Airborne Innovations Picoradio, Manual

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Airborne Innovations Picoradio Manual
3.4.3 Long Range operation
Please note that the distance parameter on the RF configuration page should be set to a larger value than you are
expecting to operate the radios at. It is also desirable for performance reasons not to set this to an excessively large
number. 40 km to 100km should be acceptable (but keep it as low as possible). There may also be issues if the
number is set too high (120 km).
We do have another document which addresses optimization for long range communications, please contact us for
this.
3.5 Serial Port Configuration
The serial ports are very flexible and can be connected to in a number of ways.
3.5.1
Hardware serial port connection between two units - TCP
This is an easy to configure hardware connection, which connects serial ports on two different radio modules.
An advantage is that data will never arrive out of order due to the TCP connection state.
It has some potential disadvantages in terms of connection and reconnection since it does have a connection state
(connected / disconnected). Below is a sample configuration which sets up a connection between COM1 of both
units.
Client side (base station 192.168.168.1):
Server side (airborne 192.168.168.2):
3.5.2 Hardware serial port connection between two units: UDP Point to Point
This method would make sense for a connection needing realtime performance and a no-state connection (such as
our SBUS modules).
This configures a connection between COM1 of both units.
Base station 192.168.168.1:
Airborne 192.168.168.2:
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