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4.5ActivatingaCDMALMU42x0™
CheckwiththeCalAmpSalesteamforavailabilityoftheLMU42x0™withCDMAmodems.ForCDMA
devices,theactivationsequenceyouwillusevariesfromcarriertocarrier.Eachofthesupportedcarriersis
documentedbelow.
Toobtainanaccount,aCDMAcarrierwillgenerallyaskforthreethings,theManufacturer,theProductType
andtheESN.Obviouslythefirsttwoitemsareansweredby“CalAmpLMU”.Thelastoneisalittle
misleading.TheESNontheLMUistheCalAmpserialnumber.Theonetheoperatorisinterestedinisthe
MSND(whichtheycallthedecimalESN).DONOTgivethemtheCalAmpESN(i.e.thetoponeonthe
label).Itwillonlyleadtothecarriertellingyouthattheproductdoesn’texistandtheycan’tactivateitforyou.
Whatyoushouldgetbackwillvaryfromoperatortooperator;howeveratveryleastitwillbetheMDN
(MobileDirectoryNumber)andMIN(MobileInformationNumber).YoushouldalsoaskfortheSPC(Service
ProgrammingCode)incaseitisnot000000.TheSPCiseffectivelyapasswordtothemodemwhichallows
youtoprogramsomeofthemoresensitiveitems(ex:theMDNandMIN).PleasenotethattheMINandMSID
canbethesamevalue.
4.5.1ActivatingaCDMALMU42x0™–Verizon
VerizonsupportsasystemthatallowsCDMAdevicestobeprovisionedOverTheAir.ACalAmpLMU
42x0™willautomaticallyusethissystemtoattempttoselfprovision.ThisprocedureassumesthattheLMU
42x0™hasneverbeenprovisionedoractivatedbefore.
1.PowerontheLMU42x0™,makingsureyoucanobservethebehavioroftheCommLED.
2.WaituntiltheCommLEDturnssolid.Thiscouldtakeupto5minutes.
3.Ifafter5minutesyouobservethattheCommLEDtransitionsfromaslowblinktoafastblinkseveral
times(i.e.morethantwice)youwillneedtocontactVerizonWirelessforfurthersupportonaccount
activation.
Onceconfigured,youmayverifythattheLMU42x0™’smodemhasregisteredtotheCDMAnetwork.Enter:
AT$APPCOMMSTATUS?
Theresponseshouldbesimilarto:
CDMAService: IS‐2000
Connection: Yes
RSSI: ‐80dBm
Channel: 0
Band:Side: 800:B
BaseStationID:0
NetworkID: 0
SystemID: 4
ESN(ModemS/N: 2676319948[9F8566CC]
PhoneNumber: 1234567890
IMSI: 310001234567890
CarrierConfig: 5










