SIM900 ATC Introduction

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SIM900 Platform Overview

„ Hardware Platform

PNX4851 single solution( BB+Transceiver) + RF7161 + ST/SA(64/32)

„ Software Platform

‹ Based on ARM926EJ-S, CEVA Teak DSP

‹ Run on 156 MHz
‹ OS RTK-E: philips real time kernel
‹ Build environment
– RVCT2.2 [ Build 616]
– Cygwin_NT-5.1 1.5.18

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Main difference with SIM300

1) Platform；
2) Power off and RF reset；
3) Auto-bauding；
4) Embedded TCPIP protocol；
5) STK；
6) Error code；
7) Hardware flow control is closed in default,should be
opened by AT+IFC=2,2；

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 Special Care

„ Power off & RF reset

z AT+CPOWD add power off in emergency conditions，in this case, “NORMAL

POWER DOWN” will not be present.

AT+CPOWD=1 // power off in normal conditions

AT+CPOWD=0 // power off in emergency conditions

z AT+CFUN =<fun>,<rst> add reset parameter.

AT+CFUN=0,1
AT+CFUN=1,1

Note：<fun>supports mode 0,1 and 4. While RF could not be switched between mode
0 and mode 4.

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 „ Auto-Bauding

SIM900 supports baud rate from 1200 bps to 115200 bps, also support auto-

bauding mode.

When power on under auto-bauding mode, the first letter of command should

be uppercase, such as “AT” or “At”, otherwise, module will not give any

response. Usually, command with all uppercase letters are strongly

recommendatory.

Note, hexadecimal code “49 49 49 49 FF FF FF FF” will be present at the

beginning of module power on.

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Sample：
IIII?　　
AT // after power on, uppercase command should be sent

OK
AT+IPR?

+IPR: 0

OK
ATI

SIM900 R11.0

OK
AT+GSV // this command can show firmware version details

SIMCOM_Ltd
SIMCOM_SIM900
Revision:1137B01SIM900M32_ST

OK

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 SIM900 TCPIP Protocol Introduction

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 TCPIP Protocol Architecture

SIM300

Transparent mode Non-Transparent mode

Client Client Server (TCP)

CIPMUX(10id)

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 SIM900

CIPMUX=0 CIPMUX=1 (8id)

Transparent mode NON-Transparent mode NON-Transparent mode

Client Server Client Server

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 SIM900 TCPIP protocol special features

1) CIPMUX mode;
2) DNS parser;
3) AT+CIPCLOSE=1;
4) AT+CIPSEND?
5) AT+CIPQSEND;AT+CIPACK
6) TCP SERVER Configuration (nothing to do with AT+CLPORT)

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 CIPMUX=0

AT+CIPMUX=0 AT+CIPMUX=0

OK OK
AT+CIPMODE=0 // non-transparent mode AT+CIPMODE=1 // transparent mode

OK OK
AT+CIPSTART=“TCP","116.228.221.51","8011" AT+CIPSERVER=1,2200 // open

OK OK

CONNECT OK SERVER OK
AT+CIPSEND=5 // send data in fixed length REMOTE IP: 211.136.130.1

> HELLO CONNECT

SEND OK // +++
AT+CIPACK OK
AT+CIPSERVER=0 // Only close listening status
+CIPACK: 5, 5, 0
OK
OK
AT+CIPSEND SERVER CLOSE

> 0123456789[ctrl+z] // send data by control code HELLO SIM900 // data from remote client
SEND OK AT+CIPCLOSE=1 // close socket forcibly without ACK
AT+CIPACK
CLOSE OK
+CIPACK: 15, 15, 0

OK

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 CIPMUX=1

„ Step 1

AT+CIPMUX=1 // multiplex IP connection

OK
AT+CIPMODE=0 // this command is invalid under CIPMUX=1 mode

+CME ERROR: operation not allowed

AT+CIPMODE=1

+CME ERROR: operation not allowed

AT+CSTT

OK
AT+CIICR

OK
AT+CIFSR

10.79.161.250 // module has attached GPRS network

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 „ Step 2

AT+CIPSERVER=1,2200

OK

SERVER OK

0, REMOTE IP: 211.136.130.129 // Remote client access this server successfully

AT+CIPSTART=1,"TCP","116.228.221.51","8011"

OK

1, CONNECT OK
AT+CIPSTART=2,"UDP","116.228.221.51","9015"

OK

2, CONNECT OK
AT+CIPSEND=1,5 // send data in fixed length

> HELLO
1, SEND OK
AT+CIPSEND=2 // here, “2” means index 2 connection, not data length

> SIMCOM[ctrl+z] // send data via control code

2, SEND OK

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 „ Step 3

AT+CIPACK=2 AT+CIPSEND?

+CIPACK: 6, 0, 6 // UDP +CIPSEND: 0,1460

OK +CIPSEND: 1,1380
AT+CIPACK=1
+CIPSEND: 2,1460
+CIPACK: 5, 5, 0 // TCP
+CIPSEND: 3,0
OK
AT+CIPSEND=2,10 +CIPSEND: 4,0

> 0123456789 +CIPSEND: 5,0

2, SEND OK
AT+CIPACK=2 +CIPSEND: 6,0

+CIPACK: 16, 0, 16 +CIPSEND: 7,0

OK OK

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 „ Step 4

AT+CIPSTATUS

OK

STATE: IP PROCESSING

S: 0,0,"2200""LISTENING“

C: 0,0,"TCP","211.136.130.129","2020","CONNECTED"
C: 1,0,"TCP","116.228.221.51","8011","CONNECTED"
C: 2,0,"UDP","116.228.221.51","9015","CONNECTED"
C: 3,,"","","","INITIAL"
C: 4,,"","","","INITIAL"
C: 5,,"","","","INITIAL"
C: 6,,"","","","INITIAL"
C: 7,,"","","","INITIAL“
AT+CIPCLOSE=0

0, CLOSE OK

Note：under CIPMUX=1mode，after setup server function, 7 connections is maximum

and allowed to setup.

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 Quick send mode

AT+CIPMUX=0

OK
AT+CIPMODE=0

OK
AT+CIPSTART="TCP","116.228.221.51","8011"

OK

CONNECT OK
AT+CIPQSEND=1

OK
AT+CIPSEND=5

> HELLO
DATA ACCEPT:5
AT+CIPSEND=10

> 0123456789
DATA ACCEPT:10 // here, data just sent to module buffer successfully
AT+CIPACK

+CIPACK: 15, 15, 0 // you should check the status of data sent from outside

OK

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 DNS Parser

AT+CIPSTART="TCP","WWW.YAHOO.COM",80
AT+CIPMUX=0
OK
OK
AT+CIPMODE=0 CONNECT OK
AT+CIPSEND=5
OK
AT+CSTT > HELLO
DATA ACCEPT:5
OK AT+CIPACK
AT+CIICR
+CIPACK: 5, 5, 0
OK
AT+CIFSR OK
AT+CIPQSEND=0
10.77.87.14
AT+CDNSGIP="WWW.SIM.COM" OK
AT+CIPSEND=10
OK
> 0123456789
+CDNSGIP: 1,"WWW.SIM.COM","58.32.231.146" SEND OK

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 SIM Application Toolkit (STK)

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 There just have two AT commands to operate STK functions with
SIM900 platform.

„ AT*PSSTKI=<mode>

enable or disable STK functions.

„ AT*PSSTK=<response type>,[<parameter1>,…<parametern>]

realize all STK functions with this command.

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 Here, I test a SIM card from Egypt. I just make a simple introduction on how to read and
select menu items.

Note, different SIM cards maybe have different STK menu items. Let’s view what menu
this SIM card has in my cell phone platform.

etisalat
etisalat
11 Balance
Balance or
or Bill
Bill

11 My
My Account
Account 22 Balance
Balance Refill
Refill

33 Balance
Balance Transfer
Transfer
22 Services
Services

33 Emergency
Emergency 11 Police
Police

44 Customer
Customer Care
Care 22 Ambulance
Ambulance

33 Fire
Fire Brigade
Brigade
55 ???
???

Note, the fifth menu item is present with Arabic alphabet, my phone does not support this code.
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 Ok, let’s view these menu on SIM900 platform.

① power on SIM900, then enable STK function

*PSSTK: "SETUP MENU",1,4,"etisalat",0,0,1,0,0,5

// here have 5 menus

② Setup the menu with AT*PSSTK="SETUP MENU",1,0 command

OK

*PSSTK: "END SESSION"

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 ③ Flesh all menu items with AT*PSSTK="GET ITEM LIST",5command

*PSSTK: "GET ITEM LIST",1,128,4,"My account",0,0,0

*PSSTK: "GET ITEM LIST",2,129,4,"Services",0,0,0

*PSSTK: "GET ITEM LIST",3,130,4,"Emergency",0,0,0

*PSSTK: "GET ITEM LIST",4,131,4,"Customer Care",0,0,0

*PSSTK: "GET ITEM LIST",5,132,2,80040639063106280649,0,0,0

OK

Note, Unicode “0639063106280649” is Arabic alphabet here.

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 ④ Select the first menu with AT*PSSTK="MENU SELECTION",128command

OK

*PSSTK: "SELECT ITEM",1,4,"My Account",0,0,1,0,0,3

// here, My Account menu have three items.

⑤ Download all three items with AT*PSSTK="GET ITEM LIST",3command

*PSSTK: "GET ITEM LIST",1,12,4,"Balance or Bill",0,0,0

*PSSTK: "GET ITEM LIST",2,30,4,"Balance Refill",0,0,0

*PSSTK: "GET ITEM LIST",3,47,4,"Balance Transfer",0,0,0

OK

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 ⑥ Select first item with AT*PSSTK="SELECT ITEM",1,12,0,0command

OK

*PSSTK: "NOTIFICATION",1,18,1,4,"Requesting info",0,0

⑦ Response this request with AT*PSSTK="NOTIFICATION",1,0command

OK

*PSSTK: "DISPLAY TEXT",1,1,1,0,4,"temporary error",0,0

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 ⑧ Back to last menu list with AT*PSSTK="COMMAND REJECTED",1,17command

OK

*PSSTK: "END SESSION"

⑨ Select the third menu with AT*PSSTK="MENU SELECTION",130command

OK

*PSSTK: "SELECT ITEM",1,4,"Emergency",0,0,1,0,0,3

// Here, Emergency menu have 3 items

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 ⑩ Download all items with AT*PSSTK="GET ITEM LIST",3command

*PSSTK: "GET ITEM LIST",1,11,4,"Police",0,0,0

*PSSTK: "GET ITEM LIST",2,23,4,"Ambulance",0,0,0

*PSSTK: "GET ITEM LIST",3,38,4,"Fire Brigade",0,0,0

OK

OK, now we can terminate STK function with below command.

AT*PSSTK="COMMAND REJECTED",1,16

OK

*PSSTK: "END SESSION"

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 Thank You !

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