Product Oveview; Product Introduction - Advantech ICR-2431 User Manual

1. Product Oveview

1.1 Product Introduction

Industrial cellular router ICR-2431 is designed for wireless communication in the mobile
networks that make use of traditional cellular technologies.
The primary purpose of this router is its use in the Category 4 (Cat.4) services on the
cellular LTE network. Cat.4 rated router is capable of achieving typical speeds in 4G coverage
areas where the network is enabled with 20 MHz of contiguous spectrum.
The peak downlink data rate for Category 4 is approximately 150 Mbps. In the uplink,
LTE Category 4 provides a peak data rate of 50 Mbps. The router is equipped with two
independently configurable Ethernet ports, RS232 and RS485 serial ports
digital input together with one digital output.
The router supports VPN tunnel creation using various protocols to ensure safe commu-
nications. The router provides diagnostic functions which include automatic monitoring of the
wireless and wired connections, automatic restart in case of connection losses, and a hard-
ware watchdog that monitors the router status.
With open Linux platform and wide possibilities of programming customer SW applications
in Python, C/C++. The Advantech existing app library Router Apps (User modules) with
apps already developed to enhance specific router functionality including industrial protocol
conversions and support of IoT platforms such as MS Azure, Cumulocity, ThingWorx, and
others are supported on the router.
Examples of possible applications
• mobile office
• security system
• telematic
• telemetric
• remote monitoring
• vending and dispatcher machines
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