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TCS 3.5 on-line instructions
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Starting up
If you choose to program the TCS with a direct PC connection, you do not need SIM card with
data number and you need only to connect a cable to the serial interface and then you can
access the TCS using Hyperterminal or XTalk or any other terminal software.
You may also install our TCS Windows software package, that will allow easy connection
to the TCS and complete SMS gateway features.
We recommend that you start without a SIM whenever you want to program a PIN code into
the TCS for the first time.
If you have a SIM card with DATA capability you will always be able to reconfigure your
TCS unit from a remote site.
Usually it is possible to call a GSM module, like the TCS, using a standard PC modem.
It may happen anyway that, due to improper configuration done by the GSM operator,
this option is not possible and when trying a call, a busy signal is detected.
If this happens to you, please contact your GSM operator and tell them the problem
and hopefully they should be able to change the network configuration for that number.
If you buy an extra TCS 3.5 and keep it connected to the COM1 or COM2 of your PC
you may use it to control remotely all your TCS boards.
Another way, even if not so user friendly is to use a GSM phone like the Nokia
9110 to call a TCS in data mode. An Ipaq with terminal software is also a convenient way to do it.
If you need clarification on this regard, please contact us at tcsinfo@dps-promatic.com.
Note: SIM cards can have 3 Numbers: VOICE, DATA and FAX. This means that
if you have a SIM card whose voice number is 2345678, it should have a DATA number
that is different.
People who sell SIM cards usually do not know the difference and so they will say
that even a SIM with only a number can send data. This can be true, the problem
is that it cannot be called with a data call.
You do not need a FAX number , but most of the time it is included.
Consult your operator(s) for more details and actually try to find which is
the one with best performance and cost.
Sometimes a SIM with a DATA number may cost more. This means that the operator
charges you more to be able to receive a data call. In fact most SIMs can always place
a data call even if they can't receive it. IN this case we suggest that you use the
#CLB (CallBack) function of the TCS 3.5 to ask the remote unit to place the DATA call.
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