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Condeco Sense Gateway User Manual and Configuration
Page 2 of 11 Condeco Sense Contents Overview............................................................................................................................. 3 Accessing the Gateway UI ................................................................................................... 4 Network Configuration ....................................................................................................... 5 Condeco Network Settings ............................................................................................. 5 Provisioning Certificates for the VPN tunnel ................................................................... 6 Updating time and date .................................................................................................. 6 Condeco System Settings ................................................................................................... 8 Sense Network Settings ................................................................................................. 8 Condeco Sense Discovery ................................................................................................... 9 Condeco Sense Management ............................................................................................. 9 Condeco Status ................................................................................................................. 10 De-installation ................................................................................................................... 11
Page 3 of 11 Condeco Sense Overview This guide will run through the basic configuration steps needed to implement a gateway for a sense installation. This focuses on setting a network connection using 3G, although you will have the option to set up a connection via LAN and Wifi. To set a 3G connection, you will be required to insert a sim card onto the PCB. You will be required to remove the gateway casing. Make sure the gateway is not powered when exposing the PCB to insert the sim card.
Page 4 of 11 Condeco Sense Accessing the Gateway UI The gateways are configured with this static address. To access to UI run through the follow. 1) Power the gateway on and connect to a laptop/PC using a network cable. 2) On the Local Area Connection, open the properties for the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) 3) Set the Static address as 4) Save and close. 5) Open IE or Crome and browse to http://192.168.1.1:10000 6) Once you browse to the link above, you will reach the login to Webmin page. Use these credentials and select Login.  Username: condeco  Password: c0nd3c0gw
Page 5 of 11 Condeco Sense Network Configuration Once logged in to the UI expand Others on the left to open up the available options as highlighted below. Navigate to Condeco Network Settings Condeco Network Settings Under network settings, the option to set a connection via LAN, Wifi and 3G are available. The purpose of this guide is to set up a 3G connection. Once the 3G sim card has been inserted, the options will need to be configured in the following order for them to update successfully. 1) Under LAN set your DNS1 entry to 8.8.8.8 and then Update. 2) At the end of the page, the default routing preference will be set to unknown. Change this order to: GSM-WIRED-WIFI and then Update. 3) Go online and find the APN details for the 3G network provider you are using. Change this to the correct details and select Update. 4) After you update each section, you will be promt to Restart to use the new settings. Navigate to Condeco System Settings on the left. 5) Navigate to the end of the page. You will have Reboot and Shutdown available here. Select Reboot for the changes to take affect. 6) After the reboot, navigate back to Condeco Network Settings and ensure the settings saved successfully.
Page 6 of 11 Condeco Sense Provisioning Certificates for the VPN tunnel After the reboot, navigate back to Condeco Network Settings and ensure the changes saved successfully. Next, the VPN connection needs to be established. Navigate to the end of the page to find VPN Settings. By default, VPN settings should be enabled. As highlight below, OpenVPN should be provisioned for this gateway. Select Provision Certificates and wait for confirmation to reboot to use the new configuration. Navigate to System Settings to reboot. Note: If this does not appear on the gateway being configured, there could be two reasons why. 1) Check you have a valid network connection. If you have run through the steps above and have set your 3G connection up successfully, proceed to step 2. 2) The Condeco Support team have not provisioned a connection for this gateway. Send an email with the gateway EUI64 number to sense.support@condecosoftware.com Updating time and date NOTE: Once you have successful set your network settings, navigate back to the System Information page. Ensure that the Time on system has updated. The time will be in UTC(0) for all locations. If the time has not automatically updated, proceed and run through steps 1 – 4.
Page 7 of 11 Condeco Sense 1) Navigate to Condeco Network Settings 2) Locate the Time Settings section and Update. 3) Once successfully updated, navigate to Condeco System Settings and locate Reboot. 4) Reboot the gateway.
Page 8 of 11 Condeco Sense Condeco System Settings Under the system settings, you will be able to:  Change the gateway password  Configure the mesh settings for sense  Reset the sense database  Create, Restore, Download and Upload a database backup  Reboot and Shutdown As the Condeco Support team will be managing the gateway, it is recommended that the password is left as default. Sense Network Settings Update your Sense Channel and PAN ID to allow the sensors to join. The Channel number of the sensor will be on the sensors. The PAN ID will be the hex value of the channel. Update your Survey ID supplied. If an ID was not supplied, please contact the support team, stating the client that the gateway is for. Sense.support@condecosoftware.com The reporting URL is: http://data.sense.condeco.co.uk/services/sensemanager.asmx/HandleBaseUnitInfo NOTE: Do not configure the URL until you are ready to send data. Once all the sensors have joined this gateway, untick Allow New Nodes to Join. This will prevent the gateway from picking up any unnecessary sensors.
Page 9 of 11 Condeco Sense Condeco Sense Discovery The sense discovery will display all the sensors that are on the channel that was configured previously. The sensors need to be registered to the gateway before they start collecting and sending data. Select Register to join the sensors to the gateway. Condeco Sense Management The Condeco sense management will show all your sensors currently connected to the gateway. Deregister/remove any sensors that should not be connected to this gateway. Once the URL has been configured, the sensors listed here will start sending data.
Page 10 of 11 Condeco Sense Condeco Status When the 3G connection has been updated, and the VPN certificates have been provisioned, the Condeco Status will show all the links that have been established. The two main ones for 3G and VPN connections are:  Ppp0 link – Established a 3G connection  Tun0 Link – Established a VPN connection
Page 11 of 11 Condeco Sense De-installation Once a sense study has finished, the gateway will need to be reset back to its default settings ready for the next sense deployment. Before resetting the database, make a backup of both the logs and database. Run through these steps to take your backups and reset back to defaults. 1) Navigate to Condeco Logs 2) Select Download Log Archive 3) Take a copy of the download 4) Navigate to Condeco System Settings 5) Locate Create Backup Archive and select Backup 6) Locate Download Backup Archive and download a copy of the database backup 7) Locate Reset SNG Database and reset the database 8) Locate the Sense Network Settings on the same page 9) Delete the Channel, PAN ID, Survey ID, and Reporting URL. 10) Select Update for these changes to take effect Now the sense settings have been reset, navigate to Condeco Network Settings. Make sure the LAN settings are set to the static address of: Change the Routing Preference to none. Make sure you update the changes you make for them to take effect. Caution: This device must be installed by Condeco authorised technical professionals.
FCC Statements:This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: -- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. -- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. -- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. -- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. RF Exposure Statements;The distance between human bodys and this product shall be no less than 20 cm during the normal operations.

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