Xbee Cellular Modem Examples; Check For Cellular Registration And Connection; Send An Sms Message To A Phone - Digi XBee Cellular LTE Cat 1 User Manual

Getting started with the XBee Cellular Modem Development Kit

XBee Cellular Modem examples

Check for cellular registration and connection

In the following examples, proper cellular network registration and address assignment must occur
successfully. The LED on the development board blinks when the XBee Cellular Modem registers to the
cellular network; see
properly. Registration can take several minutes.
Note Make sure you are in an area with adequate cellular network reception or the XBee Cellular
Modem will not make the connection.
In addition to the LED confirmation, you can check the AT commands below in XCTU to check the
registration and connection. To view these commands:
1. Open XCTU and click the Configuration working mode
2. Select a device from the Radio Modules list. XCTU displays the current firmware settings for
that device.
3. On the Configuration toolbar, click the Default button
established by the firmware, and click Yes to confirm.
The relevant commands are:
Note To search for an AT command in XCTU, use
AI (Association Indication) reads zero when the device successfully registers to the cellular
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network. If it reads 0x23 it is connecting to the Internet; 0x22 means it is registering to the
cellular network.
MY (Module IP Address) should display a valid IP address. If it reads 0.0.0.0, it has not
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registered yet.
AN is not visible on the standard settings interface, it is an advanced command. See
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Send an SMS message to a phone

The XBee Cellular Modem can send and receive Short Message Service (SMS) transmissions (texts)
while in Transparent mode. This allows you to send and receive text messages to and from an SMS
capable device such as a mobile phone.
The following table explains the AT commands that you use in this example.
Digi XBee Cellular LTE Cat 1 Embedded Modem User Guide
The Associate LED. If the LED remains solid, registration has not occurred

XBee Cellular Modem examples

button.
to load the default values
the search box.
AN (APN).
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