Monnit MNG2-9-EGW-CCE User Manual

Monnit Ethernet Gateway 4

User Guide

IMPORTANT!

For best results, please wait to power on your Ethernet Gateway 4 until after you have
registered an account on iMonnit and added your gateway and sensors to the online
system.

Table of Contents

I. ABOUT THE ETHERNET GATEWAY 4 1

MONNIT ETHERNET GATEWAY 4 FEATURES 1

EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS 1

II. HOW YOUR GATEWAY WORKS 2

III. GATEWAY SECURITY 3

DATA SECURITY ON THE GATEWAY 3

3iMONNIT SECURITY

HTTP INTERFACE SECURITY

SNTP INTERFACE SECURITY 3

SNMP INTERFACE SECURITY 3

IV. GATEWAY REGISTRATION 4

REGISTERING THE GATEWAY 4

V. USING THE ETHERNET GATEWAY 4

USING THE ETHERNET GATEWAY 4

ETHERNET GATEWAY 4 SETTINGS 6

VI. USING THE LOCAL INTERFACE 11

GATEWAY STATUS TAB

GATEWAY OPTIONS TAB

SUPPORT

CERTIFICATIONS

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5

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5UNDERSTANDING THE ETHERNET GATEWAY 4 LIGHTS

11

12

14DATA INTERFACES TAB

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19WARRANTY INFORMATION

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I. ABOUT THE ETHERNET GATEWAY 4

Monnit’s Ethernet Gateway 4 allows your Monnit Wireless Sensors to communicate with the
iMonnit® Online Wireless Sensor Monitoring and Notication System without the need for a
PC. Simply provide power and plug the gateway into an open Ethernet network port with an
Internet connection. It will then automatically connect with our online servers, providing the
perfect solution for commercial locations where there is an active Internet connection.

The Ethernet Gateway 4 allows your Monnit Wireless Sensors to communicate with the
iMonnit system via Ethernet transmission. Ethernet Gateways are advanced wireless

IoT gateways that enable fast time-to-market solutions. Monnit’s Ethernet Gateway 4 is
specically designed to respond to the increasing market need for global technology that

accommodates a variety of vertical IoT application segments and remote wireless sensor
management solutions.

* Actual time may vary depending on usage.

MONNIT ETHERNET GATEWAY 4 FEATURES

• True plug & play, no hassles for internet

conguration set-up

• No PC required for operation

• Remote software upgrade capability

• Local status LEDs with transmission and online status indicators

• 15,000 sensor message memory

• AC power supply

• Wireless Range: 250 – 300 ft. (non line-of-sight / indoors through walls, ceilings &

oors) *

* Actual range may vary depending on environment.

EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS

• Remote Location Monitoring

• Shipping and Transportation

• Agricultural Monitoring

• Vacant Property Management

• Vacation Home Property Management

• Construction Site Monitoring

• Data Center Monitoring

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II. HOW YOUR GATEWAY WORKS

Your Ethernet Gateway 4 manages communication between your sensors, iMonnit, and
network peers through the SNMP v1 and Modbus TCP protocols. When running, the
gateway will periodically transmit data on a heartbeat to the iMonnit servers. The gateway
will store information received from sensors until its next heartbeat.

The Ethernet Gateway 4 uses an Ethernet connection to relay data recieved from sensors
to iMonnit. Sensors communicate with the gateway, then the gateway relays information to
the cloud.

For your wireless sensors to work optimally, orient all antennas for your sensor(s) and
gateway(s) the same direction (typically vertical). Keep the gateway and sensors at least

three feet apart in order to function properly.

III. GATEWAY SECURITY

Security is paramount for the Ethernet Gateway 4 when it comes to managing your
environment and equipment. Great care and attention to detail has been taken to keep
the exchange of data secure on the gateway and in gateway communications.

DATA SECURITY ON THE GATEWAY

Even when the data is at rest, the Ethernet Gateway 4 is designed to prevent prying
eyes from accessing the data. The Monnit Ethernet Gateway 4 does not run on an

o󰀨 the shelf multi-function OS (operating system). Instead it runs a purpose specic
real-time embedded state machine that can’t be hacked to run malicious processes.
When fully secured after initial conguration steps, the gateway provides no active
interface that can be used to gain access. The fortied gateway prevents snooping
of sensor tra󰀩c, keeping your sensitive data from malicious parties and secures the

gateway from becoming a relay for malicious programs.

iMONNIT SECURITY

iMonnit is the online software and central hub for conguring your device settings. All

data is secured on dedicated servers operating Microsoft SQL Server. Access is granted

through the iMonnit user interface, or an Application Programming Interface (API)
safeguarded by 256-bit AES encryption. TLS is blanket of protection to encrypt all data

exchanged between iMonnit and you. The same encryption is available to you whether
you are a Basic user of Premiere user of iMonnit. You can rest assured that your data is
safe with iMonnit.

HTTP INTERFACE SECURITY

Enabling this interface will allow users with access to the network to congure the settings

of the gateway also information about the sensor network is available, but no actual data
can be obtained through these pages. To enhance security to the shortest value that will
allow the necessary access. Once this period has expired after startup or utility button is
pressed, the interface will be disabled so no one else can access it. If you need to make

additional changes, you can press the utility button to re-enable the interface for the
specied timeout period.

SNTP INTERFACE SECURITY

The gateway can be set up to retrieve time from an SNTP server. An SNTP server can be
set up on the same LAN as the gateway, such as on a router or a Linux computer. The

gateway should be congured to retrieve time from only trusted servers, such as ones
maintained by your ISP. Incorrect time can a󰀨ect the delivery of sensor tra󰀩c.

If the Monnit Server is active, it will be utilized for time synchronization in ordinary opera­tion. So SNTP will be used as a backup.

SNMP INTERFACE SECURITY

SNMP stands for Simple Network Management Protocol) is an Internet application protocol

that manages and monitors network device functionality. Monnit uses SNMP version 1.

These settings can both be congured both on iMonnit and the local interface.

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IV. GATEWAY REGISTRATION

If this is your rst time using the iMonnit online portal, you will need to create a new

account. If you have already created an account, start by logging in. For instructions on
how to register for an iMonnit account, please consult the iMonnit User Guide viewable at

monnit.com/support/documentation.

REGISTERING THE ETHERNET GATEWAY 4

To register your gateway on iMonnit, you will need to enter the Device ID and the Security
Code from your Ethernet Gateway 4 in the corresponding text boxes. Use the camera on

your smartphone to scan the QR code on your Gateway. If you do not have a camera on
your phone, or you are accessing the online portal through a desktop computer, you may
enter the Device ID and Security Code manually.

• The Device ID is a unique number located on each device label.

• Next you’ll be asked to enter the Security Code (SC) on your device. A security
code will be all letters, no numbers. It can also be found on the barcode label of
your gateway.

When completed, select the “Submit” button.

IMPORTANT: Add the gateway and all sensors to the iMonnit portal so that on boot, the

gateway can download and whitelist the sensors from the congured sensor network.

V. USING THE ETHERNET GATEWAY 4

USING THE ETHERNET GATEWAY 4

The back of your gateway will look like the diagram below:

From left to right, we see:

Power: This is where your power cord will be plugged into.
Network: This is the socket where your Ethernet cord will go.
Utility Button: A short, ve second, press of this button will enable the local interface.

Pressing the utility button for fteen seconds will reset the gateway.

1. Connect your antenna to the gateway.

2. Plug the power supply cord into an outlet.

3. After the three LED lights switch to green, your network is ready to use.

UNDERSTANDING THE ETHERNET GATEWAY 4 LIGHTS

The gateway will enter three stages as it powers on:

Power-on stage: The gateway will analyze electronics and programming. The LED

lights will ash red and green, before all becoming green for one second and entering a

“waterfall” pattern. In case of failure, the light sequence will repeat after ten seconds. The
gateway will continue trying to boot until it succeeds. Please contact technical support if
the lights aren’t green after two minutes.

Connection stage: When the LEDs turn solid green for 1.5 seconds, the power-on stage

will be complete. After the Network Uplink Connectivity Indicator displays a solid green
LED, the gateway will attempt to begin making connections to it’s default server and other

congured surfaces. The gateway will attempt to settle all operational connections. As the
gateway rst connects to the network, all other lights will be dark.

Operational stage: All of the lights will remain green while powered externally, unless
there is an issue. A blinking link light is a signal that the gateway has encountered an issue
in the network.

Steady Green: Communication with sensors is normal.

Blinking Green: Active communication with sensors.

Steady Red: Gateway hardware may be faulty

Steady Green: Communication with the default server is ok.

Blinking Green: Active communication with the default server

Steady Red: Last communication with the data interface was
unsuccessful. This could signal an issue with the default server.

Steady Green: Network connection successful.

Steady Red: No Network connection has been made.

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ETHERNET GATEWAY 4 SETTINGS

The Ethernet Gateway 4 will receive data from all sensors assigned to the network and
within range, then return this data to the iMonnit server in a series of heartbeats.

You can access gateway settings by selecting “Gateways” in the main navigation panel.
Choose the Ethernet Gateway 4 from the list of gateways registered to your account.
Select the “Settings” tab to edit the gateway:

Commands

Choose the bullet for Commands located just under the Settings title to access the
commands page.

A. Selecting the Reform Network command will trigger the gateway to remove all
sensors from the internal whitelist, and then request a new sensor list from the server.
This command will force all sensors to reinitialize their connection with the gateway.

A. The Gateway Name eld is where you assign your gateway a unique title. By default,
the gateway name will be the type followed by the Device ID.

B. The Heartbeat Minutes congures the interval that the gateway checks in with the
server. The default is ve minutes. So every ve minutes your gateway will report to the

server.

C. Force Transmit on Aware means that if the sensors reach an aware state outside of
the heartbeat interval, the gateway will immediately relay that data to the server instead of
waiting the extra time it would take to reach the next heartbeat minute.

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Reforming the network cleans up communication when multiple networks are in
range of each other so they are all in sync. This is especially useful if you must move
sensors to a new network, and would like to clear these sensors from the gateway’s
internal list. Reforming the network will place a new list of sensors that will continue to
exchange data.

B. If there are updates available for your gateway rmware, the Update Gateway
Firmware button will appear, giving you the option to select it and install the latest

rmware.

C. Choosing the Reset Gateway to Factory Defaults button will erase all your unique
settings and return the gateway to factory default settings.