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QUARTZ-COMPACT
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Table of Contents
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Introduction 3
About Siretta 4
General Description 5
Features 6
Specications 6
QUARTZ-COMPACT Series Interface 7
Ordering Information 8
Dimensions 9
QUARTZ-COMPACT Series Images 10
QUARTZ-COMPACT Series LED Indicators 11
Interfaces 12
LAN Port 12
SIM Socket 13
SIM Requirements 13
Antenna Connectors 14
Main Antenna Connector 15
GPS Antenna Connector 15
GPS 16
GPS Performance (QUARTZ-COMPACT-G
Variants)
16
Power 17
Power Connector 17
Power Supply Requirements 18
Switching the Router ON/OFF 18
Installation 19
Considerations for Installations
Incorporating the Router
19
Power Supply Installation 20
Securing the Router 20
Safety and Product Care 21
General Precautions 21
SIM Card Precautions 21
Antenna Precautions 22
Exposure to RF Energy 22
Safety Recommendations 24
Approvals 25
Disclaimer 26
Definitions 27

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This document is a guide for adding a QUARTZ-COMPACT router to your system.
The QUARTZ-COMPACT is a range of UMTS / LTE routers enabling mobile
broadband and machine to machine (M2M) industrial communication.
This document is aimed at engineers and describes the electrical characteristics,
hardware and software operation of the QUARTZ-COMPACT router.
Introduction

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About Siretta
Siretta is a wireless communications company located in Reading, United Kingdom
manufacturing & supplying industrial IoT products since the early 2000s.
Siretta’s product portfolio is made up of:
»Antennas, plus their associated Cable Assemblies & Adapters,
»Cellular Network Analysers
»Industrial Modems
»Industrial Routers
»Associated Cloud Management
Siretta supplies products directly and via a worldwide network of distributors, into
numerous markets and applications across the globe.
Siretta’s distribution partners range from industrial IoT specialists through to global
catalogue organisations.
Whether “off the shelf” or custom solutions are required, Siretta has a wide portfolio of
products to t many types of application.
Siretta’s extensive knowledge and experience in the wireless market allows support of
a wide range of customer applications, focusing on frequencies between 150 MHz to
6 GHz. These encompass modems, routers and antennas for:
»Cellular technologies: GSM/GPRS/3G/UMTS/4G/LTE & 5G NR, plus LTE CAT 1,
LTE CAT M & LTE CAT NBIoT
»Global positioning: GPS/GNSS
»WLAN/Wi-Fi
Whilst providing the above products for the industrial cellular market, Siretta also has
a number of antennas to cover applications for:
»Bluetooth, Zigbee, ISM band, LoRa and Sigfox
With a heavy emphasis on design, Siretta has a team of dedicated Engineers and
Product Managers, who specialise in wireless applications.
Siretta continually makes signicant investment in R&D endeavouring to provide
customers with market leading, future-proofed, wireless solutions. Siretta works
closely with many technology partners to stay at the forefront of industrial IOT.

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General Description
The Siretta QUARTZ-COMPACT router series is a range of high speed industrial
cellular routers in a compact enclosure. The QUARTZ-COMPACT series is offered
in 3G / UMTS and 4G / LTE forms giving reliable, secure and high speed wireless
connectivity.
The QUARTZ-COMPACT router series is a quality range designed for use in industrial
environments needing high performance and a robust hard enclosure as standard.
The QUARTZ-COMPACT router series has been designed for remote management,
telemetry, condition monitoring, CCTV, ATMs, vending machine and other M2M
applications.
The QUARTZ-COMPACT router series is an ideal wireless data transfer device for
high speed data applications transferring large amounts of data.
The QUARTZ-COMPACT series, using the UMTS / 3G and 4G LTE networks,
gives fast transfer speeds reaching up to 21Mbps download and up to 5.76Mbps
upload for 3G and 50Mbps upload and 100Mbps download for 4G. The QUARTZ-
COMPACT router series has dual port Ethernet capability and a single SIM as
standard, with 150Mbs data rate Wi and GPS engine as optional versions.
This makes the compact QUARTZ-COMPACT router series ideal for eet tracking
and device access management. In addition, the QUARTZ-COMPACT router series
is available with industrial grade VPN as an option, enabling a virtual private network
service through the 3G / 4G connection and directly access the industrial server
environment.

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»Global 3G / UMTS bands
»European 4G / LTE bands
»High speed data via UMTS & LTE networks
»Strong resistance to electromagnetic interference
»Built-in watch dog, multi-link detection
»Compact industrial design
»Good heat and radiation endurance
»Supports DHCP server
»Supports DNS proxy and Dynamic DNS (DDNS)
»Supports timing operation
»Supports LED status indication
»Supports APN and VDPN wireless private network access
»Local and remote management
»SNMP network management, NTP support
Features
Specifications
QUARTZ-COMPACT-UMTS (EU) QUARTZ-COMPACT-LTE (EU)
3G frequency band: B8 (900MHz), B1 (2100MHz) B5 (850MHz), B8 (900MHz), B1 (2100MHz)
4G frequency band: B20 (800MHz), B5 (850MHz), B8 (900MHz),
B3 (1800MHz), B1 (2100MHz), B7 (2600MHz)
Dimensions: 78.5mm x 68.2mm x 25 mm 78.5mm x 68.2mm x 25 mm
Weight: 150g 150g
Supply voltage: 5 -32 VDC 5 -32 VDC
Operating temperature range: -30 to 70°C -30 to 70°C
Antenna interface: SMA Female 2 x SMA Female
Table 1. Specications of QUARTZ-COMPACT Series routers

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QUARTZ-COMPACT Series Interface
Standard Router Features
Hardware
The QUARTZ-COMPACT Series routers come with the following interfaces:
»1 x 10/100Mb Ethernet LAN
»1 x 3G SMA Female antenna interface
»2 x 4G SMA Female antenna interface
»1 x standard SIM/R-UIM interface
»1 x standard DC power interface
Optional Router Features
Optional Interfaces*
The QUARTZ-COMPACT Series has the following optional interfaces available:
»1 x GPS Female antenna interface
»1 x Serial port
*GPS and Serial options are not available simultaneously on the QUARTZ-COMPACT

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Ordering Information
Part Numbering Examples
»QUARTZ-COMPACT-11-UMTS(EU) = European UMTS Industrial Router with 1 x Ethernet LAN and 1 x SIM
Port Interfaces
»QUARTZ-COMPACT-11-LTE(EU) = European LTE Industrial Router with 1 x Ethernet LAN and 1 x SIM Port
Interfaces
QUARTZ-COMPACT X X X XXXX
Number of SIM Ports
1 = 1 x SIM Port
Range Identier
QUARTZ-COMPACT = Industrial Router Range
Number of Ethernet Ports
1 = 1 x Ethernet LAN Port
Technology
UMTS = European 3G
LTE = European 4G
Optional Antenna Interfaces*
G = GPS
*GPS and Serial options are not available simultaneously on the QUARTZ-COMPACT

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Dimensions
All dimensions are shown in mm.
Figure 1. QUARTZ-COMPACT Series front
Figure 2. QUARTZ-COMPACT Series side
25mm
62.5mm
19.5mm
3.4mm
59mm
41.8mm
78.5mm
56.35mm
68.2mm
6.25mm
19mm
R6mm
12mm
5.5mm
5.3mm
Ø3.5mm
A
A
R2.75mm
R1.6mm
Ø3.2mm
9mm
26.65mm
17.5mm
14.3mm
9mm
4.75mm
18mm
6mm
25mm
62.5mm
19.5mm
3.4mm
59mm
41.8mm
78.5mm
56.35mm
68.2mm
6.25mm
19mm
R6mm
12mm
5.5mm
5.3mm
Ø3.5mm
A
A
R2.75mm
R1.6mm
Ø3.2mm
9mm
26.65mm
17.5mm
14.3mm
9mm
4.75mm
18mm
6mm

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QUARTZ-COMPACT Images
Figure 3. 3D view of the QUARTZ-COMPACT Router
Figure 5. QUARTZ-COMPACT Interfaces
Figure 4. Front view of QUARTZ-COMPACT Router
Figure 6. QUARTZ-COMPACT Antenna Connectors

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The state of the QUARTZ-COMPACT Router is indicated by the status LEDs as
shown in table 2 below.
Silk screen Color Status Indication
NET
Green Blink Strong signal
Orange Blink Normal signal
Red Blink Weak signal
Blinking slowly (2s) Logged in to network. LED color is matched with signal
identication. (e.g. Green blink = strong online signal)
Blinking slowly (0.5s) Dialling
LAN
Green Solid light Connection OK
Green Blinking Data sending
Green Dark LAN not connected
Table 2. Device status LED
Figure 7. QUARTZ-COMPACT LEDs
QUARTZ-COMPACT LED Indicators
NET - Network activity status
LAN - Ethernet activity status
PWR - Power activity status

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Interfaces
LAN Port
Figure 8. QUARTZ-COMPACT LAN Connection
As standard, the QUARTZ-COMPACT is supplied with 1 x 10/100Mb LAN
connection.
This port can be used to connect the router directly to a computer to transmit data
or for debug testing.
LAN Port

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Figure 9. SIM holder
SIM holder
SIM
Insert SIM
this way
SIM Socket
SIM Requirements
SIM services available for the QUARTZ-COMPACT series include:
»For the 3G / UMTS Model: Frequency Coverage is 900/2100MHz
»SMS
»For the 4G / LTE Model: Frequency Coverage is 800/850/900/1800/2100/2600MHz
The QUARTZ-COMPACT supports xed SIMs locked to a network and roaming SIMs
which can operate on more than one network within the home country. This allows
for least cost routing for roaming mobile data and machine to machine applications
where signal strength is variable in any given area and network selection is required.
The QUARTZ-COMPACT also supports global roaming SIMs which will work with any
network it can detect, at home or abroad and can be chosen for best performance.
The QUARTZ-COMPACT routers are single SIM, supporting 1.8/3/5V with automatic
SIM detection.*
*To insert SIM card, remove blue protective shield and insert. Replace shield once SIM is inserted.

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Antenna Connectors
Figure 10. Antenna connectors
Main antenna connector
(3G / 4G)
Antenna Placement
When in service the antenna should be placed away from electronic devices or
other antennas. The recommended minimum distance between adjacent antennas,
operating on a similar radio band, is at least 50cm.
Antenna Connection Cable
If a cable is used to connect the antenna to the router this cable must be a high
quality low loss cable. The cable and any connectors used should have 50 Ohms
impedance.
Figure 11. QUARTZ-COMPACT Antenna*
*Antennas only supplied when QUARTZ-COMPACT is purchased with accessories.
Optional GPS
antenna connector
(LTE version ONLY)

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A female SMA connector is provided to allow connection of 3G / LTE. For optimum
performance the antenna assembly connected to this router is required to have the
following characteristics:
»For 3G UMTS: Operation in the following bands: UMTS 850/1900/2100MHz
»For 4G LTE: Operation in the following bands: LTE 800/850/900/1800/2100/
2600MHz
»The characteristic impedance of any antenna or cable assembly attached to this
router should be 50 ohms
»The antenna must be capable of handling a minimum of 2W output power
»The VSWR should be less than 3:1 to avoid damage to the router
Main Antenna
A female SMA connector is provided to allow connection of optional GPS. For
optimum performance the antenna assembly connected to this router is required to
have the following characteristics:
»For GPS: Operation in the following bands: 1575.42 MHz
»The characteristic impedance of any antenna or cable assembly attached to this
router should be 50 Ohms
»The antenna must be capable of handling a minimum of 2W output power
»The VSWR should be less than 3:1 to avoid damage to the router
GPS Antenna

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GPS
GPS Performance (QUARTZ-COMPACT-G Variants)
»Advanced real time hardware correlation engine for enhanced sensitivity (better
than -165dBm for A-GPS)
»Fast Acquisition giving rapid Time-To-First-Fix (TTFF)
»Capability to monitor up to 28 channels
»Stand Alone and Assisted mode
»Integrated LNA

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Power Connector
This connector is used for supplying DC power to the router.
Figure 12. Power connector
Power connector
Power Supply Requirements
A DC power supply must be connected to the power input.
Table 3. Characteristics of power input
QUARTZ-COMPACT Series
Idle: 165mA @ 12V DC
Communicating: 195mA @ 12V DC
Power supply: 5-32 V DC
DC power supply polarity: Centre +ve

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Switching the Router ON/OFF
Power on the QUARTZ-COMPACT
The QUARTZ-COMPACT router is automatically powered on when power is supplied.
Power off the QUARTZ-COMPACT
The QUARTZ-COMPACT router is automatically powered off when power is removed.
Restart the QUARTZ-COMPACT
Press and hold reset button for at least 5 seconds.
Figure 13. Reset button
Reset button

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Installation
Considerations for Installations Incorporating the QUARTZ-COMPACT
There are several conditions which need to be taken into consideration when
designing your application as they might affect the router and its functionality. These
are:
Environmental conditions: The router must be installed so that the environmental
conditions stated such as, temperature, humidity and vibration are satised.
Additionally, the electrical specications must not be exceeded.
Signal strength: The router/antenna has to be placed in a position that ensures
sufcient signal strength. To improve signal strength, the antenna can be moved to
a more elevated position. Signal strength usually depends on how close the router is
to the base station. You must ensure that the location at which you intend to use the
router is within the network coverage area. Degradation in signal strength can be the
result of a disturbance from another source, for example an electronic device in the
immediate vicinity.
When considering the location for the router and antenna placement, you must
consider received signal strength as well as cable length as long cable runs can
attenuate the signal strength.
Connections of components to a QUARTZ-COMPACT routers: The system
integrator is responsible for the nal system solution. If external components are
incorrectly designed or installed it may cause radiation limits to be exceeded. For
instance, improper cable connections or incorrectly installed antennas can disturb the
network and lead to router malfunction.
Network and subscription: Before your application is used, you must ensure that
your chosen network provides the necessary telecommunication services. Contact
your service provider to obtain the necessary information.
» If you intend to use SMS in the application, ensure this is included in your
subscription.

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Power Supply Installations
»Use a high-quality power supply with short leads. This ensures that the voltages
at the connector pins are within the specied range, especially during the
maximum peak current of approximately 2A.
» When the router is powered from a battery or a high current supply, connect a
fast 1.25A fuse in line with the positive supply. This protects the power cabling
and router from damage.
Securing the Router
Before securing the router please take into account the amount of additional space
required for the mating connectors and cables that will be used with the router in the
application.
» Where access is restricted, it may be easier to connect all the cables to the router
prior to placing it in the application.