Volansys Modular IoT Gateway User Manual

MODULAR IOT GATEWAY

USER MANUAL

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Modular IoT Gateway User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 REVISION HISTORY ........................................................................................................................................ 7

1.1 REVISION HISTORY ............................................................................................................................................ 7

1.2 REFERENCES ..................................................................................................................................................... 7

2 USING THIS MANUAL .................................................................................................................................... 9

2.1 PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE .................................................................................................................................... 9

2.2 SUMMARY OF CHAPTERS ..................................................................................................................................... 9

3 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................... 10

3.1 KEY FEATURES ................................................................................................................................................ 11

3.2 USER CASES ................................................................................................................................................... 12

3.3 PROTOCOL SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................ 12

3.4 ADDRESSES AND PORT NUMBERS ....................................................................................................................... 12

3.4.1 Hardware Address ................................................................................................................................. 12

3.4.2 IP Address .............................................................................................................................................. 13

3.4.3 Port Numbers ......................................................................................................................................... 13

3.5 REFERENCE DESIGN PLATFORM INFORMATION LABEL .............................................................................................. 13

4 REFERENCE DESIGN PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE AND INTERFACES .............................................................. 14

4.1 MEMORY, I/O PORTS AND EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL SUPPORT .................................................................................... 15

4.1.1 DDR3 ...................................................................................................................................................... 15

4.1.2 NAND Flash ............................................................................................................................................ 15

4.1.3 Micro SD Card Slot ................................................................................................................................. 15

4.2 ETHERNET PORT ............................................................................................................................................. 15

4.3 USB PORTS ................................................................................................................................................... 15

4.4 USB DEBUG PORT .......................................................................................................................................... 16

4.5 WI-FI AND BLUETOOTH .................................................................................................................................... 16

4.6 USER INTERFACE SWITCH .................................................................................................................................. 16

4.6.1 Commissioning Switch (SW1) ................................................................................................................. 16

4.6.2 Reset Switch ........................................................................................................................................... 17

4.7 USER LED INDICATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 17

4.8 NFC CONTROLLER ........................................................................................................................................... 17

4.9 MIKROBUS COMPATIBLE HEADERS ..................................................................................................................... 17

4.10 JN5179 ZIGBEE MODULE ................................................................................................................................ 18

5 INSTALLATION OF GATEWAY ....................................................................................................................... 19

5.1 MODULAR IOT GATEWAY BOX CONTENT ............................................................................................................. 19

5.2 DEVICES INSIDE MODULAR IOT GATEWAY ............................................................................................................ 19

5.3 USER REQUIRED ITEMS ..................................................................................................................................... 19

6 DEMO SETUP OF MODULAR IOT GATEWAY ................................................................................................. 20

7 CONTACT US AND SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................ 21

8 APPENDIX-A ................................................................................................................................................ 22

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8.1 ACRONYMS & GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................................. 22

9 APPENDIX-B ................................................................................................................................................ 23

9.1 COMPLIANCE .................................................................................................................................................. 23

9.2 ROHS, REACH COMPLIANCE ............................................................................................................................ 23

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List of Figures

Figure 1 – Modular IoT Gateway ....................................................................................................... 10

Figure 2 - Modular IoT Gateway With Inbuilt Peripheral .................................................................... 10

Figure 3 – Modular IoT Gateway With Inbuilt Peripheral ................................................................... 12

Figure 4 – Reference Design platform information Label ................................................................... 13

Figure 5 – Architecture Block Diagram .............................................................................................. 14

Figure 6 – Inside view of Modular IoT Gateway ................................................................................. 14

Figure 7 – Reference design Platform interface details ...................................................................... 15

Figure 8 – Modular IoT Gateway Switches ......................................................................................... 16

Figure 9 - NFC Controller .................................................................................................................. 17

Figure 10 - MikroBUS Header............................................................................................................ 18

Figure 11 - JN5179 Module ............................................................................................................... 18

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List of Tables

Table 1 - Revision History ...................................................................................................................7

Table 2 – References ..........................................................................................................................7

Table 3 - References ...........................................................................................................................9

Table 4 - Gateway USB Configuration ............................................................................................... 15

Table 5 - Terminal Settings ............................................................................................................... 16

Table 6 - User Interface Switch ......................................................................................................... 17

Table 7 - User LED Indications ........................................................................................................... 17

Table 8 – Modular IoT Gateway Reference design platform Content .................................................. 19

Table 9 - Modular IoT Gateway Unit Contents ................................................................................... 19

Table 10 – Other Require Equipment ................................................................................................ 19

Table 11 - Acronyms & Glossary ....................................................................................................... 22

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Rev.

Date

Description

Prepared By

Reviewed By

Approved By

0.1

21-Nov-16

Initial draft version released

Volansys

0.2

02-March-17

Updated based on review comments

Volansys

0.3

03-March-17

Updated based on review comments

Volansys

0.4

01-May-17

Added RF statement

Volansys

0.5

24-May-17

Remove watermark Added FCC RF statement

Volansys

Documents

Revision

i.MX6UL Base Board Hardware User Guide

0.1

Datasheet of JN5179 Module

1.1

Quick start Guide of PN7120 NFC Controller Board

1.1

1 REVISION HISTORY

1.1 Revision History

Table 1 - Revision History

1.2 References

Table 2 – References

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Chapter No.

Chapter

Description

Overview

Describes Introduction and key features and the protocols it supports. Includes technical specifications.

Reference Design Architecture and Interfaces

Describes Hardware interface idea and wireless technology support details.

Installation of Gateway

Describe details of List of content in box of Reference design platform and how to install it on field

Demo Setup of Modular IoT Gateway

Describes setup and configuration procedure with Wi-Fi and Ethernet using mobile application.

Instructions for contacting Volansys and Technical Support details

Appendix A

Acronyms and Glossary – Full forms of used short names

Appendix B

Gateway compliance details

2 USING THIS MANUAL

2.1 Purpose and Audience

This document provides Introduction, key features, Reference design platform Architecture and interfaces, demo setup and use of Modular IoT Gateway. It is intended for the users who are configuring this Reference design platform. The user need to use this reference design platform in well controlled indoor environment.

2.2 Summary of chapters

Table 3 - References

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3 OVERVIEW

Modular IoT Gateway is a smart, modular, customizable, multi-service advance Reference Design Platform for Internet of Things. It is targeted for multiple use cases in various segments of IoT such as Smart Home, Buildings and Industries. Powered by industrial leading technologies, the Gateway is designed with Core features like Modular Hardware Design and Multi-Radio Connectivity

NFC and ZigBee)

(i.e. Wi-Fi, BLE,

Figure 1 – Modular IoT Gateway

The Modular IoT Gateway, based on advance processor i.MX6UltraLite introduces users to the assembled version of Gateway carrier and SoM board inside the platform. This gateway will help users to develop and run their IoT based concept using wireless interfaces like Wi-Fi, BLE, NFC and ZigBee easily and operate any supported devices wirelessly. It supports Wi-Fi and Ethernet for communication with cloud.

The Modular IoT Gateway supports various versatile wireless hardware module through MikroBUS Header such as Volansys’ RF Modules and other MikroBUS standard supported modules. It also support new generation features PN7120 base NFC module and NXP JN5179 ZigBee Module.

Figure 2 - Modular IoT Gateway With Inbuilt Peripheral

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3.1 Key Features

The following specifications are available in the Modular IoT Gateway Reference design platform:

 Power Supply

o DC Jack for Input - 5V/3A from adaptor

 Processor

o i.MX 6UltraLite applications processor with a 528 MHz ARM® Cortex®-A7 core

 Memory

o 256MB DDR3L SDRAM o 1GB NAND Flash o Micro SD connector

 Ethernet

o 1x 10/100Mbps Ethernet RJ-45 connector

 USB Port

o 1x USB 2.0 Host connector o 1x USB 2.0 Host connector (Device mode support)

 Wireless Technology

o Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and 802.15.1 BLEv4.0 compatible Wi-Fi + BT module from Murata o 802.15.4/ZigBee Module JN5179 o NFC module using PN7120 controller for commissioning

 Header Support

o MikroBus opatile header to support ikroBU“ opatile Volass’ RF modules & all

other MikroBU“’ lik odules hih is uiersall aepted ith sae header opatiilit

 Other I/O

o 1x Debug port via USB micro-B connector o 1x Power LED, 2x Status LED o 1x User Switch (for commissioning), 1x reset Switch o JTAG connector

 Dimension

o 146.045 mm x 96.656 mm x 27.537 mm

 Weight

o 250 Grams

 Operating Temperature and Humidity

o 0 to 50 °C, 10% to 80% RH (Non-considering)

 Storage Temperature and Humidity

o -10 to 50 °C, 5% to 80% RH (Non-considering)

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3.2 User Cases

Figure 3 – Modular IoT Gateway With Inbuilt Peripheral

Volansys modular IoT gateway is central device to test gateway out of box. In this demo, user can control and monitor ZigBee end devices with help of mobile application. In order to use, Modular IoT Gateway, user needs to provide Internet connectivity to gateway board. The Gateway board support Ethernet and Wi-Fi interface for cloud connectivity. Gateway also support NFC commission. Using this NFC commission method user can provide Wi-Fi credential to Gateway and register them. User seamless add

ZigBee deie i Gatea etork  NFC oissio ethod. Oe Ed deies are added to Gatea’s

network then user can control them remotely. Here note that the user need to use this reference design platform in well controlled indoor environment.

3.3 Protocol Support

The Modular IoT Gateway contains a full-featured IP networking and wireless software stack:

 DHCP Client, DHCP Server, DHCPv6 Client  uPnP (Discovery), LCAP (77FE), SSH, SSLv3/TLSv1, HTTP(S)  IPv4/IPv6, TCP, UDP, ICMP, ARP, Auto-IP, DNS  WPA/WPA2 Personal

3.4 Addresses and Port Numbers

3.4.1 Hardware Address

The hardware address is also referred to as the Ethernet address, physical address, or MAC address. The first three bytes of the Ethernet address are fixed and identify the unit as a volansys reference design platform. The fourth, fifth, and sixth bytes are unique numbers assigned to each unit. Sample ways hardware address may be represented:

 00-80-A3-14-1B-18  00:80:A3:14:1B:18

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3.4.2 IP Address

Every device connected to an IP network must have a unique IPv4 address. This address references the specific unit.

3.4.3 Port Numbers

Every TCP connection is defined by a destination and source IP Address, and a destination and source port number. For example, a Telnet server commonly uses TCP port number 23.

The following is a list of the default server port numbers running on the Modular IoT Gateway:

 TCP Port 22: SSH Server (Command Mode configuration)  TCP Port 80: HTTP (Web Manager Configuration)

3.5 Reference design platform information Label

The Reference design platform information label on the device contains the following information about the specific unit:

 Company Logo  Model Name  Platform Part Number  Serial Number and Barcode  MAC Address and Barcode  Power Rating  FCC and CE certificate details

e.g.:

Figure 4 – Reference Design platform information Label

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4 REFERENCE DESIGN PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE AND INTERFACES

Modular IoT

Module. The architecture block diagram of Modular IoT Gateway board is shown as below:

Gateway implements a variety of peripheral interfaces to connect with i.MX6UL based SoM

This section provides detailed information about different peripherals of Modular IoT Gateway.

Figure 5 – Architecture Block Diagram

The inside view of Modular IoT Gateway is shown in following figures,

Figure 6 – Inside view of Modular IoT Gateway

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USB-2 HOST

USB-2 DEVICE

JUMPER 1 (J30)

OPEN

JUMPER 2 (J29)

OPEN

4.1 Memory, I/O Ports and external peripheral support

4.1.1 DDR3

 Modular IoT Gateway is equipped with 256 MB DDR3L Memory which is upgradable up to 1 GB.

4.1.2 NAND Flash

 Gateway is available with on-board NAND (1GB) flash.

4.1.3 Micro SD Card Slot

 Micro SD slot (J18) is provided on Modular IoT Gateway.  It is connected to USDHC1 interface of i.MX 6UltraLite on SoM Module.

Figure 7 – Reference design Platform interface details

4.2 Ethernet Port

Modular IoT Gateway incorporates a single full-featured 10/100 Ethernet interface, implemented with the i.MX6UL MAC-NET core in conjunction with a 10/100-Mbit/s MAC coupled with an on-board 10/100 PHY. The modular IoT Gateway comes with following features:

 Integrated PHY on SoM for 10/100 Mbps  Auto-negotiation support

 Programmable MAC address

4.3 USB Ports

The USB interface block provides two High speed USB port, which supports USB ver. 2.0. Initially both the connectors will act as host. User can configure USB-2(J17) port as device also by modifying jumpers setting. USB-1 (J16) will work as host only.

Jumper setting for USB-2 port host and device mode are shown in below table:

Table 4 - Gateway USB Configuration

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Baud Rate

115200

Data Bits

Parity

None

Stop Bits

Flow Control

None

When using serial download option for Boot, USB-2(J17) will be used in Device mode. It is required to change Jumper setting to enable device mode.

4.4 USB Debug Port

The Modular IoT Gateway comes with one microUSB debug port support to simplify debugging mechanism. A CP2102, USB to serial UART IC is used to convert the UART signals to USB. A micro-B to standard A USB cable can be used. UART1 port is used as the debug port. The required terminal settings are shown in the following table:

Table 5 - Terminal Settings

4.5 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

Modular IoT Gateway provides support of Single Band (2.4GHz) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth using Murata’s LBEE5KLDX RF module on Gateway.

The Modular IoT Gateway supports following features:

 Support of single band IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi  Bluetooth ver. 4.1  Provides SDIO interface for Wi-Fi and UART interface for Bluetooth operation  External u.fl connectors is connected with antenna line of module to provide external Whip

antenna support

4.6 User Interface Switch

4.6.1 Commissioning Switch (SW1)

SW1 is used to start/stop NFC commissioning mode. It is also used to power off the gateway board by long pressing it for more than 15 sec.

Figure 8 – Modular IoT Gateway Switches

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Switch

Control

Last State

Next State

SW1

Short Press ( >5sec & < 15sec)

NFC Commission Window Off

Start NFC commission window

NFC Commission Window ON

Stop NFC commission window

Long press (> 15sec)

Any

Power off gateway board

LED

Behavior

Represents

LED1

Green

Connected to cloud

Red

Not Connected to cloud

Orange

Connecting to cloud

LED2

Green

Commission window is On

Orange

Commission window is Off

Blink fast for 10 times

ED Commission successful

Blink slow for 5 times

ED Commission failed

Different control mechanism for switch is provided as below:

Table 6 - User Interface Switch

4.6.2 Reset Switch

One reset switch is provided for user, to reboot the system without removing power supply. Pressing the switch will drive logic zero on RESETn signal, which will affects every modules on gateway.

4.7 User LED Indications

Two dual color LEDs are used to provide indication about different Gateway functionalities. Below table indicates color mark to represent specific events.

Table 7 - User LED Indications

Note: User can change LEDs behavior based on their use case scenario.

4.8 NFC Controller

Modular IoT gatea hae NFC Module Header for NFC Coetiit. It’s hae PN7 NFC Cotroller from NXP Semiconductor.

Figure 9 - NFC Controller

4.9 MikroBus Compatible Headers

Modular IoT Gateway contains two standard MikroBUS header which provides SPI, I2C & UART interface and other MikroBUS standard support signals. MikroBUS standard click board can be used with Modular

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 2.4GHz IEEE802.15.4 compliant

IoT Gateway board. Below figure displays Standard MikroBUS socket position on Modular IoT Gateway board:

Figure 10 - MikroBUS Header

4.10 JN5179 ZigBee Module

NXP’s ZigBee odule hae JN5179 wireless controller which was low power supporting for ZigBee interface. JN5179 module supports following features:

 512KB Flash  32KB RAM  uFl PCB antenna or Internal Antenna or Both support  Compact size: 14.5mm x 20.5mm  TX power 8.5 dBm  Receiver sensitivity –96 dBm  TX current 24 mA at 10 dBm  TX current 21.2 mA at 8.5 dBm  RX current 14.3 mA at maximum input level –2 dBm  2.0 V/3.6 V operation

Figure 11 - JN5179 Module

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Item

Description

Modular IoT Gateway Unit

Comes with External Antenna attached

Power Adapter

DC 5V, 3A – plug in with Gateway to power up Gateway

Documentation

Quick Start Guide

Item

Description

SoM

Based on i.MX6UL processor, 200-pin SO-DIMM standard supported module

Base Board

Multiple RF interface support with Volass’ “oM

NFC Module

For commissioning of different modules

JN5179 module

Provides ZigBee interface support

Item

Description

USB Cable

USB Cable (micro B to standard A)

Ethernet Cable

To connect with network using Ethernet

Micro SD Card

Bootable Linux image

NFC Tags

To register/commission on network through Gateway

Internet connectivity

To connect Gateway via Ethernet or Wi-Fi

Mobile Application

To operate Gateway

Windows PC

To update firmware and get EUI-64 of FRDM-KW24D512

5 INSTALLATION OF GATEWAY

The Modular IoT Gateway comes with its required contents and it is mentioned in below section.

5.1 Modular IoT Gateway Box Content

Modular IoT Gateway comes with following listed items:

Table 8 – Modular IoT Gateway Reference design platform Content

5.2 Devices inside Modular IoT Gateway

Modular IoT Gateway has different peripherals support. It contains following peripherals to support different functionality and all must be installed inside Gateway:

Table 9 - Modular IoT Gateway Unit Contents

5.3 User required Items

To complete your demo installation you need following items and it is not standard parts of Modular IoT Gateway. User needs to manage it.

Table 10 – Other Require Equipment

Note: Recommended Ethernet cable length is 3mm or less.

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6 DEMO SETUP OF MODULAR IOT GATEWAY

Kindly refer Modular IoT Gateway OOB Demo Setup Guide-v1.1 for Demo setup and configuration.

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7 CONTACT US AND SUPPORT

INDIA Office: USA Office:

Block A - 7th Floor, 3080 Olcott St. Suite D235 Safal Profitaire, Santa Clara CA – 95054. Corporate Road, Phone: +1 510 358 4310 Prahaladnagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380015

Phone: + 91-79-40041994.

E-mail:

Volansys offers many resources to support our customers and reference design platforms at Website:

For instance, you can ask a question and other technical details related to reference design platforms at our website. At this site you can also find FAQs, bulletins, warranty information, extended support services and Reference design platform documentation.

www.volansys.com

sales@volansys.com

To contact technical support or sales, look up your local office at:

When you report a problem, please provide the Following information:

 Your name, company name, address, and phone number  Description of the problem  Status of the unit when the problem occurred.

http://volansys.com/contact/

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Sr No#

Terms

Definition

BLE/BT

Bluetooth Low Energy/Bluetooth

eMMC

Embedded Multimedia Card

GPIO

General Purpose Input and Output

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSM

Global System for Mobile Communication

I2C

Inter Integrated Circuit

IoT

Internet Of Things

JTAG

Joint Test Action Group

LDO

Low Dropout

10.

LED

Light Emitting Diode

11.

MCU

Microcontroller Unit

12.

NFC

Near Field Communication

13.

PMIC

Power Management Integrated Circuits

14.

SDRAM

Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

15.

SMA

Subminiature version A

16.

SoC

System on Chip

17.

SoM

Systems On Module

18.

SPI

Serial Peripheral Interface

19.

TBD

To Be Define

20.

U.FL

Ultra-Miniature RF Connector

21.

UART

Universal Asynchronous receiver and Transmitter

22.

USB

Universal Serial Bus

8 APPENDIX-A

8.1 Acronyms & Glossary

The following terms are used in this document

Table 11 - Acronyms & Glossary

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9 APPENDIX-B

9.1 Compliance

(According to ISO/IEC Guide and EN 45014)

Reference Design Platform Name Model:

Modular IoT Gateway

Conforms to the following standards or other normative documents:

Safety

 EN 60950-1:2006 + A11:2009 + A1:2010 + A12:2011 + A2:2013

Emissions

 CFR Title 47 FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Class A Emissions  EN55022: 2010, Class A Emissions  CISPR 22: 2009, Class A Emissions

Immunity

 EN55024: 2010  EN610000-4-2: 2009  EN61000-4-3: 2006 + A1: 2008 + A2: 2010  EN61000-4-4: 2004  EN61000-4-5: 2005  EN61000-4-6: 2009  EN61000-4-8: 2010  EN61000-4-11: 2004  CISPR 16-1-4: 2008  ICES-0003 Issue 6

9.2 RoHS, REACH Compliance

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FCC Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuan t to part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful int erference in a residential installation. This equipment generates and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to rad io communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular install ation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be d etermined 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 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 receiv ed, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Note: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modi fications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate this equipmen t.

IC Compliance

This device complies with Industry Canada license ‐ exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cau se interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Le present appareil est conforme aux CNR d’Idustrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts d e licence. L’eploitatio est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes: (1) l’appareil ne doit pas produire d e brouillage, et (2) l’utilisateur de l’appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si l e brouillage est susceptible d’e compromettre le fonctionnement.

RF Radiation Exposure Statement

This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20 centimeters between the radiator and your body.

The device has been evaluated to meet FCC and RSS-102 general RF exposure requirement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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