iWave FIM-2410 User manual

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FIM-2410 User Manual
Contents
I. Precautions for integration .............................................................................................................................................. 2nd
II. List of in-box items .......................................................................................................................................................... 2nd
III. Interface .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3rd
3.1 Interface ................................................................................................................................................................. 3rd
3.2 How to connect with Auto Pilot System ................................................................................................................ 4th
IV. Operating Instructions & Steps ....................................................................................................................................... 5th
4.1 Make TX and RX and accessories ready .................................................................................................................5th
4.2 Connection ............................................................................................................................................................. 5th
V. Antenna Installation ......................................................................................................................................................... 6th
5.1 Multi-rotor UAV......................................................................................................................................................6th
5.2 Fixed Wing UAV...................................................................................................................................................... 7th
VI. Software Operation .........................................................................................................................................................8th
6.1 Start the Software .................................................................................................................................................. 9th
6.2 RF Configuration ...................................................................................................................................................10th
6.2.1 TX Rate(Default: QPSK FEC 1/2) ................................................................................................................10th
6.2.2.Channel Bandwidth(Default: 4Mhz) ......................................................................................................... 11th
6.2.3 Channel-Frequency (Default: 2479Mhz) .................................................................................................. 11th
6.2.4 Wireless Distance(Default: 10km) ............................................................................................................ 11th
6.2.5.RX TX Mode ...............................................................................................................................................12th
6.2.6 TX Power(Default: 30dBm) ....................................................................................................................... 12th
6.3 RS1 Configuration ........................................................................................................................................ 12th
6.4 RS2 Configuration .................................................................................................................................................13th
6.5 IP New Network Configuration ............................................................................................................................ 14th
6.6 RF New NET Configuration ...................................................................................................................................14th
VII. How to get video on PC from the receiver? ................................................................................................................ 16th

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I. Precautions for integration
Please use the parts provided by IWAVE.
Before powering on please make sure the antennas are in good connection and not install or
remove the antennas with power on.
Keep the antenna on board vertically downward.
Antennas on board should be kept away from other radio antennas to avoid electromagnetic noise
and interference.
Do not disassemble or modify IWAVE FIM-2410. Any problem occur during installation, contact
IWAVE or IWAVE local branch office.
Keep proper distances between different radio devices to minimize the electromagnetic
interference.
Before use, please make sure all cables are in good connection and all components can work
properly.
Check the surrounding environment to ensure there is no other 2.4GHz devices or they will cause
interference with FIM-2410.
After powering on FIM-2410, the self-test indicator will continuously blink for 30s and then keep
bright. After the camera's video shown on the display, which means the Tx and Rx work properly
now.
Before use, please check the power of RX and TX. If the Rx power off, Tx on board will lose
connection.
Please pay attention to the angle and direction of Rx antenna during flight. When the signal is poor
or the image quality is not good, adjusting Rx antenna's tilt will improve the signal strength and
image quality.
The camera onboard should be fully charged to ensure normal video output.
If the video stuck or stopped for more than 10s which means the radio signal is too weak or radio
channel is narrowing. In this case, the aircraft need to fly back to short the distance between TX and
RX. Otherwise, the connection will be lost.
II. List of in-box items
On board x1
Ground terminal x1
On board antenna x1
Ground antenna x1
DC power cable x4
HDMI video cable x2

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Network cable x3
TTL cable *2
TTL to RS232 Cable x2(On request)
USB TTL serial port x2
SMA Cable(Copper wire tinned shield semi-soft line) x2
III. Interface
3.1 Interface

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3.2 How to connect with Auto Pilot System
On board
If your Auto pilot system is TTL interface for data. You can

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use the TTL cable to connect the transmitter’s S1 port with auto pilot system such as pixhawk
2/cube/v2.4.8/4, Apm 2.8.
If your auto pilot system is RS232 interface for data, with the cable’s definition, you can make a RS232
cable to do the connection with your auto pilot system.
On Ground
For Receiver, connectting with GCS you can use the
TTL to USB cable.
IV. Operating Instructions & Steps
4.1 Make TX and RX and accessories ready
Besides the whole equipment we supply, you also need to make sure the video source, display and
power ready before operating.
4.2 Connection
Make the power cable, HDMI Cable,
Ethernet cable, serial port cable and
antenna in good connection.
(Ethernet cable is used to output
video to PC, the serial port cable is for
data links)

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4.3 Power on
After checking all the connections are in good condition, turn on the
the video source, LCD display, transmitter and receiver. The PWR
indicator will bright and the whole system starts work.
4.4 The status of all indicators during starting
When the device begin to normally start work, all
indicators status is described as follow:
LL Light(LAN Led Light): LL light blinking means the
network signal is being transmitted.
WL Light(WAN Led Light): WL light blinking means the
video is being transmitted.
Light 1, 2, 3 are indicator for signal strength.
Light 1 on: Signal Weak
Light 1,2 on: Signal Normal
Light 1,2,3 on: Signal Strong
Light 4: Data connection light. If light 4 not bright, which means no data connection.
4.5 Boot up successfully
After successfully connection, the display will smoothly show the image.
Remark: In UAV application, please make the connection successfully and the video show on ground
station smoothly then fly the UAV. About how to install the antenna on UAV please refer the following
description.
V. Antenna Installation
5.1 Multi-rotor UAV
SMA Feeder Cable

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1) Using SMA metal shielded semi-flexible blue feeder cable provided by Hong Kong IWAVE to connect
the TX SMA port with
antenna.
2) The antenna needs to be
mounted vertically
downwards.
3) The best installation
location is UAV ground
bracket. With antenna
inside, the bracket can only
use fiberglass material.
4) If the ground bracket is
automatically retracted, the
antenna can be installed in
the lower part of the
aircraft.
5) If the antenna is
intercepted by the camera
or pod or the loudspeaker,
the video on RX will appear
image stuck or mosaic.
5.2 Fixed Wing UAV
1) Using SMA metal shielded semi-flexible blue feeder cable provided by Hong Kong IWAVE to connect
the TX SMA port with antenna.
2) The antenna needs to be mounted vertically downwards.
3) The best installation position is center of UAV tail, prominent outside the body and vertical
downward.
4) The second optional mounting position is located below the wing and body joints, vertical down, as
far as possible away from the wing but near the machine abdomen, protruding below the abdomen
level.

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VI. Software Operation
User’s Manual Book of TDD_COFDM V1.6
Note: Because Tx and Rx are working in pairs, so their parameters need be consistent, which means
when one unit parameters are changed, the other unit parameters need to be change too. Or they will
lose connection.
The following show you two ways to do the parameters settings:
(1)Connect Tx or Rx with PC separately then change their parameters one by one.
(2)When the communication between Tx and Rx are working normally, you can change the remote
unit parameters through the local unit and then change the local unit parameters.

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Note: If you find the devices cannot connect with PC, firstly wait for a moment for device finishing its
running process, then try again.
Secondly, check whether the distance between Tx and Rx is too close, increase their distance and try
again.
If still failure, try another Ethernet cable.
6.1 Start the Software
1)Right-click the icon to choose“Run as administer”
2)Enter the IP address(Tx IP: 192.168.55.1 ; Rx IP: 192.168.55.2), Next click ConnectTDD button
Note:
If you want to Restart OFDM software, click RESETTDD button.
You must restart the software after finishing TX or RX parameters changing. Then type in another
one’s IP address, connect and modify its parameters. Please not change IP address directly in IP
ADDRESS LOGIN.

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6.2 RF Configuration
In this section, you can modify six parameters.
6.2.1 TX Rate(Default: QPSK FEC 1/2)
This setting determines the modulation type and the rate at which the data is wirelessly transferred. For
example:
Auto: The data will be transmitted at the highest possible rate in consideration of the receive signal
strength (RSSI)
If setting a fixed TX Rate, it is recommended to retain a fade margin of at least 10dbm for optimum
performance. For example, for a link (8MHz channel) with a signal strength of at least -75dBm, a TX rate
of 16-QAM 3/4 FEC is recommended. Note: Setting the highest rate with a poor link will degrade the
performance.

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6.2.2.Channel Bandwidth(Default: 4Mhz)
The bandwidth channel can be selected from the list.
Note: Before choosing the bandwidth please refer to the
specifications to see the relationship and performance
between channel bandwidth, throughput and sensitivity.
Generally a larger channel has greater throughput at the
cost of sensitivity, while a smaller channel tends to be more
robust, but at the cost of throughput.
6.2.3 Channel-Frequency (Default: 2479Mhz)
2402 - 2482 (1MHz BW, CH 1-81)
2402 - 2482 (2MHz BW, CH 1-81)
2405 - 2479 (4MHz BW, CH 4-78)
2407 - 2477 (8MHz BW, CH 6-76)
You can choose the frequency from 2402 to 2482Mhz
6.2.4 Wireless Distance(Default: 10km)
The Wireless Distance parameter allows a user to set the
expected distance that the wireless signal needs to travel. The
TDD-COFDM sets various internal timeouts to account for this
travel time. Longer distances will require a higher setting, and
shorter distances may perform better if the setting is reduced.

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6.2.5.RX TX Mode
TX Master - A Master provide a wireless data connection to slave.
RX Slave- A Salve sustain one wireless connection to Master.
6.2.6 TX Power(Default: 30dBm)
This setting establishes the transmit power level which
will be presented to the antenna connector of the
TDD_COFDM. Unless required, the Tx Power should not
be set with maximum value, but rather for the minimum
value required to maintain an adequate system fade
margin.
6.3 RS1 Configuration
In this section, you can modify two parameters listed in the
right picture.

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Data Baud Rate(Default: 115200)
The serial baud rate is the rate at which the modem is to communicate with the attached local
asynchronous device.
Data Format(Default: 8N1)
This setting determines the format of the data on the serial port.The default is 8 data bits, No parity, and
1 Stop bit.
6.4 RS2 Configuration
This setting determines which protocol the serial server will use to
transmit serial port data over the TDD-COFDM network.
Remote IP Address
IP address of distant device to which UDP packets are sent when
data received at serial port.
Default: 192.168.55.1(master)
192.168.55.2(slave)
Remote Port
UDP port of distant device mentioned above.

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Default: 20002
Listening Port
UDP port which the IP Series listens to (monitors).
UDP packets received on this port are forwarded to the unit's serial port.
Default: 20002
UDP Timeout(s)
UDP Timeout in second.
Default: 10
Character Timeout(ms)
Character Timeout in millisecond.
Default: 1
Max Packet size
Default: 1024
6.5 IP New Network Configuration
This setting helps you to change the IP address of devices.
The master default IP 192.168.55.1
the slave default IP 192.168.55.2
For example,you want to change the master's IP address to
“192.168.55.5”. Then do as the following steps.
IP Set : 192.168.55.5
IP Mask Set: 255.255.255.0
IP Gateway Set: 192.168.55.1
Then click IP NEW NETWORK button.
Attention! When you have changed the IP address, you
should correct another device's “Remote IP Addr” into the
same “IP SET”, or the serial port will lose connection.
For example , you have changed the master's IP address to “192.168.55.5”, the you should also correct
the salver's “Remote IP Addr” to “192.168.55.5”.
6.6 RF New NET Configuration
RF Net ID
Each network of TDD-COFDM modules must have a unique Network ID. This Network ID must be set
same in each unit on the network. You can change it according to your needs , but TX and RX must have
the same RF NET ID.
Chose the box in front of RF NEW ID , and type in the RF NET ID you choose , then click RF new NET
button.

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Select the RF NEW ID, and type in the RF NET ID you choose, then
click RF new NET button.
RF Encrypt KEY
This is the password or preshared key that is required by any
device trying to connect with the wireless interface of the
TDD-COFDM. We strongly recommend you to set a password
defined, and change it from the factory default. Then your
wireless transmission will be very safe.
Notice! TX and RX must have the same RF Encrypt Key.
Select the RF Encrypt Key then type in the password you set, and then click RF new NET button. The
default encryption is AES128.
INIT CONFIG
TX means transmitter initialization and RX means receiver initialization.
We suggest that when you initialize one device, please initialize another one at the same time.

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Connect last IP
For quickly connect to last IP
VII. How to get video on PC from the receiver?
7.1 Download the TPlayer Video player software and install it on your PC.
7.2 Connect the RX to PC by Ethernet Cable. Then click the TPlayer software for video monitoring.