Adcom A720, A723 manual Installing the power supply, AddIT Power Supply

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CHAPTER 2

Installing the base station

Follow these steps to install the receiver part of the base station.

1.Locate the best site for the receiver and mount a rod on the spot. The best site is usually on top of a roof or a mast.

2.Using the provided ring clamps, attach the receiver to the rod.

3.Attach the female connector on the cable to the male connector on the receiver by turning the plug’s fastening screw.

Note: Standard cables are 30 m (approx. 99 ft) long. If you need a longer cable, you can purchase additional cables to extend the length up to 500 m (1640 ft).

4.Secure the cable to the rod with ties.

5.Bring the unattached end of the cable into the area where your computer is.

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Installing the power supply

The A720PS power supply is the connection between the receiver and your computer. The power supply is universal and operates from 85 to 240 volts. Adcon supplies the serial cable and power cord. Figure 2 illustrates the addIT power supply.

RS-232 SERIAL PORT

MAINS

FUSE

RS-485 SERIAL PORT

Figure 2. addIT Power Supply

Follow these steps to install the power supply:

1.Attach the cable from the receiver to the power supply.

2.Attach one end of the serial cable to the power supply and the other end to an available serial port on your computer.

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Contents ADC N ADC N Contents Contents What are addIT devices? IntroductionInstallation issues Italics ConventionsChapter Opening the packages Using the Base StationInstalling the receiver Installing the base stationAddIT Power Supply Installing the power supplyConﬁguring the software Replacing the fuseUsing the RTU Shows an addIT RTU Installing the RTUShows what a typical RTU ﬁeld installation looks like More about the LED tool Conﬁguring an addIT RTU in the addVANTAGE software RTU batteryMaintaining and servicing the RTU Changing the battery Chapter Chapter Performing Advanced Functions Device series Understanding connectorsReceiver connector Pins on an I/O Connector Top View RTU connectorsConﬁguring the devices AddIT RTU Power Connector Top ViewGeneral format of an answer General format of a commandSerial communication protocol SET Ownid nnnn Using terminal commandsSeries 1 devices SET Slot 3600 SET OwnidSET PMP bl bh SET PMP 63SET Rssi value SET Freq freq stepSET Freq 467112500 SET Rssi Querying the actual conﬁguration parametersCmds Series 2 and 3 devicesFreq 433925000 25000 FreqFreq 433925000 FreqSlot PMP SST PMP 65 72193 cm 193 CM 1Repl DEVDEL Repl 5667DEL Dn cs Data 5666 12/12/1998Data b1 b2 b3 ... bn Dd mm yyyy hh mm ss si ft d1 d2 ... dn dd mm yyyyFrame 38 description Frame 39 description Data 6367 30/4/1999Route DataImme Info FdevTemp = internalTem p Anlg Info 255 0 18/4/1999 21511 1.3 0 0 0 91146 900 Code Description Parameters Returns Sampling methods are deﬁned by three bits, as follows Return result depends on the control byte see table. However A720B and A723, but see also the comments in Remote on Performing Advanced Functions Command Code Deﬁnitions Port 193 TX 6789 Port 7/5/1999 183422193 RX 15190 B 6789 B#234 BA #7851 BAVER 2.0 Blst 30/8/2001 160341VER VER 1.3Notiﬁcations Real time clock Returned errors listCommand line interpreter Device descriptors and storage handlerNotiﬁcations Chapter Parameter Min Typ Max Unit Appendix. SpeciﬁcationsTransmitter all measurements made on a 50 Ω resistive load Chapter Chapter Index INFO, 41 OWNID, 26 PMP PMP What a base station contains Xmit Colophon Credits and ColophonCredits