background image

25

ADL Sentry User Guide

Antenna

All Pacific Crest ADL radios use a TNC female antenna connector. While you may attach 
an antenna directly to the radio, range will be greatly improved if you elevate the antenna 
as high as possible. Pacific Crest makes antenna cables in a variety of lengths. These 
terminate in industry-standard NMO or N-type connectors. If you wish to use your own 
antenna cable, we recommend Amphenol-brand connectors. You should also use only 
high-quality, 50-Ohm impedance cabling. 

Connector manufacturer contacts

•  Contact Turck at 

www.turck.com

•  Contact Amphenol at 

www.amphenol.com

Содержание ADL Sentry

Страница 1: ...ADL Sentry User Guide...

Страница 2: ...allation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communication Ho...

Страница 3: ...tect yourself and or the equipment from this risk Warnings that appear in the text are repeated at the front of the manual CAUTION A Caution alerts you to a possible risk of damage to the equipment an...

Страница 4: ...y to operate the equipment Rechargeable batteries The radio uses a 12 V deep discharge lead acid battery portable power battery CAUTION Storing batteries for an extended time in a discharged state dam...

Страница 5: ...in the United States and its territories Users should check with the radio authority of the country of operation for any restrictions that might apply Application for a license is made by submitting F...

Страница 6: ...Automatic station identification For operation in the United States the FCC requires that radio transmitters broadcast a station identifier every 15 minutes The station identifier is the call sign ass...

Страница 7: ...f time Most often this is a case of co channel interference and the radio is holding off broadcasts due to the FCC mandated CSMA Note You should turn CSMA off when transmitting within the European Uni...

Страница 8: ...Power cable 17 Serial Port 17 Enclosure 17 Antenna connector 17 Battery care 18 Charging 18 Operating the Radio 19 Turning the radio on and off 19 Indicator LEDs 20 Serial Port 20 Security code 20 Sc...

Страница 9: ...e user As such we provide our equipment in complete turnkey systems including all of the items necessary for operation with your GPS You may have purchased this radio from a third party supplier On oc...

Страница 10: ...onsumption for longer battery life User selectable RF output Select between 0 1 W 0 5 W 1 W 2 W and 4 W Increase range by switching to a higher output power Increase battery life by reducing output po...

Страница 11: ...w PacificCrest com The ADLCONF User Guide is also available on the Pacific Crest website A user guide that describes how to configure the ADL Sentry radio is available by running the ADLCONF software...

Страница 12: ...bottom of the radio This will turn the radio on 5 Install ADLCONF available for free download from http www pacificcrest com support php page updates 6 Launch ADLCONF and refer to its user guide for i...

Страница 13: ...urce of the data you will transmit for example a GPS receiver using the data power cable The ADL Sentry radio uses the same data connector with the same pin outs found on the PDL HPB radio This makes...

Страница 14: ...g any cables attach the ADL Sentry wall mount onto the back of the raido and then attach the wall mount to the wall Mast Mounting Kit PN K01135 Alternatively attach the ADL Sentry mast mount onto the...

Страница 15: ...r a point to point fixed location application and a gained omnidirectional antenna for mobile point to point or point to multipoint communication systems Note Safety Concerns Be aware of power lines o...

Страница 16: ...o the end of the cable Pacific Crest offers an antenna cable that attaches to standard 5 8 in threaded tripods and range poles and antennas with NMO connectors Inspect the antenna center push pin cont...

Страница 17: ...rt 1 may also be used in command mode to configure or troubleshoot the radio To put Port 1 in command mode apply power to the radio and connect it to a PC running ADLCONF configuration software Contac...

Страница 18: ...input voltage If a radio has shut itself off because of low input voltage it will automatically turn itself back on when the voltage returns to 9 V DC or higher The 10 V warning and 9 V shut off leve...

Страница 19: ...onds If the wall mains current is interrupted the radio automatically turns itself on and resumes transmitting data within 5 seconds of power restoration If the radio is attached to an antenna when th...

Страница 20: ...med to behave in user definable ways For more on programming contact your Pacific Crest dealer Serial Port The ADL Sentry supports one full RS 232 data port on an 8 pin I O port This port is used to r...

Страница 21: ...ntenna Antenna placement is critical for good performance Range and coverage is directly proportional to the height of the transmitting and receiving antennas in addition to antenna gain Where possibl...

Страница 22: ...10F standard for vibration up to 2 6 g It is always recommended to mount the radio with rubber dampers Avoid introducing vibration and tension into the data power connector at bottom of radio Consider...

Страница 23: ...ircular data power connector For a mating connector Pacific Crest recommends using a Turck RSS 8T or equivalent The following table shows the radio s pin assignments Pin No Description 1 Signal Ground...

Страница 24: ...evices via a DE9 connector ADL Sentry Data Cable s DE9 Pin Assignments Pin No Description 1 N C 2 RX 3 TX 4 N C 5 Signal Ground 6 N C 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 Data Cable ADL Sentry SAE Power Connector Polarity T...

Страница 25: ...the antenna as high as possible Pacific Crest makes antenna cables in a variety of lengths These terminate in industry standard NMO or N type connectors If you wish to use your own antenna cable we re...

Страница 26: ...adio Specifications Frequency Bands 390 to 430 MHz and 430 to 470 MHz Frequency Control Synthesized 6 25 kHz tuning resolution Frequency stability 1 PPM 40 C to 85 C Channel Bandwidth 12 5 kHz and 25...

Отзывы: