NimbeLink Skywire User manual

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Skywire™
Development Kit
User Manual
NimbeLink, LLC
Revised: March 2014

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1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 3
1.1 ORDERABLE PART NUMBERS ..................................................................................................................................3
1.2 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES........................................................................................................................................3
1.3 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................3
1.4 BLOCK DIAGRAM..................................................................................................................................................4
2. CONNECT TO KIT USING A PC........................................................................................................................ 5
2.1 UNPACK KIT CONTENTS .........................................................................................................................................5
2.2 ATTACH ANTENNA TO BASEBOARD ..........................................................................................................................6
2.3 ENSURE HEADER J6 IS SHORTED WITH 2PIN JUMPER ...................................................................................................6
2.4 PLUG IN 12V POWER SUPPLY TO CONNECTOR J15 .....................................................................................................7
2.5 PLUG USB CABLE INTO CONNECTOR J14 AND PC .......................................................................................................7
2.6 PRESS AND HOLD BUTTON S1 FOR >1 SECOND ...........................................................................................................8
2.7 OPEN TERA TERM OR SIMILAR TERMINAL EMULATOR...................................................................................................8
2.8 TEST SERIAL COMMUNICATION ...............................................................................................................................9
2.9 TEST NETWORK COMMUNICATION ..........................................................................................................................9
2.10 ACTIVATE MODEM (ONE-TIME STEP)...................................................................................................................9
2.11 SEND MODEM ACTIVATION STRING ....................................................................................................................9
2.12 SEND SMS MESSAGE.....................................................................................................................................10
2.13 RECEIVE SMS MESSAGES................................................................................................................................10
2.14 DELETE RECEIVED SMS MESSAGE ....................................................................................................................10
2.15 SEND EMAIL................................................................................................................................................11
3. CONNECT KIT TO ARDUINO......................................................................................................................... 13
3.1 INSTALL ARDUINO SOFTWARE FIRST .......................................................................................................................13
3.2 INSERT SKYWIRE BASEBOARD INTO ARDUINO LEONARDO ...........................................................................................13
3.3 ENSURE HEADER J6 IS OPEN, REMOVE 2PIN JUMPER ...............................................................................................14
3.4 PLUG IN 12V POWER SUPPLY TO CONNECTOR J15 ...................................................................................................14
3.5 PLUG USB CABLE INTO ARDUINO LEONARDO AND PC ...............................................................................................14
3.6 LAUNCH THE ARDUINO APPLICATION .....................................................................................................................14
3.7 SELECT ARDUINO LEONARDO BOARD......................................................................................................................14
3.8 SELECT SERIAL PORT ...........................................................................................................................................15
3.9 OPEN THE ‘SMS SEND’EXAMPLE SKETCH ...............................................................................................................15
3.10 CHANGE DESTINATION PHONE NUMBER ............................................................................................................15
3.11 UPLOAD AND RUN THE SKETCH ........................................................................................................................16
3.12 OPEN DEBUG SERIAL MONITOR .......................................................................................................................16
3.13 CHANGE DEFAULT SMS MESSAGE ....................................................................................................................17
4. CONNECT KIT TO OTHER DEVELOPMENT KIT .............................................................................................. 18
4.1 ENSURE HEADER J6 IS OPEN, REMOVE 2PIN JUMPER ...............................................................................................18
4.2 PLUG IN 12V POWER SUPPLY TO CONNECTOR J15 ...................................................................................................18
4.3 CONNECT OTHER DEVELOPMENT KIT TO CONNECTOR J8............................................................................................20

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1. Introduction
1.1 Orderable Part Numbers
Orderable Device
Description
Carrier
Network Type
NL-SWDK-1xRTT-V
Skywire Development Kit, includes NL-SW-1xRTT-V
Verizon
CDMA 1xRTT
NL-SWDK-EVDO-V
Skywire Development Kit, includes NL-SW-EVDO-V
Verizon
CDMA EVDO
1.2 Additional Resources
The following documents or documentation resources are referenced within this document.
Telit’s CE910 Hardware User Guide
Telit’s DE910 Hardware User Guide

1.3 Product Overview
The Skywire™ Development Kit includes one Skywire™ cellular modem, baseboard, antenna,
power supply, and debug cables. The kit enables you to develop your application directly on the
Skywire™ modem with three different ways to connect:
Connect your PC to the x910 modem UART port via onboard USB-to-UART converter
and send AT commands directly to the modem through PC terminal applications.
The baseboard is an Arduino shield, so you can plug the module directly onto an Arduino
microcontroller. (Kit includes sample sketches showing how to initialize the modem, make
data connections, and send and receive SMS messages.)
To connect the kit to a different processor or development kit, a 14-pin header breaks out
the necessary signals for easy connection to any device. The modem supports I/O levels
from 1.65-5.5V, simplifying connection to other systems.

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1.4 Block Diagram

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2. Connect to Kit using a PC
This section covers how to connect your development kit to a PC and
provision the modem with your cellular plan. It also covers how to
communicate over the serial port to the Telit x910 modem which only
requires the use of USB port and connector marked J14 or USB2 in the
diagram below. USB1 (connector J5) is used for Telit firmware updates to
the modem and is not used in this section.
2.1 Unpack Kit Contents
Note: Photo depicts modem removed from baseboard, however, modem ships
pre-mounted to baseboard for ease of assembly.

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2.2 Attach Antenna to Baseboard
Antenna screws onto SMA connector with a clockwise rotation
2.3 Ensure header J6 is shorted with 2 pin Jumper

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2.4 Plug in 12V Power Supply to connector J15
2.5 Plug USB cable into connector J14 and PC

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2.6 Press and hold button S1 for >1 second
Note: LEDs D1 on baseboard and D1 on module flash ON momentarily.
2.7 Open Tera Term or similar terminal emulator
If you do not have a terminal emulator program, you can get Tera Term
here: http://logmett.com/index.php?/download/tera-term-479-freeware.html
Your PC may have multiple COM ports. Select appropriate USB COM
port to communicate with the development kit.
Serial Settings should be as follows:
Baud Rate: 115,200 bps
Data: 8bit
Parity: none
Stop: 1bit
Flow Control: none

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2.8 Test Serial Communication
In the terminal program, type the letters:
AT
followed by the Enter key, and the terminal should respond with:
OK
2.9 Test Network Communication
In the terminal program, type the letters:
AT+CREG?
followed by the Enter key, and the terminal should respond with:
+CREG: 0,1 or +CREG: 0,5
For all other responses, review network status responses online.
2.10 Activate Modem (one-time step)
The cellular module included in the kit does not have an active
cellular plan. NimbeLink provides reduced rate Verizon M2M
data plans for Skywire products. To activate a data plan, send
an email to Sky[email protected] with your
name, a phone number to contact you, and a list of all MEIDs
you would like to activate. A NimbeLink staff member will call
you to activate the modules real-time.
2.11 Send Modem Activation String
In the terminal program, type the letters:
ATD*22899;
followed by the Enter key, and the module will begin the activation process
which can take several minutes. The terminal should respond with:
OK
#OTASP: 0
#OTASP: 1
#OTASP: 2
NO CARRIER
For all other responses, review network status responses online.
Reset power, and repeat steps 2.4 through 2.9 before moving
on to step 2.12.

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2.12 Send SMS Message
In the terminal program, type the letters:
AT+CMGF=1
followed by the Enter key, and the terminal should respond with:
OK
Substitute the destination phone number for the example 5554443333.
Then type:
AT+CMGS=”[phone]”
followed by the Enter key, and the terminal should respond with:
>
At this point you can type a custom message (keep to less than 160
characters).
To send the message, press the CTRL and Z keys at the same time.
If successful, the terminal should respond with:
+CMGS: xx
2.13Receive SMS Messages
In the terminal program, type the letters:
AT+CMGF=1
followed by the Enter key, and the terminal should respond with:
OK
Then type:
AT+CMGL="REC UNREAD”
followed by the Enter key,
If the terminal responds with
OK
then there are no messages.
Otherwise, the terminal responds with the first message in the form:
+CMGL=index, message_status, address, [address_text],
[time_stamp] [,address_type, body_length] <CR> <LF>
sms_message_body[<CR> <LF> +CMGL: ...]
This is an example:
+CMGL: 0,"REC UNREAD","555444333","",20130925202238
SMS message
2.14Delete Received SMS Message

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In the terminal program, type the letters:
AT+CMGD=1,4
followed by the Enter key, and the terminal should respond with:
OK
2.15Send EMAIL
You can use the Skywire cell modem to send an email directly to an email
recipient using the AT#EMAILD command once a few parameters
regarding the email service provider are configured.
The Skywire cannot do SSL or other encrypted email methods but if you
have an email provider that will accept connection on SMTP port 25 and
then authenticate with a username and password, you can use that
service to send email from the Skywire.
NOTE: This example uses a configuration for GoDaddy's email service
you will need to modify these parameters for your specific outbound email
provider.
To configure your outbound email server, substitute your server below:
AT#ESMTP="smtpout.secureserver.net"
followed by the Enter key, and the terminal should respond with:
OK
Substitute the email address you want the email to be From:.
AT#EADDR="[email protected]"
followed by the Enter key, and the terminal should respond with:
OK
Provide your email login to your account, in our example, secureserver.net
AT#EUSER="[email protected]"
followed by the Enter key, and the terminal should respond with:
OK
Provide the password for the account
AT#EPASSW="myaccountpassword"
followed by the Enter key, and the terminal should respond with:
OK
Save the email configuration:
AT#ESAV

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Initiate email sending; this causes Skywire to activate and get an IP
address:
AT#EMAILACT=1
followed by the Enter key, and after a short delay, the terminal should
respond with:
OK
Provide the email details and body:
AT#EMAILD="[email protected]","Message Subject",0
followed by the Enter key, and the terminal should respond with:
>
Type the message, multiple lines are ok:
message line 1
followed by the Enter key
message line 2
followed by the Enter key
message line 3
followed by the Enter key
To send the message, press the CTRL and Z keys at the same time.
If successful, the terminal should respond with:
OK
Stop sending email and the Skywire goes off the network:
AT#EMAILACT=0
If successful, the terminal should respond with:
OK

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3. Connect Kit to Arduino
Most Arduino boards typically have a single UART which is used for
downloading software and debug serial monitoring. The Telit modem
requires a dedicated UART connection to a processor, so to simplify
development with Arduino boards, use an Arduino Leonardo which
dedicates the UART to the Telit modem and uses a native USB port for
software download and debug serial. The sample sketches provided are
intended for use with Arduino Leonardo development boards.
3.1 Install Arduino software first
At the time this was written, the latest Arduino IDEs could be downloaded
here: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
The sample sketches were written and tested using Arduino 1.0.5 on a PC
running Windows 7.
3.2 Insert Skywire Baseboard into Arduino Leonardo

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3.3 Ensure header J6 is OPEN, remove 2 pin Jumper
3.4 Plug in 12V Power Supply to connector J15
3.5 Plug USB cable into Arduino Leonardo and PC
The Arduino Leonardo gets its power from the USB port and does not
require an external power supply.
3.6 Launch the Arduino Application
3.7 Select Arduino Leonardo board
In the ‘Tools’ drop down, select ‘Board’, then select ‘Arduino Leonardo’.

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3.8 Select Serial Port
In the ‘Tools’ drop down, select ‘Serial Port’, then select your COM port.
3.9 Open the ‘SMS Send’example Sketch
The sketch can be downloaded from the Skywire product page.
3.10 Change Destination Phone Number
Find “DESTINATION_PHONE_NUMBER” on line 18 and edit the example
phone number to the target recipient’s phone number.

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3.11 Upload and Run the Sketch
3.12 Open Debug Serial Monitor
When the application has finished uploading, your PC may make a noise
indicating that the USB port has disconnected, then regained connection.
Once connected, you can open the Serial Monitor by selecting:
‘Tools’ and then ‘Serial Monitor’
The monitor should show something like this:
And the recipient should receive the default SMS message.

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3.13 Change Default SMS message
Find “SMS_MESSAGE” on line 20 and edit the text between the
parenthesis to change the default message.

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4. Connect Kit to other Development Kit
The Skywire™development kit can be connected to other embedded
development kits via 14-pin connector J8. If modem USB signals are also
required, they are available via USB Mini-B connector J5.
4.1 Ensure header J6 is OPEN, remove 2 pin Jumper
4.2 Plug in 12V Power Supply to connector J15
This step is important because the only way to power the Skywire™
embedded cellular modem is through the onboard power supply. If you
want to power with your own power supply, you can do so by removing
resistor R4 (near J2), and applying a voltage to pin 2 of header J2.

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