RF Innovations RFI 150-W-D-DD-H-1, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...RFI 150 W D DD H 1 radio modem Operation Manual RF Innovations Pty Ltd RF Communication Solutions ...

Page 2: ...ice No part of this manual may be produced copied translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of RF Innovations Pty Ltd Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However RF Innovations Pty Ltd assumes no responsibility for its use or infringements upon the rights of third parties that may result from its use Reference No MA...

Page 3: ... 10 P FRAME PREFILL COUNT 10 T DATA TIMEOUT 11 SERIAL PORT CONFIGURATION MENU 11 B BAUD RATE MENU 12 F FLOW CONTROL MENU 13 N NO PARITY E EVEN PARITY O ODD PARITY 13 1 ONE STOP BIT 2 TWO STOP BITS 13 7 SEVEN BIT DATA 8 EIGHT BIT DATA 13 D SET TO DEFAULTS 13 D DIAGNOSTICS MENU 13 S DISPLAY STATUS 14 E EVENT LOG MENU 14 V VIEW LOG 15 L LOG LEVEL MENU 15 T TEST INDICATOR LED 15 L SHOW STATS LOGGING 1...

Page 4: ...ECIFICATIONS 21 APPENDIX B FACTORY DEFAULTS 22 APPENDIX C GLOSSARY 23 APPENDIX D TROUBLESHOOTING 24 CARRIER DETECT LED IS RED 24 ONLINE LED IS RED 24 POWER FAULT LED IS RED 24 APPENDIX E CRESCENDO SERIES NAMING CONVENTIONS 26 ...

Page 5: ...a maximum transmit power of 5W The manual is divided into the following sections Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 3 Configuration Chapter 4 Operation Appendix A Technical Specifications Appendix B Factory Defaults Appendix C Glossary The Crescendo series RFI 150 is shown in Figure 1 Transmit RF Port Heatsink Mode Select Button Power Connector Standard Mounting Hole Auxiliary Serial Connector Mountin...

Page 6: ...The normal mounting is with the RF connector upward and the power serial connectors downwards Four mounting holes are provided for panel mounting The antenna connector is an RF 50 Ohm BNC Optional shock absorbers can be fixed between the Aluminium Case of the radio and Mounting Bracket This allows the radio to be used in rugged environments ...

Page 7: ...options The mounting may be tailored to the application with Panel Mounting The radio is directly connected to the mounting bracket Vibration Resistant Mounting Shock absorbers separate the radio and mounting bracket reducing the impact of vibration on the radio In each scenario there is the option of Standard Mounting Requiring M6 or inch screws Quick Release Requiring M5 or 3 16 inch screws Refe...

Page 8: ...ble should be a suitable low loss 50 Ohm RF cable with a matching BNC connector male Cable loss should be considered when evaluating the link margins Auxiliary Serial Port Connection The Aux Serial Port provides an RS 232 female DCE interface for configuration and maintenance The RS 232 interface circuits are described in Table 1 below The Aux serial port is not flow controlled The DTE DCE cable s...

Page 9: ...terminated with a matching DB 9 male connector Pin Number Circuit Description 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 RxD Receive Data 3 TxD Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 Ground 6 n c 7 RTS Request to Send 8 CTS Clear to Send 9 n c Table 2 Main Serial Port RS 232 circuits DCE convention Power Cable Connection The radio modem is powered via an external 12V dc power supply The power supply connector...

Page 10: ...D DD H 1 radio modem Operation Manual Chapter 2 Installation MAN0065 Rev 1 7 6 Figure 4 Power Connector Pin Connection 1 Common Ground 2 12 Volts 3 Common Ground Table 3 Power Connector Pin Outs Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 ...

Page 11: ...ng and holding the push button until the Power Fault LED is lit then releasing it When the button is released the radio will send the configuration menu out the Auxiliary Port refer to Figure 5 below MiROS MAIN MENU Version 2 0 RFI 150 W D DD H 1 Version 1 0 Rev G Serial No Not Initialised Manufactured Date Not Initialised R Radio Characteristics Menu L Link Menu S Serial Port Configuration Menu D...

Page 12: ...Current Channel 0 Tx Freq 157 40000 MHz Rx Freq 174 77500 MHz Channel 0 Tx Freq 157 40000 MHz Rx Freq 174 77500 MHz S Set Current Channel A Assign frequencies Esc Previous Menu Enter Choice Figure 7 Channel Control Menu S Set Current Channel This option stops the radio hopping and sets it onto a specific channel The radio then continues to transmit and receive on that channel only The default chan...

Page 13: ... 0 1 watt 100 milliwatts 27 dBm 0 5 watt 500 milliwatts 30 dBm 1 watt 34 dBm 2 5 watts 37 dBm 5 watts R RSSI Trigger Level The RSSI Trigger Level is selected with the R key The Received Signal Strength Indicator RSSI trigger sets the signal level required before the Crescendo series RFI 150 will respond RSSI is measured in dBm usually negative values A value of 60dBm is a stronger signal than 80dB...

Page 14: ...ements Link Control Menu Lead in Count 0 Frame Prefill Count 1 Data Timeout 2 B Lead in Byte count P Frame Prefill Count T Data Timeout Esc Previous Menu Enter Choice Figure 9 Link Menu L Lead In Byte Count This parameter sets the number of lead in bytes that will be discarded before the real data arrives The number of lead in bytes used must be positive The default value is 0 The following text i...

Page 15: ...tion for the serial port parameters for both the Main and Auxiliary ports The menu screen is shown in Figure 10 Port Selection Menu Main Port 19200 Baud No Parity 8 Data 1 Stop No Flow Main Port Packet Timers Output Disabled Input Disabled Aux Port 19200 Baud No Parity 8 Data 1 Stop No Flow Aux Port Packet Timers Output Disabled Input Disabled M Main Port A Aux Port Esc Previous Menu Enter Choice ...

Page 16: ...y E Even Parity O Odd Parity 1 One Stop Bit 2 Two Stop Bits 7 Seven Bit Data 8 Eight Bit Data A Advanced Functions Menu D Set to Defaults Esc Previous Menu Enter Choice Figure 11 Radio Configuration Menu B Baud Rate Menu The baud rate can be changed to several different speeds The default baud rate is 19200 Refer to Figure 12 below Baud Rate Menu Main Port Baud Rate 19200 0 115200 1 57600 2 38400 ...

Page 17: ...y These selections change the parity used for the serial connection When a selection is made it is displayed in the menu but not implemented until the menu is exited The default value is No Parity 1 One Stop Bit 2 Two Stop Bits These selections change the number of stop bits used in the serial connection When a selection is made it is displayed in the menu but not implemented until the menu is exi...

Page 18: ... No Not Initialised Manufactured Date Not Initialised Build Date Jul 24 2002 Time 12 19 00 Current Channel 0 Tx Freq 174 77500 MHz Rx Freq 157 40000 MHz Tx Power Level 20 dBm RSSI trigger level 110 dBm Menu Port Aux Port Last RSSI trip with data Average RSSI trip with data Average RSSI trip no data Average Noise 122 dBm Average Data Quality 0 Average Frequency Error 0 00 volts CRC32 C5270E42 of si...

Page 19: ...Level Menu T Test Indicator LED Selecting this function starts a test of the front panel LEDs This is a visual test and the LEDs must be observed while in progress The LEDs are turned on and off operating using all the colours in a predefined sequence L Show Stats Logging This selection produces statistics and logged output similar to that presented in Figure 18 Total Packets Sent 0 Total Packets ...

Page 20: ...ts Logging and Figure 18 above 2 Display Tasks The tasks are assigned to the radio controller when they are enabled These tasks are performed at predetermined times by the controller and do not affect the transfer of data It is an indication of the amount of work the controller is doing Tasks are added or removed from the list as functions are enabled or disabled by the user Idx Timer Handle Param...

Page 21: ... differ in the following ways The function of the Aux port Modes 1 5 do not use the Aux port The meaning of the front panel LEDs The LEDs on the Crescendo series RFI 150 front panel provide system information according to the selected diagnostic mode as described in Table 4 below When the push button on the front panel is pressed the display will change to indicate the current mode of operation vi...

Page 22: ...will alternate between red and green into indicate data movement 5 Online The LED illuminates when data is received from a remote radios that contains the receiving modems address Green The received data has passed the radios error check functions Red See Troubleshooting on page 24 6 CFG Power Fault This indicator will flash on off at one second intervals Green The internal functions of the radio ...

Page 23: ...of the link status as shown in Table 8 NOTE It is possible to alter the communication parameters of the Main port in the menu system LED Number Indicator Colour 1 Network Link Not used 2 Carrier Detect The LED illuminates and remains on in the presence of an RF carrier Green The RF carrier contains valid information Red See Troubleshooting on page 24 3 Transmit Data RS232 Data is being moved out t...

Page 24: ... Manual Chapter 4 Operation MAN0065 Rev 1 7 20 6 CFG Power Fault This indicator will flash on off at one second intervals Green The internal functions of the radio are OK Red See Troubleshooting on page 24 Table 8 Local Mode LED Descriptions ...

Page 25: ...plex data driven Maximum RF latency 100ms Minimum Receiver Decode Level 113 dBm at a raw bit error rate BER 10 4 1 Operating Frequency 148 174 MHz VHF band Modulation Type Nyquist Shaped 4 FSK Maximum Output Power 5 W 37dBm Antenna BNC to fit required antenna Power Requirements 10 8V to 13 8V d c negative ground Power Consumption Maximum current drawn when transmitting at 37dBm is 1 3A Operating E...

Page 26: ...27 dBm RSSI Trigger Level RSSI Trigger Level 110 dBm Link Control Menu Lead in Count 0 Frame Prefill Count 0 Data Time Out 2 Serial Port Configuration Menu NOTE Main and Auxiliary Ports have identical parameters 19200 Baud No Parity 8 Data Bits 1 Stop Bit No Flow Input Packet Timers disabled Output Packet Timers disabled Rx Buffer Limit 256 Event Log Menu Log Level Debug Information ...

Page 27: ...APPENDIX C GLOSSARY ARQ Automatic Request for Transmission Aux Auxiliary Port DCE Data Communications Equipment modem DTE Data Terminal Equipment computer device bps Bits per second n c Not connected RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator Rx Receive Tx Transmitter VHF Very High Frequency ...

Page 28: ...which occurs with laptops that alter the state of their serial ports to conserve power On some computers this fault can be caused by the default settings for the serial communications as set in the Control Panel being incompatible with the radio To determine if this is the case look in the radio s internal menu system Diagnostic Show Stats Logging refer to page 15 and check the Rx Errors on both s...

Page 29: ... Rev 1 7 25 Display Status refer to page 14 At the base of the status display the CRC check is displayed If CRC is reported as Failed as opposed to Correct the unit has been damaged and must be returned Contact a member of the RF Innovations Sales Team on 61 08 9209 0900 to organise ...

Page 30: ... CONVENTIONS Frequency band VHF UHF 150 450 Channelling 12 5 KHz 25KHz N W RF mode Duplex Half duplex Tx only Rx only D H T R Operating mode Packet data Data driven Raw data VF only PD DD RD VF Data air rate 1200 2400 9600 19200 VF only L M H X Compliance classification Unlicensed Licensed 0 1 Table 9 Crescendo Series Product Numbering Conventions ...