User guide

Introduction to the Raven XE
Rev 2.0 Oct.09 8
Figure 1-5: IPSec Architecture
GRE
GRE(GenericRoutingEncapsulation)tunnelisusedtocarry
non‐IPpacketsthroughanIPNetwork.Non‐IPpackets,that
aresendovertheGREtunnel,needtobefirstencapsulated.
Hence,ALEOSisusedtoconfigureandencapsulatenon‐IP
packetsandtransmitoverIPthroughtheGREtunnel.
Applications
Events Reporting
EventsReportingisSierraWirelessAirLink’smodem’snew
softwarefeatureprovidedviaACEmanager,thatallowsthe
userstogeneratereportsfromtheeventsthattakeplace.Event
ReportingProtocolisanintuitiveembeddedprotocol,which
automaticallyformatsthemessagesbasedonaneventtrigger.
Themessagesgeneratedarethenreportedto
theremote
server.
Software
TheRavenXEmodemcomeswiththefollowingsoftware:
• ACEview,thesoftwarefortheRavenXEwhichallowsyou
tomonitoryourconnections.
• ThedriverthatformstheinterfacebetweentheRavenXE
andyourWindowsoperatingsystemwhenusingUSB
virtualEthernetorUSBvirtualserial.
• Thefirmwarethatisstoredinnon‐volatilememoryand
includesACEmanager.