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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com GR47/GR48 Integrator’s Manual...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The GR47 described in this manual conforms to the Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) directive 99/5/EC with requirements covering EMC directive 89/336/EEC and Low Voltage directive 73/23/EEC. The product fulfils the requirements according to 3GPP TS 51.010-1, EN 301 489-7 and EN60950.
Contents ..................... 3 Introduction ..................7 Target Users....................7 Prerequisites .....................7 Manual Structure ..................7 GR47/GR48 Radio Devices..............8 About the GR47/GR48 Family ..............8 Radio Devices in a Communication System..........8 Features ....................10 2.3.1 Types of Mobile Station ...............10 2.3.2 Short Message Service..............11 2.3.3...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com General Electrical and Logical Characteristics ........24 5.2.1 General Protection Requirements..........25 Grounds....................25 5.3.1 Analogue Ground - AGND ............25 5.3.2 Digital Ground - DGND ..............26 VCC - Regulated Power Supply Input .............26 Battery Charging Input (CHG_IN)(Reserved for future use) ....27 Turning the Radio Device ON/OFF and the External Power Signal..28 5.6.1 VIO - 2.75V Supply ..............30...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Hints for Integrating the Radio Device ..........56 Safety Advice and Precautions..............56 8.1.1 General ..................56 8.1.2 SIM Card..................57 8.1.3 Antenna ..................57 Installation of the Radio Device ...............58 8.2.1 Where to Install the Radio Device..........58 8.2.2 How to Install the Radio Device ...........59 Antenna ....................60...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 14.7 Keypad Connector (X410) ...............83 14.8 Flashing Firmware ...................83 14.9 Operation....................84 14.10 Flow Control ....................84 14.11 Power Down ....................84 LZT 123 7589 R2B...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1 Introduction 1.1 Target Users The GR47 and GR48 radio devices are designed to be integrated into machine-to-machine or man-to-machine communications applications. They are intended to be used by manufacturers, system integrators, applications developers and developers of wireless communications equipment.
E-GSM900/GSM1800 and GSM850/GSM1900 bands respectively. Note! This manual refers to the GR47 and GR48 as radio devices. If there is a difference in the functionality of the radio devices the GR47 and GR48 information will be listed separately.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com GR47/GR48 RADIO DEVICES • The DCE (data circuit terminating equipment) is the serial communication interface of the MS. Figure 2.1 Main Blocks in a Wireless System (embedded application) Figure 2.2 Main Blocks in a Wireless System (external micro-...
AT commands over a serial interface. Types of Mobile Station 2.3.1 GR47 and GR48 are dual band mobile stations with the characteristics shown in the tables below. GR47 E-GSM 900 GSM 1800...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com GR47/GR48 RADIO DEVICES GR48 GSM 850 GSM 1900 Frequency Range (MHz) TX: 824-849 TX: 1850-1910 RX: 869-894 RX: 1930-1990 Channel spacing 200 kHz 200 kHz Number of channels 124 carriers *8 time slots...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com GR47/GR48 RADIO DEVICES are available. Some of these features are network-operator specific. For the inter-connection of audio, the radio device offers both single ended and balanced analogue input and output lines. Direct interface to the digital PCM (pulse code modulation) bus used within the radio device is available, thus by-passing the internal analogue circuitry.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com GR47/GR48 RADIO DEVICES Other Features 2.3.7 These include: • 07.10 multiplexing. • GPS interoperability. • SIM application tool kit, class 2 release 96 compliant. • Embedded application • On board TCP/IP stack • AMR (Supported by GR48) 2.4 Service and Support...
Developer’s Kit 2.4.6 Sony Ericsson provides the developer’s kit to get you started quickly. The kit includes the necessary hardware required to begin the development of an application. It includes the following: •...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com GR47/GR48 RADIO DEVICES Hampshire GU14 6XP E mail : M2Msupport.EMEA-APAC@sonyericsson.com M2Msupport.Americas@sonyericsson.com M2Minfo@sonyericsson.com LZT 123 7589 R2B...
Global System for Mobile Communication Half Rate HSCSD High Speed Circuit Switched Data Integrated Development Environment Internet Protocol ITU-T International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunications Standardisation Sector M2mpower Sony Ericsson’s powerful support environment Mobile Equipment MMCX Micro Miniature Coax LZT 123 7589 R2B...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ABBREVIATIONS Mobile Originated Mobile Station Mobile Terminated Pulse Code Modulation Protocol Data Unit Radio Frequency Reserved for Future Use Radio Link Protocol Real Time Clock Service Discovery Protocol Subscriber Identity Module Short Message Service Transport Control Protocol User Datagram Protocol LZT 123 7589 R2B...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4 Mechanical Description 4.1 Interface Description The pictures below show the mechanical design of the radio device along with the positions of the different connectors and mounting holes. The radio device is protected with AISI 304 stainless steel covers that meet the environmental and EMC requirements.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION • Keypad, display, microphone, speaker and battery are not part of the radio device. • The SIM card is mounted in your application, external to the radio device. • The System Connector is a 60-pin, standard 0.05 in (1.27 mm) pitch type.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION Measurements are given in millimetres. See also Technical Data page 66. LZT 123 7589 R2B...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE 5 System Connector Interface 5.1 Overview Electrical connections to the radio device (except the antenna), are made through the System Connector Interface. The system connector is a 60pin, standard 0.05 in (1.27 mm) pitch device. The system connector allows both board-to-board and board-to- cable connections to be made.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE Note! Under the heading “Dir” in the table, radio device input and output signals are indicated by the letters I and O respectively. Signal Name Signal Type Description Supply Power supply DGND Digital ground Supply...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE Digital 2.75V General purpose input/output 4 KEYROW4 Keyboard row 4 VRTC Supply 1.8V Supply for real time clock ADC1 Analogue Analogue to digital converter 1 ADC2 Analogue Analogue to digital converter 2 ADC3 Analogue Analogue to digital converter 3...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE Digital 2.75V Received Data (UART1). Data from DCE (radio device) to DTE (host). Digital 2.75V Transmitted data (UART3) I/O7 General purpose I/O 7 Digital 2.75V Received data (UART3) I/O8 General purpose I/O 8 Digital 2.75V Transmitted data (UART2).
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE Low Level Output Voltage (V ), I = 2mA High Level Input Voltage (V 1.93 2.75 Low Level Input voltage (V Note! Unused pins can be left floating. General Protection Requirements 5.2.1 •...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE Parameter Limit ≅ 12.5 mA Digital Ground - DGND 5.3.2 DGND is the reference or return signal for all system interface digital signals and is also the d.c. return for SERVICE and the power supply, VCC.
Ericsson M2mpower Embedded Applications. Caution! Battery charging algorithms are unique to different battery types. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications will not accept any responsibility or liability for damage, product failures, even death or injury occurring as a result of incompatible battery and charging algorithms being applied without their prior knowledge and consent.
READY GPIO pin The GR47 measures the voltage at VCC during the power-up sequence. It is important that both VCC and ON/OFF reach a minimum of 3.2V before the ON/OFF low pulse is initiated. In SERVICE mode.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE Turning the Radio Device Off Figure 5.3 Off timings and VIO performance Symbol Parameters Conditions Min. Unit Time for software pulse detection which initiates a software shutdown Application PULSE ON/OFF pulse width Software controlled SCSD...
VIO is width disabled (4) To implement the Hard Shutdown of the GR47, the ON/OFF pulse must be held low until the sequence is complete. Ensure that ON/OFF is not released before VIO has been deactivated by the module.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE 5.7 Analogue Audio Signal Description AFMS Audio from mobile station ATMS Audio to mobile station AGND Ground (return) for analogue audio ATMS is the audio input, and AFMS is the audio output, of the radio device.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE Additional Gain in car kit mode 28.5 dB The following tables show the nominal PGA (programming gain settings). For more information see the relevant AT commands. Maximum input voltage limit: 245 mV Input Input (mV TXAGC (dB)
+2 V relative to ground by the radio device as shown below. 2 - 2.5V @ 1mA 68nF CODEC 68nF GR47 AGND Figure 5.5 Microphone connections to the radio device LZT 123 7589 R2B...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE Speaker Signals 5.7.4 Speaker signals Function BEARP Speaker positive output BEARN Speaker negative output BEARP and BEARN are the speaker output pins. These are differentialmode outputs. The electrical characteristics are given in the table below.
Figure 5.6 shows the PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) digital audio connection for external devices. These connections can be used to process PCM digital audio signals, bypassing the radio device’s internal analogue audio CODEC. GR47 PCMSYNC & PCMCLK PCM L PCMIN...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE PCM Data Format 5.8.1 All of the radio device’s PCM signals, including signals between its CODEC and DSP conform to the PCM data I/O format of the industry standard DSP from Texas Instruments. PCMCLK (bit clock) and PCMSYNC (frame synchronisation) are both generated by the DSP within the radio device.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE PCM Timing Diagrams The PCM timing is shown in Figure 5.8below and it is seen that the CPU has 45 µs to serve an interrupt and setup data channels. Data is sent on the falling edge of the sync pulse. The data bits in PCMULD and PCMDLD are aligned so that the MSB in each word occurs on the same clock edge as shown in Figure 5.9.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE PCM clock period with 50/50 mark space ratio µs PCMCLK PCM sync frequency PCMSYN Typical Rise/Fall times Rise Time Fall Time Unit PCMCLK PCMSYN PCMOUT PCMDLD 5.9 Serial Data Interfaces Signal Description RS232...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE • UART1 has RS-232 functionality and is used for all on- and off -line communication. • UART2 behaves as a general-purpose serial data link. For example, it can be used for GPS, downloading software and receiving logging information.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE Serial Data To Radio Device (TD) TD is an input signal, used by the application to send data via UART1 to the radio device. Parameter Limit Application driving impedance < 100 Ω...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE Input capacitance < 2 nF Input resistance (pull-up) 100 k Ω to DGND Clear To Send (CTS) CTS is asserted by the DCE to indicate that the host (DTE) may transmit data.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE • the radio device is reprogrammed if UART2 is connected to a computer running Sony Ericsson update software; • the radio device enters logging mode and sends data to UART2 if no reprogramming information is received.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE Note! The distance between the SIM card holder and the radio device can be up to 25cm. This SIM interface allows the use of 3 V and 5 V SIM cards. By default it works on 3 V levels but will automatically switch to 5 V, if a 5 V SIM card is fitted.
When the SERVICE input signal is active the radio device will: • be reprogrammed if data is received through UART2 from a computer running Sony Ericsson reprogramming software; • or it will output logging data on UART2. The electrical characteristics are given below. The signal reference is DGND.
Power on, not connected to a network Green, blinking Power on, connected to a network The following circuit is recommended for connecting an LED. BC817 GR47/48 DGND Figure 5.10 Electrical connections for the LED 5.14 General Purpose Digital I/O Ports I/O port...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE OUT2 Programmable Output 2/RI Ring Indicator OUT1 Programmable Output 1/DCD Data Carrier Detect OUT4 Programmable Input/Output 4/CTS Signals which have an entry in the Default Signal column in the above table are multiplexed. The operational modes of multiplexed signals are controlled by AT commands and also by intrinsic functions available to an embedded application.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE LED/IO6 Capabilities 5.15.1 The LED function pin can be used as a general purpose digital I/O when the flashing LED function is not required. However, this pin does not have an on-board pull-up resistor. It is required that an external pull-up or pull-down resistor be provided by the host circuitry when either not used or when used as a digital input.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE ADC2 Analogue to digital conversion input 2 ADC3 Analogue to digital conversion input 3 ADC4 (I/O5) I (I/O) Analogue to digital conversion input 4 ADC5 (I/O2) I (I/O) Analogue to digital conversion input 5 The radio device is able to convert digital to analogue signals and vice versa.
Tolerance on this internal voltage is ±5% Analogue to Digital Converters 4 and 5 - IOx/ADCx 5.16.3 To increase analog input capabilities, the GR47 optimises the I/O by multiplexing or sharing different features on single pins. There are two ADC inputs which share system connector pins with digital I/O signals.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE software will not read the voltages at the two new ADC inputs. When configured as ADC inputs the software will configure the digital I/O pins as input or high impedance tri-state. In this state any applied voltage between 0V and 2.75V can be read as an 8 bit value.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SYSTEM CONNECTOR INTERFACE The electrical characteristics are shown below. Parameter Min. Typ. Max. Units Frequency I C CLK 81.25 High or low I C CLK µs Delay time after falling edge of I 308- 1230 Hold time after falling edge of I...
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Capacitor provides the current) Current drawn 10.0 µA If the voltage drops below 1.0 V in back-up mode, the RTC will stop working. The following diagram shows the RTC connections. VRTC ackup supply GR47 DGND Figure 5.13 RTC connections LZT 123 7589 R2B...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ANTENNA CONNECTOR 6 Antenna Connector The radio device’s antenna connector allows transmission of the radio frequency (RF) signals from the radio device to an external customer-supplied antenna. The connector is a micro- miniature coaxial MMCX surface mounted component. A number of suitable MMCX type, mating plugs are available from the following manufacturers;...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com KEYBOARD INTERFACE 7 Keyboard Interface To increase I/O capabilities, the radio device optimises the I/O by multiplexing or sharing different features on single pins. The I/O has been extended to allow simple interfacing of a matrix keypad.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com KEYBOARD INTERFACE The method of connection is shown below. GR47 RN1107 RN1107 RN1107 Figure 7.1 Keyboard matrix connections Note! This matrix pattern may be repeated up to 5 columns and 4 rows (one column will use a ground connection as a virtual column driver).
• Do not connect any incompatible component or product to the radio device. Note! Sony Ericsson does not warrant against defects, non- conformities or deviations caused thereby. LZT 123 7589 R2B...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HINTS FOR INTEGRATING THE RADIO DEVICE • The connection/disconnection method for the development board is by means of the DC power jack. For this reason, the mains supply should be situated close to the development board and be easily accessible.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HINTS FOR INTEGRATING THE RADIO DEVICE • In the final application, the antenna must be positioned more than 20 cm away from human bodies. When this rule cannot be applied, the application designer is responsible for providing the SAR measurement test report and declaration.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HINTS FOR INTEGRATING THE RADIO DEVICE Connection of Components to Radio Device The integrator is responsible for the final integrated system. Incorrectly designed or installed, external components may cause radiation limits to be exceeded. For instance, improperly made connections or improperly installed antennas can disturb the network and lead to malfunctions in the radio device or equipment.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HINTS FOR INTEGRATING THE RADIO DEVICE Note! AGND and DGND are connected at a single point inside the radio device. They must not be joined together in your application. Audio Use a coupling capacitor in ATMS line if the application does not use the radio device’s bias voltage.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HINTS FOR INTEGRATING THE RADIO DEVICE E-GSM900/GSM1800 for the GR47 and GSM 850/GSM1900 for the GR48. • the impedance of the antenna and antenna cable must be 50Ω. • the antenna output-power handling must be a minimum of •...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HINTS FOR INTEGRATING THE RADIO DEVICE • Path-loss occurs as the strength of the received signal steadily decreases in proportion to the distance from the transmitter. • Shadowing is a form of environmental attenuation of radio signals caused by hills, buildings, trees or even vehicles.
9.1 Features Main features of embedded applications are as follows. • C based scripting language (Sony Ericsson specific); • Over the air upgrade of scripts (NOT GSM software); • Library of intrinsic functions;...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EMBEDDED APPLICATIONS written in the Sony Ericsson Mobile script language so that the radio device interpreter can function correctly. M2mpower IDE (Integrated Development Environment) 9.2.2 The IDE is a Windows based package which allows the user to write, simulate, debug and download the application into a radio device with the embedded application (EA) software.
The TCP/IP stack is accessible via both AT commands and the embedded application software in the GR47. 10.1 Implementation The following types of commands allow various functions: •...
GR48: GSM 850 MHz and GSM 1900 MHz (dual band) Maximum RF output GR47: 900 MHz, Class 4, 2 W; 1800 MHz Class 1, 1 W power GR48: 850 MHz, Class 4, 2W; 1900 MHz Class 1, 1 W Antenna impedance Ω...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com TECHNICAL DATA Environmental specifications Operating temperature -10 °C to +55 °C range (full specification) Operating temperature -30 °C to +75 °C range (working) Storage temperature -40 °C to +85 °C range Maximum relative humidity 95 % at +40 °C Stationary vibration, Displacement: 7.5 mm...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER’S KIT 13.3 Mounting a GX-47/48 This assembly will require (included in kit): Description Manufacturer, Part # 2-56, .156" O.D., 1/4" Length Standoffs Digi-Key 1801BK-ND 2-56 x 1/2" Phillips Panhead Stainless Steel Digi-Key H701-ND Machine Screw 2-56 Lock Washer, Inside Tooth, Stainless...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER’S KIT 13.5 System Requirements The system requirements are: • Personal Computer (PC) or unit compatible for RS232 communications. • An unused serial port (COM1…. COM4) for communication between the developer's board and the PC. •...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER’S KIT • For voice calls plug-in the provided Hands-free Speaker/Microphone. LZT 123 7589 R2B...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com USING THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER'S KIT 14 Using the Universal Developer's Kit This section details the specific developer's board settings for the GM/GR 47/48 family. It is important that you verify these settings before powering up the developer's board and module. The following configurations should be considered the baseline whenever attempting to resolve issues with the board or module.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com USING THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER'S KIT Figure 14.1 Switch and Jumper Settings LZT 123 7589 R2B...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com USING THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER'S KIT Figure 14.2 Switches, Indicators and Connectors LZT 123 7589 R2B...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com USING THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER'S KIT Operation Mode Settings: Switch Position (S501) Function ON/OFF Position 1 DTMS Position 2 Position 3 Position 4 DFMS Position 5 Position 6 Position 7 WAKE Table 5: Baseline Dip Settings for Gx-47/48 14.2 Operation Mode Serial communication between the target module and the RS- 232 level shifters is easily enabled / disabled via dip switches...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com USING THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER'S KIT Hence the module determines the state of the signal at the System Connector Header. Refer to the appropriate Integrator's Manual for a description of the signals. 14.3 Serial interface The external host communicates with the module/radio device through J501, which is a standard RS-232 9-pin interface (see below).
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com USING THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER'S KIT To activate or deactivate the Flow Control mechanism, switch S501 must be set as presented in Table 7 and Table 8 respectively. Switch Position Function DM-xx CM-4x GM-41 GM/GR 47/48 Position 1...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com USING THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER'S KIT If this type of interface is to be used, positions 1, 3, and 5 of S501 must be set to OFF to prevent damage to the RS-232 transceivers. 14.4 Engine Application Port - 40-Pin Connector (X600) The system connector header is used when the application requires direct access to any particular pin available in the...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com USING THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER'S KIT ADC1 Output for A/D Converter #1 ADC2 Output for A/D Converter #2 ADC3 Output for A/D Converter #3 Input for D/A Converter DGND Chassis Ground IO_6 General Purpose Binary Input / Output # 6 TX_ON Transmit on C bus, data line...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com USING THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER'S KIT 14.5 RF Interface A MMCX connector, J402, is provided on the Developer's board and routed to a SMA connector, J401. This allows a standard cellular antenna with SMA connector to be used if the module has a non-SMA connector mounted on it.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com USING THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER'S KIT 14.7 Keypad Connector (X410) A 10 pin connector is provided to connect directly to the Keypad options when they are selected by the AT command AT*E2IO. Signal Description KEYCOL0 Keyboard column 1 (GND) KEYROW1...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com USING THE UNIVERSAL DEVELOPER'S KIT 14.9 Operation Once the module has been mounted to the developer's board and all connections are made you are ready to power up the developer's board. Refer to Mounting a GX-47/48, page 71 for mounting information and a connection diagram.