Gemalto mPLAS9-W User manual

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Getting Started with LTE Modem
Cards
User Guide
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Contents
0 Document History...................................................................................................... 4
1 Introduction.................................................................................................................5
1.1 Supported Products...........................................................................................5
1.2 Related Documents ...........................................................................................5
2 Getting Started with LTE Modem Cards ...................................................................6
2.1 Technical Requirements for Using LTE Modem Cards......................................6
2.2 Connecting the LTE Modem Card to the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board......7
2.3 Start Up the Module.........................................................................................10
3 Appendix....................................................................................................................14
3.1 LTE Modem Card Adapter Board ....................................................................14
3.1.1 Package content.................................................................................14
3.1.2 LTE Modem Card Adapter Board Description ....................................14
3.2 LTE Modem Card Adapter Board Schematic...................................................15

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1 Introduction
This document describes a ready-to-use development and test environment for the Gemalto
M2M LTE Modem Cards.
The development and test environment comprises the following hardware components
• LTE Modem Card mPLAS9-W, mPLAS9-X, mPLS8-US, mPLS8-E or mPLS62-W
• LTE Modem Card Adapter Board
The purpose of this document1is to guide you through the process of connecting the hardware,
installing the supplied drivers on a Microsoft®Windows 7 or Microsoft®Windows 8 system and
getting started with LTE Modem Card.
1.1 Supported Products
This document applies to the following Gemalto M2M LTE Modem cards:
•Cinterion
®mPLAS9-W
•Cinterion
®mPLAS9-X
•Cinterion
®mPLS8-US
•Cinterion
®mPLS8-E
•Cinterion
®mPLS62-W
LTE Modem Card in this document refers to all of the above mentioned product variants. Where
necessary a note is made to differentiate between these product variants.
1.2 Related Documents
[1] PLAS9-W AT Command Set
PLAS9-X AT Command Set
PLS8-US AT Command Set
PLS8-E AT Command Set
PLS62-W AT Command Set
[2] mPLAS9-W Hardware Interface Description
mPLAS9-X Hardware Interface Description
mPLS8-US Hardware Interface Description
mPLS8-E Hardware Interface Description
mPLS62-W Hardware Interface Description
To visit the Gemalto website you can use the following link:
http://www.gemalto.com/m2m
1. The document is effective only if listed in the appropriate Release Notes as part of the technical docu-
mentation delivered with your Gemalto M2M module.

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2.1 Technical Requirements for Using LTE Modem Cards
• LTE Modem Card (for details see Figure 1 and [2])2
• corresponding driver package (USB)
• Computer running Windows 7 or Windows 8, USB 2.0 High Speed compatible
• Local administrator privileges on the particular Windows computer to install and uninstall
the drivers
• LTE Modem Card Adapter Board (for details see Section 3.1)
• Accessories:
- Two (mPLAS9-W, mPLAS9-X, mPLS62-W) or three (mPLS8-US, mPLS8-E) short 50
Ohms RF adapter cables - 2xRF and 1xGNSS, with ultra-miniatureU.FL SMT connectors
to connect the appropriate U-FL connectors on the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board
(supplied by Gemalto)
- Two external 50 Ohms RF antennas - GSM/UMTS/LTE main antenna and UMTS/LTE
Rx diversity/MIMO antenna, with SMA connector to connect the SMA connector on the
LTE Modem Card Adapter Board (supplied by Gemalto)
-mPLS8-US and mPLS8-E only: One GNSS antenna with SMA connector to connect the
SMA connector on the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board (not supplied by Gemalto).
- 3.3V power supply applied at the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board for powering up the
LTE Modem Card Adapter Board and the connected LTE Modem card (not supplied by
Gemalto M2M)
- USB cable with mini-USB plug (supplied by Gemalto M2M)
• Appropriate application for controlling the module from within a PC’s operating system. For
Windows, e.g. Windows Hyperterminal
• (U)SIM from a GSM/UMTS/LTE network provider
2. For ordering information see [2].

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2.2 Connecting the LTE Modem Card to the LTE Modem Card
Adapter Board
To properly connect the LTE Modem Card and all accessories to the LTE Modem Card Adapter
Board please complete the steps listed below. The complete setup with the LTE Modem Card
mounted onto the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board is shown in Figure 2.
• Ensure that all jumpers on the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board are set to their default posi-
tions as shown in Figure 7 and Table 1.
• Screw the external GSM/UMTS/LTE main and Rx diversity/MIMO antennas to the appro-
priate SMA connectors on the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board (X13 and X14).
•mPLS8-US and mPLS8-E only: Screw the external GNSS Antenna to the SMA Connector
on the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board (X15).
• Plug the USB 2.0 Mini-connector of the USB cable to the Mini USB jack at the LTE Modem
Card Adapter Board (X4). The other end of the USB cable connects to a PC.
• Insert the LTE Modem Card into the connector X1 on the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board.
• Connect the U.FL SMT connectors for the GSM/UMTS/LTE main and Rx diversity/MIMO
antennas on the LTE Modem Card AdapterBoard (X10 and X11) to the matching U.FL SMT
connectors on the LTE Modem Card.
•mPLS8-US and mPLS8-E only: Connect the U.FL SMT connector for the GNSS antenna
on the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board (X12) to the matching U.FL SMT connector on the
LTE Modem Card.
• Insert the (U)SIM card into the card reader labeled X8.
• If not powered over USB make sure that the power supply adapter is switched to 3V3 Volts
and place the Jumper on X20 on the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board to PIN 3 and PIN 4
(see Table 1). Connect the power cables to the red (X3 = 3V3) and black (X2 = Ground)
connectors of the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board.
After connecting the LTE Modem Card with the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board, the LTE Mo-
dem Card can be switched on. The initial startup and possible USB driver installation are de-
scribed in Section 2.3.

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Figure 1: LTE Modem Card (mPLS8-US shown)
Bottom side
Top side
Antenna U.FL-R SMT connectors:
Main antenna DRX/MIMO antenna
PLS8-US R4 SMT module
GPS antenna
PCI Express® Mini Card system connector
PIN 1 PIN 51 PIN 2 PIN 52

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Figure 2: mPLS8-US mounted on LTE Modem Card Adapter Board

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2.3 Start Up the Module
After connecting the E Modem Card to the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board as described in
Section 2.2, the module can be switched on.
Note: The USB drivers provided by Gemalto M2M need to beavailable. Copy the supplied driv-
er files to a folder on the Windows computer. Be sure to use the latest USB driver software sup-
plied by Gemalto.
• Start the Windows PC.
• switch on the external 3.3V power supply, when the power supply of the LTE Modem Card
Adapter Board will be not dne via USB.
• If the USB cable was plugged as described above, and the USB drivers provided by
Gemalto were not yet installed on the computer, you will be prompted to install them:
- On Windows 7 or Windows 8, wait a few seconds until all USB devices show up as "CDC
Serial" in the Windows Device Manager under "Other Devices". Then - from top to bottom
- right-click each "CDC Serial" device, select the option "Update Driver Software...",
browse to the folder you copied the Gemalto USB drivers to, and select this folder to
update the driver software from.
For PLS62-W there will “PLSx” devices shown, which have to updated. Then - from top
to bottom - right-click each PLSx” device, select the option "Update Driver Software...",
browse to the folder you copied the Gemalto USB drivers to, and select this folder to
update the driver software from.
- In any case, cancel any Windows instructions to update the software automatically. For
each USB device take care to browse to the folder containing the unzipped driver soft-
ware.
After successful USB driver installation the installed USB devices are listed in the Windows
Device Manager under "Modems", "Network adapters" and "Ports (COM & LPT)" as shown
in Figure 3 for mPLS8-E/US, in Figure 4 for mPLAS9-W/X and in Figure 5 or PLS62-W.
Figure 3: Installed USB devices mPLS8-E/US

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mPLS8-E/US:
The assignment of the module’s installed USB CDC ACM ports 1-4 (see Figure 3), the ASC0
UART interface and the possible Multiplex channels to the two AT command service instances
MDM and APP as well as the NMEA streaming service interfaces is done by the AT command
AT^SSRVSET. The command provides a number of preconfigured service sets and a custom-
izable service set.
With PLS8 for example, Service Set 1 is configured as delivery default:
• the MDM service is available at the ASC0 interface (UART COM port)
• the APP service is available at the USB interface (CDC ACM port 1)
• the NMEA service (reserved for GNSS data) is also available at the USB interface (CDC
ACM port 2)
The AT command AT^SQPORT shows whether the MDM or APP service is connected to the
device interface the command was sent over.
The two USB devices implemented as USB CDC ECM network adapters are activated and de-
activated by the AT command AT^SWWAN. Via the two WWAN or RmNet adapters different
APNs can be assigned and used simultaneously.
For further details and more information on the above AT commands to configure and operate
the module please refer to [1].
Figure 4: Installed USB devices mPLAS9-W/X
PLAS9-W/X:
The assignment of the module’s installed LTE USBModem and LTE USB ports1-4 (see Figure
4) to the two AT command service instances MDM and APP is done by the AT command
AT^SSRVSET. The command provides a number of preconfigured service sets and a custom-
izable service set.

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With PLAS9-W for example, Service Set 2 is configured as delivery default:
• the MDM service is available at the USB0 interface (CDC ACM LTE USB Modem port)
• the APP service is available at the USB1 interface (CDC ACM LTE USB serial port 1)
The AT command AT^SQPORT shows whether the MDM or APP service is connected to the
device interface the command was sent over.
The two USB devices implemented as USB CDC ECM wireless network adapters are activated
and deactivated by the AT command AT^SWWAN. Via the two WWAN or RmNet adapters dif-
ferent APNs can be assigned and used simultaneously.
For further details and more information on the above AT commands to configure and operate
the module please refer to [1].
Figure 5: Installed USB devices mPLS62-W
mPLS62-W:
The two USB devices implemented as USB CDC ECM network adapters are activated and de-
activated by the AT command AT^SWWAN. Via the two WWAN or RmNet adapters different
APNs can be assigned and used simultaneously.
With the AT command AT^SSRVSET the two USB CDC ECM network adapters can be
changed to one USB CDC MBIM (Mobile Broadband Interface Model) interface.
For further details and more information on the above AT commands to configure and operate
the module please refer to [1].

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• For example, to connect to the mPLS9-W LTE Modem Card via USB interface, check the
properties of the enumerated CDC ACM LTE USB serial port 1, call a terminal program on
the PC and connect to the assigned COM port - in the below Figure 6 to COM port 47
assigned to the CDC ACM LTE USB serial port 1 (Figure 4). You may have to type the AT
command ATE1 to enable an echo for entered AT commands and then type ATI to display
module identification information.
Figure 6: Connection via Gemalto M2M ALSx PLSx LTE USB serial port

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3 Appendix
3.1 LTE Modem Card Adapter Board
3.1.1 Package content
The LTE Modem Card Adapter Board will be delivered together with
• 1 USB Cable (USB Connector A to USB Mini Connector B)
• 3 Hirose Antenna cables
• 2 GMS/UMTS/LTE Antennas
GNSS Antenna and Power supply are not part of the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board delivery.
Ordering Number: L30960-N3202-A300
3.1.2 LTE Modem Card Adapter Board Description
The LTE Modem Card Adapter Board can be powered over USB (X20: Jumper 1-2) or by an
external power supply connected to X2 (GND) and X3 (3V3). For theusage of the external pow-
er supply the jumper on X20 must be set on PIN 3 and Pin 4. On X20 all other signals used by
the LTE Modem Card except USB signals are available.
Table 1: Signals and Jumper on X20
Signal X20 Signal
VDD_3V3 12USB_3V3
VDD_3V3 3 4 EXT_3V3
GND 5 6 GND
1V8 7 8 ANT_CTRL0
LED_WWAN# 9 10 ANT_CTRL1
WAKE# 11 12 LED_WLAN#
PERST#1314GND
W_DISABLE# 15 16 LED_WPAN#
GND 17 18 PCM_CLK
GND 19 20 PCM_OUT
SMB_CLK 21 22 PCM_IN
SMB_DATA 23 24 PCM_FSC

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Figure 7: LTE Modem Card Adapter Board Jumper and Connectors
3.2 LTE Modem Card Adapter Board Schematic
The schematic of the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board is shown in Figure 8.
Antenna connectors
Main Diversity GNSS Power Supply
GND +3.3V 1st SIM
Interface USB
2nd SIM
Interface
PWR ON
LED
PCI Express®Mini Card system connector
for LTE Modem Card
Reset
Switch

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Figure 8: Schematic of the LTE Modem Card Adapter Board

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