Company Confidential
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Raveon Technologies Corp.
Table of Contents
1.
General Information about the RV-M8 ........................................................... 4
1.1.
Congratulations! ............................................................................................................................. 4
1.2.
NOTICE ......................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3.
Safety / Warning Information ......................................................................................................... 4
1.4.
OEM Use ....................................................................................................................................... 4
2.
Overview ....................................................................................................... 5
2.1.
Features......................................................................................................................................... 5
3.
Specifications ................................................................................................ 7
3.1.
General .......................................................................................................................................... 7
3.2.
Transmitter Specifications (RV-M8T-xx) ........................................................................................ 7
3.3.
Receiver Specifications ................................................................................................................. 7
3.4.
Interface Specifications .................................................................................................................. 8
4.
Electrical Inputs and Outputs ......................................................................... 9
4.1.
LEDs .............................................................................................................................................. 9
4.2.
I/O Pinout ....................................................................................................................................... 9
4.3.
Heatsinking .................................................................................................................................. 10
4.4.
Mounting Holes ............................................................................................................................ 10
5.
User Serial Port Commands ........................................................................ 11
5.1.
Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 11
5.2.
Command Mode .......................................................................................................................... 11
5.3.
Setting a Parameter ..................................................................................................................... 12
5.4.
Reading a Parameter ................................................................................................................... 12
5.5.
CONFIG Button ........................................................................................................................... 12
5.6.
Exiting the Command Mode......................................................................................................... 13
6.
Command Mode Commands ....................................................................... 14
6.1.
General Command Common to Data Mode and Paging Mode.................................................... 14
6.2.
Data Modem Mode Related Commands ...................................................................................... 16
6.3.
Paging Receiver Related Commands .......................................................................................... 18
6.4.
Factory Default Settings............................................................................................................... 18
7.
Using the M8T in Paging Mode ................................................................... 20
7.1.
Setting Cap Codes ....................................................................................................................... 20
7.2.
Setting Paging Data Format......................................................................................................... 20
7.3.
Numeric Messages ...................................................................................................................... 21
7.4.
Alphanumeric Messages.............................................................................................................. 21
8.
Using the M8T – Packet Data Mode ............................................................ 23
8.1.
Setup ........................................................................................................................................... 24
8.2.
Programming Channels and Frequencies ................................................................................... 25
8.3.
Data Transmission ....................................................................................................................... 26
Serial Port Baud Rate .......................................................................................................................... 26
Busy-Channel Lock Out ....................................................................................................................... 26
8.4.
Addressing (Packetized Mode only) ............................................................................................ 26
Addressing Basics ............................................................................................................................... 26
Group Numbers ................................................................................................................................... 27
Hexadecimal Numbers......................................................................................................................... 27
Setting A System-Wide Address .......................................................................................................... 28
Broadcast Transmissions ..................................................................................................................... 28
The Address Mask ............................................................................................................................... 28
Addressing Examples: ......................................................................................................................... 29
8.5.
Store-and-Forward Repeating ..................................................................................................... 30
Automatic Repeater Configuration ....................................................................................................... 30
Manual Configuration of the Repeat Feature ....................................................................................... 30
9.
Debug Related Commands ......................................................................... 34