User's Manual

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Table Of Contents

Important Notice
Safety and Hazards
Limitation of Liability
Patents
Copyright
Trademarks
Contact Information
Revision History
1: Introduction
- Supported RF bands
- Physical features
- Application interface features
- Packet mode features
- LTE features
- Short Message Service (SMS) features
- Position location (GPS)
- Warranty and support
- Supporting documents
- Accessories
- Required connectors
- Ordering information
- Integration requirements
2: Technology Overview
- LTE
- CDMA
  - 1xEV-DO
  - 1X and IS-95A
3: Standards Compliance
4: Electrical Specifications
- Host interface pin assignments
- Power supply
- USB interface
  - USB high / full speed throughput performance
  - User-developed drivers
- SIM interface
  - SIM implementation
- Control interface (Signals)
  - W_DISABLE_N — Wireless disable
  - WLAN_LED_N — LED output
- Digital interface
5: RF Specifications
- RF connections
  - Shielding
  - Antenna and cabling
- Ground connection
- Interference and sensitivity
- Radiated sensitivity measurement
  - Sierra Wireless’ sensitivity testing and desensitization investigation
  - Sensitivity vs. frequency
- Supported frequencies
- Conducted Rx sensitivity / Tx power
- GPS specifications
6: Power
- Power consumption
- Module power states
  - Power state transitions
- Power interface
7: Software Interface
- Support tools
- USB interface
- TCP window size (Windows XP)
8: Mechanical and Environmental Specifications
- Device views
- Labeling
  - Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
- Thermal considerations
9: Regulatory and Industry Approvals
- Important notice
- Safety and hazards
- Important compliance information for North American users
- OEM integration
  - Application of regulatory guidelines
  - OEM device classification process
A: Antenna Specification
- Recommended GPS antenna specifications
- Antenna tests
B: Design Checklist
C: Testing
- AT command entry timing requirement
- Acceptance testing
  - Acceptance test requirements
  - Acceptance test procedure
- Certification testing
- Production testing
- Functional production test
- Quality assurance testing
- Suggested testing equipment
- Testing assistance provided by Sierra Wireless
- IOT/Operator testing
- Extended AT commands for testing
D: Packaging
E: References
- Web site support
- Sierra Wireless documents
F: Acronyms
Index

Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines

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SIM interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

SIM implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Control interface (Signals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

W_DISABLE_N — Wireless disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

WLAN_LED_N — LED output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Digital interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

RF Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

RF connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Shielding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Antenna and cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Ground connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Interference and sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Interference from other wireless devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Host-generated RF interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Device-generated RF interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Methods to mitigate decreased Rx performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Radiated Spurious Emissions (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Radiated sensitivity measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Sierra Wireless’ sensitivity testing and desensitization investigation . . . 41

Sensitivity vs. frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Supported frequencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Conducted Rx sensitivity / Tx power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

GPS specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Module power states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Power state transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48