EVK-R5 - User guide

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Appendix

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Appendix

A Setting up AT terminal communication

The u-blox m-center cellular module evaluation tool is a powerful platform for evaluating, configuring

and testing u-blox cellular products. m-center includes an AT commands terminal for communication

with the device and can be downloaded free-of-charge from our website (http://www.u-blox.com).

1.

Follow the board setup instructions in section 1.7 to provide all the required connections and

switching on the cellular module.

2.

Run the m-center tool: after the m-center start-up, the Home page appears.

3.

On the Home page, set up the AT COM port with the

setting values described in section 1.7.

Check the Windows Device Manager to find out which

COM port is being used by the EVK-R5.

Figure 3: “Home” page

4.

Enable the connection to the u-blox cellular module by

clicking the Connect button.

5.

Retrieve the module and network information by

clicking the Get info button.

6.

The module information is retrieved and displayed on

the Home page.

7.

Click on the AT Terminal button (upper right of the

Home page). A new window opens and the AT

command terminal is now ready for communication

with EVK-R5.

Figure 4: AT terminal window

8.

The AT terminal is ready to use.

For the complete list of the AT commands supported

by the modules and their syntax, see SARA-R5 series

AT commands manual [1]

For more information about using the u-blox m-center cellular module evaluation tool, press the F1 key

on the keyboard to open the m-center help window on the computer.