steppii-55/56-lt - Falcom

STEPPII-55/56-LT HARDWARE DESCRIPTION VERSION 1.01
Table of contents
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 6
1.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 CIRCUIT CONCEPT .................................................................................................................... 7
1.3 SCOPE OF DELIVERY ................................................................................................................. 8
1.4 USED ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................ 8
1.5 RELATED DOCUMENTS ............................................................................................................... 9
2 SECURITY ............................................................................... 10
2.1 GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................ 10
2.2 EXPOSURE TO RF ENERGY ....................................................................................................... 10
2.3 EFFICIENT MODEM OPERATION .................................................................................................... 10
2.4 ANTENNA CARE AND REPLACEMENT ............................................................................................. 11
2.5 DRIVING ............................................................................................................................... 11
2.6 ELECTRONIC DEVICES .............................................................................................................. 11
2.7 VEHICLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................... 11
2.8 MEDICAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................... 11
2.9 AIRCRAFT ............................................................................................................................. 11
2.10 CHILDREN .......................................................................................................................... 12
2.11 BLASTING AREAS .................................................................................................................. 12
2.12 POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES ..................................................................................... 12
2.13 NON-IONIZING RADIATION ........................................................................................................ 12
2.14 BATTERY SAFETY ................................................................................................................. 12
3 SAFETY STANDARDS ............................................................ 14
4 TECHNICAL DATA .................................................................. 15
4.1 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS OF TERMINAL STEPPII-55/56-LT ........................................................ 15
4.1.1 Power consumption ....................................................................................................... 16
4.1.2 Operating temperatures ................................................................................................. 16
4.2 BATTERY TECHNICAL DATA ...................................................................................................... 17
4.3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF GSM/GPRS ENGINE* ................................................................... 18
4.3.1 Air interface of the STEPPII-55/56-LT GSM/GPRS part ............................................... 19
4.4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF GPS RECEIVER ............................................................................. 21
4.5 NMEA DATA MESSAGE ........................................................................................................... 22
5 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ................................................. 23
5.1 HOW DOES IT WORK ................................................................................................................ 23
5.2 FALCOM STEPPII-55/56-LT TYPICAL APPLICATIONS ............................................................... 24
6 STEPPII-55/56-LT APPLICATION INTERFACE ..................... 27
6.1 POWER SUPPLY ..................................................................................................................... 27
6.1.1 Power up/down scenarios .............................................................................................. 27
6.1.2 Power supply pins (14, 15 and 16) on the 16-pin connector .......................................... 27
6.1.3 Automatic shutdown ...................................................................................................... 27
6.1.3.1 Over voltage shutdown ................................................................................................................ 28
6.1.4 Charging & Discharging process of the battery ............................................................. 28
6.2 AUTOMATIC GPRS MULTISLOT CLASS CHANGE ............................................................................ 28
6.3 DETERMINING THE EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT TYPE ............................................................................ 28
7 HARDWARE INTERFACES .................................................... 30
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