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User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3 v2.0

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Table of Content

Revision History

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Table of Content

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List of Figures

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List of Tables

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Introduction

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Overview

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Specification

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Accessories

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General Operation

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Basic Operation

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Software Configuration

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Firmware Upgrade

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Installation Tips

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Terminology

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Summary of Contents for RS400H3

Page 1: ...210728 User Manual For Tersus Radio RS400H3 Wireless Data Transceiver 2021 Tersus GNSS Inc All rights reserved Sales Technical Support sales tersus gnss com support tersus gnss com More details please...

Page 2: ...User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3 v2 0 1 Revision History Version Revision Date Change summary 1 0 20200714 Initial Release 2 0 20210728 Upgrade section1 2...

Page 3: ...tory 1 Table of Content 2 List of Figures 3 List of Tables 4 1 Introduction 5 1 1 Overview 5 1 2 Specification 6 1 3 Accessories 8 2 General Operation 12 2 1 Basic Operation 12 2 2 Software Configurat...

Page 4: ...cable for external radio 11 Figure 2 1 Device information 14 Figure 2 2 Channel and frequency 14 Figure 2 3 Data protocol 15 Figure 2 4 Air baud rate 15 Figure 2 5 Transmit power 16 Figure 2 6 Serial...

Page 5: ...Figure 2 19 Select firmware upgrade file 25 Figure 2 20 Start upgrade 25 Figure 2 21 Upgrade firmware successfully 26 List of Tables Table 1 1 Specifications of Radio RS400H3 6 Table 1 2 LED indicato...

Page 6: ...mbination of stability superior performance and long range are required The RS400H3 provides high speed high power wireless data links and has been designed to survive the rigors of GNSS RTK surveying...

Page 7: ...28W 44 5 0 5dBm DC 12V Medium level 22W 43 4 0 5dBm DC 12V Low level 5W 37 1dBm DC 12V Power stability 1dBm Adjacent channel power 50dB Distance Typical 14 16KM Antenna Antenna Impedance 50 Ohm Anten...

Page 8: ...he definition of the LED indicators are as follows Table 1 2 LED indicators LED Description BT BT is Bluetooth green indicator light Currently RS400H3 does not support Bluetooth RX TX RX TX is data tr...

Page 9: ...ltage 1 3 Accessories When using Radio RS400H3 to set up a base with Oscar GNSS receiver a high gain radio antenna and a telescopic pole are needed which are shown as below Figure 1 2 High Gain Radio...

Page 10: ...al 5pin to Ext Radio DC 5pin Bullet DC Cable Figure 1 5 Bullet DC to Alligator Clips The Serial 5pin to DC JACK DB9 Male cable and the DC JACK male with two wires below are optional It is to power Osc...

Page 11: ...C JACK DB9 Male cable Figure 1 7 DC JACK male with two wires The DB9 Female to USB Type A Male converter cable is to convert DB9 male to USB Type A male connector so that it can connect to the USB por...

Page 12: ...r Tersus Radio RS400H3 v2 0 11 The Configuration cable for external radio below is used to configure parameters of the external radio instead of the default setting Figure 1 9 Configuration cable for...

Page 13: ...fic functions as follows Short press the power button for about 1 second to power on the green power indicator light illuminates when successful power on under normal power supply While power on long...

Page 14: ...han the under voltage threshold value 11 0V by default depending on the user s actual setting value the green power indicator light illuminates constantly When the voltage alarm appears if it is under...

Page 15: ...press the power key to select this frequency as the current communication frequency the star character will appear after selection Data protocol Under this menu you can set up the current communicati...

Page 16: ...MK3 supports 19200bps Select required air baud rate through up and down buttons and press the power button to select this air baud rate as the current communication air baud rate the star character wi...

Page 17: ...200 38400 57600 and 115200 bps Select required serial port communication baud rate through up and down buttons and press the power button to select this serial port communication baud rate as the seri...

Page 18: ...ps up indicating successful self adaptive matching meanwhile self adaptive triggering enabling stops automatically If the serial port baud rate is not successfully self adaptive this function is alway...

Page 19: ...n the current channel you can modify the detection channel number manually and press the power button for detection There are three levels of detection result superior moderate poor Language Set the d...

Page 20: ...on the radio using 12V external power supply Figure 2 11 Hardware connection for software configuration Table 2 2 Devices in Figure 2 11 No Device Name 1 Radio RS400H3 2 Configuration cable for exter...

Page 21: ...guration tool for radio parameter configuration and query the radio is not allowed to enter the background parameter configuration mode by the buttons and OLED display 3 Radio parameter query After th...

Page 22: ...User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3 v2 0 21 Figure 2 13 Select serial port and baud rate Figure 2 14 Read parameters successfully...

Page 23: ...meter configuration In the basic information tab only radio information can be queried configurations are not supported In the channel information tab the frequency range setting is between 410 470MHz...

Page 24: ...when setting up the low voltage alarm threshold value must be larger than wireless data transmission voltage 2 3 Firmware Upgrade When the radio runs under the normal operating mode data transmission...

Page 25: ...re 2 17 Firmware upgrade tool 3 Select the correct serial port number and baud rate open the serial port and select internally installed radio Figure 2 18 Select serial port and baud rate 4 Click Sele...

Page 26: ...firmware upgrade file 5 Click Start Update it will pop out a confirmation window Click OK and it will enter the upgrade status immediately Figure 2 20 Start upgrade 6 After upgrade it pops out indicat...

Page 27: ...e radio is hooked on a tripod 1 Large amount of heat would be generated when the radio is in transmission When the radio is working please do not place the radio in poor ventilated box wrap or cover a...

Page 28: ...this radio would result in a shortened transmission distance for the radio and it is possible to damage the radio if the mismatch is particularly serious 2 The original antenna of this radio is strict...

Page 29: ...oint Name ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange BT Bluetooth DC Direct Current GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System GPS Global Positioning System IP Internet Protocol LED Light E...

Page 30: ...t notice and does not reflect the commitment on Tersus GNSS Inc No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted by all means without authorization of Tersus GNSS Inc The software described in...

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