User guide

Introduction to the Raven XE
Rev 2.0 Oct.09 2
ALEOS™
ALEOS,theembeddedcoretechnologyoftheSierraWireless
AirLinkproductssimplifiesinstallation,operationandmainte
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nanceofanysolution,andprovides analways‐on,always‐
awareintelligentconnectionformission‐criticalapplications.
ALEOSenables:
• PersistentNetworkConnectivity
• Over‐The‐Air(OTA)Upgrades
• WirelessOptimizedTCP/IP
• Real‐TimeNotification
• PacketLevelDiagnostics
• DeviceManagement&Control
• ProtocolSpoofing
Figure 1-2: Powered by ALEOS
ACEware™
Awirelesssolutionisnotcompleteuntilyouhavesoftware
toolstomanagethedevicesmonitoringyourvaluable
equipment.UsingtheAirLinkControlEnvironment(ACE),
ACEWareisthedevicemanagementandmonitoringappli
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cationsuiteforSierraWirelessAirLinkdevicespoweredby
ALEOS.
Figure 1-3: ACEware Logo
TheACEwaresuiteencompassesanapplicationinternaltothe
firmware(ACEmanager),Windows‐basedapplications
(ACEviewandModemDoctor),andaweb‐hostedapplication
(ACEnet).Youcandownloadtheapplicationsandtheiruser