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Guardian-100™

Guardian-200™

Guardian-400™

Guardian-900™

Narrowband IP Router

User Manual

PN 001-5008-000 Rev 8E Preliminary ETSI Version
Revised May 27, 2010

Summary of Contents for Guardian-100

Page 1: ...Guardian 100 Guardian 200 Guardian 400 Guardian 900 Narrowband IP Router User Manual PN 001 5008 000 Rev 8E Preliminary ETSI Version Revised May 27 2010...

Page 2: ...REVISION HISTORY REV DATE REVISION DETAILS 0 Dec 11 2010 Initial Release as 001 5006 000...

Page 3: ...intended for use in the Industrial Monitoring and Control and SCADA markets The Guardian unit must be professionally installed and must ensure a minimum separation distance listed in the table below...

Page 4: ...Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance in the country where used could void the user s authority to operate the equipment...

Page 5: ...stele s tetele English Hereby CalAmp declares that this radio is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999 5 EC Espa ol Spanish Por medio de la pres...

Page 6: ...ymi stosownymi postanowieniami Dyrektywy 1999 5 EC Portugu s Portuguese CalAmp declara que este r dio est conforme com os requisitos essenciais e outras disposi es da Directiva 1999 5 CE Slovensko Slo...

Page 7: ...rchitecture 17 2 2 1 Point to Point 17 2 2 2 Point to Multipoint 18 2 2 3 Multiple Point to Point 18 2 2 4 Peer to Peer 18 2 2 5 Store and Forward 18 2 2 6 Network Using a T Base 18 2 2 7 NETWORK USIN...

Page 8: ...T STATUS 26 4 1 Unit Identification and Status 26 4 2 Diagnostics 26 4 2 1 Online Diagnostics 26 4 2 2 Offline Diagnostics 26 4 2 3 Remote Commands 27 5 Using Guardian Software 28 GUARDIAN SPECIFICATI...

Page 9: ...Guardian is compatible with any Dataradio Interoperability Standard DI OS equipment and Bell 202 212 interface 1 2 OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS The Guardian product has the following operational chara...

Page 10: ...agement Configuration commissioning maintenance and troubleshooting can be done locally or remotely There are no physical switches or adjustments The Dual Port Guardian provides a receive antenna conn...

Page 11: ...rograming Guardian hardware fault Status Green Red Amber Solid or Blinking Guardian no faults normal operations Guardian has a fault condition check unit status Guardian detects high background noise...

Page 12: ...9 Contact DE 9 Connector Contact EIA 232F Function Signal Direction 1 DCD 1 DTE DCE 2 RXD DTE DCE 3 TXD DTE DCE 4 DTR DTE DCE 5 GND DTE DCE 6 DSR 2 DTE DCE 7 RTS 1 DTE DCE 8 CTS 1 DTE DCE 9 RING 3 DTE...

Page 13: ...receive filtering external PA s and other options Warning The transmit antenna port must not be connected directly to the receive antenna port of the Dual Port Guardian Excessive power into the receiv...

Page 14: ...antenna feedline and connectors tested and approved for use with the Guardian Table 1 6 Accessories ITEM PART NUMBER Guardian Power Cable 897 5008 010 Guardian Demo Kit VHF 136 174 MHz 250 5016 500 Gu...

Page 15: ...g bracket surge protector grounding kit cable ties 18 TNC male to N male jumper cable and weather kit UHF 900 kits include 25 feet of LMR400 antenna feedline Feedline is available for VHF kits in 25 o...

Page 16: ...DDRESSES ON HAND WHEN CALLING For units in warranty customers are responsible for shipping charges to CalAmp Wireless DataCom For units returned out of warranty customers are responsible for all shipp...

Page 17: ...ities and environmental groups The Guardian is intended for use in the Industrial Monitoring and SCADA market The range of the Guardian is dependent on terrain RF radio frequency path obstacles and an...

Page 18: ...nt is similar to the point to multipoint system except the SCADA host has multiple serial ports that are directed to different geographic areas in the SCADA system 2 2 4 Peer to Peer A Peer to Peer ne...

Page 19: ...diagnostics for a maximum of 15 stations are available at a monitoring site monitoring site must be in range of all remotes Online Diagnostics are available in real time at the monitoring site Remote...

Page 20: ...odem requires a minimum amount of received RF signal to operate reliably and provide adequate data throughput This is the radio s receiver sensitivity In most cases spectrum regulators will define or...

Page 21: ...or 30 dB compared to the bulb alone Gain can be achieved by concentrating the energy both vertically and horizontally as in the case of the flashlight and Yagi antenna Gain can be also be achieved by...

Page 22: ...for a list of feedline recommendations Table 2 1 Transmission Loss per 100 Feet Frequency Range Cable Type VHF UHF 900 MHz LMR 400 1 5 dB 2 7 dB 3 9 dB 1 2 Heliax 0 68 dB 1 51 dB 2 09 dB 7 8 Heliax 0...

Page 23: ...ible for compliance in the country where used could void the user s authority to operate the equipment 2 6 TERRAIN AND SIGNAL STRENGTH A line of sight path between stations is highly desirable and pro...

Page 24: ...eparation between frequencies and radio systems Keep the following points in mind when setting up your radio system a Systems installed in lightly populated areas are least likely to encounter interfe...

Page 25: ...W or 60 watt supply for Tx 10 W In Guardian Demo Kits a power connector with screw terminals is provided with each unit Observe proper polarity when connecting the cables to the Power Supply White wir...

Page 26: ...sure there is no duplication of Short ID numbers Duplications may be resolved by changing the Short ID Number If ID Numbers are set within the range of 1 to 1023 the ID Number and the Short ID will al...

Page 27: ...gth in dBm Forward and reverse power in watts Preamble good total Preamble DCD 4 2 3 Remote Commands Remote commands that may be sent using the Offline Diagnostics utility include Get parameters confi...

Page 28: ...figure the PC s serial COM Ports COM Port parameters are defined in 2 5 2 1 COM Port assignments are displayed in the bottom status bar of the GUARDIAN Field Programming Software screen 2 7 001 4006 1...

Page 29: ...ware handshaking 2 9 001 4006 101 2 5 3 Port Statistics Figure 2 7 Port Statistics Screen Port Statistics show current parameters of the PC s Primary and Secondary COM Ports Baud Rate Baud Rate shows...

Page 30: ...the parameter information into local PC memory and exit the parameter screen Clicking the Default Parms button sets certain parameters back to factory default settings Clicking Cancel exits the param...

Page 31: ...T Base Option Available when connected to a GUARDIAN Wireless Modem the T Base Option makes the necessary circuit changes to allow using the modem as a special diagnostic unit in the T Base R The def...

Page 32: ...network type 4800 9600 Half Channel GUARDIAN in T 96S DL3276 network type 4800 Full Channel T 96S 1200 2400 4800 9600 Table 2 9 Supported User Formats and Modem Programming Data Bits Parity Stop Bits...

Page 33: ...l units Data Type is Enhanced Only 2 15 001 4006 101 2 T 96S DL3276 available Baud Rate options include 4800 9600 for full channel units or 4800 for halfchannel units Data Type offers two options Enha...

Page 34: ...esignates the radio model Range This field designates radio frequency range Channel This field specifies whether the unit is full or half channel 12 5 or 25 kHz Redirect Channel 8 The Redirect Channel...

Page 35: ...f Threshold based on the RSSI while receiving data If selected the Carrier Detect Off level will automatically adjust to approximately 15 dB below the actual signal strength This provides rapid detect...

Page 36: ...quest Screen 2 5 6 WRITING READING GUARDIAN PARAMETERS After all radio parameters are setup select the OK button to store the information into the PC s memory To load parameters into the GUARDIAN init...

Page 37: ...of this field is 1 to 4294967295 but multiples of 1024 should not be used A multiple of 1024 results in a Short ID of 0 If the Long ID is within the range of 1 to 1023 the Short ID will be the same or...

Page 38: ...er to save the current Diagnostic IDs and Alarms to the current file Save As The Save As button allows the user to save the current Diagnostic IDs and Alarms to a name different than the current file...

Page 39: ...ine Diagnostics are returned from a local or remote unit in response to a Get Diags request see Figure 2 18 An Offline Diagnostics request requires suspension of user network operation Diagnostics Sel...

Page 40: ...user to select from the list Remotes which network statistics to display ID Truncated ID Truncated shows the user the Long and Short ID are not the same RSSI Level The RSSI level shows the current RS...

Page 41: ...lected Stop The Stop button allows the user to stop any commands for Offline Diagnostics from being sent Clear Diags Clear Diags clears the unit s online network statistics Tx Time Tx Time allows the...

Page 42: ...s the supply voltage in volts of the unit transmitting the diagnostics FwdP FwdP displays the forward power in watts of the unit transmitting the diagnostics RevP RevP displays the reverse reflected p...

Page 43: ...to a file A maximum of 4096 lines of data can be saved 2 5 12 USER TEST Figure 2 19 User Test Screen The User Test utility is an Offline function and requires suspension of network operation A User Te...

Page 44: ...r with the same packet information This is a useful utility for testing modem communication Host Packets Tx ed Host Packets transmitted shows the number of data packets the Master has sent to the Remo...

Page 45: ...COM port as the Host device the device initiating packets to the Remote device Remote Primary Port Configures the primary COM port as the Remote device the device responding to the packets from the Ho...

Page 46: ...00 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 001 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 998 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 999 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ...

Page 47: ...Pattern The packets will be 16 characters in length and contain random binary data of Packets of Packets allows the user to set the number of packets in each transmission Packet Delay Packet Delay al...

Page 48: ...Terminal screen selects a Hexadecimal Terminal screen to send and receive Hexadecimal data on the Primary COM Port set up in the Port Settings screen Secondary The Secondary Hex Terminal screen selec...

Page 49: ...units are being tested on the bench Under the Utilities menu choose the ASCII Terminal From the ASCII Terminal screen choose the Primary selection This will open an ASCII terminal window using the pri...

Page 50: ...age in the Rx Data area as shown Figure 2 25 Type in this area to send the text message 2 37 001 4006 101 Figure 2 25 Text message received If the message was not displayed as typed then a problem may...

Page 51: ...lity When the Hex Terminal is used the information is entered as hex code Figure 2 26 shows how the information will look when it is typed in and sent in hex Figure 2 26 Hex Terminal In the Hex Termin...

Page 52: ...ply RF Impedance 50 Operating Temperature 30 to 60 C Storage Temperature 40 to 85 C 95 non condensing RH Operating Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing RH Rx Current Drain at 25 C DC Input 10V DC Input 20V...

Page 53: ...MHz Data Sensitivity 10 6 Bit Error Rate BER Typical Max 12 5 kHz 8 kbps 16 kbps 116 114 109 106 116 114 109 106 116 114 109 106 112 109 106 103 dBm dBm 25 kHz 16 kbps 32 kbps 114 111 106 103 114 111...

Page 54: ...2 Kbps Com Port 300 115 200 bps Default 9 6 Kbps Display 5 Tri color status LEDs Power Status Activity Link Rx Tx Connectors Antenna Connector TNC female Tx Rx Serial Setup Port DE 9F Serial Terminal...

Page 55: ...174 MHz NP4 5016 500 773B 5016500 140 5026 502 215 240 MHz NP4 5026 502 Pending 140 5026 503 215 240 MHz NP4 5026 502 Pending 140 5046 300 406 1 470 MHz NP4 5046 300 773B 5046300 140 5046 301 406 1 4...

Page 56: ...ies Repair or replacement of defective Products as set forth in this paragraph fulfills any and all warranty obligations on the part of DRL This warranty is void and DRL shall not be obligated to repl...

Page 57: ...effective high quality solutions to a broad array of customers and end markets CalAmp is the leading supplier of Direct Broadcast Satellite DBS outdoor customer premise equipment to the U S satellite...

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