NetComm Vodafone MachineLink 3G Configuration Manual
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- Page 1 Vodafone MachineLink SMS Tools Configuration Guide...
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Copyright© 2016 Vodafone Group Plc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein is proprietary to NetComm Wireless and Vodafone. No part of this document may be translated, transcribed, reproduced, in any form, or by any means without prior written consent of NetComm Wireless and Vodafone. - Page 3 Contents Introduction Notation The following symbols are used in this user guide: The following note requires attention. The following note provides a warning. The following note provides useful information. SMS Tools Configuration Guide – Vodafone MachineLink 3 of 23 September 2016 v.
- Page 4 Introduction The SMS tools application has been developed to include basic SMS functionality such as sending a message, receiving a message and redirecting an incoming message to another destination. You can also utilise this functionality to read and change run-time variables on the router. The SMS diagnostics feature is enabled by default.
- Page 5 OPTION DEFINITION General SMS configuration SMS messaging Toggles the SMS functionality of the router on and off. Messages per page (10-50) The number of SMS messages to display per page. Must be a value between 10 and 50. Encoding scheme The encoding method used for outbound SMS messages.
- Page 6 New message The New message page can be used to send SMS text messages to a single or multiple recipients. To access the New message page, click on the Services menu item from the top menu bar, select the SMS messaging menu on the left then select the New message menu item. A new SMS message can be sent to a maximum of 9 recipients at the same time.
- Page 7 Inbox / Sent Items The Inbox displays all received messages that are stored on the router while Sent Items displays all sent messages. To access the Inbox page, click on the Services menu item from the top menu bar, select the SMS messaging menu on the left then select the Inbox menu item. Figure 3 - SMS Inbox To access the Sent items page, click on the Services menu item from the top menu bar, select the SMS messaging menu on the left then select the Sent items menu item.
- Page 8 Diagnostics The Diagnostics page is used to configure the SMS diagnostics and command execution configuration. This allows you to change the configuration, perform functions remotely and check on the status of the router via SMS commands. To access the Diagnostics page, click on the Services menu item then select the SMS menu on the left and finally select Diagnostics beneath it. Figure 5 - SMS diagnostics and command execution configuration SMS Tools Configuration Guide –...
- Page 9 SMS diagnostics and command execution configuration The options on this page are described below. Enable remote diagnostics and command execution Enables or disables the remote diagnostics feature. If this setting is enabled all incoming text messages are parsed and tested for remote diagnostics commands.
- Page 10 If a fixed number is selected, the acknowledgement message will be sent to the number defined in the Fixed number to send replies to field. If the sender’s number is selected, the acknowledgement message will be sent to the number that the SMS diagnostic or command message originated from.
- Page 11 Up to 20 numbers may be stored in the white list, however, when using a Vodafone GDSP SIM, 4 entries are reserved for system numbers and may not be removed. To add a number to the white list, click the “+Add” button. Figure 7 –...
- Page 12 If authentication is enabled, each command must be preceded by the password: PASSWORD execute COMMAND PASSWORD get VARIABLE PASSWORD set VARIABLE=VALUE The following are some examples of SMS diagnostic commands: password6657 execute reboot get rssi ...
- Page 13 Where “COMMAND” is a supported command to be executed by the device (e.g. reboot) Where “PASSWORD” is the password (if configured) for the corresponding sender number specified in the White List Multiple commands can be sent in the same message, if separated by a semicolon. For Example: get VARIABLE1;...
- Page 14 List of basic commands A list of basic commands which can be used in conjunction with the execute command are listed below: “pdpcycle”, “pdpdown” and “pdpup” commands can have a profile number suffix ‘x’ added. Without the suffix specified, the command operates against the default profile configured on the profile list page of the Web-UI.
- Page 15 ITEM DEFINITION codconnect Causes the router to activate the PDP context when the Connect on demand feature is enabled. coddisconnect Causes the router to de-activate the PDP context when the Connect on demand feature is enabled. ssh.genkeys Instructs the router to generate new public SSH keys. ssh.clearkeys Instructs the router to clear the client public SSH key files.
- Page 16 Command name Example Description set codredial set codredial=5 Sets the number of minutes that the router should not attempt to redial after hanging up. get codredial get codredial Returns the number of minutes that the router is configured to not attempt to redial after hanging up. set coddisconnect set coddisconnect=0 Sets the number of minutes after which the router should disconnect regardless of traffic.
- Page 17 Command name Example Description get codignore.ncsi get codignore.ncsi Returns the status of the Ignore NCSI option. get plmnscan get plmnscan Instructs the router to perform a network scan and returns the results by SMS. set forceplmn set forceplmn=505,3 Sets the operator to a manual selection made by the user where “505”...
- Page 18 Command name Example Description set install.timeout set install.timeout=5 Sets the time in minutes that the router waits before a file that is being installed times out. This is set to 3 minutes by default. Supported range is 3 – 300 minutes.
- Page 19 SMS variable RDB variable name Read/Write Description Example VALUE name statistics.usage_current wanuptime Up time of 1 days 02:30:12 or 0 days 00:00:00 current cellular when wwan down broadband session 10 /proc/uptime deviceuptime R Device up time 1 days 02:30:12 11 wwan.0.system_network_status.current_band band Current band WCDMA850 Table 6 - List of basic SMS diagnostics RDB variables...
- Page 20 Notes about the network connection status when using the get plmnscan command: If the connection status is Up and connection mode is Always on, the get plmnscan SMS will cause the connection to disconnect, perform the scan, send the result through SMS and then bring the connection back up again. If the connection status is Down, the router will perform the PLMN scan, send the result and keep the connection status down.
- Page 21 PASSWORD set apn1=internet PASSWORD set apn2=access Send SMS to change the 3G username Not required set username=’NetComm’ Required PASSWORD set username= ”NetComm” Send SMS to change the 3G password Not required set password= `NetComm` Required PASSWORD set password= `NetComm` Send SMS to change the 3G Not required set authtype= ‘pap’...
- Page 22 Description Authentication Input Example Send SMS to reset to factory default Not required execute factorydefaults settings Required PASSWORD execute factorydefaults Send SMS to retrieve status of router Not required get status Required PASSWORD get status Send SMS to retrieve the history of the Not required get sessionhistory session, including start time, end time...
- Page 23 Description Authentication Input Example Send SMS to download and install IPK Not required execute download ftp://username:password@ package located on FTP server download.com:8080/package.ipk Required PASSWORD execute download ftp://username:password@ download.com:8080/package.ipk Send SMS to turn off PPPoE Not required set pppoe=0 Required PASSWORD set pppoe=0 Send SMS to turn on PPPoE and set APN Not required set pppoe=1,internet, Vodafone...