Raveon RV-M80-EA2, Technical Manual

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Company Confidential 2
Raveon Technologies Corp.
Table of Contents
1. General Information about the RV-M8-EA2 ................................................... 3
1.1. Congratulations! ............................................................................................................................. 3
1.2. NOTICE ......................................................................................................................................... 3
1.3. Safety / Warning Information ......................................................................................................... 3
1.4. Part 15 Note: .................................................................................................................................. 4
2. Overview ....................................................................................................... 5
2.1. Features......................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2. Firmware Updating ........................................................................................................................ 6
2.3. General .......................................................................................................................................... 7
2.4. Transmitter Specifications (RV-M80-EA2-xx) ................................................................................ 7
2.5. Receiver Specifications ................................................................................................................. 7
2.6. Interface Specifications .................................................................................................................. 8
3. Electrical Inputs and Outputs ......................................................................... 9
3.1. RS-232/EIA232 Serial I/O Connector ............................................................................................ 9
3.2. GPS (-GX option) ......................................................................................................................... 10
4. User Serial Port Commands ........................................................................ 11
4.1. Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 11
4.2. Command Mode .......................................................................................................................... 11
4.3. Setting a Parameter ..................................................................................................................... 12
4.4. Reading a Parameter ................................................................................................................... 12
4.5. CONFIG Button ........................................................................................................................... 12
4.6. Exiting the Command Mode......................................................................................................... 13
5. Command Mode Commands ....................................................................... 14
5.1. General Common Commands ..................................................................................................... 14
5.2. Data Modem Mode Related Commands ...................................................................................... 16
5.3. DART Related Commands .......................................................................................................... 16
5.4. GPS Related Commands............................................................................................................. 17
5.5. Diagnostic Related Commands ................................................................................................... 17
5.6. Factory Default Settings............................................................................................................... 17
(DART Data Transceiver) .................................................................................................................... 17
6. Programming Channels and Frequencies ................................................... 18
6.1. Initializing a new RV-M80-EA2 to factory defaults ....................................................................... 19
7. Data Transmission ....................................................................................... 19
Serial Port Baud Rate .......................................................................................................................... 19
8. Debug Related Commands ......................................................................... 19
9. Diagnostic Provisions .................................................................................. 21
9.1. Overview of Diagnostics .............................................................................................................. 21
9.2. Reading the Diagnostic Information ............................................................................................. 21
9.3. Status and Statistics Command ................................................................................................... 21
10. Tune-up and Alignment ............................................................................ 22
10.1. Periodic Calibration ...................................................................................................................... 22
10.2. Calibration Commands ................................................................................................................ 22
10.3. Center Frequency ........................................................................................................................ 23
10.4. TX Deviation ................................................................................................................................ 23
10.5. TX Modulation Balance ................................................................................................................ 23
11. Mechanical ................................................................................................ 25
11.1. DC Input....................................................................................................................................... 25