Raveon RV-M9, Technical Manual

Page 1: ...y Confidential 1 Raveon Technologies Corp RV M9 VHF UHF GPS Transponder Modem Technical Manual Version D2 September 2012 Raveon Technologies Corporation 2320 Cousteau Court Vista CA 92081 www raveonte...

Page 2: ...onfiguring the RF 7800W 12 6 1 Command Mode Overview 12 6 2 Setting a Parameter 12 6 3 Reading a Parameter 12 6 4 Restoring Factory Defaults 13 6 5 MODEM Commands 14 6 6 GPS Related Commands 17 6 7 Et...

Page 3: ...mmands 33 10 5 Tune up and Alignment 35 Periodic Calibration 35 Center Frequency 35 TX Deviation 35 TX Modulation Balance 36 11 RF 7800W Diagnostic Provisions 37 11 1 Overview of Diagnostics 37 11 2 R...

Page 4: ...with blasting operations turn off this radio or remove the DC power when you are near electrical blasting caps in a blasting area or in areas posted Turn off two way radio Obey all signs and instructi...

Page 5: ...used by unauthorized modifications to this equipment Such modifications could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This product also complies with FCC Part 22 90 and Part 95 Subpart J of...

Page 6: ...ransponders 2 1 Features Transmissions include ID position speed heading voltage temperature input output status UTC time and proximity Ultra fast 3mS TX RX switching and 4 level GFSK modem allows tru...

Page 7: ...nd this limit shall be rejected terminated and closed by the RF 7800W By default all connection attempts require successful completion of a login authentication challenge sequence before an interactiv...

Page 8: ...ord The client must enter the password followed by a return Upon successful login authentication the unit will respond with Prompt where the prompt can be set with command PROMPT XXXXXX After three fa...

Page 9: ...in with this recovery IP then he or she will be prompted to reset to defaults to which they could type Y to erase as prompted If a telnet session is initiated on the System Recovery IP address the un...

Page 10: ...cted telnet sessions 5 Transceiver RF 50 ohm N female GPS Connection TNC female Power Power Over Ethernet 25 watts maximum power consumption POE 802 3at Class 4 Operating Voltage Range 42V 57V 4 4 GPS...

Page 11: ...id green showing power is on When a user logs in the light will flash green with a 50 duty cycle Status LED TX This LED blinks red when the transmitter keys and is putting out RF power It blinks green...

Page 12: ...If the DATA role credentials are entered the corresponding telnet session will be in data Communication Mode In this case data entering the device via the telnet session is transmitted over the air Da...

Page 13: ...all commands type HELP CR 6 4 Restoring Factory Defaults The AT F command may be used to restore the unit back to the factory default condition The table in Section 6 5 lists all of the radio modem r...

Page 14: ...channels in the MURS version Range See product data sheet N A Y ATHP Channel Number Select separate channels to minimize interference between multiple sets of modules operating in the same vicinity R...

Page 15: ...ial Number Reads and returns a unique serial number for thjs unit Read Only 1 999999999 unique Y ATSH Show Display the configuration of the modem This will return a page of ASCII characters showing th...

Page 16: ...f the parameter is 2 the configuration is output in strictly the format used to program another unit None 1 2 BAND Show display the radio band Displays the frequency band that the radio is configured...

Page 17: ...orized reception Set it to 0 to disable security encryption of data 2 16 ASCII character s HARRIS N MODE System Mode Macro Parameters TX RX TXRX P TXRX S Sets TX mode RX mode TXRX Primary or Secondary...

Page 18: ...for this transceiver to will no change if the ID of the device is changed Set SLOTNUM to 1 to force the Slot Number to be automatically set to the MYID of the radio This is the factory default setting...

Page 19: ...nit ADMIN role password 1 to 10 ASCII characters admin USERLOGIN User Role Login Name Get or set the unit USER role login name 1 to 10 ASCII characters user USERPWD User Role Password Get or set the u...

Page 20: ...Radio channel 1frequency 460 X MHz GPS Mode 14 Polled with RGI command 6 9 Commands Shown in Help Menu The following commands show up when the HELP command is entered Most of the commands are actually...

Page 21: ...y recommends that you test them first with the factory defaults and see how they work before reprogramming them In general the parameters you may want to modify will be ATFX Frequency for this channel...

Page 22: ...for transmit and one for receive They may be different or they may be the same You may program any valid frequency into any channel number To program a channel perform the following steps 1 Connect y...

Page 23: ...s that are in the Communication Mode formatted as configured with the OUTPUT x command By default the output format is 0 no position message sent out The position status messages that the RF 7800W is...

Page 24: ...n you program your own security key phrase into your RF 7800W transponders write it down in a secure place This parameter cannot be read out of the RF 7800W If you forget what it is set to you will ha...

Page 25: ...r sending and receiving radio messages Refer to Section 10 2 for detailed explanation of the TDMA scheme The important point to understand is that for optimum efficiency in a RF 7800W system begin seq...

Page 26: ...e transfer i e can t find IP address of server or can t find filename specified on server The three LEDs on the front of the RF7800W are used to indicate status during the TFTP transfer The first ligh...

Page 27: ...e CLI If there is a problem with a TFTP transfer can t find server can t find filename etc the three LEDs will light as described above and a Telnet server is started with static IP 192 168 26 4 The u...

Page 28: ...e list of parameters enter get and press enter Figure 3 get command From here the user will want to use the set tftp command to save the IP address of the TFTP server Then the user shall set the filen...

Page 29: ...f radio 192 168 26 4 IP gateway of radio 192 168 26 1 IP address of the TFTP server 192 168 26 9 From there the unit will initiate a TFTP transfer and reset automatically The user would need to setup...

Page 30: ...not interfere with each other1 For example one group could use IDs 1200 1299 and another group use IDs 1300 1399 When properly configured the two groups will not receive each other s signals A way to...

Page 31: ...sses are identical the value of the mask is not important Notes This is the default configuration All units have address 0001 and all modems will talk to all other modems with address 0001 Example 2 a...

Page 32: ...h RF 7800W may transmit The TDMA frame must be set long enough for all units to transmit For example if you have 5 RF 7800Ws and use 100mS TDMA slots then the TDMATIME should be set to 1 seconds The s...

Page 33: ...ryption decryption processing Over the air rate Number of Modulation Levels Position Status Transmissio n Duration Suggest TDMA Slot time 4800bps R2 3 Default setting 2 70mS 100mS 9600bps R2 5 2 45mS...

Page 34: ...configuration Ping xxxx Ping another modem over the air Transmits a request to xxxx to see if xxxx can hear the sending station If it does it answers with a response transmission containing its ID an...

Page 35: ...ntering a U for up or a D for down U or D will change the value by one Use this trick carefully because it modifies the last R register that was read and it is easy to unintentionally modify the wrong...

Page 36: ...oscilloscope The frequency response of the demodulated FM signal must be greater than 10Hz to 5kHz without any de emphasis 2 Transmit random data with the RF 7800W using the ATDT 1 command This comma...

Page 37: ...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 the run time timers Other operation and configuration...

Page 38: ...RGI Header for this message 2 UTC UTC time 3 LAT Ltitude 4 NS North south 5 LON Longitude 6 EW East West 7 ALT Altitude 8 SPEED Speed I km h 9 HEAD Heading 0 359 degrees 10 STAT Status 0 no fix 1 GPS...

Page 39: ...r computer programs that can process position and status information It is sent at 38 4K bytes second out the serial port Along with ID and position information it contains a host of other status info...

Page 40: ...ue to pressing an alert button C Critical alert usually due to pressing and holding alert button I Impact alert V Vibration S Service required on product 17 Spare A spare field May be used for UTC dat...

Page 41: ...A 19 GPVTG 74 T 3 78 N 7 00 K 27 GPGLL 3308 7182 N 11713 7927 W 155913 A 14 GPVTG 56 T 2 70 N 5 00 K 2C GPGLL 3308 7224 N 11713 7891 W 155923 A 14 GPVTG 56 T 1 08 N 2 00 K 27 GPGLL 3308 7233 N 11713...

Page 42: ...e Radio k damage during shipment l that the Product will be free from any claim for infringement of any patent trademark copyright or other proprietary right including trade secrets RAVEON TECHNOLOGIE...

Page 43: ...e a copy of the original sales receipt or invoice showing the date location and price of purchase Include a written description of the problem with the product a phone number and name of person who ma...