ICR-2834
1. Product Overview
1.1
Product Introduction
Industrial cellular router ICR-2834 is designed for wireless communication in mobile net-
works that use traditional cellular technologies.
The primary purpose of this router is its use in the Category 4 (
Cat.4
) services on the
cellular
LTE
network. Cat.4 rated router is capable of achieving typical speeds in 4G coverage
areas where the network is enabled with 20 MHz of contiguous spectrum.
The peak
downlink
data rate for Category 4 is approximately
150 Mbps
. In the
uplink
,
LTE Category 4 provides a peak data rate of
50 Mbps
.
The router, which may have a
metal
or
plastic
box, is equipped with two independently
configurable
Ethernet ports
, two
Mini SIM slots
(2FF), main and diversity cellular
antenna
connectors
, two
RS232
or two
RS485
independently selectable serial ports, four
digital in-
puts
together with two
digital outputs
, with one
USB 2.0
host interface and with 11 LEDs for
status indication.
GNSS
is also supported by some models.
The router supports
VPN tunnel
creation using various protocols to ensure safe commu-
nications. The router provides diagnostic functions which include automatic monitoring of the
wireless and wired connections, automatic restart in case of connection losses, and a hard-
ware watchdog that monitors the router status.
With open Linux platform and wide possibilities of programming customer SW applications
in
Python
,
C/C++
. The Advantech existing app library
Router Apps
(formerly
User modules
)
with apps already developed to enhance specific router functionality including industrial pro-
tocol conversions and support of IoT platforms such as
MS Azure
,
Cumulocity
,
ThingWorx
,
and others are supported on the router.
Examples of possible applications
•
mobile office
•
security system
•
telematic
•
telemetric
•
remote monitoring
•
vending and dispatcher machines
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