COTX X3 Intelligent IoT Gateway User Guide

: June 6, 2024
: COTX

Table of Contents

COTX X3 Intelligent IoT Gateway
Package Contents
Size
LED and Screen Indicator Description
Preparing COTX-X3 Gateway
Configuring Gateway by Helium APP
Quick Specifications
References
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COTX X3 Intelligent IoT Gateway

Package Contents

Your COTX-X3 Indoor Gateway comes with the following items: COTX X3
Intelligent IoT Gateway 1

COTX-X3 Indoor Hotspot*1pcs
Power Adapter*1pcs
Power Cable*1pcs
Ethernet Cable*1pcs
LoRa® Antenna*1pcs

Size

The MCO (Maximum outline dimension) of COTX-X3 is 75 x 95 x 29 mm, as shown below: COTX X3 Intelligent IoT Gateway 2

LED and Screen Indicator Description

Type	Status	Description

LED Light

| OFF| No Power
Blink| System Start
ON| System Operate

Display Screen

| ON/OFF| Short press BT BUTTON, turn on/oﬀ the screen

192.168.1.XX

IP Address

| Display unit IP address

With mu�ple Internet op�ons. IP displays in the order

ETH＞4G＞Wi-Fi

4G USB Dongle

|

4G Internet connected

4G Internet not connected

Bluetooth

| Long press BT 5s to turn on Bluetooth Bluetooth on

Bluetooth oﬀ

Internet

| Internet connected Internet not connected

Ethernet

| ETH Cable connected

ETH Cable not connected

Wi-Fi Network

| Wi-Fi connected

Wi-Fi not connected

Preparing COTX-X3 Gateway

Step 1: Install the LoRa antenna on the LoRa Antenna port.
Step 2: Place the gateway in a proper location (e.g. near a window) to have the optimum coverage and signal reception.
Step 3: For Ethernet access to WAN/Internet scenario, please connect Ethernet port on the gateway to an existing router with an Ethernet cable. ****
Step 4: Power supply connecon-plug the power adapter to a 110~220V AC power source(socket), connect the micro USB connector to the PWR INPUT port on the gateway.

After the power connection, the LED would light up and turn green when it’s ready for further conﬁguration. IP address would show on the screen for Ethernet cable connect to WAN/Internet scenario. Click the BT button and the screen will display the Ethernet IP and device status.

Configuring Gateway by Helium APP

To conﬁgure the gateway, please download the Helium APP from Apple APP store or Google Play directly by searching “Helium”. Please create a Helium wallet account ﬁrst and then continue to the next step shown below:

Step 1: Turn on COTX Gateway’s BT, so the Helium APP can detect the gateway to further conﬁguration. Press the BT button for 5 seconds to turn on Bluetooth, the screen will indicate that the BLE status is on
Step 2: Open Helium application and login
Step 3: Tap “Add a Hotspot” and Gateways” from the list.
Step 4: Following the App operation steps to reach below user interface, then press the BT button 5 seconds to turn on the gateway BT for pairing and then click “Scan for my Hotspot”.
Step 5: Tap the corresponding icon to enter the correct gateway in the App through matching the last 4 charac-ters(e.g.0B:99) shown in the application with the last 4 characters of the MAC address sticker on the bottom of the gateway(e.g. XX:XX:0B:99).
Step 6: The App will show all the available Wi-Fi networks listed as below screenshot.
- For Wi-Fi access to WAN/Internet scenario, tap on the corresponding Wi-Fi network on the App which will bring you to the following user interface. Key in the correct Wi-Fi password then tap “Connect” to access Internet.
- For Ethernet access to WAN/Internet scenario, tap “Use Ethernet Instead” and skip to Step 7.
Step 7: Follow the App’s instructions to position the gateway’s location.
Step 8: Tap “Register Hotspots“ to register the gateway in the Helium Network. It will take you approximately 15 minutes to join the Helium network. Then the whole setup process is done.