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NBX R1000-RF  
User Manual  

V 2.0 

Dan Peleg 
10-11-2021 

 

Summary of Contents for NBX R1000-RF

Page 1: ...NBX R1000 RF User Manual V 2 0 Dan Peleg 10 11 2021 ...

Page 2: ...ongle 12 5 4 RF Connectivity 13 5 4 1 Antennas 13 6 Monitor Configuration Web Interface 14 6 1 Web Interface Convention and Main Menu 15 6 1 1 Dash Board 15 6 1 2 Main Menu 16 6 2 Login 17 6 3 System 18 6 3 1 Version 19 6 3 2 Software Upgrade 20 6 3 3 Database 21 6 3 4 User Management 22 6 3 5 System Debug 23 6 3 6 System General 24 6 3 7 Safe Mode 25 6 4 Configuration 26 6 4 1 IoT RF System Confi...

Page 3: ...ice Messages 51 6 5 2 IoT DL Messages 54 6 5 3 IoT NBX Device Messages 55 6 5 4 System IP Interface Status 56 6 5 5 System IPSEC Status 57 6 5 6 System DAS Status 58 6 5 7 System General Status 59 6 5 8 Common Alarms 60 6 5 9 Common Events 61 6 6 Debug 62 6 6 1 RX Capture 63 6 7 Expert 67 7 Monitor Configuration CLI 68 7 1 General CLI 68 7 2 Login CLI 69 7 3 System CLI 69 7 3 1 Version 69 7 3 2 So...

Page 4: ...s 77 11 Specifications 78 12 Appendix 79 12 1 Initial IP Connectivity Setup 79 12 1 1 RJ 45 IP port 79 12 1 2 Wi Fi interface 80 12 2 Cellular USB Dongle Setup 81 12 2 1 Cellular USB Dongle Installation 81 12 2 2 USB Dongle Parameters Setup 83 12 2 3 USB Dongle Status Monitoring 84 Figures Figure 1 NBX General Application 6 Tables Table 1 NBX specifications 78 ...

Page 5: ...4 Versions Version Description Author Date 2 0 Base 2 0 28 11 2021 ...

Page 6: ...rence to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur 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 a...

Page 7: ...Sigfox waveform compliant o Sub GHz ISM multi region RC1 to RC7 o RX sensitivity 134dBm 600 baud 142dBm 100 baud band 200KHz Multi carrier o TX Multi carrier o Device mode Flexible high performance design o SDR FPGA SoC o Receive diversity 2x Antennas Characteristics o M C Connectivity Wi Fi Bluetooth BLE Ethernet 100Mbps USB master to 4G modem o Power Passive PoE 10 48V 5W excluding optional USB ...

Page 8: ...y AES Advanced Encryption Standard BER Bit Error Rate BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying BS Base Station CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check DL Downlink ERP Effective Radiated Power EP End Point ETSI European Telecommunication Standards Institute FCC Federal Communications Commission FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array GPS Global Positioning System GW Gate Way IoT Internet of Things IP Internet Protocol ITU In...

Page 9: ...8 NBX Narrow Band eXtension OTA Over The Air PAN Private Area Network PHY Physical layer RX Receiver SDR Software Defined Radio TX Transmitter UL Uplink UNB Ultra Narrow Band ...

Page 10: ...ge Contents NBX R1000 RF repeater Standard mounting kit RJ 45 extender 2x Antennas 3 2 Accessories available separately Passive PoE injector Tilted pole mounting kit Passive 24V PoE power supply Window mounting kit Various Antennas ...

Page 11: ... Sigfox Base station or other NBX repeater daisy chain Power supply 5w with 10 48V Best practice for RF interference reduction is to place the NBX R1000 RF as far away from other RF equipment and not in direct line of site of cellular antennas In general placement considerations for the NBX repeater are similar to those of the Sigfox base station with the only difference being the need to be withi...

Page 12: ...gfox backend make sure that the chosen site is covered by one or more Sigfox BSs an add the NBX as a candidate site to predict coverage Coverage check can be made with Simple coverage as there will be a 10 dB improvement at rooftop level relative to ground level which the Backend estimates Then change the antenna gain by selecting other and for basic antenna use 0 dBi as a worst case OR 5dBi TBD f...

Page 13: ...10V to 48V DC Average R1000 RF power consumption up to 5Watt excluding USB modem 5 3 IP Connectivity IP connectivity is not mandatory The NBX R1000 RF repeater relies on RF communication to one or more BS for its functionality IP connectivity is mainly used for expert technical management control access and FW upgrades IP connectivity options RJ 45 Wi Fi BT USB dongle See section 12 1 for initial ...

Page 14: ...Connectivity The NBX R1000 RF repeater includes two RP SMA external antenna ports A B 5 4 1 Antennas Any antenna with RP SMA connector can be used The frequency range should be selected according to the RC zone Two 2 15 dBi antennas are supplied with each NBX R1000 RF unit But in some cases a higher gain antenna can be used ...

Page 15: ... are three levels of user permissions Super User Admin User Possible methods for accessing the NBX R1000 RF are Web over IP CLI over IP SNMP over IP IoT Sigfox messages Bluetooth Using dedicated application This section will describe the web access mode It is recommended to use Chrome web browser There are special commands and menus which are available only in expert mode and are not required for ...

Page 16: ...ight corner of the web page Device ID The Sigfox device ID of the unit Counters Clear Time time since last clear of the message s counters minutes UL Received How many unique UL messages were received UL Repeat How many UL messages were repeated UL TX Power Uplink transmit power dBm UL TX Channel which channel the UL is being transmitted on A B Disabled Temperature C Voltage V S N Serial number SW...

Page 17: ... of the page Divided to 5 main areas Monitor Display status information Configuration Configure the unit settings System Various system tasks e g SW upgrade Debug Debug features Expert Advance expert mode settings not needed for normal operation ...

Page 18: ...e access via web browser Username and password are required Default username and password for Super User mode are Username admin Password Admin The password can be changed Login session has a timeout of 15 minutes after which a logout is automatically performed ...

Page 19: ...configuration and monitor are under the general Monitor Configuration menus Version Product versions details Software Upgrade SW upgrade operations Database Database management Users User management System Debug Debug files General Date Time reboot Safe Mode Safe mode operation ...

Page 20: ...19 6 3 1 Version Display the NBX R1000 RF SW and HW versions and S N Product Name Serial Number HW Version SW Version Build Date Wi Fi BT SW Version ...

Page 21: ...th the new version So the normal process is as follows Download the SW to a local folder accessible by your PC Use Download and extract to backup to select the new SW After the file is extracted and shown in the Backup Software do Swap to backup Then the unit will reboot with the new SW version The user can revert to the older version at any time by pressing the Swap to Backup button If the IP con...

Page 22: ...db Save As save the current configuration into specific file given by Name Load Activate saved database the unit will reboot Delete Delete saved database Upload Upload database from the NBX to the computer Factory Defaults Reset current configuration to factory defaults settings the unit will reboot Download Download database file from the computer into the NBX without activation ...

Page 23: ...22 6 3 4 User Management Managing users The logged in user can only change add users with same or lower level ...

Page 24: ...23 6 3 5 System Debug Download log files from the unit to the PC for debug purpose ...

Page 25: ...24 6 3 6 System General General system functions Set Time of Day Select Time zone Reboot ...

Page 26: ... Mode before the timer expires If the user did not exit the safe mode after the configuration and before timer expiry then the unit will revert to the previous configuration and reboot This prevents mistakes in configuration which can disconnect the unit When in safe mode the screen color scheme changes and there is a countdown timer in the top right corner Set safe mode time Enter safe mode Once ...

Page 27: ...de configuration o Smart IoT Repeat Smart IoT Repeat SIR Configuration o White List Devices which will be repeated other device id s are dropped System Config o SNMP SNMP settings o IP Interfaces IP Interface settings IP GW DHCP o IP Routes IP static routes settings o IP DNS IP static DNS settings o IPSec IP VPN settings o DAS DAS Settings o IP Ping Ping command o Wi Fi Wi Fi configuration o Bluet...

Page 28: ...27 6 4 1 IoT RF System Configuration Configure the IoT RF mode and connectivity After setting a new configuration it is necessary to save it ...

Page 29: ...nectors are not being used Each channel has an optional LNA which can be selected this is for increased sensitivity LNA can be turned off if devices are in close proximity to the NBX e g several meters distance from the repeater RX Filter There are embedded RF filters which can mitigate RF noise in adjacent frequencies similar to the cavity filter functionality Normally those filters should be use...

Page 30: ...e nearby base station s UL RF channel options A B Dual Disabled DL RF channel options A B Disabled TX Selects which channel will be used for transmitting for the UL DL separately For UL it is normally selected according to the best positioned antenna towards the nearby base station s UL RF channel options A B Disabled DL RF channel options A B Disabled Auto Auto selects the antenna based on the UL...

Page 31: ...ated based on multi carrier scenario DL Tx power dBm DL frame transmitted power The DL TX power is recommended to be set to 27dBm for the DL link budget to match the UL sensitivity Limit UL Max Frames In Block Allows to limit the maximum UL frames per transmission to a value less or equal to the Max UL Frames In Block For example the user can change this value from 12 to 1 In this case if 12 UL fr...

Page 32: ...ansmit the Device messages Default TX Antenna Which Antenna Internal External only external available to transmit the messages Symbol Rate What symbol rate 100 600Hz to transmit the Device messages 600Hz is recommended Set App Config Change the configuration TX NBX SFX Message Transmit a device message used for calibration of the TX power Device ID Message counter Current Device ID and message cou...

Page 33: ...uired messages e g in multi hop scenario How to repeat the incoming messages White list enable disable Black list enable disable Repeat Options Frame number and Repeat Bit selection for repeated messages Repeat Frame Number Filter filtering for selecting frames to be repeated Repeat options allows selection of the frame number and repeater bit settings for repeated messages Use automatic or manual...

Page 34: ... message type The default is to turn it on for unidirectional only Currently the Sigfox backend will not send a DL message to the NBX if the Repeater bit is turned on for bidirectional messages Repeat Frame Number Filter Select which Frames to be repeated according to frame number and repeater bit This can be used to filter unnecessary frames ...

Page 35: ... without 0x prefix lower or uppercase are accepted And indication on enable disable per device id 0 1 e g all the below are valid formats second dev id is disabled in the example 0x1234AB 1 333aB 0 Fe44ba22 1 Web GUI The current White list is displayed and can be changed via the GUI Following options supported Add add specific device id Delete delete specific device id Enable Block Enable or Block...

Page 36: ...without 0x prefix lower or uppercase are accepted And indication on enable disable per device id 0 1 e g all the below are valid formats second dev id is disabled in the example 0x1234AB 1 333aB 0 Fe44ba22 1 Web GUI The current Black list is displayed and can be changed via the GUI Following options supported Add add specific device id Delete delete specific device id Enable Block Enable or Block ...

Page 37: ...ty Read only community name Read Write Community Read Write community name Trap version versions V1 or V2 Trap Host 1 IP of trap host 1 Trap Community 1 name of trap host 1 community Trap Host 2 IP of trap host 2 Trap Community 2 name of trap host 2 community Upload Mibs Files upload the Mibs file to the local PC ...

Page 38: ...fault GW Metric To set interface precedence WEB Access Enabled disabled If disabled the GUI will not be available APN Only for PPP 3G 4G interface User Name Only for PPP 3G 4G interface Password Only for PPP 3G 4G interface Roaming Only for 3G 4G interface Both ETH0 and ETH0 0 linked to the RF 45 interface By default ETH0 is set to DHCP and ETH0 0 is set to STATIC IP 192 168 1 1 MASK 255 255 255 0...

Page 39: ...utes Admin State Enable Disable this route IP Destination IP network address Mask IP network subnet mask Gateway IP router address for this network Metric Metric of this route for priorities in case of multiple routes Type Connection type Dynamic persistent Interface The interface which the route relates to ...

Page 40: ...39 6 4 10 System IP DNS Display the current domain name servers and allows to adding or removing static DNS Destination IP address IP address of the DNS ...

Page 41: ...t connection otherwise will try to initialize only on the selected interface Restart Manually restart the IPSEC tunnels and try to reconnect Connections Define the IPsec connection settings Add Add a new connection to the list Remove Remove a connection from the list Edit Edit an existing connection Download Config File Download a pre configured connection setup from the PC to the NBX Upload Confi...

Page 42: ...fied domain name FQDN Server ID ID of the other VPN endpoint used also for authentication Can be an IP address a fully qualified domain name an email address or a Distinguished Name for which the ID type is determined automatically and the string is converted to the appropriate encoding Server Subnet network netmask of the other VPN endpoint Server Authentication Authentication method require from...

Page 43: ...efines a PKCS 12 container PSK defines a pre shared key EAP defines EAP credentials NTLM defines NTLM credentials XAUTH defines XAUTH credentials Secret Key Password to use with the Key Secret File Secret File used with the Key the file should download using the Download certificate file button with the current type Files Enable downloading or removing of a certificate file according to the type s...

Page 44: ... from Sigfox devices will be sent over IP to the MASTER Downlink messages coming from the MASTER over IP will be sent by RF to the devices Master Mode Uplink messages received over IP from the SLAVE will be sent by RF to the base station RF downlink messages received from the base station and associate with a device that located behind the SLAVE will be send over IP Slave can have only one master ...

Page 45: ...terface The IP interface from which the Ping will be send Use Auto to try all interfaces Count 0 100000 0 for endless Set the number of pings to be sent or 0 for endless pings Timeout 1 10 Seconds Set the ping timeout Start Start pinging Stop Stop pinging Status Display the current pinging status and statistics ...

Page 46: ...ss Point Auto off The NBX is in Access Point mode when powered up After 15 minutes the AP turns off automatically until the unit is again powered on This feature allows the use of Wi Fi for the initial configuration or for on site configuration Change to any other mode to disable this mode To switch between Station Access Point Access Point Auto off modes you must first change the Mode to Disabled...

Page 47: ...available access points press Scan To connect Select the desired access point from the list provide password press Connect or alternatively enter the SSID and Password manually and press Connect After connecting to the AP an IP will be provided ...

Page 48: ... of the SSID and the user may connect to it from an external device The IP Address to connect to the NBX via the AP is listed 192 168 0 2 6 4 14 3 System Wi Fi Access Point Auto off Same as 6 4 12 2 Access Point but with 15 minutes timeout after power on reboot after which the AP will be automatically disabled until the next power up Default password 12345678 ...

Page 49: ...tooth Configure Bluetooth interface Mode Enable Disable Upload Application Upload the Android APK application from the NBX to the PC This application can be installed on any Android machine to control manage the NBX via BT ...

Page 50: ... Location Text describing the location Description Description of the unit Contact Support email contact Alias An alias name for the unit Will be displayed in the browser tab and CLI prompt Latitude The geo location latitude value in a range of 90 90 degrees Longitude The geo location longitude value in a range of 180 180 degrees ...

Page 51: ...o DL Messages display all DL frames received including those which not associated with a corresponding UL o NBX Device Messages Self Messages generated from to the NBX unit System Status o IP Interface Status Statistics of the IP interfaces o IPSEC Status Status of the IPSEC VPNs o DAS Status Statistics of the DAS messages o General Status General Status temperature Voltage Common o Alarms Current...

Page 52: ...ta can search for specific data available in Expert mode only o Frame how many frames out of the 3 were received o RF CHN The strongest RSSI frame RF channel A or B o RSSI dBm The strongest RSSI frame o Freq kHz The strongest RSSI frame frequency relative to the central band Repeat o Status the status of the repetition Repeated pending o TOD Time of Day of the transmitted o Freq transmitted freque...

Page 53: ...essage information detailed the Sigfox control message information VDD Idle VDD TX Temperature RSSI Statistics displays the overall messages statistics How many were received and how many were repeated Unique Devices Number of unique device id s Unique Messages Message counter Total Received How many messages were received Repeated Total messages repeated ...

Page 54: ... Show display 10 25 50 or 100 entries Refresh refresh the message monitor Search Search according to search criteria in other fields Delete clear all the messages Export export the messages displayed to Excel file Print Print the displayed messages ...

Page 55: ...RSSI dBm The strongest RSSI frame RSSI o Freq kHz The strongest RSSI frame frequency relative the central band o Status Confirmation if it was repeated Detailed message information Displays more details when clicking on the message Actions Similar to Device messages screen Clear counters Clear the statistics Show display 10 25 50 or 100 entries Refresh refresh the message monitor Delete clear all ...

Page 56: ...een Actions Like Device messages screen Clear counters Clear the statistics Show display 10 25 50 or 100 entries Refresh refresh the message monitor Search Search according to search criteria in other fields Delete clear all the messages Export export the messages displayed to Excel file Print Print the displayed messages ...

Page 57: ...56 6 5 4 System IP Interface Status Display the NBX R1000 RF IP interfaces and USB Dongle status and statistics ...

Page 58: ...57 6 5 5 System IPSEC Status Display the status of IPSEC VPN in NBX R1000 RF Name State Duration Source IP Destination IP Source Net Destination Net ...

Page 59: ...ics The Status info depends on DAS setting Master Slave None Slave Master ID Which Master Slave ID Socket IP IP Address Port IP port UL Packets number of UL packets DL Packets number of DL packets KA Packets number of Keep Alive packets Actions Clear counters Master Slave None ...

Page 60: ...59 6 5 7 System General Status Display the NBX R1000 RF general status Voltage V Input Voltage Volt Temperature SDR chip Temperature C System up Time time elapsed since system boot ...

Page 61: ...60 6 5 8 Common Alarms Display the NBX R1000 RF Alarms ...

Page 62: ...61 6 5 9 Common Events Displays events on the NBX R1000 RF ...

Page 63: ...62 6 6 Debug Under Debug there are the following sections RX Capture Captures the raw RF samples and analyzes the spectrum Additional available only in Expert mode ...

Page 64: ...recording of the chosen band s Can capture up to 10 or 20 seconds for single dual channel mode or 1 or 2 seconds for the entire band Download Record Downloads the file File name can be selected every new capture increase the name number suffix Choose a File Select a previously recorded file to show the analysis Embedded analysis tool included in the RX Capture page Data can also be analyzed offlin...

Page 65: ...able band SDR captures occupy 5 7MHz around the mid Frequency between UL and DL so it displays both bands There are several analysis options pressing on the legend turn on off the display Average PSD Power Spectral Density Max Hold PSD Spectrogram freq over time The limits and frequencies are displayed according to the current selected RF configuration of the unit E g ...

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Page 68: ...67 6 7 Expert Under Expert there are the additional sections which are for expert user Super User group and internal use Need to login first Each time a different challenge is generated to login ...

Page 69: ...e CLI even during command entry Exit exit one level up Help display help History display current session CLI history Logout Logout from the CLI session Top Return to default mode Comments debug Change to the debug mode enable Turn on privileged commands exit Exit from the CLI help Display an overview of the CLI syntax history Display the current session s command line history logout Logout of the ...

Page 70: ...e Database management Users User management System Debug log files for debug General reboot Safe Mode Safe mode 7 3 1 Version Display the NBX R1000 RF SW and HW versions and S N show system serial_number 24 0a c4 19 77 24 show system hw_version 5 show system version 1 0 0 1836 show system esp_version software version 1 0 5 0 show system all Temperature 48 812817 Voltage 22 608000 Product NBX R1000...

Page 71: ... First need to download and extract in the enable system menu system software_upgrade Software tar gz file tftp file server IP server type e g system software_upgrade sw package iot_nbx_40MHz 1 0 0 1351 tar gz 10 1 1 2 tftp Afterwards need to swap to backup system swap_software ...

Page 72: ...y Community Read only community name Read Write Community Read Write community name Trap version versions V1 or V2 Trap Host 1 IP of trap host 1 Trap Community 1 name of trap host 1 community Trap Host 2 IP of trap host 2 Trap Community 2 name of trap host 2 community 8 2 SNMP Commands MIB MIB files are delivered with the SW version There are 3 NBX specific command files CAPACICOM COMMON mib basic...

Page 73: ...n be uploaded directly from the NBX under the Configuration System Config Bluetooth menu Download the application file nbx apk to your Android device Open the file and accept installing an application from unknown source In your Android Bluetooth Settings menu on your device activate the search and find the NBX device named NBX serial number select it to pair the two together ...

Page 74: ...73 Once pairing is finished open the application you should get the following screen Press connect and select the NBX from the list ...

Page 75: ... should get the login screen Enter username and password and press Login if user authenticated succeed you should get the main menu screen Depending on your selection you will get one of the following screens ...

Page 76: ...75 Monitor and configure IP settings RF Settings ...

Page 77: ...76 Monitoring ...

Page 78: ...o be sent via the TX NBX SFX Message button Download Device Key Download an encrypted device KEY ID from PC to NBX need reboot to activate Set App Config Save the new configuration The Device ID and key are unique per NBX unit This will be provided for production units 10 2 NBX Device Mode General Flow The NBX sends periodic status UL messages indicating the unit status power repeated messages etc...

Page 79: ...s RX TX channels Antennas 2 x External Interfaces Connectivity Ethernet 1 x RJ45 10 100BaseT EXT Antennas 2 x RP SMA Cellular 1 x USB dongle internal Wi Fi BT 1 x Wi Fi BT internal antenna Power Power input Passive PoE 10 48 V Power Consumption 5W typical Mechanical Casing W x H x D 185 x 185 x 57 mm Weight 540 gr Mounting options Wall Window Pole Desk mounts Environmental Operating Temperature 30...

Page 80: ...fault ETH0 is set to DHCP and ETH0 0 is set to STATIC IP 192 168 1 1 MASK 255 255 255 0 If connected to a switch or directly to a PC LAPTOP then the PC LAPTOP should be set to STATIC IP in the 192 168 1 XXX subnet XXX value in the range of 2 to 254 Then enter the 192 168 1 1 address to a chrome browser to open the GUI login page or open SSH terminal with these IP If connected to a network which ha...

Page 81: ... on the fly connection to be able to modify the unit settings Unless the mode is changed each time the unit is powered on or rebooted the 15 minutes time out will be available To obtain a quick connection 1 Make sure you LAPTOP mobile phone Wi Fi interface is enabled 2 Obtain the unit serial number from the sticker 3 Scan the Wi Fi APs and locate the one with SSID corresponding to the serial numbe...

Page 82: ...sed to connect the NBX R1000 RF to the cellular network Following models are supported Huawei E8732 E3372 Huawei MS2131 ZTE MF833V ZTE MF110 12 2 1 Cellular USB Dongle Installation Obtain a USB Cellular Dongle Below is an example of a Huawei dongle Make sure the SIM card plugged in Open the NBX cover by unscrewing the 4 screws 4G USB ...

Page 83: ...82 Connect the dongle to the NBX upper USB port Close the NBX cover by screwing the 4 screws Power up the NBX ...

Page 84: ...d type in the Configuration fields type in the APN User Password and press Apply Wait for the dongle wwan0 to get an IP connection as seen in the below example Note that if it is a PPP connection the interface name will display PPP If the dongle is a HiLink type the APN information must be populated in the Dongle from a laptop and the Dongle will show up as ETH1 with an IP address given by the Don...

Page 85: ... Status Monitoring In the NBX GUI go to MONITOR SYSTEM STATUS IP INTERFACE STATUS page Verify that the dongle is connected and there is TX RX traffic In the USB 4G 3G status table verify the dongle PHY status RSSI MODE etc ...

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