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CL4424

Industrial 2.4GHz ConnexLink

User’s Manual

Version 1.1

11160 THOMPSON AVENUE

LENEXA, KS 66215

(800) 492-2320

www.aerocomm.com

Summary of Contents for CL4424

Page 1: ...CL4424 Industrial 2 4GHz ConnexLink User s Manual Version 1 1 11160 THOMPSON AVENUE LENEXA KS 66215 800 492 2320 www aerocomm com sales aerocomm com...

Page 2: ...ion regarding the information set forth herein AEROCOMM reserves the right to change specifications at any time and without notice AEROCOMM products are intended for use in normal commercial applicati...

Page 3: ...uirements for mobile transmitting devices this equipment must be professionally installed such that the end user is prevented from replacing the antenna with a non approved antenna The end user should...

Page 4: ...16 4 2 1 ConnexLink Settings 17 4 2 2 Optional Settings 18 4 2 3 PC Settings 18 4 2 4 Additional Features 18 4 3 PROGRAMMING THE CL4424 UNITS 19 5 TROUBLESHOOTING 20 Figures Figure 1 RS 232 RS 485 CL4...

Page 5: ...rn applied to all the transceivers in the same network A distinct hopping pattern is provided for each Channel Number thereby allowing multiple networks to co exist in the same area without interferen...

Page 6: ...cy band RF Technology 2402 2478MHz FHSS Supported Network Topologies Point to Point Point to Multipoint Channels 40 US Canada Europe 20 France Security One byte System ID ANTENNA RF Connector RPSMA Ja...

Page 7: ...offer performance improvements over a standard cabled link Distance and multipoint communications are greatly enhanced A selection of RS 232 RS 485 can be made when ordering the CL4424s Figure 1 RS 2...

Page 8: ...Standard power is applied through the power connector Alternative power is available via the terminal block pins Pin Description Input Output 1 DCD O 2 TxD O 3 RxD I 4 DSR O 5 GND 6 DTR I 7 CTS O 8 R...

Page 9: ...Reverse Polarity 0 000 0 375 0 000 0 536 0 060 9 Pin Male D Connector Power Jack w 0 100 dia pin and 0 250 opening pin is PWR 0 538 J3 J4 2 375 2 750 4 500 4 750 2 000 0 150 dia mounting holes 4 place...

Page 10: ...able is required The null modem simply swaps pins to convert a DCE to a DTE and vice versa A null modem cable can be provided with the CL4424 on request The CL4424 transceivers support the following i...

Page 11: ...ive with respect to common RS 232 has numerous handshaking lines primarily used with modems and also specifies a communications protocol Figure 5 RS 232 Male Female Connector Pin out RS 232 DB9 Female...

Page 12: ...CL4424 User s Manual 6 21 2005 12...

Page 13: ...network The CL4424 implements a RS 485 2 wire Half Duplex multi drop interface Typically a RS 485 bus will consist of a master and several slaves The nodes will have unique addresses and can send add...

Page 14: ...end data while the CL4424 buffer is full that data will be discarded To avoid this situation the CL4424 will de assert CTS as a warning that the buffer is filling The host device should stop sending d...

Page 15: ...single communications cable A point to point link might be used to connect a PLC to a remote monitoring station Figure 8 Point to Point Network 3 2 Point to Multipoint Point to Multipoint systems have...

Page 16: ...to enable and demonstrate these options The SDK Software and AC4424 User s manual can be found on the Connex Tools and Literature CD or on the website at http www aerocomm com 4 1 Installation 1 Loca...

Page 17: ...h different Channel Numbers to prevent inoperability of the networks The valid range of values for this field is 0 to 39 Table 1 US and International RF Channel Number Settings Channel Set RF Channel...

Page 18: ...uplex This can cause overall throughputs to be cut in half Note All transceivers on the same network must have the same setting for Full Duplex 4 2 3 PC Settings Port On startup the software will sear...

Page 19: ...to match specific serial settings If the Interface Baud Rate of the CL4424 unit is changed as described in Section 4 2 Changing CL4424 Settings then PC Setting Baud Rate must be set to the same Baud R...

Page 20: ...host device Client s Link LED does not come on 1 Make sure the unit is connected to power 2 Cycle power to the radio 3 Verify the Channel Number and System ID settings Link LED is on but data does no...