Cirronet HopNet HN-210 User manual

HN-21xD/DX Quick Start Guide
The HN-21xD comes with the items shown below. Identify the various compo-
nents before beginning.
A pair of HN-21xDs is setup by performing the following steps:
1. Install the HopNet Configuration Wizard on a PC.
2. Connect the HN-21xD to the PC.
3. Set one HN-21xD as a base.
4. Run a communications test.
These steps are performed by connecting the HN-21xD to a PC running the
HopNet Configuration Wizard included on the CD. The communications tests
requires a second unused serial port on the PC or a second PC running the
HopNet Configuration Wizard.
1 - Install the HopNet Configuration Wizard on a PC.
The HopNet Configuration Wizard is located on the software and documentation
CD included in the HN-21xD package. Install the program by inserting the CD in
the PC and following the installation wizard. If autorun has been turned off,
double-click on setup.exe on the CD to start the wizard.
2 - Connect the HN-21xD to the PC.
Connect one end of the serial cable
to the PC as shown in Figure 1, then
connect the other end to the 9-pin
serial connector labeled “Data” on
the HNDRSA serial adapter box.
(See Figure 2)
Verify the Carrier Detect buttons on both HN Wizard screens are on (red), and
click on the Send Data button on each HN Wizard screen.
Note: The carrier detect LED on the serial adapter box will not come
on until the HN-21xD has been found by the HN Wizard.
The HN-21xD set up as the Base will send the message "Base Test Message"
to the Remote HN-21xD. This message will be displayed in the message
window in the HN Wizard running on the PC to which the Remote HN-21xD is
connected. The Remote HN-21xD will send the message "Remote Test
Message" to the Base HN-21xD.
This message will be displayed in the message window in the HN Wizard
running on the PC to which the Base HN-21xD is connected. The test will run
continuously until the Send Data button is clicked a second time.
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Connect one
end of the
serial cable to a
serial port on
the PC.
Figure 1
Part # M-2410-0021 Rev A

Then connect the end of the cable attached to the HN-21xD radio module to the
HNDRSA serial adapter box.
Connect the end of the cable from the HN-21xD to the serial adapter box.
Connect power to the HN-21xD by plugging one end of the wall-mount power
supply into the serial adapter box and the other end into a wall outlet. A green
LED on the serial adapter box will turn on indicating power is present.
Note: If a user-supplied power source is to be used, it must be a regulated DC
power source between 9 and 30 VDC rated at a minimum of 5W.
3 - Set one HN-21xD to act as the base.
When using HN-21xDs, one unit (and only one unit) must be set as the base. All
other HN-21xDs must be set as remotes. First set the Run/Config switch to
“CONFIG-PC-DTE”. With an HN-21xD connected to the PC, start the HN
Configuration Wizard program by double-clicking on the icon on the desktop.
The HopNet Configuration Wizard will automatically detect which serial port the
HN-21xD is connected to and the baud rate of the HN-21xD.
The program will read and display the current settings of the HN-21xD. The HN-
21xD is shipped from the factory as a remote. The Remote button on the
HopNet Configuration Wizard screen will appear depressed indicating the HN-
21xD is a remote.
To set the HN-21xD as a base, click on the Base button. The Base button will
depress and the Remote button will pop up. The screen heading will change
from "Remote Parameters" to "Base Parameters."
The Apply Settings button will appear at the bottom of the HN Wizard screen.
Click on the Apply Settings button to set the HN-21xD as the Base. After the
settings have been sent to the HN-21xD, the Apply Settings button will
disappear and the Carrier Detect icon will illuminate indicating the unit is
configured as a Base.
4 - Run a communications test.
To run a communications test, connect one HN-21xD set as a Base to one PC
running the HN Wizard and a HN-21xD set as a Remote to another PC also
running the HN Wizard and verify that the Carrier Detect button illuminates.
Click the Send Data button in the HN Wizard on both PCs.
If a second, unused serial port is to be used in the place of a second PC, con-
nect the second HN-21xD to the unused serial port and double-click on the HN
Wizard icon to start a second HN Wizard session. This second session will not
detect the first HN-21xD but will detect only the second HN-21xD.
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