SM5100B Shield and Serial Monitor

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I have the Arduino Leonardo and trying to interface it with the SM5100B shield.

I have jumped pins 2 and 3 to pins 10 and 11 as mentioned in http://tronixstuff.wordpress.com/2011/0 … -part-one/ I am using an external 5V power supply to power the board to ensure I have enough current supply. After trying the initial check code I am still not receiving anything in my serial monitor.

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
char incoming_char=0; //Will hold the incoming character from the Serial Port.
SoftwareSerial cell(10,11); //Create a 'fake' serial port. Pin 10 is the Rx pin, pin 11 is the Tx pin.
void setup()
{
 //Initialize serial ports for communication.
 Serial.begin(9600);
 cell.begin(9600);
 Serial.println("Starting SM5100B Communication...");
}
void loop()
{
 //If a character comes in from the cellular module...
 if(cell.available() >0)
 {
 incoming_char=cell.read(); //Get the character from the cellular serial port.
 Serial.print(incoming_char); //Print the incoming character to the terminal.
 }
 //If a character is coming from the terminal to the Arduino...
 if(Serial.available() >0)
 {
 incoming_char=Serial.read(); //Get the character coming from the terminal
 cell.print(incoming_char); //Send the character to the cellular module.
 }
}

I am using the serial monitor in the arduino program and also using terminal v1.9b application to monitor it.

I am not even getting the first statement “Starting SM5100B Communication…”

Could anyone give me some advice on why I would not be communicating with it?

Thanks