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GeminiG3 - 700MHz

Mobile Radiomodem

User Manual

Version 1.01a

DATARADIO

Inc.

DATARADIO

Inc.

April, 2006

Part no.: 120 20130-101a

Summary of Contents for GeminiG3

Page 1: ...GeminiG3 700MHz Mobile Radiomodem User Manual Version 1 01a The entire contents of this manual are copyright 2006 by DATARADIO Inc Copyright DATARADIO Inc April 2006 Part no 120 20130 101a...

Page 2: ...T 7 2 3 1 Recommended tools and supplies 7 2 3 2 Physical mounting of GeminiG3 7 2 4 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION 8 2 4 1 Electrical requirements 8 2 4 2 Routing of power cable 8 2 5 ANTENNA 9 2 5 1 Recomm...

Page 3: ...ty 33 4 7 5 1 Pass Control 33 4 7 6 Statistics 34 4 7 6 1 Statistics TCP IP 34 4 7 6 2 Statistics AirLink 35 4 7 6 3 Statistics Interfaces 35 4 7 7 Maintenance 36 4 7 7 1 Maintenance FTP Client 36 4 7...

Page 4: ...ADVANCED IP CONFIGURATION TIME SOURCE 28 FIGURE 22 ADVANCED IP CONFIGURATION ETHERNET PHY 29 FIGURE 23 GPS STATUS 30 FIGURE 24 GPS DELIVERY OPTIONS INITIAL SCREEN ON LEFT SCREEN WITH 2 UDP HOSTS ON R...

Page 5: ...on radiomodem in the following Sections 2 5 1 Recommended tools and supplies 2 5 3 Antenna Installation steps 3 4 and 5 3 1 Front Rear Panels listing 5 1 Equipment Required for Trouble Shooting and Te...

Page 6: ...es may result in differences between the information provided herein and the product shipped The information in this document is subject to change without notice CalAmp is a leading provider of wirele...

Page 7: ...s trans mitted over the air in E DBA Cycle Mark Signal transmitted on an E DBA network that keeps the network synchronized DEV Ports RS 232 serial communications ports of the GeminiG3 wireless radiomo...

Page 8: ...sses TCP and UDP headers and filters un necessary acknowledgments This makes the most use of the available band width OTA Over The Air Convention for the transmission and reception of application rela...

Page 9: ...TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol A version of the protocol that has no directory or password capability Depends on UDP and is used on local network Topology The physical layout of a network Transp...

Page 10: ...ly vehicular installations up to but not including the laptop PC and its application software Example of applications are 1 Database inquiry systems Small number of brief messages usually from the mob...

Page 11: ...nd more effective throughput Stateless Data Compression and Protocol Reduction works with TCP IP and UDP to get the most efficient use of user available bandwidth without requiring a dedicated server...

Page 12: ...engineering Instructions and examples given in this manual are based on GeminiG3 radiomodem operating software version 1 xx and may not apply to earlier or later software versions 1 3 Factory Technica...

Page 13: ...ll ask you several questions to clearly identify the problem Please give the representative the name of a contact person who is familiar with the problem should questions arise during servicing of the...

Page 14: ...ling GeminiG3 unit is not fully waterproof therefore it should be mounted sufficiently away from an opened trunk lid or opened tailgate windows or doors to avoid exposure to rain and or snow It also m...

Page 15: ...l perform normally when the radio is transmitting 2 2 3 Secure mounting For vehicle occupant s safety mount GeminiG3 unit securely so that the unit will not break loose in case of an accident or viole...

Page 16: ...me vital part of the vehi cle such as fuel tanks transmission housing etc Always check how far the mounting screws extend below the mounting surface prior to installation Use of drill bit stops is hig...

Page 17: ...ct it against excessive voltage Warnings Always disconnect GeminiG3radiomodem s DC power lead before connecting a second battery using power from another vehicle or power boosting e g when jump starti...

Page 18: ...nections 8 Fasten the fuse holder and leads 9 Carefully route the A wire to where the connection will be made for switch sensing Connect to Ignition if you wish to have GeminiG3 unit turning ON and OF...

Page 19: ...enter of the metal surface used for mounting is preferable for best omni directional pattern For ground plane independent antennas installation may be close to the edges of the surface Install the ant...

Page 20: ...ether the auxiliary and the GPS antenna cables at a point about two inches in front of the unit It will be much easier hereafter to correctly identify which plug goes where You DO NOT want to cross th...

Page 21: ...ver One SMA type female connector for the GPS receiver not installed on GeminiG3 Lite model Three LED indicators Two DE 9F RS232 ports One Ethernet 10 100BaseT port One USB port future use The rear pa...

Page 22: ...mplete boot process Power ON LEDs are paired PWR PGM RX TX Indication Solid Red TXON in progress in test mode Blinking Green on Black 1 2 sec each Flashing Green on Black Rx packet in test mode Specia...

Page 23: ...on 1 DCD from GeminiG3 normally asserted 2 RXD data from GeminiG3 3 TXD data to GeminiG3 4 DTR to GeminiG3 handshaking 5 Ground 6 DSR from GeminiG3 tied to VCC through current limiting resistor 7 RTS...

Page 24: ...cted to avoid tampering or unauthorized changes Both the configuration parameters and operating firmware can be updated remotely even over the RF network itself using the standard FTP protocol 4 2 Def...

Page 25: ...ck Start Settings Control Panel Network and Dial up Connection 2 Click on the relevant Local Area Connection 3 On the Local Area Connection Status screen click Properties Paragon3 BSC3 Eth1 IP 192 168...

Page 26: ...ocess Steps above specifically apply to MS Windows 2000 Modify as necessary for the OS you are running 4 5 Login Screen On your Internet browser address line type the factory default IP address given...

Page 27: ...red to the relevant parameter s If not satisfied click on Cancel button to restore to the value s present before a change was made Note Cancel command only affects the dialog boxes or radio buttons in...

Page 28: ...24 hour clock format display of the GMT time and date adjusted to the specified time zone Configured under Setup Advanced Time Source SNTP Position GPS Global position in Longitude East West and Latit...

Page 29: ...e same frequency Dataradio recommends changing the System ID to some other value unique to each network Upper limit is 255 4 7 2 2 Setup Basic IP Sets the IP characteristics of the Ethernet port Figur...

Page 30: ...tion is Custom Choose the socket connection mode from the drop down list box choices of TCP Server TCP Client or UDP Local IP Address Valid unicast or multicast IP address including the local Loopback...

Page 31: ...tion Figure 14 Advanced IP Configuration LAN IP Item Description MTU Ethernet Interface MTU Default 1500 For optimal performance set at 1500 Entering a value lower than 1500 may reduce system performa...

Page 32: ...address in HEX format factory set Displays factory assigned address nnn nnn nnn nnn Factory RF IP Address Entering 0 0 0 0 sets the RF IP Address to the factory default and highlights the Factory nam...

Page 33: ...up Advanced Roaming Setup Figure 17 Roaming Setup Item Description roam across cycles When a base becomes congested and indicates that some mobiles should try to roam to another base this value spread...

Page 34: ...represents the start IP address pool managed by the DHCP Server Normally GeminiG3 automatically calculates the Lease Start Address equal to Ethernet IP Address plus one Lease Duration The period over...

Page 35: ...address Multicast address associated to remote unit Multicast Address List Add Delete Address Select the Add button and type in the dialog box the new address to be added to the Multicast Address Lis...

Page 36: ...ing Figure 20 Advanced IP Configuration IP Optimization Tuning OIP Item Description TCP Proxy Disabled Enabled Default Data Compression Disabled Enabled Default Applies data compression over the IP pa...

Page 37: ...ailable time sources to be used on your network The preference order is GPS Airlink and SNTP GPS is not available for the GeminiG3 Lite model AirLink time source originates in the Paragon3 base provid...

Page 38: ...7 3 9 Setup Advanced Ethernet PHY Figure 22 Advanced IP Configuration Ethernet PHY Item Description PHY Bitrate Auto Negotiate Force to 100 Mbps Force to 10 Mbps Default PHY Duplex Auto Negotiate Def...

Page 39: ...tionary Number SVs The field number of satellites indicates the number of satellite signals being received and used to calculate position UTC hhmmss Universal time uses a 24 hour clock format Position...

Page 40: ...mat address of the Host in the address field box If adding add the port number in the Port box click on the Format drop down box and select appropriate format Select the Add or the Delete radio button...

Page 41: ...icle Location AVL reports Figure 25 GPS AAVL Item Description MDBR 2 meters MDBR Maximum Distance Between Reports Distance interval the vehicle sends a position update each time it has moved this dist...

Page 42: ...er the default Password ADMINISTRATOR all upper case let ters For subsequent access use the Password that you will have configured New Password Enter a string of any letters or numbers of at least 8 a...

Page 43: ...layer UDP RX Pkts Total number of packets received by the UDP layer UDP TX Pkts Total number of packets sent by the UDP layer ICMP RX Pkts Total number of packets received by the ICMP layer ICMP TX Pk...

Page 44: ...ts corrected Total packets received over the air with correctable errors FEC Statistics Packets not correctable Total packets received over the air with errors that could not be corrected and were dis...

Page 45: ...ration Send Put Default Receive Get Mode ASCII Binary Default Request Transfer Executes FTP command Reset values Resets all fields and radio buttons in FTP window to their previous status 4 7 7 2 Main...

Page 46: ...Number Identifies the model of radio module installed Serial Number Unique number assigned to the radiomodem at time of facture Radio Type Identifies the unit as a 700MHz model IF Bandwidth This model...

Page 47: ...to activate the Description field Change the title in the Description field to identify the settings about to be saved Click on Proceed to overwrite the previously saved set with the new set User Con...

Page 48: ...es the base station to which the mobile is currently registered To set frequency see section 4 7 3 3 Active Channel These read only fields display the active RX and TX radio frequencies in MHz against...

Page 49: ...d This function is frequently used for checking frequency deviation 100 Hz square wave Starts a test transmission of a carrier modulated by a square wave used to check low frequency balance at a frequ...

Page 50: ...20130 101a GeminiG3 700MHz User Manual 41 4 7 9 Help Figure 35 Help Icon Item Description Help Icon Click the Help Icon in the navigation pane to open a help text relating to the window being display...

Page 51: ...c Tests Recommended checks 1 LED Indications 2 Transmitter Output Power 3 Transmitter Reflected Power 4 Carrier frequency error 5 RF Link test PING test as per paragraph 5 4 1 between mobile unit and...

Page 52: ...10 Service monitor set to read power or 50W in line watt meter Refer to factory technical support 3 Main transceiver Reflected Power Press TXON Unmod 5 of forward power or as specified by System Eng 1...

Page 53: ...s partially blocked the following trouble shooting procedures should be undertaken to isolate the fault 1 Disconnect the GPS antenna cable connector from the Gemini radio and check for 5 VDC on the ce...

Page 54: ...m site 5 4 2 Configuration Information WINIPCFG WIN95 98 IPCONFIG WIN2K or IFCONFIG UNIX Ipconfig is a DOS utility which can be used from MS DOS or a MS DOS shell to display the network settings curre...

Page 55: ...TAT WINS UNIX The netstat command symbolically displays the contents of various network related data structures i e IP TCP UDP Available for MS Windows 9x ME NT 2000 and XP EXAMPLE netstat displays he...

Page 56: ...typical Nominal Dimensions 7 1 D x 6 0 W x 2 0 H Weight 4 5 lbs RF input output Impedance 50 ohms nominal RF connector Main TX RX equipped with either mini UHF female or TNC female Auxiliary RX equipp...

Page 57: ...FSK 96 kb s SRRC4FSK 64 kb s Forward Error Correction Hypercode Addressability IPv4 DISPLAY and CONTROLS 2 status LEDs RX TX PWR Environmental MIL spec Environment Categories MIL Spec 810E Other Metho...

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