Technical Manual

Company Confidential 2 Raveon Technologies Corp.
Table of Contents
1. General Information about the RV-M6 ........................................................... 4
1.1. Congratulations! ............................................................................................................................. 4
1.2. NOTICE .......................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3. Safety / Warning Information .......................................................................................................... 4
1.4. OEM Use ........................................................................................................................................ 4
2. Overview ....................................................................................................... 7
2.1. Features ......................................................................................................................................... 7
3. Specifications ................................................................................................ 9
3.1. General........................................................................................................................................... 9
3.2. Transmitter Specifications (RV-M6-xx) ........................................................................................... 9
3.3. Receiver Specifications .................................................................................................................. 9
3.4. Interface Specifications ................................................................................................................ 10
4. Electrical Inputs and Outputs ....................................................................... 11
4.1. LEDs............................................................................................................................................. 11
4.2. I/O Pinout ..................................................................................................................................... 11
4.3. Heatsinking ................................................................................................................................... 12
4.4. Mounting Holes ............................................................................................................................ 12
5. User Serial Port Commands ........................................................................ 14
5.1. Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 14
5.2. Command Mode ........................................................................................................................... 14
5.3. Setting a Parameter ..................................................................................................................... 14
5.4. Reading a Parameter ................................................................................................................... 15
5.5. CONFIG Button ............................................................................................................................ 15
5.6. Exiting the Command Mode ......................................................................................................... 16
6. Command Mode Commands ....................................................................... 17
6.1. General Command Common to Data Mode and Paging Mode .................................................... 17
6.2. Data Modem Mode Related Commands ...................................................................................... 19
6.3. Paging Receiver Related Commands .......................................................................................... 21
6.4. Factory Default Settings ............................................................................................................... 24
7. Using the M6 in Paging Mode ....................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
7.1. Setting Cap Codes ......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
7.2. Setting Paging Data Format ........................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
7.3. Numeric Messages ......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
7.4. Alphanumeric Messages ................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
8. Using the M6 – Packet Data Mode .............................................................. 26
8.1. Setup ............................................................................................................................................ 27
8.2. Programming Channels and Frequencies .................................................................................... 28
8.3. Data Transmission ....................................................................................................................... 29
Serial Port Baud Rate ........................................................................................................................... 29
Busy-Channel Lock Out ........................................................................................................................ 29
8.4. Addressing (Packetized Mode only) ............................................................................................. 30
Addressing Basics ................................................................................................................................ 30
Group Numbers ...................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Hexadecimal Numbers ......................................................................................................................... 30
Setting A System-Wide Address .......................................................................................................... 31
Broadcast Transmissions ..................................................................................................................... 31
The Address Mask................................................................................................................................ 31
Addressing Examples: .......................................................................................................................... 32
8.5. Store-and-Forward Repeating ...................................................................................................... 33
Automatic Repeater Configuration ....................................................................................................... 33
Manual Configuration of the Repeat Feature ........................................................................................ 33
9. Debug Related Commands ......................................................................... 52