User's Manual

Table of Contents
1. General Information about the StingRay........................................................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..................................................................................................... 9
3.5. Model Numbers............................................................................................................................ 9
4. Electrical Inputs and Outputs.......................................................................10
4.1. LEDs...........................................................................................................................................10
4.2. DC Power ...................................................................................................................................10
4.3. EIA-485/RS-485 Serial I/O..........................................................................................................12
4.4. RS422/EIA-422 Serial I/O Connector..........................................................................................13
4.5. Low Power Mode (LPM) .............................................................................................................14
5. User Serial Port Commands ........................................................................16
5.1. Overview.....................................................................................................................................16
5.2. Command Mode .........................................................................................................................16
5.3. Setting a Parameter....................................................................................................................16
5.4. Reading a Parameter..................................................................................................................18
5.5. CONFIG Button...........................................................................................................................18
5.6. Exiting the Command Mode........................................................................................................19
5.7. Restoring Factory Defaults .........................................................................................................19
5.8. Command Mode Commands ......................................................................................................20
5.9. Factory Default Settings..............................................................................................................23
6. Using the StingRay Modem – Packet Mode ................................................25
6.1. Setup ..........................................................................................................................................26
6.2. Programming Channels and Frequencies...................................................................................27
6.3. Data Transmission......................................................................................................................28
6.4. Data Reception ...........................................................................................................................29
6.5. Addressing (Packetized Mode only)............................................................................................30
6.6. Error Correction ..........................................................................................................................33
6.7. Store-and-Forward Repeating and Routing ................................................................................34
Using the StingRay Modem – Streaming Mode ..................................................37
6.8. Streaming Mode Operation.........................................................................................................37
6.9. Baud Rate Selection ...................................................................................................................46
6.10. Bit Errors.....................................................................................................................................46
6.11. Carrier Detect..............................................................................................................................46
6.12. Serial Data Flow Control.............................................................................................................47
7. Installation....................................................................................................48
8. FCC Licensing Information ..........................................................................48
8.1. Setting the Over-The-Air Data Rate............................................................................................50
8.2. Debug Related Commands.........................................................................................................51
9. StingRay Diagnostic Provisions...................................................................52
9.1. Overview of Diagnostics .............................................................................................................52
9.2. Reading the Diagnostic Information............................................................................................52