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- Page 1 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Vehicle 4G LTE Cellular Wireless Gateway with 5-Port 10/100TX VCG-1500WG-LTE...
- Page 2 PLANET is a registered trademark of PLANET Technology Corp. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. Disclaimer PLANET Technology does not warrant that the hardware will work properly in all environments and applications, and makes no warranty and representation, either implied or expressed, with respect to the quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ........................6 1.1 Packet Contents ............................6 1.2 Product Description ............................. 7 1.3 How to Use This Manual ..........................9 1.4 Product Features ............................10 1.5 Product Specifications ..........................12 2. INSTALLATION ........................14 2.1 Hardware Description .......................... - Page 4 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 4.6 Dynamic Domain Name Server (DDNS) Configuration ................28 4.6.1 PLANET DDNS ............................29 4.7 Keep Alive ..............................32 5. ADVANCED CONFIGURATION ..................34 5.1 IP Table Filter .............................. 34 5.1.1 IP Filter Rule Configuration ..........................35 5.1.2 MAC Filter Configuration .............................
- Page 5 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 8.1 Activation Mode ............................59 8.2 Bandwidth Management ..........................62 8.3 Connecting Device (MAC Address Binding) ................... 63 8.4 Other Configurations ..........................64 8.5 Timing Restart ............................65 8.6 DTU Configuration ............................. 66 Appendix: FAQs ........................68...
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Page 6: Introduction
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing PLANET Vehicle 4G LTE Cellular Gateway. Please refer to the table list below for the models used in Europe and the U.S.: 4G LTE Wi-Fi Model Name VCG-1500WG-LTE-EU B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20 B38/B40/B41... -
Page 7: Product Description
High-performance 4G LTE The VCG-1500WG-LTE is able to reach a download (DL) speed of up to 100Mbps and an upload (UL) speed of 50Mbps. The Vehicle Gateway also supports multi-band connectivity including LTE FDD, TDD, HSDPA, WCDMA and GSM for a wide range of applications. - Page 8 For efficient management, the VCG-1500WG-LTE is equipped with console, web and Wifidog management interfaces. With the built-in web-based management interface, the VCG-1500WG-LTE offers an easy-to-use, platform independent management and configuration facility. The VCG-1500WG-LTE supports Wifidog and it can be managed via the CMS for remote management and Wi-Fi advertising.
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Page 9: How To Use This Manual
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 1.3 How to Use This Manual This User Manual is structured as follows: Section 2, INSTALLATION The section explains the functions of the Vehicle Gateway and how to physically install the Vehicle Gateway. Section 3, QUICK CONFIGURATION The section contains the procedure of installing hardware and accessing the Web UI. -
Page 10: Product Features
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 1.4 Product Features Physical Port auto-negotiation, auto MDI/MDI-X ■ 4 10/100BASE-TX RJ45 LAN ports, auto-negotiation, auto MDI/MDI-X ■ 1 10/100BASE-TX RJ45 WAN port, ■ 1 4G LTE 2.3 dBi antenna ■ 2 2.4G Wi-Fi 2dBi antennas ■... - Page 11 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Management ■ Gateway management interfaces Console/Telnet Command Line interface Web management ■ Gateway Maintenance Firmware upload via HTTP, and TFTP Restore or Reset button for reset to factory default Dual images ■ SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) ■...
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Page 12: Product Specifications
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 1.5 Product Specifications Product VCG-1500WG-LTE Hardware Specifications 4 LAN 10/100BASE-TX RJ45 auto-MDI/MDI-X ports Copper Ports 1 WAN 10/100BASE-TX RJ45 auto-MDI/MDI-X port 1 x RS232-to-RJ45 serial port (115200, 8, N, 1) Console 1 SIM card slot with mini SIM card tray... - Page 13 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Data Rate Up to 300Mbps Up to 150 meters Transmission Distance *The estimated transmission distance is based on the theory. The actual distance will vary in different environments Advanced Functions GRE, PPTP, IPSec, L2TP Bandwidth management...
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Page 14: Installation
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 2. INSTALLATION This section describes the hardware features and installation of the Vehicle Gateway. For easier management and control of the Vehicle Gateway, familiarize yourself with its display indicators and ports. Front panel illustrations in this chapter display the unit LED indicators. -
Page 15: Led Indications
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Reset Button On the rear of the VCG-1500WG-LTE, the reset button is designed to reset the Vehicle Gateway to factory default. Figure 2-3 Reset Button of VCG-1500WG-LTE Reset Button Function Reset the Vehicle Gateway to Factory Default configuration. -
Page 16: Power Inputs
The 4-pin power connector on the rear panel of Vehicle Gateway is used for one DC power input. The power input range is from 6 to 32V DC. In the power kit, VCG-1500WG-LTE provides one power adapter and one power cable with 4-pin female power jack. -
Page 17: Sim Card Installation
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 2.1.4 SIM Card Installation SIM Card Drawer and Eject Button Figure 2-6: SIM Card Slot and Ejector Inserting and Removing SIM Card Before inserting or removing the SIM card, ensure that the power has been turned off and the power connector has been removed from Vehicle Gateway. -
Page 18: Antenna Installation
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 2.1.5 Antenna Installation After SIM card installation, please connect 4G antenna, GPS antenna and Wi-Fi antennas to connectors and ensure these antennas are fixed properly. Without installing antennas, it will affect the performance or can not receive the signal. -
Page 19: Mounting Installation
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 2.2 Mounting Installation This section describes how to install your Vehicle Gateway and make connections to the Vehicle Gateway. To install your Vehicle Gateway on a desktop or shelf, simply complete the following steps. Step 1: Screw the brackets on the Vehicle Gateway. -
Page 20: Quick Configuration
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 3. QUICK CONFIGURATION This chapter explains the procedure that you can install and configure the Gateway in a short time. Besides, it also contains information about port connection options. 3.1 Inserting SIM Card into Gateway’s SIM Card Slot 3.2 Connecting Antennas... - Page 21 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Color Status Solid Light WiFi Blue Solid Light 3G/4G Blue Solid Light Internet Blue Solid Light Figure 3-5-1 LED Status Figure 3-5-2 System Status...
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Page 22: Basic Configuration
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 4. BASIC CONFIGURATION This section introduces the configuration and functions of the Web-based management. 4.1 WAN Configuration Gateway dial-up configuration is the basic parameter of connecting wireless network. Figure 4-1-1 Main Page Object Description Usually the information is default setting (refer to Appendix 5). Usually it doesn’t need to... - Page 23 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE unavailable.
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Page 24: Pppoe Configuration
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 4.2 PPPoE Configuration PPPOE is the short name of point-to-point protocol over Ethernet, and it can make Ethernet host connect with remote access concentrator by a simple bridge equipment Figure 4-2-1 PPPoE Object Description User Name... - Page 25 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Object Description Local Interface 1 (LAN1) Multiplex with WAN -- It can be used to connect with LAN if without using PPPOE IP Address The default setting of the IP address of the gateway LAN1 interface is 192.168.0.1...
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Page 26: Wi-Fi Configuration
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 4.4 Wi-Fi Configuration Figure 4-4-1 Wi-Fi The page includes the following fields: Object Description Sign the wireless network name. It supports a maximum of 32 characters which is default SSID for theVCG-1500WG-LTE. We suggest revise it to avoid conflict with our company’s other products. - Page 27 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Encryption Mode: It supports TKIP, AES, and TKIP/AES. WPA-PSK Encryption Passphase: The length of the encryption key is 8 to 63 characters. Encryption Mode: It supports TKIP, AES, and TKIP/AES. WPA2-PSK Encryption Passphase: The length of the encryption key is 8 to 63 characters.
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Page 28: Dhcpd Configuration
DDNS stands for dynamic DNS, or more specifically dynamic Domain Name System. It's a service that maps internet domain names to IP addresses. It's a DDNS service that lets you access your home computer from anywhere in the world. The gateway provides DYNDNS, PLANET DDNS and Easy DDNS options. -
Page 29: Planet Ddns
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 4-6-1 DDNS 4.6.1 PLANET DDNS In order to properly configure the DDNS service function, please register a free DDNS domain name and account from PLANET DDNS first. Go to http://www.plnaetddns.com from the browser to do so. - Page 30 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 4-6-1-2 Domain Registration Figure 4-6-1-3 PLANETDDNS Domain added Go back to the gateway’s DDNS service configuration page under “Basic”. Fill in the domain name you picked during the registration in the “Host Nme” field and the username/password you created in the “User ID” and “Password” filed and click...
- Page 31 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 4-6-1-4 PLANETDDNS Configuration...
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Page 32: Keep Alive
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 4.7 Keep Alive Keeping Online function is used to check wireless gateway online status, this function checks periodically and automatically data channel between gateway and wireless network whether normal or not. If it is found to be off-line, software will re-dial automatically and intelligently, so that the device can always be online to make sure data channel smooth. - Page 33 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE and off-line frequently. Wireless gateway checks destination IP address and port through TCP syn packet periodically. When the destination IP address device doesn’t respond, wireless gateway considers communication line is disconnected already. Wireless gateway will release the original link, then dial-up again automatically, till communication link is smooth.
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Page 34: Advanced Configuration
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 5. ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 5.1 IP Table Filter It is mainly used to filter wireless network data transmitting and receiving to prevent illegal and invalid data from gateway. It admits and refuses computers with LAN connected with gateway to get access to WAN, or admits and refuses WAN to get access to LAN connected with gateway. -
Page 35: Ip Filter Rule Configuration
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 5.1.1 IP Filter Rule Configuration To realize IP address filtering rules by appointing, revising and deleting. Object Description Rule Name It is limited to use characters 0-9, a-z, and A-Z. Repeating the name is not possible. - Page 36 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Name：enableipfilter01 LAN IP: 192.168.1.23 WAN IP: 121.204.201.13 Protocol: all Direction: IN Interface: PPP0 4. Explanation and Introduction After this rule is built, gateway will start IP address filtering function. According to running rule “Discard packet matching following rule”, gateway discards all protocol data packets (select “ALL”) from WAN “121.204.201.13”...
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Page 37: Mac Filter Configuration
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE This example parameter: Name: enableipfilter02 LAN IP: 192.168.1.23 WAN IP: 121.204.201.13 Protocol: all Direction: IN/OUT Interface: PPP0 Click “Submit” to save. 4、Explanation and Instruction After this rule is built, gateway will start IP address filtering function. According to running rule “Receive packet matching following rule”, gateway forbids all data packet to go through, but only allows protocol data packets (select “ALL”) from WAN... - Page 38 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Example 1: 1、If select “setup MAC address filtering” 2、Running rule select: “discard packet matching following fule ” 3、Input“00:00:23:34:45:56”in MAC. So gateway will discard all data packets of the MAC address “00:00:23:34:45:56”, meanwhile it permits all data packets whose MAC address is not“00:00:23:34:45:56”...
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Page 39: Nat/Dmz Configuration
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 5.2 NAT/DMZ Configuration NAT (Network Address Translation) is a technology which translates LAN IP address into a legal network IP through different ports. Mode 1: NAT According to the appointed rule, it can translate data from WAN into an appointed LAN IP address or port. -
Page 40: Router Configuration
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Click “Apply”to save. 5.3 Router Configuration Setup system static router setting and display system router information. System default router is to send all data to public internet. If user wants to visit an appointed network, please add router by hand. - Page 41 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 5-3-2 Topology Introduction: There are three 192.168.1.0/24，192.168.3.0/24，192.168.2.0/24 networks. 192.168.1.2 is the gateway Ethernet LAN1-4 IP address. 110.91.69.133 is the ISP assigned PPP0 IP address when gateway dial-up is made. 192.168.2.8 is the occurred PPP1 tunnel IP address when gateway connects with server to build VPN tunnel.
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Page 42: Vpn Configuration
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 5-3-3 Add Route 192.168.3.0 connects with gateway LAN1-4, so interface needs to select br0. This function is to send data of gateway destination IP address 192.168.3.0/24 from outside to br0 interface to realize sending data packet to 192.168.3.0. -
Page 43: Pptp
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 5-4-1-1 GRE Configuration （Note: first to ensure that both ends of the established GRE can obtain the public IP address by dialing.） Object Description Name It is limited to use characters 0-9, a-z and A-Z. Repeating the same name is not possible. - Page 44 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Object Description Server IP Server IP or domain name Remote Subnet, Remote Server LAN information Subnet Mask Username/Password User name and password connected to server Protocol PPTP finishes ppp password validation format. There is the following authentication way Adopt Pap, which user name and password are plain text transmitted, and the safety level is low.
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Page 45: Ipsec
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 5.4.3 IPSEC Figure 5-4-3-1 iPSec Configuration Object Description Initiative Mode: Initiate connection from this side Connection Mode Passive Mode: Wait for remote side connection Remote Address Server IP or domain name (compulsive to input) Transport Mode: usually used when gateway connects server... -
Page 46: L2Tp
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE when single key leaks Debug: Enable debug information NAT Traversal: If this gateway doesn’t connect with public network directly, but transmit through IP original address, please use “NAT Traversal” Authentication: Pre-shared Key mode and Certificates X509 mode... - Page 47 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 5-4-4-1 L2TP Configuration Object Description Server Address Server IP or domain name Remote Subnet, Remote Subnet information of server side Subnet Mask Username/Password LAC account and password Tunnel ID/ LNS account and password Tunnel Password...
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Page 48: System Management
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 6. System Management 6.1 Time Management Manage the real-time clock of this device, supporting hand-setting and network time synchronization. Set Time Manually Figure 6-1-1 Time Configuration Select “Manually”, then choose the year, month, day, hour, minute and second to set. -
Page 49: System Status
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 6-2-1 User Management User can revise the password from here. When revising the password, please input “login Username “at first, then input “old password”, after that, input “new password”, and next, input “confirm password”, and click “submit” to save new password. -
Page 50: Software Upgrade
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 6.4 Software Upgrade Configure, manage and update the system, and after that the system will be reset to default. Figure 6-4-1 Upgrade Object Description Save to Local Back up the configuration file to the local PC... - Page 51 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 6-5-1 System Debug Object Description Router Output the basic information of system, including dial-up information Output DTU debugging of gateway DDNS Output DDNS debugging of gateway PPTP Output PPTP debugging of gateway L2TP Output L2TP debugging of gateway...
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Page 52: Internet Access Management
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 7. Internet Access Management 7.1 Captive Portal Local push function is mainly used for pushing advertisement page link when using gateways access to the Internet. The users can define the advertising pages link, advertising push polling time and the time-frequency. Turn on this feature when users are in a networked process. -
Page 53: Wifidog Configure
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 7.2 Wifidog Configure Wifidog function is used for web authentication, when users connect to a wireless hotspot, requesting to send the data. It will first open the authentication page under the path of configured authentication server address to allow users to authenticate after the authentication succeeded. -
Page 54: Application Filtering
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Authentication Server The port number used by the server Port Authentication server The server authentication path; the two path sides to be added with '/'. path Wifidog unshielded domain address, rule format is FirewallRule which allows tcp to XXX. -
Page 55: Follower
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Object Description Mark restricted rules’ name Rule name IP range Limit IP segment Protocol Type Select the type of protocol to be filtered. (video, music, download, etc.) Direction of the packet Select the data source to be filtered, IN, OUT, IN / OUT... -
Page 56: Gps Function
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 7-5-1 Battery Power Configuration Object Description Battery backup time The power supply duration after AC is cut off Note: The battery supply voltage must be less than AC power supply voltage. 7.6 GPS Function GPS function is to configure GPS data center address and port, enabling SNMP function. GPS data will be sent to the SNMP server. - Page 57 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 7-6-1 GPS Configuration Object Description Enable Enable GPS function Disable Disable GPS function Center address and port set center address and port TCP protocol which interacts with data center UDP protocol which interacts with data center...
- Page 58 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Get Time: AT + TIME: Re: Time = 125959; (12 H 59 M 59 S; Note: GPS reception time is world time, users need to convert it into local time according to their own time zone, such as China in the East eight zone, world time +8 hours).
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Page 59: Other Configurations
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE 8. Other Configrations 8.1 Activation Mode Figure 8-1-1 Activation Mode Object Description Automatic modem Device enters into auto dial-up status after power on. It is a factory default setting Wake up by phone (the mobile number is SIM card number that is inserted on gateway). - Page 60 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Note: If selecting “Idle Time” only, without “force offline”, please confirm whether “keeping online” rule has no data transmitting and receiving within “Idle Time” Gateway executes command after receiving SMS (it will receive SMS only when SMS Mode gateway hasn’t dialed up to be online).
- Page 61 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE every hour: Set gateway online and offline time scope of the certain period every hour. Note: need to confirm whether system time is correct or not It is with the functions of SMS, PHONE and DATA wakeup. Once one is valid, it can...
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Page 62: Bandwidth Management
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Parameter：none Format：SMSPASSWD: xxxxxx (password): ACTMODE:AUTO Function：Device revised to be phone activation mode. Active gateway to be online by phone Command：RING Parameter：none Format：SMSPASSWD: xxxxxx (password):ACTMODE:RING Function：Device revised to be SMS activation mode. Activate gateway to be online by SMS Command：SMS... -
Page 63: Connecting Device (Mac Address Binding)
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 8-2-1 QoS Management Object Description It is limited to use characters 0-9, a-z and A-Z, and tautonymy is not allowed, as the Name identification of distinguishing the multi-rules Limit IP address scope Upstream Max. upstream bandwidth. -
Page 64: Other Configurations
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Figure 8-3-1 Connected Client Status 8.4 Other Configurations Set Web visiting port and DNS re-direction Figure 8-4-1 Port Management... -
Page 65: Timing Restart
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Object Description Revise web port, and the default is 81. If revised to be 8080, it needs to log in gateway Web port configuration: http://gateway IP: 8080 If start and make LAN host computer DNS address points gateway, then all LAN host... -
Page 66: Dtu Configuration
IP address bar. In this time, “Main center IP Address and Port” doesn’t need to input. Set the working protocol. Default is PLANET DTU protocol. If customers need their own Protocol protocol, please select CUSTOM option. - Page 67 User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE Set transmission mode. There are TCP work mode and UDP work mode. Default is TCP Work Mode protocol. Set up working Baud rate of serial port, scope is 110~230400BPS. Please set that baud rate to the same as that of user side equipment. Otherwise, series port can’t Baud Rate communicate.
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Page 68: Appendix: Faqs
User’s Manual of VCG-1500WG-LTE increasing. It also can’t be too large, if so, device can be detected after being offline for a long time. Suggested value is 10S<X<120S When DTU establishes connection with center server, DTU will send registration Self-registered packet information to center;...