scope ConneXions CONX8/1, Installation & User Manual

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Page 2: ...nd Regulations Title 47 Part 80 to End including Parts 90 and 95 available from the US Gov Printing Office GPO Bookstore FCC Office or www fcc gov oet info rules Important Safety Information Scope products are designed to operate safely when installed and used according to general safety practices The following requirements should be observed at all times Do NOT subject this equipment to Mechanica...

Page 3: ...ll vary between applications If portable equipment has been dropped or is worn by a person involved in an accident the unit should be tested again before re use It must be stressed that the physical range tests are essential and that any construction work or movement of plant or equipment could alter the signaling capability of the unit Radio equipment like any other requires servicing from time t...

Page 4: ...ieu of all others oral or written expressed or implied No Scope distributor dealer agent or employee is authorized to make any modification extension or addition to this warranty Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty may last and some states do not allow exclusions or limitation of incidental or consequential damages WARNING No User Serviceable Parts Celui ci ne cont...

Page 5: ... range of operation that you require to obtain from your system The standard transmitter can quite easily provide ranges of up to a mile or more and will provide excellent propagation on most industrial sites covering a considerable area with just a quarter wave antenna BNC terminated connected directly to the unit For coverage of very large sites the location of the transmitter will need to be op...

Page 6: ...ill be adversely affected by if mounted on or if mounted in close proximity to a Foil back wallboard b Metal mesh or wire reinforced glass c Metal sheeting large mirrors or suspended ceilings d Lift shafts All of the above can reflect radio waves and thereby reduce the capability of the transmitter to perform its desired functions 5 The circuit boards within this equipment may be harmed by Electro...

Page 7: ...lugs where necessary Ensure that the screws are not fully tightened so that the unit may be readily removed without tools for the purpose of servicing the equipment Check that the chassis plate does not bend and that the screws do not snag or pinch any of the internal cables 5 Connect the antenna to the unit via the BNC connector located at the top of the housing 6 In this application the transcod...

Page 8: ...ntarily PL1 DRY CONTACTS 25 way D Type Plug PIN DESCRIPTION DEFAULT STATE DEFAULT MESSAGE 21 DRY CONTACT NO 1 NORMALLY OPEN ALARM 1 9 DRY CONTACT NO 2 NORMALLY OPEN ALARM 2 13 DRY CONTACT NO 3 NORMALLY OPEN ALARM 3 25 DRY CONTACT NO 4 NORMALLY OPEN ALARM 4 12 DRY CONTACT NO 5 NORMALLY OPEN ALARM 5 24 DRY CONTACT NO 6 NORMALLY OPEN ALARM 6 11 DRY CONTACT NO 7 NORMALLY OPEN ALARM 7 23 DRY CONTACT NO...

Page 9: ...ConneXions CONX8 1 Single Port Mains USA Version CONX8 1MAN 10 00 Issue 4 8 ...

Page 10: ...nd check that mains is available at the supply outlet 6 Check that the green LED lights for the duration of the transmission If not go back to the data cabling and re check the signal format 7 Check that the aerial is correctly installed 8 Check the pagers are correctly set to alphanumeric or numeric ID s Check the pager baud rate and that they are resident on the correct radio frequency IMPORTANT...

Page 11: ...80 characters or 20 numeric digits As a default contacts are programmed as Normally Open N O with a repeat transmission every 15 seconds if still active The repeat time can be incremented in ten second intervals up to a maximum of 15 intervals Note 1 Repeats are not available where contacts are programmed as Normally Closed N C or Change of State 2 If messages are triggered upon both changes of st...

Page 12: ...iagram 1 Transmitter frequency __ __ __ __ __ __MHz FCC ID No JRNUSASERILINK Transmitter baud rate______________ System base ID number__________________ Serial port baud rate_____________ Serial port configuration ________________ e g 8 N 1 Serial port protocol____________________ e g SCOPE COMP1 COMP2 TAP Pager Ranges Numeric from______________ to ______________ Alphanumeric from ______________ t...

Page 13: ... transmit Transmitter Frequency Range 450 470 MHz Channel Spacing 25 KHz TX Baud Rate 512 or 1200 FCC ID No JRNUSASERILINK Serial Port Baud Rate 300 600 1200 default 2400 4800 or 9600 Port configuration 8 N 1 default Protocol Scope default General Footprint mm 328 L x 190 W x 75 D max dependent on system configuration excluding aerial Scope s policy is one of continuous development and specificati...

Page 14: ...igit pager numbers are always spaced 8 digits apart This is a function of the POCSAG standard it allows for eight frames in which the pager identity can reside Scope uses frame 0 as a default for most systems as this provides for the fastest pager response when called To avoid system identity clashes transcoders are provided with a base number within the range of 1000 to 1 999 000 If for example a...

Page 15: ...habet in both upper and lower case apart from other ASCII characters in the range 32 122 as per ISO 646 The screen displays will offer 1 2 or 4 lines of text and will scroll messages of varying length depending upon their specification refer to the specific pager manual Mixed Pager Applications Where this is an operational requirement you must specify at the time of ordering the Numeric and Alphan...

Page 16: ...D Next follows the message to be transmitted which can include 0 9 space hyphen U letter U for U rgent open close square brackets open square brackets can also be used to identify the letter C for C ancel The final character sent is carriage return CR which is not transmitted but represents the end of message marker On sending a message to the unit in the correct format the transcoder will immedia...

Page 17: ...anscoder will immediately recompose the string into the POCSAG format and transmit the same at the pre programmed baud rate The time taken to transmit the message is dependent upon the pager baud rate and the length of the message string Example Alphanumeric serial message string 1234A CR This is a message CR The sequence is exactly the same as for Numeric data except that the information transmit...

Page 18: ...ng for transmission 5 The sender transmits the pager number and text message to deliver and attaches a checksum based on the contents of the data transmitted see example below 6 The receiving station computes the checksum from the received data and if it matches the appended checksum of the received data acknowledges the fact or requests a re transmission of the data if this is not the case 7 The ...

Page 19: ... STX 1 CR TEST CR ETX 190 CR TEST is the message Processing Please Wait CR ACK CR 190 is the Checksum ATHO CR Carrier Drop Example Checksum The following table shows an example of a complete block containing a correct checksum which is STX 123 CR ABC CR ETX 17 CR Checksum 17 000 011 011 011 000 100 100 100 000 000 0010 0001 0010 0011 1101 0001 0010 0011 1101 0011 STX 1 2 3 CR A B C CR ETX 1 0111 1...