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Appendix K. RF401/RF411 Pass/Fail Tests
TESTING RF401/RF411s
After verifying the functionality of the terminal program and the integrity of
the serial cable and COM port, proceed as follows:
(1) Connect 12V power to an RF401/RF411 (Field Power Cable (Item #
14291) with 12V battery pack attached (see step 12 below)).
(2) Connect first RF401/RF411’s RS-232 port to the PC COM port
(3) Run a terminal program such as HyperTerminal
TM
or Procomm
TM
(a) Baud rate: 9600
(b) Data, Parity, Stop Bits: 8-N-1
(c) Flow control: none
(d) Emulation: TTY
(e) ASCII
(f) Desired COM port
Make sure that Properties/Settings/ASCII Setup “Echo characters
locally” or the equivalent Procomm
TM
setting is NOT enabled.
NOTE
(4) Press “Program” button on RF401/RF411
(5) Select “3” to restore defaults, then select “5” to save parameters and exit
The presence of a neighboring RF401/RF411 network with
default settings could interfere with your tests (see Section 5.3.1.
(4.d) for detection method).
NOTE
(6) Repeat steps 1 to 5 inclusive with second RF401/RF411
(7) Label the RF401/RF411 connected to the PC COM port as “Base”
(8) Place the two RF401/RF411s side by side with antenna connectors 1 1/8
inches apart on a non-metallic surface (see Figure K-1).
FIGURE K-1. Loop-back Test without Antennas
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