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Raveon RV-M7-GX Quick Start Manual

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RV -M 7-
G X
G P S T r a n s p o n d e r
Qu ick -S tar t Gu ide
Version C1
December 2012
Raveon Technologies Corporation
2320 Cousteau Court
Vista, CA 92081 USA
www.raveon.com

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  • Page 1 RV -M 7- G P S T r a n s p o n d e r Qu ick -S tar t Gu ide Version C1 December 2012 Raveon Technologies Corporation 2320 Cousteau Court Vista, CA 92081 USA www.raveon.com...
  • Page 2 Technical Manual, which contains important safety, licensing, and FCC information. 2. Overview Raveon’s RV-M7 GX series of GPS transponders are a rugged high-speed data modems with a built-in 12-channel GPS receivers. The M7 GX may be configured for different GPS applications, including: Transponder: Periodically transmit position and status.
  • Page 3 The M7 GX operates in a number of different “GPS Modes”, each mode specific to the application it is being used in. The mode of operation is set with one simple command, the GPS x command. The following table summarizes this. M7 GX Quick Start Guide Raveon Technologies...
  • Page 4 PC running RavvTrack PC, or change the message to Lowrance and WPL and use with a GPS Garmin GPS displays. Radar display. No internal GPS, displays. Mobile so no positions/status displays. transmissions. M7 GX Quick Start Guide Raveon Technologies...
  • Page 5 DC power. The red wire is positive (+) and the black wire is negative (-) . 5. RS232 Serial I/O Connector The RS232 9-pin serial I/O connector is a female 9- pin D-subminiature connector having the following M7 GX Quick Start Guide Raveon Technologies...
  • Page 6 This pin-out allows it to be directly plugged into a computer’s 9-pin serial port using a conventional 9-pin RS- 232 serial cable. To connect it to a modem, or peripheral that has a serial port, you will need a “null-modem” cable. M7 GX Quick Start Guide Raveon Technologies...
  • Page 7 The default settings that the M7 GX will revert to when the CONFIG button is pressed are: 1. Serial port 9600 baud, 8 data bits 1 stop, no parity 2. Serial port flow control is off. M7 GX Quick Start Guide Raveon Technologies...
  • Page 8 Even though the serial baud rate reverts to 9600 baud when the CONFIG button is pressed and the IO port is RS232, it will revert back to the settings programmed into the M7 GX once the Command Mode is exited. M7 GX Quick Start Guide Raveon Technologies...
  • Page 9 7 = 5142 2L 3 = 4800 Reference source not found. for information on 8 = 9600 4L how to set the OTA baud rate. 4 = 8000 4L 9 = 2000 2L M7 GX Quick Start Guide Raveon Technologies...
  • Page 10 It must be 2-16 the same key as used on all other ASCII “RAVEON” KEYPHRASE Raveon products in your system. It character secures radio transmissions from unauthorized reception. Set it to 0 to disable security encryption of data. 1-8 ASCII ID Prefix.
  • Page 11 Set to 0 to disable this feature. GPS Report Rate. Set number of seconds between GPS reports. This TXRATE 1 - 9999 is also the rate at which the internal GPS will measure position, speed, etc. M7 GX Quick Start Guide Raveon Technologies...
  • Page 12 Hardware flow control ....Off RF Power Output ......5 watts Channel number selected ..... 1 Position/Status report interval ..10 seconds Security KEY ........ RAVEON Proximity Alert ......0, off. I/O Change reporting ....0, off ID Prefix ........V SLOTTIME ........
  • Page 13 M7 GX. It must be the same as the KEYPHRASE programmed into all the other M7 GX transponders in your system. The factory default KEYPHRASE is RAVEON, call capitols. To see an overview of how the modem is configured, use the SHOW command. To see an overview of...
  • Page 14 TXRATE xx command. This is the factory default setting. For example, to transmit every 2 minutes when idle, and every 10 seconds when moving more than 500 meters, use these commands: M7 GX Quick Start Guide Raveon Technologies...
  • Page 15 M7 GX transponders with the exact same security code can receive position and status information. The security key is case sensitive, so “Raveon” and “RAVEON” are two different keys. The factory default is “RAVEON”. 7.4. Addressing Basics Addressing is used to differentiate one M7 Transponder from another.
  • Page 16 Program the slot time with the SLOTTIME xxx command, where xxx is in milliseconds. For over-the-air rates of 4800 baud, Raveon Suggests using a SLOTTIME of 200mS when using a repeater, or 100mS if there is no repeater in the system.
  • Page 17 3V, they are a digital 1. RS-232 Pin Function 4 - DTR Input 0 7 - RTS Input 1 3 - TXD Input 2 5 - Ground M7 GX Quick Start Guide Raveon Technologies...
  • Page 18 PRAVE format, which is the format used to communicate with the RavTrack PC AVL software program. This is an abbreviated Quick Start manual. The full technical manual is available for download from Raveon Technolgies’ website at www.ravtrack.com. M7 GX Quick Start Guide Raveon Technologies...
  • Page 19 For Technical Assistance see our support pages: http://www.ravtrack.com/support or contact: support@raveon.com M7 GX Quick Start Guide Raveon Technologies...