Raveon Atlas PT, Technical Manual

Page 1: ...Atlas PT VHF GPS Transponder Technical Manual Rev F3 Raveon Technologies Corporation 2461 Impala Drive Carlsbad CA 92010 USA www raveon com www ravtrack com ...

Page 2: ... 2 Overview 7 2 1 Features 7 3 Specifications 7 3 1 General 7 3 2 Transmitter 8 3 3 Receiver 8 3 4 Batteries and Charger 8 3 5 User Input and Output Signals 8 3 6 GPS and Transponder 9 3 7 Model Numbers Error Bookmark not defined 4 Electrical Inputs and Outputs 9 4 1 Buttons 10 Power 10 Alert 10 4 2 LEDs 10 Status LED 10 Power LED 10 Alert LED 11 4 3 DC Power 11 4 4 External Battery Port 11 4 5 Se...

Page 3: ...ngs Options 27 Deep Sleep 27 Listen slot Mode 27 Serial Sleep Mode 28 6 4 Data Transmission 28 6 5 Data Reception 28 Serial Port Data 28 GPS Position and Status 28 6 6 Device Addressing 29 Security Key 29 ID Addressing Basics 30 Time Slots 30 6 7 Local NMEA data from the internal GPS 31 7 Operation 32 7 1 Battery Life 32 8 RV M7 Diagnostic Provisions 33 8 1 Status and Statistics Command 33 8 2 ATS...

Page 4: ...eat 36 9 7 Symptom Transmits position but no data 36 9 8 Symptom Radio does not turn on or does not charge 37 10 Mechanical 38 11 ATLAS PT Messages 39 11 1 GPGSV Satellites In View 39 11 2 GPWPL Waypoint Location 39 11 3 PRAVE Raveon Proprietary Message Location Status 40 12 Maintenance 42 12 1 Antenna 43 12 2 Battery 43 12 3 External Battery Port 43 12 4 Serial I O Connector 43 12 5 Bottom DC Pow...

Page 5: ... area with a potentially explosive atmosphere Do not install this product for use in areas with potentially explosive atmospheres Do not remove install or charge batteries in such areas Sparks in a potentially explosive atmosphere can cause an explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even death Note The areas with potentially explosive atmospheres referred to above include fueling areas suc...

Page 6: ...T s Primary Lithium Batteries Forbidden for Transportation aboard Passenger Aircraft label 1 5 Safety Training information Always use this radio with the antenna supplied with it This radio is restricted 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 mini...

Page 7: ...ntified in one system For wide area coverage all ATLAS PT transponders may be set to store and forward messages from other ATLAS PT transponders 2 1 Features Transmissions include ID position speed heading voltage or charge level temperature input output status UTC time proximity man down alarm no motion alarm and locally initiated alerts Integrated Li Ion battery and battery charger Ultra fast 3m...

Page 8: ...ansmit frequency deviation 2 2kHz 12 5kHz channels Occupied bandwidth 11 kHz 12 5kHz channels TX spurious outputs 70dBc Emissions designator 11K0F1D 12 5kHz channels 3 3 Receiver Typical RX sensitivity 1 BER 9600bps 4 level 12 5kHz channel 105dBm RX selectivity 50dB 12 5kHz channel spacing Spurious and image rejection 75dB RX intermodulation rejection 70dB Conducted spurious emissions 53dBm 3 4 Ba...

Page 9: ...osition report rate programmable 1 to 9999 seconds Position report resolution 0 0001 degrees Voltage report resolution accuracy 0 1V 10 Temperature resolution and accuracy enclosure temperature 2 degrees C 4 degrees C Velocity resolution and accuracy 1km 1km per hour 4 Electrical Inputs and Outputs The top of the ATLAS PT modem has these features RF connector for UHF VHF antenna Power Button LED A...

Page 10: ...us LEDs visually show the current status of the radio Status LED This LED is green for two seconds when first powered on For the first ten minutes of operation the LED indicates GPS lock and carrier detect status in the following manner Flashing Orange Looking for GPS lock Red Blink Transmitting position Green GPS lock attained and carrier detected Off GPS lock attained no carrier detected After t...

Page 11: ...n This LED can only be turned off over the air to disable the alert alarm 4 3 DC Power DC power for the SM is connected to the 5 pin Lemo connector near the bottom side of the unit Use the supplied cable to connect the DC power The red wire is positive and the black wire is negative The internal smart battery electronics will charge and keep the battery charged as long as DC is supplied The DC inp...

Page 12: ...input for the charger This is a locking connector and is released by simply pulling outward from the center of the connector The 5 pin I O connector has the following pin out Number Function Notes 1 Charger Input DC IN 10 15VDC input for charging battery 2 Internal Battery Output 5 8 5V output 200mA max current draw This line is switched and is only on when specifically configured 3 GND System Gro...

Page 13: ...Atlas PT Technical Manual 13 4 6 I O Cable Options There are 4 basic types of interface cables available for the Atlas SM They are shown below ...

Page 14: ...eal for fully automated control and tighter integration For more information see the WMX Protocol Description document and the Raveon Tech Note Rapid Radio Configuration using WMX 5 2 Command Mode The ATLAS PT modem may be put into a Command Mode by entering a sequence of three plus characters To keep the ATLAS PT modem from unintentionally entering the Command Mode because of the pattern occurrin...

Page 15: ...DT 1234 CR Once a Parameter is changed it will be permanently saved and the modem will begin using the new parameter 5 4 Reading a Parameter To read the value of a particular setting issue the command with no parameter The modem will return the value followed by an OK For example if the user enters the command to read the ATLAS SM s destination address and its address was 1234 the user would issue...

Page 16: ... Enter in Hz or MHz Same as issuing an ATFR and an ATFT command The frequency will automatically be saved in non volatile memory flash for this current channel number Range See product data sheet N A ATGP Group Number Set or read the unit s Group Number 0 means this feature is not used If GP is set to any number other than 0 then all radios communicating with this unit must have the same group num...

Page 17: ...an over the air packet 1 512 80 ATVB Read DC input Voltage Returns the DC input voltage reading in mV 12500 12 5VDC input None none ATVR Firmware Version Returns firmware version currently loaded on the module Read Only 3 characters none ATXn Show or Configure the Repeat Table Set the addresses that this unit will store and forward data to from n 1 2 3 or 4 designating the entry in the table to sh...

Page 18: ...hat are calibrated in the factory and are unit specific If the Radio Type is changed these will need to be re calibrated 5 6 Additional Personal Locator Related Commands The following commands are also implemented in the Atlas SM Many of these commands will appear in other Raveon products as well ...

Page 19: ...1 2 2 ALERTCAN Enable disable local Alert cancellation If set to 1 alerts will not cancel when the alert button is held Alerts can only be cancelled via the serial or RPR 0 or 1 0 ATCM RS 232 power saving mode The serial port will be in receive only mode on startup until a character is received 0 or 1 0 ATTX Transmit Channel Access Method Enables TDMA operation 0 standard carrier sense 1 TDMA 1 6 ...

Page 20: ...and the only way to turn the unit back on is to press the power button N A N A POWER Power button disable Set to 1 to disable to ability to turn off the unit via the power button It can still be turned off by charging on a Raveon Gang Charger using the OFF serial command or by using the power button while plugged in to a standard charger 0 or 1 0 PREFIX ID Prefix Set an ID prefix The prefix is 1 8...

Page 21: ...ill wait for a response slot if configured to do so N A N A TDMATIME Set read TDMA Frame time The length of one TDMA time frame in seconds 0 3599 10 TRIGBITS I O Change Reporting Which bits are used as transmission triggers This is a HEX number Bit 0 is IN0 bit 1 is IN1 IN2 is the serial data input so if the unit is used to send data do not set TRIGBITS to a number greater than 3 0 7 0 TRIGPOL Pol...

Page 22: ...sion 1 9999 10 TLLPARM GPTLL Message parameters This command sets flags that tell the ATLAS PT which internal parameters to append to the target Name when it outputs the TLL message Bit 0 temperature Bit 1 velocity Bit 2 RSSI Bit 3 voltage Enter the number in decimal 10 sets bits 3 and 1 8 sets bit 3 9 sets bits 3 and 0 0 15 0 5 7 Software Upgrades Raveon is always adding new features to its radio...

Page 23: ...the air baud rate 9600 baud 4 level Serial port RS 232 38400baud N 8 1 Hardware flow control Off RF Power Output 100 Full power Channel number selected 1 Position Status report interval 30 seconds Minimum movement distance to report 9998 Transmission trigger inputs 0 digital inputs disabled Security KEY KEYPHRASE RAVEON Proximity Alert 0 off I O Change reporting 0 off ID Prefix V Slot Quantity 1 M...

Page 24: ... is 0001 Number all of your ATLAS PT transponders with a different MYID Raveon recommends sequentially numbering them starting at number 1 SLOTNUM Set the TDMA slot number for this radio to use Typically this is set to the same as the ID of the radio as set with the MYID command ATDT The ID address of the unit this modem will talk to Default is 0001 ATMKThe network address mask Default is F000 Thi...

Page 25: ... the TXRATE xx command to set the report rate in seconds for the ATLAS PT transponder For example if you wish the RV M7 to report every 5 minutes set the report rate to 300 seconds TXRATE 300 If you only want the ATLAS PT to report position and status when it is moving set the TXRATE xx to the desired time between position transmissions Then program the IDLERATE xx to the desired number of seconds...

Page 26: ...T Technical Manual 26 The diagram clearly shows that if TRIGDX is set to 0 the unit will always transmit when it is supposed to at the interval programmed into the TXRATE ATLAS PT Transmission Trigger Diagram ...

Page 27: ...n 60 seconds It can be completely disabled using the ATSM command When the unit is in the SLEEP mode it cannot be put into the Command mode Turn the unit off and back on before sending the Listen slot Mode The ATLAS PT contains an innovative Listen slot mode It can be enabled with the ATSM 5 command and configured using the SMLISTEN command In Listen slot mode the receivers can be turned off and o...

Page 28: ...xchange WMX protocol Refer to the protocol specification for more information The ATLAS PT is fully WMX enabled 6 5 Data Reception Serial Port Data When the ATLAS PT receives RS232 data over the air it checks it for errors and if it is error free it will send it out the serial port Again the serial port may be set to any baud rate the user wishes and the radio receiver and transmitter will continu...

Page 29: ... NMEA GPS Position Fix Data This message is the standard position message from a GPS receiver NMEAOUT 1 GPGSV NMEA Satellites in view This message is the standard message to indicate the number of satellites in view and their signal quality NMEAOUT 1 6 6 Device Addressing Security Key The security KEY programmed into every ATLAS PT transponder ensures that only ATLAS PT transponders with the exact...

Page 30: ...ith the ATDT xxxx command The factory default MYID in all ATLAS PT modem is 0001 and 0001 is also the default for the Destination ID also The ID of your particular ATLAS PT may have been configured by your dealer or distributor If so it is labeled on the rear of the unit If it is not labeled with an ID the factory default ID is in it The default Address Mask is F000 which means the ATLAS PT will r...

Page 31: ...the slot number will not change when the ID is changed 6 7 Local NMEA data from the internal GPS The ATLAS PT personal locator may be configured to output standard NMEA 0183 GPS messages from its internal GPS receiver For GPS tracking these GPS transponders can receive GPS position reports from other radios and they may also be configured to output their own GPS location via their serial port Foll...

Page 32: ...lock If the GPS antenna is broken or obscured the unit will not report position or status When it is locked to GPS the unit will transmit its position and status at the interval programmed into the TXRATE parameter 7 1 Battery Life The ATLAS PT can report its charge percentage which can be used to determine how much life is left in the battery Set TXBATPCT to 1 to have battery charge percentage tr...

Page 33: ... Date and time ST4 Run Time Returns the amount of time that the modem has been powered up and running Run time display screen ST9 Reset all statistics counters OK ST10 Statistic Read Returns numeric values comma separated of all statistics as described in the ST command Run time display screen 8 2 ATST Command The ATST command will return the following information STATISTICS Good RX Packets nnn pa...

Page 34: ...mmand will return various information regarding the operation of the GPS features in the ATLAS PT 8 4 ATST3 Command The ATST3 command will return the time and date the firmware in the RV M7 was compiled 8 5 ATST4 Command The ATST4 command will return internal timers that tell how long the modem has been powered up and running All of these timers restart a 0 upon power up Run time Years nnn number ...

Page 35: ...r second the internal GPS is not receiving a signal from the GPS satellites and thus the unit will not transmits Locate the ATLAS PT in a place where it can receive a GPS signal Solution 2 Verify that the radio channel is clear or BCL is off The ATBC 1 command enables Busy Channel Lockout If BCL is on the modem will not transmit on a busy channel The ATBC 0 command turns it off and thus the modem ...

Page 36: ...able may not support it Disable hardware handshaking on your terminal program to verify this is the issue Solution 3 Deep Sleep If the TXRATE is greater than 60 seconds the unit may be put into a very deep sleep mode and will not enter the command mode You must first turn the unit off and back on to put it into Command mode 9 6 Symptom Repeater will not repeat Solution 1 Verify the repeater s Unit...

Page 37: ...splay orange while charging and green when fully charged Solution 2 If the radio s LEDs are blinking red when plugged in to the charger a battery fault condition has been detected The radio may have been exposed to extreme temperatures or the battery may just be overused Unplug the radio and do not attempt to use or charge it again Send the radio to your dealer for service ...

Page 38: ...Atlas PT Technical Manual 38 10 Mechanical Note The GPS connector is TNC The GPS antenna is enclosed and inaccessible to the user ...

Page 39: ...view GPGSV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 cks Field Usage Comments GPGSV Number of SVs in view PRN numbers elevation azimuth SNR values 1 Count Total number of messages of this type in this cycle 2 Message number This message s number 3 Number of sats The total number of satellites in view 4 PRN Satellite number 5 Elevation Elevation in degrees 90 maximum 6 Azimuth Azimuth degrees from true north 000 to 359 7 SNR ...

Page 40: ...ome GPS displays have an issue when a new position report is received Most will move the waypoint to the new location but some re draw a new waypoint at the new position and leave the old waypoint in place To help make the waypoints easier to read the ATLAS PT may be programmed with an ID prefix using the PREFIX vvvv command The default is a capitol letter V Set it to a dash to disable the prefix ...

Page 41: ... in the ddd field 5 Longitude dddmm mmmm format It is signed is east is west No sign means east Note typically there are 4 decimal places but as few as 0 decimal places are possible Null field if no GPS lock Leading zeros may be suppressed in the ddd field 6 UTC time The UTC time at the time the transmission was made Hhmmss format Null field if no GPS lock 7 GPS Status 0 not valid position 1 GPS l...

Page 42: ...after the unit enters alert T External battery removed flag indicating that a battery was attached but was removed for longer than five minutes I Impact alert V Vibration S Service required on product 17 Spare A spare field May be used for UTC date in the future Typically NULL 18 The NMEA end of message identifier 19 Checksum The NMEA 0183 checksum Example Sentence PRAVE 0001 0001 3308 9051 11713 ...

Page 43: ...n of your radio batteries should be replaced after 500 charge discharge cycles or 30 months of ownership whichever comes first The batteries are not user replaceable Contact your dealer for battery replacement pricing and instructions When shipping any potentially damaged batteries surface only non air carriers must be used 12 3 External Battery Port The External Battery Port must be cleaned after...