Advantech SmartStart SL304 User Manual

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SmartStart SL3043. Router DescriptionCellular router SmartStart is designed for wireless communication in the mobile networksthat make use of traditional cellular technologies. The primary purpose of this router is its usein the newest Category 4 (Cat.4) services on the cellular LTE network.3.1 LTE Category 4 (Cat.4)LTE Category 4 (Cat.4) is the next step in 4G LTE device capability. Cat.4 rated SmartStartrouters are capable of achieving better typical speeds in 4G coverage areas where the networkis enabled with 20 MHz of contiguous spectrum. The peak downlink data rate for a Category4 is approximately 150 Mbps. Also in the uplink, LTE Category 4 provides a peak data rate of50 Mbps.3.2 Basic HW InformationAs a standard, the SmartStart router is equipped with one Ethernet 10/100, one serialinterface RS232, one binary input and one output. SL304 also contains two readers for 3 Vand 1.8 V SIM cards, which are placed on the rear panel of the device. The router can beequipped with a WiFi module, but this must be part of the initial configuration – it cannot beadded to the router at some point in the future. The SmartStart router is supplied in a plasticcasing.3.3 Configuration and DiagnosticsThe router can be configured using a password-protected Web interface. The web interfaceprovides (after logging in) detailed statistics about the router activities, signal strength, detailedsystem logs etc. This device supports the creation of VPN tunnels using technologies IPSec,OpenVPN and L2TP for secure communications. There are also supported functions such asIPv6 (the latest revision of the Internet Protocol), DHCP, NAT, NAT-T, DynDNS, NTP, VRRP,control by SMS, primary connection backups and many other functions are also supported.Other diagnostic functions ensuring continuous communication include automatic inspec-tion of PPP connection offering an automatic restart feature in case of connection is lost, orhardware watchdog which monitors the status of the router. Using a special window (start upscript window) you may insert Linux scripts for various actions. For some applications is thekey possibility to create several different configurations for one router which can be switchedas needed (e.g. using SMS or status of the binary input). Cellular routers may automatically up-date configuration and firmware from server. This allows mass reconfiguration of many routersin one time.4