DESIGN 5 4 Basic Dimensions of the Router Box Figure 9 Basic dimensions of the router box 11 ...

Page 18: ...istance of 6 cm from cables and metal surfaces on every side due to the elimination of interference While using an external antenna except for the switch board it is necessary to fit a lightening conductor Before mounting a router on sheet steel we recommend using a cable antenna For every cables we recommend to bind the bunch we recommend for this use Length of the bunch combination of power supp...

Page 19: ...ing the router on a DIN rail is shown in the following figure Figure 10 Default position of DIN holder For removing from the DIN rail it is necessary to lightly push upward the router so that the top part of the CKD SBD23 holder hitched to the DIN rail get out of this rail and then fold out the top part of the router away from the DIN rail Figure 11 Removing from the DIN rail 13 ...

Page 20: ...ing Caption Connector Description PWR IO 4 pin Connector for the power supply and connection of the binary input and output ETH RJ45 Connector for connection into the computer network RS232 DB9 female Connector for serial interface RS232 ANT SMA Connector for main antenna DIV SMA Connector for diversity antenna WiFi R SMA Connector for WiFi antenna only for versions with WiFi module Table 4 Front ...

Page 21: ...N Yellow LED goes out 1x per one sec LED goes out 1x per two sec LED goes out 1x per five sec Signal strength is from 50 dBm to 69 dBm Signal strength is from 70 dBm to 89 dBm or differ ence between neighbours cells is exactly 3 dBm Signal strength is from 90 dBm to 113 dBm or differ ence between neighbours cells is smaller than 3 dBm ETH Green On Off Selected 100 Mbps Selected 10 Mbps ETH Yellow ...

Page 22: ...wer supply for the router must be between 9 V to 36 V DC supply Protection against reversed polarity without signaling is built into the router The router can be put into low power mode using a special command lpm Then it can be awakened by an activity on binary input or using an internal timer For more details of this command see the application note Commands and Scripts 3 Upon power supply outag...

Page 23: ...ary Input logical 0 1 Voltage Web interface status logic 0 0 0 7 V On logic 1 1 6 36 V Off Table 7 Characteristics of binary input The binary input status in the Shell returned via io get bin0 Binary Output Binary output is open in the default configuration Current of binary output is limited by a resettable fuse 200 mA 17 ...

Page 24: ...uter To connect the diversity an tenna is used the second antenna connector DIV R SMA connector named WiFi is designed for connection of WiFi antenna available only for versions with WiFi module The router can not operate without connected main antenna marked as ANT For connection the antenna is used SMA connector The antenna is connected by screwing this antenna to the SMA connector on the front ...

Page 25: ... The SIM cards might be of different adjusted APN Access Point Name Changing the SIM card Before handling of the SIM card disconnect the router from power supply Use a plastic opening tool or your fingernail to press the SIM card slightly deeper into its slot until you hear a click After the click release the card and it will pop out of its slot Remove the SIM card and push any other SIM card into...

Page 26: ...ransmit Data positive pole Input Output 2 TXD Transmit Data negative pole Input Output 3 RXD Receive Data positive pole Input Output 4 5 6 RXD Receive Data negative pole Input Output 7 8 Table 8 Connection of Ethernet connector Figure 17 Ethernet connector Ethernet cable plug into the RJ45 connector labeled as ETH see figure below Figure 18 Connection of Ethernet cable 20 ...

Page 27: ... flow direction 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect Output 2 RXD Receive Data Output 3 TXD Transmit Data Input 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready Input 5 GND System Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready Output 7 RTS Request to Send Input 8 CTS Clear to Send Output 9 RI Ring Indicator NC Table 9 Connection of RS232 connector Figure 19 RS232 connector 21 ...

Page 28: ...arrow screwdriver Figure 20 Router reset We recommend backing up configuration of the router see Configuration manual be cause reset of the router sets the configuration to the default state It is important to distinguish between reset and reboot the router Action Router behavior Invoking events Reboot Turn off and then turn on router Disconnect and connect the power Press the Reboot button in the...

Page 29: ... into operation it is necessary to connect all components which are required to run your applications Don t forget to insert SIM card The router can not operate without connected antenna SIM card and power supply If the antenna is not connected router can be damaged Figure 21 Router connection 23 ...

Page 30: ...in the router it is not possible to operate Inserted SIM card must have activated data transmission 6 3 1 Configuration over web browser For status monitoring configuration and administration of the router is available a web interface which can be accessed by entering the IP address of the router into the web browser The default IP address of the router is 192 168 1 1 Attention it is necessary to ...

Page 31: ...ntering login information user gains access to the router via his internet browser Figure 24 Router web interface A detailed description of the router settings via the Web interface can be found in the document Configuration manual 25 ...

Page 32: ...iFi Average Maximum 2 7 W 5 5 W Sleep mode consumption 40 mW Dimensions 30 x 87 x 150 mm DIN 35 mm EN 60715 Weight approximately 187 g depends on interface Antenna connectors 2x SMA 50 Ohm 1x R SMA 50 Ohm only for WiFi Table 11 Basic parameters Temperature range for routers equipped with WiFi module is reduced to 25 C to 55 C 7 2 Technical specification of user interfaces ETH RS232 Connector RJ45 ...

Page 33: ... A 80 2700 MHz Fast transient EN 61000 4 4 Signal ports Power port Ethernet port 2 kV crit A 2 kV crit A 2 kV crit A Surge EN 61000 4 5 Ethernet port Power port 2 kV crit A shielded cab 0 5 kV crit A RF conducted EN 61000 4 6 All ports 10 V m crit A 0 15 80 MHz Radiated emission EN 55022 Enclosure Class B Conducted emission EN 55022 DC power ports Ethernet ports Class B Class B Dry heat EN 60068 2...

Page 34: ... Table 15 Technical parameters of module for NAM AT T 7 6 Technical Parameters of WiFi WiFi Antenna connector R SMA 50 Ohms Supported WiFi band 2 4 GHz Standards 802 11b 802 11g 802 11n 2 4 GHz supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 RX Sensitivity 11b 11 Mbps typ 85 dBm 11g 54 Mbps typ 70 dBm HT20 11n MSC7 typ 66 dBm HT40 11n MSC7 typ 62 dBm TX Output Power 11b 11 Mbps min 18 typ 19 max 20 dBm...

Page 35: ...7 TECHNICAL PARAMETERS 7 7 Other Technical Parameters Other technical parameters CPU power 2 DMIPS per MHz Flash memory 256 MB RAM 512 MB M RAM 128 kB Table 17 Other technical parameters 29 ...

Page 36: ...COMMENDED LITERATURE 8 Recommended Literature 1 Advantech B B SmartWorx Start Guide for SmartStart 2 Advantech B B SmartWorx SmartStart Configuration Manual 3 Advantech B B SmartWorx Commands and Scripts 30 ...

Page 37: ...om the power supply I can t access the Web server over NAT The remote HTTP access of the router has to be disabled the default server ad dress has to be your web server and the gateway of the web server has to be the IP of the router Mobile WAN connection fails DAT LED off Check signal power If the signal power is weak you will have to use a better an tenna If the neighboring cells have a similar ...

Page 38: ...rver s adress it is impossible to connect to the dyndns org server There will be these messages in the system log DynDNS daemon started Error resolving hostname no such file or directory Connect to DynDNS server failed L2TP or IPSec isn t establishing Check the system log for error messages I switched the router to offline mode by SMS message but the router is in online mode after restart SMS mess...

Page 39: ...ccur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment ...

Page 40: ...10 CUSTOMERS SUPPORT 10 2 Customer Support for NAM Up to date product information is on the website www bb smartworx com For Technical Support Call 815 433 5100 34 ...

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