Sierra Wireless MP 881W, User Manual

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MP881W Modem User Guide
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Before using the digital input/output lines, you must configure
them as inputs or outputs.
Connector pinouts
The MP modem’s I/O port is a female DB15HD connector with
eight active I/O pins:
• Two (2) digital I/O pins.
• Two (2) digital input pins.
• Four (4) analog input pins.
There are also six reserved pins and one ground pin.
Figure 7-1: Pinouts for a male DB15HD I/O cable (left) that connects to the MP
modem’s female DB15HD I/O connector (right). Note that the two figures’
pinouts are mirror images of each other, since they plug into one another.
Port specifications
Note: No more than 36 VDC
should be applied to any I/O
pins.
See “I/O port characteristics” on page 73 for the technical
specifications of the I/O ports, including input voltages.
Digital input devices
Digital input devices are those that have only two states and
send a signal to the MP modem in one of those states. An
example of a digital input device might be a gun rack alarm
that sends a signal to the MP modem any time the gun rack is
open. Another example would be a panic button that sends a
signal to the MP modem when it is pushed.
2.
Reserved—do not connect
3. Digital Input/Output 1
4. Digital Input 3
5.
Reserved—do not connect
6.
Reserved—do not connect
7. Analog Input 2
8. Analog Input 4
9.
Reserved—do not connect
10. Ground (GND)
11. Digital Input/Output 2
12. Digital Input 4
13. Reserved—do not connect
14. Analog Input 1
15. Analog Input 3
1. Reserved—do not connect
1
6
5
11
10
15
DB15HD female connector
DB15HD male cable
on rear of MP modem