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The use or placement of the operation tools shall comply with the code of practice of such tools to avoid short circuit of the Product. • Cut off the power before inspection of the Product to avoid human injury or product damage. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Clean with a damp cloth • • Do not try to clean exposed electronic components unless with a dust collector Power off and contact Vantron technical support engineer in case of the following faults: • The Product is damaged •...
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As is compact in size, G202 supports panel mount, DIN rail mount, and wall mount to meet the requirements of varying sites. Meanwhile it provides access to Vantron BlueSphere cloud platform for unified management to ease the efforts of users by real-time monitoring and tracking, OTA updates, remote maintenance, task assignment and follow-up.
1 x DIN rail 2 x 4G LTE antenna mounting bracket Actual accessories might vary slightly from the list above as the customer order might differ from the standard configuration options. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
However, when the Gateway is powered off, the port will restore to the communication mode. Refer to 1.5 Serial Port Introduction for details. LED indicators 1. Internet indicator Network connectivity of the Gateway Description The indicator blinks The indicator is off G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Set as ETH0.2 in VantronOS and works in WAN area by default Set as ETH0.1 in VantronOS and works in LAN area by default Green terminal block: Enclosure label Description RS485 Used for serial communication RS232 Serial communication by default, serial debugging available G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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4G LTE antenna 1 Micro SIM card slot 1 Micro SIM card slot 2 4G LTE antenna 2 9-36V DC power terminal WLAN antenna 2 1.4.3 Right side view Interface Description Grounding screw G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
(e.g., microcom) to open the serial ports: 1. To open COM2: ~# microcom /dev/ttyS0 -s 115200 2. To open COM1: ~# microcom /dev/ttyS1 -s 115200 Please refer to Appendix B for the definition of the acronyms mentioned above. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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4. Insert a Micro SD card into the Micro SD slot with the gold-colored pins facing up; 5. Install the rubber stick antennas to the WLAN antenna connectors and the sucker antennas to the LTE antenna connectors; G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Before you use a SIM card to provide wireless network access for the Gateway, make sure the SIM card is activated with data plans (refer to 3.5.3 4G/LTE for the application of the SIM card from the carriers if the module is pre-certified). G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
IP address. Refer to SSH Access included in 3.10.3 for more details. The latest version of Google Chrome or Firefox is recommended. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions 2.3 Interfacing with Vantron Gateway Management Platform BlueSphere GWM, Vantron gateway management platform, is a web-based console where multiple gateways/routers could be managed in groups to provide the required information. If the gateway/router supports data collection/upload protocols, users can also set up the data collection tasks, collection variables, uploading rules, etc.
2.5 Custom Settings As Vantron provides an SDK, users can upload their own scripts or programs or IPK packages to the Gateway and set them to run at startup or to support certain protocols.
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3.1 Introduction to VantronOS Featuring independent development of system and functions, VantronOS is an intelligent operating system that interprets the joint efforts of Vantron team based on Linux system and embedded hardware. It employs modular design and plug-in expansion design ideas, running Linux kernel with firewall to secure Internet connection of devices without being attacked.
6. Model, serial number, and IP address of the gateway in use 7. System log information 8. Kernel log information 9. Number of clients connected to the Gateway via Wi-Fi Wi-Fi settings will be accessed upon a click of the number. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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14. Application layer protocols HTTPS, HTTP, and POP3S represent the top 3 protocols for data download and upload. HTTPS, HTTP and DNS represent the top 3 protocols for device connection. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Step 1: Select DHCP for WAN Protocol; Step 2: Click to switch the protocol to DHCP; Step 3: Click Save & Apply. Switch of WAN protocol will reset the network port topology and network parameters to default values. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Step 7: Confirm if the Wi-Fi network is accessible. If not, select No as the heartbeat detection method might be different; Step 8: Select the protocol for IP addressing (DHCP by default); Step 9: Click Save & Apply. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
“3g-4g” which is the WAN port. When using a carrier pre-certified 4G module provided by Vantron, the device port for 4G/LTE communication displayed under the protocol will be “eth2” which is the WAN port.
Step 1: Select PPPoE for WAN Protocol; Step 2: Click to switch the protocol to PPPoE; Step 3: Enter the username for PAP/CHAP authentication; Step 4: Enter the password for PAP/CHAP authentication; Step 5: Click Save & Apply. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Step 5: Specify the IPv4 gateway; Step 6: Specify the IPv4 broadcast; Step 7: Set the DNS server; Save & Apply. Step 8: Click Leave the field as is if not applicable. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
IP to that of the upper layer gateway. Edit rules Delete rules Status overview of interfaces tracked Interface track log with the newest entry at the bottom Save & Apply the changes made G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Use spaces to separate multiple IP addresses. If you do not have internet access or private network, set the traceable IP to that of the upper layer device. Save & Apply the settings G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
5. Set a port that the server is to monitor; 6. Choose the WAN port IP or DDNS or public IP that the server is to monitor; 7. Assign a virtual network IP for the client; G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
To configure a VPN client on the Gateway, navigate to Virtual Tunnel > VPN Client for specific settings. Before enabling the VPN client, please update the time zone of the client with that of the browser, and complete a time synchronization. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Network tab and make changes accordingly. The settings will be overridden if you make changes in the Network Guide page under Quick Start tab later. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
The interfaces may differ from what is shown above as certain devices do/do not have the module that makes corresponding interface available. The interfaces will be described in detail in the following sections. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Description of the numbered areas 1. MAC address cloning 2. MTU settings 3. Keep the metric same as Auto Routing or customize the metric Be sure to save the settings before you exit the page. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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If disabled, DHCP service will not be available to devices connected to the LAN interface. 2. DHCP start address 3. Maximum number of leased addresses (up to 150) 4. Expiry time of leased addresses (min. 2m) G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Be sure to save the settings before you exit the page. Clicking on Back or Refresh will get you back to interface settings. You’ll be redirected to 4G/LTE configuration page upon a click of the Edit button behind 4G interface. Refer to 3.5.3 4G/LTE for details. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
1. Enable Use default gateway 2. Enable Use DNS server advertised by peer 3. Gateway metric 4. MAC address cloning 5. Network MTU Be sure to save the settings before you exit the page. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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WAN – PPPoE The general and advanced PPPoE settings for the WAN port are literally the same as those above. Clicking on Back or Refresh will get you back to interface settings. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
3. Select an encryption method (the following options vary with the encryption method) 4. Select an encryption algorithm 5. Assign a Wi-Fi password (no less than 8 characters) 6. List of currently connected devices G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
5. The network interface to which Wi-Fi belongs As modification of field 2 will have impact on the Wi-Fi signal, the web interface will return to the general settings page upon a click of the switch button. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
6. Input the password of the Wi-Fi 7. Confirm that the target Wi-Fi has internet connection When the Gateway is successfully connected as a client, there will be the network information next to Scan WIFI button. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
6. Click Advanced Setting for more configuration options Leave the field as is if not applicable. PAP/CHAP username and password are to be specified only if your carrier has setup APN with user name and password. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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6. Select AT&T/TMO/Canada or Verizon from the drop-down list for AT&T SIM cards and Verizon SIM cards, respectively 7. Default MTU value (1500) Remember to save the settings to have the configurations take effect. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
It is not present in normal routing tables. The destinations are unreachable. Packets are discarded and the ICMP Unreachable message of host unreachable is generated. The local senders will receive an EHOSTUNREACH error. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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7. MSS clamping 8. Zone editing A click of the Edit button following each zone will direct you to the detailed zone setting page where general settings, advanced settings and forwarding rules are available. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Custom rules allow you to execute arbitrary iptables commands which are not otherwise covered by the firewall framework. The commands are executed after each firewall restart, right after the default rule settings have been loaded. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
5. Be sure to save the settings before you exit the page. The Edit and Delete buttons behind a user allow you to enable/disable certain functions for this user or delete this user. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
3.7.2 IPK Installer With IPK Installer, customers can install self-compiled IPK packages to the Gateway. Vantron industrial protocol packages are also uploaded from here. Refer to 4.2 Protocol Configuration and Application for Industrial Protocols.
The three modes that customers can choose from the drop-down list based on needs are explained as follows: Vantron: All the information included in the files will be about Vantron. Standard: Some of the fields included in the files will be “Gateway” by default, and some information like the copyright will be left blank.
If you wish to activate the Gateway again on the GWM, please click Clear Agent on the VantronOS portal, then enable the agent and wait a moment to allow the device to come online. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
A G202 gateway An Ubuntu host ° ° A USB to TTL serial adapter ° A DuPont cable Connect the serial port (e.g., RS232/RS485 COM2) of the gateway to the host ° G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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1. Click Add to add a conversion rule 2. Select Enable from the drop-down 3. Set the Baud rate to 115200 4. Save the settings 5. Click Edit after the rule to enter the advanced settings page G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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6. Select “1” as the stop bit (2) The Ser2net process is running as follows: uart2net -c -d 192.168.93.1 -p 8888 -t /dev/ttyS0 -b 115200 -a 8 -r none -s 1 -o 20 G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Monitor the designated port (8888 as assigned in prior steps) ° tcpudp_test tcp server:tcpudp_test -p 8888 ° Input data in terminal A and receive in terminal B (the topology is as follows) G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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1. Click Add to add a conversion rule 2. Select Enable from the drop-down 3. Set the Baud rate to 115200 4. Save the settings 5. Click Edit after the rule to enter the advanced settings page G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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9. Select “None” for parity 10. Select “1” as the stop bit Save and Apply above settings after the settings. (2) The Ser2net process is running as follows: /usr/sbin/ser2net -n -c /tmp/ser2net.conf G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Rawlp: enables the port and transfers all input data to a gateway that is open without any Termios settings, allowing to use /dev/lpx devices and printers connected. Telnet: enables the port and runs the telnet protocol on the port to set up telnet parameters (less used). G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
° Install an OpenVPN client on the host PC to connect the OpenVPN server built by G1 and install a PLC control program to manage the PLC settings like the IP address G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
6. NTP online time server For log-related settings, click Logging tab next to the General settings tab. If you want to change the interface language, just navigate to Language and Style tab following behind. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Protocol Mapping can be used to distinguish traffic types per host. Each mapping takes one line, with the first value being the IP protocol, the second value being the port number, and the third value being the name of the mapping protocol. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
When “unspecified” is selected, all the ports will be monitored. 2. Specify a port for monitoring (port 22 by default) 3. Allow SSH password authentication 4. Add SSH-Keys for public key authentication G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Step 6: Set the session name and Save, keep the other settings unchanged, then click Open; Step 7: Log in to the root account (password same as the gateway login password as shown above), and start an SSH remote session. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
After the web Terminal is enabled, the Terminal tab will be available next to the Setting tab. Login name: root Login password: rootpassword (invisible while typing) 3.10.5 Mount Points You can enable/disable automount and check the mounting information here. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
3. Upgrade the Gateway and keep the existing settings unchanged If the cloud version is shown Failure, the Gateway is not activated from the cloud, please contact your sales executive for solution. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
You will exit the web interface with a click on the Logout tab. If you need re-log the web, use the default password: admin. Make sure you have saved the changes before logout. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Once the .ipk file is installed, a message will be displayed suggesting the status of the file installation as shown below. Input the port number (8081) after the Gateway IP in the address bar, for instance: 172.18.1.1:8081, and enter the protocol web interface which looks like below. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
To use a protocol for data acquisition and edge computing, figure out the device model you are using for data collection and configure the protocol accordingly. 4.2.1 Configuration of Data Acquisition Protocols Click Collect Configure on the left navigation pane to add a channel for data collection. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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12. The stop bit represents the last bit in a single package, and the typical value includes 1, 1.5 and 2 13. Select to enable request to send (RTS) protocol or not G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Take Siemens S7-200 Smart PLC for example, if you use Ethernet communication, you have to make sure S7 protocol is included in the .ipk file and you have created a channel for the protocol. Then you can proceed with the PLC setup under the channel. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
4.2.3 Add Variables to the Device After configuration of the PLC for data collection, click Add under the Variable List next to the channel and device to set the variables for the PLC. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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The data type (5) is subject to the type of PLC connected to the gateway. If multiple variables are created, you can add variable groups for different variables from the Variable Group tab. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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If you click the Reboot Collect Program button, the channels and respective collection tasks will be restarted. Clicking the Install Protocol Package button allows you to upload protocol plugins here. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Enter a name for the computing script Select the format of the script (JavaScript, Lua and Python supported) Select to enable the script or not Compile the script in the window After compilation, click OK to exit. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Reuse Context allows you to set a restart mechanism for the scripts 6. Start/pause, copy, edit or delete the script. (You can access the script information and the execution log upon a click of the Edit button) G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Expand Data Uploading tab from the navigation pane and click Upload Config; • • Click the Add button on the upper right corner to add a data upload task, and click OK; G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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9. Data publish topic: used for MQTT messaging to identify which message channel the payload data is supposed to be published 10. Topic for MQTT message subscription which enables the server to send message to a client for the control purpose G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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24. Select the device of the source data The configurations will take effect after you click Submit. Then users can browse the data uploaded to the MQTT platform for data view, statistics, analysis, etc. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
6. Set an alarm level (under normal level, no alarm will be triggered) 7. Click “+” to add a trigger condition, click “-” to delete a trigger condition 8. Select a data linkage 9. Click to save the alarm rule G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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When you are all set, you can send a test email to check if the settings are ok, then submit the settings. The alarm logs will be displayed on the Alarm Record page if any rules are triggered. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
2. Clear the logs 3. Export the logs 4. Restart the collection 4.2.9 System Settings Under System Settings, you can configure system parameters and check the system information concerned. • Log Config. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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You can change the system language on the General Settings page. GSD Management • Users can upload the general station description (GSD) files on the GSD Management page for PROFIBUS DP or PROFINET IO communication. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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Proper disposal of this sort of waste helps avoid harm and adverse effect upon surroundings and people’s health. Please contact local organizations or recycling/disposal center for more recycling/disposal methods of related products. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
CUSTOMER’s location and no Product so inspected shall be returned to VANTRON unless the cause for the rejection or defect is determined to be the responsibility of VANTRON. VANTRON shall in turn provide the CUSTOMER turnaround shipment on defective Product within fourteen (14) working days upon its receipt at VANTRON.
Note: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
Vantron | Embedded in your success, Embedded in your better life World-leading provider of embedded/IoT products and solutions APPENDIX B Acronyms Acronym Description Receive data Transmit data Ground No connection G202 Edge Computing Gateway | User Manual www.vantrontech.com...
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