Sierra Wireless X HSUPA manual Indicator Lights

Hardware Installation of the PinPoint X

Indicator Lights

When your PinPoint X is connected to power and an antenna, there is a specific pattern to the lights to indicate its operation mode.

Figure 4-8: PinPoint X Indicator lights

•Network ‐ Indicates a successful connection to the cellular network with an IP address given and a channel acquired.

•Signal ‐ Light shows the strength of the signal and may be nearly solid (strong signal) or flashing (weaker signal). A slow flash indicates a very weak signal.

RSSI LED Ranges

RSSI/Signal LED Status	Ranges of RSSI (dBm)
On Solid	Equal to or stronger than -69
Fast Blink	-70 to -79
Normal blink	-80 to -89
Slow Blink	-90 to -99
Extinguished	Equal to or weaker than -100

•Activity ‐ Lights will flash as data is transferred to and from the PinPoint modem on the remote network.

•Service ‐ Indicates when the connection is HSUPA/HSDPA or UMTS. Unlit indicates EDGE or GPRS.

•GPS ‐ Indicates a GPS fix. When lit, the PinPoint X has GPS coordinates to report.

•Power ‐ Indicates the power adapter is connected and there is power getting to the PinPoint X.

•The Reset button (on the left side of the PinPoint X) has two functions. If it is quickly depressed and released, the modem will simply power cycle the internal hardware. If, however, the reset is depressed and held for several

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