9XTend PKG-R RS-232/485 RF Modem User Guide

1 User Guide9 XTend-PKG-RRS-232/422/485 RF Modem9 XTend- PKG-R RS-232/485 RF Modem User Guide2 Revision history 90000813 Product documentationTo find up-to-date documentation for all Digi products, visit To provide feedback on this documentation, send your comments to and copyrightDigi, Digi International, and the Digi logo are trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and other countries worldwide. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. 2018 Digi International. All rights in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Digi International.

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3 Digi offers multiple technical support plans and service packages to help our customers get the most out of their Digi product. For information on Technical Support plans and pricing, contact us at +1 or visit 2007 Baseline 2016 Added support for XTend vB devices. Miscellaneous editorial 2018 Added explanation of range RS-232/485 RF Modem User Guide3 ContentsAbout the RF ModemsApplicable hardware .. 7 Key features .. 7 Worldwide acceptance .. 8 Specifications .. 8 Performance specifications .. 9 Power requirements .. 9 Cyclic sleep current (mA, average).

4 10 Networking and security specifications .. 10 Physical specifications .. 10 User-selected TX Power Output specifications .. 11 External interface .. 12 Interfacing protocolRS-232 operation .. 14RS-485 (2-wire) operation .. 16 DIP switch settings and pin signals .. 16 Wiring diagram .. 17RS-485 (4-wire) and RS-422 Operation .. 18 DIP switch settings and pin signals .. 18 Wiring diagrams .. 19 OperationSerial communications .. 21RS-232 and RS-485/422 data flow .. 21 Host and RF Modem settings .. 21 Flow Control.

5 22 Transparent operation .. 23 API operation .. 23 Modes of operation .. 25 Idle mode .. 25 Transmit mode .. 25 Receive mode .. 27 Sleep mode .. 28 Command mode .. 30AT Command mode .. 30 Binary Command mode .. 31 Configure the RF ModemAutomatic DIP switch configurations .. 33 Use XCTU to configure the RF Modem .. 34 Load default firmware settings .. 35 Binary commands .. 36 Command reference table .. 36 Command descriptions .. 39%V (Board Voltage) Command .. 39AM (Auto-set MY) Command .. 409 XTend- PKG-R RS-232/485 RF Modem User Guide4AP (API Enable) command.

6 40AT (Guard Time After) command .. 40BD (Interface Data Rate) command .. 41BR (RF Data Rate) command .. 42BT (Guard Time Before) command .. 42CC (Command Sequence Character) command .. 43CD (GPO2 Configuration) Command .. 43CF (Number Base) Command .. 44CN (Exit AT Command Mode) Command .. 44CS (GPO1 Configuration) Command .. 44CT (Command Mode Timeout) Command .. 45DB (Received Signal Strength) Command .. 45DT (Destination Address) Command .. 46E0 (Echo Off) Command .. 46E1 (Echo On) Command .. 46ER (Receive Error Count) Command.

7 46FH (Force Wake-up Initializer) Command .. 47FL (Software Flow Control) Command .. 47FS (Forced Sync Time) Command .. 47FT (Flow Control Threshold) Command .. 48GD (Receive Good Count) Command .. 48HP (Hopping Channel) Command .. 48HT (Time before Wake-up Initializer) Command .. 49HV (Hardware Version) Command .. 49ID ( Modem VID) Command .. 50KY (AES Encryption Key) Command .. 50LH (Wake-up Initializer Timer) Command .. 50MD (RF Mode) Command .. 51MK (Address Mask) Command .. 52MT (Multi-transmit) Command.

8 52MY (Source Address) Command .. 53NB (Parity) Command .. 53PB (Polling Begin Address) Command .. 53PD (Minimum Polling Delay) Command .. 54PE (Polling End Address) Command .. 54PK (Maximum RF Packet Size) Command .. 55PL (TX Power Level) Command .. 55PW (Pin Wake-up) Command .. 56RB (Packetization Threshold) Command .. 56RC (Ambient Power - Single Channel) Command .. 57RE (Restore Defaults) Command .. 57RM (Ambient Power - All Channels) Command .. 57RN (Delay Slots) Command .. 58RO (Packetization Timeout) Command.

9 58RP (RSSI PWM Timer) Command .. 59RR (Retries) Command .. 59RT (GPI1 Configuration) Command .. 60SB (Stop Bits) Command .. 60SH (Serial Number High) Command .. 61SL (Serial Number Low) Command .. 61SM (Sleep Mode) Command .. 61ST (Time before Sleep) Command .. 62TP (Board Temperature) Command .. 62TR (Transmit Error Count) command .. 639 XTend- PKG-R RS-232/485 RF Modem User Guide5TT (Streaming Limit) command .. 63TX (Transmit Only) command .. 64VL (Firmware Version - Verbose) .. 64VR (Firmware Version - Short) Command.

10 64WA (Active Warning Numbers) command .. 65WN (Warning Data) command .. 65WR (Write) command .. 66WS (Sticky Warning Numbers) command .. 66 API operation .. 66 API frame specifications .. 67 API Types .. 68RF Modem Status .. 68RF communication modesNetwork topologies .. 71 Point-to-point networks .. 71 Definition .. 71 Sample network profile (Broadcast communications) .. 71 Sample network profile (Acknowledged communications) .. 71 Point-to-multipoint networks .. 72 Definition .. 72 Sample network profile (Broadcast communications).