Wireless Business Unit 5735 West Las Positas Blvd. Pleasanton, CA 94588 +1 (925) 924-8500 - Main Office +1 (925) 924-8502 - Fax www.cooperbussmann.com/wireless April 30, 2013 Dear Partner: Please be advised of the below notices. NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: ELPRO 615M-1 Cooper Bussmann announces an exciting new and powerful Multi-Service Provider Cellular Broadband Modem/Router that delivers wireless data connectivity for up to two LAN connections and one serial port through public cellular networks at 3G network speeds. END-OF-SALE AND END-OF-LIFE ANNOUCEMENT: ELPRO 605M-D1 Cooper Bussmann announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the ELPRO 605M-D1 GSM/GPRS Modem including all related power and country variations. The 605M-D1 series GSM/GPRS Modem will be orderable through May 31, 2013 (depending on availability of components). Note: The 605M-R1, router, will continue to be available for use with the 615M-1 Cellular modem. For those ELPRO 605M-D1 series customers who need to purchase ELPRO 605M-D1 series products after the end-of-sale date, Cooper Bussmann may offer equipment through authorized resellers subject to available stock. Cooper Bussmann will continue to offer technical support on the 605M-D1 series software for two years and on the hardware for two years, subject to component availability, after the end-of-sale date, through May 2015. Table 1 describes the key product features of the new ELPRO 615M-1. Table 2 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the ELPRO 605M-D1. Table 3 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement and relevant information for migrating to the replacement product. Customers planning new deployments should order the ELPRO 615M-1 Series. This next-generation modem/router offers higher performance and greater flexibility, as well as a more robust set of security and networking technologies required by many applications. Should you require further information, please contact your ELPRO Regional Sales Manager or ELPRO Partner. Please use our website Contact Us page and Distributor Locator for your nearest contact. 1 Wireless Business Unit 5735 West Las Positas Blvd. Pleasanton, CA 94588 +1 (925) 924-8500 - Main Office +1 (925) 924-8502 - Fax www.cooperbussmann.com/wireless Table 1. Product Features for the ELPRO 615M-1 Series Products Multicarrier Protocols: GPRS/EDGE, UMTS/HSPA; EVDO Rev0/A, 1xRTT Receive Antenna Diversity Client and Router Configuration TCP/IP Packet Assembler/Dis-assembler for Serial Devices Internal PPTP VPN Server and Client IPsec, GRE Tunneling, PPTP, VPN, RADIUS/802.1x Built-in DHCP Server and Port Forwarding MAC and IP Address Filtering ARP/GARP Filtering – Whitelist/Blacklist Dual 10/100baseT IEEE 802.3 Ethernet RS-232 Serial Port Analog I/O and Digital I/O Over-The-Air Network Diagnostics and Configuration Auto-Redial for Always-On Connection USB Configuration and Firmware Programming Table 2. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the ELPRO 605M-D1 Series Products Milestone Definition Date End-of-Life Announcement Date The date the document that announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life of a product is released. April 30th 2013 End-of-Sale Date The last date to order the product through ELPRO pointof-sale mechanisms. May 31st 2013 The product is no longer for sale after this date. Last Date of Support The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete. Software: May 31st 2015 Hardware: May 31st 2015 2 Wireless Business Unit 5735 West Las Positas Blvd. Pleasanton, CA 94588 +1 (925) 924-8500 - Main Office +1 (925) 924-8502 - Fax www.cooperbussmann.com/wireless Table 3. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement End-of-Sale Product ELPRO 605M-D1 Part Number EL-605M-D1 Product Description Recommended GSM / GPRS Serial Modem ELPRO 615M-1 Replacement Part Number Recommended Replacement PN Description Cellular Modem and Router 3