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D2 Series 
 

User Guide, Rev. 00 (Feb 2015)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RADIOMODEM 

D2 Series 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

ERE SRL 

Via Ermanno Ge, 9/11   |   I - 27049 Stradella (PV) 

Phone +39 0385 48139   |   Fax +39 0385 40288 

e-mail:l [email protected] 

website: www.erewireless.com 

 

 

Summary of Contents for D2 Series

Page 1: ...2 Series User Guide Rev 00 Feb 2015 1 RADIOMODEM D2 Series ERE SRL Via Ermanno Ge 9 11 I 27049 Stradella PV Phone 39 0385 48139 Fax 39 0385 40288 e mail l info erewireless com website www erewireless com ...

Page 2: ...roduct 7 Warnings and safety instructions 8 Disposal of waste by users in private households within the European Union 8 General description 9 Installation 10 Mechanical 10 Electrical wiring 10 Antenna 11 Configuration 12 Channel selection 12 Software configuration 13 System Requirements 13 Preliminary Operations 13 RTX configuration 14 Basic configuration 16 Advanced configuration 17 Remote confi...

Page 3: ... as all copyrights relating to the programs are the sole property of ERE Any transfer licensing to a third party leasing renting transportation copying editing translating modifying into another programming language or reverse engineering for any intent is forbidden without the written consent of ERE Technical support Our website www erewirless com contains many useful information user guides and ...

Page 4: ...t out at RS 485 serial port 60 mA BR DTE Baud Rate RS 485 serial port 1 200 38 400 bps Operating band MHz D230 D260 D261 D262 156 000 174 000 440 000 470 000 390 000 420 093 420 000 450 000 WARNING Exceed the maximum operating value below continuous and or temporary can damage the device Maximum operating data Label Description Value VS EXT Max power supply voltage 12 Vdc V DIG INP Digital input m...

Page 5: ...ES står I överensstämmelse med de väsentliga egenskapskrav och övriga relevanta bestämmelser som framgår av direktiv 1999 5 EG Danish Undertegnede ERE S r l erklærer herved at følgende udstyr D2 SERIES overholder de væsentlige krav og øvrige relevante krav i direktiv 1999 5 EF German Hiermit ERE S r l dass sich dieses D2 SERIES in Übereinstimmung mit den grundlegenden Anforderungen und den anderen...

Page 6: ...rds Art of Directive Standard Date of issue of the standard 3 1 a Health EN 50401 2006 A1 2011 3 1 a Safety EN 60950 1 2006 A11 2009 A1 2010 A12 2011 AC 2011 3 1 b EMC EN 301 489 1 V1 9 2 2011 09 3 1 b EMC EN 301 489 3 V1 6 1 2013 08 and is tested to and conforms with the essential radio test suites so that it effectively uses the frequency spectrum allocated to terrestrial space radio communicati...

Page 7: ...alian Supplier The product will be repaired or replaced by the Supplier at no costs to the Buyer The Buyer will pay all the shipping costs for the product repaired or replaced and sent back to the Buyer The Buyer will bear all costs related to disassembly assembling and transportation of the product and any damage caused by the machinery inactivity Supplier shall indemnify Buyer against any liabil...

Page 8: ... in damp conditions and direct sunlight is also to be avoided The device must not be exposed to aggressive chemical agents or solvents likely to damage the plastic or corrode the metal parts The device must not be exposed directly to dusty environment Maintenance should only be carried out by qualified persons For your own safety you must ensure that the equipment is switched off before carrying o...

Page 9: ...th the power saving function allows for extended battery life Robust construction with surface mounted components ensure highly stable electronics Optional antenna configurations can improve radio transmissions where radio coverage is critical Operating mode Radio modem Radio Channel spacing Yes RF channel Yes by DIP switch Frequency Agility Yes Listen Before Talk Yes RF power D230 D260 D261 D262 ...

Page 10: ...vices must always be switched OFF before connecting or disconnecting the serial connection cable It should be ascertained that different devices used have the same ground potential Before connecting any power cables the output voltage of the power supply should be checked The product has no disconnecting device An external disconnecting device must be installed This must be close to the equipment ...

Page 11: ...d at least 10 cm away from any conducting material When the antenna is installed outside it is essential to connect the cable screen to the building s earth We recommend using lightning protection The protection kit chosen must permit the coaxial cable to be earthed eg coaxial lightning arrester with earthing of the cable at different places on the antenna at the base of pylons and at the entry or...

Page 12: ...n of all the eight available channels To change the channel is sufficient to send to the radiomodem unit the following hexadecimal string containing only 3 bytes New channel number h 09h New channel number h At the end of the sending wait at least 1 millisecond before use the unit in the normal operation mode To restore the manual selection the required hexadecimal string is 00h 09h 00h The change...

Page 13: ...al port In this way the DTR criteria turns on the radiomodem and simultaneously the Power on button disappears after the serial port activation Turning on the unit the radiomodem checks itself and if a previous configuration is installed the Ready Led green is turned on otherwise it blinks During the production checks the test configuration is installed and stored in the modem so the green led is ...

Page 14: ...decrease respectively increase the displayed frequency of a 6 25 kHz step TxFreq MHz The transmitting frequency in MHz of the selected channel All considerations valid for the RxFreq are applicable to this parameter The RxFreq and the TxFreq may be different if requested Power Level To select the desired RF Output Power Mode In the use with the Modem Plug in this field is Digital and may not be ch...

Page 15: ...communication port between the available on the computer Band Selector 1 2 3 Show the operative band If the radiomodem is never been configured is possible to change the operative band otherwise the radiomodem impose the operative band in the software Protocol To select the operative protocol of the modem The possible choices are the RMO400 compatible internal buffer 256 byte or as RT415 M with 64...

Page 16: ...r Size 1 640 256 To select the desired internal buffer size The available sizes vary from 1 without the Flow Control or 5 with the Flow Control to a maximum of 640 bytes In the RMO400 Compatible Mode this size is set to 256 bytes in according with the RMO400 series parameters Flow Control ON OFF If selected the RTS and CTS criteria of the RS 232 serial port manage the data flow from the DTE If ina...

Page 17: ...The value 0 inhibit the periodic refresh but in all cases this status is sent at every change of the digital input and or at every data transmission with the exception of the Broadcasting Mode Advanced configuration Its Addr 1 255 It is the address of the unit In a point multipoint network the Master unit must have Its Address 1 Target 1 255 The address of the destination radiomodem In the Broadca...

Page 18: ...ddressing string contains from 3 to 11 bytes depending on the route complexity The necessary bytes are the following The 1st is the System Code byte where the two most significant bits are the Broadcasting switch bit No 7 and the Echo switch bit No 6 The admissible values are 1 63 The 2nd byte is the Number of units in the route comprehending the target and all the digipeaters The admissible value...

Page 19: ...ions select both Addr from DTE and Addr to DTE options set Its Addr 255 and set both PwSavOFF and PwSava with the same values of the remote unit to be configured If the remote unit is configured in Broadcasting and Power Saving Mode the PwSava field must be set to 20 The following Fig 3 shows an Advanced Page configuration example for the local unit Turn off the local unit and set it on the channe...

Page 20: ...cknowledgement The update shall be stored in the remote unit after 30 seconds since the end of the process We recommend a Read Modify and Write procedure to avoid mistakes in the configuration of the remote units Please remember that a change in the operative frequencies of remote unit involve a new setting of local unit if the waiting time before saving is expired ...

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