Raveon RV-Z50, Technical Manual

Page 1: ...RV Z50 Miniature 3G Cellular Wireless Modem and GPS Transponder Technical Manual Revision B1 February 2016 Raveon Technologies Corporation www raveon com www ravtrack com...

Page 2: ...g Commands 7 3 5 Configuration Commands 8 1 1 Data Communication Commands 10 3 6 GPS Commands 10 3 7 Software Upgrades 12 3 8 Factory Default Settings 13 4 Operational Modes and Configuration 14 4 1 C...

Page 3: ...c Provisions 18 5 1 Status and Statistics Command 18 5 2 ATST Command 18 5 3 ATST1 Command GPS Statistics 19 5 4 ATST3 Command 19 5 5 ATST4 Command 19 6 Troubleshooting 19 6 1 Symptom Unit will not re...

Page 4: ...makes it interchangeable with many other Raveon wireless devices While easy to use out of the box the Z50 modem s programmability makes it extremely versatile Most parameters may be reconfigured to o...

Page 5: ...IOB IO port B USB port DM 15 IOC IO port C 16 STAT1 Status IO 1 17 NC No Connection 18 STAT2 Status LED out 19 GND System Ground 20 V BACK Optional Backup Battery In The primary connector is fully pi...

Page 6: ...2 2 Communication Overview The UART serial port on the unit is used to send and receive data over the air as well as to configure the RF modem By default the serial port is set to 38400 baud 8 data bi...

Page 7: ...CII 0x0A Inputs lines may use either CR LF or CR LF line endings 3 2 Entering Command Mode The modem may be put into a Command Mode by entering a sequence of three plus characters called the Entry Seq...

Page 8: ...the carrier s connect string through CONNECT ACDN Set read the no connect string 1 16 characters Set it to X to have the device pass the carrier s connect string through DISCONNECT ACEN Set read the...

Page 9: ...S is the default RB Number of retries If this modem does not get an ACK back when it sends data this is the number of times it will re transmit the packet and wait for an ACK 0 disabled feature Range...

Page 10: ...g commands are commands implemented by the Z50 modem for communications over a cellular network Command Command Description Parameters Factory Default ATAPN Set APN ATAPU Set APN user name ATAPP Set A...

Page 11: ...conds between NMEA messages from the internal local GPS 1 99 5 TRIGDX Distance trigger Set a distance in meters threshold beyond which the unit will transmit its position and status If set to 0 the un...

Page 12: ...port number on the destination host to communicate to for GPS Transmissions 3 8 Software Upgrades Raveon often adds new features to its products If you see a feature listed in this manual that was add...

Page 13: ...ontrol Off ID ATMY 1234 GPS Mode 8 Serial port output message PRAVE Position Status report interval 120 seconds Minimum movement distance to report 30 meters Transmission trigger inputs 0 digital inpu...

Page 14: ...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 there is a pause in the data per ATR3 or the maximum pac...

Page 15: ...idually 1 Motion 2 Distance Traveled 3 Speed See the command section for details on how to configure these values 4 5 3 Report Format A number of output report formats are available with the most comm...

Page 16: ...aypoint locations among GPS units The ATLAS PT can output this message when it receives a position report from other ATLAS PT transponders A GPS connected to it should put a waypoint on its screen and...

Page 17: ...ics ID addressing is used to differentiate one RV M7 Transponder from another Each must have a unique number programmed into them so that when a position report is received the ATLAS PT that sent the...

Page 18: ...ce come out the serial port use the following command NMEAMASK 256 To have the GGA and GLL come out the serial port use this command NMEAMASK 3 The NMEAMASK parameter is the sum of all of the decimal...

Page 19: ...n powered up and running All of these timers restart a 0 upon power up Run time Years nnn number of years running Days nnn number of days running resets to 0 after one year Hours nnn number of hours r...

Page 20: ...l port baud rate This is difficult if it is set wrong because you cannot enter Command mode to check it Try all possible baud rates and see if one of them works with the modem Alternately remove the r...

Page 21: ...d to occupational use Work related operations are permitted only when the radio operator has the knowledge to control the exposure conditions of its passengers and bystanders by maintaining the minimu...