What's the purpose of the jumper on the GPRS shield 1.2?

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#1

It just says “Jumpers / This section is a work in progress” on the Wiki.

Thanks!

#2

Hi there,

It just mean -This section is an ongoing work.

#3

So what is the purpose of the jumper. That is, why should I set it one way or the other?

#4

Did you mean this jumpers?

#5

Exactly! Is it to change the pin assignments? If so, which position does what?

I’d like to use the shield with a Netduino Plus on COM2 (RX on Pin 2, TX on Pin 3, RTS on Pin 7 and CTS on Pin 8), enabling CTS/RTS flow control. Is this possible? If so, how should the jumpers be set?

Thanks for taking the time to reply!

#6

Never mind; I found it. Sorry!

"…SWSerial position - that is we want GPRS_TX to be connected to D7(RX) and GPRS_RX to D8(TX) "
"…Serial Port jumpers on the GPRS Shield in Xduino position (i.e. Arduino’s RX connected to GPRS_TX and TX of Arduino connected to GPRS_RX)

Still like to know about RTS/CTS support, if anyone has this working. I’ve also found how to enable RTS/CTS through the AT command.