User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety summary
- Antenna safety instructions
- About this manual
- Introduction to EXPLORER 540
- To get started
- Operation
- Configuration with web interface
- The web interface
- To control data connections from web interface
- To set up your data connection packages (BGAN M2M)
- Status information
- The Control panel
- To restart the installation process
- To use the logs
- Terminal settings
- Port forwarding
- To manage connected devices (Traffic control)
- To set up tracking
- Support features
- Advanced settings
- To enter the SIM PIN in the web interface
- Maintenance and troubleshooting
- Technical specifications
- Command reference
- BGAN non-M2M functions
- Conformity
- Glossary
- Index
Chapter 3: Operation
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• Trusted phone numbers for SMS control: To set up remote access with SMS on page 69
•MAC filtering: To manage connected devices (Traffic control) on page 54
• SIM personalization: Auto SIM PIN validation on page 64 and SIM lock on page 65
• Disable Reset button: Reset button on page 73.
To control data connections (PDP contexts)
Automatic Context Activation (ACA)
In the web interface you can set up the EXPLORER 540 to automatically establish a data
connection when it is registered on the satellite network. See To set up the connection mode
step 3. on page 51. In the web interface ACA is called “Automatic activation”. Automatic
activation also applies to the “wake-on” actions after power save mode (see Power-saving on
page 31) and by recovery after e.g. loss of power.
Link monitoring (watchdog)
It is strongly recommended to use link monitoring to monitor your locally established IP
connection, as it enables you to test the BGAN connectivity and to keep your PDP context
alive.
With this feature activated, the terminal will send out ping commands to up to three servers of
your choice. When a data session is started, the terminal will start sending ping commands to
the Primary IP address the number of times specified. If no response is received, it will send the
same number of ping commands to the Secondary and then Tertiary IP address, if available. If
no response is received from any of the IP addresses, the terminal will eventually restart.
For configuration with the web interface, see Link monitoring on page 66.
For configuration with SMS command, see WATCHDOG: Request or modify watchdog
settings on page 23.
Manual activation of data connections
You can manually activate a data connection in the following ways:
• Remote: Send an SMS to the EXPLORER 540. See ACTIVATE: Activate a data connection
with an SMS on page 21.
• Local (EXPLORER 540 LAN interface):
• Access the web interface locally and click the tile for the data connection on the
dashboard. See To start and stop data connections on page 42 or
• Send an AT command to the terminal. See To configure the connected equipment for
PPPoE on page 30 (the example), To access the terminal using AT commands on
page 19 and Context management AT commands on page 105.
Note
Link monitoring only applies when the data connection is started locally by
equipment connected to the EXPLORER 540. Data connections started with the SMS
command ACTIVATE cannot be monitored with link monitoring.