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Rev A

– June 2011 – 110150-4002A

USER MANUAL

ZyWAN-G9

Cellular Routing Modem

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR A BETTER W ORLD

www.eurotech.com

Summary of Contents for 930150-4003R

Page 1: ...Rev A June 2011 110150 4002A USER MANUAL ZyWAN G9 Cellular Routing Modem DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR A BETTER WORLD www eurotech com ...

Page 2: ...demarks All trademarks both marked and not marked appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners Document Revision History REVISION DESCRIPTION DATE A Initial release of ZyWAN G9 User Manual June 2011 ...

Page 3: ...erating Characteristics 12 Electrical Characteristics 12 Temperature Range 12 PART 1 GETTING STARTED 15 Chapter 1 Interfaces 16 LED Indicators 16 Power Connector 17 Ethernet 17 USB 17 Antenna Connections 17 Serial Ports 18 COM1 COM2 COM3 RS 232 18 COM3 4 wire RS 485 422 18 Installing SIM cards and USB Modems 20 Installing SIM Card for USB Cellular Modem 20 Installing internal SIM Card for iO270 or...

Page 4: ...learing the Browser Cache 46 Changing a Configuration 47 Using Default Gateway DHCP and DNS 50 Configuration Options 50 Default Route 50 DHCP Server and NAT 50 DNS Server 51 Chapter 2 System Status 52 Status Web Page 52 Chapter 3 Cellular Configuration 53 ZyWAN EVDO Configuration 54 ZyWAN HSDPA Configuration 55 ZyWAN iDEN Configuration 56 Get Cellular Status 58 Sierra Wireless EVDO Modem Status 58...

Page 5: ...curity 103 Chapter 12 Backing Up Configurations 105 Saving Configuration Files 105 Restoring Configuration Files 105 PART 3 CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES 106 Introduction 107 Configuration Example 1 Network Router 108 Cellular Setup 108 Ethernet Setup 109 WiFi Setup 109 Networking Setup 110 Checking Out Example 1 111 Configuration Example 2 WiFi Client 112 WiFi Setup 113 Configuration Example 3 Terminal ...

Page 6: ...warnings and all other safety precautions necessary for the safe operation of the equipment in your operating environment Alerts that can be found throughout this manual The following alerts are used within this manual and indicate potentially dangerous situations Danger electrical shock hazard Information regarding potential hazards Personal injury or death could occur Also damage to the system c...

Page 7: ...ry charges will apply to all returned products WEEE The following information is issued in compliance with the regulations as set out in the 2002 96 CE directive subsequently superseded by 2003 108 CE It refers electrical and electronic equipment and the waste management of such products When disposing of a device including all of its components subassemblies and materials that are an integral par...

Page 8: ...e material Provide the following information in the RMA request Model number Serial number Detailed fault description Company Details Contact details Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this manual Symbol Text Pin Definition NC Not Connected Reserved Use reserved to Eurotech must remain unconnected Text in Courier font is used to indicate commands entered or responses receive...

Page 9: ...ems In addition some commercial USB modems are supported which can be obtained from cellular network carriers that may be installed in the ZyWAN G9 There is a wide array of cellular technologies protocols and network standards currently in use and which are under development For simplicity this manual uses the following three designations to describe the cellular modem types HSDPA refers to modems...

Page 10: ...50 4003R ZyWAN G9 930150 4004R ZyWAN G9 GPS 930150 4005R ZyWAN G9 GPS WiFi 930150 4006R ZyWAN G9 WiFi 930150 4008R ZyWAN G9 SMART003A GPS WiFi COM8 930150 4009R ZyWAN G9 SMART003A GPS WiFi 930150 4010R ZyWAN G9 HSDPA GPS WIFI European Supported Modems Cellular modems may be provided as factory built options as listed in the model types above and are also available from cellular providers as plug i...

Page 11: ...base system 930150 4007R ZyWAN G9 U598 Mounting Kit includes antenna jumper and foam pads for securing modem 7060 14301 001 191 ZyWAN G9 STARTER KIT Includes all of the items which are listed separately below 7000 14172 901 101 ZyWAN G9 AC Power Supply 2153 10492 000 000 AC Power Cord 7000 09598 000 000 RS232 Null Modem Cable 2040 10070 000 000 Crossover RJ45 Ethernet cable ...

Page 12: ...nsumption 2 W excluding 802 11 cellular and other peripheral devices Power consumption for communication devices varies depending on the amount of transmission time Typical values for maximum power consumption are listed assuming full transmit power over a sustained period Realistically the total power consumption is much less because the module does not transmit continuously 802 11 Ubiquity 5 W m...

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Page 16: ...ellular coverage the light may still indicate a solid On condition Slow blink Cellular network is connected and received data activity is detected Bottom WiFi Connection Status Off WiFi interface not started eth2 not present On WiFi interface started and network communication ability probable This does not necessarily guarantee that communication can occur For instance when the interface is establ...

Page 17: ...nates when a 10 100Base T connection is made and flashes when there is data activity The green LED illuminates when a 100 MB s connection is made PIN SIGNAL NAME 1 Transmit 2 Transmit 3 Receive 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Receive 7 Reserved 8 Reserved USB The external USB port is a standard USB 1 1 port available for general use Two other locking USB 1 1 ports are available under the ZyWAN G9 in a cov...

Page 18: ...tenna with a typical frequency of 1575 42 MHz L1 Typically GPS antennas must have line of sight to a wide area of the sky in order to receive signals from multiple positioning satellites The WiFi connector if fitted is a reverse polarity SMA male connector for 802 11 It connects to a WiFi antenna with a typical range of 2 4 2 485 GHz Serial Ports The following tables show pin assignments for the s...

Page 19: ...stem The following wiring diagrams show the correct device connection arrangements Master Device Middle Device s End Device TX TX RX RX RX RX TX TX 4 wire RS 485 422 Device Connections End device and RS 485 Master may need 120 ohm termination resistor optional middle device s must not have resistor Drawing is labeled as if devices are DTE Direction of arrows is correct regardless of RX TX labeling...

Page 20: ...n using a built in iO270 or MC8790 modem the SIM card is accessible through an access panel on the bottom of the ZyWAN G9 To change or install the SIM card for the iO270 or MC8790 modems complete the following steps 1 Disconnect the power connector and then disconnect other connectors from the ZyWAN G9 2 Turn the ZyWAN G9 upside down remove the four screws from the small SIM access panel and remov...

Page 21: ...ove the panel 3 Attach the antenna cable jumper to the external antenna port on the modem The location of the antenna port varies depending on the modem 4 optional In mobile applications where the ZyWAN G9 may experience vibration the foam pads can be applied to prevent vibration of the modem Determine which USB port will be used for the modem Either port may be used but the choice might depend on...

Page 22: ...jumper connected Understanding Network Interfaces The ZyWAN G9 contains at least four possible IP network connections or interfaces These interfaces are mentioned throughout this manual and on the ZyWAN G9 configuration page The ZyWAN G9 system assigns each interface a name The last character of each interface name is a number 0 zero or 1 one as listed in the following table When these interface n...

Page 23: ...rform the ZyWAN G9 configuration must have the following software Windows operating system Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 7 Web browser Internet Explorer ver 7 or 8 Mozilla Firefox ver 3 or Google Chrome Serial terminal program such as PuTTY Windows HyperTerminal or Tera Term Other operating systems or Web browsers may be used but they may not work as described in this document Network Requiremen...

Page 24: ...erminal program The settings for this connection are 115 200 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity and no flow control Configuration PC ZyWAN RS 232 null modem serial cable COM1 Press the Enter key to get a login prompt The default login is root and the default password is arcom case sensitive RS 232 Null Modem Cable To connect the ZyWAN G9 to another computer DTE device such as on COM1 for the co...

Page 25: ...s to the ZyWAN over the network and WinSCP may be used in some cases to upload or download files Windows HyperTerminal Windows provides a serial terminal program HyperTerminal for serial communications This can be used to access the console port of the ZyWAN G9 for diagnostics The following steps are the setup instructions for Windows HyperTerminal HyperTerminal is not included with Windows 7 1 In...

Page 26: ...tware Unencrypted Telnet to the ZyWAN G9 is not an option For Linux systems the ssh command is available as an SSH client For Windows systems the PuTTY program is available as a free SSH client Download and install PuTTY choose the Windows installer version from http www chiark greenend org uk sgtatham putty download html Once the PuTTY application is installed on the Windows computer run the appl...

Page 27: ...with the correct username and password The default administrative login is root and the default password is arcom case sensitive PuTTY also allows for serial terminal access to COM1 instead of using Windows HyperTerminal Set the Connection type to Serial and the Speed to 115200 Click the Open button to connect If the ZyWAN G9 is already started press the Enter key to get a login prompt The default...

Page 28: ...he ZyWAN G9 For Windows systems the WinSCP application is available as a free download for SFTP SCP file transfers This is available from www winscp net Download and install the latest version of WinSCP from this site One option presented during installation is the user interface style Either style can be used but it is recommended to choose the Norton Commander interface that allows display of bo...

Page 29: ...ion menu In the Host name field enter the IP address of the ZyWAN G9 The username and password can also be entered at this time Individual session configurations may be saved if repeated connections need to be made to the same address These will appear in the Stored sessions menu of the WinSCP menu Click Login to connect The first time a connection is made with WinSCP a security warning is given a...

Page 30: ...used The instructions in the following two sections describe how to set up the hardware and software necessary to perform this initial configuration Note Ethernet port 1 is used in this section which typically comes with standard settings of address 192 168 1 1 subnet mask 255 255 255 0 and operating as a DHCP server In some cases the ZyWAN G9 may come factory loaded with different settings The in...

Page 31: ...shown in the following diagram The crossover Ethernet cable may be purchased from Eurotech or it may be obtained from a network equipment supplier 2 Apply Power Connect the power supply to a wall outlet and to the 4 position power connector on the ZyWAN G9 See Power Connector on page 17 for the power input socket pin configuration details Configuration PC Crossover Ethernet Cable ZyWAN ...

Page 32: ...s 1 In the Windows Start menu select Control Panel Network Connections Look at the properties of the Local Area Connection 2 Open the properties for the Internet Protocol TCP IP Select the Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS Server address automatically checkboxes as shown in the following screen capture 3 Record the existing settings then make the changes to obtain the IP address an...

Page 33: ...92 168 1 x where x is a number between 2 and 254 4 Browse ZyWAN Configuration Page To browse the ZyWAN configuration page complete the following steps 1 Open a Web browser and enter the address http 192 168 1 1 into the address bar A dialog box is displayed asking for the username and password 2 Enter your username and password The default username is arcom and default password is arcom The ZyWAN ...

Page 34: ...thernet network and to the PC serial port 2 Apply power to the ZyWAN G9 3 Determine ZyWAN G9 network address 4 Configure the ZyWAN G9 via its Web page The following sections provide detailed explanations of these actions 1 Connect ZyWAN to the Network To connect ZyWAN to the network complete the following steps 1 Connect the null modem serial cable from the PC to COM1 of the ZyWAN G9 2 Connect the...

Page 35: ...t login is root and the default password is arcom case sensitive 3 After logging into the ZyWAN G9 type the command ifconfig eth0 at the command prompt The current network address which has been assigned to the ZyWAN G9 by the network is displayed root ZyWanMast root ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap Ethernet HWaddr 00 80 66 04 2E DA inet addr 10 11 5 13 Bcast 10 11 255 255 Mask 255 255 0 0 UP BROADCA...

Page 36: ... address bar A dialog box is displayed asking for the username and password 2 Enter your username and password The default username is arcom and default password is arcom The ZyWAN G9 configuration page is displayed See Chapter 1 Web Configuration Page on page 42 for further instructions on configuration ...

Page 37: ...ar network In this case try making an SSH connection with the PuTTY application see SSH Client Terminal Program PuTTY on page 26 for help installing PuTTY because the SSH connection should work if a connection can be made to the ZyWAN G9 2 Over the Sprint network in the United States it may be that port 80 is blocked In the Web browser try entering the full HTTPS address of the ZyWAN G9 https ip_a...

Page 38: ...rver to the PC and is configured to serve the DNS addresses these are displayed in the ipconfig settings Using ZyWAN COM1 for Diagnostics When using a null modem serial cable connected to COM1 as described in Initial Connection Over a Network on page 34 several commands can be issued to the ZyWAN G9 to diagnose network configuration or operation To check network configuration or availability use t...

Page 39: ... on a device use the command nc ip_address ip_port where ip_address is the device address on the network or 127 0 0 1 for the ZyWAN G9 itself and ip_port is the network port Check with Network Administrator If you are still unable to get the ZyWAN G9 to connect to an existing network check with a network administrator for additional support ...

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Page 42: ...al Connection with Single PC on page 30 or Initial Connection Over a Network on page 34 For instance typically the default Web address on Ethernet port 1 is http 192 168 1 1 If the ZyWAN G9 has been configured for a different network configuration its current numeric IP address should be used The Web configuration page may be accessed via any available network cellular WiFi Ethernet unless Web acc...

Page 43: ...PART 2 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION 43 110150 4002A Then in the following dialog box in Mozilla Firefox click Get Certificate and Confirm Security Exception ...

Page 44: ...G9 User Manual 44 110150 4002A To continue past the security warning in Google Chrome click Proceed Anyway 3 Enter your login details when prompted The default username is arcom and default password is arcom ...

Page 45: ...isting configuration Switching Between HTTP and HTTPS By default the ZyWAN G9 uses Secure HTTP HTTPS for displaying its Web pages This uses network IP port 443 and encrypts the data transferred between the computer and the ZyWAN G9 This can be switched to standard HTTP unencrypted IP port 80 by clicking on the link at the top Switch to HTTP mode less secure but faster The address URL changes to ht...

Page 46: ... delete Temporary Internet Files close all instances of the Web browser and then re open the ZyWAN G9 Web page The following section describes this procedure To clear the browser cache in Mozilla Firefox select Tools Clear Recent History Make sure the Cache box is checked and then click the Clear Now button To clear the browser cache in Internet Explorer version 8 or 7 select Tools Internet Option...

Page 47: ...Clear browsing history and Empty the cache and choose the period Everything then click Clear browsing data Changing a Configuration The following sections describe the configuration details for each Web page To make changes on any page of the configuration complete the following steps 1 Changes must be submitted or they will be lost If you make changes without submitting one of the following error...

Page 48: ...nges have been made some settings will not take effect until the next reboot 4 For the Cellular and WiFi pages clicking the Submit Modem Configuration or Submit WiFi Configuration buttons stores the property values somewhat differently but still in the permanent memory of the ZyWAN G9 It does not display the page with Your Settings Have Been Updated but instead displays a dialog box when the prope...

Page 49: ...10150 4002A Tip Even if no new changes have been made the ZyWAN G9 may be rebooted via the Web page by clicking the Submit New Configuration button on any tab except the Cellular or WiFi then clicking the Reboot with New Settings button ...

Page 50: ...der of preference for the default route is Ethernet 0 eth0 Ethernet 1 eth1 WiFi eth2 Cellular ppp0 ppp1 The first interface which has a Default Gateway static configuration in Web page or obtained dynamically from a DHCP server will be the one used for the ZyWAN G9 s default gateway If the Ethernet cable is unplugged or the WiFi is unavailable the list of interfaces is checked again and the first ...

Page 51: ... device are passed to one of the DNS servers known to the ZyWAN G9 and the resulting IP address is returned to the client device In order to resolve DNS addresses the ZyWAN G9 needs to know the location of one or more DNS server s It obtains the list of these servers in the same way as it obtains its default route either statically configured or obtained dynamically On whichever interface is curre...

Page 52: ...figuration Current software version The Current software version gives the current installed version of ZyWAN G9 software The full release name such as zywan_g9_release 2 0 0 indicates the standard production release of ZyWAN G9 or it may indicate a customer specific release The numeric version such as 2 0 0 indicates the major minor and sub minor version number within the standard or customer spe...

Page 53: ...onfiguration button before switching to a new tab or closing the window Note Changes made to the Cellular configuration page take effect immediately after submitting changes without requiring a reboot The table below indicates which of the following sections of this document should be used for configuring each of the supported modems The available options are different depending on the modem being...

Page 54: ... modems however it is provided in case it s necessary to set differently in some cases In addition each modem configuration displays the following non configurable information OPTION EXPLANATION Model Modem model as reported by the modem Note that the MC5727 modem reports itself as MC5725 Serial Number Modem ESN electronic serial number as reported by the modem Network Which network type is suppor...

Page 55: ...e used and Dialstring This field sets the modem dial string that is used when the ZyWAN G9 initiates its connection to the PPP network This is optional as the dial string is pre programmed for all supported modems however it is provided in case it s necessary to set differently in some cases APN Enter the APN Access Point Name of the cellular provider s data connection This is supplied by the cell...

Page 56: ...er of preference for the modem connections starting from zero If the ZyWAN is unable to connect to a network with one modem it will use the next higher number This number also becomes part of the internal network name for instance a PPP Unit Number of zero creates an interface ppp0 Modem Identifier This is a required text string to uniquely identify each modem in the configuration It may be used f...

Page 57: ...ONFIGURATION 57 110150 4002A services being used by the modem Once the account has been activated the SIM card must be installed in the ZyWAN G9 before putting the system into service See Installing SIM card on page 20 ...

Page 58: ...ee the following sub sections for examples and an explanation of the status fields and their meanings Sierra Wireless EVDO Modem Status Click the Version tab to show version details on the EVDO cellular module FIELD OPTION EXPLANATION Version Information Firmware Version Firmware version in cellular module Firmware Date Date of firmware version in cellular module PRL Version Version of the PRL Pre...

Page 59: ... cellular module MDN MDN Mobile Directory Number of the cellular module MIN MIN Mobile Station Identification Number of the cellular module Click the Operational Status tab to show current operational details such as the EVDO cellular signal strength FIELD OPTION EXPLANATION Operational Status Information Signal Strength Received signal strength RSSI in dBm If the signal strength is 0 or a large n...

Page 60: ...iding service Network ID Current network identifier NID of the station providing service The SID and NID identify the network providing cellular service The following table gives some combinations of ID numbers associated with certain several EVDO networks This is provided for reference only and is not an exhaustive list SID NID NETWORK 0 65535 Sprint United States 4139 41 Bell Mobility Canada 41 ...

Page 61: ...llular module FIELD OPTION EXPLANATION Version Information Hardware Version Hardware version of cellular module Bootloader Version Bootloader version of cellular module Firmware Version Firmware version in cellular module Firmware Date Date of firmware version in cellular module Click the Modem tab to show modem settings for the HSDPA cellular module FIELD OPTION EXPLANATION Modem Information PRL ...

Page 62: ...stalled SIM card SIM card number IP Address IP address obtained on cellular network if it has successfully connected Click the Operational Status tab to show current operational details such as the HSDPA cellular signal strength FIELD OPTION EXPLANATION Operational Status Information Signal Strength dBm Received signal strength RSSI in dBm If the signal strength is 0 or a large negative number lar...

Page 63: ...rcuit switched GPRS service or combined System Mode Current cellular network topology GPRS EDGE UMTS HSDPA HSUPA Current Frequency Band Current frequency band of wireless spectrum being used Roaming Status Roaming status indicator Click the System Diagnostic tab to show additional diagnostic information FIELD OPTION EXPLANATION Network Information Bytes Sent Bytes Received Shows bytes of data sent...

Page 64: ...dem has been factory configured to operate on Examples 19 00 Nextel Telus 1A 00 SouthernLinc 1D 00 SoLinc Nextel FF 00 may indicate any custom bandmap configuration CSD Version CSD version in the format EE FF GG where EE is the bandmap version type FF is the structure version and GG is the data version USR Version USR version in the format HHc JJ KK where HH is product identifier c is sub ID JJ is...

Page 65: ...going packets to change their source port This setting allows some packets to retain their original source port using the specified protocol TCP UDP Firewall Settings The iO270 cellular module provides a network firewall for incoming connections Any port to which a connection must be made from the cellular network must have a port opened in the firewall for a specified protocol TCP UDP The ZyWAN G...

Page 66: ...RSSI Received signal strength of iDEN signal in dBm An RSSI of 0 or 127 indicates that the modem is not registered on a cell tower SQE iDEN cellular signal quality indication SQE higher number is better Registration Status Status whether the cellular module is registered on the cellular network GSM RSSI Received signal strength of GSM carrier 0 31 31 is best Click the Network tab to show informati...

Page 67: ...ATION System Diagnostic Information Usage The total sum of minutes used for dispatch interconnect and circuit data calls on an iDEN network Registration Log Dispatch Interconnect Packet Data Mobile IP Phone Restricted Registration log of various services in the iO270 cellular module These are normally only of value in cases of problems in cellular registration and if so these numbers can be report...

Page 68: ...wing sections After setting all the Ethernet properties click the Submit New Configuration button before switching to a new tab or closing the window DHCP Client If Use Dhcp Client is set to Yes the ZyWAN G9 acts as a DHCP client to automatically obtain its Ethernet network address settings from a server on the LAN Otherwise set this parameter to No in order to configure specific TCP IP addresses ...

Page 69: ...etween 1 and 255 If this interface is not the default route leave the Default Gateway blank Preferred DNS Server Alternate DNS Server Enter the DNS server addresses Each of the four fields must be a number between 1 and 255 If DNS is not needed or the server is unavailable the DNS address may be left blank Run DHCP Server This option is used when the ZyWAN G9 is to act as a DHCP server on the Ethe...

Page 70: ...is DHCP server Each of the four fields must be a number between 0 and 255 Range From Enter the numeric address of the lowest DHCP address to be assigned by this DHCP server Each of the four fields must be a number between 1 and 254 Range To Enter the numeric address of the highest DHCP address to be assigned by this DHCP server Each of the four fields must be a number between 1 and 254 greater tha...

Page 71: ...ternal WiFi module is always set to bridge mode and the Bridge Management Interface settings are shown for technical information only Depending on the choice of Managed or Access Point mode different options are available as described in the following sections After setting all the WiFi properties click the Submit New Configuration button before switching to a new tab or closing the window Note Ch...

Page 72: ...d as one of the following 5 character alphanumeric or 10 character hexadecimal string 40 bit encryption 13 character alphanumeric or 26 character hexadecimal value 104 bit encryption or 16 character alphanumeric or 32 character hexadecimal value 128 bit encryption If WPA or WPA2 is chosen for the Security Type the Security Key must be entered as an 8 to 63 character alphanumeric string or a 64 cha...

Page 73: ...ween 0 and 255 Default Gateway Enter the numeric address of the default gateway for this network if this interface should be used as the default route Each of the four fields must be a number between 1 and 255 If this interface is not the default route leave the Default Gateway blank Preferred DNS Server Alternate DNS Server Enter the DNS server addresses from which to obtain DNS name resolution E...

Page 74: ... address to DHCP clients as DNS proxy In some cases it may be necessary to include one or two additional hard coded DNS server addresses that will be passed to DHCP clients and if so one or both sets of the DNS Server fields can be entered If not left blank each of the four fields must be a number between 1 and 255 Bridge IP Address The internal WiFi module has its own address on the wireless netw...

Page 75: ...ons available in the DHCP Server Configuration table FIELD OPTION EXPLANATION Default Lease Time Enter the Default Lease Time in seconds for the assigned DHCP lease to expire The default time is the time assigned if the client does not request a specific lease time Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask defining the range of network addresses to be assigned by this DHCP server Each of the four fields m...

Page 76: ...ot port forward or NAT traffic Note The Open Ports section must include UDP port 67 if DHCP Server is used for Ethernet or WiFi UDP port 53 must be included if Pass DNS Servers to DHCP Clients is set to Yes for Ethernet or Use DNS Proxy for WiFi Any configured ports on the Terminal Server page GPS UDP or GPS Terminal Server ports will also need to have those ports configured in the Open Ports page...

Page 77: ...Ports is set to Yes FIELD EXPLANATION Inbound Port Enter the port number of the incoming connection Port numbers must be a number between 1 and 65535 Protocol Enter the protocol of the incoming port TCP or UDP Optional fields The following optional fields configure the firewall to filter allowed incoming connections to the ZyWAN G9 Permitted Source Port Range Enter the range of source port numbers...

Page 78: ...s Note Changes made to the Open Ports Port Forwarding and NAT portions of the Networking page take effect immediately after submitting changes without requiring a reboot The following table lists the buttons available BUTTON EXPLANATION Insert Row Each of the table rows is numbered In order to insert a row in the table enter a number in the box between 1 and one greater than the highest number of ...

Page 79: ... the four fields must be a number between 0 and 255 Permitted MAC Address Enter the MAC address in hexadecimal format of a specific computer which is allowed to make a connection to the configured Inbound Port Enable NAT Select Yes if you wish to enable Network Address Translation also referred to as IP Masquerading This allows devices on one interface of the ZyWAN G9 internal side to access the n...

Page 80: ...where this should be set to No which retains the internal forwarding of packets between the two interfaces but disables the network address translation Time Synchronization Select the method of synchronizing the internal clock of the ZyWAN G9 Available options are None GPS and NTP The GPS option allows the time to be acquired from the GPS receiver if installed The NTP Network Time Protocol updates...

Page 81: ...vers are desired The best time server to use is one available on a local network if available This avoids using public Internet resources and gives more accurate time The second best option is to use a time server which is located on the Internet somewhere close small roundtrip time Otherwise some possible addresses are 0 pool ntp org 1 pool ntp org and 2 pool ntp org these addresses point to thre...

Page 82: ...ical serial port on the ZyWAN G9 in NMEA format See page 83 Enable GPS Terminal Server Select Yes to enable a terminal server on the ZyWAN G9 which allows a host to connect and obtain streaming GPS data over a network connection in NMEA format See page 83 GPS UDP Message Format Select a data format to enable the ZyWAN G9 to send GPS data over a network connection using UDP protocol Available optio...

Page 83: ...ial GPS output Options are 1 1 5 and 2 Flow Ctrl Select whether to use hardware flow control for the serial GPS output Options are None and RTS CTS hardware flow control The Enable options determine which NMEA messages are sent through the COM port The following table describes these options OPTION EXPLANATION Enable GPGLL Select Yes to enable the GPGLL message in the NMEA data stream Enable GPGGA...

Page 84: ...he following table describes these options OPTION EXPLANATION Enable GPGLL Select Yes to enable the GPGLL message in the NMEA data stream Enable GPGGA Select Yes to enable the GPGGA message in the NMEA data stream Enable GPVTG Select Yes to enable the GPVTG message in the NMEA data stream Enable GPRMC Select Yes to enable the GPRMC message in the NMEA data stream Enable GPGSA Select Yes to enable ...

Page 85: ... this ZyWAN G9 when reported to a host computer This allows the host computer to have unique identifiers for data coming from multiple remote units When using the Actsoft Format this Unit ID must be a unique 10 character serial number to identify this device in the Actsoft system For ZyWAN G9 iDEN The Unit ID reported to ActSoft must be the 10 character modem serial number For all other models The...

Page 86: ...owledgement message after transmission of a position message If a response message is received that does not contain the characters ACK or no message is received within the timeout period the position message is retransmitted This process continues indefinitely The ACK must be 3 ASCII characters 0x41 0x43 0x4B The position message is defined next The first 12 bytes are a header followed by 19 byte...

Page 87: ...GPS receiver Bit 2 Condition Good position response from GSP receiver Bit 3 4 unused Flag Bits Bit 5 UTC TIME FLAG This bit must be set to indicate that the TIMETAG represents UTC time Bit 6 OVERFLOW FLAG This bit is set to indicate that this position after being added to the store and forward cache caused an existing position in the store and forward cache to be deleted Bit 7 FIRST POSITION FLAG ...

Page 88: ...the following screen capture The following table lists the buttons available BUTTON EXPLANATION Insert Row Each of the Terminal Clients exists as a large set of properties in a numbered table row In order to insert a row in the table enter a number in the box between 1 and one greater than the highest number of rows Then click the Insert Row button to insert a blank row This row must be filled in ...

Page 89: ...are flow control Respond with OK Choose whether an OK message is sent in response to AT commands entered at the Terminal Client serial port The OK response is similar to the way in which a modem responds to a computer over its serial port DTR Indicates Connect State Specify whether DTR indicates the IP connection state If set to Yes the serial port s DTR output is asserted to a positive voltage wh...

Page 90: ...CD Pin Connect if the Data Carrier Detect DCD input signal on the serial port is raised to a positive RS 232 voltage This must be used with an RS 232 port and does not apply when COM3 uses the RS 485 hardware option There must be only one Host Connection row and its Matching Dial String field must be left empty ATDT or DCD Connect if either ATDT message is received or if the Data Carrier Detect DC...

Page 91: ...nter a number in the box between 1 and one greater than the highest number of rows Then click the Insert Row button to insert a blank row This row must be filled in with all data required Delete Row In order to delete a row of the Host Connection Table enter a number in the box between 1 and the highest number of rows Then click the Delete Row button to delete the row Once a row is deleted it cann...

Page 92: ...he serial port and to the remote server after a connection attempt or after the Terminal Client disconnects Neither Do not echo the strings to the serial or TCP port Matching Dial String Enter the ATDT string that is used to make a connection if the Connect Mode option is set to ATDT or ATDT or DCD Otherwise this field must be left empty If used the string must always start with the letters ATDT a...

Page 93: ...s This makes the items shown in the following screen capture available in the Table of Terminal Servers The following table lists the buttons available in the Table of Terminal Servers BUTTON EXPLANATION Insert Row Each of the Terminal Servers exists as a large set of properties in a numbered table row In order to insert a row in the table enter a number in the box between 1 and one greater than t...

Page 94: ... seconds Setting the value to zero 0 will cause the Terminal Server to never shut down upon no activity which is not recommended Duplex Select the duplex mode for the Terminal Server This selects a mode of operation for handling bi directional communication with a serial device Full Duplex This mode is designed for unsolicited data from serial devices full bi directional communication or any seria...

Page 95: ...rver This option is used when the Terminal Server is used as a print server to a serial printer Setting this option to Yes causes the Terminal Server to operate in Print Server mode The Terminal Server absorbs as much IP data as it can within the available memory and sends data to the serial port until it is all delivered regardless of whether the host disconnects When this option is set to No def...

Page 96: ...BUTTON EXPLANATION Insert Row Each row of the Serial Ports Table contains the definition of a serial port to use for this Terminal Server configuration One Terminal Server may send data received from the network client to multiple serial ports simultaneously In order to insert a row in the table enter a number in the box between 1 and one greater than the highest number of rows Then click the Inse...

Page 97: ...e set to Half Duplex or Broadcast In Half Duplex mode the clients connecting to each port may need to wait much longer for a response since the Demark and Response Timeout times for all connections are observed in the order that the requests are received from each client Baud Rate Select the baud rate to use for the Terminal Server port Baud rate options range from 1200 to 115 200 bps Data Bits Se...

Page 98: ...ular or private network Warning The update process may take a significant amount of time possibly several minutes depending on the size and number of updates that have to occur Do not remove power or perform a Linux command line reboot until the updates have completed In some cases the ZyWAN G9 will be required to reboot automatically in the middle of its update process If this occurs it will cont...

Page 99: ... releases will have a differently named software version and may have entirely different sets of update files Therefore trying to apply the standard ZyWAN G9 updates to customer specific systems is likely to cause unpredictable results Take care to enter an appropriate Update URL before clicking the Update ZyWAN button The server location must contain the latest versions of the ZyWAN G9 software r...

Page 100: ...ernet or WiFi and to install them manually See the section SFTP SCP Client WinSCP on page 28 for information on installing the WinSCP file transfer program This program provides a free and secure means of loading the required files although other programs may be used which support the SFTP or SCP protocols Determine the current software revision by viewing the Status tab of the ZyWAN G9 Web config...

Page 101: ...d If you are installing updates to a customer specific ZyWAN G9 instead of the standard platform contact Eurotech to obtain the list of the correct star file updates for the system Installing Updates Individually Use WinSCP to connect to the ZyWAN G9 and browse to its tmp or var tmp folder Download all the needed star files to the ZyWAN G9 as shown in the following screen capture After the files a...

Page 102: ... series of diagnostic messages will be displayed If any of the star update files requires a system reboot it will restart automatically After the reboot the remaining star files will need to be loaded into tmp again and repeat the above commands to install them Once the updates have been applied the system version can be verified on the Web configuration Status page or by typing the command ls etc...

Page 103: ...e current username for logging into the Web configuration page Current Password Enter the current password New Username Enter a new username for logging into the Web configuration page New Password Enter a new password After entering these values click the Change Web Password button A prompt will confirm whether to change the password as shown in the following screen capture If the current usernam...

Page 104: ...ZyWAN G9 User Manual 104 110150 4002A Otherwise a negative confirmation will indicate that the change password operation was not successful The following screen capture illustrates this case ...

Page 105: ...her the local directory or the specified directory The file contains all the unit property files which are all the properties set through the Web configuration page Use WinSCP to upload this file from the ZyWAN G9 to a computer This file can be stored for archiving purposes or for transfer to a different device Restoring Configuration Files In order to load these properties files to another ZyWAN ...

Page 106: ...PART 3 CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES 106 110150 4002A PART 3 CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES ...

Page 107: ...ailed information is given for each configuration example These examples illustrate some of the basic ZyWAN G9 features The actual implementation may vary with customer requirements The configurations described in this section are only a subset of the functionality of the ZyWAN G9 Many other configurations are possible that are not represented by the examples included in this section ...

Page 108: ...cellular network Ethernet eth1 192 168 1 1 subnet 255 255 255 0 ZyWAN G9 will be the default gateway and DNS server to devices on its Ethernet network assigning them addresses 192 168 1 10 through 192 168 1 200 WiFi 192 168 3 1 subnet 255 255 255 0 WiFi will act as an access point master mode with SSID zywan ZyWAN G9 will be the default gateway and DNS server to devices on the WiFi network assigni...

Page 109: ...ers from that network The following screen capture shows the Ethernet configuration page WiFi Setup Do not configure the Default Gateway or DNS Server addresses because these addresses will override the cellular network If configured the Default Gateway address will be the ZyWAN G9 s default route and the ZyWAN will obtain its public DNS servers from that network The SSID frequency signal strength...

Page 110: ...act as a Default Gateway to other devices and port 53 UDP is required for it to act as a DNS server The NAT entries allow devices on each network to route through the ZyWAN G9 to reach the cellular network ppp0 interface The following screen capture shows portions of the Networking configuration page ...

Page 111: ...ddress and DNS The screen captures show the output of ipconfig all on a computer running the Windows operating system The computer has obtained its address 192 168 1 10 from the ZyWAN G9 and the ZyWAN G9 is its Default Gateway DHCP Server and DNS Server The computer can ping google com using the public cellular network both to resolve the URL with DNS and to route the network traffic between eth1 ...

Page 112: ...work settings used in this example which is only a partial configuration to illustrate the WiFi network SETTING DETAILS WiFi ZyWAN G9 is a client on a host network using a wireless access point using static IP addressing WiFi in managed mode may use DHCP instead to automatically acquire an address from the host network A WEP password may also be configured currently WPA is not supported The next s...

Page 113: ... G9 network address is configured to 10 41 32 20 with network settings to match the host network subnet 255 255 0 0 default gateway 10 41 30 1 DNS server 10 41 30 2 The bridge IP is set to another unique address on the network 10 41 32 21 The access point has the SSID name wirelesshub ...

Page 114: ...ng table lists the network settings used in this example which is only a partial configuration to illustrate the Terminal Server network SETTING DETAILS Terminal Server IP port 4000 will be set up as a Terminal Server which will redirect data to the COM2 port Networking Open port 4000 in ZyWAN G9 firewall This must be included explicitly in Networking for any Terminal Server port configured The ne...

Page 115: ... If RS 485 is needed on an appropriate model of ZyWAN G9 use COM3 with Flow Control set to RTS CTS and Echo cancel RS485 set to Yes See Chapter 9 Terminal Servers on page 93 for more details on other Terminal Server options The following screen capture shows the Terminal Servers configuration page Networking Setup Port 4000 TCP must be opened in the firewall to allow external connections to be mad...

Page 116: ...Server connection to the ZyWAN G9 Networking Networking configuration allows access to GPS Terminal Server port The next sections provide detailed descriptions including the Web configuration pages for each setting Cellular Setup The cellular page will depend on the model of ZyWAN G9 and the network provider The inbound TCP connection to obtain GPS data requires the cellular account to have a stat...

Page 117: ...guration page Networking Setup The portions of the Networking configuration page shown are used to enable inbound connections to the Terminal Server port 5000 TCP The NTP setting allows the ZyWAN G9 to obtain the correct system time so GPS reports sent with UDP will contain the correct timestamp ...

Page 118: ... 65 mm 2 5 in Weight 1 25 kg 2 75 lbs approx may vary based on optional hardware Mounting Details The mechanical dimensions of the ZyWAN G9 are shown next all dimensions are shown in millimeters When the unit is mounted there must be sufficient space to connect the cables Antennas must be located in an area where there will be adequate exposure to RF signals For GPS this generally means the GPS an...

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