Four-Faith F8L10T User manual

F8L10T LoRa
Terminal User
Manual
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F8L10T LoRa Terminal
User Manual
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Files Revised Record
Date Version Remark Author
2016-12-19 V1.0.0 Initial version WSP
2017-02-20 V1.1.0
According to the product line , modify the
radio frequency description.
Adjust the parameter configuration
section with multiple details.
ZDD
2017-08-17 V1.1.1
Add Formulas to calculate collected
value of ADC YSL
2017-11-09 V1.1.2
Add Fcc Warning
Add Working Principle
Modify Communication Frequency Band
Modify TX Power
Modify F8L10T transmit data
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FCC WARNING
Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this
device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the
user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
—Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
—Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
—Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
—Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
This product needs a professional installation.The installer must be trained by our
company. Installer must follow the instructions to install.

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Co on nt te en nt ts s
Chapter 1 Brief Introduction of Product ....................................................................................... 7
1.1 General ............................................................................................................................. 7
1.2 Features and Benefits ....................................................................................................... 7
1.4 Specifications ................................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2 Installation Introduction ............................................................................................. 10
2.1 General ........................................................................................................................... 10
2.2 Encasement List ............................................................................................................. 10
2.3 Installation and Cable Connection ................................................................................. 10
2.4 Power ............................................................................................................................. 14
2.5 Indicator Lights Introduction ......................................................................................... 14
Chapter 3 Configuration .............................................................................................................. 15
3.1 Configure connection ..................................................................................................... 15
3.2 Introduction of parameter configuration ........................................................................ 15
3.3 Detailed parameters ........................................................................................................ 16
3.3.1 serial port configuration ...................................................................................... 16
3.3.2 serial port work mode .......................................................................................... 17
3.3.3 ID ........................................................................................................................ 17
3.3.4 working frequency .............................................................................................. 17
3.3.5 Relay address ...................................................................................................... 17
3.3.6 sleep mode ......................................................................................................... 177
3.3.7 Debug level ......................................................................................................... 18

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Chapter 1 Brief Introduction of Product
1.1 General
F8L10T LoRa data transmission terminal is a wireless data transmission terminal
based on LoRa spread spectrum technology. At the same time using Lora wireless
transmission technology for short distance data transmission.
This product adopts industrial grade Lora scheme with high performance, based on
embedded real-time operating system as the software platform, while providing RS232
and RS485 (or RS422) interface, can be directly connected to the serial device, realize
the transparent data transmission function; low power design, lowest power consumption
is less than 5ma@ 12VDC; 5 I/O, can achieve the digital input output, analog input, pulse
counting function.
It has been widely used on M2M fields, such as electric power, intelligent trafic, wireless
metering, industrial automation, telemetry, water supply, environment protection, weather, and so
on.
1.2 Features
and Benefits
Design for Industrial Application
High-powered industrial LoRa chip and MCU
High-powered industrial 32 bits CPU
Support low power consumption mode, including multi-sleep and trigger modes to
reduce the power dissipation farthest
Housing: iron, providing IP30 protection
Power range: DC 5~36V
Stability and Reliability
Support hardware and software WDT
RS232/RS485/RS422 port: 15KV ESD protection
Power port: reverse-voltage and overvoltage protection
Antenna port: lightning protection(optional)
Standard and Convenience
Adopt terminal block interface, convenient for industrial application
Support standard RS232 and RS485(or RS422) port that can connect to serial
devices directly
TTL logic level RS232 interface can be customized, ADC interface can be customized
Support intellectual mode, enter into communication state automatically when
powered
Provide management software for remote management

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Support several work modes
Convenient configuration and maintenance interface
High-performance
Support Lora wireless short-range data transmission capabilities, with self-organizing
network capabilities
Relay routing and terminal device functionality
Network capacity: 65000 nodes (typical number of 300)
Send mode flexible: Broadcast send or destination address send mode optional
Supply 5 I/O channels, can achieve the analog input of the 3 channels, the digital
input and output of the 2 channels; compatible with the pulse count function of the 2
channels
1.3 Specifications
LoRa Specification
Item Content
Module Industrial LoRa module
Communication
Frequency Band
The product family supports a wide range of frequency bands
ISM: 903-927MHz
Indoor/Urban
Communication
Distance
F8L10T:1km
Outdoor/Visual
Communication
Distance
F8L10T:3.5km
Rate 6 level adjustable（0.3、0.6、1.0、1.8、3.1、5.5Kbps）
TX Power 903-927 MHz：92.91dBuV/m@3m
RX Sensitivity -140dBm
Channel Number 25
Hardware System
Item Content
CPU Industrial 32bits CPU
FLASH 128KB
RAM 16KB
Interface type
Item Content
Serial
1 RS232 port and 1 RS485(orRS422) port, 15KV ESD protection
Data bits: 8
Stop bits: 1, 2
Parity: none, even, odd, space, mark

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Baud rate: 300、600、1200、2400、4800、9600、19200、38400、57600、115200bps
Indicator “Power”, “ACT”, "Online”
Antenna LoRa : Standard SMA female interface, 50 ohm, lighting protection(optional)
Power Terminal block interface, reverse-voltage and overvoltage protection
Power supply
Item Content
Standard Power DC 12V/0.5A
Power range DC 5~36V
Consumption
Item Working condition Consumption
F8L10T
Sleep 3.1～3.2mA@12 VDC
Receive data 13.2～13.4mA@12 VDC
Transmit data 60.3～61.2mA@12 VDC
Sleep 7.3～7.4mA@5 VDC
Receive data 26.1～26.2mA@5 VDC
Transmit data 107.3～115.1mA@5 VDC
Physical Characteristics
Item Content
Housing Iron, providing IP30 protection
Dimensions 101x74x23 mm
Weight 205g
Environmental Limits
Item Content
Operating
Temperature -40~+85ºC（-40~+185℉）
Storage
Temperature -40~+125ºC（-40~+257℉）
Operating
Humidity
95% ( unfreezing)

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Chapter 2 Installation Introduction
2.1 General
The LoRa Terminal must be installed correctly by professional Installer to make it
work properly.
Warning: 1.Forbid to install the MODEM when powered!
2.This device will not be sold to the general public,it will be sold to dealers only.
3.This device requires controlled installation location by professional installers.
4.This device requires prfessional configuration for use.
5.Be sure to install the original antenna, the installation of other antenna, it will cause
disputes, need to bear the relevant legal responsibility.
2.2 Encasement
List
Name Quantity Remark
LoRa Terminal host 1
LoRa Antenna 1
Power adapter 1
RS232 data cable 1 optional
RS485 data cable 1 optional
Manual CD 1
Certification card 1
Maintenance card 1
2.3 Installation and Cable Connection
Dimension: (unit: mm)

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28
28
8
25
Ф3
Ф5
4
Installation of antenna:
Screw the SMA male pin of the LoRa antenna to the female SMA interface of the
Device with sign “LoRa”.
Warning: The cellular antenna and the LoRa antenna can not be connected wrongly.
And the antennas must be screwed tightly, or the signal quality of antenna will be
influenced!
Antenna Installation Instructions:
1, Install the antenna far away from the large area metal and ground.
2, Keep the antennas visual.
3, Minimize obstructions between the antennas.
4, Antenna extension line try to straighten, sucker base to be adsorbed on the metal
object.
The performance of different antenna installation types, as the figure 2-2.

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Figure 2-2 Installation antenna mode
User Interface Signal Definition
Pin NumberSignal NameDefault FunctionExtensible Function
1 PWR
Power input anode N/A
2GND Power Ground N/A
3GND Power Ground N/A
4 RX
RS232 RX N/A
5 TX
RS232 TX N/A
6 A
RS485 anode N/A
7 B
RS485 cathode N/A
8 IO1
GPIO sleep control
9 IO2
GPIO N/A
10 IO3 ADC, analog input GPIO

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function (voltage
acquisition 0 ~ 5 V)
11 IO4 ADC, analog input
function (current
collection 0 ~ 20 mA)
GPIO
12 IO5 ADC, analog input
function (current
collection 0 ~ 20 mA)
GPIO
Formulas to calculate collected value of ADC
Voltage: (collected value)*3.3*20.16/(4095*12.1) V
Current: (collected value)*3.3*1000/（4095*150）（mA）
Installation of cable:
IP MODEM adopts industrial terminal block interface. The recommendatory cable Is
28-16AWG. The detail description of standard layout adapter and communication cables
as is following:
Adapter（Rating Output 12VDC/0.5A）：
Cable Color Power Output Polarity
Black &White Alternate Anode
Black Cathode
RS232 Cable：
Cable Color Corresponding DB9-M Pin Number
Brown Pin 2
Blue Pin
3
Black Pin
5
RS485 Cable：
Cable Color Signal definition
Red RS485(A)
Black RS485(B)

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Power adapter and communication cable connection chart as following:
2.4 Power
The power range of the LoRa Terminal is DC 5~36V.
Warning: When we use other power, we should make sure that the power can supply
power above 4W.
We recommend user to use the standard DC 12V/0.5Apower.
2.5 Indicator
Lights Introduction
The LoRa Terminal provides three indicator lights: “Power”, “ACT”, “Online”.
Indicator Light State Introduction
Power ON LoRa Terminal is powered on
OFF LoRa Terminal is powered off
ACT BLINK Data is communicating
OFF No
data
Online ON LoRa Terminal has logged on network
OFF LoRa Terminal hasn’t logged on network
F8L10T F8L10T User Device
(DB9M)
User Device
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
RX
GND
TX
A
B
IO1
IO2
IO3
IO4
PWR
GND
IO5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
GND
TX
RX
+ Anode
- Cathode
RX
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
RX
GND
TX
A
B
IO1
IO2
IO3
IO4
PWR
GND
IO5
+ Anode
- Cathode
A
B
Connect via RS232 Connect via RS485

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Chapter 3 Configuration
3.1 Configure connection
In the Lora digital transmission terminal configuration, the need to pass the factory
configuration RS232 serial cable or RS232-485 conversion line Lora data transmission terminal
and configured to connect the PC together, as follows:
Figure 3-1 F8L10T configuration connection with PC
3.2 Introduction of parameter configuration
F8L10T parameter configuration in two ways:
Through the Four-Faith configuration software LoRaConfig: all configuration is
configured with the corresponding entry software interface, this configuration is only
suitable for professional Installer to facilitate the configuration of PC Case.
By extending the at command (hereinafter referred to as the AT command) way to
deploy: in this configuration, the professional Installer only needs to have the serial
communication program can configure all parameters such as F8L10T, windows of
the super terminal, Linux minicom, putty, or directly by the user's SCM system to
node configuration. In the use of extended at command to configure F8L10T to bring
F8L10T into the configuration state.
Among them, AT command configuration can refer to "AT command manual".
Configure the f8l10t parameters by configuration software, as shown in Figure 3-2.

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Figure 3-2 configuration interface
Column display serial parameters currently open serial port settings in the serial port
parameters,please choose the correct value of this configuration, at the same time, open the serial
port. The serial port parameter settings column if the right button is displayed as "closed serial".
That serial port has been opened, otherwise please open the serial port.
The equipment again after power, configuration software f8l10t into the configuration state,
and automatically load the current configuration parameters of equipment, in the area on the right
side of the display parameters, thus can start all configuration parameters in the configuration
F8L10T, as shown in Figure 3-2.
3.3 Detailed parameters
3.3.1 serial port configuration
It can configure the baud rate, data bit, parity bit and stop bit of the communication serial
port.
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3.3.2 serial port work mode
Module serial data work can be divided into "TRNS","AT" and "API".
"TRNS": data transmission, when the need to pass through the address configuration, namely
the destination address.
"AT": protocol format reference "Lora AT commands manual",usually used for parameter
configuration and manual testing.
"API": serial data must be based on a certain data format for sending and receiving, protocol
format reference "Lora API commands manual". The maximum length is 100 bytes.
Default: TRNS
3.3.3 ID
Set the module ID, configurable range 0~65535.
3.3.4 working frequency
Module data transmission frequency, different hardware modules can work different
frequency bands,Typical operating frequency band is 903-927 MHz, 1000 kHz spacing for a
channel. Different application areas have different frequency band restrictions, as well as different
channel interference factors, the error rate is different, so need to adjust the value according to the
actual situation.
The default value is 903.
3.3.5 Relay address
When the transmission distance between nodes is too far, this parameter is set to the relay
node’ ID, and the relay node will help the node forward the data to the final destination node.
Default: 1000
3.3.6 sleep
mode
When the device is in low power mode, can be set to NONE(not dormant), TIME(timing
dormant) and DEEP(deep sleep). Regular sleep, you need to configure the "wake up time"and
"sleep time"; the depth of dormancy, only through the IO1 pin to wake up.
Default: NONE
In regular sleep, keep the device wake-up time, unit MS, when the device wake up super this
time will go to sleep.

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In regular sleep, keep the device dormant time, unit MS, when the device sleep over this time
will wake up, in a normal working state.
3.3.7 Debug level
Debug level control module log display, can be divided into three debugging levels, which:
0 do not output any log information
1 output Key log information
2 output detailed log information
Default: 1