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STS.01 

Spartan Iridium Transceiver 

Antenna System 

User Manual 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for STS.01

Page 1: ...Page 1 of 14 STS 01 Spartan Iridium Transceiver Antenna System User Manual ...

Page 2: ... 1 Introduction 3 2 Installation 3 3 Cable 5 4 Powering the Device 6 5 Enabling the Iridium Radio 6 6 Serial Communication 6 7 Network Available Output 6 8 Tamper Detection 7 9 Device Performance 8 10 Mechanical Drawing 14 ...

Page 3: ...lastic top is required to be pointed straight up at the sky Iridium is a satellite system so the unit needs to be able to see the satellites in order to communicate with the Iridium system The provided washer and nut can be used to mount the device through a hole in a flat surface as shown below in Figure 1 The bottom of the device has an adhesive foam pad that keeps the unit from rotating in plac...

Page 4: ...Page 4 of 14 Figure 1 Proper Device Orientation ...

Page 5: ... Conductor Function Red Power Input 8 32V Black Power and Signal GND Orange On Off Control 1 4v Input to enable Iridium module Blue Network Available 3 3V Output Green RX Relative to Antenna Module Yellow TX Relative to Antenna Module Gray Tamper Detect White Chassis Ground Drain Wire Internally connected to Chassis Ground Figure 2 Cable Diagram ...

Page 6: ... idle state There will be no radio communication until the user enables the Iridium module A voltage of at least 1 4V must be applied to the orange conductor to enable the radio This line may be connected to the power input of the device if desired 6 Serial Communication Once the device is powered and the radio is enabled communication with the radio module can occur via RS232C signaling levels Th...

Page 7: ...intact the tamper detection line will be 0V When the cable is cut Vlogic will be present on the tamper detection line The tamper detection line is connected to the Chassis Ground line of the cable and thus to the base of the device This signaling scheme assumes the Chassis Ground line is connected to the same reference ground as the ground reference of the sensing device Using the tamper detection...

Page 8: ... Voice Mode Call Performance Data Mode Performance Downlink Margin and Power Control Efficiency The testing results are shown in the following sections 9 1 1 Voice Mode Call Performance The test consisted of 180 second calls being made to the gateway used in testing Figure 4 contains the performance results for the antenna for the test duration 180 Second I2P Voice Calls Call Attempts Call Setup R...

Page 9: ...Page 9 of 14 Figure 5 Voice Mode Call Performance ...

Page 10: ...50k FTP upload transfers FTP 50K Upload Call Attempts Call Connect Count Successful Call Connect Rate Successful Transfer Count Successful Transfer Rate Average Throughput Kb sec Spartan STS 01 Transceiver Antenna System 942 891 94 59 856 90 87 2 62 Iridium Transceiver Baseline Antenna 946 909 96 09 891 94 19 2 66 Figure 7 Data Mode Performance ...

Page 11: ...depict the link margin on a per beam basis evaluating only the traffic channel and does not include values that are 0 dB or less Figure 8 Spartan STS 01 Transceiver Antenna System Link Margin per Beam Figure 9 Iridium Transceiver Baseline Antenna Link Margin per Beam ...

Page 12: ...on means the device functionality will return to normal after the transient event without user intervention The STS 01 actually maintains Class A operation for many of the transients including the load dump transient defined in ISO 16750 2 Section 4 6 4 complying with the most severe 24V system requirements Class A operation means the device functions as designed without interruption and without u...

Page 13: ...l inputs and outputs must be tied to the power source and then to ground for a duration of 60 seconds each This verifies there is no damage to the device when the user accidentally connects an I O line to the wrong terminal The STS 01 completed all of these tests assuming a 24V system resulting in a very robust device Refer to ISO 16750 2 ISO 7637 2 and ISO 7637 3 for a complete list of specificat...

Page 14: ... Zinc Alloy Ni Plated 1 6 Cable Rubber Silicone Rubber Black 1 UU Cable Type 5118C Grey 1 See table for Conductor detail Conductor Color Conductor Function Red Power Input 8 32V Black Power and Signal GND Orange On Off Control 1 4v Input to enable Iridium module Blue Network Available 3 3V Output Green RX Relative to Antenna Module Yellow TX Relative to Antenna Module Gray Tamper Detect White Chas...

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