Sierra Wireless 20080605 Applications, Software

Introduction to the Raven XE
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Figure 1-5: IPSec Architecture
GRE
GRE(GenericRoutingEncapsulation)tunnelisusedtocarry
non‐IPpacketsthroughanIPNetwork.Non‐IPpackets,that
aresendovertheGREtunnel,needtobefirstencapsulated.
Hence,ALEOSisusedtoconfigureandencapsulatenon‐IP
packetsandtransmitoverIPthroughtheGREtunnel.
Applications
Events Reporting
EventsReportingisSierraWirelessAirLink’smodem’snew
softwarefeatureprovidedviaACEmanager,thatallowsthe
userstogeneratereportsfromtheeventsthattakeplace.Event
ReportingProtocolisanintuitiveembeddedprotocol,which
automaticallyformatsthemessagesbasedonaneventtrigger.
Themessagesgeneratedarethenreportedtotheremote
server.
Software
TheRavenXEmodemcomeswiththefollowingsoftware:
•ACEview,thesoftwarefortheRavenXEwhichallowsyou
tomonitoryourconnections.
•ThedriverthatformstheinterfacebetweentheRavenXE
andyourWindowsoperatingsystemwhenusingUSB
virtualEthernetorUSBvirtualserial.
•Thefirmwarethatisstoredinnon‐volatilememoryand
includesACEmanager.