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  • Page 1 User Guide NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router Doc No. UG01033...
  • Page 2 NetComm Wireless accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting from errors or delays in transmission or reception, or the failure of the NetComm Wireless NWL-25 to transmit or receive such data.
  • Page 3 Added MBB IP Forwarding feature description. 21 March 2017 v1.3 Put content into new template. 29 June2018 Table i. - Document revision history NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 3 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    LAN configuration ........................................36 DHCP ............................................. 37 PPPoE ..................................... 40 Routing ................................... 41 Static .............................................. 41 RIP ..............................................43 NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 4 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 5 Redirect to TCP / UDP server address ..................................99 New message ..........................................99 Inbox / Sent Items ........................................101 NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 5 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 6 Appendix C: Recovery mode ............................145 Accessing recovery mode ......................................145 Status ............................................146 Log ...............................................146 Application Installer ........................................147 Settings............................................147 NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 6 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 7 Wiring Examples ........................................155 Appendix H: Obtaining a list of RDB variables ........................ 159 Appendix I: Safety and product care ..........................160 NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 7 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 8: Overview

    Overview Introduction This document provides you all the information you need to set up, configure and use the NetComm Wireless NWL-25 router. Target audience This document is intended for system integrators or experienced hardware installers who understand telecommunications terminology and concepts.

  • Page 9: Product Overview

    TR-069 support for easy management of a group of NWL-25 routers; and the ability to function as an SSH server to secure communications. Additionally, the open management system allows you to expand the feature set by producing your own custom software applications.

  • Page 10: Physical Dimensions And Indicators

    Physical dimensions and indicators Physical dimensions Below is a list of the physical dimensions of the NWL-25 router. Figure 1 – NWL-25 router Dimensions N W L - 2 5 R O U T E R ( W I T H O U T E X T E R N A L A N T E N N A S A T T A C H E D )

  • Page 11: Led Indicators

    LED indicators The NWL-25 router uses 7 LEDs to display the current system and connection status. Figure 2 - NWL-25 router LED Indicators L E D I C O N N A M E C O L O U R...

  • Page 12: Signal Strength Leds

    LEDs to update before repositioning. Ethernet port LED indicators The Ethernet port of the NWL-25 router has two LED indicators on it. Figure 3 - Ethernet port LED indicators The table below describes the statuses of each light and their meanings.

  • Page 13: Interfaces

    RJ45 Ethernet port Connect one or several devices via a network switch here. Table 5 – Interfaces – NWL-25 NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 13 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 14: Placement Of The Router

    The NWL-25 router can be quickly and easily mounted in a variety of locations. Mounted flat against the wall When mounted flat against the wall, the NWL-25 router has a slimline form factor. Use appropriately sized screws in the mounting holes provided on the base of the unit.
  • Page 15 C Section DIN Rail mount The NWL-25 router easily slides onto a C Section DIN rail so that it is horizontally mounted. The DIN Rail mounting bracket is not required for C Section DIN rail mounting. Figure 6 - C Section DIN rail mount...
  • Page 16 Figure 9 - Removing the mounting bracket Using the mounting bracket for wall mounting By first attaching the DIN rail bracket to the wall, the NWL-25 router can be easily attached and removed from the bracket. Figure 10 – Wall mount - Mounted via DIN rail bracket NWL-25 –...
  • Page 17 Using the mounting bracket for Top hat DIN rail mounting The NWL-25 router may be vertically mounted to the wall with the bracket by sliding the bracket onto a top hat DIN rail Figure 11 - Top hat DIN rail mount...

  • Page 18: Powering The Router

    Powering the router The NWL-25 router can be powered in one of two ways: DC power input via 6-pin connector (8-40V DC) DC power input via field terminated power source (8-40V DC) The green power LED on the router lights up when a power source is connected.

  • Page 19: Viewing Power Source Information

    NWL-25 router. You can connect one device directly, or several devices using a network switch. Ensure the external power source is switched on and wait 2 minutes for your NWL-25 router to start up. To check the status of your router, compare the LED indicators on the device with those listed in the LED Indicators section of this guide.

  • Page 20: Advanced Configuration

    Advanced configuration The NWL-25 router comes with pre-configured settings that should suit most customers. For advanced configuration, log in to the web-based user interface of the router. To log in to the web-based user interface: Open a web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari), type http://192.168.1.1...

  • Page 21: Status

    The status page of the web interface provides system related information and is displayed when you log in to the NWL-25 router management console. The status page shows System information, LAN details, Cellular connection status, WWAN connection status and Advanced status details. You can toggle the sections from view by clicking buttons to show or hide them.
  • Page 22 The Mobile Country Code (MCC) of the router. Mobile network code The Mobile Network Code (MNC) of the router. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 22 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 23 APN or username/password is changed, the device detaches and reattaches to the network. Table 9 - Status page item details NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 23 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 24: Networking

    Sets the corresponding profile to be the default gateway for all outbound traffic except traffic for which there are configured static route rules or profile routing settings. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 24 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 25 Edit button corresponding to the Profile that you wish to modify. The data connection profile settings page is displayed. Figure 19 - Data connection settings - Profile turned on NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 25 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 26 Status field displays Connected. To see details on the connected session, you can click the Show data usage button. Figure 20 - WWAN connection status section NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 26 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 27: Connect On Demand

    On the Connect on demand page, click the Connect on demand toggle key so that it is ON. Extra options appear. See the following sub-sections for further instructions. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 27 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 28 ICMP/TCP/UDP packets to any remote host on the specified port(s) will trigger the connection to dial. Note that when this feature is enabled, the options to ignore specific packet types are not available. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 28 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 29 When you check the box for these options, it tells the router to ignore the request from that application type and will not dial a connection when this data type is received. Figure 25 - Connect on demand - Excluding application types NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 29 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 30 2 minutes with a randomised dial starting time of 1 minute, the router waits for the Connect NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 30 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 31: Operator Settings

    Use the Change band drop down list to select the band you wish to use. The NWL-25 supports LTE band 4 and band 13. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 31 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 32: Sim Security Settings

    Note – Select Remember PIN if you do not want to enter the PIN code each time the SIM is inserted. Click the Save button. If successful, the router displays the following screen: NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 32 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 33 Enabling/Disabling SIM PIN protection The security PIN protection can be turned on or off using the PIN protection toggle key. Figure 32 - PIN Settings NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 33 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 34 When the PIN has been changed successfully, the following screen is displayed: Figure 34 - SIM security settings – PIN unlock successful NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 34 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 35 Click the Save button when you have finished entering the new PIN and PUK codes. Figure 35 - SIM security - SIM PUK locked NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 35 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 36: Lan

    DNS servers. With DNS masquerading ON, the DHCP server embedded in the NWL-25 router hands out its own IP address (e.g. 192.168.1.1) as the DNS server address to LAN clients. The downstream clients then send DNS requests to the NWL-25 router which proxies them to the upstream DNS servers.

  • Page 37: Dhcp

    DHCP server is located on the Wireless WAN or LAN connections, the clients behind the NWL-25 router are able to communicate with the DHCP server when DHCP relay is enabled. This enables the NWL- 25 router to accept client broadcast messages and to forward them onto another subnet.
  • Page 38 Service) server IP address NTP server (Option 42) Specifies the IP address of the NTP (Network Time Protocol) server NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 38 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 39 Clone button and the details will be copied to the address reservation list fields. Remember to click the Save button under the Address reservation list section to confirm the configuration. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 39 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 40: Pppoe

    Click the Status menu item from the top menu bar. When Forward WAN IP is enabled, the status page shows a Transparent bridge mode section and displays the WAN IP. Figure 42 - Transparent bridge mode status NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 40 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 41: Routing

    Some routes are added by default by the router on initialization such as the Ethernet subnet route for routing to a device on the Ethernet subnet. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 41 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 42 Active routing list Static routes are displayed in the Active routing list. Figure 45 - Active routing list NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 42 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 43: Rip

    Select the interface for which you want RIP to apply. You can choose the LAN interface, the WWAN interface or BOTH. Click the Save button to confirm your settings. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 43 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 44: Redundancy (Vrrp) Configuration

    IP address (VRRP IP) or on a command prompt type: arp –d <ip address> (i.e. arp –d 192.168.1.1) to clear the arp cache.(old MAC address).. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 44 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 45: Port Forwarding

    If the source port range (Original destination port range) specifies a range of port numbers then the Destination port range must be the same as the source port range. Click the Save button to confirm your settings. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 45 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 46: Dmz

    Enter the IP Address of the device to be the DMZ host into the DMZ IP Address field. Click the Save button to save your settings. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 46 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 47: Router Firewall

    MAC/IP to access the router, otherwise you will not be able to access the user interface of the router without resetting the router to factory default settings. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 47 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 48: Creating A Mac / Ip / Port Filtering Rule

    Inbound refers to all traffic that is entering the router including data entering from the WAN NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 48 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 49: Vpn

    Data to be sent via a VPN needs to be encapsulated and as such is generally not visible to the public network. The advantages of a VPN connection include: Data Protection Access Control Data Origin Authentication NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 49 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 50: Ipsec

    IPSec operates on Layer 3 of the OSI model and as such can protect higher layered protocols. IPSec is used for both site to site VPN and Remote Access VPN. The NWL-25 router supports IPsec end points and can be configured with Site to Site VPN tunnels with third party VPN routers.
  • Page 51 Figure 58 – IPSec profile edit NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 51 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 52 DPD keep alive time Enter the time in seconds for the interval between Dead Peer Detection keep alive messages. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 52 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 53: Openvpn

    OpenVPN VPN connections is displayed. Figure 59 - OpenVPN VPN List Click the +Add button for the type of OpenVPN server/client you would like to configure. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 53 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 54: Openvpn Server

    Under the Server certificates section, select the Authentication type that you would like to use for the OpenVPN Server. Note – The Diffie-Hellman parameters can take up to 20 minutes to generate. Please be patient. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 54 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 55: Certificate Authentication

    If you do not enter the remote subnet here, any packet requests from the server to the client will not be received by the client network because it is not aware of the remote client’s subnet. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 55 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 56 Figure 61 – OpenVPN server profile settings NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 56 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 57: Configuring An Openvpn Client

    OpenVPN server only. Use the Authentication type options to select the Authentication type that you would like to use for the OpenVPN client. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 57 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 58: Configuring An Openvpn P2P Connection

    On the router designated as the server, leave the Server IP address field empty. On the router designated as the client, enter the WAN IP address/host domain name of the server. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 58 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 59 When they are uploaded click the Save button to complete the peer-to-peer OpenVPN configuration. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 59 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 60: Pptp Client

    Figure 67 - VPN PPTP client edit Click the Enable PPTP client toggle key to switch it to the ON position. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 60 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 61 Click the Save button to save the changes. The VPN will attempt to connect after your click Save. Click the Status button at the top left of the interface to return to the status window and monitor the VPN’s connection state. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 61 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 62: Gre Tunnelling

    In the GRE server address field, enter the IP address or domain name of the GRE server. In the Local tunnel address field, enter the IP address you want to assign the tunnel locally. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 62 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 63 Click the Save button to save the changes. The VPN will attempt to connect after your click Save. Click the Status button at the top left of the interface to return to the status window and monitor the VPN’s connection state. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 63 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 64: Services

    In the Username and Password fields, enter the logon credentials for your DDNS account. Enter the password for the account again in the Verify password field. Click the Save button to save the DDNS configuration settings. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 64 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 65: Network Time (Ntp)

    Network time (NTP) The NTP (Network Time Protocol) settings page allows you to configure the NWL-25 router to synchronize its internal clock with a global Internet Time server and specify the time zone for the location of the router. This provides an accurate timekeeping function for features such as System Log entries and Firewall settings where the current system time is displayed and recorded.

  • Page 66: Data Stream Manager

    UDP Client User defined executable RS232 port RS485 port RS422 port Modem emulator PPP server IP modem TCP connect-on-demand NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 66 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 67 Note – Using a custom host port name is not recommended for normal use as the device path can change between power cycles of the router. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 67 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 68 UDP server This creates a UDP server endpoint with the following options available. Figure 76 - UDP server endpoint configuration NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 68 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 69 Figure 79 – RS232 / RS485 / RS422 port configuration options NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 69 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 70 Modem emulator allows you to connect legacy equipment such as an RTU or PLC to the serial port of the router in place of a traditional dial-up modem. The NWL-25 router emulates the dial-up modem’s behaviour and passes the serial data over the IP network.
  • Page 71 Incoming Ring: RI is on when an incoming connection request is received. • Always Off: RI is always off NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 71 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 72 DHCP range after the router’s address. The maximum transmission unit size of packets sent by the PPP server. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 72 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 73 Keepalive sends a message to check that the link is still active or to keep it active. Keepalive count The number of keepalive messages to send. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 73 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 74 The timer begins at the end of the last sent packet. The valid range is 0-10000 NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 74 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 75 Click the Save button. The Endpoints list is displayed with the newly created endpoint listed and a summary of the settings your configured. Figure 84 - Endpoints list NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 75 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 76: Streams

    Mode drop down list to select the mode of operation of the endpoint. The mode can be thought of as a transformation of the data as it arrives at this endpoint. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 76 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 77: Data Stream Applications

    Figure 87 - Data stream list Data stream applications Note – The following table is a quick reference guide to the various endpoints available on NetComm Wireless M2M routers. The table may contain endpoint details that are not available on your particular router.
  • Page 78 ONLY when 9 (RS485) data is seen on serial 10 (RS422) port Table 19 - Data stream applications. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 78 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 79: Legacy Data Managers

    Modem emulator allows you to connect legacy equipment such as an RTU or PLC to the serial port of the router in place of a traditional dial-up modem. The NWL-25 router emulates the dial-up modem’s behaviour and passes the serial data over the IP network. Similar functionality can be achieved using the Modem emulator endpoint in the Data stream manager feature of the router.
  • Page 80 Baud rate The serial (V.24) port baud rate. By default the serial line format is 8 data bits, No parity, 1 Stop bit. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 80 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 81 Auto dial number Sets the number the router will dial if DTR Auto Dial is enabled ad DTR changes state. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 81 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 82: Padd

    TCP/IP Server mode and PADD TCP/IP Client Mode. When PADD is enabled, both the PADD server mode and PADD client mode can be run at the same time. The PADD configuration page is shown below. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 82 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 83 Figure 89 – PADD NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 83 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 84: Remote Management

    SNMP traps are messages from the router to the Network Management System sent as UDP packets. They are often used to notify the management system of any significant events such as whether the link is up or down. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 84 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 85 SNMP traps, click the Save button to save the settings. Note – When a factory reset is performed via SNMP, the SNMP settings are preserved. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 85 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 86 Enables easy restoration of service after a factory reset or replacement of a faulty device Firmware and software version management Diagnostics and monitoring NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 86 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 87: Oma Lightweight M2M Configuration

    DM and TRS-069. OMA-LWM2M runs over UDP and supports asynchronous notifications when a resource changes. It provides: Firmware upgrades Device monitoring and configuration Server provisioning NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 87 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 88 When set to OFF, values may be read, written and executed. Table 21 – OMA Lightweight M2M configuration options NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 88 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 89: Io Configuration

    IO configuration The NWL-25 Router is equipped with a 6-way terminal block connector providing 3 identical multipurpose inputs and outputs as well as a dedicated ignition input. These inputs and outputs may be independently configured for various functions, including: NAMUR (EN 60947-5-6 / IEC 60947-5-6) compatible proximity sensor input...
  • Page 90 Note – Please refer to the SDK Developer Guide for hardware information about the Input/Output pins, wiring examples and configuration of the pins via the command line interface. There are also wiring examples in Appendix G of this User Guide. Contact NetComm Wireless Technical Support for access to the Software Development Kit.

  • Page 91: Event Notification

    Up to four types of alerts for a particular event may be sent to a single destination profile containing the contact details. Figure 95 - Event notification configuration NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 91 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 92 : 0 - Ethernet Ethernet interfaces. -> 1 interfaces change NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 92 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 93 SMS messages to be sent which can lead to additional charges on your wireless broadband account. Digital input change Figure 96 – Digital input change event notification configuration NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 93 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 94 SMS number, TCP or UDP server addresses of the recipient. The destination profile must contain the details of at least one destination type in order to be used. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 94 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 95: Destination Configuration

    Email address, TCP address and port, UDP address and port and/or SMS number. Click the Save button when you have entered the required details. To edit a destination profile: NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 95 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 96: Email Settings

    To access the Email settings page, click the Services menu item then select the Email settings menu item on the left. Figure 100 - Email client settings NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 96 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 97: Sms Messaging

    Ability to trigger the NWL-25 router to download and apply a configuration file To access the SMS messaging functions of the NWL-25 router, click on the Services menu item from the top menu bar, and then select one of the options under the SMS messaging section on the left hand menu.

  • Page 98: Setup

    SMS messages. SMS forwarding configuration Forwarding Toggles the SMS forwarding function of the router on and off. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 98 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 99: Sms Forwarding Configuration

    To add a destination number, click the button and to remove the last destination in the list, click the button. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 99 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 100 When you have finished typing your message and you are ready to send it, click the Send button. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 100 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 101: Inbox / Sent Items

    The Inbox displays all received messages that are stored on the router while Sent Items displays all sent messages. Figure 103 - SMS Inbox Figure 104 - SMS Outbox NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 101 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 102 Refresh button. Click this button to refresh the inbox or outbox to see new messages. Table 28 - Inbox/Outbox icons NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 102 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 103: Diagnostics

    To access the Diagnostics page, click on the Services menu item then select the SMS menu on the left and finally select Diagnostics beneath it. Figure 105 - SMS diagnostics and command execution configuration NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 103 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 104: Sms Diagnostics And Command Execution Configuration

    Linux command line. For example: “execute ls /usr/bin/sms*” to list the contents of the /etc folder on the router. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 104 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 105: White List For Diagnostic Or Execution Sms

    When a password is specified for a number, the SMS diagnostic or command message is parsed for the password and will only be executed if the number and password match. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 105 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 106: Sending An Sms Diagnostic Command

    > Inbox and then click the button next to the message which corresponds to the sender’s number. Click the Save button. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 106 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 107: Types Of Sms Diagnostic Commands

    “Successfully set VARIABLE to VALUE” Only sent if the acknowledgment message function is enabled execute command “Successfully executed command COMMAND” NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 107 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 108 If no profile number is selected, try to disconnect/reconnect the current active profile. Reports an error if no profile number is selected and there is no currently activated profile. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 108 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 109 Instructs the router to clear the client public SSH key files. Table 30 - List of basic SMS diagnostic commands NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 109 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 110: List Of Get/Set Commands

    Sets the number of minutes after which the router should disconnect regardless of traffic. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 110 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 111 Returns the time in minutes that the router get install.timeout get install.timeout waits before a file that is being installed times out. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 111 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 112: List Of Basic Rdb Variables

    W R I T E link.profile.1.enable profile Profile Read: link.profile.1.apn (profile no,apn,user,pass,auth,iplocal,st link.profile.1.user atus) link.profile.1.pass 1,apn,username,password, link.profile.1.auth_type chap,202.44.185.111,up NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 112 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 113: Sms Diagnostics Examples

    PASSWORD execute reboot Send SMS to check the WAN IP Not required get wanip address Required PASSWORD get wanip NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 113 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 114 HTTP server execute download http://download.com:8080/firmware_image_r.cdi Required PASSWORD execute download http://download.com:8080/firmware_image.cdi PASSWORD execute download http://download.com:8080/firmware_image_r.cdi NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 114 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 115 PASSWORD set ssh.passauth=1 or PASSWORD set ssh.passauth=0 Generate set of public/private keys Not required execute ssh.genkeys on the host Required PASSWORD execute ssh.genkeys NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 115 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 116 Clear client public keys stored on Not required execute ssh.clearkeys host Required PASSWORD execute ssh.clearkeys Table 33 - SMS diagnostics example commands NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 116 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 117: System

    System log The System Log enables you to troubleshoot any issues you may be experiencing with your NWL-25 router. To access the System Log page, click on the System menu. The System Log is displayed. Figure 108 - System log file Log file Use the Display level drop-down list to select a message level to be displayed.

  • Page 118: Event Notification Log

    When troubleshooting it can be useful to use the Clear button to clear the page to make reading of the log easier. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 118 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 119: System Log Settings

    System log page, for example, if this is set to a low level, such as “Error”, the System log will not be able to display higher log levels. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 119 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 120 To configure the NWL-25 router to output log data to a remote syslog server: Click on the System menu from the top menu bar. The System log item is displayed.

  • Page 121: System Configuration

    In order to view the settings page you must be logged into the web user interface as root using the password admin. The backup / restore functions can be used to easily configure a large number of NWL-25 router by configuring one router with your desired settings, backing them up to a file and then restoring that file to multiple NWL-25 routers.

  • Page 122: Upload

    The Upload page allows you to upload firmware files, HTTPS certificates or user created application packages to the NWL-25 router. When firmware files have been uploaded, they can also be installed from this page. PDF files, such as this user guide may also be uploaded for access on the router’s help page.
  • Page 123 Note – Do not disconnect the power source when the router’s LEDs are flashing as this is when the firmware update is in process. Figure 116 - Recovery firmware flash process NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 123 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 124: Package Manager

    The Package manager page is used to provide details of any user installed packages on the router and allow them to be uninstalled. For more information on application development, contact NetComm Wireless about our Software Development Kit. Figure 117 – Software applications manager The Application name, Version number of the application, the architecture type and time of installation are all displayed.

  • Page 125: Administration

    The Administration settings page is used to enable or disable protocols used for remote access and configure the passwords for the user accounts used to log in to the router. Figure 118 - Administration page NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 125 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 126 Warning – Using an insecure password will result in your device being compromised. Any resulting damage may not be covered under warranty. It is strongly advised that the password not be a dictionary word, nor should the same password be used across fleets of devices. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 126 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 127: Server Certificate

    Click the Generate button to begin generating Diffie-Hellman parameters. Enter the certificate details using the appropriate fields. Each field must be completed in order to generate a certificate. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 127 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 128 San Marino AR Argentina GB Great Britain (UK) MK Macedonia Senegal AS American Samoa GD Grenada ML Mali Suriname NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 128 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 129 IO British Indian Ocean OM Oman Saint Vincent and the Territory Grenadines CL Chile Iceland PA Panama Venezuela NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 129 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...
  • Page 130 The web server on the router restarts and you are logged out of the router. Click OK to be taken back to the login screen. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 130 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 131: Ssh Key Management

    Use the SSH Protocol drop down list to select the protocol that you want to use. Protocol 2 is more recent and is considered more secure. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 131 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 132 -t rsa1 -f ssh_host_key -N "" ssh-keygen -t dsa -f ssh_host_dsa_key -N "" NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 132 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 133: Led Operation Mode

    If the router is rebooted, the LED power off timer is reset. The router will boot up and wait for the configured time before turning off again. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 133 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 134: Watchdogs

    It is due to the nature of the watchdog being a last resort standalone backup mechanism that it will continue to do its job and reboot the device even when the Connect-on-demand session is idle, or the PDP context is disabled by NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 134 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 135: Configuring Periodic Ping Settings

    In the Second destination address field, enter a website address or IP address to which the router should send the second round of ping requests. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 135 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 136: Disabling The Periodic Ping Reset Function

    Note – The randomise reboot time is not persistent across reboots; each time the router is due to reboot, it randomly selects a time less than or equal to the Randomise reboot time. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 136 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 137: Power Management

    Power management The NWL-25 router can be configured to enter or return from a low power ‘sleep’ mode. You can configure this to occur automatically after a timer has expired, by the status of the ignition pin, a combination of timer and ignition pin status or by manually triggering sleep mode.

  • Page 138: Sleep Settings

    This option sets the router to go to the sleep state on one of two conditions, depending on which condition is reached first. These conditions are based on the state of the ignition pin and a timer. For example, based on the NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 138 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 139: Wake Settings

    When selected, Event 1 and Event 2 must happen consecutively in that order to satisfy each condition. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 139 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 140 Always wake up after field and then wakes up when that time has been reached. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 140 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 141: Reboot

    Logging out To log out of the router, click the icon at the top right corner of the web user interface. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 141 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 142: Appendix A: Tables

    Table 41 - RS-232 Wiring ............................152 Table 42 - RS-485 Half Duplex Wiring ........................152 Table 43 - RS-485 (RS-422) Full Duplex Wiring ......................153 NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 142 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 143: Appendix B: Default Settings

    Appendix B: Default Settings The following tables list the default settings for the NWL-25 router. L A N ( M A N A G E M E N T ) Static IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1...

  • Page 144: Restoring Factory Default Settings

    Use a pen to depress the Reset button on the device for 15-20 seconds. The router will restore the factory default settings and reboot. When you have reset your NWL-25 router to its default settings you will be able to access the device’s configuration web interface using http://192.168.1.1...

  • Page 145: Appendix C: Recovery Mode

    Accessing recovery mode Both systems have web interfaces that can be used to manipulate the other inactive system. The NWL-25 Router starts up by default in the Main system mode, however the router may be triggered to start in recovery mode if desired.

  • Page 146: Status

    The only functionality provided here is the ability to clear the system log, filter by log level and downloading of the log file. Figure 137 - Recovery mode – Log NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 146 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 147: Application Installer

    The settings page provides the option of restoring the router to factory default settings. Click the Restore button to set the router back to the original factory settings. Figure 139 - Recovery mode – Settings NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 147 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 148: Reboot

    Click the Reboot button to reboot the router to the main firmware image. Figure 140 - Recovery mode - Reboot NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 148 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 149: Appendix D: Https - Uploading A Self-Signed Certificate

    Click the Upload button to begin uploading it to the router. The file appears in the list of files stored on the router. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 149 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 150 Repeat this for the key file. When each file is installed it is removed from the list of stored files. Figure 144 - Installing the server.crt file NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 150 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 151: Appendix E: Rj-45 Connector

    Tx - DC - White/Brown stripe DC - unused Brown solid DC - unused Table 40 - RJ-45 connector pin outs NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 151 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 152: Appendix F: Serial Port Wiring

    Figure 146 - DE9 Male connector (Pin side view) The NWL-25 router has a serial interface and acts as the data communications equipment (DCE). The wiring tables below indicate the DCE and DTE devices as well as the signal direction. Shielding cable can optionally be soldered to the chassis and connected to ground.
  • Page 153 Transmit (Differential pair B) — Transmit (Differential pair A) Ground Table 43 - RS-485 (RS-422) Full Duplex Wiring NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 153 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018 © NetComm Wireless 2018...

  • Page 154: Appendix G: Inputs/Outputs

    Appendix G: Inputs/Outputs Overview The NWL-25 router is equipped with a 6-way terminal block connector providing 3 identical multipurpose inputs and outputs as well as a dedicated ignition input. These inputs and outputs may be independently configured for various functions, including:...

  • Page 155: Wiring Examples

    Warning – NetComm Wireless does not offer any further advice on the external wiring requirements or wiring to particular sensors, and will not be responsible for any damage to the unit or any other device used in conjunction with it. Using outputs to control high voltage equipment can be dangerous.
  • Page 156 Below is a contact closure type input, which is detecting an Earth. Pull up is activated for this to work. The following input detects an input going high. The turn on/off threshold can be set in the software. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 156 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 157 It will also require an external resistor. The internal pull up resistor is not activated. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 157 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 158 The previous examples of wiring can be used to come up with a system. The following test case is an example of how the I/O’s can be used to enhance a simple router setup. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 158 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 159: Appendix H: Obtaining A List Of Rdb Variables

    Note – Omitting the | more parameter will dump a complete list without pagination. For easier access, some terminal clients such as PuTTY have the ability to log all telnet output to a text file. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 159 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

  • Page 160: Appendix I: Safety And Product Care

    The maximum antenna gain for this device as reported to the FCC is: 2.85 dBi (1700MHz) and 1.39 dBi (700MHz). NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 160 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 161 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user‘s authority to operate the equipment. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 161 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 162 To use your device normally again after such shutdown, cool it in a well-ventilated place before turning it on. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 162 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 163 If your device or its accessories have been submerged in water punctured or subjected to a severe fall, do not use until they have been checked at an authorised service centre. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 163 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 164 Please note that because of possible interference to electronic equipment, some vehicle manufacturers forbid the use of devices in their vehicles unless an external antenna is included in the installation. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 164 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...
  • Page 165 Turn off your device or wireless device when in a blasting area or in areas posted turn off “two-way radios” or “electronic devices” to avoid interfering with blasting operations. NWL-25 – 4G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router – User Guide 165 of 165 UG01033 v1.1 June 2018...

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