Viola Systems Arctic, User Manual

Page 1: ...Arctic User s Manual Arctic GPRS Gateway 2270 Firmware Version 5 0 7 Document Version 1 6 April 2010 ...

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Page 3: ...umstance is the manufacturer or the developer of a program responsible for any damage possibly caused by the use of a program The names of the programs as well as all copyrights relating to the programs are the sole property of Viola Systems Any transfer licensing to a third party leasing renting transportation copying editing translating modifying into another programming language or reverse engi...

Page 4: ...ssions 0 15 30MHz EN 50082 1 Immunity Test 1 IEC 801 3 Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Field 2 IEC 801 2 Electrostatic Discharge 3 IEC 801 4 Fast Transients AC Power Ports and Signal cables Supplementary Information The product complies with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and EMC directive 89 336 EEC Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product ...

Page 5: ... the products To prevent damage both the product and any terminal devices must always be switched OFF before connecting or disconnecting any cables It should be ascertained that different devices used have the same ground potential Before connecting any power cables the output voltage of the power supply should be checked This product is not fault tolerant and is not designed manufactured or inten...

Page 6: ...eased 06 2004 1 1 Minor modifications and HW update 11 2004 1 2 HW information added DIP switches console switch 01 2005 1 3 Serial Gateway information added and chapter regarding IO modified 10 2005 1 4 General text related corrections Chapter 5 Firewall rewritten 02 2007 1 5 1 4 3 RS 485 information updated 04 2010 1 6 5 0 7 Lay out changed Side Panel description updated ...

Page 7: ...3 1 Unpacking the Arctic 18 3 2 Installation of the Arctic 18 3 3 Setting of the IP Address Using an HTML Browser 18 3 4 Setting of the IP Address Using a Console 20 4 ARCTIC CONFIGURATOR TOOL 23 4 1 Login to Arctic Configurator 23 4 2 General Usage of the Arctic Configurator 24 5 ARCTIC SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION 25 5 1 System Menu 25 5 2 Network Menu 25 5 2 1 Ethernet 26 5 2 2 GPRS 27 5 2 3 Dial in ...

Page 8: ... Digital Input IO 8 2 43 6 2 Digital Output IO 8 2 44 6 3 DC Output 44 6 4 Analog Input IO 8 1 1 only 44 7 GPRS 45 7 1 Placing Arctic 45 7 2 GPRS Antenna 45 7 3 SIM Card and Card Holder 46 7 4 Configuring Arctic s GPRS Settings 46 7 5 Useful GSM GPRS Information 47 8 TROUBLESHOOTING 49 8 1 Common Problems 49 SPECIFICATIONS 50 LIMITED WARRANTY 52 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 53 ...

Page 9: ...part of a network environment It is intended for anyone involved in installing and managing Arctic devices It is assumed that the reader of this manual is familiar with basic working principles of Internet technology Figure 1 Arctic GPRS Gateway 1 2 The Arctic Platform The Arctic platform utilizes a number of wireless or fixed line interfaces depending on your specific requirements Arctic is a cus...

Page 10: ...rame Attachment rail for optional and custom mounting tools SOFTWARE Operating System Multitasking embedded µCLinux Supported Protocols PPP IP ICMP UDP TCP ARP DNS DHCP FTP TFTP HTTP Application Services HTTP server CGI FTP client Telnet server SSH server and client Temperature sensor Real Time Clock Syslog DHCP server and client Status querying using SMS Serial connection Serial GW Manufacturing ...

Page 11: ... GPRS antenna connector and SIM card holder are shown in figure 6 3 Side panel The side panel as shown in figure 7 contains all LEDs which indicate the status of the device 2 1 Front Panel Description The front panel of the Arctic GPRS Gateway consists of the following connectors and switches Figure 2 Front Panel Description 1 Power supply connector 2 Console serial port RS1 3 Power switch 4 Conso...

Page 12: ...ort mode and when in the left position RS1 is in console mode DIP Switches It selects an application port RS 2 mode and settings RS 232 or RS 485 By default all are set to 0 when the port is acting as an RS 232 DIP switches 2 4 apply only when RS 485 mode is selected by DIP switch 1 Table 1 DIP Switches Number Function State Explanation 1 RS 232 RS 485 0 RS 232 1 RS 485 Selects RS port operation 2...

Page 13: ...GND Signal ground 6 DSR IN Data Set Ready Handshake input 7 RTS OUT Ready To Send Handshake output 8 CTS IN Clear To Send Handshake input 9 RI IN Ring Indicator The serial port 2 RS2 can be configured either as a half RS 232 or an RS 422 485 DTE Master The Pin description is same as in RS1 when in RS 232 mode The pin description of this port is as follows in RS 485 mode Table 3 RS 485 Port PIN Des...

Page 14: ...cal network e g hub or switch a direct Ethernet cable must be used The figure and pin description of the Arctic s RJ45 Ethernet connector is as follows Figure 5 RJ45 Ethernet connector Table 4 RJ45 Ethernet connector PIN Description Pin Number Name Direction Explanation 1 Rx IN Data Receive Positive 2 Rx IN Data Receive Negative 3 Tx OUT Data Transmit Positive 4 NC 5 NC 6 Tx OUT Data Transmit Nega...

Page 15: ...is in operation The SIM card contents may become corrupted if the card is removed while the GPRS module is writing data to it 2 3 Side Panel Description The side panel of the device contains ten LEDs which are used to indicate the status of the Arctic and only five of them are connected The LEDs are numbered from 1 to 10 starting from the rear panel side A detailed description of each LED is liste...

Page 16: ... ON Blinking OFF Ethernet link is up Ethernet link is transferring data Ethernet link is down 6 Eth 2 Not connected 7 LED 1 Not connected 8 LED 2 Not connected 9 LED 3 Not connected 10 LED 4 GPRS Blinking OFF GPRS is starting or transferring data GPRS is inactive 2 4 Product Information Label The product information label on the underside of the Arctic contains the following information 1 Product ...

Page 17: ...abel 2 5 Firmware Version The Arctic firmware version may be checked from the Viola Configurator startup page System Information It is also possible to get the firmware version by issuing command firmware in console Figure 9 Firmware Version This manual describes the series 5 firmware version GPRS Gateway 5 0 7 ...

Page 18: ... range of radio signals Therefore if you are using an Arctic with antennas directly mounted to the antenna connector try to avoid placing the Arctic where the radio signal might be disturbed shadowed by nearby obstacles Also large metallic surfaces racks may have a highly detrimental effect on the antenna performance In case of metal racks or surfaces it is recommended to use an external antenna w...

Page 19: ...IP address of the Arctic is 10 10 10 10 netmask 255 0 0 0 Computer connected to Viola Arctic device can use for example IP address 10 10 10 11 Figure 10 IP Properties 2 From the initial page click Start Configurator and enter login information in the following page Username is root and by default no password is set just leave the field empty ...

Page 20: ... installation you need to find out the required network settings These include the IP Address Netmask and Gateway Settings used by the Arctic The local network administrator can provide them to you or you can ask for them from your Internet Service Provider Note If possible it is recommended to use an HTML browser to set up network settings as described in the next chapter If using a console pleas...

Page 21: ...ctic using COM port and terminal program Hyperterminal Serial settings for console RS1 are 19200 8 N 1 and Flow control set to none Figure 12 COM1 Properties 5 Stop the PPCboot to get the Arctic command prompt Set the IP address and netmask using command setenv Figure 13 Arctic COM1 Hyperterminal ...

Page 22: ...are Version 5 0 7 22 Document Version 1 6 6 Save the setting with command saveenv 7 Reboot the Arctic for the settings to take effect Note Default gateway value gatewayip is usually set to zero 0 because GPRS or VPN is used as default router ...

Page 23: ... which applications and processes run on the Arctic board 4 1 Login to Arctic Configurator To start using the Arctic Configurator open the URL where the Arctic is located and it has to be configured On the Viola Arctic main page select the Start Configurator link Figure 14 Start Configurator Figure 15 System Log in Initially the Arctic Configurator will ask you for the password for the Arctic devi...

Page 24: ...isplay the available items related to this subset in the secondary navigation bar selecting the first of these to be shown in the main content area The secondary navigation bar on the left contains the groups of parameters in this subset Selecting an item from this menu will display the content related to the selected group in the main content area In the bottom of the secondary navigation bar is ...

Page 25: ...and time information may be adjusted here Note Updated time data is not saved permanently until the Commit button is pressed Until then it will be stored only in RAM memory Environment submenu contains information about the Arctic device memory usage uptime and inside temperature Password submenu contains password changing The default password is blank When changing the password for the first time...

Page 26: ...e Summary 5 2 1 Ethernet Configuration for the Arctic Ethernet Interface Figure 17 Ethernet Settings Override Ethernet configuration by DHCP If this parameter is Enabled Arctic gets the IP address and other related information from a local DHCP server When enabled all other settings are disabled on this page ...

Page 27: ... MTU for Ethernet interface usually 1500 DNS servers optional Name server IP DSN address for resolving host names to IP address and vice versa Applicable when GPRS parameter DNS servers is set to User defined Table 6 Ethernet LAN Specificatons Speed 10Base T 100Base TX Duplex Half and Full Auto negotiation Yes Recommended cabling Cat5 or better 5 2 2 GPRS GPRS settings include APN and other settin...

Page 28: ...GPRS is used as default route Ethernet default gateway has to disabled Parameter Use Ethernet as default route set to No in Network Ethernet Figure 18 GPRS Settings 5 2 3 Dial in Configuration for the Arctic PPP dial in Interface Dial in enabled When enabled PPP connections can be made to Arctic GSM data Require authentication PAP When set to yes password authentication is used for incoming data c...

Page 29: ... server port SSH VPN TCP port on primary server default 22 Primary server GW If other gateway than default route is needed to reach the Viola M2M Gateway Max duration 0 unlimited Maximum duration of the VPN connection On primary server should be set to zero With backup server after this timeout the primary server is tried again Connection start timeout sec Time to wait for the connection establish...

Page 30: ... Routing mode Routing mode has three modes 1 Tunnel the following network This adds the Remote network IP to be reached via the SSH VPN Parameters Remote network IP and Remote network mask must be set 2 Default route VPN interface is used as default route 3 None No routing is added when the VPN is established The VPN peer IPs can be used for communications Remote network IP Remote network IP behin...

Page 31: ...er gateway If other gateway than default route is needed to reach the Viola M2M Gateway Max duration 0 unlimited Maximum duration of the VPN connection On primary server should be set to zero Hello interval secs Hello interval for connection keepalive default 20 seconds MTU MTU for L2TP interface L2TP username usually hostname Username for authentication L2TP password L2TP password for authenticat...

Page 32: ...r to your GRE server documentation 5 2 7 Monitor Monitor is used for GPRS and VPN connection checking If connection to the selected IP address is lost the connection is restarted Monitor uses ICMP echo ping packets to check the connection The monitor also keeps the connection alive so that idle timeout do not drop the connections ICMP Echo sending Selects if the monitor is enabled This should be a...

Page 33: ...e VPN peer IP or other IP reached only via VPN must be used for connection checking 5 2 8 Routing These parameters are used to configure routing settings Act as router Enables IP forwarding between interfaces Use Proxy ARP Enables proxy ARP It can be used with Viola M2M Gateway VPN Static routes can be added if some hosts or networks require static routing settings ...

Page 34: ...led the same way only S NAT connections are allowed 5 2 10 D NAT These parameters are used to configure D NAT destination network address translation settings When enabled packets coming to define GPRS interface port are forwarded to local IP address Source IP D NAT only connections coming from IP Wildcard 0 0 means all IP addresses are D NATted Protocol Chooses which protocol is port forwarded If...

Page 35: ...mple BIND DNS server Figure 23 DNS Update settings The server pointed by parameter Authoritative names server eg company s own DNS server for example ISC BIND must be configured to accept incoming DNS update messages TSIG keys can be used for better security in DNS updates 5 2 12 DynDNS Client This feature can be used with DynDNS service available at http www dyndns org Note The public IP is requi...

Page 36: ...r When set to Yes Arctic updates system clock from NTP server Query interval How ofter NTP query is sent Minimum time difference seconds Minimal time difference when the clock is updated Maximum time difference Maximum time difference between local system time and NTP time when the clock is updated Time adjust mode Adds or subsracts time from the received NTP value Time adjust value minutes value ...

Page 37: ...mmands to be run on Arctic Other Reply error to unknown commands If set to No incorrect commands are silently disregarded If set to Yes Arctic will send error SMS Reply error to unauthorized commands If set to No unauthorized command are also silently disregarded If set to Yes Arctic will send error SMS Factory reset command 8 chars min Command to issue device back to factory settings This does no...

Page 38: ...tom If strict rules are wanted last rule should be DROP The parameter From IP can be used for limiting access based on IP address For example 192 168 100 0 24 would limit access only packets coming from 192 168 100 0 network Figure 26 GPRS Settings These rules would allow incoming connection to GPRS interface ICMP web TCP port 80 and telnet TCP port 22 from any IP access ...

Page 39: ...ble it via console if you should need to use it again later 5 4 2 Telnet Telnet server may be used to make terminal connections to the Arctic device shell A more secure way of performing remote management is based on the SSH Telnet server Enables or disables the telnet server 5 4 3 DHCP DHCP server listens to broadcast DHCP queries and assigns IP address for host from the configured pool If needed...

Page 40: ...ic as DNS server Arctic will forward DNS queries to correct DSN server and local computers DNS setting are not needed to be changed This can be used with GPRS settings Network GPRS parameter DNS servers From GPRS network DNS Proxy Forwarder When set to Enabled Arctic can be used as DNS server for local computers SNMP Agent Arctic supports MIB II SNMP Agent SNMP agent SNMP Set Get Set SNMP agent en...

Page 41: ...le Also GPRS information can be obtained from Modem Info menu Figure 29 Tools Menu Console Console can be used for running command over the web interface Example commands ping c 10 172 30 30 1 firmware System Log and Recent events Arctic system log can be seen on system log and recent event When support for device is need full copy paste from system log is needed Modem info Arctic modem info show ...

Page 42: ...ual Arctic GPRS Gateway Firmware Version 5 0 7 42 Document Version 1 6 Default Settings Arctic may be set to factory default settings from the Tools menu This restores factory settings excluding network settings ...

Page 43: ...e is guaranteed to be interpreted as a logical high state AC voltage levels less than 2 V are interpreted as a logical low state The schematic of one digital input is shown in the figure 26 Figure 30 Schematic Digital Input In the figure INPUT refers to one of the eight Digital Input n pins and IN_COMMON refers to Digital Input Common pin in the I O connector s pin description is shown in Table 6 ...

Page 44: ...oltage across digital output pins is 30 V Voltage levels above this value may cause permanent damage to the PTC fuse 6 3 DC Output The input voltage to the DCIN connector is circulated back to the I O connector of the Arctic See the I O connector s pin description table shown in Chapter 6 This DC output can be used for example together with digital outputs in order to simplify external circuitry a...

Page 45: ...ighly degrade the antenna performance In case of metal racks or surfaces it is recommended to use an external antenna with an appropriate cable This allows placing of the Arctic more freely 7 2 GPRS Antenna The Arctic with GPRS includes a FME connector male type for an external antenna It is possible to use any kind of external 50Ω dual band antenna intended for GSM900 880 960 MHz and GSM1800 also...

Page 46: ...d should only be inserted or removed while the GSM module has been placed in shutdown mode The SIM card holder has a card detection circuit that will in theory allow hot insertion and removal of the card However hot insertion and removal are not recommended since the SIM card content may be corrupted if the card is removed while the GSM module is writing data to it 7 4 Configuring Arctic s GPRS Se...

Page 47: ...tor menu 8 Finally click on Apply wait for the confirmation and then click on commit to store the settings Again wait for commit confirmation Figure 34 GPRS Settings Reboot the Arctic for the settings to take effect Check GPRS status from Network Summary Menu Note It is important to set the correct PIN code with the Arctic Configurator before plugging the SIM card in If an incorrect PIN is set and...

Page 48: ...User s Manual Arctic GPRS Gateway Firmware Version 5 0 7 48 Document Version 1 6 Figure 35 Useful GSM GPRS Information ...

Page 49: ... available can the M2M Gateway be used A Yes if firewall connected to public IP can forward incoming SSH connections to the M2M Gateway 8 1 Common Problems Problem 1 Q Console does not receive characters A Disable HW and SW handshaking from you terminal software e g Hyperterm or Minicom Problem 2 Q GPRS interface is up but no traffic flows through it A Default gateway in Ethernet settings submenu ...

Page 50: ...no parity Application port 2 Serial port selectable RS 232 or RS 422 485 Power Requirements Resettable fuse and ESD protected input External 110 230 VAC adapter optional Temperature Range Operating 20 to 55 o C Storage 30 to 85 o C Relative Humidity Operating 5 to 85 RH non condensing Operating System µCLinux embedded multitasking operating system Network Protocols Supported PPP IP ICMP UDP TCP AR...

Page 51: ...minum frame Size 180 mm x 110 mm x 45 mm WxLxH Weight 0 7 kg Attachment rail for optional and custom mounting Table 8 Absolute Maximum Ratings for I O Interface Input power 24 V Digital inputs optional 0 V DC referring to common digital input pin Digital outputs optional 30 V between output pins Analog input optional 100 V between input pins ...

Page 52: ...may use new or refurbished parts or products to do so If Viola Systems is unable to repair or replace a defective product your alternate exclusive remedy shall be a refund of the original purchase price The above is Viola Systems entire obligation to you under this warranty IN NO EVENT SHALL VIOLA SYSTEMS BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES INCLUDING LOSS O...

Page 53: ...mation about your Arctic product Product name ___________________________________________________ Serial no _______________________________________________________ Note the status of your Arctic in the space below before contacting technical support Include information about error messages diagnostic test results and problems with specific applications _____________________________________________...