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- Page 1 AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 AlphaWave Users Manual...
- Page 3 ArWest Communications Corp. Your rights with regard to this publication and the computer programs are subject to the restric- tions and limitations imposed by the copyright laws of the United States of America (“U.S.A.”) and/or the jurisdiction in which you are...
- Page 4 AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 one archival copy of the Program for use with the same computer. LICENSOR and its third-party suppliers retain all rights to Program not expressly granted in this Agreement. OWNERSHIP OF PROGRAMS AND COPIES. This License is not a sale of the original Program or any copies.
- Page 5 7013 or subdivision 9©(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software – Restricted Rights 48 CFR 52.227.19 as applicable. Should you have any questions concerning the Limited warranties and Limitation of Liability, please contact in writing: ArWest Commu- nications Corp. 300 Orchard City Drive, Suite#126, Campbell, CA 95008, USA...
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Page 6: Emissions
300-113 Industry Canada RSS-119 OTICE Changes or modifications not expressly approved by ArWest Com- munications Corporation could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. Shielded cable must be used with this equipment in order to ensure that it meets the emissions limits for which it was designed. -
Page 7: Table Of Contents
AlphaWave Users Manual 26/4/2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS OPYRIGHT OTICE RADEMARK OTICE OFTWARE ICENSING GREEMENT ISCLAIMER OF ARRANTIES AND IMITATIONS OF IABILITY U.S. G OVERNMENT ESTRICTED IGHTS MISSIONS OTICE 406.0 406.1 MH PERATION AFETY ARNING INTRODUCTION ALPHAWAVE (AW) S HAT IS THE YSTEM 1.1.1 ODEL... - Page 8 AlphaWave Users Manual 26/4/2006 CONFIGURE YOUR ALPHA-WAVE ETTING ) LUG AND EFAULT ETUP EMOTE ETUP EPEATER ETUP NSTALL NEW IRMWARE AWARE - GENERAL DESCRIPTION RODUCT FEATURES 3.1.1 ANAGEMENT 3.1.2. LARMS 3.1.3 TATISTICS RODUCT VERVIEW 3.2.1 NTERFACE ONVENTIONS 3.2.2 AINFRAME 3.2.3 3.2.4 3.2.5 ISPLAY...
- Page 9 AlphaWave Users Manual 26/4/2006 ONFIGURATION ILES ETTINGS ROFILE 4.3.1 REATE A ETTING ROFILE 4.3.2 PEN A ETTING ROFILE 4.3.3 AVE A ETTING ROFILE 4.3.4 DD A NIT INTO ROFILE 4.3.5 ELETE A NIT FROM ROFILE 4.3.6 ELECT A OCAL & U RINTING ONFIG ETTINGS...
- Page 10 AlphaWave Users Manual 26/4/2006 6.3.2 ALC C ALIBRATION 6-12 OWNLOADING OOLS 6.4.1 6-12 OWNLOADING A MAGE 6.4.2 6-13 OWNLOADING A EALER ONFIGURATION 6.4.3 6-14 OWNLOADING A ACTORY ONFIGURATION 7. STATUS AND STATISTICS TATUS 7.1.1 ERMINAL 7.1.2 ERFORMANCE 7.2.1 G.821 S IEWING TATISTICS 7.2.2...
- Page 11 AlphaWave Users Manual 26/4/2006 APPENDIX A: RADIO MODEM SPECIFICATIONS AlphaWave Environmental Specifications Transmitter Specifications Receiver Specifications APPENDIX B: COMMAND LINE INTERFACE COMMANDS ONVENTION OFTWARE WITCHING TO OMMAND B.2.1 H APPY B.2.2 E SCAPE EQUENCE IN DATA ARDWARE WITCHING TO OMMAND WITCHING TO OMMAND ESCRIPTIONS...
- Page 12 AlphaWave Users Manual 26/4/2006 LIST OF TABLES Table 1-1: AlphaWave Physical Specifications Table 1-2: AlphaWave General Radio Specifications Table 1-3: Standard External Connector Pin Layout Table 1-4: TTL Output Lines Table 1-5: External LEDs Table 1-6: AlphaWave Power Settings v Antenna Table 1-7: AlphaWave Antenna Cuts 1-10...
- Page 13 AlphaWave Users Manual 26/4/2006 Figure 3-8: Dealer Configuration Sub-menu Figure 3-9: Factory Configuration Sub-menu 3-10 Figure 3-10: Performance Menu 3-11 Figure 3-11: Window Menu 3-11 Figure 3-12: Help Menu 3-12 Figure 3-13: AWare Tool Bar 3-12 Figure 4-1: AWare Preferences Figure 4-2: Communication Preferences Figure 4-3: New Profile Dialog Box Figure 4-4: Select Printed Forms...
- Page 14 AlphaWave Users Manual 26/4/2006 Figure A-1: AlphaWave Environmental Specifications Figure A-2: Transmitter Specifications Figure A-3: Receiver Specifications Figure B-1: Command Line Interface Error Codes Figure B-2: Link Commands Figure B-3: DPORT Commands Figure B-4: MPORT Commands Figure B-5: ALARM Commands Figure B-6: SLEEP Commands Figure B-7: Connection List Figure B-8: Connection List Frame Format...
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Page 15: Introduction
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 INTRODUCTION ALPHAWAVE (AW) S HAT IS THE YSTEM AlphaWave (AW) is a wireless system operating in the frequency band (50 to 800 MHz) that provides advanced features without com- plicated system set up, it includes: • AW Radio Modem;... -
Page 16: Model Numbers
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 output transmit power, receive signal strength (RSSI), antenna/ feedline condition, and data decode performance will be transmitted online without application interruption. The product is designed for maximum performance and reliability even in the harshest environments. Plug and play at its best, robust, withstanding the most adverse of conditions. -
Page 17: Table 1-1: Alphawave Physical Specifications
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Specification Parameter AW435 AW400 Operating +9 to +16 VDC range +9 to +24 VDC nominal Voltage 12VDC nominal (±10%) 120W, 38W, 900mW Power Consumption 6W, 2W, 0.05W Tx, Tx@30% duty cycle Rx (average) Tx, Rx, Sleep Operating Temp C to+60 Range... -
Page 18: Operating Modes
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 1.1.3 PERATING ODES The AlphaWave operating modes can be set through the CLI or through the external management application software. The follow- ing operating modes are available for AlphaWave radio modem: • Time Division Duplex with dynamic bandwidth allocation provides up to 9.6/19.2/38.4 kbps user data throughput. -
Page 19: Iaw
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 TEMS SUPPLIED WITH Provided with each system is a transceiver (AW00 or AW435), pro- gramming cable and a CD. The CD includes Windows PC Interface Software – AWare and some training notes. This provides DB15 connectivity for the AW400/AW435 with a DB9 for connection to a PC/CE Device for configuration. -
Page 20: Aw Transceiver
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 1.2.1 AW T RANSCEIVER Included with each AW400/AW435 (CM-10001) is a 2 meter inter- face cable for programming purposes only—THIS IS NOT A FIELD DATA CABLE. Figure 1-3: AW400 Top View Figure 1-4: AW400 Side View LEDs Figure 1-5: AW400 Front View RS232 Figure 1-6... -
Page 21: Data Cable
DATA CABLE In order to interface an AW400 or AW435 to a third party system ArWest have developed an ‘open-ended’ transparent cable (see Fig 1-9). The user can connect whatever connector is required to the ‘open-end’ of the cable following the correct pin protocol for this ca- ble (CM-10005). -
Page 22: Link Alarm /Status
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 1.2.4 LARM ENSE NTERFACE The Alarm/Sense Interface provides two external sense CMOS/TTL input lines and two TTL output lines for connection to external Alarm and Security systems. The TTL output lines can be configured to in- dicate the following alarms: TTL_OUT1: TTL_IN1 (received from remote unit) -
Page 23: Rf Interface
50 miles distance range. The total system gain allowable includes both the Radio-Modem and the antenna. The table listed below is for ArWest antennas, however the Gain values can be used with other antennas to determine Al- phaWave Power Setting. -
Page 24: Table 1-7: Alphawave Antenna Cuts
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Warning: The values defined in the table must not be exceeded in order to ensure compliance with RF exposure regulations. The antenna of the device may not be co-located or operating In conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Antenna Freq Antenna... -
Page 25: Figure 1-10: Distance V Modulation Aw400
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Distance in Miles (2W Output Signal Level) DBPSK DQPSK D8PSK 16QAM Modulation Figure 1-10: Distance v Modulation AW400 Power Consumption vs. Modulation (2W Output Signal Level) DBPSK DQPSK D8PSK 16QAM Messages per Second (64 bytes message) Figure 1-11: Power Consumption v Modulation AW400... -
Page 26: Figure 1-12: Distance V Modulation Aw435
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Distance v Modulation (35W Output Signal Level) DBPSK DQPSK D8PSK 16QAM Modulation Figure 1-12: Distance v Modulation AW435 Power Consumption vs. Modulation (35W Output Signal Level) DBPSK DQPSK D8PSK 16QAM Messages per Second (64 bytes message) Figure 1-13: Power Consumption v Modulation AW435... -
Page 27: Configure Your Alphawave
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 CONFIGURE YOUR ALPHAWAVE © All AW products are shipped as Remote units with SmartScan Plug-and-Play enabled. LUG AND EFAULT ETTING Simply connect the antenna and apply power to an AW unit that has © the same Channel Mapping as the Base unit and SmartScan tech- nology will immediately detect the Base Station frequency and pro- tocol and start receiving data. -
Page 28: Install New Firmware
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 A repeater or bridge, when strategically located in such a location to avoid terrain screening (on top of a high building or, a hill for exam- ple) can greatly enhance the performance of a wireless network by allowing communications over distances much greater than would be possible without it. -
Page 29: Aware - General Description
AWARE - GENERAL DESCRIPTION AWare is a MS Windows® based software program designed for con- figuring and maintaining ArWest UHF radio systems. AWare is a user-friendly software application that provides complete and power- ful tools for radio monitoring and diagnostics. It also provides soft- ware image and configuration downloading. -
Page 30: Roduct Features
4/26/2006 RODUCT FEATURES 3.1.1 ANAGEMENT AWare is intended to manage the ArWest radio modems, it provides dialog boxes to change and configure all radio options. The following unit’s settings are configurable through AWare: 1. Data port parameters (Line parameters); 2. Wireless transfer parameters;... -
Page 31: Product Overview
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 RODUCT VERVIEW 3.2.1 NTERFACE ONVENTIONS AWare uses the following user interface conventions: • Menu options and buttons that end with three dots (...) dis- play a dialog window when selected. . • Menu options that are followed by a shaded arrow display a submenu when selected. -
Page 32: Site View Pane
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Figure 3-1: Mainframe Default View Figure 3-2: Mainframe with Undocked Child Windows 3.2.3 This window shows the list of all units in the wireless network. The wireless cluster is pictured as a tree with the Base/Primary unit as the root. -
Page 33: Main Pane
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 In the “Dealer” version of AWare, the Site View Pane is also used to display the tree of available unit profiles. The “Unit Profile” tree pro- vides an operator with the tools to select, add, or delete a unit pro- file, or a folder of units’... -
Page 34: File Menu
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Figure 3-3: Menu Bar 3.2.7 The configuration information is stored in the Configuration Profiles. The Configuration Profiles can be saved or loaded under the File op- tion of the menu bar. If necessary, this option allows the operator to set the same configuration of one unit on a different unit simply by loading it. -
Page 35: Edit Menu
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 3.2.8 This menu item (Figure 3-5) helps to configure the radio’s external and internal parameters. Those parameters are, input/output line properties, link configuration, radio modems configuration and so on (see section 5). The AWare Preferences item in the Edit Menu helps to setup the user’s Preferences for AWare. -
Page 36: Tools Menu
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Figure 3-6: View Menu Where: Menu Bar – Show/Hide menu bar; Tool Bar – for hide/show the tool bar; Status Bar – for hide/show the status bar; Site View Pane – for hide/show the site view pane; Display Pane –... -
Page 37: Figure 3-8: Dealer Configuration Sub-Menu
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Dealer Configuration – provides a set of tools to edit and load Dealer Configuration Parameters (available for Dealer and Workshop Version); Factory Configuration – provides a set of tools to calibrate the unit and download Calibration Parameters to the unit (available only for Workshop Version);... -
Page 38: Performance Menu
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 The “Factory Configuration” sub-menu of “Tools” menu provides an access to the tools intended for the unit calibration. “Factory Con- figuration” sub-menu contains the following items (Figure 3-9): Figure 3-9: Factory Configuration Sub-menu • Export Factory Configuration – save dealer configuration into the file on the disk. -
Page 39: Window Menu
G.821 standard of ITU. G.821 Statistics – opens the graphs of the Error Performance Pa- rameters and Objectives defined by G.821 standard of ITU. RSL - opens the graphs of received signal level for ArWest radio 3.2.12 INDOW The “Window” menu (Figure 3-11) contains the following commands:... -
Page 40: Ool Ar Cons
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Figure 3-12: Help Menu Where: Help Topics – opens application help topics in the separate dialog with contents, index and find tabs; About AWare – opens about dialog box. 3.2.14 CONS The AWare Tool Bar contains the buttons with images so the opera- tor can quickly associate the command with the image (see Figure 3- 13). -
Page 41: Configuration Files
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 CONFIGURATION FILES The configuration information used by AWare is stored in four types of files: • AWare Preferences • Factory Configuration files • Dealer Configuration files • User Setting Profile Factory Configuration files can be modified only by “Workshop” ver- sion of AWare. -
Page 42: Figure 4-2: Communication Preferences
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Figure 4-1: AWare General Preferences The Dealer and Workshop versions of AWare provide the identical set of tools as the User version. However, note that the wireless net- work profile generation and modification is available only in User AWare is used or if User operating mode of Dealer and Workshop versions of AWare is selected. -
Page 43: Users Settings Profile
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 4.1.2 OMMUNICATION REFERENCES The Communication preferences tab allows a variety of options for PC’s COM port selection (COM1 to COM8) and interface cables used between the unit and PC. For Dedicated Maintenance Port, the COM ports for both Maintenance and Data must be defined. For Non- dedicated Maintenance Port, the shared COM port must be selected. - Page 44 AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 • Cluster/Link Properties – common for all units in the cluster • Unit Specific Properties – setting unique for each unit in the wireless cluster The group of Cluster/Link Properties includes: • Frequency • Link Data Rate •...
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Page 45: Table 4-1: Products Supported By Aware
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Figure 4-3: New Profile Dialog Box The New Profile dialog box indicates the list of available units’ con- figurations. The indicated unit configurations include Factory and Dealer configurations (refer to section 6.2 for Dealer Configuration). The full list of AW products currently supported by AWare includes: AW400 AlphaWave UHF transceiver AW200... -
Page 46: Open A User Setting
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 4.3.2 PEN A ETTING ROFILE The full path of the User Setting Profile last used is stored in the sys- tem registry. The program automatically opens that profile after starting up when corresponding option is selected in the AWare pref- erences dialog box. -
Page 47: Rinting Onfig
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 There should always be one unit in the profile and this one unit will be local. RINTING ONFIGURATION AND ETTINGS ILES The Configuration(s)/User Settings print Forms are developed to fit in the portrait oriented A4 paper size. The Factory and Dealer Con- figurations each fits in one page (see Appendixes C-1 and C-2.) For the User Settings each page may contain two Unit Properties tables (see Appendix C-3). - Page 48 AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Page 4-8...
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Page 49: Planning Of Wireless Cluster
On the Identification Properties tab (see Figure 5-1), there is unit’s identification information such as: • Product Name –With this option, the operator can select one of the ArWest radio models (see Section 4.3.1). • Call Sign – Indicates the unique ID assigned by the FCC (filled by dealer). -
Page 50: Factory Properties
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 The last three identification parameters (Unit Name, Owner and Call Sign) are user assigned settings. The Embedded Software version should be retrieved from the unit through its maintenance serial port. For AlphaWave operating in Half or Full Duplex modes it can be read also over the air. -
Page 51: Figure 5-2: Factory Properties
AlphaWave Users Manual 4/26/2006 Figure 5-2: Factory Properties The unit’s factory identification includes: • Serial Number – Indicates the serial number (six/6 bytes) of the unit given by the manufacture; • Factory Software Version – The version of software image loaded in factory.
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