Technical Manual

Company Confidential 2 Raveon Technologies Corp.
Table of Contents
1. General Information about the RV-M6 ........................................................... 4
1.1. Congratulations! ............................................................................................................................ 4
1.2. NOTICE ......................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3. Safety / Warning Information ......................................................................................................... 4
1.4. OEM Use ....................................................................................................................................... 4
2. Overview ........................................................................................................ 6
2.1. Features ........................................................................................................................................ 6
3. Specifications ................................................................................................. 8
3.1. General .......................................................................................................................................... 8
3.2. Transmitter Specifications (RV-M6-xx) .......................................................................................... 8
3.3. Receiver Specifications ................................................................................................................. 8
3.4. Interface Specifications ................................................................................................................. 9
4. Electrical Inputs and Outputs ....................................................................... 10
4.1. LEDs .............................................................................................................................................10
4.2. I/O Pinout .....................................................................................................................................10
4.3. Heatsinking ...................................................................................................................................11
4.4. Mounting Holes.............................................................................................................................11
5. User Serial Port Commands ........................................................................ 13
5.1. Overview ......................................................................................................................................13
5.2. Command Mode ...........................................................................................................................13
5.3. Setting a Parameter ......................................................................................................................14
5.4. Reading a Parameter ...................................................................................................................14
5.5. CONFIG Button ............................................................................................................................14
5.6. Exiting the Command Mode .........................................................................................................15
6. Command Mode Commands ....................................................................... 16
6.1. General Command Common to Data Mode and Paging Mode ....................................................16
6.2. Data Modem Mode Related Commands ......................................................................................18
6.3. Paging Receiver Related Commands ...........................................................................................20
6.4. Factory Default Settings ...............................................................................................................23
7. Using the M6 in Paging Mode ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
7.1. Setting Cap Codes ......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
7.2. Setting Paging Data Format ........................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
7.3. Numeric Messages ......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
7.4. Alphanumeric Messages ................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
8. Using the M6 – Packet Data Mode .............................................................. 25
8.1. Setup ............................................................................................................................................26
8.2. Programming Channels and Frequencies ....................................................................................27
8.3. Data Transmission ........................................................................................................................28
Serial Port Baud Rate ...........................................................................................................................28
Busy-Channel Lock Out ........................................................................................................................28
8.4. Addressing (Packetized Mode only) .............................................................................................29
Addressing Basics ................................................................................................................................29
Group Numbers ...................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Hexadecimal Numbers .........................................................................................................................29
Setting A System-Wide Address ...........................................................................................................30
Broadcast Transmissions .....................................................................................................................30
The Address Mask ................................................................................................................................30
Addressing Examples: ..........................................................................................................................31
8.5. Store-and-Forward Repeating ......................................................................................................32
Automatic Repeater Configuration ........................................................................................................32
Manual Configuration of the Repeat Feature ........................................................................................32
9. Debug Related Commands .......................................................................... 51