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PCIe Card EVB User Guide

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5.3.2. Firmware Upgrade via PCIe

To upgrade the firmware of the module via PCIe port, please follow the procedures below.

1. Use QCOM to open Diagnostic Port (COM5), and then check

“

HEX String

”, sending HEX array:

0x4b, 0x65, 0x01, 0x00, 0x54, 0x0f, 0x7e

.

Figure 26: First Step of Firmware Upgrade via PCIe

2. After the above command is executed, the port shown in the following figure will show up in the

Device Manger. Right click this node and select Disable. After this device node is disabled, right click

it again and select Enable.

Figure 27: Second Step of Firmware Upgrade via PCIe

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Summary of Contents for LTE-A&5G Series

Page 1: ...PCIe Card EVB User Guide LTE A 5G Module Series Version 1 1 Date 2020 12 26 Status Released www quectel com ...

Page 2: ...ior notice Disclaimer While Quectel has made efforts to ensure that the functions and features under development are free from errors it is possible that these functions and features could contain errors inaccuracies and omissions Unless otherwise provided by valid agreement Quectel makes no warranties of any kind implied or express with respect to the use of features and functions under developme...

Page 3: ...f Quectel Transmitting reproducing disseminating and editing this document as well as using the content without permission are forbidden Offenders will be held liable for payment of damages All rights are reserved in the event of a patent grant or registration of a utility model or design Copyright Quectel Wireless Solutions Co Ltd 2020 All rights reserved ...

Page 4: ...bout the Document Revision History Version Date Author Description 1 0 2020 09 15 Archibald JIANG Initial 1 1 2020 12 26 Archibald JIANG 1 Deleted the EM161R GL in Table 1 2 Added the switch S104 in Chapter 2 1 Chapter 2 2 and Chapter 4 6 3 Updated Figures 1 4 6 8 15 16 19 and 31 ...

Page 5: ... 2 M 2 Interface J101 18 4 3 USB Interface J401 18 4 4 U SIM Interfaces J301 J302 21 4 5 UART Interface J601 22 4 6 Switches and Button S101 S102 S103 S104 24 4 7 Status Indicators D101 D102 25 4 8 Test Points J102 J103 J602 J603 J802 26 5 Operation Procedures Illustration 29 5 1 Power on the Module 29 5 2 Communication 30 5 2 1 Communication via USB Type B Interface 30 5 2 2 Communication Via PCI...

Page 6: ...rd EVB 10 Table 4 Accessories List 13 Table 5 Pin Assignment of J401 19 Table 6 Pin Definition of J301 302 21 Table 7 Pin Definition of J601 23 Table 8 Description of Switches and Button 24 Table 9 Description of Status Indicators 25 Table 10 Pin Definition of J102 J103 J602 J603 and J802 27 Table 11 Indication of D101 and D102 29 Table 12 Related Documents 37 Table 13 Terms and Abbreviations 37 ...

Page 7: ...nnector 21 Figure 13 UART Block Diagram 22 Figure 14 Pin Assignment of J601 23 Figure 15 Switch S101 and Button S102 24 Figure 16 Switch S103 24 Figure 17 Status Indicators 25 Figure 18 Test Points of J102 and J103 26 Figure 19 Test Points of J602 J603 and J802 26 Figure 20 USB Ports 30 Figure 21 COM Port Setting Field on QCOM USB AT Port Connection 30 Figure 22 EVB and Desktop Computer Connection...

Page 8: ...e assistant tool for engineers to develop and test Quectel modules and how to use it Table 1 Applicable Modules Quectel modules listed above may include multiple models Please refer to the corresponding module Specifications for more specific information Module Series Applicable Modules LTE Advanced EM120R GL EM121R GL EM160R GL 5G RM500Q Series RM510Q GL NOTE ...

Page 9: ... Wireless devices may cause interference on sensitive medical equipment so please be aware of the restrictions on the use of wireless devices when in hospitals clinics or other healthcare facilities Cellular terminals or mobiles operating over radio signal and cellular network cannot be guaranteed to connect in certain conditions such as when the mobile bill is unpaid or the U SIM card is invalid ...

Page 10: ...scription M 2 Interface Standard PCI Express M 2 interface U SIM Interfaces Support U SIM card insertion detection Support U SIM card 3 0 1 8 V UART Interface UART interface for debugging purpose USB Interface USB Type B USB 2 0 and USB 3 0 Status Indication 2 LEDs available for signal indication Switches and Button Switches Power Switch S103 PWRKEY S101 PCIe USB Switch S104 Button RESET S102 Phys...

Page 11: ...01 D102 J801 WWAN_LED POWER J603 J602 J103 J102 J601 U SIM1 U SIM2 EX_Power ANT_MAIN ANT_MIMO1 ANT_MIMO2 ANT_DIV DBG_UART J301 J302 J501 J802 S104 Figure 1 Overview of PCIe Card EVB Interface Table 3 Component Functions of PCIe Card EVB Functions Reference No Description Power Supply 1 J801 The power jack on the EVB Typical supply voltage 5 V J401 USB Type B interface Typical supply voltage 5 V ...

Page 12: ...for the EVB U SIM1 J301 U SIM card connector 1 U SIM2 J302 U SIM card connector 2 UART J601 Debug UART port Status Indicators D101 Indicate power ON OFF status of the EVB D102 Indicate whether RF function is enabled or not Connectors J101 M 2 standard connector for the module J501 PCIe Card connector for the EVB Test Points J102 J103 J602 J603 J802 Test pins 1 1 The power supply information in the...

Page 13: ...LTE A 5G Module Series PCIe Card EVB User Guide PCIe_Card_EVB_User_Guide 12 38 2 3 Top View of PCIe Card EVB The top view of the PCIe Card EVB is shown below Figure 2 PCIe Card EVB Top View ...

Page 14: ... 232 Converter Cable USB Type B Cable RF Cables Antennas Driver Disk Bolts and Nuts Instruction Sheet Silicone Soft Pad Power Adapter Adapter plug CN Adapter plug BS Adapter plug US Adapter plug EU Heatsink Figure 3 EVB Kit Accessories Table 4 Accessories List Items Description Quantity Cables USB to UART converter cable 1 USB Type B cable 1 RF cables 4 Antennas Antennas 4 ...

Page 15: ... Related tools for modules 1 Silicone soft pad Thermal conductive gasket 1 Others Bolts and nuts for EVB assembling 4 4 for the EVB 6 for the module and heat sink Instruction sheet One sheet instruction manual for the EVB connection details of EVB accessories etc 1 Heat sink Heat sink above the module 1 Power adapter Power adapter 5 V 3 A 1 Adapter plug Adapter plug type BS 1 Adapter plug type EU ...

Page 16: ...le Series PCIe Card EVB User Guide PCIe_Card_EVB_User_Guide 15 38 3 EVB and Accessories Assembly The following figure shows the assembly of the EVB and its accessories Figure 4 PCIe Card EVB and Accessories Assembly ...

Page 17: ... down converter that converts the supplied voltage into proper voltage VCC for the module The power can also be supplied by inserting the EVB J501 into PCIe Card slot of the desktop computer The module can be directly powered by an external power source through connecting with the power jack J803 and this type of power supply is generally used for current consumption test The following two figures...

Page 18: ...r_Guide 17 38 5 V DC Power Supply 3 7 V DC Power Supply 3 3 V DC Power Supply Figure 6 EVB Power Supply Interface When using the power jack for power supply the power plug design of the adapter is shown as below Inner contact Outer contact Figure 7 Power Plug Design ...

Page 19: ...face allows customers to easily test functionalities of the module or develop applications based on the module The following figure shows the connection between the module and the EVB Figure 8 Connection between the Module and the EVB 4 3 USB Interface J401 The PCIe Card EVB provides a USB Type B receptacle J401 for the connection with a host device The VBUS lines can be used for USB connection de...

Page 20: ...Ie Card EVB User Guide PCIe_Card_EVB_User_Guide 19 38 1 4 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Figure 9 Pin Assignment of J401 Table 5 Pin Assignment of J401 Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pin Name VBUS USB_DM USB_DP GND TX TX GND RX RX GND GND ...

Page 21: ... The following figure shows the connection of the module and the USB Type B receptacle USB_SS_TX_M USB_SS_TX_P USB_SS_RX_M USB_SS_RX_P USB_DP USB_DM Module R1 0R R2 0R USB_DP USB_DM RX RX TX TX ESD USB Type B J401 Figure 10 Diagram for Module and USB Type B Receptacle Connection ...

Page 22: ...01 and J302 C1 C2 C3 C7 C6 C5 C1 C2 C3 C7 C6 C5 J302 J301 CD C4 C8 C4 C8 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 CD C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 Figure 11 Pin Assignment of J301 and J302 U SIM card connector USIM_VDD USIM_CLK USIM_DATA USIM_RST GND J101 J301 J302 C1 C7 C2 C3 USIM_VDD USIM_DATA USIM_RST USIM_CLK USIM_DET GND USIM_DET CD C5 Figure 12 Simplified Interface Schematic for U SIM Card Connector Table 6 Pin De...

Page 23: ...ut The following figure shows the block diagram of UART on PCIe Card EVB J603 J602 RS 232 Level Match 3 0 V 1 8 V Transistor Level Translator COM DB9 J601 RS 232 3 0 V U601 1 8 V U602 DBG_TXD DBG_RXD DBG_RTS DTR_TEST Figure 13 UART Block Diagram C2 USIM_RST DO U SIM card reset C3 USIM_CLK DO U SIM card clock C4 RESERVED Not connected C5 GND Ground C6 VPP Not connected C7 USIM_DATA IO U SIM card da...

Page 24: ...definition of J601 1 7 6 8 2 3 5 4 9 Figure 14 Pin Assignment of J601 Table 7 Pin Definition of J601 Pin No Pin Name I O Description 1 NC Not connected 2 DBG_TXD DO Debug UART transmit 3 DBG_RXD DI Debug UART receive 4 DTR_TEST DI Data terminal ready 5 GND GND 6 NC Not connected 7 DBG_RTS DI Request to send 8 NC Not connected 9 NC Not connected ...

Page 25: ...t button S102 and a PCIe USB switch S104 as shown in the following figures S101 S102 Figure 15 Switch S101 and Button S102 S103 Figure 16 Switch S103 Table 8 Description of Switches and Button Reference No Function Description S101 PWRKEY Used to turn on off the module S102 RESET Used to reset the module S103 Power Switch Power ON OFF control S104 PCIe USB Switch PCIe USB interface Switch ...

Page 26: ...re 17 Status Indicators Table 9 Description of Status Indicators means under development Currently the PCIe USB Switch does not work no matter to which side the switch is switched Reference No Description D101 Power ON OFF indicator indicating the power supply status of the EVB Light on the module is powered on Light off the power is powered off D102 RF status indicator for the module Light on RF ...

Page 27: ...rovides test points which help customers obtain the corresponding waveforms of some signals The following figures show the test points of J102 J103 J602 J603 and J802 12 2 4 15 13 11 1 16 3 14 5 6 7 8 9 J103 J102 10 2 4 6 8 1 3 5 7 Figure 18 Test Points of J102 and J103 J603 J602 2 2 1 1 J802 1 2 Figure 19 Test Points of J602 J603 and J802 ...

Page 28: ...ctly to I2S_DOUT of the module 7 COEX3 60 COEX3 8 I2S_WS 28 Connected directly to I2S_WS of the module 9 ANTCTL0 59 Antenna tuner control 10 COEX2 62 COEX UART transmit 11 ANTCTL1 61 Antenna tuner control 12 COEX1 64 COEX UART receive 13 ANTCTL2 63 Antenna tuner control 14 DPR 25 Dynamic power reduction 15 ANTCTL3 65 Antenna tuner control 16 GND 3 5 11 27 33 39 45 51 57 71 73 76 79 Ground J103 Pin...

Page 29: ...ule pin 68 J602 Pin No Pin Name Module Pin No Description 1 TXD_1V8 NA TXD_1V8 2 RXD_1V8 NA RXD_1V8 J603 Pin No Pin Name Module Pin No Description 1 RTS_1V8 NA Connected directly to the voltage translator 2 DTR_3V3 NA Data terminal ready J802 Pin No Pin Name Module Pin No Description 1 VCC_MODULE 2 4 7 72 74 Module power supply 2 GND 3 5 11 27 33 39 45 51 57 71 73 76 79 Ground ...

Page 30: ...5 0 V power adapter or connect the EVB to a PC by using a USB Type B cable or insert the EVB into the PCIe card slot of the desktop computer 4 Switch S103 Power Switch to ON state and then the D101 Power ON OFF indicator will light up which indicates that the power supply for the EVB is ready In this case switch S101 PWRKEY to ON state the module will be powered on automatically and D102 will ligh...

Page 31: ...the USB driver For details about USB driver installation please refer to document 1 Figure 20 USB Ports 3 Install and then use the QCOM provided by Quectel to realize communication between the module and the PC The following figure shows the settings for COM Port on QCOM select the correct COM Port USB AT Port which is shown in the figure above and set the correct Baudrate such as 115200 bps For m...

Page 32: ...not power the EVB through other power supply interfaces PCIe card EVB Desktop Figure 22 EVB and Desktop Computer Connection via PCIe Interface 2 Run the driver disk on PC to install the UDE driver and QUD driver Figure 23 PCIe Ports 3 Install and then use QCOM provided by Quectel to realize communication between the module and the PC The following figure shows the settings for COM Port on QCOM sel...

Page 33: ...ures below to upgrade the firmware with the tool QFlash 1 Install and open the firmware upgrade tool QFlash on PC and then power on the module according to the procedures in Chapter 5 1 2 Click COM Port dropdown list and select the USB DM port 3 Click Load FW Files button to choose the firmware package 4 Click Start button to start upgrading the firmware Figure 25 Configurations for Firmware Upgra...

Page 34: ...nostic Port COM5 and then check HEX String sending HEX array 0x4b 0x65 0x01 0x00 0x54 0x0f 0x7e Figure 26 First Step of Firmware Upgrade via PCIe 2 After the above command is executed the port shown in the following figure will show up in the Device Manger Right click this node and select Disable After this device node is disabled right click it again and select Enable Figure 27 Second Step of Fir...

Page 35: ...irehose_sdx24 mbn Figure 28 Third Step of Firmware Upgrade via PCIe 4 After the above command is executed the EDL port will show up after seconds Figure 29 Fourth Step of Firmware Upgrade via PCIe 5 Directly call Qfirehoese exe in CMD to execute command Qfirehose exe f FW_PATH p COM3 v 1 FW_Path the root directory of the version that is the parent directory of update COM3 EDL Port Waiting for abou...

Page 36: ...y cause the loss of information stored in the memory as the module will be reinitialized after the reset 5 5 Power off the Module There are two methods to power off the module Hardware shutdown switch the S101 to OFF state and the module will be powered off Software shutdown turn off the module by using AT QPOWD command The time for pressing the RESET button cannot exceed the maximum value otherwi...

Page 37: ...rrent consumption of the module after modifications as follows 1 Remove R814 R814 Figure 30 Location of R814 2 Connect an external power supply to J803 to power the module independently J803 Figure 31 Location of J803 3 Power on the module according to the procedure mentioned in Chapter 5 1 and then test the current consumption according to specific demand ...

Page 38: ...ide Install USB drivers for M 2 module on Windows system 2 Quectel_QCOM_User_Guide User guide for QCOM tool 3 Quectel_QFlash_User_Guide User guide for QFlash tool Abbreviation Description AGND Analog Ground BTB Board to Board COM Communication Port DC Direct Current DI Digital Input DO Digital Output EVB Evaluation Board GND Ground GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System I O Input Output LED Light...

Page 39: ...VB_User_Guide 38 38 NC Not Connected PC Personal Computer PCB Printed Circuit Board PCM Pulse Code Modulation PO Power Output RF Radio Frequency UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter USB Universal Serial Bus U SIM Universal Subscriber Identity Module ...

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