Robustel R5020-LITE 5G Industrial Router Ireland

Robustel R5020-LITE 5G Industrial Router for Ireland

The Robustel R5020-LITE is a compact industrial 5G router for secure, high-speed connectivity across Ireland. As the official Irish distributor for Robustel, TITAN IoT supplies the R5020-LITE for engineers and IT managers who need dependable 5G for mobile, temporary or hard-to-reach sites. Robustel positions it for branch and edge connectivity, with dual SIM support, 5G/4G fallback, 2 x Gigabit Ethernet, serial connectivity and central management through RCMS.

IRISH APPLICATIONS

The R5020-LITE is well suited to a wide range of Irish deployments where fixed-line connectivity is unavailable, delayed or too expensive to justify. Based on your notes, the strongest Irish use cases are:

• In-vehicle connectivity for fleet, public sector and specialist vehicles that need reliable onboard broadband
• Emergency vehicle communications for cameras, telemetry, location-aware systems and mobile data terminals
• Cost-effective 5G backup for branches, edge cabinets and remote assets
• High-bandwidth 5G backhaul for video, live monitoring and data-heavy applications
• Cross-sector connectivity for transport, utilities, construction, retail, manufacturing and enterprise IT teams

Robustel’s own use-case examples for the R5020-LITE include in-vehicle connectivity, SD-WAN 5G backup, and high-speed industrial IoT for video, robotics, telemetry and data-intensive workflows.

FREE RCMS CLOUD MANAGEMENT

The R5020-LITE is RCMS-ready, giving TITAN IoT customers free access to Robustel’s cloud-based monitoring and management platform. RCMS allows you to monitor router health, push configuration changes, manage firmware updates and reduce site visits across distributed Irish deployments. Robustel states that RCMS provides visibility, troubleshooting and remote optimization across device fleets.

ROBUSTOS LINUX PLATFORM

The R5020-LITE runs on RobustOS, Robustel’s Linux-based operating system. Robustel highlights RobustOS as a lightweight Linux platform with SDK support, making the router suitable for industrial networking projects that require stability, remote administration and long-term deployment flexibility.

ROBUSTVPN

The official product page lists support for major VPN and tunnelling technologies including IPsec, OpenVPN, GRE, L2TP, PPTP and DMVPN, making the R5020-LITE suitable for secure site-to-site and remote-access deployments.

RECOMMENDED ANTENNAS

For Irish deployments, TITAN IoT can pair the R5020-LITE with suitable antenna options depending on the installation:

• Poynting PUCK-2 — recommended for panel, cabinet and compact enclosure installations
• Poynting XPOL-2 — recommended for more challenging signal environments
• Panorama MIMO vehicle antenna — recommended for in-vehicle and transport deployments

The R5020-LITE uses SMA cellular connectors, and certain variants also include Wi-Fi antennas via RP-SMA-K connectors and optional GNSS via SMA-K.

KEY FEATURES

• Industrial 5G connectivity with support for 5G, 4G/LTE, 3G and 2G
• Dual SIM for resilience and carrier failover
• Automatic failover between Ethernet, Wi-Fi and 5G/4G depending on deployment mode
• 2 x Gigabit Ethernet ports, configurable as 2 x LAN or 1 x WAN + 1 x LAN
• Software-configurable serial port supporting RS-232 or RS-485
• RCMS cloud management onboard
• RobustOS Linux-based platform
• DIN rail, wall mount and desktop installation options
• Designed for transport and mobile deployments, with E-Mark shown for relevant variants on the official ordering information page
• Security support including IPsec, OpenVPN, GRE, L2TP, PPTP and DMVPN

KEY SPECIFICATIONS

Distributor-level specifications only:

• Cellular / connectivity: 5G, 4G/LTE, 3G, 2G; dual SIM; 3GPP Release 16
• Carrier support in Ireland: Suitable for deployments on Vodafone, Three and Eir, subject to final band / variant selection
• Ethernet: 2 x 10/100/1000 Mbps, default 2 x LAN, configurable as 1 x WAN + 1 x LAN
• Serial: 1 x RS-232 or 1 x RS-485, software configurable
• Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 2 x 2 MIMO, AP and Client modes on Wi-Fi variants
• Antenna connectors: SMA-K for cellular; RP-SMA-K for Wi-Fi on Wi-Fi variants
• Power input: 12 to 36 V DC
• Power consumption: 3 W idle, 11 W max at 12 V
• Ingress protection: IP30
• Mounting: desktop, wall mount, 35 mm DIN rail
• Operating temperature: -20 to +55 °C normal, -25 to +70 °C extended
• Dimensions: 32 x 115 x 136 mm
• Housing: metal enclosure
• Certifications / approvals: CE, UKCA and additional approvals depending on regional variant; E-Mark listed on certain variants