7 clock/alarm function – Rainbow Electronics GE863-GPS low power User Manual

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3.7 Clock/Alarm function

The

Telit GE863-GPS

provides a Real Time Clock and Alarm embedded in the product; it is therefore

possible to set-up the proper time, check the actual time, set-up an alarm time at which the alarm will
be triggered with various behavior depending on the +CALA setting.
The only requirement is that the power input to the

Telit GE863-GPS

has to be guaranteed without

interruptions, the

Telit GE863-GPS

has no backup battery; therefore it will lose the time setting if its

power supply is interrupted.

On Alarm trigger the

Telit GE863-GPS

can:

•

automatically Wake-up fully operative from shutdown as if the ON/OFF

•

automatically Wake-up from shutdown in a special status namely "alarm status" where it will not

look for or try to register into any network, as if it would be off, except from the fact that it proceeds
with the alarm action and it can receive commands to return completely operative or shutdown
immediately.

•

If already ON at alarm trigger time, simply proceed with the Alarm action

Once Woken-up the

Telit GE863-GPS

proceeds with the chosen action that can be

•

issue an unsolicited code "+ALARM: " on the serial port until a 90s timeout expires or a

special Wake-up command is received

•

play an Alarm tone until a 90s timeout expires or a special Wake-up command is received

•

rise the pin GPIO6 until a 90s timeout expires or a special Wake-up command is received

•

any combination of these actions

With these features, the

Telit GE863-GPS

for example can:

•

Wake-up itself and its controlling hardware by using the GPIO6 pin at the desired time, so timely

surveys can be programmed without the need to keep the any hardware on and therefore reducing
power consumption to a minimum.

•

Activate some special hardware on time trigger event with the GPIO6 pin.

•

Alert the controlling application that the alarm time has come with the unsolicited code

"+ALARM:"

•

Alert the user with the alarm tone played