FALCOM TWIST User manual

User Manual
Falcom TWIST GSM-Modem
Falcom TWIST GSM-Modem

© 2001
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Communications GmbH. Any reproduction of this User Manual in whole
or in part, electronic storage or translation in other languages are
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Communications GmbH.
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not be regarded as guaranteed properties in the legal sense.
All rights reserved.
Trademarks:
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User Manual Contents
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Contents
List of figures 3
Versions 5
1 Preliminary notes 7
1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2 Alert symbols used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3 Scope of delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Technical specifications 8
3 Security 11
4 Safety standards 15
5 Technical description 17
5.1 Parts and brief description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6 Start-up 21
6.1 Basic installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.1.1 Display window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
7 GSM-Communicator 37
7.1 Installation of the GSM-Communicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
7.1.1 Minimum system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
7.1.2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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7.2 Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.3 Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7.3.1 Voice call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.3.2 Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7.3.3 SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.3.4 Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
8 Annex 55
8.1 Falcom.ini file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
8.2 AT-Commands for start-up of the
Falcom TWIST GSM-Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
8.2.1 Transfer PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
8.2.2 Activate saved default parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.2.3 Change and save defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.3 AT-Commands for user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.3.1 Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.3.2 Setting the SMS Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.3.3 Send SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
8.3.4 Receive SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
8.3.5 Send voice call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
8.4 General AT-Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
8.5 Pin configuration of the 9-pole D-sub socket . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
8.6 Pin configuration of serial data cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
8.7 Falcom TWIST GSM-Modem troubleshooting
guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
8.8 Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

User Manual List of figures
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List of figures
Fig. 1: Falcom TWIST GSM-Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fig. 2: Headset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Fig. 3: Installing the GSM antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Fig. 4: Connecting the data cable to the computer . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fig. 5: Connecting the data cable to the modem. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fig. 6: Loading the SIM card step 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fig. 7: Loading the SIM card step 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fig. 8: Loading the SIM card step 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fig. 9: Connecting the modem to the power supply . . . . . . . . . . 25
Fig. 10: Power supply with AC/DC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Fig. 11: Connecting the headset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fig. 12: Driver/driver application step 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fig. 13: Driver/driver application step 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Fig. 14: Driver/driver application step 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Fig. 15: Windows modem installation step 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fig. 16: Windows modem installation step 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fig. 17: Windows modem installation step 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Fig. 18: Windows modem installation step 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Fig. 19: Windows modem installation step 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Fig. 20: Driver/driver application completion window . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fig. 21: Task bar with icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fig. 22: The Enter PIN window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fig. 23: Display window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fig. 24: File menu item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fig. 25: PIN menu item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fig. 26: Configuration menu item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fig. 27: SMS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fig. 28: Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fig. 29: Reinitialization 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fig. 30: Reinitialization 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fig. 31: Info menu item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fig. 32: GSM-Communicator step 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Fig. 33: GSM-Communicator step 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Fig. 34: GSM-Communicator Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Fig. 35: GSM-Communicator step 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fig. 36: GSM-Communicator step 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fig. 37: Prompt window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fig. 38: configure Port window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Fig. 39: configure internet window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Fig. 40: Main menu window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Fig. 41: Main menu without SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fig. 42: Headset prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fig. 43: Voice call window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fig. 44: Call history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Fig. 45: Select from call history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fig. 46: DTMF Dialer window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fig. 47: Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fig. 48: Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fig. 49: SMS window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fig. 50: incoming SMS field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fig. 51: Internet start address window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

User Manual Versions
TWIST GSM-Modem Version 1.00 Page 5
Versions
Version number Author Changes
1.00 J. Skeide Initial version

Versions User Manual
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User Manual Preliminary notes
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1 Preliminary notes
1.1 General
Thank you very much for deciding to buy the Falcom TWIST
GSM-Modem.
This User Manual contains all information you require to use the
Falcom TWIST GSM-Modem.
Please read this User Manual very carefully to avoid mistakes and to
make optimal use of the modem.
1.2 Alert symbols used
1.3 Scope of delivery
Part Quantity
Basic unit 1
Antenna 1
Serial data cable 1
Mains cable with AC/DC adapter 1
Setup CD 1
Alerts the user to potential safety risks or damage of the
application software
!
Indicates important information and tips

Technical specifications User Manual
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2 Technical specifications
Communications standard
GSM 900/1800 (1900) Phase 2/2+
Dual Band Modem
GSM services
Telephony Emergency Calls
FR/ERF/HR DTMF
SMS MO, MT, Cell Broadcast
Return Call Message
Data 300 ... 14400BPS, transparent/
non-transparent, V.21, V.22,
V.23, V.22 bis V.26te r, V.32,
V.34, V.110
Fax Group3 / Class 2
Supplementary services
Echo Cancellation, Call Forwarding, Phonebook, Multiparty, Call
Baring, Fixed Dialling Number, Call waiting and Call hold, Call Line
Identity, Advice of Charge, USSD
Electrical parameters
Power supply DC 5 V +/- 20 %
Current consumption GSM 900:
• 120 mA/5 V Power Mode 1
(idle)
• 570 mA/5 V Power Mode 2
(Power Level 5; max.)
• 500 mA/5 V Power Mode 3
(Power Level 7)