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Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3
Europe: +44-1628-858-940
Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026
www.lairdtech.com/wireless

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  • Page 1 RM024 DVK ’ ANUAL ERSION Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 2: Revision History

    RM024 DVK User Manual, version 1.0 EVISION ISTORY Version Revision Date Change Description 12/20/2012 Initial Release Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Perform Reset After Completion ..........................22 Port 1/Port 2 Buttons .............................. 22 Send Comm ..............................22 Troubleshooting ............................23 Technical Support ............................24 RM024 Basics and Tips ............................24 Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 4: Overview

    User Manual, version 1.0 VERVIEW This document contains information about the hardware included as part of the Laird Technologies OEM RM024 family Developer Kit (DVK). The RM024 DVK is designed to allow flexibility at the hardware interface level so that the RM024 DVK can be easily interfaced to the OEM product, to a PC for performance testing, or to any other device that supports RS232 or USB serial interfaces.
  • Page 5 (1) RS232 serial adapter board (1) USB serial adapter board (1) DB9 (F) to DB9 (F) RS232 cable (1) USB cable 6 ft. Laird Technologies Reference Card DVK-RM024-P50-C (2) RM024 Pluggable 50mW transceivers w/U.FL connector (1) RS232 serial adapter board...

  • Page 6: Hardware

    The LEDs located on the front edge of the board continuously show the configuration and operation of the RM024 DVK board. Refer to Table 2 for definitions of the LEDs, and Table 3 for DB9 connector pin assignments. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 7: Power Switch

    Switch Description Power When set to the OFF position, power is removed from the DVK board and the RM024 transceiver. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 8: Jumper Usage

    To force the radio to operate at 9600 Baud, connect a jumper to these two pins. J9-6 Force 9600 Baud Note: You MAY NOT connect to the Loopback or Normal Operation pins at the same time. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 9: Interfacing The Rm024 Dvk To Other Rs232 Hardware

    Table 5: Interfacing over RS232 - Hardware Configurations DB9 Pin Signal Name DCE Direction DTE Pin Signal Name DTE Direction Null Modem Female 4 or NC 6 & 1 or NC 4 or NC Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 10: Software

    User Manual, version 1.0 OFTWARE DVK Software Installation Locate the OEM software folder on the Laird Technologies Website (http://www.lairdtech.com/wireless RAMP->Product Information) as directed by the enclosed Reference Card. To install the software, run Setup.exe and follow the installation prompts. During the installation, the software prompts the user to install the Laird Technologies USB Driver.
  • Page 11 The software may communicate with a radio if the Port Status is Open. Although menus are shown for Baud Rate, Parity, Handshaking, Data Bits, and Stop Bits, only the Baud Rate, Parity and Handshaking menu selections can be changed. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 12: Configure Tab

    About Button Click the About button to determine the revision number of the application and the contact information for Laird Technologies. Configure Tab The configure tab is used to display the 256 byte EEPROM contents. The screen is able to do this in two formats: ...
  • Page 13 Figure 6: Successful Read Radio Write Radio Button After making changes to the controls on the Configure tab, click Write Radio to save those changes to the radio EEPROM. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...
  • Page 14 Hexadecimal (Hex) or Decimal (Dec). Click the indicator (Hex or Dec) to toggle between the Hexadecimal and Decimal notation. GUI View Button Click the GUI View button to display a GUI representation of the 256 byte EEPROM contents of the radio. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...
  • Page 15 Click the Compare EE button to compare two or more saved EEPROM files. This can be a very useful tool when analyzing performance of two or more transceivers. An example is shown in Figure Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 16: Range Test Tab

    The Range Test tab allows you to send packets of data between two radios and report the number of successes and errors. An example is shown in Figure Figure 12: Range Test Tab Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 17: Test Selection

    PC. If using two PCs for the test, the application run on both sides should have the second COM port disabled on the PC Settings tab. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 18: Transmit Packet Selection

    This field allows the operator to change the amount of delay between transmissions (in milliseconds {ms}). RX Timeout This field allows the operator to change the amount of time to allow for a packet to be displayed. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 19: Test Results

    Allows you to switch between Tx or Rx packets in the Port 1/Port 2 display. Clear Button Click the Clear button to set all of the statistics and errors back to zero. This can be used while a test is running. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 20: Terminal/Chat Tab

    When selected, newly received data is displayed in Hexadecimal format. Clear Button Click the Clear button to erases all of the text displayed in both text windows. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 21: Font Button

    The Command Name field consists of a list of the most commonly used commands for the module. Additional commands may be added to the list. The length of the Command Name is not restricted and is not required by the application. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 22: Command Field

    Click the Port 1 button to display received data for Port 1. Click the Port 2 button to display received data for Port 2. Send Comm Click the Send Comm button to send the selected command out of the selected serial port. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 Option 3 Laird Technologies Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852-2268-6567 x026 www.lairdtech.com/wireless...

  • Page 23: Troubleshooting

    Make sure the baud rate of the radios matches that of the OEM hardware not supplied by Laird Host hardware. Technologies A Framing or Data Timeout error...

  • Page 24: Technical Support

    Once configured, testing can be performed with HyperTerminal or another emulator to send serial data. Windows only allows one program to access a Serial Communications Port at a time. When the Laird Technologies Windows OEM Configuration Utility is open, no other serial applications should be open.
  • Page 25 Limited Warranty, Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability For a period of one (1) year from the date of purchase by the OEM customer, Laird Technologies warrants the OEM transceiver against defects in materials and workmanship. Laird Technologies will not honor this warranty (and this warranty will be automatically void) if there has been any (1) tampering, signs of tampering; 2) repair or attempt to repair by anyone other than an Laird Technologies authorized technician.

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