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Manual Documentation Number: ZP8D-24RM-0912m 

B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - 

www.bb-elec.com

 

B&B Electronics – Westlink Commercial Park – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – 

www.bb-europe.com

 

 

Zlinx 868 Radio Modem

 

ZP8 Series

 

 

Documentation Number:  ZP8D-24RM-LR-0912m 

 

 
 

 

This product designed and manufactured in Ottawa, Illinois

 

USA 

of domestic and imported parts by 

 

 

 

  707 Dayton Road  --  P.O. Box 1040  --  Ottawa, IL  61350 USA 

  

Website: 

www.bb-elec.com

 

 

 
 
 

European Headquarters 

B&B Electronics 

Westlink Commercial Park -- Oranmore, Co.  Galway, Ireland 

Website

www.bb-europe.com

 

 

 
 
 

B&B Electronics Mfg. Co. Inc. 

– 2009 

 

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Страница 1: ...europe com Zlinx 868 Radio Modem ZP8 Series Documentation Number ZP8D 24RM LR 0912m This product designed and manufactured in Ottawa Illinois USA of domestic and imported parts by 707 Dayton Road P O...

Страница 2: ...eration in rain snow or the presence of interference 6 Remember Your Math 7 RF Attenuation and Line of Sight 7 Latency and Packetization 10 RADIO MODEM INTRODUCTION 10 Package Contents 11 HARDWARE INS...

Страница 3: ...ND REFERENCE TABLES 39 Special Commands 39 Addressing 39 Serial Interfacing I O 41 I O Commands 42 Diagnostic Commands 44 AT Command Options 44 Node Identification 45 Security Commands 46 API OPERATIO...

Страница 4: ...m of signal 2mW 3dBm A 10 fold increase in power yields 10dBm of signal 4mW 6dBm A 100 fold increase in power yields 20dBm of signal 10mW 10dBm 100mW 20dBm 1W 30dBm Lower Frequencies Better Propagatio...

Страница 5: ...vity is a function of the transmission baud rate so as baud rate goes down the receive sensitivity goes up Many radios give the user the ability to reduce the baud rate to maximize range The receive s...

Страница 6: ...eather solar and RF interference conditions There are a number of creative ways to estimate fade margin of a system without investing in specialty gear Pick one or more of the following and use it to...

Страница 7: ...of Sight In a clear path through the air radio signals attenuate with the square of distance Doubling range requires a four fold increase in power therefore Halving the distance decreases path loss by...

Страница 8: ...g a wooded area you must elevate your antennas over the treetops Industrial installations often include many reflective obstacles leading to numerous paths between the antennas The received signal is...

Страница 9: ...ze the distance from the antennas as much as possible Most antennas broadcast in a horizontal pattern so vertical separation is more meaningful than horizontal separation Try to separate antennas with...

Страница 10: ...an tolerate simply replacing wires with radios Protocols sensitive to inter byte delays may require special attention or specific protocol support from the radio Do your homework up front to confirm t...

Страница 11: ...hecks operating duty cycle for past hour if 10 including data to be currently sent transmits it If duty cycle check exceeds 10 radio buffers data until it can be sent the CTS line is set low When duty...

Страница 12: ...If using RS422 or RS 485 connections verify your settings and operation using RS 232 connections and the RSSI Range Test before connecting as 4 wire RS422 485 or as 2 wire RS485 Do not connect your de...

Страница 13: ...stlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com Serial Connections RS 232 RS 232 Always present on DB9 RS 232 DCE Pinouts Signals DB9F Pin Signal Name Direction 1 Carrier Detect Out 2...

Страница 14: ...cs Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 79...

Страница 15: ...Documentation Number ZP8D 24RM 0912m 15 B B Electronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb eur...

Страница 16: ...815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com Wireless RF Link Output Zlinx Radio modems offer a so...

Страница 17: ...k Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com Note In order for the RSSI LED to continuously indicate the signal strength set the RP command RSSI PWM timer to FF The RSSI light typically...

Страница 18: ...d antenna Performance may vary depending on your particular installation The antenna connection on the radio modem is an RPSMA Reverse Polarity SMA female plug B B Electronics has a wide variety of ac...

Страница 19: ...ww bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com The installation program should auto start Follow the on screen prompts Set Up 1 Connect your PC to th...

Страница 20: ...ore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com 3 The radio modem launcher screen will appear 4 Click on the Radio Modem Configuration button to configure the modem on line or...

Страница 21: ...ion Screen The Off Line Configuration is used to view the normal default settings for the radio modem when a modem is not connected This can be used when providing telephone assistance to a field tech...

Страница 22: ...0912m B B Electronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91...

Страница 23: ...stlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com The EE KY values are used for Security Encryption Enable and for entering the AES Encryption Key when connected Notes on each parameter...

Страница 24: ...ronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com On Line Configuration 1 Click the Radio Modem Configuration Button The following screen wil...

Страница 25: ...0912m 25 B B Electronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com 4 When the modem is fo...

Страница 26: ...reland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com 5 Click OK The following screen will appear CAUTION Never interrupt the update wait until finished 5 On the Basic Modem setting tab the defa...

Страница 27: ...interference from other modems Before Click the Update button to save the parameters If you need to restore the factory defaults the Restore Defaults button will revert to the default configuration CA...

Страница 28: ...faults button to revert to the default configuration Test Troubleshoot 1 The RSSI Range Test is used to check communication between two radio modems One modem must be connected to the computer to run...

Страница 29: ...g Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com 2 The basic screen shows test results and signal s...

Страница 30: ...te CAUTION Never interrupt the download process wait until finished 1 Connect your PC to the radio modem using a straight through serial cable then use Auto Modem Search If the modem is not at 9600 ba...

Страница 31: ...com Next Click Connect 3 Once connected the software will determine which firmware versions are available on the PC and what version is loaded in the modem The following screen allows you to choose w...

Страница 32: ...XP and Vista Features AT Command Terminal emulation RSSI signal range test Modem emulation Antenna Options External Reverse Polarity SMA male jack connector Omni directional included with product Rad...

Страница 33: ...to 185 F Operating Humidity 10 to 90 non condensing Enclosure Rating Rating IP30 Mounting DIN rail mount 35mm LED Status Front Panel LED Status Power Red On OFF No Power RSSI Signal Strength Green St...

Страница 34: ...er output and antenna considerations A close look at the RF power output shows a maximum output power as defined in EPR or Effective Radiated Power This is the power being radiated from the antenna as...

Страница 35: ...ndent of the serial port data rate As the RF data rate increases the serial data throughput increases the receive sensitivity decreases so the range decreases So as a rule of thumb for radios with the...

Страница 36: ...s the serial ports could be set to 115 200 bps but the over the air rate will remain fixed at 24 000 Each polling command would be 8 bytes in this example consuming 3 3 ms of on the air time per reque...

Страница 37: ...cycle and RF data throughput Repeaters and mesh functions can have unintended consequences Command Mode To modify or read RF Module parameters the module must first enter into Command Mode a state in...

Страница 38: ...ple would change the RF module Destination Address low to 0x1F To store the new value to non volatile long term memory subsequently send the WR Write command For modified parameter values to persist i...

Страница 39: ...61350 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com 2 If no valid AT Commands are received within the time specified by the CT Command Mode Timeout...

Страница 40: ...0912m B B Electronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91...

Страница 41: ...n Number ZP8D 24RM 0912m 41 B B Electronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com Seri...

Страница 42: ...B B Electronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444...

Страница 43: ...Documentation Number ZP8D 24RM 0912m 43 B B Electronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb eur...

Страница 44: ...ics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 7...

Страница 45: ...ion Number ZP8D 24RM 0912m 45 B B Electronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com No...

Страница 46: ...B Electronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fa...

Страница 47: ...es are sent and received from the module using a UART Data Frame API Frame Specifications Two API modes are supported and both can be enabled using the API API Enable command Use the following AP para...

Страница 48: ...ceiving a UART data frame specific data values must be escaped flagged so they do not interfere with the data frame sequencing To escape an interfering data byte insert 0X7D and follow it with the byt...

Страница 49: ...follows The cmdID frame API identifier indicates which API messages will be contained in the cmdData frame Identifier specific data The modules support the following API frames API Frame Names Values...

Страница 50: ...350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com Modem Status API Identifier V...

Страница 51: ...tronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com AT Command API Identifier Value 0x08 All...

Страница 52: ...urope com AT Command Queue Parameter Value AP Identifier Value 0x09 This API type allows module parameters to be queried or set In contrast to the AP Command AP type new parameter values are queried a...

Страница 53: ...s Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com AT Command Response API Identifier Value 0x88 Response to previous command In response to an AT Command Message the module will sen...

Страница 54: ...h 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com Remote AT Command Request AP Ident...

Страница 55: ...mercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com Remote Command Response API Identifier Value 0x97 If a module receives a remote command response RF data frame in response to a Remote AT Command...

Страница 56: ...IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com Transmit Request API Ide...

Страница 57: ...Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com Explicit Addressing Command Frame API Identifier Value 0x11 Allows app...

Страница 58: ...Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91 792444 Fax 353 91 792445 www bb europe com Transmit Status API Identifier Value 0x8B When a TX Request is completed the module sends a TX Status Message The message w...

Страница 59: ...yton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland www bb europe com Explicit RX Indicator API Identifier Value 0x91 When the modem re...

Страница 60: ...0912m B B Electronics Mfg Co Inc 707 Dayton Rd PO Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 Ph 815 433 5100 Fax 815 433 5104 www bb elec com B B Electronics Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore Galway Ireland Ph 353 91...

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