Chapter 1: Installation; Components; Installation Sequence; Connecting The Base Station - Worth Data 7100 RF Terminal Series Owner's Manual

Chapter 1:
Installation

Components

The components in your RF Terminal system will vary according to the configuration of your system. Your RF Terminal ship-
ment should contain at least:

An RF Terminal LT71XXX.

C25 Micro USB Cable – for programming and voice prompt upload.

F17 Micro USB Power Supply – battery charger with adapter cable.

Utilities CD ROM – demo programs, DLL, and firmware loader program
If Base Stations were ordered with your system, you should receive at least:

A Base Station (B50x1) including a 5v power adapter for each.

A Serial Cable (F34 or F36) or USB cable (C21-2).

An Optional Power Supply – Needed for use with the F36 or F34 Serial Cables (No Power Supply is needed for USB or
Ethernet connections)

A Relay Test Cable and junction connector block if ordering bases as Relay Stations.

Installation Sequence

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Start with one Terminal and Base Station. Get everything working with the single terminal and base and then add other
terminals, being certain that all terminals have unique Terminal IDs. After all terminals are working, add the first relay. Then
add remaining relays, remembering to: 1) assign Relay IDs, and 2) set the jumpers of each relay to terminated or not termi-
nated properly.

All equipment is shipped with the default setting of Channel 0, Terminal ID 0, and Relay ID 0. Unless you have other Termi-
nal/Base configurations already operating on that channel, you probably don't need to change the channel.

A Base and a Relay are the same product. A jumper change is all that is required to use a Base station as a Relay. See Appendix
A for details.
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Without attaching the Base Station to the computer, and with only the power supply plugged in the base, you can perform a site test
to be sure you have adequate coverage and the radios are working perfectly. (See Chapter 4).

Now connect the Base Station to the computer's USB or serial port. Be sure to turn OFF all handshaking on the COM port used; in
Windows, go to Start Menu, Settings, System, Device Manager, Ports (COM and LPT). Now run one of the RF Terminal demo
programs found on the Utilities CD-ROM.

Now run one of the demo programs to validate that everything is working. If you have problems, refer to the Trouble Shoot-
ing Section.

Connecting the Base Station

How it works...
The RF Terminal transmits data to the Base station, which in turn transmits the data to the host serial port. The computer software
reads the data coming through the serial port and processes the information accordingly. When the computer software running on
the host has a task for the terminal, it transmits data out to the serial port, which then passes this data on to the Base station. The
Base station then broadcasts the message to the terminal, causing the terminal to display the message to the user.
Connecting the Base station (B5001 or B5011) to an RS-232 Serial Port...
If you specified a 25 pin cable (part #F34) or a 9 pin cable (part #F36) when you ordered your Base station, simply plug the RJ45
end of that cable into the COMPUTER port on the Base station, and the 25 or 9 pin end into your computer's serial port. If you
are not connecting to a PC, see Appendix C for cable and serial pin-outs.
If you are using an extension cable and are having problems, test the cable by:
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