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SIM7000 Series EVB Quick Start Guide

Version: 1.0
Release Date: April 8, 2018

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About Document

Document Information

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Title SIM7000 Series EVB Quick Start Guide
Version 1.0
Document Type Application Note
Document Status Released/Confidential

Revision History

Revision Date Owner Status / Comments

1.0 April 8, 2018 Albert First Release.

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This document applies to the following products:

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SIM7000E/C/A/G Cat-M1( /NB1/ GSM) 24*24 N/A

SIM7000E-N NB1 24*24 N/A

SIM7000C-N

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Contents

About Document ............................................................................................................................... 2

Document Information.............................................................................................................. 2
Revision History ......................................................................................................................... 2
Related Documents ................................................................................................................... 2

Contents ............................................................................................................................................ 3

1 Purpose of this document .............................................................................................................. 4

2 Evaluation Board Overview ............................................................................................................ 4

2.1 SIM7000 EVB full Kit Overview............................................................................................ 4

2.2 Interface Introduction ......................................................................................................... 7

3 Installations and Communication................................................................................................... 8

3.1 Driver installation ................................................................................................................ 8

3.1.1 USB-to-UART interface driver installation ................................................................ 8
3.1.2 Module USB interface driver installation ................................................................. 9
3.2 Accessories installation ....................................................................................................... 9
3.3 AT command Communication ........................................................................................... 10
3.3.1 Power on device ..................................................................................................... 10
3.3.2 Communication through UART interface ............................................................... 10
3.3.3 Communication through USB Port ......................................................................... 10

Contact ............................................................................................................................................ 12

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1 Purpose of this document

With SIMCom Evaluation board (EVB) kit, developer could verify each function quickly and easily.
This document is aim to introduce every interface usage of this EVB kit, and send AT command to
demo module functions.

2 Evaluation Board Overview

2.1 SIM7000 EVB full Kit Overview

Here is an overview of the total package, which includes EVB kit and TE kit.
EVB kit package list is following,
1) SIMCom evaluation board;
2) 5V DC Adapter (EU standard or US standard);
3) Micro USB cable.

SIM7000X (x stands for A, C or E version) TE Kit package list is following,

1) SIM7000x TE board;
2) LTE antenna;
3) GNSS active antenna.

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Here is top view of SIMCom EVB.

A B C D E

G I

H
J K L

M N O P

And bottom view of SIMCom EVB.

Q S

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For SIM7000 TE board, we can see below overview.

U V

W
Y

(Top view) (Bottom view)

In order to get proper part to test functions, here is brief list for EVB and TE kit part numbers.

Kit Part Number Comments

SIMCom EVB Kit S2-106XN Applied to SIM7000, SIM7500,SIM7600 and SIM7020 TE
SIM7000E-TE Kit S2-10735 For Europe, Australia and South Asia.
SIM7000C-TE Kit S2-10734 For China, India
SIM7000A-TE Kit S2-1073B For Verizon network
SIM7000A-A-TE kit S2-107HE For AT&T network
SIM7000JC-TE kit S2-1073F For Japan
SIM7000G-TE Kit S2-197HC Global roaming
SIM7000C-N-TE Kit S2-1073L NB1 only
SIM7000E-N-TE Kit S2-1073T NB1 only

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2.2 Interface Introduction

From above overview on the EVB, we can see many signal interfaces, communication ports or
antenna interface. Now, we will describe them in detail.

Index Position Description Index Position Description

J301_PIN_1 PWRKEY J302_PIN_1 STATUS
J301_PIN_2 RESET J302_PIN_2 NC
J301_PIN_3 NC J302_PIN_3 NC
J301_PIN_4 MDM_LOG_TX J302_PIN_4 NC
J301_PIN_5 RI J302_PIN_5 NC
J301_PIN_6 DCD J302_PIN_6 NC
J301_PIN_7 DTR J302_PIN_7 NC
J301_PIN_8 RXD J302_PIN_8 GPIO11
A B
J301_PIN_9 CTS J302_PIN_9 NC
J301_PIN_10 RTS J302_PIN_10 NC
J301_PIN_11 TXD J302_PIN_11 GPIO12
J301_PIN_12 NC J302_PIN_12 NC
J301_PIN_13 ADC1 J302_PIN_13 NC
J301_PIN_14 NC J302_PIN_14 NC
J301_PIN_15 NC J302_PIN_15 SIM_DET
J301_PIN_16 NETLIGHT J302_PIN_16 NC
Index Position Description Index Position Description
J303_PIN_1 NC J304_PIN_1 GPIO4
J303_PIN_2 NC J304_PIN_2 NC
J303_PIN_3 NC J304_PIN_3 NC
J303_PIN_4 NC J304_PIN_4 NC
J303_PIN_5 NC J304_PIN_5 NC
J303_PIN_6 NC J304_PIN_6 NC
J303_PIN_7 NC J304_PIN_7 NC
J303_PIN_8 NC J304_PIN_8 NC
C D
J303_PIN_9 VDD_EXT J304_PIN_9 NC
J303_PIN_10 GND J304_PIN_10 NC
J303_PIN_11 VCC_3V3 J304_PIN_11 NC
J303_PIN_12 VCC_1V8 J304_PIN_12 PCM_CLK
J303_PIN_13 NC J304_PIN_13 PCM_IN
J303_PIN_14 NC J304_PIN_14 PCM_OUT
J303_PIN_15 NC J304_PIN_15 PCM_SYNC
J303_PIN_16 NC J304_PIN_16 NC

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Index Position Description Index Position Description

E J305 NC F J202 Main sim slot
O S201 Power switch G J401 n/a
P S401 RF switch H J204 USB-2-UART
Q J203 sim slot (n/a) I J101 / J102 To TE board
R J502 Handset jack J D402 Status LED
S X501 Audio jack K D401 Network LED
T J103 +5V DC input L D201 Power LED
U TE_J105 LTE antenna SMA M SW401 PWRKEY
V TE_J103 GNSS antenna SMA N SW402 Reset
W TE_J102 USB interface X TE_U1 SIM7000 module
Y TE_201/202 To EVB

※ Notice

1) Module GPIO pins are at 1.8V logical level. Can not be connected to external 3.0V or higher
level signals directly.

3 Installations and Communication

3.1 Driver installation

There have two USB jacks, one is on EVB board (USB-2-UART, position H), and another is on TE
board (position W).

3.1.1 USB-to-UART interface driver installation

This USB-to-UART chipset on board is from Silicon labs.

Here is the driver link.
https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers

After driver installed properly and completely, there have two virtual USB ports, COM12 and
COM13.

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Here Enhanced port (COM12) is for AT command communication, while Standard port (COM13)
usually is reserved for debug.

3.1.2 Module USB interface driver installation

SIM7000 Chipset is from Qualcomm. SIMCom provide proper driver to developer, please contact
local FAE.

After USB driver installed properly and completely, there will be 6 virtual ports, AT port, Audio
port, Diagnostics port, NMEA port, modem port and WWAN adapter port.

3.2 Accessories installation

Now, in order to do function test, we need install necessary accessories to EVB and TE board.

1) insert SIM card to main sim card slot (position F);

2) install LTE antenna (position U) and GNSS antenna (position V);
3) Insert micro USB cable to EVB board (position H) for UART communication or TE board
(position W) for USB communication.
4) Insert +5V DC adapter to EVB board (position T).

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3.3 AT command Communication

3.3.1 Power on device

1) Switch RF on (n/a for SIM7000 TE, flight mode signal is not connected out);
2) Switch power on;
3) Press POWER_ON button for second.

Now status LED light is solid on, power LED light is solid on, while network LED light is blinking
with below behaviors.

Network LED Status Description

64ms on, 800ms off Network scanning, not registered
64ms on, 3000ms off Registered network (PS service)
64ms on, 300ms off Data communication (PPP or TCPIP)

For AT communication, Putty, Tera Term or other serial port program could be used.

3.3.2 Communication through UART interface

SIM7000 UART communication supports auto baud rate, as well as other baud rates up to 4Mbps.

Here take Putty for example, configure serial port with COM12, 115200bps-8-1-N.

3.3.3 Communication through USB Interface

USB AT port and modem port are available for AT command communication, while modem port
usually is recommended for pure data communication like PPP or TCP transparent mode.

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Also, to enable GNSS NEMA communication send command AT+CGNSPWR=1 through AT port.

※ Notice

※ Notice

Regarding FW upgrade, only support USB interface. Please refer to SIM7000 series FW upgrade
user guide.

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Contact

Headquarters

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Tel: +86 21 3252 3424
Fax: +86 21 3252 3020
Email: [email protected]

Technical Support

EMEA APAC America

West Europe ASEAN North America
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East Europe Australia and New Zealand Central and South America
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Middle East Big China

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Africa
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