KOBITON MOBILE DEVICE LAB SETUP GUIDE

Table of Contents
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 2
2. Assumptions .......................................................................................................................................... 2
3. Requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 2
4. Implementation ...................................................................................................................................... 5
4.1 Physical setup ............................................................................................................................. 5
4.2 Connectivity................................................................................................................................. 5
4.3 Placing devices ........................................................................................................................... 7
4.4 Installation & configuration .......................................................................................................... 7
5. Testing and troubleshooting .................................................................................................................. 8
6. Appendix 1 – Optimal device configuration for KMDL ........................................................................... 8
6.1 USB 2.0 speed limitation ............................................................................................................. 9
6.2 Group of devices to be plugged into a Mac ................................................................................ 9

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1. Introduction
This document is a guide for customers who want to set up a stand-alone Kobiton Mobile Device Lab
(KMDL) at their premises. This guideline is for setting a lab with 50+ devices, hosted centrally in a rack-
based system in a data center. Smaller labs (less than 20 devices) can use the set up instructions
available on the Kobiton website’s documentation area.
The intended audience for this document is an IT staff who is familiar with network components
(firewall, switch, etc.), and is familiar with Mac OS, and Android and iOS mobile device setting.
2. Assumptions
 Network topology in this document is designed for operating as standalone lab infrastructure.
Additional discussion with Kobiton technical staff is needed to integrate KMDL into current user’s
network topology.
 Customer can customize network infrastructure to leverage existing services as long as there is 1)
Internet connection for mobile devices and 2) Amazon Direct Connect for Kobiton Desktop App.
3. Requirements

Equipment

Cabinet

Purpose: One or more Data Center standard 42U cabinet with (optional) secure lock door
and power supply to house set network equipment and mobile devices.
Capacity:
● Max 60 mobile devices (4 shelves) for the first cabinet with along with network
equipment.
● Max 90 mobile devices (6 shelves) for additional cabinets that only hosts mobile
devices
Suggested Model: APC NetShelter SX 42U 600mm Wide x 1070mm Deep Enclosure with
Sides Black
Quantity: 1 or more

Cabinet Shelf

Purpose: A sliding shelf mount to store mobile devices. For detail of device arrangement
please refer to section “Placing Devices”
Capacity: 15 mobile devices per shelf
Suggested Model: Suggest to use sliding shelf for easy maintenance task APC Sliding Shelf

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100lbs/45.5kg Black
Quantity: 4 for 1st rack, 6 for each additional racks

Rack-Mount Tray for Mac Mini

Purpose: Rack-mount adaptor to help organize Mac Mini’s on Rack.

Capacity: 8 Mac Mini’s
Suggestion Model: Rack mount for 8 Mini's with Slide
Quantity: 1 per cabinet

Router

Purpose: Business class network router with at least 3 network interfaces for connecting
LAN, Internet and AWS Direct Connect. For further detail please refer to “Connectivity”
section.
Requirement: Ability to connect 3 different network segment: LAN, Internet and AWS Direct
Connect with access control.
Suggested Model: Medium range Cisco router. If the number of mobile device is large
(200+), you will need a higher range Cisco router. If your network already has a preferred
router, you can leverage that instead,
Quantity: 1

Firewall

Purpose: Business class firewall hardware or software appliance to safeguard the KMDL for
egress and ingress traffic.
Suggestion Model: SonicWALL NSA 3600. If your network already has a preferred firewall,
you can leverage that instead.
Quantity: 1

Switch

Purpose: Business class network switch with adequate ports to connect Mac Minis, and other
equipment.
Suggestion Model: Catalyst 2960-X 24 GigE, 2 x 10G SFP+, LAN Base . If your network already
has a preferred switch, you can leverage that instead.
Quantity: 1 for up to 24 ports (up to 240 mobile devices)

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Wireless Access Point

Purpose: Business class wireless access point providing wifi connection for all mobile devices.
Capacity: 60 nodes.
Suggested Model: Aruba IAP-205-US Wireless Network Access Point 802.11ac. If your
network already has a preferred WAP, you can leverage that instead.
Quantity: 1 for each 60 devices.

Mac Mini

Purpose: Hosting Kobiton Desktop application and connect mobile devices.

Capacity: We have 2 options to connect devices (refer to Appendix 1 for optimal
configuration)
● 5 iOS devices max
● 10 Android devices max
Required Specs:
● CPU: 3GHz Intel Core i7
● RAM: 16GB bus 1600MHz DDR3
● HDD: 1TB
● OS: MacOS Sierra (v10.12)
Quantity: 4 for 1st cabinet, 6 for each additional cabinets.

Mobile Devices

Currently we support Android and iOS, please visit Kobiton Device List for list of supported
devices.

USB Hub + cable

Purpose: Connect mobile device into Mac Mini. Require an extra long USB cable to connect
USB Hub to Mac Mini.
Capacity: Up to 7 mobile devices
Suggestion Model:
● USB Hub: Anker 7-Port USB 3.0 Data Hub with 36W Power Adapter
● Cable to Mac Mini: Extra Long USB 3.0 Cable Type A-B (10 feet)
Quantity: 9 for 1st cabinet, 13 for each additional cabinets.

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Internet Services
Internet Connection

For serving the Internet access of 10 mobile device, we recommend to use an Internet
connection speed at minimum of 2Mbps. To calculate Internet speed, use this calculation.
E.g. 50 devices requires 10Mbps, 100 devices requires 20Mbps.

Direct Connect to Amazon AWS

Kobiton Desktop requires a high-speed connection between the KMDL and Kobiton Hub
hosted at Amazon AWS US Region. To set up this connection, customer will need to
coordinate with Kobiton technical staff.

4. Implementation
4.1 Physical setup
Place and organize the 42U Cabinet with network equipment and fixed shelves as in the image
below, the space between each shelf should be 4-5 U for easier maintenance.

4.2 Connectivity
After placing network equipment and shelves into cabinet, we have to connect all of them as

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diagram below:

Explanation for steps:

1. Connect router and switch in the line where one interface of router connects to the Internet,
one connects to LAN, one interface connects to Amazon Direct Connect. At this step
customer shall work with Kobiton technical staff to initiate their Amazon Direct Connect we
will support customer in initiate the connection by following guidance from this link. By the
end of this step, LAN segment has Internet connection and Amazon Direct Connect activate.
2. Connect Wifi Access Point into LAN segment so that it can serve the wifi connection to all
mobile devices. We recommend to place Wifi Access Point inside the cabinet.

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3. Connect Mac Mini to LAN segment by cable. Mac Mini’s cable connection will be used to
Amazon Direct Connect while wireless connection will be used for Internet access.
4. Connect USB Hub to Mac Mini using extra long USB cable.
5. Connect mobile devices to USB Hub using its charging cable and place them on the shelf
surface. For detail of how to place and distribute mobile devices correctly, please refer to
section “Placing devices” or optimize the
4.3 Placing devices
Each shelf holds 15 mobile devices with USB hub, the image below demonstrate how mobile
device will be laid on a shelf surface. For optimal configuration of mobile devices connecting to
each Mac Mini please refer to Appendix 1 for more detail.

4.4 Installation & configuration

After successful placing all equipment in place, we will perform application configuration on the
Mac Minis. General steps listed in the guideline Getting started with device management

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In summary, we breakdown Mac Mini installation steps into the following:

 Prepare the Mac Mini before installing Kobiton Desktop App, please refer to “Setup Mac
Machine” guideline
 Download and install Kobiton Desktop App, please refer to “Downloading the Kobiton
Desktop App” guideline
After the Desktop App has been installed, we can then provision the mobile devices
 For Android please refer the “Connecting Android devices” guideline
 For iOS please refer the “Setup iOS device” guideline
After the above steps, connect the mobile devices to Mac Mini, open Kobiton Desktop App, login
with your account, waiting the devices status become “Unregister” and click “Register To Cloud”
After registered to cloud successful you can access your devices via the
portal.http://docs.kobiton.com/display/DOC/Connecting+Android+devices
For guideline how to get a optimal plugging configuration, see “Optimal device plugging
configuration”
5. Testing and troubleshooting
Devices in the lab are working properly when we see Register To Cloud or Unregister button in Kobiton
Desktop App. Otherwise, check below problems and corresponding fixing action:

 For iOS Troubleshooting iOS

 For Android Troubleshooting Android
 For MacOS Troubleshooting macOS

6. Appendix 1 – Optimal device configuration for KMDL

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6.1 USB 2.0 speed limitation

In order to provide reasonable frame per second rate, on iOS devices, the captured screen is sent
in raw format which is in large size (vary 500KB - 6MB per frame) from devices. Because data will
be transferred between device and hosting machine in USB 2.0 speed, it requires one USB port on
hosting machine should handle small amount of devices.
Devices are categorized into following groups:
Group A: following iOS devices should be plugged maximum 04 devices in a USB hub (to produce
maximum 5-10 fps, 1Mb/frame)
 iPhone 4S
 iPhone 5 (model A1428, AT&T/Canada)
 iPhone 5 (model A1429, everything else)
 iPhone 5c (model A1456, A1532 | GSM)
 iPhone 5c (model A1507, A1516, A1526 (China), A1529 | Global)
 iPad 2
 iPad Mini
Group B: following iOS devices should be plugged maximum 03 devices in a USB hub (to produce
maximum 5-6 fps, 2Mb/frame)
 2nd Generation iPad Mini - Wifi
 2nd Generation iPad Mini - Cellular
 3rd Generation iPad Mini - Wifi (model A1599)
Group C: following iOS devices should be plugged maximum 01 device in a USB hub (to produce
maximum 2fps, 5-8Mb/frame)
 3rd Generation iPad
 4th Generation iPad
 5th Generation iPad (iPad Air) - Wifi
 5th Generation iPad (iPad Air) - Cellular
Group D: any devices not in A, B, C (Android and iOS of course)
6.2 Group of devices to be plugged into a Mac
 General rule

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 Maximum tablet devices per one USB Hub is 3 in order to supply enough power for
charging
 Maximum Android devices recognized in Mac is 10
 Maximum iOS devices recognized in Mac is 10
 Maximum plugged devices per Mac is 15

 Below are sample scenarios of plugging configuration on one 7-ports USB hub (connected
to 01 USB port on machine). You can use multiple USB hub as long as general rules above
are met

 01 device in group C + 03 devices in group D

 03 devices in group B
 04 devices in group A
 07 devices in group D

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