Campbell RF407 Series Product Manual Download

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Revision:

11/2022

2001 –

2022

Campbell

Scientific

CSL I.D - 1143

Summary of Contents for RF407 Series

Page 2: ...under guarantee or not Please state the faults as clearly as possible and if the product is out of the guarantee period it should be accompanied by a purchase order Quotations for repairs can be give...

Page 3: ...f the information in the manual is correct for all countries certain information is specific to the North American market and so may not be applicable to European users Differences include the U S sta...

Page 4: ...beginning work Wear a hardhat and eye protection and take other appropriate safety precautions while working on or around tripods and towers Do not climb tripods or towers at any time and prohibit cl...

Page 5: ...6 6 7 1 Compatible antennas 16 6 7 2 Electrostatic issues and surge protection 17 6 7 3 Antenna cables 17 7 Using the RF407 series as a stand alone repeater router 18 7 1 Configure stand alone repeate...

Page 6: ...F407 series radio settings 32 10 1 RadioAvailFreq 33 10 2 RadioChanMask 33 10 3 RadioEnable 33 10 4 RadioHopSeq 33 10 5 RadioMAC 34 10 6 RadioModel 34 10 7 RadioModuleVer 34 10 8 RadioNetID 34 10 9 Ra...

Page 7: ...t to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generate...

Page 8: ...RF interference from other spread spectrum devices by providing user selectable frequency hopping patterns The RF407 series radios can provide up to three mile transmission range with an inexpensive...

Page 9: ...surges Use coaxial antenna surge protection Keep RS 232 CS I O and USB connections short or use protective isolation and surge protection when appropriate l A Campbell Scientific wall charger is recom...

Page 10: ...Contact Campbell Scientific immediately about any discrepancies Model numbers are found on each product On cables the model number is often found at the connection end of the cable 4 QuickStart Basic...

Page 11: ...rivers using Device Configuration Utility select your radio then on the main page click Install USB Driver 3 Connect the USB port on your RF407 series radio to your computer 4 Using Device Configurati...

Page 12: ...sec by default 9 Leave the radio connected to the computer If the Active Interface was set to RS 232 disconnect the USB cable Use a serial cable to connect the computer RS 232 port to the RF407 RS 23...

Page 13: ...device with default settings is added to the system it will not create a conflict 1 Ensure the antenna is connected 2 For data loggers with an external radio connect the radio and data logger CS I O...

Page 14: ...ier or project name and click Next 7 Select the Direct Connect connection type and click Next 8 Select the communications port used to communicate with the RF407 series radio from the COM Port list It...

Page 15: ...you need to make changes click Previous to return to a previous window and change the settings Setup is now complete The EZSetup Wizard allows you to Finish or you may click Next to test communicatio...

Page 16: ...educing interference through channel hop l RF427 Eight 25 channel hop sequences sharing 43 available channels Receive Sensitivity l RF407 RF412 and RF427 101 dBm l RF422 106 dBm RF Data Rate l RF407 R...

Page 17: ...VDC Maximum nodes in network l RF407 RF412 and RF427 50 l RF422 20 Connections l USB o USB Type B jack o Can draw enough power for normal operation from standard USB host l RS 232 o 9 pin socket fema...

Page 18: ...o Industry Canada IC 1846A XB900HP o Mexico Federal Telecommunications Institute o IFT RCPDIXB15 0672 A1 l RF412 o ACMA RCM o United States FCC Part 15 247 MCQ XB900HP o Industry Canada IC 1846A XB90...

Page 19: ...mpbell Scientific Field Power Cable or AC to DC power adapter can be used for supplying 12 VDC to the power connector The power connector of the radio uses the inner conductor for positive voltage and...

Page 20: ...ation Utility for radio configuration The USB interface is only available for operational network communications when the radio Active Interface setting is set as USB 6 4 CS I O The CS I O port is a 9...

Page 21: ...the RS 232 port of a data logger computer or another RS 232 device This connection is most commonly used when connecting the radio to a device without a CS I O port or when linking two communications...

Page 22: ...RF signal being received 6 7 Antenna The radio has a reverse polarity SMA RPSMA jack antenna connection It is important to note the distinction between RPSMA and SMA connectors when selecting a compat...

Page 23: ...fers an Antenna Surge Protection Kit The surge protection kit includes a PolyPhaser surge protector coax jumper for connecting the RF407 series radio to the PolyPhaser ground wire and mounting hardwar...

Page 24: ...around an obstacle such as a hill or building or to reach longer distances 7 1 Configure stand alone repeater radio 1 Ensure that an antenna is connected to the RF407 series radio 2 If connecting via...

Page 25: ...defaults 6 On the PakBus tab assign a unique PakBus address Set the Beacon Interval to 60 seconds or the amount of time you are willing to wait for the leaf data loggers in the network to be discovere...

Page 26: ...repeater to LoggerNet Enter the stand alone repeater into the LoggerNet Setup screen Add a pbRouter device with the PakBus address of the RF407 series radio in the PakBus Address field If the repeater...

Page 27: ...ltiple data loggers through a data logger router This type of network configuration is useful for communicating around an obstacle such as a hill or building or to reach longer distances RF407 Series...

Page 28: ...reate a conflict 8 1 Configure the RF407 series base radio Configure the base radio This is the RF407 series radio that is connected to the computer see previous image for reference 1 Ensure that an a...

Page 29: ...nect to the RF407 series radio 5 On the Main tab set the Active Interface to USB or RS 232 depending on how your computer will be connected to the RF407 series radio 6 Apply to save your changes 7 The...

Page 30: ...d 2 For data loggers with an external radio connect the radio and data logger CS I O ports using an SC12 cable 3 Supply 12 VDC power to the data logger l connect 12 VDC at the green BAT terminals l or...

Page 31: ...a router 6 On the Deployment Datalogger tab assign a unique PakBus address 7 On the Deployment tab click the Com Ports Settings sub tab 8 From the Select the ComPort list select RF 9 Set the Beacon In...

Page 32: ...eaf data loggers in the network for example 90 seconds 11 Click the Advanced sub tab and set Is Router to True 12 Apply to save your changes CAUTION Typically only the base data logger is configured a...

Page 33: ...n the Hardware tab on the right click the ComPort Connection list and select the communications port assigned to the RF407 series radio 7 In the Entire Network pane on the left side of the window sele...

Page 34: ...left side of the window select the router data logger from the list 10 On the Hardware tab on the right type the PakBus Address you assigned to the router data logger in Device Configuration Utility R...

Page 35: ...ew click the Setup option and click the View menu to ensure you are in the Standard view right click on the router data logger in the Entire Network pane on the left side of the window and select your...

Page 36: ...previous procedure See the Konect Pakbus Router Getting Started Guide for more information on setting up that part of the network 9 Installation best practices 9 1 Avoiding interference Attempt to avo...

Page 37: ...rformance can be improved by even slightly changing the horizontal or vertical position of the antenna See Line of Sight Technical Paper on our website for more information on line of sight obstructio...

Page 38: ...ggers within a network For example the Network ID in all devices could be set to 1726 and the RF Hop Sequence in all devices could be set to 1 The Network ID can be any number between 0 and 32767 The...

Page 39: ...String data type Where to find l Settings Editor tab in Device Configuration Utility Radio Radio Channel Mask 10 3 RadioEnable Global control for the internal radio module Where to find l Settings Ed...

Page 40: ...on Utility Radio Radio Model 10 7 RadioModuleVer Radio hardware version l Long data type l Read only Where to find l Settings Editor tab in Device Configuration Utility Radio Radio Hardware Version 10...

Page 41: ...PakBus router network overhead will increase due the increase in number of PakBus nodes in the network If Active Interface is also set to PakBus Router this mode will allow the device to function as a...

Page 42: ...transmission following a period of RF inactivity l Long data type Where to find l Settings Editor tab in Device Configuration Utility Radio Power Mode 10 11 RadioRetries Specifies the level to which...

Page 43: ...n and weather over time l Long data type l Read only Where to find l Settings Editor tab in Device Configuration Utility Radio RFSignalLevel first number 10 13 RadioRSSIAddr Indicates the PakBus addre...

Page 44: ...orts the number of radio packet transmissions to the PakBus neighbor that were never acknowledged l String data type Where to find l Settings Editor tab in Device Configuration Utility Radio Radio Per...

Page 45: ...t interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and o...

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