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□ IT department for assistance, if present
□ Manuals for every device related to the installation
□ Cables; network, power, serial, etc.
□ Antennas for Arctics, external antennas and antenna cables, if needed
□ Power supplies and cables for each device
□ DIN rail mounting kits, if needed
□ A computer for installation, a laptop with Windows XP recommended
 2) Gather the arrived equipment into one central place
Gather the Arctics and M2M GW to a central place for testing. If there are serial connected
devices on the field, bring one at central site as well, if possible.
 3) Connect the cables
Create a test installation environment to the central place by connecting the cables for
M2M GW and Arctic. Several Arctics can be configured in the test environment before
proceeding to the field installation. Refer to the page 15, chapter 10, Connecting and
cabling the units for details.
 4) Configure the M2M GW and Arctic
Configure the M2M GW (eth1) to the SCADA LAN and verify that the M2M GW’s WAN
interface (eth0) is connected to the Internet wit fixed, public IP address. See page 10,
chapter 7. IP planning for more details on different scenarios.
 5) Test the end-to-end connection locally
If there are serial devices (PLCs, RTUs etc.) connected to Arctics, it would be useful to first
test the serial device and SCADA connectivity by configuring the Arctic to the same LAN
where the SCADA computer resides in. This way any configuration problems regarding
VPN tunnel or IP routing can be excluded.
Configure M2M GW as in page 21, chapter 13: Configuring the M2M Gateway and Arctic
as in page 39, chapter 14: Configuring the Arctic.
After configuring the M2M GW and Arctic, test the SCADA connectivity to the serial device
via Arctic. For details of serial connectivity, see page 61, chapter 15: Connecting a serial
device.
 6) Test the connection via GPRS/EDGE and M2M GW’s VPN tunnel locally
Once the local connection is working, configure the Arctic for using GPRS or EDGE
connection and VPN tunnel towards M2M GW. Then re-execute the SCADA connectivity
test. Refer to the page 64, chapter 16: Testing the solution for closer details.
 7) Place the Arctics to remote locations
When the Arctics are pre-configured at the central place, the field installation is easy as it is
merely consisting of physical installation steps. Refer to Arctic’s user’s manual and page
16, chapter 11.2: Cabling the Arctic in this document for details of physical installation.
 8) Test the end-to-end connection
Last, test the end-to-end connectivity with the actual application, while Arctic’s are located
to the field.
In case of connectivity problems in end-to-end testing, see page 74, chapter 21: Appendix E:
Troubleshooting
.