Black Box MDU20G-918 manual

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    Industrial Control Modem GSM Quick Start Guide TECHNICAL: SALES: FAX : ADDRESS: WEB: (0118) 965 6000 (0118) 965 5100 (0118) 965 5001 464 Basingstoke Road, Reading, Berkshire RG2 0QN www.blackbox.co.uk Industrial Control Modem GSM 900/1800MHz: MDU20G-918 Magnetic Aeria l: MDU21-MAG Roofmount Antenna: MDU21-ROOF Standard Antenna: MDU21-STD[...]

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    2 Industrial Contr o l Modem GSM SALES: 0118 965 5100 How To Contact yo ur Local Bla ck Box Italy: Australia : Black Box Ita lia S.P.A Black Box Catalog Aust ralia PTY LTD Tel: 0227400280 Tel: 0398797100 Fax: 0227400219 Fax: 039870295 5 Web Site: www.blackbox.it Deutschland: Brazil: Blac k Bo x De ut sch lan d Black Bo x Do Bra si l. Tel: 0811 /554[...]

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    3 Industrial Contr o l Modem GSM TECHNICAL: 0118 931 2233 France: U .S.A Black Box Catalogue Black Box Corporation Tel: 0145606700 Tel: 724-746-5500 Fax: 0145606747 Fax: 724-746-0746 Web Site: www.blackbox.fr Web Site: www.blackbox.com Spain: Chile Black Box Comunicaciones S.A. Black Box Chile Tel: 34 91 663 0200 Tel: 00 562 223 8811 Fax: 34 91 661[...]

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    4 Industrial Contr o l Modem GSM SALES: 0118 965 5100 Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 5 Pac kage Con tent s .............................................................................................................[...]

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    5 Industrial Contr o l Modem GSM TECHNICAL: 0118 931 2233 Introduction Congratulations on purchasing one of the best GSM Data T erminals available today. The Industrial Control Modem GSM will provide reliable service, provided it is connected to an appropriate GSM Network and configured correctly. This booklet will guide you through these stages. P[...]

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    6 Industrial Contr o l Modem GSM SALES: 0118 965 5100 GSM Network Connection It is up to you to choose which GSM Network you would like to use, but please be aware that there are three different frequencies used for GSM communications, 900, 1800 and 1900 Mhz. For instance in the UK, Vodaphone and Cellnet use 900Mhz and One to One and Orange use 180[...]

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    7 Industrial Contr o l Modem GSM TECHNICAL: 0118 931 2233 Configuration As with other types of modem the Industrial Control Modem GSM has many differ ent configurations ava ilable, possibly only one of which will be suitable for your application. The factory default configuration is a general-purpose type, which will work with ma ny different types[...]

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    8 Industrial Contr o l Modem GSM SALES: 0118 965 5100 AT&Dn Data Terminal Rea dy settings &D0 Modem ignores DTR &D1 Modem switches from data to command mode when DTR switches from ON to OFF &D2 Upon DTR switch from ON to OFF, the call is cleared down AT+IFC Defines if Flow Control is used between DTE and DCE. +IFC=0,0 No flow contro[...]

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    9 Industrial Contr o l Modem GSM TECHNICAL: 0118 931 2233 With transparent da ta transmission GSM error correction is not applie d, over the air interface. AT+ICF This comma nd is used to determine the local seria l port start-stop (as y nchronous) charact er framing that the DCE shall use. If y our application requires something other than the nor[...]

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    10 Industrial Contr o l Modem GSM SALES: 0118 965 5100 You will now have a screen via which you can c ommunicate with the DCE, BUT NOT BEFORE YOU HAVE TURNED ON THE CAPS LOCK. Please mak e sure you do this. Now type AT and return. Th e DCE will respond with OK. If the DCE responds with a 0 or 1, enter ATV1 and return, you will then get an OK. (See [...]

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    11 Industrial Contr o l Modem GSM TECHNICAL: 0118 931 2233 Test Commands ATDnnnn This causes the DCE to dial a number (nnnnnn) ATH Hang up ATA Answer an incomi ng call Informative Commands ATI Used to query DCE for its identifiers, such as frequ ency AT+COPS? Will inform y ou as to which GSM Network you are connected. See page 118 of the AT Command[...]