BM817C LTE Wireless Module BM817C-user manual-V1.1

BM817C Operation manual_V1.1 Important Statements Copyright Notice All right reservedShangHai broad mobi Communication Technology Co LTD This material and contains all of the content belong to ShangHai broad mobi Communication Technology Co LTD, and it is protected by Chinese law and any relevant copyright from international convention. anyone who donothave the authorization in written form by ShangHai broad mobi Communication Technology Co LTD cannot copy, spread, modify or other methods to use part or all of content, the offender will be investigated and affixed legal liability BM817C-A1Operation Manual 1/33 Unguaranteed Statements Shanghai broad mobi Communication Technology Co LTD does not make express or implied statement or guarantee for any details from this document, and also not be responsible for Specific purpose of marketability and applicability or any indirect, special, or jointly any loss . Confidential Statements The information from this document include any attachment is confidential information. The receiver must know this document is classified only use to the prescriptive purpose, and cannot leak out this document to any third party. Disclaimer Statements The company does not undertake any property or personal injury caused by inappropriate operation. Please must follow technical specifications and reference design from the manual. Before the statement, the company has right to make changes according the BM817C-A1Operation Manual 2/33 development of technological, and version change without prior notice. Contents 1. Introduction ...6 1.1. Purpose .........................6 1.2. General view .......6 2. Brief introduction .....6 2.1. Necessaryequipments .....................7 3. Set up and Install .........8 3.1. The Construct of Hardware Environment ....8 3.1.1. How put in or out SIM/USIM card ..8 3.1.2. How to link module .........11 3.1.3. How to link main antenna .......12 3.1.4. How to link diversity antenna ....14 3.1.5. How to link USB cable........................16 3.1.6. How to power on .......17 3.1.7. How to power off ....17 3.2. The Construct of Software Environment ......17 3.2.1. How to install driver ..17 3.2.2. How to upgrade fireware......22 4. Debugging and Testing .24 BM817C-A1Operation Manual 3/33 4.1. How to use USB cable to communicate ..24 4.2. How to make data connection ..25 4.3. How to make voice call out ..30 4.4. How to check module information and SIM card status .31 4.5. How to set airplane mode ...32 5. CAUTION...33 BM817C-A1Operation Manual 4/33 1. Introduction BM817C EVB use for testing the function and performance of BM817Cmodule and provide relevant assessment to help customer develop application. 1.1 Purpose This document detailed describes the basic function of BM817C and point out the main feature is data transmission. 1.2 General view Chapter 2, Main introduction the Development environment and list of equipment for BM817C Chapter 3, in detail describe the construct of software environment for BM817C Chapter 4, in detail describe the methods of data transmission and common business for BM817C 2. Brief Introduction BM817C EVB is development and evaluation board that for customer to test the performance and function of BM817Cmodul.This EVB board is module adapter PCBA board BM817C-A1Operation Manual 5/33 it has USB interface, SIM card interface, MINI PCI-E port 3 ports. 2.1 Necessary equipment The chart 1 detailed describe the necessary equipment for testing environment BM817C. Chart 1EVB Kit List Equipment EVB kit whether or Description BM817C-A1Operation Manual 6/33 not Include EVB Board USB Cable Antenna BM817C Board SIM/USIM Yes Yes Yes Not Not Use for BM817Ctest Standard USB Antenna has two parts 1 diversity antenna and main antenna 2antenna patch cord Need a SIM/USIM Card have balance Chart 2 Antenna Gain Frequency Gain

(MHz) dBi 700 710 720 825 825 835 845 1.54 1.37 1.24 1.32 0.75 0.75 0.29 BM817C-A1Operation Manual 7/33 1710 1730 1750 1850 1880 1910

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-2.38 3. Set up and Install EVB construct divide by hardware environment and software environment 1) The Construct of Hardware Environment How put in or out SIM/USIM card How to link module How to link main antenna How to link diversity antenna How to link USB cable How to power on How to power off 2) The Construct of Software Environment How to install driver How to upgrade fireware BM817C-A1Operation Manual 8/33 3.1The Construct of Hardware Environment 3.1.1. How put in or out SIM/USIM card Need a SIM/USIM Card havebalance. The step for put in SIM/USIM:

1) Put EVB upwards, hold the yellow button, and pull out the SIM Card slot. See Picture 1 and 2.

(Picture 1) BM817C-A1Operation Manual 9/33 Picture 2 2) Put SIM Card into the slot, make sure SIM chip upwards, put into the SIM slot on EVB Boar. See Picture 3 and 4. BM817C-A1Operation Manual Picture 3 10/33 Picture 4 3.1.2. How to link module Put module into development board after finish install SIM card:

1) Put EVB Board right side up, and put module into Mini PCI-E connector. See Picture 5 and 6. BM817C-A1Operation Manual 11/33 Picture 5 picture 6 2) Put module into Mini PCI-E with screw fixation. See Picture 7 BM817C-A1Operation Manual 12/33 3.1.3. How to link main antenna Before the link antenna, need finish put in SIM card and Picture 7 Module. 1) Antenna interface located on top right of module with sign M. See Picture 8. 2) Spike RF Patch cord into module connector smoothly. See BM817C-A1Operation Manual 13/33 Picture 8) Picture 9 Picture 9 3) Tightening antenna SMA contact and RF patch cord SMA contact. See Picture 10 P icture 10 3.1.4. How to link diversity antenna BM817C-A1Operation Manual 14/33 Before link diversity antenna, need finish put SIM Card and module in, and link the main antenna 1) The antenna interface is located on the top left of module with sign D. See Picture 11.

(Picture 11) 2) Spike RF Patch cord into module connector smoothly. See Picture 12. BM817C-A1Operation Manual 15/33 Picture 12 3) Tightening antenna SMA contact and RF patch cord SMA contact. See Picture 13 Picture 13 3.1.5How to link USB cable Follow the step to link USB cable:

BM817C-A1Operation Manual 16/33 1) Put EVB Board right side up;

2) Put the port B of USB Cable into the USB slot on the EVB Board. 3) Put the port A of USB cable into the USB interface of PC.See Picture14. Picture 14 3.1.6How to power on BM817C only support electrify power on, all need just put the port A of USB cable into PC, and module will auto power on. 3.1.7How to power off BM817C support outage shutdown, module will shut down when VBAT blackout. BM817C-A1Operation Manual 17/33 3.2 The Construct of Software Environment 3.2.1 How to install driver 1 First use USB cable to connect PC and module, power module on, Windows will popup new equipment window, chooseNo, not this time, then clickNext Picture 15: find new hardware 2 Choose Install from a list or specific location

(Advanced), clickNext BM817C-A1Operation Manual 18/33 Picture 16: choose the method for install driver BM817C choose the path that driver file is located, and click Yse;

3 ClickNext Picture 18: Choose driver file path 2 in XP BM817C-A1Operation Manual 19/33 4 The driver is installing Picture 19: driver install 5 Wait for notes Completing hardware Upgrade wizardclick Finish finish the install. Picture 20: Finish the driver install BM817C-A1Operation Manual 20/33 6 Operation system will popup 4 new equipments, please repeat step 1 to 6. After finish install, you will see them in device manager. See below Picture 21. Picture 21: module appear in device manager 3.2.2 How to upgrade fireware BM817C provide 1key upgrade tool for Windows, step of upgrade fireware:

1 Use USB cable to connect PC and BM806U-E, double-click when the device manager recognize com port. See Picture 22 BM817C-A1Operation Manual 21/33 Picture 22: the window of fireware upgrades 1 2 Follow the note to press Q of press Enter, start to upgrade. See Picture 23 Picture 23: Fireware is upgrading 3 There is note Success to upgrade when it all finished. BM817C-A1Operation Manual 22/33 Picture 24: Finish fireware upgrade 4 Do not remove USB cable from PC during the upgrade process, whole process cost 2-3 minutes. WarningCannot outage during upgrade process, please make sure stabilization power supply, otherwise will damage module. 4. Debugging and Testing The EVB through USB to communicatecan use for phone call, connect internet, this chapter will discuss in detail. 4.1 How to use USB cable to communicate 1 The communication methods for PC and BM817C is AT commandto test whether PC successfully communicate BM817C by sending AT command. 2 Open HyperTerminal, choose AT port. BM817C-A1Operation Manual 23/33 Picture 25: Choose the port for HyperTerminal 3 Choose baud rate 9600, choose none for flow control, other setting default. See Picture 26 Picture 26: ConfigurationHyperTerminal 4 Sending ATcheck it is or isntcommunicated. See Picture 27 BM817C-A1Operation Manual 24/33 Picture 27: UsingHyperTerminal sending at 4.2 How to make data connection Put SIM/USIM card that support data traffic into EVB board, connect antenna right, though USB cable to connect PC and power on module. 1) through NDIS to dial a) type at$qcrmcall=1,1, create network connection. Picture 28: using HyperTerminal to send AT command to NDIS dial BM817C-A1Operation Manual 25/33 b) Typeat$qcrmcall=0,1 , to disconnect Network connection. 2through MODEM to dial Aopen Network Connections to choose to connect Internet and click Next Picture 29: Choose Network Connection B Choose Set up my Connection manually, click Next BM817C-A1Operation Manual 26/33 Picture 30: Create new Network connection C) Choose Connect using a dial-up modem Picture 31Choose Modem to Dial Dtype the number u want to dial, the user and password need according different carriers. For example, the user and password for BM817C-A1Operation Manual 27/33 China Union 3G and 4G is empty (not type any character ) the number is *99#, then choose Connect Picture 32Configuration Network Connection Ethere is a note after Network Connection is successful. Picture 33Dial success 4.3How to make voice call out BM817C-A1Operation Manual 28/33 A. Put SIM/USIM card which support voice service into EVB board. B. Open the HyperTerminal, configuration same as Picture 22 and 23. C. The AT command for dial phone call is ATDXXX;. For example, we make a call to 10010, type ATD10010;

Picture 34Using HyperTerminal dial number D. The AT Command for Hang up is AT+CHUP. BM817C-A1Operation Manual 29/33 Picture 35Hand up phone call 4.4How to check module information and SIM card status A. Put SIM/USIM Card which supports voice service into EVB board. a) Open the HyperTerminal, configuration same as Picture 22 and 23. B. Type ATI, shows module information; type AT+CPIN?

shows SIM Card Status. BM817C-A1Operation Manual 30/33 Picture 36Show module information and SIM Status WarningSIM Card shows Ready indicate SIM status is normal, if it shows other, it means unmoral, please make sure your SIM is whether or not valid, or has pin. 4.5. How to set airplane mode A. Type ATCommadAT+CFUN=4, enter intoairpalne mode. at+cfun=1 is normal modeat+cfun=0 turn off RF, SIM cannot register default is equal 1at+cfunshows current status BM817C-A1Operation Manual 31/33 Picture 37 Setting airplane mode

*RF warning for Mobile device:

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set fort h for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. when the module is installed inside another device, This exterior label can use wording such as the following: Contains Transmitter Module FCC ID: 2AON8-BM817C BM817C-A1Operation Manual 32/33 CAUTION:

1.Labelling requirements. 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. 2. Information to user. Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. 3. Information to the user. Note: 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 BM817C-A1Operation Manual 33/33 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 or more 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. BM817C-A1Operation Manual 34/33