Balloon Boy Quick Start Guide, Ground Station
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1. P n TIL I M P ay ap sf idle T ap Eg E g K i nAn ut a etad g d waat C Users John B Documents BALLOON_BOY BB_QSG_GS02 odt Copyright 2010 MEW LLC Approved By All Rights Reserved J B Printed copies of this document without a Controlled Document stamp are valid until one day after 4 Dec 2010 Page 1 of 8 MEW LLC 3040 Reuben Drive Reno NV 89502 775 790 1850 Balloon Boy Quick Start Guide Ground Station DOC NUM Revision Date Revision QSG 000117 02 4DEC2010 NC 1 0 Introduction The Balloon Boy BB Ground Station GS detailed in this Quick Start Guide consists of a Printed Wiring Assembly PWA that is populated with a Laird Technologies 900 MHz 200 mW RF modem The Ground Station is not populated with a GPS receiver module The MEW part number is PWA 000117 02 2 0 Purpose This Quick Start Guide is intended to be a brief introduction that will help the end user to rapidly bring up the system to quickly verify functionality 3 0 Scope This Quick Start Guide is applicable to the Balloon Boy Ground Station PWA bearing the part number PWA 000117 02 This part is one of three configurations that utilize the MEW Printed Wiring Board PWB PWB 000117 01 The other two starting configurations PWA 000117 01 and PWA 0001 17 03 are detailed in their separate respective Quick Start Guides All common characteristics and associated data can be referenced in the Balloon Boy User Manual2. MEW document number MAN 0001 17 Instructions in this Quick Start Guide assume that the Ground Station is configured with the as shipped default configuration 4 0 Norms For definitions abbreviations acronyms safety quality statement and agency approvals please reference the Balloon Boy User Manual MAN 000117 Please note the following specific safety requirement WARNING This equipment has been approved for mobile applications where the equipment should be used at distances greater than 20 cm from the human body with the exception of hands feet wrists and ankles Operation at distances of less than 20 cm is strictly prohibited and requires additional SAR testing The above hazard is minimized by leaving the default configuration of the BB GS as a client This prevents the GS from transmitting continuous data under normal operation C Users John B Documents BALLOON_BOY BB_QSG_GS02 odt Copyright 2010 MEW LLC Approved By All Rights Reserved J B Printed copies of this document without a Controlled Document stamp are valid until one day after 4 Dec 2010 Page 2 of 8 MEW LLC 3040 Reuben Drive Reno NV 89502 775 790 1850 Balloon Boy Quick Start Guide Ground Station DOC NUM Revision Date Revision QSG 000117 02 4DEC2010 NC 5 0 Getting Started 5 1 Host Computer and Serial Cable Connection Verify that power to the PWA is disconnected Connect the male end of a straight i e not a null mode
3. MEW LLC 3 3040 Reuben Drive Reno NV 89502 175 790 1850 Balloon Boy Quick Start Guide Ground Station DOC NUM Revision Date Revision QSG 000117 02 4DEC2010 NC Table of Contents geilen 2 20 dt goo SO ENTRO RED salen 2 S B E10 010 E ENERO 2 AONO a e E 2 SNC SEE E o A E A AO E E PE E EN OE E E A E E 3 5 1 Host Computer and Serial Cable Connection eseseseseseseseseseeeeeeenennnennnnnnnnnnn nnne nnne nennen nnns 3 SANREMO IMAMO erinran E E E esos emtus ie EE A E acudasiee atetanduiatcc CUI Er MM NUS PNAME DNE AU RESUME EDS 4 5 3 Battery log e a ERR TEETTTETETRL 5 OODI I aee EE A M 7 70 No Doubl Speak Warn QI esseen ia EAE Eaa aea Ea EEEE 7 9 0 Document ING VISION HISTO V cser a aa 8 i E ead Det Dek 4171 ge vv v ws T 5 E e AAN A b G 3 96 l wmm Y Be Dead Had TE PON ed es M gl Ft R 33i w me jbl um o o 3 e ue J IMSt rol w od 33 8 d o 15 ae NT mo F RCA om A a M 4 biitid i EP 9 e rag mw mI z E bal I af i I f o PE pU y bo Ue 9 Van UOWTU o A 16 Jar 7 WA A mije AEH OSEE NS ORE
4. SG 000117 02 4DEC2010 NC 8 0 Document Revision History Revision Date Changes Authorization CC amp BW NC 4DEC10 Initial draft for review D M B J E B C Users John B Documents BALLOON_BOY BB_QSG_GS02 odt Copyright 2010 MEW LLC Approved By All Rights Reserved J B Printed copies of this document without a Controlled Document stamp are valid until one day after 4 Dec 2010 Page 8 of 8
5. d service mark of MEW LLC All other referenced trade and service marks are the sole property of their respective owners MEW LLC assumes no liability from use misuse or misapplication of the equipment referenced in this document The equipment referenced in this guide is specifically prohibited from use in human life support medical and or health and safety critical systems or paths Design change product enhancement and specifications are subject to change without prior notice at any time at the sole discretion of MEW LLC 7 0 No Double Speak Warranty Mew LLC will repair or replace end user hardware that has been shown to be defective from the factory for a period of one year from delivery of product End user must request a Return Goods Authorization RGA from MEW LLC prior to shipment or delivery of defective material Warranty does not cover material that has been damaged from shipping dropping ballistic earth impact EOS ESD physical damage due to negligence fire water moisture exceeding the environmental or electrical specifications C Users John B Documents BALLOON_BOY BB_QSG_GS02 odt Copyright 2010 MEW LLC Approved By All Rights Reserved J B Printed copies of this document without a Controlled Document stamp are valid until one day after 4 Dec 2010 Page 7 of 8 MEW LLC 3040 Reuben Drive Reno NV 89502 775 790 1850 Balloon Boy Quick Start Guide Ground Station DOC NUM Revision Date Revision Q
6. he RF modem prior to power up AEROCOMM AEE z FCC ID KQLAC4490 100 Sa ae i EA IC 2268C AC4490 AEROCOMM i FCC ID KQLAC4490 100 gt m IC 2268C AC4490 AC4490LR 200M 01 Connect the other end of the RF modem coaxial cable to the chosen directional ground station antenna C Users John B Documents BALLOON_BOY BB_QSG_GS02 odt Copyright 2010 MEW LLC Approved By All Rights Reserved J B Printed copies of this document without a Controlled Document stamp are valid until one day after 4 Dec 2010 Page 4 of 8 MEW LLC 3040 Reuben Drive Reno NV 89502 775 790 1850 Balloon Boy Quick Start Guide Ground Station DOC NUM Revision Date Revision QSG 000117 02 4DEC2010 NC 6 dBi Ground Station Directional Yagi Antenna 5 3 Battery Connections Connect the negative terminal of the battery to J10 pins 1 and or 2 These two pins are internally connected to each other on the PWB Connect the positive terminal of the main battery to J10 pins 19 and or 20 These two pins are internally connected to each other on the PWB C Users John B Documents BALLOON_BOY BB_QSG_GS02 odt Copyright 2010 MEW LLC Approved By All Rights Reserved J B Printed copies of this document without a Controlled Document stamp are valid until one day after 4 Dec 2010 Page 5 of 8 MEW LLC 3040 Reuben Drive Reno NV 89502 775 790 1850 Balloon Boy Quick Start Guide Ground Station DOC NUM Revision Date Revi
7. m cable male to female 9 pin serial cable to the Ground Station serial port Connect the female end of the serial cable to the host computer serial com port Power up the host computer and allow it to complete boot and login Run selected host software The freeware VisualGPS M program is known to function well with Balloon Boy Sometimes during boot up when the host pc com port is connected to an active GPS character stream the Microsoft Windows operating system confuses the data as a serial mouse connection and assigns the com port as such This results in mad mouse syndrome MMS MMS causes random and erratic mouse pointer movement To avoid MMS simply allow the host computer to completely boot up before applying power to the Balloon Boy Ground Station C Users John B Documents BALLOON_BOY BB_QSG_GS02 odt Copyright 2010 MEW LLC Approved By All Rights Reserved J B Printed copies of this document without a Controlled Document stamp are valid until one day after 4 Dec 2010 Page 3 of 8 MEW LLC 3040 Reuben Drive Reno NV 89502 775 790 1850 Balloon Boy Quick Start Guide Ground Station DOC NUM Revision Date Revision QSG 000117 02 4DEC2010 NC 5 2 RF Modem Antenna Verify that power to the PWA is disconnected Connect the RF modem antenna coaxial cable to the MMCX connector on the end of the RF modem Common practice is to not power up the system unless a proper antenna or 500 dummy load is attached to t
8. sion QSG 000117 02 4DEC2010 NC The main battery voltage should be in the range of 8 to 28 Vdc The power consumed is essentially constant so that higher battery voltage results in lower current draw and vice versa Rev B and later PWAs are reverse power polarity protected A power switch in series with the main battery wire is very convenient The BB GS will function continuously default configuration for about 8 hours when powered from a single fresh alkaline 9V transistor battery A piezo alarm and series toggle switch connected between the active low in range signal J10 pin 7 and 3 3 Vdc J10 pin 5 and or pin 6 will provide an audible transmitter in range tone to help in manually pointing the directional antenna toward the signal source Illustrated below is a Balloon Boy Ground Station connected to a host computer running Visual GPS and logging realtime NMEA GPS data to an ASCII text capture file This completes the bring up of the Balloon Boy Ground Station C Users John BiDocuments BALLOON BOYNBB QSG GS02 odt Copyright 2010 MEW LLC Approved By All Rights Reserved J B Printed copies of this document without a Controlled Document stamp are valid until one day after 4 Dec 2010 Page 6 of 8 MEW LLC 3040 Reuben Drive Reno NV 89502 775 790 1850 Balloon Boy Quick Start Guide Ground Station DOC NUM Revision Date Revision QSG 000117 02 4DEC2010 NC 6 0 Disclaimers MEWS is a registere
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