Calixto xE910 User manual

Calixto-Telit xE910 MODEM
User Manual
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Revision History
Date
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Remarks
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Table of Contents
1. Introdu tion ................................................................................................... 5
2. CST-xE910-MODEM General Features: .......................................................... 5
3. Calixto CST-xE910-XX-MODEM ordering Info ................................................. 6
3.1 Produ t Variants ....................................................................................................................... 6
4. Produ t details ............................................................................................... 6
5. Hardware Des ription .................................................................................... 9
5.1 Antenna.................................................................................................................................... 9
5.2 Power Ja k ................................................................................................................................ 9
5.3 LED Indi ations ......................................................................................................................... 9
5.4 Battery onne tor ..................................................................................................................... 9
5.5 USB – Mini USB onne tor: ....................................................................................................... 9
5.6 RS232-DB9 (J3) ....................................................................................................................... 10
5.7 Expansion Conne tor Slot (J14) ............................................................................................... 10
6. Telit Module Details: ................................................................................... 11
6.1 HE910 ..................................................................................................................................... 12
6.2 UE910 ..................................................................................................................................... 12
6.3 GE910 ..................................................................................................................................... 12
6.4 CE910 ..................................................................................................................................... 12
7. Ele tri al and Environmental Spe ifi ation .................................................. 12
8. Communi ating with Modem....................................................................... 12
8.1 Serial Interfa e me hanism ..................................................................................................... 12

8.2 Communi ation Software ....................................................................................................... 13
9. Legal Noti e ................................................................................................. 15
9.1 Customer Support: ................................................................................................................. 15
9.2 Usage Restri tion: ................................................................................................................... 15
10. Warranty and Return Poli y ..................................................................... 15
10.1 Warranty Period: .................................................................................................................... 15
10.2 Warranty Coverage: ................................................................................................................ 15
10.3 Produ t Repair: ....................................................................................................................... 16
10.4 RMA (Return Mer handise Authorization) .............................................................................. 16

1 Introduction
This do ument talks about details of Calixto’s Telit xE910 family based modems.
Telit offers its ustomers a form fa tor and family on ept. Part of this on ept is the xE910 family of
wireless modules featuring a single, ompa t form fa tor that is inter hangeable on any regional ellular
network, delivering ubiquitous, ost-effe tive overage for M2M appli ations and onsumer ele troni s
devi es worldwide.
Based on a Land-Grid-Array (LGA) form fa tor with a footprint of just 795mm2 and a total size of 28.2 x
28.2 x 2.2mm, the Telit xE910 family's uniform design gives ustomers the ability to hoose between global
or regional ellular te hnologies depending upon the lo ation and requirements of a spe ifi appli ation
for optimum data rates and module osts.
Supporting GSM/GPRS, UMTS/HSPA+ and CDMA/EV-DO ellular te hnologies, the xE910 family also allows
appli ations to be easily upgraded, su h as when migrating from 2G to 3.5G, while maintaining the ore
design of an appli ation or devi e throughout its life y le. This allows M2M developers and devi e
manufa turers to easily ustomize their appli ations by enabling simple module integration and upgrades.
Calixto xE910 modems are optimum, ready to use solution for ustomers of Ma hine to Ma hine (M2M)
appli ations. This module is based on Telit xE910 family of modules. Calixto provides optional battery
harging feature and GPS support for sele ted modules.
These modems an also be used as ideal evaluation platform to evaluate xE910 modules from Telit.
Some key appli ation areas in lude:
• Industrial M2M ommuni ations
• Remote Monitoring and Control
• Point of Sale Terminals
• Metering
• Warehousing
• Logisti s and Freight Management
.Note: There is optional rugged, yet lightweight aluminum en losure available for this modem.
2 CST-xE910-MODEM General Features:
• Based on Telit xE910 family of Modules
• Currently supported modules are
o HE910: 3G UMTS, HSPA+ with GPRS/EDGE and optional GPS
o UE910: 3G UMTS, HSPA modules
o CE910_SC: Single Band CDMA 1xRTT module.

o GE910: GSM/GPRS modem with USB 2.0 interfa e.
• Wide power input range from 9 to 24 Volt
o Ideal for automotive appli ations.
• USB Interfa e with miniUSB onne tor.
• RS232 interfa e with DB9 onne tor
• Optional battery harger feature
o Ideal for remote monitoring
• 14 pin Expansion onne tor with following interfa es
o 3 GPIOS
o SPI Interfa es
o Digital Voi e Interfa es (DVI)
• Antenna onne tor options
o SMA and uFL options
• Dimension
o 50mm x 75 mm
3 Calixto CST-xE910-XX-MODEM ordering Info
3 1 Product Variants
There are many variants of the module available:
• Standard modem with xE910 modules varieties are:
o CST-HE910-XXX-MODEM (XXX is for different variation of HE910-EUD, EUG et ).
o CST-CE910-SC-MODEM
o CST-GE910-XX-MODEM
• CST-xE910 with battery harging interfa e: CST-xE910-XX-MODEM-BC
4 Product details
The figures below shows pi tures of CST-GL868-MODEM-BC with important omponents marked. SIM ard
holder is in the other side of the board as in se ond pi ture .

FIG1: xE910 MODEM: TOP VIEW
FIG2: xE910 MODEM: BOTTOM VIEW

FIG3: xE910 MODEM with En losure: Side View 1
FIG4: xE910 MODEM with En losure: Side View 2

5 Hardware Description
5 1 Antenna
Antenna onne tor allows transmission of radio frequen y (RF) signals between the modem and an external
ustomer-supplied antenna. Calixto provides option one of the two antenna onne tors. One is uFL and other
one is 50ΩFME male oaxial ja k. As an option Calixto provides WIP Antenna with 50ΩFME male oaxial ja k
onne tor.
For modules with GPS fun tionality, there is a provision for uFL and SMA onne tor.
5 2 Power Jack
The power Ja k supported is 2mm DC power ja k with lo king option. The figure below shows the power ja k
used in the modem.
5 3 LED Indications
There are two LEDs in the xE910 modem. The LED1 (at D3) is POWER indi ator LED The LED1 (at D8) is
MODULE status LED. For CST-xE910-xx- BC, there is an additional Charging Indi ator LED (D4).
5 4 Battery connector
CST-xE910-MODEM-BC modem has additional battery onne tor. This is a 2 pin RELIMATE onne tor (lo ation
B1).
5 5 USB – Mini USB connector:
Calixto xE910 modems ome with USB devi e onne tor (at J4). USB is dire tly onne ted to USB signals of modules.
Please note that GE910-QUAD-V3 does not have USB interfa e.

5 6 RS232-DB9 (J3)
This DB9 onne tor has main UART of the xA910 module in RS232 level. There is also DCD, RING pins from the
module in RS232 level. There is also GSM_RESET, ON_OFF input signals to GL86x module at 0-3.6 V level
dire tly to this DB9 onne tor. These extra pins allow ustomers to utilize the xE910 module ompletely.
Pin No PIN Name Pin Type Signal Type Description
1 DCD O RS232 DCD PIN. Coming from xE910
module. This gives server
onne tivity status.
2 TXD O RS232 Transmit Data of RS232
3 RxD I RS232 Re eption Data for UART
4 ON_OFF I 0 to 3.6 (Typi al
3.3)
ON/OFF PIN OF the module
5 GND Gnd Ground
6 MODULE_RESET I 0-3.6 V (Typi al
3.3)
Reset PIN of xE910 module.
A tive High. (20 ms High Pulse
for reset)
7 CTS O RS232 Clear to Send
8 RTS I RS232 Request to Send
9 RING O RS232 RING PIN. Coming from xE910
module. Notifi ation status for
SMS and all.
5 7 Expansion Connector Slot (J14)

Pin No PIN Name Pin Type Signal Type Description
1
VCC_3V8D
Power
3.8V supply (to use outside)
2 DVI_WA0 I/O CMOS1.8V Digital Voi e Interfa e (WA0).
16K Pull down when Input.
3
DVI_Rx
I CMOS1.8V Digital Voi e Interfa e (RX).
16KPull down is
needed.
4
DVI_Tx
I/O CMOS1.8V Digital Voi e Interfa e (TX).
5
DVI_CLK
I/O
CMOS1.8V Digital Voi e Interfa e (CLK).
16K Pull down when Input.
6
SPI_MOSI/Tx_AU
X
I CMOS1.8V SPI MOSI for HE910, Tx_AUX for
GE910 QUAD
7
SPI_MISO/Rx_AU
X
O
CMOS1.8V
SPI MISO for HE910, Rx_AUX for
GE910 QUAD
8
SPI_CLK
I
CMOS1.8V SPI CLK for HE910. Not used for
other modules.
9
SPI_MRDY
I CMOS1.8V SPI MRDY for HE910. Not used
for other modules.
10 SPI_SRDY
O CMOS 1.8V SPI SRDY for HE910. Not used
for other modules.
11
GPIO_2
I/O CMOS 1.8V GPIO_2 from Module
12
GPIO_3
I/O CMOS 1.8V GPIO_3 from Module
13
GPIO_4
I/O CMOS 1.8V GPIO_4 from Module
14
GND
Gnd Digital Ground
6. Telit Module Details:
Calixto xE910 module designed for all members of Telit’s xE910 family of modules.

6.1 HE910
6.2 UE910
6.3 GE910
6.4 CE910
7 Electrical and Environmental Specification
Parameter
Min
Max
Input Power Supply
-
DC
9
-
24
V
9
-
24
V
Operating Temperature
-
25
0
C
+85
0
C
Relative humidity
-
Operational
10%
90%
8 Communicating with Modem
8 1 Serial Interface mechanism
Customers an interfa e the modem through main (DB9 Conne tor). Following are the serial interfa e format
used in Calixto GL86x modem in below figure:

The CST-GL868-MODEM is built around Telit GL86x module. Customers an follow all the programing
me hanism suggested by Telit.
8 2 Communication Software
Customer an use any serial terminal program in PC to ommuni ate with modem. We have used “rsterm” for
our development and test. Below figure shows typi al s reen shot of “rsterm”.
Customer an use either AT ommands or program the GL86x module with Python s ript defined by Telit.
Some of the do uments to be referred are:
1. Telit Modules Software User Guide_r13 (1vv0300784 Rev.13 2013-02-14)
2. Telit AT Command Referen e guide_r16 (80000ST10025a Rev.16 -2013-02-07)
3. Telit Easy S ript Python_r15 (80000ST10020a Rev 15 -2012-10-09)
4. Telit CMUX Implementation User Guide_r3 (1VV0300994 Rv0.3 – 2013-02-15)
5. Telit SIM A ess Profile User Guide_r3 (80000ST10029a Rev.3-2011-03-01)

6. Telit IP Easy User Guide_r15 (80000ST10028A rev 15-2013-02-19)

9 Legal Notice
9 1 Customer Support:
Calixto Systems are ex ited to offer our ustomers an easy “out of box” experien e by providing board support
pa kage, software demos, user manuals and other ele tro me hani al do umentation to get our evaluation
modules up and running. We also provide further ele troni (email, wiki and dis ussion forum) support for
evaluation of our modules using orresponding Calixto boards.
Customer produ t development support is not part of standard support offer from Calixto systems. If
ustomers are interested, Calixto an offer produ t development servi es around Calixto modules.
9 2 Usage Restriction:
Calixto produ ts are ex ellent starting point for ustomer’s appli ations development. But, sele tion and usage
of Calixto systems produ ts for a parti ular appli ation is responsibility of ustomers. In order to minimize risks
asso iated with ustomer appli ations, the ustomer must use adequate design and operating safeguards to
minimize inherent or pro edural hazards.
Calixto systems produ ts are not intended for use in life support systems and applian es, nu lear systems or
systems where malfun tion an reasonably be expe ted to result in personal injury, death or severe property
or environmental damage. Any use of produ ts by the ustomer for su h purposes are at the ustomer’s own
risk.
Off the shelf produ ts from Calixto systems are ommer ial temperature grade. If ustomers are looking for
Industrial or Extended temperature produ ts, please order them spe ifi ally.
10 Warranty and Return Policy
10 1 Warranty Period:
Calixto Systems guarantees hardware produ ts against defe ts in workmanship and material for a period of twelve (12)
months from the date of shipment.
10 2 Warranty Coverage:
Calixto systems at its sole dis retion, to either repair or repla e the defe tive hardware produ t at no harge.
Shipment osts in both dire tions are the responsibility of the ustomer. The warranty is void if the hardware
produ t has been altered or damaged by a ident, misuse or abuse. The warranty is void if the damage is due
to the shipping of the Produ ts and other external auses like problems with ele tri al power, usage not in

a ordan e with produ t instru tion, and problems aused by use of parts and omponents not supplied by
Calixto systems.
This warranty does not over any items that are in one or more of the following ategories:
a. Software and/or devi e drivers,
b. External devi es,
. A essories or parts added to produ ts after the produ ts shipped from Calixto Systems.
d. All Warranty terms are subje t to hange without prior noti e.
10 3 Product Repair:
• Calixto systems shall repair the defe tive produ ts overed under this warranty that are returned to
Calixto systems.
• Calixto systems shall own all parts removed from repaired produ ts.
• Calixto systems will use parts made by various manufa turers in performing the repair. This an be
different from the omponents used in the original produ ts.
• The repaired produ ts shall be warranted subje ted to the original warranty only (If the original warranty
period left was three months, the repaired produ t warranty will be only for three months)
• Customers shall agree that an independent third party assigned by Calixto Systems may repair the
produ ts overed under this limited warranty.
10 4 RMA ( Return Merchandise Authorization)
• Customer shall en lose the ompleted "Calixto Systems RMA Servi e Form" with the returned pa kages.
• Customers shall provide all the relevant information of the defe t in the “Calixto Systems RMA Servi e
Form”. This will redu e delay in defe t identifi ation and repair.
• Customers shall take responsibility to ensure that the pa kages of defe tive Produ ts are durable enough
to be resistant against further damage and deterioration during shipment. In ase of damages o urred
during the transportation, the repair is treated as “Out of Warranty”.