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User & Installation Manual 

 

RS-232 Radio Paging System 

 

 
 

Summary of Contents for ConneXions II

Page 1: ...II User Installation Manual RS 232 Radio Paging System ...

Page 2: ...d assigned license You should obtain the FCC Rules and Regulations Title 47 Part 80 to End including Parts 90 and 95 available from the US Gov Printing Office GPO Bookstore FCC Office or www fcc gov oet info rules Important Safety Information Scope products are designed to operate safely when installed and used according to general safety practices The following requirements should be observed at ...

Page 3: ...tests required will vary between applications If portable equipment has been dropped or is worn by a person involved in an accident the unit should be tested again before re use It must be stressed that the physical range tests are essential and that any construction work or movement of plant or equipment could alter the signaling capability of the unit Radio equipment like any other requires serv...

Page 4: ...e for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the product even if advised of the possibility of such damages The warranties and remedies set forth above are exclusive and in lieu of all others oral or written expressed or implied No Scope distributor dealer agent or employee is authorized to make any modification extension or addition to this warran...

Page 5: ...to a mile or more and will provide excellent propagation on most industrial sites covering a considerable area with just a quarter wave antenna BNC terminated connected directly to the unit For coverage of very large sites or where exceptionally difficult operating conditions exist it may be advantageous to install an external antenna Installing the transmitter on the second or third floor of a bu...

Page 6: ...ngs d Lift shafts All of the above can reflect radio waves and thereby reduce the capability of the transmitter to perform its desired functions 6 The circuit boards within this equipment may be harmed by Electrostatic Discharge ESD Installers should avoid touching the circuitry wherever possible and should ensure that adequate anti static procedures are adhered to at all times earth bonding with ...

Page 7: ...is instruction will almost certainly DESTROY the unit In your application the transcoder has been configured for a total of three RS232 inputs PL3 and PL2 SERIAL PORTS 9 way D type plug PIN SIGNAL DIRECTION 1 N C 2 RECEIVE DATA RX IN 3 TRANSMIT DATA TX OUT 4 DATA TERMINAL READY DTR OUT 5 GROUND GND 6 N C 7 REQUEST TO SEND RTS OUT 8 CLEAR TO SEND CTS IN 9 5V for Scope peripherals PL1 SERIAL PORT 25...

Page 8: ... the battery leads to the terminals marked BATT and BATT on the power supply Positive Black White stripe Negative Black 8 Replace the cover and re tighten the four retaining screws 9 Finally after checking all connections insert the mains cable supplied into the IEC type connector located at the base of the unit and plug in to a suitable earthed switched wall outlet With mains power applied the re...

Page 9: ...Pin D Shell 9 Pin Connector 25 Pin Connector On ConneXions for Paging data input for Dry Contact Input 1 N C 1 N C 1 2 3 2 3 2 N C 3 4 7 4 5 8 5 6 6 6 7 5 7 8 N C 9 N C 8 N C 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 N C 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 4 20 n c 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 ...

Page 10: ...ConneXions II V7 MAC US Multi Port Mains USA Version CONV7MACUS 02 00 Issue 2 10 Co nne Xio ns ...

Page 11: ... the low voltage output fuse may also be checked by a suitably qualified technician 6 Check that the green LED lights for the duration of the transmission If not go back to the data cabling and re check the signal format 7 Check that the aerial is correctly installed Dry Contacts The contacts are provided with default messages Alarm 1 through Alarm 10 and will call logical pager number 1 unless th...

Page 12: ...an equate to high power losses Always use quality cable RG58 is only acceptable on cable runs of up to 5 metres We recommend RG213 or equivalent on greater lengths subject to license conditions Specifically mounting height and Effective Radiated Power ERP Consult your dealer before changing antenna type Service Information If you experience a problem with your equipment please contact the distribu...

Page 13: ...AGES must be specified when ordering No MESSAGE max 80 characters alphanumeric or 20 characters numeric 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 For information on individual pager types refer to the appropriate pager manual For information on use with the telephone I F refer to the separate Telephone Interface manual ...

Page 14: ...tter Frequency Range 450 470 MHz Channel Spacing 25 KHz TX Baud Rate 512 or 1200 FCC ID No JRNUSASERILINK General Ports Serial Ports PL1 PL2 PL3 Data Rate 300 600 1200 default PL1 PL2 2400 4800 or 9600 default PL3 Port configuration 8 N 1 default Protocol Scope default Footprint mm 328 L x 190 W x 75 D max dependent on system configuration excluding aerial Scope s policy is one of continuous devel...

Page 15: ...its apart To avoid system identity clashes transcoders are provided with a base number within the range of 1000 to 1 999 000 If for example a base address of 0100 000 is applied to a transcoder the first real pager number will 0100 008 followed by 0100 016 and so on Logical pager numbers are normally used on systems fitted with the telephone interface and those which are interfaced to personal com...

Page 16: ...CSAG format and transmit the same at the pre programmed baud rate This will be accompanied by the green LED lighting for the same period to show that data is being transmitted The time taken to transmit the message is dependent upon the pager baud rate For 512 baud this is approximately 4 seconds whilst at 1200 baud the time is approximately 2 seconds The unit can accept sequential data at 9600 ba...

Page 17: ...r D Next follows the message to be transmitted which can include 0 9 space hyphen U letter U for U rgent open close square brackets open square brackets can also be used to identify the letter C for C ancel The final character sent is carriage return CR which is not transmitted but represents the end of message marker On sending a message to the unit in the correct format the transcoder will immed...

Page 18: ...transcoder will immediately recompose the string into the POCSAG format and transmit the same at the pre programmed baud rate The time taken to transmit the message is dependent upon the pager baud rate and the length of the message string Example Alphanumeric serial message string 1234A CR This is a message CR The sequence is exactly the same as for Numeric data except that the information transm...

Page 19: ...ding for transmission 5 The sender transmits the pager number and text message to deliver and attaches a checksum based on the contents of the data transmitted see example below 6 The receiving station computes the checksum from the received data and if it matches the appended checksum of the received data acknowledges the fact or requests a re transmission of the data if this is not the case 7 Th...

Page 20: ...CR STX 1 CR TEST CR ETX 190 CR TEST is the message Processing Please Wait CR ACK CR 190 is the Checksum ATHO CR Carrier Drop Example Checksum The following table shows an example of a complete block containing a correct checksum which is STX 123 CR ABC CR ETX 17 CR Checksum 17 000 011 011 011 000 100 100 100 000 000 0010 0001 0010 0011 1101 0001 0010 0011 1101 0011 STX 1 2 3 CR A B C CR ETX 1 0111...

Page 21: ... 21 Serial Cable 9 9Pin ConneXions Issue 7 Supplied Single or Triple RS232 Ports VSP12860V VSP12824V SDCPROG Serial Cable 9 9 Pin Computer Paging using 10 Voltage Free Contacts Network or Standalone And RS232 Input using Paging Software PL1 of a 3 Port Unit PL1 is a 25 Pin Male ...

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