Market leader

 

  • 5G, 4G LTE, NB-IoT
  • 2× SIM + eSIM
  • SFP Interface
  • Extension ready – mPCIe

Performance

 

  • Serial SCADA protocols
  • Static & Dynamic routing
  • Advanced diagnostics, API
  • Hybrid networks

Security

 

  • IPsec, OpenVPN
  • RADIUS, SNMPv3
  • Firewall, VLAN
  • Digitally signed FW
Racom Midge Industrial Cellular Router

Reliability

 

  • Industrial hardened design
  • Approved for Power substations
  • Operating Temperature: -40 to +70 °C
  • MTBF > 100 years, Made in Czechia, EU

Connectivity

Racom Midge3 Industrial Cellular Router
Models

Available in:

5G and/or 4G LTE, with or without WiFi option.

Accessories

Optionals:

1. Antenna LTE/UMTS/GSM 2.0 dBi, 3 m, SMA connector
2. Antenna GPS Active:3-5V, 5m, Magnetic, SMA connector
3. Antenna MIMO LTE/UMTS/GSM 2.0 dBi, 3 m, 2xSMA con
4. PSU DC, 85-264VAC,120-370VDC/24VDC/15W, DIN
5. SFP module, 2 fibres, SM, LC, 20 km, EDGE Technologies
6. M!DGE3 bracket for flat surface mounting *
7. M!DGE3 bracket for side mounting *

* M!DGE3 DIN rail mount is included in the unit.

 

 

Specifications
Cellular interface
5G*
Available on motherboard M!DGE3
Frequency bands for extension module ‘Q’ Cellular 5G (SA and NSA)
n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n13, n14, n18, n20, n25, n26, n28, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n53, n66, n70, n71, n75, n76, n77, n78, n79
4G LTE Advanced-Pro
B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B14, B17, B18, B19, B20, B25, B26, B28, B29, B30, B32, B34, B38, B39, B40, B41, B42, B43, B46, B48, B66, B71, B75, B76
3G UMTS/HSPA+
B1, B2, B4, B5, B8
Cinterion MV32-W-A FCC ID QIPMV32-W-A
Specification for module ‘Q’ Cellular 4× SMA Antenna
5G NR
3GPP Release 16
FR1 (Sub 6G)
Data throughput (max. @ 5G FR1 SA) DL 3.5 Gb/s, UL 900 Mb/s
DL 4×4 MIMO / UL 2×2 MIMO
4G LTE
3GPP Release 15
Long Term Evolution (LTE)
UE Cat 19 (DL 1.6 Gb/s, UL 211 Mb/s)
7× DL CA, 2× UL CA (Intra-band), 5× DL CA+ 4 × 4 MIMO (Up to UE Cat 20)
3G UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA
3GPP Release 8
DC-HSPA+ – DL Cat 24 (42 Mb/s) / UL Cat 6 (5.76 Mb/s)
HSUPA – UL 5.76 Mb/s
4G
Available on motherboard M!DGE3, M!DGE3e* or mPCIe extension board
Frequency bands for extension module ‘W’ Cellular 4G LTE (also 5G NSA)
Band 1 (2100 MHz), Band 2 (1900 MHz), Band 3 (1800 MHz), Band 4 (2100 MHz), Band 5 (850 MHz), Band 7 (2600 MHz), Band 8 (900 MHz), Band 12 (700 MHz), Band 13 (700 MHz)**, Band 18 (850 MHz), Band 19 (850 MHz), Band 20 (800 MHz), Band 26 (850 MHz), Band 28 (700 MHz), Band 38 (2600 MHz), Band 40 (2300 MHz), Band 41 (2500 MHz), Band 66 (2100 MHz)
** a sensitivity issue will occur in GNSS when transmitting in band 13
3G UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA
Band 1 (2100 MHz), Band 2 (1900 MHz), Band 3 (1800 MHz), Band 4 (2100 MHz), Band 5 (850 MHz), Band 6 (850 MHz), Band 8 (900 MHz), Band 19 (850 MHz)
2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE
GSM 850 MHz, E-GSM 900 MHz, DCS 1800 MHz,PCS 1900 MHz
Cinterion PLS83-W FCC ID QIPPLS83-W
TAC 35107264
Specification for module ‘W’ Cellular ANT1, ANT2 – space diversity 2× SMA Antenna
4G LTE (also 5G NSA)
3GPP Release 10
Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Evolved Uni. Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)
Frequency Division Duplex (FDD)
DL Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) 2×2
3G UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA
3GPP Release 7
Dual-Cell HS Packet Access (DC-HSPA+)
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA)
Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) DL Rx diversity
2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE
3GPP Release 4
Enhanced Data rate GSM Evolution (EDGE)
GSM EGPRS Radio Access (GERA)
Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
DL Advanced Rx Performance Phase 1
Data rates up to 150 Mb/s downlink / 50 Mb/s uplink
LTE 450 NB IoT
Available on motherboard M!DGE3, M!DGE3e* or mPCIe extension board
Frequency bands for extension module ‘M’ Cellular LTE Cat M1: Band 1 (2100 MHz), Band 3 (1800 MHz), Band 8 (900 MHz), Band 20 (800 MHz), Band 28 (700 MHz), Band 31 (450 MHz), Band 72 (450 MHz)
LTE Cat NB1/2: Band 1 (2100 MHz), Band 3 (1800 MHz), Band 8 (900 MHz), Band 20 (800 MHz), Band 28 (700 MHz), Band 31 (450 MHz), Band 72 (450 MHz)
Cinterion TX62-W-C
Frequency bands for extension module ‘O’ Cellular LTE Cat M1: Band 1 (2100 MHz), Band 2 (1900 MHz), Band 3 (1800 MHz), Band 4 (AWS-1), Band 5 (850 MHz), Band 8 (900 MHz), Band 12 (700 MHz), Band 13 (700 MHz), Band 18 (800 MHz), Band 19 (800 MHz), Band 20 (800 MHz), Band 25 (1900 MHz), Band 26 (800 MHz), Band 27 (800 MHz), Band 28 (700 MHz), Band 66 (AWS-3), Band 85 (700 MHz)
LTE Cat NB1/2: Band 1 (2100 MHz), Band 2 (1900 MHz), Band 3 (1800 MHz), Band 4 (AWS-1), Band 5 (850 MHz), Band 8 (900 MHz), Band 12 (700 MHz), Band 13 (700 MHz), Band 18 (800 MHz), Band 19 (800 MHz), Band 20 (800 MHz), Band 25 (1900 MHz), Band 26 (800 MHz), Band 28 (700 MHz), Band 66 (AWS-3), Band 71 (600 MHz), Band 85 (700 MHz)
Cinterion TX62-W-B FCC QIPTX62-W-B
Specification for extension module ‘M’ and ‘O’ Cellular ANT1 1× SMA Antenna
LTE Cat M1 – DL: max. 300 kb/s, UL: max. 1.1 Mb/s
LTE Cat NB 1 – DL: max. 27 kb/s, UL: max. 63 kb/s
LTE Cat NB 2 – DL: max. 124 kb/s, UL: max. 158 kb/s
3GPP Release 14
Half Duplex – Frequency Division Duplex (HD-FDD)
* Pending

Electrical M!DGE3 M!DGE3e
Primary power 10 to 50 VDCnegative GND
Rx 4.8 W / 24 Vsee details
Tx 7.8 W / 24 Vsee details
Sleep mode 0.01 W
Interfaces
SIM slots 2× Micro SIM + 1× eSIM1) 2× Micro SIM
Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-T, Auto MDX, bridged or routed 4× RJ45 10/100/1000 Base-T, Auto MDX, bridged or routed 2× RJ45
SFP 10/100/1000Base-T or
1000Base-SX or
1000Base-LX
1× SFP No SFP
Serial 1× RS232/RS485 SW configurable
2× RS232 (mPCIe expansion board)
600 b/s – 1 Mb/s
Terminals
1× RJ45
1× RS232/RS485 SW configurable
600 b/s – 1 Mb/s
Terminals
USB USB 3.0/Host A
Inputs/Outputs 1× HW alarm input, 1× HW alarm output, 1× Sleep input – Power connector RJ45
2× DI, 2× DO, 1× difDI (when mPCIe-COMS is not used) No
Antenna 2× SMA female – receiver diversity (2×2 MIMO)
Optional Expansions 1× mPCIe: Cellular module (‘W’ or ‘M’ or ‘O’) or 2× RS232 or GPS No
1) eSIM for 5G only

 

Optional interfaces
Extension module ‘G’
GPS (GNSS)
Active antenna 3.3 VDC SMA female (EXT1 on bottom)
72-channel u-blox M8 engine GPS/QZSS L1 C/A, GLONASS L10F, BeiDou B1I, Galileo E1B/C, SBAS L1 C/A: WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS, GAGAN
Extension module ‘C’
COM ports
COM2:
RS232 – 5 pin (RxD, TxD, GND, RTS, CTS)
600 b/s to 2 Mb/s
COM3:
RS232 -3 pin (RxD, TxD, GND)
2.4 kb/s to 921.6 kb/s
RJ45 (DI/DO on front panel)
Extension module ‘W’, ‘M’, ‘O’
Cellular
see Cellular interface
Extension module ‘F’
Wi-Fi
IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
2×2 MIMO
20 MHz / 40 MHz for 2.4 GHz
20 MHz / 40 MHz / 80 MHz for 5 GHzWPA/WPA2 PSK
WPA3-SAE
AES/TKIP hardware encryptionOutput power up to 16 dBmRealtek RTL8822CE

 

Indication LEDs
LED panel 5× tri-color status LEDs (SYS, WAN, EXT, VPN, COM)
ETH 4× RJ45 (Link and Activity LEDs), 1× SFP (Status LED)
Environmental
IP Code (Ingress Protection) IP40, for indoor use only
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) > 900 000 hours (> 100 years)
Service life of system >= 15 years
Operating temperature −40 to +70 °C ( −40 to +158 °F)
Operating humidity to 95 % non-condensing
Storage −40 to +85 °C ( −40 to +185 °F) / 5 to 95 % non-condensing
Mechanical
Casing Metal
Dimensions H×W×D: 132×43×110 mm (5.20×1.69×4.33 in)
Weight 0.50 kg (1.1 lbs)
Mounting DIN rail, optionally: flat-bracket or corner-bracket
SW
User protocols on COM DNP3, DF1, IEC101, Modbus RTU, PR2000, RDS, Siemens 3964(R), COMLI, SAIA S-bus, Mars-A, PPP, UNI, Async Link
User protocols on Ethernet Modbus TCP, IEC104, DNP3 TCP, Comli TCP, Terminal server
Serial to IP convertors DNP3 / DNP3 TCP, Modbus RTU / Modbus TCP
Routing Static, Dynamic – Babel, OSPF, BGP, Link management
QoS 8 levels on all interfaces
Security
Management HTTPS (Web Interface or Application Programming Interface)
Role-based access control (RBAC) levels (Guest, Tech, SecTech, Admin)
WiFi management access (optional) WPA2-PSK secured
VPN IPsec, OpenVPN, GRE
VLAN IEEE 802.1Q (tagging)
AAA protocol RADIUS
Firewall Layer 2 – MAC, Layer 3 – IP, Layer 4 – TCP/UDP
FW Digitally signed
HW tamper Case opening evidence (N/A for M!DGE3e)

 

Diagnostic and Management
Link testing ICMP ping
Status information User interfaces
Statistics Historical and differential statistics for Rx / Tx Packets on all user interfaces (e.g. ETH 1-5, COM 1-3, TS 1-5)
Statistics history Several weeks
Event log Events filtered by time, severity, user, remote IP address and type of event
SNMP SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, SNMPv3
Trap / Inform notifications generation as per settings
NTP Client / Server
Monitoring Real time analysis of all interfaces (e.g. ETH 1-5 , COM 1-3, TS 1-5) and internal interfaces between software modules, see details

 

Standards
CE, FCC, ISED RED; RoHS; WEEE
Spectrum ETSI EN 301 511 V12.5.1
ETSI EN 301 908-01 V13.1.1
ETSI EN 301 908-02 V11.1.2
ETSI EN 301 908-13 V13.1.1
ETSI EN 303 413 V1.1.1
EMC
(electromagnetic compatibility)
ETSI EN 301 489-1 V2.2.3
ETSI EN 301 489-5 V3.2.1
ETSI EN 301 489-19 V2.1.0
ETSI EN 301 489-52 V1.1.0
Product safety EN 62368-1:2014 + A11:2017
RF health safety EN 62311:2008
Electric power substations
environment
IEEE 1613:2009
IEEE 1613.1:2013
EN 61850-3:2014
Environmental EN 61850-3: 2014
Vibration & shock EN 60068-2-6:2008
ETS 300 019-2-3:1994, Class 3.4
EN 61850-3:2014
Seismic qualification EN 60068-2-27:2010
IP rating EN 60529:1993 + A1:2001 + A2:2014
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