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ICRM-‐915-‐SER User’s Guide

V2.0 -‐May 2015

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RF Link Relay Output

When the ICRM unit has an active link connection, the internal relay is closed and the two RFLINK pins will be
electrically connected. The relay supports up to 2A and 220VDC.

Summary of Contents for ICRM-915-SER

Page 1: ...f industrial protocols such as Modbus RTU ASCII and Allen Bradley DF1 through the RS 232 and RS 422 485 interfaces The radio can be quickly configured using a graphical wizard via the USB port A MicroSD card slot is available to save or load configuration settings Features 902 to 928 MHz FHSS 1W RF output Dry contact relay to indicate a valid radio link RSSI voltage output for setup and troublesho...

Page 2: ... RF link is active these two pins are electrically connected RFLINK Relay pin 2 POWER Positive Power supply POWER Ground RSSI Receive signal strength analog voltage output positive output RSSI Ground RDo Output RS 232 receive to be connected to DTE s external device receive line TDi Input RS 232 transmit to be connected to DTE s external device transmit line RTSi Optional Input Request to Send May...

Page 3: ...rk key More than one network can be operated in the same area without interference by configuring different network keys Any data that the master transmits will be received and outputted on the RS 232 or RS 485 depending on the slave setting of all slaves and repeaters on the network Slave and repeater data will only be transmitted back to the master node Master Slave Example 1 PLC RS 232 or RS 42...

Page 4: ...es repeaters that are linked to it and retransmitting any communication from its slaves repeaters back to its upstream node Master Example 3 Slave RS 232 or RS 422 485 PLC Repeater RS 232 or RS 422 485 PLC RS 232 or RS 422 485 PLC Repeater RS 232 or RS 422 485 PLC Slave RS 232 or RS 422 485 Repeaters must have a node number from 200 to 254 If a slave or repeater is connecting to a repeater it is r...

Page 5: ...to use for all the radios in your network c Select the Mode Master Slave or Repeater There must only be one Master in the network d Select a Data Rate for the radio This is the over the air data rate that all radios will communicate with each other All radios must have the same data rate in order to communicate e Select the Interface RS 232 or RS 485 For RS 422 select RS 485 f Select the appropria...

Page 6: ...t file consisting of individual lines each with a parameter name followed by an equals sign followed by the desired value For example nodeid 2 key 10 11 interface RS232 The last line of the configuration file must be blank Please see Summary of user configurable settings for a list of all user configurable parameters Advanced USB Interface The Aarcomm ICRM radio also provides a text console which ...

Page 7: ...e Key format is AAA BBB The first number AAA is an number from 1 to 254 and may not be 64 128 or 192 The second number BBB is a number from 0 to 255 If two separate networks will be operating in close proximity it is important that they each have a different Network Key Upstream Node upstreamnode 0 255 Only available in firmware 2 01s and later For slaves and repeaters only Specifies a specific no...

Page 8: ...MODBUS ASCII frames MODBUS RTU Character transfer optimized for MODBUS RTU frames Baud serialbaud 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Baud rate setting for RS 232 and RS 485 Data Bits serialdatabits 7 8 Data bits setting for RS 232 and RS 48 Stop Bits serialstopbits 1 2 Stop bit setting for RS 232 and RS 485 Parity serialparity NONE ODD EVEN Parity setting for RS 232 and RS 485 Flow Control flowcontrol ...

Page 9: ... each packet only once If Smart Repeat is disabled the radio will always transmit the maximum number of repeats Repeat Delay repeatdelay 0 255 If Smart Repeat is disabled Repeat Delay specifies the maximum number of hops a radio will wait before resending a packet Not used when Smart Repeat is on Repeater Smart Repeat altsmartrepeat ON OFF Only available in firmware 2 01s and later For a repeater ...

Page 10: ...onnect to the ICRM USB console on the master and choose 7 from the main menu Remote configuration mode will automatically time out after 2 minutes of inactivity A unit will not respond to a direct USB connection while it is being remotely controlled Password Protection A password can be set in order to prevent changes to the configuration If a password is set the ICRM will not read the MicroSD car...

Page 11: ...V2 0 May 2015 www aarcomm com 11 12 RF Link Relay Output When the ICRM unit has an active link connection the internal relay is closed and the two RFLINK pins will be electrically connected The relay supports up to 2A and 220VDC ...

Page 12: ...or 255 for any master or repeater that it can hear Q The ICRM is not reading the configuration file from the SD Card A This can occur in several different situations The ICRM only reads the SD Card configuration once during start up If the card is inserted after the ICRM has already started the configuration file will not be read Either turn off the power to the ICRM and turn it back on again with...

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