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USER MANUAL
AS-1289
AS-1289
Remote controlled Antenna switch
Preliminary
 Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved
Ba-AS1289-PA1
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Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17
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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL AS-1289 AS-1289 Remote controlled Antenna switch Preliminary  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17 User manual 1 of 46...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    USER MANUAL AS-1289 Table of contents Statement of Conditions ................3 General Description ..................4 Step by step AS-1289 setup ................ 5 Hardware ....................7 Back ......................7 Front ......................8 Configuration with Microbit Setup Manager ..........10 FW/HW ....................... 11 FW update ....................

  • Page 3: Statement Of Conditions

    2.0 AB reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this document without notice. Microbit does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product(s) or circuit layout(s) described herein.

  • Page 4: General Description

    12V DC. The switch should be placed indoor on a table/shelf or mounted on the wall. It’s normally delivered with SO-239 connectors, but can be ordered with N-connectors, both with PTFE dielectric.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev.

  • Page 5: Step By Step As-1289 Setup

    PC. Follow the instructions about how to install the Microbit Setup Manager (see chapter Configuration with Microbit Setup Manager). 7. Find out how your network is configured and configure the AS-1289 to fit into your network (see chapter Initial IP Setup) with the Microbit Setup Manager.
  • Page 6 :port number after the dynamic dns address if you have changed the webserver port from 80 for example http://sm2oan.dnsalias.com:8000. Enjoy the remote controlling.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17...

  • Page 7: Hardware

    The Antenna switch should be powered via the 2.1/5.5 DC jack on the back of the AS1289. 12V DC Pin no + 12-15VDC (centre)  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17...

  • Page 8: Front

    Ethernet (RJ45) Orange/white Out [+] Orange Out [-] Green/White In [+] Blue Blue /White Green In [-] Brown/White Brown  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17 User manual 8 of 46...
  • Page 9 LINK LED A yellow LED besides the Ethernet connector indicates the status of the Ethernet interface Yellow LED indicates link OK, flashing LED indicates traffic  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17...

  • Page 10: Configuration With Microbit Setup Manager

    The initial settings of the network parameters are easiest done with the Microbit Setup Manager. The Setup Manager is a software which runs under Windows on a PC and connects to the RC via USB (an USB cable is supplied with the AS-1289).The Setup Manager can be used for: ...

  • Page 11: Fw/Hw

    If there is a newer firmware available download it to your desktop, unzip it. Change to the "FW-update" tab.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17...

  • Page 12: Fw Update

    After about a 1 minute the update is finished and the Antenna Switch will restart. When the text "Device connected" shows up again in the lower field of the Microbit Setup Manager, you can change to the "FW/HW" tab and check software version.

  • Page 13: Setup

    "Device connected" shows up again in the lower field of the Setup-Manager, you can click on the "Setup" button again to verify the changes.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev.

  • Page 14: Net Info

    USER MANUAL AS-1289 Net info Click on the “Get” button to read the IP setting currently in use by the Switch.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17 User manual...

  • Page 15: Initial Ip Setup

    The default Ip settings from the factory is 192.168.0.236. The net mask is 255.255.255.0, gateway and DNS is 192.168.0.1. To be able to contact the AS-1289 via the network you must configure the units to fit into your home network. You can check your network configuration from your PC.
  • Page 16 USER MANUAL AS-1289 The Netmask is 255.255.255.0 the Netmask in the AS-1289 should be the same The Default gateway 192.168.0.1 the Gateway and DNS server(*) in the Antenna Switch should be the same In this case all the default IP setting will be OK.
  • Page 17 AS-1289 In another network, this is the result of the ipconfig command. Your PC IP address in this example is 192.168.128.10 this means that the IP of the AS-1289 must have IP:s in the area 192.168.128.2 to 192.168.128.255. The Netmask is 255.255.128.0 this the Netmask in the RC should be the same The Default gateway is 192.168.128.1 the Gateway in the AS-1289 should be the same...
  • Page 18 USER MANUAL AS-1289  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17 User manual 18 of 46...

  • Page 19: Configuration With Web-Interface

    AS-1289 Configuration with WEB-interface Before you can use your Antenna switch AS-1289 you must configure it. The unit will have the default IP addresses 192.168.0.236. The net mask is 255.255.255.0. The configuration is easiest done via the web interface. Be aware of that your PC must be in the same net e.g.
  • Page 20 USER MANUAL AS-1289 The info page shows some static information about the Antenna switch as firmware revision etc. and also the basic IP-configuration.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17 User manual...

  • Page 21: Set Antennas

    The Set Antenna page is the page you use for manual antenna selections. If you have connected the switch a radio for automatic switching you first have to disable the automatic selection with the OFF button on the bottom line.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev.

  • Page 22: Temperature/Rh

    Temperature/RH A 1-wire temp or/and humidity sensor can be connected to Bus B, If it’s connected you can see the readings on this page  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17...

  • Page 23: Ip Settings

    DCHP. It will then ask the router for a IP-address. It’s handy to use DHCP when installing but it is recommended that you change the settings to DHCP = off and setup a fixed IP.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev.
  • Page 24 100 Mbit LAN (*) If you use fixed settings you must have a managed switch where you can set the same setting.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17...
  • Page 25 “empty” (default) “username” Web page pwd Password for the web pages and telnet connection. “empty” (default) “password”  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17 User manual 25 of 46...

  • Page 26: Antenna Settings

    Antenna settings At the Antenna settings page you can enter a text string which describe the antenna you have connected to the antenna ports.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17...

  • Page 27: Serial Settings

    The Antenna switch can talk direct to a radio CAT port also if the serial adapter 1216R is connected to the pin header P1. The back of the AS-1289 is prepared in advance for the installation of the 1216R. The serial parameters are set on the Serial page. This settings has no effect when you have connected the Antenna switch to the RRC over IP ...

  • Page 28: Advanced Settings

    You can select some modes which only listen and do not send any questions. Elecraft K3 uses the Yeasu settings. This setting are used both for control via the serial port and over IP.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev.
  • Page 29 Address sets the CI-V address of the antenna switch itself. If you have more than one equipment which is a “controller” you may have to change the address to a different one.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev.

  • Page 30: Dynamic Dns Setting

    The Antenna Switch has a Dynamic DNS client to be used when the Internet Service Provider (ISP) uses dynamic IP addresses instead of fixed IP address. The AS-1289 supports our own free Remoterig dynamic DNS service and DynDNS which is not free for new users anymore.

  • Page 31: Remoterig Dynamic Dns Service

    After that click on “Submit” and “Apply changes”, the AS-1289 will restart. After the switch has restarted go back to the Dynamic DNS settings page. You will now see that the settings Own hostname, Username and Password are automatically generated.
  • Page 32 USER MANUAL AS-1289  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17 User manual 32 of 46...

  • Page 33: Dyndns Dynamic Dnsservice

    QTH changes. You need to register an account at http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/ and get a domain name. There are other providers of the same service but AS-1289 only supports DynDNS or Remoterig ddns.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved...
  • Page 34 Own host name Domain name registered at DynDNS.com. Example: my-radio-site.ham-radio-op.net Username Dynamic DNS account username. Password Dynamic DNS account password.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17 User manual 34 of 46...

  • Page 35: Ping Settings

    If you use this function, be sure that the IP-address you have chosen to ping is a IP-address which is always reachable.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev.
  • Page 36 If Test mode is activated it can be set to 10-65535 Failure count to reboot Sets how many times the ping is allowed to fail before reboot is done. (1-255, default 3 )  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17...

  • Page 37: Radio Rrc Settings

    Antenna switch to talk to the radio via the RRC. Note the RRC must be connected to the radio CAT port via COM2 if it should work. IP-number and port should match the settings in the Radio-RRC.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev.

  • Page 38: Antenna Selection

    If you want the antennas to be deselected eg. grounded, after a while when the radio is switched off and the switch get no answers on the frequency requests, you can set a “Disconnect timeout.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev.

  • Page 39: Application Firmware Upgrade

    After that you click on the 'Upgrade' button and the new firmware will be transferred and saved into the AS-1289. When the firmware is updated the AS-1289 will restart. Note -- Do not interrupt the upgrade process in any way.

  • Page 40: Bootloader Firmware Upgrade

    Restart device Restart device can be used if you want to reset and restart the Antenna Switch without saving any changes (before apply changes) or just for ordinary reset.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17...

  • Page 41: Networks And Firewalls

    Antenna Switch. The following default IP ports are used (changeable) port number function WEB interface WEB interface are TCP-based.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17 User manual 41 of 46...

  • Page 42: Portforwarding

    There is one row assigned for each port (service) all refereeing to the IP of the Radio-RRC and the AS-1289 at the 5 row.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17...
  • Page 43 USER MANUAL AS-1289  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev. PA1 – 2014 feb 17 User manual 43 of 46...

  • Page 44: Appendix D - Technical Data

    (*1) All unused antenna outputs are grounded, The RF card control lines are surge protected with Metal Oxide Varistors (*2) The Ethernet cable should be shielded (FTP) CAT-5e or better.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev.

  • Page 45: Appendix E - Safety And Regulatory Information

    Never connect a power supply of more than 18 VDC to the power jack. The supply voltage must be between 10 V and 18 V. to prevent damaging the device.  Microbit 2.0 AB 2010. All rights reserved Ba-AS1289-PA1 (reparerad) Rev.

  • Page 46: Disclaimer

    The author has written this document to the best of his knowledge, but does not guarantee that the contents will satisfy the desire and expectation of the reader. The author or Microbit takes no responsibility for damage or injuries of any kind that may arise from the use and miss use of the product or information contained.

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