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1. 113 dBm for 25 kHz Channel Spacing 113 dBm for 20 kHz Channel Spacing 114 dBm for 12 5 kHz Channel Spacing 114 dBm for 6 25 kHz Channel Spacing Receiver Sensitivity for DQPSK BER 1x 10 110 dBm for 25 kHz Channel Spacing 110 dBm for 20 kHz Channel Spacing 111 dBm for 12 5 kHz Channel Spacing 111 dBm for 6 25 kHz Channel Spacing Receiver Dynamic Range 119 to 10dBm A 1 4 Modem Figure A 2 Modem Specifications Component Details Interface DSP UART serial port Interface Connector 16 lead Connector Data Speed of Serial Interface 9600 115200 bps Data Rate of Radio Interface 25 kHz Channel Spacing 9600 bps DBPSK GMSK 19200 bps DQPSK 28800 bps D8PSK 38400 bps DI6QAM Data Rate Radio Interface 20 kHz Channel Spacing 7500 bps DBPSK GMSK 15000 bps DQPSK 22500 bps D8PSR 30000 bps DI6QAM www arwestcom com Technical Specifications Technical Specifications Compliance Component Details Data Rate Radio Interface 12 5 kHz Channel Spacing 4800 bps DBPSK GMSK 9600 bps DQPSR 14400 bps D8PSK 19200 bps DI6QAM Data Rate Radio Interface 6 25 kHz Channel Spacing 2400 bps DBPSK 4800 bps DQPSK 7200 bps D8PSK 9600 bps DI6QAM Forward Error Correction FEC Reed Solomon Error Correction Data scrambling Yes A2. Reset Control TTL Input Reset the radio by shortening this pin to the ground TTLO1 TTLOUTI TTL Output Line 1 TTL Output Reserve line TTLO2 TTLOUT2 TTL Output Line 2 TTL Output Reserve line GND GND Ground Signal and Chassis Ground TTLI2 TTLIN TTL Input line TTL Input An internal 100K pull up resistor is applied VCC36 PWR Power Supply External Regulated positive 4 2V DC from ext Power Supply VCC36 PWR Power Supply External Regulated positive 4 2V DC from ext Power Supply www arwestcom com 33 Technical Specifications External Connectors User Ports Connector 34 www arwestcom com Appendix B SAFETY WARNINGS Read these instructions Keep these instructions Heed all warnings Follow all instructions Clean only with a damp cloth Do not block any of the ventilation openings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been
3. AW400TXEXT User Manual Version 1 0 Last Revised August 9 2011 All contents in this manual are copyrighted by ArWest Communications All rights reserved The information contained herein may not be used accessed copied stored displayed sold modified published or distributed or otherwise reproduced without express written consent from ArWest Communications www arwestcom com TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface cs cies dee ha ee niert ee en 5 Terms nd Eonditions nr ee in HR o es cla 5 Technical Assistance sc die nr da he A ae re a ASS 7 Return Material Authorization seede 0 ccc eee een eens 7 Chapter 1 Product Features 000 ce eee eee eee 9 1 1 Introduetion 2 SES P LS SS RE an 9 1 1 1 Operating at Ultra High Frequency Band u e ue Lee 10 1 1 2 Modulation Technique u eu usa esa ea ea ea ela a ela 11 1 1 3 Media Access Control MAC 2 0 0 ccc eee LL La 11 1 1 4 Operating Modes 1 0 2 tieren irora ea Ded eie ea Ee PAA a E ae 12 1 1 5 Management Tools no n o o N a a N Baa a De it 12 1 1 6 SECUTItY a cca sa san an ee a ran Basa load es 12 Chapter 2 General Description 13 2 1 Physical Interfaces ia ae td ad nel ied a als 13 21 1 Serial Data dntertace A PS RA 13 2 1 2 Power Interf ce ce ta dd ES AL 13 2 1 3 Power Consumption u ua r ie aa aa dan danses iaia iaus 13 PAE e NAS nido lic 14
4. purchased a conforms to the Company s published specifications for the model purchased and b is free from defects in material or workmanship The duration of this warranty is twelve 12 months from date of purchase and any claim for breach of warranty must be brought to the Company s attention within such twelve 12 month period and the Receiver must be returned for action on any such claim within twelve 12 months from the date of purchase Within a reasonable period of time after a claim the Company will correct any failure of the Radio to conform to specifications or any defect in materials or workmanship or replace the Radio or at its option provide a full refund of the purchase price A repaired or replaced product is warranted for 90 days from the date of return shipment to the buyer or for the balance of the original warranty period whichever is longer These remedies are the buyer s exclusive remedies for breach of warranty To obtain warranty service the buyer must return the Radio postage paid with proof of the date of original purchase and the buyer s return address to the Company or an authorized service center The Company will not be responsible for any loss or damage to the product incurred while it is in transit or is being shipped for repair It is the buyer s responsibility to arrange for insurance if the buyer so desires The Company does not warrant a any product components or parts not manufactured by the
5. 255 Seed for Pseudo Random Sequence Generator FEC 0 Disable Forward Error Correction FEC a default setting 1 Enable Reed Solomon encoding CHAR 0 255 defines the ASCI code of the symbol indicating the end of a data chunk of Transparent w EOT Character protocol ADDR Indicates the number of address bytes of STL protocol s data frame CLKCORR 0 Disables Clock Correction algorithm of STL protocol 1 Enables Clock Correction algorithm of STL protocol Note LINK FHOP and LINK CHAN commands can be processed only if Frequency Map is defined 20 Auto scanning may not start automatically only when scanning requested via CLI command see LINK CHAN 0 and STATE commands The frequency defined by CHAN parameter is not valid if Frequency Hoping mode is selected The radio link with GMSK and 4FSK modulations are used by Non ArWest protocols only Enabling FEC via LINK FEC command provides different options for different protocols Enables Read Solomon encoding for frame s header used by ArWest proprietary protocols Enables Hamming encoding for Trimble and Pacific Crest compatible protocols Enables Trellis encoding for Satel compatible protocol For ArWest proprietary protocols the Read Solomon FEC encoding is always applied to data payload Half Duplex Base and Half Duplex Remote protocols are not supported in current release www arwestcom com Command Line Interface Serial
6. between two GNSS receivers AW400TXEXT is a half duplex UHF Radio Transceiver It takes incoming data modulates it with GMSK FSK PSK or most spectrum efficient QAM modulation and transmits it at RF power output levels from 15 dBm up to 30 dBm operating in UHF frequency band 360 to 470 MHz Figure 1 1 AW400TxEXT The UHF transceiver is also capable of receiving RF signals through a 50 Ohm impedance external antenna port AWA400TxEXT delivers a reliable radio link at up to 38 4 kbps over the air for the 25 kHz channel spacing 30 kpbs for 20 kHz 19 2 kbps for 12 5 kHz and 9 6 kbps for 6 25 kHz The module requires a regulated DC voltage power supply 4 2 V 5 The delivered product is a wireless system which includes e AW400TxEXT UHF Radio Transceiver e AWLaunch Windows based Unit Configuration and Maintenance Software Application running on a IBM PC compatible computer and connecting to the device over RS 232 interface or USB to Serial adapter The setting can be done through the built in Command Line interface CLD or through the configuration and maintenance application software running either on PC AWLaunch www arwestcom com 9 Product Features Introduction Operating at Ultra High Frequency Band The diagnostic feature of the AW400TXEXT system provides the information to monitor and maintain user s communications link The output transmit power receive signal strength RSSI antenna feedline conditi
7. damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus or has been dropped Apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids shall be placed on the apparatus www arwestcom com 35 Safety Warnings General Warnings B 1 General Warnings This product should never be used e Without the user thoroughly understanding operator s manual e After disabling safety systems or altering the product e With unauthorized accessories e Contrary to applicable laws rules and regulations DANGER THE AW40OTXEXT SHOULD NEVER BE USED IN DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS 36 www arwestcom com Appendix C UHF RADIO USAGE Many countries require a license for radio users such as the United States Be sure you comply with all local laws while operating a UHF radio The quality and strength of the UHF signals translates into range for UHF communications The system s range will greatly depend on the local conditions Topography local communications and even meteorological conditions play a major role in the possible range of communications If needed use a scanner to find clear channels for communication www arwestcom com 37 UHF Radio Usage 38 www arwestcom com Appendix D WARRANTY TERMS ArWest Communications Corp Inc Company warrants to the end user only that the Narrow Band Radio Modems Radios
8. the data received over the air and buffers it instead 3 The radio unit waits for 20 ms and then sends Escape Acknowledge to DTE if there is no data from DTE during 20 ms of Stop Guard Time 4 The unit goes to Maintenance mode and discards Escape Sequence from input buffer The modem is immediately ready to receive commands At the same time it continues buffering the data received over the air since step 2 Escape Sequence in Data During its waiting in step 3 the unit receives data from DTE e The unit sends buffered Escape Sequence from DTE to the air e The unit sends all buffered data received from the air since step 2 to DTE and stays in data mode i e transmits data received from DTE over the air including the just received unexpected data and forwards data received over the air to DTE www arwestcom com 17 Command Line Interface Command Line Interface Convention Hardware Switching to Maintenance Mode 3 1 2 Hardware Switching to Maintenance Mode As alternative to Software Switching the switching through the MP DP control line can be used this control line can be also used as Data Terminal Ready DTR To set Maintenance mode the DTE must assert DTR signal active Ov level By falling edge of DTR signal the unit goes to Maintenance mode and then sends Escape Acknowledge to DTE 00 lt CR gt lt LF gt 20 ms toggling on CTS control line followed by Escape Acknowledge response is needed to acknowledge swit
9. 1 5 Compliance Component Deiails FCC FCC Part 90 Industry Canada RSS 210 ETSI ETSI EN 300 113 2 ETSI EN 301 489 1 ETSI EN 301 489 5 www arwestcom com 29 Technical Specifications Technical Specifications General A 1 6 General Component Details Input Voltage 4 2 V 5 Power Consumption average 3 W transmit with 50 duty cycle 1 W TPO 1 W receive mode Operation Temperature 40 C 60 C Storage Temperature 40 C 80 C Dimensions L 80 mm x W 46 5 mm x H 7 6 9 5 mm Weight 4l g Features DSP Modem e Multi Modulation Technologies e Zero IF Technologies e 360 470 MHz Frequency Range e Up to 115200 bps Data Rate e Embedded Firmware Compensation for Operation at Extremely Low and High Temperatures e Compact Design 30 www arwestcom com Technical Specifications Technical Specifications Mechanical Properties For End product A 1 7 Mechanical Properties For End product Dimensions for PCB Mounted Enclosure 80 mm x W 46 5 mm x H 7 6 9 5 mm 3 15 x 1 83 x 0 3 BOTTOM 2 95 in I 75 00 mm 1 I SQ s x i i i L 3 15 in 80 00 mm El a IR SIDE ds d es aa ooe nn I Connector 16 lead Thru hole 2x8 Header 050 www arwestcom com 31 Technical Specifications External Connectors Antenna Connector A 2 External Connect
10. AW400TXEXT Command Line Interface CLD The Carriage Return Line Feed CR LF OXOD OXOA is a command delimiter The Carriage Return Line Feed CR LF 0x0D 0x0A is a reply delimiter followed by the CLI gt prompt if Echo option is On The Carriage Return Line Feed CR LF 0x0D 0x0A is a reply delimiter if Echo option is Off default option The 2 digit number followed by in the unit s reply indicates the error code refer to Table 3 1 for description if Echo Off is selected otherwise the error message is displayed A successfully performed command is replied by 00 code if Echo Off is selected otherwise the set value is replied A command with the certain Parameter Name and blank Parameter List displays the current settings for a given parameter To set the mode ordered by CLI commands as permanent User Setting the setting automatically selected for the boot up unit the SAVE command must be asserted orders to show the help information for the given command Commands are not key sensitive small none capital characters can be used to enter CLI commands Table 3 1 Command Line Interface Error Codes Error Code Short Description 0x01 Command Syntax Error A command followed by displays a command usage 0x02 The parameter has a format error A command with the certain Parameter Name followed by displays the format and range of the variable 0x03 The parameter i
11. Chapter 3 Command Line Interface oooooooooommPmPmoo 15 3 1 Command Line Interface Convention ccc eee La 16 3 1 1 Software Switching to Maintenance Mode ue ee 16 3 1 2 Hardware Switching to Maintenance Mode o u e 18 3 1 3 Switching to Data Mode uu 4 u Lu ua 18 3 2 Networking Commands 0 cece ccc eect eee e ea La 19 SR CONNECT rar ES SR ER Fa ak EE GO GE o a 19 SS NS a a aa hk tbe 19 3 3 Serial Interfacing Commands ua eee cece es 21 SOL DPORT see crit ha a age a ah aad Dipl 21 Dede A M POR DT ser errat ane EA AR Ee le AMBIT ta a R OT ha Sa 21 3 4 Special Commands 0 Lu ua La aa cence ene eina 22 SAT ALARM E P DS BERATER 22 www arwestcom com SAD BOOT aaa un aud eet eae woes al elias een CES 22 SAS HEEP tice EE a athe IE ae ni ml ey 23 SAA OSA ME oe floes Pats ar un val Regeln wal hace Ye 23 JAS SLEEP N a a dare dye Bae Renee 23 3 5 Diagnostics and Identification Commands 0 0 0 ce eee eee eee 24 SAS INFO essen ee a Bik hed ee Ds ne te RT RAR 24 3 52 STATE HIN ee ea En alte PE oa tba N em 25 Appendix A Technical Specifications 27 A 1 Technical Specifications uo ccc taiit a eens 27 All Radi Transceiver ocene ni den ii aha aad Este da 27 A 1 2 Radio Transmitter na tas ee AA eae St 28 A 1 3 Radio Rece
12. Company b defects caused by failure to provide a suitable installation environment for the Radio c damage caused by disasters such as fire flood wind and lightning e damage caused by unauthorized attachments or modification f damage during shipment g any other abuse or misuse by the buyer h that the Radio will be free from any claim for infringement of any patent trademark copyright or other proprietary right including trade secrets THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND IF APPLICABLE IMPLIED WARRANTIES UNDER ARTICLE 35 OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS IN NO CASE SHALL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF THE OWNERSHIP USE OR OPERATION OF THE RADIO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE PREDICATED OR BASED UPON BREACH OF WARRANTY BREACH OF CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE STRICT TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY SUCH DAMAGES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF SAVINGS OR REVENUE LOSS OF USE OF THE RADIO OR ANY ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT COST OF CAPITAL COST OF ANY SUBSTITUTE EQUIPMENT FACILITIES OR SERVICES THE CLAIMS 1 The warranty against defects in ArWest adapter antenna battery charger or cable is 90 days www arwestcom co
13. Interfacing Commands DPORT LINK ADDR and LINK CLKCORR commands are not recommended for using on site of End Users 3 3 Serial Interfacing Commands 3 3 1 DPORT The DPORT is an object that responsible for data port interface configurations like Bit Rate Flow Control etc DPORT Parameter Name Parameters List Parameter Name Parameter List RATE 0 Maintenance Port baud rate a default setting 1 1200 baud 2 2400 baud 3 4800 baud 4 9600 baud 5 14400 baud 6 19200 baud 7 38400 baud 8 57600 baud 9 115200 baud a default setting BITS Set number of bits in one byte 8 or 7 8 is a default setting PARITY 0 None a default setting 1 Odd 2 Even FLOW 0 None a default setting 1 Not used 2 HW RTS CTS 3 3 2 MPORT The MPORT is an object that responsible for maintenance serial port interface configurations such as data rate and number of bits in a byte MPORT Parameter Name Parameters List Parameter Name Parameter List RATE 0 Auto 1 1200 baud 2 2400 baud 3 4800 baud 4 9600 baud 5 14400 baud 6 19200 baud 7 38400 baud 8 57600 baud 9 115200 baud a default setting www arwestcom com 21 Command Line Interface Special Commands ALARM Note ArWest radio modem s does not support data flow and parity on the maintenance serial port MPORT opera
14. N ArWest Communications IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OR COSTS INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH OBTAINING SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS OR SOFTWARE CLAIMS BY OTHERS INCONVENIENCE OR ANY OTHER COSTS IN ANY EVENT ArWest Communications SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES OR OTHERWISE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY IN EXCESS OF THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE AW400TXEXT www arwestcom com 5 Preface Terms and Conditions LICENSE AGREEMENT Use of any computer programs or software supplied by ArWest Communications or downloaded from a ArWest Communications web site the Software in connection with the AW400TxEXT constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions in this Manual and an agreement to abide by these Terms and Conditions The user is granted a personal non exclusive non transferable license to use such Software under the terms stated herein and in any case only with a single AW400TXEXT or single computer You may not assign or transfer the Software or this license without the express written consent of ArWest Communications This license is effective until terminated You may terminate the license at any time by destroying the Software and Manual ArWest Communications may terminate the license if you fail to comply with any of the Terms or Conditions You agree to destroy the Software and manual upon termination of your use of the AW400TXEXT All ownership copyright and other intellectual property rights in and to the Software bel
15. Serial Number Connect BS 003578659922 1 003574459923 JC Figure 3 1 Connection List To disconnect from the remote unit and connect to the local unit the parameter Unit_Numb must be equal to 0x00 3 2 2 LINK The LINK command is responsible for configuring radio s operation mode It has six parameters listed below LINK Parameter Name Parameters List Parameter Name Parameter List CHAN Selects the Channel Number CN 1 to 32 Each Channel is defined by three parameters Carrier Frequency Channel Spacing and Allowed Output Power level CN 0 is reserved to set up the Frequency Automatic scanning mode The LINK CHAN 0 command also forces the radio modem to continue scanning starting from the channel currently selected by automatic scanning algorithm In Automatic scanning mode to check the channel currently used or scanned the STATE command must be used FEC 0 Disable Forward Error Correction a default setting see note below 1 Enable Forward Error Correction see note below FHOP 1 32 Frequency Hoping Pattern number LINK FHOP command can be processed only if the Channel Map up to 32 channels is defined by AWLaunch or by MAP command MOD 1 DBPSR 2 DQPSK a default settings 3 D8PSK 4 DIGQAM 5 GMSK 6 4FSR www arwestcom com 19 Command Line Interface Networking Commands LINK Parameter Name Paramet
16. ching from Data to Maintenance mode and vice versa In Maintenance Mode the unit s serial port must keep Clear to Send CTS line always active see also MPORT on page 21 Note The powered up radio modem by default goes to Data Mode regardless of DTR control line polarity 3 1 3 Switching to Data Mode e DTE sends the CLI command DATAMODE lt CR gt lt LF gt to the unit e Unit answers with Escape Acknowledge 00 lt CR gt lt LF gt and immediately goes to datamode so that the DTE can start sending data as soon as the Escape Acknowledge has been received If no valid CLI commands received from DTE within 1 minute the unit will automatically switch back to data mode Note The data received over the air could be lost due to Rx buffer overflow if the unit stays in Maintenance mode longer then 15 second 18 www arwestcom com Command Line Interface Networking Commands CONNECT 3 2 Networking Commands 3 2 1 CONNECT To connect the radio unit through the local maintenance serial port or to establish the link with the remote unit in the Point to Multipoint network the CONNECT command must be used CONNECT Unit_Numb Where the Unit_Numb is an assigned decimal number for the unit to be connected To get the complete unit list the CONNECT command must be used with no parameter The list of units in the Point to Point link with the connection established with remote unit is shown in Figure 3 1 Unit
17. der Ver 2 0 Rev 02 24 www arwestcom com Command Line Interface Diagnostics and Identification Commands STATE 3 5 2 STATE The STATE command is used to check the state of the wireless link the unit in the link and the alarm control lines To specify a radio unit local or remote the CONNECT command must be used in prior of STATE command using STATE Parameter Name Parameters List Parameter Name Parameter List TTL1 0 1 State of TTL_IN1 line TTL2 0 1 State of TTL_IN2 line RSSI 52 to 116 dBm Indicates the Receive Signal Strength in dBm BER 1 0E 6 to 9 9E 3 Indicates the BER level FREQ 360 000000 to 470 000000 MHz Displays the central frequency of the operating channel CHAN 1 to 9601 Displays the selected or currently scanned frequency channel TEMP 30 C to 100 C Displays the temperature inside of enclosure SYNC 1 Indicates the established link 0 if link is not established yet MODE AUTO Indicates Automatic scanning mode FHOP Indicates Frequency hopping mode FIXED Indicates that the radio modem is working on fixed channel from channel map The STATE command without Parameter Name indicates all values TTL_IN1 0 TTL_IN2 1 RSSI 110 dBm BER lt 2 3E 5 FREQ 140 000000 MHz CHAN 10 TEMP 70C SYNC 1 MODE FIXED Note The indicated receive signal strength RSSD is equal to 147 dBm if there is no signal
18. er List PWRB PWRW 0 Automatic Transmit Power control a default setting for Remote units 15 30 30 1000 RF output Power in dBm mW PROT 1 Simplex Receiver a default setting see note below 2 Simplex Transmitter 3 Half Duplex Base reserved 4 Half Duplex Repeater reserved 5 Not used 6 Not used 7 TRMB Receiver used with GMSK modulation 8 TRMB Transmitter used with GMSK modulation 9 Transparent w EOT Repeater used with GMSK and 4FSK 10 Repeater ArWest Proprietary Simplex 11 TRMB Repeater used with GMSK modulation 12 Transparent w EOT Receiver used with GMSK and 4FSK 13 Transparent w EOT Transmitter used with GMSK and 4FSK 14 STL Receiver used with 4FSK modulation 15 STL Transmitter used with 4FSK modulation 16 Not used 17 Fast Async Receiver used with GMSK and 4FSK 18 Fast Async Transmitter used with GMSK and 4FSK 19 Transparent w EOT Character Receiver used with GMSK and 4FSK 20 Transparent w EOT Character Transmitter used with GMSK and 4FSK PWRB PWRW 15 30 30 1000 RF output Power in dBm mW RTR 0 No Retransmission in the wireless cluster 1 There is Repeater in the wireless cluster valid for Base only SCRAM 0 No Scrambling a default setting 1
19. ily for GNSS applications 2 Half Duplex protocols Half Duplex Base Half Duplex Remote and Repeater are the alternative to Simplex protocols that provide bidirectional link with the dynamic bandwidth allocation Note Repeater decreases the user data rate The user data rate in the link with the repeaters is equal to C n 1 where C is a link throughput determined by the modulation technique and n is a number of repeaters in the chain Half duplex Base Half duplex Remote and repeater are not supported in current release 3 Sleep mode is an investment provided by MAC sub layer that provides additional power saving The wakeup from Sleep mode is user selectable either by an internal real time clock or by an external controller through the data interface control lines RTS or DTR or by SLEEP input line CMOS TTL compatible input lines www arwestcom com 11 Product Features Introduction Operating Modes 1 1 4 Operating Modes The operating modes for AW400TXEXT can be set through the CLI and or through AWLaunch The following operating modes are available for AW400TXEXT 1 The sleep mode has automatic transmitter activation by an internal real time clock or by an exter nal controller through the data interface control lines RTS and DTR or by the triggering of the external Sense Inputs 2 Adaptive RF Power control used by Remotes minimizes the transmit power levels and interfer ence to co channel and adjacent channel u
20. interface allows connection to an unregulated DC power source The DC power source third party or user supplied must provide DC power of 4 2V 5 DC The standalone unit s RF interface is a 50 ohm impedance matched standard MMCX connector as required by regulation 2 1 3 Power Consumption Power consumption of the UHF radio modem at continuous transmission mode with 1W output power level is less than 4500mW refer to Table 2 1 for details Table 2 1 Power Consumption Operating Mode Description Consumption Maximum for continuous transmission with 1W output power level lt 4500 mW Maximum for Rx Full Operation Mode lt 2000 mW Average for Operation Mode with 30 Transmission duty cycle lt 2000 mW Average for Operation Mode with 50 Transmission duty cycle lt 3000 mW Sleep Mode 300 mW Standby Mode ordered by SLEEP input pin 500 uW I The supply voltage pins I5 and 16 in user interface connector must be 4 2 to 4 5VDC to provide RF output power gt 500mW licensed operation mode www arwestcom com 13 2 1 4 Antennas Antenna type depends on the site requirements and may be directional or omni directional Note that to support 8 miles distance range between Base station and AW400TXEXT unit an antenna mast should elevate the base antenna a minimum of 20 feet above the average level of the terrain www arwestcom com Chapter 3 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE The built in user frie
21. ired by authorized ArWest Communications warranty service centers Users should review and heed the safety warnings in Chapter B on page 35 MISCELLANEOUS The above Terms and Conditions may be amended modified superseded or canceled at any time by ArWest Communications The above Terms and Conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without reference to conflict of laws 6 www arwestcom com Preface Technical Assistance Technical Assistance If you have a problem and cannot find the information you need in the product documentation contact your local dealer Alternatively request technical support using the ArWest Communications World Wide Web site at www arwestcom com Return Material Authorization Initially the customer contacts support to report a problem Please refer to support support arwestcom com If support determines the problem cannot be resolved over e mail internet it will authorize the return of the unit for repair or replacement depending on the nature of the problem www arwestcom com 7 Preface Return Material Authorization 8 www arwestcom com Chapter 1 PRODUCT FEATURES 1 1 Introduction AW400TXEXT DSP based integrated UHF Modem is the single board OEM wireless transceiver intended for SCADA outdoor telemetry applications and transmission receiving of differential corrections and additional information by terrestrial radio channels
22. iver 2 HE AIR RL 28 AVA M dem i Ei A an Band EL end ted ee oy 28 A 1 3 Compliance e 242 ee oiio a a eo 29 A 16 General iu ut est te aha a Da 30 A 1 7 Mechanical Properties For End product 0 0 00 u e eee ee 31 A 2 External Connectors 0 e a ea aa dia ai La 32 A 2 1 Antenna Connector u e aa a a nan a a a ea 32 A 2 2 User Ports Connector soir aux sa Suse waa oa Ia gine ua de 32 Appendix B Safety Warnings ua ea ne 35 Bl General NVarmingss ici Aa cleat eds ale eee les 36 Appendix C UHF Radio Usage 22 22 242e 37 Appendix D Warranty Terms e ea eee 39 4 www arwestcom com PREFACE Thank you for purchasing this product The materials available in this Manual the Manual have been prepared by ArWest Communications ArWest Communications for owners of ArWest Communications products It is designed to assist owners with the use of the AW400TXEXT and its use is subject to these terms and conditions the Terms and Conditions Note Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully Terms and Conditions COPYRIGHT All information contained in this Manual is the intellectual property of and copyrighted material of ArWest Communications All rights are reserved You may not use access copy store display create derivative works of sell modify publish distribute or allow any third party acces
23. ized BOOT commands 22 www arwestcom com 3 4 3 HELP The HELP command types the list of all available commands HELP BOOT LINK DPORT MPORT ALARM SLEEP STATE SAVE INFO Command Line Interface Special Commands HELP Display this usage Reboot the unit RF Link Operation Mode Data Port Configuration Maintenance Port Configuration A S CONNECT Connect to Specified Unit D S D larm Indication and Alarm Control Configuration leep Mode Configuration isplay Status and Statistics ave Current Configuration into Configuration File isplay Product ID along with Hardware Software Versions DATAMODE Exit Maintenance Mode COMMAND Display Command Usage 3 4 4 SAVE The SAVE command is intended to store the unit s currently used configuration into the User Configuration file The configuration stored in the User Configuration file is activated by automatically after unit s reboot 3 4 5 SLEEP The SLEEP command determines the sleep mode parameters The sleeping AW400TXEXT can be activated by real time CLK DTR RTS lines and command received through TTL inputs The user can select one two or all three conditions SLEEP Parameter Name Parameters List Parameter Name Parameter List CLK 0 Do not activate by internal real time clock 1 255 Activate by internal real time clock after 100 to 25500 msec of sleeping HW 0 Do not acti
24. lation Channel Spacing 6 25 kHz 12 5 kHz 20 kHz 25 kHz DBPSK Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying 2 4 kbps 4 8kbps 7 5 kbps 9 6 kbps DQPSK Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying 4 8 kbps 9 6 kbps 15 kbps 19 2 kbps D8PSK Eight Phase Shift Keying 7 2 kbps 14 4 kbps 22 5kbps 28 8 kbps D16QAM Sixteen Quadrature Amplitude Modulation 9 6 kbps 19 2kbps 30 kbps 38 4 kbps GMSK Minimal Shift Keying with Gaussian Filtering 2 4 kbps 4 8 kbps 7 5 kbps 9 6 kbps 4FSK Four Level Frequency Shift Keying N A 9 6 kbps 15 0 kbps 19 2 kbps I N A Not Applicable The following are its key benefits e Provides an excellent spectral efficiency up to 2 3 bps Hz for D16QAM it is better than any product available on the market e FEC coding scheme used with GMSK and 4FSK modulations is based on Hamming Code known as Perfect Codes Although Hamming Codes are not very powerful they are easy to implement and do not require much DSP resources e More powerful Reed Solomon FEC coding scheme used with ArWest proprietary frame format improves the tolerance to interference and ensures the highest link quality at distances range higher than 8 miles 13 km and roaming speeds of up to 60 mph 96 km h 1 1 3 Media Access Control MAC The following Media Access protocols are available for AW400TXEXT modem 1 Simplex protocols Simplex Base Simplex Remote and Repeater are developed primar
25. m 39 Warranty Terms OF THIRD PARTIES INCLUDING CUSTOMERS AND INJURY TO PROPERTY THIS LIMITATION DOES NOT APPLY TO CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL INJURY SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITS ON WARRANTIES OR ON REMEDIES FOR BREACH IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS IN SUCH STATES THE LIMITS IN THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH MAY NOT APPLY No employee of the Company or any other party is authorized to make any warranty in addition to those made in this document This warranty allocates the risks of product failure between the Company and the buyer This allocation is recognized by both parties and is reflected in the price of the goods The buyer acknowledges that it has read this warranty understands it and is bound by its terms This limited warranty is governed by the laws of the State of California without reference to its conflict of law provisions or the U N Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 40 www arwestcom com READER COMMENT FORM We appreciate your comments and suggestions for improving this publication I use the following ArWest product for Please circle a response for each of the statements below 1 Strongly Agree 2 Agree 3 Neutral 4 Disagree 5 Strongly Disagree The manual is well organized 1234 I can find the information I want The information in the manual is accurate I can easily understand the instructions The manual contains enough examples The examples are appropriate a
26. nd helpful The layout and format are attractive and useful The illustrations are clear and helpful 23 49 The manual is too long just right too short Rh u e a N N NN NN WY WW UY UU WW bb Pe an Ur Ur Un Ur Un Un Please answer the following questions Which sections do you use the most What do you like best about the manual What do you like least about the manual Optional Name Company Address Telephone Fax Please mail to the ArWest local office listed on the back cover All comments and suggestions become the property of ArWest Communications www arwestcom com 900 Rock Avenue San Jose CA 95131 USA Tel 1 408 770 1790 Fax 1 408 770 1799 www arwestcom com Copyright ArWest Communications 2010 All rights reserved No unauthorized duplication
27. ndly Command Line Interface CLD allows user to perform a full configuration of the unit and read the statistics and alarm status It is the most powerful tool to configure the unit It makes changes to all possible settings that system will not be able to determine automatically The CLI commands allow user to configure and reconfigure the unit s settings The user configuration parameters that could be changed through the CLI are e Data Port Settings Baud Rate Data Bits 8 7 Parity Odd Even None Flow control None or RTS CTS e Alarm Settings e Radio Operation Modes e Sleep modes On Off Activate by internal real time clock Activate through RTS CTS lines Activate by external sense lines Activate by any combination of the parameters mentioned before Note The unit s configuration that is set or modified through the CLI will be lost after unit s reboot unless the saving operation is used to store a new Setting in the unit s configuration file The CLI commands also provide filing operations which include e Downloading Unit s Configuration files Software Images e Uploading Unit s Configuration files e Saving into the configuration files the configuration parameters modified through the CLI www arwestcom com 15 Command Line Interface Command Line Interface Convention Software Switching to Maintenance Mode 3 1 Command Line Interface Convention The following convention is implemented in
28. on and data decode performance are transmitted online without application interruption The product is designed for maximum performance and reliability even in the harshest environments Plug and play at its best robust withstanding the most adverse of conditions 1 1 1 Operating at Ultra High Frequency Band AW400TXEXT operates in UHF frequency band covering both licensed and unlicensed frequencies The following are its key benefits 1 2 Aa 10 Operating in UHF frequency band will provide a non line of sight connection User selectable operation mode licensed or unlicensed mode is a feature which makes AW400TXEXT system suitable for both licensed and unlicensed markets Relatively low cost associated with installation equipment compared to the licensed wireless bands since no capital is required to purchase spectrum rights Single radio system covers the whole UHF frequency band from 360 to 470 MHz User selectable channel spacing 25 kHz 20 kHz 12 5 kHz or 6 25 kHz User selectable Output power level for Base 30mW 15dBm and 1W 30dBm Adaptive RF Power control used by Remotes minimizes the transmit power levels and interfer ence to co channel and adjacent channel users It also reduces the Remote s power consumption www arwestcom com Product Features Introduction Modulation Technique 1 1 2 Modulation Technique The design is based on high level modulation techniques which include Modu
29. ong to ArWest Communications If these license terms are not acceptable return any unused software and manual CONFIDENTIALITY This Manual its contents and the Software collectively the Confidential Information are the confidential and proprietary information of ArWest Communications You agree to treat ArWest Communications Confidential Information with a degree of care no less stringent that the degree of care you would use in safeguarding your own most valuable trade secrets Nothing in this paragraph shall restrict you from disclosing Confidential Information to your employees as may be necessary or appropriate to operate or care for the AW400TXEXT Such employees must also keep the Confidentiality Information confidential In the event you become legally compelled to disclose any of the Confidential Information you shall give ArWest Communications immediate notice so that it may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy WEBSITE OTHER STATEMENTS No statement contained at the ArWest Communications website or any other website or in any other advertisements or ArWest Communications literature or made by an employee or independent contractor of ArWest Communications modifies these Terms and Conditions including the Software license warranty and limitation of liability SAFETY Improper use of the AW400TXEXT can lead to injury to persons or property and or malfunction of the product The AW400TxEXT should only be repa
30. ors A 2 1 Antenna Connector J2 is Antenna Input Output Connector MMCX RIGHT ANGLE PCB JACK AMPHENOL P N 908 24100 A 2 2 User Ports Connector The user ports connector is used to provide connection with an external DTE or with the PC running AWLaunch management software applications Note The RS232 to TTL adapter must be used to provide physical level compatibility between COM port of PC running AWLaunch and AW400TXEXT user interface port AW400TXEXT in PCB mounted enclosure uses 16 Lead Header Connector ECS Corp P N 9616 D1 01 03 PIN Signal Designator Signal name Description VO Comments GND GND Ground Signal and Chassis Ground DSP UART 1 TXD Transmit Data TTL Input Serial Data Input DSP UART 2 RXD Receive Data TTL Output Output for received serial data DPORT 5 DTR or DP MP Data Terminal Ready TTL Input Control line can be used as a backup method for entering Command mode OV Maintenance Mode Data Mode An internal 100K pull up enables Data Mode if this signal is left unconnected Maintenance Mode is also accessible by transmitting an escape sequence 3 3V DPORTI CTS Clear to Send TTL Output Used to control transmit flow from the user to the radio OV Transmit buffer not full continue transmitting 3 3V Transmit buffer full stop transmitting 32
31. received from transmitter www arwestcom com 25 Command Line Interface Diagnostics and Identification Commands STATE 26 www arwestcom com Appendix A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AW400TXEXT DSP based integrated UHF Modem is the single board OEM wireless transceiver intended for SCADA outdoor telemetry applications and transmission receiving of differential corrections and additional information by terrestrial radio channels between two GNSS receivers The UHF module provides half duplex communication with transmitter output power of 1 W 30 dBm in the frequency band 360 470 MHz with channel spacing 25 20 12 5 6 25 kHz It supports the following modulation methods GMSK DBPSK DQPSK D8PSK DIGQAM A 1 Technical Specifications A 1 1 Radio Transceiver Table A 1 Radio Transceiver Specifications Component Deiails Frequency Range 360 470 MHz Channel Spacing 25 20 12 5 6 25 kHz Carrier Frequency Stability ppm Modulation GMSK 4FSK DBPSK DQPSK D8PSK D16QAM Communication Mode Half duplex simplex www arwestcom com 27 A 1 2 Radio Transmitter Table A 2 Radio Transmitter Specifications Component Details Transmitter Output Power 15 30 dBm in 1 dB step 50 Q Carrier Frequency Stability 1 dB 2 dB A 1 3 Radio Receiver Figure A 1 Radio Receiver Specifications Component Details Receiver Sensitivity for DBPSK BER 1x 107
32. s out of allowed range A command with the certain Parameter Name followed by displays the format and range of the variable 0x04 The command is not valid for specific radio model To display the list of available commands the HELP command must be used see Software Switching to Maintenance Mode 0x05 Unspecified Error 3 1 1 Software Switching to Maintenance Mode Software Switching to Maintenance Mode can be utilized if Data Maintenance Port DP MP control line is set to High Z or 3 3v level To switch to Maintenance mode the special byte sequences with special meanings are used 16 Escape Sequence with 20 ms guard time before and after the command characters Escape Acknowledge 00 lt CR gt lt LF gt 20 ms toggling on CTS control line needed to acknowledge switching from Data to Maintenance mode and vice versa In Maintenance mode the unit s serial port must keep CTS line always active www arwestcom com Command Line Interface Command Line Interface Convention Software Switching to Maintenance Mode Happy Flow 1 In data mode the unit starts looking for the Escape sequence if there is no data from DTE for more than 20 ms Start Guard Time 2 If the unit detects the Escape Sequence e The transmitter continues sending over the air the data received from DTE before Escape Sequence and buffers the data from DTE e The Receiver immediately stops forwarding to DTE
33. s to any graphics content information or data in this Manual without ArWest Communications express written consent and may only use such information for the care and operation of your AW400TXEXT The information and data in this Manual are a valuable asset of ArWest Communications and are developed by the expenditure of considerable work time and money and are the result of original selection coordination and arrangement by ArWest Communications TRADEMARKS AW400TxEXT ArWest Communications are trademarks or registered trademarks of ArWest Communications Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY EXCEPT FOR ANY WARRANTIES IN THIS MANUAL OR A WARRANTY CARD ACCOMPANYING THE PRODUCT THIS MANUAL AND THE AW400TxEXT ARE PROVIDED AS IS THERE ARE NO OTHER WARRANTIES ArWest Communications DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE ArWest Communications AND ITS DISTRIBUTORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR TECHNICAL OR EDITORIAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED HEREIN NOR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE FURNISHING PERFORMANCE OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL OR THE AW400TXEXT SUCH DISCLAIMED DAMAGES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF TIME LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF DATA LOSS OF PROFIT SAVINGS OR REVENUE OR LOSS OF THE PRODUCT S USE IN ADDITIO
34. sers It also reduces the Remote s power consumption 1 1 5 Management Tools The built in management tools along with AWLaunch configuration and monitoring software application will provide the following benefits 1 Easy user s interface for system configuration and monitoring using well developed CLI or intui tive GUI 2 An ability to monitor status alarms and radio performance through the intuitive GUI 3 Software upgrades and improvements can be downloaded from AWLaunch to the units connected with PC PDA 1 1 6 Security The system provides wireless media access protection as well as data encryption The following are its key features and benefits 1 The Key Sequence generated by Pseudo random generator scrambles the fully formatted frame including Frame s CRC This provides the wireless media access protection 2 User selectable Frequency Hopping Pattern provides another level of the wireless media access protection At the same time it allows operators to increase the number of links deployed in the same location 12 www arwestcom com Chapter 2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION 2 1 Physical Interfaces 2 1 1 Serial Data Interface The serial asynchronous interface allows connection to external serial devices It is shared between user data and unit s command status information All commonly supported baud rates parity and bit configurations are available up to 115 2 kbps 2 1 2 Power Interface The power
35. tes using 8 bits in one byte fixed not configurable The radio modem with none dedicated maintenance serial port must keep CTS line always active in MPORT mode DP MP is low 3 4 Special Commands 3 4 1 ALARM The ALARM command is intended to set up the alarm indication mode and alarm control lines behavior ALARM Parameter Name Parameters List 1 2 Parameter Name Parameter List TTL1 0 TTL_OUTI logic 1 1 TTL_OUTI TTL IN received from remote unit default settings TTL2 0 TTL OUT2 logic 1 1 TTL_OUT2 TTL IN2 received from remote unit default settings 2 TIL_OUT2 SYNC Loss 3 TTL_OUT2 BER gt BERTH or SYNC Loss BERTH 1 BER Threshold gt 10 default threshold level for BER 2 BER Threshold BER gt 10 7 The Alarm LED must indicate the SYNC Loss and BER exceeding the defined threshold Note The BERTH 1 2 is optional for TTL2 3 condition otherwise the BERT alarm is off 3 4 2 BOOT The BOOT command is intended to reboot the unit using selected user settings Two options are available to use the default user settings defined by dealer or to use the settings defined by end user BOOT Parameter Name Parameters List Parameter Name Parameter List CFG 0 selects the default user settings 1 selects user modified settings The BOOT command with no parameters selects the user settings defined by the prior parameter
36. vate through DTR RTS lines 1 Activate through DTR RTS lines TTL 0 Do not activate by external sense lines 1 Activate by external sense lines GTS 0 Disable Sleep mode default 1 255 Go to sleep mode if there is no activity in 10 to 2550 msec www arwestcom com 23 Command Line Interface Diagnostics and Identification Commands INFO 3 5 Diagnostics and Identification Commands 3 5 1 INFO The INFO command is used to retrieve the Radio ID along with its Hardware version the loaded real time software version revision and BootLoader s version revision INFO Parameter Name Parameters List Parameter Name Parameter List ID Product ID SN Six bytes Serial Number SN HW 1 0 hardware version in numeric Major Minor format SW Ver 1 0 Rev A displays software s version in numeric Major Minor format and revision in numeric format range from 01 to 99 for engineering releases and alphabetic format A to Z for manufacturing releases BL Ver 1 0 Rev A displays BootLoader s version in numeric Major Minor format and revision in numeric format range from 01 to 99 for engineering releases and alphabetic format A to Z for manufacturing releases The INFO command without Parameter Name indicates all values AW400TxEXT UHF Radio Moden Product ID 33 S N 000000 020303 Hardware Ver 1 0 Software Ver 1 8 Rev 14 BootLoa
37. www arwestcom com Technical Specifications External Connectors User Ports Connector PIN Signal Designator Signal name Description VO Comments TTLIl SLEEP Sleeps wakes radio Receive only TTL Input In sleep mode all radio functions are disabled consuming less than SOuA An internal 10K pull down wakes up the radio if this signal is left unconnected At wake up any user programmed configuration settings are refreshed from flash memory clearing any temporary settings that may have been set 3 3V Sleep Radio OV Wake Radio As an option could be used as TTL Input Line 1 DPORT3 MDM_GRN Data Carrier Detect TTL Output Used by remotes to indicate that the remote has successfully acquired the signal from base station OV 1 Carrier detected synchronized 3 3V 0 No carrier detected not synchronized DPORT4 RTS Request to Send TTL Input Gates the flow of receive data from the radio to the user on or off An internal 10K pull down enables data receive if this signal is left unconnected In normal operation this signal should be asserted OV Receive data RxD enabled 3 3V Receive data RxD disabled DPORT2 DSR Data Set Ready TTL Output Used to control transmit flow from the user to the radio OV 1 Receive buffer has data to transfer 3 3V 0 Receive buffer is empty RES CONT RESCONT
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