User Guide

Table of Contents
1 Description
1 Features
2 Ordering Information
2 Absolute Maximum Ratings
3 Electrical Specications
5 Typical Performance Graphs
10 Pin Assignments
11 Pin Descriptions
13 Module Dimensions
14 Theory of Operation
15 Module Description
16 Transceiver Operation
17 Transmit Operation
17 Receive Operation
18 System Operation
19 Reading the Transmitter Address
20 Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
21 Addressing Modes
22 AES Encryption
23 The Join Process
26 Operation with the HumPRO
TM
Series
27 Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA)
28 Acknowledgement
28 External Amplier Control
29 Conguring the Status Lines
29 Using the LATCH_EN Line
30 Using the MODE_IND Line
31 Using the PB Line
32 Restore Factory Defaults
Warning: Some customers may want Linx radio frequency (“RF”)
products to control machinery or devices remotely, including machinery
or devices that can cause death, bodily injuries, and/or property
damage if improperly or inadvertently triggered, particularly in industrial
settings or other applications implicating life-safety concerns (“Life and
Property Safety Situations”).
NO OEM LINX REMOTE CONTROL OR FUNCTION MODULE
SHOULD EVER BE USED IN LIFE AND PROPERTY SAFETY
SITUATIONS. No OEM Linx Remote Control or Function Module
should be modified for Life and Property Safety Situations. Such
modification cannot provide sufficient safety and will void the product’s
regulatory certification and warranty.
Customers may use our (non-Function) Modules, Antenna and
Connectors as part of other systems in Life Safety Situations, but
only with necessary and industry appropriate redundancies and
in compliance with applicable safety standards, including without
limitation, ANSI and NFPA standards. It is solely the responsibility of any
Linx customer who uses one or more of these products to incorporate
appropriate redundancies and safety standards for the Life and
Property Safety Situation application.
Do not use this or any Linx product to trigger an action directly
from the data line or RSSI lines without a protocol or encoder/
decoder to validate the data. Without validation, any signal from
another unrelated transmitter in the environment received by the module
could inadvertently trigger the action.
All RF products are susceptible to RF interference that can prevent
communication. RF products without frequency agility or hopping
implemented are more subject to interference. This module does have
a frequency hopping protocol built in, but the developer should still be
aware of the risk of interference.
Do not use any Linx product over the limits in this data guide.
Excessive voltage or extended operation at the maximum voltage could
cause product failure. Exceeding the reflow temperature profile could
cause product failure which is not immediately evident.
Do not make any physical or electrical modifications to any Linx
product. This will void the warranty and regulatory and UL certifications
and may cause product failure which is not immediately evident.
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