User's Manual

14 EMG101 Gateway
3 Basic Gateway Configuration
To provide the EMG101 Gateway with a basic configuration:
1. Power up the Gateway.
2. By default, the Gateway will obtain an IP address from the DHCP server.
3. If no DHCP server is available, a Static IP address should be configured. You will need to contact Symbol
technical support to obtain a valid password.
4. To configure a Static IP address:
a. Connect to the Gateway via the Console port.
b. Login as motgw and switch to superuser (su) mode.
c. Edit the interfaces file at /etc/network/interfaces to enter the IP address.
5. You will also need to configure the Channel and PAN ID.To configure the Channel and PAN ID:
a. Connect to the Gateway via the Console port (if the Gateway IP address needs to be configured), or
via ssh (if the Gateway has already been configured).
b. Login as motgw and switch to superuser (su) mode.
c. Edit the coord.conf file.
d. Update the COORD_PANID and COORD_CHANNEL values to be used for the Gateway deployment.
Contact Symbol technical support to identify the required values for these parameters.
e. Ensure that the SPI_INDEX value is set to zero or a positive value.
f. Update the REGULATORY_REGION parameter to the appropriate value (example: EU1, NA1, NA2, and
NA3). Contact Symbol support for the correct value for your deployment.
g. Update the STORE_ID parameter with the store ID to be used for the deployment location.
h. Save the updated coord.conf file.
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