User's Manual

C1 March 2010
Table of Contents
1. General Information about the RV-M7 .......................................................... 4
1.1. Congratulations! ............................................................................................................................. 4
1.2. NOTICE ......................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3. Safety / Warning Information ......................................................................................................... 4
1.4. Safety Training information: ........................................................................................................... 4
1.5. FCC Compliance Information ......................................................................................................... 6
2. Overview ....................................................................................................... 7
2.1. Features ......................................................................................................................................... 7
3. Specifications ................................................................................................ 8
3.1. General .......................................................................................................................................... 8
3.2. Transmitter ..................................................................................................................................... 8
3.3. Receiver ......................................................................................................................................... 8
3.4. User Input and Output Signals ....................................................................................................... 8
3.5. Model Numbers.............................................................................................................................. 9
4. Electrical Inputs and Outputs ...................................................................... 10
4.1. LEDs ............................................................................................................................................ 10
4.2. DC Power .................................................................................................................................... 10
4.3. -WX weatherproof Version ........................................................................................................... 11
Power Cord .......................................................................................................................................... 12
4.4. RS232 serial cable for –WX version ............................................................................................ 13
4.5. Optional EIA-485/RS-485 Serial I/O............................................................................................. 14
RS-485 Connector Pin Out .................................................................................................................. 14
Configuring .......................................................................................................................................... 14
Bias and Termination Resistors ........................................................................................................... 15
4.6. RS422/EIA-422 Serial I/O Connector ........................................................................................... 16
Configuring for RS-422 ........................................................................................................................ 16
Bias and Termination Resistors ........................................................................................................... 16
4.7. Low Power Mode (LPM) .............................................................................................................. 17
5. User Serial Port Commands ....................................................................... 18
5.1. Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 18
5.2. Command Mode .......................................................................................................................... 18
5.3. Setting a Parameter ..................................................................................................................... 18
5.4. Reading a Parameter ................................................................................................................... 19
5.5. CONFIG Button............................................................................................................................ 19
5.6. Exiting the Command Mode ......................................................................................................... 20
5.7. Password Protection .................................................................................................................... 20
5.8. Restoring Factory Defaults .......................................................................................................... 20
5.9. Command Mode Commands ....................................................................................................... 22
5.10. Other non-AT commands ............................................................................................................. 25
5.11. Factory Default Settings ............................................................................................................... 25
6. Using the M7 Modem – Packet Mode ......................................................... 27
6.1. Setup ........................................................................................................................................... 28
6.2. Programming Channels and Frequencies .................................................................................... 29
6.3. Data Transmission ....................................................................................................................... 30
Serial Port Baud Rate .......................................................................................................................... 30
Flow Control ......................................................................................................................................... 30
Packet Size .......................................................................................................................................... 30
Key-On_Data ....................................................................................................................................... 30
Busy-Channel Lock Out ....................................................................................................................... 31
6.4. Data Reception ............................................................................................................................ 31
6.5. Addressing (Packetized Mode only)............................................................................................. 31
Addressing Basics ............................................................................................................................... 31
Hexadecimal Numbers ......................................................................................................................... 32
Setting A System-Wide Address .......................................................................................................... 32