Flexitron webdyn MTX-StarEnergy-E User manual

MTX-StarEnergy-E
Software User Manual
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Index
General Notes .................................................................................................................. 4
Important Information ..................................................................................................... 4
Revisions........................................................................................................................... 4
User Manual ..................................................................................................................... 5
1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 5
2. Step-by-Step Conguration................................................................................................................... 6
3. Conguration......................................................................................................................................... 8
3.1 WAN .......................................................................................................................................... 8
3.1.1 WAN: Status ................................................................................................................ 8
3.1.2 WAN: Basic Settings ................................................................................................... 9
3.1.3 WAN: Keep Online....................................................................................................... 10
3.2 LAN ........................................................................................................................................... 12
3.2.1 LAN: Basic Settings .................................................................................................... 12
3.3 Firewall ..................................................................................................................................... 13
3.3.1 Firewall: Authorized IPs .............................................................................................. 13
3.4 Serial Settings: Serial PortX..................................................................................................... 14
3.5 VPN: IPSec ................................................................................................................................ 16
3.5.1 Other: AT Command.................................................................................................... 17
3.5.2 Other: Meter Connected............................................................................................. 19
3.5.3 Other: SMS Control..................................................................................................... 20
3.5.4 Other: Periodic Auto-reset.......................................................................................... 21
3.5.5 Other: Time Servers (NTP) ......................................................................................... 22
3.5.6 Other: Remote Console (TCP Server) ........................................................................ 23
3.5.7 Other: SNMP ............................................................................................................... 24
3.5.8 Other: TACACS+........................................................................................................... 41
3.5.9 Other: HTTPS............................................................................................................... 42
3.5.10 Other: User Permissions .......................................................................................... 44
3.5.11 Other: Passwords ..................................................................................................... 45
3.5.12 Other: CA Certicates............................................................................................... 46
3.5.13 Other: Syslog............................................................................................................. 47

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3.5.14 Other: Backup/Factory............................................................................................. 49
3.5.15 Other: Firmware Upgrade......................................................................................... 51
4. AT commands ....................................................................................................................................... 52
5. LEDs ...................................................................................................................................................... 55
1. Appendix: ............................................................................................................................................. 57
1.1 Example - Remote FW update via SFTP and SNMP, using an AT command, but without
prior SFTP conguration................................................................................................................. 57
1.2 Example - Remote FW update via SFTP and SNMP, using an AT command with prior
SFTP conguration.......................................................................................................................... 60
1.3 Example - Remote CONFIGURATION update via SFTP and SNMP, using an AT command,
but without prior SFTP conguration............................................................................................. 64
1.4 Example - Conguring the MTX-StarEnergy router to send SNMP alerts.............................. 66
Ofces and support.......................................................................................................... 70

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General Notes
The product is deemed to have been accepted by the recipient and is provided without an interface for
the recipient's products. The documentation and/or the product are provided for testing, evaluation,
integration and information purposes. The documentation and/or products are provided "as is" and may
include defects. The documentation and/or products are provided without a warranty of any kind, either
express or implied. To the fullest extent permitted by the applicable laws, Matrix Electronics further
disclaims all guarantees; including, but not limited to, all implied guarantees of merchantability, integrity,
tness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of third party rights. All risks arising out of the
use or performance of the product or the documentation are borne by the recipient. This product is not
intended for use in life support devices or systems where a malfunction of the product can reasonably be
expected to result in personal injury. Applications incorporating the described product must be designed
in accordance with the technical specications provided in these guidelines. Failure to follow any of the
required procedures may result in a malfunction or serious discrepancies in the results. Furthermore,
all safety instructions related to the use of mobile technical systems, including GSM products, which
also apply to cell phones, must be strictly followed. Regardless of the legal theory on which a claim
may be based, neither Matrix Electronics nor its suppliers shall be held liable for any consequential,
incidental, direct, indirect, punitive or other damages (including, without limitation, damages for lost
prots, interruption of business, loss of business data or information, or other pecuniary losses) arising
from the use, or inability to use, the documentation and/or the product, even if Matrix Electronics has
been advised of the possibility of such damages occurring. The foregoing limitations of liability shall
not apply in the event of mandatory liability, e.g. pursuant to the Spanish Product Liability Law, or in the
event of intent, gross negligence, injury to life, body and health, or breach of a condition in relation to the
contract. However, claims for damages arising from a breach of a condition relating to the contract, shall
be limited to the foreseeable damage which is intrinsic to the contract, unless caused by intent or gross
negligence, or is based on the liability for injury to life, body and health. The aforementioned provision
does not imply a change in the burden of proof to the detriment of the recipient. Subject to change
without notice. The interpretation of this general note will be governed and interpreted in accordance
with Spanish law, without reference to any other substantive law.
Important Information
This technical description contains important information for the launch and use of the MTX-StarEnergy-E
device. Please read it carefully before you start work with the equipment. The warranty will be void if
damage occurs due to non-compliance with these instructions. We cannot accept liability for related
losses.
Revisions
REVISION DATE
5.2.4.10.7.14 2021/05

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User Manual
1. Introduction
The MTX-StarEnergy modem/router is a device belonging to the Titan router family. It has been specically
designed to be used in scenarios involving the remote reading of energy meters.
We provide free, fast and efcient support to all users of MTX modems and routers when required. If
you still have questions after reading this manual, do not hesitate to write to us at the following email
address: [email protected]. Similarly, if you need a feature which is not included in our routers,
or if you need a special customization, please let us know and we will perform a study to include it.

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2. Step-by-Step Conguration
The MTX-StarEnergy router is congured using a Web environment.
The MTX-StarEnergy router uses a USB port to create a network connection providing access to said Web
conguration environment.
Minimum Requirements
• A PC with Windows 10, and a Web browser (Chrome, IExplorer, Firefox, etc.) and a USB port.
• A USB cable to connect the PC to the MTX-StartEnergy router.
Installing the USB Driver
If you don't already have the drivers installed on your computer, this is the rst thing you should do. The
steps to install the driver are as follows:
• Unzip the le “1_Quectel_LTE_Windows_USB_Driver_V2.1.5.zip” and run the program “setup.
exe”.
• Check if you are using a 32-bit or 64-bit system. To do this, go to the Windows start menu and
type in "System Information", a window similar to the following will appear:

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• Unzip the le “2_quectel_ecm_drivers_v1.02.0505.zip”.
Run ecm_driver_setup.exe for 64 or 32 bit depending on your system, select option “1” and
press “ENTER”.
• Insert a SIM card into the MTX-StarEnergy router and connect the antenna. Then power on the
device and connect it to your PC using the USB cable.
• Go to the “Network Connections” menu (type “View network connections” in the Windows Start
menu) and check that a network connection named Quectel ECM has been created, as shown
below.
• In the interface’s connection properties, congure a network address with IP 192.168.1.X,
where X is not 2 (192.168.1.2 is the default IP address of the MTX-StarEnergy router).
• Open a browser and go to the MTX-StarEnergy router’s conguration web interface at
http://192.168.1.2. The default username is “admin” and the password is “admin”.

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3. Conguration
3.1 WAN
The WAN section covers all aspects related to the MTX-StarEnergy router’s 2G/3G/4G conguration,
including the connection status, network conguration parameters and connection monitoring.
3.1.1 WAN: Status
This screen shows the general status of the MTX-StarEnergy router.
• Firmware Version: Firmware version of the MTX-StarEnergy router.
• WAN IP: WAN IP address (IP address assigned to the connection (2G/3G/4G) if it is activated).
• GSM Module: indicates the manufacturer and model of the internal GSM module of the MTX-
StarEnergy router.
• IMEI: IMEI of the MTX-StarEnergy router’s internal GSM module.
• Network (2G/3G/4G): indicates whether the current WAN connection is using the 2G (GPRS),
3G, or 4G network. The operator is shown in brackets.
• Signal Strength: indicates the strength of the signal. 0=none, 31=maximum
• Extra signal info: shows additional information when the modem is registered on 3G and 4G
networks.
• Internal Temperature: displays the internal temperature of the processor. (This does not
indicate the ambient temperature).

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3.1.2 WAN: Basic Settings
This section covers the conguration of the WAN connection (4g/3g/2g) parameters. You will need to know
about your SIM card, including the APN, username and password. Your provider must give them to you.
• Enabled WAN: check the box to allow the MTX-StarEnergy router to enable the 4g/3g/2g
connection.
• APN: Operator APN. Ask your GSM provider.
• Username: operator username. Ask your GSM provider.
• Password: operator password. Ask your GSM provider.
• Sim card Pin: if your SIM card has a PIN you must enter it here.
• Authentication: you must indicate the authentication method. Normally Auto.
• Network selection:
• Auto (4G/3G/2G): the MTX-StarEnergy will use 4G if there is coverage, or 3G and 2G
otherwise, in that order.
• Auto (4G/2G): the MTX-StarEnergy will use 4G if there is coverage, or 2G otherwise, in
that order.
• 4G: the MTX-StarEnergy will use the 4G network in all cases. If there is no 4G coverage,
it will not switch to 2G or 3G.
• 3G: the MTX-StarEnergy will use the 3G network in all cases. If there is no 3G coverage,
it will not switch to 2G or 4G.

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• 2G: the MTX-StarEnergy will use the 2G network in all cases.
• DNS1 and DNS2: DNS servers for domain name resolution. We recommend you use Google
8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 if you are going to use static DNS servers. In the drop down menu you can
also specify that it uses those assigned automatically by the phone provider.
• Remote management: if you check the box, you can access the web conguration page of
the MTX-StarEnergy remotely via HTTP, through its public IP address (the one indicated in
WAN>Status) and through the port specied in the next paragraph.
• Remote TCP Port: indicates the remote conguration TCP port. For example, if you specify
8080, the conguration URL will be http://x.x.x.x:8080.
Additional Notes
• If you want remote access via HTTPS rather than HTTP, please do not check the “Remote
management” checkbox, check the checkbox you will nd in the “Other” > “HTTPS” menu. With
this conguration you will not have remote access via HTTP, but you will via HTTPS (a certicate
generated and self-signed by the MTX-StarEnergy will be used by default for the connection.
You can also use a proprietary certicate).
• Once the conguration process is nished, click on the “SAVE CONFIG” button to save the
changes. Remember that you must restart the device for the new changes to take effect.
3.1.3 WAN: Keep Online
On this screen you can congure a PING to check the MTX-StarEnergy’s connectivity. If the PING fails X
times (a congurable value) consecutively, the 4G/3G/2G session will be restarted. See the additional
notes on this point for more options.

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• Enabled: check the box to allow the MTX-StarEnergy to send a PING to periodically check
connectivity.
• Ping Server: indicates the IP or DNS address of the server to PING.
• Period: indicates the number of minutes between each PING.
• Timeout: species the timeout in seconds to wait for a PING response.
• Retries: species the number of PING retries in case of failure.
• Retry period: indicates the number of minutes between each PING retry.
In the case of the example on the previous screen, server 8.8.8.8 is PINGed every 5 minutes, with a
timeout of 10 seconds. In the event of failure, 1 additional retry is performed after 1 minute. If the
number of retries is exhausted, which in this example is 1, the MTX-StarEnergy will restart the 4G/3G/2G
connection.
Additional Notes:
• Once the conguration process is nished, click on the “SAVE CONFIG” button to save the
changes. Remember that you must restart the device for the new changes to take effect.
• Do not forget the “Other > Periodic Autoreset” conguration section, where you can establish
an additional watchdog for this method and indicate a period after which the MTX-StarEnergy
will restart fully (with power off / power on of the electronics) if it is not able to obtain an IP from
the telephone operator.

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3.2 LAN
The “LAN” conguration section refers to the local network settings. In the case of the MTX-StarEnergy, it
refers to a LAN connection via a USB cable.
3.2.1 LAN: Basic Settings
This section lets you congure the basic network parameters of the network connection (emulated
through the USB interface).
• LAN Enabled: lets you enable/disable the LAN interface (the USB port). If you disable it, make
sure you have remote access to the MTX-StarEnergy via HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, SNMP or SMS. If
you do not, you will not be able to access the device’s conguration page, you will then have to
follow the steps to restore the factory conguration.
• IP Address: local IP address of the emulated IP interface (by default, 192.168.1.2).
• IP Subnet Mask: subnet mask.
Additional Notes:
• Once the conguration process is nished, click on the “SAVE CONFIG” button to save the
changes. Remember that you must restart the device for the new changes to take effect.

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3.3 Firewall
In this section we can congure certain security aspects of the MTX-StarEnergy router related to remote
IP connectivity.
3.3.1 Firewall: Authorized IPs
This screen lets you dene, if required, up to 3 IP addresses authorized to connect to/from the WAN port
(4G/3G/2G interface) for the for MTX-StarEnergy services. For example, if an authorized IP address of
90.166.108.200 is specied (such as the public IP of an ofce), certain services will only be accessible
from that IP address. It also lets you assign certain services that can only be used over the WAN via IPSec.
• Authorized IP1: authorized IP address number 1.
• Authorized IP2: authorized IP address number 2.
• Authorized IP3: authorized IP address number 3.
• Router conguration: species whether remote connections to the web conguration
environment are accepted from any IP, only from authorized IP addresses, or only via IPSEC.
• Serial Gateways: species whether remote connections to 2G/3G/4G-RS232/485 gateway
services can be made from any IP, only from authorized IP addresses, or only via IPSEC.
• Remote console: species whether to accept remote connections to the remote console service
from any IP, only from authorized IP addresses, or only via IPSEC.
• SNMP: species whether the device's GET/SET SNMP commands can be accessed from any IP,
only from authorized IP addresses, or only via IPSEC.
• PING: species whether PINGs are accepted from any IP address, or only PING requests made
from authorized IPs should be accepted.

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• Outgoing Connections: lets you specify whether the MTX-StarEnergy router can provide Internet
access to all IP addresses or only to authorized IP addresses.
Additional Notes:
• Once the conguration process is nished, click on the “SAVE CONFIG” button to save the
changes. Remember that you must restart the device for the new changes to take effect.
• If you use restrictions on “Outgoing connections”, remember that you also need to specify the
IP address of the DNS server.
• If you need more than 3 authorized IP addresses, you can specify more than one IP address in
any box, separating them by a comma “,”.
3.4 Serial Settings: Serial PortX
In this section we can congure a transparent gateway, or one with FT1.2 CSD/4G/3G/2G <> RS232/
RS485 encapsulation to remotely access RS232 and RS485 serial devices, such as electricity meters.

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• Baudrate: species the speed of the serial port (115200, …, 300).
• Data bits: species the number of data bits (7, 8).
• Parity: species the parity (none, even [even], odd [odd]).
• Stop bits: number of stop bits (1, 2).
• Timeout ms: indicates the number of milliseconds the device will wait without receiving data
through the serial port before sending the data via IP. If you specify a “0” (default value), the
data will be sent via IP as it arrives at the serial port. A value of 10, for example, species that
no data is sent if a period of at least 10ms has not passed without receiving data at the serial
port. This allows the data to reach its destination without the usual fragmentation problems
associated with some data management protocols and platforms. It should not be used if the
“FT1.2 Frame Encapsulation” option is activated.
• Allow incoming GSM calls (CSD Data Call): selecting this box indicates that CSD calls are
accepted. Only valid when the MTX-StarEnergy router is congured in AUTO (4G/3G/2G), AUTO
(4G/2G) or 2G mode, as long as your phone provider allows this. When a CSD data call is
received, the 2G/3G/4G data connection is closed and the CSD call is accepted and answered,
creating a CSD-RS232/RS485 gateway.
• CSD timeout: species the seconds that must elapse before closing a CSD-RS232/485 gateway
if there is no trafc on it. A time of 0 indicates that there is no timeout.
• FT1.2 Frame Encapsulation: select this option if you want the MTX-StarEnergy router to activate
the encapsulation option for IEC 101/102 protocols. With this mode activated, all input and
output data frames at the CSD-RS232/RS485 and IP-RS232/RS485 gateways will be checked
(headers, integrity, etc.) before being forwarded through the corresponding interface, otherwise
it is discarded.
• Enable Priority: select this option if you want to establish an IP-RS232/485 gateway, i.e. a
scenario in which the MTX-StarEnergy router is listening on a certain TCP port waiting to receive
a connection to establish the gateway. This gateway will have priority over the secondary
gateway. This means that, if the priority gateway is established, the secondary one cannot be
established. Moreover, if the secondary one is established, the secondary one will be closed to
make way for the priority one).
• TCP Priority Port: TCP listening port for the IP-RS232/RS485 primary gateway.
• Priority timeout: species the time, in seconds, that must elapse before closing an IP-
RS232/485 priority gateway if there is no trafc on it. A time of 0 indicates that there is no
timeout.
• Enable Secondary: select this option if you want to establish an IP-RS232/485 gateway, i.e.
a scenario in which the MTX-StarEnergy router is listening on a certain TCP port waiting to
receive a connection to establish the gateway. This gateway will be secondary to the primary
gateway. This means that, if the priority gateway is established, this secondary gateway cannot
be established.
• TCP Secondary Port: TCP listening port for the IP-RS232/RS485 secondary gateway.
• Secondary timeout: species the time, in seconds, that must elapse before a secondary
IP-RS232/485 gateway closes if there is no trafc on it. A time of 0 indicates that there is no
timeout.

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Additional Notes:
• Once the conguration process is nished, click on the “SAVE CONFIG” button to save the
changes. Remember that you must restart the device for the new changes to take effect.
• If a primary type connection enters when the secondary gateway is already established, the
MTX-StarEnergy router will close the secondary gateway, close the IEC session with the meter
automatically with the Link Address and Measurement Point used by the secondary connection
and, lastly, it will give way to the primary connection. A secondary connection cannot be
established while the primary connection is still in use.
• It should be noted that the serial port conguration refers to the 2 serial ports (one RS232
and one RS485) of the MTX-StarEnergy router. The gateways established, whether they are of
the CSD-Serial or the IP-Serial type, will be established through both serial ports (RS232 and
RS485) simultaneously. This is an important feature as you can connect an electricity meter to
one or another serial port (RS232 or RS485) without having to congure the type of port to be
used in the MTX-StarEnergy router, making life far easier.
3.5 VPN: IPSec
In this section we can activate a secure IPSec connection which will work as a “client” or a “server” in a
highly congurable way.

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See the AN41, AN42, AN43, AN44, AN45, AN46, and AN7 Application Notes for the Titan family of routers
for more information about their conguration. Note that, at the bottom of the conguration page you will
nd a series of examples with the most common congurations ready to use.
Additional Notes:
• Once the conguration process is nished, click on the “SAVE CONFIG” button to save the
changes. Remember that you must restart the device for the new changes to take effect.
• Remember that, in the Firewall > Authorized IPs conguration section you will nd an option
to specify which IP services must be used over the WAN only via IPSEC, such as IP-Serial
gateways, for example.
3.5.1 Other: AT Command
In this section we can send an AT command directly to the MTX-StarEnergy router and even to the internal
modem. For example, we may want to check the coverage or to identify nearby telephone cells, etc.
We can also congure up to 5 special AT commands which congure the MTX-StarEnergy when booting
(i.e. they are auto-executed when the device boots).
• AT Command: AT command for real-time execution (e.g. AT+COPS?). Once you click on the
“SEND AT COMMAND” button, the AT command will be executed and you will see the response.
• AT1, … AT5: AT initialization commands.

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Additional Notes:
• Once the conguration process is nished, click on the “SAVE CONFIG” button to save the
changes made. Remember that you must restart the device for the new changes to take effect.
• Point 4 of this document includes a list with the special AT commands that can be sent via this
interface.

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3.5.2 Other: Meter Connected
This conguration section lets you activate the presence service of an IEC electricity meter. Once activated,
the MTX-StarEnergy router will periodically check that the meter is present. If it detects that it is not and
SNMP TRAPS are congured, the router will send a TRAP reporting the situation.
• Enabled: checking this box activates the electricity meter presence detection service.
• Period: frequency, in seconds, to check the presence of the electricity meter.
• Retries: in the event of an error in the presence check, it will indicate how many attempts must
be made to consider that there is effectively no meter present.
• Link address: Link address of the meter, needed to perform the presence check.
Additional Notes:
• Once the conguration process is nished, click on the “SAVE CONFIG” button to save the
changes. Remember that you must restart the device for the new changes to take effect.
• Congure the OTHER > SNMP section, activating the presence TRAP, if you wish to receive
TRAPS when the meter is absent/recovered.
• The presence detection service will not be active while there are gateways established with the
meter for reading it, such as CSD<>RS232/RS485 or IP<>RS232/RS485 gateways, so as not
to interfere with communications.
• The Link address used by the MTX-StarEnergy router will be the one specied in this
conguration section, both in the rst instance and whenever the parameter (Link Address)
is congured again. However, the MTX-StarEnergy also listens to IP-Serial communications
coming from both the primary and secondary gateways. In the event that the Link address used
by the gateways is different from the one set in this section, the MTX-StarEnergy router will
store the new (link) address in its internal non-volatile memory and use the new link address

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instead of the one in the conguration. Obviously, this will only happen when the link address
used in the gateways is correct (the meter responds correctly to them), for the purpose of
avoiding incorrect congurations of the reading software causing an incorrect conguration of
the presence service.
3.5.3 Other: SMS Control
This section lets you congure how the MTX-StarEnergy router can be congured using SMS messages.
For example, we can change the conguration and read statuses using SMS commands, we can also
specify the telephone numbers authorized to do this.
• AT enabled: check this box if you need to be able to send AT commands by SMS to the MTX-
StarEnergy router, e.g. to nd out the coverage remotely, to perform a reset or to change the
conguration, etc.
• AT header: here you can enter the header text for SMS command messages. For example, if you
type “mtx” in this box, when an AT command is sent by SMS, e.g. the AT+CSQ command to nd
out the general coverage level, you must send an SMS message with the following text (without
the quotes) “mtx AT+CSQ”.
• All phones: this box must be checked if you want all phones to be authorized to send AT
commands to the MTX-StarEnergy router via SMS. Do not check this box if you want to specify
a set of authorized phone numbers. It can also be activated if the phone provider lets you lter
SMS messages, i.e. if phone numbers are ltered at the network level (by the phone provider)
and not at the device level.