Sierra Wireless AirLink FX100, User Manual

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1. Overview
The AirLink FX Series is a line of industrial grade USB and serial programmable modems supporting
penta-band 3G HSPA+ with dual antenna receive diversity and/or quad band 2G GSM/GPRS/EGDE.
It offers audio capabilities, GPS and digital I/O interfaces; and Ethernet connectivity as an option. It
also offers an Expansion card (X-card) interface accessible for customer use.
The FX Series supports the AirVantage M2M Cloud Management Services and Enterprise Platform;
and also supports the Open AT Application Framework. The Open AT Application Framework is a
complete software package for developing embedded M2M applications in standard C/C++.
This document does not cover the programmable capabilities available through the Open AT
Application Framework or the management capabilities available through the AirVantage M2M Cloud.
For more information about the
Open AT Application Framework or the AirVantage M2M Cloud
Management Services and Enterprise Platform , please visit http://developer.sierrawireless.com/ .
1.1. FX Series Product Comparison
The following table lists the main feature differences between the two FX series variants.
Table 1. FXT009 and FX100 Feature Comparison
Feature FXT009 FX100
GSM
900 MHz
 
1800 MHz
 
850 MHz
 
1900 MHz
 
HSPA
800 MHz -

850 MHz -

900 MHz -

1900 MHz -

2100 MHz -

GPRS
Class 10
 
Class 12 -

EDGE
Class 10
 
Class 12 -

Voice
 
Vocoder
HR
 
FR
 
EFR
 
AMR
 
Data
 
Fax

-
SIM Interface (1.8/3V)
 
Serial Port Auto Shut Down
 
RTC Back Up Battery
 
X-card Flexibility
 
Open AT Application Framework Compliant
 