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The related documents are available on Milesight website: https://www.milesight-iot.com Declaration of Conformity UG56 is in conformity with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the CE, FCC, and RoHS. For assistance, please contact Milesight technical support: Email: iot.support@milesight.com...
1. Packing List Before you begin to install the UG56 LoRaWAN ® Gateway, please check the package contents to verify that you have received the items below. 1 × UG56 Device 1 × LoRaWAN 1 × Wall Mounting 2 × M3 Bracket Fixing ®...
Type-C Power & Console Port LED Indicators Ethernet Port (PoE) 2.2 Dimensions (mm) 2.3 LED Indicators Indication Status Description The system is starting up System Status Red Light The system goes wrong Green Light The system is running properly Packet Forwarder mode is running off LoRa LoRa Status Packet Forwarder mode is running well...
Remove the front panel of the device, insert the SIM card or micro SD card into the corresponding slot. Note: UG56 does not support hot plugging (also called hot swapping). please turn off the power before you insert or take off cards.
3.3 Power Supply UG56 can be powered by 802.3af standard PoE or Type-C port (5 VDC). If both are connected, the device will be powered by the former method (PoE). Power by a PoE Switch Power by a PoE injector Power by a Type-C Port ...
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B. Drill 4 holes on the wall according to the wall mounting bracket, then fix the wall plugs into the wall. C. Fix the device to the wall plugs with M3 wall mounting screws. When installation, it’s suggested to fix the upper two screws first.
4. Web GUI Access UG56 provides web-based configuration interface for management. If this is the first time you configure the gateway, please use the default settings below: ETH IP Address: 192.168.23.150 Wi-Fi IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Wi-Fi SSID: Gateway_****** Username: admin...
E. You can view system information and perform configuration of the gateway. 4.2 Wired Access Connect PC to UG56 ETH port directly or through PoE injector to access the web GUI of gateway. The following steps are based on Windows 10 system for your reference.
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B. Go to “Properties” → “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) ”and select “Use the following IP address”, then assign a static IP manually within the same subnet of UG56. C. Open a Web browser on your PC (Chrome is recommended) and type in the IP address 192.168.23.1 50 to access the web GUI.
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E. After logging the web GUI, follow the guide to complete the basic configurations. It’s suggested that you change the password for the sake of security. F. You can view system information and perform configuration of the gateway.
5. Network Connection This section explains how to connect the gateway to network via WAN connection, Wi-Fi or cellular. 5.1 Configure the Ethernet Connection A. Go to “Network”→ “Interface” → “Port” page to select the connection type and configure Ethernet port information.
C. Type the key of Wi-Fi. D. Go to “Status”→”WLAN” to check Wi-Fi status. If it shows “Connected”, it means gateway connects to Wi-Fi successfully. 5.3 Configure the Cellular Connection A. Go to “Network” → “Interface” → “Cellular” → “Cellular Setting” page to enable cellular settings.
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B. Choose relevant network type and fill in SIM card information like APN or PIN code. C. Click “Save” and “Apply” for changes to take effect. D. Go to “Status” → “Cellular” page to view the status of the cellular connection. If it shows “Connected”, it means the SIM has dialed up successfully.
6. Packet Forwarder Configuration UG has installed multiple packet forwarders including Semtech, Chirpstack-Generic MQTT broker, etc. This section explains how to connect the gateway to network servers. Make sure the gateway connects to the network as shown in Section A. Go to “Packet Forwarder” → “General” page and click to add a network server.
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D. Add the gateway on network server page. For more details about the network server connection please refer to Milesight IoT Support portal. E. Go to “Traffic” page to view the data communication of UG56.
7. Network Server Configuration UG56 can work as network server and transmit data to Milesight IoT Cloud or another platform via MQTT/HTTP/HTTPS. Make sure the gateway connects to the network as shown in Section 7.1 Connect UG56 to Milesight IoT Cloud A.
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D. Log in the Milesight IoT Cloud. Then go to “My Devices” page and click “+New Devices” to add gateway to Milesight IoT Cloud via SN. Gateway will be added under “Gateways” menu. The gateway is online on Milesight IoT Cloud.
7.2 Connect UG56 to MQTT/HTTP Server A. Go to “Packet Forwarder” → “General” page to enable the embedded network server. B. Go to “Packet Forwarder” → “Radio” page to select the antenna type, center frequency and channels. The channels of the gateway and nodes need to be the same.
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D. Go to “Network Server”→”Application” to add a new application. After saving the application, you can select HTTP, HTTPS or MQTT protocol and fill in corresponding server information to send data to another server. E. Go to “Profiles” page to add a new profile for the device.
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F. Go to “Device” page and click “Add” to add LoRaWAN ® node devices. You can also click “Bulk Import” if you want to add many nodes all at once. Click “Template Download” to download template file and add device information to this file. Application...
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and device profile should be the same as you created on web page. Import this file to add bulks of devices. F. Go to “Packets” page to check the packets from LoRaWAN ® node devices. The type starts from “Up” means uplinks and “Dn”...
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