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USER MANUAL

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  • Page 1 RFI-148 250W VHF PAGING TRANSMITTER USER MANUAL...
  • Page 2 DISCLAIMER © 2013 RF Innovations Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. RF Innovations reserves the right to make improvements on the product in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be produced, copied, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of RF Innovations.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4.5.1 Current Fan Speed ................................20 4.5.2 Control Types ................................. 20 4.5.3 Fan Override ................................... 20 4.5.4 Self-Test ..................................20 5. Diagnostics ....................................21 5.1 Status Monitoring ................................... 21 RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 3 of 43...
  • Page 4 D.1 General Commands ................................33 D.2 I-Registers ....................................33 Appendix E Sensor and Fault List Reference ..........................36 Appendix F Factory Defaults ................................. 40 Appendix G Glossary ..................................42 RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 4 of 43...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction 1. Introduction The RFI-148 250 is a high power output paging transmitter operating in the VHF band. VHF band operation (138 MHz – 174 MHz)  with 2 MHz switching bandwidth.  250 W (54 dBm) maximum transmit power ...

  • Page 6: Installation

    Long serial cables should also be avoided in areas with frequent lightning activity or static electricity build- up. Nearby lightning strikes or high levels of static electricity may lead to interface failure. RF Innovations supplies a range of external data interface converters for applications requiring long cable runs.

  • Page 7: Product Installation

    RF Diag: Sniffer port for diagnostics. BNC female connector. DC SW: Power switch. LIU Interface: Combined alarm and encoder interface. DC-37 female connector. RS-232: Main serial port. DE-9 female connector. RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 7 of 43...

  • Page 8: Safety And Compliance

    Canada’s Safety Code 6 provides a comprehensive set of guidelines. 2.4.2 Modifications CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by RF Innovations may void the user’s authority to operate the equipment legally, as well as any warranty provided. RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual...

  • Page 9: Configuration

    Configuration 3. Configuration 3.1 Overview The RFI-148 250 provides six interfaces that allow the transmitter to be configured and diagnostic information to be monitored:  Cruise Control management interface: All configuration and diagnostics parameters can be accessed using the Windows-based Cruise Control Graphical User Interface (GUI).

  • Page 10: Installation

    To connect to a device with RS-232, attach the paging transmitter to the PC running Cruise Control via a Device -> Configure serial port. Configure the Cruise Control communication settings using RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 10 of 43...

  • Page 11: Device Navigation

    Cruise Control can provide real-time operational information for paging transmitters using the Sensor Gauges plugin. An example of diagnostic information provided by the Sensor Gauges plugin is shown below in Figure 3. RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 11 of 43...
  • Page 12 There are also two additional groups, overview and all. The overview group provides a subset of the most informative gauges for quick diagnostic troubleshooting. The all group shows all of the gauges. RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 12 of 43...

  • Page 13: Firmware Update

    AT commands are available via serial port, and via TCP port 23 on the Ethernet interface. The format for the query and configuration AT command is: ATxxx<[I1, I2, … In]><=value><TERM> RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 13 of 43...

  • Page 14: Front Panel Interface

    Serial/Ethernet received. Green Power Turns on/off at 1 Hz while power is supplied. Power Gauge Green/Red A bar graph displaying current transmit power. Table 2: Front panel LED descriptions RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 14 of 43...

  • Page 15: Liu Interface

     High Output Power Alarm  Low Output Power Alarm  High VSWR Alarm  High Temperature Alarm  Fan Failure Alarm  Exciter Out-of-Lock Alarm  Combined Alarm RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 15 of 43...
  • Page 16 The use of the transmit clock is optional for 2-level protocols, but required for 4-level protocols. The pin-out for the LIU Interface can be found in Appendix A.4 RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 16 of 43...

  • Page 17: Operation

    4.1.1 Overview The RFI-148 250 has two DCE RS-232 serial ports. The front serial port has a female DE9 connector (DCE) and the rear serial port has a male DE9 connector (DTE). The serial port pin outs can be found in Appendix A.3 on page 26.

  • Page 18: Ip Addressing

    4.3 Transmitter Operation 4.3.1 Transmit Power The RFI-148 250 supports transmit power from 20 to 250 Watts in 1 Watt increments. 4.3.2 Channel Selection The transmitter supports four channel rasters: 5 kHz; 6.25 kHz; 10 kHz; and 12.5 kHz, and has up to sixteen configurable channels.

  • Page 19: External Reference

    NOTE: While the sniffer port is configured for listening, transmission is disabled. 4.4 Data The RFI-148 250 supports the following modulation formats:  POCSAG: Baud rates of 512, 1200 and 2400 bps (2-level FSK) are supported.

  • Page 20: Fan Control

    The fan controller has a self-test feature which causes the fans to run at full speed for a minute so fan operation can be verified. The self-test feature runs once every 24 hours by default. RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 20 of 43...

  • Page 21: Diagnostics

    A sensor that falls outside its cut-offs while its checking condition is met will cause the respective fault to become active. The fault will only be cleared once it has returned to within its cut-offs while its checking condition is met. RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 21 of 43...

  • Page 22: Minimum And Maximum Sensor History

     Scale transmit power: Transmit power is reduced.  Enable PA current fold-back: The PA current fold-back is engaged.  Enable reverse power fold-back: The reverse power fold-back is engaged. RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 22 of 43...

  • Page 23: Fleeting Faults

    Remote firmware update requires a Cruise Control connection to the paging transmitter and a valid RFI-148 250 firmware image in the Motorola S-Record format (*.mot). Cruise Control sends the firmware image to the paging transmitter and the paging transmitter stores it in non-volatile storage.

  • Page 24: Recovery

    10 seconds for a response. TIME ZONE The time zone can be specified in hours and minutes as an offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 24 of 43...

  • Page 25: Appendix A Technical Specifications

    Frequency Select 4  Protocol Select  Hardware PTT  Tx Data L-bit  Tx Data H-bit  Transmit Clock Alarm Outputs Open-collector Darlington with 500 mA sink current. RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 25 of 43...

  • Page 26: Serial Connectors

    Sniffer Port Output: BNC female 50 Ω External Reference Input: BNC female Table 4: RFI-148 250 Specifications A.3 Serial Connectors A.3.1 Main Serial Port (Rear) Function Direction Input Input RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 26 of 43...

  • Page 27: Auxiliary Serial Port (Front)

    Reference Switchover Alarm Output Spare Alarm 1 Output Spare Alarm 2 Output Frequency Select 4 Input Input Frequency Select 3 Input Frequency Select 2 Input Frequency Select 1 Hardware PTT Input RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 27 of 43...
  • Page 28 +12 V Output +12 V Output +24 V (Note: identical to DC input voltage) Output +24 V (Note: identical to DC input voltage) Output Table 7: LIU Interface Pin Out RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 28 of 43...

  • Page 29: Appendix B Controller Configurations

    B.3 Glenayre C2000 Controller / POCSAG Mode Encoder Transmitter (LIU, DB37) Tx Data DB37-15: TX DATA L-BIT DB37-11: TX ON EXT DB37-19: GND Table 10: Glenayre C2000 controller / POCSAG mode connection RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 29 of 43...

  • Page 30: Zetron Model 66 Transmitter Controller / Pocsag Mode

    DIG DATA (pin 10) DB37-15: TX DATA L-BIT DIG PTT (pin 7) DB37-11: TX ON EXT GND (pin 3) DB37-19: GND Table 11: Zetron Model 66 controller / POCSAG mode connection RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 30 of 43...

  • Page 31: Appendix C Management Reference

    C.2 SNMP Diagnostic Parameters SNMP Textual Name Description Radio parameters rfiChnChnCtrlChnnlsTable rfiChnChnCtrlChnnlsEntry Table of frequencies for all radio channels. rfiChnChnCtrlChnnlsIndex rfiChnChnCtrlChnnlNmbr Radio channel number. rfiChnChnCtrlTxFrq Radio channel transmit frequency. Faults RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 31 of 43...
  • Page 32 An approximation of the total number of hours that this device has rfiCrIdntUptmHrs been powered up. rfiCrIdntGtFrmwrVrStr Version information for the firmware loaded in this device. Table 13: SNMP Diagnostic Parameters RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 32 of 43...

  • Page 33: Appendix D Hayes References

    Serial Port Statistics Returns a serial port statistic where p selects port (0: main, 1: auxiliary) and s selects statistic (0 to 12, in the order listed in Table 12). RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 33 of 43...
  • Page 34 2: Odd ATS102[p] Data Bits Get or set the data bits for serial port 0: 7 1: 8 ATS103[p] Stop Bits Get or set the stop bits for serial port RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 34 of 43...
  • Page 35 Note that this command cannot have a port specifier. 0: None 2: Hardware (RTS / CTS) ATS180 Enable Hardware Frequency 0: Disabled Select 1: Enabled Table 16: Hayes S-Register Commands RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 35 of 43...

  • Page 36: Appendix E Sensor And Fault List Reference

    0 to 86 Transmit Power 0 to 650 (typical) Driver Power 0 to 1714 Exciter Power 0 to 21977 Isolator VSWR 0 to 32767 2000 Table 17: Sensor Reference RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 36 of 43...
  • Page 37 High Exciter Power Configurable None High Power High Isolator VSWR Configurable None High VSWR Low PA Temperature Configurable None None Low Driver Temperature Configurable None None Ambient Configurable None None Temperature RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 37 of 43...
  • Page 38 Disable Transmission Exciter Out-of- Lock Transmit Timeout Latch-only Disable Transmission None PA Current Foldback Configurable None None Reverse Power Foldback Configurable None None Invalid Calibration Latch-only Disable Transmission None RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 38 of 43...
  • Page 39 Switchover Disable Transmission Latch-only None None Scale Transmit Power Latch-only None None Enable Current Latch-only None None Foldback Enable Reverse Power Latch-only None None Foldback Table 18: Fault Reference RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 39 of 43...

  • Page 40: Appendix F Factory Defaults

    Protocol 1 Clock Invert Normal Data Invert Normal IP Address 192.168.1.80 IP Networking Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.1.1 Main Flow Control None Serial Port Main DTR Mode Always High RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 40 of 43...
  • Page 41 Auxiliary Port Data Bits Auxiliary Port Parity None Auxiliary Port Stop Bits SNTP Server 0.0.0.0 (Disabled) Diagnostics SNTP Query Interval 60 min Time Zone + 8:00 Table 19: Factory Defaults RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 41 of 43...

  • Page 42: Appendix G Glossary

    Request To Send Received SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol Transmitted Coordinated Universal Time Very High Frequency VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio Table 20: Glossary RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 42 of 43...
  • Page 43 Technical Specifications ............ 25 PTT Turn Off Delay ............18 Paging Transmitter ............25 Sensor Cut-off ............... 21 Serial Ports ..............26 Serial Ports ..............17 SNTP ................24 RFI-148 250W VHF Paging Transmitter User Manual Page 43 of 43...

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