Installation guide

LMU Users Guide
V1.0.6 December 10 2009
Copyright ©CalAmp DataCom Inc 2009
- 1 - CalAmp Proprietary & Confidential
Table of Contents
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 1
1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 About CalAmp – Who we are… ................................................................................................. 5
1.2 About CalAmp – What we do… ................................................................................................. 5
1.3 About this Manual ....................................................................................................................... 5
1.4 About the Reader ......................................................................................................................... 5
2 CalAmp LMU – Hardware Overview ............................................................................................... 6
3 LMU Setup – Configuration Overview ............................................................................................. 7
3.1 Parameters ................................................................................................................................... 7
3.1.1 What are Parameters? ....................................................................................................... 7
3.1.2 How does one program Parameters? ................................................................................ 7
3.2 S-Registers .................................................................................................................................. 9
3.2.1 What are S-Registers?........................................................................................................ 9
3.3 Parameter Masking .................................................................................................................... 10
3.3.1 What is Parameter Masking? ........................................................................................... 10
3.3.2 What is a bit mapped parameter values? ......................................................................... 10
3.3.3 How is a mask used? ........................................................................................................ 10
4 Working with Inputs, Outputs and Power ..................................................................................... 11
4.1 I/O Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 11
4.2 Input Types ................................................................................................................................ 11
4.2.1 Digital Inputs ................................................................................................................... 11
4.2.2 Motion Sensor Input ......................................................................................................... 13
4.2.3 Power State Input ............................................................................................................. 13
4.2.4 Battery Voltage Critical Input.......................................................................................... 13
4.2.5 High Temperature Input .................................................................................................. 14
4.2.6 The 1 Bit Bus .................................................................................................................... 14
4.2.7 Analog to Digital Inputs ................................................................................................... 15
4.3 Output Types ............................................................................................................................. 16
4.3.1 Relay Outputs ................................................................................................................... 16
4.3.2 External vs. Internal Power Switch .................................................................................. 17
4.3.3 Enable / Disable Battery Charging .................................................................................. 17
4.3.4 LED Outputs .................................................................................................................... 17
4.4 Selecting the GPIO Function ..................................................................................................... 18
4.5 Working with Sleep Mode ......................................................................................................... 19
4.5.1 Configuring the Input Wake-Up Monitor ......................................................................... 19
4.5.2 Keeping the Expansion Port powered during sleep ......................................................... 20
4.5.3 Keeping the Modem On during sleep ............................................................................... 20
4.6 Working with the Status LEDs .................................................................................................. 21
4.6.1 Input State and Satellite Count Mode .............................................................................. 21
4.6.2 Alternate LED Blink Code ............................................................................................... 22
4.6.3 Disabling the Status LEDs ............................................................................................... 23
4.7 Restoring values through a power cycle .................................................................................... 24
5 Working with External Serial Devices ............................................................................................ 26
5.1 Using the Host Port ................................................................................................................... 27
5.1.1 Host Mode - AT Command Setup ..................................................................................... 27
5.1.2 Host Mode – NMEA Output ............................................................................................. 28
5.1.3 Host Mode – Dial-Up Networking ................................................................................... 29
5.1.4 MDT Mode ....................................................................................................................... 31
5.2 Using the Aux Port .................................................................................................................... 36
5.2.1 NMEA Mode .................................................................................................................... 36