Sierra Wireless AirPrime Q26 User Manual Download Page 2

 

 

4117783 

Rev 6.0 

December 19, 2016 

User Guide 

 

Important Notice 

Due to the nature of wireless communications, transmission and reception of data can never be 
guaranteed. Data may be delayed, corrupted (i.e., have errors) or be totally lost. Although significant 
delays or losses of data are rare when wireless devices such as the Sierra Wireless modem are used 
in a normal manner with a well-constructed network, the Sierra Wireless modem should not be used 
in situations where failure to transmit or receive data could result in damage of any kind to the user or 
any other party, including but not limited to personal injury, death, or loss of property. Sierra Wireless 
accepts no responsibility for damages of any kind resulting from delays or errors in data transmitted or 
received using the Sierra Wireless modem, or for failure of the Sierra Wireless modem to transmit or 
receive such data. 

Safety and Hazards 

Do not operate the Sierra Wireless modem in areas where cellular modems are not advised without 
proper device certifications. These areas include environments where cellular radio can interfere such 
as explosive atmospheres, medical equipment, or any other equipment which may be susceptible to 
any form of radio interference. The Sierra Wireless modem can transmit signals that could interfere 
with this equipment. Do not operate the Sierra Wireless modem in any aircraft, whether the aircraft is 
on the ground or in flight. In aircraft, the Sierra Wireless modem 

MUST BE POWERED OFF

. When 

operating, the Sierra Wireless modem can transmit signals that could interfere with various onboard 
systems. 

Note:  

Some airlines may permit the use of cellular phones while the aircraft is on the ground and the door 
is open. Sierra Wireless modems may be used at this time. 

The driver or operator of any vehicle should not operate the Sierra Wireless modem while in control of 
a vehicle. Doing so will detract from the driver or operator’s control and operation of that vehicle. In 
some states and provinces, operating such communications devices while in control of a vehicle is an 
offence. 

Limitations of Liability 

This manual is provided “as is”. Sierra Wireless makes no warranties of any kind, either expressed or 
implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or 
noninfringement. The recipient of the manual shall endorse all risks arising from its use.   

The information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a 
commitment on the part of Sierra Wireless. SIERRA WIRELESS AND ITS AFFILIATES 
SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, 
GENERAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES INCLUDING, 
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUE OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR 
REVENUE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE ANY SIERRA WIRELESS 
PRODUCT, EVEN IF SIERRA WIRELESS AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE 
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR THEY ARE FORESEEABLE OR FOR CLAIMS BY ANY 
THIRD PARTY. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Sierra Wireless and/or its affiliates aggregate liability 
arising under or in connection with the Sierra Wireless product, regardless of the number of events, 
occurrences, or claims giving rise to liability, be in excess of the price paid by the purchaser for the 
Sierra Wireless product. 

 

Summary of Contents for AirPrime Q26

Page 1: ...AirPrime Q26 Carrier Board 4117783 6 0 December 19 2016 User Guide...

Page 2: ...h various onboard systems Note Some airlines may permit the use of cellular phones while the aircraft is on the ground and the door is open Sierra Wireless modems may be used at this time The driver o...

Page 3: ...registered trademarks of Sierra Wireless Inc or one of its subsidiaries Watcher is a registered trademark of NETGEAR Inc used under license Windows and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Micr...

Page 4: ...6 Carrier Board 3 0 February 05 2016 Added 4 1 11 RF Performance Updated Table 5 Operating Temperature 4 1 2 General Purpose Input Output 4 1 10 1 Analog Audio 4 2 1 PCM Voltage Level Shifter Selectio...

Page 5: ...ial Interface 24 4 1 4 Parallel Interface 24 4 1 5 Keyboard Interface 24 4 1 6 Main Serial Link UART1 24 4 1 7 Auxiliary Serial Link UART2 24 4 1 8 SIM Interface 24 4 1 9 USB 2 0 25 4 1 10 Audio 25 4...

Page 6: ...4117783 Rev 6 0 December 19 2016 6 User Guide 7 REFERENCES 34 7 1 Reference Documents 34 7 2 Schematic Diagram 35 7 3 Mechanical Drawings 36 7 4 Component Placement 38...

Page 7: ...gure 5 R305 Configuration on the Q26 Carrier Board 29 Figure 6 Q26 Carrier Boards in Plastic Trays 32 Figure 7 Plastic Tape on the Snap in Socket 32 Figure 8 Plastic Trays Packed in a Pizza Box 33 Fig...

Page 8: ...GPIO on the HL6 and HL8 Modules 11 Table 5 Operating Temperature 11 Table 6 General Features 12 Table 7 Interface Compatibility 15 Table 8 Test Points 16 Table 9 Pin Mapping 18 Table 10 Compatible GPI...

Page 9: ...enables applications to change from using a Q26 module to an HL6528 HL6528RD or HL8548 module as well as provides schematic diagrams and mechanical details to facilitate the user s understanding and c...

Page 10: ...12 g Dimensions listed do not include shielding pins The Q26 Carrier Board can be assembled to any existing Q26 product design without the need for any additional setup or configuration 2 2 Operating...

Page 11: ...Typical Maximum Unit VCC_2V8 Output voltage 2 74 2 8 2 86 V Output current 15 mA VCC_1V8 Output voltage 1 76 1 8 1 94 V Output current 15 mA Table 4 VGPIO on the HL6 and HL8 Modules Parameter Minimum...

Page 12: ...commands for GSM GPRS including GSM 07 07 and 07 05 AT command sets Comprehensive set of dedicated AT commands for M2M applications NDIS NIC interface support Windows XP Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows C...

Page 13: ...ce GSM Voice Features with Emergency calls 118 XXX Full Rate FR Enhanced Full Rate EFR Half Rate HR and Adaptive Multi rate AMR Echo cancellation and noise reduction Full duplex Hands free Half Rate H...

Page 14: ...SMS Status Report SMS replacement support SMS storing rules support of AT CNMI AT CNMA GSM Supplementary Services Call Forwarding Call Barring Multiparty Call Waiting Call Hold USSD Call Forwarding C...

Page 15: ...Real Time Clock RTC with calendar and alarm Real Time Clock RTC with calendar and alarm Real Time Clock RTC with calendar and alarm Real Time Clock RTC with calendar and alarm Temperature Sensor Temp...

Page 16: ...SB 2 0 while the HL6528 does not 2 7 Test Points The following table describes the 20 test points available for customer use on the Q26 Carrier Board Locations of these 20 test points are shown in Fig...

Page 17: ...mber 19 2016 17 User Guide General Description Q26 Carrier Board Test Point Number Signal Name Group Designation Remark TP278 SP1_SRDY Debug Only supported with an HL6528 and HL6528RD module Figure 2...

Page 18: ...in section 7 1 Reference Documents Table 9 Pin Mapping CN301 Pin Q268xx Signal Name Q2698 Signal Name Q26 Carrier Board with HL6528 HL6528RD Signal Name Q26 Carrier Board with HL8548 Signal Name Compa...

Page 19: ...0 SPI1 I GPIO30 Not supported 25 SPI1 IO GPIO29 SPI1 IO GPIO29 Not supported 26 SPI2 CLK GPIO32 SPI2 CLK GPIO32 GPIO7 GPIO7 27 SPI2 IO GPIO33 SPI2 IO GPIO33 GPIO8 GPIO8 28 GPIO35 SPI2 Load GPIO35 SPI2...

Page 20: ...GPIO20 GPIO1 I2C_CLK GPIO1 I2C_CLK 49 INT1 GPIO25 INT1 GPIO25 Not supported 50 INT0 GPIO3 INT0 GPIO3 Not supported 51 GPIO1 A25 CS2 GPIO1 GPIO5 I2C_DATA GPIO5 I2C_SDA 52 VPAD USB VPAD USB NC USB_VBUS...

Page 21: ...4 RXD1 GPIO37 INT2 UART1_RX UART1_RX 74 CT107 DSR1 GPIO40 CT107 DSR1 GPIO40 UART1_DSR UART1_DSR 75 CT106 CTS1 GPIO39 CT106 CTS1 GPIO39 UART1_CTS UART1_CTS 76 CT108 2 DTR1 GPIO41 INT3 CT108 2 DTR1 GPIO...

Page 22: ...tibility Notes 92 D12 Reserved Reserved Not supported 93 D4 Reserved Reserved Not supported 94 D11 Reserved Reserved Not supported 95 D5 Reserved Reserved Not supported 96 D10 Reserved Reserved Not su...

Page 23: ...HL8548 module supports 12 Table 10 Compatible GPIOs Q26 Q26 Carrier Board with HL6528 HL6528RD Q26 Carrier Board with HL8548 Pin Signal Name Voltage Signal Name Signal Name 26 GPIO32 2 8V GPIO7 GPIO7...

Page 24: ...ace of the Q26 is controlled by the Open AT Application Framework which is not supported by the HL6 and HL8 modules parallel interface is not supported in the Q26 Carrier Board 4 1 5 Keyboard Interfac...

Page 25: ...as voltage the HL8548 does not support analog audio Note Sierra Wireless does not recommend using single ended audio as the DTMF noise floor is typically high when using the Q26 Carrier Board 4 1 10 2...

Page 26: ...hese converters are 10 bit resolution ADCs with voltage range shown in the table below Table 11 ADC Voltage Range Condition Q268xx Q2698 Q26 Carrier Board with HL6528 HL6528RD Q26 Carrier Board with H...

Page 27: ...utput is higher than the Q26 The HL8548 output is only 1 8 V typical which might not be enough to charge the application s battery 4 1 18 Debug Port HL6 and HL8 embedded modules support a software tra...

Page 28: ...22 and R323 must be removed and resistors R336 and R337 installed if PCM is to be used Otherwise PCM should be turned and kept off when using an HL6528 or HL6528RD module to prevent the application s...

Page 29: ...onnected on the Q26 Carrier Board to allow GPIO4 to be used as a regular GPIO and LED0 at the same time Refer to command KSYNC in document 7 AirPrime HL6 and HL8 Series AT Commands Interface Guide for...

Page 30: ...he Q26 Carrier Board into the application Insert an HL6528 HL6528RD or HL8548 embedded module into the Snap in Socket on the Q26 Carrier Board Ensure that the polarity mark on the embedded module is a...

Page 31: ...and Snap in Socket Again ensure that the polarity mark of the cover is aligned with the polarity mark of the embedded module and Snap in Socket Note The Snap in cover is not included in the packaging...

Page 32: ...aining 100 pieces of the carrier board as shown in Figure 6 Figure 6 Q26 Carrier Boards in Plastic Trays Note that a protective plastic tape is affixed to the Snap in Socket as shown in Figure 7 to pr...

Page 33: ...ember 19 2016 33 User Guide Packaging The plastic trays are then packed in pizza boxes Figure 8 Plastic Trays Packed in a Pizza Box Note The snap in cover is not included in the packaging and must be...

Page 34: ...AirPrime Q2698 Product Technical Specification Customer Design Guidelines Reference number 4111754 4 AirPrime HL6528x Product Technical Specification Reference number 4114016 5 AirPrime HL6528RDx Prod...

Page 35: ...4117783 Rev 6 0 December 19 2016 35 User Guide References 7 2 Schematic Diagram Figure 9 Schematic Diagram...

Page 36: ...7783 Rev 6 0 December 19 2016 36 User Guide References 7 3 Mechanical Drawings Note The following drawings show the Q26 Carrier Board with a mounted snap in cover Figure 10 Top View Figure 11 Bottom V...

Page 37: ...4117783 Rev 6 0 December 19 2016 37 User Guide References Figure 12 Circuit Card Assembly...

Page 38: ...4117783 Rev 6 0 December 19 2016 38 User Guide References 7 4 Component Placement Figure 13 Component Placement Top View...

Page 39: ...4117783 Rev 6 0 December 19 2016 39 User Guide References Figure 14 Component Placement Bottom View...

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