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Chapter 3. Product specification

3.5

Antenna Performance

The performance of the GPS antenna 1 is listed in the following table:

Item

Description

Frequency range

1574 - 1606MHz

Impedance

50ohms

VSWR

<1.2:1

Max gain

2.5dbi

Polarization

Vertical

Radiation Pattern

Omni-directional

Connector

SMA(M)

Length

108mm

IP Rating

IP65

Table 3.5: GPS Antenna performance

The performance of the Lora antenna 2 is listed in the following table:

Item

Description

Frequency range

863-873MHz

Or

902-928MHz

Impedance

50ohms

VSWR

<1.2:1

Max gain

2.5dbi

Polarization

Vertical

Radiation Pattern

Omni-directional

Connector

SMA(M)

Length

108mm

IP Rating

IP65

Table 3.6: Lora Antenna performance

Summary of Contents for Box EU MX1701

Page 1: ...Box LPWAN gateway User Guide ...

Page 2: ...X IO No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation transformation or adaptation without permission from MatchX Inc MatchX GmbH All rights reserved Release 2 2 March 2018 ...

Page 3: ...1 3 1 Front panel of Box 7 1 3 2 Link activity of Box 7 1 3 3 Connector of Box 8 2 Quick Installation Guide 9 2 1 Software environment 9 2 2 Hardware environment 9 2 3 Connection 9 2 4 Mounting 10 2 4 1 Wall Mounting 10 2 4 2 Pole mounting 11 2 5 Surge protection and Shielded Ethernet cable 12 2 6 Setup 12 2 6 1 WiFi connection 12 2 6 2 Ethernet connection 13 ...

Page 4: ...Product specification 15 3 1 Hardware environment 15 3 2 Software environment 16 3 3 RF performance 16 3 4 RX Filter for narrow band regions IN HK SIN THA 16 3 5 Antenna Performance 18 3 6 Operational frequencies 19 4 Package content 20 ...

Page 5: ...MX1701 Band 902 928MHz 863 873MHz Special RX 920 925MHz 865 867MHz Maximum Conducted Power 30dBm 27dBm LBT South Korea Europe SF 7 10 7 12 Certification IEC 60950 1 EN 300200 FCC PART 15 247 EN 301489 IP Rating IP65 IP65 Table 1 1 Comparison of US and EU Box 1 1 1 Lora The MatchX Box supports LoraWAN protocol covering a massive vicinity of up to 20km in open spaces with superior network capacity t...

Page 6: ... software the network capacity range coverage security and device management are enhanced in both the US and EU versions 1 2 1 Hardware Maximum 27dBm conducted output power in 868MHz 30dBm in 915MHz 143dBm sensitivity of LoraWAN packets FPGA integrated for Listen Before Talk AFA 580MHz CPU and 128MB RAM 32MB flash 24V passive POE for power supply USB C for debug and management Wifi Ethernet or bac...

Page 7: ...x The panel has USB USB C and POE connectors and Link status LED USB2 0 is used to connect USB disk USB C can be used to debug the Box Ethernet port supports 24V passive POE please pay attention to the voltage rating of the POE injector 1 3 2 Link activity of Box The Box uses one RGB LED to indicate the activity of the connections The Table 1 2 describes the LEDs on the Box ...

Page 8: ...Internet or no LoraWAN Flashing Green Configuring Box Steady Green Indicates that the Box is well connected Table 1 2 LED activity of Box 1 3 3 Connector of Box Antenna 2 is for Lora radio and antenna 1 is for GPS It is waterproof and has a mounting facility that can mount in fields rooftops or the outside walls of a building The enclosure is made of ASA plastic which is extremely UV wind sand and...

Page 9: ...o have the following software environment Windows system with SSH client or iOS Linux distributions with terminal Web browser like Chrome or Firefox Mobile browser like Chrome or Safari MatchX network account 2 2 Hardware environment WiFi or Ethernet connection Laptop or PC Mobile phone LoraWAN compatible end device 2 3 Connection Here we only illustrate the POE power supply method and the USB C p...

Page 10: ...POE to Box The Box can also use any 2 4GHz WiFi as a backhaul while powered by POE 2 4 Mounting 2 4 1 Wall Mounting The screws and screw anchors are included in the package users can drill two 6mm hole on the wall and apply screw anchors to them Determine the place of mount it should be an even surface Mark two holes that are going to be drilled the distance is 32 2mm should be horizontally aligne...

Page 11: ...2 4 Mounting 11 2 4 2 Pole mounting To mount the Box to a pole users can find the stainless steel clamps in the package The steps are ...

Page 12: ...able from Cat5e are recommended 2 6 Setup The Box will be automatically connected to MatchX cloud after the Internet is connected This guide will illustrate how to connect to the Box and configure it 2 6 1 WiFi connection Users need to have a laptop or a PC that has WiFi connectivities then after the Box is powered on the SSID that in a format MatchX_Box_xxxx will be available for connection The d...

Page 13: ... assume that the IP address that obtained by Box is 172 16 1 180 and we connect from the LAN through web browser to the IP address in LAN Here users can configure the WIFI AP and backhaul setting 2 6 3 LPWAN server setting With the MatchX LPWAN cloud account users can register their Box on the website and remotely configure the device It is also convenient to get the data out of the MatchX Sticks ...

Page 14: ...e following figure shows the device configuration page of the Box where users can check the GPS status runtime statistics like CPU WiFi and Flash The RSSI histogram is displayed upon the click of the button Usually the RSSI scan takes around 5 mins It is also possible to modify the Lora configuration file just by clicking the Edit config button the Lora configuration file is editable for the users...

Page 15: ...much more durable than the normal plastics The hardware specification is listed in the table blow Item Description CPU MT7688AN 580MHz MIPS Memory 128MB DDR2 RAM 32MB FLASH GPS UBlox Max 7Q LAN 10 100 Mbit LAN with 24V POE Interface USB C connector no USB interface with GPIO console UART and I2C USB A 2 0 Enclosure ASA plastic anti UV Size 78 x 340 x 30mm Operating Temperature 20 C to 55 C Extreme...

Page 16: ...d in Table 3 2 For WiFi Table 3 3 listed the performance and GPS is listed in Table 3 4 The GPS s perfor mances are in accordance with the models data sheets Item Description TX Maximum 27dBm in 868 version TX Maximum 30dBm in 915 version RX 128dBm at SF7BW125 RX 143dBm at SF12BW125 Table 3 2 Lora RF performance Item Description RF 1T1R 150Mbps Protocol IEEE 802 11 a b g n TX Power 19dBm RX Sensit...

Page 17: ...3 4 RX Filter for narrow band regions IN HK SIN THA 17 920 925MHz RX filter for Singapore Hong Kong Thailand Vietnam 865 867MHz RX filter for India ...

Page 18: ...n Vertical Radiation Pattern Omni directional Connector SMA M Length 108mm IP Rating IP65 Table 3 5 GPS Antenna performance The performance of the Lora antenna 2 is listed in the following table Item Description Frequency range 863 873MHz Or 902 928MHz Impedance 50ohms VSWR 1 2 1 Max gain 2 5dbi Polarization Vertical Radiation Pattern Omni directional Connector SMA M Length 108mm IP Rating IP65 Ta...

Page 19: ...s 19 3 6 Operational frequencies The operational frequencies in European countries are listed in the table The rest of the frequency plans in US Australia India Korea and the rest of the world can be found on the MatchX website ...

Page 20: ... the most advanced IoT technology with a plug and play design With the default package users can easily setup an IoT LPWAN The package includes the following items Box 1 pcs Antenna 2 pcs 30mm M6 Screw anchor M4 Screw 3 sets Stainless Steel Clamp 1 pcs 24V POE 1 pcs Power cords 1 pcs ...

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