User's Manual

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Installation Sequence
1. Start with one Terminal and Base Station. Get everything working
with the single terminal and base and then add other terminals, being
certain that all terminals have unique Terminal IDs. After all terminals
are working, add the first relay, remembering to change each terminal’s
setup to Relay=Yes before testing. Then add remaining relays,
remembering to: 1) assign Relay IDs, and 2) set the jumpers of each relay
to terminated or not terminated properly.
2. All equipment is shipped with the default setting of Frequency 0. Unless
you have other Terminal/Base configurations already operating on that
frequency, you probably don’t need to change the frequency.
3. Remember, Relays and Bases are not the same product. They look the
same, but they have different firmware, attach differently, different
jumper settings, and different product labels. Relays and Bases can be
converted in the field with new firmware EPROM and jumper changes.
(Base Stations and relays require a 5v power supply from Worth Data. If
you use a different power supply, it will probably burn up the Base or
Relay Station.)
4. Without attaching the Base Station to the computer, and with only the
power supply plugged in the base, you can perform a site test to be sure
you have adequate coverage and the radios are working perfectly. (See
Chapter 4).
5. Now connect the Base Station to the computer’s serial port. Be sure to
turn OFF all handshaking on the COM port used; in Windows, go to Start
Menu, Settings, System, Device Manager, Ports (COM and LPT). Now
run one of the RF Terminal demo programs found on the Utilities CD-
ROM.
6. Now run one of the demo programs to validate that everything is
working. If you have problems, refer to the Trouble Shooting Section.
Connecting the Base Station to a serial port
How it works…
The R/F Terminal transmits data to the Base station, which in turn transmits the
data to the host serial port. The computer software reads the data coming
through the serial port and processes the information accordingly. When the
computer software running on the host has a task for the terminal, it transmits