Installation Manual

PULSE AIR DATA MODEM TNM-M-E-0055
Jan 17 Page 14 Issue 1.0
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 SIMOCO PULSE AIR DATA MODEM
The Simoco Pulse Air Data Modem is one of the Simoco Pulse suite of products, which enable
organisations to deploy Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) telemetry applications
over narrowband Private Mobile Radio (PMR). Using wireless radio infrastructure as the
communications carrier, Simoco’s Pulse solutions enable SCADA applications to be quickly and
cost effectively deployed across large operational areas.
The Simoco Pulse Air Data Modem is a DC powered, standalone unit based on the SDP600 Series
Portables Radio Transceivers that connects to a local Remote Telemetry Unit (RTU) using a serial
port. Distributed Network Protocol 3 (DNP3) control messages are wirelessly transported between
Master and Slave over a PMR system using Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) modulation and Tier III
trunking protocols.
The infrastructure end is comprised of a DMR base station that has an integrated RTU gateway,
which, via a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Internet Protocol (IP) connection to an IP to Serial
converter, will relay any DNP3 message to and from its connected Master to and from the
applicable Slave RTU unit within the radio coverage of the base station.
1.2 SPECIFICATIONS
The specifications of the Simoco Pulse Air Data Modem are detailed in the following paragraphs
and tables.
1.2.1 General
The general specifications are shown below in Table 1.
Table 1. General Specifications.
Frequency Bands
AC: 136 MHz – 174 MHz. TU: 400 MHz – 480 MHz. UW: 440 MHz –
520 MHz.
Dimensions
80 x 162 x 62 mm
Power Supply
+12.0 to + 14.0V DC
Frequency Stability
0.5 ppm
Channel Spacing
12.5 kHz
Channel Capacity
Up to 2,000
Weight
550g
Emission Designators
7K60FXD (data)
Enclosure
Anodized aluminium with plastic ends according to DIN 43880.
Mounting
35 mm DIN rail.
Protocols
DNP3.
Power Consumption
Maximum Current
During Transmit: 2.0 Amps (@13.6V DC)
Standby Current
Typical: 160mA (@13.6V DC)
RF Connector (SMA)
Recommend Torque: 0.34 to 0.57 nm.