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SIM Management on GW2040
Series Dual SIM 3G Routers
Issue
10.1
Date
11 August 2012

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  • Page 1 SIM Management on GW2040 Series Dual SIM 3G Routers Issue 10.1 Date 11 August 2012...
  • Page 2 Diagnostics .................... 16 Copyright 2012 Virtual Access (Irl) Ltd. This material is protected by copyright. No part of this material may be reproduced, distributed, or altered without the written consent of Virtual Access. All rights reserved. Third party trademarks are the property of the third parties.
  • Page 3: Introduction

    Virtual Access GW2040 Series routers are versatile, rugged and compact 3G wireless routers suitable for a variety of business and industrial applications. The routers have dual SIMs for 3G network redundancy. You can configure the GW2040 Series routers to receive SMS messages to improve ongoing management and support. 1.2 Document scope This document describes: SIM features and functionality on the GW2040;...
  • Page 4: Sim Failover Overview

    Enter the parameters listed in Table 1 and then click Update. You can leave saving your configurations until you have made all the configuration changes you need to. SIM Management on GW2040 Series Dual SIM 3G Routers © Virtual Access Ltd.
  • Page 5: Setting A Secondary Sim Username And Password

    Advanced > interfaces > ppp-1 > ppp > authentication > name and password Click Advanced and enter in the secondary username, password and password confirmation. Figure 2: The name and password page SIM Management on GW2040 Series Dual SIM 3G Routers © Virtual Access Ltd. Issue: 10.1 Page 5 of 16...
  • Page 6 Secondary SIM Local Retype the password to confirm it. Password Confirm Table 2: The username and password field descriptions and command lines SIM Management on GW2040 Series Dual SIM 3G Routers © Virtual Access Ltd. Issue: 10.1 Page 6 of 16...
  • Page 7: Dual Sim Management

    In the Status menu, click 3G info. The 3G Info applet appears. Figure 4: The 3G info applet From this applet, you can change the active SIM and reset the modem. SIM Management on GW2040 Series Dual SIM 3G Routers © Virtual Access Ltd. Issue: 10.1...
  • Page 8: Changing An Active Sim

    Figure 5: The SIM switch configuration pop-up window Select the alternative SIM and click Update. The 3G Info applet now shows the alternative SIM. SIM Management on GW2040 Series Dual SIM 3G Routers © Virtual Access Ltd. Issue: 10.1 Page 8 of 16...
  • Page 9: Reset Modem

    To monitor on the command line, set ++modem (note: to stop tracing type – sign) The command line parameter to reset the modem is: reset modem modem-0 SIM Management on GW2040 Series Dual SIM 3G Routers © Virtual Access Ltd. Issue: 10.1 Page 9 of 16...
  • Page 10: Single Sim Management

    Attempt Failures resetting the card. The default modem-0 10 setting is 10. Table 3: The automatic reset field descriptions and command lines SIM Management on GW2040 Series Dual SIM 3G Routers © Virtual Access Ltd. Issue: 10.1 Page 10 of 16...
  • Page 11: Configuring The Gw2040 For Sms Support

    5: SMS 5 SMS The Virtual Access GW2040 router can accept router set and show commands via SMS. This section describes how to configure these settings. 5.1 Configuring the GW2040 for SMS support To set a global SMS enable parameter, in the Expert View menu, select Advanced >...
  • Page 12 For example; '00E0C800EF83:password:uptime' will return the results of ‘uptime’ to a GW2040 with a serial number of 00E0C800EF83 and a password of ‘password’. The global SMS enable command must be set for this to work. SIM Management on GW2040 Series Dual SIM 3G Routers © Virtual Access Ltd. Issue: 10.1...
  • Page 13: Sms Concatenation

    > trace analyser; or use the command line: ++sms on the command line. An example of an incoming SMS message is: |21:38:49 modem-1: SMS received, originator: 00353872241010 (NOC) |21:38:55 modem-1: SMS sent SIM Management on GW2040 Series Dual SIM 3G Routers © Virtual Access Ltd. Issue: 10.1 Page 13 of 16...
  • Page 14: Save Your Configurations

    Click saved to flash. The Save Configuration to Flash page appears. Figure 11: The save configuration to flash page Click Save. The Configuration Saved page appears. SIM Management on GW2040 Series Dual SIM 3G Routers © Virtual Access Ltd. Issue: 10.1...
  • Page 15 Figure 12: The configuration saved page Click Reload Router. The Reload Router button shows a progress timer and then the page returns to the Fast.Start page. SIM Management on GW2040 Series Dual SIM 3G Routers © Virtual Access Ltd. Issue: 10.1 Page 15 of 16...
  • Page 16: Diagnostics

    7: Diagnostics 7 Diagnostics The Virtual Access GW2040 has a number of useful diagnostic features for debugging and analyzing 3G connections. The following commands can be viewed using the command line. show modem if status modem-0 Figure 13: Output from the command line show modem if status modem-0...

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