Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Edge Gateway 3001 Installation and Operation Manual
- Overview
- System views
- Installing your Edge Gateway
- Safety and regulatory information
- Setting up your Edge Gateway
- Activating your mobile broadband service
- Mounting your Edge Gateway
- Mounting the Edge Gateway using the standard-mount bracket
- Mounting the Edge Gateway using quick-mount bracket
- Attaching the cable control bars to the standard-mount bracket
- Mounting the Edge Gateway on a DIN rail using the DIN-rail bracket
- Mounting the Edge Gateway using the perpendicular mount
- Mounting the Edge Gateway using a VESA mount
- Setting up the ZigBee dongle
- Setting up the operating system
- Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSB 2016
- Ubuntu Core 16
- Overview
- Boot up and log in – Remote system configuration
- Updating operating system and applications
- Additional Ubuntu commands
- Ubuntu Network Manager
- Serial ports
- Minicom
- GPIO
- Security
- Watchdog Timer (WDT)
- Cloud LED On/Off
- Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
- Snappy auto update/Autopilot
- Accessing Snappy Store/Snapweb
- Sensors
- Ignition Pin
- System Power Management
- Restoring Ubuntu Core 16
- Flashing a new OS image
- Ubuntu Server
- Overview
- Login to the Edge Gateway using Ethernet Port 1
- Installing or configuring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) daemon
- Ubuntu Server driver information
- Firmware management on Ubuntu Server
- Configure Watchdog Timer (WDT)
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
- Cloud LED On/Off
- Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)
- Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
- Serial ports
- GPIO
- Sensors
- Ignition Pin
- System Power Management
- Ubuntu Network Manager
- Restoring Ubuntu Server
- Creating the OS recovery USB flash drive
- Accessing and updating BIOS
- References
- Appendix
- Contacting Dell
Activating your mobile broadband service
CAUTION: Before you power on the Edge Gateway, insert a micro-SIM card.
NOTE: Ensure that the service provider has already activated the micro-SIM card before you use it in the Edge Gateway.
1. Remove the screw to open the micro-SIM card access door.
2. Insert a micro-SIM card into the top micro-SIM card slot.
3. Replace the screw, and close the micro-SIM card access door.
4. Power on the Edge Gateway.
5. Connect to a mobile network.
Windows operating system
a. Click the network icon from the taskbar, and then click Cellular.
b. Select Mobile Broadband Carrier > Advanced Options.
c. Make a note of the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) and Integrated Circuit Card Identifier
(ICCID).
d. Enter your APN number and any other credentials that your service provider requires.
Ubuntu operating system
a. Open the Terminal window.
b. Enter $sudo su - to access super user mode.
c. Configure the Mobile Broadband connection profile:
Command line:
network-manager.nmcli con add type <type> ifname <ifname> con-name <connection-
name> apn <apn>
Example (Verizon):
network-manager.nmcli con add type gsm ifname cdc-wdm0 con-name VZ_GSMDEMO apn
vzwinternet
Example (AT&T):
network-manager.nmcli con add type gsm ifname cdc-wdm0 con-name ATT_GSMDEMO apn
broadband
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