User`s guide

Important configurable settings
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Mobile settings and provisioning
The mobile settings configure how to connect to mobile (cellular) networks using the mobile
connection, including the service provider, service plan, and settings used in connecting to the
mobile network.
The process for provisioning your device and the settings displayed on the Mobile Configuration
page vary according to whether the mobile service provider network used with your Digi Cellular
Family product is based on GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) or CDMA (Code-
Division Multiple Access). If your device has not already been provisioned, see the Getting Started
Guide.
SMS settings
An additional set of mobile settings configure the use of Short Message Service (SMS)
communications for the ConnectPort X2e ZB. The SMS settings allow you to send messages and
commands to and from the ConnectPort X2e ZB in the form of SMS messages. There are two types
of SMS interactions supported: iDigi SMS and Raw SMS messaging.
iDigi SMS
The iDigi SMS feature supports sending and receiving SMS messages between iDigi and an
iDigi-registered device. iDigi SMS can be used to:
 Send an SMS message to the iDigi device in order to have the iDigi device dynamically
establish its EDP connection with iDigi
 Send user defined data to and from iDigi and iDigi devices
 Perform limited device management such as pinging the iDigi device, as well as
provisioning it properly for SMS functionality with iDigi
With iDigi devices that support the iDigi SMS feature, iDigi can send an SMS message to the
iDigi device instructing the device to establish its EDP connection to iDigi. Once the iDigi
device has uploaded its data to iDigi, iDigi can then disconnect the EDP connection resulting
in lower cellular data usage since the EDP connection no longer needs to be maintained around
the clock.
iDigi SMS support makes sending data between iDigi devices and iDigi easy and reliable. This
iDigi feature augments and overcomes the limitations of using basic SMS messages in several
ways:
 Send request/response pairs allowing confirmation of messages, as well as allowing
iDigi devices to respond to user commands sent though iDigi
 Send messages larger than a single SMS message. iDigi will automatically split up and
re-assemble large messages into a multi-part message without requiring any user
intervention.
 Send binary messages (basic SMS messages are limited to text only)
 Guarantee data integrity (basic SMS messages do not guarantee integrity)
Complete details on configuring and using iDigi SMS are in the iDigi User’s Guide.