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Data Communication and Host Modes

Rev 3.0B Feb.08 45

PassThru Mode

InPassThrumode,theRavendoesnotbehavenormally,all

portcommunicationispasseddirectlybetweentheinternal

hardwareandthecomputerconnecteddirectlytothemodem.

Thismodecanbeusedtoconfigurehardware‐specificsettings.

Forexample,provisioning,troubleshooting,communicating

withlegacyequipment,etc.

Caution: ALEOS is disabled in PassThru Mode. You cannot use

most ALEOS specific commands while the modem is in PassThru

Mode. While in PassThru mode, you also cannot use AceManager to

connect with the PinPoint.

Issuingthe“AT\APASSTHRU”fromaterminalemulation

entersthismode.ThemodemrespondswithOK,atwhich

pointadirectconnectiontotheinternalhardwareisestab

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lished.YoucanalsoconfigurethemodemtoenterPassThru

modeonstartupusingMD.

Tip: PassThru can only be exited by resetting or power-cycling the

modem. This mode cannot be entered via a remote Telnet session.

YoucanconfigureastringofATcommandstobesenttothe

RavenwhenitentersPassThruandotherPassThrusettings.

Figure 6-1: AceManager : PassThru

PassThruModeallowsonlyspecificATcommands.Some

ALEOScommandswillbeunavailablewhentheRavenisin

PassThrumode.Thecommandsusablealsodependheavilyon

themodemmodelnumber(foundonthelabelonthetopof

theRaven).

Note: Some internal hardware requires upwards of 20 seconds

before AT commands can be entered, so be patient if there seems to

be no response to AT commands.

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