StreamCaster MIMO Radio User Manual
4/30/19
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Silvus Technologies Confidential
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5.1.6
Serial/USB Setup
Figure 33 Serial/USB Setup Configuration Page
Serial Port Setup:
Each StreamCaster is equipped with one user configurable serial port. A special power cable and
null modem cable are required for access to the radio’s serial port. A
brief description of each
parameter is given below.
•
Serial Port Mode
: The user can select one of four available modes for the serial port:
GPS, RS232,
Debug,
and
Disabled
.
o
GPS
: In GPS mode, an external serial GPS module can be connected to and powered from
the serial port of the radio. A gpsd service daemon running on the node will make the GPS
information available to any user on the network from TCP/IP port 2947. For more
information on gpsd please see:
In addition, GPS information can be pushed to the radio via the Ethernet or pulled by the
radio from a remote device. If using a remote device to obtain GPS, set the GPS mode to
remote, the GPS Server IP to the IP address of the remote device, and the Port. The radio
will try to connect via TCP to server on local subnet. It will expect data in GPSd format. If
GPS information is pushed to the radio via Ethernet, the radio will listen on specified port
and expect GPS data as NMEA Formatted UDP packets.
