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Gemini
PD
Installation Guide
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Gemini
PD
's firmwares resides in flash EPROM
and are designed to allow field upgrades.
When contacting your supplier, give the full ban-
ner string and the version of the WinRIS used.
You will find the version number by selecting
the “Help” menu option, then “About WinRIS”
command or pressing the “About” button on the
Toolbar.
The “Banner” field is blank prior to doing a
"Get", "Get As" or "Put From".
4.4.4.2 Comments
1-
Type comments directly in the “Comments”
field. These can be text up to 24 characters.
Use this field to enter user-convenient de-
scription(s) (customer name, location,
etc…).
2-
Press the button “Put Comments” to make
the entry permanent. This field may be left
blank.
On subsequent “Get”, “Get As” or “Put From”,
this field displays entered comments. If no com-
ment was entered, the field will remain blank.
4.4.4.3 Password
The password feature is useful where two (or
more) fleets share the same radio channel. Mo-
biles without the proper password would still
receive the message but the contents would not
be intelligible.
1-
Type your password directly in the “Pass-
word” field. It is a string of 32 hexadecimal
characters (exactly).
2-
Press the button “Put Password” to make the
entry permanent. This field may be left
blank.
On subsequent “Get”, “Get As” or “Put From”,
this field will require that the correct password
be entered. If none was entered, the field will
remain blank.
Password information is NOT retrieved and
saved to a file, along with the configuration.
Clearing a Password is done by entering 32 zeros.
The Dataradio supplied password algorithm is
designed to thwart the casual observer only. It
provides a limited form of data privacy. There-
fore, if your security requirements are high, Da-
taradio urges you to use external encryption
technology (such as Data Encryption Standard
(DES)) in the Host and Mobiles computers.
4.4.5 Test
Functions
The following WinRIS functions and buttons are
used to carry out testing or trouble-shooting on a
connected unit:
•
DSR signal is High indicator
•
CTS signal is High indicator
•
Channels select
•
Show All Channel Frequencies
•
RSSI Indicator
•
TXON (Modulated)
•
TXON (Unmodulated)
•
Ping Address and Ping button
4.4.5.1
DSR signal is High indicator
The “Data Set Ready” (DSR) indicator light,
located on the button bar (leftmost), is an RS-
232 protocol port indication. When lit, it indi-
cates proper connection and that the value is
High. The DMP protocol used requires that DSR
be normally asserted.
