Hartcran House, 231 Kenton Lane, Harrow, Middlesex, HA3 8RP, England Tel: +44 (0) 20 8909 9595, Fax: +44 (0) 20 8909 2233, www.radiometrix.com SMX1 Issue 2, 09th November 2009 VHF Narrow Band FM Multi channel Transceiver SMX1 is small multi-channel VHF transceiver operating on 173.200MHz-173.325MHz band. It is also available on 151MHz band Australian and 154/173MHz band FCC part 90 allocation. SMX1 offers a fast-route to custom frequency on any VHF band from 130MHz to 180MHz with 25kHz / 12.5kHz channel spacing. Features ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Conforms to ETSI EN 300 220-3 and EN 301 489-3 Conforms to Australian/New Zealand AS/NZS 4268:2003 North American version compliant with FCC part 90. High performance double superhet, 128 channel PLL synthesizer Data rates up to 5 kbps for standard module Usable range over 1km Fully screened. Low profile Feature-rich interface (RSSI, analogue and digital baseband) Incorporate a 1200baud dumb modem Re-programmable via RS232 interface Low power requirements Figure 1: SMX1-173-5 Applications ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Handheld terminals Heavy vehicle/machine remote controls EPOS equipment, barcode scanners Data loggers Industrial telemetry and telecommand In-building environmental monitoring and control High-end security and fire alarms Vehicle data up/download Technical Summary ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Operating frequency: 173.200 – 173.325MHz (UK) 150.825 – 152.450MHz (Australia) 154.45625 - 154.47875MHz (North America) 173.20375 - 173.39625MHz (North America) Custom variants from 130 – 180MHz on any 1MHz band 128 channels controlled via RS232 interface Transmit power: +10dBm (10mW) nominal. Adjustable 1 – 50mW Supply range: 4.2V - 16V Current consumption: 40mA (10mW) - 65mA (50mW) transmit, 20mA receive Data bit rate: 5kbps max. (standard module) Receiver sensitivity: -120dBm (for 12 dB SINAD) Size: 53 x 32 x 12mm Radiometrix Ltd SMX1 Data Sheet page 1 Figure 2: SMX1 block diagram Radiometrix Ltd SMX1 Data Sheet page 2 Figure 3: SMX1 footprint (Top) view Pin Description Pin 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a Name RSSI Vcc TXD AF out RXD TXE PGM 0V Function DC level between 0.5V and 2.5V. 60dB dynamic range DC supply input. (4.2 – 16V at 40mA nominal) DC coupled input for TTL/ CMOS logic. 500mV p-p audio. DC coupled, approx 0.8V bias. Open collector output of data slicer. Need external pull-up Transmit enable. Low = RX mode. High = TX. (10k pull down) Serial programming / control input (true RS232) Ground 1b 2b 3b 4b 0V S0 S1 S2 Ground Parallel channel select LSB Parallel channel select Parallel channel select MSB Pin description of SMX1 with Modem mode selected The 'modem' mentioned is a 1200 baud RS232 semi-intelligent unit (Transmit keyed when valid serial data is present, so no separate TX control needed. Coding in the datastream also permits the receiver to ignore noise and only output valid serial data) This is a half duplex unit, so collisions between transmitted and received packets must be dealt with by the user (if transmit data is sent to the unit then a transmit burst commences immediately and the contents of the receive data buffer is lost) Pin 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a Name RSSI Vcc NC NC MOD RXD MOD TXD PGM 0V Function DC level between 0.5v and 2.5v. 60dB dynamic range DC supply input. (4.2 - 16v at 40mA nom.) Leave unconnected Leave unconnected Open collector RS232 compatible data output RS232 data input Serial programming/control input (true RS232) Ground 1b 2b 3b 4b 0V S0 S1 S2 Ground Parallel channel select LSB Parallel channel select Parallel channel select MSB NOTES: 1. No inversion occurs between TXD and RXD. However AF out is inverted relative to TXD. 2. Parallel channel selects are active LOW and have internal pullups to 4V 3. There are no pullups on the open collector outputs. 4. The software incorporates a 1200 baud modem, compatible with that implemented in other Radiometrix narrowband units ( i1200 tones and format ). Modem operation is selected by the SETMOD command. TXE pin (6a) becomes an RS232 input, and RS232 compatible data is output on the RXD pin (5a). If true +/- levels are desired then an inverter and a MAX232 should be used on data out. 5. RS232 input pins (6a and 7a) tolerate true +/- levels. No buffering is required. 6. If analogue transmit modulation is needed, then connect a series 1 F cap + 500kΩ trimmer in the Radiometrix Ltd SMX1 Data Sheet page 3 ‘baseband in’ circuit. Adjust trimmer for 90% of peak deviation (+/- 2.7KHz) at mean input level. 7. If parallel channel select is not wanted, the 4 pin connector 'b' can be removed 8. For UK version the following channel assignment is supplied: Channel 0 1 2 3 4 -7 8 - 127 Frequency (MHz) 173.250 173.275 173.300 173.325 173.225 (only used for alarm applications) 173.325 9. For Australian version the following channel assignment is supplied: Channel 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 - 65 Frequency (MHz) N vlaue 150.825 /LOAD 00 6033 150.850 /LOAD 01 6034 150.875 /LOAD 02 6035 150.900 /LOAD 036036 150.925 /LOAD 04 6037 150.950 /LOAD 05 6038 150.975 /LOAD 06 6039 151.000 /LOAD 07 6040 151.025 /LOAD 08 6041 151.050 /LOAD 09 6042 151.075 /LOAD 10 6043 151.100 /LOAD 11 6044 151.125 /LOAD 12 6045 151.150 /LOAD 13 6046 151.175 /LOAD 14 6047 151.200 /LOAD 15 6048 151.225 /LOADTB 6049 in sequence starting at CH 17 (151.250) 10. FCC Part 90.238 Telemetry frequency channels (12.5KHz spacing) Channels CH0 CH1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 CH 5 CH 6 CH 7 173MHz band 173.20375 173.21000 173.23750 173.28750 173.31250 173.33750 173.36250 173.39625 154MHz band 154.45625 154.46375 154.47125 154.47875 154.45625 154.46375 154.47125 154.47875 FCC frequency units do not use the standard 128 channel code and a special technique is used to provide these frequencies. FCC units are not customer re-programmable (Only SETMOD, GOCHAN, SETPAR, SETSER work. There are no RVALUE or LOAD commands available to the user) Radiometrix Ltd SMX1 Data Sheet page 4 SMX1 serial interface commands 2400 baud at RS232 level. 8 bit data, no parity, 1 start bit, 1 or 2 stop bits, No flow control. Transmit (pin 3 on DB9) and Signal Ground (pin 5 on DB9) should be connected to PGM and 0V respectively. SINGLE nnnnn Set value of N for single channel operation (value not stored in eeprom) GOCHAN xx Serial select of channel xx (0 to 127) LOADMX xx Set highest permitted (serial selected) channel xx (others default to ch0) LOAD aa nnnnn Set value of N for channel aa (channels 0 to 15) LOADTB nnnnn Set value of N for channel 16 (channels 17 to 127 then in sequence) RVALUE rrrr Enter value for R register SETPAR Channel selected by 3 bit parallel input (0 to 7). Also disables modem SETSER Channel selected by most recent 'gochan' operation SETMOD Enable internal modem. Frequency selected by most recent 'gochan' or 'single' OFFSET ooo Set receive frequency offset (for 25KHz channel this is 856) <cr> Process entry / Clear all buffers xx = channel number from 00 to 127 aa = two digit channel number from 00 to 15 nnnnn = synthesizer N register value, (up to 65535) rrrr = synthesizer R register value, (up to 16383) ooo = frequency offset N = f RF f Channelspacing = 144 MHz = 5760 25kHz R= f Xtal f channelspacing = 10 MHz , So R=400 25 kHz RX OFFSET = IF/Channel spacing = 21.4MHz /25kHz = 856 Notes: 1. A pause of at least 100ms must be allowed between command strings (EEPROM programming time). SINGLE mode does not store the N value in EEPROM. Therefore the unit is inoperative after a power down until either another valid SINGLE command is received, or mode is changed by a GOCHAN, SETPAR or SETSER command. SINGLE mode is intended for frequency agile applications. 2. /SETPAR command should be issued at the end of channel programming to put the module back into parallel frequency select mode 3. Old mk1 units had a 13MHz (RVALUE 520) reference, while new (current) mk2 units have 10MHz (RVALUE 400). Radiometrix Ltd SMX1 Data Sheet page 5 Condensed specifications Frequency Any 2MHz band from 130-180MHz 173.200 - 173.325 MHz UK std. 150.825 - 152.450MHz Australian std 154.45625 - 154.47875MHz (12.5kHz steps) – FCC part 90 173.20375 - 173.39625MHz (12.5kHz steps) - FCC part 90 +/-5ppm (better than ±1.5kHz) 25kHz (12.5kHz for North America) 128 channels selected via serial RS232 interface 8 channels selected via 3 frequency select pins In UK band only 173.225, 173.250, 173.275, 173.300, 173.325 MHz are used as standard; 151MHz band (Australian) unit has 66 channels Frequency stability Channel spacing Number of channels Supply 4.2V-16V 40mA (10mW); 65mA (50mW) transmit 20mA receive (or modem ‘idle’) voltage Current Operating temperature Size Spurious radiations Interface user Power RF Recommended PCB hole size -20 to +70 °C (Storage -30 to +70 °C) 53 x 32 x 12 mm Compliant with ETSI EN 300 220-3 and EN 300 686 Intended approval Australian/New Zealand AS/NZS 4268:2003, US FCC part 90.238 ETSI EN 300 220-3 (radio) and EN 301 489-3 (EMC) standards 8 pin 0.1" pitch molex 4 pin 0.1" pitch molex 3 pin 0.1" pitch molex 1.2mm (min.) Transmitter Output power UK standard +10dBm(10mW) ± 1dB (factory adjustable: 1 - 50mW) TX on switching time <50 ms Modulation type FM, FSK (F1D, F3D) TX modulation bandwidth DC – 3kHz Deviation ±2.6kHz to ±3kHz Adjacent channel TX power -37dBm Inputs data (CMOS/TTL compatible) Receiver Sensitivity -120dBm for 12dB SINAD image / spurious -65dB blocking -85dB adjacent channel -65dB Outputs RSSI, Audio, Data Power on to valid audio 28ms Power on to stable data out 50ms (for 50:50 mark / space) Notes: 1. The data slicer cannot be depended upon for data waveform frequencies below 250Hz 2. When RX is on and a transmitter keys up, again a 50ms period is required to stabilise data output mark/space. i.e. allow at least 50ms of preamble Ordering Information Part No. SMX1-151-5 SMX1-173-5 SMX1-154-5-12K5-FCC SMX1-173-5-12K5-FCC SMX1-xxx-5 Radiometrix Ltd Description Frequency band (MHz) Australian version 150.825 – 152.450MHz UK version 173.200 - 173.325 MHz North American version 154.45625 - 154.47875MHz North American version 173.20375 - 173.39625MHz Where xxx is any 2MHz band from 135MHz to 175MHz SMX1 Data Sheet page 6 Application circuits 4.2-16V RX Vcc (2a) 1kΩ SMX1 1kΩ Test point RXD (5a) RXD TXE (6a) TX/RX TX PGM (7a) 0V (1b) 1kΩ S0 (2b) 3V regulator Vss Microcontroller TXD TXD (3a) AF (4a) Vdd ADC 6 7 8 9 Parallel Channel Select S1 (3b) S2 (4b) 1 2 3 TXD 4 5 SGD PC serial port RSSI (1a) RF GND Figure 4: SMX1 interfaced to host microcontroller and serial port for configuration 5 - 16V 2K2 (for 5V) RSSI (1a) RF GND Vcc (2a) TXD (3a) AF (4a) MOD RXD (5a) MOD TXD (6a) PGM (7a) SMX1 0V (1b) PC serial port 1200 bps 2400 bps SETMOD SW1 6 1 2 7 RXD 3 TXD 8 S0 (2b) 9 S1 (3b) 4 5 SGD S2 (4b) Figure 5: SMX1 interfaced to PC serial port (0V / 5V RS232 level) 2K2 (for 5V) 5 - 16V MAX232 5K RSSI (1a) RF GND 16 (+5V) Vcc (2a) TXD (3a) AF (4a) MOD RXD (5a) MOD TXD (6a) PGM (7a) SMX1 PC serial port 1200 bps SW1 0V (1b) 6 1 2 7 3 8 S0 (2b) 9 S1 (3b) RXD TXD 4 5 SGD S2 (4b) Figure 6: SMX1 interfaced to serial port (+10V / -10V RS232 level) Radiometrix Ltd SMX1 Data Sheet page 7 Radiometrix Ltd Hartcran House 231 Kenton Lane Harrow, Middlesex HA3 8RP ENGLAND Tel: +44 (0) 20 8909 9595 Fax: +44 (0) 20 8909 2233 [email protected] www.radiometrix.com Copyright notice This product data sheet is the original work and copyrighted property of Radiometrix Ltd. 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