9XTend
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PKG
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E™
Ethernet
RF
Modem
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Product
Manual
v2.x4x
[2007.01.04]
©
2007
MaxStream,
Inc.,
Confidential
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Proprietary
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9XTend
Ethernet
RF
Modem
The 9XTend RF Modem affords OEMs and int egrat ors an easy- t o- use RF
solut ion t hat sust ains reliable delivery of dat a bet w een rem ot e devices.
Out - of- box, t he m odem is configured t o im m ediat ely sust ain long range
wireless links bet ween devices. Sim ply feed serial dat a int o one m odem
t hen t he dat a w ill surface on t he ot her end of t he w ireless link. The
m odem t ransfers a st andard asynchronous serial dat a st ream bet w een devices.
1 .1 . Ke y Fe a t u r e s
Lon g Ra n ge D a t a I n t e gr it y
1 W a t t Pow e r Out pu t
( variable 1m W - 1W)
Range ( @9,600 bps t hr oughput dat a rat e) :
• I ndoor/ Urban:
u p t o 3 0 0 0 ’
( 900 m )
• Out door RF line- of- sight :
up t o 1 4 m ile s
( 22 km ) w / dipole ant enna
• Out door RF line- of- sight :
up t o 4 0 m ile s
( 64 km ) w / high- gain ant enna
Range ( @115,200 bps t hroughput dat a rat e) :
• I ndoor/ Urban:
u p t o 1 5 0 0 ’
( 450 m )
• Out door RF line- of- sight :
up t o 7 m ile s
( 11 km ) w / dipole ant enna
• Out door RF line- of- sight :
up t o 2 0 m ile s
( 32 km ) w / high- gain ant enna
Cont inuous RF dat a st ream up t o
1 1 5 ,2 0 0 bps
Receiver Sensit ivit y:
- 1 1 0 dBm
( @ 9600 baud) ,
–
1 0 0 dBm
( @ 115200 baud)
Adv a n ce d N e t w or k in g & Se cu r it y
True Peer- t o- Peer ( no Mast er device required) ,
Point - t o- Point , Point - t o- Mult ipoint & Mult idrop
Ret ries and Acknow ledgem ent s
FHSS ( Frequency Hopping Spread Spect rum )
10 hopping channels, each w it h over 65,000
unique net w ork addresses available
2 5 6 - bit AES En cr y pt ion
( AES algor it hm is FI PS- 197 cer t ified)
Low Pow e r
7 - 28 V Supply Volt age
Serial Port and Cyclic
soft ware sleep m odes support ed
Ea sy- t o- Use
No configurat ion necessary for out - of box
RF com m unicat ions
Free X- CTU Soft ware
( Test ing and configurat ion soft war e)
RF Modem s easily configured using
st andard AT & binary com m ands
Transparent Operat ion
( Wireless links replace serial w ires)
API Operat ion
( Fram e- based com m unicat ions)
Port able
( sm all form - fact or easily designed int o
a wide range of dat a syst em s)
Soft ware- select able I / O int erfacing rat es
Mult iple dat a form at s support ed
( parit y, st art and st op bit s, et c.)
XI I ™ I nt erference I m m unit y
No Mast er/ Slave set up dependencies
Fr e e & Un lim it e d Te chn ica l Su ppor t
1 .1 .1 . W or ldw ide Acce pt a n ce
FCC Appr ove d
( USA) Refer t o Appendix A [ p56] for FCC Requirem ent s.
Syst em s t hat include XTend RF Modem s inherit MaxSt ream ’s Cert ificat ions.
I SM
( I ndust r ial, Scient ific & Medical) license- fr ee 902- 928 MHz fr equency band
Manufact ured under
I SO 9 0 0 1 :2 0 0 0
regist ered st andards
ESD ( Ele ct r ost a t ic D isch a r ge ) im m u n it y
- ESD- har dened and I EC1000- 4- 2 ( Level 4) t est ed
9XTend RF Modem s are opt im ized for use in t he
US
,
Ca n a da
,
Au st r a lia a n d I sr a e l
