TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.

Product Overview

6

 

1.1.

Features

7

2.

Regulatory Information

9

3.

Specifications

11

4. Hardware Installation and Operation￿￿

13

 

4.1.

Parts Description￿￿

13

 

4.2.

Power Connections￿￿

13

 

4.3.

Serial Port￿

13

 

4.4.

Antenna Connection￿

15

 

4.5.

LEDs￿￿

15

 

4.6.

Operation￿

15

 

4.7.

Technical Support￿￿

16

5.

Software Configuration￿

16

 

5.1.

Prerequisites

16

 

5.2.

Preparation￿￿

16

 

5.3. Unique Data Requirements for a Base Station￿￿

17

 

5.4.

Source and Destination Addressing￿￿

17

 

5.5.

Behavior of Repeater Units￿

18

 

5.6.

Packet Data Options￿

21

 

 

5.6.1.

Transmission Mode￿￿

23

 

 

5.6.2.

Maximum Packet Size￿

24

 

 

5.6.3.

Over-the-Air Data Rates￿

24

 

 

5.6.4.

Acknowledgements￿￿

24

 

 

5.6.5. Carrier Sense Multiple Access￿￿

25

 

5.7. Serial Connection to an I/O Device￿￿

25

 

 

5.7.1.

Basic Serial Parameters￿￿

25

 

 

5.7.2.

Flow Control￿

25

 

 

5.7.3.

DCD Mode￿

26

 

 

5.7.4. Pre- and Post-Data DCD Time￿￿

26

 

5.8. Planning the RF Channel

26

 

5.9.

Factory Default Parameters

26

6.

Procedures

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27

 

6.1.

General Procedures

28

 

 

Entering Programming Mode￿

28

 

 

Setting the Program Mode￿￿

28

 

 

Saving Configuration Changes to Flash Memory￿

28

 

 

Saving Configuration Changes Temporarily￿￿

28

 

 

Reverting to the Prior Configuration￿￿

28

 

 

Returning to the Previous Menu￿￿

29

 

 

Displaying the Configuration Summary Window￿￿

29

 

6.2.

Radio Network Setup￿￿

30

 

 

Setting the Unit Type￿￿

30

 

 

Setting the Unit ID (MYID)￿

30

 

 

Setting the Target Unit ID (TOID)

30

 

 

Setting the Active Channel￿￿

30

 

 

Setting the Receive Frequency￿

30

 

 

Setting the Transmit Frequency￿￿

30

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