Wireless Bridge Analog & Digital
I/O
USERS MANUAL
R02
Page 1: ...Wireless Bridge Analog Digital I O USERS MANUAL R02 ...
Page 2: ...nd Wiring 5 Operation 6 Standard Operation 6 LED Indication 7 Data Formats and Baud Rates 7 Communicating with the Wireless Bridge 8 Common Configurations and Use Cases 10 Analog Signal Bridge 10 Digital Signal Bridge 12 Wireless Data Collector 12 ADIO Command Reference Table 14 Changing the Baud Rate 16 Configuring the XBee Module 17 Antennas 18 Part Numbers and Compatibility 18 Certifications 19...
Page 3: ...ecific to the ADIO Wireless Bridge Data is also available on the micro USB port By default the ADIO Wireless Bridge is configured to measure up to four 0 10V Analog inputs Inputs can also be configured for Digital inputs 3 3V and 5V tolerant or for 4 20mA inputs The four channels can also be configured as 0 10V Analog outputs or as Digital signal outputs Specifications Absolute Maximum Ratings MIN...
Page 4: ...TDOOR RF LINE OF SITE RANGE Up to 4000ft Up to 2 miles Up to 10 miles TRANSMIT POWER 6 3 mW 63 mW 1 Watt RECEIVE SENSITIVITY 101 dBm 101 dBm Low 113 dBm Mid 106 dBm High 103 dBm Table 1 General Performance Specifications Power Requirements 24LP 24HP 09SX INPUT VOLTAGE 7 30VDC 7 30VDC 7 30VDC TRANSMIT CURRENT 12mA 12V 40mA 12V 270mA 12V RECEIVE CURRENT 12mA 12V 12mA 12V 17mA 12V Table 2 Power Requi...
Page 5: ... in Figure 1 The mechanical dimensions are shown with the optional DIN rail mount bracket which is not included with the standard part number Mechanical data for the antenna is not shown Pinout and Wiring The uses a five pin screw terminal for I O signals Pin 5 is ground Figures 2 3 show the connectors and pinout for the ADIO Wireless Bridge ...
Page 6: ...cast and received by all other Wireless Bridge devices within range The ADIO uses channel tokens to control which devices respond to the data Additional addressing can be used to isolate communication between specific devices or to create unique networks The Wireless Bridge device is equipped with a micro USB connector When the micro USB connector is plugged into a USB host device such as a comput...
Page 7: ...ey will only blink when a properly addressed data packet is received The Special function LED is lit when the USB port is in use Data Formats and Baud Rates Since the ADIO Wireless Bridge only communicates with a computer through the micro USB COM port baud rate is not a parameter that needs changed for most use cases The default baud rate and data format is 9600 baud 8 data bits no parity and one...
Page 8: ...m Putty Tera term and X CTU may all be used to send data and communicate with the Wireless Bridge Links to some terminal programs can be found on the Datawave website Once a COM port has been opened pressing the ENTER key can determine which port is the data terminal and which port is the information terminal If a command prompt appears than that port is the information terminal The command prompt...
Page 9: ...ADIO WIRELESS BRIDGE USER S MANAUL REV 02 9 Fig 5 Data and Information Terminals ...
Page 10: ...g inputs and a second device with all Analog outputs Devices use channel tokens to determine if signals should be replicated and output For I O line passing to occur one channel must be an input and the corresponding channel must be set to be an output The channel token values must also match It is possible to have a single input driving the signal outputs on multiple radios To set up the Wireless...
Page 11: ...xample Figure 7 shows a setup for two radios COM44 is the information COM port of Radio A and COM57 is the information COM port of Radio B In this example Radio A is the input radio and Radio B is the output radio The same value was used for the channel tokens on all channels in this example The channel types on Radio B were set to analog outputs type 2 and the pkts en command was set to 1 Fig 7 T...
Page 12: ... Optional Use set store to save settings to non volatile memory Output radio 1 Set the ch X type to 4 2 Set the ch X token value 3 Set the pkts en command to 1 4 Optional set default starting voltage timeout and output voltage level if desired 5 Optional Use set store to save settings to non volatile memory Wireless Data Collector Fig 8 Wireless Analog Data Collector The other Datawave Wireless Br...
Page 13: ...ADIO WIRELESS BRIDGE USER S MANAUL REV 02 13 Fig 9 Example JSON Packet Output ...
Page 14: ...ld be set shorter than this timeout value if used 0 0 1800000ms ch X token Sets the channel communications token In order for I O line passing channel tokens must match for a specific channel to be set for I O line passing ch 1 ch 2 ch 3 ch 4 Example set ch 1 token 6 0 Not enabled 0 4 million ch X type Sets the IO function type ch 1 ch 2 ch 3 ch 4 0 off 1 Analog input 0 10V 2 Analog output 0 10V 3...
Page 15: ... ver Displays loaded firmware version NA No parameters Fig 10 List of ADIO Wireless Bridge Commands Figure 10 shows a list of commands available to set with the ADIO Wireless Bridge As with other Wireless Bridge devices networking modes can be set by using the commands available on the internal Digi XBee radio module Channel tokens can isolate I O line passing but additional network commands can b...
Page 16: ...followed in order 1 Change the baud rate on the XBee module through the data COM port using AT commands or the X CTU program Write the parameter to non volatile memory 2 Change the Wireless Bridge device baud rate through the information COM port using the set uart rate command Write to non volatile memory using the set store command Example Changing the baud rate from the default 9600 to 115200 b...
Page 17: ...Bee Module The ADIO wireless bridge utilizes the Digi XBee module Consequently all radio settings can be read or set with Digi AT commands or The Digi X CTU software As a general rule the only commands that might need be set are the Networking and Serial Interfacing commands Any I O commands or other features are not used See Digi s website at www digi com and the XBee user manual and discussion f...
Page 18: ...900 MHz for the 09SX variant Part Numbers and Compatibility The RS 485 Wireless Bridge comes with three basic options depending on range requirements The 24LP and 24HP operate at 2 4 GHz and the 09SX operates in the 902 928MHz band Any 24xx device can transmit and receive data from an 24xx RS 232 USB or ADIO Wireless Bridge Likewise for the 09SX families Orderable Part Numbers Description WB ADIO ...
Page 19: ...there is no guarantee that 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 on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation betwee...
