NetComm NTC-6000 SERIES User manual
NetComm NTC-6000 CallDirect Series
HSPA Cellular Routers
Quick Start Guide
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Quick Start Guide
Thank you for choosing an industrial HSPA Cellular Router of NetComm’s
NTC-6000 CallDirect Series.
This guide covers the models NTC-6908, NTC-6909 and NTC-6900
(collectively referred to in this document as the NTC-6000 series). This guide
will provide a series of step by step
instructions to ensure the conguration of your Cellular Router goes as
smoothly as possible.
Firstly please check that you have received all the items in your package.
No. Description
1NTC-6000 Series HSPA Cellular Router
1Crossover Ethernet Cable
1Power Supply Unit
2Antennas
1Quick Start Guide
Overview of LEDs
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Overview of Indicator Lights
LED Display Description
POWER (red) Solid ON The red Power LED indicates correct power is
applied to the DC power input jack.
Tx Rx (amber) Solid ON The amber LED will light upon data being sent to or
received from the cellular network.
DCD (green) Solid ON The amber Carrier Detect LED illuminates to indicate
a Data connection.
Service Type (green) The green LED will illuminate when cellular network coverage is
detected.
Solid ON 3G: indicates UMTS/HSPA available coverage
Blinking EDGE: indicates EDGE available coverage
Off 2G: indicates GSM/GPRS available coverage only.
RSSI (green) This green LED indicates the Received Signal Strength. There are
three possible states that the RSSI LED can operate in, based upon
signal level.
Solid ON STRONG - Indicates the RSSI level is -86dBm, or
greater
Flashing
once per
second
MEDIUM - Indicates the RSSI level is -101dBm and
–86dBm, (medium)
Off POOR - Indicates the RSSI level is less than
-101dBm (poor)
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Overview of the Cellular Router Interfaces
5 Indicator LEDs
Indicate visually the activities
and connection state for
power, service type, data
traffic, data carrier
Receive Diversity
Antenna Socket
SMA Female
Serial RS-232 Port
Connecting to a terminal using a
DE-9 cable
Ethernet Port
Connect to a terminal
using RJ45 cable or a
number of terminals
through a hub or
network router
Reset Button
Resetting the router to
factory default values
SIM Card Reader
For insertion and
removal of SIM Card
2-Way Captive Power Terminal Block
Power terminal block and the wide voltage
range of 8-28V DC simplify the installation
in different industrial environments
Main Antenna Socket
SMA Female
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Overview of the Cellular Router Interfaces
5 Indicator LEDs
Indicate visually the activities
and connection state for
power, service type, data
traffic, data carrier
Receive Diversity
Antenna Socket
SMA Female
Serial RS-232 Port
Connecting to a terminal using a
DE-9 cable
Ethernet Port
Connect to a terminal
using RJ45 cable or a
number of terminals
through a hub or
network router
Reset Button
Resetting the router to
factory default values
SIM Card Reader
For insertion and
removal of SIM Card
2-Way Captive Power Terminal Block
Power terminal block and the wide voltage
range of 8-28V DC simplify the installation
in different industrial environments
Main Antenna Socket
SMA Female
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Overview of Cellular Router Interfaces
Field Description
Main Antenna Socket SMA Female
Receive Diversity Antenna
Socket
SMA Female
Serial RS-232 Port For connecting to a terminal using a DE-9 cable.
5 Indicator LEDs Indicate visually the activities and connection state for power,
service type, data trafc, data carrier connection and network
signal strength.
2-Way Captive Power
Terminal Block
Power terminal block and the wide voltage range of 8-28V DC
simplify the installation in different industrial environments
Reset Button Resetting the router to factory default values
Ethernet Port For direct connection to your device or number of devices
through a hub or network router.
SIM Card Reader For insertion and removal of SIM Card
Conguring your Router
You will need the following hardware components to set up the Cellular
Router:
Power Supply (8-28VDC)
Ethernet cable
Laptop or PC
Active SIM card
The router is primarily managed via web interface. It may also be congured
via the units serial (V.24) port using “AT” (V.250) commands, this method of
operation is further detailed in the user guide.
Before you power up the Cellular Router, please insert an active SIM card.
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Step One: Inserting the SIM card
Press the SIM Eject button to eject SIM card bay. Make sure the SIM card is
inserted correctly by inserting the SIM the gold side facing down on the SIM
card bay and in the direction as shown below:
Insert
SIM card
Press the SIM
Eject button
Step Two: Setting up the Cellular Router
Install the supplied antennas to the Cellular Router by screwing them onto
the antenna connectors. Connect the power adapter to the mains and plug
the output into the power jack of the router.
The green Power LED on the panel should illuminate.
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Step Three: Preparing your computer
Connect one end of the supplied Ethernet cable into a LAN Ethernet port
of your router. Connect the other end of the cable into the LAN port of your
computer. Congure your PC’s Ethernet interface to be dynamically assigned
an IP address by doing the following:
Conguring your Network Adapter in Windows
Follow the path Start -> Control Panel -> Network Connections. Right
click Local Area Connection and select Properties to open the
conguration dialogue box of Local Area Connection as below:
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Find and click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) from the protocol list box and
then click the Properties button The TCP/IP. Conguration window will pop
up as illustrated below.
Under General tab, select radio button Obtain an IP address automatically
and Obtain DNS server address automatically.
Then press OK button to close TCP/IP conguration window.
Press the Close button to complete the computer preparation for the
Cellular Router.
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Step Four: Accessing your Router’s conguration pages
Furthermore, there are two system management accounts for maintaining
the system, root and admin, and each of which will have slightly different
levels of management capabilities.
The root manager account is empowered with full privilege while the admin
manager (administrator) can manage all settings of the Cellular Router
excepts functions like Firmware Upgrade, Device Conguration Backup and
Restore and Reset Cellular Router to factory default.
To login to the Cellular Router in root manager mode, please use the
following login details:
http://192.168.20.1
Username: root
Password: admin
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