Sierra Wireless MP 881W User manual

MP 881W Modem

User Guide for AT&T

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Rev 1.4

Preface

Rev 1.4 Apr.08 3

Important Notice Duetothenatureofwirelesscommunications,transmission

andreceptionofdatacanneverbeguaranteed.Datamaybe

delayed,corrupted(i.e.,haveerrors)orbetotallylost.

Althoughsignificantdelaysorlossesofdataarerarewhen

wirelessdevicessuchastheSierraWirelessmodemareusedin

anormalmannerwithawell‐constructednetwork,theSierra

Wirelessmodemshouldnotbeusedinsituationswherefailure

totransmitorreceivedatacouldresultindamageofanykind

totheuseroranyotherparty,includingbutnotlimitedto

personalinjury,death,orlossofproperty.SierraWireless

acceptsnoresponsibilityfordamagesofanykindresulting

fromdelaysorerrorsindatatransmittedorreceivedusingthe

SierraWirelessmodem,orforfailureoftheSierraWireless

modemtotransmitorreceivesuchdata.

Safety and Hazards DonotoperatetheSierraWirelessmodeminareaswhere

blastingisinprogress,whereexplosiveatmospheresmaybe

present,nearmedicalequipment,nearlifesupportequipment,

oranyequipmentwhichmaybesusceptibletoanyformof

radiointerference.Insuchareas,theSierraWirelessmodem

MUSTBEPOWEREDOFF.TheSierraWirelessmodemcan

transmitsignalsthatcouldinterferewiththisequipment.

DonotoperatetheSierraWirelessmodeminanyaircraft,

whethertheaircraftisonthegroundorinflight.Inaircraft,the

SierraWirelessmodemMUSTBEPOWEREDOFF.When

operating,theSierraWirelessmodemcantransmitsignalsthat

couldinterferewithvariousonboardsystems.

Note: Some airlines may permit the use of cellular phones while the

aircraft is on the ground and the door is open. Sierra Wireless

modems may be used at this time.

Thedriveroroperatorofanyvehicleshouldnotoperatethe

SierraWirelessmodemwhileincontrolofavehicle.Doingso

willdetractfromthedriveroroperatorʹscontrolandoperation

ofthatvehicle.Insomestatesandprovinces,operatingsuch

communicationsdeviceswhileincontrolofavehicleisan

offence.

Limitation of

Liability

Theinformationinthismanualissubjecttochangewithout

noticeanddoesnotrepresentacommitmentonthepartof

SierraWireless.SIERRAWIRELESSANDITSAFFILIATES

SPECIFICALLYDISCLAIMLIABILITYFORANYANDALL

DIRECT,INDIRECT,SPECIAL,GENERAL,INCIDENTAL,

CONSEQUENTIAL,PUNITIVEOREXEMPLARYDAMAGES

INCLUDING,BUTNOTLIMITEDTO,LOSSOFPROFITSOR

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REVENUEORANTICIPATEDPROFITSORREVENUE

ARISINGOUTOFTHEUSEORINABILITYTOUSEANY

SIERRAWIRELESSPRODUCT,EVENIFSIERRAWIRELESS

AND/ORITSAFFILIATESHASBEENADVISEDOFTHE

POSSIBILITYOFSUCHDAMAGESORTHEYARE

FORESEEABLEORFORCLAIMSBYANYTHIRDPARTY.

Notwithstandingtheforegoing,innoeventshallSierra

Wirelessand/oritsaffiliatesaggregateliabilityarisingunderor

inconnectionwiththeSierraWirelessproduct,regardlessof

thenumberofevents,occurrences,orclaimsgivingriseto

liability,beinexcessofthepricepaidbythepurchaserforthe

SierraWirelessproduct.

Patents Portionsofthisproductmaybecoveredbysomeorallofthe

followingUSpatents:

5,515,013 5,629,960 5,845,216 5,847,553 5,878,234

5,890,057 5,929,815 6,169,884 6,191,741 6,199,168

6,339,405 6,359,591 6,400,336 6,516,204 6,561,851

6,643,501 6,653,979 6,697,030 6,785,830 6,845,249

6,847,830 6,876,697 6,879,585 6,886,049 6,968,171

6,985,757 7,023,878 7,053,843 7,106,569 7,145,267

7,200,512 7,295,171 7,287,162 D442,170 D459,303

D599,256 D560,911

andotherpatentspending.

Thisproductincludes

technologylicensedfrom:

LicensedbyQUALCOMMIncorporatedunderoneormoreof

thefollowingUnitedStatespatentsand/ortheircounterparts

inothernations:

4,901,307 5,056,109 5,101,501 5,109,390 5,228,054

5,267,261 5,267,262 5,337,338 5,414,796 5,416,797

5,490,165 5,504,773 5,506,865 5,511,073 5,535,239

5,544,196 5,568,483 5,600,754 5,657,420 5,659,569

5,710,784 5,778,338

ManufacturedorsoldbySierraWirelessoritslicenseesunder

oneormorepatentslicensedfromInterDigitalGroup.

LicensedunderthefollowingNortelNetworksLimited

patents:

UnitedStatespatentnumbers:5128925,5398247

Francepatentnumbers:2665993,2653959,2659812,2745091

QUALCOMM

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Trademarks AirCard®and“HeartoftheWirelessMachine®”areregistered

trademarksofSierraWireless.Watcher®isatrademarkof

SierraWireless,registeredintheEuropeanCommunity.

SierraWireless,theSierraWirelesslogo,theredwavedesign,

andthered‐tippedantennaaretrademarksofSierraWireless.

Windows®isaregisteredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporation.

QUALCOMM®isaregisteredtrademarkofQUALCOMM

Incorporated.Usedunderlicense.

Othertrademarksarethepropertyoftherespectiveowners.

Contact

Information

Consultourwebsiteforup‐to‐dateproductdescriptions,

documentation,applicationnotes,firmwareupgrades,trouble‐

shootingtips,andpressreleases:

www.sierrawireless.com

Revision History

Sales Desk: Phone: 1-604-232-1488

Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time

E-mail: [email protected]

Post: Sierra Wireless

13811 Wireless Way

Richmond, BC

Canada V6V 3A4

Fax: 1-604-231-1109

Web: www.sierrawireless.com

Revision

number Release

date Changes

1.1 August 2007 •RemoveddetailaboutATcommandparameters,instead

directinguserstotheMP3GModemsATCommandReference

manual.(document#2130810.)

•UpdatedregulatoryinformationforCanadaandtheUSA.(See

“RegulatoryInformation”onpage79.).

1.2 January 2008 •AddedNATandWAPinformation.

1.3 February 2008 •Addedbatterycableinformationunderpowerconnection.

1.4 March 2008 •AddedmoreRegulatoryinformation.(See“RegulatoryInfor‐

mation”onpage79.)

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Contents

Introducing the MP Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Network connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Accounts and coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Supported GSM radio frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Connection methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Virtual serial port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

VPN support for RNAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

MP Modem Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Plan your MP modem installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Where do you want to install your MP modem?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

What type of connection(s) do you plan to use?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Required equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Additional required equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

MP modem accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Hardware and Software

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Installation overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

MP modem housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Connector panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

GPS and I/O options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Overview of installation steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Install the MP modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Step 1—Mount the MP modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Select a location for the MP modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Mounting the MP modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Ground the MP modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Step 2—Mount the antennas and install the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Main RF antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

GPS antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

AP antenna (MP 881W only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Antenna locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Install the antennas and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Step 3—Install the power harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Power connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Power connector (Molex) pinouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Vehicle installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Ignition sense on/off wiring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Ignition sense options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Ground the power harness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Power connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Correct wire splicing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Crimp terminals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Office installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Step 4—Connect the MP modem to computer cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Serial connector (DB9) pinouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Install the USB, Ethernet or serial cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

I/O port connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Step 5—Install the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Step 6—Configure your account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Insert the SIM Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Set up connection profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Create a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Step 7—Test the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

MP Modem Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Turning the MP modem on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Reset the MP modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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3G Watcher software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

3G Watcher Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Launching 3G Watcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

3G Watcher window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Establishing connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Configuring the Router Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Non-NAT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

NAT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

MP modem networking basics in NAT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Enable the router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

File and resource sharing over LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Static IP and TCP/UDP port forwarding in NAT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Set up static IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Set up TCP/UDP port forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Configuring the Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Unlock MP modem configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Change the password (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Enable the wireless access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Set the SSID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Configure the security settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Configure security on the client computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Reset the MP modem to factory defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Configuring the MP Modem to Report GPS and I/O Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

GPS configuration and reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

GPS protocols and commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

GPS display in 3G Watcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

GPS TAIP quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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I/O device installation and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Connector pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Digital input devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Example: panic button connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Digital output devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Analog input devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Example: analog sensor connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

I/O configuration using AT or 3G Watcher commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Analog input setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Digital I/O setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Sending Data to Your Network Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Configure the MP modem to route data to a server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Report frequency timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Monitoring and Tracking configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

The problem created by Network Address Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Solutions to the NAT problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Retrieve the Unique Mobile Device ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Support and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Regulatory, radio frequency and electrical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Weight and dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Host interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Other interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

GPS specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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