ADVANTECH ICR-3831 4G LTE Railway Router User Guide

: June 6, 2024
: Advantech

Table of Contents

Safety Instructions
Product Disposal Instructions
First Use
Antenna
Power
Ethernet
Conﬁguration
Support
References
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ICR-3831 4G LTE Railway Router
User Guide

ADVANTECH ICR 3831 4G LTE Railway Router

Safety Instructions

Please take care to following instructions:

Use the router in compliance with national and international law and in compliance with any special or additional restrictions regulating the use of the router in various applications and environments.
To avoid possible injury and/or damage to the device, observe the relevant provisions and standards. Use only the original accessories as recommended. Unauthorized device or accessory modiﬁcation, or using accessories that have not been approved can result in router damage and/or violation of the regulations.
Unauthorized device or accessory modiﬁcation or using the accessories that have not been approved can result in warranty termination.
Do not open the router.
Caution! The SIM card can be swallowed by small children.
When connecting the device to a power supply do not exceed the deﬁned voltage.
Do not expose the router to extreme ambient conditions. Protect the router against dust, moisture, and high temperature.
It is recommended that you do not use the router at petrol ﬁlling stations. We recommend observing local restrictions concerning the use of radio-based devices while working with explosive material for example, at petrol ﬁlling stations, or in chemical plants.
While using the router close to personal medical devices, such as cardiac pacemakers or hearing aids, proceed with heightened caution.
Operating the router too close to TV sets, radio receivers, personal computers, or telephones can cause interference.
It is recommended that you create a copy or backup of the important settings stored in the memory of the router.

Product Disposal Instructions

****The WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment: 2012/19/EU) directive was introduced to ensure that electrical/electronic products are recycled using the best available recovery techniques in order to minimize the impact on the environment. This product contains high-quality materials and components which can be recycled. At the end of its life, this product MUST NOT be mixed with other commercial waste for disposal. The device contains a battery. Remove the battery from the device before disposal. The battery in the device needs to be disposed of apart accordingly. Check the terms and conditions of your supplier for disposal information.

Open Source Software License
The software in this device uses various pieces of open-source software governed by the following licenses:

GPL versions 2 and 3
LGPL version 2
BSD-style licenses
MIT-style licenses

The list of components together with complete license texts can be found on the device itself. See the Licenses link at the bottom of the router’s main Web page (General Status) or point your browser to this address (replace the DEVICE_IP string with the real router’s IP address): https://DEVICE- IP/licenses.cgi
This is a written offer valid for 3 years since the device purchase offering any third party for a charge no more than the cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code on a ﬂash drive medium. If you are interested in obtaining the source, please contact us at:
techSupport@advantech-bb.com
Modiﬁcations and debugging of LGPL-linked executables:
The manufacturer of the device hereby grants the right to use debugging techniques (e.g. decompilation) and make customers modiﬁcations of any executable linked with an LGPL library for their own purposes. Note these rights are limited to the customer’s own usage. No further distribution of such modiﬁed executables and no transmission of the information obtained during these actions may be done.

First Use

Before applying power to the router, connect all the components that you need for your applications. A cross-shaped screwdriver is necessary to insert a SIM card or a microSD
card.
Do not run the router without an antenna connected to the main antenna connector as the energy from the transmission is effectively reﬂected by the open end and can damage the equipment.

Antenna

Use TNC connectors to connect the antennas to the router, see the ﬁgure below. Connect the main antenna to the ANT connector. The second diversity antenna can be connected to the DIV connector to improve the quality and reliability of a wireless link.

ADVANTECH ICR 3831 4G LTE Railway Router -Antenna SIM Card

The SIM card reader for two Mini-SIM cards (2FF with the size of 25.0 x 15.0 x 0.76 mm) is located on the front panel of the router under the cover. If you intend to use this device to communicate over a cellular network, please place an activated data-provisioned SIM card into the SIM card reader. Unscrew the cover and push your SIM card into the SIM1 or SIM2 slot until it clicks into place. You can install two SIM cards simultaneously to utilize the SIM card switching feature.
Disconnect the router from the power supply before handling the SIM card.

ADVANTECH ICR 3831 4G LTE Railway Router -SIM Card

Power

The router requires an external DC power supply. The DC voltage required is between +12 and +48 V DC. The router has built-in protection against reverse polarity without signaling. Connect the power supply cable to the PWR connector on the rear panel of the router, see tﬁgure below.

ADVANTECH ICR 3831 4G LTE Railway Router -Power

Ethernet

For an initial conﬁguration, made in a web browser, connect a PC by an Ethernet cable to the default LAN interface, use the ETH0 port, see the ﬁgure above. By default, this interface has the following conﬁguration:

Connector	Purpose	Default Setting
ETH0	LAN port (default)

Connect your PC to this port to get the
router web interface.| DHCP Server enabled
IP Address: 192.168.1.1
NetMask: 255.255.255.0

Conﬁguration

Conﬁguring the Device Using the Web Browser
You can use a web browser running on your PC to get access to the router web interface. Here you can perform router monitoring, conﬁguration, and administration. First, connect the PC to the default LAN interface as described in the Ethernet chapter. To get the router interface, enter the https://192.168.1.1 address in a web browser. Please note that usage of the HTTPS protocol for secure communication over the network is required.
By default, there is just the root user account created on the router. See the product label on the router for its default password. Log in to the web interface by the root user and his password. See the conﬁguration manual of the router for a detailed description and examples of the router conﬁguration.

After logging on to the device for the ﬁrst time, we strongly recommend changing the default password due to security reasons.
For security reasons, it is highly recommended to update the ﬁrmware of the router to the latest version regularly. Downgrading the ﬁrmware to an older version than the production version or uploading a ﬁrmware intended for a different device may cause the malfunction of the device.

Conﬁguration Settings via WebAccess/DMP
Your router has been pre-installed with the WebAccess/DMP client. For its activation, enable it in the router’s web interface (Customization -> User Modules -> access/DMP Client). For more information see the conﬁguration manual of your router.
The activated client periodically uploads router identiﬁcators, its conﬁguration, and cellular network statistics to the WebAccess/DMP server.
With the WebAccess/DMP client activated, you may conﬁgure the router from WebAccess/DMP portal. Navigate your browser to https://www.wadmp.com.
If this is your ﬁrst time, please self-sign-up with the site. If not, please log in with your username and password. Once logged in, further assistance can be found at
https://docs.wadmp.com.

Restoring and Backing up the Router Conﬁguration
If you reset the router, the current conﬁguration will be replaced by the default factory settings. We recommend you to back up the router conﬁguration before resetting the device.
Refer to the conﬁguration manual for more information.
Once the router boots up and the PWR LED starts blinking, you can restore the default router conﬁguration. To do so, press the RST button on the front panel of the router. Note that this button is located under the cover – unscrew the cover ﬁrst. After you press this button, all settings are reset to the default values, and the router will reboot.

Support

All product-related manuals, documents, and software can be found and downloaded on the website at icr.advantech.cz/download address.
Hereby, Advantech Czech s.r.o. declares that the radio equipment type ICR-3831 is in compliance with Directive 2014/53/EU.
The full text of the EU Declaration of Conformity is available at the following internet address: icr.advantech.cz/eudoc
QSG-0007-EN, August 4, 2021
Released in the Czech Republic