ES5120 Gateway not responding

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I have an EG5120 Industrial Edge Computing Gateway and I cant get it to respond on Node Red when using the NCD Wireless Gateway node. The node is configured with the IP 192.168.0.1 and port 2101. It is connected to my laptop via ethernet cable. I can ping the EG5120 with ping via cmd. Ive tried rebooting several times and remaking the node as well.

The node just constantly says “Connecting…” and each time i deploy I get 2 messages in the debug that say “Code: 1 description: Wireless Gateway did not respond.”

Any ideas on what to do to get it to respond or if something is wrong?

Also, when I turn on my wireless vibration sensor PR55-61E I do not see any sensor data come through the Wireless Gateway node. Im trying to walk through the steps of this page without luck. https://ncd.io/blog/installing-and-setting-up-ncd-sensors-and-node-red-on-windows/#:~:text=Industrial%20IoT%20Wireless%20to%20USB%20Modem,-The%20NCD%20Industrial&text=Simply%20connect%20the%20modem%20and,settings%20on%20your%20NCD%20sensors.

The above linked article makes it seem like i do not need Alpha station to start using my sensors. Is this true? I did not buy a USB modem.

Also, how can i set the port (allegedly 2101) to use on the EG5120? I dont see on the browser interface of the EG5120 where this is viewable or editable.

Also, I cannot access the terminal of the EG5120 via ssh since it asks for a password and neither the password printed on my gateway or the password “ncdB3ast” shown in this article work. https://ncd.io/blog/installing-and-setting-up-ncd-sensors-and-node-red-on-windows/#:~:text=Industrial%20IoT%20Wireless%20to%20USB%20Modem,-The%20NCD%20Industrial&text=Simply%20connect%20the%20modem%20and,settings%20on%20your%20NCD%20sensors.

Lastly, once I get my gateway and sensors talking to node red, do I point node red at a new endpoint for my data or can i point the EG5120 to send data to a new endpoint via cellular? Id assume the latter, since that would make the cellular aspect make sense. If so, is there documentation on how to do this?

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Hi @george.bero, Sure, let me explain. The Wireless Gateway node in the Enterprise IIoT Gateway comes preconfigured and is ready to use. If I understand you correctly, it seems like you are configuring the Wireless Gateway node using TCP. However, the Enterprise IIoT Gateway uses the Serial protocol to communicate with the wireless module. The configuration you need to apply inside the Wireless Gateway node should look like this:

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Serial Port: /dev/ttymxc2
Baud Rate: 115200

Please could you check these settings, let me know if it works or if I can support you with something.

Thank you.
Eduardo M.

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Thank you for the quick reply! Changing it to USB (Serial) did the trick. I suppose I mistook what that article meant by wireless.

I was also able to get the sensor data to show up. I can see where I can edit the sensor config here in Node Red so that answers my second question.

Now if I want to upload software to aside from Node Red to the EG5120 do I do that with ssh? I cannot get into the terminal for the EG5120 as neither password is working. Or am I intended to only use Node Red?

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Hi @george.bero I’m glad it’s working now.

Using Node-RED you can send NCD sensor data to various cloud services using protocols like MQTT, HTTP, or others. Could you please provide more details about your application?

Note: SSH is disabled by default in the Enterprise IIoT Gateway.

Thank you,
Eduardo M.

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Hi Eduardo,

My goal is to collect and trend vibration data. I was not aware that there was not a UI for the sensor data to be displayed. If you have a recommendation for a cloud service that I may be able to quickly get trending data I’d be all ears. Thank you.

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@george.bero Sure, Node-RED is an open-source, platform-agnostic tool. As I mentioned, you can get data from NCD sensors using our library (as you’re already doing). Then, you can use cloud services to send the sensor data from Node-RED for analysis and visualization. We have partners who offer data storage and visualization plans with various features. Below, I’ve included a link to our website where you can find a list of partners.

I recommend reviewing them to see which one best meets your needs.

For example, you can use Ubidots to send and visualize sensor data on the cloud.

Additionally, Node-RED can be used to create dashboards and save/visualize sensor data locally. We offer a NCD dashboard for PR55-61E Vibration Sensors, which you can view here:

Please take a look at this and feel free to let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Eduardo M.