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EVK-R5 - User guide

UBX-19042592 - R06

Starting up

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1.7

Board setup

Insert a SIM card into the

SIM card holder

(J300 on the EVB-WL3).

Connect the cellular antenna provided with the evaluation kit box to the

Cellular antenna

SMA

connector on the ADP-R5 (ANT connector for transmission and reception of LTE RF signals).

If the GNSS functionality is required:
3.1.

For the EVK-R500S and EVK-R510S, connect the GNSS antenna provided with the
evaluation kit box to the

GNSS antenna

SMA connector on the ADP-GNSS (J208); keep

cellular GNSS detach switch (SW304) i

n “GNSS” position

3.2.

For the EVK-R510M8S, connect the GNSS antenna provided with the evaluation kit box to
the

GNSS antenna

SMA connector on the ADP-R510M8S (J112); keep cellular GNSS detach

switch (SW304) i

n “detach” position

Place the GNSS antenna in a location with a good view of the sky.

Connect the AC / DC +12 V power adapter provided with the evaluation kit box to the

–

18 V

power input

connector (J400 on the EVB-WL3). The LED DL401 lights blue.

Be sure to provide a jumper socket on both the

Cellular VCC supply jumpers

(J404 on the

EVB-WL3, and J109 on the ADP-R5). These jumpers provide the connection from the 3.8 V output
of the supply circuit on the EVB-WL3 to the VCC input of the module.

To enable the board power supply, turn the

Main power switch

(SW400 on the EVB-WL3) to the

ON position. The LED DL400 lights green.
6.1.

For the EVK-R510S, press the

Cellular power-on

button (SW302 on the EVB-WL3) to

switch on the SARA-R510S cellular module.

6.2.

For the EVK-R500S, the SARA-R500S cellular module switches on. For the EVK-R510M8S,
the SARA-R510M8S cellular module switches on.

For communicat

ion via the cellular module’s UART interface, the following connections are

allowed and can be alternatively enabled in a mutually exclusive way (see

Table 6

for the switch

position and LED status):
7.1.

Connect a USB cable to the mini USB connector on EVB-WL3 (

Cellular USB

, J501). The LED

DL501 lights blue. When a USB cable is connected to this mini USB connector, two COM
ports are enabled in Windows: the single UART interface of the cellular module (with default
USIO variant 0, or USIO variant 1) is available over the first COM port opened by the driver.

7.2.

Connect an RS232 cable to the DB9 connector on EVB-WL3 (

Cellular RS232

, J500).

7.3.

Connect a USB cable to the mini USB connector on ADP-R5 (

Cellular USB

, J201). The LED

DS201 lights blue. When a USB cable is connected to this mini USB connector, two COM
ports are enabled in Windows: the two UART interfaces of the cellular module (with UART
variant 2, 3, or 4) are respectively available over the two numbered COM ports opened by
the driver.

Type of connections

USIO variant

SW401

SW403

LED

Access to cellular single UART interface (USIO variant 0 or 1)
over the

Cellular USB

mini USB connector on EVB-WL3 (J501)

0 (default) / 1

ON BOARD MINIUSB

DL403

Access to cellular single UART interface (USIO variant 0 or 1)
over the