User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 Table of Content Revision History........................1 Table of Content........................2 List of Figures........................... 3 List of Tables..........................4 1. Introduction........................... 5 1.1 Overview......................... 5 1.2 Specification........................6 1.3 Accessories........................8 2. General Operation......................11 2.1 Basic Operation......................11 2.2 Software Configuration....................17...
User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 List of Figures Figure 1.1 External Radio RS400H3-A............5 Figure 1.2 High Gain Radio Antenna ............8 Figure 1.3 Telescopic pole for radio antenna ..........9 Figure 1.4 Serial-5pin to Ext-Radio-DC-5pin & Bullet-DC Cable....9 Figure 1.5 Bullet-DC to Alligator Clips............9...
User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 List of Tables Table 1.1 Specifications of Radio RS400H3-A..........6 Table 1.2 LED indicators................. 8 Table 2.1 Buttons description of radio RS400H3-A........11 Table 2.2 Devices in Figure 2.1..............17...
This chapter mainly introduces the overview and specification of the Tersus Radio RS400H3-A. Overview The Tersus RS400H3-A radio is a base radio solution for wireless applications. It provides reliable data communications for mission-critical applications where a combination of stability, superior performance and long range are required.
User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 Specification Table 1.1 Specifications of Radio RS400H3-A General Specification Frequency range 410~470MHz Operating mode Transmitter, Receiver, Radio Repeater Channel width 12.5KHz Channels Operating voltage 9~16V DC High power (35W) 85W @ DC 12V...
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User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 Physical Description Dimension 175 x 130 x 86.5 mm Weight About 2.0kg Data & Power interface LEMO 5pin Installation Hook Mechanical Drawing Signal Definition Pin 1: PWR (9~16V DC) Pin 2: Power GND Data &...
Users can configure and query the radio parameters by the means of Bluetooth, Bluetooth V4.0 is supported; Accessories When using Radio RS400H3-A to set up a base with Oscar GNSS receiver, a high gain radio antenna and a telescopic pole are needed which are shown as below.
User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 Figure 1.3 Telescopic pole for radio antenna The following Serial-5pin to Ext-Radio-DC-5pin & Bullet-DC Cable and Bullet-DC to Alligator Clips are used to communicate with Oscar and connect to external power supply. Figure 1.4 Serial-5pin to Ext-Radio-DC-5pin & Bullet-DC Cable Figure 1.5 Bullet-DC to Alligator Clips...
User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 Figure 1.6 Serial-5pin to DC JACK & DB9 Male cable Figure 1.7 DC JACK male with two wires The DB9 Female to USB Type A Male converter cable is to convert DB9 male to USB Type A male connector, so that it can connect to the USB port of a computer.
Basic Operation The basic operations include buttons, indicator status and device menu. 1) Buttons There are five buttons on the radio RS400H3-A. The following table shows the detailed description of these buttons. Table 2.1 Buttons description of radio RS400H3-A Icon...
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User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 In the case of abnormal shutdown for the last time, power on again after outage, the radio powers on automatically; In the case of normal shutdown for the last time, short press the power button about 1 second to power on the radio;...
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User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 power, battery status, device model, firmware version, hardware version and serial number are displayed. Channel and frequency Under this menu, you can set up the current transmitting/receiving frequency, select required communication frequency through up and down buttons, and press the power key to select this frequency as the current communication frequency, the star character “*”...
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User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 Different protocols support different types of air baud rates. For example, TRANSEOT supports 4800 and 9600 bps, while TRIMMK3 supports 19200bps. Select required air baud rate through up and down buttons, and press the power button to select this air baud rate as the current communication air baud rate, the star character “*”...
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User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 Serial baud rate Under this menu, you can set up the current serial port communication baud rate. Currently it supports following baud rates: 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200 bps. Select required serial port communication baud rate through...
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User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 OLED sleep mode Only if the “Function” is switched to “On” can the OLED display enter the sleep mode. Sleep time has the following levels: 1min, 5min, 10min, 15min, 20min, 25min, and 30min.
User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 Software Configuration The detailed steps of software configuration are as follows: 1) Hardware connection Use the accessary cables listed in section 1.3 to connect the radio to the computer following the connection in the figure below. Power on the radio using 12V external power supply.
User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 the shortcut on the desktop and select “Run as administrator”, the software interface is shown as below. Figure 2.2 Radio configuration tool interface Note: During the use of the configuration tool for radio parameter configuration and query, the radio is not allowed to enter the background parameter configuration mode by the buttons and OLED display.
User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 Figure 2.4 Read parameters successfully Figure 2.5 Channel info Figure 2.6 Personalized settings Figure 2.7 Power Manager settings...
1) First, use Serial-5pin to DC JACK & DB9 Male cable and the DC JACK male with two wires to connect to the Radio RS400H3-A with 9~16V DC power supply. Use DB9 Female to USB Type A Male converter cable to connect to the DB9 male connector of the above cable and the USB port of a computer.
User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 2) Find the firmware upgrade tool, and open the software. Figure 2.8 Firmware upgrade tool 3) Select the correct serial port number and baud rate, open the serial port and select internally installed radio.
User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 Figure 2.11 Start upgrade 6) After upgrade, it pops out indicating successful upgrade, click [OK] to complete the firmware upgrade. Figure 2.12 Upgrade firmware successfully 7) The radio will power off and power on again. If the radio cannot be powered on, short press the power button for 1 second to power it on.
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User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 (2) In an environment with a high temperature of more than 40 °C or intense sunlight, the surface of the radio would be hot when it is transmitting at high power. It may cause scald if the surface of the machine is touched directly.
Radio Repeater The detailed steps of radio repeater configuration are as follows: 1) Set the protocol and air baud rate of RS400H3-A to be the same as the protocol and air baud rate of transmitting device and receiving device. 2) The transmission and reception frequency of RS400H3-A are configured as...
User Manual for Tersus Radio RS400H3-A V1.0 Call Sign The detailed steps of call sign function are as follows: 1. Before operation, the following agreement is currently made: Radio Equipment A is the data sender, and the call sign function is enabled; Radio equipment B is the call sign decoder;...
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