ABB Ability Smart Sensor Technical manual

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ABB Ability™ Smart Sensor Gateway
Installation with Huawei E8372

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Table of Contents
1.1 WIFI Modem installation 3

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1.1 WIFI Modem installation
Mobile network can be used with a e.g. USB WIFI modem like Huawei E8372. Additional PoE
injector (power supply), USB WIFI modem and a SIM card are needed.
Figure 1 USB WIFI Modem Network Configuration
Insert the SIM card to USB WIFI modem and insert the modem to USB port at the bottom
of the gateway
-SIM card PIN request needs to be disabled
-Note the default WIFI SSID and password inside the modem
Figure 2 Modem default WIFI SSID and password location
Power up the gateway.
With computer connect to modem WIFI network.
Open web browser and go to address http://192.168.8.1

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Modem will ask to select the language.
Figure 3 Language selection for E8372
Modem will ask to give credentials. Should be admin/admin but please check from
modem documentation
Figure 4 Credentials query

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Go to WLAN Basic Settings and change the SSID and password if needed.
Figure 5 Change WIFI network name and password
Next connect to gateway configuration hotspot cassia-XXXXXX.
Go to Basic tab:

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Figure 6 Gateway configuration
Make following configuration:
-AC Address: abb.cassia.pro
-Connection Priority: Wireless
-Change the Wireless operation mode from Hotspot to Client
-Enter the SSID (name) of the USB WIFI modem network
-Enter the USB WIFI modem network password
-IP Allocation: DHCP
Press Apply at the bottom of the screen.
Reboot the gateway by removing the power supply and put it back in again.
Wait 30-60 seconds for gateway to boot up.
Connect again to USB WIFI Modem network and go to web page http://192.168.8.1
Go to Statistics tab and find out the new IP address of corresponding gateway MAC
address:

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Figure 7 Finding the new gateway IP address
Type this IP address to web browser address field to get back to gateway configuration page.
On Status tab you can see if the gateway goes online.

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Figure 8 Check the gateway online status
If there is a time shown in “AC Online Time” field then the gateway has connection to
server.
If there is no time shown please try to refresh the screen. After bootup it might take
minute or two to make the connection with the server.