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P.N.: Book 091

Rev: 3.26

Approved by Shai

Levi

30/04/06

RCI5000™

Radio Communication Interface

Summary of Contents for RCI5000

Page 1: ...Tel 972 4 987 3066 Fax 972 4 987 3692 USA Office KP ELECTRONICS INC Email info kpelectronics com 109 Tudor Drive North Wales PA 19454 Tel 888 542 7460 Fax 215 542 7461 Web Site www kpsystems com P N Book 091 Rev 3 26 Approved by Shai Levi 30 04 06 RCI5000 Radio Communication Interface ...

Page 2: ...nter PRN Setup 18 3 2 4 Channel Setup 18 3 2 4 1 Set Protocol 18 3 2 4 2 Message Filter Setting 19 3 2 4 3 System Address Selectivity Setup 19 3 2 4 4 Account Number Selectivity Setup 19 3 2 4 5 System Address Mask Setting 20 3 2 4 6 Channel Quiet Time Setting 20 3 2 4 7 Channel Busy Time Setting 20 3 3 Setup RCI5000 using GUP5000 General Utility PC software 21 3 3 1 Hardware Connection 21 3 3 2 G...

Page 3: ...LCD View main screen 35 4 2 2 LCD View channel screen 35 5 Software Version Upgrade On Board 36 5 1 Programming Utility 36 5 2 How To Connect CI5000 module MC1 and MC2 programming 36 5 3 How to connect ED5000 module 38 5 4 How To Program 40 5 5 End of programming process 42 5 6 Programming troubleshooting 43 6 Technical Specifications 44 Appendix A 45 GUP5000 installation 45 1 General PC General U...

Page 4: ...5000 General parameters setup window 23 Figure 12 GUP5000 Hardware module selection 24 Figure 13 GUP5000 Module tree selection 24 Figure 14 GUP5000 Parameters programming 24 Figure 15 GUP5000 General Parameters tab 25 Figure 16 GUP5000 Ports Parameters tab 26 Figure 17 GUP5000 Channel Parameters tab 27 Figure 18 RCI5000 to PC hardware connection 37 Figure 19 Jumpers 37 Figure 20 MC1 and MC2 locati...

Page 5: ...in two configurations without radio configuration and with radio configuration Without radio configuration In this configuration the RCI5000 includes an internal encoder decoder ED5000 that receives radio signals from external radio transceiver Converts those radio analog signal to digital and vice versa With radio configuration In this configuration the RCI5000 includes an internal digital transc...

Page 6: ...h Internal Radio IATS5000 Configuration 1 Front Panel 2 12V Battery 3 IATS5000 Transceiver 4 CI5000 Module Figure 2 RCI5000 With Eternal Radio ED5000 Configuration 1 Front Panel 2 12V Battery 3 ED5000 Modules 4 CI5000 Module ...

Page 7: ...5000 Main Components 1 12V DC Power Conn 2 MC1 3 LCD s Contrast 4 LCD Interface 5 Front Panel Interface 6 Channels Interface 7 On Board Program Mode 8 Printer Interface 9 USB Interface 10 RS232 COM Interface 11 MC2 ...

Page 8: ...as two modes of operation local and remote In local mode the RCI5000 operates as a stand alone unit It receives messages from remote stations alerts the operator to each incoming message by sounding a buzzer displays the messages and stores up to 200 messages in its memory stack Messages can be reviewed at a later time in FIFO order In remote mode messages received by the RCI5000 are automatically...

Page 9: ...o unit s port refer to Ports Setup To assure accurate Signal Strength Measurement results three parameters have to be in full matching HW signals between External Radio and RCI5000 must be connect properly Audio gain has to be set to the required level RCI5000 internal measurement tables to match specific External Transceiver type and frequency range While ordering a new RCI5000 unit together with...

Page 10: ...ode LED 7 Confirm Message scan LED 2 1 1 LEDs The LEDs provide basic system status POWER Indicates some system power conditions such as AC fail low battery etc See Section 3 1 for more details FAULT When ON indicates there is a system problem Check System Status on main LCD menu REMOTE COMM When ON indicates that RCI5000 is in REMOTE mode and messages are transmitted to the PC When OFF indicates t...

Page 11: ... the next step ESC Stop any activity initiated by the function keys Dual function keys at operative mode SHIFT 1 Switch to channel 1 screen SHIFT CONF Turn on off confirmation sound mute Dual function keys at setup mode SHIFT 0 Opens a line of alphabetic letters A P where user can select one letter by scroll up down and CONF keys 2 1 3 LCD The LCD has a green background and is composed of four lin...

Page 12: ...ff The following table describes all states AC Batter y Power LED Fault Sound Fail Fail Off Off Fail Low Blinking Red On Fail OK Constant Red On OK Fail OK Low OK OK Constant Green Off Note To avoid Low Battery situation a manual test is required While AC power is connected and working properly unplug manually the AC power cord RCI should continue working with Power Led in a Constant Red light sta...

Page 13: ...o its internal backup battery At startup the RCI5000 retrieves from its memory all required system parameters and initializes some other parameters At startup the RCI5000 checks its status as following Checks number of communication boards connected to its communication channels Checks if PC is connected to determine LOCAL or REMOTE mode Checks power status Checks printer status The RCI5000 can be...

Page 14: ...14 Figure 7 RCI5000 Main Screen Menu The following section will describe in details the menu fields ...

Page 15: ...Windows based application Please refer to Appendix B GUP5000 installation and to following section 3 3 Setup using GUP5000 General Utility PC software for GUP5000 operation 3 2 RCI5000 Parameters and setup using front panel The RCI5000 stores its parameters in its internal memory and keep it without change even in a total unit power fail case Parameters includes 1 General parameters RCI ID Buzzer ...

Page 16: ...es of date and time will be reset to zero 3 2 2 General Setup 3 2 2 1 Set New RCI5000 ID Number RCI5000 ID is a unique number used to distinguish between several RCIs in cases where more then one RCI5000 is connected to PC By default the number is 0 and user can change it from 0 to 12 by following next steps Enter Setup menu using the scroll down up to General Setup and enter to Set New RCI ID The...

Page 17: ... the application see Appendix B It is also possible to turn off or on the port regardless if PC is connected or not If the port is off then system is in local mode By default system is wake up with COM port on Notes COM port support automatic manual remote local mode see Section 3 10 for more details COM protocol support ADEMCO685 Meganet and RAN MAN protocols and will be expanded in the future CO...

Page 18: ...r will then be sent The printer can work in backup mode When printer is set to work in backup mode RCI5000 will send to printer only messages that arrived after it switched to local If for example RCI5000 was in remote and printer in backup and 10 messages were arrived to RCI5000 then RCI5000 switched to local RCI5000 will not send those 10 messages to printer In case where the printer prints with...

Page 19: ... line shows the channel s protocol Third line allows the user to select the system by scrolling up down keys The letters Y N indicate if current system is selected Y or not N User can change setting by pressing CONF key By doing so the letter will blink and by scrolling up down keys user can select other options Notes Double click on CONF key will leave current status as is For new value scroll up...

Page 20: ...r 0 9 3 2 4 6 Channel Quiet Time Setting The channel quiet code enables the operator to identify a deviation from normal radio channel functioning Channel quiet determines the minimum time that the RCI5000 does not receive any message within the time period set by user Whenever a channel quiet event occurs a corresponding message is sent to LCD PC and printer Also when channels retrieves from quie...

Page 21: ...conds time resolution from 0 no monitoring to 60 seconds and by default factory default the channel busy module is disabled 0 Entering this mode is made by entering in main screen to Setup User password Channel Setup Set Ch Busy Time 3 3 Setup RCI5000 using GUP5000 General Utility PC software 3 3 1 Hardware Connection Connect RCI5000 to PC using RCI5000 COM port 9pin D Type connector and PC COM po...

Page 22: ...000 software version info use main window select from top menu HELP About GUP5000 The following window shows software and database versions Figure 10 GUP5000 software and database version information 3 3 3 How to use GUP5000 for RCI5000 parameters setup To setup RCI5000 parameters use the GUP5000 main screen ...

Page 23: ...RAM Sends specific window screen parameters from GUP5000 to RCI RCI5000 PROGRAM SYSTEM Sends all GUP5000 parameters to RCI RCI5000 2 Device identification and software version On top of main window the device name and software version information is displayed beside main window functional title e g CI5000 V3 25 General 3 Tabs entities tree for selecting parameters programming windows Hardware modu...

Page 24: ...Channel 1 parameters store in CI5000 module Channel 1 internal address within the RCI RCI5000 is 1 Figure 13 GUP5000 Module tree selection 4 Parameters programming In each parameters windows relevant parameters can data be enter The data format appears on bottom left of GUP5000 screen Figure 14 GUP5000 Parameters programming 3 3 4 Set and Program parameters Three TABS ara available to program RCI5...

Page 25: ...3 4 1 General parameters Figure 15 GUP5000 General Parameters tab Current date Current time Password RCI ID Buzzer o Buzzer ON o Mute on Messages Two Way Units o Interrogation time o Interrogation time unit ...

Page 26: ...26 3 3 4 2 Ports parameters Figure 16 GUP5000 Ports Parameters tab Printer o Auto LF o Backup o Enable RS232 o Baud rate o On o Protocol USB o On o Protocol ...

Page 27: ...n the user can brows through the buffer To exit this mode press ESC key If buffer is full and another message is received oldest message will be erased and new message will enter FIFO To see current incoming message of switch to it s channel screen 1 If the message was not handled it will be marked as not handled and an envelope icon will be displayed at the end of the message line By pressing CON...

Page 28: ...main menu user can choose between global and individual tests Global test is a combination of all individual tests Individual tests separate the system to sub blocks and the user can test each block separately Automatic test mode is a cyclic task that every few seconds checks some system blocks and if there was a change between current status and previews status the new status will be send to LCD ...

Page 29: ...000 MC2 software version of the CI5000 RCI5000 ID number Date of last changed software By scrolling up down keys user can see those information 3 8 System Status Reports The RCI5000 sends to the peripherals LCD PC and printer some systems statuses and more Every time period about 16 seconds the RCI5000 checks some internal blocks and if there was a change in their status a specific report is then ...

Page 30: ... PC reports are Module Fail Code OK Code PC serial port COM A1 B1 USB A2 B2 Printer A3 B3 Power A6 B6 Channel A8 B8 MC2 C1 Channel monitor busy Dx Channel monitor restore from busy 8x Channel monitor quiet Ex Channel monitor restore from quiet 9x End unit OK 00 End unit not respond AA Notes All internal events that occurred without initiated check will be reported to serial port COM of the PC as a...

Page 31: ...el connector or while using Internal Radio an optional connection of an EXR5000 external device using EXTERNAL RADIO OPTIONAL rear panel connector 3 10 Remote Local Mode Operation Remote Local mode is referring only to COM port Remote mode means that the RCI5000 is connected directly to a PC and all messages are transferred to a PC with dedicated software application On the other hand Local mode m...

Page 32: ...ill try to send it again two additional times and after that if it still does not receive ACK it will store this message in the local buffer and will not exit remote mode RCI5000 will try to send it again when other messages will be transferred successfully If PC needs to be restart when RCI5000 is connected it s strongly recommended to switch RCI5000 to local mode before restarting the PC After P...

Page 33: ... process The RCI5000 is calculating the optimal time for actual interrogation considering the number of interrogated units in Two Way Units Buffer and a constant delay between two interrogation transmissions 3 To set parameters Using Front Panel Setups Password Enter password Channel Setup Setup Channel X use Up Down arrows to select Set Interrog Param Set Time Resolution Optional selection of Min...

Page 34: ...al strength Handle mark En envelope icon that represents an unhandled message Signal strength LCD s line 4 in channel screen display signal strength levels according to data received from the channels The values scale will be between 0 5 to 2µV where 0 5µV is represented by one arrow icon and 16 arrow icons represent 2µV 4 1 Security LARS LARS1 LARS LARS1 Security application works with the LARS p...

Page 35: ...e Line 2 Most of the line is fixed line represents a title except the time Account number system address metering count and received time Line 3 Received message data and unhandled icon envelop Line 4 Current viewed message number and total of unhandled messages from total of received messages Example CH 1 D D M M Y Y H H M M S S A C C S C o u n t T 0 1 30 0 2 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 8 6 M S G 3 1 2 1...

Page 36: ...ruction and after few simple steps his system is upgraded with new version 5 1 Programming Utility The programming utility called Flip is a user friendly software tool that supports the In System Programming ISP of Atmel s Flash C51 Flash microcontrollers through RS232 communication interface in Windows 9x Me 2000 XP environments For more details refer to Atmel s web site http www atmel com 5 2 Ho...

Page 37: ...g MC1 CI5000 module i Connect 9 pin D Type to PC COM port as shown in Figure 18 RCI5000 to PC hardware connection ii Move two jumpers in PROG to right 1 2 to 5 6 and 3 4 to 7 8 as shown in figure 19 Figure 19 Jumpers ...

Page 38: ...v Use FLIP to program MC1 See following section 5 4 Figure 20 MC1 and MC2 location on CI5000 module 5 3 How to connect ED5000 module The accessory cable CAB167 purpose is to program ED5000 module parameters and software updates Cable connection steps 1 Disconnect power supply from the ED5000 module 2 Disconnect the ED5000 module from any cables 3 Connect the cable according to the following drawin...

Page 39: ...connector J1 c Connect RSINT to 10 pins connector through cable CAB110 d Connect power supply 12V 1V to the cable CAB167 red wire to black wire to Please ensure red LED D1 on ED5000 module is ON after connecting power supply 4 ED5000 module is ready to be programmed 5 Use FLIP to program MC1 See following section 5 1 4 ...

Page 40: ...he equipment power supply 2 Open the Flip utility By doing so you will receive the following window 3 Press the chip icon to select the ED2 chip Select the AT89C51ED2 and press OK After doing that you will receive the following window ...

Page 41: ...the communication port and baud rate maximum baud recommended 115 200 After choosing the COM port and baud rate press Connect If everything is OK you will receive the following window Otherwise a timeout error message will be displayed ...

Page 42: ...ogramming process 1 Turn off the equipment power supply 2 For CI5000 module a Move two jumpers in PROG back to left 5 6 to 1 2 and 7 8 to 3 4 See figure 19 above b If MC2 was programmed move MC2 microcontroller back to MC2 socket and place MC1 in its socket See figure 20 above c Disconnect programming cable 3 For ED5000 module a After using the CAB 167 cable reconnect the ED5000 as it was connecte...

Page 43: ...gramming process 1 Fail to establish connection with the serial port Check if the cable is connected between equipment and PC Check that jumpers of PROG connector are where they suppose to be Decrement RS232 baud rate 2 System not working at all Check if steps 5 1 to 5 5 have been done Try to program the microcontroller again ...

Page 44: ...z and 2 0 kHz for 12 5 kHz Operating voltage 10 5 to 14 5 VDC Standby current 250 mA operating in battery backup mode Transmission current 1A max Output impedance 50Ω UHF connector FM Receiver Sensitivity 0 3µV for 12 dB SINAD Selectivity 70 dB at 12 5 kHz Digital Encoder Encoding 32 40 or 64 bit words with BCH Modulation FSK 900 and 1500 Hz 600 Baud TX format Bursts of words with repetitions user...

Page 45: ...igher RAM 128 MB Hard disk 6 GB free space Serial Port RS232 Video Card is not less 8 MB 3 Install GUP5000 The GUP5000 CD is build to operate on the following Microsoft Windows operating systems Windows 2000 Windows XP The GUP5000 CD includes AutoRun function which allows automatic installation process upon entering the CD to the CD drive Please follow the screens and instruction describing the in...

Page 46: ...46 Figure 22 Preparing to install ...

Page 47: ...zard This screen will appear only on the first installation and only if the Microsoft NET 1 1 Framework has not been installed Press Yes to continue After Microsoft NET 1 1 Framework is installed installation will go back to step 2 Install Shield Wizard press Next to continue ...

Page 48: ...on folder press Change select the wanted destination folder and then press Next Press Next again and now wait during automatic installation process Figure 24 destination folder Data Access Components 2 8 As part of installation process wait for process completion Figure 25 Data Access Components ...

Page 49: ...process Figure 26 End of installation process 4 RCI5000 to PC hardware Connection Please see Figure 27 RCI5000 to PC Hardware connection to connect the PC and GUP5000 software to RCI5000 for parameters programming Figure 27 RCI5000 to PC Hardware connection ...

Page 50: ...red on and properly connected to the computer Click Cancel From the main application menu select Tools and Options from the sub menu This will open the Options window From the COM Port list select the Serial port to which RCI5000 is connected Click OK to save the configuration Figure 28 Options The simplest way to recheck communication is to close GUP5000 and reopen it for it to try communicating ...

Page 51: ...system 1 and account 1405 belonging to alarm zone 2 A2 entering to receiver 10 in channel 2 will be displayed as following Hex Value A 43 31 20 31 34 30 35 20 41 32 D Name LF 10 1 B 1 Spc 1 4 0 5 Spc A 2 CR Note that channels 1 to 4 are represented as 0 to 3 respectively When the RCI5000 does not have any message to transmit to the computer for a time period exceeding 20sec it sends an automatic N...

Page 52: ... and count 12345 will be displayed as following Hex Value 2 44 43 31 31 31 34 30 35 30 30 32 42 43 35 3 X X A D Name STX D C 1 1 1405 11205 ETX CHK SUM LF CR RAN MAN Format and Protocol Char 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 Hex 2 44 54 A A A A S H H 3 CS A D Name STX D T Account Number Sys Data ETX CHK SUM LF CR Sys System address from 0 to 7 Account Number Decimal number from 0 to 8191 in LARS1 D...

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