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MHX921 Operating Manual

  

Warranty 

Microhard Systems Inc. warrants that each product will be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of one (1) 
year for its products. The warranty commences on the date the product is shipped by Microhard Systems Inc. Microhard Systems 
Inc.’s sole liability and responsibility under this warranty is to repair or replace any product which is returned to it by the Buyer 
and which Microhard Systems Inc. determines does not conform to the warranty. Product returned to Microhard Systems Inc. for 
warranty service will be shipped to Microhard Systems Inc. at Buyer’s expense and will be returned to Buyer at Microhard 
Systems Inc.’s expense. In no event shall Microhard Systems Inc. be responsible under this warranty for any defect which is 
caused by negligence, misuse or mistreatment of a product or for any unit which has been altered or modified in any way. The 
warranty of replacement shall terminate with the warranty of the product. 

Warranty Disclaims 

Microhard Systems Inc. makes no warranties of any nature of kind, expressed or implied, with respect to the hardware, software, 
and/or products and hereby disclaims any and all such warranties, including but not limited to warranty of non-infringement, 
implied warranties of merchantability for a particular purpose, any interruption or loss of the hardware, software, and/or product, 
any delay in providing the hardware, software, and/or product or correcting any defect in the hardware, software, and/or product, 
or any other warranty. The Purchaser represents and warrants that Microhard Systems Inc. has not made any such warranties to 
the Purchaser or its agents MICROHARD SYSTEMS INC. EXPRESS WARRANTY TO BUYER CONSTITUTES 
MICROHARD SYSTEMS INC. SOLE LIABILITY AND THE BUYER’S SOLE REMEDIES. EXCEPT AS THUS 
PROVIDED, MICROHARD SYSTEMS INC. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING 
ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PROMISE. 

 

MICROHARD SYSTEMS INC. PRODUCTS ARE NOT DESIGNED OR INTENDED TO BE USED IN 
ANY LIFE SUPPORT RELATED DEVICE OR SYSTEM RELATED FUNCTIONS NOR AS PART OF 
ANY OTHER CRITICAL SYSTEM AND ARE GRANTED NO FUNCTIONAL WARRANTY. 

 

Indemnification 

The Purchaser shall indemnify Microhard Systems Inc. and its respective directors, officers, employees, successors 
and assigns including any subsidiaries, related corporations, or affiliates, shall be released and discharged from any 
and all manner of action, causes of action, liability, losses, damages, suits, dues, sums of money, expenses 
(including legal fees), general damages, special damages, including without limitation, claims for personal injuries, 
death or property damage related to the products sold hereunder, costs and demands of every and any kind and 
nature whatsoever at law.  

 

IN NO EVENT WILL MICROHARD SYSTEMS INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, 
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, CATASTROPHIC, PUNITIVE OR OTHER 
DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE CLAIMED TO ARISE IN CONNECTION WITH THE HARDWARE, 
REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY BEHIND SUCH CLAIMS, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR 
UNDER ANY APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR REGULATORY LAWS, RULES, REGULATIONS, 
EXECUTIVE OR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS OR DECLARATIONS OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF 
MICROHARD SYSTEMS INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OR OTHERWISE HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THE 
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND TAKES NO ACTION TO PREVENT OR MINIMIZE SUCH 
DAMAGES. IN THE EVENT THAT REGARDLESS OF THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND HOLD 
HARMLESS PROVISIONS INCLUDED ABOVE MICROHARD SYSTEMS INC. IS SOMEHOW HELD 
LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR INJURY, MICROHARD SYSTEMS INC.'S LIABILITY 
FOR ANYDAMAGES SHALL NOT EXCEED THE PROFIT REALIZED BY MICROHARD SYSTEMS INC. 
ON THE SALE OR PROVISION OF THE HARDWARE TO THE CUSTOMER.

 

Proprietary Rights

 

The Buyer hereby acknowledges that Microhard Systems Inc. has a proprietary interest and intellectual property rights in the 
Hardware, Software and/or Products. The Purchaser shall not (i) remove any copyright, trade secret, trademark or other evidence 
of Microhard Systems Inc.’s ownership or proprietary interest or confidentiality other proprietary notices contained on, or in, the 
Hardware, Software or Products, (ii) reproduce or modify any Hardware, Software or Products or make any copies thereof, (iii) 
reverse assemble, reverse engineer or decompile any Software or copy thereof in whole or in part, (iv) sell, transfer or otherwise 
make available to others the Hardware, Software, or Products or documentation thereof or any copy thereof, except in accordance 
with this Agreement. 

Summary of Contents for MHX921

Page 1: ...ual MHX921 900 MHz Spread Spectrum OEM Transceiver Revision 0 30 April 7 2006 17 2135 32nd Ave N E Calgary Alberta T3K 4Z4 Phone 403 248 0028 Fax 403 248 2762 www microhardcorp com Model MHX921 Microhard Systems Inc ...

Page 2: ...TIONAL WARRANTY Indemnification The Purchaser shall indemnify Microhard Systems Inc and its respective directors officers employees successors and assigns including any subsidiaries related corporations or affiliates shall be released and discharged from any and all manner of action causes of action liability losses damages suits dues sums of money expenses including legal fees general damages spe...

Page 3: ...antennas Antennas not listed in the tables must be tested to comply with FCC Section 15 203 unique antenna connectors and Section 15 247 emissions WARNING MAXIMUM EIRP FCC Regulations allow up to 36 dBm equivalent isotropically radiated power EIRP Therefore the sum of the transmitted power in dBm the cabling loss and the antenna gain cannot exceed 36 dBm WARNING EQUIPMENT LABELING The FCC and IC n...

Page 4: ...Rights ii MHX921 Regulatory Requirements iii CONTENTS IV 2 GENERAL 1 2 0 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1 2 1 OUTPUT POWER LEVEL 2 3 INSTALLATION 4 3 0 OVERVIEW 4 3 1 ESTIMATING THE GAIN MARGIN 4 3 2 ANTENNAS AND CABLING 6 3 2 1 Internal Cabling 6 3 2 2 Installing External Cables Antennas and Lightning Arrestors 7 ...

Page 5: ...ctrum1 this means that it can be used without access fees such as those incurred by cellular airtime a serial I O data port with handshaking and hardware flow control allowing the MHX921 to interface directly to any equipment with an asynchronous serial interface ease of installation and use the MHX921 module uses a subset of standard AT style commands very similar to those used by traditional tel...

Page 6: ...power levels so it is recommended that the lowest power necessary is used using excessive power contributes to unnecessary RF pollution Ideally you should test the communications performance between units starting from a low power level and working upward until the RSSI is sufficiently high and a reliable link is established The conditions will vary widely between applications the output power set...

Page 7: ...MHX921 Operating Manual Chapter2 General 3 ...

Page 8: ...tween a transmitter receiver pair The number can be calculated based on knowledge of the equipment being deployed The following four factors make up a system gain calculation 1 Transmitter power user selectable 2 Transmitter gain transmitting antenna gain minus cabling loss between the transmitting antenna and the MHX921 module 3 Receiver gain Receiving antenna gain minus cabling loss between the ...

Page 9: ...ween system gain and path loss Referring to the same example suppose the path loss is 100 dB the gain margin would be 40 dB which is more than adequate for reliable communication Path loss is a very complicated calculation which mainly depends on the terrain profile and the height of the antennas off the ground The following table provides path loss numbers for varying antenna heights and antenna ...

Page 10: ... procedure for installing cabling and antennas for use with the MHX921 module 3 2 1 Internal Cabling The most common method for installing the module is to run a cable from the module s MCX connector to a reverse TNC bulkhead connector on the chassis of the equipment as shown in Figure 3 This cable can be purchased from Microhard Systems Figure 3 Suggested Internal Cabling Cable losses are negligi...

Page 11: ...stors The most effective protection against lightning is to install two lightning surge arrestors one at the antenna the other one at the interface with the equipment The surge arrestor grounding system should be fully interconnected with the transmission tower and power grounding systems to form a single fully integrated ground circuit Typically both ports on surge arrestors are N female External...

Page 12: ...quipment If the equipment is in a fixed location and is to communicate with only one other unit also in a fixed location then a Yagi antenna is suitable Choose a Yagi with enough gain to ensure adequate gain margin When deploying the Yagi point the antenna towards the intended target ensuring the antenna elements are perpendicular to the ground for vertical polarization In applications where there...

Page 13: ...em to the maximum power setting of 30dBm Example 2 What is the maximum power the MHX921 can be set to comply with FCC and IC given the following equipment given a Yagi Ant Gain 12dBd and cable and connector loss of 4 5 dB Max EIRP 36dBm Max TX power EIRP Ant Gain dBi Cable Connector loss dB Ant Gain dBi Ant Gain dBd 2 15 dB Yagi Gain dBi 12 2 15 14 15dBi Max TX power 36dBm 14 15dB 4 5dB 26 35dBm W...

Page 14: ... Directional Antenna Bluewave RPTNC Pigtail MHS031501 9dBd 900MHz Yagi Directional Antenna Antenex RPTNC Pigtail MHS031441 10dBd 900 MHz Yagi Directional Antenna Bluewave RPTNC Pigtail MHS031451 11dBd 900 MHz Yagi Directional Antenna Bluewave RPTNC Pigtail MHS031401 12dBd 900MHz Yagi Directional Antenna Antenex RPTNC Pigtail MHS031411 12dBd 900MHz Yagi Directional Antenna Bluewave RPTNC Pigtail Om...

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