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Vodafone MachineLink 4G

Remote management via TR-069Feature Spotlight


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What is remote management via TR-069?

TR-069 is a standard published by the Broadband Forum for remote customer-premises equipment (CPE) administration and management.

It allows automatic configuration of devices such as modems, routers, gateways, set-top boxes and VoIP phones with an Auto Configuration Server (ACS).


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Why is it useful on the MachineLink 4G

You can use it to:• Manage a fleet of devices• Bulk status monitoring• Bulk configuration of devices• Bulk remote firmware upgrade


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Detailed feature set

• Retrieve a list of supported parameter names from the device

• Retrieve the current monitoring parameters values (e.g IMEI, or Signal Strength)

• Set the values of parameters (e.g APN)

• Retrieve the current monitoring (Active/Passive/None) set on a parameter or multiple parameters

• Set attributes of one or multiple parameters

• Retrieve the device system log from the ACS server

• Reboot the router remotely from the ACS server

• Update firmware remotely

• Factory reset: restore the device to factory default settings from the ACS server


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TR-069 inform messagesThe router sends “inform” messages periodically to alert the ACS server that it is ready. The inform messages can also be configured to accept a connection request from the ACS server.

Accept connection request

inform

Connection request

CPE (e.g MachineLink 4G)ACS server

ACS server

CPE (e.g MachineLink 4G)


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TR-069 functionsWhen a connection is established, any tasks queued on the ACS server are executed. These may be tasks such as value retrievals or changes and firmware upgrades.

ACS server

Connection established

Retrieve value

Set value

Firmware upgradeCPE (e.g MachineLink 4G)


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TR-069 protocol breakdown diagramThe communication between the CPE and ACS Server when setting a parameter value via TR-069


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Configuring TR-069


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Configuring TR-069


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Example of TR-069 in actionUpgrading firmware via TR-069 – Add device type to Auto Configuration Server

Note: This example uses an ACS called “ACSLite” from NetMania. There are many other commercial ACS services you may wish to use.


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Example of TR-069 in actionUpgrading firmware via TR-069 – Add Device to the Device Type

The Serial # is the last 6 characters of the MAC address of the device


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Example of TR-069 in actionUpgrading firmware via TR-069 – Adding multiple devices


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Example of TR-069 in actionUpgrading firmware via TR-069 – MachineLink 3G TR-069 configuration

This is an example of how to configure the MachineLink 4G Router for TR-069.


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Example of TR-069 in actionUpgrading firmware via TR-069 – Confirming the TR-069 link

After the inform period has elapsed (600 seconds by default), the Last Contacted field shows the time of the last inform message indicating that the MachineLink 3G Router is now part of the group and communicating with the ACS server.


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Example of TR-069 in actionUpgrading firmware via TR-069 – Confirming the TR-069 link

Expand ManagementServer section to see the WAN IP address of the router.

The TR-069 ACS server and the TR-069 M2M Router CPE connection is successfully established.


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Example of TR-069 in actionUpgrading firmware via TR-069 – Performing the upgrade

In Queue a new Request drop down list, select Download and click Go


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Example of TR-069 in actionUpgrading firmware via TR-069 – Confirming the upgrade


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Considerations with TR-069When configuring your MachineLink 4G for TR-069, you should ensure that the following considerations are addressed:

• The device must have IP address access to the ACS server which may pose a problem on some private networks

• The device must have a publicly routable IP address for connection requests to work

Triggering a connection request via SMSIf the MachineLink 4G does not have a publicly routable IP address, a connection request may be triggered by sending an SMS to the router.

The SMS command to trigger a connection request is:

set tr069.request.trigger=1


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For more informationFor more information on TR-069, a whitepaper is available on the NetComm Wireless website at http://vodafone.netcommwireless.com

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Vodafone MachineLink 4G Remote management via TR-069 …media.netcomm.com.au/public/assets/pdf_file/0011/165890/... · 2018-10-10 · The TR-069 ACS server and the TR-069 M2M Router