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B: Circuit Switch Communications

• Step by Step

Configuration

• Step by Step

Configuration

Circuit‐switchcommunicationrequirestheRaventobein

PassThrumode,communicatingdirectlywiththeinternal

hardware.

Note: When the Raven is used

for circuit switch, the circuit

switch configuration will disable

all ALEOS features except for

serial port communication.

PassThrumodedisablestheuseofALEOSinthemodem.Any

featuresavailableusingALEOSarenotusablewhenthe

modemisinPassThrumode.InPassThrumode,thesettings

availablearethoseoftheinternalhardware.TheRavenin

PassThrumodecannot.

Thebestmachinesforuseincircuit‐switchedmodeareones

thatcanprovidetheirownINITorsetupstringsand/orissue

ATcommands.Forcustomerswhohaveunintelligent

machineswhostillneedtohavethemodemʹreadyʹtobehave

inacertainway(suchasAuto‐Answeringcircuit‐switched

data

calls),thereisafeatureinthemodemcalledtheINIT

STATE.

Configuring Circuit-Switch

TheRavenneedstobeconfiguredtoenterintoPassThruafter

startup.YoucanuseAceManager(preferred)ordirectserial

communicationtoconfiguretheRaventoworkinPassThru

modeandforcircuit‐switchedcommunications.IntheUDP

group,selecttheMDcommandandchoose07‐PassThru.

Figure 2-1: AceManager : UDP > MD

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