User Guide

Data Communication and Host Modes
Rev 3.0B Feb.08 63
IfQuietmodeisoff,theresultcodeisaffectedasfollows:
ForV=1(Verbosemode),thetextualresultcodeissur‐
roundedbyacarriagereturnandnewline.AnyAT
queryresponseisalsosurroundedbyacarriagereturn
andnewline.
ForV=0(Tersemode),anumericresultcodeisoutput
withasingletrailingcarriagereturn(nonewlineis
output),whileanyATqueryresponseisfollowedbya
carriagereturnandnewline(thereisnopreceding
output).
• Forexample,possibleoutputtotheATcommand“AT ” 
withcarriagereturn(assumingquietmodeisnoton)is:
carriagereturn‐ifV=0
carriagereturnandnewlineOKanothercarriage
returnandnewline‐ifV=1
Note: These commands work for the port on which they are executed.
For example, if the user types ATE1 and then AT&W using a serial
port connection, it will set the serial port to Echo On.
PassThru Mode
InPassThrumode,thePinPointX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
‐
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.