WLINK OpenWrt WL-R220 Series Quick Start Manual

WLINK OpenWrt WL-R220 Series Quick Start Manual

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---Apply to WL-R220(MTK) Series OpenWrt Router
V1.1
http://www.wlink-tech.com
Oce, 2022

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  • Page 1 Quick Start ---Apply to WL-R220(MTK) Series OpenWrt Router V1.1 http://www.wlink-tech.com Oce, 2022...
  • Page 2 Due to product updates or functional upgrading, we may renew the content of this file, and this file only for reference. All statement, information, suggestion .etc in this file does not compose any form of guarantee and we WLINK reserves the right of final explanation. Shenzhen WLINK Technology Company Limited 2A, F5 Building, TCL International E City, No.1001 Zhongshanyuan...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1.3 Typical Application Diagram ..................3 1.4 Hardware Features ....................4 2 Hardware Installation ......................6 2.1 Panel ........................6 2.2 How to Install ......................7 3 OpenWrt Instruction ......................9 3.1 GPIO and LED Indicators ..................9 3.2 Interface(8PINs) indication ..................11 3.3 OpenWrt Configuration ..................12 www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 4: Product Introduction

    (LuCI). Customers can be allowed to customize WL-WL-R220 series router to fit any application from the selection and configuration by WLINK provided . It’ll be used for anything that an embedded Linux system can be used for, including functions as SNMP, SSH, VPN, traffic-shaping system, and so on.
  • Page 5: Hardware Features

    Figure 1-1 Network Topology Hardware Features CPU: MT7628, 580MHz  Flash - 16MB  Storage 8GB  DDR2:16Bit 64MB  Mini PCIe Adapter USB2.0 3G/4G Module, 4G/HSPA+/WCDMA module  optional 2*USIM Slots  2*LAN,  RS232 as default  Reset Button  www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 6 WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart Wi-Fi:IEEE 802.11n 300Mbps  2*DI, 1*DO  www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    But the difference won’t have any influence to products performance. Panel Table 2-1 WL-WL-R220 Structure WL-WL-R220 OpenWrt Router WLINK Tech. Front There are difference on Antenna interface and indicator light for the device with extended GPS features. www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 8: How To Install

    If you want to connect the router via serial port to laptop or other devices, you should prepare a serial port or RJ45 cable, this cable is optional available from WLINK. One end connect to computer serial port, the other end connects to the console port of the router...
  • Page 9 WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart Before connecting, please disconnect any power resource. 2.3.4 Power Supply In order to get high reliability, WLINK OpenWrt Series Router power adapt supports wide voltage input range from +7.5V to +32VDC, support hot plug and complex application environment.
  • Page 10: Openwrt Instruction

    SIM card. Then power on 4G module in 8sec. GPIO38 Default Factory GPIO44 WLAN Function Description GPIO2 GPIO2 for 4G module power control cd /sys/class/gpio/usb0 (GPIO2 is exported from dts file)  echo 1 > value (Power on)  www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 11 (N for GPIO value. Signal LED indicators for 4,5,45. Error LED  indicator for 46. WLAN LED indicator for 44. value 0 for WLAN LED Light off) Extend GPIO to Control DI/DO GPIO 0~1 cd /sys/class/gpio (PL2303 driver file patch exports gpiochip508)  www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 12: Interface(8Pins) Indication

     level) GPIO2 echo 510 > export (510 for DO. gpio510/value for output signal. 1 for low level. 0 for high  level) Interface(8PINs) indication The RS232 port is used to debugging OpenWrt. Indication Note Vin+ (Nonpolar) Vin- (Nonpolar) www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 13: Openwrt Configuration

    3.3.1 OpenWrt Source Code Libraries 1)git clone https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt.git 2)cd openwrt; git bracn -a 3)git checkout -b openwrt-18.06 origin/openwrt-18.06 Especially, please download openwrt v18.06. The v19.07+Ethernet driver will cause system crash. 3.3.2 Feeds.conf.default to add modem management tool src-git mobile_broadband www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 14 <*> umbim. Control utility for mobile broadband modems  <*> uqmi. Control utility for mobile broadband modems  -*- modemmanager..Control utility for any kind of mobile broadband modem 3.3.5 Custom Kernel 3.3.5.1 Modify firmware volume and partition size 1) <openwrt>/target/linux/ramips/image/mt76x8.mk 2) <openwrt>/target/linux/ramips/dts/MT7628.dts www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 15 WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart 3) <openwrt>/target/linux/ramips/dts/MT7628.dts 3.3.5.2 Modify debugging serial port baudrate <openwrt>/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7628an.dtsi 3.3.5.3 GPIO Control Define GPIO and remove GPIO multiplex: <openwrt>/target/linux/ramips/dts/MT7628.dts www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 16 WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 17 The SIM2 is available as default SIM in the original firmware. There are 3 types of 4G connection as Mobile Data Connection, QMI Connection and PPP Connection. However, it’s alternative between the Mobile Data connection and PPP connection. 3.3.6.1 Mobile Data Connection www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 18 WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 19 WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart 3.3.6.2 QMI Cellular Connection www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 20 WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart 3.3.6.3 PPP Connection www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 21 WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart 3.3.7 Storage 1) Load Driver -*- kmod-usb-storage........USB Storage support  <*> kmod-usb-storage-extras....Extra drivers for usb-storage  -*- kmod-scsi-core........SCSI device support  <*> kmod-fs-ext4........EXT4 filesystem support  www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 22 WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart <*> kmod-fs-ntfs........NTFS filesystem support  <*> kmod-fs-vfat........VFAT filesystem support  2)mount -t vfat /dev/sda/mnt 3) Configure the auto loading 3.3.8 VLAN Configuration 1) 2 LAN Port As default www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 23 WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart 2)If configure WAN, it will be customized by customer. 3.3.9 Enable Wi-Fi www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 24 WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart 3.3.10 Status GUI 3.3.11 Debugging Check the system log during troubleshoot. www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 25 Upgrade firmware in the Back/Flash Firmware of System Menu. Please don’t power off the router. It will be taken a few minutes for upgrade process. It might be necessary to renew the address of your computer to reach the device again. www.wlink-tech.com...
  • Page 26 1) Press and hold RST button, then power on the router. 2) Release the RST button at the 8 second. 3) The router will enter Mini Web upgrade mode. Please access to 192.168.1.1 in the browser as below. Choose the correct firmware and click upload. --- THE END www.wlink-tech.com...

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