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Scan and Detect Smart Bridges in the Network

  1. In System->Devices, check “Device Discovery Tool” checkbox

  2. Click the Smart Bridge Devices tab

  3. Click “Scan Devices” button. All Smart Bridges in the network will appear in the data table.

  4. To configure Smart Bridge, click the ID/Mac address of the unit:

  5. Smart Bridge Configuration Screen

Assigning IP Address

  1. By default, Smart Bridge uses DHCP addresses. To configure Static IP use the Type dropdown button and Select STATIC type and fill in the corresponding IP addresses:

Assigning Freedom Server Address

  1. Smart Bridge can connect to a primary and a secondary Freedom server. Freedom server addresses can either be IP addresses or DNS names. To configure freedom address(s) fill out the two Server IP fields.

Enabling TLS connection to Freedom Server

  1. To enable a secured TLS connection to the Freedom server, check the TLS enabled checkbox on the configuration page:

Setting Up Master Bridge (release 1.1 and above)

  1. Master Bridge(s)Freedom Administrators can designate one or more Smart Bridges in the fleet as “Master Bridge(s)”. A Master bridge facilitates global I/O access to the rest of the “Member” bridges.*note: it is highly recommended that Master Bridge(s) use static IP’s.

  2. Member Bridge(s)“Member” bridges need to know the IP address(s) of “Master” bridges so as to forward Global I/O requests to the whole Smart Bridge network. To configure Master Bridge Host IP, uncheck Master Bridge checkbox and enter IP:

NTP Configuration

  1. Smart Bridge is able to use NTP to sync its system clock. To configure NTP, enter the NTP server’s address and check “enabled”. By default the NTP server address is pool.ntp.org.*note: for NTP to work, please make sure a legitimate Name Server is configured on the Smart Bridge.

Installing TLS Certificate

  1. After the TCP connection is established between the Freedom server and the Smart Bridge, we need to install the Freedom CA certificate and the client certificate on the Smart Bridge by clicking the “Install Certificate” button. The client certificate together with the Freedom CA certificate are used for the MQTT authentication.

Smart Bridge Configuration on Multimaster Spoke Database Server

If the server is configured as a multimaster spoke database server, the following additional steps are required before the Smart Bridges can be configured.

  1. Go to System->Utilities->Server Activation.

  2. Enter the configuration for the Enterprise License Server and click “Update” to update the license server information.

  3. Go to System->Smart Bridge Devices.

  4. Click the “Install Server Certificate” button to install the server certificate from the Enterprise License Server.

Smart Bridge Configuration on the Slave Database Server

If the server is configured as a slave database server, the following additional steps are required before the Smart Bridges can be configured.

  1. Go to System->Utilities->Server Activation.

  2. Enter the configuration for the Root CA Server and click “Update” to update the license server information.

  3. Go to System->Smart Bridge Devices.

  4. Click the “Install Server Certificate” button to install the server certificate from the Enterprise License Server.

Enrolling Smart Bridge Device in Freedom

  1. In System->Devices, check “Device Discovery Tool” checkbox

  2. Click Smart Bridge Devices tab

  3. To enroll a Smart Bridge Device, click the Import button

  4. On the next page, enter the device’s name and click Save.

  5. The Smart Bridge Device is now enrolled into Freedom. Administrators can now assign the device to Controlled Areas.

Managing Smart Bridge Devices

  1. Goto System-> Smart Bridge Devices

  2. Under Actions, there are a few control buttons to manage, troubleshoot, and update Smart Bridge devices:

Enroll Smart Bridge Device

Sync Smart Bridge Database

View Device Logs

Ping/Identify Smart Bridge Device. Status LED on the device will alternately flash red, green and blue for 30 seconds.

Reboot Device

Download Application or OS firmware

Managing Sync schedules

Smart Bridge device is able to synchronize its onboard database with Freedom server as frequently as every hour. This onboard database allows Smart Bridges to function independently during Freedom server outage or network failure. To assign sync schedules, simply click the corresponding checkbox under Device Sync Schedule.


Managing Application and OS Images

Freedom Server can store Smart Bridge Application and OS images for updates.

  1. To upload the Application Image, Click the “App” tab under TRN. Click “Choose File”, select the image (*.strn) file and click [ + ] to upload.

  2. To delete the image file, click the [ x ] button for the image.

  3. To upload OS Image, first, click the “OS” tab under TRN. Click “Choose File”, select the image (*.strn) file and click [ + ] to upload.

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