User Manual Part 1

User Guide to Q4000/QPRO
Document Number 1135-4713 Rev G
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3.1.5  GSM/GPRS ............................................................................................................................... 29 
3.2 Antenna grounding .......................................................................................................... 29
3.3 Noise problems ............................................................................................................... 31
4 ACTIVATING AND PROVISIONING THE MODEM ................................................... 32
4.1 ORBCOMM ..................................................................................................................... 32
4.1.1  Activation ................................................................................................................................... 32 
4.1.2  Provisioning ............................................................................................................................... 32 
4.2 GPRS (non-ORBCOMM modems) .................................................................................. 33
4.2.1  Activation ................................................................................................................................... 33 
4.3 Iridium ............................................................................................................................. 33
4.3.1  Activation ................................................................................................................................... 33 
4.3.2  Provisioning ............................................................................................................................... 34 
4.4 Inmarsat .......................................................................................................................... 34
4.4.1  Activation ................................................................................................................................... 34 
5 LOGGER MESSAGES ............................................................................................... 37
5.1 ORBCOMM ..................................................................................................................... 37
5.1.1  Acquire mode ............................................................................................................................ 37 
5.1.2  Receive mode ............................................................................................................................ 38 
5.2 Iridium ............................................................................................................................. 38
5.2.1  Request signal strength ............................................................................................................. 38 
5.2.2  Check modem status ................................................................................................................. 38 
5.2.3  Ring Alert sequence .................................................................................................................. 38 
5.2.4  Mailbox check ............................................................................................................................ 39 
5.3 GSM/GPRS .................................................................................................................... 39
6 QUAKE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL (QCP) ...................................................... 40
6.1 Examples of QCP ........................................................................................................... 40
6.2 Passthrough and Direct mode ......................................................................................... 40
7 CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS ............................................................................ 42
7.1 Orbcomm-specific parameters ........................................................................................ 42
7.2 QUAKE Configuration Parameters (QCFG) .................................................................... 43
7.2.1  Changing QCFG parameters .................................................................................................... 45 
7.2.1.1  Change via the Logger port .................................................................................................................. 45 
7.2.1.2  Change via QCP on the MTS port ........................................................................................................ 45 
7.2.1.3  Change via API calls from a user application ....................................................................................... 46 
7.2.2  GPRS network parameters ....................................................................................................... 47 
7.2.3  SMTP and POP (email) server parameters............................................................................... 47 
8 INSTALLING THE IAR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT ............... 49
9 COMMUNICATING WITH THE MODEM .................................................................... 55
9.1 Sending email to the modem ........................................................................................... 55
9.1.1  ORBCOMM ............................................................................................................................... 55 
9.1.2  Iridium ........................................................................................................................................ 57 
9.1.3  GSM/GPRS ............................................................................................................................... 58 
9.2 Sending SMS messages to the modem .......................................................................... 58
10 OVER THE AIR (OTA) SOFTWARE UPDATE .......................................................... 59
10.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 59