AWS IoT ExpressLink SARA-R5 Starter Kit - Getting started
UBX-21042016 - R02 Registering AWS IoT ExpressLink SARA-R5 with your development account
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Registering AWS IoT ExpressLink SARA-R5
with your development account
5.1
Setting up the module
Before a cellular module can be registered with your development account for the first time, it must
have registered with the cellular network for the first time. Ensure that:
•
the provided Thingstream SIM is inserted in the board,
•
a cellular antenna is connected to the antenna connector
marked “LTE”,
•
cellular network that supports LTE-M
•
the board is connected to a host machine using the USB-C connection,
•
a serial terminal application configured as specified in section
is running on the host machine.
Then a “dummy” CONNECT is performed as
in the following steps:
1.
In the
, choose
Settings
(bottom left of the navigation bar) and copy your
account
“Endpoint”
string from
“
Device data endpoint
”
.
2.
Press the
“
SARA On
”
button on the carrier board for around one second to power the cellular
module on;
the white “O
n
” LED should light
.
