RF400 Series Spread Spectrum Data Radio/Modems

Quiescent Current in Standby Modes*

 

Avg. Quiescent

 

Advanced Setup

 

Standard

 

Current (mA)

 

Standby Mode

 

Setup

 

RF400/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RF410

 

RF415

 

 

 

 

 

24.0

 

33.0

 

0 (no duty cycling)

 

1

 

3.9

 

5.5

 

3

 

2

 

2.0

 

2.8

 

4

 

3

 

1.1

 

1.5

 

5

 

 

 

0.64

 

0.84

 

6

 

 

 

0.40

 

0.50

 

7

 

4

* Not receiving a signal

nor transmitting

 

 

PHYSICAL

 

 

 

 

 

Size

 

 

4.75 x 2.75 x 1.3 inches (12.1 x 7.0 x 3.3 cm)

Weight

 

 

0.5 lbs (225 g)

 

Operating temp. range

–25°C to +50°C

 

Humidity

 

 

0 to 95% RH, non-condensing

 

RF/INTERFACE

 

 

 

Transceiver modules

MaxStream

 

 

 

 

 

 

RF400 – 9XStream XO9-009

 

 

 

 

 

 

RF410 – 9XStream XH9-009

 

 

 

 

 

RF415 – 24XStream X24-009

 

Frequency bands

RF400 – 910.5 to 917.7 MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

RF410 – 920.0 to 927.2 MHz

 

 

 

 

 

RF415 – 2.45015 to 2.45975 GHz

 

Interface ports

1) CS I/O 9 pin

 

 

 

 

 

2) RS-232 9-pin (4 wire: Tx, Rx, CTS, GND)

I/O Data Rates

38.4 K, 19.2 K, 9600, 4800, 1200 bps

Mode

 

 

Frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS), 25

 

 

 

 

 

hop channels, 7 hopping sequences, direct FM

 

 

 

 

frequency control

 

Channel capacity

65,535 addresses

 

Transmitter output

100 mW nominal (50 mW RF415)

 

Receiver sensitivity −110 dBm at 10-4bit error rate

 

 

(−104 dBm for RF415)

Antenna impedance

50 Ω, unbalanced (SMA male connector)

Interference reject

70 dB at pager and cellular phone frequencies

 

(RF400/RF410)

RF packet size

up to 64 bytes, half-duplex

Error handling

RF packet CRC failure detection/rejection or

 

 

configurable retry levels

3. Quick Start

This section is intended to serve as a “primer” enabling you to quickly build a simple system and see how it operates. This section describes in four steps how to set up a pair of RF400s in a direct connect, point-to-point network. We recommend that you do this before undertaking field installation. For additional help on point-to-point networks and for help on creating point-to- multipoint networks, refer to Software Setup Section 5.

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