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Setting up an LTE internet connection for your WOW system
Setting up an LTE internet connection for your WOW system

Set up an LTE internet connection to send data from your WOW system to Datamars Livestock.

Updated over a week ago

📝 These instructions only apply to LTE enabled WOW systems.

You can set up an LTE internet connection for your Walk Over Weighing (WOW) system using OpenWRT.

📝 Before you start, make sure that the 4G LTE antenna is connected to the control unit:

To set up an LTE internet connection:

Log in to OpenWRT

  1. Stand beside the control unit.

  2. Use a laptop to search for the control unit Wi-Fi. This is a unique Device ID, but it will always begin with the letters rwow-

  3. Enter the network security key (password).
    This is scorpio followed by the last 6 characters of the unique Device ID, as used in the Wi-Fi network name. Type the characters exactly as they appear, using lower case letters and no spaces. Example:

  4. In an internet browser address bar, enter the URL 192.168.50.1 to launch the OpenWRT configuration page:

  5. The OpenWRT login page will be displayed.

    💡 If the OpenWRT login is not displayed, press the Home key on your keyboard to reveal the full URL and change https://192.168.50.1 to http://192.168.50.1.

  6. Log in with these credentials:

    • Username = root

    • Password = scorpio followed by the last 6 characters of the unique Device ID. The Device ID can be seen at the top of the screen. Example:

    The laptop will now be logged in to OpenWRT.

Configure the LTE internet settings

  1. Log in to OpenWRT, as above.

  2. In the Main Menu, click Network, then Interfaces. Next to LTEMODEM, click Edit:

  3. Make sure Bring Up On Boot is checked.

    In the APN field, enter the provider’s APN and click Save. If using the standard global SIM card supplied with the Control Unit, the APN is ipx2.m2mone.
    If using a different SIM card, Google the internet provider’s APN:

  4. You should see pending changes. Click Save & Apply:

  5. Check the internet connection. While still in the Network, Interfaces menu, check the LTE Modem connection:


    The Connectivity LED should be illuminated on the front of the Control Unit:
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📝 If an LTE connection cannot be established, this might be caused by legacy 2G/3G connections in your location. In this situation, we recommend forcing a 4G connection. In the Main Menu, click on Connectivity. Check Force LTE 4G then Save & Apply:
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Try connecting via LTE again, by repeating the steps above.

Check the signal quality

  1. Log in to OpenWRT, as above.

  2. Click on Statistics, Graphs then on the Connections tab.

The Average Signal Quality on the quality_ltemodem graph should be 37% or higher.

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