Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 3 of 17 Contents Contents Document History ...................... 4 Introduction ......................... 5 Supported Products ................... 5 Related Documents ................... 5 Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards ..............6 Technical Requirements for Using LTE Modem Cards........6 Connecting the LTE Modem Card to the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board ..
Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 4 of 17 0 Document History Document History New document: "Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards" Version 02 Previous document: "Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards" Version 01 Chapter What is new 3.1.2 Revised Figure 7 Revised...
Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 5 of 17 1 Introduction Introduction This document describes a ready-to-use development and test environment for the Gemalto M2M LTE Modem Cards. The development and test environment comprises the following hardware components • LTE Modem Card mPLAS9-W, mPLAS9-X, mPLS8-US, mPLS8-E or mPLS62-W •...
Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 6 of 17 2 Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Technical Requirements for Using LTE Modem Cards • LTE Modem Card (for details see Figure 1 and [2]) •...
Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 7 of 17 2.2 Connecting the LTE Modem Card to the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board Connecting the LTE Modem Card to the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board To properly connect the LTE Modem Card and all accessories to the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board please complete the steps listed below.
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Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 8 of 17 2.2 Connecting the LTE Modem Card to the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board Top side Bottom side Antenna U.FL-R SMT connectors: Main antenna Rx Diversity/MIMO antenna GPS antenna ® Cinterion SMT module PIN 1 PIN 51...
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Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 9 of 17 2.2 Connecting the LTE Modem Card to the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board Figure 2: mPLS8-US mounted on LTE Modem Card Adapter Board mPLS62_mPLS8_mPLAS9_startup_guide_v02 2019-07-12 Confidential / Released...
Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 10 of 17 2.3 Start Up the Module Start Up the Module After connecting the E Modem Card to the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board as described in Section 2.2, the module can be switched on. Note: The USB drivers provided by Gemalto M2M need to be available.
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Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 11 of 17 2.3 Start Up the Module mPLS8-E/US: The assignment of the module’s installed USB CDC ACM ports 1-4 (see Figure 3), the ASC0 UART interface and the possible Multiplex channels to the two AT command service instances MDM and APP as well as the NMEA streaming service interfaces is done by the AT command AT^SSRVSET.
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Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 12 of 17 2.3 Start Up the Module With PLAS9-W for example, Service Set 2 is configured as delivery default: • the MDM service is available at the USB0 interface (CDC ACM LTE USB Modem port) •...
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Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 13 of 17 2.3 Start Up the Module • For example, to connect to the mPLS9-W LTE Modem Card via USB interface, check the properties of the enumerated CDC ACM LTE USB serial port 1, call a terminal program on the PC and connect to the assigned COM port - in the below Figure 6 to COM port 47...
Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 14 of 17 3 Appendix Appendix LTE Modem Card Adapter Board 3.1.1 Package content The LTE Modem Card Adapter Board will be delivered together with • 1 USB Cable (USB Connector A to USB Mini Connector B) •...
Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards Page 16 of 17 3.2 LTE Modem Card Adapter Board Schematic Figure 8: Schematic of the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board mPLS62_mPLS8_mPLAS9_startup_guide_v02 2019-07-12 Confidential / Released...
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