Device Settings - GE MDS SD Series Technical Manual

Device Settings

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Transmit/Receive Frequency
may be viewed or set here. If no frequencies have been entered,
the fields will be blank and the radio's
cating that an entry is needed. Frequencies must be entered for the
radio to operate. Consult your station license to determine the
authorized frequencies for your system, and enter them exactly as
listed.
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Owner Name/Owner Message
be entered for the radio for informational purposes. These are
"free-form" fields which do not affect the operation of the radio
in any way. Such fields might be used to identify the network
administrator/company name, and include a site-specific message
(i.e.,
Unit 2 at North Tower site
ters may be entered (there is no minimum), and any printable
characters may be used.
• —Sleep Mode places the transceiver into a "hiber-
Enable Sleep
nated" low power state, with a nominal current draw of less than
10 mA (at 13 Vdc). "Wake-up" time is approximately 50 milli-
seconds. Sleep Mode is often used at battery/solar-powered
remote sites to conserve power. An active low on Pin 4 of the
port is what actually puts the radio to sleep. This signal
COM2
must be supplied by the equipment connected to the radio (i.e.,
RTU, PLC, etc.). Sleep mode is not intended for use on master
radios.
• —The behavior of the radio's
COM LED Mode
may be configured using this box. By default, the LEDs show
dual port activity (
Auto
summarized in Table 13.
Table 13. COM/DATA LED Modes vs. Behavior
LED Mode Selection
x710 Monitors TXD on COM2
port
COM1 Activity Monitors any COM1 RX or
TX activity
COM2 Activity OFF
Dual Port Activity Monitors any COM1 RX or
(Auto Default) TX activity
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—The receive and transmit frequencies
PWR
—An owner name and message may
). A limit of 30 alpha-numeric charac-
). Four LED modes may be selected as
Serial COM/DATA LED Behavior
LED1 Function
Monitors RXD on COM2
port
OFF
Monitors any COM2 RX or
TX activity
Monitors any COM2 RX or
TX activity
led will flash, indi-
LEDs
COM/DATA
LED2 Function
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