Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 Document Number BQW_02_0031.001 Pico Next Indoor Gateway User Guide L0006 Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 Revision History Revision Date Description
.001 Aug. 19, 2021 Browan first release Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 Copyright 2021 BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS INC. This document is copyrighted with all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means without the written permission of BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS INC. Notice BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS INC. reserves the right to change specifications without prior notice. While this manual has been compiled with great care, it may not be deemed as an assurance of product characteristics. BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS INC. shall be liable only to the degree specified in the terms of sale and delivery. The reproduction and distribution of the documentation and software supplied with this product and the use of its contents are subject to written authorization from BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS INC. Trademark The product described in this document is a licensed product of BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS INC. Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 Table of Contents REVISION HISTORY COPYRIGHT NOTICE 3 TRADEMARK 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1.1 PRODUCT FEATURES 1.1.1 LED FUNCTIONS 1.1.2 RESET BUTTON 1.1.3 I/O PORTS 1.2 ACCESSORIES 2 INSTALLATION 2.1 POWER UP 2.1.1 DC ADAPTER 2.1.2 TERMINAL BLOCK 2.1.3 ETHERNET GUI ACCESS 3.1 OPEN ADMIN GUI SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION RESTORE SYSTEM FIRMWARE LORA SETTINGS 3 5 2.1 2.2 2.3 6 6.1 MODE SELECTION 6.1.1 PACKET FORWARDER 3.1.1.1 GATEWAY INFO 3.1.1.2 ANTENNA GAIN 3.1.1.3 RADIO AND CHANNEL SETTINGS 3.1.1.4 LBT SETTINGS 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 13 13 14 15 Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 15 16 16 18 19 19 19 20 21 21 22 22 24 25 3.1.2 BASIC STATION 3.1.2.1 RADIO INFO 3.1.2.2 CONNECTION CONFIGURATION 6.2 6.3 4 CHANNEL SCAN LOG NETWORK 4.1 WAN 4.1.1 WAN STATUS 4.1.2 WAN SETTINGS 4.1.2.1 ETHERNET WAN 4.1.2.2 3G/4G LTE 4.1.2.3 DUAL WAN (ETHERNET+3G/4G) 4.1.3 3G/4G LTE LOG 4.2 DIAGNOSTICS Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 1 Product Overview 1.1 Product Features The Pico Next Gateway is a LoRa gateway with GPS, using numerous ways of connection:
ethernet, LTE, and Wi-Fi. Depending upon the SKU, some functions might not be available. Pico Next is specifically designed for wide-area IoT applications. Applications include, but are not limited to, home security, automatic meter reading, monitoring fault indicators, and monitoring streetlights. This gateway is very suitable for small businesses or private area uses like parking lots, exhibition centers, and campuses. 1.1.1 LED Functions LED Functions Constant Flashing Power Internet Power On Booting /OTA Internet available Check internet Off OFF RFU Wireless Wireless enabled RFU Wireless disabled LoRa LoRa Working Initializing LoRa not working 1.1.2 Reset Button Reboot:
By pressing and holding the RESET Button, the Power LED will start flashing. The reboot procedure will be triggered when the RESET Button is released while the Power LED light is flashing. Restore to Default:
By pressing and holding the RESET Button, the Power LED will start flashing. The restore to default procedure will be triggered when the RESET Button is released after the Power LED light becomes constant. Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 1.1.3 I/O Ports Front Panel Back Panel -
Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 1.2 Accessories Different SKUs would provide accessories pertaining to that country or SKU, such as the adapter plug model and GPS antenna. LTE and Wireless antennas are interchangeable; they have the same specifications. Adapter LoRa Antenna LTE and Wi-Fi Antenna GPS Antenna 2 Installation 2.1 Power up Power up Pico Next through the following ways. 2.1.1DC Adapter Connect the power adapter provided to the DC jack In. Pico Next will automatically turn on after powering up. Connect a power supply to Pico Next with a 3-pin pluggable male terminal block. 2.1.2Terminal Block 2.1.3Ethernet Connect an RJ45 Ethernet cable to Power-over-Ethernet In (WAN port). Connect the other end of the ethernet cable to a passive PoE that ensures a power of 12V / 1.5A DC. Provide power to the passive PoE. Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 3 GUI Access 3.1 Open Admin GUI The default mode of Pico Next Gateway is DHCP. Once Pico Next is turned on through plugging in the DC adapter, it will automatically link to available servers. Pico Nexts IP address can be found on the DHCP server. Access Pico Next WebUI via the DHCP IP on Chrome. The default username is admin and the password can be found on the back label. Figure 1.1-A Admin GUI Figure 1.1-B Admin GUI Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 5 System The System menu consists of the following categories: Administration, Restore, and System Firmware. An introduction of each category will be distinctly stated in individual paragraphs. 2.1 Administration Pico Next login password can be configured on this page. Figure 2.1-A Router Password 2.2 Restore Figure 2.2-A Restore Restore the Password Credential, LoRa Setting and Network Setting to the default configurations. Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 2.3 System Firmware Here the current firmware version can be found. Click the "Choose File" button to upload the newest system firmware. Click the "UPGRADE" button to upgrade the system firmware. Figure 2.3-A System Firmware 6 LoRa Settings The LoRa menu consists of the following categories: Mode Selection, Channel Scan, and Log. An introduction of each category will be distinctly stated in individual paragraphs. 6.1 Mode Selection Figure 3.1-A LoRa Mode Selection By default, the LoRa Mode is disabled. Configure the "Packet Forwarder" or "Basic Station" by using the dropdown list. Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 6.1.1 Packet Forwarder Choose the "Packet Forwarder" option and click the "APPLY" button to Enable the Packet Forwarder mode. After applying the setting, the "Packet Forwarder" field can be found on the left menu. Figure 3.1.1-A LoRa Mode Selection - Packet Forwarder Figure 3.1.1-B LoRa Mode Selection - Packet Forwarder menu Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 3.1.1.1 Gateway Info This page is to set up the LoRa configuration including Gateway ID, Server Address, Server Uplink Port, Server Downlink Port, Keep-Alive Interval, Statistics Display Interval, and Push Timeout. Figure 3.1.1.1-A Gateway Info 3.1.1.2 Antenna Gain This page is to set up the antenna gain of Lora. Figure 3.1.1.2-A Antenna Gain Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 3.1.1.3 Radio and Channel Settings This page is to configure the radio 0 and radio 1 configurations of Lora, including Central Frequency, Channel Status, and Center frequency offset. Figure 3.1.1.3-A Radio and Channel Settings Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 3.1.1.4 LBT Settings For some regions (i.e. Japan), the Listen Before Talk (LBT) function is a must. This page is to set up the LBT configuration of Lora, including LBT Status, RSSI Target, Channel settings. Figure 3.1.1.4-A LBT Settings 3.1.2 Basic Station Choose the "Basic Station'' option and click the "APPLY" button to Enable the Basic Station mode. After applying the setting, the "Basic Station" field can be found on the left menu. Figure 3.1.2-A LoRa Mode Selection - Basic Station Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 Figure 3.1.2-B LoRa Mode Selection - Basic Station menu 3.1.2.1 Radio Info This page is to show the Gateway EUI information. Figure 3.1.2.1-A Radio Info 3.1.2.2 Connection Configuration This page is to set up the basic station configuration, including Basic Station Mode, Protocol, Server Address, Server Port, and Credentials.
- LNS Mode Configure the LNS Mode settings and click the "APPLY" button. Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 Figure 3.1.2.2-A LNS Mode
- CUPS Mode Configure the CUPS Mode settings and click the "APPLY" button. Figure 3.1.2.2-B CUPS Mode Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 6.2 Channel Scan Click the "SCAN" button to scan the RF signal. Then click the "EXPORT" button to export the scan result. Figure 3.2-A Channel RSSI Scan Figure 3.2-B Scan Result Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 6.3 Log Figure 3.3-A Logs The LoRa logs will be shown on this page. Packet forwarder mode will show recent logs with a maximum limit of 5MB. Basic Station mode will show recent logs within 5,000,000 lines. 4 Network 4.1 WAN The Network menu consists of the following categories: WAN and Diagnostics. Introduction and input procedures for each category are described in the following paragraphs. The purpose of this category is to view current WAN settings. This category is further divided into three sectors: WAN Status, Wan Settings, and 3G/4G LTE Log. These individual options are lodged and labeled above the main content. Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 4.1.1 WAN Status The current network status will be shown on this page. Figure 4.1.1 WAN Status Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 4.1.2 WAN Settings Pico Next supports 3 WAN Modes: Ethernet WAN, 3G/4G LTE, and Dual-WAN
(Ethernet+3G/4G). Figure 4.1.2-A WAN Mode 4.1.2.4 Ethernet WAN
- DHCP Client Figure 4.1.2.1-A DHCP Client
- Static IP Figure 4.1.2.1-B Static IP Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 4.1.2.2 3G/4G LTE Configure APN information according to mobile service provider requirements. Figure 4.1.2.2-A LTE Settings 4.1.2.3 Dual WAN (Ethernet+3G/4G) Configure the Ethernet Setting and LTE Setting at the same time. If the Dual WAN mode is selected, the primary interface needs to be specified by default. Pico Next Gateway will automatically set the other workable interface to be the backhaul. Figure 4.1.2.3-A Network Primary Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 Figure 4.1.2.3-B Ethernet and LTE Configuration Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 4.1.33G/4G LTE Log If LTE Debug Mode is enabled, the LTE connection logs will be shown on this page. Click the
"EXPORT" button to export the log. Figure 4.1.3-A 3G/4G LTE Log Browan Communications Inc. No.15-1, Zhonghua Rd., Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30352 Tel: +886-3-6006899 Fax: +886-3-5972970 4.2 Diagnostics Figure 4.2-A Network Utilities Input a specific URL in the text field. Click the PING button to ping the URL specified FCC Statement Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
-- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
-- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions (1)this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. IC Statement This device complies with Industry Canadas licence-exempt RSSs. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause interference; and
(2) This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. The term IC: before the certification/registration number only signifies that the Industry Canada technical specifications were met. This product meets the applicable Industry This equipment complies with ISED radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. Cet appareil contient des metteurs / rcepteurs exempts de licence conformes aux RSS
(RSS) d'Innovation, Sciences et Dveloppement conomique Canada. L'exploitation est autorise aux deux conditions suivantes : (1) l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et
(2) l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radiolectrique subi, mme si le brouillage est susceptible d'en compromettre le fonctionnement. Cet quipement est conforme aux limites d'exposition aux rayonnements de la ISED tablies pour un environnement non contrl. Cet quipement doit tre install et utilis avec une distance minimale de 20 cm entre le radiateur et votre corps.