Vodafone MachineLink 3G
Remote management via TR-069
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What is remote management via TR-069?
TR-069 is a standard published by the
Broadband Forum for remote customerpremises 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 3G
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 messages
The 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.
inform
CPE (e.g MachineLink 3G)
ACS
server
Connection request
Accept connection request
CPE (e.g MachineLink 3G)
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ACS
server
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TR-069 functions
When 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.
Connection
established
Retrieve value
Set value
CPE (e.g MachineLink 3G)
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ACS
server
TR-069 protocol breakdown diagram
The 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 action
Upgrading 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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Upgrading 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 action
Upgrading firmware via TR-069 – Adding multiple devices
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Example of TR-069 in action
Upgrading firmware via TR-069 – MachineLink 3G TR-069 configuration
This is an example of how to
configure the MachineLink 3G
Router for TR-069.
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Example of TR-069 in action
Upgrading 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 action
Upgrading 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 action
Upgrading 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 action
Upgrading firmware via TR-069 – Performing the upgrade
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Example of TR-069 in action
Upgrading firmware via TR-069 – Performing the upgrade
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Example of TR-069 in action
Upgrading firmware via TR-069 – Performing the upgrade
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Example of TR-069 in action
Upgrading firmware via TR-069 – Confirming the upgrade
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Considerations with TR-069
When configuring your MachineLink 3G 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 SMS
If the MachineLink 3G 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 information
For more information on TR-069, a whitepaper is available on the NetComm Wireless
website at http://vodafone.netcommwireless.com
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