RELM BK RADIO T58 User manual

Option Board
T58 Ethernet Option Board
Technical Manual

Technical Manual
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SAFETY SUMMARY
Although there are no dangerous mains voltages present within the equipment, the
following general safety precautions as would normally apply, should be observed
during all phases of operation, service and repair of this equipment.
AROUND THE EQUIPMENT
To minimise any possible shock hazard from an external power supply or lightning
strike, the chassis or equipment cabinet must be connected to an electrical ground.
DO NOT OPERATE IN AN EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERE
Do not operate the equipment in the presence of flammable gases or fumes. Operation
of any electrical equipment in such an environment constitutes a definite safety
hazard.
DO NOT SUBSTITUTE PARTS OR MODIFY THE EQUIPMENT
Because of the danger of introducing additional hazards, do not install substitute or
lower voltage parts to the equipment. Return to your authorised distributor.
WARRANTY CONDITIONS & PRECAUTIONS
The following conditions are not covered by the warranty of the T58. Please ensure
that the T58 is not subject to;
1. Over voltage or Reverse Power Supply Voltage.
2. Operation in locations subject to abnormal environmental conditions such as
extreme temperatures or ingress of moisture.

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1. General Description
................................................................................ 8
1.1 Overview ...................................................................................... 8
1.2 T58 External Connections ............................................................ 9
1.2.1 Ethernet Connector ......................................................... 9
2.
Installation ............................................................................................. 10
3. Setup 11
3.1 Connection ................................................................................. 11
3.2 ‘T58Programmer’ System Requirements ................................... 11
3.3 ‘T58Programmer’ Installation .................................................... 11
3.4 T58Programmer ......................................................................... 12
3.4.1 IP Address ..................................................................... 12
3.4.2 Gateway Address........................................................... 12
3.4.3 Net Mask........................................................................ 13
3.4.4 Passwords ..................................................................... 13
3.4.5 Port Numbers ................................................................ 13
3.4.6 Radio Name ................................................................... 13
3.4.7 From (Email Config) ..................................................... 13
3.4.8 Email1 and Email2 (Email Config)............................... 13
3.4.9 SMTP server (Email Config)......................................... 14
3.4.10 Resolve IP/Hostname button......................................... 14
3.4.11 Use SMTP Authentication (Email Config) .................... 14
3.4.12 Username (Email Config) ............................................. 14
3.4.13 Password (Email Config) .............................................. 14
3.4.14 Hide Password (Email Config) ..................................... 14
3.4.15 Send Test Email (Email Config).................................... 14
3.4.16 Read Config................................................................... 14
3.4.17 Write Config .................................................................. 14
4. Operation
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4.1 Remote Diagnostics.................................................................... 15
4.2 Remote Control.......................................................................... 15
4.3 Alarm Email Generation ............................................................ 15
5. Technical Description
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5.1 Ethernet Port............................................................................... 16
5.2 Reset ........................................................................................... 16
5.3 Power Supply ............................................................................. 16
5.4 Serial Drive ................................................................................ 16

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5.5 SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) ..................................... 16
5.6 SMTP Authentication................................................................. 17
5.7 T58Programmer ......................................................................... 17
5.8 MXTOOLSRD ........................................................................... 17
6. Appendices ............................................................................................. 18
6.1 Drawings .................................................................................... 18

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List of Tables
Table 1-1 Ethernet Port Pin Connections................................................................... 9
Table 1-2 Ethernet Port Link LED Functions............................................................. 9
Table 1-3 Ethernet Port Activity LED Functions ........................................................ 9
Table 5-1 Drawings.................................................................................................. 18
List of Figures
Figure 1-1 T58 Option Board ..................................................................................... 8
Figure 1-2 Ethernet Port Connector Rear View.......................................................... 9
Figure 2-1 T58 installed inside an MX800 ............................................................... 10

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1. General Description
1.1 Overview
The T58 Ethernet Option is a small circuit board that is installed inside the
MX800 transceiver to allow diagnostic data from the MX800 and remote
control function of the radio to be sent over a UTP Ethernet link. Unlike the
previous T34 option it replaces, T58 also supports both normal serial
communication from application such as MXTOOLS3 to the radio through
its serial port and Ethernet communication simultaneously.
When using the MXTOOLS3 software, the T34 board sends and receives
data to the MX800 motherboard normally as long as communication via the
Ethernet connection with the MX800 is inactive. The T58 does not have this
limitation.
The T58 includes a web server to output web pages for analysing the health
of the host MX800 using a standard HTML web browser.
The T58 board currently intercepts some of the serial data port of the MX800
and converts the MX800 data to and from IP packets that are transferred over
the ethernet link.
Since T58 Option monitors the diagnostics state of the radio, it can generate
an Email warning if there’s an alarm detected from the radio. The T58 can
communicate to the SMTP server using authentication (AUTH LOGIN),
however it does not support SSL (Secure Socket Layer) connection to the
SMTP server.
As a new feature over the T34 Option, T58 also supports Digital
mute/squelch pot control of the radio through MXTOOLSRD.
Ethernet
Port
CN4
(Serial)
Figure 1-1 T58 Option Board

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1.2 T58 External Connections
1.2.1 Ethernet Connector
The ethernet connector when the T58 is installed inside the MX800 is located
at the bottom left hand side of the MX800 rear panel.
Link Status
Activity
Pin 8 Pin 1
Figure 1-2 Ethernet Port Connector Rear View
The pin functions provided on this connector are shown in Table 1-1 below.
Pin #
Function
1
Ethernet TX+
2
Ethernet TX-
3
Ethernet RX-
6
Ethernet RX-
Table 1-1 Ethernet Port Pin Connections
Link LED
Meaning
Off
No ethernet link present
Orange
10 Mbps link present
Green
100 Mbps link present
Table 1-2 Ethernet Port Link LED Functions
Activity
LED
Meaning
Off
No activity
Orange
Half duplex activity
Green
Full duplex activity
Table 1-3 Ethernet Port Activity LED Functions

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2. Installation
The T58 board is installed in the place of CN4 on the rear panel of the
MX800. It is mounted by the three standoffs present on the chassis of the
MX800. Because it uses these standoffs for mounting, the T58 board cannot
be installed when the T04/05 or similar options are installed.
A single IDC cable connects the T58 board to the SKI header on the MX800
digital I/O board.
Figure 2-1 T58 installed inside an MX800

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3. Setup
The T58 option board has a number of parameters that need to be set for
normal operation. These parameters are set using the T58Programmer
application.
3.1 Connection
The T58’s serial port must be connected to a PC serial port using the cross
over (null modem) serial cable.
3.2 ‘T58Programmer’System Requirements
• PC with Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows 98, Windows 98
SE, Windows ME, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP SP2
• Windows Installer 3.0. Windows Installer 3.1 or latter is
recommended
• Internet Explorer 5.01 or later
3.3 ‘T58Programmer’Installation
Please contact Spectra Engineering or visit http://www.spectraeng.com.au to
obtain the latest version of T58Programmer. In order to start the installation,
from Windows Explorer double click the setup.exe file then follow the
prompts.

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3.4 T58Programmer
After you have successfully installed T58Programmer, start the application
from the Start menu.
From this screen you can access and set the various operating parameters of
the T58 Option board.
3.4.1 IP Address
The T58 comes factory programmed to 192.168.1.254
This IP must be changed to the desired IP address before connection to a
network. Please obtain the correct IP address to be assigned to the T58 from
your network administrator.
3.4.2 GatewayAddress
The T58 comes factory programmed with no gateway address programmed.
i.e. (0.0.0.0)
If the T58 is to be used behind a firewall or router and needs to address IP
addresses on the WAN side of the firewall/router, the gateway address must
be set to the correct IP address. Please obtain the correct gateway address for
the T58 from your network administrator if required.

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3.4.3 Net Mask
The net mask can be set to match the subnet of the connected network.
Please refer to your network administrator for more information.
3.4.4 Passwords
When using the MXTOOLS Remote Diagnostic (MXTOOLSRD) software to
connect to the T58, passwords can be set so that only authorised users can
access the diagnostic information. Two of these passwords can be set
depending on the level of access provided.
Password 1 –Enables diagnostic access.
This password can either be enabled with text up to 16 characters or allow
unrestricted access if no password is programmed.
Password 2 –Enables remote control (such as channel change, digital mute,
etc)
This password can either be enabled with text up to 16 characters or allow
unrestricted access if no password is programmed.
3.4.5 Port Numbers
When you have a Network Address Translator (NAT) router or firewall to
share a single public IP address, there may be cases where you need to port
forward to individual T58 addresses on the LAN segment. In this case, each
T58 can be programmed with individual port numbers.
Both the HTTP (Web Server) port and the UDP (MXTOOLSRD) ports can
be changed if desired.
The factory default ports are:
UDP MXTOOLSRD Port: 10001
HTTP Web server Port: 80
3.4.6 Radio Name
This contains the description which will be used as identification of the
particular radio in the email alert message body. The maximum length of the
radio name is 29 characters.
3.4.7 From (Email Config)
The email address which is used by the T58 in order to generate the email
alert message.
3.4.8 Email1 and Email2 (Email Config)
The email addresses to which the email alert message is to be sent to.

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3.4.9 SMTP server (Email Config)
The IP address of the email/SMTP server. SMTP server routes SMTP
messages throughout the Internet to e-mail servers that provide message
repositories for incoming mail.
3.4.10 Resolve IP/Hostname button
T58 will try to connect to the DNS server in order to resolve the IP address or
Hostname of the SMTP server specified in the text box control.
3.4.11 Use SMTP Authentication (Email Config)
The option for the T58 to use SMTP Authentication in connecting to the
email server when applicable. The Authentication mechanism supported in
T58 is ‘AUTH LOGIN’.
3.4.12 Username (Email Config)
The username used in the SMTP Authentication connection to the SMTP
server when T58 is sending an email.
3.4.13 Password (Email Config)
The password used in the SMTP Authentication connection to the SMTP
server when T58 is sending an email.
3.4.14 Hide Password (Email Config)
Hides the password from T58Programmer display screen when the checkbox
is ticked.
3.4.15 Send Test Email (Email Config)
This button allow user to get the T58 to send a test email message using the
email settings already programmed in the board.
3.4.16 Read Config
Reads all the T58 configurations data from the serial port and display them on
the screen.
3.4.17 Write Config
Writes all the configurations data into the T58. Warning: do not turn the
power off to the radio for at least few seconds after the write process.

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4. Operation
4.1 Remote Diagnostics
Remote Diagnostics function of the T58 can be utilized through
MXTOOLSRD application or web server diagnostics using web browser
such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc.
4.2 Remote Control
The Remote Control functions can only be done through MXTOOLSRD
application. The controls are: remote software channel change, software PTT
and digital mute/squelch pot settings (This function is only available for
MX800 with firmware version 3.5.6 and motherboard PCB rev R).
4.3 Alarm Email Generation
If the email settings are set, T58 will generate an alert email message when
the radio issues an alarm. It monitors the state of all the alarm, it generates a
new email when the state changes. Therefore if there is another new alarm a
new email message will be generated, or if the alarm is cleared a new email
message will be generated as well.

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5. Technical Description
Please refer to the schematic diagram drawing number CS413 in Section 5.1
of this manual.
5.1 Ethernet Port
The Ethernet port is an integral part of IC1. IC1 contains the CPU, memory,
transformers, UART and firmware all within the one package that provides
Ethernet & IP communications.
5.2 Reset
IC2 monitors the 3.3V supply voltage to IC1 and if the voltage is outside of
operating limits, pin 3 of IC1 is held low, holding IC1’s CPU in a reset state.
5.3 Power Supply
The T34 option board derives its 12 volt DC power supply from the MX800
digital I/O board via pin 10 of header SKI. This supply is fed through
filtering made up by C1, L1 and C14 before being fed into a switch mode
power supply consisting of IC2, TR1 and associated components. The output
of this supply is 3.3volts DC and it supplies all active parts on the T34 board.
5.4 Serial Drive
IC1 is interfaced to the MX800 digital I/O board via IC3. IC3 converts and
inverts the 0 to 3.3 volt CMOS logic levels on the IC1 side to standard +/- 12
volt RS232 levels on the MX800 digital I/O board side of the interface.
Data from the MX800 digital I/O board is fed into IC3 data input as well as
the data output pin of CN4. Data to the MX800 digital I/O board is diode
OR-ed through D2 so that data from either the T34 option board or the
external serial port is received by the MX800.
5.5 SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol
suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and
the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. It is
limited in its ability to queue messages at the receiving end, hence it is
usually used with one of two other protocols, POP3 or IMAP. Therefore,
typically SMTP is used for sending e-mail and either POP3 or IMAP is used
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5.6 SMTP Authentication
It is an extension of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol whereby an SMTP
client may log in, using an authentication mechanism chosen among those
supported by the SMTP server. The Authentication mechanism supported in
T58 is ‘AUTH LOGIN’. Note that T58 does not support SSL (Secure Socket
Layer) protocol.
5.7 T58Programmer
Application from Spectra Engineering which is used to program or set the
T58 option board through serial communication connection
5.8 MXTOOLSRD
Application from Spectra Engineering which is used in remote diagnostics
and remote control of MX800 radios fitted with T31, T34 or T58 option
board.

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6. Appendices
6.1 Drawings
Drawing No.
Description
CS413?
T58 Option board schematic diagram
T58 component location overlay
Table 5-1
Drawings