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... ... @@ -1,32 +1,371 @@ 1 -{{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}} 1 +Table of Contents: 2 + 2 2 {{toc/}} 3 -{{/box}} 4 4 5 -= Paragraph1=5 += **1. Enable Cellular Connection** = 6 6 7 -Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. 8 8 9 - ==Sub-paragraph==8 +//If your device has a Cellular module, you can see the below screenshot. enable the cellular connection here.// 10 10 11 - Loremipsumdolor sitamet, consectetur adipiscing elit, seddo eiusmod temporididunt ut labore et doloremagna aliqua. Ut enimd minim veniam, quisnostrudexercitation ullamco laboris nisiut aliquip ex eacommodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptatevelit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatatnon proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.10 +[[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/8/81/Cellular_11.png/600px-Cellular_11.png||height="262" width="600"]] 12 12 13 -== Sub-paragraph == 14 14 15 - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consecteturadipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et doloremagna aliqua. Utenim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisiut aliquip ex eacommodo consequat. Duis aute iruredolor inreprehenderit in voluptate velit essecillum dolore eu fugiatnulla pariatur. Excepteur sintoccaecat cupidatatnon proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.13 +**//Enable Cellular Connection//** 16 16 17 -=== Sub-sub paragraph === 15 +((( 16 +//If your device doesn't have a cellular module, you will see a cellular module not detected.// 17 +))) 18 18 19 - Loremipsumdolor sitamet, consectetur adipiscing elit, seddo eiusmod temporididunt ut labore et doloremagna aliqua. Ut enimd minim veniam, quisnostrudexercitation ullamco laboris nisiut aliquip ex eacommodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptatevelit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatatnon proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.19 +[[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/d/da/Cellular_10.png/600px-Cellular_10.png||height="400" width="600"]] 20 20 21 21 22 -= Paragraph2=22 += **2. How to Debug if Cellular connection fails** = 23 23 24 -Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. 25 25 26 - ==Sub-paragraph==25 +//If there is a problem with the cellular connection. Please check the below points~:// 27 27 28 -Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. 29 29 30 -== Sub-paragraph==28 +== **2.1 Do you order the model with a cellular option** == 31 31 32 -Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. 30 + 31 +//Make sure you order the model with the cellular option. Can check by command or via the Web UI.// 32 + 33 +(% class="box" %) 34 +((( 35 +//root@dragino-1bbd90:~~# lsusb 36 +Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2c7c:0125 ~-~-> This is the Cellular module 37 +Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub 38 +Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub// 39 +))) 40 + 41 + 42 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 43 +[[image:image-20220525140054-1.png||height="153" width="607"]] 44 + 45 + 46 +== **2.2 Do you input the SIM card correctly** == 47 + 48 + 49 +**//Below command can check if you have a SIM card inserted, or via Web UI//** 50 + 51 +* //Make sure to Power Off when you insert the SIM card and power on the device. The device doesn't support auto-detect SIM card on power on// 52 +* //Make sure you have the correct direction to insert the SIM card. Every device has an example photo in the manual for the direction.// 53 + 54 +(% class="box" %) 55 +((( 56 +//root@dragino-1dadd8:~~# **comgt -d /dev/ttyUSB3** 57 +SIM ready 58 +Waiting for Registration..(120 sec max) 59 +Registered on Home network: "CHN-UNICOM",7 60 +Signal Quality: 10,99// 61 +))) 62 + 63 + 64 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 65 +[[image:image-20220526104201-1.png||height="625" width="543"]] 66 + 67 + 68 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 69 +//**Note:** If the icon is missing some information, like SIM, Network, or Signal, which may be due to the display bug.// 70 + 71 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 72 +//Please check the IP address is displayed and the Internet displays "OK", it works properly.// 73 + 74 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 75 +[[image:image-20220525141016-3.png||height="524" width="502"]] 76 + 77 +== **2.3 Check dialing info** == 78 + 79 +//run "**logread -f**" in gateway CLI。// 80 + 81 +(% class="box" %) 82 +((( 83 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:28 2020 daemon.notice pppd[29452]: pppd 2.4.7 started by root, uid 0 84 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 user.notice iot_keep_alive: Ping WAN 85 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 user.notice iot_keep_alive: Default interface is 86 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 user.notice iot_keep_alive: No internet at any interface 87 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: abort on (BUSY) 88 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: abort on (NO CARRIER) 89 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: abort on (ERROR) 90 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: report (CONNECT) 91 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: timeout set to 10 seconds 92 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: send (AT&F^M) 93 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: expect (OK) 94 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: AT&F^M^M 95 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: OK 96 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: ~-~- got it 97 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: send (ATE1^M) 98 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: expect (OK) 99 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: ^M 100 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: ATE1^M^M 101 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: OK 102 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: ~-~- got it 103 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:29 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: send (AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP",""^M) 104 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: timeout set to 30 seconds 105 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: expect (OK) 106 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: ^M 107 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP",""^M^M 108 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: OK 109 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: ~-~- got it 110 +(% style="color:#037691" %)Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: send (ATD*99#^M) ~-~-~-~--> In case the dialling process already reach here. 111 +Normally the problem is with a provider, need to check if the SIM card has balance or other requirement from the cellular operator(%%) 112 +(% style="color:black" %)Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: expect (CONNECT) 113 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: ^M 114 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: ATD*99#^M^M 115 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: CONNECT 116 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: ~-~- got it 117 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 local2.info chat[29485]: send ( ^M) 118 +Fri Feb 7 01:20:30 2020 daemon.info pppd[29452]: Serial connection established. 119 +))) 120 + 121 += **3. Share Cellular Network for WiFi & LAN clients** = 122 + 123 + 124 +((( 125 +//By default, the Cellular Network won't be shared with the WiFi or LAN clients. If users need to share with them, the user can modify the file.// 126 +))) 127 + 128 +(% class="box" %) 129 +((( 130 +((( 131 +root@dragino-1d25dc:~~# cat /etc/config/firewall 132 + 133 +config defaults 134 + option syn_flood '1' 135 + option input 'ACCEPT' 136 + option output 'ACCEPT' 137 + option forward 'REJECT' 138 +config zone 139 + option name 'lan' 140 + list network 'lan' 141 + option input 'ACCEPT' 142 + option output 'ACCEPT' 143 + option forward 'REJECT' 144 +config zone 145 + option name 'wan' 146 + list network 'wan' 147 + list network 'wwan' 148 + list network 'wan6' 149 + list network 'cellular' ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~--> Add this line and reboot 150 + option input 'REJECT' 151 + option output 'ACCEPT' 152 + option forward 'ACCEPT' 153 + option masq '1' 154 + option mtu_fix '1' 155 +config forwarding 156 + option src 'lan' 157 + option dest 'wan' 158 +))) 159 +))) 160 + 161 +((( 162 +//and run **/etc/init.d/firewall reload** or reboot the device.// 163 + 164 + 165 +))) 166 + 167 += **4. How does the gateway view the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI)** = 168 + 169 + 170 +//Users can access the gateway CLI and run the minicom command to get the configuration interface.// 171 + 172 +((( 173 + 174 + 175 +**//Enter the minicom command, then select the option ''serial port setup".//** 176 +))) 177 + 178 +(% class="box infomessage" %) 179 +((( 180 +root@dragino-1ef9ac:~~# minicom -s 181 +))) 182 + 183 +[[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/0/05/4G-1.png/400px-4G-1.png||height="265" width="400"]] 184 + 185 + 186 +And then, change the setting: 187 + 188 +(% class="box infomessage" %) 189 +((( 190 +**Serial Device :** (% style="color:#037691" %)**/dev/ttyModemAT** 191 + 192 +**Bps/Par/Bits :(% style="color:#037691" %) 9600 8N1(%%)** 193 +))) 194 + 195 + 196 +//**Note: Enter the corresponding letter to change the configuration, like A,B,C**// 197 + 198 +[[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/c/cb/EC25_1.png/400px-EC25_1.png||height="164" width="400"]] 199 + 200 + 201 +//Enter AT+GSN in the serial port to view the IMEI// 202 + 203 +//For example :** (% style="color:#037691" %)860548042566627(%%)**// 204 + 205 +(% class="box infomessage" %) 206 +((( 207 +((( 208 + AT+GSN 209 +))) 210 +))) 211 + 212 +[[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/6/66/4G-3.png/400px-4G-3.png||height="286" width="400"]] 213 + 214 + 215 += **5. How does the gateway connect to the network via a USB 4G Dongle** = 216 + 217 + 218 +== **5.1 Introduction** == 219 + 220 + 221 +(% style="color:red" %)//**Prerequisite: Requires a USB 4G Dongle and a supported gateway firmware**// 222 + 223 +((( 224 +//This introduces a setup and configured gateway for using a USB 3g/UMTS-modem for WAN connection.// 225 + 226 + 227 +))) 228 + 229 +((( 230 +//Many modes (and most **LTE**) USB modems provide **qmi**, **mbim**, **ncm**, **rndis** protocol for connection instead of legacy **ppp** protocol, they are faster and better, overall recommended.// 231 +))) 232 + 233 +((( 234 +//This is not beginner-friendly due to too many protocols.// 235 + 236 +//For more information: [[https:~~/~~/openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/wwan/3gdongle>>url:https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/wwan/3gdongle]]// 237 + 238 + 239 +))) 240 + 241 +== **5.2 How to use the USB-Dongle at the gateway** == 242 + 243 + 244 +//Most of the products can be used on the gateway, but because their protocols are different, they are not used in the same way.// 245 + 246 +((( 247 +//For example, the Huawei-E3372/E8372 is using **Hilink mode** or **NCM mode**.// 248 +))) 249 + 250 +(% class="box" %) 251 +((( 252 + Huawei-E3372/E8372 253 + Check the (% style="color:#037691" %)**E3372**(% style="color:black" %) version to determine the mode. 254 + The version numbers starting with 21 is NCM mode 255 + The version numbers starting with 22 is Hilink mode 256 + The E8372 only has Hilink mode 257 +**~ **(% style="color:red" %)**Note: The e3372 in the vast majority of cases is Hilink mode** 258 +))) 259 + 260 +== **5.3 Hilink mode** == 261 + 262 + 263 +//Gateway upgrade to the specified firmware:[[Hilink.mode~~-~~-build-v5.4.1625627505>>url:https://www.dragino.com/downloads/index.php?dir=LoRa_Gateway/LG308-LG301/Firmware/USB-Dongle_firmware/Hilink.mode--build-v5.4.1625627505-20210707-1113/]]// 264 + 265 + 266 +=== **5.3.1 Plugs into the device** === 267 + 268 + 269 +((( 270 +//USB-Dongle plugs into the gateway USB port// 271 +))) 272 + 273 +((( 274 +//Check the USB module via command (% style="color:#037691" %)**lsusb**// 275 +))) 276 + 277 +((( 278 +(% style="color:red" %)//**Note: Users need to that connect to the gateway command line via ssh.**// 279 +))) 280 + 281 +[[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/2/25/Usb-4g.png||height="63" width="554"]] 282 + 283 + 284 +=== 5.3.2 Detection of new network interfaces added === 285 + 286 + 287 +//Check network configuration command line input: // 288 + 289 +(% class="box infomessage" %) 290 +((( 291 +((( 292 + root@dragino-1ef9ac:~~# ifconfig -a 293 +))) 294 +))) 295 + 296 +[[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/a/a0/Usb-4g-1.png/400px-Usb-4g-1.png||height="401" width="400"]] 297 + 298 +//In the command, the output user can see that the new interface added is (% style="color:#037691" %)**eth2**// 299 + 300 +//Usually, the user can see that the new interface added is (% style="color:#037691" %)**eth2** (% style="color:black" %)or (% style="color:#037691" %)**wwan0**// 301 + 302 + 303 +=== **5.3.3 Add the new interface to the network configuration.** === 304 + 305 + 306 +//Enter the configuration from the command line~:// 307 + 308 +(% class="box" %) 309 +((( 310 +uci set network.lte=interface 311 +uci set network.lte.proto=dhcp 312 +uci set network.lte.ifname=eth2 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-->#This depend on the name of the new interface gateway add 313 +uci commit network 314 +uci set firewall.@zone[1].network="wan wwan wan6 lte" 315 +uci commit firewall 316 +/etc/init.d/network restart 317 +))) 318 + 319 +[[~[~[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/7/73/Usb-4g-4.png/600px-Usb-4g-4.png~|~|height="116" width="600"~]~]>>url:https://wiki.dragino.com/index.php/File:Usb-4g-4.png]] 320 + 321 + 322 +//**Checking Network Configurations**// 323 + 324 +//Command-line input: (% style="color:#037691" %)**ifconfig**// 325 + 326 +[[~[~[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/b/b8/Usb-4g-3.png~|~|height="514" width="554"~]~]>>url:https://wiki.dragino.com/index.php/File:Usb-4g-3.png]] 327 + 328 +//Now, Gateway is configured to access the internet on the LTE network.// 329 + 330 + 331 +== **5.4 NCM mode** == 332 + 333 + 334 +== **5.5 Troubleshooting** == 335 + 336 + 337 +=== **5.5.1 The USB-Dongle interface cannot obtain the IP address.** === 338 + 339 + 340 +//Please try this USB dongle to access the internet on your PC, to make sure this USB dongle can normally access the internet.// 341 + 342 + 343 += **6. How to reduce data traffic** = 344 + 345 + 346 +== **6.1 Introduce** == 347 + 348 + 349 +**//The gateways will use the data traffic below two places.//** 350 + 351 + 352 +//1. There is the data traffic from LoRa package Forward which were the gateway status package and sensor end node uplink/downlink.// 353 + 354 +//For this case, by default, the gateway will uplink self-status to the LoRaWAN server per the 30s. the users can adjust the interval time.// 355 + 356 +[[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/b/bc/LoRa_interval_time_setting.png/600px-LoRa_interval_time_setting.png||height="282" width="600"]] 357 + 358 + 359 +//2. There is the data traffic from the gateway check self-network status. by default, the gateway will check the network per 15s.// 360 + 361 +//For this case, We have monitored the loss of data traffic, which is the loss of 2M data traffic per day. the users can adjust the interval time following screenshots.// 362 + 363 +[[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/4/49/Systrm_General.png/600px-Systrm_General.png||height="319" width="600"]] 364 + 365 +//System General interface// 366 + 367 +[[image:https://wiki.dragino.com/images/thumb/f/f0/Set_time_interval.png/600px-Set_time_interval.png||height="319" width="600"]] 368 + 369 +//Keepalive script interval time settings// 370 + 371 +
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