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Summary of Contents for Skywire

Page 1: ...ess mainly focus on the distribution of electronic components Line cards we deal with include Microchip ALPS ROHM Xilinx Pulse ON Everlight and Freescale Main products comprise IC Modules Potentiometer IC Socket Relay Connector Our parts cover such applications as commercial industrial and automotives areas We are looking forward to setting up business relationship with you and hope to provide you...

Page 2: ...PN 30005 rev 5 NimbeLink LLC All Rights Reserved 1 Skywire Development Kit User Manual NimbeLink LLC Revised March 2014 ...

Page 3: ...S MESSAGE 10 2 13 RECEIVE SMS MESSAGES 10 2 14 DELETE RECEIVED SMS MESSAGE 10 2 15 SEND EMAIL 11 3 CONNECT KIT TO ARDUINO 13 3 1 INSTALL ARDUINO SOFTWARE FIRST 13 3 2 INSERT SKYWIRE BASEBOARD INTO ARDUINO LEONARDO 13 3 3 ENSURE HEADER J6 IS OPEN REMOVE 2 PIN JUMPER 14 3 4 PLUG IN 12V POWER SUPPLY TO CONNECTOR J15 14 3 5 PLUG USB CABLE INTO ARDUINO LEONARDO AND PC 14 3 6 LAUNCH THE ARDUINO APPLICAT...

Page 4: ...baseboard antenna power supply and debug cables The kit enables you to develop your application directly on the Skywire modem with three different ways to connect Connect your PC to the x910 modem UART port via onboard USB to UART converter and send AT commands directly to the modem through PC terminal applications The baseboard is an Arduino shield so you can plug the module directly onto an Ardu...

Page 5: ...PN 30005 rev 5 NimbeLink LLC All Rights Reserved 4 1 4 Block Diagram ...

Page 6: ...covers how to communicate over the serial port to the Telit x910 modem which only requires the use of USB port and connector marked J14 or USB2 in the diagram below USB1 connector J5 is used for Telit firmware updates to the modem and is not used in this section 2 1 Unpack Kit Contents Note Photo depicts modem removed from baseboard however modem ships pre mounted to baseboard for ease of assembly...

Page 7: ...PN 30005 rev 5 NimbeLink LLC All Rights Reserved 6 2 2 Attach Antenna to Baseboard Antenna screws onto SMA connector with a clockwise rotation 2 3 Ensure header J6 is shorted with 2 pin Jumper ...

Page 8: ...PN 30005 rev 5 NimbeLink LLC All Rights Reserved 7 2 4 Plug in 12V Power Supply to connector J15 2 5 Plug USB cable into connector J14 and PC ...

Page 9: ...similar terminal emulator If you do not have a terminal emulator program you can get Tera Term here http logmett com index php download tera term 479 freeware html Your PC may have multiple COM ports Select appropriate USB COM port to communicate with the development kit Serial Settings should be as follows Baud Rate 115 200 bps Data 8bit Parity none Stop 1bit Flow Control none ...

Page 10: ...r plan NimbeLink provides reduced rate Verizon M2M data plans for Skywire products To activate a data plan send an email to SkywireActivations NimbeLink com with your name a phone number to contact you and a list of all MEIDs you would like to activate A NimbeLink staff member will call you to activate the modules real time 2 11 Send Modem Activation String In the terminal program type the letters...

Page 11: ...ge press the CTRL and Z keys at the same time If successful the terminal should respond with CMGS xx 2 13Receive SMS Messages In the terminal program type the letters AT CMGF 1 followed by the Enter key and the terminal should respond with OK Then type AT CMGL REC UNREAD followed by the Enter key If the terminal responds with OK then there are no messages Otherwise the terminal responds with the f...

Page 12: ...NOTE This example uses a configuration for GoDaddy s email service you will need to modify these parameters for your specific outbound email provider To configure your outbound email server substitute your server below AT ESMTP smtpout secureserver net followed by the Enter key and the terminal should respond with OK Substitute the email address you want the email to be From AT EADDR skywire mydom...

Page 13: ...here com Message Subject 0 followed by the Enter key and the terminal should respond with Type the message multiple lines are ok message line 1 followed by the Enter key message line 2 followed by the Enter key message line 3 followed by the Enter key To send the message press the CTRL and Z keys at the same time If successful the terminal should respond with OK Stop sending email and the Skywire ...

Page 14: ...se an Arduino Leonardo which dedicates the UART to the Telit modem and uses a native USB port for software download and debug serial The sample sketches provided are intended for use with Arduino Leonardo development boards 3 1 Install Arduino software first At the time this was written the latest Arduino IDEs could be downloaded here http arduino cc en Main Software The sample sketches were writt...

Page 15: ...12V Power Supply to connector J15 3 5 Plug USB cable into Arduino Leonardo and PC The Arduino Leonardo gets its power from the USB port and does not require an external power supply 3 6 Launch the Arduino Application 3 7 Select Arduino Leonardo board In the Tools drop down select Board then select Arduino Leonardo ...

Page 16: ...own select Serial Port then select your COM port 3 9 Open the SMS Send example Sketch The sketch can be downloaded from the Skywire product page 3 10 Change Destination Phone Number Find DESTINATION_PHONE_NUMBER on line 18 and edit the example phone number to the target recipient s phone number ...

Page 17: ...e application has finished uploading your PC may make a noise indicating that the USB port has disconnected then regained connection Once connected you can open the Serial Monitor by selecting Tools and then Serial Monitor The monitor should show something like this And the recipient should receive the default SMS message ...

Page 18: ...PN 30005 rev 5 NimbeLink LLC All Rights Reserved 17 3 13 Change Default SMS message Find SMS_MESSAGE on line 20 and edit the text between the parenthesis to change the default message ...

Page 19: ... also required they are available via USB Mini B connector J5 4 1 Ensure header J6 is OPEN remove 2 pin Jumper 4 2 Plug in 12V Power Supply to connector J15 This step is important because the only way to power the Skywire embedded cellular modem is through the onboard power supply If you want to power with your own power supply you can do so by removing resistor R4 near J2 and applying a voltage t...

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Page 21: ... Programmable GPIO_03 on Telit x910 modem module 0 1 8V No connection 6 DIN Input UART data in I O level tied to VREF VREF 0 4V VREF Must be implemented 7 ADC1 Input ADC_IN1 input on Telit x910 modem module 12bit resolution 1mV input resistance 1Mohm 0 1 2V No connection 8 GND Input Ground Pin 0 Must be implemented 9 RTS Input Modem Request to Send hardware flow control input VREF 0 4V VREF Tie to...

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