Problems with SIMCOM SIM900 GSM/GPRS Shield DB No Resp

Official Hardware Retired GSM Shield
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I am using an Arduino UNO and a SIMCOM SIM900 GSM/GPRS Shield

My code works and uploads and is shown below:

However when I open the serial monitor I get this message:

Serial Started.
DB:NO RESP
DB:NO RESP
DB:NO RESP
Trying to force the baud-rate to 9600

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ERROR: SIM900 doesn't answer. Check power and serial pins in GSM.cpp

status=IDLE

#include "SIM900.h"
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#include "sms.h"
SMSGSM sms;

int numdata;
boolean started=false;
char smsbuffer[160];
char n[20];

char sms_position;
char phone_number[20];
char sms_text[100];
int i;

void setup()
{
    Serial.begin(9600);
    Serial.println("Serial Started.");
    
    if (gsm.begin(9600)) 
    {
        Serial.println("\nstatus=READY");
        started=true;
    } 
    else 
        Serial.println("\nstatus=IDLE");

    if(started) 
    {
        if (sms.SendSMS("+19569758590", "Arduino SMS"))
        {
          Serial.println("\nSMS sent OK.");
        }
        else
        {
          Serial.println("\nError sending SMS.");
        }      
    }
};

void loop()
{
    if(started) 
    {
        sms_position=sms.IsSMSPresent(SMS_UNREAD);
        if (sms_position) 
        {
            Serial.print("SMS postion:");
            Serial.println(sms_position,DEC);
            sms.GetSMS(sms_position, phone_number,20, sms_text, 100);
            Serial.println(phone_number);
            Serial.println(sms_text);
        }      
        delay(2000);
    }
};