Black Box MDR24x, User Manual

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Table of Contents
10/26/2006 4
USER’S MANUAL
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1. MDR24X RF TRANSCEIVER................................................................................ 5
1.1 O
VERVIEW
........................................................................................................... 5
1.2 MDR24X S
PECIFICATION
.................................................................................... 6
1.3 MDR24X I
NTERFACE
.......................................................................................... 7
2. INTERFACING PROTOCOL .............................................................................. 10
2.1 RS-232 .............................................................................................................. 11
2.2 RS-485
(2-
WIRE
H
ALF
D
UPLEX
) ........................................................................ 12
2.3 H
ARDWARE
F
LOW
C
ONTROL
............................................................................. 13
3. NETWORK TOPOLOGIES ................................................................................. 14
3.1 P
OINT
-
TO
-P
OINT
................................................................................................ 14
3.2 P
OINT
-
TO
-M
ULTIPOINT
...................................................................................... 14
4. MDR24X CONFIGURATION UTILITY SOFTWARE .................................... 15
4.1 I
NSTALLATION
................................................................................................... 15
4.2 MDR24X S
ETTINGS
.................................... E
RROR
! B
OOKMARK NOT DEFINED
.
4.2.1 ConnexLink Settings.................................................................................. 15
4.2.2 Optional Settings....................................................................................... 16
4.2.3 PC Settings................................................................................................ 16
4.2.4 Additional Features .................................................................................. 16
4.3 P
ROGRAMMING
T
HE
MDR24X
UNITS
................................................................ 18
5. TROUBLESHOOTING ......................................................................................... 19
Figures
Figure 1- RS-232/RS-485 MDR24X Front View
............................................................ 7
Figure 2- RS-232 MDR24X Back View
.......................................................................... 8
Figure 3- RS-485 MDR24X Back View
.......................................................................... 8
Figure 4- MDR24X Mechanical Diagram
...................................................................... 9
Figure 5- RS-232 Male/Female Connector Pin out
................................................... 11
Figure 6- DCE to DTE Interface
.................................................................................... 11
Figure 7- DCE to DCE Interface
................................................................................... 12
Figure 8- Point-to-Point Network
.................................................................................. 14
Figure 9- Multiple Networks of Point-to-Multipoint MDR24Xs
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Tables
Table 1 – DTE, DCE and Null Modem Signal Definitions
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