Browan Femto Lite User manual

Browan Communications Inc.
No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd.,
Hsinchu Industrial Park,
Hukou, Hsinchu,
Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352
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Femto Lite Indoor Gateway
User Manual
Document Number
BQW_02_0030.002

Revision History
Revision
Date
Description
Author
.001
Feb. 09, 2021
First release
Gary
.002
June. 06, 2021

Update WEB GUI
Power input 5V DC/2A
Jason/Joey

GNMS USER GUIDE
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GNMS USER GUIDE
REVISION HISTORY .............................................................................................................................. 1
COPYRIGHT........................................................................................................................................... 2
NOTICE................................................................................................................................................... 2
TRADEMARKS....................................................................................................................................... 2
CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................................ 3
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 4
Purpose and Scope.............................................................................................................................4
Product Design....................................................................................................................................4
Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations............................................................................................4
Reference............................................................................................................................................4
CHAPTER 2 – HARDWARE DETAILS.................................................................................................. 5
LED Indicators.....................................................................................................................................5
I/O Ports ..............................................................................................................................................5
Back Label...........................................................................................................................................6
Package Label.....................................................................................................................................7
Package Content.................................................................................................................................7
CHAPTER 3 – USER MANUAL ............................................................................................................. 8
3.1 Connect Femto Lite .......................................................................................................................8
3.2 Femto Lite Setting .........................................................................................................................8
STEP 1 : Firmware Upgrade..........................................................................................................10
STEP 2 : SET LORA......................................................................................................................10
STEP 3 : SET WAN .......................................................................................................................16
Contents

GNMS USER GUIDE
Purpose and Scope
The purpose of this document is to describe the main functions, user manual,
supported features, and system architecture of the WLRRTES-106 Femto Lite Indoor
Gateway based on the latest LoRaWAN specification.
Product Design
The dimension of WLRRTES-106 Femto Lite Indoor Gateway is with the dimension
of 116 x 91 x 27 mm, and with one LAN port, one Micro-USB port for 5V DC/2A
power input, four LED indicators, and one reset button.
Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
Item
Description
LPWAN
Low-Power Wide-Area Network
LoRaWAN™
LoRaWAN™ is a Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN)
specification intended for wireless battery operated Things in
a regional, national or global network.
ABP
Activation by Personalization
OTAA
Over-The-Air Activation
TBD
To Be Defined
Reference
Document
Author
LoRaWAN Specification v1.0.3
LoRa Alliance
RP002-1.0.1 LoRaWAN Regional Parameters
LoRa Alliance
Chapter 1 – Introduction

LED Indicators
LED sequence: Power(System), WAN, WiFi, LoRa
One Orange, Three Green
Solid LED is for static status, blanking means the system is upgrading or active
devices linked to the corresponding port
Solid On
Blinking
Off
Power
System(Orange)
Power ON
Booting
(ignore bootloader)
Power Off
WAN(Blue)
Ethernet Plug and got IP Addr
Connecting
Unplug
Wireless(Blue)
WiFi Station Mode and got IP Addr
Connecting
Wireless Disable
LoRa(Blue)
LoRa is work
Connecting
LoRa is not work
Table 1 LED Behaviors
Figure 1 – IO Ports
I/O Ports
Port
Coun
t
Description
RJ45 1 WAN port of the device
Reset 1
Reset to default (5 seconds to reset settings to
factory default)
Micro USB 1 Power input via USB adaptor(5VDC/2A)
Chapter 2 – Hardware Details

Figure 2 – IO Ports
Back Label
The marking information is located at the bottom of the apparatus.
Figure 3 – Back Label

Package Label
N
o.
Item
Description
1 Product BOX Brown Box
2 Labeling Model/ MAC/ Serial Number/ Type Approval
Package Content
N
o.
Description
Quantity
1 Femto Lite IoT Gateway 1
2 Power adapter (100-240VAC 50/60Hz to 5VDC/2A) 1
3 Ethernet Cable 1 meter (UTP) 1

3.1 Connect Femto Lite
You can connect to the gateway via WiFi interface which the SSID and password are
printed on the back label by default.
Figure 4 – Back Label
The rule of gateway SSID is Femto_Lite-xxxxxx where the last digits are the last 6
digits of the MAC address
The PC will fetch the IP address of range 192.168.4.x except 192.168.4.1 assigned
by the AP.
3.2 Femto Lite Setting
Open the web browser(ex: Chrome) after connecting to the gateway via IP address
“192.168.4.1”
Chapter 3 – User Manual

Figure 5 – WEB UI-1
Figure 6 – WEB UI-2
Now you can configure the gateway through the WEB UI.

STEP 1 : Firmware Upgrade
The gateway support firmware upgrade through the OTA method.
Figure 7 – Configure OTA Mode
Click the “Configure OTA Mode”.
Figure 8 – Configure OTA Mode
CURRENT FIRMWARE VERSION – display the current firmware version.
OTA SERVER DAILY CHECK – Enable or Disable the firmware upgrade through
OTA mode. The gateway will check the OTA server every 24 hours interval. It will
upgrade automatically if there is the latest firmware on the OTA server.
The OTA server has to be configured by the python tool. Please contact
BROWAN for any support.
Click the “Enable” and “Save” buttons to enable the OTA or “Disable” function.
Figure 9 – Enable OTA
STEP 2 : SET LORA
Click “Configure LoRa Setting” to configure the LoRa function/parameters.

Figure 10 – Configure LoRa Setting
There are two modes for the LoRa configuration.[Basic Station and Packet
Forwarder]
Figure 11 – LoRa Mode
STEP 2.1 Basic Station mode
Select the “LoRa Basics Station” mode. The CUPS server and LNS server have to
be configured when the gateway is in the Basic Station mode.
Figure 12 –Basic Station mode
Enable CUPS – The CUPS server is a configuration and update server. Enable or
Disable the CUPS server according to the network architecture.

Enable the CUPS server if it is necessary for the network.
Type – The certificate type of the CUPS.[Boot/Regular]
The gateway will search “Regular” type of certificate for the priority if you
select the “Boot” type. It will search “Boot” type of certificate if the gateway
can not find the “Regular” type of certificate then.
CUPS URI – The CUPS server address. Enable and install the CUPS trust/CRT/Key
if the CUPS server needs a certificate.
Figure 13 – Install CUPS certificates
LNS Server – The LNS server is the LoRaWAN® Network Server. LNS establishes
a data connection between a LoRa Basics™ Station and a LoRaWAN® network
server.
Figure 14 – LNS server/certificates
LNS URI – The LNS server address. Enable and install the LNS server
trust/CRT/Key if the certificate is necessary for the LNS server.
STEP 2.2 LoRa Packet Forwarder mode
Select the “LoRa Packet Forwarder” mode.

Figure 15 – LoRa Packet Forwarder mode
Configure the Gateway Info/Radio setting/Channel Assignment/LBT Settings for
the packet forwarder mode.
Figure 16 – Gateway settings
Radio Settings – configure the central frequency in Hz.

Figure 17 – Radio settings
Channel Assignment – configure the center frequency offset of each channel.
Figure 18 – Channel Assignment-1

Figure 19 – Channel Assignment-2

Check “Enable LBT” to enable the LBT setting or uncheck to disable.
Figure 20 – LBT Settings
Click “Save”to accept or “Cancel”to abort.
STEP 3 : SET WAN
The gateway support either “Ethernet” or “Wi-Fi” connection as the internet backhaul.
Figure 21 – WAN connection
STEP 3.1 Ethernet Setting
Configure the IP address of WAN.[Static IP/DHCP client]

Figure 22 – WAN connection
ETHERNET STATUS – The information of IP address/Subnet Mask/Gateway/DNS.
ETHERNET SETTING - Configure the IP address of WAN.[Static IP/DHCP client]
Static IP – Setup the IP address/Subnet Mask/Default Gateway/DNS of the static IP.
Contact the network administrator for the static IP address information.
DHCP – The IP address/Subnet Mask/Default Gateway/DNS will be assigned by the
DHCP server.

Figure 23 – DHCP client
STEP 3.2 Wi-Fi
Select “Wi-Fi” to be the internet backhaul connection.
The gateway WiFi interface is the Access Point by default which SSID is
“Femto_Lite-XXXXXX” printed on the back label. The administrator can
only access the WEB UI through the Access Point mode to configure the
gateway. The gateway will be the WiFi client and will not be able to access
the WEB UI after enabling the WiFi interface as the internet backhaul
connection.
Figure 24 – Wi-Fi connection

MANUAL CONNECT – Specify the remote AP SSID and enter the password if
necessary.
Click “Join”to accept or “Cancel”to abort.
Figure 25 – Wi-Fi manual connection
The gateway will scan the nearby access point automatically. Just click the SSID for
the WiFi connection.
Figure 26 – Wi-Fi manual connection
Enter a WiFi password if it is necessary for the connection.
Figure 27 – Wi-Fi password
Click “Join”to accept or “Cancel”to abort.