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1. CB Pin 1 Molex 50 57 9404 or equivalent Molex 70553 0003 or equivalent Figure 2 P4 Connector Option for External LEDs Revision 0 01 9 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Connect Tech Inc Operational Setup A minimum operational setup for the Xtreme 104 Radio Modem card must include an antenna connected to the Radio Modem module at each end of the communications link The following illustration demonstrates a typical lab or prototype setup using two possible cable antenna styles only one antenna is needed at each end The mounting surface for the antenna end of the patch cable could be the housing of the PC 104 stack or some other mounting surface A metallic surface is preferred but not necessary In most situations a vertical orientation of the antenna works best but this can be influenced by the environmental factors listed below l Mounting Surface a for Antenna attachment end of cable j l Whip Antenna Reverse TNC Connector Reverse SMA Connector Xtreme 104 Card with Module attached Antenna Patch Cable A field setup or a final application setup may vary greatly from application to application Environmental factors play a big role in the effective deployment of wireless communication equipment The following items need to be considered Desired range Obstacles between the stations hills buildings trees etc RF power output settings of the modules Attenuation of the interconnecti2. Connect Tech Inc Industrial Strength Communications Xtreme 104 Radio Modems PC 104 Card Manual Xtreme 104 900 MHz and 2 4 GHz Radio Modems PC 104 Interface User s Manual E Zw mud eM DIDIER SL NE D 13 Contact Information Connect Tech Inc 42 Arrow Road Guelph Ontario Canada NIK 1S6 Tel 519 836 1291 International 800 426 8979 Canada amp USA Fax 519 836 4878 Email sales 9 connecttech com support connecttech com Web www connecttech com CTIM 00032 Revision 0 01 March 2007 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Connect Tech Inc One Year Warranty Connect Tech Inc provides a One Year Warranty for all Xtreme 104 Radio Modem products built with Cirronet modules Should this product in Connect Tech Inc s opinion fail to be in good working order during the warranty period Connect Tech Inc will at its option repair or replace this product at no charge provided that the product has not been subjected to abuse misuse accident disaster or non Connect Tech Inc authorized modification or repair You may obtain warranty service by delivering this product to an authorized Connect Tech Inc business partner or to Connect Tech Inc along with proof of purchase Product returned to Connect Tech Inc must be pre authorized by Connect Tech Inc with an RMA Return Material Authorization number marked on the outside of the package and sent prepaid insured and packaged for safe shipment Connect Tech Inc w
3. e CES 10 IUIS 11 List of Figures Figure 1 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Jumper Locations eese tentem eene List of Tables Table 1 Jumper J2 2 to J2 8 Functions esses eoe a nene EaR E Soia enne Table 2 J2 Jumpering Examples de eh e HERE Heer E beide Revision 0 01 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Connect Tech Inc Customer Support Overview If you experience difficulties after reading the manual and or using the product contact the Connect Tech reseller from which you purchased the product In most cases the reseller can help you with product installation and difficulties In the event that the reseller is unable to resolve your problem our highly qualified support staff can assist you Our support section is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week on our website at www connecttech com sub support support asp See the contact information section below for more information on how to contact us directly Our technical support is always free Contact Information We offer three ways for you to contact us Email Internet You may contact us through the Internet Our email and URL addresses on the Internet are sales 9 connecttech com support connecttech com www connecttech com Note Please go to the Download Zone or the Knowledge Database in the Support Center on the Connect Tech website for product manuals installation guides device driver software and technical tips Submit your technical support que
4. ia the PC 104 bus Store and forward repeating while operating as a node WIT910 License free operation Immunity to jamming and multipath fading even in noisy environments Available with roaming capability 2 4 GHz FCC certified Data speeds between 86 4 Kbps 900 MHz and 230 4 Kbps 2 4 GHz Point to point and point to multipoint network deployments Operating temperature range of 0 C to 70 C Xtreme 104 Base Card e Jumper selectable I O addresses and interrupts e O address ranges from 0x000 to 0x7FO jumper selectable e RTS CTS hardware flow control e Jumper selectable IRQ interrupts 3 4 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 e Requires no additional drivers appears as COM port to your operating system Revision 0 01 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Connect Tech Inc Figure 1 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Jumper Locations Xtreme Radic o icto c Connec 91 Rev A CTIB 0054 Radio module JULUNLOL ULLA LI VUL fwosrz veorv 9I dere 00 z JUS VELIM 34 ONI L3NOHHIO eL oy OSVZLIM IAOW ERE m a diii 2 and J2 detail PC 104 bus connector Hardware Installation Installing the PC 104 Radio Modem into your PC 104 Stack Before you place your Xtreme 104 Radio Modem into your PC 104 stack take a minute to ensure that your package includes the required components that should have shipped with your PC 104 Radio Modem One unit e One CD containing software and documen
5. ill return this product by prepaid ground shipment service Should the product prove to be irreparable Connect Tech Inc reserves the right to substitute an equivalent product if available The above warranty is the only warranty authorized by Connect Tech Inc for the Xtreme 104 Radio Modems Under no circumstances will Connect Tech Inc be liable in any way for any damages including any lost profits lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use such product Copyright Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Connect Tech Inc shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Connect Tech Inc Copyright O 2007 by Connect Tech Inc Trademark Acknowledgment Connect Tech Inc acknowledges all trademarks registered trademarks and or copyrights referred to in this document as the property of their respective owners Not listing all possible trademarks or copyright acknowledgments does not constitute a lack of acknowledgment to the rightful owners of the trademarks and copyrights mentioned in thi
6. ng RF cables RF gain of the antennas Prevailing weather conditions Multi path multiple RF pathways effects In many circumstances experiments need to be conducted on the field setup to determine the effectiveness of the setup Connect Tech s partner Cirronet can offer application assistance with the choice of RF cabling and antennas and with the environmental considerations for a particular field installation Contact Cirronet to ensure your unique application requirements are met Revision 0 01 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Connect Tech Inc Errata CFG Mode Operation Problem Description Revision B boards exhibit a problem when using the Radio Modem CFG Signal control feature enabled with J2 position 1 When using an I O address of Base 0x08 the data byte written also gets transmitted by the UART Solution The issue will be resolved in revision C of the board Resolution Instead of using an I O address of Base 0x08 use Base 0x0F The data value used will also be written into the UART Scratch Pad register but this does not affect the normal operation of the UART Revision 0 01 11
7. nly one 1K resistor is allowed in the system per Shared IRQ Only one card in the system should provide this pull down Note The IRQ Sharing mechanism is implemented as described in the PC 104 Bus Specification V2 5 Please see Figure 1 for jumper locations 8 Revision 0 01 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Connect Tech Inc Indicator LEDs There are two red LEDs located on the PC 104 board They serve to indicate whether the Xtreme 104 Radio Modem has aquired a lock ACQ and whether it is awake W AK ACQ DCD This LED indicates that the Xtreme 104 Radio Modem has acquired ACQ a lock with the hopping pattern This applies to modems that are configured to be Remotes A Base Radio Modem would have this LED on at all times The signal which drives this LED is also the DCD input on the serial port When DCD is on the Radio Modem has acquired the lock WAK DTR This LED indicates that the Xtreme 104 Radio Modem is awake W AK or not sleeping The serial port DTR signal is driving both this LED and the Sleep Signal of the Radio Modem When DTR is on the Radio Modem is awake Optional External LEDs The Xtreme 104 Radio Modem includes the option to connect the LED drivers to LEDs located external to board Connector P4 provides this ability See Figure 2 The pinout for this connector is provided below Table 4 Connector P4 Pinout for External LEDs Pin Function i AQ 2 Gua 3 Wak P4 on P
8. rites to I O Base Address 0x08 S Note 1 below o Writing 0x00 disables the CFG mode writing 0x01 enables the CFG mode Only bit 0 of the written byte has significance all other bits are ignored The CFG mode is Disabled at power up Notes 1 See Errata 2 The lower 3 bits of the I O address A2 A1 AO access the Registers of the UART 3 The Base I O Address is always on a boundary of 16 4 The total I O setting range possible is 0x000 to Ox7FO 5 Settings below 0x100 should be used with caution since there may be conflicts with system devices 6 Some systems may not support an I O Base setting greater than Ox3F8 Revision 0 01 7 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Connect Tech Inc Table 2 J2 Jumpering Examples UART V O Address 1 Off 0x300 01100000uuu 0x300 01100000uuu 0x310 01100010uuu x568 10101101xxx Note 1 Ox3F8 01111111xxx Note 1 D Please see Figure 1 for jumper locations Notes 1 See Errata section IRQ Selection The IRQ number selection is controlled by jumper block J1 Jumpers 1 through 10 correspond to the IRQ numbers listed in Table 2 below Only one jumper should be installed Table 3 IRQ Selection IRQ Mode J2 9 when jumpered or On enables the IRQ to be shared with other cards devices in the system J2 10 when jumpered or On provides a 1K pull down resistor on the selected IRQ signal This is used in conjunction with the Shared IRQ mode O
9. s document 2 Revision 0 01 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Connect Tech Inc Table of Contents One Year WArtantyssse c etre obere dn dores stie redeo tU E A Ld rette etre pe Copyright Notice Trademark Acknowledgment is Fable Of Contents e P List of Figures seach trices Bite iid oad Bey ae AAA ER RAMA eo tesoae epulo List of Tables Customer Support OVeTyle Wiz goes eda vena ceed ov tue ens tue td dys C SERE vet dee ves OY e RE dees Customer Support OVERVIEW i725 5s hires orae Ce D I Up OH ERROR UR I PAD an S Contact Information Intr ductiofi 4 eet P DR GE b RE E T eases RARO chad nee TUER RR HERE DE eaten Ree RR ARN ER Bedtutes sperme tete A eoa emt Rasse TO T ie Et rss ie eM RI coe EE Radio Modem Modules Xtreme 104 Base Card Figure 1 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Jumper Locations eee 6 Hardware Installation Installing the PC 104 Radio Modem into your PC 104 Stack esses 6 Hardware Configuration ctae eiue etn oo e RR EE EE OE EO ERE SERS y Memory Address and Interrupts Selection esses 7 I Q Addresst zt o E AER RS EQ REDEEM BTE TEST 7 IRQ Selection 8 TRO Mode SEDENT NEARER REIR Use edere 8 Indicator LEDS i uihil ined olde 9 ACONUODAE c cm ete M LL M E E apu 9 WAK DTR 9 Optional External LEDs see ie iei e ee eR A 9 Operational Setup ss i dires th e C OPORTET Ine
10. stions to our customer support engineers via the Support Center on the Connect Tech website Telephone Facsimile Technical Support representatives are ready to answer your call Monday through Friday from 8 30 a m to 5 00 p m Eastern Standard Time Our numbers for calls are Telephone 800 426 8979 North America only Telephone 519 836 1291 Live assistance available 8 30 a m to 5 00 p m EST Monday to Friday Facsimile 519 836 4878 on line 24 hours Mail Courier You may contact us by letter at Connect Tech Inc Technical Support 42 Arrow Road Guelph Ontario Canada NIK 1S6 4 Revision 0 01 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Connect Tech Inc Introduction Connect Tech s PC 104 Radio Modems available with Cirronet s WIT910 WIT2450 or WIT2410 roaming transceiver modules offer a conveinient reliable method to introduce wireless communications into your PC 104 application Fully PC 104 2 5 compliant this card installs into an available PC 104 position in your stack to communicate up to 20 miles away line of sight only depending on model and antenna configuration Features Radio Modem Modules Frequency hopping spread spectrum technology 900 MHz or 2 4 GHz incorporating Cirronet s WIT910 WIT2410 or WIT2450 frequency hopping transceiver modules Radio modem operating ranges of up to 20 miles 900 MHz model with appropriate antennas in a line of sight implementation Low power consumption can be powered v
11. tation e One cable optional e One antenna optional If any of these components is missing contact Connect Tech see Contact Details or your reseller This card can be installed into any PC 104 stack and is fully PC 104 2 5 compliant Revision 0 01 Xtreme 104 Radio Modem Connect Tech Inc Hardware Configuration Memory Address and Interrupts Selection VO Address J2 positions 2 through 8 Jumper block J2 positions 2 through 8 define the I O Base Address setting for the UART The board decodes 16 consecutive I O addresses starting at the Base address Each of the jumper positions corresponds to one bit of the I O Address If a jumper is installed On then the corresponding bit equals 1 otherwise that bit equals zero Please see Figure 1 for jumper locations Table 1 Jumper J2 2 to J2 8 Functions J2 position Corresponding T O Address Bit I O address bit 4 I O address bit 5 7 J2 position 1 Position J2 1 enables the control of the CFG Configuration signal on the Radio Modem When the CFG signal is asserted the Radio Modem is placed into its Configuration Mode This is an alternate method of placing the Radio Modem in this state When this position is not jumpered Off e The control of the Radio Modem CFG signal is disabled When this position is jumpered On e The control of the Radio Modem CFG signal is enabled and the operation of the CFG signal is controlled by I O w
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