B+B SmartWorx SR305 User Manual

LTE Industrial Router

SmartFlex SR305

USER MANUAL

Advantech B+B SmartWorx – Americas

Advantech B+B SmartWorx

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Ottawa, IL 61350 USA

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Advantech B+B SmartWorx – Europe

SmartFlex SR305

Advantech B+B SmartWorx s.r.o.

Sokolska 71
562 04, Usti nad Orlici,
Czech Republic

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Advantech B+B SmartWorx s.r.o., Sokolska 71, 562 04 Usti nad Orlici, Czech Republic

Manual Rev. 1 released in the Czech Republic, January 25, 2017

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Contents

1 Safety Instructions 2

2 Directives & Statements 3

2.1 Product Disposal Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.2 FCC Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3 Router Description 5

3.1 Usage of the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4 Contents of Package 9

4.1 Recommended Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

5 Router Design 11

5.1 Router versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

5.2 Delivery identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5.3 Order codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5.4 Basic dimensions of the router box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5.5 Mounting recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5.6 Removal of the DIN rail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5.7 Description of the rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5.8 Description of the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5.8.1 Status indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

5.8.2 Power connector PWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

5.8.3 Antenna connector ANT, DIV, GPS and WiFi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5.8.4 SIM card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

5.8.5 MicroSD card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

5.8.6 Ethernet Ports (ETH0 and ETH1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

5.8.7 Power over Ethernet (PoE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5.8.8 USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

5.8.9 I/O Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

5.8.10 Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

5.9 Interfaces Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

5.9.1 RS232-RS485/422 interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

5.9.2 SWITCH interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

5.9.3 RS232-RS485-ETH interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

6 First Use 37

6.1 Connecting the router before first use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

6.2 Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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6.3 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

6.3.1 Configuration by web browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

7 Technical Parameters 40

7.1 Basic parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

7.2 Standards and regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

7.3 Type tests and environmental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

7.4 Technical parameters of cellular module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

7.5 Technical parameters of GNSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

7.6 Technical parameters of WiFi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

7.7 Technical parameters of I/O port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

7.8 Technical Parameters of Power over Ethernet (PoE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

7.9 Other Technical Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

8 Recommended Literature 46

9 Troubleshooting 47

9.1 FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

10 Customers Support 49

10.1 Customer Support for NAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

10.2 Customer Support for Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

10.3 Customer Support for Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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List of Figures

1 Access to the Internet from LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Backed up access to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 Using a VPN tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

4 Serial Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

5 Basic version (plastic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

6 Basic version with WiFi (plastic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

7 Basic version (metal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

8 Basic version with WiFi (metal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

9 Version SWITCH (plastic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

10 Version SWITCH with WiFi (plastic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

11 Version RS232-RS485 (plastic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

12 Ver. RS232-RS485 with WiFi (plastic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

13 Version RS232-RS485-ETH (plastic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

14 Version SWITCH (metal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

15 Version SWITCH with WiFi (metal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

16 Version RS232-RS485 (metal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

17 Ver. RS232-RS485 with WiFi (metal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

18 Version RS232-RS485-ETH (metal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

19 RS232-RS485-ETH & WiFi (plastic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

20 RS232-RS485-ETH & WiFi (metal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

21 Label examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

22 Basic dimensions of the router box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

23 Default position of DIN holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

24 Removal of the DIN rail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

25 SmartFlex front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

26 Power connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

27 Connection of power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

28 Connecting the antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

29 SIM cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

30 MicroSD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

31 Ethernet connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

32 Connection of Ethernet cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

33 PoE PD usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

34 PoE PSE usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

35 USB connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

36 I/O connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

37 Binary inputs connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

38 Binary output connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

39 Router reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

40 Version with RS232-RS485/422 interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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41 RS232 connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

42 RS485/422 connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

43 Connection of jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

44 Version with SWITCH board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

45 Version with RS232-RS485-ETH interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

46 Ethernet connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

47 RS485 connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

48 RS232 connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

49 Router connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

50 Entering the IP address of the router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

51 Entering login information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

52 Router web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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List of Tables

1 Router versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Delivery identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3 Order codes overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4 Power over Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5 Type of router box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

6 Examples of order code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

7 Front panel description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

8 Status indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

9 Connection of power connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

10 Technical specifications of microSD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

11 Connection of Ethernet connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

12 Insulation strength of Ethernet ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

13 Connection of USB connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

14 Connection of I/O port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

15 Characteristics of inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

16 Description of router reset and restart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

17 Connection of RS232 connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

18 Connection of RS485 connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

19 Connection of RS422 connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

20 Technical specification of RS232 and RS485 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

21 State indication of the SWITCH interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

22 SWITCH interface parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

23 Connections of the Ethernet Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

24 Connections of Terminal Block Connector RS485 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

25 Connections of Terminal Block Connector RS232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

26 State indication of the RS232-RS485-ETH interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

27 Technical specification of RS232, RS485 and Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

28 Basic parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

29 Standards and regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

30 Type tests and environmental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

31 Technical parameters of LTE module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

32 Technical parameters of GNSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

33 Technical parameters of WiFi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

34 Characteristics of inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

35 PoE PD: parameters for opposite PSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

36 PoE PSE parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

37 Other technical parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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1. Safety Instructions

Please, observe the following instructions:

• The router must be used in compliance with all applicable international and national laws
and in compliance with any special restrictions regulating the utilization of the router in
prescribed applications and environments.

• To prevent possible injury and damage to appliances and to ensure compliance with
all relevant provisions, use only the original accessor ies. Unauthorized modifications or
the use of unapproved accessories may result in damage to the router and / or a breach
of applicable regulations. Unauthorized modifications or use of unapproved accessories
may void the warranty.

• The router can not be opened.

• Turn off the router and disconnect it from power supply before handling the SIM card.

• Caution! The SIM card could be swallowed by small children.

• Power supply must not exceed 60 V DC max.

• Do not expose the router to extreme ambient conditions. Protect the router against dust,

moisture and high temperature.

• The router should not be used in locations where flammable and explosive materials
are present, including gas stations, chemical plants, or locations in which explosives are
used. We remind users of the duty to observe the restrictions concerning the utilization
of radio devices at such places.

• Switch off the router when travelling by plane. Utilization of the router on a plane may
endanger the operation of the plane or interfere with the mobile telephone network, and
may be unlawful. Failure to observe these instructions may result in the suspension or
cancellation of telephone services for the respective client a nd / or may result in legal
sanctions.

• When using the router in close proximity to personal medical devices, such as cardiac
pacemakers or hearing aids, you must proceed with heightened caution.

• The router may cause interference when used in close proximity to TV sets, radio re­ceivers or personal computers.

• It is recommended that you create an appropriate copy or backup of all important settings
that are stored in the memory of the device.

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2. Directives and Statements

2.1 Product Disposal Instructions

The WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment: 2002/96/EC) directive was intro­duced to ensure that electrical/electronic products are recycled using the best available recov­ery techniques in order to minimize impact on the environment. This product contains high
quality materials and components which can be recycled. At the end of it’s life this product
MUST NOT be mixed with other commercial waste for disposal. Check the terms and condi­tions of your supplier for disposal information.

2.2 FCC Compliance Statement

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.

Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party re­sponsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation
is subject to the following 2 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.

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.

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Important: Changes or modifications to this product not authorized by Advantech B+B
SmartWorx could void the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and wireless compliance and
negate your authority to operate the product. This product has demonstrated EMC compliance
under conditions that included the use of compliant peripheral devices and shielded cables
between system components. It is important that you use compliant peripheral devices and
shielded cables between system components to reduce the possibility of causing interference
to radios, televisions, and other electronic devices.

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3. Router Description

SmartFlex SR305 is an industrial cellular router intended for the North American market
(NAM). This router is an ideal device for wireless communication in mobile networks that make
use of LTE, HSPA+, UMTS, EDGE or GPRS technology. Due to the high speed of data transfer
(up to 100 Mbit/s download and up to 50 Mbit/s upload) this router is an ideal solution for
specialized M2M devices and IoT as well as for wireless connection of traffic and security
camera systems, individual computers, LAN networks, automatic teller machines (ATMs) and
other self-service terminals.

The standard configuration includes two Ethernet 10/100 ports, one USB 2.0 Host port,
two binary inputs and one output (I/O connector). The device also has two readers for 3 V and

1.8 V SIM cards, which are located on the rear panel of the router. The router also includes
a microSD card port that supports up to 64 GB card storage (32 GB in the case of SDHC
cards). The router can be equipped with a WiFi module, but this must be part of the initial
configuration – it cannot be added to the router at later date.

The router can be equipped with PoE PD (Power over Ethernet – Powered Device), which
allows the router to be powered via Ethernet. It can also be equipped with PoE PSE (Power
over Ethernet – Power Source Equipment), which enables the router to power other devices via
Ethernet. The SmartFlex can also be configured with a wide variety of port options. Options
include SWITCH – three switched Ethernet ports; RS232-RS485/422 – combination of serial
interfaces; RS232-RS485-ETH – combination of serial interfaces and an Ethernet port with
higher insulation. The router can be supplied in either plastic or metal casing, depending on
customer requirements.

The router can be configured using a password-protected Web interface. The Web inter­face provides detailed statistics about the router’s activities, signal strength, detailed system
logs etc. The router supports the creation of VPN tunnels using IPSec, OpenVPN and L2TP
to ensure safe communication. DHCP, NAT, NAT-T, DynDNS, NTP, VRRP, control by SMS,
primary connection backups and many other functions are also supported.

The router performs diagnostic functions including automatic monitoring of the PPP con­nection, automatic restart in case of connection losses, and a hardware watchdog that moni­tors the router status. It is possible to insert Linux scripts in order to perform various actions. It
is also possible to create up to four different configurations for the same router. These configu­rations can be switched between at any via the Web interface, SMS or binary input status. The
router can automatically upgrade its configuration and firmware from a central server, allowing
for the mass reconfiguration of numerous routers at the same time.

The router also supports additional software such as R-SeeNet for permanent traffic mon­itoring of routers.

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• mobile office

• fleet management

• security systems

• telematic

• telemetric

• remote monitoring

• vending and dispatcher machines

3.1 Usage of the Router

The router is primarily intended for these four basic situations:

I. Access to the Internet from LAN

Figure 1: Access to the Internet from LAN

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II. Backed up access to the Internet (from LAN)

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Figure 2: Backed up access to the Internet

III. Secure networks interconnection or using VPN

Figure 3: Using a VPN tunnel

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IV. Serial Gateway

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Figure 4: Serial Gateway

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4. Contents of Package

The basic delivered router set includes:

• router,

• twin cable with power connector (BB-KN-v3-MO2-3),

• extra 6-pin I/O connector (+ 8 pins1),

• 4-pin and 5-pin terminal block for RS485 and RS232

(only for version with interface RS232-RS485/422),

• 3-pin and 4-pin terminal block for RS485 and RS232
(only for version with interface RS232-RS485-ETH),

• DIN rail clip,

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• Start guide for SmartFlex routers.

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These pins are designed for cables with diameters from 0.2 to 0.8 mm

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4.1 Recommended Accessories

The following list contains recommended accessor ies. These accessories are not in-

cluded in the basic package!

• LTE antennas:

– Terminal antenna Taoglas TG.30.8113, order code: BB-TG.30.8113

• WiFi antenna:

– Sectron, order code: BB-AW-A2458G-FSRPK

• Power supplies:

– Regular power supply with universal set of power cords, order code:

BB-RPS-v3-MO2-M

– Power supply for use with PoE PSE versions with US power cord, order codes:

BB-RPS-v3-PSE and BB-PWRCORD-US

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