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Setting up an IIoT Gateway - Generation 1

This guide helps you setting up a gateway to use with the Connectitude IIoT Platform™.

Connect to Internet - Using an ethernet connection

  1. Connect an ethernet cable with Internet access to ethernet port 1.

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  2. Connect the necessary antennas depending on the configuration ordered (optional).

  3. Insert each antenna into the corresponding connector (optional).

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  4. Connect a grounding cable between the IIoT Gateway and the secondary enclosure.

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  5. Connect the IIoT Gateway to one of the following power sources:

    DC IN PoE (power over ethernet)
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Connect to Internet - Using a mobile broadband connection

CAUTION: Before you power on the IIoT Gateway, insert a micro-SIM card.

NOTE: Ensure that the service provider has already activated the micro-SIM card before you use it in the IIoT Gateway.

NOTE: Ensure that the pin code is removed from micro-SIM card before you use it in the IIoT Gateway.

  1. Remove the screw to open the micro-SIM card access door.

  2. Insert a micro-SIM card, without any PIN-code, into the top micro-SIM card slot.

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  3. Reassemble the screw and close the micro-SIM card access door.

  4. Power on the IIoT Gateway.

  5. The gateway will automatically try to identify the correct APN settings and create a connection.

Connect the machine network

  1. Connect an ethernet cable with access to the LAN used for the PLCs to ethernet port 2.

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