Radicom RC3000A-E User manual

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Radicom Research, Inc.
Preliminary
User Manual
for the
RC3000A-E

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Table of Contents
RC3000A-E Product Introduction 3
RC3000A-E Functional Architecture 4
RC3000A-E module Features 5
RC3000A-E Product Mechanical Dimensions 7
Using RC3000AMB to connect to Your System 8
Hardware interface 11
A. UART interface 11
B. Audio interface 12
C. USB interface 13
D. I2C interface 14
E. SPI interface 14
F. GPIO interface 14
G. PCM interface 14
H. ADC interface 15
Global Positioning System (GPS) 16
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 18
Industry Canada statement 19
Safety Rules and Recommendations 20
Antenna Requirements 21
SIM Card Information 23
Introduction to Modem Operation – The AT Command Set 24
Limited Warranty 41
Contacting Radicom Research 43
Information furnished by Radicom Research is believed to be accurate and reliable. However
Radicom Research assumes no responsibility for its use, or any infringement of patents or other
rights of third parties that may result from its use. Radicom Research reserves the right to
change circuitry at any time without notice. This document is subject to change without notice.

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RC3000A-E Product Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Radicom Research’s RC3000A-E product. We are committed
to providing you quality service and technical support. The RC3000A-E is the perfect
solution for integrating WCDMA applications into many different types of embedded
hosts or remote equipment. This product is fully self-contained and requires only a serial
TTL interface from your product, SIM card and cellular signal access to provide you with
state of the art data, fax, and voice operation.
Designed for the global marketplace, RC3000A-E is a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and
dual-band UMTS/HSDPA that works on frequencies of GSM 850MHz, EGSM 900MHz,
DCS 1800MHz, PCS 1900MHz and WCDMA 2100/900MHz, 2100/850MHz or
1900/850MHz. User can choose the module based on the wireless network configuration.
The entire radio band configuration of RC3000A-E is described in the following table.
Standard Frequency RC3000A
GSM
GSM 850MHz 
EGSM 900MHz 
DCS 1800MHz 
PCS 1900MHz 
WCDMA
WCDMA 850MHz
WCDMA 900MHz 
WCDMA 1900MHz
WCDMA 2100MHz 
HSPA HSDPA 
HSUPA
This document is a guideline to help you design the RC3000A-E into your system. If
further information is needed please contact Radicom and we will provide any additional
help you may need.

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RC3000A-E Functional Architecture
Transceiver
Processor
Power
Management
32.768kHz
VCTCXO
19.2MHz
GPS RF
DDR
NAND
Flash
GSM PA
GSM/WCDMA
RF Frontend
WCDMA
PA
SIM
UART
Audio
I2C
USB
GPIOs
ADC
LDO
SPI
Power On
Reset
Vbat*
PCM
Interrupt
Status LED
Vbat*
Single Chip
WCDMA/GSM
Antenna
Vbat*
Regulator
Mini USB
connector
GPS Antenna

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RC3000A-E Features
•RC3000A: Dual-Band UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900MHz, Quad-Band
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz
•Supported embedded LUA Script Language
•A-GPS: MS-Based, MS-Assisted supported
•Support for Data transfer:
HSDPA: Max. 3.6Mbps(DL)
WCDMA: Max. 384Kbps(DL), Max. 384Kbps(UL)
EDGE Class: Max. 236.8Kbps(DL), Max. 118Kbps(UL)
GPRS: Max. 85.6Kbps(DL), Max. 42.8Kbps(UL)
CSD:
•GSM data rate 14.4Kbps
•WCDMA data rate 57.6Kbps
•WCDMA 64Kbps CSD for Video Call
•Support in GSM and WCDMA for Network Identity and Time zone (NITZ)
•MMS
•TCP/IP
•MUX protocol
•FTP/FTPS/HTTPS/SMTP/POP3/DNS
•FOTA
•eCall Ready
•Supported interface: USB2.0, UART, SIM card, SPI, I2C, Keypad, Constant current
sink, GPIO, RTC, ADC, PCM
Feature Implementation
Power supply Single supply voltage 5.0+ - 0.3V
Transmission data
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Dual-mode UMTS/HSDPA/EDGE/GPRS operation
•GPRS Class B, multi-slot class 12 operation, supports
coding scheme: CS1-4
•EDGE multi-slot class 12 operation, supports coding
scheme: MSC1-9
•UMTS R99 data rates-384 kbps DL/UL
•HSDPA Category 5/6 -3.6 Mbps Category 12-1.8 Mbps
•CSD feature: 9.6, 14.4, 64 kbps UL/DL
GPS
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Mobile-Assisted mode
•Mobile-based mode
•Standalone mode
SMS
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MT, MO, CB, Text and PDU mode
•SMS storage: SIM card
•Support transmission of SMS alternatively over CSD or

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GPRS. User can choose preferred mode.
Output power
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UMTS 850/1900: 0.25W
•UMTS 900/2100: 0.25W
•GSM850/GSM900: 2W
•DCS1800/PCS1900: 1W
Audio features
(optional)
Speech codec modes:
•Half Rate (ETS 06.20)
•Full Rate (ETS 06.10)
•Enhanced Full Rate (ETS 06.50 / 06.60 / 06.80)
•AMR (WCDMA)
•AMR+QCP (GSM)
•A5/1, A5/2, and A5/3 ciphering
Serial interface
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Serial Port standard or null modem mode on Serial Port
Interface
•Serial Port can be used to control module by sending AT
command
USB Support USB2.0 Slave mode
Phonebook
management
Support phonebook types: SM, FD, LD, RC, ON, MC
SIM application toolkit
Support SAT class 3, GSM 11.14 Release 98
Support USAT
Real Time Clock Support RTC
Timer function Programmable by AT command
Physical characteristics
Size:1.51” x 2.15”
Weight:25g
Firmware upgrade Firmware upgrade over USB interface
PCM Multiplex on GPIOs. 3 kinds of coding formats: 8 bit (υ-law or
A-law) and 16 bit (linear)
USB Driver support
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Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista
•Windows CE/Mobile
•Linux 2.6
Temperature range
•Normal operation temperature: -30 ℃ to +80 ℃
•Storage temperature: -40 ℃ to +90 ℃
Certification
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RC3000A-A: FCC, PTCRB
•RC3000A-E: CE, GCF
•RC3000A-J: Telec, JATE

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RC3000A-E Mechanical Dimensions
RC3000A-E view:
Side View:

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Using RC3000A-E connecting to Your System
Product picture and Function
1. RC3000A Module
2. RF RPSMA connector
3. SIM card socket
4. SPI/I2C/GPIO/ADC nterface socket (please see note1 for pins out orientation)
5. 3.5mm Ear phone jack
6. 3.5mm M crophone jack
7. GPS RF SMA connector
8. IDC 10 RS232 socket (please see note2 for pins out orientation)
9. M n USB connector
10. USB_5V power on nd cator
11. Network status nd cator

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Note 1:
SPI/I2C/GPIO/ADC interface socket pins out definition:
1: ADC_2 2: ADC_1 3: GPIO_1 4: Ground 5: I2C_SDA 6: SPI_CS_N
7: GPIO_2 8: SPI_MOSI_DATA 9: I2C_SCL 10: SPI_MISO_DATA
11: VDD+3.3V 12: SPI_CLK
Note 2:
IDC 10 RS232 socket pins out definition:
1: DCD 2: RXD 3: TXD 4: DTR 5: Ground
6: DSR 7: RTS 8: CTS 9: RI 10: NC
P in10
Pin9
Pin 1
Pin2

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`Launch RC3000A-E Product
1. Connect antenna/SIM card/IDC 10 RS232 cable to
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1 RF RPSMA connector/
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3 SIM card socket/
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8 IDC 10 RS232 socket accord ngly
2. Plug n
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9 M n USB connector 5V power
3.
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11 USB_5V power on nd cator (blue LED) w ll turn on
4.
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10 Network status nd cator (green LED) w ll be on after blue LED turns on 5
seconds, RC3000AMB s enter ng power on sequence at th s stage.
5. When Dockl ght screen shows below message wh ch means the UART port s
establ shed:
6. 2014/1/3 14:51:44.068 [RX] - <NUL> ?  <CR><LF>
7. START<CR><LF>
8. <CR><LF>
9. +STIN: 25<CR><LF>
10. <CR><LF>
11. +STIN: 25<CR><LF>
12. <CR><LF>
13. +CPIN: READY<CR><LF>
14. <CR><LF>
15. SMS DONE<CR><LF>
16. <CR><LF>
17. +VOICEMAIL: INIT_STATE, 0, 0<CR><LF>
18. <CR><LF>
19. PB DONE<CR><LF>
6. 3G network s connected f the
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10 Network status nd cator (green LED) flashed
once/sec
7. Type AT command to control RC3000AMB k t (please refer to page 36 AT Commands
Samples)
8. D al SIM card phone number, and type “A” “T” “A” to p ck up phone call
<CR><LF>
RING<CR><LF>
2014/1/3 15:27:11.249 [TX] - A
2014/1/3 15:27:11.258 [RX] - A
2014/1/3 15:27:11.718 [TX] - T
2014/1/3 15:27:11.728 [RX] - T
2014/1/3 15:27:12.178 [TX] - A
2014/1/3 15:27:12.188 [RX] - A
2014/1/3 15:27:12.959 [TX] - <CR><LF>
2014/1/3 15:27:12.968 [RX] - <CR>
<CR><LF>
VOICE CALL: BEGIN<CR><LF>
<CR><LF>
OK<CR><LF>
Hardware Interface
A. UART interface: