Sierra Wireless EVDO SDK

Dog-One · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject: Sierra Wireless EVDO SDK

If anyone is doing development for the PC5220 or the AC580 cards, here are some notes to take into consideration:

grant · EVDO User Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 54

Dog-One · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:48 am Post subject: SDK Uses

The EVDO SDK (Software Development Kit) allows you to create custom applications that talk directly to the wireless card. So if you're a programmer/developer, you can write your own Watcher, Connection Manager, VZAccess application (or combination thereof) to function exactly how you want. You can put together features and assemble a program with the "look-n-feel" that you're comfortable with. And because you are talking to the card via a low-level API (Application Programming Interface), you will have access to some functions that wouldn't normally be available in the canned software packages--like locking the card in EVDO mode, or showing the temperature inside the card.

Another good example would be to build an application/driver that makes the 5220 behave as though it were an Ethernet device (more like a WiFi card). Plug in the card and you have Internet--no connecting or messing around.