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1 Product
Overview
The Iridium 9602 Short Burst Data Only Transceiver (9602) is designed to be integrated into a wireless
data application with other host system hardware and software to produce a full solution designed for a
specific application or vertical market. Examples of these solutions include tracking a maritime vessel or
automatic vehicle location.
The 9602 only supports Iridium’s Short Burst Data (SBD) capability. It does not support voice, circuit
switched data, or short message service (SMS).
The 9602 is designed to meet the regulatory requirements for approval for FCC, Canada, and CE
assuming an antenna with a gain of ~3 dBi and adequate shielding. This allows the 9602 to be integrated
into a variety of wireless data applications or retrofitted into existing SBD-only applications that utilize SBD
with the current Iridium 9601, 9522A, 9522B or 9522 L-Band transceiver-based products. (Note that
additional development work will be required). Such finished products, when integrated together, require
regulatory and safety testing to be conducted by the integrator.
The 9602 is a single board transceiver provided as a ‘black box’ transceiver module with all device
interfaces provided by a single multi-pin interface connector in addition to the antenna connector. The
Product only provides the core transceiver. All other end user Field Application functions such as GPS,
microprocessor based logic control, digital and analog inputs, digital and analog outputs, power supply and
antenna must be provided by the solution developer. The device interface across the user connector
consists of a serial-data interface, DC power input, network available output and a power on/off control line.
The 9602 does not incorporate nor require a Subscriber Identity Module (also known as a SIM Card) to
be inserted into the Transceiver. The 9602 is intended to be used as a transceiver module fitted within
another host system. The 9602 module is designed to comply with the standards for Radio Emissions
Compliance, Electromagnetic Compatibility, and AC Safety in the United States, European Union and
Canada, for host systems that provide safe connections to power supply and external antenna or cable
distribution system.
The 9602 is described within this document as “9602,” “9602 SBD Transceiver,” “Transceiver,” “Modem,”
and “ISU.” All of these terms refer to the same product.
1.1 Key Features
Single
board
transceiver
Small form factor
Aluminum alloy casework (LM2 / LM24) with Alodine 2600 passivation coating
No SIM card
Designed to be incorporated into an OEM solution
Maximum mobile originated message size 340 bytes
Maximum mobile terminated message size 270 bytes
Automatic Notification to the Transceiver that a mobile terminated message is queued at the
Gateway
Global operating capability
RoHS
compliant
