User's Manual

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Proprietary and Confidential Revised 10-11-11
Send Engineering Message: This button triggers the SXL1 to send an on-air Engineering Message.
Send Custom Payload: This button triggers the SXL1 to send an on-air Raw Data Message
containing the first 8 bytes entered into the text box to the right. The data must be entered in
hexadecimal form.
Query GPS: This button triggers the SXL1 to get a GPS fix and populate the Latitude, Longitude and
Fix time textboxes above the button.
Get Engineering: This button queries the SXL1 to retrieve the Engineering Message data to the
large textbox to the right of the button.
Get Testing Data: This button queries the SXL1 to perform a device self-test. The SXL1 will return
self -test results to the textbox to the right after 5 seconds.
Loop Test Data: This button queries the SXL1 to perform a repetitive device self-test. The SXL1 will
return self-test results to the textbox to the right after a couple of seconds (~7) and repeat until
canceled. Test data is logged to a test file C:\Program Files\SXL1\SXL1.log.
Send GPS Message: This button triggers the SXL1 to send an on-air location message. Allow for
up to 30 minutes for the SXL1 to determine the GPS location and send the message.
Get Last Location: This button returns the latitude, longitude, and time of the last GPS fix
performed. Note that this is not necessarily the current location and time.
Info Tab
The “Info” tab collects all communications to and from connected devices in a scrolling textbox. It
supports testing and evaluation of devices connected.
Reset Battery: Resets the battery counter on the SXL1, a window will pop up to verify the change.
Clear Text: Clears the text in the information box.
Show Events: Shows pending and recent events that are in the SXL1 scheduler.