User's Manual

Cinterion
®
PLS8-X/PLS8-V Hardware Interface Overview
1 Introduction
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1 Introduction
The document
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describes the hardware of the two Cinterion
®
modules variants PLS8-V and
PLS8-X, designed to connect to a cellular device application and the air interface. It helps you
quickly retrieve interface specifications, electrical and mechanical details and information on
the requirements to be considered for integrating further components.
The product variants differ in their radio access technology support:
PLS8-X is available for operation in LTE, UMTS and GSM radio networks - for supported
frequency bands please refer to Section 2.1. Connected to this, the module has two sepa-
rate firmware images on board that can be activated based on the used (U)SIM card.
Employing the module’s two (U)SIM interfaces, it is thus possible to switch between firm-
ware images on the fly - making PLS8-X a multi carrier/provider module.
PLS8-V in contrast is available for operation in LTE radio networks only - for supported fre-
quency bands please refer to Section 2.1. It has only a single firmware image on board that
can be activated by (U)SIM card - making it a single carrier/provider module.
If not otherwise mentioned, this document applies to both product variants. Where necessary
a note is made to differentiate between the variants.
1.1 Supported Products
This document applies to the following Gemalto M2M products:
•Cinterion
®
PLS8-V module
•Cinterion
®
PLS8-X module
1.2 Related Documents
[1] AT Command Set for your Gemalto M2M product
[2] Release Notes for your Gemalto M2M product
[3] Application Note 48: SMT Module Integration
[4] Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0, April 27, 2000
1.3 Terms and Abbreviations
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The document is effective only if listed in the appropriate Release Notes as part of the technical
documentation delivered with your Gemalto M2M product.
Abbreviation Description
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ARP Antenna Reference Point
CE Conformité Européene (European Conformity)
CS Coding Scheme
CS Circuit Switched
CSD Circuit Switched Data