Systech Corporation SL-500 Quick start guide

Brand: Systech Corporation

Model: SL-500

Type: Quick start guide

Systech Corporation SL-500 is a gateway device that provides both wired and wireless connectivity options and includes support for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The device is equipped with a 5V power port, a USB port, a LAN port, and a WAN/LAN port. It also has a status light, a reset button, and WAN/LAN and LAN lights. The SL-500 is capable of remote access and control, and it comes with SysSCRIPT Lite, a simple graphical user interface that allows users to program scripts that execute locally on the gateway.

1 QS002‐002‐1706.Copyright2017.Informationsubjecttochangewithoutnotice.

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SL‐500

What’s Included

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PowerAdapter,5v

CellularAntennas

(ifpurchased)

Note:Imagesmaydifferfromactualitems.

SysLINK

500 Family

Quick Start Guide

Includes SysSCRIPT Lite

 IoT(InternetofThings)support

 Remoteaccessandcontrol

 Simpledrag&dropscriptcreationfor

“ifthis,thenthat”functionality

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Interfaces and Features

Resetbutton

Buttonusedtoresetthegateway.Usepaperclip,or

similardevice,topress.Torebootthegateway,

presstheresetbuttonmomentarily.Thestatuslight

willalternatebetweenorangeandredduringthe

reboot.

Toresetthegatewaybacktofactorydefaults,hold

forabout10seconds.Whenthestatuslight

alternatesbetweenredandgreen,youmayrelease

theresetbutton.

Statuslight

Indicatescurrentgatewaystatus.Solidamberat

initialpowerup.Blinkinggreenatonesecond

intervalsduringnormaloperation.

WAN/LANlight

Flickeringgreenduringnormaloperation.Offif

WAN/LANportisdisconnected.

LANlight

Flickeringgreenduringnormaloperation.OffifLAN

portisdisconnected.

SL‐500

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Front

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RightSide

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Back

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Top

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CellModelights

Ifcellularoptioninstalled,thentheselightsindicate

thecurrentcellularoperatingmode.

ABC

1xRTT Off Off On

EVDO/HSPA Off On On

LTE On On On

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CellStrengthlight

Ifcellularoptioninstalled,thenthenumberoflights

indicatescellularsignalstrength.Theselightsare

activeevenifcellulariscurrentlynotinuse.

5VPowerport

Useincludedpoweradapter.Optionallymayuse

other5vDCpowersource.Seetechnical

specificationsforpowerrequirements.

CellAuxandCellMain

Ifcellularoptioninstalled,thenattachcellular

antennashere.CellMainisrequired.CellAuxis

optionalforimprovedconnectivityandspeed.

USBport

USB2.0typeAconnector.Usedforoptionalexternal

devices.

LANport

LocalEthernetconnectivity,usuallyusedtoattach

additionallocalLANdevices(orlocalnetworkhub)to

thenetwork.

WAN/LANport

SourceforInternetconnectivity,usuallyconnected

tobroadbandmodemoralocalnetworkthat

providesInternetaccess.Mayoptionallybe

configuredforlocalEthernetconnectivity,usually

usedtoattachadditionallocalLANdevices(orlocal

networkhub)tothenetwork.

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4 

Set Up Your New Gateway

Hardware

STEP1‐Antennas

Ifyourgatewayincludescellular,pleaseinstallthe

includedantennas.Thecellularantennasmustbe

screwedintotheterminalsofthegatewaylabeled

“CellMain”and“CellAux”.Thetwocellular

antennaslookidentical.

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CellularAntenna(withprong)

STEP2–InternetConnectivity

IfyouareusingcellularconnectivityfortheInternet,

thengototheSIMInstallationstep.OncetheSIMis

installed,nootherInternetConnectivity

configurationisrequired.ThengotothePower

Step,below.

IfyouareusingEthernetconnectivityforthe

Internet,thenplugoneendoftheEthernetcable

intothegatewayconnectorlabeled“WAN/LAN”.If

yournetworksupportsdynamicIPaddresses,or

DHCP,thenconnecttheotherendoftheEthernet

cabletoyourInternetrouterorhub.Thengo

directlytothenextstep.

IfyournetworkrequirestheuseofastaticIP

addresses,thenreviewthe“AccessLocal

ConfigurationSettings”section(below),and

configuretheappropriatenetworksettings.

STEP3‐Power

Connecttheincludedpowersupplytothegateway,

andapplypower.

Whenfirstpowered,theStatusLEDwillinitiallybe

orange.OtherLEDswillturnonoroffduringthe

initializationsequence.Afterafewminutes,the

StatusLEDwillblinkgreenaboutoncepersecond.

Thisindicatesthatthegatewayhascompletedits

coreinitialization.OtherLEDsmayalsobeturnedon

atthispoint.

Yourgatewaymayincludeother,specialized

softwareorhardware.Ifthisisthecase,the

initializationprocessmayrequireadditionaltime.

Forexample,ifyouhaveaZ‐Waveradioinstalled,

theZ‐Waveinitializationcontinuesbeyondthecore

initialization,andiscompletesometimeaftertheZ‐

WaveLEDlightturnson.

Atthispoint,yourgatewayisreadyforuse.

IfSIMinstallation,orspecialgatewayconfigurations

arerequired,thencontinuewiththisguide.

Also,ifyouareinterestedinremoteaccessorcontrol

oftheInternetofThings,thenreadtheSysSCRIPT

sectionofthisguide.

Cellular Installation &

Configuration

SIMcardInstallation

Ifyouareusingcellularconnectivity,thenaSIMcard

mayberequired.NoSIMisneededformostCDMA

andEVDOnetworks.However,HSPA+andLTE

networksrequireaSIM.

SIMinstallationmaybealreadybeendonebyyour

reseller.Inthatcase,youmayskipthissection.

PowerdownthegatewaypriortoinstallingtheSIM.

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InserttheSIMcardintotheSIMslotasshown.Note

thatthelabelfacesupandthenotchisontheleft.A

fingernailorcoinmaybeusefulincompletingthis

step.TheSIMlocksintoplaceinsidetheunit.

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EnsurethattheSIMcardisinsertedintotheSIMslot

andnotbetweentheSIMslotandtheSysLINKcase.

Whenproperlyinserted,therewillbesome

resistancewhenthecardisabout80%inserted.

AccessthelocalSysLINKconfigurationwebpage

usingtheAccessConfigurationinstructionsbelow.

Clickon“CellularSettings”linkinthemenuonthe

leftpane.Logintotheunitasinstructed.

EntertheAPNinthe“AccessPointName(APN)”edit

field.

Click“SaveChanges”.

Click“Reset/Reboot”linkintheleftmostgraymenu

pane.Then,click“Reboot”.

OncetheSysLINKgatewayrebootsitshouldconnect

tothecellularnetwork.Youcanconfirmthisby

viewingthedateandtimefromtheSysLINK

configurationwebpage.Thiswillbeupdatedoneto

twominutesafterthegatewayreboots.Youwill

needtorefreshthewebpagemanuallytoseethe

dateandtimechange.

Access Local Configuration

Options

Mostapplicationsdonotrequireaccesstothelocal

configurationoptions,andthegatewaycanbeused

immediately.Ifyouwouldliketoconfigurefeatures

suchastheIPaddressorWi‐Fisettings,thenfollow

thesesteps.

1. ConnectaPCdirectlytotheSysLINKgateway

EthernetLANport.

2. Pointyourwebbroswerto

https:\\192.168.1.1.Note:Youmustuse

HTTPSasthisprovidesenhancedsecurity.

Ignoreanywarningscreenthatmayappear.

3. Apagetitled“WelcometotheSysLINK”

appears.ThisistheSysLINKUserInterface

(UI).

4. Onceyouselectanymenuoption,youwillbe

askedtoprovidelogininformation.

5. Thedefaultusernameis“admin”.The

defaultpasswordis“sysl1nk”(withthe

numberonebetweentheletters“l”and“n”).

6. Itissuggestedyouchangethepasswordto

enhancesecurity.

SSH Access

TologintotheLinuxOSofthegatewaydirectly,you

willneedtoenableSSHbyaccessingthelocal

configurationoptionsdescribedabove.

IfAdvancedRoutingislicensed,clickonthe“Firewall

Settings”linkintheuserinterfacewebpage.Clickto

placeacheckmarkinthe“AllowAccess”columnin

the“SecureShell”rowonthePortAccess

Configurationpage.

IfAdvancedRoutingisnotlicensedclickonthe

“SecuritySettings”linkintheuserinterfaceweb

page.Clicktoplaceacheckmarkinthe“Secure

Shell”optionbox.

AfterenablingSSHAccess,rebootthegatewayfrom

the“Reset/Reboot”menuoption.

Afterreboot,youmayuseSSHtoaccesstheLinuxOS

ofthegateway.ThedefaultSSHusernameis“root”.

Thedefaultpasswordis“sysl1nk”(withthenumber

onebetweentheletters“l”and“n”).

Wi-Fi Access Point

IfWi‐Fiisaninstalledoptionandconfiguredasan

accesspoint(APor“hotspot”),theSSIDis“SysLINK”

andtheWi‐Fipasswordis“Systech1”.TheIPaddress

toaccesstheunitviaWi‐Fiishttps://192.168.1.1,

andtheDHCPserverisconfiguredtoprovideIP

addressesintherange192.168.1.10–192.168.1.100.

SysSCRIPT

ForIoT(InternetofThings)support,yourSysLINK

GatewayincludesSysSCRIPT(licensed)orSysSCRIPT

Lite.SysSCRIPTLiteprovidesremoteaccessand

controlofmanypropertiesofthegateway,suchas

networkIPaddress,numberofbytestransferred,

andothergatewaydetails.Ifyourgatewayincludes

temperatureandmotionhardware,SysSCRIPTLite

alsoprovidesremoteaccesstothisinformation.

SysSCRIPTisasimplegraphicaluserinterfacethat

providestheabilitytoprogramscriptsthatexecute

locallyonthegateway.

ThelicensedversionofSysSCRIPTprovides

additional,advancedaccessandcontrolforexternal

devices.Exampleexternaldevicesincludedevices

attachedtotheUSBport,orwirelessZigBee,Z‐Wave,

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orBluetoothdevices(assumingtheappropriate

hardwareisinstalled).

SetupandconfigurationofSysSCRIPTrequiresjusta

fewshortminutes.YoucanaccessSysSCRIPTwith

yoursmartphone,tablet,orcomputer.No

applicationinstallationisnecessary.Simplyusea

currentversionofyourfavoritebrowser,suchas

Chrome,Explorer,orSafari.

GatewayActivation

Activationisatwo‐stepprocess–GatewayActivation

andAccountActivation.ActivateSysSCRIPTonthe

gatewaybyaccessingthelocalconfigurationoptions

describedabove.Clickonthe“SysMAPSettings”in

theuserinterfacewebpage.Clicktoplacea

checkmarkinthe“EnabletheSysMAPservice”

optionbox.

AccountLogin

GotothefollowingURL:

https://sso.systech.com

IfyoupreviouslycreatedaSysSCRIPTaccountforany

gatewayinthepast,thensimplyuseyourexisting

usercredentialstologin.Otherwise,selectthe

“Registeranewuser”option.

AccountActivation

ActivationCode:sysscriptlite

GatewayActivationPassword:Seethebottomof

thegateway.IfnoGatewayActivationPasswordis

present,thenusethe6‐digitserialnumber.

Ifyoureceivedaseparateactivationcode,perhaps

forafullSysSCRIPTlicense,usethatactivationcode

instead.

Ifyouregisterasanewuser,pleaseincludeyour

activationcodewhenasked.Youractivationcode

willapplytheappropriateaccessrightstoyour

SysSCRIPTaccount.

Ifyouwouldliketoaddanactivationcodetoan

existingaccount,simplylogintoyouraccount,then

selectthe“UseActivationCode”menuoption.

Besuretorememberyouraccountusernameand

passwordforthefuture,asthatwillberequiredto

accessSysSCRIPTforthisgatewayandother

gatewaysthatmaybelinkedtoyouraccount.There

isanoptiontorecoveryourusernameandpassword

ifyouforgetit.

GatewayAccess

ToaccessSysSCRIPT,selectthe“SysSCRIPT”square

tile,underthe“Applications”dropdownlist.Anew

windowwillopenwithadropdownlistofall

gatewaysassociatedwithyourSysSCRIPTaccount.

Select“Gateways”toexposetheentirelist.From

thislist,findthegatewaythatyouwouldliketowork

with.

Newgatewayswillhaveadefaultgatewaynameof

theserialnumberprecededwitha“GW”.For

example,GW398254.

Whenyouhavelocatedthegatewayofinterest,

selectthe“Details”buttonofthegateway.Thiswill

bringyoutoascreenshowingcurrentstatus

informationofthegateway.Itisusuallydesirableto

renamethegatewaytosomethingmoremeaningful.

Simplyclickonthegatewaynametobringupa

renamingdialogbox.

Also,youmustsettheinitialtimezoneandlocation

ofthegateway.Thisisrequiredtoenabletime‐

basedscripts.SelectandedittheLatitude,

Longitude,andTimeZonepropertiesofthegateway.

Selectthepenciliconnearthepropertyyouintendto

change.EdittheTimeZonepropertylast,since

editingtheTimeZonewillcausethegatewayto

automaticallyreboot.Thisisnormal,andyoucan

continuetoexploretheSysSCRIPTinterfacewhilethe

gatewayreboots.

DeviceAccessandControl

FromtheMenu,select“Devices”.Thiswillbringyou

toascreenshowingthedevicescurrentlyattachedto

thatgateway.Newgatewayswilltypicallyhaveonly

asingledevice–whichisthegatewayitself.

Whileyouareviewingthisscreen,youcanseemany

oftheaccessiblegatewayproperties.Theseare

propertiesthatyoucanaccessremotely,or

propertiesyoucancreatescriptsfor.Forexample,

youcanaccessthecurrentgatewayinternal

temperature,thelocalIPaddress,thecellularsignal

strength,andotherattributes.

FormoreinformationregardingSysSCRIPT,including

helpregardingprogrammingscriptsthatexecute



7 

locallyonthegateway,pleasegotothefollowing

URL.

https://sso.systech.com

Support

Fortechnicalsupport,pleasecontactyourreseller.

Orifdesired,contactSystechCorporationat:

Email:[email protected]

Phone:858‐674‐6500,ext711

www.systech.com

Systech Corporation SL-500 Quick start guide

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Model: SL-500

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