Continental TCAM1NA2 Telematics and Connectivity Antenna Module User Manual

Continental TCAM1NA2 Telematics and Connectivity Antenna Module

Scope of Document

The aim of this document is to provide a short overview on the TCAM module model TCAM1NA2 and to describe the TCAM.

General Product Information

Product type:

Telematics and Connectivity Antenna Module (TCAM)

Manufacturer, Applicant:

• Continental Automotive GmbH
• Siemensstrasse 12
• 93055 Regensburg
• Germany

Brand/Trademark:

Continental

Factory/Manufacturing Location:

Continental Automotive Systems S.R.L. Strada Salzburg 8
550018 Sibiu
Romania

Country of origin:

Romania

System Overview

Short Description of the TCAM

The TCAM (Telematics and Connectivity Antenna Module) is a vehicle intelligent antenna module for telematic and connectivity purposes.
It is designed for roof mounting, with integrated antennas protected by a shark-fin cover. It consists of a fin antenna with integrated telematics transceivers for different wireless services, as well as several interfaces to the vehicle.
A built-in backup antenna provides cellular network access in case of the main integrated antennas under the shark fin cover get damaged, e.g. during a roll- over crash scenario. The TCAM is connected to the power supply via a four-pin battery connector, and to the vehicle interfaces via a 20 pin connector and a BroadR-Reach connector.

North America (NA) Variant

Model number: TCAM1NA2

Picture of the TCAM Module

Mechanical design

Car mounting position

• The mounting location is partly under and over the roof of the vehicle.
• The fixing cap will, after installation of the module on the vehicle, will be covered by a design cap (outer cover).

In vehicle System

The in-vehicle system consists of the following components:

• TCAM (= Multi Antenna Module)
• BUB (Backup Battery)
• OHC (Overhead Compartment) with built-in microphones
• Backup speaker
• IHU (Infotainment Head Unit)
• CEM (Central Electronic Module)
• OBC (On Board Charger)

Figure: IVS components and position in the vehicle

OHC (Overhead Compartment) – by Volvo

The OHC acts as the operation panel of the system. It consists of the following:

• Volvo onCall button (Road Assistance call)
• Call status indicator LED
• Microphone
• Slot for private SIM card

Figure: Overhead Compartment

Backup speaker– by Volvo

The backup speaker is a separate speaker additional to the car speakers, see picture below

Figure: Backup speaker (left: front side, right: back side) Figure: Backup speaker (left: front side, right: back side)

BUB (Backup Battery)

The BUB serves as the emergency backup power supply for the TCAM, if the main battery is disconnected during a crash or its discharged.

DIM (Driver Information Module)

The DIM is the Volvo driver information display on the dashboard. Fault messages will be displayed there.

VGM (Vehicle Gateway Module)

The VGM from Continental handles the interconnection between TCAM, IHU and DIM.

Description of the TCAM module

Product features

The TCAM1NA2 main parts are:

• Antennas for cellular, WLAN, BLE, ISM receiver (RKE), SDARS with LNA
• GNSS with LNA for Navigation: Beidou, Galileo, GPS, Glonass
• Antenna selection via RF switches
• TCAM internal antennas (all are TCAM internal, no extern antenna connections):
• Tel1 antenna: 2G, 3G, 4G/LTE1 (vehicle outside)
• Tel2 antenna: LTE2 (Rx only) (vehicle outside)
• MIMO with LTE1- and LTE2-antenna. LTE2 is Rx only.
• Backup telephone antenna: 2G, 3G, 4G/LTE (vehicle inside)
• Wi-Fi internal antenna (vehicle inside)
• Wi-Fi external antenna (vehicle outside)
• BLE antenna (vehicle outside)
• Stacked patch antenna featuring GNSS (vehicle outside)
• ISM receiver antenna (vehicle inside)
• SDARS antenna (vehicle outside)
• CAT4 NAD with 2G/3G/4G/LTE and GNSS, FCC certified
• VoLTE
• ISM receiver module (434MHz) for: RKE (Remote Keyless Entry), PASE (Passive Start and Entry, TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System)
• Wi-Fi chip
• BLE chip
• 1st internal embedded Sim-IC
• Service calls

External interfvaces:

• Main power supply
• External backup battery
• External SIM card slot (2nd private customer SIM, optional)
• External microphone in the OHC (Overhead Compartment)
• A2B to the OHC
• External backup speaker
• BroadR-Reach
• CEM connection (K-Line)
• Infotainment CAN
• Airbag input
• Debug interfaces (USB, UART)

Wireless services:

• 2G
• 3G
• 4G/LTE
• VoLTE
• Contains a FCC/IC certified CAT4 NAD with 2G/3G/4G/LTE and GNSS
• Voice/Assistance Calls:
  • Assistance Calls
  • Calls are only possible to some fixed phone numbers
• Global Positioning and Navigation
• Car Access, Tire pressure Monitoring:
  • Contains an FCC tested ISM RF receiver module
• WLAN a/b/g/n/ac
• Access point
• Station/client
• BLE
• Data Services

Interfaces:

• CAN
• LIN
• BroadReach
• USB (for development only)

TCAM1NA2 internal Antennas:

• Tel1 antenna: 2G/3G/LTE1 (outside verhicle)
• Tel2 antenna: LTE2 (Rx LTE only), Wi-Fi extern antenna (outside vehicle)
• Backup telephone antenna: 2G/3G/LTE (inside vehicle)
• Wi-Fi internal antenna (inside vehicle)
• GNSS antenna (outside verhicle)
• SDARS antenna (outside vehicle)
• BLE antenna (outside vehicle)
• ISM/RKE antenna (inside vehicle)

There are no connectors for external antennas, except for the SDARS antenna signal OUT connection.
All necessary antennas are integrated into the TCAM.

Figure: Antenna schematic

Technical data

Storage temperature Range
-40°C to 105°C

Operating temperature Range

• Nominal.: 12 V dc
• Supply Voltage Range: 8 V to 16 V dc

Supply current consumption

• Typical standby current: 3.5 mA dc (at 12 V)
• Typical active current consumption: 350 mA dc (at 12 V) (Cellular, Wi-Fi, BLE, GNSS active)

Power Consumption

• Typical power consumption: 4.2 W dc
  (cellular, Wi-Fi, BLE, GNSS active)

Wireless services

2G/GSM:

Frequency bands / range:

| Band 2 (GSM1900): 1850-1910 / 1930-1990 MHz,

Band 5 (GSM850): 824-849 / 869-894 MHz

Electrical output power:

| GSM:

Low Band (850): + 32.5 dBm (+/- 1dB) High Band (1900): + 29.5 dBm (+/- 1dB) EDGE:

Low Band (850): + 26.5 dBm (+/- 1dB)

High Band (1900): + 25.5 dBm (+/- 1dB)

3G/UMTS:

Frequency bands / range:

| Band II (B2: 1900 UMTS): 1850-1910 / 1930-1990 MHz,

Band IV (B4: 1700 UMTS): 1710-1755 / 2110-2155 MHz,

Band V (B5: 850 UMTS): 824-849 / 869-894 MHz

Electrical output power:| +23.5 dBm (+/- 1dB)

4G/LTE:

Frequency bands / range:

| FDD Band 2 (1900 LTE): 1850-1910 / 1930-1990 MHz,

FDD Band 4 (1700 LTE): 1710-1755 / 2110-2155 MHz,

FDD Band 5 (850 LTE): 824-849 / 869-894 MHz,

FDD Band 7 (2600 LTE): 2500-2570 / 2620-2690 MHz,

FDD Band 12 (700 LTE): 698-716 / 728-746 MHz,

FDD Band 13 (750 LTE): 777-787 / 746-756 MHz

Electrical output power:| +23.0 dBm (+/- 1dB)

GNSS receiver:

Frequency bands / range:

| GPS L1 band: 1575.42 MHz

Galileo E1 band: 1575.42 MHz Glonass band L1: 1602 MHz

BeiDou L1 band: 1561 MHz

ISM receiver:

MHz

Wi-Fi:

Frequency bands / range:

| Freq. Range           Bands              DFS

2402 – 2472 MHz                           without DFS 5150 – 5250 MHz U-NII-1               without DFS

5725 – 5850 MHz    U-NII-3               without DFS

Electrical output power:

| 2402 – 2472 MHz: ≤ 24 dBm

5150 – 5250 MHz: ≤ 6 dBm

5725 – 5850 MHz: ≤ 24 dBm

Bluetooth Low Energy:

Label Information

USA/Canada

• Continental
  • Model: TCAM1NA2
  • FCC ID: KR5TCAM1NA2
  • IC: 7812D-TCAM1NA2
  • Contains FCC ID: LHJ-BL28NARD1 Contains IC: 2807E-BL28NARD1

Owner Manual Statements

Owner manual USA/Canada

• Continental
  • Model: TCAM1NA2
  • FCC ID:KR5TCAM1NA2
  • IC:7812D–TCAM1NA2
  • Contains FCC ID: LHJ-BL28NARD1
  • Contains IC: 2807E-BL28NARD1

FCC Statment

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules and Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

FCC Class B digital device notice
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Continental Automotive GmbH has not approved any changes or modifications to this device by the user. Any changes or modifications could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

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