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HN-2010 

Antenna Connectors 

The external antenna connectors are located on the front panel and are female TNC 
connectors

. 

See the illustration below. 

 

Proper placement of the external antenna is important since two modems inside the 
HN-2010 will be operating simultaneously. Be sure to physically separate the 
antennas from each other because the output transmission of one side of the repeater 
may interfere with the reception of the other. Use a remote cable between the repeater 
and each antenna, and space the antennas at least 2 meters apart. 

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 2000- 2004 Cirronet

™

 Inc 

9 

M-2410-0011 Rev B 

Summary of Contents for HN-2010

Page 1: ...HN 2010 Repeater User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...e same information Any other mode of operation using this antenna is forbidden Notice to users installers using the following fixed antennas with Cirronet RF products Andrews 24dBi parabolic dish Andrews 18dBi parabolic dish Cushcraft 15dBi Yagi Mobile Mark 14dBi Corner Reflector Mobile Mark 9dBi Corner Reflector The field strength radiated by any one of these antennas when connected to Cirronet R...

Page 3: ...on States Norway Switzerland Use of the WIT2410 in France When used in France the WIT2410 can only be operated with the France hopping pattern selected This is accomplished by setting the pe parameter to 1 Refer to European Union Settings in this manual for details Canadian Department of Communications Industry Canada IC Notice Canadian Department of Communications Industry Canada IC Notice This a...

Page 4: ...enna Connectors 6 Conxall Power Connector 6 DB 9 Connector 7 Three Way Switch 7 LED Status 8 Power 8 Antenna Connectors 9 Configuring the Repeater 10 Technical Specifications 11 General 11 Mechanical 12 Environmental 12 Configuring the Network 13 Overview 13 Introduction 13 Five Command Types 13 WinCOM 14 Starting the program 16 Function Keys 19 WinCom Tools 20 Script Commands 22 Demonstration Pro...

Page 5: ...ode 35 Read Factory Serial Number High Middle and Low Bytes 36 Set Duty Cycle 36 Enable Low Power Acquisition Mode 36 Memory Commands 37 Recall Factory Defaults 37 Recall Memory 37 Store Memory 37 Modem Command Summary 38 Guidelines for Installation 39 Guidelines for Placing the Repeater 39 Typical HopNet Applications 40 Introduction 40 Point to Multipoint 40 Troubleshooting 41 Overview 41 Introdu...

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Page 7: ... enclosures compliant with IP 66 and NEMA 4X standards for outdoor and harsh industrial environments All Hopnet products work with each other and can be mixed and matched in a single network All HopNet Products are WIT2410 compatible and can be used with the WIT2410 OEM based products as well as with the SNAP2410 10Base T access point The HopNet family consists of the following products External A...

Page 8: ...y Support digital addressing for up to 64 networks with 62 remotes per network Use transparent ARQ protocol Use same hardware for all supported data rates Supports up to 230 Kbps asynchronous data rates Full Duplex Stores setup configuration in nonvolatile memory FLASH Provide fast acquisition less than 2 seconds is the typical time to acquire hopping pattern Use smart power management features 20...

Page 9: ...ata Communications Equipment A device that receives data in the form of digital signals at its input The modem side of a computer to modem connection DCD Data Carrier Detect DTE Data Terminal Equipment A device that provides data in the form of digital signals at its output The computer side of a computer to modem connection EIRP Effective Isotropic Radiated Power ISM Industrial Scientific or Medi...

Page 10: ...fade resistant HopNet frequency hopping technology employs up to 75 channels and switches channels over 100 times a second to achieve high reliability throughput HopNet Data Integrity An on board 3 KB buffer and error correcting over the air protocol ensure data integrity even in the presence of weak signals or jammers The serial interface handles both data and control of asynchronous data rates o...

Page 11: ...ntroduce a small amount of transmission delay However as a dual modem repeater the HN 2010 does not halve the data throughput which is common in store n forward repeaters Design Features The HopNet Repeater consists of the following Two modems One for communicating with out of range units The other re transmits to the base A backup battery supply with built in charging circuitry All components of ...

Page 12: ...rs are standard female TNC These ports connect to the output of each internal modem You can attach remote antenna cables to these connectors Conxall Power Connector The Conxall power connector is waterproof and specifically engineered for industrial use This connector supplies 9 VDC nominal operating power to the HN 2010 Repeater The view below is looking at the connector on the front of the HN 20...

Page 13: ... illustration below Use this switch to select one of three functions for the repeater Remote configuration Base configuration Repeater operation normal setting When you select Base or Remote configuration mode you can program either side of the repeater through the DB 9 connector When you select repeater mode the RX and TX data lines between the modems are tied together so that data is passed back...

Page 14: ...tion of the repeater depends on the radio operating mode and the state of battery charge but is typically 330 mA Battery backup is provided to maintain power during outages Approximate operating time from this battery is 2 hours A trickle charge is maintained on the battery whenever the unit is externally powered Sealed lead acid cells are used in the repeater because of their long term reliabilit...

Page 15: ... important since two modems inside the HN 2010 will be operating simultaneously Be sure to physically separate the antennas from each other because the output transmission of one side of the repeater may interfere with the reception of the other Use a remote cable between the repeater and each antenna and space the antennas at least 2 meters apart 2000 2004 Cirronet Inc 9 M 2410 0011 Rev B ...

Page 16: ...a remote unit Refer to Configuring the Network for details 7 Flip the 3 way switch to the Base position and configure the other modem as a base unit Be sure the red LED is on Refer to Configuring the Network for details 8 Once both modems have been configured correctly for repeater mode set the 3 way switch back to repeater function and the unit should be ready to operate in repeater mode 9 Verify...

Page 17: ...reater than 5 miles with 9 dB omni per leg of repeater Frequency Band 2401 2475 MHz USA 2448 2478 MHz France 2448 2473 MHz Spain 2473 2495 MHz Japan 2452 2478 MHz Canada Approvals US FCC Part 15 203 European Community ETS 300 328 Compliance CE Mark Receiver Sensitivity 93 dBm Configuration Interface RS 232 Power Supply not included 7 5 24VDC Operating Can be purchased from Cirronet Part HNACPS Sup...

Page 18: ... Weight 3 5 lb 1588 g RF Connectors TNC RF Jacks Data Connector 9 pin D Sub type receptacle Repeater power connector Conxall model number 1728822PG 300 Mating power connector Conxall model number 16282 2SG3XX Environmental Value Temperature Range 30 to 70 degrees C Humidity 95 at 40 degrees C Non condensing 2000 2004 Cirronet Inc 12 M 2410 0011 Rev B ...

Page 19: ...95 98 NT 2000 XP This chapter provides the information you need to configure your network The HN 2010 is shipped from the factory initially configured as a remote with a 9600k baud rate Five Command Types The WinCom24 software enables you to configure five types of commands Serial Interface Commands Network Commands Protocol Commands Status Commands Memory Commands 2000 2004 Cirronet Inc 13 M 2410...

Page 20: ...OM is located on the Manuals and Software CD included in the developer s kit Install WinCOM by navigating to the Software Tools directory on the Manuals and Software CD and double click on wincom2 1 exe follow the installation wizard Once it has installed open WinCOM by double clicking on the WinCOM icon on the desktop 2000 2004 Cirronet Inc 14 M 2410 0011 Rev B ...

Page 21: ... All perform the familiar Windows functionality in typical fashion The Options menu contains the selections Show Comm Errors which lists any errors encountered in the PC UART Check Comm Ports on Bootup tells WinCom to verify each available port and lists them as such in the Com Port drop down field See the section entitled WinCom Tools for an explanation of this drop down The Help menu displays th...

Page 22: ...s disabled via the Banner Display Disable command zb0 The COM port and baud rate can be changed using the drop down menus on the bottom right All the available COM ports will be listed in the menu but will have OK or N A designated If another program that uses a COM port is open that COM port will not be available for use by WinCOM The boxes on the lower right of the WinCOM window provide the stat...

Page 23: ...wn above Until the command to save the parameters m is issued the new parameters will only be valid until power is cycled or DTR is toggled by pressing the F1 key twice New parameter values that have been issued are saved to non volatile memory using the m command Refer to the Memory Commands section for details on this and other helpful memory commands To exit configuration mode from the WinCom s...

Page 24: ...nding to 0xd value of the carriage return will be displayed Similarly if the Hex Mode box is checked all characters are displayed in hexadecimal format The Clear Screen button deletes all the text in the display window The Clear CTS and Clear DCD buttons reset the respective changes counters to zero After naming the file and clicking on OK the Capture Data window opens and shows the amount of data...

Page 25: ...ng F6 Toggles stream mode Causes WinCOM to transmit a repeating pattern of characters Useful for testing F8 Toggles binary mode Displays extended ASCII and control characters Useful for testing PgUp Sets data rate of PC serial port to next higher value Value is displayed in status line Useful when WinCOM is used to change the WIT2450 interface data rate WinCOM can communicate at new data rate with...

Page 26: ... the state of CTS and transmit data When WinCOM s transmit mode is used data is sent continuously until the user stops it by clicking on Stop or pressing F6 If the second tool Single Transmit is checked clicking the Transmit button will send the Transmit String a single time There is no need to click Stop Clicking on the Transmit button a second time will have the string transmitted a second time ...

Page 27: ...ilder is an easy way to test the multipoint addressing mode of the WIT241x radio Since the WIT241x operates in a star configuration in multipoint mode only the base radio needs to address data to specific remotes All remotes send data back to the base and do not need to address the data to the base To send a packet of data to a specific remote in a multipoint network enter the handle of the desire...

Page 28: ...have wait periods between them The list of commands and their definitions is below Script Commands cp arg Selects the COM port to use br arg Selects the baud rate to use do Asserts DTR df De asserts DTR ro Asserts RTS rf De asserts RTS cm Sends configuration escape sequence oo Obey CTS RTS of Do not obey CTS RTS sc cmd arg Send WIT910 format configuration command wt arg Pause for arg milliseconds ...

Page 29: ...rs that have been changed from factory default Note that this script file leaves the radio in config mode Cycling power or toggling DTR will return the radio to data mode WinCOM prompts you to select the desired wcr file Opening the script file causes it to executed immediately The seventh tool allows the loading of a data file for transmission Navigate to a file then click Open and the file is tr...

Page 30: ...HN 2010 Finally the eighth tool is Save to File which launches a Save As dialog that allows any data received to be loaded into a file 2000 2004 Cirronet Inc 24 M 2410 0011 Rev B ...

Page 31: ...DCD signal 4 Access modem control mode for each unit To access modem control mode use the F1 key to toggle DTR to 0 and back to 1 and then press the F3 key which sends the wit2400 escape sequence If you are not using COM24 simply turn the radio off and back on and then type wit2400 must be lower case no backspace characters The transceiver should echo back to indicate that you have entered modem c...

Page 32: ...s which set a parameter also have a option which causes the modem to respond with the current parameter setting e g wn Each modem command must be followed by either a carriage return or a line feed Serial Commands These commands affect the serial interface between the modem and the host The default settings are 9600 bps and protocol mode 0 Command Description sd 00 FF Set Data Rate Divisor Data Ra...

Page 33: ...integer values down Set Protocol Mode Enables the base station to operate in a multipoint network Depending on the user application more or less acknowledgment may be desired by the application Remotes can operate in transparent mode even though the base station is operating in one of the nontransparent modes When using a protocol mode make sure to count in packet overhead when calculating network...

Page 34: ...s roaming mode wn 0 3f Set Hopping Pattern Network Number 0 default wp 0 1 Set Transmit Power 0 10mW 1 100mW default wr Read Receive Signal Strength remote only wu 0 1 Set Point to Point Direct Mode dx 0 FF remote only Set Range optimization 0 default Set Transceiver Mode Sets modem operation as either base station or remote Default is remote Set Default Handle This handle will override the automa...

Page 35: ...hey would be on different frequencies Set Transmit Power The HopNet has two preset transmit power levels 10mW 10dBm and 100mW 20dBm Control of the transmit power is provided through this command Default is 100mW Read Receive Signal Strength Indicator RSSI This command reports the relative signal strength averaged over the last 10 hops This command returns a one byte value that is proportional to r...

Page 36: ...dx 1 33km 0 17km x dx The following table presents various values of dx and the associated optimal and max ranges dx setting range min optimal max 00H 0mi 0km 0 1mi 0 2km 0 8mi 1 3km 01H 0mi 0km 0 2mi 0 3km 0 9mi 1 5km 04H 0mi 0km 0 5mi 0 8km 1 2 mi 2 0km 06H 0 1mi 0 2km 0 7mi 1 2km 1 4mi 2 3km 09H 0 4mi 0 7km 1 0mi 1 6km 1 8 mi 3 0km 13H 1 4mi 2 3km 2 0mi 3 3km 2 8mi 4 7km 31H 4 4mi 7 3km 5 0mi 8...

Page 37: ... default pl Get Maximum Data Length D4 default 212 bytes pn 01 3e base only Set Maximum Number of Remotes 3e default 62 remotes pr 00 ff Set Packet Attempts Limit 10H default FFH Infinite retry RF flow control point to point nly o pt 00 ff Set Data Transmit Delay 00H default pv 0 1 base only Set Slot Assignment Mode 0 default dynamic slot assignment 1 static slot assignment pw 00 34 base only Set ...

Page 38: ... can be reduced if this value is also programmed into the remotes which use it as a starting value when scanning for the base Set Minimum Data Length This sets the minimum threshold number of bytes required to form a packet in transparent mode The radio will wait until the data transmit delay elapses before sending a data packet with less than this number of bytes Can be used to keep short intermi...

Page 39: ...sets the amount of time from the receipt of a first byte of data from the host until the radio will transmit in transparent mode Default is 00H which causes transmission to occur without any delay When a host is sending a group of data that needs to be sent together setting this parameter will provide time for the group of data to be sent by the host before the radio transmits If the length of dat...

Page 40: ...ode when set to 0 which is the default In this mode the radio will resend an unsuccessful transmission until either successful or packet attempt limit attempts have been made When set to 1 selects redundant transmit mode that will send every transmission packet attempt limit times regardless of success or failure of any given attempt When redundant transmit mode is used receiving radios will disca...

Page 41: ...Display Disable Enables or disables display of the banner string and revision code automatically at power up May be disabled to avoid being mistaken for data by the host Set Escape Sequence Mode Enables or disables the ability to use the in data stream escape sequence method of accessing Control Mode by transmitting the string wit2410 When this mode is set to 1 the escape sequence only works immed...

Page 42: ...hen N 0 This parameter must be set to the appropriate value when more than 16 remotes are in use Enable Low Power Acquisition Mode When a remote is searching for a base to acquire and register with it scans the frequency band very rapidly This mode consumes about 80mA of current during this mode To reduce the frequency consumption when a remote is in acquisition mode a low power acquisition mode i...

Page 43: ...s the HopNet to its factory default state This is useful for testing purposes or if there is a problem in operation of the system and the configuration is suspect Use the Store Memory command afterwards if you wish the factory default settings to be remembered the next time you cycle power or reset the radio Recall Memory Useful for restoring the power on settings after experimenting with temporar...

Page 44: ...um Data Length pn 01 3e Set Maximum Number of Remotes base only pk 00 d4 Set Minimum Data Length pr 00 ff Set Packet Attempts Limit pt 00 ff Set Data Transmit Delay remote only pv 0 1 Set Slot Assignment Mode base only pw 00 40 Set Base Slot Size base only px 0 1 Set ARQ Mode Status Commands zb 0 1 Banner Display Disable zc 0 2 Set Escape Sequence Mode zh Read Factory Serial Number High Byte zm Re...

Page 45: ...uire a unique network address Poor quality coaxial cables will seriously degrade system performance Use low loss cable that is suitable for 2 4 GHz operation Short cable runs minimize signal loss Guidelines for Placing the Repeater Follow these guidelines for placing the repeater Be sure to carefully select the geographical location of the repeater station A site must be chosen that allows good co...

Page 46: ... connected through a repeater See the illustration of a point to point application on the next page Point to Multipoint This common application consists of a central host and remote terminal units or other data collection devices The automatic repeat requests ARQ and acknowledgments inside the radio are transparent to the computer system 2000 2004 Cirronet Inc 40 M 2410 0011 Rev B ...

Page 47: ...s to it If the base station has problems the entire network will be compromised This chapter provides troubleshooting information for your HopNet products Transceiver Requirements For proper operation all transceivers in the network must meet these basic requirements Adequate and stable power Secure connections Power RF and Data Proper programming especially Hop Duration and Network Address 2000 2...

Page 48: ...antenna feedline connectors and reflective power 3 If remote unit is in synchronization but performance is poor it may indicate antenna problems Check for properly aligned antenna headings 4 Verify proper programming of the system parameters Interference is suspected 1 Verify that the system has a unique network address Nearby systems with same address will cause interference problems 2 If Omni di...

Page 49: ... minimizes interference from stations located outside the pattern Multiple HopNet systems can co exist in close proximity to each other with very minor interface as long as they are assigned a unique network address Each network address has a different hop pattern If interference is suspected from a similar operating system change the antenna polarization This will provide an additional 20dB of at...

Page 50: ...ociated remote sites provides for the most reliable transmission path A line of sight path can be achieved by mounting the station antenna on a tower or elevated structure that raises it to a sufficient level to clear surrounding terrain and other obstructions The importance of a clear transmission path relates closely to the distance to be covered If the system is to cover only a limited geograph...

Page 51: ...o the factory The following telephone numbers are available for assistance Phone 678 684 2000 Fax 678 684 2001 Factory Repairs If return of equipment is necessary you will be issued a Return Material Authorization number RMA The RMA will help expedite the repair so that equipment can be returned as quickly as possible Please be sure to include the RMA number on the outside of the shipping box and ...

Page 52: ...wer failure No suit or action shall be brought against Seller more than twelve 12 months after the related cause of action has occurred Buyer has not relied and shall not rely on any oral representation regarding the goods sold hereunder and any oral representation shall not bind Seller and shall not be a part of any warranty THE PROVISIONS OF THE FOREGOING WARRANTY ARE IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRAN...

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