Sierra Wireless 20070914 1. Gather the required information, hardware, a nd software

Circuit Switch Communications
Rev 3.0B Feb.08 137
1. Gather the required information,
hardware, a nd software
Differentmodelnumberswillhavedifferentconfigurations.
Someoftheconfigurationstepsforonemodelwillnotworkat
allwithanyothermodelnumber.
ThemodelnumberforyourRavenisonthestickerwhichison
thetopofthemodem(example,Raven1xC3211orRaven
CDMAC3210).Thefirstletterandnumber(C3)indicatesthe
communicationtechnologyyourmodemuses.Thenext
number(2)indicatesthemodemmodel(Raven).Thefinaltwo
numbers(10,11,or16)indicatetheinternalhardwaremodel.
Hardware Requi red
•ApersonalcomputerwithafunctioningserialportorUSB
portandaUSBtoserialconverterconfiguredtoworkwith
yourcomputer.
•AstraightthroughRS232cable(DB9M‐DB9F).
•AsuitablepowersupplyandantennafortheRaven.
Withoutsuitablesignalstrengththemodemwillnot
function.Betterthanatleast‐100dBMisrequired.
•ACDMA/1xaccountthatsupportscircuit‐switched
communication.
Software Required
•SetupWizard‐Theactivationutility.Youcandownload
theSetupWizardfromtheSierraWireles sAirLink
Solutionswebsite:http://www.airlink.com.Adefault
installationofthisutilityisassumedlaterinthesedirec‐
tions.
•ModemDoctor‐Utilitytoconductdiagnosticsandto
bringyourmodemtoabase‐levelofconfiguration.You
candownloadModemDoctorfromtheSierraWireless
AirLinkSolutionswebsite:http://www.airlink.com.This
utilitydoesnotneedtobeinstalled;itisrundirectly.
Rememberwhereyoudownloadeditto,soyoucanrunit
aspartoftheinstructionsbelow.
•AceManager‐GraphicalinterfaceforenteringmostAT
Commands.YoucandownloadAceManagerfromthe
SierraWirelessAirLinkSolutionswebsite: http://
www.airlink.com/.Adefaultinstallationofthisutilityis
assumedlaterinthesedirections.
•RavenTemp la te sforCircuit‐Switch‐Thesetemplatesare
providedbyyourSierraWireless AirLinkSolutionsrepre‐
sentativeandhavea.xmlextension.Youcanalso
downloadtheappropriatetemplatefrom:http://