Instruction Manual

Table of Contents
5.1.2.4 RS-232 Baud Rate ........................................................... 25
5.1.2.5 CS I/O ME Baud Rate ..................................................... 26
5.1.2.6 Hop Sequence .................................................................. 26
5.1.2.7 Net Address ..................................................................... 26
5.1.2.8 Radio Address ................................................................. 26
5.1.2.9 Power Modes ................................................................... 27
5.1.2.10 Retry Level ...................................................................... 27
5.1.3 PakBus Tab ................................................................................ 28
5.2 LoggerNet .......................................................................................... 29
5.2.1 Setup Screen ............................................................................... 29
5.2.1.1 Standard Setup (RF400) .................................................. 31
5.2.1.2 Standard Setup (RF400 Remote) ..................................... 33
5.2.2 Network Planner ......................................................................... 34
5.2.3 PakBus Graph ............................................................................. 35
6. Troubleshooting ........................................................ 36
Appendices
A.
Part 15 FCC Compliance Warning ......................... A-1
B. Advanced Setup Menu ............................................ B-1
B.1 Accessing the Advanced Menu ....................................................... B-1
B.2 Error Handling and Retries .............................................................. B-3
B.2.1 Number of Retries .................................................................... B-3
B.2.2 Number of Time Slots for Random Retry ................................ B-3
B.2.3 Number of Bytes Transmitted before Delay ............................. B-3
B.2.4 Sync Timer Setting ................................................................... B-3
B.2.5 Number of Retry Failures ......................................................... B-3
B.3 Received Signal Strength ................................................................ B-4
B.4 Advanced Setup Standby Modes ..................................................... B-4
C. Address and Address Mask ................................... C-1
D. Setting Up RF401-to-CR206(X) Communications ... D-1
D.1 CR206(X) Setup Information .......................................................... D-1
D.2 Example Setup 1 - LoggerNet to CR206(X) ................................... D-4
D.3 Example Setup 2 - Router to CR206(X) .......................................... D-7
E. Port Pin Descriptions .............................................. E-1
F. Non-PakBus Example Configurations .................. F-1
F.1 Direct PC to RF401 Series Base Station Setup (Transparent
Protocol) ....................................................................................... F-1
F.2 Remote Station Setup (Transparent Protocol) .................................. F-2
F.3 LoggerNet Configuration (Transparent Protocol) ............................ F-3
F.4 PC208W Configuration .................................................................... F-4
G. Short-Haul Modems ................................................ G-1
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