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ADAM-4550

User’s Manual

Radio Modem Module

(RS-232/485 Interface)

Part no. 2000455001 3rd Edition Printed in Taiwan June 1999

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Page 1: ...ADAM 4550 User s Manual Radio Modem Module RS 232 485 Interface Part no 2000455001 3rd Edition Printed in Taiwan June 1999 ADAM and the ADAM logo are trademarks of Advantech ...

Page 2: ... 13 3 Using ADAM 4550 16 3 1 A Test Sample 16 4 ADAM 4550 Command Set 17 4 1 Set New Configuration 20 4 2 Read Configuration 22 4 3 Write Identification 22 4 4 Read Identification 23 4 5 Set Delimiter Character 23 4 6 Read Delimiter Character 24 4 7 Set Data Gate 24 4 8 Read Data Gate Status 26 4 9 Read Firmware Version 26 4 10 Read Module Name 27 4 11 Uploading 27 4 12 Send Data to Remote 28 4 13...

Page 3: ...erated in an industrial commercial installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interferen...

Page 4: ...sor and a radio frequency RF module that can be used to interface one host computer with multiple RS 485 networks Each RS 485 network can be used to support nu merous data acquisition devices 1 2 Features Built in microprocessor Data transmission speeds up to 115 2 Kbps Built in RS 485 line surge protection Software configurable address and baud rate Easily mounted on DIN rails panels or as a pigg...

Page 5: ...ted 10VDC to 30VDC with protection from power re versals Case ABS with captive mounting hard ware Standard accessories Nylon DIN rail mounting adapter SECC panel mounting bracket RS 232 interface connector DB 9 female RS 485 interface connector Plug in screw type terminal accepts AWG 1 12 or 2 14 22 0 5 to 2 5 mm2 wires Operating temperature 10o to 70o C Power consumption 4 W Communication distanc...

Page 6: ...regulated power Mod ules are certified for operation with any power supply source between 10 and 30 VDC Pow er ripples must be limited to 5 V peak to peak while voltage must in all cases remain between 10 and 30 VDC All power supply specifica tions are referenced at the module connector Power cables should be selected according to the number of modules connected and the length of the power lines W...

Page 7: ...te When RS 485 connection is not in use it is highly recommended to connect DATA to V and DATA to ground instead of leaving them floating 2 4 Software Configuration The ADAM 4550 comes with a setup disk that contains software for the following Baud rate configuration Address configuration Statistical RF error rate retrieval Firmware upload tool for firmware upgrades Note 1 To configure the ADAM 45...

Page 8: ...Turn on the power The unit is now in con figuration mode The yellow LED light should blink slowly 4 You must now search your unit for its cur rent settings To do this select the Set ting menu and choose Get Enter a start ing address into the dialog box or use the default start address 0 Click the OK but ton The configuration software will scan the unit for the address by matching the unit s addres...

Page 9: ...e The ADAM 4550 will automatically detect and set itself as a DCE if it is configured as auto for the DCE DTE setting PC 2 RX 3 TX 7 RTS 8 CTS 4 DTR 6 DSR 5 GND 2 RX TX 3 TX RX 7 CTS RTS 8 RTS CTS 4 DSR DTR 6 DTR DSR 5 GND RF Module DATA DATA RS 485 RF Module DATA DATA RS 485 RS 232 Connector RS 232 ADAM 4550 ADAM 4550 ...

Page 10: ...10 ADAM 4550 User s Manual Figure 2 Pin Assignment ...

Page 11: ...are will au tomatically search the unit for current settings using a certain default ID ad dress If the unit does not respond a scanning address dialog box will ap pear Click OK in the box to start the scanning process Now the configura tion software will scan for ID address es between 0 and 255 The current settings of the unit will be displayed when the units address is found Us ers can also chan...

Page 12: ... ADAM 4550 unit ID address and the communication port baud rate Click the OK button The RF link quality indicator will be displayed Total Received Packets indicates the total number of packets received by the selected ADAM 4550 unit CRC Error indicates the number of received packets with the CRC checking error Check Sum indicates the number of received packets with the Check Sum error Good Packets...

Page 13: ...n for an external 24 dBi antenna at appendix A 2 A user s license may be required to use a directional antenna Please consult your local authority for local regulations 3 We strongly recommend that you install ADAM 4550 as near as possible to its antenna Where the antenna has to be located at a dis tance from the ADAM special RF cable is re quired Please see the example cable connec tion arrangeme...

Page 14: ... on power to the ADAM 4550 connected to the controlling PC and the green LED should blink slowly Turn on the power to the remote ADAM 4550 units one by one The green LED on the ADAM 4550 that is connected to the controlling PC as well as the green LEDs on the remote ADAM 4550 units should now be in a rapid blinking mode This indicates that the RF links between the control ling unit and all the rem...

Page 15: ...ADAM 4550 User s Manual 15 Figure 3 Test Sample PC RS 232 MASTER ADAM 4550 115 2 kbps ADAM 4550 SLAVE ADAM 4550 SLAVE ADAM 4550 00 ADAM 4550 01 ADAM 4550 S aa AA RS RS Type aaDDD cr Type AADDD cr ...

Page 16: ... see Fig 3 2 Start the ADAM Configuration and Diagnos tic Program on the controlling PC Select Generate Traffic menu and choose Send One Packet In the window area type in AADDD cr where is the delimiter selected when configuring the ADAM 4550 units AA is the hexadecimal unit ID address and DDD is the data The transmitted data DDD should be displayed on the PC monitor connected to the remote ADAM 4...

Page 17: ...out command aborts the sequence and returns control to the host Syntax delimiter character address command data carriage return Every command begins with a delimiter charac ter Most of the commands can use a dollar sign or a percentage sign but the Data Pass mode command uses one of eight special characters The delimiter character is followed by a two character address hexadecimal that specifies t...

Page 18: ... e d e h t s d a e R A A s s e r d d a t a e l u d o m e h t m o r f r e t c a r a h c r e t i m i l e d s d a e R r c F A A n o i s r e v e r a w m r i f s d a e R r e b m u n n o i s r e v e r a w m r i f e h t s d a e R r c M A A e m a n e l u d o m s d a e R e l u d o m e h t f o e m a n l e d o m e h t s d a e R r c L A A g n i d a o l p u s t r a t S A A s s e r d d a t a e l u d o m e h t o...

Page 19: ... d a t a e l u d o m e t o m e r e h t h g u o r h t D D g n i r t s a t a d s d n e S r c Q A A s c i t s i t a t s e t a r r o r r e s t e G A A s s e r d d a t a e l u d o m e h t m o r f s c i t s i t a t s e t a r r o r r e F R s t e G r c 2 D 1 D A A A e t a G a t a D s t e S d n a m m o c r o 1 n e p O o t e t a G a t a D t e s o t A A s s e r d d a t a e l u d o m e h t s t s e u q e R 0 e...

Page 20: ... new module address TT set to 0x40 H CC High 4 bits represents RS 232 baud rate code for mod ule Low 4 bits represents RS 485 baud rate code for module Currently RS 232 and RS 485 ports have the same baud rate Baud rate code are listed below 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 RS 232 RS 485 Code Baud rate 01 300 bps 02 600 bps 03 1200 bps 04 2400 bps 05 4800 bps 06 9600 bps 07 19200 bps 08 38400 bps 09 57600 bps 0A 1...

Page 21: ...command is entered Example Command 0A1B40AA2103 cr Response 0A cr The ADAM 4550 module with address 0Ah is configured to a new address 1Bh and the baud rate is set to 115 2 Kbps RS 232 data format is fixed to N 8 1 Note The module is also set as slave module and auto DTE DCE de tector reserved 00 auto DTE DCE detection 01 set module to DCE 10 set module to DTE master 1 slave 0 ...

Page 22: ... in Command Set AA cr if an invalid command is entered Example Command 0A2 cr Response 0A40AA2103 cr 4 3 Write Identification Description Requests to assign identification data to the module at address AA The identification character lengths can range from 0 to 16 bytes including carriage return Syntax AA6 identification characters cr Response AA cr if the command is valid AA cr if an invalid comm...

Page 23: ...e com mand is valid AA cr if an invalid command is entered Example Command 0A7 cr Response 0AADAM4550 Unit 1 cr 4 5 Set Delimiter Character Description Requests to assign a new de limiter character to the module at address AA Syntax AACD cr D delimiter character selected from Response AA cr if the command is valid AA cr if an invalid command is entered Example Command 0AC cr Response 0A cr ...

Page 24: ...alid AA cr if an invalid command is entered Example Command 0AD cr Response 0A cr 4 7 Set Data Gate Description Requests the module at address AA to set data gate to open 1 or close 0 Syntax AAAD1D2 cr where AA is the module ad dress D1 1 Open data gate D1 0 Close data gate D2 1 Write to Flash memory D2 0 Do not write to Flash memory Response AA cr if the command is valid AA cr if an invalid comma...

Page 25: ...en the data gate and write to Flash memory Note 1 If the command asks the module to write to FLASH memory the status will remain at Open Gate Write to FLASH when the power is turned off and then on again 2 If the command asks the address able module to open the data gate the module will automatically assume non addressable mode This enables the module to issue commands without adding AA until the ...

Page 26: ...data gate AA cr if an invalid command is entered Example Command 0AB cr Response 0A0 cr The module returns that current data gate status is close 4 9 Read Firmware Version Description Requests to read the ADAM 4550 firmware version number from the module at address AA Syntax AAF cr Response AA version number cr if the command is valid AA cr if an invalid command is entered Example Command 0AF cr R...

Page 27: ...e Command 0AM cr Response 0A4550 cr 4 11 Uploading Description Requests to upload new firm ware to the module at address AA Syntax AAL cr Response AA cr if the command is valid AA cr if an invalid command is entered After having received AA cr response the host computer starts to send 2 bytes Hi Lo data length followed by the firm ware binary data If the host receives response AA cr or no response...

Page 28: ...nd only works in Data Pass mode The user can use the Set Data Gate com mand to open the data gate of the module at AA so that you can send the data to module AA without AA Syntax AA Data string cr one of the eight optional de limiters which is configured into the module Example Command 0C123456abcdABCD cr The command sends data 123456abcdABCD cr through the local ADAM4550 and the re mote ADAM 4550...

Page 29: ...number of packets 4 bytes Total number of CRC error pack ets received 2 bytes Total number of checksum error packets received 2 bytes Total number of good packets received 4 bytes Total number of transmit ac knowledged packets 4 bytes Total number of transmit re transmitted packets 4 bytes Note All data in Hi Lo format Example Command 0AQ cr Response 0AQ0A 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 1A 00 00...

Page 30: ...ess AA to set and switch the chan nel to a new channel number D1 Syntax AACD1 cr A A module address D1 new channel number a character of 1 2 3 or 4 Response AA cr if the command is valid AA cr if an invalid command is entered Examples command AC3 cr Response 0A cr The command asks the module at address 0Ah to set and switch cahannel to channel number 3 4 15 Get Current Channel Number Description R...

Page 31: ...s the current channel number a character of 1 2 3 or 4 AA cr if an invalid command is entered Examples command 0AD cr Response 0A1 cr The command asks the module at address 0Ah to return the current channel number The module at address 0Ah returns its current channel number 1 ...

Page 32: ...eight 1 5 kg Connector Type N Female Environmental Specifications Windload 240 km hr Humidity 100 11 dBi Omni Directional Antenna Electrical Specifications Frequency 2 4 to 2 483 GHz Gain 11 dBi 3 dB beamwidth 9 in elevation plane uni form in azimuth plane VSWR 1 5 1 max 50 ohm Polarization RHCP Mechanical Specifications Antenna Type Colinear Size 1500 mm Weight 0 9 kg Connector Type N Female Envi...

Page 33: ... beamwidth 10 Sidelobe level 20 dB Front to back ratio 28 dB minimum VSWR 1 5 1 max 50 ohm Polarization Vertical Horizontal Linear Cross Polarization 28 dB minimum Mechanical Specifications Antenna Type Wire Grid Parabola Reflector Size 686 x 813 mm Weight 2 4 kg Connector Type N Male Environmental Specifications Temperature 40 to 80 C Humidity 100 ...

Page 34: ...xternal Antenna Wiring Diagram ADAM 4550 3 RF Cable adapter 20 RF Cable Type N Female to Type N Male Lightning Arrester 20 RF Cable Type N Female to Type N Male Or 20 RF Cable T Male to Type N Not for applications in the U S or EC countries ...

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