gsm shield arduino uno!Help needed.

Im trying to build a project on gsm shield sim900A .Im a newbie,Im getting no response from the gsm.
I have connected
(pin 0) rx of arduino uno to rx of gsm shield
(pin 1) tx to tx
gnd to gnd
powering gsm separately with 12v 1A adapter

I have no idea about datasheet,And how to analyze it .
I have downloaded library for sim900a and used AT command.
I believe the library does not support either my gsm shield or the AT commands i used.
I have attached the datasheet of my gsm shield.The picture of the gsm shield used is in datasheet.
Kindly help.
Please provide me the right library and sample code for my gsm shield and tell me if i can use AT commands?

char phone_no[]=”989833912”;

void setup()

{

Serial.begin(9600);  //Open Serial Connection at baudrate 9600

delay(2000);

Serial.println(“AT”); // Wake up GSM

Serial.print(“ATD”); //Dial the phone number using ATD command

Serial.print(phone_no);

Serial.println(“;”); // Semicolon is a must at the end

delay(10000);

Serial.println(“ATH”); // After a delay of 5 secs Hang the call

}

GSM sim900.pdf (369 KB)

document.pdf (1.92 MB)

GSMSHIELD.zip (63 KB)

I have connected
(pin 0) rx of arduino uno to rx of gsm shield
(pin 1) tx to tx
gnd to gnd

You probably must connect RX/TX over cross to the Arduino but that depends on the exact shield you're using.

Hi, I am new to Arduinos as well and was having difficulties in this area. I don't know if this message will help you or not but I did want to offer this to you. I am using an Arduino Uno with a GPRS shield but this still may work for you. On the GPRS shield the default jumper settings for Rx and Tx is 7 & 8 and I had to leave it on those to get this to work. Then what ultimately ended up helping me was searching for code for the particular version of GPRS shield that I am using, in this case it is a version 1.4 board. Here is code that I am using and it does work for me. I haven't gone through the entire sketch yet to omit un-needed code. Hope this works for you

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial GPRS(7, 8); // Tx and Rx pins 7 & 8
const int sensorPin = 12; // software sensor pin set to 12
boolean flooded = false;
boolean messageSent = false;
String TextMessage = ("ATTENTION Sump Pump Guardian Water Sensors Activated");

void setup()
{
GPRS.begin(19200);
Serial.begin(19200);
pinMode(sensorPin, INPUT); // set software pin 12 as an input
digitalWrite(sensorPin,LOW); // initialize water sensor pin low or false
delay(2000);

if (GPRS.available()>0)
{
toSerial();
}
else
{
powerUpOrDown(); //powers up the GPRS shield if powered off
delay(2000);
}

GPRS.println("AT+SAPBR=3,1,"CONTYPE","GPRS"");
delay(1000);
toSerial();

//Setup Cell company APN - Replace "epc.tmobile.com" with APN of your cell phone company
GPRS.println("AT+SAPBR=3,1,"APN","epc.tmobile.com"");
delay(4000);
toSerial();

// bearer settings
GPRS.println("AT+SAPBR=1,1");
delay(2000);
toSerial();
}

void loop()
{

if (digitalRead(sensorPin) == HIGH) //water sensor activated
{
flooded = true;
}
else if (digitalRead(sensorPin) == LOW) //water sensor not active
{
flooded = false;
messageSent = false;
}

if ((messageSent == false) && (flooded == false)) //set flooded == true for testing else set false for production. I know this
//sounds backwards, not sure why but maybe the library logic is incorrect
{

// send 1st text message to 1st cell phone
GPRS.println("AT+CMGF=1");
delay(100);

// put your phone number in here with format (area code)phone number
GPRS.println("AT+CMGS= "xxxxxxxxxx"");
delay(100);
GPRS.println(TextMessage);
delay(100);
GPRS.println((char)26); //tells sim900 to send text
delay(100);
toSerial();
delay(15000);

}
}

// FUNCTIONS

void toSerial()
{
while(GPRS.available()!=0)
{
Serial.write(GPRS.read());
}
}

void powerUpOrDown() //Power off or on GPRS Shield
{
pinMode(9, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(9,LOW);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(9,HIGH);
delay(2000);
digitalWrite(9,LOW);
delay(3000);
}