Table Of Contents
1.
General Information about the FireLine .........................................................4
1.1.
Congratulations!........................................................................................................................... 4
1.2.
NOTICE ....................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3.
Safety / Warning Information ....................................................................................................... 4
1.4.
Safety Training information: ......................................................................................................... 4
1.5.
FCC Compliance Information....................................................................................................... 6
1.6.
Features....................................................................................................................................... 7
2.
Specifications.................................................................................................8
2.1.
General ........................................................................................................................................ 8
2.2.
Transmitter................................................................................................................................... 8
2.3.
Receiver....................................................................................................................................... 8
2.4.
User Input and Output Signals ..................................................................................................... 8
2.5.
Frequencies ................................................................................................................................. 9
3.
Electrical Inputs and Outputs .......................................................................10
3.1.
LEDs .......................................................................................................................................... 10
3.2.
DC Power .................................................................................................................................. 10
3.3.
Serial I/O Connector .................................................................................................................. 11
4.
Using the FireLine Modem – Packet Mode ..................................................12
4.1.
Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 13
4.2.
Selecting Channels .................................................................................................................... 14
4.3.
Data Transmission ..................................................................................................................... 14
Serial Port Baud Rate ..................................................................................14
Flow Control.................................................................................................15
Packet Size..................................................................................................15
Key-On_Data ...............................................................................................15
Busy-Channel Lock Out...............................................................................15
4.4.
Data Reception .......................................................................................................................... 16
4.5.
Addressing (Packetized Mode only)........................................................................................... 16
Addressing Basics .......................................................................................16
Hexadecimal Numbers ................................................................................17
Setting A System-Wide Address..................................................................17
Broadcast Transmissions ............................................................................17
The Address Mask.......................................................................................18
Addressing Examples: .................................................................................19
4.6.
Error Correction ......................................................................................................................... 19
Using the FireLine Modem – Streaming Mode....................................................21
4.7.
Streaming Mode Operation........................................................................................................ 21
4.8.
Baud Rate Selection .................................................................................................................. 21
4.9.
Bit Errors.................................................................................................................................... 22
4.10.
Carrier Detect............................................................................................................................. 22
4.11.
Serial Data Flow Control ............................................................................................................ 23
5.
Installation....................................................................................................24
6.
User Serial Port Commands ........................................................................25
6.1.
Overview.................................................................................................................................... 25
