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FOX3 Series

Hardware Manual

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FOX3-2G Series

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FOX3-3G Series

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FOX3-4G Series

Part Number PMD-00020

Revision A October 2019

Summary of Contents for FOX3 Series

Page 1: ...FOX3 Series Hardware Manual FOX3 2G Series FOX3 3G Series FOX3 4G Series Part Number PMD 00020 Revision A October 2019...

Page 2: ...nter Drive Suite 100 Irvine CA 92618 USA Toll Free 800 526 8766 Phone 949 453 3990 Fax 949 453 3995 Technical Support Online www lantronix com support Sales Offices For a current list of our domestic...

Page 3: ...ARRANTY INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SEE THE APPLICABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION You may request a list of the open source...

Page 4: ...provides a full galvanic isolation See chapter 7 7 Audio Interface 26 06 2017 2 2 2 Added FOX3 4G NA Added a note when using digital outputs of the IOBOX MINI and IOBOX CAN see tables in chapter 7 5 2...

Page 5: ...ery 16 3 11 3 Safety precautions when replacing the battery 16 3 12 Non ionizing radiation 16 4 Safety Standards 17 5 Technical Data 18 5 1 Product features 18 5 1 1 Power consumption for FOX3 2G 3G 4...

Page 6: ...Setting up a USB connection for FOX3 2G 3G 4G 38 7 5 1 1 Installing the CDC driver files for FOX3 2G 3G 4G 38 7 5 2 IOBOX MINI CAN WLAN accessory devices for FOX3 2G 3G 4G 41 7 5 2 1 Connecting IOBOX...

Page 7: ...nology 1 1 General We are using state of the art technology to develop unique and low cost devices for managing assets and vehicle tracking more effectively than current systems on the market today FO...

Page 8: ...hibited locations parking area and more with exception reporting to a wide variety of events such as arrivals departures deliveries pick ups illegal entries unauthorized movement etc are also implemen...

Page 9: ...Series Device model GSM Core GNSS Core Serial 0 Serial 1 1 Wire USB Int Ext Antenna Audio Bluetoot h Low Energy FOX3 2G Std 2G GPS GLONAS Galileo BeiDou FOX3 2G LITE 2G FOX3 3G Std 3G 2G FOX3 3G LITE...

Page 10: ...es consist of the following major components as shown below Architecture Integrates Quad Band GSM GPRS module or 3G module GNSS receiver GPS GALILEO GLONASS GLONASS needs to be activated ARM7 processo...

Page 11: ...G block diagram 1 6 Related documents In addition to this document the following files comprise the full set of FOX3 2G 3G 4G product manuals and application notes NR PDF file name Description 1 AVL_P...

Page 12: ...information of how to upgrade an AVL device firmware remotely over the air 12 AppNote_Connecting_Barcode_Scanner pdf This document contains information of how to connect a bar code scanner to an AVL d...

Page 13: ...cation and any results like damaging or losses on non working 4 We are not responsible for and disclaims all warranties of any kind with respect to third party products and is also not responsible for...

Page 14: ...ecific SIM cards and is not liable for the fact that the devices are usable with all available SIM cards The seller is also not liable for any other costs that are needed for the application of the cu...

Page 15: ...osive atmosphere are often but not always clearly marked They include fueling areas such as petrol stations below decks on boats fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities and areas where the air...

Page 16: ...perature is outside of this range 3 11 2 Safety precautions while discharging Li Ion battery The temperature range over which the battery can be discharged is 20 C to 60 C Use of the battery outside o...

Page 17: ...dards FOX3 2G 3G 4G meet the safety standards for RF receivers and the standards and recommendations for the protection of public exposure to RF electromagnetic energy established by government bodies...

Page 18: ...ut or output 1 x Ignition pin software controlled feature 1 x Power supply software controlled feature 1 x Serial port Rx Tx Baud rate is controlled by firmware 4800 115200 bps default 115200 bps 8 da...

Page 19: ...nd 8 I O Casing Fully shielded Air humidity 5 up to 95 non condensing Directive RoHS compliant RoHS Directive 2002 95 EC Firmware Embedded TCP IP stack including TCP IP SMTP and UDP protocols Accessib...

Page 20: ...12 VDC All measurements have been performed with Tamb 23 C VIN 24 V DC FOX3 DCS 1800 MHz Power Level 10 Cell Power 75dBm FOX3 3G UMTS 2100 Mhz Modes Average power consumption 24 V Comments FOX3 2G FO...

Page 21: ...FOX3 2G 3G 4G 5 1 3 GSM GPRS engine features GSM GPRS core Device Supported frequencies LTE UMTS GSM GPRS Category Bands Bands Slot class Band FOX3 10 850 900 1800 190 0 FOX3 3G 1 2 5 8 19 10 850 900...

Page 22: ...1 sec Cold starts 26 sec Sensitivity Tracking 161 dBm Cold start 148 dBm Operational limits Velocity 500 m s 972 knots Altitude 50 000 m Max update rate 1 Hz A GPS support AGPS Online Offline Autonomo...

Page 23: ...d in the GPS position solution and DOP values GPVTG It contains the number of GPS satellites in view satellite ID numbers elevation azimuth and SNR values GPGSV It contains the number of GPS satellite...

Page 24: ...recommended to protect the input voltage by and external 2A fuse between the device and d c power source see Fig 15 GND 0 V Ground should be isolated from the vehicle grounds when the device is going...

Page 25: ...ered the device responds error ring shutdown aborted due to bad GSM coverage and the power saving does not take place NOTE Related to the battery powered devices only When activating any sleep mode ma...

Page 26: ...indicators free programmable using PFAL commands to show the device current state Mounting Holes 4 x mounting holes for attaching the device to a suitable location use M4x20 self tapping or machine s...

Page 27: ...gnal See also chapter 7 1 3 4 HIGH 10 8 32 0 V DC LOW 0V 4 I O1 Input Output Software configurable pins Each pin has dual functions as analog or digital Each digital pin can individually be set either...

Page 28: ...be inputs or outputs while the analog pins can only be inputs Their function is controlled by the command PFAL IO0 1 2 Config For example if you want to use I O1 as an analog pin and the I O2 and I O3...

Page 29: ...o a temperature sensor a NTC resistor for instance In the diagram below is used a fixed resistor from the input voltage to the I O2 and a variable resistor Negative Temperature Coefficient whose resis...

Page 30: ...onnection example when using it as digital input A completed circuit example for all inputs is attached in section 9 1 1 7 1 3 3 How to use I O pins 4 5 6 as digital outputs FOX3 2G 3G 4G devices supp...

Page 31: ...store the trip START and STOP by using the events IO e8 redge and IO e8 fedge respectively IGN sleep mode is one of the eight supported energy saving modes of the device operation in which all unnece...

Page 32: ...l supported variable baud rates are software controlled It is recommended to use the FOX3 2G 3G 4G Evalboard in order to communicate with the FOX3 2G 3G 4G devices since you will find there all you ne...

Page 33: ...ort receive data for direct connection to the host PC configuration evaluation firmware If not used leave it open V24 12 V 4 TxA_1 Output Serial Port 1 Serial port transmit data for direct connection...

Page 34: ...eter etc are slave devices FOX3 2G 3G 4G communicate with temperature and iButton devices via 1 Wire protocol developed by Dallas Semiconductor sending and receiving signals over a single data line pl...

Page 35: ...llows your device to access the mobile network To insert the SIM card into the FOX3 2G 3G 4G SIM holder follow the steps below 1 Remove the power supply and any other connections from the device Turn...

Page 36: ...he Workbench software open a COM Port 1 a Terminal 2 and an Editor 3 then select the COM port 4 and port settings 115200 bps 8 Data bits No Parity bit 1 Stop bit None Flow control 4 Next click on the...

Page 37: ...df Figure 16 View of LED indicators To turn on one of these LEDs use the following command PFAL IO11 Set high 11 LED Orange PFAL IO12 Set hpulse 2000 12 LED Green PFAL IO13 Set cyclic 2000 1000 13 LED...

Page 38: ...To setup a USB connection with FOX3 2G 3G 4G do the following steps 1 Download the USB driver from the Lantronix website FOX3_CDC_driver zip 2 Connect the FOX3 2G 3G 4G to a free USB port on your PC v...

Page 39: ...navigate to the folder where you extracted the contents of the Zip driver file Please note that a double manual driver installation is required In the ZIP file of the FOX3 2G 3G 4G USB driver you can...

Page 40: ...Figure 21 Search for the assigned serial port number 7 After installation is complete you can delete the files you downloaded Windows will reuse the installed driver information for any future FOX3 2...

Page 41: ...OBOX CAN to it as shown in steps 4 and 5 4 Hold pressed the front of the IOBOX MINI or IOBOX CAN or IOBOX WLAN as shown in step 6 and place the lower case on to the upper case of the device Insert car...

Page 42: ...DC 16 IN4 I Digital input 0 32 0 V DC V IN IN It is strongly recommended to connect a separate flyback diode across the high inductive loads e g relay For details refer to the connection diagram shown...

Page 43: ...alogue 10 bit resolution Digital 0 V DC 52 0 V DC 7 OUT2 O Open collector output Output 100 mA max 0 32 0V DC 8 IN4 I Digital Analogue input Analogue 10 bit resolution Digital 0 V DC 52 0 V DC 9 OUT3...

Page 44: ...teners can be Hexagon head with collar self drilling screws DIN 7504 K ST3 5 x 32 12 mm and different length There are no screws included in the delivery pack More detailed information how to install...

Page 45: ...om the FOX3 or FOX3 3G devices Press down the latches on the antenna connectors and then pull the antennas Do not mount the antenna visible on the dashboard but mount it in a location underneath the d...

Page 46: ...es Microphone The microphone should be a electret condenser microphone 2 2 k Speaker The speaker should be a passive headset with 8O ohm or an active speaker with symmetric balanced input Asymmetric n...

Page 47: ...Housing FOX3 2G 3G 4G Series Hardware Manual 47 8 Housing Figure 28 FOX3 2G 3G 4G housing...

Page 48: ...round pins To avoid ground loops and second grounds isolate all grounded pins of the FOX3 2G 3G 4G from the vehicle body Do not connect power from a different system to the FOX3 2G 3G 4G The outputs o...

Page 49: ...separate manual called AVL_PFAL_Configuration_Command_Set pdf which is accessible online on our website under the password protected area 9 3 GPRS Coding scheme Coding scheme 1 Timeslot 2 Timeslots 4...

Page 50: ...n experienced radio TV technician for help 10 1 1 FCC Caution Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equ...

Page 51: ...ility of exceeding the ISED radio frequency exposure limits human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm 8 inches during normal operation Cet appareil est conforme aux limites d expositi...

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