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Manual Documentation Number: ZP9D-115RM-LR-0812 

B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 – 

www.bb-elec.com

 

B&B Electronics – Westlink Commercial Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 – 

www.bb-europe.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zlinx Radio Modem

 

ZP Series

 

Documentation Number:  ZP9D-115RM-LR-0812 

pn#7697R4 

 

 
 

 

This product designed and manufactured in Ottawa, Illinois

 

USA 

of domestic and imported parts by 

 

 

 

  707 Dayton Road  --  P.O. Box 1040  --  Ottawa, IL  61350 USA 

  Phone (815) 433-5100 -- General Fax (815) 433-5105  

 

Phone

 (815) 433-5100 -- 

General Fax

 (815) 433-5105  

Website: 

www.bb-elec.com

 

 

 
 
 

European Headquarters 

B&B Electronics 

Westlink Commercial Park -- Oranmore, Co.  Galway, Ireland 

Phone

 +353 91-792444 -- 

Fax 

+353 91-792445 

Website: 

www.bb-europe.com

 

 

 
 
 

B&B Electronics Mfg. Co. Inc.  -- June 2008 

 

Summary of Contents for ZP9D-115RM-LR

Page 1: ...Series Documentation Number ZP9D 115RM LR 0812 pn 7697R4 This product designed and manufactured in Ottawa Illinois USA of domestic and imported parts by 707 Dayton Road P O Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 U...

Page 2: ...ommercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com This document contains information that is proprietary and confidential to B B Electronics Mfg Co Inc The me...

Page 3: ...OUNTING AND POWER 5 SERIAL CONNECTIONS 6 RS 232 6 RS 422 485 7 WIRELESS LINK FAILURE OUTPUT 8 RADIO FREQUENCY INFORMATION 8 Zlinx Manager Software 10 INSTALLATION 10 SET UP 10 ON LINE CONFIGURATION 12...

Page 4: ...linx radio modems get your data moving farther easier and at less cost than running cable Plug n play Modbus compatible signal strength indicator space saving DIN rail mounting Heavy duty wide tempera...

Page 5: ...y Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com Hardware Installation Dip Switch Settings Dipswitch OFF ON 1 4 wire 2 wire 2 4 wire 2 wire 3 No termination Termination 4 RS 422 RS 485 M...

Page 6: ...ed They are tied together Wiring Terminal Identification DB9F Pin Signal Name Direction 1 Data Carrier Detect 2 Receive Data Out 3 Transmit Data In 4 Data Terminal Ready In 5 Signal Ground 6 Data Set...

Page 7: ...s Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792...

Page 8: ...more Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com Wireless Link Failure Output Zlinx Radio modems offer a source PNP transistor output when the wireless signal strength drops be...

Page 9: ...115RM LR has an indoor range of up to 3000 feet and an outdoor range of up to 14 miles These ranges are for line of sight installations using the supplied antenna Performance may vary depending on you...

Page 10: ...and Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com Zlinx Manager Software Installation The Zlinx Manager Software is contained CD Insert the CD into the drive The installation program should aut...

Page 11: ...k Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com 3 Click on the Radio Modem Configuration button to configure the modem on line or the Radio Modem Configu...

Page 12: ...3 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com On Line Configuration 1 Click the Radio Mo...

Page 13: ...5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com 3 Click the Auto Modem Search button The Zlinx Manager softwa...

Page 14: ...Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 7924...

Page 15: ...unique channel number network identifier and destination address This will prevent interference from other modems Click the Update button to save the parameters Click the Restore Defaults button to r...

Page 16: ...Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com Test Troubleshoot 1 The RSSI Range Test allows you test your installation Cross conne...

Page 17: ...812 17 B B Electronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91...

Page 18: ...o the radio modem using a straight through serial cable and the auto connect function The new firmware must be stored on the PC s local drive 2 From the Zlinx Manager Radio Modem launch screen click t...

Page 19: ...ed with product Radio Address Defaulted at factory set by software otherwise Serial settings Baud 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 230400 Data bit 7 8 Parity None even odd mark space Stop...

Page 20: ...35mm LED Status Front Panel LED Status Power Red On OFF No Power RSSI Signal Strength Green Strong Yellow OK Red Weak OFF No Signal Wireless Data Green Blink on with data Note In order for the RSSI LE...

Page 21: ...nput and output I O wiring must be in accordance with Class 1 Division 2 wiring methods Article 501 10 B of the National Electrical Code NFPA 70 and in accordance with the authority having jurisdictio...

Page 22: ...de _ ATDT Enter current value CR Read Destination Address _ ATDT1A0D Enter OK CR Modify Destination Address _ ATWR Enter OK CR Write to non volatile memory _ ATCN Enter OK CR Exit Command Mode Method...

Page 23: ...ontrol must be disabled as CTS will hold off parameter bytes Example Use binary commands to change the RF module s destination address to 0x1A0D and save the new address to non volatile memory 1 RT Co...

Page 24: ...20 API Enable 0 2 Serial Interfacing 1 0 AT 0x05 5d Guard Time After 2 ATST 3 x 100 msec Command Mode Options 2 0x0A 10d BD 0x15 21d Interface Data Rate 0 8 standard rates 0x39 0x1C9C38 non standard r...

Page 25: ...g Channel 0 9 Networking Security 1 0 HT 0x03 3d Time before Wake up Initializer 0 0xFFFF x 100 msec Sleep Low Power 2 0xFFFF 65535d HV Hardware Version 0 0xFFFF read only Diagnostics 2 ID 0x27 39d Mo...

Page 26: ...Watt PW 0x1D 29d Pin Wake up 0 1 Sleep Low Power 1 0 RB 0x20 32d Packetizati on Threshold 1 Current value of PK Serial Interfacing 2 0x800 2048d RC Ambient Power Single Channel 0 0x31 dBm read only Di...

Page 27: ...0x1B 27d Delivery Failure Count 0 0xFFFF read only Diagnostics 2 0 TT 0x1A 26d Streaming Limit 0 0xFFFF 0 disabled Networking Security 2 0 TX 0x3F 63d Transmit Only 0 1 RF Interfacing 1 0 VL Firmware...

Page 28: ...F 0 5051F when ATCF 1 5 02 when ATCF 2 When CF 1 default a hex integer is shown that is equal to voltage 65536d AM Auto set MY Command Networking Security AM Command is used to automatically set the M...

Page 29: ...rameter determines the rate at which serial data is sent to the module from the host Modified interface data rates do not take effect until the CN Exit AT Command Mode command is issued and the system...

Page 30: ...t an associated parameter value will return the value actually stored in the module s BD register Parameters Sent Versus Parameters Stored BD Parameter Sent HEX Interface Data Rate bps BD Parameter St...

Page 31: ...e enters the module into AT Command Mode so that data entering the module from the host is recognized as commands instead of payload Refer to the AT Command Mode section for more information regarding...

Page 32: ...ommand Serial Interfacing CS Command is used to select the behavior of the GP01 pin pin 9 This output can provide RS 232 flow control control the TX enable signal for RS 485 or RS 422 operations By de...

Page 33: ...CF 2 NOTE If the DB register is read before the module has received an RF packet the module will return a value of 0x8000 which means an RF packet has not yet been received DT Destination Address Comm...

Page 34: ...The ER parameter is not reset by pin serial port or cyclic sleep modes FH Force Wake up Initializer Command Sleep Low Power The FH command is used to force a Wake up Initializer to be sent on the next...

Page 35: ...en FT bytes have accumulated in the DI buffer UART Receive CTS is de asserted or the XOFF software flow control character is transmitted GD Receive Good Count Command Diagnostics The GD command is use...

Page 36: ...wake up initializer sent by the TX module instructs all RX modules to remain awake to receive RF data From the RX module perspective After HT time elapses and the inactivity timeout ST Command is met...

Page 37: ...is enabled each packet carries an additional 16 bytes to convey the random CBC Initialization Vector IV to the receiver s The KY value may be 0 or any 256 bit value 64 hex digits 32 bytes Any other va...

Page 38: ...er the SM command description to view diagrams of correct and incorrect configurations The images emphasize that the LH value must be greater than the SM value MD RF Mode Command Networking Security T...

Page 39: ...enabled multiple transmissions of RF data packets When Multi transmit Mode is enabled MT 0 packets do not request an ACK acknowledgement from the receiving RF module s MT takes precedence over RR so...

Page 40: ...the next Polling Remote Each Polling Remote responds by sending the data from the Data In buffer following the RB RO parameters When there is no eligible data to send the Polling Remote will not respo...

Page 41: ...uffer following the RB RO parameters When there is no eligible data to send the Polling Remote will not respond The Polling Base will move to the next address in the polling sequence after a short del...

Page 42: ...normal operation an RF module in Cyclic Sleep Mode cycles from an active state to a low power state at regular intervals until data is ready to be received If the PW parameter is set to 1 the SLEEP pi...

Page 43: ...tics The RC command is used to examine and report the power level on a given channel Sample output 78 dBm when CF 0 4e when CF 1 78 when CF 2 RE Restore Defaults Command Diagnostics The RE command is...

Page 44: ...ts ranging from 0 to RN minus 1 before attempting to resend the packet Each delay slot is 5 msec when BR 1 and 54 msec when BR 0 If two modules attempt to transmit at the same time the random time del...

Page 45: ...SI PWM Timer Command Diagnostics RP Command is used to enable a PWM Pulse Width Modulation output on the Config RSSI pin pin 11 of the OEM RF Module The pin is calibrated to show the difference betwee...

Page 46: ...gement from a receiving module If the acknowledgement is not received in the period of time specified by RN Delay Slots Command the original packet is transmitted again The RF packet is transmitted re...

Page 47: ...d ATSH Binary Command 0x25 37 decimal Parameter Range read only 0 0xFFFF Default Parameter Value varies Number of bytes returned 2 Related Commands SL Serial Number Low AT Command ATSL Binary Command...

Page 48: ...et is not acknowledged within the number of retransmits specified by the RR Retries parameter The number of packets therefore are counted that were not successfully received and subsequently discarded...

Page 49: ...nd is used to read the verbose firmware version of the RF module VR Firmware Version Short Command Diagnostics The VR command is used to read the firmware version of the RF module Note Firmware versio...

Page 50: ...ature sensed by the module is greater than 105 C The module does not allow transmission nor reception while this warning is active The warning is deactivated when the temperature falls to 100 C 5 Powe...

Page 51: ...module receives an RF packet the data is sent out the DO pin with no additional information Inherent to Transparent Operation are the following behaviors If module parameter registers are to be set or...

Page 52: ...r receiving a UART data frame specific data values must be escaped flagged so they do not interfere with the UART or UART data frame operation To escape an interfering data byte insert 0x7D and follow...

Page 53: ...orms an API specific structure as follows UART Data Frame API specific Structure The cmdID frame API identifier indicates which API messages will be contained in the cmdData frame Identifier specific...

Page 54: ...Identifier Value 0x89 When a TX Request is completed the module sends a TX Status message This message will indicate if the packet was transmitted successfully or if there was a failure TX Status Fra...

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