Microsat PLXDigi, Instruction Manual, Configuration Software Manual

Page 1: ...ER STATION SUPPORT EXTERNAL TELEMETRY MODULE SUPPORT INPUT VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT SERIAL CONSOLE FOR ADMINISTRATION EASY USB HID CONFIGURATION AND FIRMWARE UPDATE Instruction manual Configuration softwar...

Page 2: ...485 connector 7 4 1 Audio output level regulation 8 4 2 Audio input level 8 5 Serial ports connector 10 6 Connecting the weather station 11 6 1 LaCrosse Technoline WS 2300 WS 2350 stations 11 6 2 Pee...

Page 3: ...50x25 mm Weight 70g Supply voltage 12VDC typ 9 16VDC Power consumption 50mA Operation temperature 30 C 70 C Humidity 95 max PC connector Mini USB B Power radio telemetry connector DB 9 male Serial por...

Page 4: ...recipent path and information field Then actions are performed in accordance with the options configured by user Packet is digipeated via the APRS network Packet is ignored if it was corrupted Device...

Page 5: ...h WXTelemetry module you can measure and send following values two current measurement inputs two voltage measurement inputs DS18B20 digital thermometer input 2 7 WXTelemetry module support analog cha...

Page 6: ...APRS data packet Red LED blinking is dependent on current device state one short blink 0 1 second per 1 6 seconds in idle state two short blinks 0 1 second each per 1 6 seconds when a weather report...

Page 7: ...or portable radios that do not have a separate PTT input selectable in configuration software 2k2 resistor is built in Pin 9 supply voltage input For handheld radios which use 2k2 resistor on micropho...

Page 8: ...and also regulate potentiometer output carefully for best results 4 2 Audio input level Audio input level should be regulated for proper packet decoding In most cases the default potentiometer setting...

Page 9: ...or wide range of audio input levels Packets were decoded properly even with audio input over driven with high level audio signal from speaker outputs Similarly packets were decoded even with signal le...

Page 10: ...ports and 5V voltage output MINI DIN 6pin connector pins description Pin 6 RS 232 Port 1 RXD Pin 4 RS 232 Port 2 TXD Pin 2 GND Pin 1 5V output do not short circuit max current 100mA Pin 3 RS 232 Port...

Page 11: ...ather stations you need to use RXD TXD and GND lines of PLXDigi serial interface Stations must then be manually switched to data logger mode According to the manufacturer s instructions you should pre...

Page 12: ...red Connect the USB cable from your computer to PLXDigi Red LED should start to blink device is now powered from USB Now you can use PLXDigi Configurator for device configuration read write or firmwar...

Page 13: ...XXX is the next version of the firmware Then wait for the update to complete Don t worry it is not possible to brick or damage the device with this operation If anything goes bad you will simply need...

Page 14: ...E for east or W for west You can easily find your coordinates in APRS format on aprs fi map they are displayed in upper left corner of the screen TX delay ms Delay time in milliseconds for sending an...

Page 15: ...nd all the packets from TX queue one after another without any delays in bursts or with TX delay Quiet time and channel busy detection between every packet separately The first one is default and used...

Page 16: ...n define black list General rule set to Allow all except below all callsigns will be digipeated except listed below or white list General rule set to Deny all except below only callsigns listed below...

Page 17: ...information field volt will be replaced with input voltage reading As you can see in the above example PLXDigi allows to use some special strings which are automatically replaced with corresponding va...

Page 18: ...DE2 2 will allow your device to be digipeated by most nearby digipeaters if you leave this field empty weather report will be sent without path RF min weather report transmit rate to RF expressed in m...

Page 19: ...lds visible below and will upload your PC system time on configuration write Year Month Day Hour Minute user defined date and time for PLXDigi Internal Real Time Clock is updated when the device exits...

Page 20: ...this group of fields defines settings telemetry data reports Dest destination field of a telemetry data packet Path APRS path default value of WIDE2 2 will allow your device to be digipeated by most n...

Page 21: ...nt channel numbers Units short name for units of data for the channel length is limited by APRS standard and is different for different channel numbers Source most important field specifies what data...

Page 22: ...when WXBits module is connected Name short name for the channel length is limited by APRS standard and is different for different channel numbers Label short label for the channel length is limited b...

Page 23: ...state after power up WXBits outputs this Tab defines what should be the default states for WXBits output channels After power up PLXDigi will constantly try to set outputs to the defined states unless...

Page 24: ...ion of RS 485 port If you select weather station on one of RS 232 ports and you want to use WS 23XX station the other port will be disabled This done because other port s TXD line is needed as negativ...