Prerequisites

Alert: Cisco has made the end-of-life (EOL) announcement for the Cisco Industrial Asset Vision (IAV).

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Hardware requirements

  1. Cisco IXM LoRaWAN gateway + accessories

    Note: IAV is not supported with 3rd party LoRaWAN gateway.

    • IXM-LPWA-900-16-K9: Cisco wireless gateway for LoRaWAN, 902-928 MHz ISM band, 16 LoRa channels, IP67.
    • IXM-LPWA-800-16-K9: Cisco wireless gateway for LoRaWAN, 863-870 MHz ISM band, 16 LoRa channels, IP67.
    • ANT-LPWA-DB-O-N-5: Omni-directional antenna, 5 dBi gain, dual-band 863-928 MHz, N type connector.
    • ANT-WPAN-OD-OUT-N: Omni-directional antenna, 1.5 dBi gain, dual-band 863-928 MHz, N type connector.
    • For IXM to operate, the following ports should be kept open in the network
      • Port 500 and 4500 (UDP) for IPSec
      • Port 123 (UDP) for NTP
      • Port 443 for HTTP/S
    • Firmware version 2.3.0
    • Associated mounting brackets, cables, and lightning arrestors/surge protectors.

  2. Cisco LoRaWAN sensors

  3. Third party sensors:

    • Limitations
      • Sensor from LoRa Alliance certified device catalog.
      • AS923 not currently supported.
    • Ensure registration and power up instructions are followed:
      • Sub-band of sensor compatible with IAV channel scheme (US and AUS - Sub Band 1).
      • DevEUI, AppKey, and LoRa version entered properly per vendor provided information.
      • Sensor vendor instructions followed to power up and batteries ok.

Software requirements

  1. For the dashboard application, the software will be delivered as Cloud-hosted SaaS; thus, upgrades are done to running versions. No customer action is anticipated to receive updates.
  2. For Cisco Asset Vision mobile application, if a newer version is present, the application will show an alert to the user after they log in. They can then update the application by going to the AppStore/Playstore.
  3. Cisco’s CPF (Common Packet Forwarder) is used for deployment of the Industrial Asset Vision. This software is contained within the firmware version 2.3.0.
  4. Firmware for sensors are pre-loaded during the manufacturing process.
  5. When used with Industrial Asset Vision, the IXM reserves the following subnets. These subnets should not be provided to the IXM for use on its Ethernet interface:
    • 10.0.0.0/16
    • 172.18.0.0/16
    • 172.16.0.0/28