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FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 Table of contents 1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................5 1.1 General......................................................................................................................5 1.2 Circuit concept.........................................................................................................6 1.3 Related documents..................................................................
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 6.4 Interface E (Mounting holes).................................................................................26 6.4.1.1 Mounting the FOX device ......................................................................................................27 7 HOUSING.....................................................................................28 8 RF EXPOSURES............................................................................29 9 APPENDIX.....
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 Cautions Information furnished herein by FALCOM is accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed for its use. Please, read carefully the safety precautions. If you have any technical questions regarding this document or the product described in it, please contact your vendor. General information about FALCOM and its range of products are available at the following Internet address: http://www.falcom.de/ Trademarks Some mentioned companies.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 1 INTRODUCTION This product manual is only addressed to qualified personnel which is well skilled in electronical/electrical installation and not addressed to private consumers/end user. The installation, implementing or setting into operation of the product can only be performed by this qualified personnel.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 FOX is equipment that can be configured and integrated onto any asset platform, including: 1. Trailers 2. Trucks 3. Delivery vans 4. Rail cars 5. as well as other industrial monitoring installations.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 Rechargeable Li-Polymer battery (see Ordering Guide), PHYSICAL INTERFACES: Power supply line, 3 x Multi-line I/O, 1 x Ignition; RS232 port Figure 1: FOX block diagram This confidential document is a property of FALCOM and may not be copied or circulated without previous permission.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 1.3 Related documents Some others PDF documents such as FCC approval, application notes, Certificate of Conformity R&TTE etc. are also available on the Web at: http://www.falcom.de/ in the published download area. In addition to this document, the following files comprise the full set of FALCOM FOX product manuals: NR [1] PDF file name SteppIII_fox_bolero_lt_PFAL_Configuration_Com mand_Set.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 2 SECURITY IMPORTANT FOR THE EFFICIENT AND SAFE OPERATION OF YOUR GSM-MODEM, READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE USE! Your cellular engine FOX is one of the most exciting and innovative electronic products ever developed. With it, you can stay in contact with your office, your home, emergency services and others, wherever service is provided. This chapter contains important information for the safe and reliable use of the FOX device.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 2.3 Efficient modem operation In order to operate your modem at the lowest power level, consistent with satisfactory call quality please take note of the following hints. • • If your device has an extendible antenna, extend it fully. Some models allow you to place a call with the antenna retracted. However, your FOX operates more efficiently with the antenna fully extended. Do not hold the antenna (if externally connected) when the modem is „IN USE“.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 2.9 Children Do not allow children to play with your FOX device. It is not a toy. Children could hurt themselves or others (by poking themselves or others in the eye with the antenna, for example). Children could damage the modem or make calls that increase your modem bills. 2.10 Blasting areas To avoid interfering with blasting operations, turn your device OFF when in a “blasting area” or in areas posted: „turn off two-way radio“.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 3 SAFETY STANDARDS Your GSM/GPRS/GPS device complies with all applicable RF safety standards. FOX meets the safety standards for RF receivers and the standards and recommendations for the protection of public exposure to RF electromagnetic energy established by government bodies and professional organizations, such as directives of the European Community, Directorate General V in matters of radio frequency electromagnetic energy.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 4 TECHNICAL DATA 4.1 Product features Supply voltage range: ➢ Operating power supply voltage range of +10.8 V to +35.0 V , suitable for direct connection to an automotive +12V or +24V DC power source (car battery). ➢ 8 different energy-saving modes - programmable with PFAL commands. Power saving: Operating temperature range: ➢ -40°C to + 85°C (see chapter 4.1.2 for more details) Physical characteristics: ➢ Size: 56.0 ± 0.1 mm x 172.0 ± 0.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 Firmware: Embedded TCP/IP stack, including TCP, IP and SMTP protocols, ➢ Accessible via PFAL commands, ➢ ➢ Upgrade via serial port and over the air (GPRS/TCP). ➢ 2 MByte FLASH for configuration, data-logging and firmware storage. ➢ The FOX Evalboard is designed to test, evaluate and make basis configuration to enable remote monitoring/configuration of the FALCOM FOX. It provides a sample configuration for further developing application.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 4.1.3 GSM/GPRS features GSM/GPRS core: Telit GE864-Quad module ➢ Quad-Band: GSM 850, 900, DCS 1800, PCS 1900. ➢ ➢ Compliant to GSM Phase 2/2+ ➢ Class 4 (2 W) at EGSM900/850 Class 1 (1 W) at GSM1800 and GSM 1900 Output power: ➢ GPRS connectivity: GPRS multi-slot class 10 ➢ GPRS mobile station class B ➢ DATA: GPRS ⇒ GPRS data downlink transfer: max. 85.6 kbps (see table 2). ➢ GPRS data uplink transfer: max. 42.8 kbps (see table 2).
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 4.1.4 GPS features GPS engine: ➢ JP13-S-LP FALCOM GPS product with SiRFstarIII chip set. ✔ High sensitive 20 channel, L1 1575.42 MHz, C/A code 1,023 MHz chip rate. ✔ SiRF GSW3 ✔ Position accuracy: < 10 m CEP without SA ✔ WGS-84. Accuracy: Datum: Time to First Fix (TTFF): ✔ Hot start Cold start * < 1 sec., average < 42 sec, average ✔ Tracking -159 dBm Altitude Velocity Max. update rate 18,000 meters (60,000 feet) max.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 4.2 NMEA data message FOX delivers data in the NMEA-0183 format. Table 4 lists each of the NMEA and FALCOM output messages supported by the FOX terminal and a brief description. For further description about NMEA, see related documents [1]. The running firmware offers the possibility to switch on or off each protocol listed below for local use.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 5 FOX APPLICATION INTERFACE 5.1 Power supply The power supply for the FOX unit has to be a single voltage source of V +IN = +10.8 V...+35.0 VDC. The operating voltage (V+IN) has to be permanently applied to the FOX unit and able to provide sufficient current of up to 1.9 A. The operating voltage (V+IN and GND) is protected against voltage spikes and reverse polarity, but not against overvoltage.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 6 HARDWARE INTERFACES This chapter describes the hardware interfaces: • 8-wire cable connector • SIM Card interface • LED indicators • Mounting holes Interface specifications 8-wire cable connector Eight-wire cable with an 8-pin connector on the end and 1 meter cable length SIM card interface It provides a SIM interface for small SIM cards (1.8/3V) Optical LED indicators Firmware programmable LED.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 6.1 8-wire connector, pin assignments Figure 3: View of the 8-wire connector pin assignments 6.1.1 8-pin connector pinout PIN COLOR NAME I/O DISCRIPTION LEVEL V+IN = + 10.8 ... + 35.0 V Imax ≤ 2A 1 Red +IN I Power supply input. The power supply must be able to meet the requirements of current consumption. Care must be taken so that the operating voltage applied to the terminal stay within the voltage range.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 6.1.2 Special pin description (Pins 4, 5, 6) All these pins are controlled by the internal firmware. All of them can be configured for used either as analog or digital input or digital output. Some examples how to use them are given in sections below. For IO lines that can work as input or output the corresponding output of this pin has to be set to high (with PFAL command “$PFAL,IO4[5,6].
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 ↓ Connection example 2 (for I/O1 and I/O2): An analog input can be connected to a tachometer generator. The maximum output voltage of the tachometer should be + 35.0 V (see illustrated example in figure below). Both circuit examples (the NTC diagram above and the Tachometer below) are only illustrations to show the aim of the analog inputs. Figure 5: 6.1.2.2 Connection example 2 when using it as analog input.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL 6.1.2.3 - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 How to use these pins as digital outputs (Pin 4, 5, 6) The FOX device supports three IOs which can be used either as input or output. These outputs are open collectors. They can be directly connected via resistors (R) to LEDs, Relays etc., which need no more than 100 mA @ up to + 35.0 V DC . The figures below show the schematic of possible output connections. To use and activate these outputs use the command $PFAL,IO4[5,6].
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL 6.1.2.4 - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 How to use IGN pin(pin 3) The IGN-pin has two functions: ✔ It wakes up the system FOX from the IGN-sleep mode (when sleeping), ✔ and can be used to monitor the vehicle ignition state, to report/store the START and STOP of a trip by using the events IO.e8=redge and IO.e8=fedge for START and STOP respectively. IGN-sleep mode is one of the eight supported energy-saving modes of operation in which all unnecessary components are shut down.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL 6.1.2.5 - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 Serial communication signals (RxA and TxA) The FOX device incorporates a full duplex serial channel which allows two devices to communicate directly with each other via the RS232 serial port. All supported variable baud rates are software-controlled. It is recommended to use the FOX Evalboard in order to communicate with the FOX device, as there you will find all you need to evaluate with it.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 6.3 LED’s description The actual state of the FOX can be displayed by three LED’s on the front panel of the unit. These programmable and accessible LEDs can be interfaced to the buildin components to show their state. References how to customize the device configuration can be found in the FOX software manual “SteppIII_fox_bolero_lt_PFAL_Configuration_Command_Set.pdf”. Figure 11: View of LED indicators 6.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL 6.4.1.1 - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 Mounting the FOX device The mounting location is very important, because it can affect the GPS reception quality. Consider that the GPS receiving site is on the right side hand of of the unit(viewing its front panel, see Fig 12). To assure maximum visibility of the satellites that provide positioning data: ✔ Mount the FOX device on flat surfaces with the top facing towards the sky, relatively free of obstructions.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 7 HOUSING Figure 13: Housing of the FOX. This confidential document is a property of FALCOM and may not be copied or circulated without previous permission.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 8 RF EXPOSURES This device contains 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS functions that operational in these frequencies respectively. is The FOX terminal contains 1800 MHz GSM functions that are not operational (must not be used) in U.S. Territories. Filing is only applicable for 850MHz GSM/1900 MHz PCS operations, whereby only these frequencies (850MHz GSM/1900 MHz PCS) are possible to be used in U.S. Territories.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 9 APPENDIX 9.1 Schematics The figure below illustrates a common schematic when you use the FOX hardware for vehicle security. For detailed information, please, refer to the related documents [AppNotes_in_vehicle_mounting.pdf]. 9.1.1 Installation guidance for 8-wire cable connector On the top of the schematic you can find the corresponding pin out of the 8-pin connector.
FOX HARDWARE MANUAL - PRELIMINARY - VERSION 1.0.0 9.2 What should be considered when using the FOX device FOX is a device controlled by the operating firmware. In order to start applications with FOX and to obtain maximum benefit from operating firmware, please, refer to the manual “SteppIII_fox_bolero_lt_PFAL_Configuration_Command_Set.pdf”. This confidential document is a property of FALCOM and may not be copied or circulated without previous permission.
