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GUARDIAN SERIALRADIOMODEM
UserManual PN0015006000Rev1 RevisedAugust2011
REVISION HISTORY REV 0 1 DATE July2011 August2011 REVISIONDETAILS InitialReleaseas0015006000. Added UserConfigurationsection5.1.3ModemMode AddedLinkConfigurationsection5.1.4ModemMode AddedUserConfigurationsection5.1.5LoaderMode AddedLinkConfigurationsection5.1.6LoaderMode
IMPORTANTNOTICE Becauseofthenatureofwirelesscommunication,transmissionandreceptionofdatacanneverbeguaranteed.Data maybedelayed,corrupted(i.e.,haveerrors),orbetotallylost.Significantdelaysorlossesofdataarerarewhen wirelessdevicessuchastheGuardianareusedinanormalmannerwithawellconstructednetwork.Guardianshould notbeusedinsituationswherefailuretotransmitorreceivedatacouldresultindamageofanykindtotheuserorany otherparty,includingbutnotlimitedtopersonalinjury,death,orlossofproperty.CalAmpacceptsnoresponsibilityfor damagesofanykindresultingfromdelaysorerrorsindatatransmittedorreceivedusingGuardian,orforthefailureof Guardiantotransmitorreceivesuchdata. COPYRIGHTNOTICE Copyright2011CalAmp. ProductsofferedmaycontainsoftwareproprietarytoCalAmp.Theofferofsupplyoftheseproductsandservicesdoes notincludeorinferanytransferofownership.Nopartofthedocumentationorinformationsuppliedmaybedivulged toanythirdpartywithouttheexpresswrittenconsentofCalAmp. RF EXPOSURE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS
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TheGuardianradioisintendedforuseintheIndustrialMonitoringandControlandSCADAmarkets.TheGuardianunit mustbeprofessionallyinstalledandmustensureaminimumseparationdistancelistedinthetablebelowbetweenthe radiatingstructureandanyperson.Anantennamountedonapoleortoweristhetypicalinstallationandinrare instances,a1/2wavewhipantennaisused. Antenna Gain 10 dBi 15 dBi 218.8cm 389cm 188cm 115 cm 334.4cm 201.7 cm
Min Safety Distance (VHF @ max Power) Min Safety Distance (UHF @ max Power) Min Safety Distance (900 MHz @ max power)
5 dBi 123cm 105.7cm 63.8cm
Note:ItistheresponsibilityoftheusertoguaranteecompliancewiththeFCCMPEregulationswhenoperatingthis deviceinawayotherthandescribedabove. TheGuardianradiousesalowpowerradiofrequencytransmitter.Theconcentratedenergyfromanantennamaypose ahealthhazard.Peopleshouldnotbeinfrontoftheantennawhenthetransmitterisoperating. TheinstallerofthisequipmentmustensuretheantennaislocatedorpointedsuchthatitdoesnotemitanRFfieldin excessofHealthCanadalimitsforthegeneralpopulation.Recommendedsafetyguidelinesforthehumanexposureto radiofrequencyelectromagneticenergyarecontainedintheCanadianSafetyCode6(availablefromHealthCanada) andtheFederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)Bulletin65. Anychangesormodificationsnotexpresslyapprovedbythepartyresponsibleforcompliance(inthecountrywhere used)couldvoidtheuser'sauthoritytooperatetheequipment.
REGULATORYCERTIFICATIONS TheGuardianradioisavailableinseveraldifferentmodelseachwithuniquefrequencybands.EachmodelofGuardian mayhavedifferentregulatoryapprovalasshowninthetablebelow. Certifications

Model Number 140-5016-500 140-5016-501 140-5026-500 140-5026-501 140-5046-300 140-5046-301 140-5046-500 140-5046-501 140-5096-500 140-5096-501 Frequency Range 136 174 MHz 136 174 MHz 216 222 MHz 216 222 MHz 406 - 470 MHz 406 - 470 MHz 450 - 512 MHz 450 - 512 MHz 928 - 960 MHz 928 - 960 MHz FCC NP4-5016-500 NP4-5016-500 NP4-5026-500 NP4-5026-500 NP4-5046-300 NP4-5046-300 NP4-5046-300 NP4-5046-300 NP4-5096-500 NP4-5096-500 IC(DOC) 773B-5016500 773B-5016500 773B-5026500 773B-5026500 773B-5046300 773B-5046300 773B-5046300 773B-5046300 773B-5096500 773B-5096500
TABLEOFCONTENTS
1 GUARDIANOVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................................7 . 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 GeneralDescription...................................................................................................................................7 OperationalCharacteristics........................................................................................................................7 LinkConfigurations....................................................................................................................................8 PhysicalDescription...................................................................................................................................9 FrontPanel ...................................................................................................................................................9 . LEDPanel......................................................................................................................................................9 UserInterfacePort.....................................................................................................................................10 SETUPandCOMPorts ................................................................................................................................11 . PowerConnector........................................................................................................................................12 AntennaConnector.....................................................................................................................................12 ChassisDimensions.....................................................................................................................................13 GuardianRadio...........................................................................................................................................13 AccessoriesandOptions.............................................................................................................................14
1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.4.4 1.4.5 1.4.6 1.4.7 1.5 1.5.1 1.7.1 1.8 1.9 2
PartNumbersandAvailability..................................................................................................................13
ProductWarranty....................................................................................................................................15 RMARequest...........................................................................................................................................16
1.10 DocumentationandDownloads...............................................................................................................16 SYSTEMARCHITECTUREANDNETWORKPLANNING.........................................................................................17 2.1 2.2 SingleCoverageArea ...............................................................................................................................17 . NetworkArchitecture ..............................................................................................................................17 . PointtoPoint.............................................................................................................................................17 PointtoMultipoint.....................................................................................................................................18 MultiplePointtoPoint...............................................................................................................................18 PeertoPeer................................................................................................................................................18 StoreandForward......................................................................................................................................18 NetworkUsingaGuardianforOnlineDiagnostics.....................................................................................19 UnderstandingRFPathRequirements .......................................................................................................19 . SiteSelection..............................................................................................................................................19 SiteSurvey..................................................................................................................................................20 AntennaGain..............................................................................................................................................20 OmniDirectionalAntenna..........................................................................................................................20 YagiAntenna...............................................................................................................................................21 VerticalDipoles...........................................................................................................................................21 Feedline......................................................................................................................................................21 RFExposureComplianceRequirements.....................................................................................................22
2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.2.5 2.2.6 2.2.7 2.3 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.4.5 2.4.6 2.5
SiteSelectionandSiteSurvey...................................................................................................................19
SelectingAntennaandFeedline ...............................................................................................................20 .
TerrainandSignalStrength......................................................................................................................22
2.6 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 4 4.1 4.2
RadioInterference...................................................................................................................................23 InstalltheAntenna...................................................................................................................................24 MeasureandConnectPrimaryPower.......................................................................................................24 InsertingWiresIntoUserPortConnector .................................................................................................24 . ConnectGuardiantoProgrammingPC......................................................................................................25 GuardianFieldProgrammingSoftware.....................................................................................................25 UnitIdentificationandStatus...................................................................................................................26 Diagnostics...............................................................................................................................................26 OnlineDiagnostics......................................................................................................................................26 OfflineDiagnostics......................................................................................................................................27 RemoteCommands....................................................................................................................................27
SETUPANDCONFIGURATION...........................................................................................................................24
UNITSTATUS...................................................................................................................................................26
4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 5 5.1
GUARDIANFIELDPROGRAMMINGSOFTWARE.................................................................................................28 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................28 PortSettings................................................................................................................................................29 PortStatistics..............................................................................................................................................31 UserConfigurationModemMode...........................................................................................................32 LinkConfigurationModemMode............................................................................................................35 UserPortConfigurationModemMode...................................................................................................40 UserConfigurationLoaderMode............................................................................................................41 LinkConfigurationLoaderMode.............................................................................................................43 UserPortConfigurationLoaderMode.....................................................................................................47 VersionRequest..........................................................................................................................................48 Writing/ReadingGuardianConfigurationParameters...............................................................................48 DiagnosticIDs,AlarmsandFilters...............................................................................................................49 OfflineLinkTest..........................................................................................................................................50 OfflineDiagnostics......................................................................................................................................52 OnlineDiagnostics......................................................................................................................................55 PacketTest..................................................................................................................................................57 ArrayTest....................................................................................................................................................59 ASCII/HEXTerminal...................................................................................................................................61 ProgramFirmware......................................................................................................................................62 EndtoEndTest...........................................................................................................................................63 5.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.3 5.1.4 5.1.5 5.1.6 5.1.7 5.1.8 5.1.9 5.1.10 5.1.11 5.1.12 5.1.13 5.1.14 5.1.15 5.1.16 5.1.17 5.1.18 5.1.19
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GUARDIANSPECIFICATIONS.............................................................................................................................65 PRODUCTWARRANTY.....................................................................................................................................69
GUARDIANOVERVIEW
ThisdocumentprovidesinformationrequiredfortheoperationandverificationoftheCalAmpGuardian NarrowbandModem.
1.1
GENERALDESCRIPTION
ThisDSPbasedradiowasdesignedforSCADA,telemetryandindustrialapplicationsinthe136174MHz,215240 MHzVHF,406.1512MHzUHF,and928960MHzfrequencyranges. GuardiansupportsserialRemoteTerminalUnits(RTU)andprogrammablelogiccontrollers(PLC).
1.2
OPERATIONALCHARACTERISTICS
TheGuardianproducthasthefollowingoperationalcharacteristics: Frequencyrangeof136174MHz,215240MHz,406.1470MHz,450512MHz,or928960MHz. Userselectabledatarates Builtintransceiveradjustablefrom1to10watts(8wattsmaxfor900MHz) Wideinputpowerrangeof10to30voltsDC OnlineandOfflineDiagnostics Supportsupto8differentlinkconfigurationswhichincludefrequencychannelpairs(selectablethrough userinterfaceport).SeeSection1.3. Industrialoperatingtemperaturerangeof30to+60C Ruggeddiecastaluminumandsteelcase
Thesefeaturesprovidesystembenefitsthatgiveusers: RuggedPackaging.Guardianishousedinacompactandruggedcastaluminumcase.Builtforindustrial applicationsinavarietyofenvironments,Guardianoperatesoveranextendedtemperaturerangeandprovides worryfreeoperationintheroughestenvironments. SimpleInstallation.BasicinstallationtypicallyutilizesanomnidirectionalantennaatthemasterstationorRelay PointandadirectionalantennaateachremotesitenotaRelayPoint.SeeSection2.3and2.4forinformationon SiteandAntennaSelection.Forbasicservice,justhookupanantenna,applyprimarypower,checkandsetafew operatingparametersandyouaredone. FlexibleManagement.Configuration,commissioning,maintenanceandtroubleshootingcanbedonelocallyor remotely.Therearenophysicalswitchesoradjustments.TheFullDuplexGuardianallowsforsimultaneous receptionandtransmissionofdata,andfeaturedualports.AllFullDuplexmodelsandthe900MHzDualPort
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modelprovideareceiveantennaconnectorallowingforuniquecustomerapplicationsrequiringadditionalreceive filtering,externalPA(s),andotheroptions. LongRange.Narrowbandconfigurationsallowbettercoverageoverharshterrain.
1.3
LINKCONFIGURATIONS
TheGuardianallowsyoutoprogramuptoeight(8)differentlinkconfigurations.Youmaychoosewhich configurationyouareusingbyselectingtheappropriatelinkconfigurationpins.Sincethepinsareinternallypulled High,aNoConnect(NC)willresultinaHighstate.TiethepintoGround(GND)topullitLow.SeeTable12forthe Userportinterface. LinkConfiguration 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (defaultwhenno connectionsaremade) (1) TiethepintoGround(GND)(Pin5oftheUserConnector)tomakethepinlow. (2) ThepinshouldbeNotConnected(NC).Theinternalpullupmakesithigh. Theconfigurationsallowyoutoselecttransmitfrequencies,receivefrequencies,powerlevels,bandwidths,RF Portconfigurations,ComPortconfigurations,OnlineDiagnosticsandmore.Youmaychoosetoprogramallof yourunitsthesame,andlettheUserConnectorattheinstallsiteselecttheproperconfigurationforthatinstall. Forinstance,SiteAtransmitsat450.05MHzandreceivesat456.05MHz,andsiteBtransmitsat456.05MHzand receivesat450.05MHz.YoucanprogramLinkConfiguration1totransmitat450.05MHzandreceiveat456.05 MHz.YouprogramLinkConfiguration2totransmitat456.05MHzandreceiveat450.05MHz.Youprogramthe sameconfigurationsintobothunits.TheUserPortconnectoratSiteAiswiredtoLinkConfiguration1,andthe UserPortconnectoratSiteBiswiredtoLinkConfiguration2.Ifaunitfailssomewherealongtheline,a replacementunitwiththesameconfigurationcanbepluggedintoeithersite.LinkConfigurationssimplifyradio programmingandsiteinstallation. TheUsercanusetheDefaultConfigurationtospeedupconfigurationprogramming.Forinstance,SiteCrequires anRS232connection,andSiteDrequiresRS485.Allotherparametersarethesamefortheinstall.By programmingthedesiredRxFrequency,TxFrequency,TxPower,etc.intheDefaultConfigurationanddefaulting eachLinkConfigurationtotheDefault,theUseronlyneedstosettheparametersthataredifferentbetweenLink Configurations.Thisprogrammingbyexceptioncansavetimeinsystemconfiguration.WhateveryouwantALL unitstohave,programintheDefaultConfiguration.ProgramonlythedifferencesintheLinkConfigurations. Configuration Select1 (internallypulledhigh) GND(1) NC(2) GND(1) NC(2) GND(1) NC(2) GND(1) NC(2) Configuration Select2 (internallypulledhigh) GND(1) GND(1) NC(2) NC(2) GND(1) GND(1) NC(2) NC(2) ConfigurationSelect3 (internallypulledhigh) GND(1) GND(1) GND(1) GND(1) NC(2) NC(2) NC(2) NC(2)
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1.4
PHYSICALDESCRIPTION
GuardianconsistsoftwoPCBs,onethatincludesthemodemcircuitryandtheothertheradiomodule.Bothare installedinacastaluminumcase.Theunitisnothermeticallysealedandshouldbemountedinasuitable enclosurewhendust,moisture,and/oracorrosiveatmosphereareanticipated. TheGuardianisdesignedforeasyinstallationandconfiguration;theGuardianfeaturesnoexternalorinternal switchesoradjustments.Alloperatingparametersaresetviathesetupport.
1.4.1 FRONTPANEL
Thefrontpanelhasthefollowingconnections: (1)8Pinuserinterfaceblockconnector (1)50ohmTNCfemaleAntennaconnector (1)50ohmSMAfemalereceiveantennaconnector(DualPortandFullDuplexmodelsonly) (1)Rightanglepowerconnector(1030VDC) (2)DE9FRS232ports ForDualPortorFullDuplexGuardianconnections,seeSection1.4.6.
Figure11GuardianFrontPanel
1.4.2 LEDPANEL
TheLEDpanelhasfiveTriColorLEDs.ThefunctionalityofeachLEDisshownin.

Table11.
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Table11GuardianLEDFunctionality
LED
Color Amber(SolidorBlinking) Red
Definition Guardian ready,normaloperations GuardianisProgramming Guardianhardwarefault Guardian nofaults,normaloperations Guardianhasafaultcondition,checkunitstatus Receivingdata Transmittingdata Theunitwantstotransmit,butisinhibited. Receivedataisbeingsentoutoftheport Transmitdataisbeingreceivedbytheport
Power Green
Status Green Red Rx Tx Green Off Red BlinkingAmber Off RD/TD Green Red
Amber(SolidorBlinking) Guardiandetectshighbackgroundnoise
1.4.3 USERINTERFACEPORT
Theuserinterfaceportisan8pinblockreceptacle,programmabletoworkwith1.8Vto5Vlevels.Table12shows pinoutdescriptionsfortheUserport.
Table12PinOutforUserConnector
Contact 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SignalName TxAudioIn OR RS485/422RxB/RxD+(input)(1,2) RxAudioOut OR RS485/422TxB/TxD+(output)(1,2) PTT OR RS485/422RxA/RxD (input) (1,3) RSSIOut OR RS485/422TxA/TxD (output)(1,3) Ground Configuration Select1 (internallypulledhigh) Configuration Select3(internallypulledhigh) GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 10|P a g e
8 Configuration Select2 (internallypulledhigh)
(1) WhenRS422orRS485isconfigured. (2) ForHalfDuplex(2wire)connections,connectpin1(RxB/RxD+)topin2(TxB/TxD+)and pin3(RxA/RxD)topin4(TxA/TxD).
1.4.4 SETUPANDCOMPORTS
TheSETUPandCOMserialconnectionsareDE9FRS232ports.ThepinoutfortheSETUPandCOMportsare showninTable13. Serialportconsiderations:
GuardianradiomodemSETUPandCOMportsareDataCommunicationEquipment(DCE)devices Ingeneral,equipmentconnectedtotheGuardiansSETUP/COMserialportisDataTerminalEquipment (DTE)andastraightthroughcableisrecommended. Note:IfaDCEdeviceisconnectedtotheGuardianSETUP/COMport,anullcable/adapterisrequired.
Table13PinOutforDCESETUPandCOMPort,9ContactDE9Connector
Contact 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
EIA232FFunction DataCarrierDetect(DCD) ReceiveData(RXD) TransmitData(TXD) DataTerminalReady(DTR) SignalGround(GND) DataSetReady(DSR) ReadyToSend(RTS) ClearToSend(CTS) RingIndicator(RI)
(2) (3) (1)
SignalDirection DTEDCE DTEDCE DTEDCE DTEDCE DTEDCE DTEDCE DTEDCE DTEDCE DTE DCE
(4)
(5)
(1)DCDisassertedontheCOMportwhenacarrierisreceived. ItisunusedontheSetupport. (2)AlwaysassertedwhenDTRapplied. (3)RTSontheCOMportrequeststransmitterkeyupinRTS/CTSactivationmode.Itisunusedonthe Setupport. (4)CTSwillbeassertedwhendatacanbesentontheCOMport.ItisunusedontheSetupport. (5)FutureUse. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 11|P a g e
1.4.5 POWERCONNECTOR
TheGuardianissuppliedwitharightanglepowerconnector(1030VDC).Table14showsthepinoutofthepower connector.
Table14PinOutofthePowerConnector
Contact# (LefttoRight) 4 3 2 1
Color
Description FanPowerOutput(5V)
Black Red White
Ground Positive(1030)VDC Enable(SeeNote)
NOTE:TheWhiteEnablelinemustbetiedtotheredpositiveleadoftheconnectorfortheGuardiantopowerup. BringingtheEnablelinelowisarequestfortheunittopowerdown.Iftheunitiswritingtoanynonvolatile memory,itwillcompletetheoperationbeforepoweringdown.ItishighlyrecommendedthatyouusetheEnable linetopowerupandpowerdowntheradio.
1.4.6 ANTENNACONNECTOR
ThestandardGuardianhasa50ohmTNCfemaleantennaconnector.Thisconnectionfunctionsforbothtransmit andreceive. TheDualPortandFullDuplexGuardianhavea50ohmTNCfemaleantennaconnectorfunctioningfortransmit (only)anda50ohmSMAfemaleantennaconnectorfunctioningforreceive(only).Theseparatereceiveantenna connectorallowsforuniquecustomerapplicationsthatrequireadditionalreceivefiltering,externalPA(s)and otheroptions. Warning:ThetransmitantennaportmustnotbeconnecteddirectlytothereceiveantennaportoftheDualPort orFullDuplexGuardian.Excessivepowerintothereceiveantennaportwilldamagetheradio.Inputpowerto thereceivershouldnotexceed17dBm(50mW). Toreducepotentialinterference,theantennatypeanditsgainshouldbechosentoensuretheeffectiveisotropic radiatedpower(EIRP)isnotmorethanrequiredforsuccessfulcommunication.
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1.4.7 CHASSISDIMENSIONS
Figure12DimensionsoftheGuardianChassisandMountingPlate
1.5
PARTNUMBERSANDAVAILABILITY
1.5.1 GUARDIANRADIO
Table15providesabreakdownoftheGuardianpartnumber14050X6Y0Z.
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Table15PartNumberBreakdown
ModelNumber 1405016500 1405026500 1405046300 1405046500 1405096500 1405016501 1405026501 1405046301 1405046501 1.6 1405096501
Description StandardVHFGuardian100 StandardVHFGuardian200 StandardUHFGuardian 400Range3 StandardUHFGuardian 400Range5 Standard900 MHzGuardian900 FullDuplex VHFGuardian100 FullDuplex VHFGuardian200 FullDuplex UHFGuardian 400Range3 FullDuplex UHFGuardian 400Range5 1.7
FrequencyRange 136 174MHz 215 240MHz 406.1470MHz 450 512MHz 928 960MHz 136 174MHz 215 240MHz 406.1470MHz 450 512MHz
DualPort900MHzGuardian900* 928 960MHz
*DualPort900MHzGuardianMHzdoesnotsupportFullDuplexoperation.
1.7.1 ACCESSORIESANDOPTIONS
Table16,Table17,andTable18liststandardaccessoriestestedandapprovedforusewiththeGuardian. Table16Accessories
ITEM GuardianPowerCable Guardian100DemoKit*VHF136174MHz Guardian200DemoKit*VHF200215240MHz Guardian400DemoKit*UHF406470MHz Guardian400DemoKit*UHF450512MHz Guardian900DemoKit*900928960MHz FactoryInstalledGuardianFanKit FieldInstalledGuardianFanKit TNCMaletoNMale18 TNCMaletoNMale48 TNCMaletoNMale72 TNCMaletoNFemale18
PARTNUMBER 8975008010 2505016500 2505026500 2505046300 2505046500 2505096500 1505008001 1505008002 2500697103 2500697104 2500697105 2500697106
*TheGuardianDemoKitincludestwoofeachofthefollowing:Guardian,rubberduckantennas,adapters,attenuators,powercables,and powersupplies.
Table17AntennaKits
ITEM AntennaKit*:138143MHz6.5dBd AntennaKit*:138143MHz9.5dBd AntennaKit*:143148MHz6.5dBd AntennaKit*:143138MHz9.5dBd
PARTNUMBER 2500211007 2500211010 2500211107 2500211110
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AntennaKit*:148152MHz6.5dBd AntennaKit*:148152MHz9.5dBd AntennaKit*:152157MHz6.5dBd AntennaKit*:152157MHz9.5dBd AntennaKit*:157163MHz6.5dBd AntennaKit*:157163MHz9.5dBd AntennaKit*:163169MHz6.5dBd AntennaKit*:163169MHz9.5dBd AntennaKit*:169174MHz6.5dBd AntennaKit*:169174MHz9.5dBd AntennaKit*:216222MHz6.5dBd AntennaKit*:216222MHz9.5dBd AntennaKit*:450470MHz,7dBd AntennaKit*:450470MHz,10dBd AntennaKit*:890960MHz,6.4dBd AntennaKit*:890960MHz,10dBd 2500211207 2500211210 2500211307 2500211310 2500211407 2500211410 2500211507 2500211510 2500211607 2500211610 2500221007 2500221010 2500241507 2500241510 2505099011 2505099021
*Kitsincludepremiumantenna,mountingbracket,surgeprotector,groundingkit,cableties,18TNCmaletoNmalejumpercableandweather kit.UHF/900kitsinclude25feetofLMR400antennafeedline.FeedlineisavailableforVHFkitsin25or50feetlengths.
Table18FeedlineandConnectors
ITEM 25feetantennafeedline(LMR400),NMale 50feetantennafeedline(LMR400),NMale BarrelConnector,RF1Ntype,Female
PARTNUMBER 2500200025 2500200055 2500200100
1.8
PRODUCTWARRANTY
ItisourguaranteethateveryGuardianRadiomodemwillbefreefromphysicaldefectsinmaterialand workmanshipforTWOYEARSfromthedateofpurchasewhenusedwithinthelimitssetforthinAppendixA: Specifications. Themanufacturer'swarrantystatementisavailableinAppendixB.Iftheproductprovesdefectiveduringthe warrantyperiod,contactourCustomerServiceDepartmenttoobtainaReturnMaterialAuthorization(RMA).BE SURETOHAVETHEEQUIPMENTMODEL,SERIALNUMBER,ANDBILLING&SHIPPINGADDRESSESAVAILABLEWHEN CALLING.YoumayalsorequestanRMAonlineatwww.calamp.com/component/option,com_rma/ FACTORYANDTECHNICALSUPPORT MF7:304:30CST CalAmpWirelessNetworks 299JohnsonAve.,Ste110,Waseca,MN56093 GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 15|P a g e
Tel507.833.8819;Fax507.833.6758 Emailwngsupport@calamp.com
1.9
RMAREQUEST
Whenreturningaproduct,marktheRMAclearlyontheoutsideofthepackage.Includeacompletedescriptionof theproblemandthenameandtelephonenumberofacontactperson.RETURNREQUESTSWILLNOTBE PROCESSEDWITHOUTTHISINFORMATION. ContactCustomerService: 299JohnsonAve.,Ste110 Waseca,MN56093 Tel1.507.833.8819 BESURETOHAVETHEEQUIPMENTMODELANDSERIALNUMBER,ANDBILLINGANDSHIPPINGADDRESSESON HANDWHENCALLING. Forunitsinwarranty,customersareresponsibleforshippingchargestoCalAmpWirelessNetworks.Forunits returnedoutofwarranty,customersareresponsibleforallshippingcharges.Returnshippinginstructionsarethe responsibilityofthecustomer.
1.10 DOCUMENTATIONANDDOWNLOADS
CalAmpreservestherighttoupdateitsproducts,software,ordocumentationwithoutobligationtonotifyany individualorentity.Productupdatesmayresultindifferencesbetweentheinformationprovidedinthismanual andtheproductshipped.Foraccesstothemostcurrentproductdocumentationandapplicationnotes,visit http://www.calamp.com/support. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 16|P a g e
SYSTEMARCHITECTUREANDNETWORKPLANNING
This section briefly discusses network architecture (including basic network types), interfacing modems and DTE, data protocols for efficient channel operation, addressing, and repeaters. GuardianisdesignedtoreplacewirelinesinSCADA,telemetryandcontrolapplications.TheRS232serialport allowsdirectconnectiontoProgrammableLogicControllers(PLCs)orRemoteTerminalUnits(RTUs).ASCADA systemisdefinedasoneormorecentralizedcontrolsitesusedtomonitorandcontrolremotefielddevicesover wideareas.Forexample,aregionalutilitymaymonitorandcontrolnetworksoveranentiremetropolitanarea. IndustrysectorswithSCADAsystemsincludeenergyutilities,waterandwastewaterutilities,andenvironmental groups. TheGuardianisintendedforuseintheIndustrialMonitoringandSCADAmarket.TherangeoftheGuardianis dependentonterrain,RF(radiofrequency)pathobstacles,andantennasystemdesign.Thissectionprovidestips forselectinganappropriatesite,choosinganantennasystem,andreducingthechanceofharmfulinterference.
2.1
SINGLECOVERAGEAREA
Inanetworktopologywithonlyasinglecoveragearea(allunitscantalktooneanotherdirectly),thereareseveral commonsystemconfigurations. Themostcommonisforoneunittobedesignatedasamasterandtherestdesignatedasremotes.Another systemconfigurationisReportbyException.
2.2
NETWORKARCHITECTURE
2.2.1 POINTTOPOINT
Apointtopointnetworkisthemostsimpleofallnetworks,andmaybeusedforconnectingapairofPC's,ahost computerandaterminal,aSCADApollingmasterandoneremote,orawidevarietyofothernetworking applications.
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Figure21PointtoPointNetwork
2.2.2 POINTTOMULTIPOINT
APointtoMultipointnetworkisacommonnetworktypeusedinSCADAorotherpollingsystems.Thesingle pollingmasterstationcommunicateswithanynumberofremotesandcontrolsthenetworkbyissuingpollsand waitingforremoteresponses.IndividualPLC/RTUremotesmanageaddressingandrespondwhentheirindividual addressesarequeried.PLC/RTUunitaddressesaremaintainedinascanningliststoredinthehostprogramor masterterminaldeviceattheSCADAhostsite.Communicationsequipmentistransparentanddoesnotinteract withspecificremotes;alldataiscoupledtothehostonasingledataline(suchanetworkiscommonlyusedwith synchronousradiomodemsandasynchronousradiomodems).
Figure22PointtoMultipointNetwork
2.2.3 MULTIPLEPOINTTOPOINT
AmultiplepointtopointissimilartothepointtomultipointsystemexcepttheSCADAhosthasmultipleserial portsthataredirectedtodifferentgeographicareasintheSCADAsystem. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 18|P a g e
2.2.4 PEERTOPEER
APeertoPeernetworkisgenerallyusedfordevicetodevicecommunicationsamonganumberofstations.This networkrequiresfulladdressingcapabilityonthepartofthedataequipment(DTE).Ifthedistancesinvolvedfor anylinkorlinksaretoogreatforasingleradiohop,theycanbeextendedbymeansofrepeaterswithoutaffecting thebasicnetworkdesign.
2.2.5 STOREANDFORWARD
StoreandForwardisacommontechniquewhereadatatransmissionissentfromonedevicetoareceivingdevice butfirstpassesthrougharelayingdevice.ThedeviceistypicallyanRTUorPLCusedbythemessageserviceto storethereceivedmessagethenittransmitsthemessagetotheintendedrecipient.
2.2.6 NETWORKUSINGAGUARDIANFORONLINEDIAGNOSTICS
TheNetworkUsingaGuardianforOnlineDiagnosticsconfigurationhasthefollowingcharacteristics: Masterstationmaybefullduplex(duplexerdualantennasrequired),halfduplexorsimplex Accumulatedonlinediagnosticsareavailableatamonitoringsite(monitoringsitemustbeinrangeofall remotes) OnlineDiagnosticsareavailableinrealtimeatthemonitoringsite RemoteOfflineDiagnostics,statistics,andcontrolareavailablefromthemonitoringsitebytemporarily disablingnetworkactivity(bestifusingaMasterStationAntennaSystem)
OnlineDiagnosticsareaccumulatedinthemonitoringGuardianforthelast15stationsheard.Thisinformation maybeviewedusingtheOnlineDiagnosticsutility.Forlargernetworks,theGuardiancanoutputrawdiagnostic datathroughtheSetupportwhichmaybeinterpretedfornetworkmanagementbytheFieldProgramming SoftwareOnlineDiagnosticsutilityorbyausersuppliedsoftwareprogram.Contactyoursalesrepresentativesfor moreinformation.
2.2.7 UNDERSTANDINGRFPATHREQUIREMENTS
Radiowavesarepropagatedwhenelectricalenergyproducedbyaradiotransmitterisconvertedintomagnetic energybyanantenna.Magneticwavestravelthroughspace.Thereceivingantennainterceptsaverysmall amountofthismagneticenergyandconvertsitbackintoelectricalenergythatisamplifiedbytheradioreceiver. TheenergyreceivedbythereceiveriscalledtheReceivedSignalStrengthIndication(RSSI)andismeasuredin dBm. AradiomodemrequiresaminimumamountofreceivedRFsignaltooperatereliablyandprovideadequatedata throughput.Thisistheradiosreceiversensitivity.Inmostcases,spectrumregulatorswilldefineorlimitthe amountofsignalthatcanbetransmittedanditwillbenotedontheFCClicense.Thisistheeffectiveisotropic radiatedpower(EIRP). Transmittedpowerdecayswithdistanceandotherfactorsasitmovesawayfromthe transmittingantenna. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 19|P a g e
2.3
SITESELECTIONANDSITESURVEY
2.3.1 SITESELECTION
Forasuccessfulinstallation,carefulthoughtmustbegiventoselectingthesiteforeachradio.Theserequirements canbequicklydeterminedinmostcases.Suitablesitesshouldprovidethefollowing: Protectionfromdirectweatherexposure Asourceofadequateandstableprimarypower Suitableentrancesforantenna,interface,orothercabling Antennalocationwithanunobstructedtransmissionpathtoallremoteradiosinthesystem
2.3.2 SITESURVEY
ASiteSurveyisanRFpropagationstudyoftheRFpathbetweentwopointsorbetweenonepointandmultiple points.UHFradiosignalstravelprimarilybylineofsightandobstructionsbetweenthesendingandreceiving stationswillaffectsystemperformance.Signalpropagationisalsoaffectedbyattenuationfromobstructionssuch asterrain,foliage,orbuildingsinthetransmissionpath.ASiteSurveyisrecommendedformostprojectsto determinetheoptimalRFpathsforeachlink.ThisisespeciallytruewhenmorethanoneRFcoverageareais required.ASiteSurveywilldeterminethebestunitlocationfortheRelayPoints.
2.4
SELECTINGANTENNAANDFEEDLINE
TheGuardiancanbeusedwithavarietyofantennatypes.Theexactstyleuseddependsonthephysicalsizeand layoutofasystem.TheGuardiandevicehasbeentestedandapprovedwithantennashavingamaximumgainof 10dBi.
2.4.1 ANTENNAGAIN
Antennagainisusuallymeasuredincomparisontoadipole.Adipoleactsmuchlikethefilamentofaflashlight bulb:itradiatesenergyinalmostalldirections.Onebulblikethiswouldprovideverydimroomlighting.Adda reflectorcapableofconcentratingalltheenergyintoanarrowangleofradiationandyouhaveaflashlight.Within thatbrightspotonthewall,thelightmightbeathousandtimesgreaterthanitwouldbewithoutthereflector. Theresultingbulbreflectorcombinationhasagainof1000,or30dB,comparedtothebulbalone.Gaincanbe achievedbyconcentratingtheenergybothverticallyandhorizontally,asinthecaseoftheflashlightandYagi antenna.Gaincanbealsobeachievedbyreducingtheverticalangleofradiation,leavingthehorizontalalone.In thiscase,theantennawillradiateequallyinallhorizontaldirections,butwilltakeenergythatotherwisewould havegoneskywardsanduseittoincreasethehorizontalradiation. Therequiredantennaimpedanceis50ohms.Toreducepotentialradiointerference,theantennatypeanditsgain shouldbechosentoensuretheeffectiveisotropicradiatedpower(EIRP)isnotmorethanrequiredforsuccessful communication.
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SeeTable17foralistoftestedantennarecommendations.TheseantennasareFCCapprovedforusewiththe Guardian.Similarantennatypesfromothermanufacturersareequallyacceptable.Itisimportanttofollowthe manufacturersrecommendedinstallationproceduresandinstructionswhenmountinganyantenna.
2.4.2 OMNIDIRECTIONALANTENNA
Ingeneral,anomnidirectionalantennashouldbeusedatamasterstationandRelayPoints.Thisallowsequal coveragetoalloftheremotelocations.OmnidirectionalantennasaredesignedtoradiatetheRFsignalina360 degreepatternaroundtheantenna.Shortrangeantennassuchasfoldeddipolesandgroundindependentwhips areusedtoradiatethesignalinaballshapedpatternwhilehighgainomniantennas,suchasacollinearantenna, compresstheRFradiationsphereintothehorizontalplanetoprovidearelativelyflatdiscshapedpatternthat travelsfurtherbecausemoreoftheenergyisradiatedinthehorizontalplane.
2.4.3 YAGIANTENNA
Atremotelocations(notusedasaRelayPoint),adirectionalYagiisgenerallyrecommendedtominimize interferencetoandfromotherusers.
2.4.4 VERTICALDIPOLES
Verticaldipolesareveryoftenmountedinpairs,orsometimesgroupsof3or4,toachieveevencoverageandto increasegain.Theverticalcollinearantennausuallyconsistsofseveralelementsstackedoneabovetheotherto achievesimilarresults.
Figure23AntennaTypes
Omni(VerticalCollinear)
Yagi
VerticalDipole
2.4.5 FEEDLINE
Thechoiceoffeedlineshouldbecarefullyconsidered.Poorqualitycoaxialcablesshouldbeavoided,astheywill degradesystemperformanceforbothtransmissionandreception.Thecableshouldbekeptasshortaspossibleto minimizesignalloss.SeeTable21foralistoffeedlinerecommendations. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 21|P a g e

Table21TransmissionLoss(per100Feet)
CableType LMR400 1/2Heliax 7/8Heliax 15/8Heliax VHF 1.5dB 0.68dB 0.37dB 0.22dB
FrequencyRange UHF 2.7dB 1.51dB 0.83dB 0.51dB 900MHz 3.9dB 2.09dB 1.18dB 0.69dB
Outsidecableconnectionsshouldhaveaweatherkitappliedtoeachconnectiontopreventmoisture.Feedline connectionsshouldberoutinelyinspectedtominimizesignallossthroughtheconnection.A3dBlossinsignal strengthduetocablelossand/orbadconnectionsrepresentsa50%reductioninsignalstrength.
2.4.6 RFEXPOSURECOMPLIANCEREQUIREMENTS
TheGuardianradioisintendedforuseintheIndustrialMonitoringandControlandSCADAmarkets.TheGuardian unitmustbeprofessionallyinstalledandmustensureaminimumseparationdistancelistedinthetablebelow betweentheradiatingstructureandanyperson.Anantennamountedonapoleortoweristhetypicalinstallation andinrareinstances,a1/2wavewhipantennaisused.
Table22RFExposureComplianceMinimumSafetyDistances
Min Safety Distance (VHF @ max power) Min Safety Distance (UHF @ max power) Min Safety Distance (900 MHz @ max power)
5 dBi 123cm 105.7cm 63.8cm
Antenna Gain 10 dBi 15 dBi 218.8cm 389cm 188cm 115 cm 334.4cm 201.7 cm
Note:ItistheresponsibilityoftheusertoguaranteecompliancewiththeFCCMPEregulationswhenoperating thisdeviceinawayotherthandescribedabove. TheGuardianradiousesalowpowerradiofrequencytransmitter.Theconcentratedenergyfromanantennamay poseahealthhazard.Peopleshouldnotbeinfrontoftheantennawhenthetransmitteris operating. TheinstallerofthisequipmentmustensuretheantennaislocatedorpointedsuchthatitdoesnotemitanRFfield inexcessofHealthCanadalimitsforthegeneralpopulation.Recommendedsafetyguidelinesforthehuman exposuretoradiofrequencyelectromagneticenergyarecontainedintheCanadianSafetyCode6(availablefrom HealthCanada)andtheFederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)Bulletin65. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 22|P a g e
RF E
Anychangesormodificationsnotexpresslyapprovedbythepartyresponsibleforcompliance(inthecountry whereused)couldvoidtheuser'sauthoritytooperatetheequipment.
2.5
TERRAINANDSIGNALSTRENGTH
Alineofsight(LOS)pathbetweenstationsishighlydesirableandprovidesthemostreliablecommunicationslink inallcases.Alineofsightpathcanoftenbeachievedbymountingeachstationantennaonatowerorother elevatedstructurethatraisesithighenoughtoclearsurroundingterrainandotherobstructions. Therequirementforacleartransmissionpathdependsonthedistancetobecoveredbythesystem.Ifthesystem istocoveralimiteddistance,say35miles,thensomeobstructionsinthetransmissionpathmaybetolerable.For longerrangesystems,anyobstructioncouldcompromisetheperformanceofthesystem,orblocktransmission entirely. Thesignalstrength(RSSI)atthereceivermustexceedthereceiversensitivitybyanamountknownasthefade margintoprovidereliableoperationundervariousconditions.Fademargin(expressedindB)isthemaximum tolerablereductioninreceivedsignalstrength,whichstillprovidesanacceptablesignalquality.Thiscompensates forreducedsignalstrengthduetomultipath,slightantennamovementorchangingatmosphericlosses.CalAmp recommendsa30dBfademarginformostprojects.Table23showstheRSSIversusReliability.
Table23RSSIReliability
RSSI 100dBm 90dBm 80dBm 70dBm
Reliability Approximately 50% reliability. Fading may cause frequent data loss. Approximately90%reliability.Fadingwillcauseoccasionaldataloss. Approximately99%reliability.Reasonabletolerancetomostfading. Approximately99.9%reliabilitywithhightolerancetofading.
2.6
RADIOINTERFERENCE
Interferenceispossibleinanyradiosystem.However,sincetheGuardianisdesignedforuseinalicensedsystem, interferenceislesslikelybecausegeographiclocationandexistingoperatingfrequenciesarenormallytakeninto accountwhenallocatingfrequencies. Theriskofinterferencecanbefurtherreducedthroughprudentsystemdesignandconfiguration.Allowadequate separationbetweenfrequenciesandradiosystems.Keepthefollowingpointsinmindwhensettingupyourradio system. a. Systemsinstalledinlightlypopulatedareasareleastlikelytoencounterinterference,whilethoseinurban andsuburbanareasaremorelikelytobeaffectedbyotherdevices. Directionalantennasshouldbeusedattheremoteendofthelink.Theyconfinethetransmissionand receptionpatterntoacomparativelynarrowbeam,whichminimizesinterferencetoandfromstations locatedoutsidethepattern. Ifinterferenceissuspectedfromanothersystem,itmaybehelpfultouseantennapolarizationopposite totheinterferingsystemsantennas.Anadditional20dB(ormore)ofattenuationtointerferencecanbe achievedbyusingoppositeantennapolarization. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 23|P a g e
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c.
d. CheckwithyourCalAmpsalesrepresentativeorCalAmpTechnicalServicesforadditionaloptions.The TechnicalServicesgrouphasqualifiedpersonneltohelpresolveyourRFissues.
SETUPANDCONFIGURATION
ItiseasytosetupaGuardiannetworktoverifybasicunitoperationandexperimentwithnetworkdesignsand configurations.
3.1
INSTALLTHEANTENNA
AnRX/TXantennaisrequiredforbasicoperation.Fordemounitsonly,connecttheantennaasshowninFigure31 toprovidestableradiocommunicationsbetweendemodevices.
Figure31DemoAntennaAssembly
20 dB, 5 watt max, attenuator
Note: Itisimportanttouseattenuationbetweenalldemounitsinthetestnetworktoreducetheamountofsignal strengthinthetestenvironment.
3.2
MEASUREANDCONNECTPRIMARYPOWER
PrimarypowerfortheGuardianmustbewithin1030VDCandbecapableofprovidingaminimumof10watt supplyforTx@1W,40wattsupplyforTx@5W,or60wattsupplyforTx@10W.(InGuardianDemoKits,a powerconnectorwithspringterminalsisprovidedwitheachunit.)Observeproperpolaritywhenconnectingthe cablestothePowerSupply.(WhitewiremustbeconnectedtoredwireorB+supply)
3.3
INSERTINGWIRESINTOUSERPORTCONNECTOR
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1. Insert2.5mmInsertionTool(CalAmpPN.2505006001)intothewirereleaseslot.DonottwistInsertion Tool.
2.
KeepingtheInsertionToolinplace,insertwire(28AWGminimum,18AWGmaximum)intothewirehole
3. RemoveInsertionTool.Checkwireconnection.
3.4
CONNECTGUARDIANTOPROGRAMMINGPC
ConnectiontoaGuardianisestablishedthroughanRS232(straightthrough)or(nonnull)cableconnectedtothe setupportoftheGuardianandtheCOMportofthePC.
3.5
GUARDIANFIELDPROGRAMMINGSOFTWARE
OperatingcharacteristicsoftheGuardianareconfiguredbytheFieldProgrammingSoftware.OfflineDiagnostics andOnlineDiagnosticsgiveaccesstoOfflineDiagnosticsandcommands(localandremote)andonlinediagnostics monitoring.ProgrammingsoftwareisMicrosoftWindowsbasedandrequiresaWindows95orneweroperating system.Contextsensitivehelpandprintablehelpfilesareprovidedwiththisprogram. TheGuardianrequirestheuseoftheFieldProgrammingSoftwareforconfiguration,adjustmentanddiagnostics. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 25|P a g e
UNITSTATUS
TheUnitStatuswindowsdisplaydeviceGeneralandDiagnosticinformation.
4.1
UNITIDENTIFICATIONANDSTATUS
EachGuardianhasaddressingcapabilitywhichisusedfordiagnosticsandremotecommandsonly.
4.1.1.1 LONGIDNUMBER
ThisvalueisassignedatthefactorybutmaybemodifiedusingtheFieldProgrammingSoftware.TheIDNumberis usedtouniquelyidentifytheGuardianforremotecommandsandOfflineDiagnostics.TheIDNumbermayhave valueswithintherangeof1to4294967295butmultiplesof1024shouldnotbeused
4.1.1.2 SHORTID
Thisvalue(maximum1023)istheloworder10bitsoftheIDNumber.Itisusedtoidentifyonlinediagnosticsonly. ItmaynotbemodifieddirectlyusingtheFieldProgrammingSoftware;itisalwaysderivedfromtheIDNumber.All unitswithinanetworkshouldhaveuniqueShortIDnumberstoavoidambiguityinOnlineDiagnosticsreports. TheGuardianFieldProgrammingSoftwaremaybeusedtocheckthevalueoftheShortID.Whensettingupa network,werecommendcheckingeachunittomakesurethereisnoduplicationofShortIDnumbers. DuplicationsmayberesolvedbychangingtheLongIDNumber. IfIDNumbersaresetwithintherangeof1to1023,theIDNumberandtheShortIDwillalwayshavethesame value.
4.2
DIAGNOSTICS
Guardianunitscontinuallymonitorandreportontheirenvironmentalandoperatingconditions.
4.2.1 ONLINEDIAGNOSTICS
Informationisautomaticallysentbyeachunitatthebeginningofeverytransmission. OnlineDiagnostics(statistics)requiretheuseofanetworkconfigurationsuchasthatspecifiedintheNetwork UsingGuardianforOnlineDiagnosticsSection2.2.6.Onlinediagnosticsdonotinterferewithnormalnetwork operation.Onlinediagnosticsprovidefourtypesofinformation: ShortID RSSI Temperature Battery ForwardPower ReversePower Time
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Seesection5.1.14formoreonOnlineDiagnosticsintheFieldProgrammingSoftware.
4.2.2 OFFLINEDIAGNOSTICS
Offlinediagnosticsarestatisticsreturnedinresponsetoaspecificrequesttoaparticularstation.Theuseofthis featurerequirestemporarysuspensionofusernetworkoperation.Offlinediagnosticsprovideinformationthatis displayedviatheOfflineDiagnosticsutility.OfflineDiagnosticsgatheranddisplays: BatteryVoltage AnalogVcc Temperature RSSILevel ForwardPower ReversePower PreambleGood PreambleTotal PreambleDCD
Seesection5.1.13formoreonOfflineDiagnosticsintheFieldProgrammingSoftware.
4.2.3 REMOTECOMMANDS
RemotecommandsthatmaybesentusingtheOfflineDiagnosticsutilityinclude: Samplenetworkstatistics(monitoringonlinediagnostics) Getstatistics(diagnostics)
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5 5.1
GUARDIANFIELDPROGRAMMINGSOFTWARE INTRODUCTION
TheGuardianFieldProgrammingSoftwareprovidesprogramminganddiagnosticsfortheGuardianwireless modem.TheFieldProgrammingSoftwareallowstheusertoeditandprogramuserprogrammablesettings, interactivelytunemodemandRFparameters,andmonitordiagnosticdatafromtheGuardian.SeeFigure51for theGuardianFieldProgrammingSoftwarestartupscreen.

Figure51GuardianFieldProgrammingSoftwareStartupScreen
ThismanualassumestheFieldProgrammingSoftware(includedwithyourdevice)hasbeeninstalledontheusers PCwithatleastoneoperationalserialCOMPortavailable.
Figure52displaysthemainprogrammingscreenfortheGuardian.
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Figure52GuardianProgrammerScreen
GuardianprogrammingisdonethroughthePCsPrimaryCOMPort.PrimaryandsecondaryCOMportsare configuredwiththeFieldProgrammingSoftware.Theprogrammingcable(includedintheDemoKit)isconnected fromtheSetupPortontheGuardiantothePCsCOMportconfiguredasthePrimaryPort.
5.1.1 PORTSETTINGS
ThePortSettingsscreenoftheFieldProgrammingSoftwareisaccessedviatheUtilitiespulldownmenuonthe GuardianProgrammerscreen(see
Figure52).ThePortSettingsscreensareusedtoconfigurethePCsserialCOMPorts.COMPortassignmentsare displayedinthebottomstatusbaroftheGuardianFieldProgrammingSoftwarescreen. Figure53PortSettingsScreen
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COMPort SelectsCOMPortnumber(132)forPrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.DefaultisCom1. BaudRate SelectsthecommunicationspeedforPrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.Defaultis57600bps. DataBits Selectsnumberofdatabits(7or8)transmittedorreceivedforthePrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.Defaultis8. Parity SelectstransmissionorreceptionofanyParitybitsforthePrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.DefaultisNone. StopBits SelectsnumberofStopBits(1or2)transmittedorreceivedforthePrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.Defaultis1. DTREnable UsedtoassertDTR(DataTerminalReady)lineoftheRS232PortwhentheportisopenforthePrimaryand SecondaryCOMPorts.DefaultisNO. SwapCOMPorts SelectingtheSwapComPortsbuttonmovestheSecondaryCOMPortsettingstothePrimaryCOMPort(and movesthePrimaryCOMPorttotheSecondarysettings).SinceGuardianprogrammingisdonethroughthePrimary COMPort,thisisusefulwhentwounitsareconnectedtothePrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.ASwapCOM Portsallowsthesecondunittobeprogrammedwithoutswitchingprogrammingcables.
5.1.1.1 PRIMARYANDSECONDARYPORTSETTINGSCOMMUNICATIONSMODES
TheModedropdownmenulocatedonthePortSettingsscreen(see
Figure53)configuresthecommunicationsmodeforthePrimaryandSecondaryPCPort.SeeTable51for
CommunicationModesconfigurations.
Table51CommunicationsModes
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Mode Sync/ESCwithNoHS BufferedwithNoHS Description SendsdatausingSync/bytestuffingprotocolwithouthandshaking. Sendsbuffereddatawithouthandshaking(thismoderequiredforDOX operation.)ThisistheDefault. SendsdatausingtheSync/EscbytestuffingprotocolwithRTS/CTShardware handshaking. SendsbuffereddatawithRTS/CTShardwarehandshaking. SendsdatausingtheSync/Esc bytestuffingprotocolwithflowcontrol handshaking. Sendsbuffereddatawithflowcontrolhardwarehandshaking.
Sync/EscwithRTS/CTSHS
BufferedwithRTS/CTSHS Sync/EscwithFlowControlHS
BufferedwithFlowControlHS
5.1.2 PORTSTATISTICS
ThePortStatisticsscreenisaccessedviatheUtilitiespulldownmenu.PortStatisticsshowcurrentparametersof thePCsPrimaryandSecondaryCOMPorts.
Figure54PortStatisticsScreen
BaudRate BaudRateshowsthecurrentbaudratesettingforthePrimaryandSecondaryCOMports. RTS RTSshowsthecurrentstateoftheRTS(requesttosend)line.RTSisanoutputfromthePC. DTR DTRshowsthecurrentstateoftheDTR(dataterminalready)line.DTRisanoutputfromthePC. CTS
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CTSshowsthecurrentstateoftheCTS(cleartosend)line.CTSisaninputtothePC. DSR DSRshowsthecurrentstateoftheDSR(datasetready)line.DSRisaninputtothePC. DCD DCDshowsthecurrentstateoftheDCD(datacarrierdetect)line.DCDisaninputtothePC. BytesTxed BytesTransmittedshowsthenumberofbytes(characters)transmittedsincetheportwaslastopenedorcleared. BytesRxed BytesReceivedshowsthenumberofbytes(characters)receivedsincetheportwaslastopenedorcleared. FramingErrors FramingErrorsshowsthenumberofFramingErrorsreceivedsincetheportwaslastopenedorcleared.
5.1.3 USERCONFIGURATIONMODEMMODE
TheUserConfigurationscreenisaccessedfromtheUtilitiesdropdownmenuortheConfigicononthetoolbar. ToputtheGuardianinModemmode,selectModemintheModefield.
Figure55UserConfigurationScreenModemMode
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Comment TheCommentfieldcanbeusedasanotepad(i.e.,customername,location,technicalinfo,etc.canbeenteredin thisfield).Commentsaretextupto80charactersincludingspaces. Mode SelectsiftheGuardianwilloperateasaDigitalModemoranAnalogLoader. LongID TheelectronicIDNumberisauniquenumberassignedatthefactory.Thisnumbermaybechangedinthecaseof duplicationbyuncheckingtheDefaultLongIDcheckbox.TheIDNumberisusedbytheprogrammerforremote addressinganddiagnostics.Therangeofthisfieldis1to4294967295butmultiplesof1024shouldnotbeused.A multipleof1024resultsinaShortIDof0.IftheIDNumberiswithintherangeof1to1023,theShortIDwillbethe same. NOTE:ThisIDisnotthesameastheprintedserialnumber.Usetheprintedserialnumbertoverifyiftheunitis underwarranty.
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ShortID TheShortIDisderivedfromthelongerIDNumber.Itisusedtoidentifyunitsandminimizesthetimerequiredto transmitOnlineDiagnostics.TheShortIDofeachunitinanetworkmustbeuniqueifOnlineorOfflineDiagnostics willbeused.SincetheShortIDisderivedfromtheIDNumber,noentryisallowedinthisfield.Therangeofthe ShortIDis1to1023. PTTWatchdog Checktoenforceamaximumtransmittimeoruncheckforunlimitedtransmittime.Thisisusedtoprotectagainst astucktransmitter.ThesliderbarletsyouadjustthetransmittimeforPTTwatchdogfrom0to255seconds. CWID Someregulatoryagenciesrequireastationidentification.TheGuardianoffersaMorseCode(CW)identifierthat willidentifytheunitonthefirsttransmissionandatperiodicintervalsafterthat.Thisfieldisusedtosetthe StationID(CWID)orFCCCallSignfortheGuardianModem. Ifenabled,theGuardianwilltransmittheCWIDstringasMorseCodeatthetimeintervalchosenontheslider.A timeintervalbetween1and255minutesisavailable. StationIDisacombinationoflettersandnumbersandthecharacters:space,exclamationpoint(!),DollarSign($ SX),Ampersand(&ASWait),Apostrophe(),parenthesis,plus(+),hyphen(),comma(,),period(.),slash(/).The CWIDmaybeupto13charactersinlength. Info DisplaysGuardianfirmwareandhardwareversioninformation. Diagnostics DisplaysGuardianunitdiagnosticsandheathstatus. CarrierSenseMultipleAccess(CSMA) TheGuardianModemmaybeprogrammedtocheckfortrafficontheRFchannelbeforebeginningatransmission ifenabled. Off:DisablesCSMA.GuardianwillnotcheckfortrafficonRFchannelbeforetransmitting. NoTxonRXData:EnablesCSMA.GuardianwillchecktheRFchannelforvaliddatabeforetransmitting.If validdataisfound,theGuardianwillwaituntilthechannelisclearbeforesendingthedata. NoTxonRXCarrier:EnablesCSMA.GuardianwillchecktheRFchannelforanRFcarrier.Ifcarrierisfound, theGuardianwillwaituntilthechannelisclearbeforesendingthedata. UserPortConfiguration UsedtoconfiguretheGuardian'sUserPortwhenconfiguredinModemMode.
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ReadFile ReadaGuardianConfigurationfilefromthePCintotheGuardianProgrammer. WriteFile WritesthecurrentconfigurationtotheselectedpathandfilenameonthePC. ReadGuardian ClicktoreadtheconfigurationfilefromtheGuardianandupdatethedisplay.SameaspressingF9key. WriteGuardian ClicktowritethecurrentconfigurationtotheGuardian'sflashmemory.SameaspressingF10key. FunctionKeys: F5:PressF5keytocausetheGuardiantokeytheradioandgototransmitmode. F6:PressF6keytocausetheGuardiantounkeytheradioandgotoreceivemode. F8:PressF8keytostoptheGuardianProgrammerfromrequestingdiagnosticsfromtheGuardiansetupserial port. F9:PressF9keytoreadtheconfigurationinformationfromtheGuardian. F10:PressF10keytowritethecurrentconfigurationtotheGuardian'sflashmemory.
5.1.4 LINKCONFIGURATIONMODEMMODE
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TheLinkConfigurationscreenisaccessedfromtheLinkConfigurationiconontheUserConfigurationscreen.Link ConfigurationallowstheusertoviewandeditGuardiansLinkConfigurableparameters.Formoreinformationon LinkConfigurations,seeSection1.3.

Figure56LinkConfigurationScreenModemMode
The Guardian allows you to configure up to eight (8) separate Link Configurations for the unit. The Link ConfigurationtheunitutilizesisselectedbytheConfigurationSelectlinesontheUserconnector. LinkConfigurationsettingsaremodifiedfromthreesectionsonthisscreen:ModemSettings,RFLink,andCOM Port.Whendesiredparametersineachtabwindowhavebeenadjusted,selecttheSaveChangesbuttontostore theparameterinformationintolocalPCmemoryandexitthescreen. ClickingCancelexitsthescreenwithoutmodifyinganyparameterscurrentlystoredinlocalPCmemory.Clicking theDefaultbuttonnexttoaselectionwillforcethatLinkConfigurationtochoosethesettingfromtheDefault Configuration.

Figure57LinkConfigurationScreenDefaultTabModemMode
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ThistabisusedtosetalloftheGuardianModem'sdefaultsettings.Thedefaultsettingswillbeusedinanyofthe 8linkswheretheDefaultcheckboxesarechecked.
5.1.4.1 MODEMSETTINGS
Figure58ModemSettings
OnlineDiagnostics Ifenabled,diagnosticsinformationissentatthebeginningofeachtransmission.Diagnosticsinformationis invisibletouserdataexceptfortheincreaseinRTS/CTSdelayof11ms(at9600b/s).Thedefaultvalueis Enabled(checked). NOTE:Allunitsinanetworkmustusethesamesetting. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 37|P a g e
Diagnosticsfromthelast15stationsheardarestoredineachunit.ThesevaluesarereadusingtheOfflineor OnlineDiagnosticsscreen. Transmittedinformationincludes: ShortID SupplyVoltage(inVolts) InternalTemperature(inCelsius) ForwardandReversePower(inWatts) ReceivedSignalStrength(indBm)
OutputOnlineDiagnosticDatatoSetupPort AllowstheusertoconfiguretheGuardianModemtooutputonlinediagnosticsthroughtheSetupPort.The defaultvalueisDisabled(unchecked). RepeaterMode(ExtendedT1RTSCTS) TheRepeaterModeoptionextendstransmitterturnontimetoallowuseinarepeaternetwork.Thedefaultvalue isDisabled(unchecked). ExtendedTurnoff(T2) TheExtendedTurnoffoptionextendstransmitterturnofftimetoenforceaquietperiodattheendofeach transmission.SelectEnabledifdataequipmentdoesnotclearlyterminateeachdataframeandissusceptibleto extraneousbits(dribblebits)attheendofdatatransmission.ThedefaultvalueisDisabled(unchecked). Valuesare:4800b/s=16ms;9600b/s=8ms;19200b/s=4ms Anendoftransmissionquietperiodapproximately8characterslongcanbeinvokedontheGuardianbyholding itstransmitteronbrieflyafterRTSisdropped.Thisquietperiod(whichoccursbetweenthelastvaliddata characterandanypossibleextraneousnoisebits)maybeofbenefittosomeDTEthatwouldotherwisebe adverselyaffectedbytheextraneousbits. RxOnlyRadio TheRxOnlyRadiooptioninstructsthemodemtoreceivedataanddiagnosticsfromothermodemsonly.Enabling thisoptiondisablesuserdatadelivery.ThedefaultvalueforthisoptionisDisabled(unchecked). DynamicCarrierDetectOffThreshold AllowsthemodemtoautomaticallyadjusttheCarrierDetectOffThresholdbasedontheRSSIwhilereceivingdata. Ifselected,theCarrierDetectOfflevelwillautomaticallyadjusttoapproximately15dBbelowtheactualsignal strength.Thisprovidesrapiddetectionoflossofcarrierandminimizesoreliminatesbitdribbleattheendof transmissions.ThedefaultvalueisEnabled(checked).
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Recommendation:KeepDynamicCarrierDetectOffThresholdenabled(checked)unlessinterferenceorvariable signalstrength(i.e.,fadinginamovingvehicle)causesproblems. CarrierDetectOnThreshold ThesliderallowstheusertosettheminimumRSSIlevelthattheGuardianModemwillrecognizeasavalidcarrier andbegindecodingdata.
5.1.4.2 RFLINK
TheRFLinksectionprovidestheinterfaceforprogrammingvariousradiooperatingparameters.
Figure59RFLink
RxFrequency Displaysthereceivefrequencyforthechannelpair. TxFrequency Displaysthetransmitfrequencyforthechannelpair. PowerOutput Displaysthetransmitpowervalueforthechannelpair.Thedefaultvalueis5.0Watts.Thisvalueshouldbeleftat thedefaultvalueunlessalowerpowerisrequiredtomeetregulatoryrequirements. Bandwidth Thisfieldspecifieswhethertheunitishalforfullchannel(12.5or25kHz). RFBaudRate ThisfieldselectstheNetwork(overtheair)baudrate. Whenhalfchannelbandwidth(12.5kHz)isselected4800or9600bps Whenfullchannelbandwidth(25kHz)isselected4800,9600,or19200bps
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DataBits NumberofbitsmakingupthedatawordfortheRFLink.Select7/8.TheDefaultis8. Parity SelectEven/Odd/Mark/Space/None.TheDefaultisNone.IdentifythesumofbitsfortheRFLink. StopBits Select1/2.TheDefaultis1.MarkstheendoftheserialportdatabytefortheRFLink.
5.1.4.3 COMPORT
Figure510COMPort
PortBaudRate ThisfieldselectstheGuardianCOMPortbaudrate. DataBits NumberofbitsmakingupthedatawordfortheGuardianCOMPort.Select7/8.TheDefaultis8. Parity SelectEven/Odd/Mark/Space/None.TheDefaultisNone.IdentifythesumofbitsfortheGuardianCOMPort. StopBits Select1/2.TheDefaultis1.MarkstheendoftheserialportdatabytefortheGuardianCOMPort. SerialStandard SelectRS232tousetheGuardianCOMportforincomingandoutgoingdata. SelectRS422tousetheRS422compatibleinterfaceintheUserConnectorforincomingandoutgoingdata. SelectRS485tousetheRS485compatibleinterfaceintheUserConnectorforincomingandoutgoingdata. TheRS422andRS485interfaceintheGuardianisa4wire(2transmitand2receive)interface.Ifyourinterfaceis also4wire,youmayselectFullDuplex(4wire)toallowssimultaneoustransmissionandreceptionofdata.Ifyou requireatwowireinterface,deselecttheFullDuplex(4wire)box. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 40|P a g e
TXActivationMode SelectDOXorRTS/CTS.TheDefaultisDOX. DOXmode.Dataissentwheneveritispresentattheport.Flowcontrolisnotrequired.AllRS422andRS 485connectionsarerunthroughDOXmode. RTS/CTSmode.DataissentafterthedeviceraisestheRTSandtheGuardianreturnsaCTSsignaltothe device.ThissettingisuniquetotheCOMPortandRS232.
5.1.5 USERPORTCONFIGURATIONMODEMMODE
TheUserPortConfigurationbuttonislocatedontheUserConfigurationscreen.
Figure511UserPortConfigurationScreenModemMode
ModemUserPortConfigurationisusedtoconfiguretheGuardian'sUserPortwhenconfiguredinModemMode. Thereare8ontheGuardianUserPort.7pinsareavailabletotheuserandcanbeprogrammedwithfordifferent functions.Pin5isalwaysgroundandcannotbeprogrammed.

Note:Pins14maybereservedforRS422/RS485serialportfunctionsiftheactiveRFLinkSerialStandardisprogrammed toRS422orRS485intheLinkConfigurationscreen.
AudioOut:PinwillbeprogrammedasanAudioOutput.Modemaudiowillbeoutputfromthepin. AnalogIn:PinwillbeprogrammedasanAnalogInput.Pinisconnectedtoananalogtodigitalconverter(ADC). AnalogOut:PinwillbeprogrammedasanAnalogOutput.Pinisconnectedtoadigitaltoanalogconverter(DAC). DigitalIn:PinwillbeprogrammedasaDigitalInput.LogiclevelofpincanbereadbytheGuardian. DigitalOut:PinwillbeprogrammedasaDigitalOutput.GuardiancanoutputalogiclevelattheprogrammedI/O PortVoltage. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 41|P a g e
RSSIOut:PinwillbeprogrammedasaReceiveSignalStrengthIndicatorOutput.Avoltagerepresentingthe strengthoftheGuardian'sreceivedRFsignalwillbeoutputfromthepin. CDOut:PinwillbeprogrammedasaCarrierDetectOutput.ThispinwillbeassertedwhenevertheCarrierDetect conditionsaremetthatwereprogrammedintheLinkConfigurationscreen.ThepinisnormallyActiveHigh,but canbemadeActiveLowbycheckingtheInvertedCarrierDetectcheckboxontheLinkConfigurationscreen. PTTIn:PinwillbeprogrammedasaPushtoTalk(PTT)InputthatwillcausetheGuardiantobegintransmitting. PTTInisnormallyActiveLow,butcanbechangedtoActiveHighbycheckingtheInvertedPTTcheckboxonthe LinkConfigurationscreen. Relay:Pins7and8canbeopenedorclosedthroughaninternalrelay. CS13:WillbeprogrammedasaChannel/LinkSelect.PinsprogrammedasaChannelSelectwillbeusedasbinary inputstoselectthedesiredRFLinkprogrammedintheLinkConfigurationscreen.Pinsareinternallypulledhigh. I/OPortVoltage:ProgramstheinputandoutputvoltageofthepinsontheGuardianUserPort.Validvoltage rangeisfrom3.35.0V.Defaultis3.3V.
5.1.6 USERCONFIGURATIONLOADERMODE
TheUserConfigurationscreenisaccessedfromtheUtilitiesdropdownmenuortheConfigicononthetoolbar. ToputtheGuardianinLoadermode,selectLoaderintheModefield.
Figure512UserConfigurationScreenLoaderMode
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Comment TheCommentfieldcanbeusedasanotepad(i.e.,customername,location,technicalinfo,etc.canbeenteredin thisfield).Commentsaretextupto80charactersincludingspaces. Mode SelectsiftheGuardianwilloperateasaDigitalModemoranAnalogLoader. RxAudioGain AdjuststhegainofthereceivedsignalfromthereceivertotheGuardianoutputpin. TxAudioGain AdjuststhegainfromtheGuardianaudioinputpintothetransmitter. PTTWatchdog Checktoenforceamaximumtransmittimeoruncheckforunlimitedtransmittime.Thisisusedtoprotectagainst astucktransmitter.ThesliderbarletsyouadjustthetransmittimeforPTTwatchdogfrom0to255seconds. CWID Someregulatoryagenciesrequireastationidentification.TheGuardianoffersaMorseCode(CW)identifierthat willidentifytheunitonthefirsttransmissionandatperiodicintervalsafterthat.Thisfieldisusedtosetthe StationID(CWID)orFCCCallSignfortheGuardianModem. Ifenabled,theGuardianwilltransmittheCWIDstringasMorseCodeatthetimeintervalchosenontheslider.A timeintervalbetween1and255minutesisavailable. StationIDisacombinationoflettersandnumbersandthecharacters:space,exclamationpoint(!),DollarSign($ SX),Ampersand(&ASWait),Apostrophe(),parenthesis,plus(+),hyphen(),comma(,),period(.),slash(/).The CWIDmaybeupto13charactersinlength. Info DisplaysGuardianfirmwareandhardwareversioninformation. Diagnostics DisplaysGuardianunitdiagnosticsandheathstatus. CarrierSenseMultipleAccess(CSMA) TheGuardianModemmaybeprogrammedtocheckfortrafficontheRFchannelbeforebeginningatransmission ifenabled. Off:DisablesCSMA.GuardianwillnotcheckfortrafficonRFchannelbeforetransmitting.
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NoTxonRXData:EnablesCSMA.GuardianwillchecktheRFchannelforvaliddatabeforetransmitting.If validdataisfound,theGuardianwillwaituntilthechannelisclearbeforesendingthedata. NoTxonRXCarrier:EnablesCSMA.GuardianwillchecktheRFchannelforanRFcarrier.Ifcarrierisfound, theGuardianwillwaituntilthechannelisclearbeforesendingthedata. UserPortConfiguration UsedtoconfiguretheGuardian'sUserPortwhenconfiguredinModemMode. ReadFile ReadaGuardianConfigurationfilefromthePCintotheGuardianProgrammer. WriteFile WritesthecurrentconfigurationtotheselectedpathandfilenameonthePC. ReadGuardian ClicktoreadtheconfigurationfilefromtheGuardianandupdatethedisplay.SameaspressingF9key. WriteGuardian ClicktowritethecurrentconfigurationtotheGuardian'sflashmemory.SameaspressingF10key. FunctionKeys: F5:PressF5keytocausetheGuardiantokeytheradioandgototransmitmode. F6:PressF6keytocausetheGuardiantounkeytheradioandgotoreceivemode. F8:PressF8keytostoptheGuardianProgrammerfromrequestingdiagnosticsfromtheGuardiansetupserial port. F9:PressF9keytoreadtheconfigurationinformationfromtheGuardian. F10:PressF10keytowritethecurrentconfigurationtotheGuardian'sflashmemory.
5.1.7 LINKCONFIGURATIONLOADERMODE
TheLinkConfigurationscreenisaccessedfromtheLinkConfigurationiconontheUserConfigurationscreen.Link ConfigurationallowstheusertoviewandeditGuardiansLinkConfigurableparameters.
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Figure513LinkConfigurationScreenLoaderMode
Link18:ThesetabsareusedtosetthedifferentprogrammableoptionsforeachoftheGuardian's programmablelinks.EachlinkiscapableofusingthesettingsfromtheDefaulttabbycheckingtheDefault checkbox,orofsavingitsownindividualcustomsettings.

Figure514LinkConfigurationScreenDefaultTabLoaderMode
DefaultLink:ThistabisusedtosetalloftheGuardian'sdefaultsettings.Thedefaultsettingswillbeusedinanyof the8linkswheretheDefaultcheckboxesarechecked.
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5.1.7.1 RFLINK
TheRFLinksectioncontainssettingsforconfiguringtheradiofrequency(RF)link. RxFrequency ReceivefrequencyfortheGuardianinMHz. TxFrequency TransmitfrequencyfortheGuardianinMHz OutputPower OutputpoweroftheGuardian'sRFlinkinWatts.Selectablein1/10thwattincrementsupto10Wmax. Bandwidth SpecifiestheBandwidthoftheRFLink.SpecifieswhetherthelinkisaFullChannel(25.0kHz),HalfChannel(12.5 kHz)orQuarterChannel(6.25kHz).
5.1.7.2 LOADERSETTINGS
TheLoaderSettingsareusedtocontrolvariousoptionsavailableontheGuardianwhenconfiguredinLoader Mode. Enable600OhmInput SelectswhethertheRxAudioinputhasa600Ohmimpedance.ThedefaultvalueforthisoptionisDisabled (Unchecked). Squelch/CarrierControlledMute ThisoptionwillmutetheGuardian'saudiooutputwhenthereisnovalidRFcarriersignal.AvalidRFcarriersignal isdeterminedbytheCarrierDetectonsettingthatisprogrammedwiththeslider.Defaultvalueis'Disabled' (unchecked). InvertedPTT SelectsbetweenActiveHighorActiveLowinputforPTT(Transmitting).IfselectedPTTsignalisActiveHigh. Defaultvalueis(unchecked)ActiveLow. RxOnlyRadio TheRxOnlyRadiooptiondisablestheradiostransmitterandanyabilityfortheGuardiantotransmit. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 46|P a g e
InvertedCarrierDetect SelectforActiveLowoutputforCarrierDetect(ifprogrammedinUserPortConfiguration).Defaultvalueis (unchecked)ActiveHigh. DynamicCarrierDetectOFFThreshold AllowsfortheModemtoautomaticallyadjusttheCarrierDetectOffThresholdbasedontheRSSIwhilereceiving data.Ifselected,theCarrierDetectOfflevelwillautomaticallyadjusttoabout15dBbelowtheactualsignal strength.Thisprovidesveryfastdetectionoflossofcarrier,whichminimizesoreliminates'bitdribble''attheend oftransmissions. RECOMENDATION:LEAVETHISSETTINGENABLED(CHECKED)UNLESSINTERFERENCEORVARIABLESIGNAL STRENGTH(SUCHASFADINGINAMOVINGVEHICLE)CAUSESPROBLEMS. CarrierDetectOnSlider AdjusttheslidertosettheCarrierDetectOnThreshold.ThisistheReceiveSignalStrengthIndicator(RSSI)level thattheGuardianwillrecognizeasavalidcarriersignal.Whenthesignalreachestheprogrammedthresholdthe Guardianwillbegindecodingdata.
5.1.7.3 LOADERFILTERSETTINGS
TheGuardianFilterSettingsallowtheusertoadjusttheRxandTxFiltertype. FSK:FlatResponse(1003300Hz). InvertedFSK:InvertedFlatResponse(1003300Hz). Audio:AudioResponse(3003300Hz).Deemphasisisapplied. InvertedAudio:InvertedAudioResponse(3003300Hz).Deemphasisisapplied. WideAC:WideBandACCoupled(2010000Hz).**SeeFCCnoticebelow** InvertedWideAC:InvertedWideBandACCoupled(2010000Hz).**SeeFCCnoticebelow** WideDC:WideBandDCCoupled(010000Hz).**SeeFCCnoticebelow** **ThewidebandsettingswillinvalidatetheDataradioFCCtypeapprovalofthisproduct!Theselected widebandmodewillbypasstheDL3400audiofiltering.TousethewidebandsettingyoumustgetyourownFCC typeapprovalforthisproduct.
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5.1.8 USERPORTCONFIGURATIONLOADERMODE
TheUserPortConfigurationbuttonislocatedontheUserConfigurationscreen.
Figure515UserPortConfigurationScreenLoaderMode
AudioOut:PinwillbeprogrammedasanAudioOutput.Modemaudiowillbeoutputfromthepin. AnalogIn:PinwillbeprogrammedasanAnalogInput.Pinisconnectedtoananalogtodigitalconverter(ADC). RSSIOut:PinwillbeprogrammedasaReceiveSignalStrengthIndicatorOutput.Avoltagerepresentingthe strengthoftheGuardian'sreceivedRFsignalwillbeoutputfromthepin. CDOut:PinwillbeprogrammedasaCarrierDetectOutput.ThispinwillbeassertedwhenevertheCarrierDetect conditionsaremetthatwereprogrammedintheLinkConfigurationscreen.ThepinisnormallyActiveHigh,but canbemadeActiveLowbycheckingtheInvertedCarrierDetectcheckboxontheLinkConfigurationscreen. PTTIn:PinwillbeprogrammedasaPushtoTalk(PTT)InputthatwillcausetheGuardiantobegintransmitting. PTTInisnormallyActiveLow,butcanbechangedtoActiveHighbycheckingtheInvertedPTTcheckboxonthe LinkConfigurationscreen. CS13:PinwillbeprogrammedasaChannel/LinkSelect.AnypinsprogrammedasaChannelSelectwillbeusedas binaryinputstoselectthedesiredRFLinkprogramedintheLinkConfigurationscreen.Pinsareinternallypulled high. I/OPortVoltage:ProgramstheinputandoutputvoltageofthepinsontheGuardianUserPort.Validvoltage rangeisfrom3.35.0V.Defaultis3.3V.
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5.1.9 VERSIONREQUEST
TheVersionRequestscreenisaccessedfromtheVersioniconontheGuardianProgrammerscreen. SelectingVersionRequestcausestheGuardianFieldProgrammingSoftwaretodisplayinformationaboutthe versionoftheGuardianhardwareandfirmware.
Figure516VersionRequest
5.1.10 WRITING/READINGGUARDIANCONFIGURATIONPARAMETERS
AfterallradioparametersaresetupontheLinkConfigurationscreen,selecttheSaveChangesbuttontostorethe informationintothePCsmemory.WritingandreadingGuardianConfigurationparametersisaccessedthrough theUserConfigurationscreen.
Figure517Read/WriteontheUserConfigurationScreen
TheReadGuardianbuttonwillreadtheconfigurationparametersfromthecurrentGuardiansetupandstorethe informationinlocalmemory.Theparameterscanbeviewedand/oreditedwiththeUserandLinkConfiguration screens. TheWriteGuardianbuttonwillwritetheconfigurationparametersfromthecurrentUserConfigurationscreento theGuardianModemandstoretheinformationinnonvolatilememory.TheGuardianwillimmediatelybegin usingthenewconfiguration. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 49|P a g e
TheReadandWriteFilebuttonsareusedtoreadorwriteaUserConfigurationtoorfromafileonaPC.Thiscan beusefulforsavingdifferentGuardianconfigurationssotheycanbeeasilywrittenintomultipleGuardian Modems.

Note:CalAmprecommendsaReadbedoneanytimeaninitialconnectionismadetotheGuardianSetupPortbeforeaccessing theLinkConfigurationscreen.Thiswillhelpavoidwritingerroneousparameterstotheconnectedunit.AReadGuardianis automaticallyperformedwhentheUserConfigurationscreenisopenedwithaGuardianModemconnected.
5.1.11 DIAGNOSTICIDS,ALARMSANDFILTERS
TheDiagnosticIDs,AlarmsandFiltersscreenisaccessedfromtheUtilitiesdropdownmenu. TheDiagnosticsIDsandAlarmsscreenallowstheusertosetuptheIDListforusewiththeOfflineLinkTestand OfflineandOnlineDiagnosticsaswellastheAlarmsforusewithOnlineDiagnostics.
Figure518DiagnosticIDs,AlarmsandFiltersScreen
IDEntryandList AllowstheentryofaLongIDtobeaddedtotheIDList.Therangeofthisfieldis1to4294967295butmultiplesof 1024shouldnotbeused.Amultipleof1024resultsinaShortIDof0.IftheLongIDiswithintherangeof1to 1023,theShortIDwillbethesameortheresultingShortIDwillbesmallerthantheLongIDandwillbe representedbya+characterinfrontoftheID.ALongIDisaddedtotheIDListbyanEnterorbypressingthe AddIDbutton. IDList:AllowstheusertoselectaLongIDfromthelisttodelete.ALongIDisdeletedfromthelistbypressingthe DeleteIDbutton. ShortID:ShowstheconvertedShortIDfromtheselectedLongIDoftheIDList. AlarmsandFilters AlarmsandFiltersareusedwithOnlineDiagnostics.WhenOnlineDiagnosticsarereceivedandadiagnosticfield fallsoutsidetheAlarmlimits,a<characterwilldesignateavaluelessthanthelowAlarmanda>characterwill designateavaluegreaterthantheHighAlarm. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 50|P a g e
WhenOnlineDiagnosticsarereceivedandadiagnosticfieldfallsoutsidetheFilterLimits,thediagnostic informationisconsideredinvalidandisnotdisplayed. Low/HighRSSI:RepresentsthelowandhighlimitsfortheRSSIdiagnostics(indBm). Low/HighTemp:Representsthelowandhighlimitsforthetemperaturediagnostics(indegreesC). Low/HighBatt:Representsthelowandhighlimitsforthebatteryvoltagediagnostics(involts). Low/HighFwdPwr:Representsthelowandhighlimitsfortheforwardpowerdiagnostics(inwatts). Low/HighRevPwr:RepresentsthelowandhighlimitsfortheReversePowerdiagnostics(inwatts). Open TheOpenbuttonallowstheusertorestoreDiagnosticsIDs,AlarmsandFiltersfromapreviouslysavedfile. Save TheSavebuttonallowstheusertosavethecurrentDiagnosticsIDs,AlarmsandFilterstothecurrentfile. SaveAs TheSaveAsbuttonallowstheusertosavethecurrentDiagnosticsIDs,AlarmsandFilterstoanamedifferentthan thecurrentfile.
5.1.12 OFFLINELINKTEST
TheOfflineLinkTestscreenisaccessedfromtheUtilitiesdropdownmenu. TheOfflineLinkTestisusedtotestthelinkbetweentwounits:thelocalunitinterfacedtothecomputeranda remoteunit.Blocksofdataaretransmittedtotheremoteunitandtheremoteunitdecodesandreturnsthem.The transmittedandreceivedblocksofdataarecomparedandtheratiooftheresultsarecalculated.NOTE:AnOffline LinkTestrequiressuspensionofusernetworkoperation. RemoteSelect LocalID TheLongIDoftheunitconnectedtothecomputer.TheShortIDisdisplayed. RemoteID Allowsselectionoftheunit(bychoosingitsRemoteID)fromwhichtheLinkTestinformationisgathered.Remote IDsaresetupintheDiagnosticsIDs,AlarmsandFiltersScreen.TheShortIDisdisplayed.AnOfflineLinkTest returnsthefollowingstatistics:

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Figure519OfflineLinkTestScreen
BlocksTxedtoRemote Displaysthenumberofdatablockstransmittedtotheremoteunit. BlocksRxedfromRemote Displaysthenumberofdatablocksreceivedfromtheremoteunit. LinkQuality Displaystheratioofdatablocksreceivedtodatablockstransmitted(in%). #ofBlockstoSend Allowstheusertodeterminethenumberofblockstosendbeforestopping(with0beingdisabled). BlocksPerTransmission Allowstheselectionofthenumberofblockspertransmission(1to200blocks). BlockDelay(s) Allowstheusertodeterminethedelaybetweenthetransmissionofdatablocksin0.05secondintervals(0.00to 120.00seconds). Clear Allowstheusertoclearthedisplay(blockstransmitted,blocksreceivedandlinkquality). Start Usedtobeginthetest. Pause Usedtopausethetestandallowstheusertoresumethetestatalatertime. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 52|P a g e
5.1.13 OFFLINEDIAGNOSTICS
TheOfflineDiagnosticsscreenisaccessedfromtheUtilitiesdropdownmenu. OfflineDiagnosticsarereturnedfromalocalorremoteunitinresponsetoaGetDiags/Statsrequest(seeFigure 5206).AnOfflineDiagnosticsrequestrequiressuspensionofusernetworkoperation.
Figure520OfflineDiagnosticsScreen
Diagnostics Select AllowstheusertochooseCurrent,LoworHighDiagnostics.Currentshowsthevalueofthelastrequested parameters.LoworHighdisplaysthelowestorhighestvalueoftheparameterssincethelastClearwasperformed orthelasttimepowerwasremoved. OfflineDiagnosticsparametersincludethefollowing: BatteryVoltage:supplyvoltage AnalogVcc:AnalogCircuitsRegulatedSupply(the5Vsupplyoflegacyproductsorthetransmitvoltage) Temperature:internalcasetemperature(inCelsius) RSSILevel:ReceivedSignalStrengthIndication(indBm) ForwardPower:ForwardPower(inwatts) ReversePower:ReversePower(inwatts) GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 53|P a g e
PreambleGood:thenumberofcorrectlydecodedtransmissionsreceivedinthelast15.Usedwith PreambleTotal,thisservesasanindicationofhowwelltheunitisreceivingdata PreambleTotal:thenumberoftotaltransmissionsdetected,maximumis15.UsedwithPreambleGood, thisservesasanindicationofhowwelltheunitisreceivingdata PreambleDCD:thisnumbershowsacountofallreceivedCarrierDetects
RSSIPanel ShowsthecurrentRSSIlevel(indBm)whilethelocalunitisreceiving. NetworkStatistics OfflineNetworkStatisticsareonlyavailablewhentheOnlineDiagnosticsoptionisenabledforthenetwork. OnlineDiagnosticsarelocatedontheSetupModem/RadioParametersscreen.Whenenabled,diagnostic informationisinsertedatthebeginningofeachtransmissionfromeachunitinthenetwork.NetworkStatistics include: Remote TheRemotedropdownallowstheusertoselectfromtheremotelistwhichnetworkstatisticstodisplay. IDTruncated ShowstheusertheLongandShortIDarenotthesame. RSSILevel ShowsthecurrentRSSIlevel(indBm)whiletheLocalunitisreceiving. Temperature Showstheinternalcasetemperature(inCelsius). BatteryVoltage Showsthesupplyvoltage(inVolts). ForwardPower Showsforwardpower(inWatts). ReversePower Showsreversepower(inWatts). ModemSelect LocalID TheLocalIDbuttonallowstheusertosendcommandstothelocalunit(theunitinterfacedtothecomputer).
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RemoteID TheRemoteIDbuttonallowstheusertosenddiagnosticcommandstoanyspecificremoteunitandobtainits diagnosticinformation.TheRemoteIDisselectedfromthelistofRemoteIDssetupintheDiagnosticsIDs,Alarms andFiltersscreen. DiagnosticSelect SelectedRemoteID ThisbuttonallowstheusertogatherOfflineDiagnosticsfromtheselectedRemoteIDonly. RemoteIDList ThisbuttonallowstheusertogatherOfflineDiagnosticsfromalltheIDsinthelistofRemoteIDs (includingthelocalunit). Progress DisplaystheprogressofobtainingRemoteDiagnostics. TxTone TheTxTonebuttonwillsendaremoteorlocalcommandtocausetheGuardiantotransmitatone.Thiscanbe usedtocreatenetworktrafficsothatofflinediagnosticsofremotescanbemonitored. GetDiags/Stats TheGetDiags/StatsbuttonallowstheusertosendthecommandforOfflineDiagnostics.Thecommandissentto theunitconnectedtothecomputeriftheLocalIDbuttonisselected.ThecommandissenttotheselectedRemote IDiftheRemoteIDandSelectedRemoteIDbuttonsareselected.ThecommandissenttothelistofRemoteIDsif theRemoteIDandRemoteIDListbuttonsareselected. Stop AllowstheusertostopanycommandsforOfflineDiagnosticsfrombeingsent. ClearDiags Clearstheunitsdiagnostics. ClearStats Clearstheunitsnetworkstatistics. Save AllowstheusertosavethecurrentOfflineDiagnosticstoafile. Close ClosestheOfflineDiagnosticswindow. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 55|P a g e
5.1.14 ONLINEDIAGNOSTICS
TheOnlineDiagnosticsscreenisaccessedfromtheUtilitiesdropdownmenu. OnlineDiagnosticsaretransmittedbyeachunitinanetworkbeforetheusersdataistransmitted.Allunitsmust beprogrammedwiththeOnlineDiagnosticsparametertoreceiveDiagnosticsfromasystem.Theunitthatthe computerisinterfacedwithwilloutputOnlineDiagnosticsastheyarereceived.ThisunitmusthavetheOutput OnlineDiagnosticDatatotheSetupPortparameterprogrammed(foundontheSetupModem/RadioParameters Screen). UsingOnlineDiagnosticsdoesnotrequiresuspensionofnetworkoperation. OnlineDiagnosticsaresubjecttoalarmandfilterconditionsdefinedintheDiagnosticIDs,AlarmsandFiltersscreen (seeFigure518).WhenOnlineDiagnosticsarereceivedandadiagnosticfieldfallsoutsidethealarmlimits,a< characterwilldesignateavaluelessthanthelowalarmanda>characterwilldesignateavaluegreaterthanthe highalarm.IfOnlineDiagnosticsarereceivedandadiagnosticfieldfallsoutsidethefilterlimits,thediagnostic informationwillbeconsideredinvalidandwillnotbedisplayed.
Figure521OnlineDiagnostics
ThefollowingOnlineDiagnosticsaregathered: ShortID DisplaystheShortIDoftheunittransmittingthediagnostics. RSSI RSSI(ReceivedSignalStrengthIndicator)displaystheRSSI(indBm)IDoftheunittransmittingthediagnostics.This istheRSSIsampledduringthelasttransmissionreceived. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 56|P a g e
Temp Displaystheinternalcasetemperature(inCelsius)oftheunittransmittingthediagnostics. Batt Displaysthesupplyvoltage(involts)oftheunittransmittingthediagnostics. FwdP Displaystheforwardpower(inwatts)oftheunittransmittingthediagnostics. RevP Displaysthereverse(reflected)power(inwatts)oftheunittransmittingthediagnostics. Time thetimestampwhenthediagnosticswerereceived. Filter AllowstheusertofilterShortIDs.Thefollowingoptionsareavailable: Display Allowstheusertoformatonscreendata.Thefollowingoptionsareavailable: Scroll(bytime):displaysthediagnosticsastheyarereceived Slotted(byID):sortsthediagnosticsbyShortID.Usingthisoption,eachShortIDwillhaveonerowof diagnostics,showingthemostrecent Off(AllIDs):noIDsarefilteredout IDList:onlytheIDsintheFilterIDListareshown SelectedID:onlytheselectedIDintheFilterIDListisshown
ShortIDFilterList AlistingofRemoteIDssetupintheDiagnosticsIDs,AlarmsandFiltersScreen.Thislistisusedforselectingafilter. Progress TheProgresspanelshowsthesortingprogressofthediagnosticsifafilterwaschanged. Pause ThePausecheckboxallowstheusertopausethereceptionofthediagnosticsforscrollingthroughthegrid.
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Clear TheClearbuttonallowstheusertoclearthedisplayandcurrentOnlineDiagnostics. Save TheSavebuttonallowstheusertosavethecurrentOnlineDiagnosticstoafile.Amaximumof4096linesofdata canbesaved.
5.1.15 PACKETTEST
ThePacketTestscreenisaccessedfromtheUtilitiesdropdownmenu.
Figure522PacketTestScreen
ThePacketTestscreenisusedtosimulateaHost/Remotepollingenvironment.TheMasterunitwillsendouta packettotheRemoteandtheRemotewillreplytotheMasterwiththesamepacketinformation.Thisisauseful utilityfortestingmodemcommunication. HostPacketsTxed ShowsthenumberofdatapacketstheMasterhassenttotheRemote. RemotePacketsRxed ShowsthenumberofdatapacketstheRemotedevicehasreceivedfromtheMaster. HosttoRemote% ShowsthepercentageofpacketstheHostdevicehassuccessfullysenttotheRemote. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 58|P a g e
RemotePacketsTxed ShowsthenumberofdatapacketsthattheRemotedevicehasreturnedtotheHost. HostPacketsRxed ShowsthenumberofdatapacketstheHostdevicehasreceivedfromtheRemote. RemotetoHost% ShowsthenumberofpacketstheRemotedevicesuccessfullysenttotheHost. Overall% ShowsthepercentageofHostreceivedpacketsversusHosttransmittedpackets. #ofPacketstoSend ProgramsthenumberofpacketstheHostshouldsendtotheRemotebeforestopping. BytesofData/Packet TheprogrammablenumberofdatabytesineachpackettheHostsends.TheRemotewillrespondwiththesame numberofpackets. COMPort/NetworkRatio TheratiooftheCOMportbaudratetonetwork(overtheair)baudrateofamodem.Thisisusedifthenetwork baudrateisslowerthantheCOMportbaudrate.IftheCOMportbaudrateis9600andthenetworkbaudrateis 4800,settheratioto2.Ifthetwoarethesame,setthisfieldto1. PacketDelay(s) ThenumberofsecondsfortheHosttodelaybetweensendingeachpacket.Thisfieldrangesfrom0.00to10.00 seconds(in0.25secondintervals). Host/Remote ThisisusedtoconfigureCOMportoptions. Host(PrimaryPort)ConfigurestheprimaryCOMportastheHostdevice(thedeviceinitiatingpacketsto theRemotedevice. Remote(PrimaryPort)ConfigurestheprimaryCOMportastheRemotedevice(thedevicerespondingto thepacketsfromtheHostdevice). Host/Remote(1computer/2ports)ConfigurestheprimaryCOMportastheHostdeviceandthe secondaryCOMportastheRemotedevice.Thisoptionrequiresacomputerwith2COMports. Host/Remote(1PortusingaYcable)ConfigurestheprimaryCOMportastheHostandRemotedevice.
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Table52YCableConnections
PinName DB9 1 DCD 2 RxD 3 TxD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 2 RI9
DB25
8 3 2 20 7 6 4 5 2
Computer
X X X X X X
Rx
X X X
Tx
X X X X
X=RequiresConnection =NoConnection
5.1.16 ARRAYTEST
TheArrayTestscreenisaccessedfromtheUtilitiesdropdownmenu.TheArrayTestisusedtosend programmablelengthtestpackets.SeeTable52againforYCableconnections. PacketsTxed Totalnumberofpacketstransmitted. #ofPacketstoSend Allowstheusertosetthetotalnumberofpacketstosendbeforestopping(fieldrangeis0tounlimited)
Figure523ArrayTestScreen
TypeofData TypeofDataallowstheusertoselectthedatapatternforeachpacket.Thesizeforeachdatapatternislistedin thepatternformatexplanations(packetsarebuiltusingoneoffourpossiblepatterns). GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 60|P a g e
ASCIIPatternPacketsare58charactersinlengthandhaveasequencenumberatthebeginningofeach stringstartingwith000,incrementingto999thenwrappingaroundto000again
Thepatternusedtobuildthepacketswillhavethefollowingformat(inASCII): 000ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 001ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 998ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 999ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 000ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 001ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ASCIINumberPatternThepacketswillbe51charactersinlengthandhaveasequencenumberatthe beginningofeachstring,startingat000andincrementingto999,thenwrappingaroundto000again.
Thepatternusedtobuildthepacketswillhavethefollowingformat(inASCII): 00000112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 00100112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 99800112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 99900112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 00000112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 00100112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF BinaryPatternThepacketswillbe16charactersinlengthandhaveasequencenumberevery16characters, startingat0x00andincrementingto0xFF,thenwrappingaroundto0x00again.
Thepatternusedtobuildthepacketswillhavethefollowingformat(inHex): 00112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 01112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 02112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF FE112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF FF112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF
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00112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 01112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 02112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF RandomBinaryPatternThepacketswillbe16charactersinlengthandcontainrandombinarydata.
#ofPackets #ofPacketsallowstheusertosetthenumberofpacketsineachtransmission. PacketDelay PacketDelayallowstheusertosettheamountoftime(inseconds)todelaybetweeneachpackettransmission, rangingfrom0.00to30.00seconds(in0.25secondintervals). ComPort ComPortallowstheusertoselecttheCOMport(primaryorsecondary)fordatatransmission.
5.1.17 ASCII/HEXTERMINAL
TheASCII/HEXTerminalscreensareaccessedfromtheUtilitiesdropdownmenu. TerminalScreensallowtheusertoselectanASCIIorHexadecimalTerminalScreenforthePrimaryandSecondary COMPorts(configuredinthePortSettingsscreenseeSection5.1.1)Dataissentaccordingtotheport configurationsetupinthePortSettingsscreen. ASCII/HEXTerminalScreensallowtheusertoselectanASCIIorHexadecimalTerminalScreenforthePrimaryand SecondaryCOMPorts(configuredinthePortSettingsscreenseeSection5.1.1)Dataissentaccordingtotheport configurationsetupinthePortSettingsscreen.
5.1.17.1 ASCIITERMINAL
ASCIITerminalconfigurationsinclude: Primary ThePrimaryASCIITerminalscreensendsandreceivesASCIIdataonthePrimaryCOMPort(setupinthePort Settingsscreen). Secondary TheSecondaryASCIITerminalscreensendsandreceivesASCIIdataontheSecondaryCOMPort(setupinthePort Settingsscreen).
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5.1.17.2 HEXTERMINAL
HexTerminalconfigurationsinclude: Primary ThePrimaryHexTerminalscreenselectsaHexadecimalTerminalscreentosendandreceiveHexadecimaldataon thePrimaryCOMPort(setupinthePortSettingsscreen). Secondary TheSecondaryHexTerminalscreenselectsaHexadecimalTerminalscreentosendandreceiveHexadecimaldata ontheSecondaryCOMPort(setupinthePortSettingsscreen).
5.1.18 PROGRAMFIRMWARE
TheProgramFirmwarescreenisaccessedfromtheUtilitiesdropdownmenu.
Figure524ProgramFirmwareScreen
TheProgramFirmwarepulldownmenuallowstheusertoreadorprogramtheGuardianfirmware (GUARDIAN.LDR)orreadorprogramtheGuardiansUserConfigurationFile(GUARDIAN.CFG).TheGuardian ConfigurationfilecontainsalloftheuserprogrammableparametersfortheGuardian.TheGuardianFirmwarefile containstheoperatingsoftwarethatcontrolstheGuardianModem. TheGuardianConfigurationsectionisusedtoreadorprogramaconfigurationfile(*.CFG)toorfromaGuardian Modem.Thisisusefulforprogrammingapreviouslysavedconfigurationfile(seesection5.1.10Writing/Reading GuardianConfigurationParameters)intotheGuardianModemortoreplicateaconfigurationacrossanumber GuardianModems. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 63|P a g e
ToreadtheconfigurationfilefromaGuardianModem: 1. 2. 3. SelecttheReadoptionintheGuardianConfigurationsection. ClicktheBrowsebuttontoselectthepathandfilenameofthelocationtosavetheconfigurationfile. ClickOKbuttontostarttheread.Amessagewillbedisplayedwhenthefilehasbeenreadandsavedto thePC.
ToProgramaconfigurationfileintoaGuardianModem: 1. 2. 3. SelecttheProgramoptionintheGuardianConfigurationsection. ClicktheBrowsebuttontoselecttheconfigurationfiletobeprogrammed. ClickOKbuttontostarttheprogrammingprocess.Afiletransferprogresswindowwillbedisplayedanda messagewillbedisplayedwhenthefilehasbeensuccessfullyprogrammedintotheGuardian.
ToProgramanewfirmwarefileintoaGuardianModem: 1. 2. 3. SelecttheProgramoptionintheGuardianFirmwaresection. ClicktheBrowsebuttontoselecttheGuardianFirmwaretobeprogrammed. ClickOKbuttontostarttheprogrammingprocess.Afiletransferprogresswindowwillbedisplayedanda messagewillbedisplayedwhenthefirmwarefilehasbeensuccessfullyprogrammedintotheGuardian. TheGuardianwillresetautomaticallyandbeginrunningtheprogrammedfirmware.
5.1.19 ENDTOENDTEST
TheFieldProgrammingSoftwarehasseveralusefulutilitiesembeddedintheprogramthatassistintestingthe wirelessmodems.ThetestingsetuprequiresacomputerrunningtheFieldProgrammingSoftwareattachedto eachuserCOMportontheGuardianwirelessmodems.TheUtilitieswillallowtheusertosendASCIItextorHex charactersthroughtheGuardiansbeingtested. TheGuardiansmustbesetupsothattheyhavetheappropriatereceiveandtransmitsignallevelsforthetest.The signalstrengthwillbemuchstrongeriftheunitsaretestedonthebenchcomparedtobeingtestedinafield installation.Thesesignalsmustbeattenuatedortheoutputpowerleveladjustediftheunitsarebeingtestedon thebench. ASCIITerminal UndertheUtilitiesmenuchoosetheASCIITerminal.FromtheASCIITerminalscreen,choosethePrimary selection.ThiswillopenanASCIIterminalwindowusingtheprimaryCOMportofthecomputer.Thisprocedure shouldbedoneforbothGuardians. TheASCIITerminalutilityhasprovisionsfortransmittingtheASCIIdata,displayingreceivedASCIIdataand displayingASCIItransmitteddata.Figure525showsthewindowforthePrimaryandSecondaryASCIITerminals. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 64|P a g e

Figure525EndtoEndTest:ASCIITerminal
Figure525alsoshowstheareathatisusedtosendanASCIItextmessage.TheASCIIdatamessageistypedintothis
area.TheASCIItextmessageisthensentoutthefirstGuardianthroughthecomputersprimaryportoncethe Sendbuttonisclicked.ThesentASCIImessageisthendisplayedintheTxDataareaoftheASCIITerminal window.TheASCIImessageistransmittedtotheotherGuardian.TheASCIIterminalprogramwilldisplaythe receivedASCIImessageintheRxDataarea. Ifthemessagewasnotdisplayedastyped,thenaproblemmayexistinthesystem.Checkallparametersand connectionsinthesystem.Thesignallevelshouldalsobecheckedagain.TheGuardiansLinkTestutilitycanbe usedtoverifyacommunicationpath. HexTerminal UndertheUtilitiesmenuchoosetheHexTerminal.FromtheHexTerminalscreen,choosethePrimaryselection. ThepreviousprocedurecanalsobeusedwiththeHexTerminalutility.WhentheHexTerminalisused,the informationisenteredashexcode.Figure526showshowtheinformationwilllookwhenitistypedinandsentin hex.IntheHexTerminalmode,theprogramwillnottransmitASCIIinformation.Itwillonlyallowvalidhex characters.
Figure526HexTerminal
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GUARDIANSPECIFICATIONS
Thesespecificationsaretypicalandsubjecttochangewithoutnotice. GENERAL Model Numbers Frequency Range (MHz) Frequency Stability Channel Bandwidth Modes of Operation Frequency Increment Power Source RF Impedance Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Operating Humidity Rx Current Drain at 25C VHF
140-5016-50x 140-5026-50x 136 174 MHz 215 240 MHz 1.0 ppm 12.5 kHz 25 kHz
UHF
140-5046-30x 140-5046-50x 406.125 470.000 MHz 450.000 - 511.975 MHz 1.0 ppm 12.5 kHz 25 kHz Simplex, Half-Duplex, Full-Duplex 1.25 kHz 10-30 VDC, Negative GND 50 -30 to + 60 C -40 to + 85 C, 95% non-condensing RH 5% to 95% non-condensing RH DC Input 10V 520 mA (max) 450 mA (typ) DC Input 20V 270 mA (max) 240 mA (typ) DC Input 20V 2.5 A (max) 1.8 A (typ) 0.8 A (max) 0.6 A (typ) 500 milliseconds
900
140-5096-50x 928 960 MHz 1.0 ppm 12.5 kHz 25 kHz
DC Input 30V 190 mA (max) 170 mA (typ) DC Input 30V 1.6 A (max) 1.2 A (typ) 0.6 A (max) 0.4 A (typ)
Tx Current Drain at 25C
Power Out Max Pwr 30 dBm (1W)
DC Input 10V 5.8 A (max) 3.6 A (typ) 1.6 A (max) 1.2 A (typ)
Cold start Nominal Dimensions Shipping Weight Mounting Options Fan Output
5.50" W x 2.125 H x 4.25" D (13.97 x 5.40 x 10.8 cm) 2.4 lbs. (1.1 Kg) Mounting plate/pattern & DIN Rail 5VDC, 400mA max.
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TRANSMITTER Tx Frequencies VHF

136 - 174 MHz 215 240 MHz
UHF
406.125 470.000 MHz 450.000 - 511.975 MHz
900
928 - 960 MHz
Carrier Output Power Duty Cycle Radiated Spurious Emissions Conducted Spurious Emissions Transmitter Stability into VSWR: RX to TX Time Channel Switching Time
1-10 Watts Adjustable
100% (Power Foldback Allowed for High Temperatures) Per FCC/Regulatory Per FCC/Regulatory > 10:1 (Power Foldback Allowed) < 2 ms (Standard) < 15 ms (Band-End to Band-End)
RECEIVER
Bandwidth Bit Rate 140-501650x 136 - 174 140-502650x 215 - 240 140-5046-30x 140-5046-50x 406.125 470.000 450.000 - 511.975 12.5 kHz 140-509650x 928 - 960 Units
RX Frequencies
MHz
Data Sensitivity @ 10-6 Bit Error Rate (BER) Typical / Max Adjacent Channel Rejection (min) Spurious Response Rejection Intermodulation Rejection TX to RX Time Channel Switching Time Receive Input Power
4.8 kbps 9.6 kbps 25 kHz 4.8 kbps 9.6 kbps 19.2 kbps 12.5 kHz 25 kHz All
-110 -107 -110 -107 -100 60 75
-110 -107 -110 -107 -100 60 70 > 75 dB
-110 -107 -110 -107 -100 60 75
-110 -107 -110 -107 -100 60 70
dBm
dBm
dB dB dB
All All All
> 75 dB < 1 ms (Standard) 5 ms (ETSI Versions) < 15ms (Band-End to Band-End)
dB ms ms
All
17 dBm (50mW) max.
dBm
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MODEM/LOGIC
Model 140-5016-50x 12.5 kHz 4800 9600 140-5026-50x 4800 9600 140-5046-30x 4800 9600 140-5046-50x 4800 9600 140-5096-50x 4800 9600 25 kHz 4800 9600 19200 4800 9600 19200 4800 9600 19200 4800 9600 19200 4800 9600 19200 2FSK Serial
Data Rate (Selectable)
Modulation Type Addressing
SETUP and COM Port Interface Data Rate

EIA-232F DCE Setup Port: 57,600 bps Com Port: 300 57,600 bps (Default: 9.6 Kbps)
Display 5 Tri-color status LEDs

Power, Status, Rx, Tx, RD/TD
Connectors Antenna Connector Serial Setup Port Serial Terminal Server User Interface Power - I/O
TNC female (Tx/Rx), SMA female (Rx) Dual-Port and Full-Duplex models only DE-9F DE-9F I/O Right angle, 8 contacts (male) I/O Right angle, 4 contacts (male)Power Plug
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Diagnostics Message Elements Domestic and International Certifications

Frequency Range
136 174 MHz 136 174 MHz 215 240 MHz 215 240 MHz 406.1 - 470 MHz 406.1 - 470 MHz 450 - 512 MHz 450 - 512 MHz 928 - 960 MHz 928 - 960 MHz
Temp, Voltage, Local/Remote RSSI, Forward Power, Reverse Power, Message Quality
Model Number
140-5016-500 140-5016-501 140-5026-500 140-5026-501 140-5046-300 140-5046-301 140-5046-500 140-5046-501 140-5096-500 140-5096-501
FCC
NP4-5016-500 NP4-5016-500 NP4-5026-500 NP4-5026-500 NP4-5046-300 NP4-5046-300 NP4-5046-300 NP4-5046-300 NP4-5096-500 NP4-5096-500
IC (DOC)
773B-5016500 773B-5016500 773B-5026500 773B-5026500 773B-5046300 773B-5046300 773B-5046300 773B-5046300 773B-5096500 773B-5096500
European Union EN 300 113
Australia/New Zealand
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PRODUCTWARRANTY
PRODUCTWARRANTY
CalAmp warrants to the original purchaser for use ("Buyer") that data telemetry products manufactured by DRL ("Products") are free from defects in material and workmanship and will conform to DRL's published technical specificationsforaperiodof,exceptasnotedbelow,one(1)yearfromthedateofshipmenttoBuyer.DRLmakesno warranty with respect to any equipment not manufactured by DRL, and any such equipment shall carry the original equipmentmanufacturer'swarrantyonly.DRLfurthermakesnowarrantyastoandspecificallydisclaimsliabilityfor, availability,range,coverage,gradeofserviceoroperationoftherepeatersystemprovidedbythecarrierorrepeater operator.Anyreturnshippingchargesforthirdpartyequipmenttotheirrespectiverepairfacilitiesarechargeableand willbepassedontotheBuyer. IfanyProductfailstomeetthewarrantysetforthaboveduringtheapplicablewarrantyperiodandisreturnedtoa locationdesignatedbyDRL.DRL,atitsoption,shalleitherrepairorreplacesuchdefectiveProduct,directlyorthrough an authorized service agent, within thirty (30) days of receipt of same. No Products may be returned without prior authorization from DRL. Any repaired or replaced Products shall be warranted for the remainder of the original warrantyperiod.Buyershallpayallshippingcharges,handlingcharges,feesanddutiesforreturningdefectiveProducts toDRLorDRL'sauthorizedserviceagent.DRLwillpaythereturnshippingchargesiftheProductisrepairedorreplaced underwarranty,exclusiveoffeesandduties.RepairorreplacementofdefectiveProductsassetforthinthisparagraph fulfillsanyandallwarrantyobligationsonthepartofDRL. ThiswarrantyisvoidandDRLshallnotbeobligatedtoreplaceorrepairanyProductsif(i)theProducthasbeenusedin otherthanitsnormalandcustomarymanner;(ii)theProducthasbeensubjecttomisuse,accident,neglectordamage or has been used other than with DRL approved accessories and equipment; (iii) unauthorized alteration or repairs havebeenmadeorunapprovedpartshavebeenusedinorwiththeProduct;or(iv)BuyerfailedtonotifyDRLorDRL's authorizedserviceagentofthedefectduringtheapplicablewarrantyperiod.DRListhefinalarbiterofsuchclaims. THE AFORESAID WARRANTIES ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOTLIMITEDTO,ANYIMPLIEDWARRANTYOFMERCHANTABILITYORFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.DRLAND BUYER AGREE THAT BUYER'S EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF ANY OF SAID WARRANTIES IT AS SET FORTH ABOVE. BUYER AGREES THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL DRL BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECTOREXEMPLARYDAMAGESWHETHERONTHEBASISOFNEGLIGENCE,STRICTLIABILITYOROTHERWISE.The purpose of the exclusive remedies set forth above shall be to provide Buyer with repair or replacement of non complying Products in the manner provided above. These exclusive remedies shall not be deemed to have failed of theiressentialpurposesolongasDRLiswillingandabletorepairorreplacenoncomplyingProductsinthemannerset forthabove. ThiswarrantyappliestoallProductssoldworldwide.Somestatesdonotallowlimitationsonimpliedwarrantiessothe abovelimitationsmaynotbeapplicable.Youmayalsohaveotherrights,whichvaryfromstatetostate. EXCEPTIONS THIRTYDAY: Tuningandadjustmentoftelemetryradios
NOWARRANTY: Fuses,lampsandotherexpendableparts
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GUARDIAN SERIALRADIOMODEM

UserManual PN0015006000Rev1 RevisedAugust2011

5 dBi 123cm 105.7cm 63.8cm

REGULATORYCERTIFICATIONS TheGuardianradioisavailableinseveraldifferentmodelseachwithuniquefrequencybands.EachmodelofGuardian mayhavedifferentregulatoryapprovalasshowninthetablebelow. Certifications

2.6 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 4 4.1 4.2

4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 5 5.1

ThisDSPbasedradiowasdesignedforSCADA,telemetryandindustrialapplicationsinthe136174MHz,215240 MHzVHF,406.1512MHzUHF,and928960MHzfrequencyranges. GuardiansupportsserialRemoteTerminalUnits(RTU)andprogrammablelogiccontrollers(PLC).

modelprovideareceiveantennaconnectorallowingforuniquecustomerapplicationsrequiringadditionalreceive filtering,externalPA(s),andotheroptions. LongRange.Narrowbandconfigurationsallowbettercoverageoverharshterrain.

Color Amber(SolidorBlinking) Red

8 Configuration Select2 (internallypulledhigh)

(1) WhenRS422orRS485isconfigured. (2) ForHalfDuplex(2wire)connections,connectpin1(RxB/RxD+)topin2(TxB/TxD+)and pin3(RxA/RxD)topin4(TxA/TxD).

GuardianradiomodemSETUPandCOMportsareDataCommunicationEquipment(DCE)devices Ingeneral,equipmentconnectedtotheGuardiansSETUP/COMserialportisDataTerminalEquipment (DTE)andastraightthroughcableisrecommended. Note:IfaDCEdeviceisconnectedtotheGuardianSETUP/COMport,anullcable/adapterisrequired.

Black Red White

Ground Positive(1030)VDC Enable(SeeNote)

DualPort900MHzGuardian900* 928 960MHz

ITEM AntennaKit*:138143MHz6.5dBd AntennaKit*:138143MHz9.5dBd AntennaKit*:143148MHz6.5dBd AntennaKit*:143138MHz9.5dBd

PARTNUMBER 2500211007 2500211010 2500211107 2500211110

ITEM 25feetantennafeedline(LMR400),NMale 50feetantennafeedline(LMR400),NMale BarrelConnector,RF1Ntype,Female

PARTNUMBER 2500200025 2500200055 2500200100

Inanetworktopologywithonlyasinglecoveragearea(allunitscantalktooneanotherdirectly),thereareseveral commonsystemconfigurations. Themostcommonisforoneunittobedesignatedasamasterandtherestdesignatedasremotes.Another systemconfigurationisReportbyException.

TheGuardiancanbeusedwithavarietyofantennatypes.Theexactstyleuseddependsonthephysicalsizeand layoutofasystem.TheGuardiandevicehasbeentestedandapprovedwithantennashavingamaximumgainof 10dBi.

SeeTable17foralistoftestedantennarecommendations.TheseantennasareFCCapprovedforusewiththe Guardian.Similarantennatypesfromothermanufacturersareequallyacceptable.Itisimportanttofollowthe manufacturersrecommendedinstallationproceduresandinstructionswhenmountinganyantenna.

Outsidecableconnectionsshouldhaveaweatherkitappliedtoeachconnectiontopreventmoisture.Feedline connectionsshouldberoutinelyinspectedtominimizesignallossthroughtheconnection.A3dBlossinsignal strengthduetocablelossand/orbadconnectionsrepresentsa50%reductioninsignalstrength.

5 dBi 123cm 105.7cm 63.8cm

RSSI 100dBm 90dBm 80dBm 70dBm

20 dB, 5 watt max, attenuator

Note: Itisimportanttouseattenuationbetweenalldemounitsinthetestnetworktoreducetheamountofsignal strengthinthetestenvironment.

GuardianprogrammingisdonethroughthePCsPrimaryCOMPort.PrimaryandsecondaryCOMportsare configuredwiththeFieldProgrammingSoftware.Theprogrammingcable(includedintheDemoKit)isconnected fromtheSetupPortontheGuardiantothePCsCOMportconfiguredasthePrimaryPort.

BaudRate BaudRateshowsthecurrentbaudratesettingforthePrimaryandSecondaryCOMports. RTS RTSshowsthecurrentstateoftheRTS(requesttosend)line.RTSisanoutputfromthePC. DTR DTRshowsthecurrentstateoftheDTR(dataterminalready)line.DTRisanoutputfromthePC. CTS

TheLinkConfigurationscreenisaccessedfromtheLinkConfigurationiconontheUserConfigurationscreen.Link ConfigurationallowstheusertoviewandeditGuardiansLinkConfigurableparameters.Formoreinformationon LinkConfigurations,seeSection1.3.

Diagnosticsfromthelast15stationsheardarestoredineachunit.ThesevaluesarereadusingtheOfflineor OnlineDiagnosticsscreen. Transmittedinformationincludes: ShortID SupplyVoltage(inVolts) InternalTemperature(inCelsius) ForwardandReversePower(inWatts) ReceivedSignalStrength(indBm)

Recommendation:KeepDynamicCarrierDetectOffThresholdenabled(checked)unlessinterferenceorvariable signalstrength(i.e.,fadinginamovingvehicle)causesproblems. CarrierDetectOnThreshold ThesliderallowstheusertosettheminimumRSSIlevelthattheGuardianModemwillrecognizeasavalidcarrier andbegindecodingdata.

DataBits NumberofbitsmakingupthedatawordfortheRFLink.Select7/8.TheDefaultis8. Parity SelectEven/Odd/Mark/Space/None.TheDefaultisNone.IdentifythesumofbitsfortheRFLink. StopBits Select1/2.TheDefaultis1.MarkstheendoftheserialportdatabytefortheRFLink.

ModemUserPortConfigurationisusedtoconfiguretheGuardian'sUserPortwhenconfiguredinModemMode. Thereare8ontheGuardianUserPort.7pinsareavailabletotheuserandcanbeprogrammedwithfordifferent functions.Pin5isalwaysgroundandcannotbeprogrammed.

Link18:ThesetabsareusedtosetthedifferentprogrammableoptionsforeachoftheGuardian's programmablelinks.EachlinkiscapableofusingthesettingsfromtheDefaulttabbycheckingtheDefault checkbox,orofsavingitsownindividualcustomsettings.

TheReadandWriteFilebuttonsareusedtoreadorwriteaUserConfigurationtoorfromafileonaPC.Thiscan beusefulforsavingdifferentGuardianconfigurationssotheycanbeeasilywrittenintomultipleGuardian Modems.

Clear TheClearbuttonallowstheusertoclearthedisplayandcurrentOnlineDiagnostics. Save TheSavebuttonallowstheusertosavethecurrentOnlineDiagnosticstoafile.Amaximumof4096linesofdata canbesaved.

AYcableisrequiredforthisoption(withtransmitconnectionssplittothetransmittingdeviceandreceive connectionssplittothereceivingdevice).Acomputerwith1COMportisutilizedforthisoption. GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 59|P a g e

TypeofData TypeofDataallowstheusertoselectthedatapatternforeachpacket.Thesizeforeachdatapatternislistedin thepatternformatexplanations(packetsarebuiltusingoneoffourpossiblepatterns). GuardianManual0015006000Rev1 60|P a g e

Thepatternusedtobuildthepacketswillhavethefollowingformat(inHex): 00112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 01112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 02112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF FE112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF FF112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF

00112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 01112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 02112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF 112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF RandomBinaryPatternThepacketswillbe16charactersinlengthandcontainrandombinarydata.

ToreadtheconfigurationfilefromaGuardianModem: 1. 2. 3. SelecttheReadoptionintheGuardianConfigurationsection. ClicktheBrowsebuttontoselectthepathandfilenameofthelocationtosavetheconfigurationfile. ClickOKbuttontostarttheread.Amessagewillbedisplayedwhenthefilehasbeenreadandsavedto thePC.

Tx Current Drain at 25C

Power Out Max Pwr 30 dBm (1W)

TRANSMITTER Tx Frequencies VHF

1-10 Watts Adjustable

1-10 Watts Adjustable

1-8 Watts Adjustable

-110 -107 -110 -107 -100 60 75

-110 -107 -110 -107 -100 60 70 > 75 dB

-110 -107 -110 -107 -100 60 75

-110 -107 -110 -107 -100 60 70

All All All

> 75 dB < 1 ms (Standard) 5 ms (ETSI Versions) < 15ms (Band-End to Band-End)

17 dBm (50mW) max.

Data Rate (Selectable)

Modulation Type Addressing

SETUP and COM Port Interface Data Rate

Display 5 Tri-color status LEDs

Diagnostics Message Elements Domestic and International Certifications

European Union EN 300 113

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