CalAmp GUARDIAN, User Manual

Page 1: ...GUARDIAN SERIAL RADIO MODEM User Manual PN 001 5006 000 Rev 0 Revised July 2011...

Page 2: ...REVISION HISTORY REV DATE REVISION DETAILS 0 July 2011 Initial Release as 001 5006 000...

Page 3: ...rdian unit must be professionally installed and must ensure a minimum separation distance listed in the table below between the radiating structure and any person An antenna mounted on a pole or tower...

Page 4: ...z NP4 5016 500 773B 5016500 140 5016 501 136 174 MHz NP4 5016 500 773B 5016500 140 5026 500 216 222 MHz NP4 5026 500 773B 5026500 140 5026 501 216 222 MHz NP4 5026 500 773B 5026500 140 5046 300 406 47...

Page 5: ...s 14 1 6 Product Warranty 15 1 7 RMA Request 16 1 8 Documentation and Downloads 16 2 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND NETWORK PLANNING 17 2 1 Single Coverage Area 17 2 2 Network Architecture 17 2 2 1 Point to...

Page 6: ...1 Online Diagnostics 26 4 2 2 Offline Diagnostics 27 4 2 3 Remote Commands 27 5 GUARDIAN FIELD PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE 28 5 1 Introduction 28 5 1 1 COM Port Settings 29 5 1 2 Port Settings 29 5 1 3 Port...

Page 7: ...ser interface port See Section 1 3 Industrial operating temperature range of 30 to 60 C Rugged die cast aluminum and steel case Rugged Packaging Guardian is housed in a compact and rugged cast aluminu...

Page 8: ...Diagnostics and more You may choose to program all of your units the same and let the User Connector at the install site select the proper configuration for that install For instance Site A transmits...

Page 9: ...tion the Guardian features no external or internal switches or adjustments All operating parameters are set via the setup port 1 4 1 FRONT PANEL The front panel has the following connections 1 8 Pin u...

Page 10: ...port Transmit data is being received by the port 1 4 3 USER INTERFACE PORT The user interface port is an 8 pin block receptacle programmable to work with 1 8V to 5V levels Table 1 2 shows pin out desc...

Page 11: ...E 9 Connector Contact EIA 232F Function Signal Direction 1 Data Carrier Detect DCD 1 DTE DCE 2 Receive Data RXD DTE DCE 3 Transmit Data TXD DTE DCE 4 Data Terminal Ready DTR DTE DCE 5 Signal Ground GN...

Page 12: ...ntenna connector This connection functions for both transmit and receive The Dual Port and Full Duplex Guardian have a 50 ohm TNC female antenna connector functioning for transmit only and a 50 ohm SM...

Page 13: ...RDIAN RADIO Table 1 5 provides a breakdown of the Guardian part number 140 50X6 Y0Z Table 1 5 Part Number Breakdown Model Number Description Frequency Range 140 5016 500 Standard VHF Guardian 100 136...

Page 14: ...5046 300 Guardian 400 Demo Kit UHF 450 512 MHz 250 5046 500 Guardian 900 Demo Kit 900 928 960 MHz 250 5096 500 Factory Installed Guardian Fan Kit 150 5008 001 Field Installed Guardian Fan Kit 150 500...

Page 15: ...25 feet antenna feedline LMR400 N Male 250 0200 025 50 feet antenna feedline LMR400 N Male 250 0200 055 Barrel Connector RF1 N type Female 250 0200 100 1 8 PRODUCT WARRANTY It is our guarantee that e...

Page 16: ...ADDRESSES ON HAND WHEN CALLING For units in warranty customers are responsible for shipping charges to CalAmp Wireless Networks For units returned out of warranty customers are responsible for all sh...

Page 17: ...utilities and environmental groups The Guardian is intended for use in the Industrial Monitoring and SCADA market The range of the Guardian is dependent on terrain RF radio frequency path obstacles a...

Page 18: ...odems Figure 2 2 Point to Multipoint Network 2 2 3 MULTIPLE POINT TO POINT A multiple point to point is similar to the point to multipoint system except the SCADA host has multiple serial ports that a...

Page 19: ...ted when electrical energy produced by a radio transmitter is converted into magnetic energy by an antenna Magnetic waves travel through space The receiving antenna intercepts a very small amount of t...

Page 20: ...of 1000 or 30 dB compared to the bulb alone Gain can be achieved by concentrating the energy both vertically and horizontally as in the case of the flashlight and Yagi antenna Gain can be also be achi...

Page 21: ...efully considered Poor quality coaxial cables should be avoided as they will degrade system performance for both transmission and reception The cable should be kept as short as possible to minimize si...

Page 22: ...is operating The installer of this equipment must ensure the antenna is located or pointed such that it does not emit an RF field in excess of Health Canada limits for the general population Recommen...

Page 23: ...ed system interference is less likely because geographic location and existing operating frequencies are normally taken into account when allocating frequencies The risk of interference can be further...

Page 24: ...the test network to reduce the amount of signal strength in the test environment 3 2 MEASURE AND CONNECT PRIMARY POWER Primary power for the Guardian must be within 10 30 VDC and be capable of provid...

Page 25: ...M port of the PC 3 5 GUARDIAN FIELD PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE Operating characteristics of the Guardian are configured by the Field Programming Software Offline Diagnostics and Online Diagnostics give acce...

Page 26: ...n a network should have unique Short ID numbers to avoid ambiguity in Online Diagnostics reports The Guardian Field Programming Software may be used to check the value of the Short ID When setting up...

Page 27: ...eration Offline diagnostics provide information that is displayed via the Offline Diagnostics utility Offline Diagnostics gather and displays Battery Voltage Analog Vcc Temperature RSSI Level Forward...

Page 28: ...programmable settings interactively tune modem and RF parameters and monitor diagnostic data from the Guardian See Figure 5 1 for the Guardian Field Programming Software startup screen Figure 5 1 Gua...

Page 29: ...luded in the Demo Kit is connected from the Setup Port on the Guardian to the PC s COM port configured as the Primary Port 5 1 2 PORT SETTINGS The Port Settings screen of the Field Programming Softwar...

Page 30: ...DTR Enable Used to assert DTR Data Terminal Ready line of the RS232 Port when the port is open for the Primary and Secondary COM Ports Default is NO Swap COM Ports Selecting the Swap Com Ports button...

Page 31: ...sc with Flow Control HS Sends data using the Sync Esc byte stuffing protocol with flow control handshaking Buffered with Flow Control HS Sends buffered data with flow control hardware handshaking 5 1...

Page 32: ...s Tx ed Bytes Transmitted shows the number of bytes characters transmitted since the port was last opened or cleared Bytes Rx ed Bytes Received shows the number of bytes characters received since the...

Page 33: ...ived from the ID Number no entry is allowed in this field The range of the Short ID is 1 to 1023 PTT Watchdog Check to enforce a maximum transmit time or uncheck for unlimited transmit time This is us...

Page 34: ...s For more information on Link Configurations see Section 1 3 Need to add another screenshot of the Default Tab and explain how it works similar to how the help file does this Figure 5 6 Link Configur...

Page 35: ...tings will be used in any of the 8 links where the Default checkboxes are checked 5 1 5 1 MODEM SETTINGS Figure 5 8 Modem Settings Online Diagnostics If enabled diagnostics information is sent at the...

Page 36: ...susceptible to extraneous bits dribble bits at the end of data transmission The default value is Disabled unchecked Values are 4800 b s 16 ms 9600 b s 8 ms 19200 b s 4 ms An end of transmission quiet...

Page 37: ...perating parameters Figure 5 9 RF Link Rx Frequency Displays the receive frequency for the channel pair Tx Frequency Displays the transmit frequency for the channel pair Power Output Displays the tran...

Page 38: ...None The Default is None Identify the sum of bits for the Guardian COM Port Stop Bits Select 1 2 The Default is 1 Marks the end of the serial port data byte for the Guardian COM Port Serial Standard S...

Page 39: ...Version Request screen is accessed from the Version icon on the Guardian Programmer screen Selecting Version Request causes the Guardian Field Programming Software to display information about the ve...

Page 40: ...onfiguration screen This will help avoid writing erroneous parameters to the connected unit A Read Guardian is automatically performed when the User Configuration screen is opened with a Guardian Mode...

Page 41: ...gnostics in volts Low High Fwd Pwr Represents the low and high limits for the forward power diagnostics in watts Low High Rev Pwr Open Represents the low and high limits for the Reverse Power diagnost...

Page 42: ...unit Blocks Rx ed from Remote Displays the number of data blocks received from the remote unit Link Quality Displays the ratio of data blocks received to data blocks transmitted in of Blocks to Send A...

Page 43: ...re returned from a local or remote unit in response to a Get Diags Stats request see Figure 5 15 An Offline Diagnostics request requires suspension of user network operation Figure 5 15 Offline Diagno...

Page 44: ...le Good this serves as an indication of how well the unit is receiving data Preamble DCD this number shows a count of all received Carrier Detects RSSI Panel Shows the current RSSI level in dBm while...

Page 45: ...her Offline Diagnostics from the selected Remote ID only Remote ID List This button allows the user to gather Offline Diagnostics from all the IDs in the list of Remote IDs including the local unit Pr...

Page 46: ...m The unit that the computer is interfaced with will output Online Diagnostics as they are received This unit must have the Output Online Diagnostic Data to the Setup Port parameter programmed found o...

Page 47: ...of the unit transmitting the diagnostics This is the RSSI sampled during the last transmission received RSSI Displays the internal case temperature in Celsius of the unit transmitting the diagnostics...

Page 48: ...ts the diagnostics by Short ID Using this option each Short ID will have one row of diagnostics showing the most recent Short ID Filter List A listing of Remote IDs setup in the Diagnostics IDs Alarms...

Page 49: ...information This is a useful utility for testing modem communication Host Packets Tx ed Shows the number of data packets the Master has sent to the Remote Remote Packets Rx ed Shows the number of dat...

Page 50: ...this field to 1 Packet Delay s The number of seconds for the Host to delay between sending each packet This field ranges from 0 00 to 10 00 seconds in 0 25 second intervals Host Remote This is used t...

Page 51: ...nu The Array Test is used to send programmable length test packets See Table 5 2 again for Y Cable connections Packets Tx ed Total number of packets transmitted of Packets to Send Allows the user to s...

Page 52: ...d incrementing to 999 then wrapping around to 000 again The pattern used to build the packets will have the following format in ASCII 000 00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 AA BB CC DD EE FF 001 00 11 22 3...

Page 53: ...ntervals Com Port Com Port allows the user to select the COM port primary or secondary for data transmission 5 1 14 ASCII HEX TERMINAL The ASCII HEX Terminal screens are accessed from the Utilities dr...

Page 54: ...ettings screen 5 1 14 2 HEX TERMINAL Hex Terminal configurations include Primary The Primary Hex Terminal screen selects a Hexadecimal Terminal screen to send and receive Hexadecimal data on the Prima...

Page 55: ...layed when the file has been successfully programmed into the Guardian To Program a new firmware file into a Guardian Modem 1 Select the Program option in the Guardian Firmware section 2 Click the Bro...

Page 56: ...inal Figure 5 21 also shows the area that is used to send an ASCII text message The ASCII data message is typed into this area The ASCII text message is then sent out the first Guardian through the co...

Page 57: ...em Check all parameters and connections in the system The signal level should also be checked again The Guardian s Link Test utility can be used to verify a communication path The previous procedure c...

Page 58: ...Power Source 10 30 VDC Negative GND RF Impedance 50 Operating Temperature 30 to 60 C Storage Temperature 40 to 85 C 95 non condensing RH Operating Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing RH Rx Current Drain...

Page 59: ...5 ms Band End to Band End RECEIVER Bandwidth Bit Rate 140 5016 50x 140 5026 50x 140 5046 30x 140 5046 50x 140 5096 50x Units RX Frequencies 136 174 215 240 406 125 470 000 450 000 511 975 928 960 MHz...

Page 60: ...4800 9600 19200 Modulation Type 2FSK Addressing Serial SETUP and COM Port Interface EIA 232F DCE Data Rate Setup Port 57 600 bps Com Port 300 57 600 bps Default 9 6 Kbps Display 5 Tri color status LE...

Page 61: ...174 MHz NP4 5016 500 773B 5016500 140 5016 501 136 174 MHz NP4 5016 500 773B 5016500 140 5026 500 215 240 MHz NP4 5026 500 773B 5026500 140 5026 501 215 240 MHz NP4 5026 500 773B 5026500 140 5046 300...

Page 62: ...defective Products as set forth in this paragraph fulfills any and all warranty obligations on the part of DRL This warranty is void and DRL shall not be obligated to replace or repair any Products i...

Page 63: ...vers cost effective high quality solutions to a broad array of customers and end markets CalAmp is the leading supplier of Direct Broadcast Satellite DBS outdoor customer premise equipment to the U S...