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QUARTZ Series
3G & 4G Dual LAN Industrial Router Range
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Table of Contents
Page
Introduction 3
About Siretta 4
General Description 5
Features 6
Specications 7
QUARTZ Series Interface 8
Ordering Information 9
Dimensions 10
QUARTZ Series Images 11
QUARTZ Series LED Indicators 12
Interfaces 13
RS232 Port (RJ45) 13
LAN / WAN Port 14
Input / Output 15
SIM Socket 16
SIM Requirements 16
Antenna Connectors 17
Main Antenna Connector 18
GPS Antenna Connector 18
WiFi Antenna Connector 18
GPS 19
GPS Performance (QUARTZ-G Variants) 19
WiFi 19
WiFi Performance (QUARTZ-W Variants) 19
Power 20
Power Connector 20
Power Supply Requirements 21
Switching the Router ON/OFF 21
Installation 22
Considerations for Installations
Incorporating the Router
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Power Supply Installation 23
Securing the Router 23
Safety and Product Care 24
General Precautions 24
SIM Card Precautions 24
Antenna Precautions 25
Exposure to RF Energy 25
Safety Recommendations 27
Approvals 28
Disclaimer 29
Definitions 30

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This document is intended to provide guidance when adding a router from the
QUARTZ Series to your system.
The QUARTZ Series 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 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 router series is an internet of things enabled mobile broadband
and machine to machine (M2M) industrial cellular router. The router works with the
3G UMTS and 4G LTE cellular networks to provide reliable, secure and high speed
wireless connectivity.
The QUARTZ router series is a powerful and programmable range designed for use
in industrial environments with high performance and a robust hard enclosure as
standard. The QUARTZ router series have been designed for remote management,
telemetry, condition monitoring, CCTV, ATMs, vending machine and other M2M
applications.
The QUARTZ router series is an ideal wireless data transfer device for high speed
data applications transferring large amounts of data. The series include fast transfer
speeds using the 3G UMTS and 4G LTE networks, reaching up to 21Mbps download
and up to 5.76Mbps upload for 3G and 50Mbps upload and 100Mbps download for
4G. In addition the QUARTZ router series is supplied with integrated digital I/O and
support for industrial VPN. The industrial grade VPN features can be congured in the
router which allows you to utilize virtual private network service through the 3G / 4G
connection and directly access the industrial server environment.
Incorporating dual SIM functionality as standard, the QUARTZ router series allows
you to setup a backup cellular network between two different SIM cards to ensure a
permanent reliable connection regardless of individual network availability.
The QUARTZ router series has an optional GPS engine which provides position and
location based service capability, this makes the QUARTZ router series ideal for eet
tracking and device access management. With dual port Ethernet capability, RJ45
serial RS232 offering linkCONNECT solution and 3 digital I/O the QUARTZ router
family offers a comprehensive array of features to empower your application.

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»European 3G / UMTS Bands with 2G Fallback
»European 4G / LTE Bands with 3G & 2G Fallback
»RS232 linkCONNECT Port (RJ45)
»3 x Digital I/O
»High speed data via UMTS & LTE network
»Strong resistance to electromagnetic interference
»Built-in watch dog, multi-link detection
»Industrial, robust design with metal housing
»Dual SIM for failover / backup between network
»WAN supports PPPOE, Static IP, DHCP Client
»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
»Supports 802.11b/g/n WiFi, 150Mbps data rate
»Local and remote management
»SNMP network management, NTP support
Features

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Specifications
QUARTZ UMTS QUARTZ LTE
2G frequency band: B8 (900MHz), B3 (1800MHz) B8 (900MHz), B3 (1800MHz)
3G frequency band: B5 (850MHz), 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: 102mm x 100mm x 42mm 102mm x 100mm x 42mm
Weight: 300g 300g
Supply voltage: 7.5 - 26VDC 7.5 - 26VDC
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 Series routers

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QUARTZ Series Interface
Standard Router Features
Hardware
The QUARTZ Series routers come with the following interfaces:
»2 x 10/100Mb LAN (2 x LAN)
»1 x RS232 linkCONNECT port (RJ45) - available on RJ45 console port
»3 x I/O (Input/Output - user dened) - available on 8-way molex connector
»1 x 3G/4G SMA female antenna interface
»2 x standard SIM/R-UIM interface
»1 x standard DC power interface - available on 8-way molex connector
Optional Router Features
Optional Hardware
The QUARTZ Series routers have the following optional hardware features:
»1 x 10/100Mb Ethernet LAN, 1 x 10/100Mb Ethernet WAN
»1 x GPS SMA female antenna interface
»1 x WiFi SMA female antenna interface

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Ordering Information
QUARTZ XX X X XXXX
Optional Antenna Interfaces*
G = GPS
W = WiFi
Number of SIM Ports
1 = 1 x SIM Port
2 = 2 x SIM Ports
Range Identier
QUARTZ = Industrial Router Range
Number of Ethernet Ports
1 = 1 x Ethernet LAN Port, 1 x Ethernet WAN Port
2 = 2 x Ethernet LAN Ports
Technology
UMTS = Global 3G
LTE = European 4G
*If you do not require an additional antenna interface, leave this blank.
Part Numbering Examples
»QUARTZ-12-UMTS = Global UMTS Industrial Router with 1 x Ethernet LAN, 1 x Ethernet WAN and, 2 x
SIM Port Interfaces
»QUARTZ-GW22-LTE = European LTE Industrial Router with 2 x Ethernet LAN and 2 x SIM Port Interfaces,
with GPS and WiFi

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Dimensions
All dimensions are shown in mm.
Figure 1. QUARTZ Series - Bottom label Figure 2. QUARTZ Series - Front panel
100mm
102mm
36mm
24mm
42mm
100mm
42mm
100mm
48mm
52mm
58mm
24mm
20mm
14mm
6.8mm
13.75mm
48mm
52mm
7.4mm
40mm
46mm
51.7mm
68mm
25mm
17.3mm
9.75mm
17mm
12mm
12.5mm
9mm
11mm
13.75mm
102mm
42mm
23.3mm
53.4mm
20mm
58mm
Ø7mm
13.5mm
9mm
26mm
14mm
50mm
5mm
10mm
24.5mm
9mm
100mm
102mm
36mm
24mm
42mm
100mm
42mm
100mm
48mm
52mm
58mm
24mm
20mm
14mm
6.8mm
13.75mm
48mm
52mm
7.4mm
40mm
46mm
51.7mm
68mm
25mm
17.3mm
9.75mm
17mm
12mm
12.5mm
9mm
11mm
13.75mm
102mm
42mm
23.3mm
53.4mm
20mm
58mm
Ø7mm
13.5mm
9mm
26mm
14mm
50mm
5mm
10mm
24.5mm
9mm
Figure 3. QUARTZ Series - I/O and power interface Figure 4. QUARTZ Series - DIN rail mount adapter
100mm
102mm
36mm
24mm
42mm
100mm
42mm
100mm
48mm
52mm
58mm
24mm
20mm
14mm
6.8mm
13.75mm
48mm
52mm
7.4mm
40mm
46mm
51.7mm
68mm
25mm
17.3mm
9.75mm
17mm
12mm
12.5mm
9mm
11mm
13.75mm
102mm
42mm
23.3mm
53.4mm
20mm
58mm
Ø7mm
13.5mm
9mm
26mm
14mm
50mm
5mm
10mm
24.5mm
9mm
100mm
102mm
36mm
24mm
42mm
100mm
42mm
100mm
48mm
52mm
58mm
24mm
20mm
14mm
6.8mm
13.75mm
48mm
52mm
7.4mm
40mm
46mm
51.7mm
68mm
25mm
17.3mm
9.75mm
17mm
12mm
12.5mm
9mm
11mm
13.75mm
102mm
42mm
23.3mm
53.4mm
20mm
58mm
Ø7mm
13.5mm
9mm
26mm
14mm
50mm
5mm
10mm
24.5mm
9mm

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QUARTZ Series Images
Figure 5. 3D view of the QUARTZ Router
Figure 7. Antenna, Power, Console, LED, LAN / WAN Interfaces
Figure 6. Front view of the QUARTZ Router
Figure 8. SIM & I/O

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The state of the QUARTZ Router is indicated by the status LEDs as shown in table 2
below.
Silk screen Status Indication
Signal
Signal Solid light
LED1 indicates signal is weak (CSQ0~10).
LED2 indicates signal is good (CSQ11~19.
LED3 indicates signal is strong (CSQ20~31)
Signal 1
Blink Dialling
Solid light Online
PWR Solid light System power operation
WLAN
Solid light WLAN enabled, but no data communication
Blinking quickly Data transmitting
Continuously off WLAN disabled
ERR
Continuously off System operation and 3G / 4G online
Solid light (Red) System fail indicator (indiciates SIM / module fail)
LAN
Green Solid light Connected
Green Blinking Data transmitting
Table 2. Device status LED
Figure 9. QUARTZ LEDs
QUARTZ LED Indicators
Signal LED 3
Signal LED 2
Signal LED 1
PWR (Indicates unit is on)
WLAN (Indicates WiFi activity)
ERR (Indicates error or initializing)
LAN (Indicates Ethernet activity)
LAN / WAN (Indicates Ethernet activity)

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RS232 Console Port (RJ45)
The RS232 console port (RJ45) enables connection from the router to your laptop
or other devices. To enable this connection you will need a RJ45-DB9 cable (please
speak to your Siretta representative). Once connected, the RS232 console port
allows communication with a central server to provide polling and diagnostics of
remote equipment
Figure 10. RS232 console port
RS232 console port (RJ45)
Interfaces
Figure 11. RS232 RJ45 pin numbering
12345678
White Orange
Orange White
White Green
Blue White
Brown White
White Brown
Green White
White Blue
Figure 12. RJ45-DB9 cable

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LAN / WAN Port
Figure 13. QUARTZ LAN / WAN Connection
As standard, the QUARTZ Series is supplied with 2 x 10/100Mb LAN connections.
Optionally, the QUARTZ router can be supplied with 1 x 10/100Mb LAN and 1 x
WAN connections.
These connections can be used to connect the router directly to a computer.
LAN / Optional WAN Port
LAN Port

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Input/Output
Table 3. QUARTZ Series Input/Output
This connector provides a general purpose multi-way interface for the user to access
additional functionality within the QUARTZ router.
Figure 14. Input/Output
Name Direction Description
V+ Input Power Positive (+12V DC)
V- Input Power Ground (0V)
GND Input/Output RS232 Signal Ground
RXD/A Input RS232 Debug Receive
TXD/B Output RS232 Debug Transmit
DI-1 Input Direct Input 1
DI-2 Input Direct Input 2
DO Output Direct Output
V+
DO

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Figure 15. SIM holder
SIM holder
SIM
Insert SIM
this way
SIM Socket
SIM Requirements
SIM services available for the QUARTZ series include:
»3G UMTS (850, 900, 1900, 2100MHz)
»SMS
»4G LTE (800, 850, 900, 1800, 2100, 2600MHz)
The QUARTZ Series 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 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 routers can be either single or dual SIM, supporting 1.8/3/5V with
automatic SIM detection.*
*To insert SIM card, remove blue protective shield and insert. Replace shield once SIM’s are inserted.

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GPS / DIVERSITY antenna connector
(optional)
Antenna Connectors
Figure 16. Antenna connectors
Main antenna (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.
WiFi antenna connector
(optional)
Figure 17. QUARTZ Antennas*
*Antennas only supplied when QUARTZ is purchased with accessories.

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A female SMA connector is provided to allow connection of 3G / 4G. 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, 900, 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
Where the option has been chosen a female SMA connector is provided for the
connection of a GPS antenna. For optimum performance the antenna assembly
connected to this router is required to have the following characteristics:
»For GPS: Operation in the following bands: 1575.42MHz
»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
Where the option has been chosen a female SMA connector is provided for the
connection of a WiFi antenna. For optimum performance the antenna assembly
connected to this router is required to have the following characteristics:
»For WiFI: Operation in the following bands: 2.4GHz
»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
WiFi Antenna

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GPS
GPS Performance (QUARTZ-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 channel’s
»Stand Alone and Assisted mode
»Integrated LAN
WiFi
WiFi Performance (QUARTZ-W Variants)
»Standard: IEEE 802.11b/g/n
»WEP, WPA and WPA2 encryption
»Standard 150Mbps

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Power
Power Connector
This connector is used for supplying DC power and power ON/OFF signals for the
router. The router power supply is 5 - 26VDC.
Figure 18. RJ12 power connector
V+
V-
Table 4. QUARTZ Power Input
Name Description
V+ Power Positive (+12V DC)
V- Power Ground (0V)