Laird Sentrius RG1 Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...A User Guide Sentrius RG1xx Version 1 1 ...

Page 2: ...2 Copyright 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 REVISION HISTORY Version Date Notes Approver 1 0 20 July Initial Release Jonathan Kaye 1 1 3 Aug 2017 Clarified web interface URL in section 4 Log into the Gateway Identified separate mDNS address Shewan Yitayew ...

Page 3: ...y 11 5 LAN Connection Setup 13 5 1 IPv4 Configuration 14 5 2 IPv6 Configuration 14 5 3 Advanced View 15 6 Wi Fi Connection Setup 16 6 1 Use Scan to Add a Profile 16 6 2 Manually Adding a Profile 17 6 3 Wi Fi Advanced Page 18 7 LoRa Connection Setup 19 7 1 Using Presets 19 7 2 Forwarder 20 7 2 1 Mode 20 7 2 2 Configuration 20 7 3 Radios 21 7 3 1 Channel Plan Graphic 21 7 3 2 Radio Center Frequencie...

Page 4: ...ns Support Center http ews support lairdtech com www lairdtech com ramp 4 Copyright 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 8 4 Factory Reset 28 8 5 Bluetooth 28 8 6 Additional information 28 ...

Page 5: ...pplicable for the Sentrius RG186 where there are differences they are highlighted in the notes 2 INTRODUCTION 2 1 Product Overview The Sentrius RG1xx LoRa Enabled Gateway from Laird is the ultimate in secure scalable robust LoRa solutions for end to end control of your private LoRaWAN network Leveraging Laird s field proven and reliable 50 Series Wireless Bridge certified module it also offers ent...

Page 6: ...Chipset LoRa Semtech SX1301 SX1257 Bluetooth Cambridge Silicon Radio CSR8811 A08 Wi Fi Qualcomm Atheros QCA6004 Wi Fi and Bluetooth Wireless Characteristics Wi Fi Spatial Streams 2x2 MIMO Wi Fi Frequencies 2 4 and 5GHz Operation Conducted Maximum Transmit Power Note Transmit power on each channels varies according to individual country regulations All values for lowest data rate is nominal 2 dBm O...

Page 7: ...T40 11dBm Bluetooth 1Mbps 6dBm 2Mbps 6dBm 3Mbps 3dBm Bluetooth Low Energy 1Mbps 6dBm WiFi Radio Conducted Typical Receiver Sensitivity Note All values nominal 3 dBm Variant by channels 802 11a 6 Mbps 92dBm 54Mbps 74dBm PER 10 802 11b 1 Mbps 94dBm 11Mbps 87dBm PER 8 802 11g 6 Mbps 91dBm 54Mbps 74dBm PER 10 802 11n 2 4 GHz 6 5 Mbps MCS0 91dBm 65 Mbps MCS7 71dBm 802 11n 5 GHz HT20 6 5 Mbps MCS0 92dBm...

Page 8: ...nal plug adapter Security Wi Fi Standards WEP WPA WPA2 Encryption WEP TKIP AES EAP Types EAP FAST EAP TLS EAP TTLS PEAP GTC PEAP MSCHAP PEAP MSCHAPv2 PEAP TLS LEAP Software Operating System Embedded Linux 4 x Kernel LoRa Packet Forwarder Default Support for The Things Network Stream Communications Loriot Configuration Web based interface via Ethernet Wi Fi Physical Dimensions 133 x 275 x 30 mm Env...

Page 9: ... RG191 Accessories Included 1 x 868 MHz antenna with RG186 or 1 x 915 MHz antenna with RG191 2 x 2 4 5 GHz antennas 1 x External DC Power Adapter Enclosure Standard Option IP67 Enclosure Moulded Plastic Housing Optional IP67 rated external enclosure housing for main gateway PCB Warranty 1 Year Warranty 3 CONNECTING THE HARDWARE 3 1 Connect the Gateway To use the gateway you must power up the gatew...

Page 10: ...Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Figure 3 Connecting the gateway Antenna Configuration To configure the antenna properly do the following 1 Attach the two shorter antennas to the 2 4 5 5 GHz Wi Fi ports 2 Attach the third and longer antenna to the 868 MHz 900 MHz LoRa port 1 2 3 ...

Page 11: ... on the bottom of the gateway the last three bytes are highlighted Figure 4 Figure 4 Bottom label last three bytes of the Ethernet MAC address highlighted 2 Enter the URL into the web browser to access the web interface For example for the gateway used in this guide the URL is https rg1xx29378B Replace the highlighted characters with the characters of the last three bytes of your Ethernet MAC ID I...

Page 12: ...tech com ramp 12 Copyright 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 5 Click Proceed Figure 6 Figure 6 Web interface second screen 6 Log on using the following default credentials Username sentrius Password RG1xx Figure 7 Gateway interface login screen ...

Page 13: ... for security reasons Figure 8 Figure 8 Change the default credentials Only one login session is allowed at a time If there is another active session active the program warns you before allowing you to take over the session Figure 9 Figure 9 Active session warning 7 Click Continue to log in 5 LAN CONNECTION SETUP The LAN menu allows selections for configuration and status of the IPv4 IPv6 wired ne...

Page 14: ...lues provided by DHCP are displayed but cannot be changed Static When the IP Address Acquisition Method is set to static all IP settings are fixed and saved in the device The external Gateway IP Address is optional and may be left blank DNS Server IP addresses are also optional Zero one or two DNS servers may be specified 5 2 IPv6 Configuration Select the IPv6 configuration by clicking the IPv6 me...

Page 15: ...11 IPv6 Configuration page 5 3 Advanced View Select the advanced view by clicking the Advanced menu item in the LAN sidebar Figure 12 The Advanced view shows all network information provided by the Wi Fi module in the Gateway Depending on the settings of the network and the gateway not all settings may apply to the current mode of operation This view is intended to support advanced users in troubl...

Page 16: ...the Ethernet interface to setup the Wi Fi connection To setup a Wi Fi connection click the Wi Fi tab in the main menu Figure 13 Figure 13 Wi Fi connection setup In the sidebar on the left you can navigate to various Wi Fi pages and see the status of the Wi Fi interface There is also a button to enable disable the Wi Fi radio 6 1 Use Scan to Add a Profile To use the scan function to add a profile f...

Page 17: ...redential information for your chosen Wi Fi network Figure 15 Figure 15 Wi Fi profile window 6 2 Manually Adding a Profile To add a Wi Fi network profile manually follow these steps 1 Click the LAN button in the main menu then click the Profiles button in the left menu This page is useful for adding a hidden Wi Fi network that is not broadcasting its SSID Figure 16 Figure 16 Wi Fi profiles page Th...

Page 18: ...cas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 2 Click Profile to display the Wi Fi profile dialog Figure 17 Figure 17 Wi Fi profile dialog 3 Enter the appropriate information for the new profile 4 Click Add 6 3 Wi Fi Advanced Page The Wi Fi advanced page shows more detailed information about the Wi Fi radio status Figure 18 Figure 18 Wi Fi Advanced page ...

Page 19: ...he bottom label of the gateway with the label M2 EUI Figure 20 Gateway label 7 1 Using Presets The Sentrius RG1xx contains multiple preset configurations that for connecting to a third party server or used as the basis for a private network These presets configure the forwarder and the channel plan To apply a preset configuration follow these steps 1 Click the LoRa tab in the main menu The default...

Page 20: ...arder and may not be modified Figure 21 Selecting a preset configuration 7 2 Forwarder Click Forwarder in the left hand menu of the LoRa pages to access the Forwarder settings 7 2 1 Mode The forwarder page allows configuration of the packet forwarder Forwarder is the only available option in the dropdown The gateway uses the legacy Semtech packet forwarder 7 2 2 Configuration The network server ad...

Page 21: ...adio Center Frequencies Each radio is assigned a center frequency Channels are then assigned to each radio and given an offset from the center Figure 23 Figure 23 Channel assignments 7 3 3 Channels Channels are enabled and assigned to either radio Each radio can have up to five channels assigned to it The channel s frequency is an offset of its radio s center frequency For most channels with a 125...

Page 22: ...8 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Figure 24 Channels window The overlapping channels are highlighted with an orange box in Figure 25 Figure 25 Overlapping channels 7 3 4 LoRa Radio Card US Gateways that operate in the US region should have a 500 kHz channel In Figure 26 the allowed placement of these channels displays larger and blue If a 500k Hz channel is not configured the interface displays a ...

Page 23: ...a Radio Card EU There are three mandatory channels for gateways that operate in the EU region These channels are 868 1 868 3 and 868 5 The EU region bands have different duty cycles This is indicated with a grey background box and label in Figure 27 A higher duty cycle allows higher throughput The EU region specifies keep out areas in the allowed frequencies These are highlighted in red on the ill...

Page 24: ... lairdtech com ramp 24 Copyright 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Figure 27 EU region gateways keep out channels 7 4 Advanced Configuration The Advanced page provides additional configuration options Figure 28 Advanced configuration page ...

Page 25: ...uploaded to restore the saved configuration This feature is useful for configuring multiple gateways with the same configuration Figure 29 Figure 29 Current configuration file 8 MANAGE THE GATEWAY 8 1 Changing Username and Password To change the login credentials of the gateway follow these steps 1 In the main menu click the Settings tab Then in the left menu click the User tab Figure 30 2 Enter t...

Page 26: ...firmware version for the gateway software package Figure 31 Version information 8 3 Updating Gateway Firmware To update the firmware in the gateway follow these steps 1 Click the Settings tab in the main menu Then click Update Firmware in the left menu 2 Enter the URL of the location where the firmware image is hosted 3 Click Start Update Note Laird hosts the latest firmware for the RG1xx gateway ...

Page 27: ...ghts Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 During the firmware update the progress displays as shown in Figure 33 Figure 33 Progress indicator At the end of the update you are prompted to reboot the gateway 4 Click Reboot The gateway must be rebooted for the update to take effect Figure 34 Figure 34 Reboot prompt ...

Page 28: ... button until all the LEDs on the top begin to flash 3 Once the LEDs start flashing release the user button 4 The factory defaults are applied the gateway reboots and it is ready to use 8 5 Bluetooth At the time of writing this document the Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy functionality in the gateway is not enabled Please visit the RG1xx page on Lairdtech com for more information www lairdtech ...