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Installing to DOS Terminal Read all information in the section "Safety Precautions" at the beginning of this manual. 1) Rhino™ will recogn
3) Start the DOS terminal. The system assigns DLCC a virtual COM port (COM 3, interrupt 5). 4) Configure the DLCC address according to your applicat
CONFIGURATION METHODS DLCC configuration can be performed by four methods: • DL Mobile Configurator™ to set the primary DLCC parameters; • DL Sm@
DLCARD.EXE DOS Configuration Program This configuration method allows setting DLCC through a vehicle mounted terminal running the DOS operating syste
INTRODUCTION 1 1 INTRODUCTION The DL Cordless Card™ is a PCMCIA card developed to provide wireless 433 MHz RF communication between a laptop or a ve
DL CORDLESS CARD 1 1.2 LED INDICATOR DL Cordless Card™ has one red LED as displayed in the following figure: LED Indicator Figure 4 - DLCC LED
INITIAL SETUP 2 2 INITIAL SETUP For a correct DLCC configuration keep in mind the following: • when using the DLCC for the first time, set the des
DL CORDLESS CARD™ 2 2.2 DLCC SETUP RESTORE DEFAULT Whenever necessary, send the following string to DLCC via COM Port to restore its default values.
CONFIGURATION 3 3 CONFIGURATION Once the card is setup, you can change the default parameters to meet your application needs by sending the desired
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COM PORT PARAMETERS BAUD RATE PARITY DATA BITS STOP BITS HANDSHAKING ACK/NACK PROTOCOL FIFO INTER-CHARACTER DELAY
COM PORT Description String BAUD RATE 150 baud CD0 300 baud CD1 600 baud CD2 1200 baud CD3 2400 baud CD4 4800 baud CD5 9600 baud CD6 19200 baud C
COM PORT Description String HANDSHAKING see par. 4.2.1 Disable CE0 Hardware (RTS/CTS) CE1 Software (XON/XOFF) CE2 RTS always ON CE3 Modem (RTS/CTS
DATA FORMAT HEADER TERMINATOR HEADER POSITION CODE LENGTH TX ADDRESS STAMPING ADDRESS DELIMITER The programming seq
DATA FORMAT Description String HEADER No header EA00 One character header EA01x Two character headers EA02xx Three character headers EA03xxx Fou
DATA FORMAT Description String HEADER POSITION see par. 4.3.1 First frame field ES0 Before message field ES1 CODE LENGTH TX Code length not t
RADIO PARAMETERS RF BAUD RATE TRANSMISSION MODE RADIO PROTOCOL TIMEOUT SINGLE STORE ACK/NACK FROM REMOTE HOST BEACON
RADIO PARAMETERS Description String RF BAUD RATE see par. 4.4.1 9600 baud MF0 19200 baud MF1 TRANSMISSION MODE (Client only) see par. 4.4.2 1
RADIO PARAMETERS Description String ACK/NACK FROM REMOTE HOST (Client only) see par. 4.4.5 Disabled MR0 Enable ACK/DATA/NACK MR1 BEACON (Clien
PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS 4 4 PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS 4.1 RADIO AND SERIAL COMMUNICATION CONTROLS DLCC communication can be contr
CONTENTS REFERENCES ... v Conventions ...
DL CORDLESS CARD™ 4 Case 1 – DLCC as Server DRAGON 1DLCC HOST DRAGON 2 DRAGON 3 F734-E Figure 5 –DLCC as Server DLCC as a Server receives data from
PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS 4 Case 2 – DLCC as Client (like an RF device) HOST Client Figure 6 - DLCC Client In the figure above, DLCC is a Cl
DL CORDLESS CARD™ 4 Case 3 – DLCC as Client / Server Client Server HOST 1 HOST 2 Figure 7 – DLCC as Client / Server Both DLCCs are able to commun
PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS 4 • If DLCC 1 - Transmission Mode = 2 ways ACK/NACK from Remote Host = enabled FIFO = enabled Handshaking = a
DL CORDLESS CARD™ 4 4.2 COM PORT PARAMETERS 4.2.1 Handshaking Modem: (RTS/CTS) DLCC deactivates the RTS line when it cannot receive a character fr
PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS 4 Hardware handshaking: (RTS/CTS) The RTS line is activated by DLCC before transmitting a character. Transmission is
DL CORDLESS CARD™ 4 4.2.2 ACK/NACK Protocol This parameter sets a transmission protocol which takes place between DLCC (Server) and an RF device. An
PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS 4 If the card does not receive an ACK, DATA or NACK, transmission is ended after the RX Timeout (see par. 4.2.3 ). Se
DL CORDLESS CARD™ 4 4.2.5 Frame Packing This parameter defines the format of the frame to be transmitted between DLCC and the Host. The frame receive
PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS 4 Correct FRAME identification is managed by frame packing. Three different types of frame packing can be selected:
4.4.5 ACK/NACK From Remote Host (Client only) ... 30 4.4.6 Beacon (Client only)...
DL CORDLESS CARD™ 4 This string is always transmitted in a single frame preceding the one containing the configuration command, as shown in the foll
PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS 4 4.3.2 Address Stamping If enabled, this command includes the RF device or DLCC address in the message/answer trans
DL CORDLESS CARD™ 4 If DLCC as Client, is transmitting to more than one destination device (see the three Stargates in the following figure) in 2 way
PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS 4 4.4 RADIO PARAMETERS 4.4.1 RF Baud Rate This parameter defines the baud rate used for radio communication. The
DL CORDLESS CARD™ 4 Once the transmission is successful, the card continues to send new messages. If transmission is not successful after the number o
PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS 4 Two way mode: Host sends a message to DLCC which passes it to the destination device via radio. The destination de
DL CORDLESS CARD™ 5 5 DEFAULT CONFIGURATION Configuration Parameter Default Setting Serial Communication Baud Rate 9600 Parity, Data Bits, Stop Bi
TECHNICAL FEATURES 6 6 TECHNICAL FEATURES Electrical Features Supply voltage 5 Vdc ± 3% Power consumption 400 mW Indicator One red LED Radio Feat
DL CORDLESS CARD™ A A TYPICAL SYSTEM LAYOUTS The following examples give a graphical representation of DLCC applications in 2 typical layouts and p
TYPICAL SYSTEM LAYOUTS A A.1 DLCC SERVER DLCC is installed into a Rhino™ vehicle mounted terminal and receives data from a DRAGON™ M scanner. DRAGO
REFERENCES CONVENTIONS This manual uses the following conventions: "User" refers to anyone using a DL Cordless Card™. "DLCC"
DL CORDLESS CARD™ 36 A A.2 BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION Two DLCCs are installed into the dedicated Host. They communicate with each other by transm
HEX AND NUMERIC TABLE 37 B B HEX AND NUMERIC TABLE CHARACTER TO HEX CONVERSION TABLE char hex char hex char hex NUL 00 * 2A U 55 SOH 01 +
38 GLOSSARY 1 way transmission a radio transmission in which DLCC transmits data without requiring an acknowledgement answer from the remote Host
39 INDEX C COM Port Parameters; 20 ACK/NACK Protocol; 22 Handshaking; 20 Compliance; vi Configuration; 5 COM Port Parameters; 6 Data Format; 9 Ra
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COMPLIANCE RADIO COMPLIANCE Contact the competent authority responsible for the management of radio frequency devices of your country to verify th
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QUICK START The following can be used as a checklist to verify all of the steps necessary for complete installation of the DL Cordless Card™ for a
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