User's Manual

GC864 Hardware User Guide
1vv0300733 Rev.12 – 2009-06-04
Contents
APPLICABILITY TABLE.........................................................................................................................................2
1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................6
1.1. SCOPE ........................................................................................................................................................6
1.2. AUDIENCE...................................................................................................................................................6
1.3. CONTACT INFORMATION, SUPPORT.................................................................................................................6
1.4. DOCUMENT ORGANIZATION ...........................................................................................................................7
1.5. TEXT CONVENTIONS .....................................................................................................................................8
1.6. RELATED DOCUMENTS..................................................................................................................................8
1.7. DOCUMENT HISTORY ....................................................................................................................................9
2. OVERVIEW...................................................................................................................................... 11
3. GC864 MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS ................................................................................................ 12
3.1. MECHANICAL VIEW OF TELIT GC864-QUAD WITH SIM HOLDER......................................................................13
4. GC864-QUAD/PY MODULE CONNECTIONS ..................................................................................... 14
4.1. PIN-OUT.................................................................................................................................................14
4.1.1. GC864-QUAD/PY Antenna Connector............................................................................................17
5. HARDWARE COMMANDS................................................................................................................ 18
5.1. TURNING ON THE GC864-QUAD / PY.........................................................................................................18
5.2. TURNING OFF THE GC864-QUAD / PY .......................................................................................................20
5.2.1. Hardware Shutdown...................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
5.2.2. Hardware Unconditional Reboot...................................................................................................21
6. POWER SUPPLY............................................................................................................................. 23
6.1. POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................................................23
6.2. GENERAL DESIGN RULES............................................................................................................................24
6.2.1. Electrical Design Guidelines .........................................................................................................24
6.2.2. Thermal Design Guidelines...........................................................................................................30
6.2.3. Power Supply PCB Layout Guidelines...........................................................................................31
6.2.4. Parameters for ATEX Applications................................................................................................32
7. ANTENNA ...................................................................................................................................... 34
7.1. GSM ANTENNA REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................................................34
7.2. GSM ANTENNA – INSTALLATION GUIDELINES................................................................................................35
8. LOGIC LEVEL SPECIFICATIONS...................................................................................................... 36
8.1. RESET SIGNAL...........................................................................................................................................37
9. SERIAL PORTS ............................................................................................................................... 38
9.1. MODEM SERIAL PORT ...........................................................................................................................38
9.2. RS232 LEVEL TRANSLATION .......................................................................................................................41
9.3. 5V UART LEVEL TRANSLATION ...................................................................................................................43
10. AUDIO SECTION OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................ 45
1.1 SELECTION MODE .............................................................................................................................................45
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