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Page 1: ...INSTRUCTION MANUAL RF450 Spread Spectrum Radio Revision 4 15 C o p y r i g h t 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 C a m p b e l l S c i e n t i f i c I n c...

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Page 3: ...ucts to CSI CSI will return such Products by surface carrier prepaid within the continental United States of America To all other locations CSI will return such Products best way CIP port of entry per...

Page 4: ...g container Campbell Scientific s shipping address is CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC INC RMA _____ 815 West 1800 North Logan Utah 84321 1784 For all returns the customer must fill out a Statement of Product Clea...

Page 5: ...ore 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...

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Page 7: ...aud Rate 8 4 6 4 RF450 Operation Mode Setting 9 4 6 4 1 Operation Mode Description 9 4 6 5 Network ID 10 4 6 6 Frequency Key Setting 10 4 6 7 Repeater Frequency Key Setting 10 4 6 8 Transmit Power Set...

Page 8: ...nt Network 14 4 9 DevConfig Screen Showing Settings for Repeater in a Multi Point Network 14 6 1 LoggerNet Setup Screen for an RF450 Multi Point Network 18 8 1 RF450 Front Side View 19 A 1 Schematic o...

Page 9: ...its for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipme...

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Page 11: ...ces Available hop table versions are listed in the Device Configuration Utility Settings Editor for the RF450 Hop table versions include North America default Australia New Zealand Taiwan Brazil Inter...

Page 12: ...5 x 14 48 cm 1 44 x 3 17 x 7 5 3 66 x 8 05 x 19 05 cm with mounting plate Weight 0 7 lbs 0 3 kg Humidity 0 to 95 non condensing FCC ID KNY 6231812519 Canada 2329B DGR09RAS 4 Configuration 4 1 Theory o...

Page 13: ...n a point to point mode this manual will only address multi point applications as this is the only way to take advantage of the low power mode of the Slave radios at the datalogger site This reduces t...

Page 14: ...obustness of the radio link is the height of the antenna 4 4 Using the Device Configuration Utility Radios are configured using the CSI Device Configuration Utility DevConfig software tool that comes...

Page 15: ...ower plug or by using the SC12 cable to connect the radio s CS I O port to the datalogger s CS I O port 5 Connect an RS 232 or USB to RS 232 cable between the RF450 and PC 6 Click Connect then press t...

Page 16: ...ld be used by experienced FreeWave Radio users only New operating systems for the CSI board are loaded through the Send OS tab DevConfig makes applying the same settings to multiple devices easy Once...

Page 17: ...tween 0 and 14 It is recommended that you change this from 5 which is the default Generally all radios in the network will have the same Frequency Key 4 Select one radio to be the Master the others wi...

Page 18: ...be used for normal operations The following active interfaces are available Auto Sense The RF450 will choose between the RS 232 port and the CS I O SDC depending upon whether the 5 V line of the CS I...

Page 19: ...taneously be in communication with numerous Slaves and repeaters A point to multi point Master communicates only with other transceivers designated as point to multipoint Slaves or point to multipoint...

Page 20: ...n to this is if the Repeater Frequency Key setting is used If this is used the Repeaters Frequency Key would be different from the Master radio and downstream radios intended to connect to the repeate...

Page 21: ...t Power Setting RF Power dBm RF Power mW 10 30 5 1122 9 30 0 1000 8 29 5 891 7 28 8 759 6 27 4 550 5 26 4 437 4 24 4 275 3 21 5 141 2 18 2 66 1 12 3 17 0 7 5 6 4 6 9 Low Power Mode Setting This settin...

Page 22: ...arallel or if desired to force Slaves to communicate to a specific repeater for load balancing purposes There are two components to the Subnet ID 1 Receive Subnet ID This setting identifies which tran...

Page 23: ...may only contain a single Master radio Slave radios communicate from and to the Master radio The Master RF450 must be connected to a PakBus router A PakBus router may be software such as LoggerNet or...

Page 24: ...en Showing Settings for a Slave in a Multi Point Network 4 9 Repeater Setting the Radio Operation Mode to Multi Point Repeater allows the transceiver to operate as a repeater in a multi pPoint network...

Page 25: ...ication Note titled Power Supplies available from our web site http www campbellsci com documents apnotes pow sup pdf TABLE 4 3 Power Requirements at 12 VDC Transmit current for 1 W power at 100 duty...

Page 26: ...able lengths less than 10 ft COAXSMA L LMR195 antenna cable with type SMA to type N Male Connector Recommended for cable lengths greater than 10 ft and or use with lightning protection COAXNTN L Low l...

Page 27: ...le either 1 the COAXSMA L cable or 2 the COAXNTN L cable with surge protector Indoor omnidirectional antennas are either supplied with an appropriate cable or connect directly to the radio 5 2 2 Elect...

Page 28: ...he Setup button on the LoggerNet or PC400 toolbar Configure the Device Map as described below see FIGURE 6 1 1 Select Add Root COM Port 2 Add a PakBusPort set the Maximum Baud Rate to 115200 set the b...

Page 29: ...This is done through the Settings Editor Tab of DevConfig 8 Troubleshooting LED Status The RF450 has three red green LED status indicator lights TABLE 8 1 shows the status of each light when the RF450...

Page 30: ...eater and Slave will begin to flash If DevConfig is unable to establish a connection with the RF450 1 Check that other Campbell Scientific software is closed 2 Check power to the radio The Carrier Det...

Page 31: ...address in RF450 3 Check SDC address in datalogger 4 Check the baud rate of LoggerNet it should match the baud rate of the RF450 attached to it Using the diagnostics port A special FreeWave Diagnosti...

Page 32: ...RF450 Spread Spectrum Radio 22...

Page 33: ...used to view real time values from the dataloggers collect data set datalogger clocks and send programs Remember each datalogger must have a unique PakBus Address Master RF450 Slave Slave Slave PC Run...

Page 34: ...Mode Multi Point Master Multi Point Slave Network ID 1726 yours may be different 1726 yours may be different Frequency Key 1 yours may be different 1 yours may be different Radio ID 4094 to match Logg...

Page 35: ...eived Reducing throughput means less data can be transmitted in a specified amount of time Remember each datalogger must have a unique PakBus Address Master RF450 Slave Slave Slave Repeater PC Running...

Page 36: ...on Scenarios Master Radio Settings FIGURE A 4 DevConfig Screen Showing Master Radio Settings for Example 2 Slave Repeater Radio Settings FIGURE A 5 DevConfig Screen Showing Slave Repeater Radio Settin...

Page 37: ...s of an RF450 power supply and antenna Another repeater Slave Repeater 2 connected to a CR1000 is used to access several other Slave radios on CR1000s To take advantage of the low power mode those dev...

Page 38: ...ate 115 2K 115 2K 115 2K 115 2K 115 2K Radio Operation Mode Multi Point Master Multi Point Repeater Multi Point Slave Repeater Multi Point Slave Multi Point Slave Repeaters Used Yes check box Yes chec...

Page 39: ...rted see Example 5 Phone Modem Slave 2 Slave 1 PC Running LoggerNet PC400 Phone to RF450 Base FIGURE A 8 Schematic of Phone to RF Base TABLE A 4 RF450 Settings for Example 4 Phone to RF450 Base Slaves...

Page 40: ...for direct connection to a ME device COM200 COM210 COM220 MD485 etc The connection is done by using an A100 Example configurations where call back is NOT supported LN Phone Modem COM220 CSI null modem...

Page 41: ...atch the SDC address and baud rate set in the RF450 SerialOpen ComSDC7 115200 0 0 10000 Scan 1 Sec 0 0 counter counter 1 If CallBackFlag true Then SendVariables Result ComSDC7 0 4094 0000 0 Public Cal...

Page 42: ...Appendix A Installation Scenarios A 10...

Page 43: ...dix B Settings Editor The Settings Editor of DevConfig provides access to additional settings not shown on the Deployment Tab Most RF450 networks do not need to make changes through the Settings Edito...

Page 44: ...b The Hop Table Version setting allows the user to choose the portion of the band in which the transceiver will operate 0 Standard Full 902 928 MHz 1 Australia 915 928 MHz 2 International 902 928 MHz...

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