STEPPIII Hardware description Version 1.0.0
Index of contents
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 6
1.1 GENERAL ..............................................................................................................6
1.2 CIRCUIT CONCEPT ...................................................................................................8
1.3 USED ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................................. 9
1.4 RELATED DOCUMENTS ..............................................................................................9
2 SECURITY ............................................................................... 10
2.1 GENERAL INFORMATION .......................................................................................... 10
2.2 EXPOSURE TO RF ENERGY ..................................................................................... 10
2.3 EFFICIENT MODEM OPERATION .................................................................................. 11
2.4 ANTENNA CARE AND REPLACEMENT ............................................................................11
2.5 DRIVING ..............................................................................................................11
2.6 ELECTRONIC DEVICES .............................................................................................11
2.7 VEHICLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 11
2.8 MEDICAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 11
2.9 AIRCRAFT ............................................................................................................12
2.10 CHILDREN ......................................................................................................... 12
2.11 BLASTING AREAS .................................................................................................12
2.12 POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES ....................................................................12
2.13 NON-IONIZING RADIATION ...................................................................................... 12
3 SAFETY STANDARDS ............................................................ 14
4 TECHNICAL DATA .................................................................. 15
4.1 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS OF TERMINAL STEPPIII ..................................................... 15
4.1.1 Backup Battery Technical Data (1100 mA/h) .............................................. 17
4.1.2 Power consumption ..................................................................................... 17
4.1.3 Operating temperatures .............................................................................. 17
4.2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF GSM/GPRS ENGINE ...................................................18
4.3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF GPS RECEIVER ............................................................19
4.4 NMEA DATA MESSAGE .......................................................................................... 20
5 STEPPIII APPLICATION INTERFACE .................................... 21
5.1 POWER SUPPLY .................................................................................................... 21
5.1.1 Power supply pins (15 and 16) on the MOLEX 16-pin connector ................ 21
5.1.2 Automatic shutdown .................................................................................... 21
5.2 DETERMINING THE EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT TYPE ...........................................................21
6 HARDWARE INTERFACES .................................................... 22
6.1 INTERFACE A (16-PIN MOLEX 43045-1609) ............................................................ 23
6.1.1 MOLEX connector pinout ............................................................................ 23
6.1.2 Special pin description ................................................................................ 24
6.1.2.1 Analog inputs (2, 4, 6, 8) ......................................................................................................... 24
6.1.2.2 Digital Inputs (pin 10,12) ......................................................................................................... 25
6.1.2.3 Outputs (pin 5, 7, 9, 11) ......................................................................................................... 26
6.1.2.4 Ignition (pin 13) ....................................................................................................................... 27
6.2 INTERFACE B (SIM CARD INTERFACE MOLEX-91228-0002) .........................................27
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