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USER’S MANUAL
2006
TOPEX MobiLink GSM User’s Manual
TOPEX is a group of Romanian companies, founded in
1990, by ten enthusiastic engineers experienced in
telecommunications. Its activity is directed to the research,
development and production of telecom equipment as well as
service. Very quickly, TOPEX become the most important
manufacturer of communications solutions for small to large
companies as well as for telecommunications operators and
providers in Romania. Our company designs equipment for all
existing mobile systems (GSM, CDMA), including 3G
technology.
Due to our innovation power, authentic flexibility, real respect
for our parteners and the secure solutions that we provide
TOPEX extended its business worldwide. Currently TOPEX
delivers its products through its distributors to: Spain, France,
Russia, UK, Turkey, Netherlands, Greece, Republic of Moldova,
Bulgaria, Nigeria, etc.In order to achieve effective and flawless
manufacturing for its products, TOPEX has carefully organized
its Research and Development Department along with its
production facility. This allows TOPEX to have maximum control
of all the processes involved in the complex operations related
to high-technology electronic manufacturing. Currently, 25
percent of Topex personnel are part of R&D Department and
their number is increasing.
TOPEX also considered the training and the service as an
integral part of the solutions it provides. Therefore,
comprehensive training sessions are held at the Topex factory,
complimentary for the company’s clients. Service is also
provided via Internet, as all Topex solutions are designed
especially to allow this, at the lowest cost.
TOPEX has implemented the quality management system
according ISO9001 standard certified by SRAC since 1997,
respectively by IQNET since 2002. In 2001 TOPEX become a
sector member of I.T.U. (International Telecommunication
Union). The main lines of products of our company are:
- GSM/GPRS/UMTS interfaces (analog, ISDN BRI and PRI,
GSM VoIP gateway)
- CDMA2000 interfaces (voice/data, LAN, EV-DO gateway,
GPS, miniature)
- VoIP gateways (basic, GSM, advanced)
- Custom systems for special applications (air traffic control,
railway dispatching center)
- Phone exchanges (analog, digital, private/rural, IP PBX,
protocol converters)
The TOPEX Group is represented by a wide network of
distributors who have taken over part of the local activities of market
promotion, installing and setting to work, maintenance during the
warranty period and post-guarantee. For more updated and detailed
information, please visit our website at www.topex.ro.
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CONTENT:
3. Installation………………………………………….. 5
4. Technical specifications…………………………. 15
5. Applications……………………………………… 16
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Also, for any call issued from a GSM phone towards the
number of the MobiLink unit connected to the PBX, you may
call any local subscriber you want, still paying only the cost of
a mobile-to-mobile call inside the GSM network instead of
being billed for a mobile-to-fixed call.
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2. PACKAGE CONTENT:
MobiLink equipment
- Assembly kit
Phone plug
Warranty Certificate
- User`s Manual
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3. INSTALLATION:
3.1. Identifying the connectors
The three connectors are located on the bottom panel of the
MobiLink equipment
ALIM – female jack type connector for the power supply adapter;
RS232 – (optional) female RJ45 connector for serial connection
TEL – female RJ-11 connector for the flat cable that links MobiLink
to a trunk of the PBX or an analog phone;
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Insert the card in the special support tray, as shown in the drawing
below!
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Warning!
Using an inactive SIM card or an incorrectly configured one may
causes a bad functioning of the Mobilink equipment
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Always use the two center wires of the cable. Both ends of the
phone cable shipped in the MobiLink package are fitted with
male RJ11 connectors.
2. Insert the RJ45 end of the special serial cable into the “RS23”
connector of MobiLink. The other end (with DB9) must be
inserted into the COM port of the PC used for configuration.
3. Insert the jack of the power supply adapter into the ALIM
connector and then plug the adapter into the receptacle of the
230V ac mains outlet.
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3.6. Significance of LED indicators
The MobiLink GSM equipment has three LEDs
as optical status indicators, as shown in figure 3
to the right.
Their colors are red, orange and green, and
they also have symbols: phone, network/level,
power
Status Significance
Blinking, with one At start, the blinking at 500 ms on, 500 ms off
second period, shows that the GSM module is initiating.
symmetrically
In the initialization state, the equipment waits
the PIN code. You can enter the PIN code
using a telephone connected to the FxS
interface (Which must be activated). If the
Blinking, with 320
Status LED blinks with 160 ms on, 160 ms off,
ms, symmetrically
it means that the SIM card has activated the
"PIN code request" option and the SIM code
value is different that the value which is
recorded in the equipment.
You have entered a wrong PIN code!
MobiLink requires the PUK code and blinks
Red blinking,
very fast. If the PIN code has been entered
with 160 ms,
incorrectly three times, the SIM card asks the
symmetrically
for PUK code. The LED lights on and blinks:
80 ms ON, 80 ms OFF
The module is initiated and the telephone
light off interface is in stand-by (there is no voice
connection).
light on The telephone interface is activated, a voice
continually connection is initiated.
Note: If the number is dialed in “pulse mode” then the Status LED
will be lighting on and off, signaling the dialing of each digit over the
interface.
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Significance of the yellow LED indicator
This LED indicator has also multiple significances: information
about the mobile network (registering, signal level) and shows the
serial port activity (data transfer). It is located between the red and
the green indicators, and it’s colored in yellow.
Status Significance
Blinks only one time: – the GSM module is
not registered in the network!
Numbers of Blinks two times – the module is registered,
blinks but is no activity in the network
Blinks three times – the module is registered,
and there is data activity in the network
Indicates the signal level: the longer the
Period of blink period is, the higher signal level you have:
(120ms=under -96dBm, 240ms= -96 … -
85dBm, 400msec=over-85dBm)
This should not happen in normal operation, it
Lights on or off,
shows that the equipment is not working
continually
properly!
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STATUS DESCRIPTION
The DTR signal of the serial port of the computer is
Lights up red
active; this means that Mobilink has gone into the "data
continuously
transmission" mode
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4. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Frequency band GSM 900/1800 MHz
Maximum RF output power 2W
Analog Voice Port RJ 11 Standard connector
Magnetic base, cable length
External antenna
1,5 m, dual band
Indicator LEDs Voice, Network, Power
Output: 10V AC / 1,5A
Power supply adapter
Mains: 230 V AC / 0,3A / 50Hz
Disc tone 440 Hz ± 10%
Line voltage 48 V ± 10%
Line current 30 mA max.
Ring signal 25 Hz, min. 60 V effective
Line impedance 600 Ω
Operating temperature range From 5 to 50 oC
Relative humidity 5 to 80%, non-condensing
Dimensions (L x W x H) 222 x 115 x 32 mm
400 g – MobiLink unit
Weight
1 kg – the whole package
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5. APPLICATIONS
In order to demonstrate the applicability and the means of use of
the MobiLink, we show you a few examples of using this equipment
for wireless communications:
Interface between a phone exchange and the GSM
900/1800 MHz mobile telephony network
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ADENDUM
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TOPEX S.A.
Feleacu nr. 10, sector 1
Bucureşti 014186, ROMANIA
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