BROWAN MerryIoT 5G Gateway User Manual

BROWAN MerryIoT 5G Gateway

Product Information

Browan Communications Inc. presents MerryIoT 5G Gateway, which is a licensed product designed for edge computing applications in IoT, Smart Manufacturing, Automation, Blockchain, and other similar fields. It supports high performance, high reliability, and high throughput for heavy data processing demand. It is based on Linux distribution and has quad cores Intel Atom hardware, making it an ideal solution for AIoT applications. The product comes with four LAN ports, two USB ports, One RS232 port, one HDMI and 12V5A power input, one POWER LED indicator, and one push button. It also has external antennas for LoRa transmission and supports LoRaWan 1.0.3 packet forwarder and Basic Station mode.

Product Usage

To use MerryIoT 5G Gateway, follow the below instructions:

1. Connect the four LAN ports of MerryIoT 5G Gateway to the devices that need to be connected to the internet.
2. Connect the power adapter (12V/5A) to the power input of the MerryIoT 5G Gateway.
3. Connect the LoRa antenna and base to the RP-SMA female antenna connector provided on the MerryIoT 5G Gateway.
4. Connect any USB devices to the two USB ports provided.
5. Connect any device that supports RS232 to the RS232 port provided.
6. Connect any display device that supports HDMI to the HDMI port provided.
7. The POWER LED indicator on the MerryIoT 5G Gateway should light up once it is powered on.
8. The push button provided can be used for resetting or turning off the device.

Revision History

Copyright
© 2021 BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS INC.

This document is copyrighted with all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means without the written permission of BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Notice
BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS INC. reserves the right to change specifications without prior notice. While the information in this manual has been compiled with great care, it may not be deemed an assurance of product characteristics. BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS INC. shall be liable only to the degree specified in the terms of sale and delivery. The reproduction and distribution of the documentation and software supplied with this product and the use of its contents is subject to written authorization from BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Trademarks
The product described in this document is a licensed product of BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Introduction

Purpose and Scope
MerryIoT 5G Gateway is designed for edge computing applications in IoT, Smart Manufacturing, Automation, Blockchain and etc, to support high performance, high reliability and high throughput for the heavy data processing demand. MerryIoT 5G Gateway is targeting at AIoT applications with quad cores Intel Atom hardware, based on Linux distribution. IoT solution providers can easily integrate advanced and stable functions for their application-centric development on their own IoT projects.

Product Design
The dimension of L0009 MerryIoT 5G Gateway is with the dimension of 180 x 127 x 33 mm, and with four LAN port, two USB port, One RS232 port, one HDMI and 12V5A power input, one POWER LED indicators, and one push button.

Dimension

Product Features

• Up to 8 concurrent channels for LoRa transmission
• Support LoRaWan 1.0.3 packet forwarder and Basic Station mode
• Support BROWAN OTA
• External antennas for LoRa

System Architecture

Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations

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

Hardware Details

LED Indicators

• LED sequence: Power(System), Status

I/O Ports

Figure 2 – IO Ports

Back Label

The marking information is located at the bottom of apparatus.

Figure 3 – Back Label

Package Label

N

o.

| Item| Description
---|---|---
1| Product BOX| Gift Box
2| Labeling| Model/ MAC/ Serial Number/ Type Approval

Package Content

N

o.

| Description| Quantity
---|---|---
1| MerryIoT 5G Gateway| 1
2| Power adapter (12V/5A)| 1
3| LoRa Antenna and Base| 1

System Specification

Hardware Specification

–           Quad-core up to 2.0GHz

2| Memory| –     DDR3/4 4GB
3| Storage| –     64GB SSD
4| System| –     Ubuntu 20.04
5| DIsplay| –     HDMI port
7| Crypto chip| –     TPM2.0
8| Front I/O| –       1 x Power button

–       1 x HDMI

–       1 x GbE RJ45

–       1 x RP-SMA female antenna connector (LoRa)

–       1 x LED indicators

9| Rear I/O| –       3 x GbE RJ-45

–       1 x RS-232 (DB-9)

–       2 x USB 3.0 (type A)

–       1 x Push button

–       1 x DC jack

10| USB| –           External USB-A 3.0 connector

–           Reserved for future use

11| LEDs| n   Power
12| Button| –     Push button (GPIO)
13| Console| –     RS232
14| Environment| –       Operating temperature: -20 to 60°C (with SSD or mSATA-mini)

–       Storage temperature: -20 to 85°C

–       Relative humidity: 5 to 95% RH (non-condensing)

–

16| Size| –     180x127x33 mm
17| Power| –           DC jack

–           DC12V 5A

Note

LoRa Specification

–           40 x 50 (w/golden pins) x 3 mm

9| Channel Plan

-US915

| –           Uplink

Frequency (MHZ)           Spreading Factor

• 903.9              SF7BW125 to SF10BW125
• 904.1              SF7BW125 to SF10BW125
• 904.3              SF7BW125 to SF10BW125
• 904.5              SF7BW125 to SF10BW125
• 904.7              SF7BW125 to SF10BW125
• 904.9              SF7BW125 to SF10BW125
• 905.1              SF7BW125 to SF10BW125
• 905.3              SF7BW125 to SF10BW125
• 904.6              SF8BW500

–           Downlink

Frequency (MHZ)           Spreading Factor

• 923.3       SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1)
• 923.9       SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1)
• 924.5       SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1)
• 925.1       SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1)
• 925.7       SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1)
• 926.3       SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1)
• 926.9       SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1)
• 927.5       SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 (RX1)
• 923.3              SF12BW500 (RX2)

Note

Software Specification

Configuration/Performance/Capability

PR- 0001

| Network Configuration| ·         Ethernet switch Configuration|

PR- 0003

| ****

OTA

| ·         OTA daily check

·         Browan OTA

·

|
PR- 0004| Gateway Config| ·         Network setting

·         Helium on boarding

|
---|---|---|---

Basic Features

o Power LED

|
PR- 1003| Ethernet| ·         Ethernet connection|

PR- 1006

| ****

Debug port

| ****

·         UART for debug

|

PR- 1007

| ****

OTA

| ****

·         OTA agent

|

PR- 1008

| ****

SW Monitor

| ·         Monitor packet forwarder

·         Monitor Helium Miner

·         Monitor Gateway Config

|
PR- 1009| HW Watchdog| ·         Monitor system|

LoRaWAN features

·         Miner Application

|
PR- 2003| gateway_mfr| ·         Swarm key provision|
PR- 2004| Gateway config| ·         Helium on boarding|

Regulatory Specification

Reliability Specification

Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

FCC Caution:
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and
2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

Country Code selection feature to be disabled for products marketed to the US/CANADA Operation of this device is restricted to indoor use only

Industry Canada statement:
This device contains license-exempt transmitter(s)/receiver(s) that comply with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s licence-exempt RSS(s).

Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause interference
2. This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device

Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with Canada’s radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.

Contact Information

Browan Communications Inc.
No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352
Tel: +886-3-6006899
Fax: +886-3-5972970

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