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Cal Amp vanguard User Manual

Manual is about: Cellular Data Modem & IP Router

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    Vanguard cellular data modem & ip router series user manual 001-7200-100 revision 0; june 2011 usat usatcorp.Com contact usatcorp.Com for more information or quantity pricing 1-888-550-8728.

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    Vanguard cellular data modem & ip router series user manual 001-7200-100 revision 0; june 2011.

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    Copyright notice ©2011 calamp. All rights reserved. Calamp reserves the right to modify the equipment, its specification or this manual without prior notice, in the interest of improving performance, reliability, or servicing. At the time of publication all data is correct for the operation of the e...

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    3 revision history 2011 june initial release.

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    4 table of contents 1 product overview ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 1.1 module identification ...........................................................................

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    5 3.10.1 status ............................................................................................................................................................... 58 3.10.2 settings ............................................................................................................

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    6 1 product overview the vanguard series from calamp is the ideal solution for a wide range of cellular data network serial and ethernet connectivity requirements. Cdma models feature ev-do rev a speeds with data rates up to 3.1 mbps downlink and 1.8 mbps uplink and are backward compatible to ev-do ...

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    7  tcp/ip packet assembler and dis-assembler for serial connected devices  inbound ip termination with static ip  modem domain names with dynamic dns  embedded linux on arm 9 processor  internet access and web browsing via ethernet connector  vpn support  on-board 1.8/3v sim socket (active on...

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    8 1.4 mechanical specifications the following section describes in detail the exterior dimensions of the 882 gsm series modems and how to utilize the mounting flanges to secure the modem to any surface, which can be drilled for such a purpose. The drawings may be used as layout reference, but it is ...

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    9 table 2 - vanguard accessories vanguard accessories acc-antn-rbd 4” rubber duck antenna acc-antn-mag 3” mag mount antenna acc-pwsp-ml2 110 vac input power acc-pwdc-mlx dc power cable acc-cabl-ser db-9 serial cable acc-cabl-eth 7’ ethernet cable.

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    10 1.6 external connectors this section describes the external connectors for the vanguard modem.  figure 4 shows the front panel connections for standard (fixed) models.  figure 5 shows the front panel connections for mobile models with gps and wifi.  figure 6 shows the rear panel for all models...

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    11  table 3 describes these connections. Figure 4 front panel standard models figure 5 front panel mobile models with gps and wifi figure 6 rear panel connections.

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    12 table 3 – external connectors panel indicator connection description com rs-232 serial to ip conversion use ant sma primary rf antenna aux (figure 4) sma cellular diversity or cellular/gps combination antenna aux (figure 5) rp-sma wi-fi antenna gps sma gps antenna div sma cellular diversity anten...

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    13 antenna, with an average gain >-5dbi, if using the gps functionality. If both rx diversity and gps are required, install a cellular/gps combo antenna. This device is configured with default settings and is ready to be configured via html. Some configurations may be set using at commands. Refer to...

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    14 2 getting started 2.1 package contents  vanguard modem  power cable  information card 2.2 device connections 1. (gsm users) insert the sim card into the sim/svc slot as shown. 2. Connect an antenna to the ant connector on the front panel of the vanguard modem. 3. Connect an ethernet cable into...

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    15 figure 8 lan configuration screens 2.4 cellular connections before you begin, you will need an active cellular account with the carrier of your choice. 2.4.1 gsm users insert the sim card with the gold side up into the sim/svc slot in the rear of the device. Push the card completely into the slot...

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    16 3 vanguard web interface start your web browser and enter 192.168.1.50 in the address bar. A login screen should appear. Enter the user name: admin and the password: password and click ok to log into the modem’s home page. Vanguard web interface is divided into two sections. On the left is the ma...

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    17 figure 11: vanguard cdma unit status window.

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    18 figure 12: vanguard gsm unit status.

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    19 lan  ip displays lan side static ip information for this device (the modem). Note: once this ip address has been changed and saved, the browser connection to the device will be lost. To continue configuration, please connect to the (new) ip address / the address that has been entered and saved. ...

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    20  ppp ip address displays the current ip address of the modem on the cellular network. This address, if public, should be reachable. 10.X.X.X subnets are not routable from the internet  ppp subnet mask usually set to 255.255.255.255, but may be different depending on carrier  ppp p-t-p the p-t-...

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    21  service type determines the type of network your device has connected to; gprs, edge, umts, hsdpa, cdma 1xrtt, evdo rev0 or reva.  esn the electronic serial number is only applicable for the cdma product line, carrier specific (alltel, verizon, sprint, etc).  mdn/mtn the actual phone number o...

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    22 figure 13: vanguard cdma unit status – basic settings unit id  id this identification number serves to distinguish this unit from other units in the network. It is at the same time the taip identification for gps reporting and serves as the 'syslocation' for the snmp facility. 3.2 sim settings (...

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    23 change the disable pin setting from yes (shown in figure 14) to no. Enter your carrier provided pin into the current pin field. Click save to access the pin security settings (shown in figure 15). Figure 15 pin accepted security enabled the pin security feature is now enabled. Pin status shows th...

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    24 figure 16 sim settings for pin required at this point the user has 3 attempts to enter the correct pin. If the correct pin is not entered after 3 attempts, an unlock code or pin unblocking key (puk) from the service provider will be required before the sim card is usable again. Figure 17 shows th...

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    25 3.3 provisioning (cdma models only) when a cdma modem is powered up for the first time, most of the provisioning information is blank or has information that needs to be changed. The device is usually shipped with the radio ready to be provisioned on a cellular carrier’s network. Features called ...

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    26 if the auto-provisioning fails, and oma-dm manual provisioning fails, and your outside the sprint network, follow the manual-entry activation steps below. Manual-entry activation if provisioning must occur in a roaming area, make sure to have a medium to strong signal strength because manual-entr...

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    27 the electronic serial number is only applicable for the cdma product line, carrier specific (alltel, verizon, sprint, etc). This number is used to set up the user account with the cellular provider.  mdn/mtn the actual phone number of the device as supplied by the carrier. When the unit is succe...

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    28 click the write mdn/msid button when the required information has been entered. Enable/disable oma-dm activation this section will only be displayed for units which are capable of automatic (oma-dm) provisioning. You may choose to enable or disable the automatic provisioning and save your desired...

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    29 figure 20: vanguard cdma provisioning – advanced settings profile settings  profile enable this field indicates if the profile is enabled. It is possible to enable both profiles. Whether to enable 1 or both profiles should be based on information from the provider  nai network address id. This ...

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    30  mn-ha spi this parameter should be set to the mn-ha spi setting supplied by the provider. This is a numeric setting.  ha secret this parameter should be set to the home agent secret (password) supplied by the provider.  aaa secret this parameter should be set to the aaa shared secret (passwor...

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    31 figure 21: vanguard cdma cell connection – dial settings figure 22: vanguard gsm cell connection – dial settings.

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    32 dial settings  auto connect when set to enable, will allow the modem to automatically dial the connection when the modem is powered. When set to disable, the modem will not automatically dial the connection to the cellular provider and will not attempt to automatically re-connect when the connec...

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    33 figure 23: vanguard cell connection – system monitor periodic reset timer  periodic reset type sets the periodic modem reset timer to an interval time, a scheduled day, or disables it.  interval length sets the periodic modem reset time from 15 to 65,535 minutes. The periodic reset is disabled ...

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    34  destination address user may enter an accessible ip address or url that will respond to a ping command.  secondary address user may enter an accessible ip address or url that will respond to a ping command. This address will be used if the entered number of consecutive ping failures using the ...

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    35 the number of corrupted tcp and udp packets received by the modem that were meant to be transmitted on the cell network.  tx packets dropped the number of tcp and udp packets received by the modem for transmit to the cell network that were not accepted. This may occur due to memory or throughput...

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    36 the username used when setting up the account. Used to login to the dynamic dns service.  user password the password associated with the username account.  hostname the hostname identified to the dynamic dns service. For example http:/test.Myserver.Com.  update interval sets the interval, in m...

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    37 figure 25: vanguard lan settings window.

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    38 lan settings  ethernet ip address this sets the ip address of this device and is the address used to access the configuration pages. If the ip address changes you will have to re-enter the new ip address in your browser to access the configuration pages. The default ip is 192.168.1.50 and should...

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    39  dhcp end range dhcp server ending ip address. The maximum usable number is 253  dhcp lease time sets the duration, in seconds, the connected device is allowed to keep the assigned ip address. In many cases it is possible for the device to receive the same ip address after the lease time expire...

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    40 enable or disable radius authentication for webpage access  server ip address the ip address of the radius server  server port the port of the server  server secret sets the secret to use with the server  confim secret re-type the server secret to confirm the correct spelling  timeout specif...

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    41 figure 26: vanguard lan settings – mac filtering mac filtering  mac filtering radio button selection to enable/disable mac filtering  allowed mac address enter the mac address for a device to be allowed on the network.  comment here a name can be inserted describing the device using the allowe...

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    42 figure 27: vanguard router – port forwarding dmz support dmz is a host on the internal network that has all ports exposed, except those ports forwarded otherwise.  dmz radio button selection to enable/disable; select enable to allow the modem to use dmz routes using the address set in the destin...

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    43  port forwarding radio button selection to enable/disable. Select enable to allow the modem to use the port forwarding routes described in the ip mapping table. Select disable to shut down the port forwarding functionality. The save button must be pressed for changes to take effect. Port forward...

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    44 figure 28: vanguard router – static routes static routes  route name sets the alphanumeric identifier of the static route in the static route table  destination ip address sets the ip address of the destination network  ip subnet mask sets the subnet mask of the destination network  gateway s...

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    45 3.7.1 pptp the point-to-point tunneling protocol (pptp) is a method for implementing virtual private networks (vpn). Figure 29: vanguard vpn – pptp pptp client configuration  pptp client selecting enable will allow the pptp functionality. Selecting disable will shut off pptp functionality  set ...

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    46  username the username required by the vpn server  password the password, associated with the username, required by the vpn server pptp server configuration  pptp server selecting enable starts the vpn server, and selecting disable stops it  server local ip the ip address that clients will us...

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    47 figure 30: vanguard vpn – ipsec ipsec support  ipsec selecting enable will launch the ipsec process and start all enabled tunnels. Selecting disable will stop all tunnels and shutdown the ipsec process. Note that all enabled tunnels will be launched automatically when the unit connects to the ce...

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    48  nat mode determines how packets are addressed. Selecting bypass will allow packets coming from local subnet addresses through the nat firewall unchanged. This may be sufficient when traffic only travels from local subnet to remote subnet. (lan settings > bind to eth ip may need to be enabled to...

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    49  phase 2 encryption use aes-128, aes-256 or 3des encryption.  phase 2 authentication use md5 or sha1 hashing.  phase 2 lifetime how long a particular instance of a connection should last, from successful negotiation to expiry.  pre-shared key: predetermined key known to both the local unit an...

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    50 figure 31: vanguard vpn – gre gre tunnel configuration  local ip address the local ip address associated with the tunnel  remote ip address the remote ip address associated with the tunnel  tunnel ip address the ip address assigned to the tunnel interface. 3.8 serial from the main navigation p...

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    51 figure 32: vanguard serial – external serial external serial port configuration  serial port when enabled, the external serial port pad function can be used. When disabled, no pad function is available, and the port is left free, for use by an odp application.  show version on boot when enabled...

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    52  baud rate sets the baud rate of the serial port. Settings may range from 300 to 115,200 bits per second. The default baud rate is 115,200 bps.  inter character timeout sets the inter character timeout from 1 to 65,535 ms.  dtr defines the data terminal ready behavior. Refer to table xx for dt...

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    53  dcd the dcd parameter determines how the modem controls the state of the carrier detect circuit and the amber dcd led on the front panel. The default value is connect on. ― always on: dcd is always on. ― connect on: dcd is on when connected to a remote host. ― always off: dcd is always off.  r...

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    54 new client: if a different client attempts to connect, it will be successful and the current client will be forcibly disconnected, without any warning. Otherwise, the current client remains connected indefinitely. Timeout: a new client will be accepted only after a specified timeout. The duration...

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    55 time in seconds between keep alive cycles. A keep alive cycle will consist of one or more keep alive probes separated by the keep alive interval.  tcp client keep alive probes number of keep alive packets that must fail before connection is considered closed  tcp client keep alive intvl time in...

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    56  remote ip address sets the ip address of the device using the pad functionality  remote port sets the port number used by the remote device to accept requests from the vanguard  local port sets the port number used by the vanguard to accept requests from the remote device  pad mode select bu...

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    57 figure 34: vanguard diagnosics – snmp snmp configuration  snmp selecting enable will allow the snmp functionality. Selecting disable will shut off snmp functionality.  version with snmp enabled, select the corresponding version that matches the snmp manager. Snmp v2c  read-only community name ...

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    58 snmp v3  user name the user name for secure access to the management information bases (mibs) observing v3 standard  password the corresponding user password for accessing the management information bases (mibs) including writable objects  authentication selecting the authentication method for...

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    59  version displays the modem firmware version currently loaded in the unit  kernel date displays the date of the operating system kernel the unit is running logging settings  auto-logging selecting enable and pressing save will enable the logging capability which saves periodic and event driven...

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    60 figure 36: vanguard i/o settings – status device input status  main voltage displays current voltage applied to the unit, in volts  modem temperature displays temperature of the wireless modem, in celsius analog input status  analog input 1, analog input 2 displays voltage of the specified ana...

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    61 displays the status of the specified output as open or closed 3.10.2 settings status monitoring is provided via nmea-based protocol. The vanguard i/o subsystem operates according to a manager/agent model. The pc-hosted manager sends requests to the vanguard i/o agent, which performs the required ...

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    62  unit id the unit name to be included in the nmea message payload.  source identification the unit's ip address that will be included in the nmea message payload triggers – device  cell temperature and thresholds enable or disable nmea alarm and notification when temperature goes out of range....

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    63 figure 38: vanguard i/o settings – labels 3.11 firmware update when newer versions of the modem firmware become available, the user can download the proper file from the calamp web site and manually update the unit by uploading the new firmware. The update file name is: ― upgradeevdo.Tar.Gz for t...

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    64 figure 39: vanguard firmware update current firmware information  version displays the modem firmware version currently loaded in the unit.  kernel date displays the date of the operating system kernel the unit is running upload new firmware  file enter the update file name or you may use the ...

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    65  upload button after selecting the firmware configuration filename above, press the upload button to begin the configuration loading process.  save returns a link to the configuration file on the unit. Right-click the link and select "save target as..." to save the file. The link page refreshes...

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    66 4 service and support product warranty, rma and contact information calamp guarantees that every vanguard modem will be free from physical defects in material and workmanship for one (1) year from the date of purchase when used within the limits set forth in the specifications section of this man...

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    Appendix a – abbreviations abbreviation description apn access point name csd circuit switched data cts clear to send dcd data carrier detect dce data communication equipment dte data terminal equipment imei international mobile equipment identity edge enhanced data rates for global evolution gprs g...

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    Appendix b – warranty statement calamp warrants to the original purchaser for use ("buyer") that data telemetry products manufactured by dataradio ("products") are free from defects in material and workmanship and will conform to published technical specifications for a period of, except as noted be...