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Smart industrial iot gateway 2 sim + 2 di + 1 do + 1 rs-232 + 1 rs-485 + 1 mini usb
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M1200
Smart Industrial IoT Gateway
2 SIM + 2 DI + 1 DO + 1 RS-232 + 1 RS-485 + 1 Mini USB
Guangzhou Robustel Technologies Co., Ltd.
www.robustel.com

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    User Guide User Guide M1200 Smart Industrial IoT Gateway 2 SIM + 2 DI + 1 DO + 1 RS-232 + 1 RS-485 + 1 Mini USB Guangzhou Robustel Technologies Co., Ltd. www.robustel.com...
  • Page 2 The contents of this document are subject to change without notice due to continued progress in methodology, design and manufacturing. Robustel shall have no liability for any error or damage of any kind resulting from the use of this document.
  • Page 3 Robustel accepts no responsibility for damages of any kind resulting from delays or errors in data transmitted or received using the gateway, or for failure of the gateway to transmit or receive such data.
  • Page 4 Robustel M1200 User Guide Protecting Your Gateway To ensure error-free usage, please install and operate your gateway with care. Do remember the following: Do not expose the gateway to extreme conditions such as high humidity / rain, high temperature, direct sunlight, ...
  • Page 5 Robustel M1200 User Guide Regulatory and Type Approval Information Table 1: Directives 2013/56/EU Directive 2013/56/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 Feburary 2013 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and...
  • Page 6 Robustel M1200 User Guide Document History Updates between document versions are cumulative. Therefore, the latest document version contains all updates made to previous versions. Date Firmware Version Document Version Change Description 12 Mar., 2018 1.0.0 v.1.0.0 Initial release 4 Apr., 2018 1.0.0...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Robustel M1200 User Guide Contents Chapter 1 Product Overview ........................... 8 Key Features ............................... 8 Package Contents ............................9 Specifications ............................10 Dimensions ............................... 12 Ordering Information ..........................12 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ........................13 PIN Assignment ............................13 LED Indicators ............................14 USB interface ............................

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 Product Overview

    EDGE/UMTS/WCDMA/HSDPA/HSUPA/HSPA+/FDD LTE/TDD LTE networks. This dual-SIM gateway enables remote data transmission of local serial ports and I/O, and supports such interfaces as RS-232, RS-485 and mini-USB. M1200 provides users with stable network connectivity and data transmission. It is available to meet industrial application demands for its standards-compliant industrial designs.

  • Page 9: Package Contents

    1 x 10-pin 3.5 mm RP female terminal block with lock for DI/DO connections  1 x Quick Start Guide with download link of other documents or tools Note: If any of the above items is missing or damaged, please contact your Robustel sales representative. Optional Accessories (sold separately) ...

  • Page 10: Specifications

    Robustel M1200 User Guide  Wall mounting kit  35 mm DIN rail mounting kit  Mini USB converter  AC/DC power adapter (12V DC, 1.5 A; EU/US/UK/AU plug optional) 1.3 Specifications Cellular Interface Number of antennas: 1  Connector: SMA, female ...
  • Page 11  App Center (Available Apps for RobustOS) Apps*: Language, RobustLink  *Request on demand. For more Apps please visit www.robustel.com. Power Supply and Consumption Connector: 10-pin 3.5 mm RP female socket with lock  Input voltage: 9 to 36V DC ...

  • Page 12: Dimensions

    850/900/1800/1900 MHz Operating -40 to +75 °C -40 to +75 °C Environment 0 to 95% RH 0 to 95% RH *For more information about frequency bands in different countries, please contact your Robustel sales representative. RT_UG_M1200_v.1.0.2 9 Apr., 2018 12/78...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Robustel M1200 User Guide Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 PIN Assignment Power Function RS-232 RS-485 Direction M1200  Device M1200  Device M1200  Device M1200  Device M1200  Device M1200  Device M1200  Device M1200  Device Data+(A) M1200 ...

  • Page 14: Led Indicators

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 2.2 LED Indicators Name Color Status Description Yellow On, solid Power on Yellow Fast blinking (2Hz) System initializing Initialization completed, device operating Yellow On, blinking (1Hz) normally Green On, blinking Device operating normally, GPRS connected Fast blinking...

  • Page 15: Usb Interface

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 2.3 USB interface Function Operation Data Use a USB cable to connect the gateway's mini USB interface to an external communication communication device. Power supply Use a USB cable to connect the gateway's mini USB interface to external power supply.

  • Page 16: Insert Or Remove Sim Card

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 2.4 Insert or Remove SIM Card Please confirm before inserting the SIM card. When the SIM card is turned on and the device is configured without the correct PIN, the SIM card is unavailable. Insert SIM card ...

  • Page 17: Attach External Antenna (Sma Type)

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 2.5 Attach External Antenna (SMA Type) Attach an external SMA antenna to the gateway’s antenna connector and twist tightly. Make sure the antenna is within the correct frequency range provided by the ISP and with 50 Ohm impedance.
  • Page 18 Robustel M1200 User Guide Use 3 pcs of ST2.9*6 flat head self-tapping Phillips screws to fix the wall mounting kit to the gateway, and then use 2 pcs of M3 drywall screws to mount the gateway associated with the wall mounting kit on the wall.

  • Page 19: Connect The Gateway To A Computer

    Connect a USB cable to the gateway's mini USB interface to an external controller or computer's USB port 2.8 Power Supply M1200 supports reverse polarity protection, but always refers to the figure above to connect the power adapter correctly. There are two cables associated with the power adapter. Following to the color of the head, connect the cable marked red to the positive pole through a terminal block, and connect the yellow one to the negative in the same way.

  • Page 20: Chapter 3 Initial Configuration

    The gateway supports webpage configuration. The supported browsers are IE8.0 or above, Google, Firefox, etc. The supported operating systems are Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 10. For M1200, the method of connecting to the gateway is to use a PC to make a PPP dial-up connection to the device so that users can configure it on the web page through the mini USB port.
  • Page 21 Robustel M1200 User Guide 2. After the device USB is connected to the computer, check the identified serial port, right-click the Properties, and set the serial port rate. 3. In the Control Panel, select Phone and Modem, add a modem.
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  • Page 23 Robustel M1200 User Guide When the standard modem type list as shown below does not appear, you need to manually add the driver; please follow the readme operation tips under m1200_ppp_configure\usb_driver in the attachment. Please download from the official website or consult technical support for the corresponding attachments.
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  • Page 25 Robustel M1200 User Guide Right-click the Properties to configure it. RT_UG_M1200_v.1.0.2 9 Apr., 2018 25/78...
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  • Page 33: Factory Default Settings

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 3. Click Connect to establish a connection with the device. 4. After dialing successfully, open it on the browser: 192.168.0.1. 3.2 Factory Default Settings Before configuring your gateway, you need to know the following default settings.

  • Page 34: Control Panel

    Note: If enter the wrong username or password over six times, the login web will be locked for 5 minutes. 3.4 Control Panel After logging in, the home page of the M1200’s web interface is displayed, for example. Using the original password to log in the gateway, the page will pop up the following tab RT_UG_M1200_v.1.0.2...

  • Page 35: Status

    Robustel M1200 User Guide It is strongly recommended for security purposes that you change the default username and/or password. To change your username and/or password, see 3.25 System > User Management. Control Panel Item Description Button Save & Apply Click to save the current configuration into gateway’s flash and apply the modification on every configuration page, to make the modification taking effect.

  • Page 36: Internet Status

    Robustel M1200 User Guide System Information Item Description Device Model Show the model name of your device. System Uptime Show the current amount of time the gateway has been connected. System Time Show the current system time. RAM Usage Show the free memory and the total memory.

  • Page 37: Interface > Link Manager

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 3.6 Interface > Link Manager This section allows you to setup the link connection. General Settings @ Link Manager Item Description Default Primary Link Select from “WWAN1” or “WWAN2”. WWAN1  WWAN1: Select to make SIM1 as the primary wireless link ...
  • Page 38 Robustel M1200 User Guide Click on the right-most of WWAN1/WWAN2 to enter the configuration window. WWAN1/WWAN2 The window is displayed as below when enabling the “Automatic APN Selection” option. The window is displayed as below when disabling the “Automatic APN Selection” option.
  • Page 39 Robustel M1200 User Guide Link Settings (WWAN) Item Description Default General Settings Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. Type Show the type of the link. WWAN1 Description Enter a description for this link. Null WWAN Settings Automatic APN Click the toggle button to enable/disable the “Automatic APN Selection”...
  • Page 40 Robustel M1200 User Guide Link Settings (WWAN) Item Description Default Data Allowance Set the monthly data traffic limitation. The system will record the data traffic statistics when data traffic limitation (MiB) is specified. The traffic record will be displayed in Interface > Link Manager > Status > WWAN Data Usage Statistics.
  • Page 41 Robustel M1200 User Guide Status This page allows you to view the status of link connection and clear the monthly data usage statistics. Click the right-most button to select the connection status of the current link. Click the row of the link, and it will show the details information of the current link connection under the row.

  • Page 42: Interface > Cellular

    3.7 Interface > Cellular This section allows you to set the related parameters of Cellular. M1200 has two SIM card slots, but do not support two SIM cards online simultaneously due to its single-module design. If insert single SIM card at the first time, SIM1 slot and SIM2 slots are available.
  • Page 43 Robustel M1200 User Guide Cellular Item Description Default General Settings Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. SIM Card Show the currently editing SIM card. SIM1 Phone Number Enter the phone number of the SIM card. Null PIN Code Enter a 4-8 characters PIN code used for unlocking the SIM.
  • Page 44 Robustel M1200 User Guide This section allows you to view the status of the cellular connection. Click the row of status, the details status information will be displayed under the row. Status Item Description Index Indicate the ordinal of the list.
  • Page 45 Robustel M1200 User Guide Status Item Description Signal Strength Show the signal strength detected by the mobile. Bit Error Rate Show the current bit error rate. PLMN ID Show the current PLMN ID. Local Area Code Show the current local area code used for identifying different area.

  • Page 46: Interface > Dido

    This section allows you to set the DI and DO parameters. Digital Input and Digital Output are the specific interfaces for M1200. The DI interface can be used for triggering alarm, while the DO can be used for controlling the slave device so as to realize real-time monitoring.
  • Page 47 Robustel M1200 User Guide General Settings @ DI Item Description Default  ON-OFF: DI interface support ON and OFF mode (high or low level electrical) trigger DI alarm. The mode default to ON, and OFF mode is available only when enabling the inversion feature ON—Under this mode, DI alarm status will be triggered to ON when DI...
  • Page 48 Robustel M1200 User Guide The window is displayed as below when choosing “Pulse” as the alarm on action. The window is displayed as below when choosing “Pulse” as the alarm off action. General Settings @ DO Item Description Default Index Indicate the ordinal of the list.
  • Page 49 Robustel M1200 User Guide General Settings @ DO Item Description Default Alarm Off Action Digital Output initiates when alarm removed. Selected from “High”, “Low” or “Pulse”.  High: a high electrical level output  Low: a low electrical level output ...

  • Page 50: Interface > Serial Port

    3.9 Interface > Serial Port This section allows you to set the serial port parameters. M1200 supports one RS-232s and one RS-485. Serial port provides a way to transfer serial data to IP data, or vice versa, and transmit these data via wired or wireless network to achieve data transparent transmission.
  • Page 51 Robustel M1200 User Guide Click the edit button of COM1.  The window is displayed as below when choosing “Transparent” as the application mode and “TCP Client” as the protocol. The window is displayed as below when choosing “Transparent” as the application mode and “TCP Server” as the protocol.
  • Page 52 Robustel M1200 User Guide The window is displayed as below when choosing “Transparent” as the application mode and “UDP” as the protocol.  The window is displayed as below when choosing “Modbus RTU Gateway” as the application mode and “TCP Client”...
  • Page 53 Robustel M1200 User Guide  The window is displayed as below when choosing “Modbus ASCII Gateway” as the application mode and “TCP Client” as the protocol. The window is displayed as below when choosing “Modbus ASCII Gateway” as the application mode and “TCP Server”...
  • Page 54 Robustel M1200 User Guide Serial Port Item Description Default when it reaches the Interval Timeout in the field. Note: Data will also be sent as specified by the packet length even when data is not reaching the interval timeout in the field.

  • Page 55: Services > Syslog

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 3.10 Services > Syslog This section allows you to set the syslog parameters. The system log of the gateway can be saved in the local, also supports to be sent to remote log server and specified application debugging. By default, the “Log to Remote” option is disabled.

  • Page 56: Services > Event

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 3.11 Services > Event This section allows you to set the event parameters. Event feature provides an ability to send alerts by SMS or Email when certain system events occur. General Settings @ Event Item Description...
  • Page 57 Robustel M1200 User Guide General Settings @ Notification Item Description Default Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. Description Enter a description for this group. Null Sent SMS Click the toggle button to enable/disable this option. When enabled, the gateway will send notification to the specified phone numbers via SMS if event occurs.

  • Page 58: Services > Ntp

    Robustel M1200 User Guide Event Details Item Description Default Save Position Select the events’ save position from “RAM” or “NVM”.  RAM: Random-access memory  NVM: Non-Volatile Memory Filtering Enter the filtering message based on the keywords set by users. Click the “Refresh”...

  • Page 59: Services > Sms

    Robustel M1200 User Guide NTP Server Settings Enable Click the toggle button to enable/disable the NTP server option. This window allows you to view the current time of gateway and also synchronize the gateway time. Click button to synchronize the gateway time with the PC’s.

  • Page 60: Services > Email

    Robustel M1200 User Guide User can test the current SMS service whether it is available in this section. SMS Testing Item Description Default Phone Number Enter the specified phone number which can receive the SMS from gateway. Null Message Enter the message that gateway will send it to the specified phone number.

  • Page 61: Services > Wakeup

    Robustel M1200 User Guide Email Settings Item Description Default Enable TLS/SSL Click the toggle button to enable/disable the TLS/SSL option. Outgoing server Enter the SMTP server IP Address or domain name. Null Server port Enter the SMTP server port. Username Enter the username which has been registered from SMTP server.
  • Page 62 Robustel M1200 User Guide WakeUp Item Description Default WakeUp Click the toggle button to enable/disable this option. When it is Enable set to ON, the current link is disconnected, while set to OFF, the device restarts GPRS dial-up. Timing General Settings Index Display number.

  • Page 63: Services > Ddns

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 3.16 Services > DDNS This section allows you to set the DDNS parameters. The Dynamic DNS function allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static domain name, allows you whose ISP does not assign them a static IP address to use a domain name.

  • Page 64: Services > Ssh

    Robustel M1200 User Guide DDNS Status Item Description Status Display the current status of the DDNS. Last Update Time Display the date and time for the DDNS was last updated successfully. 3.17 Services > SSH Gateway supports SSH password access and secret-key access.

  • Page 65: Services > Web Server

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 3.18 Services > Web Server This section allows you to modify the parameters of Web Server. General Settings @ Web Server Item Description Default HTTP Port Enter the HTTP port number you want to change in gateway’s Web Server. On a Web server, port 80 is the port that the server "listens to"...

  • Page 66: Services > Advanced

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 3.19 Services > Advanced This section allows you to set the reboot. Periodic Reboot Settings Item Description Default Periodic Reboot Set the reboot period of the gateway by every X hours. 0 means disable. Daily Reboot Time Set the daily reboot time of the gateway.

  • Page 67: System > Update

    Robustel M1200 User Guide Syslog Item Description Default Syslog Details Log Level Select from “Debug”, “Info”, “Notice”, “Warn”, “Error” which from low to high. Debug The lower level will output more syslog in detail. Filtering Enter the filtering message based on the keywords. Use “&” to separate more Null than one filter message, such as “keyword1&keyword2”.
  • Page 68 File Click on “Choose File” to locate the App file from your computer, and then click to import this file into your gateway. Note: File format should be xxx.rpk, e.g. M1200-robustlink-1.0.0.rpk. Installed Apps Index Indicate the ordinal of the list.

  • Page 69: System > Tools

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 3.23 System > Tools This section provides users three tools: Ping, Traceroute and Sniffer. Ping Item Description Default IP address Enter the ping’s destination IP address or destination domain. Null Number of Requests Specify the number of ping requests.
  • Page 70 Robustel M1200 User Guide Traceroute Item Description Default Trace Address Enter the trace’s destination IP address or destination domain. Null Trace Hops Specify the max trace hops. gateway will stop tracing if the trace hops has met max value no matter the destination has been reached or not.

  • Page 71: System > Profile

    Robustel M1200 User Guide Sniffer Item Description Default Interface Select the interface according to the "Ethernet" configuration and select from "All", "PPP1", "WWAN" and "IO". Host Filter the packet that contain the specify IP address. Null Packets Request Set the packet number that the gateway can sniffer at a time.
  • Page 72 Robustel M1200 User Guide Ignore Invalid Settings Click the toggle button as “OFF” to ignore invalid settings. XML Configuration File Click on to locate the XML configuration file from your computer, and then click to import this file into your gateway.

  • Page 73: System > User Management

    Robustel M1200 User Guide 3.25 System > User Management This section allows you to change your username and password, and create or manage user accounts. One gateway has only one super user who has the highest authority to modify, add and manage other common users.
  • Page 74 Robustel M1200 User Guide Username Set the Username; valid characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, @, ., -, #, $, and *. Null Password Set the password which at least contains 5 characters; valid characters are a-z, A-Z, Null 0-9, @, ., -, #, $, and *.

  • Page 75: Glossary

    Robustel M1200 User Guide Glossary Abbr. Description Alternating Current Access Point Name ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange Conformité Européene (European Conformity) CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol Command Line Interface for batch scripting Circuit Switched Data Clear to Send...
  • Page 76 Robustel M1200 User Guide Abbr. Description L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol local area network Light Emitting Diode LoRa Long Range LoRaWAN LoRa Wide Area Network LPWAN Low Power Wide Area Network Machine to Machine Maximum Minimum Mobile Originated Mobile Station...
  • Page 77 Robustel M1200 User Guide Abbr. Description Volts Direct current VLAN Virtual Local Area Network Virtual Private Network VSWR Voltage Stationary Wave Ratio Wide Area Network RT_UG_M1200_v.1.0.2 9 Apr., 2018 77/78...
  • Page 78 Robustel M1200 User Guide Guangzhou Robustel Technologies Co., Ltd. Add: 3rd Floor, Building F, Kehui Park, No.95 Daguan Road, Guangzhou, China 510660 Tel: 86-20-29019902 Email: info@robustel.com Web: www.robustel.com RT_UG_M1200_v.1.0.2 9 Apr., 2018 78/78...

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