Campbell RF400 Manual

RF401-series and RF430-seriesSpread Spectrum Data Radios/ModemsRevision: 2/12Copyright © 2001-2012Campbell Scientific, Inc.

RF401/RF430 Table of Contents 10. Item #14221 900 MHz Omnidirectional Collinear, 3 dBd w/Mounts .. 18 11. Item #15970 900 MHz Indoor Dipole, 1 dBd

Appendix I. Phone to RF401 Series 4. COM220 Dip Switches Dip Switch Position 1 Open 2 Open 3 Open 4 Open 5 Open 6 Open 7 Open 8 O

Appendix J. Monitor CSAT3 via RF401 Series Procedure for installing a pair of RF401 series spread spectrum radios for monitoring a CSAT3 system at a

Appendix J. Monitor CSAT3 via RF401 Series J-2 (g) RS-232 Baud Rate – use the default (9600) for RF401 radios with OS3 or earlier. For RF401 radios

Appendix K. RF401/RF411 Pass/Fail Tests This appendix describes a method to functionally test RF401/RF411 system components including: • PC COM port

Appendix K. RF401/RF411 Pass/Fail Tests (d) Emulation: TTY (e) ASCII (f) COM1 (or any available COM port) NOTE With some versions of HyperTe

Appendix K. RF401/RF411 Pass/Fail Tests TESTING RF401/RF411s After verifying the functionality of the terminal program and the integrity of the seria

Appendix K. RF401/RF411 Pass/Fail Tests (9) Make sure that no antennas are attached to the RF401/RF411s (10) Label the other RF401/RF411, “Remote”

Appendix K. RF401/RF411 Pass/Fail Tests (b) Choose an open area free of large2 metal objects within 10 feet of the RF401/RF411s (can be indoors or o

Appendix K. RF401/RF411 Pass/Fail Tests FIGURE K-3. 3 dBd 900 MHz Collinear Omni Antenna (d) Set up remote RF401/RF411 with NO antenna and with an

Appendix L. RF401/RF411 Average Current Drain Calculations For remote sites with tight power budgets due to solar or battery power supplies, the foll

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Appendix L. RF401/RF411 Average Current Drain Calculations The base RF401/RF411’s total average current (It) can be calculated over an interval (T) a

Appendix L. RF401/RF411 Average Current Drain Calculations EXAMPLE #1 (Remote RF401/RF411 in default standby mode) There is a Point-to-Point system

Appendix L. RF401/RF411 Average Current Drain Calculations EXAMPLE #2 (Base RF401/RF411 in default standby mode) The base RF401/RF411 in the above

Appendix L. RF401/RF411 Average Current Drain Calculations EXAMPLE #3 (Base RF401/RF411 in “<0.4 mA, 8 sec Delay” standby mode) The RF401/RF411s

Appendix L. RF401/RF411 Average Current Drain Calculations EXAMPLE #4 (Remote RF401/RF411 in “<0.4 mA, 8 sec Delay” standby mode) The RF401/RF41

Appendix L. RF401/RF411 Average Current Drain Calculations EXAMPLE #5 (Base RF401/RF411 in default “<4 mA, 1 sec Delay” standby mode) The RF401/

Appendix L. RF401/RF411 Average Current Drain Calculations EXAMPLE #6 (Base RF401/RF411 in “<0.4 mA, 8 sec Delay” standby mode) The RF401/RF411s

Appendix L. RF401/RF411 Average Current Drain Calculations EXAMPLE #7 (Remote RF401/RF411 in “<0.4 mA, 4 sec Cycle” standby mode ) The RF401/RF

Appendix L. RF401/RF411 Average Current Drain Calculations L-10

Appendix M. PakBus Networking Details M.1 PakBus Aware, PakBus Node, and RF PakBus Both the PakBus Aware and PakBus Node settings use the RF PakBus

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Appendix M. PakBus Networking Details M.3 Maximizing the RF Packet Size The radio module’s RF packet size is changed from the default 64 bytes to i

Appendix M. PakBus Networking Details The RF401 or RF430 will not reduce the hop metric, only increase it. The radio compares the hop metric of the

Appendix M. PakBus Networking Details Beacon Interval: 60 seconds Verify Interval: 150 seconds Hello List: None Central Router: None M.8 Optimiz

Appendix M. PakBus Networking Details from PakBus node 4088 and 4089. That is, the radio temporarily “assumes” the PakBus identity of 4088 or 4089 un

Appendix M. PakBus Networking Details M-6

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RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 1. Introduction This manual discusses the RF401-series and RF430-series spread spectrum ra

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems • RF401 915 MHz Spread Spectrum Radio—transmits data to another RF401 radio, an RF430 radi

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems • RF431 922 MHz Spread Spectrum Radio—transmits data to another RF431 radio, an RF411 radi

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems • Ethernet network to radio: PC to Internet to NL100 to radio to datalogger (use LoggerNe

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems Quiescent Current in Standby Modes* Avg. Quiescent Current (mA) Advanced Setup Standby Mo

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 3. Installation 3.1 Site Considerations Location of a radio near commercial transmitters,

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems c. If using an RF430, install the USB drivers to the PC by doing the following procedures.

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems d. If using an RF401, plug AC adapter into AC outlet and plug barrel connector into the ba

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems - RX LED Test - To determine if there is a neighboring radio network in operation using the

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems TABLE 2. Lacking 12 V on CS I/O Pin 8 EQUIPMENT SERIAL NUMBER CR500 < 1765 CR7 700X Bd

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems b. For the datalogger settings, set the Baud Rate to match the radio’s RS-232 baud rate.

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 3.3 Antenna Considerations 3.3.1 Line of Sight The single most important factor in radio

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems the red LED will light steadily. When the RF401 is transmitting, the red LED will pulse OF

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems TABLE 3. 15966’s Voltage Regulation Current Drain (mA) Resistive Load (Ohms) AC Adapter O

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 4.2.2 Remote Sites with Datalogger At the remote site, an RF401 radio is usually powered b

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 4.4 Compatible Antennas The 900 MHz antennas are compatible with the RF401, RF411, RF430,

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 16755 2.4 GHz, 13 dBd ANTENNA, ENCLOSED YAGI, allows vertical or horizontal polarization,

Warranty “PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BY CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC, INC. are warranted by Campbell Scientific, Inc. (“Campbell”) to be free from defects in materi

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems FIGURE 8. Item #14201 900 MHz Yagi, 9 dBd w/Mounts FIGURE 9. Item #14205 900 MHz Yagi

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems FIGURE 11. Item #15970 900 MHz Indoor Dipole, 1 dBd Window/Wall Mounted FIGURE 12. It

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems FIGURE 13. Item #16755 2.4 GHz Enclosed Yagi, 13 dBd w/Mounts FIGURE 14. Example COAX

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 4.5 Antenna Cables and Surge Protection 4.5.1 Antenna Cables The 14201, 14203, 14205, 142

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems FIGURE 16. Enclosure with Antenna Surge Protector for RF401 5. Software 5.1 DevConfig R

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems (4) Click on “RF401” or “RF430” for the device type in DevConfig. (5) Select the port mat

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 5.1.2.1 Active Interface The only Active Interface settings that are available for the RF4

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems by using RF level packet acknowledgements and retries. This is done for any size network. D

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems If the RF430’s operating system is prior to OS2, its USB port will only communicate at 38.4

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 5.1.2.9 Power Modes The radio’s average idle current can be set with the following Standby

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RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 5.1.3 PakBus Tab FIGURE 18. PakBus tab in DevConfig (with Default Settings) The settings

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems Defaults can often be used for the other settings provided in the PakBus tab. The default

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems FIGURE 19. Select RF4XX for connection type for a multipoint (non PakBus) network. FIGUR

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 5.2.1.1 Standard Setup (RF400) FIGURE 21. Default Screen for the RF400 Standard Setup in

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems is about to be exceeded. The dialog box has Reset Max Time and Don’t Reset buttons. If the

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 5.2.1.2 Standard Setup (RF400 Remote) FIGURE 22. Default Screen for the RF400 Remote Sta

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems buttons. If the Reset Max Time button is pressed, the Max Time On-Line counter will be rese

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 5.2.3 PakBus Graph PakBus Graph is a LoggerNet utility that graphically depicts the device

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 6. Troubleshooting If you can’t connect, check out these possible causes: 1. Datalogger o

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 7. Radio receiver is “de-sensing” from nearby transmitter. This problem can be observed f

– CAUTION – Where an AC adapter is used, CSI recommends Item # 15966. Any other AC adapter used must have a DC output not exceeding 16.5 Volt

RF401-series and RF430-series Spread Spectrum Radio/Modems 38 c. Change polarization (element orientation) of all yagi and collinear antennas in your

Appendix A. Part 15 FCC Compliance Warning Changes or modifications to the RF401 series radio systems not expressly approved by Campbell Scientific,

Appendix A. Part 15 FCC Compliance Warning A-2

Appendix B. Advanced Setup Menu B.1 Accessing the Advanced Menu The standard Setup Menu is described in Section 5.1. The advanced Setup Menu can be

Appendix B. Advanced Setup Menu (4) AT Command Mode Timeout (units of 100 msec; 1 – 32767) iv) Radio Diagnostics Number of Retry Failures: R

Appendix B. Advanced Setup Menu B.2 Error Handling and Retries In the RF module received packets are analyzed for data corruption with an embedded C

Appendix B. Advanced Setup Menu send the same packet up to 3 times; each time looking for an ACK packet back from the receiving radio. If it does no

Appendix B. Advanced Setup Menu TABLE B-1. Advanced Setup Menu STANDBY MODE STANDBY AVG RECEIVE CURRENT Wake-up Interval (red LED flash interval)

Appendix B. Advanced Setup Menu B-6 LONG HEADER TIME Sets long header duration in tenths of a second. The default is 7 (for 0.7 seconds). If change

Appendix C. Address and Address Mask Address The address is 16 bits: (0 - 1111,1111,1111,1111) binary (0 - ffffh) hexadecimal 0 – 65535) decim

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Appendix C. Address and Address Mask four bits are not compared, any remote radio with Radio Address of 0 to 1111 (decimal 0 to 15) will be received

Appendix C. Address and Address Mask NET ADDRESS(decimal) RADIO ADDRESS(decimal) COMBINED 16-BIT ADDRESS(hexadecimal) 0 29 001D 0 30 001E 0 31 001

Appendix C. Address and Address Mask C-4 NET ADDRESS(decimal) RADIO ADDRESS(decimal) COMBINED 16-BIT ADDRESS(hexadecimal) 15 0 3C00 15 1 3C01 1

Appendix D. Setting Up RF401-to-CR206(X) Communications Certain CR206(X) settings must match the RF401 settings for communications between the datalo

Appendix D. Setting Up RF401-to-CR206(X) Communications 5. Network: must match the Network Address setting for all RF401 or RF430 radios in the Net

Appendix D. Setting Up RF401-to-CR206(X) Communications FIGURE D-2. This graph represents a transmitting radio that uses a long header and a receiv

Appendix D. Setting Up RF401-to-CR206(X) Communications Below is a description of all of the Power Mode options: • No Radio—datalogger model has no

Appendix D. Setting Up RF401-to-CR206(X) Communications FIGURE D-4. DevConfig Deployment panel showing the CR206(X) setup for Example 1. D-5

Appendix D. Setting Up RF401-to-CR206(X) Communications RF401 Setup for Example 1 (see Figure 5): 1. Since the RF401 will connect to a PC, select Au

Appendix D. Setting Up RF401-to-CR206(X) Communications D.3 Example Setup 2 - Router to CR206(X) The following is a typical setup of an RF401 cabled

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Appendix D. Setting Up RF401-to-CR206(X) Communications RF401 #1 Setup for Example 2 (see Figure D-7) 1. Since RF401 #1 will connect to a PC, select

Appendix D. Setting Up RF401-to-CR206(X) Communications RF401 #2 Setup for Example 2 (see Figure D-8) 1. For RF401 #2 , select Datalogger SDC 7 (or

Appendix D. Setting Up RF401-to-CR206(X) Communications D-10

Appendix E. Port Pin Descriptions RS-232 Port The “RS232” port is a partial implementation of RS-232C. It is configured as Data Communications Equip

Appendix E. Port Pin Descriptions E-2 CS I/O CONNECTOR, 9-PIN D-SUB MALE PIN FUNCTION I/O DESCRIPTION 1 5V I Sources 5 VDC to power peripheral

Appendix F. Non-PakBus Example Configurations The following procedures explain how to build a basic RF401 point-to-point network and a point-to-multi

Appendix F. Non-PakBus Example Configurations - RX LED Test - To determine if there is a neighboring RF401 network in operation using the same hoppin

Appendix F. Non-PakBus Example Configurations F.3 LoggerNet Configuration (Transparent Protocol) There are two ways of configuring the Setup map for

Appendix F. Non-PakBus Example Configurations (3) Extra Response Times are typically 0 s RF400 RF400RF400RF400DATALOGGER DATALOGGERDATALOGGER CS I/

Appendix F. Non-PakBus Example Configurations (3) Generic Modem Settings (a) √ “Make DTR Active” (b) √ “Hardware Flow Control” (c) Extra R

RF401/RF430 Table of Contents 5.1.2 RF401/RF411/RF416 or RF430/RF431/RF432 Tab... 23 5.1.2.1 Active Interface ...

Appendix F. Non-PakBus Example Configurations FIGURE F-2. PC208W Datalogger Generic Dial String F-6

Appendix G. Short-Haul Modems Set SRM-5A at PC end to “DCE” mode. Set SRM-5A at RF401 end to “DTE” mode. The PC to SRM-5A cable is typically a 9-pin

Appendix G. Short-Haul Modems With short-haul modems it is necessary to configure the base station RF401’s “RS-232 Auto Power Down Enable” (in the Ad

Appendix H. Distance vs. Antenna Gain, Terrain, and Other Factors You may test the radio communications by using the 21107 900 MHz Spread Spectrum De

Appendix H. Distance vs. Antenna Gain, Terrain, and Other Factors theoretically extends the attainable distance by a factor of 2.8. Adding 9 dBd yag

Appendix H. Distance vs. Antenna Gain, Terrain, and Other Factors Where: Pt => transmitter output power, in dBm (20 dBm in the case of the RF401

Appendix H. Distance vs. Antenna Gain, Terrain, and Other Factors CSI’s “COAX RPSMA-L” uses LMR-195 antenna cable. Cable loss is proportional to len

Appendix H. Distance vs. Antenna Gain, Terrain, and Other Factors Here is a table showing the free space path loss (in dB). Note the effect of frequ

Appendix H. Distance vs. Antenna Gain, Terrain, and Other Factors Rain, Snow, and Fog Below 10 GHz, these don’t have much effect on path loss (see Gr

Appendix H. Distance vs. Antenna Gain, Terrain, and Other Factors Here’s the equation we will use, from the first page: Pt - Lt + Gt - Lp + Gr - Lr =

RF401/RF430Table of Contents F. Non-PakBus Example Configurations ... F-1 F.1 Direct PC to RF401 Series Base Station Setup (Transpar

Appendix H. Distance vs. Antenna Gain, Terrain, and Other Factors H-8

Appendix I. Phone to RF401 Series I.1 PakBus Network Use of the Network Planner may be the easiest method of configuring a phone-to-RF401 PakBus net

Appendix I. Phone to RF401 Series 1. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS a. RF401s with OS4 or greater b. COM220 c. A100/PS100 or CH100 d. AC charger (CSI Item

Appendix I. Phone to RF401 Series If there is a neighboring RF401 network, you should change the Hopping Sequence of base and remote RF401s to a new

Appendix I. Phone to RF401 Series FIGURE I-2. Phone base configuration. I-4

Appendix I. Phone to RF401 Series FIGURE I-3. Enter the base site’s phone number. I-5

Appendix I. Phone to RF401 Series FIGURE I-4. Enter 250 for the Maximum Packet Size. 4. HARDWARE After configuring LoggerNet and the RF401s you

Appendix I. Phone to RF401 Series I.2 Non-PakBus Network Where a phone to RF401 Base is desired in a non-PakBus network, the following configuration

Appendix I. Phone to RF401 Series If there is a neighboring RF401 network, you should change the Hopping Sequence of base and remote RF401s to a new

Appendix I. Phone to RF401 Series b. Remote RF401s 1) Radio Addresses: 1, 2, etc. (unique for each remote RF401 and must agree with respective RF401