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Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 LEGAL DISCLAIMER AND CONDITIONS OF USE This document contains information for the Iridium 9602 Short Burst Data Transceiver and accompanying accessories (“Product”) is provided “as is.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 Revision History Revision 0.1 0.2 4.0 Date Sep 11 2009 Oct 20 2009 Mar 1 2010 Comment First revision adapted from 9601 Product Developers Guide v1.25 Updated following feedback from ISLLC Update following FP-1 build Iridium Communications Inc.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 Contents Revision History ............................................................................................................................. 3 Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 4 List of Abbreviations ............................
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.5 Qn – Quiet Mode ....................................................................................................... 6 5.6 Vn – Verbose Mode................................................................................................... 6 5.7 Zn – Soft Reset ...................................................................................
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 6.1.4 Sr – Direct S-Register Reference............................................................................... 6 6.1.5 Sr? – Direct S-Register Read..................................................................................... 6 6.1.6 Sr=n – Direct S-Register Write .........................................................................
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 List of Abbreviations Abbreviation Description CE ESS ETC FA FCC GND GSS IC IMEI LBT Conformité Européene (V.24 signal) Clear To Send. This signal is used to control the flow of data to the 9602 Direct Current (V.24 signal) Data Carrier Detect Data Communications Equipment. In this Product, DCE refers to the 9602 (V.24 signal) Data Set Ready.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 1 Product Overview The Iridium 9602 Short Burst Data Only Transceiver (9602) is designed to be integrated into a wireless data application with other host system hardware and software to produce a full solution designed for a specific application or vertical market.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 1.2 Transceiver Packaging and Regulatory Certification The 9602 SBD Transceiver is a regulatory approved daughter module transceiver that can be fitted within an enclosed host system.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 1.3 Software Revision Product Developers should read this document in conjunction with the “Software Release Notes” relevant to the revision of the software that is loaded into their 9602 SBD Transceiver.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 2 Physical Specification For illustrative purposes a picture of the 9602 SBD Transceiver Module is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 The 9602 SBD Transceiver Module 2.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 Figure 2 General Assembly and Dimensions of the 9602 SBD Transceiver Module (Not to scale, dimensions in millimeters) This drawing shows some of the key dimensions within the 9602 module, and specified the mechanical position of its connectors with respect to its mounting holes. Iridium Communications Inc.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 2.2 Mechanical Dimensions – Motherboard Mounting The 9602 SBD Transceiver must be fitted within an enclosed host system. With appropriate external connections, the host system motherboard and host system enclosure can be designed to meet full transceiver regulatory tests.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 Figure 4 Example host system motherboard footprint showing mounting position of 9602 (Not to scale. Dimensions in millimeters) Notes for Figure 4 1. This example of a host system motherboard footprint is shown for illustrative purposes only. The host system may require a different PCB layout or mechanical arrangement. 2.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 2.3 Environmental 2.3.4 Environmental Specification The environmental specifications of the 9602 are summarized in Table 5 below. Table 5: Environmental Specifications Parameter Operating Temperature Range1 Operating Humidity Range Storage Temperature Range Storage Humidity Range Value -40ºC to + 85ºC ≤ 75% RH -40ºC to + 85ºC ≤ 93% RH 2.3.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 3 Electrical Interfaces The following subsections contain information for the electrical interfaces of the 9602 SBD Transceiver for the non-RF connections. RF interfaces are covered in section 4 3.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 3.1.5 User Connector Pin Allocation The user connector is a 2-row 20-way header. Individual pin assignments are shown in Table 7 and the limits for the digital signals are listed in Table 8.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 Figure 5 provides a reference for the pin designation. Note that this designation is when looking into the User connector towards the 9602 module. It is not to scale and not representative of the connector mechanical layout. Figure 5 User Connector Pin Number Designation (from below module) Notes: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 3.2 DC Power Interface The DC power interface is comprised of the DC power inputs and a control signals as summarized in Table 7. The +5V Inputs and 0V supply returns are used to supply DC power to the 9602 and ensure that enough current can be drawn across the connector without the 9602 malfunctioning during transmit due to lack of current supply.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 9522B products. Prior to turning off the modem a “flush memory” (AT*F) command should be issued to ensure all memory write activity is completed. When a transceiver has been turned off, Product Developers should not reapply power on a unit until more than 2 seconds has elapsed after power has reached 0V.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 3.3 Serial Data Interface The Serial data interface is used to both command the 9602 and transfer user data to and from the Transceiver. The 9602 presents a 9-wire data port to the FA (Field Application), where the interface is at 3.3V digital signal levels.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 The serial interface may be operated with a 3-wire connection, where only transmit, receive and ground signals are used. However the 9 wire interface offers better control and is the recommended implementation. Iridium is only able to provide limited 3-wire interface support.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 3.3.6 Modes of Operation The serial interface is always in one of three modes: command mode, SBD data mode or SBD session mode. When the data port is in command mode, AT commands can be entered to control the 9602. In command mode, flow control has no effect, with the RTS input ignored and the CTS output driven ON (low).
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 3.5 Network Available Output This is a digital output that can be used by an application to know when the Transceiver has visibility to the satellite network. This is useful in applications where the Transceiver may move around terrain that reduces the amount of time that clear line of sight to the satellite constellation is available.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 4 RF Interface This section describes the physical characteristics of the RF connectors and specifications of the RF Interface. 4.1 RF Connector Types Both the antenna and GPS connectors on the 9602 use a male MMCX type connector from SAMTEC, part number MMCX-J-P-H-ST-TH1.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 4.3 GPS Connector The second RF connector, labeled “GPS” in the board silkscreen, is a pass-through connection from the antenna path and is provided for GPS receivers that wish to share the main antenna. An overview of this circuit is provided in Figure 7.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 4.4 R F Interface Specifications The RF interface requirements for the 9602 are summarized in Table 12 below. Table 12: General RF Parameters Parameter Value Frequency Range 1616 MHz to 1626.5 MHz Duplexing Method TDD (Time Domain Duplex) Input/Output Impedance 50Ω Multiplexing Method TDMA/FDMA 4.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5 AT Command Set Description This document specifies the AT Commands supported by the 9602 Transceiver. Informative examples are presented in Section 8. The 9602 is compatible with all previous 9601 with the exception of +CCLK.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.4 In – Identification Requests the 9602 to display information about itself.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 0 Recall factory default 0. 5.10 &Kn – Flow Control Select the flow control method between the 9602 and DTE. Flow control is only applied to the transfer of SBD message data; it does not apply to AT commands and their responses. 0 Disables flow control. 3 Enables RTS/CTS flow control (default). 5.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.16 *Rn – Radio Activity Control radio activity. 0 Disable radio activity. 1 Enable radio activity (default). While the radio is disabled: • SBD sessions can not be initiated; they will fail immediately. • No SBD Automatic Notifications will be issued for automatic-MT messages. • No registration, i.e. location updates will be performed.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.22 +CIER – Indicator Event Reporting Set Command: +CIER=[[,[,]]] The set command enables or disables sending of the +CIEV unsolicited result code from the 9602 to the DTE in case of indicator state changes. controls the processing of the +CIEV unsolicited result codes.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 Network service availability is equivalent to a signal strength greater than 0. The service availability indicator provides a way for the FA to wait until the 9602 can start an SBD session without receiving continual notifications of changes in signal strength. Read Command: +CIER? Query the current indicator event reporting settings.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.24 +CSQ – Signal Quality Exec Command: +CSQ[F] Execution command returns the received signal strength indication from the 9602. Response is in the form: +CSQ: where: : 0 Equivalent to 0 bars displayed on the signal strength indicator. 1 Equivalent to 1 bar displayed on the signal strength indicator.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.25 +CULK – Unlock Exec Command: +CULK= Unlock the Transceiver after it has been locked by the Gateway. The unlock key must be obtained by contacting Iridium’s customer support. : 0000000000000000 .. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF A string of 16 hexadecimal digits. While the Transceiver is locked, it is unable to perform any SBD sessions.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.29 +GSN – Serial Number Exec Command: +CGSN Query the 9602 IMEI. 5.30 +IPR – Fixed DTE Rate Set Command: +IPR= Set the data rate at which the 9602 will accept commands. The change in data rate takes into effect after the result code (e.g., OK) is received by the DTE.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.31 +SBDWB – Short Burst Data: Write Binary Data to the ISU Exec Command: +SBDWB= This command is used to transfer a binary SBD message from the DTE to the single mobile originated buffer in the 9602. The mobile originated buffer can contain only one message at any one time.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.32 +SBDRB – Short Burst Data: Read Binary Data from the Module Exec Command: +SBDRB This command is used to transfer a binary SBD message from the single mobile terminated buffer in the 9602 to the DTE. The mobile terminated buffer can contain only one message at any one time.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.33 +SBDWT – Short Burst Data: Write a Text Message to the Module Exec Command: +SBDWT[=] This command is used to transfer a text SBD message from the DTE to the single mobile originated buffer in the 9602. The text message may be entered on the command line: • For example, “AT+SBDWT=hello”.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.34 +SBDRT – Short Burst Data: Read a Text Message from the Module Exec Command: +SBDRT This command is used to transfer a text SBD message from the single mobile terminated buffer in the 9602 to the DTE. This command is similar to +SBDRB but does not provide a length indicator or checksum.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.35 +SBDI – Short Burst Data: Initiate an SBD Session Note: The +SBDI command is provided for backwards compatibility with existing FAs which do not use SBD Automatic Notification functionality. For SBD calls invoked with this command: • The SBD Session Type is fixed at type 0 – MO call.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 : The MT length is the length in bytes of the mobile terminated SBD message received from the GSS. If no message was received, this field will be zero. : MT queued is a count of mobile terminated SBD messages waiting at the GSS to be transferred to the 9602. 5.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.37 +SBDDSC – Short Burst Data: Delivery Short Code Set Command: +SBDDSC= Set the Delivery Short Code (DSC), which provides some additional options for control of MT messages. This is an 8-bit value providing the ability to set individual fields. Value 0x80 (hexadecimal) sets the most significant bit. Value 0x01 sets the least significant bit.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.38 +SBDIX – Short Burst Data: Initiate an SBD Session Extended Note: The +SBDIX command must be used in place of the +SBDI command for FAs wishing to make use of SBD Automatic Notification functionality.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 1 MO message, if any, transferred successfully, but the MT message in the queue was too big to be transferred. 2 MO message, if any, transferred successfully, but the requested Location Update was not accepted. 3..4 Reserved, but indicate MO session success if used. 5..8 Reserved, but indicate MO session failure if used.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 The MT length is the length in bytes of the mobile terminated SBD message received from the GSS. If no message was received, this field will be zero. : MT queued is a count of mobile terminated SBD messages waiting at the GSS to be transferred to the 9602. 5.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 where: DD Degrees latitude (00-89) MM Minutes latitude (00-59) MMM Thousandths of minutes latitude (000-999) ddd Degrees longitude (000-179) mm Minutes longitude (00-59) mmm Thousandths of minutes longitude (000-999) The optional sign indicators specify latitude North (+) or South (-), and longitude East (+) or West (-).
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 36 Try later, must wait 3 minutes since last registration. 37.. Reserved, but indicate failure if used. Read Command: +SBDREG? Query the current SBD registration status of the Transceiver.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.41 +SBDAREG – Short Burst Data: Automatic Registration Set Command: +SBDAREG= Set the Transceiver’s automatic SBD Network Registration mode.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 33 Antenna fault, unable to initiate call. 34 Radio is disabled, unable to initiate call (see *Rn command). 35 Transceiver is busy, unable to initiate call (typically performing auto-registration). 36 Try later, must wait 3 minutes since last registration. 37.. Reserved, but indicate failure if used.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.43 +SBDC – Short Burst Data: Clear SBD MOMSN Exec Command: +SBDC This command will clear (set to 0) the mobile originated message sequence number (MOMSN) stored in the 9602. • The MOMSN is maintained even after power cycle. Command Response: 0 The MOMSN was cleared successfully. 1 An error occurred while clearing the MOMSN. 5.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 5.45 +SBDSX - Short Burst Data: Status Extended Exec Command: +SBDSX This command returns current state of the mobile originated and mobile terminated buffers, and the SBD ring alert status.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 The message waiting flag indicates how many SBD Mobile Terminated messages are currently queued at the gateway awaiting collection by the ISU. This flag is updated after every SBD session, including +SBDI, +SBDIX, +SBDIXA, and +SBDREG. 5.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 Resolution and accuracy: The resolution of the system time is one Iridium frame tick, or 90 ms. Accuracy as measured by the difference between the time reported and the actual time it is sent out the 9602 serial port should not exceed 4 frame ticks (.36 seconds) and in most cases will be one frame tick (.09 seconds) or less.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 6 S-Register Definitions S-registers allow control over specific 9602 operations. Some S-registers contain a single numeric value, other S-registers are bit-mapped where individual bits, or set of bits, control specific functions. Table 6-1 defines the S-registers used for 9602 Transceiver.
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Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 7 Summary of Result Codes Table 7- 2: Result codes Numeric (V0) 0 126 Verbose (V1) ‘OK’ ‘SBDRING’ 4 127 as verbose ‘ERROR’ ‘HARDWARE FAILURE: ,’ ‘READY’ as verbose ‘+AREG:,’ as verbose ‘+CIEV: ,’ Iridium Communications Inc.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 8 Informative Examples 8.1 Setting the Default Configuration The FA sets the Transceiver’s default configuration to no handshaking, no flow control, radio enabled, SBD automatic notifications enabled.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 8.3 Automatic Notification Registration The FA verifies its registration state, performs a registration in order to be able to receive automatic notifications, and enables automatic notification indications.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 8.5 Automatic Notification Automatic Registration The FA verifies its registration state and enables automatic registration using the “Ask” mode.
Iridium Communications Inc. 9602 SBD Transceiver Product Developers Guide Information Contained in this Guide is Subject to Change Without Notice Revision 4 9 Supported AT Commands Table 9-3, lists the AT commands supported by the 9602 module. This list of supported commands is a subset of commands taken from Iridium’s AT Command Specification.
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