Technical Manual

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4.4.4.1 Banner Field
This field displays a string made up of the serial
number of the connected unit followed by the
firmwares used and their version number.
Format is:
[serial number]:firmware 1 name, its version #,
firmware 2 name, its version #.
The serial number portion uniquely identifies
the unit. It is a variable length, maximum eight-
character alphabetic string assigned at the time
of manufacture. It is identical to the serial num-
ber printed on the label of the unit. This number
cannot be changed and is used as part of the on-
air protocol.
Paragon
PD
's firmwares reside in flash EPROM
and are designed to allow field upgrades.
When contacting your supplier, give the full
banner string and the version of the WinRIS
used. You will find the version number by se-
lecting the “Help” menu option, then “About
WinRIS” command or pressing the “About”
button on the Toolbar.
The “Banner” field is blank prior to doing a
"Get", "Get As" or "Put From".
4.4.4.2 Comments
1- Type comments directly in the “Comments”
field. These can be text up to 24 characters.
Use this field to enter user-convenient de-
scription(s) (customer name, location,
etc…).
2- Press the button “Put Comments” to make
the entry permanent. This field may be left
blank.
On subsequent “Get”, “Get As” or “Put From”,
this field displays entered comments. If no
comment was entered, the field will remain
blank.
4.4.4.3 Password
The password feature is useful where two (or
more) fleets share the same radio channel. Mo-
biles without the proper password would still
receive the message but the contents would not
be intelligible.
1- Type your password directly in the “Pass-
word” field. It is a string of 32 hexadecimal
characters (exactly).
2- Press the button “Put Password” to make the
entry permanent. This field may be left
blank.
On subsequent “Get”, “Get As” or “Put From”,
this field displays entered comments. If no
comment was entered, the field will remain
blank.
Password information is NOT retrieved and
saved to a file, along with the configuration.
Clearing a Password is done by entering 32 zeros.
The Dataradio supplied password algorithm is
designed to thwart the casual observer only. It
provides a limited form of data privacy. There-
fore, if your security requirements are high,
Dataradio urges you to use external encryption
technology such as Data Encryption Standard
(DES) in the Host and Mobiles computers.
4.4.5 Test Functions
The following WinRIS functions and buttons
are used to carry out testing or trouble-shooting
on a connected unit:
• DSR signal is High indicator
• CTS signal is High indicator
• TXON (Modulated)
• TXON (Unmodulated)
• Ping Address and Ping button
While a button is in-use for test transmissions,
all others are inoperative.
4.4.5.1 DSR signal is High indicator
The “Data Set Ready” (DSR) indicator light,
located on the button bar (leftmost), is an RS-
232 protocol port indication. When lit, it indi-
cates proper connection and that the value is