Falcom Samba 55/56 - Integrated Tri Band GSM/GPRS Engine

• Integrated Tri Band GSM/GPRS Engine
• Available as SAMBA55 or SAMBA56
• SAMBA55: 900/1800/1900 MHz
• SAMBA56: 850/1800/1900 MHz
• Data, SMS, Fax, Voice
• GPRS class 10
• GSM antenna included
• USB serial link and Audio Interface
• Windows Driver

The Falcom Samba 55/56 is a plug'n'play device in extremely small size, which provides a powerful state-of the art technology and makes it almost perfect for a quick and easy way to plug in GSM or GPRS functionality into your systems. The embedded USB interface allows direct connections to a USB serial port of desktop or notebook computers. The SAMBA can send and receive data by GSM and GPRS. It features GPRS multislot class 10 and supports the GPRS coding schemes CS-1, CS-2, CS-3 and CS-4. It supports voice, SMS, FAX as well as offers a choice of seven ring tones/melodies. The SAMBA modem can be easily controlled by using AT commands for all kind of operation.

Facts

General	Tri Band GSM/GPRS modem SAMBA55: 900/1800/1900 MHz SAMBA56: 850/1800/1900 MHz class 4 (2 W) for EGSM900 class 1 (1 W) for DCS1800 / PCS1900 small size and low power consumption voice, SMS, Fax and data transmission without extra hardware internal 3 V SIM interface easy remote control by AT commands for dedicated applications fully type approved according to GSM phase 2+ specification fully shielded and ready-to-use
Electrical characteristics	power supply: +5 V DC (through USB port)
Physical characteristics	dimensions: (L x W x H) 88.7 x 37.6 x 12.6 mm weight: 79 g normal range temperature: -20 °C to +55 °C restricted operation: -25 °C to -20 °C and +55 °C to +70 °C
Basic features	telephony (TCH/FS) and emergency calls full rate, enhanced full rate, half rate and adaptive multi rate dual tone multi frequency function (DTMF) SMS (GSM and GPRS mode): text and PDU, point to point MT and MO, SMS cell broadcast WAP compliant and compliant with SMG 31
GSM features	transparent and non transparent up to 9600 bps group 3: class 1, class 2, alternate speech and fax, MNP 2
GSM services	call forwarding, call barring, multiparty, call waiting and call hold, calling line identity, advice of charge, USSD, closed user group
GPRS features	data downlink transfer: max. 85.6 kbps data uplink transfer: max. 42.8 kbps coding schemes CS-1 to CS-4, GPRS class 10 class B
Other features	SM, FD, LD, MC, RC, ON, ME + SIM phone book management fixed dialling number, SIM toolkit class 2 SIM, network and service provider locks real time clock alarm management UCS 2 character set management
Interfaces	internal SIM interface: 3 V only USB serial link headset jack firmware upgrade: over USB interface and SIM card
Hardware requirements	a valid SIM card free compatible USB port appr. 6 Mb of free hard disk space Pentium® 90 or higher with CD-ROM drive
Software requirements	OS: Windows® 2000/XP HyperModem or other terminal programs web-browser and e-mail client

Software

Auron SMS Server is a Windows-based software package that enables you to send, receive and process SMS and e-mail messages. Supported communication protocols: GSM, HTTP, SMPP, SMTP, POP3. Incoming messages are processed by 'triggers', and can be fully customized.

It's a framework for any scenario where one/two-way SMS is required. Create a voting/polling system, send out mass SMS broadcasts, create a reservation system, etc.. Real-life case-studies are included as sample projects.

• Download Auron SMS Server
• Visit Auron SMS Server Web Site