Chapter 1 Brief Introduction 1.1 General AR7088H ROUTER is a kind of terminal device that developed based on 5G/4G/3G/2G, WIFI, VPN technology. It adopts high-powered industrial 32-bits CPU and embedded real time operating system , supports RS232 and RS485, Ethernet and WIFI port that can conveniently and transparently connect one device to a cellular network, allowing to connect to your existing serial, Ethernet and WIFI devices with only basic configuration.
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AR7088H Router User Manual Reliability Support auto recovery mechanism to make router always online Ethernet port: 1.5KV magnetic isolation protection RS232/RS485 port: 15KV ESD protection SIM/UIM port: 15KV ESD protection Power port: reverse-voltage and over voltage protection Antenna port: lightning protection (optional)
AR7088H Router User Manual 1.3 Block Diagram 1.4 Product SPEC Items Contents Industrial 32 bits CPU Hardware FLASH 16MB (Extendable to 64MB) System SDRAM 128MB 1 RS232 and 1 RS485, 15KV ESD protection Serial port: 5 PIN industrial terminal, 3.5mm pitch...
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AR7088H Router User Manual WIFI: Standard SMA male interface, 50 ohm Standard 3V/1.8V user card interface, 15KV ESD SIM/UIM protection 2 PIN industrial terminal, 3.81mm pitch, reverse- Power voltage and over voltage protection Press this key for 8 seconds to restore the Router to...
AR7088H Router User Manual Chapter 2 Installation Introduction 2.1 General The router must be installed correctly to make it work properly. Warning: Forbid to install the router when powered! 2.2 Encasement List Name Quantity Remark Router host Cellular antenna (Male SMA)
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AR7088H Router User Manual Power interface: Pin Number Signal Name Description Positive power supply Negative power supply Communication interface definition: 5 pin 3.5mm pitch industrial terminal is defined as follows: Pin Number Signal Name Description System Ground RS232 Receive RS232 Transmit RS485+(A)...
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AR7088H Router User Manual router with sign “ANT” and “GPS”(some models are two antennas, namely "M-ANT", "D-ANT"). Screw the SMA female pin of the WIFI antenna to the male SMA interface of the router with sign “WIFI”. Warning: The cellular/GPS antenna and the WIFI antenna cannot be connected wrongly.
AR7088H Router User Manual RS232 and RS485 cable should be screwed into the serial terminal, ensure the signal connection is correct. The RS232 cable is as follows: DB9F pin Number Wire Color Blue Brown Black 2.4 Power Power Adapter (Optional) The power range of the router is DC 5~35V.
AR7088H Router User Manual Serial port application connection is normal Link(Yellow) WAN/LAN is not connected (,RJ-45) ON/BLINK WAN/LAN is connected/ Communicating 2.6 Reset Button Introduction The router has a “Reset” button to restore it to its original factory default settings. When user press the “Reset”...
AR7088H Router User Manual Chapter 3 Configuration and Management This chapter describes how to configure and manage the router. 3.1 Configuration Connection Before configuration, you should connect the router and your PC with the supplied network cable. Plug the cable’s one end into the Local Network port of the router, and another end into your PC’s Ethernet port.
AR7088H Router User Manual IP Address - Static. Set the IP PC address to 192.168.1.9. Set the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0. Set the default gateway to 192.168.1.1. Configure the DNS server as the local DNS server, such as 8.8.8.8. 3.2.2 Access the Configuration Web Page The chapter is to present main functions of each page.
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AR7088H Router User Manual Address of the Ethernet port is 192.168.1.1). It will prompt the Web management tool of the router. The users login in the web page, there will display a page to choose language. Users have to click "Continue" to make it work if modify language.
AR7088H Router User Manual Input correct user name and password to visit relevant menu page. Basic 3.3.1 WAN Select the appropriate wide area networking mode according to different requirements. Set the corresponding parameters according to different connection modes. Dual Both Online: WAN and Bkup WAN are both online.The system will automatically switch back to the main chain when the main link is available if enabled.
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AR7088H Router User Manual Normally, The Internet IP Address of the router is allocated by the ISP automatically. You may choose "PPPoE" if you connect the WAN port to a PPPoE server. Input the correct username and password provided by ISP or administrator.
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AR7088H Router User Manual Refer to M1-PPP mode. Force reconnect: Reset the connection according to the set time. Connect Fail: Switch to Backup WAN after link failure times. Dial Fail to Restart: Time of restart system for this link fail.
AR7088H Router User Manual Device Name:In this field, you can enter the name representing the device. Host Name and Domain Name:These options can be used to provide host names and domain names. Some ISPs (usually fixed network ISPs) require these names to be provided for identification.
AR7088H Router User Manual 3.3.3 LAN Set IP address and subnet mask of LAN. The LAN IP and WAN IP must not be in the same network segment. Local DNS:You can choose to use these reliable DNS server if you have your own DNS server or other stable and reliable DNS server.
AR7088H Router User Manual Static DNS (1-3): Domain Name System (DNS) is how the Internet translates domain or website names into Internet addresses or URLs. Users' ISP will provide them with at least one DNS Server IP address. If users wish to utilize another, enter that IP address in one of these fields.
AR7088H Router User Manual DNCP Server: Enable or disable the router work as a DHCP server. Starting IP Address: The starting IP Address of the DHCP server’s Address pool. Ending IP Address: The ending IP Address of the DHCP server’s Address pool.
AR7088H Router User Manual Configure the VLAN TAG attributes of the packets on each physical port and the PVID of the port 3.4.2 Statically Assigned Statically Assigned: Assign the static IP address to the specified client according to MAC address.
AR7088H Router User Manual Interface: Indicate users whether the Destination IP Address is on the LAN & WLAN (internal wired and wireless networks), the WAN (Internet), or Loopback (a dummy network in which one PC acts like a network, necessary for certain software programs).
AR7088H Router User Manual 3.4.6 VRRP Virtual Interface:The binding runtime interface. Related to Wan:When the WAN port linkage work is enabled, when the WAN port is unable to access the internet, the VRRP status value shows Down, and automatically quits the VRRP backup group. The remaining VRRP routers run for Master router router.
AR7088H Router User Manual Network Mode: Mixed: Support 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n wireless devices. BG-Mixed: Support 802.11b, 802.11g wireless devices. B-only: Only supports the 802.11b standard wireless devices. B-only: Only supports the 802.11b standard wireless devices. G-only: Only supports the 802.11g standard wireless devices.
AR7088H Router User Manual Encryption:There are two levels of WEP encryption, 64-bit (40-bit) and 128-bit. To utilize WEP, select the desired encryption bit, and enter a Passphrase or up to WEP key in hexadecimal format. If you are using 64-bit (40-bit), then each key must consist of exactly 10 hexadecimal characters or 5 ASCII characters.
AR7088H Router User Manual Transmitted (TX): transmitted data packet. MAC Address: MAC address of wireless client. Interface: Interface of wireless client. Uptime: Uptime of wireless client. TX Rate: Transmit rate of wireless client. RX Rate: Receive rate of wireless client.
AR7088H Router User Manual MRU: Maximum Receive Unit. NAT: Network Address Translation. Fixed IP: Configure the specified tunnel IP address manually. Keep Alive Interval: Time interval for sending detection packet Keep Alive Fail: Reconnect after reaching the number of times...
AR7088H Router User Manual 3.6.3 OpenVPN Server Start Type: Startup while wan is up or system is up. Auth Mode: Support pre-shared key authentication System Generation Key: Randomly generated by the system Pre-shared Key: Configure pre-shared key Server mode: Tunnel mode or bridge mode Peer Tun Ip/ Local Tun Ip: Tunnel ip address.
AR7088H Router User Manual Server IP/Name: IP/Name of server. Port: Server port. Auth Mode: Support pre-shared key authentication Pre-shared Key: Configure pre-shared key Server mode: Tunnel mode or bridge mode Peer Tun Ip/ Local Tun Ip: Tunnel ip address. Peer Subnet/Peer Subnet Mask: Tunnel Subnet Mask Tunnel Protocol: UDP or TCP.
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AR7088H Router User Manual Local WAN Interface: Local addresss of the tunnel. Remote Host Address: IP/domain name of end opposite; this option can not fill in if using tunnel mode server Local Subnet: IPSec local protects subnet and subnet mask, i.e. 192.168.1.0/24; this option can not fill in if using transfer mode.
AR7088H Router User Manual Link:Choose to configure the primary link or the backup link Enable NAT-Traversal:Packets change WAN port IP to LAN port IP Debug:Whether to open IPSEC logs Enable Link Detection,Remote Ip,Detect Interval,Detect Failure Times:Detection Link Configuration Timeout Reconnect,Fail Link Detect Time,Fail Link Wait Time,Dial Fail to Restart: Overtime reconnection configuration.
AR7088H Router User Manual 3.6.6 GRETAP The GRE carried on Ethernet networks. Connect networks in different locations to local LAN. Local IP: Local IP of GRETAP Remote IP: Remote IP of GRETAP Local Tunnel IP: Local tunnel IP of GRETAP 3.7 Security...
AR7088H Router User Manual minute up to accept two connection requests on the same IP. Any new access request will be automatically dropped. Limit Telnet Access: This feature limits the access request from the WAN by Telnet, and per minute up to accept two connection requests on the same IP. Any new access request will be automatically dropped.
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AR7088H Router User Manual set up Internet access policy 1. Select the policy number (1-10) in the drop-down menu. 2. For this policy is enabled, click the radio button next to "Enable" 3. Enter a name in the Policy Name field.
AR7088H Router User Manual From and use the drop-down boxes to designate a specific time period. 10. Click the Add to Policy button to save your changes and active it. 11. To create or edit additional policies, repeat steps 1-9.
AR7088H Router User Manual 3.7.4 MAC Filter Using MAC address for data filtering. 3.7.5 Packet Filter This page can create firewall rules to protect your network from malicious attacks on Internet network viruses. Packet filter: Enable or disable packet filtering.
AR7088H Router User Manual Sport: The source port of the data package. Dport: Port of destination. Source IP: The source IP address of the data package. Destination IP: Destination IP address. 3.8 Forwarding 3.8.1 Port Forwarding Port Forwarding allows you to set up public services on your network, such as web servers, ftp servers, e-mail servers, or other specialized Internet applications.
AR7088H Router User Manual Start: Enter the number of the first port of the range you want to seen by users on the Internet and forwarded to your PC. End: Enter the number of the last port of the range you want to seen by users on the Internet and forwarded to your PC.
AR7088H Router User Manual DMZ Host IP Address: To expose one PC to the Internet, select Enable and enter the computer's IP address in the DMZ Host IP Address field. To disable the DMZ, keep the default setting:Disable. 3.9 QoS Setting 3.9.1 Traffic monitoring...
AR7088H Router User Manual 3.9.2 Traffic Flow Visual display of statistics of the upstream and downstream, as well as the total traffic 3.10 DTU(IP Modem) 3.10.1 Serial There is a console port on the router. Normally, this port is used to debug. This port can also be used for serial transmission.
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AR7088H Router User Manual Protocol Type: The protocol type to transmit data. UDP(DTU): Data transmit with UDP protocol , work as a DTU which has application protocol and hear beat mechanism. Pure UDP: Data transmit with standard UDP protocol. TCP(DTU): Data transmit with TCP protocol , work as a DTU which has application protocol and hear beat mechanism.
AR7088H Router User Manual 3.10.2 Position configure the output port to output positioning data or differential data. GPS Output Interface:Choose the way of data output Protocol,GPS Center Address, GPS Center Port:Network Output Configuration GPS Information Contents: After checking, the output location information will contain the corresponding type data.
AR7088H Router User Manual Password: Ntrip Service Provides Account Password Mount Info: All mountable point information provided by the operator will be displayed in this column 3.10.3 SMS Control SMS center:Used to forward received information Name:Name of control brake operation Phone Num:Designate to receive the mobile phone number control, if it is empty, receive...
AR7088H Router User Manual 3.10.4 AliIOT Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things Service 3.10.5 PlatformOfThings MQTT is an OASIS standard messaging protocol for the Internet of Things (IoT). It is designed as an extremely lightweight publish/subscribe messaging transport that is ideal for connecting remote devices with a small code footprint and minimal network bandwidth.
AR7088H Router User Manual Protocol:Support protocols,MQTT/Ali/Huawei/ONENET/CTWing Report Type:Support Hex/String Server IP/Domain:Server IP/Domain Server Port:Server listen port Client ID:Connection requires a unique client ID Auth Mode:Support PSK/CERT User Name:MQTT name Password:MQTT password Subscribe Topic/Publish Topic:MQTT topic Clean Session:Clean messages posted during disconnection Server Listen Port:Server listen port...
AR7088H Router User Manual 3.10.7 OPCUA Provide OPCUA device end to MODBUS host function OPCUA: enable shutdown function Serial port settings: configure the serial port parameters of the MODBUS host Listening port: OPCUA device-side TCP server listening port Device name: OPCUA protocol device name...
AR7088H Router User Manual Type: import python executable, python library Run Daemon: Executable python files need to run for a long time File: The user selects the python file that needs to be imported 3.11 Administration 3.11.1 Language and Reboot The upper right corner of the page provides the language switch button and reset button to set the WEB configuration page.
AR7088H Router User Manual Certificate import: Users can import externally certificates Certificate create: Users can create certificates on the device Certificate Request: Export the certificate request file based on the existing certificate. 3.11.4 Management Configure WEB server parameters. Protocol:This feature allows you to manage the router using either HTTP protocol or the HTTPS protocol.
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AR7088H Router User Manual SSH TCP Forwarding: Enable or disable to support the TCP forwarding. admin Password Login: Allows login with the router password (username is Port: port number for SSHd (default is 22). Authorized Keys: Here users paste their public keys to enable key-based login (more secure than a simple password).
AR7088H Router User Manual permissions. 3.11.5 System Time Select time zone of your location. To use local time, leave the check mark in the box next to Use local time. To adjust time by the system and refresh to get the time of the web, user can set to modify the time of the system.
AR7088H Router User Manual Reset router settings:Click the Yes button to reset all configuration settings to their default values. Then click the Apply Settings button. Note: Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default settings are restored. After restoring the router is accessible under the default IP address 192.168.1.1 and the default...
AR7088H Router User Manual 1. Download the firmware upgrade file. 2. Click the Browse... button and chose the firmware upgrade file. 3. Click the Upgrade button and wait until the upgrade is finished. Note: Upgrading firmware may take a few minutes.
AR7088H Router User Manual 3.11.10 Syslog Enable Syslogd to capture system messages. To send them to another system, enter the IP address of a remote syslog server. System log output in SYSLOG format. Syslog Out Mode: 3 mode options. Net: The log information output to a syslog server.
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