M o n a r c h P l a t f o r m - G M 01 Q - S T M O D GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit User Guide SEQUANS Communications 15-55 Boulevard Charles de Gaulle 92700 Colombes, France Phone. +33.1.70.72.16.00 Fax. +33.1.70.72.16.09 www.sequans.com contact@sequans.com R ev4 Draft Legal Notices Preface Copyright 2019, SEQUANS Communications All information contained herein and disclosed by this document is confidential and the proprietary property of SEQUANS Communications, and all rights therein are expressly reserved. Acceptance of this material signifies agreement by the recipient that the information contained in this document is confidential and that it will be used solely for the purposes set forth herein. Acceptance of this material signifies agreement by the recipient that it will not be used, reproduced in whole or in part, disclosed, distributed, or conveyed to others in any manner or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems without the express written permission of SEQUANS Communications. All Sequans logos and trademarks are the property of SEQUANS Communications. Unauthorized usage is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of SEQUANS Communications. All other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Products and services of SEQUANS Communications, and those of its licensees may be protected by one or more pending or issued U.S. or foreign patents. All STMicroelectronics logos and trademarks are the property of STMicroelectronics. Unauthorized usage is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of STMicroelectronics. Please see www.st.com. ST Micro Electronics All rights reserved 2019 STMicroelectronics Because of continuing developments and improvements in design, manufacturing, and deployment, material in this document is subject to change without notification and does not represent any commitment or obligation on the part of SEQUANS Communications. SEQUANS Communications shall have no liability for any error or damages resulting from the use of this document. OEMs are advised this product contains FCC and IC IDs. This user manual provides guidelines about how to use FCC and IC IDs in final product. GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY i SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft Document Revision History Revision Date Product Application 1 2 3, 4 February 2019 First edition of the GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit User Guide. June 2019 July 2019 Second edition of the GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit User Guide. Third, fourth edition of the GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit User Guide. Please see details in Changes in this Document on page iii. ii PROPRIETARY GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft About this Manual Purpose and Scope The purpose of this guide is to:
Help GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit users to understand their kit. Provide them with the set of procedures to start and configure the Test Kit, connect to the network and setup a data connection. Note:
GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit is dedicated to LTE Category M1 networks only. Who Should Read this Document This document is intended for any user of the Sequans GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit. Changes in this Document The following changes occured since the previous edition of the document:
Added FCC-ID in Section 4.2 Federal Communication Commission Inter-
ference Statement on page 19. Added Section 4.3 Industry Canada Statement on page 21. GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY iii SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft References Reference Document Title AT Commands Reference Manual AT Commands Reference Manual ITU-T V.250 http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-V.250-200307-I/en SERIES V: DATA COMMUNICATION OVER THE TELEPHONE NETWORK -
Control procedures - Serial asynchronous automatic dialling and control AT commands set for User Equipment 3GPP TS 27.007-13.5.0 http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/27_series/27.007/27007-d50
.zip 3GPP TS 27.005-13.0.0 http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/27_series/27.005/27005-d00
.zip AT commands set for Short Message Service (SMS) and Cell Broadcast Service
(CBS) 3GPP TR 21.905-13.1.0 http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/21_series/21.905/21905-d10
.zip Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications iv PROPRIETARY GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft Documentation Conventions The following typographic conventions are used in this document. General Conventions Note Caution Important information requiring the users attention. A condition or circumstance that may cause damage to the equipment or loss of data. Warning A condition or circumstance that may cause personal injury. Italics Italic font style denotes Emphasis of an important word;
First use of a new term;
Title of a document. Screen Name Sans serif, bold font denotes On-screen name of a window, dialog box or field;
Keys on a keyboard;
Labels printed on the equipment. Software Conventions Code Code Code Regular Courier font denotes code or text displayed on-screen. Bold Courier font denotes commands and parameters that you enter exactly as shown. Multiple parameters are grouped in brackets [ ]. If you are to choose only one among grouped parameters, the choices are separated with a pipe: [parm1 |
parm2 | parm3] If there is no pipe separator, you must enter each parameter:
[parm1 parm2 parm3]
Italic Courier font denotes parameters that require you to enter a value or variable. Multiple parameters are grouped in brackets [ ]. If you are to choose only one among grouped parameters, the choices are separated with a pipe:
[parm1 | parm2 | parm3] If there is no pipe separator, you must enter a value for each parameter: [parm1 parm2 parm3]
GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY v SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft Table of Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Legal Notices . i Document Revision History . ii About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Purpose and Scope . iii Who Should Read this Document . iii Changes in this Document . iii References . iv Documentation Conventions . v Chapter 1 GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Test Kit Environment . 1 Hardware Presentation . 2 List of Supported Operators . 3 Chapter 2 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Prepare the Test Kit . 5 Flash STM32CUBE to Discovery Board . 6 Connect to the Network . 6 Initial Operations . 6 2.3.1 Send Data through the Test Kit. 7 Chapter 3 Setup and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Setup Details . 8 Software Driver Installation . 8 Control the Installation . 9 Setting of the COM Ports . 9 Configuring and Checking COM Ports . 10 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 AT Commands . 11 Console Terminal . 12 Check the Signal Strength. 13 Connect to an Unsupported Operator or to a Test Equipment . 14 SIM Interface Multiplexing . 15 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Proprietary SEQUANS Communications vi R ev4 Draft Table of Contents Chapter 4 Regulatory Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 European Union . 18 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement . 19 Industry Canada Statement . 21 Japan Regulatory Certification . 24 Appendix A Glossary and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Proprietary SEQUANS Communications vii R ev4 Draft 1 GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit Presentation 1.1 Test Kit Environment The requirement environment to run tests is as follows:
One GM01Q-STMOD board (included in GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit) One STM32 Discovery Board (not included in GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit). You can use your existing Discovery Board or buy one from https://www.st.com/en/evaluation-tools/stm32-mcu-discovery-kits.html One mini USB cable (not included in GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit) One antenna (included in GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit) The GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit requires a Serial Terminal Emulator running under Windows, required to interact with the Test Kit through AT Commands. In the example used in this document we use TeraTerm soft-
ware (see https://osdn.net/projects/ttssh2/releases/ or other reliable down-
load sources). GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 1 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft 1.2 Hardware Presentation GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT PRESENTATION HARDWARE PRESENTATION Important: Please note that when the GM01Q_STMOD board is used as standalone and not plugged to any MCU discovery boards, the SIM card will not be detected, unless you connect manually the SIM multiplexer pins in the STMOD connector. Refer to Section 3.6 SIM Interface Multiplexing on page 15 for details. Figure 1-1: Connectors, Top View Figure 1-2: Connectors, Bottom View GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 2 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT PRESENTATION LIST OF SUPPORTED OPERATORS 1.3 List of Supported Operators The list of the operators predefined in the software and automatically configured when inserting their SIM card is presented in Table 1-1. Note:
The SIM card will be read when the UE is in +CFUN=1 or
+CFUN=4 states. When the SIM card is read for the first time, the modem will be reconfigured automatically and will reboot. If the operator you are trying to connect does not appear in the above list, or if you are working with a test equipment, please refer to section 3.5 Connect to an Unsupported Operator or to a Test Equipment on page 14. Table 1-1: Supported Operators and Bands Operators Name LTE Bands Comments Truphone (MVNO) B1, B2, B4, B8, B12, B20 See https://iot.truphone.com/support/lpwa/ for updated list SKT (Korea) B3, B5, B26 Verizon (USA) AT&T (USA) Softbank (Japan) Docomo (Japan) Telstra (Australia) KDDI (Japan) Chunghwa (Taiwan) AIS (Thailand) APTG (Taiwan) Bell (Canada) Dialog Axiata (Sri Lanka) Etisalat (UAE) KPN (The Netherlands) B13 B2, B4, B12 B1, B8 B1, B19 B3, B28 B18, B26 B3, B8 B1, B8 B4 B3, B8 B3, B20 B3, B20 Tested Tested Tested Tested Tested Tested Tested Tested Untested Untested Untested Untested Untested B1, B3, B8 Untested Orange (France and Belgium) B3, B20 Tested Singtel (Singapore) B3, B8 Untested 3 PROPRIETARY GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT PRESENTATION LIST OF SUPPORTED OPERATORS Table 1-1: Supported Operators and Bands (Continued) Operators Name LTE Bands Comments Spark (New Zealand) B1, B3, B28 Untested Swisscom (Switzerland) B3, B20 Untested Telenor (Norway) B3, B8, B20 Untested Turkcell (Turkey) B20, B1, B3, B8 Untested Vodafone
(New Zealand and The Netherlands) B3, B8, B28, B20 Untested GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 4 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft 2 Getting Started 2.1 Prepare the Test Kit 1. Before plugging the discovery board for the first time to your laptop, install the en.stsw-link009 driver that can be downloaded on https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stsw-link009.html. 2. Connect the antenna or your SMA RF cable to the board LTE RF connector 3. Insert your 3FF SIM card in the SIM slot. 4. Connect the GM01Q-STMOD board to the STM32 discovery board
(GM01Q module on the upper side and SIM slot on the bottom) as shown on Figure 2-1. Figure 2-1: GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit Connected to Discovery Board 5. Plug the USB cable from the Discovery Board to your PC. GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 5 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft GETTING STARTED FLASH STM32CUBE TO DISCOVERY BOARD 2.2 Flash STM32CUBE to Discovery Board Please refer to https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/x-cube-cellular.html for instructions to download the STM32 software and the related documentation. 2.3 Connect to the Network Note:
This section applies when you have access to a LTE network or simulator. 2.3.1 Initial Operations 1. Connect the RF cable or the Antenna in the RF port of the Kit 2. Insert your SIM card in the SIM slot as shown on Figure 1-2 on page 2. 3. The default STMCUBE binary will automatically configure and connect the modem to the Terminal. a) It first sends: AT+CEREG=2. This command will allow getting notification every time there is a change of the network registration status b) It sends then: AT+CFUN=1 The response will be OK , followed by +CEREG=<stat>. Table 2-1: +CEREG=<stat> Response Details
<stat> Value Meaning Comment 0 1 2 Modem is not registered and is not currently searching an operator to register to Possible cause : SIM card error or registration ongoing Modem is registered on network Kit connected Modem is not registered, but is currently trying to attach or is searching for an operator to register to. Possible causes:- No network available-
Available networks have bad coverage -
PLMN available but the registration is rejected GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 6 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft GETTING STARTED SEND DATA THROUGH THE TEST KIT Table 2-1: +CEREG=<stat> Response Details (Continued)
<stat> Value Meaning Comment Registration denied 3 4 5 Possible causes:- Illegal mobile equipment-
IMSI unknown at HLR- PLMN not allowed-
Location area not allowed- Roaming not allowed in this location area- Network failure-
Network congestion Unknown. Transitory value Modem Registered in roaming mode c) It finally checks the SIM Card state with AT+CPIN. Response can be one of:
+CPIN: Ready : SIM card is present and unlocked
+CPIN: SIM PIN : Modem is waiting SIM PIN to be entered
+CPIN: SIM PUK : Modem is waiting SIM PUK to be given ERROR, when SIM is not inserted or not detected 4. Please refer to Sequans' LR5.2.1.0 AT command reference manual for more details on +CEREG URC. 2.4 Send Data through the Test Kit When your kit is connected to a network, you can send and receive data through it to/from the network. Please refer to section 5 of the STM32 User Manual https://www.st.com/resource/en/user_manual/dm00511019.pdf. 7 PROPRIETARY GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft 3 Setup and Troubleshooting 3.1 Setup Details In order to have access to the UART COM ports for troubleshooting, connect the USB port of the GM01Q-STMOD board to your computer with a micro USB cable. 3.1.1 Software Driver Installation When you plug the USB connector for the first time in your PC, you need to wait for approximatively one minute, to allow the drivers auto-install on Windows. The USB is used to power the board. It also connects the on-board UART-USB Bridge IC (FTDI FT4232HL) to provide ACM interfaces (virtual COM) in order to access the board through UART. You should see a window similar to Figure 3-1 on page 8 opening. Figure 3-1: Driver Auto-Install If, for some reasons, the driver fails to auto-install on Windows, you can install them manually from www.ftdichip.com, where you can find the FTDI driver labelled UART/USB. After the driver installation, please unplug the Test Kit and reboot your PC. GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 8 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft SETUP AND TROUBLESHOOTING SETUP DETAILS 3.1.2 Control the Installation After completing the drivers' installation, whenever you plug the USB cable you should be able to see the following, under Windows Control Panel ->
Device Manager. Figure 3-2: Device Manager after Driver Install Note:
Port enumeration can be different on your PC from the given example, depending on your local settings. 3.1.3 Setting of the COM Ports Table 3-1 summarizes the COM ports under Windows and their mapping and configuration to the Test Kit. Table 3-1: COM Ports Setting Port Enum Usage Baudrate Data Bits Control Parity Stop Sequans Mapping Flow COMa (here COM16) Serial2 921600 Hardware None AT Command Data over PPP COMb (here COM15) Serial1 Test Kit Console 115200 None None 8 8 1 1 Note:
COM ports cannot be shared between two different applications in the same time. One of the applications will be in error. 9 PROPRIETARY GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft SETUP AND TROUBLESHOOTING SETUP DETAILS 3.1.4 Configuring and Checking COM Ports After COM drivers are installed, open the Windows device manager, expand Ports (COM & LPT) label and click on each one of the USB Serial Port (COMx), tab Port Settings and enter the appropriate values as described in the COM ports overview Table. Figure 3-3: COM Port Properties GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 10 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft SETUP AND TROUBLESHOOTING AT COMMANDS 3.2 AT Commands The test kit configuration and usage is all being done through AT commands In order to send AT commands to the test kit, you need to use a serial terminal program under Window such as TeraTerm freeware. To send an AT command to the kit, you need to connect your serial terminal to the "Serial 2" port, corresponding to COMa on Windows enumeration -please refer to the table in 4.1.3 to determine the exact COM port on your PC Configure the correct baudrate 921600 and the other settings in the terminal. Once the correct setting is done, you should be able to start sending AT commands and receiving their corresponding output. Figure 3-4: Serial 2 Terminal You can start with ATE1 to enable the echo for the current session. Figure 3-5: AT Command on Serial Interface Note:
Refer to AT Command Reference Manual which describe the complete list of AT commands supported by GM01Q Module firmware. 11 PROPRIETARY GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft 3.3 Console Terminal SETUP AND TROUBLESHOOTING CONSOLE TERMINAL Connecting a serial terminal to the COM port mapped on Serial 1 of the Test Kit, will allow you to access to the test kit Console. The console is a maintenance window, not necessary for regular operations, however it is useful to have it during maintenance phases, such as firmware upgrade or to observe the boot messages after hitting the reset button. Figure 3-6: Serial 1 Terminal GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 12 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft SETUP AND TROUBLESHOOTING CHECK THE SIGNAL STRENGTH 3.4 Check the Signal Strength When your Kit is connected to a network, you can check the signal strength and characteristics through the AT Command AT+CSQ. The response will be:
+CSQ:<rssi>,<ber>
where <rssi> represents the signal strength at the antenna and <ber> is the bit error rate in %. Table 3-2: rssi Parameter Description
<rssi> Parameter Signal Description with RSSI Value Range Table 3-3: ber Parameter Description
<ber> Parameter Bit Error Rate (in %) Marginal: -113 dBm to -95 dBm OK: -93 dBm to -85 dBm Good: -83 dBm to -75 dBm Excellent: -73 dBm to -53 dBm Excellent: -51 dBm or greater Unknown or not detectable Less than 0.2%
0.2% to 0.4%
0.4% to 0.8%
0.8% to 1.6%
1.6% to 3.2%
3.2% to 6.4%
6.4% to 12.8%
More than 12.8%
Unknown or not detectable 0-9 10-14 15-19 20-30 31 99 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 99 13 PROPRIETARY GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft SETUP AND TROUBLESHOOTING CONNECT TO AN UNSUPPORTED OPERATOR OR TO A TEST EQUIPMENT 3.5 Connect to an Unsupported Operator or to a Test Equipment When inserting test SIM card or a SIM card from an operator that is not part of the ones pre-configured and listed in Section 1.3 List of Supported Operators on page 3, the modem will automatically reconfigure itself in standard mode and reboot. Notes:
The mode can be checked with AT+SQNCTM?
AT commands can be sent from the STMicroelectronics terminal using the
"atcmd" command This configuration will be persistent at reboot Once configured in standard mode after reboot, the UE will scan the following bands in that order:
1. B20, B12, B13, B8, B18, B19, B28 If no CATM cell is found on these bands, the UE will then continue scan-
ning the other set of bands. 2. B1, B2, B3, B4, B26, B5, B17, B25, B66, B14 Note:
The first attach procedure can take some time due to the large number of bands to be scanned. Once the UE has attached to a cell, it will save its settings into memory and scan for this cell first on the next attach to allow speeding up the connection. GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 14 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft SETUP AND TROUBLESHOOTING SIM INTERFACE MULTIPLEXING 3.6 SIM Interface Multiplexing This section describes the different SIM interfaces available to GM01Q on GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit. These options are managed by a dedicated SIM multiplexer The SIM multiplexer of the GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit can be used to configure 3 different SIM cards:
LOCAL SIM: this is the plastic SIM card slot located on the GM01Q-STMOD board (J2 connector) LOCAL eSIM: Not currently supported HOST eSIM: Not supported Table 3-4 describes how to configure each SIM slot with SIM multiplexer signals SIM_SEL0 and SIM_SEL1. Table 3-4: SIM Multiplexer Configuration Table Selection SIM_SEL0 SIM_SEL1 LOCAL_SIM LOCAL_eSIM (not supported) HOST_eSIM (not supported) No SIM Hi-Z 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 Figure 3-7 represents the GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit connector to ST Discovery board, where the SIM multiplexer signals SIM_SEL0 and SIM_SEL1 are located (positions 8 and 18). Figure 3-7: Connector to ST Discovery Board 15 PROPRIETARY GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft SETUP AND TROUBLESHOOTING SIM INTERFACE MULTIPLEXING When the GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit is used in standalone, the SIM multiplexer is in No SIM Hi-Z state by default. The user has to connect SIM_SEL0 and 1 to the ground to be able to use the local SIM. When the GM01Q-STMOD Test Kit is connected to a ST Discovery board, the SIM multiplexer is managed directly by the MCU. The configuration can be checked as follows. The corresponding logs are shown on Figure 3-8. 1. Connect a USB cable to the ST Discovery board (select the USB connector labelled ST-LINK) at 115200 bauds. Menu"
2. Open a serial terminal on the STMicroelectronics STLink Virtual COM Port 3. At start up, press 1 to select the application "1: Setup configuration 4. Then press 2 to configure the cellular service: "2: Configuration:
Cellular Service"
In the Cellular Service configuration Menu, press l to check the current configuration "l : list current configuration"
6. Check the first line: Sim Slot 0: 0 (MODEM SOCKET) If the selected SIM slot is not 0, press c to update the configuration "c :
update configuration by console and store it in FEEPROM"
5. 7. a) Press 4 when prompted for the Version b) Then press 0 when prompted for the SIM Slot c) For the other values, copy the figure in parenthesis GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 16 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft SETUP AND TROUBLESHOOTING SIM INTERFACE MULTIPLEXING Figure 3-8: Logs of ST Discovery Board Configuration in Standalone Mode 17 PROPRIETARY GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft 4 Regulatory Statements 4.1 European Union Notice applicable to Evaluation Boards according to European Regulation For the European Regulation of the Evaluation Board, the applicable EU directives are considered, with a particular attention to the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) 2014/35/EU, the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive 2014/30/EU, and the Radio Equipment Directive (RED) 2014/53/EU. If the Evaluation Board is outside the scope of the foregoing Directives, then the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) 2001/95/EC and Council Directive 93/68/EEC, amending Directive 73/23/EEC on electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits, areapplicable. The Evaluation Board meets the requirements of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS 2 or RoHS recast) Directive 2011/65/EU, Annex II, as amended by Directive 2015/863/EU. GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 18 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft REGULATORY STATEMENTS FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION INTERFERENCE STATEMENT 4.2 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement Contains FCC ID: 2AAGMGM01QA This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. FCC Caution:
-> Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
-> This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. 19 PROPRIETARY GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft REGULATORY STATEMENTS FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION INTERFERENCE STATEMENT This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following conditions:
1. The antenna must be installed such that 20 cm is maintained between the antenna and users, and or antenna. 2. The transmitter module may not be co-located with any other transmitter As long as 2 conditions above are met, further transmitter test will not be required. However, the OEM integrator is still responsible for testing their end-product for any additional compliance requirements required with this module installed IMPORTANT NOTE: In the event that these conditions can not be met (for example certain laptop configurations or co-location with another transmitter), then the FCC authorization is no longer considered valid and the FCC ID can not be used on the final product. In these circumstances, the OEM integrator will be responsible for re-evaluating the end product (including the transmitter) and obtaining a separate FCC authorization. End Product Labeling This transmitter module is authorized only for use in device where the antenna may be installed such that 20 cm may be maintained between the antenna and users. The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following: "Contains FCC ID: 2AAGMGM01QA". The grantee's FCC ID can be used only when all FCC compliance requirements are met. Manual Information To the End User The OEM integrator has to be aware not to provide information to the end user regarding how to install or remove this RF module in the user's manual of the end product which integrates this module. The end user manual shall include all required regulatory information/warning as show in this manual. GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 20 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft REGULATORY STATEMENTS INDUSTRY CANADA STATEMENT 4.3 Industry Canada Statement Contains IC: 12732A-GM01QA This device complies with ISED's licence-exempt RSSs. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Le prsent appareil est conforme aux CNR d' ISED applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence. L'exploitation est autorise aux deux conditions suivantes : (1) le dispositif ne doit pas produire de brouillage prjudiciable, et
(2) ce dispositif doit accepter tout brouillage reu, y compris un brouillage susceptible de provoquer un fonctionnement indsirable. CAN ICES-3(A)/ NMB-3(A) This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in 4 -
conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter, except tested built-in radios. 4 - Cet appareil et son antenne ne doivent pas tre situs ou fonctionner en conjonction avec une autre antenne ou un autre metteur, exception faites des radios intgres qui ont t testes. The County Code Selection feature is disabled for products marketed 5 -
in the US/ Canada. La fonction de slection de l'indicatif du pays est dsactive pour les 5 -
produits commercialiss aux tats-Unis et au Canada. This radio transmitter (identify the device by certification number) has been approved by Industry Canada to operate with the antenna types listed below with the maximum permissible gain indicated. Antenna types not included in this list, having a gain greater than the maximum gain indicated for that type, are strictly prohibited for use with this device. Cet metteur radio (identifier l'appareil par numro de certification) a t approuv par l'industrie Canada pour fonctionner avec les types d'antenne numrs ci-dessous avec le gain maximum admissible indiqu. Types d'antennes non inclus dans cette liste, ayant un gain suprieur au gain maximum indiqu pour cette type, sont strictement interdits pour une utilisation avec cet appareil. List of antenna information Gain Component Antenna type Brand Main Aux Frequency
(MHz) LTE 700-960;
1710-2700 External Antenna South Star Variable N/A Radiation Exposure Statement:
21 PROPRIETARY GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft REGULATORY STATEMENTS INDUSTRY CANADA STATEMENT This equipment complies with ISED radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with greater than 20cm between the radiator & your body. Dclaration d'exposition aux radiations:
Cet quipement est conforme aux limites d'exposition aux rayonnements ISED tablies pour un environnement non contrl. Cet quipement doit tre install et utilis plus de 20 cm entre le radiateur et votre corps. This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following conditions: (For module device use) 1. The antenna must be installed such that 20 cm is maintained between the antenna and users, and 2. The transmitter module may not be co-located with any other transmitter or antenna. As long as 2 conditions above are met, further transmitter test will not be required. However, the OEM integrator is still responsible for testing their end-product for any additional compliance requirements required with this module installed. Cet appareil est conu uniquement pour les intgrateurs OEM dans les conditions suivantes: (Pour utilisation de dispositif module) 1. L'antenne doit tre installe de telle sorte qu'une distance de 20 cm est respecte entre l'antenne et les utilisateurs, et 2. Le module metteur peut ne pas tre complant avec un autre metteur ou antenne. Tant que les 2 conditions ci-dessus sont remplies, des essais supplmen-
taires sur l'metteur ne seront pas ncessaires. Toutefois, l'intgrateur OEM est toujours responsable des essais sur son produit final pour toutes exigences de conformit supplmentaires requis pour ce module install. IMPORTANT NOTE:
In the event that these conditions can not be met (for example certain laptop configurations or co-location with another transmitter), then the Canada authorization is no longer considered valid and the IC ID can not be used on the final product. In these circumstances, the OEM integrator will be responsible for re-evaluating the end product (including the transmitter) and obtaining a separate Canada authorization. NOTE IMPORTANTE:
Dans le cas o ces conditions ne peuvent tre satisfaites (par exemple pour certaines configurations d'ordinateur portable ou de certaines co-localisation avec un autre metteur), l'autorisation du Canada n'est plus considr comme valide et l'ID IC ne peut pas tre utilis sur le produit final. Dans ces circonstances, l'intgrateur OEM sera charg de rvaluer le produit final (y compris l'metteur) et l'obtention d'une autorisation distincte au Canada. GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 22 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft REGULATORY STATEMENTS INDUSTRY CANADA STATEMENT End Product Labeling This transmitter module is authorized only for use in device where the antenna may be installed such that 20 cm may be maintained between the antenna and users. The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following: "Contains IC: 12732A-GM01QA". Plaque signaltique du produit final Ce module metteur est autoris uniquement pour une utilisation dans un dispositif o l'antenne peut tre installe de telle sorte qu'une distance de 20cm peut tre maintenue entre l'antenne et les utilisateurs. Le produit final doit tre tiquet dans un endroit visible avec l'inscription suivante:
"Contient des IC: 12732A-GM01QA". Manual Information To the End User The OEM integrator has to be aware not to provide information to the end user regarding how to install or remove this RF module in the user's manual of the end product which integrates this module. The end user manual shall include all required regulatory information/warning as show in this manual. Manuel d'information l'utilisateur final L'intgrateur OEM doit tre conscient de ne pas fournir des informations l'utilisateur final quant la faon d'installer ou de supprimer ce module RF dans le manuel de l'utilisateur du produit final qui intgre ce module. Le manuel de l'utilisateur final doit inclure toutes les informations rglementaires requises et avertissements comme indiqu dans ce manuel. 23 PROPRIETARY GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft REGULATORY STATEMENTS JAPAN REGULATORY CERTIFICATION 4.4 Japan Regulatory Certification GM01Q is certified by regulatory authorities in Japan for both JATE and TYPE
(TELEC). GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 24 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft A Glossary and Abbreviations Acronym Definition ACM Access Control Mechanism AT Abbreviation for Attention, prefix of modem commands. COM Communication port on a PC Federal Communications Commission (USA) Home Location Register International Mobile Subscriber Identity Long Term Evolution, or 4G. Standard is developed by the 3GPP www.3gpp.org. FCC HLR IMSI LTE PC PIN RF RSSI SIM MCU Micro Controller Unit MVNO Mobile Virtual Network Operator Personal Computer Personal Identification Number PLMN Public Land Mobile Network PPP Point to Point Protocol PUK Pin Unlocking Key Radio Frequency Received Signal Strength Indicator Subscriber Identity Module UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UE User Equipment GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 25 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft Acronym Definition URC Unsolicited Response Code USB Universal Serial Bus GM01Q-STMOD TEST KIT USER MANUAL PROPRIETARY 26 SEQUANS Communications R ev4 Draft