How is Prime connected to the interwebs?

Tideland Prius · Jun 1, 2018

_echo said: ↑

Tinfoil hat time..
If you look at the prime rear window, at the very top, there appear to be un-terminated heating elements, that look a bit like antenna elements.

They are a bit large to be for cell or anything related to satellites (XM, GPS, etc.)
There are quite a few of them too. Where do these things go?

They _could_ be for ordinary broadcast radio (it's about the right size), and this would make sense, but I thought the FM antenna was in the shark fin thingy?

As for connectivity, I still use telnet extensively for debug consoles, and is quite useful for a lot of embedded folks. Say what you will about ssh, but it simply won't fit into really small things, just make sure to disable it in production! Remember, back in the 'good old days' we had real honest to goodness _line noise_. The dreaded 'no carrier' due to some idiot picking up an extension phone was also quite refreshing after getting your file 99% downloaded!

Now, who has done xmodem over a telnet connection?
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Possibly the FM Diversity Antenna

illumiN8i · Jun 2, 2018

CharlesH said: ↑

I am pretty sure (but not 100%) that they use Verizon. I am not sure which technology they are using. (CDMA/1x or LTE). Since they don't use it for media streaming, they only need voice and low-speed data for the telematics, for which CDMA/1x is just fine. Unless the cell phone is LTE-capable, it is going to have a problem after Verizon turns off its CDMA network, currently scheduled for December, 2019. AT&T has already stranded GSM-only devices.
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The FCC and IC IDs for the Safety Connect radio module are listed in the manual:

FCC ID: JOYJ79
IC: 574B-J79

A google search for that FCC ID finds the device listed on the Verizon site with LTE supported.

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