M-Labs APOLLO series User manual

User
manual
Contents
1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................2
2 ID and Tooling Design................................................................................................................4
3 Hardware Requirements ...........................................................................................................5
3.1 Basic Hardware Requirements .........................................................................................5
3.2 Basic RF Performance Requirements................................................................................7
3.3 Certification and Safety Requirements.............................................................................9
4 Software Requirements...........................................................................................................10
4.1 Basic Software Requirements.........................................................................................10
4.2 Remote Update...............................................................................................................10
4.2.1 Auto Execute ..............................................................................................................10
4.3 Power Modes..................................................................................................................10
4.4 AT Command ..................................................................................................................11
4.5 Report.............................................................................................................................13
4.6 Reset...............................................................................................................................13
4.6.1 Context Preservation..................................................................................................13
4.7 Startup Banner ...............................................................................................................13
5 Test Plan ..................................................................................................................................14
5.1 Hardware Test.................................................................................................................14
5.2 Software Test..................................................................................................................14

1 Introduction
The APOLLO series (including models CDMA/CDMA-B/CDMA-BA/CDMA-G/CDMA-B-
G/CDMA-BA-G) are self-contained vehicle tracking devices that combine GPS location with
CDMA connectivity.
Logically, the APOLLO appears to a user or a server application as a single endpoint device. It
can be queried, updated and configured either through a serial connection, an over the air
CDMA IP connection, or through SMS messaging. The APOLLO series present themselves
over these connections as an enhanced cellular modem with attached functional elements.
These elements include:
□GPS location engine
□2 General Purpose BidirectionalI/O (GPIO) pins
□1 Relay drive pin output
□SerialUARTport
□Input voltage monitor (optional)
□Timers
□Watchdog lockup protection (Dedicated watchdog circuit is optional)
□Factoryload option for motion detection
Access to these elements and general purpose interfaces is done through an extended AT
command set as defined herein.
Application diagram:
This product is designed based on the VIA CBP8.2 CDMA 1X 800M&1900M Baseband chip,
which includes GPS functionality, ARM CPU and CDMA protocol. This Baseband chip is
connected to 256M serial flash, CDMA 800M/1900M/GPS RF Transceiver, and RF Front
end circuit.
The device includes one dual band antenna（CDMA800&CDMA1900）and one dedicate
GPS antenna.

Marketing Information
Item
Description
Potential market
America
Product Design Requirement
Cost: Entry Level
Expected sample Date
QTY of Samples

2 ID and Tooling Design
The product appearance is shown as follows:

3 Hardware Requirements
3.1 Basic Hardware Requirements
Items
Requirement
Baseband Chipset
VIA CBP8.2C/CBP8.2D
RF Transceiver
FCI7790
Memory
Serial Flash 256Mb
PSRAM 128Mb/64Mb (optional)
Air Interface
CDMA 2000 1x, GPS
Frequency
CDMA2000 1x: 800MHz,1900MHz
Antenna
Internal Antenna(800M&1900M)
GPS Antenna
Dedicate high performance ceramic antenna
UIM requirement
No-UIM mode, UIM card connector optional
Interface
UART TX
UART RX
12V DC Input（1A current）
Relay Drive (12V Output ,500mA current)
GPIO1
GPIO2
Battery Monitor
internal analog input scaled (Optional)
Build in battery manager
Required
Dedicate Timers
No
Watchdog
Required (Dedicate Watchdog is Optional)
Motion Detect
Optional（GPS/Sensor）
LED
2 LED required
2 LEDs (one is RED，one is Green)
Battery
Build in battery（80MAH Lion）
Working Time
4hours
Power switch
No
Power Cable color
8 colors
Power Cable connector type
8 pin
Power Consumption
< 5Watts
The Apollo series provides support for specialized hardware features through extended AT
commands. The features supported include the following:
GPS
The major functionality of the GPS module is to compute the correlation results between the
incoming signal and the selected PRN code based on certain Carrier Doppler Frequency, Code
Doppler Frequency, code phase, carrier phase, and the particular satellite the module is
tracking or acquiring.

GPIO
Two GPIO pins, GP1 and GP2, are presented to the external environment on the main
connector. They are general purpose,bidirectional lines capable of providing system
interrupts to generate a report or drive logic levels to external devices. These lines are 2.8V
logic level and are 15V tolerant. These pins default to input. GP1 is pulled down representing 0
when disconnected; GP2 is pulled up representing logical 1 when disconnected. They
should be asserted to a known value if used. GP1 is intended to use for Ignition Sensing.
LED’s
Two LED status indicators are provided to verify correct installation and operation. The
status LEDs are color coded and directly convey the status of the CDMA and GPS
subsystems as described in the table below. Their valid operation also indicates operational
status and power.
LED
Function
Status
Red
GPS
On: GPS satellites acquired and
Locked
Flash Slow: GPS satellite search is in progress
Off: No power or GPS subsystem fault
Green
CDMA/CDMA
Connection
On: Indicates CDMA connection is made
Flash Slow: CDMA subsystem initialization in
process
Flash Fast: CDMA initialization but no data
connection available
Off: No power or CDMA
subsystem fault
The APOLLO provides user control allowing the LEDs to be extinguished once installation is
verified. This feature reduces power and further conceals the APOLLO Tracker from untrained
parties wishing to defeat its operation.
UART
A UART port is provided for AT command and data interaction and optionally for application
specific control. When in power down mode, a character must be sent to the UART first to
wake it up. The port will stay awake for 5 seconds after any character received.
Relay Driver
A 500mA sink capable output pin is provided. This pin is meant to drive a relay coil indented to
interrupt the starter solenoid relay for the ignition circuit to a car.
Battery Monitor
The battery monitor is internal analog input scaled such that the DC value of the power input
pin to the APOLLO system is measured. This value is scaled to span the most significant 8 bits
of the A/D and consequently covers a scale from 0 to 25.5 Volts.

Timers
Timers resident on the CDMA baseband chip generate periodic interrupts for power down
wakeup, watchdog support, report generation and other timer related functions. Report timers
are supported by related AT command and cause generation of periodic reports.

Watchdog
The watchdog is a dedicated part external to the main CPU.
Accelerometer (Option)
The optional accelerometer can be used for motion detection and driver behavior monitoring.
3.2 Basic RF Performance Requirements
Items
Requirements
Remark
TRP free space
>= 20 dBm
TRP free space
TIS free space
<= -104dBm
TIS free space
Antenna loss
<= -3 dB
TRP-TX Power Conducted
Antenna Loss
<= -3 dB
RX receive sensitivity conducted –
TIS
Board RF Specification
Cellular Band RX
Frequency range
869MHz～894MHz
Sensitivity
-108dBm (FER≤0.5%)
Dynamic range
-25～-108dBm (FER≤0.5%)
Single tone Desensitization
-102.4dBm(FER≤1%,-30dBm@±900KHz)
Intermediation Spurious
Response Attenuation
-102.4dBm(FER≤1%,-43dBm@±900 KHz/±1700KHz)
-91.4dBm(FER≤1%,-32dBm @±900 KHz/±1700KHz)
-80.4dBm(FER≤1%,-21dBm @±900 KHz/±1700KHz)
Conducted Spurious
Emission
<-76dBm/1MHz（RX band）
<-61dBm/1MHz（TX band）
<-47dBm/30KHz（other frequency）
Cellular Band TX
Frequency range
824MHz～849MHz
Maximum Frequency error
±300KHz
Maximum output power
24dBm [-3dB~~+2dB] ;
Minimum controlled output
power
<-50dBm
Standby output power
<-61dBm
Code domain power
The code domain power in each inactive code channel
shall be 23 dB or more below the total output power
measured on both the I and Q data channel combined.
Time reference
±1.0uS
Waveform quality
>0.944
Range of open loop output
（test1：－25dBm/1.23MHz）－47.7±9.5dBm

power
（test2：－60dBm/1.23MHz）－7.7±9.5dBm
（test3：－93.5dBm/1.23MHz）20.3±9.5dBm
Conducted spurious emission
-42dBc/30Khzor-54dBm/1.23MHz
（|Δf|:1.25MHz~1.98MHz）
-50dBc/30Khzor-54dBm/1.23MHz
（|Δf|: 1.98MHz~4.00MHz）
<-36dBm/1kHz
（|Δf| > 4MHz, 9KHz < f < 150KHz,）
<-36dBm/10kHz
（|Δf| > 4MHz, 150kHz<f<30MHz,）
<-36dBm/100kHz
（|Δf| > 4MHz, 30MHz<f<1GHz）
<-30dBm/1MHz
（|Δf| > 4MHz, 1GHz<f<12.75GHz）
PCS Band RX
Frequency range
1930MHz ~ 1990MHz
Sensitivity
-108dBm (FER≤0.5%)
Dynamic range
-25 ~ -108dBm (FER≤0.5%)
Single tone Desensitization
-102.4dBm(FER≤1%,-40dBm@±1250KHz)
Intermediation Spurious
Response Attenuation
-102.4dBm(FER≤1%,-43dBm@±1250KHz/±2050KHz)
Conducted Spurious
Emission
<-76dBm/1MHz（RX band）
<-61dBm/1MHz（TX band）
<-47dBm/30KHz（other frequency）
PCS Band TX
Frequency range
1850MHz ~ 1910MHz
Maximum Frequency error
±150KHz
Maximum output power
23dBm [-3dB~~+2dB]
Minimum controlled output
power
<-50dBm
Standby output power
<-61dBm
Code domain power
The code domain power in each inactive code channel
shall be 23 dB or more below the total output power
measured on both the I and Q data channel combined.
Time reference
±1.0uS
Waveform quality
>0.944
Range of open loop
output power
(test1: -25dBm/1.23MHz) -50.7±9.5dBm
Conducted spurious emission
(test2: -60dBm/1.23MHz) -10.7±9.5dBm
(test3: -91.3dBm/1.23MHz) 20.3±9.5dBm

-42dBc/30Khzor-54dBm/1.23MHz
(|Δf|:885KHz~1.98MHz)
-54dBc/30Khzor-54dBm/1.23MHz (|Δf|:
1.98MHz~4.00MHz)
<-36dBm/1kHz (|Δf| > 4MHz, 9KHz < f < 150KHz)
<-36dBm/10kHz (|Δf| > 4MHz, 150kHz<f<30MHz)
<-36dBm/100kHz (|Δf| > 4MHz, 30MHz<f<1GHz)
<-30dBm/1MHz (|Δf| > 4MHz, 1GHz<f<12.75GHz)
GPS
AGPS Support
Embedded AGPS software supporting an internal
GPS subsystem solution
E911 FCC mandated phase 1 and phase 2 (optional1)
Frequency Support
L1-band (1.57542GHz)
Channels: 210 PRN，66 Search，22
Simultaneous tracking
Sensitivity
Sensitivity (UHIS): Tracking: -156dBm
Reacquisition: --53dBm
Acquisition: -144dBm
Tracking Time Requirement
Acquisition
time: Hot: <2s
Warm: <30s
Cold: <60s
Reacquisition: 2s - 10s Depends on signal level
3.3 Certification and Safety Requirements
Items
Requirement
Drop Design
1.2meter 6 direction standard drop test
Temperature Range
-40 to 85°C Operation
-50 to +100°C Storage
Humidity:
20% to 90% Operation
10% to 95% Storage
Altitude:
-500 to +18,000m
Vehicle ISO Test
ISO+7637-2-2004; ISO+7637-3-2007; ISO_10605-
2008; ISO+16750-2-2010
FCC Certification
FCC 47 CFR Part 2、Part 22 and Part 24
Safety
UL Listing
Others Operator Requirement
Industry Canada/ AT&T (optional)
ESD Requirement
15KV non-conductive