Appendix A

Technical Specifications

 

 

A.3 Connector Pin Assignments

A.3.1 RS-232

Pin numbers and signals for the 7-pin power/communication connector are shown below. There is also a 6-pin RS-232 version of the SMART ANTENNA, see Figure 20 on Page 39. The orientation of these connectors on the SMART ANTENNA can be seen in Figure 6 on Page 15. The most popular model (part number SA-232-

07W-XXX) has the pinouts (from outside the SMART ANTENNA) shown in Figure 19:

1 7

26

35

4

 

Signal

Pin Number

 

 

 

 

 

VOLTAGE_INPUT (Vin)

7

 

 

 

 

 

GROUND

6

 

 

 

 

 

RX_2

2

 

 

 

 

 

1PPS a

5

 

TX_1

3

 

 

 

 

 

RX_1

1

 

 

 

 

 

GROUND

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.A buffer circuit operates from Vin (9 to 36 VDC). That is, the signal goes from Vin, down to 0 VDC for 1 ms, and then back up to Vin.

Figure 19: SMART ANTENNA RS-232 7-Pin Connector Pinouts

The SMART ANTENNA RS-232 configurations available are shown in Table 4:

Table 4: SMART ANTENNA RS-232 Configurations

 

Part Numbera

SMART ANTENNA Configuration

 

SA-232-07W-XXX

White, 7-pin plastic connector

 

 

 

 

 

SA-232-06W-XXX

White, 6-pin metal connector

 

 

 

 

 

SA-232-06G-XXX

Green, 6-pin metal connector

 

 

 

 

 

DK-SA-232-07W-XXX

Dev kit, white, 7-pin plastic connector

 

 

 

 

 

DK-SA-232-06G-XXX

Dev kit, green, 6-pin metal connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.The XXX in part numbers refers to software models. Please refer to the SUPERSTAR II Firmware Reference Manual, see Reference [6] on Page 12.

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SMART ANTENNA specifications

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