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HURRICANE Radio Modem

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FULL DUPLEX Radio MODEM

Applicaons

 M2M Communicaons

 Remote Networking

 Building Management

Part No Descripon

HURRICANE-868 Full Duplex Radio Modem

PSU-12V1A-IP Power Supply 12V 1A IP67

 Direct Cable Replacement

 Range 2KM

 RS232 / RS485 / USB

 Host Data Rates up to 38,400 Baud

 RF Data Rates to 115200Kbps

 Waterproof IP68 Enclosure

 8 User Selectable Channels

 CE Compliant for Licence Free Use

 100mW Transmit Power (+20dBm)

 Receiver Sensivity –116dBm

The HURRICANE radio Modem is a simple to use and very versale. It can operate as

a one to one cable replacement link for PCs or in M2M applicaons. It can even

handle mulple master/slave arrangements or work in simple broadcast mode.

One-to-One operaon; point to point cable replacement comms

Broadcast Mode; single master, addresses many Modems concurrently.

One-to-Many; a network consisng of a master and many slaves

Many-to-One; all nodes send to a single master address.

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What’s in the Box?

Funconal Specicaon Overview

HURRICANE Full Duplex

Radio Modem in IP68

water proof Enclosure

Comprehensive Manual

Micro USB cable for easy

PC connection

868MHz Antennas and

external connectors for

cable extension.

Rugged RS232 Cable

Specicaon Typical Units

RADIO

Frequency Band 869.5 MHz

Power Output 100 mW

Range (Max) 4000 m

Modulaon GFSK -

Data Rate 4,800 – 34,8000 Kbps

PHYSICAL

Enclosure Rang IP68

Enclosure Material ABS

Antenna Connecons SMA

Temperature Range 0 - +55oCelsius

Dimensions (Enclosure) 144 x 168 x 85 mm

Dimensions (PCB) 125 x 90 x 1.6 mm

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PCB Layout

Antenna Connectors

SMA screw connecons (female) are provided on the PCB for connecon of external antennas.

Selecon Links

Master: Used to create the FULL DUPLEX communicaon. In each system one unit must have the MASTER pin

enabled to allow simultaneous two way communicaon. Please note that in one-to-many systems only one SLAVE

will be able to communicate back to the MASTER at any one me.

485 2W/4W: When using RS485 t this link for 4 Wire operaon and remove for 2 Wire operaon

details on page 4

485 ENABLE: Fit when using RS485 (as well as using the above selector link)

BAUD2: See Table

BAUD1: See Table

Power

Power Supply connector can be connected to any good quality dc source between 6-12V(details page 4).

USB

Micro USB connector. Connect for USB communicaon and/or power. You may connect one of or both USB and 6

-12Vdc (details page 4)

RS485 Connecons

Rising Clamp type high quality screw terminals. Connect your wire inputs to the screw terminals provided. (details

page 4)

RS232 Connecons

Rising Clamp type high quality screw terminals. Connect the RS232 to the terminals. (details page 4)

BAUD1 BAUD2 Host Baud Rate

Remove Remove 4,800

Remove Fit 9,600

Fit Remove 19,200

Fit Fit 38,400

RS485 Connections

(Screw Terminals)

RS232 Connections

(Screw Terminals) USB Connector

Power Supply

Connections 6-12Vdc

Antenna Connectors

(SMA)

Indicator LEDs

Selection Links

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Set-Up Guide

Step 1: Connect Power

Connect Power to ONE OR BOTH USB and screw terminals.

If using USB connecon no external power supply is required. However, it is recommended to use one if your USB

port can cannot supply at least 500mW of power (this is oen the case for USB hubs or expander ports on periph-

erals such as monitors and keyboards).

With power connected check that the PWR Led lights when switched on. Turn o before

connecng communicaon cables (unless using USB!)

Step 2: Communicaons Cable Connecons

Select which of the following cable connecon types you are using and follow the

instrucons associated.

Notes: GND should only be Connected if Available.

RS485 2 Wire

Connect your two wires as shown:

RS485 4 Wire

Connect your 4 wires as shown:

RS485 IN PositiveRS485 IN Negative

TX +ve

TX -ve

RX +ve

RX -ve

If You Have GND

This Can Be

Connected To

Any GND

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PIN 1 –Data Carrier Detect

PIN 2 –Received Data

PIN 3 –Transmitted Data

PIN 4 –Data Terminal Ready

PIN 5 –GND

PIN 6 –Data Set Ready

PIN 7 –Request to Send

PIN 8 –Clear to Send

PIN 9 –Ring Indicator

12345

9 8 7 6

RS232 FEMALE PINOUT

USB

Simply plug and play no other connecons required (see Step 1 for power consideraons

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Modes of Operaon

Step 3: Decide on your the mode of operaon required

One-to-One Operaon; for point to point data communicaon or cable replacement

1. Connect the USB or RS232 Cables to the Host to each Modem

2. Set the Addresses for both modems to the same

3. The Two Modems will provide wire replacement comms link

One-to-Many; A network consisng a master and many slaves

1. Connect the USB or RS232 Cables to the Host to each Modem

2. Set the address on the Master to any unique and set all Slaves to a second unique address

3. The master should be set to send to the slave address and the slaves to send to the master

Congure Each Modem

Host Terminal Soware

To congure a Hurricane modem you must place it into conguraon mode this can be done using any Terminal

program capable of sending and receiving serial data.

One we have found to be easy to use and powerful is ‘Terminal’ This can be downloaded from :

hps://sites.google.com/site/terminalbpp/

Modem Addresses:

Each Hurricane Modem can have its own address, this is user set during conguraon. Data received is

examined by all modems and the address header embedded within the data packet is compared with its address.

Only data received with a matching address will be processed and output to the host, all other data will be

discarded. All Hurricane Modem modules are shipped with a default address of 7F7F7F.

The Hurricane Modem contains an on-board data buer equal to two data packets. Therefore if RTS is asserted

(then the host is unable to receive data) the module will store a max of two data packets, all further data packets

received will be discarded.

Conguraon Mode: To enter conguraon mode you must send the modem the conguraon command .

Once in this mode you may send commands to set-up the parameters of the unit . (See page 6 for details) .

In Conguraon mode the Hurricane Modem can receive a number of commands and the internal registers can

be pre-set to control its operaon. In this mode the Hurricane Modem is ‘Oine’ and cannot send or receive RF

data.

Normal Operaon: Whenever not in conguraon mode the Hurricane Modem is ’Online’ automacally

transming and receiving data from its host and across the RF network as per its sengs.

Ping Pong Mode

This test mode is built into the modem to enable two modems to ping pong signals to each other and report the

(RSSI) on the originang modem. To iniate Ping Pong;

1. Connect two Hurricane Modems to Host devices ideally PCs via USB or Serial

2. Run Terminal Emulaon program

3. Determine the port that the Hurricane Modem is connected to (from Device Manage under Com-

puter Properes)

4. Set the Terminal emulaon ‘port’ to Data Bits: 8, Parity: None, Stop bits: 1, CTS/RTS enabled

5. Enter AT mode by sending ’+++’ (must be sent as one command not individual key presses and with

no <CR>)

6. Send the character ’P’ from one modem. This Modem will now Ping and report back the reply with

RSSI indicaon

PLEASE NOTE: Ping pong mode will only funcon if the address set on R1 and R2 and the same.

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Conguraon Mode (Oine)

Commands can be set using a standard Terminal program or by sending the relevant ASCII characters.

Each Command must be followed by the Carriage Return <CR> or ‘Enter’

Note All commands are entered in UPPER case

Command Descripon Response from Hurricane

+++

Enter Conguraon Mode

Note: these must be sent as a string with no char

in front or behind this is to ensure that the +++ is

not mistakenly received in mid data.

Hurricane responds with status info

?Retrieve the current register values Hurricane responds with all register values

Set Factory Defaults;

R1=7F7F7F

R2=7F7F7F

R3 = CH2 (869.400MHz) - Master

(869.650MHz) - Slave

R4 = 7 (+20dBm)

R5 = 1 (19K2)

R6 = 00

R7 = D4

‘OK’

HHelp Brief descripon of commands available

Ping Mode

This sends a ping request .

On receiving, the recipient Hurricane Modem will

respond with its address and the level of RSSI

(Received Signal Strength).

The Ping command is connuously repeated every

1 second unl any command or character is en-

tered.

The originang Hurricane Modem will respond with

the recipient Hurricane Modems’ response, eg.

Received From 7F7F7F (D5)

Where :

7F7F7F = the recipient address

D5= RSSI

RSSI

Is a HEX value corresponding to the received signal

strength

Min = 20hex

Max =E0hex

SSave Conguraon ‘SAVED OK’

VVersion Displays

QExit conguraon mode and return to online

mode No Response

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The internal registers enable various parameters to be controlled.

To set a register type ‘R#=x’ where # is the register number (1-6) and x is the value to set

For example, to set the channel to channel 3 type the following.

R3=3<CR>

(Where <CR> is carriage return or enter on the keyboard) The modem will then return ‘OK’ or ‘Error’ if an incorrect com-

mand is entered. Save the changes by typing

S<CR>

The modem will return with ‘SAVED’

Default values are shown in BOLD

0000 - FFFFFF

(24 bit address)

Sets the recipient Hurricane MO-

DEM Address

R1=0001

(Data sent is addressed to Hurricane

MODEM with address 0001)

0000 - FFFFFF

(24 bit address)

Set own Hurricane Modem

address

R2=F001

(Data sent is from Hurricane MODEM

with address F001)

CH0 = TX: 868.000 MHz

RX: 868.600 MHz

CH1 = TX: 869.700 MHz

RX: 868.200 MHz

CH2 = TX: 869.400 MHz

RX: 869.650 MHz

CH3 = TX: 869.700 MHz

RX: 870.000 MHz

Set RF channel

R3=2

(Operate on Channel 2)

NOTE: Because the HURRICANE is

FULL DUPLEX it needs two frequencies

to operate on for each channel.

0 = +1dBm

1 = +2dBm

2 = +5dBm

3 = +8dBm

4 = +11dBm

5 = +14dBm

6 = +17dBm

Set the RF Transmit Power output

R4=7

(Sets Transmit Power to max)

NOTE: As per the below table

Maximum power can only be used on

RF Channel 2

0 = 9,600

1 = 19,200

2 = 28,800

3 = 56,000

4 = 115,200

Set the RF baud rate*

R5=3

(Sets the RF data rate to 56Kbps)

NOTE: the Higher the Data Rate the

Lower the range - expect extreme

R6 0 = Disable

1 = Enable Data Acknowledge R6=1

(Enables Data Acknowledge)

0-FF

Device ID R7=A1

(Sets Device ID)

R8 0 = Disable

1 = Enable Data Whitening R8=1

(Enables Data Whitening)

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Technical Specicaons

Absolute Maximums:

Temperature Range: Storage –50 to +125oC.

Weight: SMT version 7grams, DIP Part 13grams

DC Characteriscs

Parameter Min Typical Max Units

Supply Voltage 616 V

Operang Temperature 085 oC

Hurricane Tx Supply Current:

When Transming

Hurricane Rx Supply Current:

When Receiving

Max Input power (thro Antenna) +10 dBm

Channel Number Frequency

Centre (MHz)

EU Power Allowance

mW / dBm

Notes

0868.400 25 / 14

Applicable standard - EN300-220

1868.900 25 / 14

2869.450 100 / 20

3869.600 100 / 20

4869.800 25 / 14

Notes on power and frequency

The EU standard sets maximum power transmission limits dependent on the frequency, the bandwidth and the

applicaon. Please check the relevant standards are being met when implemenng your RF Applicaon. A rough

guidance applicable to the HURRICANE channel numbers is given below

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