Sierra Wireless 20070914 Manual

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Data Communication and Host Modes

Rev 3.0B Feb.08 63

IfQuietmodeisoff,theresultcodeisaffectedasfollows:

ForV=1(Verbosemode),thetextualresultcodeissur‐

roundedbyacarriagereturnandnewline.AnyAT

queryresponseisalsosurroundedbyacarriagereturn

andnewline.

ForV=0(Tersemode),anumericresultcodeisoutput

withasingletrailingcarriagereturn(nonewlineis

output),whileanyATqueryresponseisfollowedbya

carriagereturnandnewline(thereisnopreceding

output).

• Forexample,possibleoutputtotheATcommand“AT ”

withcarriagereturn(assumingquietmodeisnoton)is:

carriagereturn‐ifV=0

carriagereturnandnewlineOKanothercarriage

returnandnewline‐ifV=1

Note: These commands work for the port on which they are executed.

For example, if the user types ATE1 and then AT&W using a serial

port connection, it will set the serial port to Echo On.

PassThru Mode

InPassThrumode,thePinPointXdoesnotbehavenormally,

allportcommunicationispasseddirectlybetweentheinternal

hardwareandthecomputerconnecteddirectlytothemodem.

Thismodecanbeusedtoconfigurehardware‐specificsettings.

Forexample,provisioning,troubleshooting,communicating

withlegacyequipment,etc.

Caution: ALEOS is disabled in PassThru Mode. You cannot use

most ALEOS specific commands while the modem is in PassThru

Mode. While in PassThru mode, you also cannot use AceManager to

connect with the PinPoint.

Issuingthe“AT\APASSTHRU”fromaterminalemulation

entersthismode.ThemodemrespondswithOK,atwhich

pointadirectconnectiontotheinternalhardwareisestab

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lished.YoucanalsoconfigurethemodemtoenterPassThru

modeonstartupusingMD.

Tip: PassThru can only be exited by resetting or power-cycling the

modem. This mode cannot be entered via a remote Telnet session.