Sierra Wireless 20070914 Cell Phone User Manual


 
Hardware Installation of the PinPoint X
Rev 3.0B Feb.08 24
connectingthemodemtoahuborswitchyoushouldusea
straightthroughcableorusetheuplinkportonthehubor
switchwithacrossovercable.
Figure 4-5: Serial
Theserialportcanbeconnecteddirectlytomostcomputersor
otherdevicesusingastandardstraightthroughcable.Ifyou
haveaDCEdevice,youwillneedanullmodemornull
modemcable.
Figure 4-6: USB
YourPinPointX’sfullspeed(12Mbit)USB2.0portcanbe
connecteddirectlytomostcomputersorotherdevicesusinga
standardfullspeedUSB2.0cable.Ifthecomputerordevice
youareconnectingorthecableisnotratedforfullspeed,the
modemwillcommunicateata
reducedspeedtomatch.The
PinPointXfunctionsasadevice,notahost.
Whenitisconnectedtoacomputer,theUSBportshouldbe
seenasaCOMportorEthernetportaftertheapplicabledriver
isinstalled.
ThePinPointXhasastandardBconnector.
Figure 4-7: I/O
YourPinPointXalsohasanI/Oportwithdigitalinputs,analog
inputs,andrelayoutputswhichcanbeconnectedtoexternal
devices.