Sierra Wireless MP 875 Retrieve the Unique Mobile Device ID

MP875 Modem User Guide
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Note: NetMotion Wireless, Inc.
develops client-server applica-
tions that attempt to overcome
the issues caused by NAT
addressing by assigning its own
consistent private IP addresses.
This software offers a potential
solution to NAT issues, but it is
untested by Sierra Wireless, and
Sierra Wireless does not provide
support for it.
Solutions to the NAT problem
IfyourserviceproviderisusingNAT,itisbesttoworkwith
theproviderindevisingasolution.Someserviceproviders
offer,onrequest,accountswithpublicIPaddresses.(There
maybeadditionalchargesforthis.)
Anothersolutionistoimplementaframerelayconnection
betweenyournetworkandyourserviceprovider’snetwork.
Theframerelayconnectionbypassestheaddresstranslation,
andisamethodofovercomingNATissuesencouragedby
someserviceproviders.
Retrieve the Unique Mobile
Device ID
InordertoassociateGPSandI/Odatawithaparticular
vehicle,youmustcreateadatabaseonyourserverthatlinks
eachMPmodem’sUniqueMobileDeviceIDtothevehiclein
whichitisinstalled.TheUniqueMobileDeviceIDisanumber
derivedfromtheIMEI(InternationalMobileEquipment
Identity).
UsetheATcommandATI4toobtaintheUniqueMobileDevice
IDfromeachMPmodemyoudeploy.
Note: See “MP Modem
Manager” on page 17.
YoumayalsowanttoassignadevicenametotheMPmodem
thatidentifiesthevehicleinwhichitisinstalled.Youcan
assignthisnamelocallyusing3GWatch erorremotelyusing
MPModemManager.ThedevicenameisincludedintheMTP
datasenttothenetworkserver.
Network Internet
Frame relay
Firewall