Hello Forum,
Has anyone successfully used "9XTend-PKG-E™ Ethernet RF Modem" and "9XTend-NEMA™ RS-232/485 RF Modem" in a point to multi-point network? I have them configured and can connect to the base station, remote loggers, send program, receive program, set the clock, and for a while, collect data, but normally after a few hours, the data collection ends because of unexpected values (CommandG and CommandF errors).
Any experience bringing these online with Loggernet and CR1000s?
* Last updated by: AMK on 10/2/2012 @ 9:30 PM *
We use the Maxstream/Digi radios for all of our remote installations and they have been extremely reliable for our applications.
We don't see the type of errors you are seeing and the cmd G & F errors are unfamiliar to me...where are you seeing that error? from Loggernet or from the radio?
Can you explain your setup? As I read your description, you would have the ethernet radio as your base station with a static IP address, and its destination address is set the remote logger's radio. Or are you using something like the pakbus address in the logger to achieve a successful connection? If you can only download for a period of time, it sounds like something is timing out, or the port is getting hung up.
For us, we identify each remote logger's radio with an unique ID, and let the ethernet (base) radio find the correct radio first. Then loggernet verifies that the pakbus address etc are correct before connecting to the remote logger.
One problem we have experienced in remote installations relying on solar power is when the voltage to the radio drops or is interrupted while the radio is transmitting. When power to the radio returns, the radio is now in a state of dormancy and generally requires a reset.
Hello and thanks for the reply,
Here is the general setup.
I give each base station a static IP and add the radio with an IP port in loggernet. The radio ID would be for example 100.
I assign each remote radio a unique ID (ie. 101, 102, 103,,,n), assign it the base station radio id destination (ie 100), and assign it a hopping channel (ie 3). The pins on the remote radio are set to user defined. I set these values while connected to the radio with a wire in the X-CTU. //I should check that this configuration isn't being wiped somehow during operation...
I did not configure cyclic sleep at this time, but will do so in the future once the connection is stable.
I assigned Security to each logger both in the logger and in Loggernet Setup screen.
I add each logger to Loggernet via IP Port -> General Modem -> CR10X, and IP Port -> PacBus -> CR1000.
Under this configuration, I can connect, send and receive data, but after a while. I can no longer receive data, but still - at least through loggernet - seem to be able to connect.
I wasn't entering any dial commands in the general modem section, because I assign the radio IDs in the radio itself. I have not tried using the RF401 option in loggernet (IE IP Port -> RF401 -> CR10x.