Codan 3212 User manual

HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
USER GUIDE
HF Data Modem
3212

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HF Data Modem 3212 User Guide i
Table of contents
Introduction
Overview of this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1Overview
The 3212 HF Data Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 Installation and setup
Unpacking the equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
System requirements for a 3212 data station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
General assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the 3212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting the 3212 to the transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting up the transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting the 3212 to the PC via the Data connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting up the Ethernet interface using the serial connection. . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting the 3212 to the PC via the Ethernet ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting the 3212 directly to the PC using a crossover
Ethernet cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting the 3212 indirectly to the PC (via an Ethernet
switch) using a straight-through Ethernet cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting up the PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Testing communication between the 3212 and PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting up the 3212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Testing basic communication between two nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Testing communication between the 3212 and transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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3 Operating the 3212
General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
LED indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Modes of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Controlling the 3212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Operating the 3212 using AT commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Switching to local command mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Returning to on-line mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Operating the 3212 using HF-specific application software . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Making a manual data call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Making a data call using a specific channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Making a data call in an ALE/CALM network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Resetting to factory defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the on-line help in the 3212. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Appendix A—AT command set
Appendix B—Connectors
Data connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Service connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Transceiver connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Ethernet connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Appendix C—Specifications
Appendix D—Factory-default settings
Appendix E—Initialisation strings
UUPlus© . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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Appendix F—Compliance
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
European R&TTE Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
EMC and safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
FCC compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Appendix G—Definitions
Standards and icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Acronyms and abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Unit multipliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
About this issue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Index

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List of figures
Figure 1: Typical NGT data station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 2: Typical 2110 data station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 3: Front panel of the 3212. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 4: Rear panel of the 3212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 5: Installation and setup process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 6: NGT SRx or MR (2012 RF Unit) to 3212. . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 7: NGT AR, SR, or ASR (2010 RF Unit and 2030
Junction Box) to 3212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 8: 2110/2110M Manpack Transceiver and interface
adaptor to 3212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 9: 2110/2110M Manpack Transceiver to 3212. . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 10: Connecting the 3212 to the PC via the Data
connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 11: Connecting the 3212 directly to the PC via the
Ethernet ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 12: Connecting the 3212 indirectly to the PC via an
Ethernet switch (with or without a DHCP server) . . . . . 29
Figure 13: Front view of the Data connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Figure 14: Front view of the Service connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 15: Front view of the Transceiver connector . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Figure 16: Front view of the Ethernet connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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List of tables
Table 1: LED indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table 2: AT commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Table 3: AT S-register commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Table 4: Pinouts for the Data connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Table 5: Pinouts for the Service connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Table 6: Pinouts for the Transceiver connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Table 7: Pinouts for the Ethernet connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Table 8: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Table 9: Factory-default settings for the 3212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Table 10: Earth symbol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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HF Data Modem 3212 User Guide 1
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a Codan 3212 HF Data Modem.
With this great product and Codan’s supreme after-sales
support, you can look forward to many years of reliable HF
data communication. Please read this guide thoroughly and
retain it for future reference. There is an index at the end of
this guide to assist you in finding information.
Overview of this guide
This guide is for:
• technicians who install the hardware
• system administrators who set up how the HF data
communication system interacts with other equipment
• end-users of the 3212
It provides instructions on how to connect and set up a
3212 HF Data Modem with a Codan HF transceiver that is
capable of high-speed data transfer.
This guide assumes that the system administrator is familiar
with setting up HF communication systems for the Codan
NGT series Transceiver and 2110 series Manpack Transceiver.
This guide contains the following sections:
Section 1 Overview—provides an overview of the
3212 HF Data Modem, how it is used within a
data communication system, how data flows
through the system, and a brief description of
the front and rear panels
Section 2 Installation and setup—describes how to
connect the Codan 3212 data system together,
how to set up the individual components of the
system, and how to test that the system is
functional

Introduction
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Section 3 Operating the 3212—describes the LED
indications on the front panel of the 3212, how
to make data calls, and how to access the on-line
help
Appendix A AT command set—describes the typical AT
commands that may be used with the 3212
Appendix B Connectors—provides the details of connectors
on the 3212
Appendix C Specifications—provides the common
specifications for the 3212
Appendix D Factory-default settings—provides a list of the
default settings for the 3212
Appendix E Initialisation strings—contains initialisation
strings for specific third-party HF application
software
Appendix F Compliance—provides compliance information
and safety notices for the 3212
Appendix G Definitions—explains the terms and
abbreviations used in this guide

HF Data Modem 3212 User Guide 3
1 Overview
This section contains the following topics:
The 3212 HF Data Modem (4)
The front panel (8)
The rear panel (9)

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The 3212 HF Data Modem
The 3212 HF Data Modem provides a robust method of data
communication over an HF path. The data station may be
installed in a base station or a vehicle. Data stations that use
the 2110 Manpack Transceiver may be completely portable in
a backpack. If a base data station is connected to the internet,
this station may be used as a gateway for application software
that provides email, chat, and FTP services.
A standard Codan HF data station (or node) comprises:
• a Codan HF transceiver that is capable of high-speed
data transfer
• an antenna system
• an appropriate 12 V DC power supply
• a 3212 HF Data Modem
• a PC with terminal software or application software that
provides email, chat, and FTP services
A typical installation uses either:
• a connection between a serial COM port on the PC and
the Data connector on the 3212 (see page 23,
Connecting the 3212 to the PC via the Data connector),
or
• an Ethernet connection between the PC and the 3212 (see
page 27, Connecting the 3212 to the PC via the Ethernet
ports)
NOTE
The 3212 HF Data Modem can operate with a
data-capable Codan HF transceiver that is not
optimised for high-speed data transfer, however
it will operate below the maximum possible
data transfer rate.

Overview
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Figure 1: Typical NGT data station
to 12 V DC
power supply
HF Data Modem
Throughput
Serial No.
Type 3212
Tx
Link
3212 HF Data Modem
Codan HF transceiver
(NG SRx shown)
PC with chat, F P, email
application software,
or terminal software
antenna system

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Figure 2: Typical 2110 data station
Signal flow
Data is passed from the application or terminal software to the
3212. It is processed by the 3212 then sent to the Codan HF
transceiver for transfer via HF to the transceivers in the data
communication system. At the receiving node, the data is
passed from the transceiver to the 3212, where it is decoded,
ready for presentation at the remote PC. Figure 1 on page 5
shows a typical layout for an HF data communication system.
If the transceivers are set to the same channel when a call is
started from the application or terminal software, only the
addressed 3212 processes the data call. If the transceiver is
scanning at the time when the data call is started, the
transceiver selects an ALE/CALM network for the call. For
more information on making and receiving data calls see
page 50, Making a manual data call.
HF Data Modem
Throughput
Serial No.
Type 3212
Tx
Link
3212 HF Data Modem
Codan HF transceiver
(2110 Manpack shown)
antenna
system
PC with chat, F P, email
application software,
or terminal software

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Power supply
The 3212 HF Data Modem is powered via its connection to
the Codan HF transceiver. When the Codan HF transceiver is
switched on, the connected 3212 is also switched on.
Interoperability
The 3212 HF Data Modem uses a high-speed waveform to
communicate with other 3212 HF Data Modems. This
waveform is based on the STANAG 4539 waveform, which
has been modified for commercial use. This waveform
transports data in conjunction with a STANAG 5066 protocol
layer. If there is a Codan 3012 HF Data Modem in the data
communication system, set the 3212 to the 3012 compatibility
mode (see page 35, Setting up the 3212). When the 3212 is set
to the high-speed waveform, it will not communicate with a
3012 HF Data Modem.
When the 3212 HF Data Modem is set to 3012 compatibility
mode, and it connects to a remote 3212, the data modems both
use the high-speed waveform.
NOTE The default setting for the 3212 is the 3012
compatibility mode.

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The front panel
The front panel of the 3212 HF Data Modem comprises three
LEDs and a Throughput indicator. For information on the
meaning of each LED see page 43, LED indications.
Figure 3: Front panel of the 3212
HF Data Modem
Throughput
Serial No.
Type 3212
TxLink

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The rear panel
The rear panel of the 3212 has a standard RJ45 Ethernet
connector and three D-type connectors. For information on
connector pinouts see page 69, Connectors.
Figure 4: Rear panel of the 3212
The Data connector provides a connection between the 3212
and a serial COM port on the PC. This enables the operator to
control the data port via suitable application or terminal
software.
The Service connector is available for use by Codan service
personnel only.
The Transceiver connector provides the power, data and
control connection between the 3212 and the Codan HF
transceiver.
The Ethernet connector provides a standard IP Ethernet
connection between the 3212 and the PC. This enables the
operator to control the data port via suitable application or
terminal software. The connector has two LEDs: one for LAN
activity, the other for the status of the link to the LAN.
Data Ser ice Transcei er
Ethernet
N101N101N101N101N101
LAN activity
LED
LAN link
status LED

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