Raveon RV-M80-EA2, Technical Manual

Page 1: ...ompany Confidential 1 Raveon Technologies Corp RV M80 EA2 DART 896 940MHz Data Modem Technical Manual Version A2 Feb 2015 Raveon Technologies Corporation 2320 Cousteau Ct Vista CA 92081 www raveon com...

Page 2: ...Button 12 4 6 Exiting the Command Mode 13 5 Command Mode Commands 14 5 1 General Common Commands 14 5 2 Data Modem Mode Related Commands 16 5 3 DART Related Commands 16 5 4 GPS Related Commands 17 5...

Page 3: ...accepts no responsibility for damages of any kind resulting from delays or errors in data transmitted or received using Viper SC or for the failure of Viper SC to transmit or receive such data 1 3 Saf...

Page 4: ...approved for operation with antennas having a gain that exceeds 6 dBi 1 4 Part 15 Note This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance...

Page 5: ...or higher data throughput 2 1 Features General Features Serial input and output Programmable serial baud rates up to 57600 Small sized and single board construction Very efficient circuitry 700mW rece...

Page 6: ...ng unit needs to get updated with a new feature and this can often be done by loading the new firmware into the older radio modem In firmware program called the Boot Loader is permanently installed in...

Page 7: ...W programmable Frequency Range EA2 854 862MHz Frequency Range EB 896 901MHz Frequency Range TB 935 940MHz Maximum Duty Cycle 1W 50 to 40C 20 to 60C Maximum Duty Cycle 5W measured over 60 seconds 10 t...

Page 8: ...pecifications DC Input Connector on front panel 3 pin M8 type Raveon P N Serial Port Serial connector type DB9 RS 232 serial IO Voltage Levels RS232 RX and TX data Transparent Async Word length 8 bits...

Page 9: ...ith the ATR1 setting 2 RxD out Receive data Data out of the modem 3 TxD in Transmit data Data into the modem 4 DTR in Data terminal ready Normally ignored by the M7 modem May control the power state o...

Page 10: ...applications The MAX 7Q provides best performance and lowest power while the MAX 7W provides best performance and is optimized for active antennas The industry proven MAX form factor allows easy migr...

Page 11: ...be put into a Command Mode by entering a sequence of three plus characters To keep the RV M80 EA2 modem from unintentionally entering the Command Mode because of the pattern occurring in a stream of...

Page 12: ...s address was 1234 the user would issue the following command ATDT cr and the modem will respond with 1234 CR LF OK CR LF To get on line help with a command enter the command and put a question mark i...

Page 13: ...button is pressed and the IO port is RS232 it will revert back to the settings programmed into the RV M80 EA2 modem once the Command Mode is exited 4 6 Exiting the Command Mode There are three ways t...

Page 14: ...he serial port within this time period in milliseconds modem returns to normal operation mode from Command mode If the CONFIG button inside the RV M80 EA2 is pressed this parameter will be automatical...

Page 15: ...ignal strength this instant and returns the level in dBm Range 40 to 130 dBm ATRS RSSI Receive Signal Strength Indicator Returns the signal level of last received packet The reading is in dBm Usable f...

Page 16: ...em communication mode Command Command Description Parameters Factory Default ATPO RF Power Output Set or show the RF power output setting Value is in percent from 0 to 100 Use and RF wattmeter to conf...

Page 17: ...s command is used for system testing and diagnosis by the factory and technical support 1 DNA 2 authorization status 3 connection status 4 base station ID 5 sequence 6 system ID 7 device class 8 LNA 9...

Page 18: ...rogram using the ATFC command ATFC x tt rr c ab where x is the channel number tt is the TX frequency in HZ or MHz rr is the Rx frequency in Hz or MHz c is 4 for control channel 0 for non control chann...

Page 19: ...ing 7 Data Transmission To transmit data send one or more bytes of data into the serial port of the modem When a full packet of data has been collected into the internal buffer of the modem or when th...

Page 20: ...preamble 101010 pattern ML x Debug Message Level By default and at power on this level is set to 0 no debug messages 0 no debug or diagnostic messages 1 DART and data reception related message will co...

Page 21: ...r The radio modem will respond with a list of certain operation statistics that it maintains All statistics start counting at 0 The ATST 1 command can be used to reset all statistics back to 0 except...

Page 22: ...The only setting that may require adjustment is the center frequency After years of operation all crystals will age and change frequency slightly The ATR8 command is used to adjust the center frequen...

Page 23: ...ter of the channel with the ATR8 command You can use the U key and the D key to change the settings up and down one value in real time 10 4 TX Deviation 1 Switch to channel 1 2 Key the transmitter int...

Page 24: ...nd 0s and have little to no AC component on them See pictures below for details 4 If necessary change the ATR9 setting so that the long data bit have the same amplitude and DC value as the shorter one...

Page 25: ...Company Confidential 25 Raveon Technologies Corp 11 Mechanical 11 1 DC Input A Change to locking waterproof type...