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EVK-R5 - User guide 

UBX-19042592 - R06 

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Title 

EVK-R5 

Subtitle 

SARA-R5 series cellular evaluation kits 

Document type 

User guide 

 

Document number 

UBX-19042592 

 

Revision and date 

R06 

02-Oct-2020 

Disclosure restriction 

C1-Public 

 

Product status

 

Corresponding content status 

 

Functional sample 

Draft 

For functional testing. Revised and supplementary data will be published later. 

In development / 
Prototype 

Objective specification 

Target values. Revised and supplementary data will be published later. 

Engineering sample 

Advance information 

Data based on early testing. Revised and supplementary data will be published later. 

Initial production 

Early production information 

Data from product verification. Revised and supplementary data may be published later. 

Mass production /  
End of life 

Production information 

Document contains the final product specification. 

 

This document applies to the following products: 

Product name 

Type number 

Modem version  Application version 

PCN reference 

Product status 

EVK-R500S 

EVK-R500S-0-00 

02.05 

A00.01 

UBX-20037360 

Initial production  

EVK-R510S 

EVK-R510S-0-00 

02.05 

A00.01 

UBX-20037360 

Initial production  

EVK-R510M8S 

EVK-R510M8S-0-00  02.05 

A00.01 

UBX-20037360 

Initial production  

 
 

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Summary of Contents for SARA-R5 Series

Page 1: ...llular evaluation kits User guide Abstract This guide explains how to set up the EVK R5 evaluation kits to begin evaluating the u blox SARA R5 series modules supporting multi band LTE M NB IoT cellula...

Page 2: ...roduct specification This document applies to the following products Product name Type number Modem version Application version PCN reference Product status EVK R500S EVK R500S 0 00 02 05 A00 01 UBX 2...

Page 3: ...al communication 13 B Setting up cellular packet data connection on Windows 14 B 1 Install a new modem from the control panel 14 B 2 Configuring a new connection 16 C AT commands examples 17 C 1 Defin...

Page 4: ...1 8 V Power input J400 Cellular adapter board DL400 Main power switch SW400 DL401 SARA R5 cellular module DIL B2B connector J300 DIL B2B connector J301 GND GNSS antenna connector RF_IN J208 GNSS modul...

Page 5: ...module and the DIL header connectors J300 and J301 making the interfaces of the SARA R5 module accessible 3 The GNSS adapter board called ADP GNSS contains the u blox GNSS module the GNSS antenna conn...

Page 6: ...r module SW302 EVB WL3 Cellular reset Push button to reset the cellular module SW303 EVB WL3 Cellular UART detach Slide switch to attach detach the cellular module single UART from the USB RS232 conne...

Page 7: ...ta on the Cellular RS232 connector DL405 EVB WL3 Cellular RI indicator RI line turns ON active low DS501 EVB WL3 Cellular CTS indicator CTS line turns ON active low DS500 EVB WL3 Cellular GPIO1 indica...

Page 8: ...5 module SMA connector for the GNSS antenna to be connected to the GNSS RF input of the SARA R5 module ANT_GNSS 3 J112 ADP R5 Cellular native USB Mini USB connector for the cellular module native USB...

Page 9: ...vailable 15 PWR_ON J301 pin 30 47 SDIO_D0 Not available 16 GPIO1 J301 pin 34 48 SDIO_D3 Not available 17 VUSB_DET Not available 49 SDIO_D1 Not available 18 RESET_N J300 pin 25 50 GND J301 pins 7 10 19...

Page 10: ...D Not connected 25 26 GPIO4 RESET_N 25 26 I2S_WA Not connected 27 28 Not connected Not connected 27 28 Not connected Not connected 29 30 PWR_ON Not connected 29 30 Not connected GPIO3 31 32 GPIO2 Not...

Page 11: ...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 7 For communication via the cellular module s U...

Page 12: ...401 according to Table 6 the module can be switched on again Run an AT terminal application e g the u blox m center tool selecting an AT port with these settings o Data rate 115 200 bit s o Data bits...

Page 13: ...es described in section 1 7 Check the Windows Device Manager to find out which COM port is being used by the EVK R5 Figure 3 Home page 4 Enable the connection to the u blox cellular module by clicking...

Page 14: ...cket data connection on Windows 10 using the operating system s TCP IP stack and EVK R5 This is also referred to as a dial up connection B 1 Install a new modem from the control panel 1 Open the Contr...

Page 15: ...inish to complete the modem installation 6 Now the new modem is visible under the Modems tab in Control Panel Phone and Modem Any extra initialization AT command e g to set a specific APN name can be...

Page 16: ...ly installed 4 Enter the parameters for the dial up connection o The module telephone number 99 1 to be changed if using a PDP context different from 1 o The specific account information for the netwo...

Page 17: ...ch bearer AT COPS 0 OK CEREG 1 0001 01a2d001 7 CGEV ME PDN ACT 1 Trigger a network registration and wait for attach complete C 2 Data connection using internal TCP IP stack Activate an internal contex...

Page 18: ...nal context profile_id 0 Map a context with protocol type IPV4V6 AT CGDCONT 1 IPV4V6 default OK Set context cid 1 with IPV4V6 protocol type and APN string default wait for context cid 1 activation AT...

Page 19: ...network AT CEREG CEREG 0 1 OK Verify the network registration status AT COPS 0 OK Register the module on the network The cellular module automatically registers itself on the cellular network This co...

Page 20: ...meter placed in series as illustrated in Figure 6 SARA R5 adapter board SARA R5 Cellular module 42 pin DIL B2B connectors EVB WL3 Step down Main power switch SW400 12 V J400 3 8 V VCC jumper J109 VCC...

Page 21: ...al Purpose Input Output HW Hardware I2C Inter Integrated Circuit I2S Inter IC Sound IoT Internet of Things IP Internet Protocol LED Light Emitting Diode LTE Long Term Evolution N A Not Applicable NB N...

Page 22: ...x documentation and to receive product change notifications register on our homepage www u blox com Revision history Revision Date Name Comments R01 22 Oct 2019 fvid Initial release R02 11 Nov 2019 lp...

Page 23: ...al Office China Beijing Phone 86 10 68 133 545 E mail info_cn u blox com Support support_cn u blox com Regional Office China Chongqing Phone 86 23 6815 1588 E mail info_cn u blox com Support support_c...

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