Manual VIPA TM-E
Chapter 4
Deployment TM-E
HB39E - TME - RE_900-1E650 - Rev. 09/11
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Connect if not just happened a suited antenna. The TM-E module has a
an antenna jack. Here a GSM dual band antenna may be connected.
The TM-E module is delivered without any antenna. With the order
number VIPA 240-0EA00 you may get a suited antenna from VIPA.
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Switch-on again the power supply of the TM-E module. With a cold
restart it may last up to 2 minutes until the GSM modem is been
rebooted and initialized.
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Open the Web page of the TM-E module.
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Navigate via
Configuration
>
System setup
to the page
"Communication".
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Open in the navigation tree
Interfaces
the page "Modem".
If you have made everything correctly and your GSM modem is connected
to a mobile network, the following parameters are listed:
This parameter shows you the type of the internal modem. Here the text
"internal Multiband GSM" should be shown.
Here the signal level 0...99 is shown. This value is determined once a
minute. For a communication connection this value should be higher than
17. A value of 25 corresponds to a good connection. If a value is higher
than 30 this correspond to an excellent connection.
A signal level of 0 indicates a non existing mobile network.
"Home Network" is shown if the SIM card is operated in the country of
which the SIM card is from. If the TM-E module is operated in an other
country, "Roaming" is shown.
Otherwise the following error messages may be displayed with his
parameter:
- "SIM card error!" if SIM card is missing
- "PIN code error!" if PIN is faulty
- "in operation..." the modem tries to connect to a mobile network.
Here the name of your mobile network provider is listed.
Commissioning
with SIM card
Modem detected
Signal level
Network
Operator
