VEGA PLICSMOBILE T61 - Manual (Page 25)

25
7 Setup
PLICSMOBILE T61 • External GSM/GPRS radio unit
37700-EN-130228
7.4 Mobile network and SIM card
An activated SIM card with data transmission option is required for
setup.
Information:
The SIM card does not belong to the scope of delivery of the instru-
ment and must be provided by the respective operator. To avoid
roaming costs, the card should be bought in the country in which the
PLICSMOBILE T61 is installed and operated.
Dial-in connections on PLICSMOBILE are only possible if the SIM
card used supports the data service CSD (Circuit Switched Data).
Dial-in connections are used for remote parameter adjustment. The
use of GPRS is not possible.
Note:
When the power saving mode is activated in PLICSMOBILE, it cannot
be contacted by a dial-in connection during the inactive time. During
the active time (during a data transmission), incoming dial-in connec-
tions are accepted and maintained independent of the power saving
mode until the dial-in connection is terminated.
Data connections (Dial-Out) from PLICSMOBILE can be optionally
established via GPRS (volume-based billing) or a dial-up connection
(CSD, time-based billing). The transmission mode can be selected
when setting up via PACTware and DTM. Outgoing connections are
used for measured value transmission via E-mail/SMS/WEB-VV.
The data transmission can be either carried out via CSD but also
via GPRS. The availability of GPRS at the location of PLICSMOBILE
depends on the respective mobile network provider. With CSD, the
transmission costs are calculated by means of the required time.
With GPRS, the calculation is made according to the transmitted data
volume. For this, the data transmission should be always carried out
via GPRS, if possible.
When transmitting the measured value via e-mail or WEB-VV, ap-
proximately 5 KB data are transmitted. For example with an hourly
transmission this will cause a monthly net data volume of totally ap-
proximately 4 MB.
Dependent on the selected tariff, the mobile network provider carries
out a so called block rounding. When checking out of the GPRS net-
work billing units are rounded. Since the PLICSMOBILE checks out
of the GPRS network after transmission of each message provided
the energy saving mode is activated, this block rounding is applied
with each transmission. If for example a tariff with a block rounding to
100 KB is used, then an hourly measured value transmission causes
a monthly billing volume of more than 70 MB. Select therefore a pure
data tariff (M2M) with a possibly low block rounding.
Insert the card with the beveled side in front into the card slot until it
snaps in. The contact surface must point downward.
Dial-In (remote parameter
adjustment)
Dial-Out (measured value
transmission)
Insert SIM card