Adcom A720, A723 manual Using the Base Station, Opening the packages

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Chapter 2. Using the Base Station

Your addIT base station consists of the receiver (A720B), the power supply (A720PS), and addVANTAGE Lite software.

Note: If you are using the addIT RTU as part of an A730 system, this chapter does not apply to you. For information about the addIT RTU, see “Using the RTU” on page 13. For infor- mation about installing an A730 base station, refer to the addVANTAGE A730 User Guide or the addVANTAGE A730 Releases Notes for Version 3.35.

Opening the packages

You get several boxes when you purchase the addIT base station.

When you open them, you’ll see they contain:

The A720B receiver and ring clamp

The A720PS power supply, serial cable, and power cord

The 30-meter (approx. 99 ft) base station communication cable

The addVANTAGE Lite software on a CD-ROM

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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 RTU battery Maintaining and servicing the RTUConfiguring an addIT RTU in the addVANTAGE software Changing the battery Chapter Chapter Performing Advanced Functions Understanding connectors Receiver connectorDevice series Pins on an I/O Connector Top View RTU connectorsConfiguring the devices AddIT RTU Power Connector Top ViewGeneral format of a command Serial communication protocolGeneral format of an answer Using terminal commands Series 1 devicesSET Ownid nnnn SET PMP bl bh SET OwnidSET PMP 63 SET Slot 3600SET Freq freq step SET Freq 467112500SET Rssi value SET Rssi Querying the actual configuration parametersCmds Series 2 and 3 devicesFreq 433925000 FreqFreq Freq 433925000 25000Slot PMP 193 cm PMP 65 72193 CM 1 SSTRepl DEVRepl 5667 DELDEL Data b1 b2 b3 ... bn Data 5666 12/12/1998Dd mm yyyy hh mm ss si ft d1 d2 ... dn dd mm yyyy Dn csFrame 38 description Frame 39 description Data 6367 30/4/1999Data ImmeRoute Info FdevTemp = internalTem p Info 255 0 18/4/1999 21511 1.3 0 0 0 91 146 900Anlg 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 6789 Port 7/5/1999 183422 193 RX193 TX #234 BA 6789 B#7851 BA 15190 BVER Blst 30/8/2001 160341VER 1.3 VER 2.0Notifications Command line interpreter Returned errors listDevice descriptors and storage handler Real time clockNotifications 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 Credits and Colophon CreditsColophon