User Manual

Global Transceiver Module (GXM) Wireless Data Transceiver User Manual
Table of Contents
APPROVED ANTENNAS FOR USE WITH GXM FAMILY OF RADIOS.........................................................7
ABOUT FREEWAVE TRANSCEIVERS.................................................................................................................8
CHOOSING POINT-TO-POINT OR POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT OPERATION...............................................9
QUICK START ON A POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT NETWORK ........................................................................10
POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT OPERATION LED'S. ............................................................................................................10
QUICK START ON A POINT-TO-POINT NETWORK......................................................................................11
POINT-TO-POINT OPERATION LED’S........................................................................................................................11
CHOOSING A LOCATION FOR THE TRANSCEIVERS..................................................................................12
SETTING UP THE TRANSCEIVER USING HYPERTERMINAL ...................................................................13
ACCESSING HYPERTERMINAL’S SETUP MENU .........................................................................................................13
CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING FROM HYPERTERMINAL...................................................................................16
TROUBLESHOOTING HYPERTERMINAL.....................................................................................................................17
SETTING UP A TRANSCEIVER ...........................................................................................................................18
OPERATION MODE....................................................................................................................................................18
SET OPERATION MODE.............................................................................................................................................20
BAUD RATE..............................................................................................................................................................21
SET BAUD RATE.......................................................................................................................................................21
Modbus RTU Timing............................................................................................................................................23
EDIT CALL BOOK .....................................................................................................................................................24
Programming Point-to-Point Extended Call Book to Use Three or Four Repeaters ..........................................25
Programming Point-to-MultiPoint Call Book .....................................................................................................26
Programming Point-to-MultiPoint Extended Call Book .....................................................................................26
RADIO TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS ...............................................................................................................27
EDIT RADIO TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS.......................................................................................................27
FreqKey...............................................................................................................................................................27
(0) Hop Table Version .........................................................................................................................................28
(1) Hop Table Size...............................................................................................................................................28
(2) Hop Freq Offset .............................................................................................................................................28
(3) 2.4GHz Frequency Zone ................................................................................................................................28
(4) Government Rules..........................................................................................................................................30
(1) Max Packet Size and (2) Min Packet Size......................................................................................................30
(3) Xmit Rate........................................................................................................................................................32
(4) RF Data Rate .................................................................................................................................................32
(5) RF Xmit Power...............................................................................................................................................32
(6) Slave Security.................................................................................................................................................32
(7) RTS to CTS.....................................................................................................................................................32
(8) Retry Time Out...............................................................................................................................................33
(9) Lowpower Mode.............................................................................................................................................34
(A) High Noise.....................................................................................................................................................34
(B) MCU speed....................................................................................................................................................35
(C) Remote LED ..................................................................................................................................................35
SHOW RADIO STATISTICS.........................................................................................................................................36
Number of Disconnects........................................................................................................................................36
Antenna Reflected Power.....................................................................................................................................36
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