User's Manual

Company Confidential 2 Raveon Technologies Corp.
Table of Contents
1. General Information about the RV-M8 ........................................................... 4
1.1. Congratulations! ............................................................................................................................. 4
1.2. NOTICE ......................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3. Safety / Warning Information ......................................................................................................... 4
1.4. OEM Use ....................................................................................................................................... 5
2. Overview ....................................................................................................... 6
2.1. Features......................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2. Firmware Updating ......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3. Specifications ................................................................................................ 8
3.1. General .......................................................................................................................................... 8
3.2. Transmitter Specifications (RV-M8S-xx) ........................................................................................ 8
3.3. Receiver Specifications ................................................................................................................. 8
3.4. Interface Specifications .................................................................................................................. 8
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
4.5. STAT LED Outputs ...................................................................................................................... 11
5. User Serial Port Commands ........................................................................ 12
5.1. Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 12
5.2. Command Mode .......................................................................................................................... 12
5.3. Setting a Parameter ..................................................................................................................... 12
5.4. Reading a Parameter ................................................................................................................... 13
5.5. CONFIG Button ........................................................................................................................... 13
5.6. Exiting the Command Mode......................................................................................................... 14
6. Command Mode Commands ....................................................................... 15
6.1. General Command Common to Data Mode and Paging Mode.................................................... 15
6.2. Data Modem Mode Related Commands ...................................................................................... 17
6.3. Paging Receiver Related Commands .......................................................................................... 18
6.4. Factory Default Settings.................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
RV-M8S-xx (Transceiver) ...................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
7. Using the M8S – Packet Data Mode ............................................................ 20
7.1. Setup ........................................................................................................................................... 21
7.2. Programming Channels and Frequencies ................................................................................... 22
7.3. Data Transmission ....................................................................................................................... 22
Serial Port Baud Rate .......................................................................................................................... 22
Busy-Channel Lock Out ....................................................................................................................... 23
7.4. Addressing (Packetized Mode only) ............................................................................................ 23
Addressing Basics ............................................................................................................................... 23
Group Numbers ................................................................................................................................... 24
Hexadecimal Numbers......................................................................................................................... 24
Setting A System-Wide Address .......................................................................................................... 24
Broadcast Transmissions ..................................................................................................................... 25
The Address Mask ............................................................................................................................... 25
Addressing Examples: ......................................................................................................................... 26
7.5. Store-and-Forward Repeating ..................................................................................................... 27
Automatic Repeater Configuration ....................................................................................................... 27
Manual Configuration of the Repeat Feature ....................................................................................... 27
8. Debug Related Commands ......................................................................... 31
9. Diagnostic Provisions .................................................................................. 32
9.1. Overview of Diagnostics .............................................................................................................. 32