Ursalink UG87-In User manual

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UG87-In LoRaWAN Gateway
Quick Start Guide
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Welcome
Thank you for choosing Ursalink UG87 LoRaWAN Gateway.
This guide teaches you how to install the UG87 (Indoor) and how to log in the web GUI to configure the
device. Once you complete the installation, refer to the Ursalink UG87 User Guide for instructions on how to
perform configurations on the device.
Related Documents
This Quick Start Guide only explains the installation of Ursalink UG87 LoRaWAN Gateway. For more
functionality and advanced settings, please refer to the relevant documents as below.
Document
Description
Ursalink UG87 Datasheet
Datasheet for the Ursalink UG87 LoRaWAN Gateway.
Ursalink UG87 User Guide
Users can refer to the guide for instruction on how to log in the
web GUI, and how to configure all the settings.
The related documents are available on Ursalink website: http://www.ursalink.com.
Declaration of Conformity
UG87 is in conformity with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the CE, FCC, and
RoHS.
For assistance, please contact
Ursalink technical support:
Email: [e-mail]
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Before you begin to install the UG87 LoRaWAN Gateway, please check the package contents to verify that
you have received the items below.
1.1 Package Contents
1 × UG87
1 × Ethernet Cable
1 × Power Adapter
2 × SIM Card Slots
2 × Magnetic Mount
Cellular Antennas
(Default)
2 × Stubby Cellular
Antennas (Optional)
1 × GPS Antenna
1 × DIN Rail Kit
(Default)
1 × Wall Mounting
Bracket (Optional)
If any of the above items is missing or damaged, please contact your Ursalink sales
representative.
1 × 2-Pin Pluggable
Terminal
1 × 10-Pin Pluggable
Terminal
1 × Warranty Card
1 × Stubby LoRa
Antenna
1. Packing List

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2.1 Overview
A. Front Panel
UG87 Front Panel
B. Left Side Panel
1SIM Card Slot
2Power Connector
3Grounding Stud
2.2 Dimensions (mm)
2. Hardware Introduction
1Main Cellular Antenna
2Reset Button
3LED Indicator Area
POWER: Power Indicator
STATUS: Status Indicator
: Signal Strength Indicator
LORA：LoRa Indicator
VPN: VPN Indicator
SIM1: SIM1 Status Indicator
SIM2: SIM2 Status Indicator
4Ethernet Port Indicator:
Orange for data transmission;
Green for network rate
5AUX Cellular Antenna
6GPS Antenna
7Serial Port & I/O
8LoRa Antenna

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2.3 Pinouts
2.4 LED Indicators
LED
Indication
Status
Description
POWER
Power Status
On
The power is switched on
Off
The power is switched off
STATUS
System Status
Green Light
Static: Start-up
Blinking slowly: the system is running
properly
Red Light
The system goes wrong
LoRa
LoRa Status
Green Light
Packet Forwarder mode is running well.
Off
Packet Forwarder mode is running off.
VPN
VPN Status
Green Light
VPN is connected
Off
VPN is disconnected
SIM1/SIM2
SIM Card Status
Off
SIM1 or SIM2 is registering or fails to register
(or there are no SIM cards inserted)
Green Light
Blinking slowly: SIM1 or SIM2 has been
registered and is ready for dial-up
Blinking rapidly: SIM1 or SIM2 has been
registered and is dialing up now
Static: SIM1 or SIM2 has been registered and
dialed up successfully
Signal
Strength
Signal 1/2/3
Off
No signal
Green Light
Static/Off/Off: weak signals with 1-10 ASU
(please check if the antenna is installed
correctly, or move the antenna to a suitable
location to get better signal)
PIN
RS232
DI
DO
Description
1
TXD
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Transmit Data
2
RXD
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Receive Data
3
---
---
---
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4
---
---
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5
GND
GND
---
Ground
6
---
IN1
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Digital Input1
7
---
IN2
---
Digital Input2
8
---
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OUT1
Digital Output1
9
---
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OUT2
Digital Output2
10
---
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COM
Common Ground
PIN
Description
11
Positive
12
Negative

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Static/Static/Off: normal signals with 11-20
ASU (average signal strength)
Static/Static/Static: strong signals with 21-31
ASU (signal is good)
2.5 Reset Button
Function
Description
STATUS LED
Action
Reboot
Blinking
Press and hold the reset button for about 5-15 seconds.
Static Green
Release the button and wait for system to reboot.
Reset
Blinking
Press and hold the reset button for more than 15 seconds.
Static Green →
Rapidly Blinking
Release the button and wait.
Off → Blinking
The gateway is now reset to factory default.
2.6 Ethernet Port Indicator
Indicator
Status
Description
Link Indicator (Orange)
On
Connected
Blinking
Transmitting data
Off
Disconnected
Rate Indicator (Green)
On
1000 Mbps mode
Off
100 Mbps mode

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Environmental Requirements
- Power Input: 9-48 VDC
- Power Consumption: Typical 3.3W (Max 6.4 W)
- Operating Temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F -158°F)
- Relative Humidity: 0% to 95% (non-condensing) at 25°C/77°F
3.1 SIM Card Installation
3.1.1 SIM Card Installation
A. Push the yellow button on the left panel of the B. Put SIM card onto the slot then insert the
slot gateway, and then you will see the SIM card back into the hole.
slot popping out directly.
3.2 Rotate the Antenna into the Antenna Connector
3. Hardware Installation

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3.3 Connect the UG87 to a Computer
3.4 Mount the gateway
The gateway can be placed on a desktop or mounted to a wall or a DIN rail.
3.4.1 Wall Mounting (Measured in mm)
Use 2 pieces of M3 × 6 flat head Phillips screws to fix the wall mounting kit to the gateway, and then use 2
pieces of M3 drywall screws to mount the gateway associated with the wall mounting kit on the wall.
Recommended torque for mounting is 1.0 N·m, and the maximum allowed is 1.2 N·m.
3.4.2 DIN Rail Mounting (Measured in mm)
Use 2 pieces of M3 × 6 flat head Phillips screws to fix the DIN rail to the gateway, and then hang the DIN rail
on the mounting bracket. It is necessary to choose a standard bracket.
Recommended torque for mounting is 1.0 N·m, and the maximum allowed is 1.2 N·m.

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3.5 Power Supply Installation
A. Take out the terminal from the gateway and unscrew the bolt on terminal.
B. Screw down the bolt after inserting power cable into the terminal.
Connecting the Power Cable
If you insert wires into the reverse holes, the gateway will not start and you must switch the wires
into the correct holes.
3.6 Protective Grounding Installation
A. Remove the grounding nut.
B. Connect the grounding ring of the cabinet’s grounding wire onto the grounding stud and screw up the
grounding nut.
The gateway must be grounded when deployed. According to operating environment, the ground
wire should be connected with grounding stud of gateway.
Color
Polarity
Red
+
Yellow
-

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Getting Started
Please connect PC to GE port of UG87 directly. PC can obtain an IP address, or you can configure a
static IP address manually. The following steps are based on Windows 10 operating system for your
reference.
③Click “Ethernet” (May have different names). ④Click “Properties”.
4. PC Configuration for UG87 Web GUI
①Click “Search Box” to search “Control Panel” on the
Windows 10 taskbar.
②Click “Control Panel” to open it, and then click
“View network status and tasks”.

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(Note: Remember to click “OK” to finish configuration.)
⑤Double Click “Internet
Protocol Version 4
(TCP/IPv4)” to configure IP
address and DNS server.
⑥Method 1: click “Obtain an IP
address automatically”;
Method 2: click “Use the
following IP address” to assign a
static IP manually within the
same subnet of the gateway.

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This chapter explains how to log in UG87 Web GUI, and connect the gateway to cellular network.
Ursalink UG87 provides web-based configuration interface for management. If this is the first time you
configure the gateway, please use the default settings below:
IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Username: admin
Password: password
5.1 Log in the Gateway
Make sure your PC is connected to the same network as shown in Section 4.
A. Open a Web browser on your PC (Chrome and IE are recommended), type in the IP address, and press
Enter on your keyboard.
B. Enter the username and password, click “Login”.
If you enter the username or password incorrectly more than 5 times, the login page will be locked
for 10 minutes.
C. When you log in with the default username and password, you will be asked to modify the password. It’s
suggested that you change the password for the sake of security. Click “Cancel” button if you want to modify
it later.
5. Access to UG87 Web GUI for Cellular Connection

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D. After you log in the Web GUI, you can view system information and perform configuration of the gateway.
5.2 Configure the Cellular Connection
Take inserting SIM card into SIM1 slot as an example; please refer to the following detailed operations.
A. Click “Network” → “Interface” → “Cellular” → “Cellular Setting” to configure the cellular info.
B. Enable SIM1.
C. Choose relevant network type. “Auto”, “4G First”, “4G Only”, “3G First”, “3G Only”, “2G First” and “2G
Only” are optional.
D. Click “Save” and “Apply” for configuration to take effect.

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If you select “Auto”, the gateway will obtain ISP information from SIM card to set APN, Username, and
Password automatically. This option will take effect when the SIM card is issued from a well-known ISP.
If you select “4G First” or “4G Only”, you can click “Save” to complete the configuration directly.
If you select “3G First”, “3G Only”, “2G First” or “2G Only”, you should manually configure APN, Username,
Password, and Access Number.
UG87 have two cellular interfaces, named SIM1 & SIM2. Only one cellular interface is active at one time. If
both cellular interfaces are enabled, SIM1 interface takes precedence by default.
5.3 Check the Cellular Connection Status
5.3.1 Check the Cellular Connection Status by Web GUI of Router
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SIM1 has dialed up successfully.
5.3.2 Check the Cellular Connection Status by Hardware
On the other hand, you can check the status of SIM1 indicator. If it keeps on green light statically, it means
SIM1 has dialed up successfully.
5.4 Check if Network Works Properly by Browser on PC
Open your preferred browser on PC, then type any available web address into address bar and see if it is
able to visit Internet via UG87.

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6.1 Node Parameters
Channel Plan
AS923
Frequency
923.4MHZ, 923.2MHZ
Join Type
OTAA
Device EUI
60C5A8FFFE0003F9
Application EUI
70B3D57ED0007AC2
App Key
328F2A3F5BA8D0B236459CF06D0512B5
6.2 Configure The Things Network
A. Gateway Configuration
B. Applications Configuration
Gateway EUI
24E124FFFEF0132E
Frequency Plan
Asia 920-923MHZ
Server ID
Switch-router (ttn.opennetworkinfrastructure.org)
6. Packet Forwarder Testing

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6.3 Packet Forwarder Configuration
A. Click “LoRaWAN” → “Packet Forwarder” → “General” to configure the general setting.
B. Click “Radios” to configure the center frequency and channels.

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C. Click “Traffic” to view the data communication of UG87.
6.4 Check Data Transmission on The Things Network
A. Click “Gateways”, you can check the Gateways status.
B. Click “Applications”and select the Applications, then go to “Data”, you can find the data from the Node.

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Note that only gateway with activated built-in Network Server version supports this function.
7.1 Node Parameters
Channel Plan
AS923
Frequency
923.4MHZ, 923.2MHZ
Join Type
OTAA
Device EUI
60C5A8FFFE0003F9
Application EUI
70B3D57ED0007AC2
App Key
1A98A25536993A882154B81551F18A76
7.2 Network Server Configuration
A. Click “LoRaWAN” → “Network Server” → “General” to configure the general setting.
Note that the channel plan of the nodes and network server need to be the same.
B. Add a new Application
7. Network Server Testing