Modbus Cellular Gateway Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding product: Modbus Cellular Gateway. For M2M (Machine‐ to‐Machine) applications, AMIT Modbus Cellular Gateway is absolutely the right choice. With built‐in world‐ class 4G LTE module, you just need to insert SIM card from local mobile carrier to get to Internet. The redundant SIM design provides a more reliable WAN connection for critical applications. Main Features: Provide 3G/4G WAN connection. Support dual SIMs for the redundant wireless WAN connection. Provide one Ethernet port for comprehensive LAN connection. Designed by solid and easy‐to‐mount metal body for business and M2M environment to work with a variety M2M (Machine‐to‐Machine) applications. Before you install and use this product, please read this manual in detail for fully exploiting the functions of this product. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 1.3 Hardware Configuration Left View Serial Right View Reset Button 3G/LTE Slot 1 Slot 2 3G/LTE Antenna (SIM-A) (SIM-B) Antenna GPS Antenna (optional) ※Reset Button The RESET button provides user with a quick and easy way to resort the default setting. Press the RESET button continuously for 6 seconds, and then release it. The device will restore to factory default settings. ※ GPS Antenna The GNSS function is not available for some specific SKU. Even for the SKU with GNSS enabled, the GPS Antenna is an optional accessory, and not included in the standard package. If you intend to use the provided ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 1.4 LED Indication LED Indication Description Color When the LED color is shown in: Blue: Cellular module is in LTE Mode. Purple: Cellular module is in HSPA/3G Mode. Blue Red: Cellular module is in GSM/2G Mode. Signal Purple When the behavior of LED is: Red Flash (Fast): Signal Strength is 0~30% Flash (Slow, per 1.5~2 second): Signal Strength is 31~60% Steady On: Signal Strength is 61~100% LED Off: Connection is not established. Flash in Blue: Connection is establishing/re‐establishing by SIM 1 (SIM‐A). Blue Blue steady On: Uplink connection was established by SIM 1 (SIM‐A). SIM 1/2 Purple Flash alternately in Blue and Purple: Data transfers via cellular connection by SIM 1 (SIM‐A). Red Flash in Red: Connection is establishing/re‐establishing by SIM 2 (SIM‐B). Red steady On: Uplink connection was established by SIM 2 (SIM‐B). Flash alternately in Red and Purple: Data transfers via cellular connection by SIM 2 (SIM‐B). Serial Blue Flash: Data packet transferred via Serial port. Flash (per second): The gateway works normally. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 1.5 Installation & Maintenance Notice 1.5.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS A fast Ethernet RJ45 cable Network Requirements 3G/4G cellular service subscription 10/100 Ethernet adapter on PC Computer with the following: Windows®, Macintosh, or Linux‐based operating system An installed Ethernet adapter Web-based Configuration Utility Browser Requirements: Requirements Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher Chrome 2.0 or higher Firefox 3.0 or higher Safari 3.0 or higher 1.5.2 WARNING Only use the power adapter that comes with the ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 1.5.3 HOT SURFACE CAUTION CAUTION: The surface temperature for the metallic enclosure can be very high! Especially after operating for a long time, installed at a close cabinet without air conditioning support, or in a high ambient temperature space. DO NOT touch the hot surface with your fingers while servicing!! ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 1.6 Hardware Installation This chapter describes how to install and configure the hardware 1.6.1 Mount the Unit The IOG500AM series can be placed on a desktop, or mounted on the DIN Rail, and wall. 1.6.2 Insert the SIM Card WARNING: BEFORE INSERTING OR CHANGING THE SIM CARD, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT POWER OF THE DEVICE IS SWITCHED OFF. The SIM card slots are located at the right side of IOG500 series housing in order to protect the SIM card. You need to unscrew and remove the outer SIM card cover before installing or removing the SIM card. Please follow the instructions to insert or eject a SIM card. After SIM card is well placed, screw back the outer SIM ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 1.6.3 Connecting Power The IOG500 series unit accepts 9-32V DC input power, and can be powered by DC12V or DC24V DC supply. The IOG500 unit can be powered by connecting a power source to the power terminal block. Please connect carefully your power source. Make sure the electrodes have been plugged into the right pins according to their assignments. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 1.6.4 Connecting Serial Devices The IOG500 provides one RJ45 type serial port and one RJ45 to DB9 conversion cable. Connect the serial device to the unit DB9 male port with the right pin assignments of RS‐232/485 are shown as below. Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 Pin6 Pin7 Pin8 RS‐232 DCD RXD TXD DTR GND DSR RTS ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 1.6.6 Setup by Configuring WEB UI You can browse web UI to configure the device. Type in the IP Address (http://192.168.123.254) 4 When you see the login page, enter the password ‘admin’ and then click ‘Login’ button. 3 The default LAN IP address of this gateway is 192.168.123.254. If you change it, you need to login by using the new IP address. 4 It’s strongly recommending you to change this login password from default value. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway Chapter 2 Basic Network 2.1 WAN & Uplink The gateway provides one WAN interface to let all client hosts in Intranet of the gateway access the Internet via ISP. But ISPs in the world apply various connection protocols to let gateways or user's devices dial in ISPs and then link to the Internet via different kinds of transmit media. So, the WAN Connection lets you specify the WAN Physical Interface, WAN Internet Setup and WAN Load Balance for Intranet to access Internet. For each WAN interface, you must specify its physical interface first and then its Internet setup to connect to ISP. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.1.1 Physical Interface The first step to configure one WAN interface is to specify which kind of connection media to be used for the WAN connection, as shown in "Physical Interface" page. In "Physical Interface" page, there are two configuration windows, "Physical Interface List" and "Interface Configuration". "Physical Interface List" window shows all the available physical interfaces. After clicking on the "Edit" button for the interface in "Physical Interface List" window the "Interface Configuration" window will appear to let you configure a WAN interface. Physical Interface: ‧ 3G/4G WAN: The gateway has one built‐in 3G/4G cellular as WAN connection. For each cellular WAN, there are 1 or 2 SIM cards to be inserted for special failover function. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Operation Mode: There are three option items “Always on”, “Failover”, and “Disable” for the operation mode setting. However, for the single WAN device, only “Always on” is available. Always on: Set this WAN interface to be active all the time. When two or more WAN are established at "Always on" mode, outgoing data will through these WAN connections base on load balance policies. VLAN Tagging Sometimes, your ISP required a VLAN tag to be inserted into the WAN packets from Gateway for specific services. Please enable VLAN tagging and specify tag in the WAN physical interface. Please be noted that only Ethernet and ADSL physical interfaces support the feature. For the device with 3G/4G WAN only, it is disabled. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Interface Configuration: Interface Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. A Must fill setting Select one expected interface from the available interface dropdown list. 2. WAN‐1 is the primary Depending on the router model, Disable and Failover options will be Physical Interface interface and is factory available only to multiple WAN gateways. WAN‐2 and WAN‐3 interfaces are set to Always on. only available to multiple WAN gateway. Define the operation mode of the interface. Select Always on to make this WAN always active. Select Disable to disable this WAN interface. Select Failover to make this WAN a Failover WAN when the primary or the Operation Mode A Must fill setting secondary WAN link failed. Then select the primary or the existed secondary WAN interface to switch Failover from. (Note: for WAN‐1, only Always on option is available.) Check Enable box to enter tag value provided by your ISP. Otherwise uncheck the box. VLAN Tagging Optional setting Value Range: 1 ~ 4096. Note: This feature is NOT available for 3G/4G WAN connection. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.1.2 Internet Setup After specifying the physical interface for each WAN connection, administrator must configure their connection profile to meet the dial in process of ISP, so that all client hosts in the Intranet of the gateway can access the Internet. In "Internet Setup" page, there are some configuration windows: "Internet Connection List", "Internet Connection Configuration", "WAN Type Configuration" and related configuration windows for each WAN type. For the Internet setup of each WAN interface, you must specify its WAN type of physical interface first and then its related parameter configuration for that WAN type. After ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Internet Connection – 3G/4G WAN Preferred SIM Card – Dual SIM Fail Over For 3G/4G embedded device, one embedded cellular module can create only one WAN interface. This device has featured by using dual SIM cards for one module with special fail‐over mechanism. It is called Dual SIM Failover. This feature is useful for ISP switch over when location is changed. Within “Dual SIM Failover”, there are various usage scenarios, including "SIM‐A First", "SIM‐B First“ with “Failback” enabled or not, and “SIM‐A Only and “SIM‐B Only”. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway SIM‐A/SIM‐B only: When “SIM‐A Only” or “SIM‐B Only” is used, the specified SIM slot card is the only one to be used for negotiation parameters between gateway device and cellular ISP. SIM‐A / SIM‐B first without enable Failback By default, “SIM‐A First” scenario is used to connect to cellular ISP for data transfer. In the case of “SIM‐A First” or “SIM‐B First” scenario, the gateway will try to connect to the Internet by using SIM‐A or SIM‐B card first. And when the connection is broken, the gateway will switch to use the other SIM card for an alternate automatically and will not switch back to use original SIM card except current SIM connection is also broken. That ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Internet Setup Setting Go to Basic Network > WAN > Internet Setup tab. Internet Setup allows user to setup WAN connection of the gateway. Numbers of available WAN Interfaces can be different for the purchased gateway. Internet Connection List shows the basic information of each WAN. Click Edit button to configure. Then follow the following pages for detail settings. Internet Connection List Item Value setting Description Shows the name of WAN interface. Interface Name N/A Physical Interface (i.e. 3G/4G) shows the type of interface configured to Physical Interface N/A map with Interface Name. Operation Mode shows the current setting of Connection Control mode of WAN interface to keep WAN connection. ...
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When Edit button is applied, Internet Connection Configuration, and 3G/4G WAN Configuration screens will appear. 3G/4G Connection Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. A Must filled setting From the dropdown box, select Internet connection method for 3G/4G 2. 3G/4G is set by WAN Connection. Only 3G/4G is available. WAN Type default. Choose which SIM card you want to use for the connection. When SIM‐A First or SIM‐B First is selected, it means the connection is built first by using SIM A/SIM B. And if the connection is failed, it will change to the other SIM card and try to dial again, until the connection is up. 1. A Must filled setting When SIM‐A only or SIM‐B only is selected, it will try to dial up only using 2. By default SIM‐A First the SIM card you selected. Preferred SIM Card is selected When Failback is checked, it means if the connection is dialed‐up not using 3. Failback is unchecked the main SIM you selected, it will failback to the main SIM and try to by default establish the connection periodically. Note_1: In some AMIT’s products, only SIM‐A can be chose. Note_2: Failback is available only when SIM‐A First or SIM‐B First is selected. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Configure SIM‐A / SIM‐B Card Here you can set configurations for the cellular connection according to your situation or requirement. Note_1: Configurations of SIM‐B Card follows the same rule of Configurations of SIM‐A Card, here we list SIM‐ A as the example. Note_2: Both Connection with SIM‐A Card and Connection with SIM‐B Card will pop up only when the SIM‐A First or SIM‐B First is selected, otherwise it only pops out one of them. Connection with SIM‐A/‐B Card Item Value setting Description Select Auto to register a network automatically, regardless of the network type. Select 2G Only to register the 2G network only. 1. A Must filled setting Select 2G Prefer to register the 2G network first if it is available. Network Type 2. By default Auto is Select 3G only to register the 3G network only. selected Select 3G Prefer to register the 3G network first if it is available. Select LTE only to register the LTE network only. Note: Options may be different due to the specification of the module. Specify the type of dial‐up profile for your 3G/4G network. It can be Manual‐configuration, APN Profile List, or Auto. 1. A Must filled setting Dial‐Up Profile 2. By default Manual‐ Select Manual‐configuration to set APN (Access Point Name), Dial Number, Configuration is selected Account, and Password to what your carrier provides. Select APN Profile List to set more than one profile to dial up in turn, until the connection is established. It will pop up a new filed, please go to Basic ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Network > WAN & Uplink > Internet Setup > SIM‐A APN Profile List for details. Select Auto‐Detection to automatically bring out all configurations needed while dialing‐up, by comparing the IMSI of the SIM card to the record listed in the manufacture’s database. Note_1: You are highly recommended to select the Manual or APN Profile List to specify the network for your subscription. Your ISP always provides such network settings for the subscribers. Note_2: If you select Auto‐detection, it is likely to connect to improper network, or failed to find a valid APN for your ISP. 1. A Must filled setting Enter the APN you want to use to establish the connection. APN 2. String format : any This is a must‐filled setting if you selected Manual‐configuration as dial‐up text profile scheme. Enter the PIN (Personal Identification Number) code if it needs to unlock PIN code String format : interger your SIM card. Select PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) and use such protocol to be authenticated with the carrier’s server. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway List all the APN profile you created, easily for you to check and modify. It is available only when you select Dial‐Up Profile as APN Profile List. When Add button is applied, an APN Profile Configuration screen will appear. SIM‐A/‐B APN Profile Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. By default Profile‐x is Enter the profile name you want to describe for this profile. Profile Name listed 2. String format : any text APN String format : any text Enter the APN you want to use to establish the connection. Enter the Account you want to use for the authentication. Account String format : any text Value Range: 0 ~ 53 characters. Password String format : any text Enter the Password you want to use for the authentication. 1. A Must filled setting Select the Authentication method for the 3G/4G connection. Authentication 2. By default Auto is It can be Auto, PAP, CHAP, or None. selected Enter the value for the dialing‐up order. The valid value is from 1 to 16. It ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Setup 3G/4G Connection Common Configuration Here you can change common configurations for 3G/4G WAN. 3G/4G Connection Common Configuration Item Value setting Description When Auto‐reconnect is selected, it means it will try to keep the Internet connection on all the time whenever the physical link is connected. When Connect‐on‐demand is selected, it means the Internet connection will be established only when detecting data traffic. By default Auto‐ When Connect Manually is selected, it means you need to click the Connection Control reconnect is selected Connect button to dial up the connection manually. Please go to Status > Basic Network > WAN & Uplink tab for details. Note: This field is available only when Basic Network > WAN > Physical Interface > Operation Mode is selected to Always on. 1. A Must filled setting When (0) Always is selected, it means this WAN is under operation all the Time Schedule 2. By default (0) Always time. Once you have set other schedule rules, there will be other options to is selected select. Please go to Object Definition > Scheduling for details. 1. A Must filled setting Specify the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) for the 3G/4G connection. MTU 2. By default 0 is filled‐in Value Range: 512 ~ 1500, but 0 is for auto. 3. String format : integer IP Pass‐through 1. The box is unchecked ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway 2. String format for Fixed However, when an optional Fixed MAC is filled‐in a non‐zero value, it MAC: means only the client with this MAC address can get the WAN IP address. MAC address, e.g. 00:50:18:aa:bb:cc Note_1: This field is only available when 3G/4G‐n is set to WAN‐1. Note_2: When the IP Pass‐through is on, NAT and WAN IP Alias will be unavailable until the function is disabled again. NAT Checked by default Uncheck the box to disable NAT (Network Address Translation) function. When the Network Monitoring feature is enabled, the gateway will use DNS Query or ICMP to periodically check Internet connection –connected or disconnected. Choose either DNS Query or ICMP Checking to detect WAN link. With DNS Query, the system checks the connection by sending DNS Query packets to the destination specified in Target 1 and Target 2. With ICMP Checking, the system will check connection by sending ICMP request packets to the specified destination. Loading Check Enable Loading Check allows the router to ignore unreturned DNS Queries or ICMP requests when WAN bandwidth is fully occupied. This is to prevent false link‐down status. Check Interval defines the transmitting interval between two DNS Query or ICMP checking packets. Value Range: 2 ~ 30 seconds. Check Timeout defines the timeout of each DNS query/ICMP. Value Range: 2 ~ 5 seconds. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.2 LAN & VLAN This section provides the configuration of LAN and VLAN. VLAN is an optional feature, and it depends on the product specification of the purchased gateway. 2.2.1 Ethernet LAN The Local Area Network (LAN) can be used to share data or files among computers attached to a network. Following diagram illustrates the network that wired and interconnects computers. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Click the Undo button to restore what you just configured back to the previous Undo N/A setting. Create / Edit Additional IP This gateway provides the LAN IP alias function for some special management consideration. You can add additional LAN IP for this gateway, and access to this gateway with the additional IP. When Add button is applied, Additional IP Configuration screen will appear. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.2.3 DHCP Server DHCP Server The gateway supports up to 4 DHCP servers to fulfill the DHCP requests from different VLAN groups (please refer to VLAN section for getting more usage details). And there is one default setting for whose LAN IP Address is the same one of gateway LAN interface, with its default Subnet Mask setting as “255.255.255.0”, and its default IP Pool ranges is from “.100” to “.200” as shown at the DHCP Server List page on gateway’s WEB UI. User can add more DHCP server configurations by clicking on the “Add” button behind “DHCP Server List”, or clicking on the “Edit” button at the end of each DHCP Server on list to edit its current settings. Besides, user can select a DHCP Server and delete it by clicking on the “Select” check‐box and the “Delete” button. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Fixed Mapping User can assign fixed IP address to map the specific client MAC address by select them then copy, when targets were already existed in the DHCP Client List, or to add some other Mapping Rules by manually in advance, once the target's MAC address was not ready to connect. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway DHCP Server Setting Go to Basic Network > LAN & VLAN > DHCP Server Tab. The DHCP Server setting allows user to create and customize DHCP Server policies to assign IP Addresses to . the devices on the local area network (LAN) Create / Edit DHCP Server Policy The gateway allows you to custom your DHCP Server Policy. If multiple LAN ports are available, you can define one policy for each LAN (or VLAN group), and it supports up to a maximum of 4 policy sets. When Add button is applied, DHCP Server Configuration screen will appear. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway DHCP Server Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. String format can be any DHCP Server text Enter a DHCP Server name. Enter a name that is easy for you to understand. Name 2. A Must filled setting LAN IP 1. IPv4 format. The LAN IP Address of this DHCP Server. Address 2. A Must filled setting 255.0.0.0 (/8) is set by Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask of this DHCP Server. default 1. IPv4 format. The IP Pool of this DHCP Server. It composed of Starting Address entered in this IP Pool 2. A Must filled setting field and Ending Address entered in this field. 1. Numberic string format. The Lease Time of this DHCP Server. Lease Time 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 300 ~ 604800 seconds. String format can be any Domain Name The Domain Name of this DHCP Server. text Primary DNS IPv4 format The Primary DNS of this DHCP Server. Secondary IPv4 format The Secondary DNS of this DHCP Server. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Mapping Rule Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. MAC Address string MAC Address format The MAC Address of this mapping rule. 2. A Must filled setting 1. IPv4 format. IP Address The IP Address of this mapping rule. 2. A Must filled setting The box is unchecked by Rule Click Enable box to activate this rule. default. Save N/A Click the Save button to save the configuration Click the Undo button to restore what you just configured back to the previous Undo N/A setting. When the Back button is clicked the screen will return to the DHCP Server Back N/A Configuration page. View / Copy DHCP Client List When DHCP Client List button is applied, DHCP Client List screen will appear. When the DHCP Client is selected and Copy to Fixed Mapping button is applied. The IP and MAC address of DHCP Client will apply to the Mapping Rule List on specific DHCP Server automatically. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Option Meaning 66 TFTP server name [RFC 2132] 72 Default World Wide Web Server [RFC 2132] 114 URL [RFC 3679] Create / Edit DHCP Server Options The router supports up to a maximum of 99 option settings. When Add/Edit button is applied, DHCP Server Option Configuration screen will appear. DHCP Server Option Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. String format can be any Enter a DHCP Server Option name. Enter a name that is easy for you to Option Name ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Each different options has different value types. Single IP Address 66 Dropdown list of DHCP Single FQDN Type server option value’s type 72 IP Addresses List, separated by “,” 114 Single URL Should conform to Type : Type Value 1. IPv4 format 2. FQDN format Single IP Address IPv4 format 66 Value 3. IP list Single FQDN FQDN format 4. URL format 5. A Must filled setting 72 IP Addresses List, separated by “,” IPv4 format, separated by “,” 114 Single URL URL format The box is unchecked by Enable ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.4 IPv6 The growth of the Internet has created a need for more addresses than are possible with IPv4. IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is a version of the Internet Protocol (IP) intended to succeed IPv4, which is the protocol currently used to direct almost all Internet traffic. IPv6 also implements additional features not present in IPv4. It simplifies aspects of address assignment (stateless address auto‐configuration), network renumbering and router announcements when changing Internet connectivity providers. 2.4.1 IPv6 Configuration The IPv6 Configuration setting allows user to set the IPv6 connection type to access the IPv6 network. This gateway supports various types of IPv6 connection, including Static IPv6, DHCPv6, PPPoEv6, 6to4, and 6in4 ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway IPv6 WAN Connection Type Static IPv6 Static IPv6 does the same function as static IPv4. The static IPv6 provides manual setting of IPv6 address, IPv6 default gateway address, and IPv6 DNS. Above diagram depicts the IPv6 IP addressing, type in the information provided by your ISP to setup the IPv6 network. DHCPv6 DHCP in IPv6 does the same function as DHCP in IPv4. The DHCP server sends IP address, DNS server addresses and other possible data to the DHCP client to configure automatically. The server also sends a lease time of the address and time to re‐contact the server for IPv6 address renewal. The client has then to resend a request to renew the IPv6 address. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Above diagram depicts DHCP IPv6 IP addressing, the DHCPv6 server on the ISP side assigns IPv6 address, IPv6 default gateway address, and IPv6 DNS to client host’s automatically. PPPoEv6 PPPoEv6 in IPv6 does the same function as PPPoE in IPv4. The PPPoEv6 server provides configuration parameters based on PPPoEv6 client request. When PPPoEv6 server gets client request and successfully authenticates it, the server sends IP address, DNS server addresses and other required parameters to ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway In above diagram, the 6to4 means no need to set gateway address "automatic" tunneling solution. The automatic mean have relay server, as defined in RFC 3068 has included segments draw 192.88.99.0/24 used as 6to4 relay of any‐cast address to complete 6in4 setting. 6in4 6in4 is an Internet transition mechanism for Internet IPv4 to IPv6 migration. 6in4 uses tunneling to encapsulate IPv6 traffic over explicitly‐configured IPv4 links. As defined in RFC 4213, the 6in4 traffic is sent over ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway IPv6 Configuration Setting Go to Basic Network > IPv6 > Configuration Tab. The IPv6 Configuration setting allows user to set the IPv6 connection type to access the IPv6 network. IPv6 Configuration Item Value setting Description The box is unchecked IPv6 Check the Enable box to activate the IPv6 function. by default, Define the selected IPv6 WAN Connection Type to establish the IPv6 connectivity. Select Static IPv6 when your ISP provides you with a set IPv6 addresses. Then go 1. Only can be to Static IPv6 WAN Type Configuration. WAN Connection selected when IPv6 Select DHCPv6 when your ISP provides you with DHCPv6 services. Type Enable Select PPPoEv6 when your ISP provides you with PPPoEv6 account settings. 2. A Must filled setting Select 6to4 when you want to user IPv6 connection over IPv4. Select 6in4 when you want to user IPv6 connection over IPv4. Note: For the products just having 3G/4G WAN interface, only 6to4 and 6in4 are supported. Static IPv6 WAN Type Configuration ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Static IPv6 WAN Type Configuration Item Value setting Description IPv6 Address A Must filled setting Enter the WAN IPv6 Address for the router. Subnet Prefix A Must filled setting Enter the WAN Subnet Prefix Length for the router. Length Default Gateway A Must filled setting Enter the WAN Default Gateway IPv6 address. Primary DNS An optional setting Enter the WAN primary DNS Server. Secondary DNS An optional setting Enter the WAN secondary DNS Server. The box is unchecked MLD Snooping Enable/Disable the MLD Snooping function by default LAN Configuration LAN Configuration Item Value setting Description Global Address A Must filled setting Enter the LAN IPv6 Address for the router.
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Modbus Cellular Gateway DHCPv6 WAN Type Configuration DHCPv6 WAN Type Configuration Item Value setting Description The option [From Select the [Specific DNS] option to active Primary DNS and Secondary DNS. Then DNS Server] is selected by fill the DNS information. default Can not modified by Primary DNS Enter the WAN primary DNS Server. default Can not modified by Secondary DNS Enter the WAN secondary DNS Server. default The box is unchecked MLD Enable/Disable the MLD Snooping function by default LAN Configuration LAN Configuration Item Value setting Description Global Address Value auto‐created ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway PPPoEv6 WAN Type Configuration PPPoEv6 WAN Type Configuration Item Value setting Description Enter the Account for setting up PPPoEv6 connection. If you want more Account A Must filled setting information, please contact your ISP. Value Range: 0 ~ 45 characters. Enter the Password for setting up PPPoEv6 connection. If you want more Password A Must filled setting information, please contact your ISP. Enter the Service Name for setting up PPPoEv6 connection. If you want more A Must filled Service Name information, please contact your ISP. setting/Option Value Range: 0 ~ 45 characters. Connection Control Fixed value The value is Auto‐reconnect(Always on). Enter the MTU for setting up PPPoEv6 connection. If you want more MTU A Must filled setting information, please contact your ISP. Value Range: 1280 ~ 1492. The box is unchecked MLD Snooping Enable/Disable the MLD Snooping function by default LAN Configuration ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway If above setting is configured, click the save button to save the configuration and click reboot button to reboot the router. 6to4 WAN Type Configuration 6to4 WAN Type Configuration Item Value setting Description 6to4 Address Value auto‐created IPv6 address for access the IPv6 network. Primary DNS An optional setting Enter the WAN primary DNS Server. Secondary DNS An optional setting Enter the WAN secondary DNS Server. The box is unchecked MLD Enable/Disable the MLD Snooping function by default LAN Configuration LAN Configuration Item Value setting Description Enter the LAN IPv6 Address for the router. Global Address An optional setting Value Range: 0 ~ FFFF. Link‐local Address ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway 6in4 WAN Type Configuration Please go to find IPv6 tunnel brokers to establish 6in4 tunnel. (You can find List of IPv6 tunnel brokers that support 6in4 service from wiki.) Then enter the Local IPv4 address of router into Client IPv4 Address field in IPv6 tunnel broker setting page. 6in4 WAN Type Configuration Item Value setting Description Remote IPv4 A Must filled setting Filled Server IPv4 Address gotten from tunnel broker in this field. Address Local IPv4 Address Value auto‐created IPv4 address of this router. Local IPv6 Address ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Address Auto‐configuration Address Auto‐configuration Item Value setting Description The box is unchecked Auto‐configuration Check to enable the Auto configuration feature. by default Define the selected IPv6 WAN Connection Type to establish the IPv6 connectivity. Select Stateless to manage the Local Area Network to be SLAAC + RDNSS Router Advertisement Lifetime (A Must filled setting): Enter the Router Advertisement Lifetime (in seconds). 200 is set by default. Value Range: 0 ~ 65535. 1. Only can be Select Stateful to manage the Local Area Network to be Stateful (DHCPv6). selected when Auto‐ IPv6 Address Range (Start) (A Must filled setting): Enter the start IPv6 Address Auto‐configuration configuration enabled for the DHCPv6 range for your local computers. 0100 is set by default. Type 2. Stateless is selected Value Range: 0001 ~ FFFF. by default IPv6 Address Range (End) (A Must filled setting): Enter the end IPv6 Address for the DHCPv6 range for your local computers. 0200 is set by default. Value Range: 0001 ~ FFFF. IPv6 Address Lifetime (A Must filled setting): Enter the DHCPv6 lifetime for your local computers. 36000 is set by default. Value Range: 0 ~ 65535. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.5 Port Forwarding Network address translation (NAT) is a methodology of remapping one IP address space into another by modifying network address information in Internet Protocol (IP) datagram packet headers while they are in transit across a traffic routing device. The technique was originally used for ease of rerouting traffic in IP networks ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.5.1 Configuration NAT Loopback This feature allows you to access the WAN global IP address from your inside NAT local network. It is useful when you run a server inside your network. For example, if you set a mail server at LAN side, your local devices can access this mail server through gateway’s global IP address when enable NAT loopback feature. On either side are you in accessing the email server, at the LAN side or at the WAN side, you don’t need to change the IP address of the mail server. Configuration Setting Go to Basic Network > Port Forwarding > Configuration tab. The NAT Loopback allows user to access the WAN IP address from inside your local network. Enable NAT Loopback Configuration Item ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.5.2 Virtual Server & Virtual Computer There are some important Pot Forwarding functions implemented within the gateway, including "Virtual Server", "NAT loopback" and "Virtual Computer". It is necessary for cooperate staffs who travel outside and want to access various servers behind office gateway. You can set up those servers by using "Virtual Server" feature. After trip, if want to access those servers from LAN side by global IP, without change original setting, NAT Loopback can achieve it. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Virtual Server & NAT Loopback "Virtual Server" allows you to access servers with the global IP address or FQDN of the gateway as if they are servers existed in the Internet. But in fact, these servers are located in the Intranet and are physically behind the gateway. The gateway serves the service requests by port forwarding the requests to the LAN servers and transfers the replies from LAN servers to the requester on the WAN side. As shown in example, an E‐mail virtual server is defined to be located at a server with IP address 10.0.75.101 in the Intranet of Network‐A, including SMTP ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Virtual Server & Virtual Computer Setting Go to Basic Network > Port Forwarding > Virtual Server & Virtual Computer tab. Enable Virtual Server and Virtual Computer Configuration Item Value setting Description The box is unchecked by Virtual Server Check the Enable box to activate this port forwarding function default The box is checked by Virtual Computer Check the Enable box to activate this port forwarding function default Save N/A Click the Save button to save the settings. Undo N/A Click the Undo button to cancel the settings. Create / Edit Virtual Server The gateway allows you to custom your Virtual Server rules. It supports up to a maximum of 20 rule‐based Virtual Server sets. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Virtual Server Rule Configuration Item Value setting Description Define the selected interface to be the packet‐entering interface of the gateway. If the packets to be filtered are coming from WAN‐x then select WAN‐x for this 1. A Must filled setting field. WAN Interface 2. Default is ALL. Select ALL for packets coming into the gateway from any interface. It can be selected WAN‐x box when WAN‐x enabled. Note: The available check boxes (WAN‐1 ~ WAN‐4) depend on the number of WAN interfaces for the product. This field is to specify the IP address of the interface selected in the WAN Server IP A Must filled setting Interface setting above. When “ICMPv4” is selected It means the option “Protocol” of packet filter rule is ICMPv4. Apply Time Schedule to this rule, otherwise leave it as Always. (refer to Scheduling setting under Object Definition) Then check Enable box to enable this rule. When “TCP” is selected It means the option “Protocol” of packet filter rule is TCP. Public Port selected a predefined port from Well‐known Service, and Private Protocol A Must filled setting Port is the same with Public Port number. Public Port is selected Single Port and specify a port number, and Private Port can be set a Single Port number. Public Port is selected Port Range and specify a port range, and Private Port can be selected Single Port or Port Range. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535 for Public Port, Private Port. When “UDP” is selected ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Public Port selected a predefined port from Well‐known Service, and Private Port is the same with Public Port number. Public Port is selected Single Port and specify a port number, and Private Port can be set a Single Port number. Public Port is selected Port Range and specify a port range, and Private Port can be selected Single Port or Port Range. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535 for Public Port, Private Port. When “TCP & UDP” is selected It means the option “Protocol” of packet filter rule is TCP and UDP. Public Port selected a predefined port from Well‐known Service, and Private Port is the same with Public Port number. Public Port is selected Single Port and specify a port number, and Private Port can be set a Single Port number. Public Port is selected Port Range and specify a port range, and Private Port can be selected Single Port or Port Range. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535 for Public Port, Private Port. When “GRE” is selected It means the option “Protocol” of packet filter rule is GRE. When “ESP” is selected It means the option “Protocol” of packet filter rule is ESP. When “SCTP” is selected It means the option “Protocol” of packet filter rule is SCTP. When “User‐defined” is selected It means the option “Protocol” of packet filter rule is User‐defined. For Protocol Number, enter a port number. 1. An optional filled setting Apply Time Schedule to this rule; otherwise leave it as (0)Always. (refer to Time Schedule 2. (0)Always Is selected by Scheduling setting under Object Definition) default. 1. An optional filled setting Rule ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Create / Edit Virtual Computer The gateway allows you to custom your Virtual Computer rules. It supports up to a maximum of 20 rule‐based Virtual Computer sets. When Add button is applied, Virtual Computer Rule Configuration screen will appear. Virtual Computer Rule Configuration Item Value setting Description Global IP A Must filled setting This field is to specify the IP address of the WAN IP. Local IP A Must filled setting This field is to specify the IP address of the LAN IP. Enable N/A Then check Enable box to enable this rule. Save N/A Click the Save button to save the settings. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.5.3 DMZ & Pass Through DMZ (De Militarized Zone) Host is a host that is exposed to the Internet cyberspace but still within the protection of firewall by gateway device. So, the function allows a computer to execute 2‐way communication for Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet telephony and other special applications. In some cases when a specific application is blocked by NAT mechanism, you can indicate that LAN computer as a DMZ host to solve this problem. The DMZ function allows you to ask the gateway pass through all normal packets to the DMZ host behind the ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway VPN Pass through Scenario Since VPN traffic is different from that of TCP or UDP connection, it will be blocked by NAT gateway. To support the pass through function for the VPN connections initiating from VPN clients behind NAT gateway, the gateway must implement some kind of VPN pass through function for such application. The gateway support the pass through function for IPSec, PPTP, and L2TP connections, you just have to check the corresponding checkbox to activate it. DMZ & Pass Through Setting Go to Basic Network > Port Forwarding > DMZ & Pass Through tab. The DMZ host is a host that is exposed to the Internet cyberspace but still within the protection of firewall by gateway device. Enable DMZ and Pass Through Configuration ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Select ALL for packets coming into the router from any interfaces. It can be selected WAN‐x box when WAN‐x enabled. Note: The available check boxes (WAN‐1 ~ WAN‐4) depend on the number of WAN interfaces for the product. Pass Through Enable The boxes are checked by Check the box to enable the pass through function for the IPSec, PPTP, and default L2TP. With the pass through function enabled, the VPN hosts behind the gateway still can connect to remote VPN servers. Save N/A Click the Save button to save the settings. Undo N/A Click the Undo button to cancel the settings ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.6 Routing If you have more than one router and subnet, you will need to enable routing function to allow packets to find proper routing path and allow different subnets to communicate with each other. Routing is the process of selecting best paths in a network. It is performed for many kinds of networks, like electronic data networks (such as the Internet), by using packet switching technology. The routing process usually directs forwarding on ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.6.1 Static Routing "Static Routing" function lets you define the routing paths for some dedicated hosts/servers or subnets to store in the routing table of the gateway. The gateway routes incoming packets to different peer gateways based on the routing table. You need to define the static routing information in gateway routing rule list.
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Static Routing Setting Go to Basic Network > Routing > Static Routing Tab. There are three configuration windows for static routing feature, including "Configuration", "Static Routing Rule List" and "Static Routing Rule Configuration" windows. "Configuration" window lets you activate the global static routing feature. Even there are already routing rules, if you want to disable routing temporarily, just uncheck the Enable box to disable it. "Static Routing Rule List" window lists all your defined static routing rule entries. Using "Add" or "Edit" button to add and create one new static routing rule or to modify an existed one. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Add button is applied, Static Routing Rule Configuration screen will appear, while the Edit button at the end of each static routing rule can let you modify the rule. IPv4 Static Routing Item Value setting Description 1. IPv4 Format Destination IP Specify the Destination IP of this static routing rule. 2. A Must filled setting 255.255.255.0 (/24) is set by Subnet Mask Specify the Subnet Mask of this static routing rule. default 1. IPv4 Format Gateway IP Specify the Gateway IP of this static routing rule. 2. A Must filled setting Select the Interface of this static routing rule. It can be Auto, or the available Interface Auto is set by default WAN / LAN interfaces. 1. Numberic String Format The Metric of this static routing rule. Metric 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 0 ~ 255. The box is unchecked by Rule Click Enable box to activate this rule. default. Save NA Click the Save button to save the configuration Click the Undo button to restore what you just configured back to the previous Undo NA ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.6.2 Dynamic Routing Dynamic Routing, also called adaptive routing, describes the capability of a system, through which routes are characterized by their destination, to alter the path that the route takes through the system in response to a change in network conditions. This gateway supports dynamic routing protocols, including RIPv1/RIPv2 (Routing Information Protocol), OSPF (Open Shortest Path First), and BGP (Border Gateway Protocol), for you to establish routing table automatically. The feature of dynamic routing will be very useful when there are lots of subnets in your network. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway RIP Scenario The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is one of the oldest distance-vector routing protocols, which employs the hop count as a routing metric. RIP prevents routing loops by implementing a limit on the number of hops allowed in a path from the source to a destination.
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Modbus Cellular Gateway BGP Scenario Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a standard exterior gateway protocol designed to exchange routing and reachability information between autonomous systems (AS) on the Internet. It usually makes routing decisions based on paths, network policies, or rule‐sets. Most ISPs use BGP to establish routing between one another (especially for multi‐homed). Very large private IP networks also use BGP internally. The major BGP gateway ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Dynamic Routing Setting Go to Basic Network > Routing > Dynamic Routing Tab. The dynamic routing setting allows user to customize RIP, OSPF, and BGP protocol through the router based on their office setting. In the "Dynamic Routing" page, there are seven configuration windows for dynamic routing feature. They are the "RIP Configuration" window, "OSPF Configuration" window, "OSPF Area List", "OSPF Area Configuration", "BGP Configuration", "BGP Neighbor List" and "BGP Neighbor Configuration" window. RIP, OSPF and BGP protocols can be configured individually. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway RIP Configuration The RIP configuration setting allows user to customize RIP protocol through the router based on their office . setting RIP Configuration Item Value setting Description Select Disable will disable RIP protocol. RIP Enable Disable is set by default Select RIP v1 will enable RIPv1 protocol. Select RIP v2 will enable RIPv2 protocol. OSPF Configuration The OSPF configuration setting allows user to customize OSPF protocol through the router based on their . office setting ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Select MD5 will enable MD5 Authentication with entered the ID and Key in these fields on OSPF protocol. 1. Classless Inter Domain Routing (CIDR) Subnet Backbone Mask Notation. (Ex: The Backbone Subnet of this router on OSPF protocol. Subnet 192.168.1.0/24) 2. A Must filled setting Create / Edit OSPF Area Rules The router allows you to custom your OSPF Area List rules. It supports up to a maximum of 32 rule sets. When Add button is applied, OSPF Area Rule Configuration screen will appear. OSPF Area Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. Classless Inter Domain Routing (CIDR) Subnet Area Subnet Mask Notation. (Ex: The Area Subnet of this router on OSPF Area List. 192.168.1.0/24) 2. A Must filled setting 1. IPv4 Format Area ID The Area ID of this router on OSPF Area List. 2. A Must filled setting The box is unchecked by Area Click Enable box to activate this rule. default. Save ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway BGP Configuration The BGP configuration setting allows user to customize BGP protocol through the router setting. BGP Network Configuration Item Value setting Description BGP The box is unchecked by Check the Enable box to activate the BGP protocol. default ASN 1. Numberic String Format The ASN Number of this router on BGP protocol. 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 1 ~ 4294967295. Router ID 1. IPv4 Format The Router ID of this router on BGP protocol. 2. A Must filled setting Create / Edit BGP Network Rules The router allows you to custom your BGP Network rules. It supports up to a maximum of 32 rule sets. When Add button is applied, BGP Network Rule Configuration screen will appear. Item Value setting Description Network Subnet 1. IPv4 Format The Network Subnet of this router on BGP Network List. It composes of entered ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway 2. A Must filled setting the IP address in this field and the selected subnet mask. The box is unchecked by Network Click Enable box to activate this rule. default. Save N/A Click the Save button to save the configuration Create / Edit BGP Neighbor Rules The router allows you to custom your BGP Neighbor rules. It supports up to a maximum of 32 rule sets. When Add button is applied, BGP Neighbor Rule Configuration screen will appear. BGP Neighbor Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. IPv4 Format Neighbor IP The Neighbor IP of this router on BGP Neighbor List. 2. A Must filled setting 1. Numberic String Format The Remote ASN of this router on BGP Neighbor List. Remote ASN 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 1 ~ 4294967295. The box is unchecked by Neighbor Click Enable box to activate this rule. default. Save N/A Click the Save button to save the configuration ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.6.3 Routing Information The routing information allows user to view the routing table and policy routing information. Policy Routing Information is only available when the Load Balance function is enabled and the Load Balance Strategy is By . User Policy Go to Basic Network > Routing > Routing Information Tab. Routing Table Item Value setting Description Destination IP N/A Routing record of Destination IP. IPv4 Format. Subnet Mask N/A Routing record of Subnet Mask. IPv4 Format. Gateway IP N/A Routing record of Gateway IP. IPv4 Format. Metric N/A Routing record of Metric. Numeric String Format. Interface N/A Routing record of Interface Type. String Format. Policy Routing Information Item Value setting Description Policy Routing Source N/A Policy Routing of Source. String Format. Source IP ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 2.7 DNS & DDNS How does user access your server if your WAN IP address changes all the time? One way is to register a new domain name, and maintain your own DNS server. Another simpler way is to apply a domain name to a third‐ party DDNS service provider. The service can be free or charged. If you want to understand the basic concepts of DNS and Dynamic DNS, you can refer to Wikipedia website . 2.7.1 DNS & DDNS Configuration DNS The gateway supports DNS server function for the connected local clients which get the LAN IP from dynamic IP scheme. So, you can create a private host list for easily access the hosts / servers in your intranet with corresponding domain names. As the configuration setting in above diagram, instead of access 10.0.75.2, you can access your File Server with its domain name db.network‐a.b.com in your intranet. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Dynamic DNS To host your server on a changing IP address, you have to use dynamic domain name service (DDNS). Therefore, anyone wishing to reach your host only needs to know the domain name. Dynamic DNS will map the name of your host to your current IP address, which changes each time you connect your ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway DNS & DDNS Setting Go to Basic Network > DNS & DDNS > Configuration Tab. The DNS & DDNS setting allows user to create/modify pre‐defined domain name list and setup Dynamic DNS feature. Create / Edit Pre‐defined Domain Name List The gateway allows you to custom your pre‐defined domain name list. It supports up to a maximum of 128 sets. When Add button is applied, Pre‐defined Domain Name Configuration screen will appear. Pre‐defined Domain Name Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. String format can be any Enter a domain name that mapping the IP Address. Domain Name text Value Range: at least 1 character is required. 2. A Must filled setting 1. IPv4 format IP Address Enter a IP Address that mapping the Domain Name. 2. A Must filled setting Definition The box is unchecked by Click Enable box to activate this rule. Enable default. Save N/A Click Save to save the settings ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Setup Dynamic DNS The gateway allows you to custom your Dynamic DNS settings. DDNS (Dynamic DNS) Configuration Item Value setting Description The box is unchecked by DDNS Check the Enable box to activate this function. default WAN Interface WAN 1 is set by default Select the WAN Interface IP Address of the gateway. DynDNS.org (Dynamic) is Select your DDNS provider of Dynamic DNS. It can be DynDNS.org(Dynamic), Provider set by default DynDNS.org(Custom), NO‐IP.com, etc... 1. String format can be any Your registered host name of Dynamic DNS. Host Name text Value Range: 0 ~ 63 characters. 2. A Must filled setting 1. String format can be any User Name / E‐ text Enter your User name or E‐mail addresss of Dynamic DNS. Mail 2. A Must filled setting 1. String format can be any Password / Key text Enter your Password or Key of Dynamic DNS. 2. A Must filled setting Save ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway Chapter 3 Object Definition 3.1 Scheduling Scheduling provides ability of adding/deleting time schedule rules, which can be applied to other functionality. 3.1.1 Scheduling Configuration Go to Object Definition > Scheduling > Configuration tab. Button description Item Value setting Description Add N/A Click the Add button to configure time schedule rule Delete N/A Click the Delete button to delete selected rule(s) When Add button is applied, Time Schedule Configuration and Time Period Definition screens will appear. Time Schedule Configuration Item Value Setting Description Rule Name String: any text Set rule name Rule Policy Default Inactivate Inactivate/activate the function been applied to in the time period below ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Time Period Definition Item Value Setting Description Week Day Select from menu Select everyday or one of weekday Start Time Time format (hh :mm) Start time in selected weekday End Time Time format (hh :mm) End time in selected weekday Click Save to save the settings Save N/A Click Undo to cancel the settings Undo N/A Click the Refresh button to refresh the time schedule list. Refresh ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 3.4 External Server Go to Object Definition > External Server > External Server tab. The External Server setting allows user to add external server. Create External Server When Add button is applied, External Server Configuration screen will appear. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway External Server Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. String format can be Sever Name any text Enter a server name. Enter a name that is easy for you to understand. 2. A Must filled setting Specify the Server Type of the external server, and enter the required settings for the accessing the server. Email Server (A Must filled setting) : When Email Server is selected, User Name, and Password are also required. User Name (String format: any text) Password (String format: any text) RADIUS Server (A Must filled setting) : When RADIUS Server is selected, the following settings are also required. Accounting Port (A Must filled setting) Primary : Shared Key (String format: any text) Authentication Protocol (By default CHAP is selected) Session Timeout (By default 1) The values must be between 1 and 60. Idle Timeout: (By default 1) The values must be between 1 and 26. Secondary : Shared Key (String format: any text) Authentication Protocol (By default CHAP is selected) Server Type A Must filled setting Session Timeout (By default 1) The values must be between 1 and 60. Idle Timeout: (By default 1) The values must be between 1 and 26. Active Directory Server (A Must filled setting) : When Active Directory Server is selected, Domain setting is also required. Domain (String format: any text) LDAP Server (A Must filled setting) : When LDAP Server is selected, the following settings are also required. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Location Name (String format: any text) TACACS+ Server (A Must filled setting) : When TACACS+ Server is selected, the following settings are also required. Shared Key (String format: any text) Session Timeout (String format: any number) The values must be between 1 and 60. SCEP Server (A Must filled setting) : When SCEP Server is selected, the following settings are also required. Path (String format: any text, By default cgi‐bin is filled) Application (String format: any text, By default pkiclient.exe is filled) FTP(SFTP) Server (A Must filled setting) : When FTP(SFTP) Server is selected, the following settings are also required. User Name (String format: any text) Password (String format: any text) Protocol (Select FTP or SFTP) Encryprion (Select Plain, Explicit FTPS or Implicit FTPS) Transfer mode (Select Passive or Active) Server IP/FQDN A Must filled setting Specify the IP address or FQDN used for the external server. Specify the Port used for the external server. If you selected a certain server type, the default server port number will be set. For Email Server 25 will be set by default; For Syslog Server, port 514 will be set by default; For RADIUS Server, port 1812 will be set by default; Server Port A Must filled setting For Active Directory Server, port 389 will be set by default; For LDAP Server, port 389 will be set by default; For UAM Server, port 80 will be set by default; For TACACS+ Server, port 49 will be set by default; For SCEP Server, port 80 will be set by default; For FTP(SFTP) Server, port 21 will be set by default; The box is checked by Server Click Enable to activate this External Server. default Save N/A ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 3.5 Certificate In cryptography, a public key certificate (also known as a digital certificate or identity certificate) is an electronic document used to prove ownership of a public key. The certificate includes information about the key, information about its owner's identity, and the digital signature of an entity that has verified the certificate's contents are genuine. If the signature is valid, and the person examining the certificate trusts the ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Root CA Certificate Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. String format can be any Name text Enter a Root CA Certificate name. It will be a certificate file name 2. A Must filled setting This field is to specify the key attribute of certificate. Key Type to set public‐key cryptosystems. It only supports RSA now. Key Length to set s the size measured in bits of the key used in a cryptographic Key A Must filled setting algorithm. Digest Algorithm to set identifier in the signature algorithm identifier of certificates This field is to specify the information of certificate. Country(C) is the two‐letter ISO code for the country where your organization is located. State(ST) is the state where your organization is located. Subject Name A Must filled setting Location(L) is the location where your organization is located. Organization(O) is the name of your organization. Organization Unit(OU) is the name of your organization unit. Common Name(CN) is the name of your organization. Email is the email of your organization. It has to be email address style. Validity Period A Must filled setting This field is to specify the validity period of certificate. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Setup SCEP SCEP Configuration Item Value setting Description The box is unchecked by SCEP Check the Enable box to activate SCEP function. default When SCEP is activated, check the Enable box to activate this function. Automatically The box is unchecked by re‐enroll aging It will be automatically check which certificate is aging. If certificate is aging, it default certificates will activate SCEP function to re‐enroll automatically. Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo N/A Click Undo to cancel the settings ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 3.5.2 My Certificate My Certificate includes a Local Certificate List. Local Certificate List shows all generated certificates by the root CA for the gateway. And it also stores the generated Certificate Signing Requests (CSR) which will be signed by other external CAs. The signed certificates can be imported as the local ones of the gateway. Self‐signed Certificate Usage Scenario Scenario Application Timing When the enterprise gateway owns the root CA and VPN tunneling function, it can generate its own local certificates by being signed by itself or import any local certificates that are signed by other external CAs. Also import the trusted certificates for other CAs and Clients. In addition, since it has the root CA, it also can sign Certificate Signing Requests (CSR) to form corresponding certificates for others. These certificates can be used for two remote peers to make sure their identity during establishing a VPN tunnel. Scenario Description Gateway 1 generates the root CA and a local certificate (HQCRT) signed by itself. Import a trusted certificate (BranchCRT) –a BranchCSR certificate of Gateway 2 signed by root CA of Gateway 1. ...
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Use default value for those parameters that are not mentioned in the tables. Configuration Path [My Certificate]‐[Root CA Certificate Configuration] HQRootCA Name Key Type: RSA Key Length: 1024‐bits Key Country(C): TW State(ST): Taiwan Location(L): Tainan Subject Name Organization(O): AMITHQ Organization Unit(OU): HQRD Common Name(CN): HQRootCA E‐mail: hqrootca@amit.com.tw Configuration Path [My Certificate]‐[Local Certificate Configuration] HQCRT Self‐signed: ■ Name Key Type: RSA Key Length: 1024‐bits Key Country(C): TW State(ST): Taiwan Location(L): Tainan Subject Name Organization(O): AMITHQ Organization Unit(OU): HQRD Common Name(CN): HQCRT E‐mail: hqcrt@amit.com.tw ...
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Use default value for those parameters that are not mentioned in the tables. [My Certificate]‐[Local Certificate Configuration] Configuration Path BranchCRT Self‐signed: □ Name Key Type: RSA Key Length: 1024‐bits Key Country(C): TW State(ST): Taiwan Location(L): Tainan Subject Name Organization(O): AMITBranch Organization Unit(OU): BranchRD Common Name(CN): BranchCRT E‐mail: branchcrt@amit.com.tw [IPSec]‐[Configuration] Configuration Path ■ Enable IPSec Configuration Path [IPSec]‐[Tunnel Configuration] ■ Enable Tunnel s2s‐102 Tunnel Name ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway 255.255.255.0 Remote Netmask 203.95.80.22 Remote Gateway [IPSec]‐[Authentication] Configuration Path IKE+X.509 Local Certificate: BranchCRT Remote Certificate: HQCRT Key Management User Name Network‐B Local ID User Name Network‐A Remote ID Configuration Path [IPSec]‐[IKE Phase] Negotiation Mode Main Mode None X‐Auth Scenario Operation Procedure In above diagram, "Gateway 1" is the gateway of Network‐A in headquarters and the subnet of its Intranet is 10.0.76.0/24. It has the IP address of 10.0.76.2 for LAN interface and 203.95.80.22 for WAN‐...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway My Certificate Setting Go to Object Definition > Certificate > My Certificate tab. The My Certificate setting allows user to create local certificates. In "My Certificate" page, there are two configuration windows for the "My Certificate" function. The "Local Certificate List" window shows the stored certificates or CSRs for representing the gateway. The "Local Certificate Configuration" window can let you fill required information necessary for corresponding certificate to be generated by itself, or corresponding CSR to be signed by other CAs. Create Local Certificate When Add button is applied, Local Certificate Configuration screen will appear. The required information to be filled for the certificate or CSR includes the name, key and subject name. It is a certificate if the "Self-signed"...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Local Certificate Configuration Item Value setting Description Name 1. String format can be any Enter a certificate name. It will be a certificate file name text If Self‐signed is checked, it will be signed by root CA. If Self‐signed is not 2. A Must filled setting checked, it will generate a certificate signing request (CSR). Key A Must filled setting This field is to specify the key attributes of certificate. Key Type to set public‐key cryptosystems. Currently, only RSA is supported. Key Length to set the length in bits of the key used in a cryptographic algorithm. It can be 512/768/1024/1536/2048. Digest Algorithm to set identifier in the signature algorithm identifier of certificates. It can be MD5/SHA‐1. Subject Name A Must filled setting This field is to specify the information of certificate. Country(C) is the two‐letter ISO code for the country where your organization is located. State(ST) is the state where your organization is located. Location(L) is the location where your organization is located. Organization(O) is the name of your organization. Organization Unit(OU) is the name of your organization unit. Common Name(CN) is the name of your organization. Email is the email of your organization. It has to be email address setting only. Extra Attributes A Must filled setting This field is to specify the extra information for generating a certificate. Challenge Password for the password you can use to request certificate revocation in the future. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Import Item Value setting Description Import A Must filled setting Select a certificate file from user’s computer, and click the Apply button to import the specified certificate file to the gateway. PEM Encoded 1. String format can be any This is an alternative approach to import a certificate. text You can directly fill in (Copy and Paste) the PEM encoded certificate string, and 2. A Must filled setting click the Apply button to import the specified certificate to the gateway. Apply N/A Click the Apply button to import the certificate. Cancel N/A Click the Cancel button to discard the import operation and the screen will return to the My Certificates page. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 3.5.3 Trusted Certificate Trusted Certificate includes Trusted CA Certificate List, Trusted Client Certificate List, and Trusted Client Key List. The Trusted CA Certificate List places the certificates of external trusted CAs. The Trusted Client Certificate List places the others' certificates what you trust. And the Trusted Client Key List places the others’ keys what you trusted. Self‐signed Certificate Usage Scenario Scenario Application Timing (same as the one described in "My Certificate" section) When the enterprise gateway owns the root CA and VPN tunneling function, it can generate its own local certificates by being signed by itself. Also imports the trusted certificates for other CAs and Clients. These certificates can be used for two remote peers to make sure their identity during establishing a VPN tunnel. Scenario Description (same as the one described in "My Certificate" section) Gateway 1 generates the root CA and a local certificate (HQCRT) signed by itself. Import a trusted certificate (BranchCRT) –a BranchCSR certificate of Gateway 2 signed by root CA of Gateway 1. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway For Network‐A at HQ Following tables list the parameter configuration as an example for the "Trusted Certificate" function used in the user authentication of IPSec VPN tunnel establishing, as shown in above diagram. The configuration example must be combined with the ones in "My Certificate" and "Issue Certificate" sections to complete the setup for the whole user scenario. [Trusted Certificate]‐[Trusted Client Certificate List] Configuration Path Import Command Button ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Gateway 1 into the "Trusted CA Certificate List" and "Trusted Client Certificate List" of Gateway 2. Import the obtained BranchCRT certificate (the derived BranchCSR certificate after Gateway 1’s root CA signature) into the "Trusted Client Certificate List" of the Gateway 1 and the "Local Certificate List" of the Gateway 2. For more details, refer to the Network‐B operation procedure in "My Certificate" section of this manual. Gateway 2 can establish an IPSec VPN tunnel with "Site to Site" scenario and IKE and X.509 protocols to Gateway 1. Finally, the client hosts in two subnets of 10.0.75.0/24 and 10.0.76.0/24 can communicate with each other. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Trusted Certificate Setting Go to Object Definition > Certificate > Trusted Certificate tab. The Trusted Certificate setting allows user to import trusted certificates and keys. Import Trusted CA Certificate When Import button is applied, a Trusted CA import screen will appear. You can import a Trusted CA certificate from an existed certificate file, or directly paste a PEM encoded string as the certificate. Trusted CA Certificate List Item Value setting Description Import from a A Must filled setting Select a CA certificate file from user’s computer, and click the Apply button to File import the specified CA certificate file to the gateway. Import from a ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Get CA Configuration Item Value setting Description SCEP Server A Must filled setting Select a SCEP Server to identify the SCEP server for use. The server detailed information could be specified in External Servers. Refer to Object Definition > External Server > External Server. You may click Add Object button to generate. CA Identifier 1. String format can be any Fill in optional CA Identifier to identify which CA could be used for signing text certificates. Save N/A Click Save to save the settings. Close N/A Click the Close button to return to the Trusted Certificates page. Import Trusted Client Certificate When Import button is applied, a Trusted Client Certificate Import screen will appear. You can import a Trusted ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Trusted Client Certificate List Item Value setting Description Import from a A Must filled setting Select a certificate file from user’s computer, and click the Apply button to import the specified certificate file to the gateway. File Import from a 1. String format can be any This is an alternative approach to import a certificate. You can directly fill in (Copy and Paste) the PEM encoded certificate string, and click the PEM text Apply button to import the specified certificate to the gateway. 2. A Must filled setting Apply N/A Click the Apply button to import certificate. Cancel N/A Click the Cancel button to discard the import operation and the screen will return to the Trusted Certificates page. Import Trusted Client Key When Import button is applied, a Trusted Client Key Import screen will appear. You can import a Trusted Client Key from an existed file, or directly paste a PEM encoded string as the key. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 3.5.4 Issue Certificate When you have a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) that needs to be certificated by the root CA of the device, you can issue the request here and let Root CA sign it. There are two approaches to issue a certificate. One is from a CSR file importing from the managing PC and another is copy‐paste the CSR codes in gateway’s web‐ based utility, and then click on the "Sign" button. If the gateway signs a CSR successfully, the "Signed Certificate View" window will show the resulted certificate contents. In addition, a "Download" button is available for you to download the certificate to a file in the managing PC. Self‐signed Certificate Usage Scenario Scenario Application Timing (same as the one described in "My Certificate" section) When the enterprise gateway owns the root CA and VPN tunneling function, it can generate its own local certificates by being signed by itself. Also imports the trusted certificates for other CAs and Clients. These certificates can be used for two remote peers to make sure their identity during establishing a VPN tunnel. Scenario Description (same as the one described in "My Certificate" section) Gateway 1 generates the root CA and a local certificate (HQCRT) signed by itself. Also imports a trusted ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway to "My Certificate" and "Trusted Certificate" sections). Establish an IPSec VPN tunnel with IKE and X.509 protocols by starting from either peer, so that all client hosts in these both subnets can communicate with each other. Parameter Setup Example (same as the one described in "My Certificate" section) For Network‐A at HQ Following tables list the parameter configuration as an example for the "Issue Certificate" function used in the user authentication of IPSec VPN tunnel establishing, as shown in above diagram. The configuration example must be combined with the ones in "My Certificate" and "Trusted Certificate" ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Issue Certificate Setting Go to Object Definition > Certificate > Issue Certificate tab. The Issue Certificate setting allows user to import Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to be signed by root CA. Import and Issue Certificate Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Import from a File Item Value setting Description Certificate Signing Select a certificate signing request file you’re your Request (CSR) Import A Must filled setting computer for importing to the gateway. from a File Certificate Signing 1. String format can be any text Enter (copy‐paste) the certificate signing request PEM Request (CSR) Import 2. A Must filled setting encoded certificate to the gateway. from a PEM When root CA is exist, click the Sign button sign and Sign N/A issue the imported certificate by root CA. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway Chapter 4 Field Communication 4.1 Bus & Protocol The gateway may equip a DB‐9 male port or other type of serial port for various serial communication use through connecting the RS‐232 or RS‐485 serial device to an IP‐based Ethernet LAN. These communication protocols make user access serial devices anywhere over a local LAN or the Internet easily. They can be "Virtual COM" and "Modbus". ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Port Configuration Setting Go to Field Communication > Bus & Protocol > Port Configuration tab. In "Port Configuration" page, there is only one configuration window for the serial port settings. The "Configuration" window can let you specify serial port parameters including the operation mode being "Virtual COM", "Modbus" or disabled, the interface being "RS‐232" or "RS‐485", the baud rate, the data bit length, the stop bit length, the flow control being "RTS/CTS", "DTS/DSR" or "None", and the parity. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 4.1.2 Virtual COM Create a virtual COM port on user’s PC/Host to provide access to serial device connected to the serial port on gateway. Therefore, users can access, control, and manage the connected serial device through Internet (fixed line, or cellular network) anywhere. This application is also known as Ethernet pass‐through communication. Virtual COM setting screen enables user to connect a Virtual COM port based device to the Internet. It allows user to access serial data remotely. There are TCP Client, TCP Server, UDP, and RFC2217 modes for remote accessing the connected serial device. These operation modes are illustrated as below. TCP Client Mode When the administrator expects the gateway to actively establish a TCP connection to a pre‐defined host ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway TCP Server Mode When the administrator expects the gateway to wait passively for the serial data requests from the Host Device (usually we use a computer to play as a Host), and the Host will establish a TCP connection to get data from the serial device, the operation mode for the "Virtual COM" function is required to be "TCP Server". In this mode, the gateway provides a unique ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway RFC‐2217 Mode RFC‐2217 defines general COM port control options based on telnet protocol. A host computer with RFC‐2217 driver installed can monitor and manage the remote serial device attached to the gateway’s serial port, as though they were connected to the local serial port. When a virtual serial port on the local serial ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Virtual COM Setting Virtual COM setting screen enables user to connect a Virtual COM port based device to the Internet. It allows user to access serial data remotely. There are TCP Client, TCP Server, UDP, and RFC2217 modes for remote accessing the connected serial device. To use the Virtual COM function, you have to specify the operation mode for the multi‐function serial port first. Go to Field Communication > Bus & Protocol > Port Configuration tab, select the Virtual COM as expected operation mode, and finish the related port configuration as well. After that, go to Field Communication > Bus & Protocol > Virtual COM tab for detailed configuration of Virtual COM setting. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Specify Remote TCP Server Specify TCP Server Window Item Value setting Description To Host A Must filled setting Press Edit button to enter IP address or FQDN of the remote TCP server to transmit serial data. Remote Port 1.A Must filled setting Enter the TCP port number. This is the listen port of the remote TCP server. 2.Default value is 4001 Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. Serial Port SPort‐0 is set by default Apply the TCP server connection for a selected serial port. Up to 4 TCP servers can be configured at the same time for each serial port. Definition The box is unchecked by Check the Enable box to enable the TCP server configuration. Enable default Save N/A Click the Save button to save the configuration ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Enable TCP Server Mode Configure the gateway as the TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) Server. The TCP Server waits for connections to be initiated by a remote TCP client device to receive serial data. The setting allows user to specify specific TCP clients or allow any to send serial data for serial data transmission bandwidth control and access control. The TCP Server supports up to 4 simultaneous connections to receive serial data from multiple TCP clients. Enable TCP Server Mode Window Item Value setting Description Operation Mode A Must filled setting Select TCP Server mode. Listen Port 4001 is set by default Indicate the listening port of TCP connection. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. Trust Type Allow All is set by Choose Allow All to allow any TCP clients to connect. Otherwise choose default Specific IP to limit certain TCP clients. Max Connection 1. Max. 4 connections Set the maximum number of concurrent TCP connections. Up to 4 2. 1 is set by default simultaneous TCP connections can be established. Value Range: 1 ~ 4. Connection Idle 0 is set by default Enter the idle timeout in minutes. Timeout The idle timeout is used to disconnect the TCP connection when idle time elapsed . Idle timeout is only available when On‐Demand is selected in the Connection ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Specify TCP Clients for TCP Server Access If you selected Specific IPs as the trust Type, the Trusted IP Definition window appears. The settings are valid for both TCP Server and RFC‐2217 modes. Specify TCP Clients Window Item Value setting Description Host A Must filled setting Enter the IP address range of allowed TCP clients. Serial Port The box is unchecked by Check the box to specify the rule for selected Serial Port. default Definition The box is unchecked by Check the Enable box to enable the rule. Enable default Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo N/A Click Undo to cancel the settings Enable UDP Mode UDP (User Datagram Protocol) enables applications using UDP socket programs to communicate with the serial ports on the serial server. T he UDP mode provides connectionless communications, which enable you to multicast data from the serial device to multiple host computers, and vice versa, making this mode ideal for message display applications. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Enable UDP Mode Window Item Value setting Description Operation Mode A Must filled setting Select UDP mode. Listen Port 4001 is set by default Indicate the listening port of UDP connection. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535 Enable The box is unchecked by Check the Enable box to activate the corresponding serial port in specified default. operation mode. Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo N/A Click Undo to cancel the settings Specify Remote UDP Specify Remote UDP hosts Window Item Value setting Description Host A Must filled setting Press Edit button to enter IP address range of remote UDP hosts. Remote Port ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Enable RFC‐2217 Mode RFC‐2217 defines general COM port control options based on telnet protocol. With the RFC‐2217 mode, remote host can monitor and manage remote serially attached devices, as though they were connected to the local serial port. When a virtual serial port on the local serial device is being created, it is required to specify the IP‐address of the remote hosts to establish connection with. Enable RFC‐2217 Mode Window Item Value setting Description Operation Mode A Must filled setting Select RFC‐2217 mode. Listen Port 4001 is set by default Indicate the listening port of RFC‐2217 connection. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535 Trust Type Allow All is set by Choose Allow All to allow any clients to connect. Otherwise choose Specific IP default ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Specify Remote Host for Access If you selected Specific IPs as the trust Type, the Trusted IP Definition window appears. The settings are valid for both TCP Server and RFC‐2217 modes. Specify RFC‐2217 Clients for Access Window Item Value setting Description Host A Must filled setting Enter the IP address range of allowed clients. Serial Port The box is unchecked by Check the box to specify the rule for selected Serial Port. default Definition The box is unchecked by Check the Enable box to enable the rule. Enable default Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo N/A Click Undo to cancel the settings ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 4.1.3 Modbus Modbus is one of the most popular automation protocols in the world, supporting traditional RS‐232/422/485 devices and recently developed Ethernet devices. Many industrial devices, such as PLCs, DCSs, HMIs, instruments, and smart meters, use Modbus protocol as the communication standard. It is used to establish master‐slave communication between intelligent devices. However, the Ethernet‐based Modbus protocol is so different from the original serial‐based protocols. In order to integrate Modbus networks, the IoT Gateway, including one or more serial ports that support RS‐232 and RS‐485 communication interface, can automatically and intelligently translate between Modbus TCP (Ethernet) and Modbus RTU/ASCII (serial) protocols, allowing Ethernet‐based PLCs to control instruments over RS‐485 without additional programming or effort. NOTE: When Modbus devices are connected to/under the same serial port of IoT Modbus Gateway, those Modbus devices must use the same protocol with the same configuration (i.e., either Modbus RTU or Modbus ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Modbus Slave Scenario In addition to behave as a Modbus Gateway, there is an integrated Modus Slave option for providing some device status, like Cellular Network Status, device DI/DO status, to remote Modbus Master via Modbus communication. With the Slave option enabled, the Modbus Master device can request the information or sending control commands ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Modbus Setting Go to Field Communication > Bus & Protocol > Modbus tab. The Modbus setting page enables user to configure the gateway to operate as a Modbus gateway, and allow access among Modbus TCP devices (which are connected to Ethernet network) and Modbus RTU/ASCII devices (which are connected to the Serial Port of the gateway). Once completed the Modbus settings in this section, ensure to select Modbus Operation Mode in Port Configuration screen to enable Modbus communication on the serial port. Enable Modbus Gateway Gateway Configuration Item Value setting Description Modbus Gateway The box is checked by Check the Enable box to enable Modbus gateway function. default. Response Timeout 1000 ms is set by This sets the response timeout of the slave after master request sent. default If the slave does not response within the specified time, data would be discarded. This applies to the serially attached Master sent request over to the remote Slave or requests send from the remote Master sent to the serially attached Slave. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Timeout Retries 0 is set by default If the slave does not respond to the Master’s request, the gateway will resend the request stored in the buffer. If Timeout retries is set to null (value zero), the gateway would not buffer Master requests. If a value other than zero is specified, the gateway would store the Master request in the buffer and retries to send the request in a number of specified times. Once the retries are exhausted, the gateway will send a Modbus error message to the Master. However, if the 0Bh exception box is checked (see below), a 0Bh hex code based‐error message will be send instead. Value Range: 0 ~ 5. 0Bh Exception The box is unchecked Check the Enable box to enable gateway to send a 0Bh exception code message by default. to Modbus Master to indicate that the slave device does not respond within the timeout interval. Tx Delay The box is unchecked Check the Enable box to activate to the minimum amount of time after receiving by default. a response before the next message can be sent out. When Tx Delay is enabled the Gateway would insert a Tx delay between Master requests. The delay gives sufficient time for the slave devices to turn their transmitters off and their receivers back on. Setup TCP/IP Connection for Receiving Modbus Master Request The following Modbus TCP Configuration items allow user to set up the TCP connection settings so that the remote Modbus Master can access to the Modbus gateway. Besides, it also allows user to specify authorized masters on the TCP network. Item Value setting Description Enter the idle timeout in seconds. If the gateway does not receive another TCP TCP Connection 1. 300 is set by default request before the idle timeout elapsed, the TCP session will be terminated ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Item Value setting Description Source IP A Must fill setting Select Specific IP Address to only allow an IP address of the allowed Master to access the attached Slave(s). Select IP Range to only allow a set range of IP addresses of the allowed Master to access the attached Slave(s). Select IP Address‐based Group to only allow pre‐defined group of IP address of the allowed Master to access the attached Slave(s). Note: group must be pre‐defined before this selection become available. Refer to Object Definition > Grouping > Host grouping. You may also access to create a group by the Add Rule shortcut button. Setting done through the Add Rule button will also appear in the Host grouping setting screen. Then check Enable box to enable this rule. Serial Port Unchecked by default Check the Enable box to enable the rule in chosen Serial Port. Enable Unchecked by default Check the Enable box to enable this rule. Enable Integrated Modbus Slave for the Gateway This setting can setup the Gateway as a standalone Modbus Slave Device. Local SCADA Management System can treat the Gateway as a Slave device, and hence is able to read its information for device monitoring. Item Value setting Description The box is unchecked by Check the Enable box to activate the integrated Modbus Salve function, default. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Currently, the integrated Modbus Slave device supports the following commands for accessing the 3G/4G Modem Status of the Gateway. Function Code: 0x03(/Read). 0x06(/Write) Address: 0 ~ 7 Register Register Name R / W Register Range / Description Address 0 3G/4G_PHYSICAL_INTERFACE R 1=3G/4G 0 ~ 6, 0=Disconnected, 1=Connecting…, 1 3G/4G_LINK_STATUS R 2=Connected, 3=Disconnecting…, 5=Wait for Traffic…, 6=Diconnected 2 3G/4G_SIGNAL_STRENGTH R 0 ~ 100 0 ~ 7, 0=2G, 1=none, 2=3G, 3=3.5G, ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway requests to prioritize request queue to transmit to Slave based on Master’s IP address if requests are coming from remote Master, or based on remote Slave ID if requests are coming from serially attached Master, or based on Function Code. Modbus Priority N/A A Priority List for setting the priority of specified Modbus identity. Modbus Priority 1 ~ Modbus Priority 4. Priority Base IP Address by Default User can specify a Modbus identity with IP Address, Slave ID, or Function Code. The buffered Modbus message that matched the specified identity will be handled with given priority. The Modbus Master requests can be buffered to a certain priority queue according to the Master’s IP address if requests are coming from remote Master, or the remote Slave’s device ID if requests are coming from serially attached Master, or the specific Function Code that issued by Master. Enable Unchecked by default Check the Enable box to enable the priority settings. Save N/A Click the Save button to save the settings. Specify the definition of attached serial device(s) Press Edit Button to select serial mode and other configuration in the following setting. Modbus Serial Definition Item Value setting Description Serial Port N/A It displays the name of the serial port used. E.g. SPort‐0. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Specify Modbus TCP Slave device(s) If there is a Modbus Master device is attached to the serial port of the Modbus Gateway, user has to further specify the Modbus TCP Slave device(s) to send requests to from the attached Modbus RTU/ASCII Master device. When the Add button is applied, a Modbus TCP Slave Configuration screen will appear. Modbus Remote Slave Configuration Item Value setting Description IP A Must fill setting Enter the IP address of the remote Modbus TCP Slave device. Port 1. A Must fill setting Enter the TCP port on which the remote Modbus TCP Slave device listens 2. Range 1 to 65535 (to the TCP client session request). Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. ID Range Range 1 to 247 Enter the Modbus ID range for the Modbus TCP Slave(s) that will respond ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway Chapter 5 Security 5.1 VPN A virtual private network (VPN) extends a private network across a public network, such as the Internet. It enables a computer to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if it were directly connected to the private network, while benefitting from the functionality, security and management policies of the private network. This is done by establishing a virtual point‐to‐point connection through the use of dedicated connections, ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 5.1.1 IPSec Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) is a protocol suite for securing Internet Protocol (IP) communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication session. IPSec includes protocols for establishing mutual authentication between agents at the beginning of the session and negotiation of cryptographic keys to be used during the session. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Site to Host: Site to Host is suitable for tunneling between clients in a subnet and an application server (host). As in the diagram, the clients behind the M2M gateway can access to the host "Host‐DC" located in the control center through Site to Host VPN tunnel. Host to Site: On the contrast, for a single host (or mobile user to) to access the resources located in an intranet, the Host to Site scenario can be applied. Host to Host: Host to Host is a special configuration for building a VPN tunnel between two single hosts. Site to Site with "Full Tunnel" enabled In "Site to Site" scenario, client hosts in remote site can access the enterprise resources in the Intranet of HQ gateway via an established IPSec tunnel, as described above. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Dynamic VPN Server Scenario Dynamic VPN Server Scenario is an efficient way to build multiple tunnels with remote sites, especially for mobile clients with dynamic IP. In this scenario, gateway can only be role of server (responder), and it must have a “Static IP” or “FQDN”. It can allow many ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway IPSec Setting Go to Security > VPN > IPSec tab. The IPSec Setting allows user to create and configure IPSec tunnels. Enable IPSec Configuration Window Item Value setting Description IPsec Unchecked by default Click the Enable box to enable IPSec function. NetBIOS over IPSec Unchecked by default Click the Enable box to enable NetBIOS over IPSec function. NAT Traversal Unchecked by default Click the Enable box to enable NAT Traversal function. Max. Concurrent Depends on Product The specified value will limit the maximum number of simultaneous IPSec IPSec Tunnels specification. tunnel connection. The default value can be different for the purchased model. Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo N/A Click Undo to cancel the settings Create/Edit IPSec tunnel Ensure that the IPSec enable box is checked to enable before further configuring the IPSec tunnel settings. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Tunnel Configuration Window Item Value setting Description Tunnel Unchecked by default Check the Enable box to activate the IPSec tunnel 1. A Must fill setting Enter a tunnel name. Enter a name that is easy for you to identify. Tunnel Name 2. String format can be Value Range: 1 ~ 19 characters. any text 1. A Must fill setting Interface 2. WAN 1 is selected Select WAN interface on which IPSec tunnel is to be established. by default Select an IPSec tunneling scenario from the dropdown box for your application. 1. A Must fill setting Select Site‐to‐Site, Site‐to‐Host, Host‐to‐Site, or Host‐to‐Host. 2. Site to site is Tunnel Scenario With Site‐to‐Site or Site‐to‐Host or Host‐to‐Site, IPSec operates in tunnel mode. selected by default The difference among them is the number of subnets. With Host‐to‐Host, IPSec operates in transport mode. Select from the dropdown box to setup your gateway for Hub‐and‐Spoke IPSec VPN Deployments. 1. An optional setting Select None if your deployments will not support Hub or Spoke encryption. Hub and Spoke 2. None is set by Select Hub for a Hub role in the IPSec design. default Select Spoke for a Spoke role in the IPSec design. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway as the system will automatically utilize the available WAN interfaces to balance traffic loads. For more details on WAN Load Balance, refer to Basic Network > WAN > Load Balance tab. Note_1: Load Balance function is not available for the gateway with single WAN. Note_2: Failover and Load Balance functions are not available for Dynamic VPN specified in Tunnel Scenario. 1. A Must fill setting Encapsulation Select the Encapsulation Protocol from the dropdown box for this IPSec tunnel. 2. ESP is selected by Protocol Available encapsulations are ESP and AH. default Check the Enable box to enable Keep alive function. Select Ping IP to keep live and enter the IP address to ping. 1. Unchecked by Enter the ping time interval in seconds. Keep alive default Value Range: 30 ~ 999 seconds. 2. 30s is set by default Note: Keep alive option is not available for Dynamic VPN specified in Tunnel Scenario. Local & Remote Configuration Window Item Value setting Description Specify the Local Subnet IP address and Subnet Mask. Click the Add or Delete button to add or delete a Local Subnet. Note_1: When Dynamic VPN option in Tunnel Scenario is selected, there will be A Must fill setting Local Subnet List only one subnet available. Note_2: When Host‐to‐Site or Host‐to‐Host option in Tunnel Scenario is ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Click Enable box to enable Full Tunnel. Full Tunnel Unchecked by default Note: Full tunnel is available only for Site‐to‐Site specified in Tunnel Scenario. Specify the Remote Subnet IP address and Subnet Mask. Remote Subnet List A Must fill setting Click the Add or Delete button to add or delete Remote Subnet setting. 1. A Must fill setting. Remote Gateway 2. Format can be a Specify the Remote Gateway. ipv4 address or FQDN Authentication Configuration Window Item Value setting Description Select Key Management from the dropdown box for this IPSec tunnel. IKE+Pre‐shared Key: user needs to set a key (8 ~ 32 characters). 1. A Must fill setting IKE+X.509: user needs Certificate to authenticate. IKE+X.509 will be available Key Management 2. Pre‐shared Key 8 to only when Certificate has been configured properly. Refer to Certificate section 32 characters. of this manual and also Object Definition > Certificate in web‐based utility. Manually: user needs to enter key ID to authenticate. Manual key configuration will be explained in the following Manual Key Management section. Specify the Local ID for this IPSec tunnel to authenticate. Select User Name for Local ID and enter the username. The username may include but can’t be all numbers. Local ID An optional setting Select FQDN for Local ID and enter the FQDN. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway IKE Phase Window Item Value setting Description 1. A must fill setting Specify the IKE version for this IPSec tunnel. Select v1 or v2 IKE Version 2. v1 is selected by Note: IKE versions will not be available when Dynamic VPN option in Tunnel default Scenario is selected, or AH option in Encapsulation Protocol is selected. Main Mode is set by Specify the Negotiation Mode for this IPSec tunnel. Select Main Mode or Negotiation Mode default default Aggressive Mode. Specify the X‐Auth role for this IPSec tunnel. Select Server, Client, or None. Selected None no X‐Auth authentication is required. Selected Server this gateway will be an X‐Auth server. Click on the X‐Auth None is selected by Account button to create remote X‐Auth client account. X‐Auth default Selected Client this gateway will be an X‐Auth client. Enter User name and Password to be authenticated by the X‐Auth server gateway. Note: X‐Auth Client will not be available for Dynamic VPN option selected in Tunnel Scenario. 1. Unchecked by Click Enable box to enable DPD function. Specify the Timeout and Delay time in Dead Peer Detection default seconds. (DPD) 2. Default Timeout Value Range: 0 ~ 999 seconds for Timeout and Delay. 180s and Delay 30s 1. A Must fill setting ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway IKE Proposal Definition Window Item Value setting Description Specify the Phase 1 Encryption method. It can be AES‐auto / AES128 / AES192 / AES256 / DES / 3DES. Specify the Authentication method. It can be None / MD5 / SHA1 / SHA2‐256 / IKE Proposal SHA2‐512. A Must fill setting Definition Specify the DH Group. It can be None / Group1 / Group2 / Group5 / Group14 / Group15 / Group16 / Group17 / Group18. Check Enable box to enable this setting IPSec Phase Window Item Value setting Description 1. A Must fill setting Phase2 Key Life 2. 28800s is set by Specify the Phase2 Key Life Time in second. Time default Value Range: 30 ~ 86400. 3. Max. 86400s ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway IPSec Proposal Definition Window Item Value setting Description Specify the Encryption method. It can be None / AES‐auto / AES128 / AES192 / AES256 / DES / 3DES. Specify the Authentication method. It can be None / MD5 / SHA1 / SHA2‐256 / IPSec Proposal SHA2‐512. A Must fill setting Definition Specify the PFS Group. It can be None / Group1 / Group2 / Group5 / Group14 / Group15 / Group16 / Group17 / Group18. Click Enable to enable this setting Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo N/A Click Undo to cancel the settings Back N/A Click Back to return to the previous page. Manual Key Management When the Manually option is selected for Key Management as described in Authentication Configuration Window, ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Local & Remote Configuration Window Item Value setting Description Local Subnet A Must fill setting Specify the Local Subnet IP address and Subnet Mask. Local Netmask A Must fill setting Specify the Local Subnet Mask. Remote Subnet A Must fill setting Specify the Remote Subnet IP address Remote Netmask A Must fill setting Specify the Remote Subnet Mask. 1. A Must fill setting Remote Gateway 2. An IPv4 address or Specify the Remote Gateway. The Remote Gateway FQDN format Under the Manually Key Management authentication configuration, only one subnet is supported for both Local and Remote IPSec peer. Manual Proposal Window Item Value setting Description Specify the Outbound SPI for this IPSec tunnel. Outbound SPI Hexadecimal format Value Range: 0 ~ FFFF. Specify the Inbound SPI for this IPSec tunnel. Inbound SPI Hexadecimal format ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway available. Specify the Authentication Method and Authentication key Available encryptions are None/MD5/SHA1/SHA2‐256 1. A Must fill setting Enter the key string (String length by the method which choose) Authentication 2. Hexadecimal format The key length for MD5 is 32, SHA1 is 40, and SHA2‐256 is 64. Note: When AH option in Encapsulation Protocol is selected, None option in Authentication will not be available. Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo N/A Click Undo to cancel the settings Back N/A Click Back to return to the previous page. Create/Edit Dynamic VPN Server List Similar to create an IPSec VPN Tunnel for site/host to site/host scenario, when Edit button is applied a series of configuration screen will appear. They are Tunnel Configuration, Local & Remote Configuration, Authentication, ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway 2. WAN 1 is selected by default 1. A Must fill setting Tunnel Scenario 2. Dynamic VPN is The IPSec tunneling scenario is fixed to Dynamic VPN. selected by default 1. A Must fill setting The available operation mode is Always On. Failover and Load Balance options Operation Mode 2. Alway on is selected are not available for the Dynamic IPSec scenario. by default 1. A Must fill setting Encapsulation Select the Encapsulation Protocol from the dropdown box for this IPSec tunnel. 2. ESP is selected by Protocol Available encapsulations are ESP and AH. default Local & Remote Configuration Window Item Value setting Description Local Subnet A Must fill setting Specify the Local Subnet IP address. Local Netmask A Must fill setting Specify the Local Subnet Mask. Authentication Configuration Window Item ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Select Key ID for Local ID and enter the Key ID (English alphabet or number). Specify the Remote ID for this IPSec tunnel to authenticate. Select User Name for Remote ID and enter the username. The username may include but can’t be all numbers. Select FQDN for Local ID and enter the FQDN. Remote ID An optional setting Select User@FQDN for Remote ID and enter the User@FQDN. Select Key ID for Remote ID and enter the Key ID (English alphabet or number). Note: Remote ID will be not available when Dynamic VPN option in Tunnel Scenario is selected. For the rest IKE Phase, IKE Proposal Definition, IPSec Phase, and IPSec Proposal Definition settings, they are the same as that of creating an IPSec Tunnel described in previous section. Please refer to the related description. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 5.1.2 OpenVPN OpenVPN is an application that implements virtual private network (VPN) techniques for creating secure point‐to‐point or site‐to‐site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities. It uses a custom security protocol that utilizes SSL/TLS for key exchange. It is capable of traversing network address translators (NATs) and firewalls. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway OpenVPN UN Server. Once the OpenVPN TUN connection is established, the connected TUN client will be assigned a virtual IP (10.8.0.2) which is belong to a virtual subnet that is different to the local subnet in Control Center. With such connection, the local networked devices will get a virtual IP 10.8.0.x if its traffic goes through the OpenVPN TUN connection when Redirect Internet Traffic settings is enabled; Besides, the SCADA Server in Control Center can access remote attached serial device(s) with the virtual IP address (10.8.0.2). OpenVPN TAP Scenario ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Open VPN Setting Go to Security > VPN > OpenVPN tab. The OpenVPN setting allows user to create and configure OpenVPN tunnels. Enable OpenVPN Enable OpenVPN and select an expected configuration, either server or client, for the gateway to operate. Configuration Item Value setting Description OpenVPN The box is unchecked by Check the Enable box to activate the OpenVPN function. default Server/ Server Configuration is When Server is selected, as the name indicated, server configuration will be Client selected by default. displayed below for further setup. When Client is selected, you can specify the client settings in another client configuration window. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway As an OpenVPN Server If Server is selected, an OpenVPN Server Configuration screen will appear. OpenVPN Server Configuration window can let you enable the OpenVPN server function, specify the virtual IP address of OpenVPN server, when remote OpenVPN clients dial in, and the authentication protocol. OpenVPN Server Configuration Item Value setting Description OpenVPN Server ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway default. Protocol 1. A Must filled setting Define the selected Protocol for connecting to the OpenVPN Server. Select TCP , or TCP /UDP 2. By default TCP is selected. ‐> The TCP protocol will be used to access the OpenVPN Server, and Port will be set as 4430 automatically. Select UDP ‐> The UDP protocol will be used to access the OpenVPN Server, and Port will be set as 1194 automatically. Port 1. A Must filled setting Specify the Port for connecting to the OpenVPN Server. 2. By default 4430 is set. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. Tunnel Scenario 1. A Must filled setting Specify the type of Tunnel Scenario for connecting to the OpenVPN Server. It 2.
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Note: Gateway will be available only when TAP is chosen in Tunnel Device, and DHCP‐Proxy Mode is unchecked (disabled). Netmask By default ‐ select one ‐ is Specify the Netmask setting for the OpenVPN server. It will be assigned to the selected. connected OpenVPN clients. Value Range: 255.255.255.0/24 (only support class C) Note_1: Netmask will be available when TAP is chosen in Tunnel Device, and DHCP‐Proxy Mode is unchecked (disabled). Note_2: Netmask will also be available when TUN is chosen in Tunnel Device. Redirect Default 1. An Optional setting. Check the Enable box to activate the Redirect Default Gateway function. Gateway 2. The box is unchecked by default. Encryption 1. A Must filled setting. Specify the Encryption Cipher from the dropdown list. Cipher ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway When Advanced Configuration is selected, an OpenVPN Server Advanced Configuration screen will appear. OpenVPN Server Advanced Configuration Item Value setting Description TLS Cipher 1. A Must filled setting. Specify the TLS Cipher from the dropdown list. 2. TLS‐RSA‐WITH‐AES128‐ It can be TLS‐RSA‐WITH‐AES128‐SHA / TLS‐DHE‐DSS‐AES256‐SHA / TLS‐DHE‐ SHA is selected by default DSS‐AES128‐SHA / TLS‐RSA‐WITH‐AES256‐SHA / TLS‐RSA‐WITH‐RC4‐MD5 / None. Note: TLS Cipher will be available only when TLS is chosen in Authorization Mode. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway default Note: Tunnel UDP Fragment will be available only when UDP is chosen in Protocol. Tunnel UDP 1. An Optional setting. Check the Enable box to activate the Tunnel UDP MSS‐Fix Function. MSS‐Fix 2. The box is unchecked by Note: Tunnel UDP MSS‐Fix will be available only when UDP is chosen in default. Protocol. CCD‐Dir Default ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway As an OpenVPN Client If Client is selected, an OpenVPN Client List screen will appear. When Add button is applied, OpenVPN Client Configuration screen will appear. OpenVPN Client Configuration window let you specify the required parameters for an OpenVPN VPN client, such as "OpenVPN Client Name", "Interface", "Protocol", "Tunnel Scenario", "Remote IP/FQDN", "Remote Subnet", "Authorization Mode", "Encryption Cipher", "Hash Algorithm" and tunnel activation. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway OpenVPN Client Configuration Item Value setting Description OpenVPN Client A Must filled setting The OpenVPN Client Name will be used to identify the client in the tunnel list. Name Value Range: 1 ~ 32 characters. Interface 1. A Must filled setting Define the physical interface to be used for this OpenVPN Client tunnel. 2. By default WAN‐1 is selected. Protocol 1. A Must filled setting Define the Protocol for the OpenVPN Client. Select TCP 2. By default TCP is selected. ‐>The OpenVPN will use TCP protocol, and Port will be set as 443 automatically. Select UDP ‐> The OpenVPN will use UDP protocol, and Port will be set as 1194 automatically. Port 1. A Must filled setting Specify the Port for the OpenVPN Client to use. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. 2. By default 443 is ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Remote Endpoint IP A Must filled setting Specify the virtual Remote Endpoint IP Address of the peer OpenVPN gateway. Address Value Range: The IP format is 10.8.0.x, the range of x is 1~254. Note: Remote Endpoint IP Address will be available only when Static Key is chosen in Authorization Mode. Static Key A Must filled setting Specify the Static Key. Note: Static Key will be available only when Static Key is chosen in Authorization Mode. Encryption Cipher By default Blowfish is Specify the Encryption Cipher. selected. It can be Blowfish/AES‐256/AES‐192/AES‐128/None. Hash Algorithm By default SHA‐1 is Specify the Hash Algorithm. selected. It can be SHA‐1/MD5/MD4/SHA2‐256/SHA2‐512/None/Disable. LZO Compression By default Adaptive is Specify the LZO Compression scheme.
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Modbus Cellular Gateway When Advanced Configuration is selected, an OpenVPN Client Advanced Configuration screen will appear. OpenVPN Advanced Client Configuration Item Value setting Description TLS Cipher 1. A Must filled setting. Specify the TLS Cipher from the dropdown list. 2. TLS‐RSA‐WITH‐ It can be TLS‐RSA‐WITH‐AES128‐SHA / TLS‐DHE‐DSS‐AES256‐SHA / TLS‐DHE‐ AES128‐SHA is selected DSS‐AES128‐SHA / TLS‐RSA‐WITH‐AES256‐SHA / TLS‐RSA‐WITH‐RC4‐MD5 / by default None. Note: TLS Cipher will be available only when TLS is chosen in Authorization Mode. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Note: User Name will be available only when TLS is chosen in Authorization Mode. Bridge TAP to By default VLAN 1 is Specify the setting of “Bridge TAP to” to bridge the TAP interface to a certain selected local network interface or VLAN. Note: Bridge TAP to will be available only when TAP is chosen in Tunnel Scenario and NAT is unchecked. Firewall Protection The box is unchecked by Check the box to activate the Firewall Protection function. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 5.1.3 L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a tunneling protocol used to support virtual private networks (VPNs) or as part of the delivery of services by ISPs. It does not provide any encryption or confidentiality by itself. Rather, it relies on an encryption protocol that it passes within the tunnel to provide privacy. This Gateway can behave as a L2TP server and a L2TP client both at the same time. L2TP Server: It must have a static IP or a FQDN for clients to create L2TP tunnels. It also maintains “User Account list” (user name/ password) for client login authentication; There is a virtual IP pool to assign virtual IP to each connected L2TP client. L2TP Client: It can be mobile users or gateways in remote offices with dynamic IP. To setup tunnel, it should ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway get “user name”, “password” and server’s global IP. In addition, it is required to identify the operation mode for each tunnel as main connection, failover for another tunnel, or load balance tunnel to increase overall bandwidth. It needs to decide “Default Gateway” or “Remote Subnet” for packet flow. Moreover, you can also define what kind of traffics will pass through the L2TP tunnel in the “Default Gateway / Remote Subnet” parameter. There are two options, "Default Gateway" and ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway L2TP Setting Go to Security > VPN > L2TP tab. The L2TP setting allows user to create and configure L2TP tunnels. Enable L2TP Enable L2TP Window Item Value setting Description L2TP Unchecked by default Click the Enable box to activate L2TP function. Specify the role of L2TP. Select Server or Client role your gateway will take. Client/Server A Must fill setting Below are the configuration windows for L2TP Server and for Client. Save N/A Click Save button to save the settings As a L2TP Server When select Server in Client/Server, the L2TP server Configuration will appear. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway L2TP Server Configuration Item Value setting Description The box is unchecked When click the Enable box L2TP Server by default It will active L2TP server When click the Enable box. The box is unchecked L2TP over IPSec It will enable L2TP over IPSec and need to fill in the Pre‐shared Key (8~32 by default characters). Specify the L2TP server Virtual IP Server Virtual IP A Must filled setting It will set as this L2TP server local virtual IP Specify the L2TP server starting IP of virtual IP pool IP Pool Starting A Must filled setting It will set as the starting IP which assign to L2TP client Address Value Range: 1 ~ 255. Specify the L2TP server ending IP of virtual IP pool IP Pool Ending A Must filled setting It will set as the ending IP which assign to L2TP client Address Value Range: 1 ~ 255. Select single or multiple Authentication Protocols for the L2TP server with Authentication A Must filled setting which to authenticate L2TP clients. Available authentication protocols are PAP / Protocol CHAP / MS‐CHAP / MS‐CHAP v2. Specify whether to support MPPE Protocol. Click the Enable box to enable ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway User Account List Window Item Value setting Description This is the L2TP authentication user account entry. You can create and add accounts for remote clients to establish L2TP VPN connection to the gateway device. Click Add button to add user account. Enter User name and password. Then Max.of 10 user User Account List check the enable box to enable the user. accounts Click Save button to save new user account. The selected user account can permanently be deleted by clicking the Delete button. Value Range: 1 ~ 32 characters. As a L2TP Client When select Client in Client/Server, a series L2TP Client Configuration will appear. L2TP Client Configuration Item Setting Value setting Description L2TP Client The box is unchecked Check the Enable box to enable PPTP client role of the gateway. by default Save N/A Click Save button to save the settings. Undo N/A Click Undo button to cancel the settings. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Create/Edit L2TP Client When Add/Edit button is applied, a series of configuration screen will appear. L2TP Client Configuration Item Setting Value setting Description Enter a tunnel name. Enter a name that is easy for you to identify. Tunnel Name A Must filled setting Value Range: 1 ~ 32 characters. Define the selected interface to be the used for this L2TP tunnel Select WAN‐1 for this tunnel using. Interface A Must filled setting (WAN‐1 is available only when WAN‐1 interface is enabled) The same applies to other WAN interfaces (i.e. WAN‐2). Operation Mode 1. A Must fill setting There are three available operation modes. Always on, Failover, Load Balance. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway 2. Alwasy on is Failover/ Always on: Define whether the PPTP client is a failover tunnel selected by default function or an always on tunnel. Note: If this PPTP is a failover tunneling, you will need to select a primary IPSec tunnel from which to failover to. Load Balance: Define whether the PPTP tunnel connection will take part in load balance function of the gateway. You will not need to select which WAN interface as the system will automatically utilize the available WAN interfaces to balance traffic loads. For more details on WAN Load Balance, refer to Basic Network > WAN & Uplink > Load Balance tab. Note: Load Balance function is not available for the gateway with single WAN. The box is unchecked Check the Enable box to activate L2TP over IPSec, and further specify a Pre‐ L2TP over IPSec by default shared Key (8~32 characters). Remote LNS A Must filled setting Enter the public IP address or the FQDN of the L2TP server. IP/FQDN Enter the Remote LNS Port for this L2TP tunnel. Remote LNS Port A Must filled setting Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. Enter the User Name for this L2TP tunnel to be authenticated when connect to Use Nname A Must filled setting L2TP server. Value Range: 1 ~ 32 characters. Enter the Password for this L2TP tunnel to be authenticated when connect to Password A Must filled setting L2TP server. Tunneling The box is unchecked Enter the Tunneling Password for this L2TP tunnel to authenticate. Password(Optional) by default ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Tunneling default 2. an optional setting Auto is set by default Specify the LCP Echo Type for this L2TP tunnel. It can be Auto, User‐defined, or Disable. Auto: the system sets the Interval and Max. Failure Time. LCP Echo Type User‐defined: enter the Interval and Max. Failure Time. Disable: disable the LCP Echo. Value Range: 1 ~ 99999 for Interval Time, 1~999 for Failure Time. Specify the Service Port for this L2TP tunnel to use. Service Port A Must filled setting Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. Tunnel Unchecked by default Check the Enable box to enable this PPTP tunnel. Save N/A Click Save button to save the settings. Undo N/A Click Undo button to cancel the settings. Back N/A Click Back button to return to the previous page. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 5.1.4 PPTP Point‐to‐Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a method for implementing virtual private networks. PPTP uses a control channel over TCP and a GRE tunnel operating to encapsulate PPP packets. It is a client‐server based technology. There are various levels of authentication and encryption for PPTP tunneling, usually natively as standard features of the Windows PPTP stack. The security gateway can play either "PPTP Server" role or "PPTP Client" role for a PPTP VPN tunnel, or both at the same time for different tunnels. PPTP tunnel process is nearly the same as L2TP. PPTP Server: It must have a static IP or a FQDN for clients to create PPTP tunnels. It also maintains “User Account list”...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway PPTP Client: It can be mobile users or gateways in remote offices with dynamic IP. To setup tunnel, it should get “user name”, “password” and server’s global IP. In addition, it is required to identify the operation mode for each tunnel as main connection, failover for another tunnel, or load balance tunnel to increase overall bandwidth. It needs to decide “Default Gateway” or “Remote Subnet” for packet flow. Moreover, you can also define what kind of traffics will pass through the PPTP tunnel in the “Default Gateway / Remote Subnet” parameter. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway PPTP Setting Go to Security > VPN > PPTP tab. The PPTP setting allows user to create and configure PPTP tunnels. Enable PPTP Enable PPTP Window Item Value setting Description PPTP Unchecked by default Click the Enable box to activate PPTP function. Specify the role of PPTP. Select Server or Client role your gateway will take. Client/Server A Must fill setting Below are the configuration windows for PPTP Server and for Client. Save N/A Click Save button to save the settings. As a PPTP Server The gateway supports up to a maximum of 10 PPTP user accounts. When Server in the Client/Server field is selected, the PPTP server configuration window will appear. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway PPTP Server Configuration Window Item Value setting Description PPTP Server Unchecked by default Check the Enable box to enable PPTP server role of the gateway. 1. A Must fill setting Specify the PPTP server Virtual IP address. The virtual IP address will serve as Server Virtual IP 2. Default is the virtual DHCP server for the PPTP clients. Clients will be assigned a virtual IP 192.168.0.1 address from it after the PPTP tunnel has been established. This is the PPTP server’s Virtual IP DHCP server. User can specify the first IP IP Pool Starting 1. A Must fill setting address for the subnet from which the PPTP client’s IP address will be assigned. Address 2. Default is 10 Value Range: 1 ~ 255. This is the PPTP server’s Virtual IP DHCP server. User can specify the last IP IP Pool Ending 1. A Must fill setting address for the subnet from which the PPTP client’s IP address will be assigned. Address 2. Default is 100 Value Range: 1 ~ 255. 1. A Must fill setting Select single or multiple Authentication Protocols for the PPTP server with Authentication 2. Unchecked by which to authenticate PPTP clients. Available authentication protocols are PAP / Protocol default CHAP / MS‐CHAP / MS‐CHAP v2. Specify whether to support MPPE Protocol. Click the Enable box to enable 1. A Must fill setting MPPE and from dropdown box to select 40 bits / 56 bits / 128 bits. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway User Account List Window Item Value setting Description This is the PPTP authentication user account entry. You can create and add accounts for remote clients to establish PPTP VPN connection to the gateway device. Click Add button to add user account. Enter User name and password. Then Max.of 10 user User Account List check the enable box to enable the user. accounts Click Save button to save new user account. The selected user account can permanently be deleted by clicking the Delete button. Value Range: 1 ~ 32 characters. As a PPTP Client When select Client in Client/Server, a series PPTP Client Configuration will appear. PPTP Client Configuration Item Value setting Description PPTP Client Unchecked by default Check the Enable box to enable PPTP client role of the gateway. Save N/A Click Save button to save the settings. Undo N/A Click Undo button to cancel the settings. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway PPTP Client Configuration Window Item Value setting Description A Must fill setting Enter a tunnel name. Enter a name that is easy for you to identify. Tunnel Name Value Range: 1 ~ 32 characters. 1. A Must fill setting Define the selected interface to be the used for this PPTP tunnel 2. WAN1 is selected by Select WAN‐1 for this tunnel using. Interface default (WAN‐1 is available only when WAN‐1 interface is enabled) The same applies to other WAN interfaces (i.e. WAN‐2). 1. A Must fill setting There are three available operation modes. Always on, Failover, Load Balance. 2. Alwasy on is Failover/ Always on: Define whether the PPTP client is a failover tunnel selected by default function or an always on tunnel. Note: If this PPTP is a failover tunneling, you will need to select a primary IPSec tunnel from which to failover to. Operation Mode Load Balance: Define whether the PPTP tunnel connection will take part in load balance function of the gateway. You will not need to select which WAN interface as the system will automatically utilize the available WAN interfaces to balance traffic loads. For more details on WAN Load Balance, refer to Basic Network > WAN & Uplink > Load Balance tab. Note: Load Balance function is not available for the gateway with single WAN. 1. A Must fill setting. Enter the public IP address or the FQDN of the PPTP server. Remote IP/FQDN 2. Format can be a ipv4 address or FQDN ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway A Must fill setting Enter the User Name for this PPTP tunnel to be authenticated when connect to User Name PPTP server. Value Range: 1 ~ 32 characters. A Must fill setting Enter the Password for this PPTP tunnel to be authenticated when connect to Password PPTP server. A Must fill setting Specify a gateway for this PPTP tunnel to reach PPTP server. When you choose Remote Subnet, you need to specify one more setting: the remote subnet. It is for the Intranet of PPTP VPN server. So, at PPTP client peer, the packets whose destination is in the dedicated subnet will be transferred via the PPTP VPN tunnel. Others will be transferred based on current routing policy Default Gateway / of the security gateway at PPTP client peer. Remote Subnet But, if you choose Default Gateway option for the PPTP client peer, all packets, including the Internet accessing of PPTP Client peer, will go through the established PPTP VPN tunnel. That means the remote PPTP VPN server controls the flowing of any packets from the PPTP client peer. Certainly, those packets come through the PPTP VPN tunnel. The Remote Subnet format must be IP address/netmask (e.g. 10.0.0.2/24). 1. A Must fill setting Specify one ore multiple Authentication Protocol for this PPTP tunnel. Authentication 2. Unchecked by Available authentication methods are PAP / CHAP / MS‐CHAP / MS‐CHAP v2. Protocol default 1. Unchecked by Specify whether PPTP server supports MPPE Protocol. Click the Enable box to default enable MPPE. MPPE Encryption 2. an optional setting Note: when MPPE Encryption is enabled, the Authentication Protocol PAP / CHAP options will not be available. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 5.1.5 GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) is a tunneling protocol developed by Cisco Systems that encapsulates a wide variety of network layer protocols inside virtual point‐to‐point links over an Internet Protocol internetwork. Deploy a M2M gateway for remote site and establish a virtual private network with control center by using GRE tunneling. So, all client hosts behind M2M gateway can make data communication with server hosts behind control center gateway. GRE Tunneling is similar to IPSec Tunneling, client requesting the tunnel establishment with the server. Both the client and the server must have a Static IP or a FQDN. Any peer gateway can be worked as ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Internet accessing of GRE client peer, will go through the established GRE tunnel. That means the remote GRE server controls the flowing of any packets from the GRE client peer. Certainly, those packets come through the GRE tunnel. If the GRE server supports DMVPN Hub function, like Cisco router as the VPN concentrator, the GRE client can active the DMVPN spoke function here since it is implemented by GRE over IPSec tunneling. GRE Setting Go to Security > VPN > GRE tab. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway GRE Rule Configuration Window Item Value setting Description Enter a tunnel name. Enter a name that is easy for you to identify. Tunnel Name A Must fill setting Value Range: 1 ~ 9 characters. 1. A Must fill setting Select WAN interface on which GRE tunnel is to be established. Interface 2. WAN 1 is selected by default There are three available operation modes. Always On, Failover, Load Balance. Failover/ Always Define whether the GRE tunnel is a failover tunnel function or an Always on tunnel. Note: If this GRE is a failover tunneling, you will need to select a primary GRE 1. A Must fill setting tunnel from which to failover to. Operation Mode 2. Alway on is selected Load Balance Define whether the GRE tunnel connection will take part in load by default balance function of the gateway. You will not need to select with WAN interface as the system will automatically utilize the available WAN interfaces to balance traffic loads. For more details on WAN Load Balance, refer to Basic Network > WAN & Uplink > Load Balance tab. Note: Load Balance function is not available for the gateway with single WAN. Tunnel IP An Optional setting Enter the Tunnel IP address. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Enter the Remote IP address of remote GRE tunnel gateway. Normally this is the Remote IP A Must fill setting public IP address of the remote GRE gateway. Enter the Key for the GRE connection. Key An Optional setting Value Range: 0 ~ 9999999999. 1. A Must fill setting Specify TTL hop‐count value for this GRE tunnel. TTL 2. 1 to 255 range Value Range: 1 ~ 255. Check the Enable box to enable Keep alive function. 1. Unchecked by Select Ping IP to keep live and enter the IP address to ping. Keep alive default Enter the ping time interval in seconds. 2. 5s is set by default Value Range: 5 ~ 999 seconds. Specify a gateway for this GRE tunnel to reach GRE server. If the gateway uses its gateway IP address to connect to the internet to connect Default Gateway / to the GRE server then select Default Gateway, otherwise, specified a subnet A Must fill setting Remote Subnet and its netmask –the remote subnet, if the default gateway is not used to connect to the GRE server. The Remote Subnet format must be IP address/netmask (e.g. 10.0.0.2/24). Specify whether the gateway will support DMVPN Spoke for this GRE tunnel. DMVPN Spoke Unchecked by default Check Enable box to enable DMVPN Spoke. IPSec Pre‐shared 2. Pre‐shared Key 8 to Enter a DMVPN spoke authentication Pre‐shared Key (8~32 characters). Key 32 character length ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 5.2 Firewall The firewall functions include Packet Filter, URL Blocking, Content Filter, MAC Control, Application Filter, IPS and some firewall options. The supported function can be different for the purchased gateway. 5.2.1 Packet Filter ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway "Packet Filter" function can let you define some filtering rules for incoming and outgoing packets. So the gateway can control what packets are allowed or blocked to pass through it. A packet filter rule should indicate from and to which interface the packet enters and leaves the gateway, the source and destination IP addresses, and destination service port type and port number. In addition, the time schedule to which the rule will be active. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway default When Deny those match the following rules is selected, as the name suggest, Deny those match the Black List / packets specified in the rules will be blocked –black listed. In contrast, with following rules is set by White List Allow those match the following rules, you can specifically white list the default packets to pass and the rest will be blocked. The box is unchecked by Log Alert Check the Enable box to activate Event Log. default Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo N/A Click Undo to cancel the settings Create/Edit Packet Filter Rules The gateway allows you to customize your packet filtering rules. It supports up to a maximum of 20 filter rule sets. When Add button is applied, Packet Filter Rule Configuration screen will appear. Packet Filter Rule Configuration Item Name Value setting Description Rule Name 1. String format can be Enter a packet filter rule name. Enter a name that is easy for you to remember. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway any text Value Range: 1 ~ 30 characters. 2. A Must filled setting Define the selected interface to be the packet‐entering interface of the router. If the packets to be filtered are coming from LAN to WAN then select LAN for this field. Or VLAN‐1 to WAN then select VLAN‐1 for this field. Other examples 1. A Must filled setting From Interface 2. By default Any is are VLAN‐1 to VLAN‐2. VLAN‐1 to WAN. selected Select Any to filter packets coming into the router from any interfaces. Please note that two identical interfaces are not accepted by the router. e.g., VLAN‐1 to VLAN‐1. Define the selected interface to be the packet‐leaving interface of the router. If the packets to be filtered are entering from LAN to WAN then select WAN for 1. A Must filled setting this field. Or VLAN‐1 to WAN then select WAN for this field. Other examples are To Interface 2. By default Any is VLAN‐1 to VLAN‐2. VLAN‐1 to WAN. selected Select Any to filter packets leaving the router from any interfaces. Please note that two identical interfaces are not accepted by the router. e.g., VLAN‐1 to VLAN‐1. This field is to specify the Source IP address. Select Any to filter packets coming from any IP addresses. Select Specific IP Address to filter packets coming from an IP address. 1. A Must filled setting Select IP Range to filter packets coming from a specified range of IP address. Source IP 2. By default Any is Select IP Address‐based Group to filter packets coming from a pre‐defined selected group. Note: group must be pre‐defined before this option become available. Refer to Object Definition > Grouping > Host grouping. You may also access to create a group by the Add Rule shortcut button. This field is to specify the Destination IP address. Select Any to filter packets that are entering to any IP addresses. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Then for Destination Port, select a predefined port dropdown box when Well‐ known Service is selected, otherwise select User‐defined Service and specify a port range. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535 for Source Port, Destination Port. For Protocol, select ICMPv4 to filter ICMPv4 packets For Protocol, select TCP to filter TCP packets Then for Source Port, select a predefined port dropdown box when Well‐known Service is selected, otherwise select User‐defined Service and specify a port range. Then for Destination Port, select a predefined port dropdown box when Well‐ known Service is selected, otherwise select User‐defined Service and specify a port range. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535 for Source Port, Destination Port. For Protocol, select UDP to filter UDP packets Then for Source Port, select a predefined port dropdown box when Well‐known Service is selected, otherwise select User‐defined Service and specify a port range. Then for Destination Port, select a predefined port dropdown box when Well‐ known Service is selected, otherwise select User‐defined Service and specify a port range. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535 for Source Port, Destination Port. For Protocol, select GRE to filter GRE packets For Protocol, select ESP to filter ESP packets For Protocol, select SCTP to filter SCTP packets For Protocol, select User‐defined to filter packets with specified port number. Then enter a pot number in Protocol Number box. Apply Time Schedule to this rule, otherwise leave it as Always. Time Schedule A Must filled setting If the dropdown list is empty ensure Time Schedule is pre‐configured. Refer to Object Definition > Scheduling > Configuration tab. The box is unchecked by Rule Click Enable box to activate this rule then save the settings. default. Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 5.2.3 MAC Control "MAC Control" function allows you to assign the accessibility to the gateway for different users based on device’s MAC address. When the administrator wants to reject the traffics from some client hosts with specific MAC addresses, he can use the "MAC Control" function to reject with the black list configuration. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway MAC Control Setting Go to Security > Firewall > MAC Control Tab. The MAC control setting allows user to create and customize MAC address policies to allow or reject packets with specific source MAC address. Enable MAC Control Configuration Window Item Value setting Description The box is unchecked by MAC Control Check the Enable box to activate the MAC filter function default When Deny MAC Address Below is selected, as the name suggest, packets Black List / Deny MAC Address Below specified in the rules will be blocked –black listed. In contrast, with Allow MAC White List is set by default Address Below, you can specifically white list the packets to pass and the rest will be blocked. The box is unchecked by Log Alert Check the Enable box to activate to activate Event Log. default Known MAC Select a MAC Address from LAN Client List. Click the Copy to to copy the N/A from LAN PC List selected MAC Address to the filter rule. Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Create/Edit MAC Control Rules The gateway supports up to a maximum of 20 filter rule sets. Ensure that the MAC Control is enabled before we can create control rules. When Add button is applied, Filter Rule Configuration screen will appear. MAC Control Rule Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. String format can be any Rule Name text Enter a MAC Control rule name. Enter a name that is easy for you to remember. 2. A Must fill setting 1. MAC Address string MAC Address (Use: to Format Specify the Source MAC Address to filter rule. Compose) 2. A Must fill setting Apply Time Schedule to this rule; otherwise leave it as (0) Always. Time Schedule A Must fill setting If the dropdown list is empty, ensure Time Schedule is pre‐configured. Refer to Object Definition > Scheduling > Configuration tab The box is unchecked by Enable Click Enable box to activate this rule, and then save the settings. default. Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo N/A ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 5.2.6 IPS To provide application servers in the Internet, administrator may need to open specific ports for the services. However, there are some risks to always open service ports in the Internet. In order to avoid such attack risks, it is important to enable IPS functions. Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is network security appliances that monitor network and/or system activities for malicious activity. The main functions of IPS are to identify malicious activity, log information about this activity, attempt to block/stop it and report it. You can enable the IPS function and check the listed intrusion activities when needed. You can also enable the log alerting so that system will record Intrusion events when corresponding intrusions are detected. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway IPS Setting Go to Security > Firewall > IPS Tab. The Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) setting allows user to customize intrusion prevention rules to prevent malicious packets. Enable IPS Firewall Configuration Window Item Value setting Description The box is unchecked by IPS Check the Enable box to activate IPS function default The box is unchecked by Log Alert Check the Enable box to activate to activate Event Log. default Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo N/A Click Undo to cancel the settings Setup Intrusion Prevention Rules The router allows you to select intrusion prevention rules you may want to enable. Ensure that the IPS is enabled before we can enable the defense function. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Setup Intrusion Prevention Rules Item Name Value setting Description SYN Flood Click Enable box to activate this intrusion prevention rule and Defense enter the traffic threshold in this field. 1. A Must filled setting UDP Flood 2. The box is unchecked by default. Click Enable box to activate this intrusion prevention rule and Defense 3. Traffic threshold is set to 300 by default enter the traffic threshold in this field. 4. The value range can be from 10 to Click Enable box to activate this intrusion prevention rule and ICMP Flood 10000. enter the traffic threshold in this field. Defense Value Range: 10 ~ 10000. 1. A Must filled setting 2. The box is unchecked by default. Click Enable box to activate this intrusion prevention rule and Port Scan Defection 3. Traffic threshold is set to 200 by default enter the traffic threshold in this field. 4. The value range can be from 10 to Value Range: 10 ~ 10000. 10000. Block Land Attack Block Ping of Death ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Block Traceroute Block Fraggle Attack 1. A Must filled setting 2. The box is unchecked by default. Click Enable box to activate this intrusion prevention rule and ARP Spoofing 3. Traffic threshold is set to 300 by default enter the traffic threshold in this field. Defence 4. The value range can be from 10 to Value Range: 10 ~ 10000. 10000. Save NA Click Save to save the settings Undo NA Click Undo to cancel the settings ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 5.2.7 Options There are some additional useful firewall options in this page. “Stealth Mode” lets gateway not to respond to port scans from the WAN so that makes it less susceptible to discovery and attacks on the Internet. ”SPI” enables gateway to record the packet information like IP address, port address, ACK, SEQ number and so on while they pass through the gateway, and the gateway checks every incoming packet to detect if this packet is valid. “Discard Ping from WAN” makes any host on the WAN side can`t ping this gateway. And finally, “Remote Administrator Hosts” enables you to perform administration task from a remote host. If this feature is enabled, only specified IP address(es) can perform remote administration. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Enable SPI Scenario As shown in the diagram, Gateway has the IP address of 118.18.81.200 for WAN interface and 192.168.1.253 for LAN interface. It serves as a NAT gateway. Users in Network‐A initiate to access cloud server through the gateway. Sometimes, unknown users will simulate the packets but use different ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Firewall Options Item Value setting Description The box is unchecked by Stealth Mode Check the Enable box to activate the Stealth Mode function default The box is checked by SPI Check the Enable box to activate the SPI function default Discard Ping The box is unchecked by Check the Enable box to activate the Discard Ping from WAN function from WAN default Define Remote Administrator Host The router allows network administrator to manage router remotely. The network administrator can assign specific IP address and service port to allow accessing the router. Remote Administrator Host Definition Item ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway 1. 80 for HTTP by default This field is to specify a Service Port to HTTP or HTTPS connection. Service Port 2. 443 for HTTPS by Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. default Enabling the The box is unchecked by Click Enable box to activate this rule. rule default. Save N/A Click Enable box to activate this rule then save the settings. Undo N/A Click Undo to cancel the settings ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway Chapter 6 Administration 6.1 Configure & Manage Configure & Manage refers to enterprise‐wide administration of distributed systems including (and commonly in practice) computer systems. Centralized management has a time and effort trade‐off that is related to the size of the company, the expertise of the IT staff, and the amount of technology being used. This device supports many system management protocols, such as Command Script, TR‐069, SNMP, and Telnet with CLI. You can setup those configurations in the "Configure & Manage" section. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 6.1.1 Command Script Command script configuration is the application that allows administrator to setup the pre‐defined configuration in plain text style and apply configuration on startup. Go to Administration > Command Script > Configuration Tab. Enable Command Script Configuration Configuration Item Value setting Description The box is unchecked by Configuration Check the Enable box to activate the Command Script function. default Edit/Backup Plain Text Command Script You can edit the plain text configuration settings in the configuration screen as above. Plain Text Configuration Item Value setting Description ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Configuration Content Key Value setting Description OPENVPN_ENABLED 1 : enable Enable or disable OpenVPN Client function. 0 : disable OPENVPN_DESCRIPTION A Must filled Specify the tunnel name for the OpenVPN Client connection. Setting OPENVPN_PROTO udp Define the Protocol for the OpenVPN Client. Select TCP or TCP /UDP tcp ‐>The OpenVPN will use TCP protocol, and Port will be set as 443 automatically. Select UDP ‐> The OpenVPN will use UDP protocol, and Port will be set as 1194 automatically. OPENVPN_PORT A Must filled Specify the Port for the OpenVPN Client to use. Setting OPENVPN_REMOTE_IPADDR IP or FQDN Specify the Remote IP/FQDN of the peer OpenVPN Server for this OpenVPN Client tunnel. Fill in the IP address or FQDN. OPENVPN_PING_INTVL seconds ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Plain Text System Configuration with Telnet In addition to the web‐style plain text configuration as mentioned above, the gateway system also allow the configuration via Telnet CLI. Administrator can use the proprietary telnet command “txtConfig” and related action items to perform the plain system configuration. The command format is: txtConfig (action) [option] Action Option Description clone Output file Duplicate the configuration content from database and stored as a configuration file. (ex: txtConfig clone /tmp/config) The contents in the configuration file are the same as the plain text commands mentioned above. This action is exactly the same as performing the “Backup” plain text configuration. commit a existing file Commit the configuration content to database. (ex: txtConfig commit /tmp/config) enable NA Enable plain text system config. (ex: txtConfig enable) disable NA Disable plain text system config. (ex: txtConfig disable) run_immediately NA Apply the configuration content that has been committed in database. (ex: txtConfig run_immediately) ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 6.1.2 TR‐069 TR‐069 (Technical Report 069) is a Broadband Forum technical specification entitled CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP). It defines an application layer protocol for remote management of end‐user devices, like this gateway device. As a bidirectional SOAP/HTTP‐based protocol, it provides the communication between customer‐premises equipment (CPE) and Auto Configuration Servers (ACS). The Security Gateway is such CPE. TR‐069 is a customized feature for ISP. It is not recommend that you change the configuration for this. If you have any problem in using this feature for device management, please contact with your ISP or the ACS provider for help. At the right upper corner of TR‐069 Setting screen, one “[Help]” command let you see the ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Parameter Setup Example Following tables list the parameter configuration as an example for the Gateway 1 in above diagram with "TR‐069" enabling. Use default value for those parameters that are not mentioned in the tables. Configuration Path [TR‐069]‐[Configuration] ■ Enable TR‐069 ACS URL http://qaamit.acslite.com/cpe.php ACS User Name ACSUserName ACSPassword ACS Password 8099 ConnectionRequest Port ConnReqUserName ConnectionRequest User Name ConnReqPassword ConnectionRequest Password ■ Enable Interval 900 Inform Scenario Operation Procedure In above diagram, the ACS server can manage multiple gateways in the Internet. The "Gateway 1" is one of them and has 118.18.81.33 IP address for its WAN‐1 interface. When all remote gateways have booted up, they will try to connect to the ACS server. Once the connections are established successfully, the ACS server can configure, upgrade with latest FW and monitor these gateways. Remote gateways inquire the ACS server for jobs to do in each time period. If the ACS server needs some urgent jobs to be done by the gateways, it will issue the "Connection Request" command to those gateways. And those gateways make immediate connections in response ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway TR‐069 Setting Go to Administration > Configure & Manage > TR‐069 tab. In "TR‐069" page, there is only one configuration window for TR‐069 function. In the window, you must specify the related information for your security gateway to connect to the ACS. Drive the function to work by specifying the URL of the ACS server, the account information to login the ACS server, the service port and the account information for connection requesting from the ACS server, and the time interval for job inquiry. Except the inquiry time, there are no activities between the ACS server and the gateways until the next inquiry ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway When you finish set basic network WAN‐1 ~ WAN‐n, you can choose WAN‐1 ~ WAN‐n WAN‐1 is selected by Interface When you finish set Security > VPN > IPSec/OpenVPN/PPTP/L2TP/GRE, you default. can choose IPSec/OpenVPN/PPTP/L2TP/GRE tunnel, the interface just like “IPSec #1” Select the TR‐069 dat model for the remote management. Standard : the ACS Server is a standard one, which is fully comply with TR‐ Standard is selected by Data Model 069. default. AMIT’s ACS Data Model : Select this data model if you intend to use AMIT’s Cloud ACS Server to managing the deployed gateways. ACS URL A Must filled setting You can ask ACS manager provide ACS URL and manually set ACS Username A Must filled setting You can ask ACS manager provide ACS username and manually set ACS Password A Must filled setting You can ask ACS manager provide ACS password and manually set You can ask ACS manager provide ACS ConnectionRequest Port and manually ConnectionRequest 1. A Must filled setting. set Port 2. By default 8099 is set. Value Range: 0 ~ 65535. ConnectionRequest You can ask ACS manager provide ACS ConnectionRequest Username and A Must filled setting UserName manually set ConnectionRequest ...
(such as type and description of the variable), are described by Management Information Bases (MIBs). The device supports several public MIBs and one private MIB for the SNMP agent. The supported MIBs are as follow: MIB-II (RFC 1213, Include IPv6), IF-MIB, IP-MIB, TCP-MIB, UDP-MIB, SMIv1 and SMIv2, SNMPv2- TM and SNMPv2-MIB, and AMIB (AMIT Private MIB) SNMP Management Scenario Scenario Application Timing ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway the Intranet and manage all devices that support SNMP protocol in the Intranet. Another one is the Remote NMS to manage some devices whose WAN interfaces are connected together by using a switch or a router with UDP forwarding. If you want to manage some devices and they all have supported SNMP protocol, use either one application scenario, especially the management of devices ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway LAN interface and 118.18.81.33 for WAN‐1 interface. It serves as a NAT router. At first stage, the NMS manager prepares related information for all managed devices and records them in the NMS system. Then NMS system gets the status of all managed devices by using SNMP get commands. When the manager wants to configure the managed devices, the NMS system allows him to do that by using SNMP set commands. The "UserName1" account is used if the manager uses SNMPv3 protocol for configuring the "Gateway 1". Only the "UserName1" account can let the "Gateway 1" accept the configuration from the NMS since the authority of the account is "Read/Write". Once a managed device has an urgent event to send, the device will issue a trap to the Trap Event Receivers. The NMS itself could be one among them. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway SNMP Setting The SNMP allows user to configure SNMP relevant setting which includes interface, version, access control and trap receiver. Go to Administration > Configure & Manage > SNMP tab. Enable SNMP SNMP Item Value setting Description Select the interface for the SNMP and enable SNMP functions. When Check the LAN box, it will activate SNMP functions and you can access 1.The boxes are SNMP Enable SNMP from LAN side; unchecked by default When Check the WAN box, it will activate SNMP functions and you can access SNMP from WAN side. Select the version for the SNMP When Check the v1 box. 1.The v1 box is It means you can access SNMP by version 1. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Create/Edit Multiple Community The SNMP allows you to custom your access control for version 1 and version 2 user. The router supports up to a maximum of 10 community sets. When Add button is applied, Multiple Community Rule Configuration screen will appear. Multiple Community Rule Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. Read Only is Specify this version 1 or version v2c user’s community that will be allowed Read selected by default Only (GET and GETNEXT) or Read‐Write (GET, GETNEXT and SET) access Community 2. A Must filled setting respectively. 3. String format: any The maximum length of the community is 32. text 1.The box is checked Enable Click Enable to enable this version 1 or version v2c user. by default Click the Save button to save the configuration. But it does not apply to SNMP Save N/A functions. When you return to the SNMP main page. It will show “Click on save button to apply your changes” remind user to click main page Save button. Undo N/A Click the Undo button to cancel the settings. Back N/A Click the Back button to return to last page. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Create/Edit User Privacy The SNMP allows you to custom your access control for version 3 user. The router supports up to a maximum of 128 User Privacy sets. When Add button is applied, User Privacy Rule Configuration screen will appear. User Privacy Rule Configuration Item Value setting Description User Name 1. A Must filled setting Specify the User Name for this version 3 user. 2. String format: any Value Range: 1 ~ 32 characters. text Password 1. String format: any When your Privacy Mode is authNoPriv or authPriv, you must specify the text Password for this version 3 user. Value Range: 8 ~ 64 characters. Authentication 1. None is selected by When your Privacy Mode is authNoPriv or authPriv, you must specify the default Authentication types for this version 3 user. Selected the authentication types MD5/ SHA‐1 to use. Encryption 1. None is selected by When your Privacy Mode is authPriv, you must specify the Encryption default protocols for this version 3 user. Selected the encryption protocols DES / AES to use. Privacy Mode 1. noAuthNoPriv is ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway selected by default Selected the noAuthNoPriv. You do not use any authentication types and encryption protocols. Selected the authNoPriv. You must specify the Authentication and Password. Selected the authPriv. You must specify the Authentication, Password, Encryption and Privacy Key. Privacy Key 1. String format: any When your Privacy Mode is authPriv, you must specify the Privacy Key (8 ~ 64 text characters) for this version 3 user. Authority 1. Read is selected by Specify this version 3 user’s Authority that will be allowed Read Only (GET and default GETNEXT) or Read‐Write (GET, GETNEXT and SET) access respectively. OID Filter Prefix 1. The default value is The OID Filter Prefix restricts access for this version 3 user to the sub‐tree 1 rooted at the given OID. 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 1 ~2080768. 3. String format: any legal OID Enable 1.The box is checked Click Enable to enable this version 3 user. by default Save N/A Click the Save button to save the configuration. But it does not apply to SNMP functions. When you return to the SNMP main page. It will show “Click on save button to apply your changes” remind user to click main page Save button. Undo N/A Click the Undo button to cancel the settings Back ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway When you selected v2c, the configuration screen is exactly the same as that of v1, except the version. When you selected v3, the configuration screen will provide more setting items for the version 3 Trap. Trap Event Receiver Rule Configuration Item Value setting Description 1. A Must filled setting Specify the trap Server IP. Server IP 2. String format: any The DUT will send trap to the server IP. Ipv4 address 1. String format: any Specify the trap Server Port. port number You can fill in any port number. But you must ensure the port number is not to Server Port 2. The default SNMP be used. trap port is 162 Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. 3. A Must filled setting SNMP Version 1. v1 is selected by Select the version for the trap ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway default Selected the v1. The configuration screen will provide the version 1 must filled items. Selected the v2c. The configuration screen will provide the version 2c must filled items. Selected the v3. The configuration screen will provide the version 3 must filled items. 1. A v1 and v2c Must filled setting Specify the Community Name for this version 1 or version v2c trap. Community Name 2. String format: any Value Range: 1 ~ 32 characters. text 1. A v3 Must filled setting Specify the User Name for this version 3 trap. User Name 2. String format: any Value Range: 1 ~ 32 characters. text 1. A v3 Must filled When your Privacy Mode is authNoPriv or authPriv, you must specify the setting Password Password for this version 3 trap. 2. String format: any Value Range: 8 ~ 64 characters. text Specify the Privacy Mode for this version 3 trap. Selected the noAuthNoPriv. 1. A v3 Must filled You do not use any authentication types and encryption protocols. setting Privacy Mode Selected the authNoPriv. 2. noAuthNoPriv is You must specify the Authentication and Password. selected by default ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Edit SNMP Options If you use some particular private MIB, you must fill the enterprise name, number and OID. Options Item Value setting Description 1. The default value is AMIT Specify the Enterprise Name for the particular private MIB. Enterprise Name 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 1 ~ 10 characters, and only string with A~Z, a~z, 0~9, ’–‘, ‘_’. 3. String format: any text The default value is 12823 (AMIT Enterprise Specify the Enterprise Number for the particular private MIB. Enterprise Number Number) Value Range: 1 ~2080768. 2. A Must filled setting 3. String format: any number 1. The default value is 1.3.6.1.4.1.12823.4.4.9 Specify the Enterprise OID for the particular private MIB. (AMIT Enterprise OID) The range of the each OID number is 1‐2080768. Enterprise OID 2. A Must filled setting The maximum length of the enterprise OID is 31. 3. String format: any The seventh number must be identical with the enterprise number. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 6.1.4 Telnet with CLI A command‐line interface (CLI), also known as command‐line user interface, and console user interface are means of interacting with a computer program where the user (or client) issues commands to the program in the form of successive lines of text (command lines). The interface is usually implemented with a command line shell, which is a program that accepts commands as text input and converts commands to appropriate operating system functions. Programs with command‐line interfaces are generally easier to automate via scripting. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Parameter Setup Example Following table lists the parameter configuration as an example for the Gateway in above diagram with "Telnet with CLI" enabling at LAN and WAN interfaces. Use default value for those parameters that are not mentioned in the table. [Telnet with CLI]‐[Configuration] Configuration Path LAN: ■ Enable WAN: ■ Enable Telnet with CLI Connection Type Telnet: Service Port 23 ■ Enable SSH: Service Port 22 ■ Enable Scenario Operation Procedure In above diagram, "Local Admin" or "Remote Admin" can manage the "Gateway" in the Intranet or Internet. The "Gateway" is the gateway of Network‐A, and the subnet of its Intranet is 10.0.75.0/24. It ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Telnet with CLI Setting Go to Administration > Configure & Manage > Telnet with CLI tab. The Telnet with CLI setting allows administrator to access this device through the traditional Telnet program. Before you can telnet (login) to the device, please configure the related settings and password with care. The password management part allows you to set root password for logging telnet and SSH. Configuration Item Value setting Description Telnet with CLI 1. The LAN Enable box is Check the Enable box to activate the Telnet with CLI function for connecting from WAN/LAN interfaces. checked by default. 2. The WAN Enable box is unchecked by default. Connection Type 1. The Telnet Enable box Check the Telnet Enable box to activate telnet service. Check the SSH Enable box to activate SSH service. You can set which number of Service Port you want to provide for ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Configuration Item Value setting Description root 1. String: any text but no Type old password and specify new password to change root password. Note: You are highly recommended to change the default telnet password with yours blank character before the device is deployed. 2. The default password for telnet is ‘m2mamit’. Save N/A Click Save to save the settings Undo N/A Click Undo to cancel the settings ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 6.2 System Operation System Operation allows the network administrator to manage system, settings such as web‐based utility access password change, system information, system time, system log, firmware/configuration backup & restore, and reset & reboot. 6.2.1 Password & MMI Go to Administration > System Operation > Password & MMI tab. Change Password Change password screen allows network administrator to change the web‐based MMI login password to access gateway. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway setting allows administrator to enable automatic logout and set the logout idle time. When the login timeout is disabled, the system won’t logout the administrator automatically. Web UI Item Value Setting Description Enter the login trial counting value. Value Range: 3 ~ 10. If someone tried to login the web GUI with incorrect password for more than Login 3 times is set by default the counting value, an warning message “Already reaching maximum Password‐Guessing times, please wait a few seconds!” will be displayed and ignore the following login trials. Check the Enable box to activate the auto logout function, and specify the The Enable box is Login Timeout maximum idle time as well. unchecked by default Value Range: 30 ~ 65535. GUI Access http/https is selected by Select the protocol that will be used for GUI access. It can be http/https, http Protocol default. only, or https only. Save N/A Click Save button to save the settings Undo N/A Click Undo button to cancel the settings ...
The display also shows the current System time. It is particularly useful when firmware has been upgraded and system configuration file has been loaded. Go to Administration > System Operation > System Information tab. System Name Item Value Setting Description 1. an optional item Enter the system name for identification purpose. System Name 2. AMIT is set by default. It can be the manufacture, or any name for a device deployment. System Information Item Value Setting Description WAN Type N/A It displays the WAN Type of WAN‐1 Interface Internet connection configured. Display Time N/A ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 6.2.3 System Time The gateway provides manually setup and auto‐synchronized approaches for the administrator to setup the system time for the gateway. Go to Administration > System Operation > System Time tab. System Time Information Item Value Setting Description 1. It is an optional item. Select a time zone where this device locates. Time Zone 2. GMT+00 :00 is selected by default. Check the Enable button to activate the time auto‐synchronization function with 1. Checked by default. a certain NTP server. Auto‐ 2. Auto is selected by You can enter the IP or FQDN for the NTP server you expected, or leave it as synchronization default. auto mode so that the available server will be used for time synchronization one by one. Check the Enable button to activate the daylight saving function. Daylight Saving 1. It is an optional item. When you enabled this function, you have to specify the start date and Time ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway The first one is “Sync with Timer Server”. Based on your selection of time zone and time server in above time information configuration window, system will communicate with time server by NTP Protocol to get system date and time after you click on the Sync with Timer Server button. Note: Remember to select a correct time zone for the device, otherwise, you will just get the UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) time, not the local time for the device. The second one is “Sync with my PC”. Click on the Sync with my PC button to let system synchronize its date and time to the time of the administration PC. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 6.2.4 System Log System Log screen contains various event log tools facilitating network administrator to perform local event logging and remote reporting. Go to Administration > System Operation > System Log tab. View & Email Log History View button is provided for network administrator to view log history on the gateway. Email Now button enables administrator to send instant Email for analysis. View & Email Log History Item Value setting Description View button N/A Click the View button to view Log History in Web Log List Window. Email Now ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway button Web Log List Window Item Value Setting Description Time column N/A It displays event time stamps Log column N/A It displays Log messages Web Log List Button Description Item Value setting Description Previous N/A Click the Previous button to move to the previous page. Next N/A Click the Next button to move to the next page. First N/A Click the First button to jump to the first page. Last N/A Click the Last button to jump to the last page. Download N/A Click the Download button to download log to your PC in tar file format. Clear N/A Click the Clear button to clear all log. Back N/A ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Web Log Type Category Setting Window Item Value Setting Description System Checked by default Check to log system events and to display in the Web Log List window. Attacks Checked by default Check to log attack events and to display in the Web Log List window. Drop Checked by default Check to log packet drop events and to display in the Web Log List window. Login message Checked by default Check to log system login events and to display in the Web Log List window. Debug Un‐checked by default Check to log debug events and to display in the Web Log List window. Email Alert Email Alert screen allows network administrator to select the type of event to log and be sent to the destined Email account. Email Alert Setting Window Item Value Setting Description Check Enable box to enable sending event log messages to destined Email Enable Un‐checked by default account defined in the E‐mail Addresses blank space. Select one email server from the Server dropdown box to send Email. If none has been available, click the Add Object button to create an outgoing Email Server N/A ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Syslogd Syslogd screen allows network administrator to select the type of event to log and be sent to the designated Syslog server. Syslogd Setting Window Item Value Setting Description Enable Un‐checked by default Check Enable box to activate the Syslogd function, and send event logs to a syslog server Select one syslog server from the Server dropdown box to sent event log to. If none has been available, click the Add Object button to create a system log server. Server N/A You may also add an system log server from the Object Definition > External Server > External Server tab. Log type Select the type of event to log and be sent to the destined syslog server. Available Un‐checked by default category events are System, Attacks, Drop, Login message, and Debug. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 6.2.5 Backup & Restore In the Backup & Restore window, you can upgrade the device firmware when new firmware is available and also backup / restore the device configuration. In addition to the factory default settings, you can also customize a special configuration setting as a customized default value. With this customized default value, you can reset the device to the expected default setting if needed. Go to Administration > System Operation > Backup & Restore tab. FW Backup & Restore Item Value Setting Description If new firmware is available, click the FW Upgrade button to upgrade the device firmware via Web UI, or Via Storage. Via Web UI is selected by After clicking on the “FW Upgrade” command button, you need to specify the FW Upgrade default file name of new firmware by using “Browse” button, and then click “Upgrade” button to start the FW upgrading process on this device. If you want to upgrade ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 6.2.6 Reboot & Reset For some special reason or situation, you may need to reboot the gateway or reset the device configuration to its default value. In addition to perform these operations through the Power ON/OFF, or pressing the reset button on the device panel, you can do it through the web GUI too. Go to Administration > System Operation > Reboot & Reset tab. In the Reboot & Reset window, you can reboot this device by clicking the “Reboot” button, and reset this device to default settings by clicking the “Reset” button. System Operation Window Item Value Setting Description Chick the Reboot button to reboot the gateway immediately or on a pre‐defined ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 6.4 Diagnostic This gateway supports simple network diagnosis tools for the administrator to troubleshoot and find the root cause of the abnormal behavior or traffics passing through the gateway. There can be a Packet Analyzer to help record the packets for a designated interface or specific source/destination host, and another Ping and Tracert tools for testing the network connectivity issues. 6.4.1 Diagnostic Tools (not supported) Not supported feature for the purchased product, leave it as blank. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 6.4.2 Packet Analyzer The Packet Analyzer can capture packets depend on user settings. User can specify interfaces to capture packets and filter by setting rule. Ensure the log storage is available (either embedded SD‐Card or external USB Storage), otherwise Packet Analyzer cannot be enabled. Go to Administration > Diagnostic > Packet Analyzer tab. Configuration Item Value setting Description Check Enable box to activate the Packet Analyzer function. The box is unchecked by If you cannot enable the checkbox, please check if the storage is available Packet Analyzer default. or not. Plug in the USB storage and then enable the Package Analyzer function. 1. An optional setting Enter the file name to save the captured packets in log storage. 2. Blank is set by default, and ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway VAP: This means the virtual AP. When WiFi and VAP are enabled, it can be selected here. Save N/A Click the Save button to save the configuration. Click the Undo button to restore what you just configured back to the Undo N/A previous setting. Once you enabled the Packet Analyzer function on specific Interface(s), you can further specify some filter rules to capture the packets which matched the rules. Capture Fitters Item Value setting Description Filter Optional setting Check Enable box to activate the Capture Filter function. Source MACs ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Source IPs Optional setting Define the filter rule with Source IPs, which means the source IP address of packets. Packets which match the rule will be captured. Up to 10 IPs are supported, but they must be separated with “;”, e.g. 192.168.1.1; 192.168.1.2 The packets will be captured when match any one IP in the rule. Source Ports Optional setting Define the filter rule with Source Ports, which means the source port of packets. The packets will be captured when match any port in the rule. Up to 10 ports are supported, but they must be separated with “;”, e.g. 80; 53 Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. Destination MACs Optional setting Define the filter rule with Destination MACs, which means the destination MAC address of packets. Packets which match the rule will be captured. Up to 10 MACs are supported, but they must be separated with “;”, e.g. AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF; 11:22:33:44:55:66 The packets will be captured when match any one MAC in the rule. Destination IPs Optional setting Define the filter rule with Destination IPs, which means the destination IP address of packets. Packets which match the rule will be captured. Up to 10 IPs are supported, but they must be separated with “;”, e.g. 192.168.1.1; 192.168.1.2 The packets will be captured when match any one IP in the rule. Destination Ports Optional setting Define the filter rule with Destination Ports, which means the destination port of ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway Chapter 7 Service 7.1 Cellular Toolkit Besides cellular data connection, you may also like to monitor data usage of cellular WAN, sending text message through SMS, changing PIN code of SIM card, communicating with carrier/ISP by USSD command, or doing a cellular network scan for diagnostic purpose. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 7.1.1 Data Usage Most of data plan for cellular connection is with a limited amount of data usage. If data usage has been over limited quota, either you will get much lower data throughput that may affect your daily operation, or you will get a ‘bill shock’ in the next month because carrier/ISP charges a lot for the over‐quota data usage. With help from Data Usage feature, device will monitor cellular data usage continuously and take actions. If data usage reaches limited quota, device can be set to drop the cellular data connection right away. Otherwise, if secondary SIM card is inserted, device will switch to secondary SIM and establish another cellular data connection with secondary SIM automatically. If Data Usage feature is enabled, all history of cellular data usage can be viewed at Status > Statistics & Reports > Cellular Usage tab. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Data Usage Setting Go to Service > Cellular Toolkit > Data Usage tab. Before finished settings for Data Usage, you need to know bill start date, bill period, and quota limit of data usage according to your data plan. You can ask this information from your carrier or ISP. Create / Edit 3G/4G Data Usage Profile When Add button is applied, 3G/4G Data Usage Profile Configuration screen will appear. You can create up to four data usage profiles, one profile for each SIM card used in the Gateway. 3G/4G Data Usage Profile Configuration Item Setting Value setting Description SIM Select 3G/4G‐1 and SIM A by Choose a cellular interface (3G/4G‐1 or 3G/4G‐2), and a SIM card bound to the default. selected cellular interface to configure its data usage profile. Carrier Name It is an optional item. Fill in the Carrier Name for the selected SIM card for identification. Cycle Period Days by default The first box has three types for cycle period. They are Days, Weekly and Monthly. Days: For per Days cycle periods, you have to further specify the number of days in the second box. Value Range: 1 ~ 90 days. Weekly, Monthly: The cycle period is one week or one month. Start Date N/A Specify the date to start measure network traffic.
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Modbus Cellular Gateway incorrect. Data Limitation N/A Specify the allowable data limitation for the defined cycle period. Connection Un‐Checked by default. Check the Enable box to activate the connection restriction function. Restrict During the specified cycle period, if the actual data usage exceeds the allowable data limitation, the cellular connection will be forced to disconnect. Enable Un‐Checked by default. Check the Enable box to activate the data usage profile. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 7.1.2 SMS Short Message Service (SMS) is a text messaging service, which is used to be widely‐used on mobile phones. It uses standardized communications protocols to allow mobile phones or cellular devices to exchange short text messages in an instant and convenient way. SMS Setting Go to Service > Cellular Toolkit > SMS tab With this gateway device, you can send SMS text messages or browse received SMS messages as you usually do on a cellular phone. Setup SMS Configuration Configuration Item Value setting Description Physical The box is 3G/4G‐1 by Choose a cellular interface (3G/4G‐1 or 3G/4G‐2) for the following SMS function Interface default configuration. The box is checked by This is the SMS switch. If the box checked that the SMS function enable, if the SMS default box unchecked that the SMS function disable. SIM Status N/A Depend on currently SIM status. The possible value will be SIM_A or SIM_B. The box is SIM Card Only SMS Storage This is the SMS storage location. Currently the option only SIM Card Only. by default Save ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway SMS Summary Show Unread SMS, Received SMS, Remaining SMS, and edit SMS context to send, read SMS from SIM card. SMS Summary Item Value setting Description If SIM card insert to router first time, unread SMS value is zero. When received the Unread SMS N/A new SMS but didn’t read, this value plus one. This value record the existing SMS numbers from SIM card, When received the new Received SMS N/A SMS, this value plus one. This value is SMS capacity minus received SMS, When received the new SMS, this Remaining SMS N/A value minus one. Click New SMS button, a New SMS screen appears. User can set the SMS setting New SMS N/A from this screen. Refer to New SMS in the next page. Click SMS Inbox button, a SMS Inbox List screen appears. User can read or delete SMS Inbox N/A SMS, reply SMS or forward SMS from this screen. Refer to SMS Inbox List in the next page. Refresh N/A Click the Refresh button to update the SMS summary immediately. New SMS You can set the SMS setting from this screen. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway New SMS Item Value setting Description Write the receivers to send SMS. User need to add the semicolon and compose Receivers N/A multiple receivers that can group send SMS. Write the SMS context to send SMS. The router supports up to a maximum of Text Message N/A 1023 character for SMS context length. Send N/A Click the Send button, above text message will be sent as a SMS. If SMS has been sent successfully, it will show Send OK, otherwise Send Failed Result N/A will be displayed. SMS Inbox List You can read or delete SMS, reply SMS or forward SMS from this screen. SMS Inbox List Item Value setting Description ID N/A The number or SMS. From Phone N/A What the phone number from SMS Number Timestamp N/A ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 7.1.3 SIM PIN With most cases in the world, users need to insert a SIM card (a.k.a. UICC) into end devices to get on cellular network for voice service or data surfing. The SIM card is usually released by mobile operators or service providers. Each SIM card has a unique number (so‐called ICCID) for network owners or service providers to identify each subscriber. As SIM card plays an important role between service providers and subscribers, some security mechanisms are required on SIM card to prevent any unauthorized access. Enabling a PIN code in SIM card is an easy and effective way of protecting cellular devices from unauthorized ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway SIM PIN Setting Go to Service > Cellular Toolkit > SIM PIN Tab With the SIM PIN Function window, it allows you to enable or disable SIM lock (which means protected by PIN code), or change PIN code. You can also see the information of remaining times of failure trials as we mentioned earlier. If you run out of these failure trials, you need to get a PUK code to unlock SIM card. Select a SIM Card Configuration Window Item Value setting Description Physical The box is 3G/4G‐1 by Choose a cellular interface (3G/4G‐1 or 3G/4G‐2) to change the SIM PIN setting Interface default for the selected SIM Card. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Enable / Change PIN Code Enable or Disable PIN code (password) function, and even change PIN code function. SIM function Window Item Setting Value setting Description SIM lock Depend on SIM card Click the Enable button to activate the SIM lock function. For the first time you want to enable the SIM lock function, you have to fill in the PIN code as well, and then click Save button to apply the setting. Remaining times Depend on SIM card Represent the remaining trial times for the SIM PIN unlocking. Save N/A Click the Save button to apply the setting. Change PIN Code N/A Click the Change PIN code button to change the PIN code (password). If the SIM Lock function is not enabled, the Change PIN code button is disabled. In the case, if you still want to change the PIN code, you have to enable the SIM Lock function first, fill in the PIN code, and then click the Save button to enable. After that, You can click the Change PIN code button to change the PIN code. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Note: If you changed the PIN code for a certain SIM card, you must also change the corresponding PIN code specified in the Basic Network > WAN & Uplink > Internet Setup > Connection with SIM Card page. Otherwise, it may result in wrong SIM PIN trials with invalid (old) PIN code. Unlock with a PUK Code The PUK Function window is only available for configuration if that SIM card is locked by PUK code. It means that SIM card is locked and needs additional PUK code to unlock. Usually it happens after too many trials of incorrect PIN code, and the remaining times in SIM Function table turns to 0. In this situation, you need to contact your service provider and request a PUK code for your SIM card, and try to unlock the locked SIM card ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 7.1.4 USSD Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) is a protocol used by GSM cellular telephones to communicate with the service provider's computers. USSD can be used for WAP browsing, prepaid callback service, mobile‐money services, location‐based content services, menu‐based information services, and as part of configuring the phone on the network. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway USSD Setting Go to Service > Cellular Toolkit > USSD tab. In "USSD" page, there are four windows for the USSD function. The "Configuration" window can let you specify which 3G/4G module (physical interface) is used for the USSD function, and system will show which SIM card in the module is the current used one. The second window is the "USSD Profile List" and it shows all your defined USSD profiles that store pre‐commands for activating an USSD session. An "Add" button in the window can let you add one new USSD profile and define the command for the profile in the third window, the "USSD Profile Configuration". When you want to start the activation of an USSD connection session to the USSD server, select the USSD profile or type in the correct pre‐command, and then click on the "Send" button for the session. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway USSD Profile Configuration Item Value setting Description Profile Name N/A Enter a name for the USSD profile. Enter the USSD command defined for the profile. Normally, it is a command string composed with numeric keypad “0~9”, “*”, USSD Command N/A and “#”. The USSD commands are highly related to the cellular service, please check with your service provider for the details. Comments N/A Enter a brief comment for the profile. Send USSD Request When send the USSD command, the USSD Response screen will appear. When click the Clear button, the USSD Response will disappear. USSD Request Item Value setting Description USSD Profile N/A Select a USSD profile name from the dropdown list. USSD Command N/A The USSD Command string of the selected profile will be shown here. Click the Send button to send the USSD command, and the USSD Response USSD Response N/A screen will appear. You will see the response message of the corresponding ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 7.1.5 Network Scan "Network Scan" function can let administrator specify the device how to connect to the mobile system for data communication in each 3G/4G interface. For example, administrator can specify which generation of mobile system is used for connection, 2G, 3G or LTE. Moreover, he can define their connection sequence for the gateway device to connect to the mobile system automatically. Administrator also can scan the mobile systems in the air manually, select the target operator system and apply it. The manual scanning approach is ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway the preferred base stations then click Apply button to apply settings. Save N/A Click Save to save the settings The second window is the "Network Provider List" window and it appears when the Manually Scan Approach is selected in the Configuration window. By clicking on the "Scan" button and wait for 1 to 3 minutes, the found mobile operator system will be displayed for you to choose. Click again on the "Apply" button to drive system to connect to that mobile operator system for the dedicated 3G/4G interface. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 7.2 Event Handling Event handling is the application that allows administrator to setup the pre‐defined events, handlers, or response behavior with individual profiles. With properly configuring the event handling function, administrator can easily and remotely obtain the status and information via the purchased gateway. Moreover, he can also handle and manage some important system related functions, even the field bus devices and D/O devices which are already well connected to. The supported events are categorized into two groups: the managing events and notifying events. The managing events are the events that are used to manage the gateway or change the setting / status of the specific functionality of the gateway. On receiving the managing event, the gateway will take action to change the functionality, collect the required status for administration, and also change the status of a certain connected field bus device simultaneously. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway field bus device status monitoring, digital sensors detection controlling, and so on. All of such management and notification function can be realized effectively via the Event Handling feature. The following is the summary lists for the provided profiles, and events: (Note: The available profiles and events could be different for the purchased product.) Profiles (Rules): • SMS Configuration and Accounts • Email Accounts Digital Input (DI) profiles • Digital Output (DO) profiles • • Modbus Managing Event profiles Modbus Notifying Event profiles • Managing Events: • Trigger Type: SMS, SNMP Trap, and Digital Input (DI). Actions: ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 7.2.1 Configuration Go to Service > Event Handling > Configuration Tab. Event handling is the service that allows administrator to setup the pre‐defined events, handlers, or response behavior with individual profiles. Enable Event Management Configuration Item Value setting Description Event The box is unchecked by Check the Enable box to activate the Event Management function. Management default Enable SMS Management To use the SMS management function, you have to configure some important settings first. SMS Configuration Item Value setting Description Message Prefix The box is unchecked Click the Enable box to enable the SMS prefix for validating the received SMS. by default Once the function is enabled, you have to enter the prefix behind the checkbox. The received managing events SMS must have the designated prefix as an initial identifier, then corresponding handlers will become effective for further ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Physical Interface The box is 3G/4G‐1 by Choose a cellular interface (3G/4G‐1 or 3G/4G‐2) to configure the SMS default. management setting. SIM Status N/A Show the connected cellular service (identified with SIM_A or SIM_B). Delete Managed The box is unchecked Check the Enable box to delete the received managing event SMS after it has SMS after by default been processed. Processing Create / Edit SMS Account Setup the SMS Account for managing the gateway through the SMS. It supports up to a maximum of 5 accounts. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Create / Edit Email Service Account Setup the Email Service Account for event notification. It supports up to a maximum of 5 accounts. You can click the Add / Edit button to configure the Email account. Email Service Configuration Item Value setting Description Email Server ‐‐‐ Option ‐‐‐ Select an Email Server profile from External Server setting for the email account setting. Email 1. Internet E‐mail address Specify the Destination Email Addresses. Addresses format 2. A Must filled setting Enable The box is unchecked by Click Enable box to activate this account. default. Save NA Click the Save button to save the configuration ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Create / Edit Digital Input (DI) Profile Rule (DI/DO support required) Setup the Digital Input (DI) Profile rules. It supports up to a maximum of 10 profiles. When Add button is applied, the Digital Input (DI) Profile Configuration screen will appear. Digital Input (DI) Profile Configuration Item Value setting Description DI Profile 1. String format Specify the DI Profile Name. Name 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: ‐1 ~ 32 characters. Description 1. Any text Specify a brief description for the profile. 2. An Optional setting DI Source ID1 by default Specify the DI Source. It could be ID1 or ID2. The number of available DI source could be different for the purchased product. Normal Level Low by default Specify the Normal Level. It could be Low or High. Signal Active 1. Numberic String format Specify the Signal Active Time. It could be from 1 to 10 seconds. Time 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 1 ~ 10 seconds. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Create / Edit Digital Output (DO) Profile Rule (DI/DO support required) Setup the Digital Output (DO) Profile rules. It supports up to a maximum of 10 profiles. When Add button is applied, the Digital Output (DO) Profile Configuration screen will appear. Digital Output (DO) Profile Configuration Item Value setting Description DO Profile 1. String format Specify the DO Profile Name. Name 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: ‐1 ~ 32 characters. Description 1. Any text Specify a brief description for the profile. 2. An Optional setting DO Source ID1 by default Specify the DO Source. It could be ID1. Normal Level Low by default Specify the Normal Level. It could be Low or High. Total Signal 1. Numberic String format Specify the Total Signal Period. Period 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 10 ~ 10000 ms. Repeat & The box is unchecked by Check the Enable box to activate the repeated Digital Output, and specify the ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Create / Edit Modbus Notifying Events Profile (Modbus support required) Setup the Modbus Notifying Events Profile. It supports up to a maximum of 10 profiles. You can click the Add / Edit button to configure the profile. Modbus Notifying Events Profile Item Value setting Description Modbus Name 1. String format Specify the Modbus profile name. 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: ‐1 ~ 32 characters. Description 1. Any text Specify a brief description for the profile. 2. An Optional setting Read Function Read Holding Registers by Specify the Read Function for Notifying Events. default ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Modbus Mode Serial by default Specify the Modbus Mode. It could be Serial or TCP. IP 1. NA for Serial on Modbus Specify the IP for TCP on Modbus Mode. IPv4 Format. Mode. 2. A Must filled setting for TCP on Modbus Mode. Port 1. NA for Serial on Modbus Specify the Port for TCP on Modbus Mode. Mode. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. 2. A Must filled setting for TCP on Modbus Mode. Device ID 1. Numberic String format Specify the Device ID of the modbus device. It could be from 1 to 247. 2. A Must filled setting Register 1. Numberic String format Specify the Register number of the modbus device. 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 0 ~ 65535. Logic Logic Comparator ‘>’ by Specify the Logic Comparator for Notifying Events. It could be ‘>’, ‘<’, ‘=’, ‘>=’, or Comparator default. ‘<=’. Value 1. Numberic String format Specify the Value. 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 0 ~ 65535. Enable ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Create / Edit Modbus Managing Events Profile (Modbus support required) Setup the Modbus Managing Events Profile. It supports up to a maximum of 10 profiles. You can click the Add / Edit button to configure the profile. Modbus Managing Events Profile Item Value setting Description Modbus Name 1. String format Specify the Modbus profile name. 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: ‐1 ~ 32 characters. Description 1. Any text Specify a brief description for the profile. 2. An Optional setting Write Write Single Registers by Specify the Write Function for Managing Events. Function default Modbus Mode Serial by default Specify the Modbus Mode. It could be Serial or TCP. IP 1. NA for Serial on Modbus Specify the IP for TCP on Modbus Mode. IPv4 Format. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Mode. 2. A Must filled setting for TCP on Modbus Mode. Port 1. NA for Serial on Modbus Specify the Port for TCP on Modbus Mode. Mode. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. 2. A Must filled setting for TCP on Modbus Mode. Device ID 1. Numberic String format Specify the Device ID of the modbus device. 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 1 ~ 247. Register 1. Numberic String format Specify the Register number of the modbus device. 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 0 ~ 65535. Value 1. Numberic String format Specify the Value. 2. A Must filled setting Value Range: 0 ~ 65535. Enable The box is unchecked by Click Enable box to activate this profile setting. default. Save NA Click the Save button to save the configuration Undo NA Click the Undo button to restore what you just configured back to the previous setting. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 7.2.2 Managing Events Managing Events allow administrator to define the relationship (rule) among event trigger, handlers and response. Go to Service > Event Handling > Managing Events Tab. Enable Managing Events Configuration Item Value setting Description Managing The box is unchecked by Check the Enable box to activate the Managing Events function. Events default Create / Edit Managing Event Rules Setup the Managing Event rules. It supports up to a maximum of 128 rules. When Add button is applied, the Managing Event Configuration screen will appear. Managing Event Configuration Item ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Digital Input: Select Digital Input and a DI profile you defined to specify a certain Digital Input Event; Note: The available Event Type could be different for the purchased product. Description String format : any text. Enter a brief description for the Managing Event. Action All box is unchecked by Specify Network Status, or at least one rest action to take when the expected default. event is triggered. Network Status: Select Network Status Checkbox to get the network status as the action for the event; LAN&VLAN: Select LAN&VLAN Checkbox and the interested sub‐items (Port link On/Off), the gateway will change the settings as the action for the event; WiFi: Select WiFi Checkbox and the interested sub‐items (WiFi radio On/Off), the gateway will change the settings as the action for the event; NAT: Select NAT Checkbox and the interested sub‐items (Virtual Server Rule On/Off, DMZ On/Off), the gateway will change the settings as the action for the event; Firewall: Select Firewall Checkbox and the interested sub‐items (Remote Administrator Host ID On/Off), the gateway will change the settings as the action for the event; VPN: Select VPN Checkbox and the interested sub‐items (IPSec Tunnel ON/Off, PPTP Client On/Off, L2TP Client On/Off, OpenVPN Client On/Off), the gateway will change the settings as the action for the event; GRE: Select GRE Checkbox and the interested sub‐items (GRE Tunnel On/Off), the gateway will change the settings as the action for the event; System Manage: Select System Manage Checkbox and the interested sub‐items (WAN SSH Service On/Off, TR‐069 On/Off), the gateway will change the settings as the action for the event; Administration: Select Administration Checkbox and the interested sub‐items (Backup Config, Restore Config, Reboot, Save Current Setting as Default), the gateway will change the settings as the action for the event; Digital Output: Select Digital Output checkbox and a DO profile you defined as the action for the event; Modbus: Select Modbus checkbox and a Modbus Managing Event profile you ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 7.2.3 Notifying Events Go to Service > Event Handling > Notifying Events Tab. Notifying Events Setting allows administrator to define the relationship (rule) between event trigger and handlers. Enable Notifying Events Configuration Item Value setting Description Notifying Events The box is unchecked by Check the Enable box to activate the Notifying Events function. default Create / Edit Notifying Event Rules Setup your Notifying Event rules. It supports up to a maximum of 128 rules. When Add button is applied, the Notifying Event Configuration screen will appear. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Notifying Event Configuration Item Value setting Description Event Digital Input (or WAN) by Specify the Event type and corresponding event configuration. The supported default Event Type could be: Digital Input: Select Digital Input and a DI profile you defined to specify a certain Digital Input Event; WAN: Select WAN and a trigger condition to specify a certain WAN Event; LAN&VLAN: Select LAN&VLAN and a trigger condition to specify a certain LAN&VLAN Event; WiFi: Select WiFi and a trigger condition to specify a certain WiFi Event; DDNS: Select DDNS and a trigger condition to specify a certain DDNS Event; Administration: Select Administration and a trigger condition to specify a certain Administration Event; Modbus: Select Modbus and a Modbus Notifying Event profile you defined to specify a certain Modbus Event; Data Usage: Select Data Usage, the SIM Card (Cellular Service) and a trigger condition to specify a certain Data Usage Event; Note: The available Event Type could be different for the purchased product. Description String format : any text. Enter a brief description for the Notifying Event. Action All box is unchecked by Specify at least one action to take when the expected event is triggered. default. Digital Output: Select Digital Output checkbox and a DO profile you defined as the action for the event; SMS: Select SMS, and the gateway will send out a SMS to all the defined SMS accounts as the action for the event; Syslog: Select Syslog and select/unselect the Enable Checkbox to as the action for the event; ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 7.3 Location Tracking Location tracking applications are usually referred to applications that take benefits from Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). GNSS is the infrastructure that allows devices to determine its position, velocity, and time by processing satellites signals from outer space. GNSS includes varieties of satellite systems and Satellite‐Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS). SBAS is usually used for improving positioning accuracy. The tables below show 4 major GNSS system in the world, and SBAS system in different areas. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway ‧ Retrieve GNSS data from satellites and send to remote operation center periodically or save in local storage. ‧ Global positioning with multiple GNSS systems, including GPS, and optional for GLONASS, Galileo, or BeiDou. ‧ Mandatory for varieties of LBS (Location‐Based Service) applications, such as advertisement, emergent call. ‧...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway GSA Overall Satellite Data $GPGSA,A,3,04,05,,09,12,,,24,,,,,2.5,1.3,2.1*39 GSV Detailed Satellite Data $GPGSV,2,1,08,01,40,083,46,02,17,308,41,12,07,344,39,14,22,228,45*75 RMC Recommended $GPRMC,123519,A,4807.038,N,01131.000,E,022.4,084.4,230394,003.1,W*6A Minimum Data VTG Vector Track and $GPVTG,054.7,T,034.4,M,005.5,N,010.2,K*48 Speed Over the Ground Please note this option is hardware dependent. The available options of GPS message type show on this page is according to product specification. You may not see all options if your product doesn’t support all of them. SBAS SBAS is Satellite‐Based Augmentation Systems that is used to improve accuracy of location data. There are several SBAS systems for different areas in the world. SBAS Area Coverage ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Scenario of location tracking for fleet management A fleet owner would like to see the locations of his trucks in real time. He also likes to know where his trucks have been passed through with time information. In his operation office, there is a server (IP: 100.100.100.1) which can interpret NMEA RMC data format and shows truck’s location and track on map. This server is listening on TCP port 888 to receive NMEA RMC packet from trucks. IMEI number will be added before NMEA RMC data for identification of each truck. Hereunder is the configuration on each truck. Basic Settings: [GNSS]‐[Configuration] Configuration Path Enable GNSS GPS GNSS Type RMC GPS Message Types Enable SBAS Enable, 1 Assisted GPS Data to Storage Disable ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway GNSS Setting Go to Service > Location Tracking > GNSS Tab. The GNSS allows user to set the configuration of GNSS, log NMEA data to storage, and send data to remote host. Ensure GNSS is enabled and saved Setup GNSS Configuration GNSS Configuration Item Value setting Description GNSS Enable The box is unchecked Check Enable box to activate functions. GNSS by default GNSS Type GPS is selected by Select a GNSS Type (GNSS System) that you want to use. default Please note this option is hardware dependent. The available options of GNSS type show on this page is according to product specification. You may not see all of these four options if your product doesn’t support all of them. GNSS Message Types These box is Select one or more GNSS Message Types that you want to use for transmitting unchecked by default. or recording GPS data. There are many sentences in the NMEA standard for selecting, GGA, GLL, GSA, GSV, RMC and VTG. ALL Other includes DTM, GNS, GRS, GST, ZDA, and GBS sentences. Only select the type you need, otherwise it will consume unnecessary network bandwidth. SBAS The box is unchecked ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Assisted GPS The box is checked by Check Enable box to activate Assisted GPS (A‐GPS). default Select the duration for downloading the Differential Almanac Corrections data from A‐GPS server through IP network. Note: Some devices may not support this function. Data to Storage The box is unchecked Enable (The box is unchecked by default) by default Check Enable box to activate data to storage function. Select Device (A Must filled setting) Select Internal or External device to store log data. Interval (A Must filled setting) Specify the time interval between two continuous data log. By default, 5 second is set. Value Range: 5 ~ 60 seconds. Data Format (A Must filled setting) Select data format (RAW, or GPX) to store. Data file name(A Must filled setting) Define file name to store. Split Enable Check Enable box to activate file splitting function. Split Size& Unit Define file size and unit for log file. By default, 200 KB is defined. Value Range: >= 10KB (Minimum file size is 10 KB). Download log file Select a log file and Click Download log file to download through Web ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Remote Host Configuration Item Value setting Description Host Name String format: any text Enter the host name for the designated remote host. Value Range: ‐1 ~ 64 characters. Host IP A Must filled setting Specify the IP Address of remote host. It will be use as destination IP for sending NMEA packets. Protocol Type TCP is selected by Specify the Protocol (TCP or UDP) to use for sending NMEA packets. default Port Number A Must filled setting Specify a Port Number as destination port for sending NMEA packets. Value Range: 1 ~ 65535. Interval(s) A Must filled setting Specify the time interval (seconds) between two NMEA packets. Value Range: 1 ~255 seconds. Prefix Message String format: any text Specify optional prefix string with specific information if your backend server ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 8.2 Basic Network 8.2.1 WAN & Uplink Status Go to Status > Basic Network > WAN & Uplink tab. The WAN & Uplink Status window shows the current status for different network type, including network configuration, connecting information, modem status and traffic statistics. WAN interface IPv4 Network Status WAN interface IPv4 Network Status screen shows status information for IPv4 network. WAN interface IPv4 Network Status Item Value setting Description ID N/A It displays corresponding WAN interface WAN IDs. It displays the type of WAN physical interface. Interface N/A ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway the DHCP server. Note: Renew button is available when DHCP WAN Type is used and WAN connection is disconnected. Release button allows user to force the device to clear its IP address setting to disconnect from DHCP server. Note: Release button is available when DHCP WAN Type is used and WAN connection is connected. Connect button allows user to manually connect the device to the Internet. Note: Connect button is available when Connection Control in WAN Type setting is set to Connect Manually (Refer to Edit button in Basic Network > WAN & Uplink > Internet Setup) and WAN connection status is disconnected. Disconnect button allows user to manually disconnect the device from the Internet. Note: Connect button is available when Connection Control in WAN Type setting is set to Connect Manually (Refer to Edit button in Basic Network > WAN & Uplink > Internet Setup) and WAN connection status is connected. WAN interface IPv6 Network Status WAN interface IPv6 Network Status screen shows status information for IPv6 network. WAN interface IPv6 Network Status Item Value setting Description ID N/A It displays corresponding WAN interface WAN IDs. It displays the type of WAN physical interface. Interface N/A Depending on the model purchased, it can be Ethernet, 3G/4G, etc... It displays the method which public IP address is obtained from your ISP. WAN WAN Type N/A type setting can be changed from Basic Network > IPv6 > Configuration. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway LAN Interface Network Status LAN Interface Network Status screen shows IPv4 and IPv6 information of LAN network. LAN Interface Network Status Item Value setting Description It displays the current IPv4 IP Address of the gateway IPv4 Address N/A This is also the IP Address user use to access Router’s Web‐based Utility. IPv4 Subnet Mask N/A It displays the current mask of the subnet. IPv6 Link‐local It displays the current LAN IPv6 Link‐Local address. N/A Address This is also the IPv6 IP Address user use to access Router’s Web‐based Utility. It displays the current IPv6 global IP address assigned by your ISP for your IPv6 Global Address N/A Internet connection. This area provides functional buttons. Edit IPv4 Button when press, web‐based utility will take you to the Ethernet Action N/A LAN configuration page. (Basic Network > LAN & VLAN > Ethernet LAN tab). Edit IPv6 Button when press, web‐based utility will take you to the IPv6 configuration page. (Basic Network > IPv6 > Configuration.) 3G/4G Modem Status 3G/4G Modem Status List screen shows status information for 3G/4G WAN network(s). ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway Signal N/A It displays the 3G/4G wireless signal level. Strength Network N/A It displays the name of the service network carrier. Name Refresh N/A Click the Refresh button to renew the information. This area provides functional buttons. Detail Button when press, windows of detail information will appear. They are the Action N/A Modem Information, SIM Status, and Service Information. Refer to next page for more. When the Detail button is pressed, 3G/4G modem information windows such as Modem Information, SIM Status, Service Information, and Signal Strength / Quality will appear. Interface Traffic Statistics Interface Traffic Statistics screen displays the Interface’s total transmitted packets. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 8.2.2 LAN & VLAN Status Go to Status > Basic Network > LAN & VLAN tab. Client List The Client List shows you the LAN Interface, IP address, Host Name, MAC Address, and Remaining Lease Time of each device that is connected to this gateway. LAN Client List Item Value setting Description LAN Interface N/A Client record of LAN Interface. String Format. Client record of IP Address Type and the IP Address. Type is String Format and IP Address N/A the IP Address is IPv4 Format. Host Name N/A Client record of Host Name. String Format. MAC Address N/A Client record of MAC Address. MAC Address Format. Remaining Lease N/A Client record of Remaining Lease Time. Time Format. Time ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 8.2.4 DDNS Status Go to Status > Basic Network > DDNS tab. The DDNS Status window shows the current DDNS service in use, the last update status, and the last update time to the DDNS service server. DDNS Status DDNS Status Item Value Setting Description It displays the name you entered to identify DDNS service provider Host Name N/A It displays the DDNS server of DDNS service provider Provider N/A It displays the public IP address of the device updated to the DDNS server Effective IP ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 8.3 Security 8.3.1 VPN Status Go to Status > Security > VPN tab. The VPN Status widow shows the overall VPN tunnel status. IPSec Tunnel Status IPSec Tunnel Status windows show the configuration for establishing IPSec VPN connection and current connection status. IPSec Tunnel Status Item Value setting Description Tunnel Name N/A It displays the tunnel name you have entered to identify. Tunnel Scenario N/A It displays the Tunnel Scenario specified. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway OpenVPN Server Status According to OpenVPN configuration, the OpenVPN Server/Client Status shows the status and statistics for the OpenVPN connection from the server side or client side. OpenVPN Server Status Item Value setting Description User Name It displays the Client name you have entered for identification. Remote It displays the public IP address (the WAN IP address) of the connected IP/FQDN OpenVPN Client Virtual IP/MAC It displays the virtual IP/MAC address assigned to the connected OpenVPN client. Conn. Time It displays the connection time for the corresponding OpenVPN tunnel. Status ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway L2TP Server/Client Status LT2TP Server/Client Status shows the configuration for establishing LT2TP tunnel and current connection status. L2TP Server Status Item Value setting Description User Name N/A It displays the login name of the user used for the connection. It displays the public IP address (the WAN IP address) of the connected L2TP Remote IP N/A client. Remote Virtual IP N/A It displays the IP address assigned to the connected L2TP client. Remote Call ID N/A It displays the L2TP client Call ID. Conn. Time N/A It displays the connection time for the L2TP tunnel. It displays the Status of each of the L2TP client connection. The status Status ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway PPTP Server/Client Status PPTP Server/Client Status shows the configuration for establishing PPTP tunnel and current connection status. PPTP Server Status Item Value setting Description User Name N/A It displays the login name of the user used for the connection. It displays the public IP address (the WAN IP address) of the connected PPTP Remote IP N/A client. Remote Virtual IP N/A It displays the IP address assigned to the connected PPTP client. Remote Call ID N/A It displays the PPTP client Call ID. Conn. Time N/A It displays the connection time for the PPTP tunnel. It displays the Status of each of the PPTP client connection. The status Status N/A displays Connected, Disconnect, and Connecting. Click on Edit Button to change PPTP server setting, web‐based utility will Edit Button N/A take you to the PPTP server page. (Security > VPN > PPTP tab) PPTP Client Status Item Value setting Description Client Name ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 8.3.2 Firewall Status Go to Status > Security > Firewall Status Tab. The Firewall Status provides user a quick view of the firewall status and current firewall settings. It also keeps the log history of the dropped packets by the firewall rule policies, and includes the administrator remote login settings specified in the Firewall Options. By clicking the icon [+], the status table will be expanded to display log history. Clicking the Edit button the screen will be switched to the configuration page. Packet Filter Status Packet Filter Status Item Value setting Description Activated Filter N/A This is the Packet Filter Rule name. Rule This is the logged packet information, including the source IP, destination IP, ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway IP N/A The Source IP (IPv4) of the logged packet. The Date and Time stamp of the logged packet. Date & time format. ("Month" Time N/A "Day" "Hours":"Minutes":"Seconds") Note: Ensure URL Blocking Log Alert is enabled. Refer to Security > Firewall > URL Blocking tab. Check Log Alert and save the setting. Web Content Filter Status Web Content Filter Status Item Value setting Description Activated Filter N/A Logged packet of the rule name. String format. Rule Detected N/A Logged packet of the filter rule. String format. Contents IP N/A Logged packet of the Source IP. IPv4 format. Logged packet of the Date Time. Date time format ("Month" "Day" Time N/A "Hours":"Minutes":"Seconds") Note: Ensure Web Content Filter Log Alert is enabled. Refer to Security > Firewall > Web Content Filter tab. Check Log Alert and save the setting. ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway MAC Control Status MAC Control Status Item Value setting Description Activated N/A This is the MAC Control Rule name. Control Rule Blocked MAC N/A This is the MAC address of the logged packet. Addresses IP N/A The Source IP (IPv4) of the logged packet. The Date and Time stamp of the logged packet. Date & time format. ("Month" Time N/A "Day" "Hours":"Minutes":"Seconds") Note: Ensure MAC Control Log Alert is enabled. Refer to Security > Firewall > MAC Control tab. Check Log Alert and save the setting. Application Filters Status Application Filters Status Item Value setting Description Filtered Application N/A The name of the Application Category being blocked. Category Filtered Application ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway IPS Status IPS Firewall Status Item Value setting Description Detected N/A This is the intrusion type of the packets being blocked. Intrusion IP N/A The Source IP (IPv4) of the logged packet. The Date and Time stamp of the logged packet. Date & time format. ("Month" "Day" Time N/A "Hours":"Minutes":"Seconds") Note: Ensure IPS Log Alert is enabled. Refer to Security > Firewall > IPS tab. Check Log Alert and save the setting. Firewall Options Status Firewall Options Status Item Value setting Description Enable or Disable setting status of Stealth Mode on Firewall Options. Stealth Mode N/A String Format: Disable or Enable Enable or Disable setting status of SPI on Firewall Options. SPI N/A String Format : Disable or Enable Enable or Disable setting status of Discard Ping from WAN on Firewall Discard ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 8.4 Administration 8.4.1 Configure & Manage Status Go to Status > Administration > Configure & Manage tab. The Configure & Manage Status window shows the status for managing remote network devices. The type of management available in your device is depended on the device model purchased. The commonly used ones are the SNMP, TR‐069, and UPnP. SNMP Linking Status SNMP Link Status screen shows the status of current active SNMP connections. SNMP Link Status Item Value setting Description It displays the user name for authentication. This is only available for SNMP User Name N/A version 3. IP Address N/A It displays the IP address of SNMP manager. It displays the port number used to maintain connection with the SNMP Port N/A manager. Community N/A It displays the community for SNMP version 1 or version 2c only. Auth. Mode N/A It displays the authentication method for SNMP version 3 only. Privacy Mode N/A It displays the privacy mode for version 3 only. SNMP Version ...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway TR‐069 Status TR‐069 Status screen shows the current connection status with the TR‐068 server. TR‐069 Status Item Value setting Description It displays the current connection status with the TR‐068 server. The connection Link Status N/A status is either On when the device is connected with the TR‐068 server or Off when disconnected. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 8.4.3 GNSS Status Go to Status > Administration > GNSS tab. The GNSS Information screen shows the status for current GNSS positioning information for the gateway. The available GNSS information includes GNSS Condition, No. of Satellites, Satellites ID / Signal Strength, Position (Lat., Long.), Altitude (meters), True Course, and the equivalent Ground Speed (km/h). ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 8.5 Statistics & Report 8.5.1 Connection Session Go to Status > Statistics & Reports > Connection Session tab. Internet Surfing Statistic shows the connection tracks on this router. Internet Surfing Statistic Item Value setting Description Previous N/A Click the Previous button; you will see the previous page of track list. Next N/A Click the Next button; you will see the next page of track list. First N/A Click the First button; you will see the first page of track list. Last N/A Click the Last button; you will see the last page of track list. Export (.xml) N/A Click the Export (.xml) button to export the list to xml file. Export (.csv) N/A Click the Export (.csv) button to export the list to csv file. Refresh N/A Click the Refresh button to refresh the list. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 8.5.3 Device Administration Go to Status > Statistics & Reports > Device Administration tab. Device Administration shows the login information. Device Manager Login Statistic Item Value setting Description Previous N/A Click the Previous button; you will see the previous page of login statistics. Next N/A Click the Next button; you will see the next page of login statistics. First N/A Click the First button; you will see the first page of login statistics. Last N/A Click the Last button; you will see the last page of login statistics. Export (.xml) N/A Click the Export (.xml) button to export the login statistics to xml file. Export (.csv) N/A Click the Export (.csv) button to export the login statistics to csv file. Refresh N/A Click the Refresh button to refresh the login statistics. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway 8.5.4 Cellular Usage Go to Status > Statistics & Reports > Cellular Usage tab. Cellular Usage screen shows data usage statistics for the selected cellular interface. The cellular data usage can be accumulated per hour or per day. ...
Modbus Cellular Gateway Appendix A GPL WRITTEN OFFER This product incorporates open source software components covered by the terms of third party copyright notices and license agreements contained below. GPSBabel Version 1.4.4 Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Robert Lipe<robertlipe@usa.net> GPL License: https://www.gpsbabel.org/ Curl Version 7.19.6 Copyright (c) 1996-2009, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>. MIT/X derivate License: https://curl.haxx.se/ OpenSSL...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway version:4.5.x Copyright (c) 1996-2014 by Alexander V. Lukyanov (lav@yars.free.net) dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server. Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk> version:2.72 dnsmasq is Copyright (c) 2000-2014 Simon Kelley socat - Multipurpose relay Version: 2.0.0-b8 GPLv2 http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/ LibModbus Version: 3.0.3 LGPL v2 http://libmodbus.org/news/...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway additional details. OpenNHRP embeds libev. libev is dual licensed with 2-clause BSD and GPLv2+ licenses. See libev/LICENSE for additional details. OpenNHRP links to c-ares. c-ares is licensed under the MIT License. https://sourceforge.net/projects/opennhrp/ IPSec-tools Version: v0.8 No GPL be written http://ipsec-tools.sourceforge.net/ PPTP Version: pptp-1.7.1...
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Modbus Cellular Gateway http://www.xelerance.com/software/xl2tpd/ Mpstat: from sysstat, system performance tools for Linux Version: 10.1.6 Copyright: (C) 1999-2013 by Sebastien Godard (sysstat <at> orange.fr) SSHD: dropbear, a SSH2 server Version: 0.53.1 Copyright: (c) 2002-2008 Matt Johnston Libncurses: The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in System V Release 4.0 (SVr4), and more.
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Modbus Cellular Gateway NTPClient: an NTP (RFC-1305, RFC-4330) client for unix-alike computers Version: 2007_365 Copyright: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007 Larry Doolittle exFAT: FUSE-based exFAT implementation Version: 0.9.8 Copyright: (C) 2010-2012 Andrew Nayenko ONTFS_3G: The NTFS-3G driver is an open source, freely available read/write NTFS driver for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, Solaris and Haiku.
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