XStream-PKG-R™ RS-232/485 RF Modem – Product Manual v5.x00
4 .2 . Pr ogr a m m in g Ex a m ple s
For inform at ion about ent er ing and ex it ing AT and Binar y Com m and Modes, r efer t o t he
Com m and Mode sect ion ( p19) .
4 .2 .1 . AT Com m a n d s
Digi has pr ov ided XCTU soft war e for pr ogr am m ing t he m odem using an ex t ensiv e list of AT
Com m ands. The XCTU softw are pr ov ides an int er face t hat is div ided int o four t abs t hat facilit at e
t he follow ing funct ions:
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PC Set t ings t ab - Set up PC ser ial por t to int erface w it h an XSt r eam RF Modem
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Range Test t ab – Test XSt r eam RF Modem 's r ange in v ary ing env ir onm ent s
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Ter m inal t ab – Configure and r ead XSt r eam RF Modem par am et er s using AT Com m ands
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Modem Configur at ion t ab – Configure and r ead RF Modem par am et er s
To in st a ll t h e XCTU Soft w a r e :
Nav igat e to:
w w w .digi.com / suppor t /
. Then select “ XCTU” under t he product list . Select the
appropr iat e dr iver t o inst all t he XCTU soft w are.
PC Se t t ings Ta b
As st at ed in t he Ser ial Com m unicat ions sect ion; in order t o com m unicat e dat a to t he RF m odem
t hr ough t he PC, baud ( ser ial dat a r at e) , dat a bit , par it y and st op bit set t ings on t he PC serial por t
m ust m at ch t hose of t he RF m odem . The PC Set t ings t ab prov ides a soft w ar e user int erface t hat
facilit at es t he m odificat ion of PC ser ial por t set t ings.
PC Se t u p
1.
Set t he DI P Sw it ch t o RS- 232 m ode. Sw it ch 1 is ON ( up) and t he r em aining 5 sw it ches are
OFF ( dow n) .
2.
Connect t he m ale DB- 9 connect or of t he PC w it h t he fem ale DB- 9 connector of t he RF
m odem using an RS- 232 cable.
3.
Pow er t he RF m odem t hr ough t he power connect or .
4.
Launch XCTU Soft w ar e and select t he PC Set t ings t ab; t hen select par am et er v alues fr om t he
dropdow n list s t hat m at ch t he curr ent par am et er v alues of the RF m odem . ( Refer t o
Table 3.1 on for m or e infor m at ion.)
Figure 4.2.
RF Modem Configurations through a Serial Cable
Te r m ina l Ta b
A t er m inal progr am has been built int o t he XCTU softw ar e and is locat ed under t he Term inal t ab.
The Ter m inal t ab pr ov ides an easy - t o- use int er face for pr ogr am m ing t he m odem .
M u lt iple AT Com m a n ds.
Mult iple AT com m ands can be ent er ed on one line w it h one carriage
r et ur n at t he end of t he line. Each com m and m ust be delim it ed by a com m a ( spaces in bet w een
ar e opt ional) . The “ AT” pr efix is only sent befor e t he fir st com m and and should not be included
w it h subsequent com m ands in a line.
Syst e m Re spon se .
When a com m and is sent t o t he m odem , t he m odem w ill par se and ex ecut e
t he com m and. Upon successful ex ecut ion of a com m and, the m odem ret ur ns an “ OK” m essage. I f
ex ecut ion of a com m and r esult s in an er ror , t he m odem r etur ns an “ ERROR” m essage.
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