Sunsea AIoT SimCom SIM7090G-EVB Kit User manual

SIM7090G-EVB Kit
User Guide
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Changning District, Shanghai P.R.China
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Document Title: SIM7090G-EVB Kit User Guide
Version: 1.00
Date: 2020-05-09
Status: Release
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Version History
Date Version Description of change Author
2020-5-9 1.00 Origin Tu Hongjun

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Contents
Contents......................................................................................................................................................- 3 -
Figure Index................................................................................................................................................- 4 -
SCOPE........................................................................................................................................................- 5 -
1. SIM7090G-EVB Overview...................................................................................................................... - 6 -
2. EVB Accessory....................................................................................................................................... - 8 -
3. Accessory Interface................................................................................................................................- 9 -
3.1 Power Interface.................................................................................................................................- 9 -
3.2 Audio Interface..................................................................................................................................- 9 -
3.3 SIM Card Interface..........................................................................................................................- 10 -
3.4 UART Port Interface.........................................................................................................................- 11 -
3.5 USB Interface..................................................................................................................................- 12 -
3.5 Power Switch ..................................................................................................................................- 13 -
3.6 PWRKEY Button.............................................................................................................................- 13 -
3.8 LED Indicator ..................................................................................................................................- 13 -
4. Driver Installations................................................................................................................................- 14 -
4.1 EVB KIT USB driver installation...................................................................................................... - 14 -
5. FW Update............................................................................................................................................- 16 -
5.1 Select module platform and firmware path..................................................................................... - 16 -
6. Using SIMCom Serial Port Tool............................................................................................................ - 19 -
7. Test Case..............................................................................................................................................- 20 -
7.1 PDN Auto- activation....................................................................................................................... - 20 -
7.2 Ping Tests........................................................................................................................................ - 21 -
7.3 TCP Functions.................................................................................................................................- 21 -
7.4 MQTT Functions ............................................................................................................................. - 22 -
7.5 GNSS Function Test........................................................................................................................ - 23 -

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Figure Index
FIGURE 1: SIM7090G-EVB TOP VIEW.....................................................................................................- 6 -
FIGURE 2: SIM7090G-EVB BOTTOM VIEW.............................................................................................- 6 -
FIGURE 3: EVB ACCESSORY...................................................................................................................- 8 -
FIGURE 4: AUDIO INTERFACE.................................................................................................................- 9 -
FIGURE 5: VIRTUAL SERIAL PORTS..................................................................................................... - 11 -
FIGURE 6: MICRO USB PORT................................................................................................................- 12 -
FIGURE 7: SIM7090 DEVICES RECOGNIZED BY THE OPERATING SYSTEM ..................................- 14 -
FIGURE 8: BROWSE FOR THE DRIVERS.............................................................................................- 15 -
FIGURE 9: ALL DRIVERS INSTALLED....................................................................................................- 15 -
FIGURE 10: SELECT PLATFORM USING LOAD SECTION..................................................................- 16 -
FIGURE 11: BROWSING FW LOCATION ...............................................................................................- 16 -
FIGURE 12: START THE UPDATE ..........................................................................................................- 17 -
FIGURE 13: UPDATE SUCCESS WILL BE APPEAR. ............................................................................- 17 -
FIGURE 14: SIMCOM SERIAL PORT TOOL INTRODUCTION ...........................................................- 19 -

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SCOPE
THIS DOCUMENT DESCRIBES HOW TO USE SIMCOM EVB AND TE BOARDS TO DO TEST; USER
CAN GET USEFUL INFOABOUT SIM7090G QUICKLY THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT.
THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECTTO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICEATANY TIME.

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1. SIM7090G-EVB Overview
Figure 1: SIM7090G-EVB TOP view
Figure 2: SIM7090G-EVB BOTTOM view

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A: Micro USB Connector
B: UART Port jack
C: PWRKEY
D: Power switch
E: MODULE
F: Handset jack
G: GNSS ANT Interface
H: LTE ANT Interface
P: POWER LED indicator
T: STATUS LED indicator
N: NETLIGHT LED indicator
S：SIM Card holder

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2. EVB Accessory
Figure 3: EVB Accessory
A: SIM7090G-EVB
B: GNSS antenna
C: USB Cable
D: LTE antenna

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3. Accessory Interface
3.1 Power Interface
Both USB interface (A) and UART Port interface (B) provide power supply for EVB.
Pin Signal I/O Description
A and B USB power Input I 5V/0.5A DC Source Input
3.2 Audio Interface
Figure 4:Audio Interface

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Headset interface:
Pin
Signal
I/O
Description
1
MICN I Negative microphone input
2
SPKN
O
Negative receiver output
3
SPKP I Positive receiver output
4 MICP O Positive microphone input
3.3 SIM Card Interface
J202 is the Micro SIM Card holder.

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3.4 UART Port Interface
EVB UART Port interface (B) can provide 5V power supply. This power supply is stepped down to 3.8V by
LDO and then supplies power to VBAT of the module.
EVB UART Port interface (B) could be imaged to two virtual ports. Enhanced COM port is for main UART.
And Standard COM port is for DEBUG UART.
Figure 5: Virtual Serial Ports
Enhanced COM port: AT communication
Standard COM port: Debug
CP2105 driver is available here:
http://www.silabs.com/products/interface/usb-bridges/Pages/usb-bridges.aspx

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3.5 USB Interface
EVB USB interface (A) can also provide 5V power supply. This power supply is stepped down to 3.8V by
LDO and then supplies power to VBAT of the module.
This port is the USB2.0 interface of SIM7090G.
Figure 6: Micro USB Port
HS-USBAT Port 9205 is used for AT communication.
HS-USB Diagnostics 9205 is used for software debug or RF tool connection.
HS-USB NMEA9205 is used for GNSS NMEAlog output.

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3.5 Power Switch
Both USB interface (A) and UART Port interface (B) provide power supply for EVB. After plugging in either
USB cable, switch on SW201, then power indicator LED (LED201) will be keeps on.
3.6 PWRKEY Button
After power on EVB, press the PWRKEY button for more than 1.5 seconds and release, the module will be
powered up, and the STATUS LED (LED101) will be keeps on. The network LED (LED102) will blink.
Please note that the time to press the PWRKEY key cannot exceed 12s(please get more details from
Hardware Design Manual).
3.8 LED Indicator
The working behavior of the LED indicator is as following.
Name Description Status
LEDD201 Power ON/OFF indicator Bright：EVB Power ON;
Extinct: EVB Power OFF
LED102
NET status indicator Blinking at a certain frequency according various net status
LED101 Module status indicator Bright: Module runs normally
Extinct: System is powered down
NETLIGHT Pin Status Module Status
Always ON
Searching Network/Call Connect
200ms ON, 200ms OFF
NET status indicator
800ms ON, 800ms OFF Registered network
OFF Power off / Sleep

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4. Driver Installations
4.1 EVB KIT USB driver installation
When USB Cable is plugged to a PC and connected,there should be several SimTech SIM7090 devices
listed under other devices in Device manager like the following Figure.
Figure 7: SIM7090 Devices Recognized by the Operating System
Please right click on each of the “SimTech SIM7090” devices and select “Update driver” (Figure7). Please
select “Browse my computer for driver software”. Please click “Browse” and manually search and point to
the driver folder “SIM7070_SIM7080 _SIM7090 Series Windows USB Driver_V1.00” (Figure8) and confirm
by clicking “Next”.

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Figure 8: Browse for the drivers
Please repeat same procedure for each of the listed “SimTech 7090” devices under “Other devices” until
getting listed three SimTech devices under “Ports (COM & LPT) , one SimTech device under Modems and
one SimTech device under NetworkAdapters as shown on the following figure.
Figure 9:All drivers installed
After driver installs, Ports can use for purposes bellow;
HS-USBAT Port: AT Command Communication Port
HS-USB Diagnostics: Diagnostics and FW Update Port
HS-USB NMEA: GNSS NMEAOutput Port.

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5. FW Update
5.1 Select module platform and firmware path
SIM7090G can be updated from USB ports through SIMCom QDL tool on Windows PC. Open QDLtool and
choose SIM7080-7900-8100-8200 Series option, then browse correct FW package folder.
Figure 10: Select Platform Using Load Section
Figure 11: Browsing FW Location
Click start button, and power up the module, the tool will automatically detect the module port and start
to download.

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Figure 12: Start the update
After FW update finished, QDL shows updating succeed like on the following figure.
Figure 13: Update Success will be appear.
Note: Before running QDL tool, please install QPST tool first.
Attention:
1) During upgrade procedure, please do not power down module or unplug USB port to avoid damaging
module .
2) Any update failure, please send back the dut1.log to SIMCom for analyzing.
3) Firmware path must beASCII string.
Error code description:
1) Download failed! Partition diff!------you need change BacupRestorQcn = True in cfg.ini ,and put correct
QMBN file into the firmware path(please contact SIMCom FAE for QMBN file).
2) Unable to download Flash Programmer using Sahara Protocol------Please re-power No1
DUT. If re-power modular still display this message, you can try re-install the VC run timer library in tools

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directory.
3) Tool display “Waiting switch To Download Mode” long time, Please check the module driver in your
device manager is all installed.
4) When you Select BacupRestorQcn, the qcn file will be backup into firmware path.

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6. Using SIMCom Serial Port Tool
SIMCom provides a serial port tool(SIMCom Serial Port Tool) for customer to test module through AT
Commands. Serial Port Tool can communicate with modules after opening COM Ports on list. On following
figure, every section of serial tool can be seen.
Figure 14: SIMCom Serial Port Tool Introduction
Also, SIMCom Serial Port Tool may take some log records and save these command list to use later again.
Tool has a 3 CMD List sections and holdsAT Commands with their notes and saves under .ini format on PC
to import it back.