USB Mobile Broadband Router Reference Manual 6.2.
Reference Manual 6.2.6 Table of Contents Introduction Part 1 3 1 Package contents ................................................................................................................................... 3 2 Access the ................................................................................................................................... router 3 3 Limited Internet ....................................................................................................................
Introduction 1 3 Introduction Thank you for choosing a Dovado USB Mobile Broadband Router. Dovado has quickly become the leading brand in terms of support for 4G/LTE and 3G USB modems. Simply insert your compatible USB modem into the Dovado router, and the two will be automatically paired in order to get you online on the Internet.
1.3 Reference Manual 6.2.6 Limited Internet Mode (L.I.M.) With certain Hi-Link enabled USB modems from Huawei, certain features in the Dovado router cannot be put to use. As the Hi-Link USB device acts as a router in itself, the Dovado router is unable to fully use the Hi-Link USB device as a typical USB modem. All of these limitations are imposed by the Hi-Link device, and not by the Dovado router.
Status Overview Bar 5 These coordinates can by automatically updated if in a moving vehicle (with help of a GPS dongle in the additional USB port on the router), or are fixed coordinates when entered manually in the POSITION->SETTINGS menu. Sunrise/Sunset: Based on the geographic position (GPS coordinates); the router will be able to automatically calculate what time the Sun will rise and set each day.
3 Reference Manual 6.2.6 Menu System The menu system is structured into sub-categories related to various functions and features. For each topic, there are sub-menus to the right side where you can alter the settings to suit your needs. All changes that are applied must be saved. Regardless of how many changes have been applied throughout the menu, they will only take effect once you have applied a Restart. 3.1 Home To view information about your Dovado router, click on the Home button in the menu.
Menu System 3.2.3 7 PPP Username & Password: Some operators may require you to insert a username and password along with APN information in order to authenticate towards the mobile network. If you haven't been provided with this, then using only an APN might be sufficient. If not, then please contact your operator. 3.
3.3.3 Reference Manual 6.2.6 Connection Tracker In order to ensure maximum Internet availability you can use the Connection Tracker feature. When inserting a minimum of 2 unique IP addresses, these addresses will be "pinged" with an interval that you specify in minutes in the Interval field. After entering the selected IP addresses, you can test the ping function to these addresses by pushing the Test now button directly below the IP address fields.
Menu System 3.4.1 9 LAN Settings The network settings for the router. Network Settings allows you to change the default IP address for your router. However, in most cases you do not need to change this setting. Note: The IP address for the router is used on your private network only. It is not possible to change the subnet mask. Click on Save LAN Settings and then Restart for the changes to take effect. 3.4.2 DHCP DHCP Server allows you to enable or disable the built-in DHCP server.
3.4.5 Reference Manual 6.2.6 Hosts To view the current list of connected devices, click on "Show Hosts on LAN". The list will present the IP addresses along with their corresponding unique hardware (MAC) addresses. As certain devices on your LAN might require a familiar representation (such as "server.mynetwork.com"), you can pair the LAN IP address of that computer to "server.mynetwork.com". This means that if you try to surf to http://server.mynetwork.
Menu System 11 Wireless Radio: enables or disables the WLAN. If you do not use any Wireless LAN devices it is recommended that you select disable. Click on Save WLAN Settings and then Restart for the changes to take effect. 3.5.2 Authentication The encryption settings for your Wireless LAN. Encryption is disabled by default. Choose Enable to show the available settings.
3.6 Reference Manual 6.2.6 SMS Dovado routers support SMS traffic with most USB modems, though not all. To see a list of supported modems, kindly visit http://www.dovado.com/modems 3.6.1 Inbox This page will display any received messages. It displays the number of the sender along with the message. You can reply to or delete an SMS within this page. 3.6.2 Send You can compose an SMS message and send it either to a number stored in your router's Phonebook, or to any other number.
Menu System 13 connection will be enabled. 3.6.3.2 Notification SMS Unexpected events which occur in regards to the Internet connection along with the overall status of the router can be reported by SMS to all numbers listed for "Notification". Notification messages can be sent to recipients for the following events: Restart: In case the router was forced to restart itself after 3 unsuccessful connection attempts (based on the settings located in the Connection Tracker).
3.7 Reference Manual 6.2.6 Position With help of your location coordinates, this router is capable of applying the information into use with several applications, such as knowing what time the sun will rise and set each day when using Home Automation. 3.7.1 Info The router can be used as a tracking device by showing its positioning e.g. on a Google MapTM. The router support 2 different types of position services: 1.
Menu System 15 The router can also be used to power on a computer that is connected to one of the LAN ports on the router. The computer itself has to support the function Wake on LAN, please check the specification of your computer. You have to configure an Aliases where you select the Protocol:Wake on LAN and enter the MAC address of the computer connected by LAN. 3.8.2 Aliases To enter a home automation receiver into the router configuration, you must first name it in the Alias Configuration page.
3.9.2 Reference Manual 6.2.6 Shares In order to share out a storage drive, you must pair the drive together with a unique name. Enter the name you wish to use, and select the drive from the drop-down menu. Make sure to also select which sharing method you wish to use for that specific drive. The SMB method is a regular network share, whereas FTP is a File Transfer Protocol service that requires you to use an FTP client on your computer.
Menu System 17 For instance, http://183.168.0.35:4430. Hostname lookup interval: Select how often a hostname entered in the Client Access List should be updated. Frequent updates are needed if the IP-address behind the hostname changes often. Allowed Clients: The router will only allow access for clients visible in the Client Access List. To put a client in the list, enter the corresponding IP-address or Hostname (For instance 217.65.34.12 or myhost.dyndns.org) in the Host/IP-field and click Add to list.
Reference Manual 6.2.6 If you wish to use your own NTP server settings, then activate the Custom NTP option, and fill in up to two different IP/DNS addresses of such servers. 3.10.6 E-Mail The E-Mail sender will dispatch notifications of your consumed Internet data traffic. Enter the EMail address destination along with the SMTP server you wish to use in order to send out the EMails.
Menu System 19 manually by click on the Check Firmware . 3.11.5 Configurations This function allows you to create, as well as restore, the working configuration of your Dovado router. Each backup you save to your computer will contain all the configuration parameters you have entered in your router. Should you have performed a factory reset to clear out all your settings, you can then restore your settings by uploading your saved configuration file via this interface.
4 Reference Manual 6.2.6 API The Application Programmable Interface (API) allows you to create your own custom interface with the router. You can control certain features such as Home Automation, as well as manage SMS messaging. 4.1 Enabling the API To enable the API please do the following.
API 21 pass [secret_password] (log in with secret_password) info (prints general information about the router) services (lists services) Tellstick: ts aliases (lists configured aliases) ts groups (lists configured groups) ts turn [alias] [on]/[off] ts dim [alias] [0...100] (Dimming the device to XX%) ts dims [alias] [0...100] (Turns the device off before dimming to XX%) ts dimot [alias] [Start level 0...100] [Stop level 0...
Reference Manual 6.2.6 NUMBER:international format without the leading +. A leading s indicates short SMS (eg s4612) ENCODING:ISO|UCS (ISO for ascii < 256). Leave blank for autodetection sms recv [ID] (returns PDU with ID or all PDUs in the inbox if ID is empty [ID:PDU]) sms recvtxt [ID] (returns cleartext SMS with ID or all cleartext SMS in the inbox if ID is empty) sms del ID 4.6.
API 23 Stored IDs: 1 >> sms recvtxt 1 From: 46XXXXXXXXX Sent: 12-07-23 11:27:36 Alphabet: UTF-8 ID: 1 Räksmörgås End of SMS >> 4.6.3.2 Reading an SMS via PDU sms recv [ID] (returns PDU with ID or all PDUs in the inbox if ID is empty [ID:PDU]) You can list all the current PDUs in your in the inbox using: sms recv This will list all PDUs using in the format ID:PDU where ID is a unique internal descriptor of that PDU (used for removing PDUs). Conversion is needed to see the actual contents of the PDU.
Reference Manual 6.2.6 (the list is a space separated list of devices) ts remove [alias] ts remove_group [alias] 4.7.1 Listing configured aliases ts aliases Returns a list of the current aliases and their settings 4.7.
API 25 There will always be one group, 'all', available. This group contains all configured aliases. When executing group commands, they are executed in a random sequential fashion per device. Adding: ts add_group [alias] [list_of_device_aliases] (the list is a space separated list of devices) Example: ts add_group livingroom myfridge mylamp myotherlamp Removing: ts remove_group [alias] Example: ts remove_group livingroom Listing: ts groups 4.7.
4.9.1 Reference Manual 6.2.6 Example code API example code for different platforms are available on http://www.dovado.mobi/ 4.9.1.
API 27 /* Sending text */ socket_write($socket, "$smstxt \r\n", strlen($smstxt)+3); /* Sending end of message */ socket_write($socket, ".\r\n",3); respons_wait($socket); echo "Closing socket..."; socket_write($socket, "bye \r\n",6); socket_close($socket); echo "OK.\n\n"; ?> 5 Troubleshooting Dovado routers are designed with simplicity in mind.
5.2 Reference Manual 6.2.6 Frequently Asked Questions Read further to see if any of the following scenarios will assist you in getting online with the Internet. For updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), please visit http://www.dovado.com/faq 5.2.1 My router is not connecting to the Internet! Do all of the following: First check if the Internet LED on the router is OFF. If so, continue with the following steps otherwise go to section The router indicates Internet connectivity, yet I can't surf!.
Troubleshooting 29 (power) lamp begins to flicker on the front of the router. At this point, you can release the RESET button and wait approximately 2 minutes before logging in again. Make sure to write down your password next time. It is also advised that, once you have made your ideal configuration, you save it to your computer in case of future manual resets of the router. To do this, go to Upgrade->Configurations page and extract a backup configuration file. 5.2.
5.2.7 Reference Manual 6.2.6 How do I connect my game console (XBOX, PS3, etc) to the Internet? You may need to open ports for the online games to work, often just enabling UPnP which opens ports automatically does the trick (LAN->UPnP). If not, you will have to find out which ports and protocols are required and then see the Port Forwarding page for instructions on how to set it up manually. 5.2.
Troubleshooting 6 Support Should you require any technical support, please visit http://www.dovado.com/support For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), please visit http://www.dovado.com/faq If you are unable to find what you are looking for, please contact our support via http:// www.dovado.
