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- Page 1 ATLAS PL UHF Personal Locator T e ch n ic a l M an ua l Version C1 February 2011 RV-M7-UC-PL Raveon Technologies Corporation 990 Park Center Drive, Suite C Vista, CA 92081 www.ravtrack.com Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
RV-M7 Diagnostic Provisions ..............35 10.1. Status and Statistics Command ....................35 10.2. ATST Command ........................36 10.3. ATST1 Command (GPS Statistics) ................... 36 10.4. ATST3 Command ........................37 10.5. ATST4 Command ........................37 Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies... - Page 3 Symptom: Transmits position, but no data..................39 Mechanical ....................40 ATLAS PL Messages................40 13.1. $GPTLL Target Lat-Lon ......................41 13.2. $GPGSV Satellites In View....................... 41 13.3. $GPWPL Waypoint Location..................... 42 13.4. $PRAVE Raveon Proprietary Message, Location-Status............43 Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies...
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Page 4: General Information About The Rv-M7
1.2. NOTICE There are no user-serviceable points inside this transceiver. All service work must be referred to your Authorized Service Center or Raveon Technologies Service Department. 1.3. Safety / Warning Information Blasting Caps and Blasting Areas... -
Page 5: Safety Training Information
Failure to observe these restrictions may result in exceeding the FCC RF exposure limits. Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies... -
Page 6: Fcc Compliance Information
OET-65C (01-01) when operated in accordance with the operation guidelines described in this manual. Proper operation of this radio device according to the instructions in this publication will result in user exposure substantially below the FCC recommended limits. Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies... -
Page 7: Overview
GPS transponder for tracking, and a radio modem for sending and receiving data. The ATLAS PL is configured for operation as a Personal Locator. All Raveon GPS tracking products are configured using the GPS x command, and the ATLAS PL is GPS mode 8 (GPS 8). - Page 8 Very low current draw. As low as 25mA average. • 16 bit addressing for up to 65,525 different unique IDs per channel. • Programmable proximity alert ( 1-9999 meters) and programmable position report rate (1-9999 seconds). Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies...
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Page 9: Specifications
19200bps, 4-level, 25kHz channel ................. -107dBm 9600bps, 4-level, 12.5kHz channel ................ -108dBm 4800bps, 2-level ..................... -116dBm No-tune bandwidth..........................20MHz RX selectivity ..................-50dB (12.5kHz channel spacing) ....................-65dB (25kHz channel spacing) Spurious and image rejection........................-75dB Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies... -
Page 10: Battery And Charger
RV-PL- = The band (V=136-174MHz, U=406-512MHz) = Sub band (A,B,C,…) = Channel Spacing (blank=12.5kHz, W=25kHz) Other frequency bands, power levels, and channel spacing are available. Contact the factory for your specific needs. Sub-Bands Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies... - Page 11 Sub-Band Letter VHF (RV-M7-V…) UHF (RV-M7-U…) 132-150MHz 403-434MHz 150-174MHz 419-440MHz 450-480MHz Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies...
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Page 12: Electrical Inputs And Outputs
In this case, the Power Led will blink once every 4 seconds. When the unit transmits its position, it will also blink green. The following table summarizes the power LED indications. Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies... -
Page 13: Dc Power
System ground Charger Input 10-15VDC input for charging battery. 4.5. I/O Connector Type The I/O connector is a Hirose HR30 series. Circular waterproof. Used for RS232 connection and for the DC input for the charger. Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies... -
Page 14: I/O Cable Options
Front view of male pins on ATLAS PL 4.6. I/O Cable Options There are 3 basic type of interface cables available for the ATLAS PL. The are shown below. Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies... - Page 15 Company Confidential BioRapids 100608 Raveon Technologies...
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Page 16: Configuring The Atlas Pl
+++ as well as a pause after the +++ is sent. If either pause is missing, the modem will not enter the command mode. Company Confidential Raveon Technologies Corp. -
Page 17: Setting A Parameter
For example, if the user enters the command to read the RV-M7’s destination address and its address was 1234, the user would issue the following command: ATDT<cr> and the modem will respond with: 1234 <CR> <LF> <CR> <LF> Company Confidential Raveon Technologies Corp. - Page 18 For example, to see what the ATDT command is used for, type ATDT ?. The modem will respond by listing a brief description of the command. To see a list of all commands, type HELP. Company Confidential Raveon Technologies Corp.
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Page 19: Configuration Commands
RF receiving 2 = Even side. 3 = Mark (1) 4 = Space (0) ATNS Stop Bits – Selects the number of stop bits. Range: 1-2 Company Confidential Raveon Technologies Corp. - Page 20 Ping another modem. Format is PING xxxx, where xxxx is PING the ID of the modem to ping. If remote access is enabled on XXXX xxxx, it will respond. Company Confidential Raveon Technologies Corp.
- Page 21 If the parameter is 2, the configuration is output in strictly the format used to program another unit. ** indicates values that are calibrated in the factory and are unit-specific. If the “Radio Type” is changed, these will need to be re-calibrated. Company Confidential Raveon Technologies Corp.
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Page 22: Additional Personal-Locator Related Commands
Privacy Security Key Code. Set the privacy key for this device. It must be the same key as used on all 2-16 ASCII KEYPHRASE other Raveon products in your system. It secures radio “RAVEON” characters. transmissions from unauthorized reception. Set it to 0 to disable security encryption of data. - Page 23 GPS will measure position, speed, etc. Even if the unit TXRATE 1 - 9999 is not moving, the GPS periodically measures position and speed to determine if it has triggered a speed or position transmission. Company Confidential Raveon Technologies Corp.
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Page 24: Factory -Pl Default Settings
10 sets bits 3 and 1, 8 sets bit 3, 9 sets bits 3 and 0 5.7. Factory –PL Default Settings For the UHF ATLAS PL model RV-M7-UC-PL, the factory defaults GPS settings are: Radio channel 1 ............464.500 MHz GPS Mode ..............8 Serial port output message: .........none... -
Page 25: Setup And Initial Configuration
ATMY The individual ID of this unit. Default is 0001. Number all of your ATLAS PL transponders with a different MYID. Raveon recommends sequentially numbering them, starting at number 1. SLOTNUM Set the TDMA slot number for this radio to use. Typically, this is set to the same as the ID of the radio as set with the MYID command. - Page 26 ATLAS PL type and Raveon’s M7 series. Remember, that from the factory, all ATLAS PL modems are configured to simply work. Plug in power and connect to the serial port at 38400 baud, and the modems will communicate on the default channel.
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Page 27: Position Transmission
ATLAS PL position/status radio transmissions. The diagram clearly shows that if TRIGDX is set to 0, the unit will always transmit when it is supposed to, at the interval programmed into the TXRATE. M7 PL Technical Manual Raveon Technologies Corp. - Page 28 ATLAS PL Transmission Trigger Diagram M7 PL Technical Manual Raveon Technologies Corp.
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Page 29: Battery Life
GPS x command. The ATLAS PL is GPS mode 8 (GPS 8). The default output message format is Raveon’s $PRAVE message. Change the position report output format with the OUTPUT x command. Enable/disable the local GPS NMEA data with the NMEAOUT x command (0 off, 1... -
Page 30: Device Addressing
OK to leave the factory-set code. If it is important that the ATLAS PL transmissions and system be secure, Raveon suggest you program the KEY to be a random sequence of letters and numbers at least 8 digits long. -
Page 31: Id Addressing Basics
TDMA scheme. The important point to understand is that for optimum efficiency in a ATLAS PL system, begin sequentially numbering the MYID of the ATLAS PL transponders at ID 0001. The second RV-M7 should be ID 0002, and so on. M7 PL Technical Manual Raveon Technologies Corp. - Page 32 To have the GGA and GLL come out the serial port use this command: NMEAMASK 3 The NMEAMASK parameter is the sum of all of the decimal values of the individual bits corresponding to the NMEA messages. M7 PL Technical Manual Raveon Technologies Corp.
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Page 33: Operation
TXRATE parameter. 7.1. Battery Life The following chart is a guideline to determine approximately how much life is left in the battery, based upon the voltage of the battery pack. M7 PL Technical Manual Raveon Technologies Corp. -
Page 34: Fcc Licensing Information
Federal Communications Commission if they wish to use a radio transmitter. The FCC will help you through the licensing process. Raveon will also be glad to assist in this process, and help you obtain your license. It is quite easy. -
Page 35: Technical Information
Run time display powered up and running. screen Reset all statistics counters Statistic Read – Returns numeric values, comma separated, of all Run time display ST10 statistics as described in the ST command. screen M7 PL Technical Manual Raveon Technologies Corp. -
Page 36: Atst Command
Fatal OS failures). Consult the factory if any of these messages ever appear.) 10.3. ATST1 Command (GPS Statistics) The ATST 1 command, will return various information regarding the operation of the GPS features in the ATLAS PL. M7 PL Technical Manual Raveon Technologies Corp. -
Page 37: Atst3 Command
Hours: nnn (number of minutes running, resets to 0 after 59 minutes, 59 seconds) Min: (number of seconds running, resets to 0 after 59 seconds) Sec: (number of seconds running. Does not reset. Uptime:nnn M7 PL Technical Manual Raveon Technologies Corp. -
Page 38: Troubleshooting
If it is not used in the radio system, then the KEYPHRASE in all units must be disabled or left at the factory default. To disable encryption, use the KEYPHRASE 0 command. The factory default KEYPHRASE is RAVEON, in all capitol letters. -
Page 39: Symptom: Cannot Enter Command Mode
If it is not used in the radio system, then the KEYPHRASE in all units must be disabled or left at the factory default. To disable encryption, use the KEYPHRASE 0 command. The factory default KEYPHRASE is RAVEON, in all capitol letters. -
Page 40: Mechanical
The ATLAS PL supports the NMEA standard WPL, TLL, GGA, and GSV sentences. The Raveon proprietary PRAVE sentence is sent out of the ATLAS PL M7 PL Technical Manual Raveon Technologies Corp. -
Page 41: Gptll Target Lat-Lon
Number of Satellites in view. $GPGSV,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 * cks Field Usage Comments $ GPGSV Number of SVs in view, PRN numbers, elevation, azimuth & SNR values. Count Total number of messages of this type in this cycle M7 PL Technical Manual Raveon Technologies Corp. -
Page 42: Gpwpl Waypoint Location
To help make the waypoints easier to read, the ATLAS PL may be programmed with an ID prefix, using the PREFIX vvvv command. The default is a capitol letter M7 PL Technical Manual Raveon Technologies Corp. -
Page 43: Prave Raveon Proprietary Message, Location-Status
13.4. $PRAVE Raveon Proprietary Message, Location-Status The $PRAVE message is sent out the ATLAS PL when it is configured for GPS 2 mode of operation. This mode is typically used with the RavTrack PC program, or other computer programs that can process position and status information. - Page 44 Example Sentence: $PRAVE,0001,0001,3308.9051,-11713.1164,195348,1,10,168,31,13.3,3,-83,0,0,,*66 This example shows a unit at 33° 8.9051 north latitude and 117° 13.1164 east longitude. It is not moving (0 speed). Its signal strength was -83dBm. Its altitude is 168 meters. M7 PL Technical Manual Raveon Technologies Corp.
- Page 45 If within one year from date of purchase, this product fails due to a defect in material or workmanship, Raveon Technologies, Incorporated will repair or replace it, at Raveon’s sole discretion. This warranty is extended to the original consumer purchaser only and is not transferable.