Operating instructions

36 1892 1335 - Orion Radio Modem Operating Instructions - v2.9 / Aug 2009
TEST AND FAULT-FINDING FACILITIES
The Orion offers a number of facilities for checking correct operation, using the GUI (Part Two
of this manual) or AT commands (page 63). If all else fails, it is possible to restore a unit to its
factory state.
Get Information
View Information The unit can be interrogated to find out:
v Serial number (ATSN?)
v Software version (ATI9?)
v Radio module type (ATRMT?)
v Power supply level (ATBL?)
v Signal strength of the last packet received (ATS156?)
v Data quality of the last packet received (ATS158?)
View Telemetry values Input and output values can be inspected. See page 63. Note
that inspecting the value of counters individually also resets them.
View Individual Settings Settings can be interrogated as well as set. See page 63.
View All Registers
(ATT?)
The unit has a command which returns all registers as a single
ASCII string. (Counters are not reset.) See Appendix 3 on page
81.
Send Test Signals
Output continual preamble
(ATI2)
Outputs the preamble sequence repeated until stopped. On
or off.
Output test string (ATI3) Outputs a series of data bytes consisting of the ASCII string
“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog” repeated until
stopped. On or off. The gap between repetitions can be set
by ATS162 up to 2.5s.
All tests off (ATI10) Switches the above tests off.
Restore Factory Settings
Restore factory parameters
AT&Y8
This restores the unit to the state it was in when it left the
factory, and should only be used as a last resort. All user
configuration will be lost.