Peoplefinder II On-Site Communications System 7M303-1 Rev A3 User Manual Firmware Version 307D90 CalAmp Corp 1401 N. Rice Avenue Oxnard, CA 93030 PH: 805-987-9000 Fax: 805-987-8359 Email: sales@calamp.
«ProductName» User Manual Table Of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 Installation ......................................................................................................................................................5 1.1 Environment ...........................................................................................................................................5 1.2 Licensing ..............................................................................................................
«ProductName» User Manual 6.7 7 ASCII control characters ...................................................................................................................... 25 Database Transfer ......................................................................................................................................... 26 7.1 Database Format ................................................................................................................................... 26 7.
«ProductName» User Manual RF Exposure Compliance Requirements The Peoplefinder II is intended for use in the Irrigation Monitoring and Control markets. The Peoplefinder II must be professionally installed using a maximum of 2.5dBi gain antenna and must ensure a minimum separation distance listed in the table below between the radiating structure and any person. Maximum Antenna Gain Min Safety Distance (2W + 20% with 2.5dBi) 2.5 dBi 33.
«ProductName» User Manual 1 Installation 1.1 Environment The Peoplefinder II is designed for an indoor office environment. Ambient air temperature should be between -10 and +40C, and relative humidity in the 20-80% range. Operation outside of this range may cause damage to the unit. 1.2 Licensing This product operates in the commercial two-way radio communications band. A license to operate on a particular frequency must be obtained from the FCC.
«ProductName» User Manual 2 Local Operation 2.1 Overview The Peoplefinder II is a desktop system that provides paging and wireless two-way communications. With an Intel 32 bit processor at its core, and 4 megabytes of FLASH memory, the Peoplefinder II can handle the wireless communications needs of the small office or a large plant. Peoplefinder II features: Stand-alone operation with built-in keypad and LCD display. Two built-in RS-232 serial ports for advanced paging applications.
«ProductName» User Manual To facilitate sending pages to a large number of different pagers, groups of pagers may be set up in the Peoplefinder II. A group is first assigned a number, and the members of the group are programmed into the group pager database. Once a group is set up, a page may be sent to all the members of the group simply by sending the page to the given group. 2.2 Keypad The built-in keypad is used to program the unit, and to manually enter pages.
«ProductName» User Manual IMPORTANT NOTE: Some keyboards are extremely sensitive to the high RF fields present when an antenna is connected directly to the rear of the Peoplefinder II . The keyboard may stop functioning properly after the Peoplefinder II transmitter is turned on. If this situation occurs, it is recommended that the antenna be mounted at least several feet from the Peoplefinder II or that a different brand of keyboard be used. 2.
«ProductName» User Manual may be programmed via the database upload command. After the paging tones are sent, an alert sound or a voice message from the console may optionally be sent to the pager. Typically it takes a second or more to send a page to a pager. If the page is intended for a group of pagers, it may take longer. A group consisting of 10 pagers may take 5-10 seconds to transmit, and a group of 100 pagers may take 50-100 seconds to transmit. 2.
«ProductName» User Manual 3 Two-way Radio Operation The Peoplefinder II has a built-in radio transceiver enabling it to communicate with other two-way radios and to receive over-the-air commands to generate pages. To remotely control the Peoplefinder II with a two-way radio, the two-way radio must be equipped with a DTMF encoder.
«ProductName» User Manual 3.2 Unit Setup The Peoplefinder II supports numerous functions and operating modes. These are programmed via a series of menus. The following table lists configuration parameters and menus within the Peoplefinder II unit that the user may wish to modify. Operating parameters are stored in non-volatile memory, and will not need to be reconfigured during the life of the product unless the user wishes to change them. The default settings are shown in BOLD.
«ProductName» User Manual Reset FLASH Memory (Key 8 held down during power up) RESET FLASH? PASSWORD = 42983 RESET FLASH? NO YES Program Mode (Key "-" held down during normal operation) PASSWORD = 7531 1 ASSIGN PAGER PAGER NO = ACTIVE? YES NO TYPE = POCSAG 512 POCSAG 1200 POCSAG 2400 TWO TONE FUNC = TONE NUMERIC ALPHA TONE ONLY TONE+ALERT TONE+VOICE TONE+PATCH ALERT OR VOICE DURATION {0 TO 31 SEC} 0 = 1/2 SECOND SELECT TONE GROUP CAPCODE = DIAGONAL TONE SELECT FIRST TONE SECOND TONE GROUP TONE SAVE CHAN
«ProductName» 3.3 User Manual Configuration Mode Configuration Mode is for qualified maintenance personnel only. The System Configuration Mode is entered by holding the 1 key down on the front panel while the power is turned on, by pressing the CTRL and MENU keys, or by pressing the ALT and TAB keys simultaneously from the external keyboard. The Peoplefinder II will prompt the user for a password before entering the configuration programming mode.
«ProductName» User Manual 3.3.7 Voice Prompts This mode selects whether beeps or voice prompts are used to confirm radio operations with the Peoplefinder II. The language of the voice prompts is determined by which firmware file has been loaded. If you are interested in a language other than English, contact your distributor for availability. 3.3.8 Warmup Signal If this mode is enabled, then a special "warmup" signal is transmitted for a brief period of time at the beginning of each page.
«ProductName» User Manual Peoplefinder II sends the Call Sign (with CTCSS turned off so the mobile radio users won't hear it) every 10 minutes if the Call Sign has been programmed. This feature is disabled when the unit comes from the factory. To enable this feature, press 5 from the main configuration menu. At the prompt, enter your station's Call Sign from your license as follows: Numbers are entered directly from the keypad.
«ProductName» User Manual 4 Program Mode The Program Mode is used to program CAP codes, add pagers, delete pagers, assign pagers to groups, configure the alarm pages, and set up various features of the Peoplefinder II. To enter the programming mode, press the dash "-" key on the keypad or the ESC key on the external keyboard. The Peoplefinder II will prompt you to enter the password.
«ProductName» User Manual TONE NUMERIC ALPHA (pager just beeps) (pager beeps and displays numbers) (pager beeps and displays numbers and letters.) The function type for TWO TONE pagers or GROUP TONE pagers is one of the following: TONE ONLY TONE+ALERT TONE+VOICE TONE+PATCH (send page tones only) (send an alert sound after sending the page tones) (permit phone caller to speak to the pager after sending page tones.) (initiate a phone patch after sending the page tones) 6.
«ProductName» User Manual GROUP X PAGER NN assign pager number Where X is the group number you wish to work on and NN is the pager number assigned to this group. Important Note: when you wish to page this group, you will enter the pager number NN for it, not the group number. 3. Use the DEL key to backspace over NN if you wish to change the pager number this group is referred to by.
«ProductName» 4.3 User Manual Sending Test Pages The test page mode may be used to check the range of the system. With this mode, the Peoplefinder II will automatically generate a page to pager number "0" every ten seconds. 1. 2. Before using this feature, pager number "0" must be programmed as described above. To enable this feature, enter the program mode and press 3. The display will show: PAGING pAGEr 0 dash (-) to exit 3. 4.4 Press the - key to return to the programming mode menu.
«ProductName» User Manual 5 Diagnostics 5.1 Built-in Diagnostics If the user selects DIAGNOSTICS MODE from the Configuration Menu, the goes into a diagnostics mode which allows the operator to exercise many of the ’s hardware functions and to help troubleshoot any problems with connections to the unit. Connections to the radio, speaker and microphone may be independently toggled for any desired test configuration.
«ProductName» User Manual 6 Serial Port Protocols The Peoplefinder II paging transmitter supports three different serial port communication protocols. Each protocol has its own uses, and the correct one for one application may not be the correct one for another. The Peoplefinder II must be configured to support the desired protocol, and only one protocol may be used at a time.
«ProductName» User Manual After initiating a page, and receiving the ID= prompt, the Entry Device can respond in one of two different ways. One way puts the Peoplefinder II into an Automatic Mode, and the other ways puts it into a Manual Mode. Automatic Entry of a Page Entry Device Peoplefinder II Action Comment or The Entry Device tells the Peoplefinder II transmitter that it wants to automatically send a POCSAG page by ending this sequence.
«ProductName» User Manual Manual Entry of a Page Entry Device Peoplefinder II Action M ENTER PAGER NUMBER: PagerID Enter Alpha Message: or Enter Numeric Message: Comment The Entry Device tells the Peoplefinder II transmitter that it wants to manually send a POCSAG page, by ending the M. The Peoplefinder II will respond within one second of the M sequence signifying that the Entry Device has successfully logged on to the Peoplefinder II, and it is ready to receive paging info.
«ProductName» User Manual 6.2.3 EOT Whenever the Peoplefinder II terminates a session by sending the sequence, it will drop the DTR signal on the RS-232 signal for 250mS. This will normally cause any modem connected to it to disconnect. 6.3 Sending Multiple-Line Pages If you wish a message to continue on another line of a multi-line pager, you cannot send the return into the serial port. Use the TAB character instead of a .
«ProductName» 6.6 User Manual COMP2 COMP2 allows a "dumb terminal" to be used to send a page, although any device that can output RS-232 data can be used. It has the added capability of selecting which pager to send the data to. All data entering the serial port is sent to a specified pager. The reception of a initiates the page. If the last is not sent within the pre-programmed timeout period, the Peoplefinder II will abort this transaction, and begin waiting for a new entry.
«ProductName» User Manual 7 Database Transfer For convenience managing databases containing a large number of pagers, for backup purposes and to facilitate cloning databases from one unit to another, the Peoplefinder II database may be uploaded and downloaded from a host computer which is connected to either serial port which is configured for the TAP protocol. 7.
«ProductName» User Manual RADIO {T-REF} {T-FRQ} {T-TONE} {BW} {R-REF} {R-FRQ} {R-TONE} {CD} {DATA} {TYPE} {TR} {CPU} {DLY} {PWR} Signifies that this line is data for the radio transceiver Transmit reference frequency in Hz Transmit frequency in Hz Transmit CTCSS code (-1 = CTCSS off) Transmit Bandwidth (0= wide, 1= narrow) Receive reference frequency in Hz Receive frequency in Hz Receive CTCSS code (-1 = CTCSS off) Carrier detect inversion on/off Transmit data inversion on/off Transceiver type code {0= N
«ProductName» User Manual Note that the "ONE-TONE" pagers in the following example file are used to generate test tones of 5 seconds duration at a frequency of (Pager Number) X 10 Hz.
«ProductName» User Manual PAGER,310,TONE,327711000,ONE-TONE,N,Y,0,0,0, PAGER,320,TONE,327712000,ONE-TONE,N,Y,0,0,0, PAGER,512,ALPHA,512,POC512,N,Y,0,0,0, PAGER,600,TONE,655380000,TWO-TONE,N,Y,20,20,0, PAGER,700,ALPHA,1,POC512,Y,Y,255,255,31, PAGER,800,VOICE,800,TWO-TONE,N,Y,0,0,5, PAGER,900,ALPHA,0,POC512,Y,Y,255,255,31, PAGER,990,NUMERIC,990,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,0, PAGER,991,ALPHA,991,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,0, PAGER,992,TONE,992,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,0, PAGER,993,TONE,993,TWO-TONE,N,Y,0,0,0, PAGER,994,ALERT,994,TWO-TONE,N
«ProductName» User Manual Where: PAGER {0-999} {TYPE} {CAPCODE} {ACTIVE} {DUR-A} {DUR-B} {DUR-C} Signifies that this line is the data for a pager Pager number for the pager Pager type: TONE, ALERT, VOICE or PATCH Bits 0 to 15 = First tone's frequency in units of 1/10 Hz Bits 16 to 31 = Second tone's frequency in units of 1/10 Hz Is either Y is the pager is enabled, or N if it is de-activated Duration of the first tone in units of 50 mS Duration of the second tone in units of 50 mS.
«ProductName» User Manual 7.3.4 Programming the Unit's Configuration The unit configuration data stored in the SERIAL, MODE, RADIO and AUTODIAL entries are normally ignored when the database file is uploaded to the Peoplefinder II as a security feature in order to prevent unauthorized users from changing the unit's configuration.
«ProductName» User Manual 8 Firmware Updating The firmware in the Peoplefinder II can be loaded with firmware updates via the serial port number 1 (lower of the two serial ports). Use the following procedure: 1. You may need to reset the Flash memory and reload the database of pagers after loading the new firmware into the unit.
«ProductName» User Manual 9 External Connectors 9.1 External Transceiver The Peoplefinder II may utilize an internal transceiver, an external transmitter, or an external transceiver. A 15 pin D-sub connector is located on the rear of the Peoplefinder II to facilitate interfacing an external transmitter or external transceiver to the Peoplefinder II . The pin-out of this connector is as follows: External Transceiver I/O Connector Pin Out Pin Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9.
«ProductName» User Manual The control lines on the serial port are used for controlling the flow of data and the peripheral attached to the port. The most signals provided for on RS-232 serial interfaces are shown in the following table: Pin # 3 2 7 Name TXD RXD RTS* 8 CTS* 4 DTR* 1 9 6 5 DCD* RI* DSR GND Typical RS-232 Serial Signal Functions Transmit data from the computer to the Peoplefinder II. Receive Data from the Peoplefinder II to the computer. Request to send data.
«ProductName» User Manual 10 Specifications Principles of Operation The Peoplefinder II is a multi-functional unit which can be used to communicate between the built-in speaker/microphone, pagers and two-way radios. The internal circuitry is comprised of numerous elements as shown on the block diagram below.
«ProductName» User Manual DTMF signaling timing ...................................................... > 40 mS > 100 mS 100 mS Alarm/data inputs ............................................................... 8 (telco receive mode) (radio receive mode) (telco transmit mode) RF Section Frequencies ........................................................................ VHF and UHF band models available RX channel spacing ............................................................ 12.5kHz/6.
«ProductName» User Manual 11 Alignment 11.1 Adjustments The following table lists the internal adjustments. Reference Designator Rear Panel Rear Panel R20 R16 R32 R34 R41 R60 R52 R69 Function Squelch/carrier detect threshold level. LCD Contrast. Receive audio level. RX audio bias. CTCSS encode level. Paging data level. Voice limiter. Microphone gain. Telco audio to transmitter level. Telco line driver level. 11.2 Alignment Procedure 11.2.1 General Setup 1. Apply DC power to the unit.
«ProductName» User Manual 11.2.4 Voice Modulation & CTCSS 1. Turn the unit back on. 2. Key the transmitter using the F3 key. Adjust R160 so the carrier is on frequency. 3. Adjust R60 (mic gain) for 1.5kHz deviation when speaking into the mic with a normal voice level from a distance of about 1 foot away. 4. Enable a 100 Hz CTCSS encoder on the transmit frequency. 5. Key the transmitter with the F3 key. Adjust R32 for 500 Hz / 250 Hz deviation of the CTCSS tone. 6.
«ProductName» User Manual 12 Appendix A - Frequency Coordinators The following is a list of frequency coordination agencies. Contact the agency which coordinates frequency assignments for the industry your business is in. 12.1 For frequencies designated with an "IW" in Section 90.35 of the Commission's rules: UTC, The Telecommunications Association Attn: Frequency Coordination Department 1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1140 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 872-0030 Fax: (202) 331-7639 12.
«ProductName» User Manual Manufacturers Radio Frequency Advisory Committee, Inc.(MRFAC) Attn: Frequency Coordination Department 1041 Sterling Road, #106 Herndon, Virginia 20171 Phone: (703) 318-9206 Fax: (703) 318-9209 Industrial Telecommunications Association, Inc. Attn: Frequency Coordination Department 1110 North Glebe Road, Suite 500 Arlington, Virginia 22201 Phone: (703) 528-5115 Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers c/o Industrial Telecommunications Association, Inc.
«ProductName» User Manual 13 Appendix C - "Voice Prompt" Technical Details Voice prompt files are linked with the Peoplefinder II object code as the final part of the build process. Voice prompts of any language or any speaker's voice may easily be incorporated. Voice prompt files must be recorded in the following formats: 1. File Format: .wav 2. Encoding Format: PCM 3. Bits Per Sample: 8 4. Mode: Mono 5. Amplitude: Amplitude should be adjusted so voice peaks are about 75% full scale 6.
