U H F M o d e m RV-M8S 2 Watt

The M8S radio is an economic and rugged single-board 2W UHF simplex data radio modem with digital serial interface, ideal for AMR, SCADA and applications. The M8S is over-the-air compatible with Raveon’s 5-watt RV-M7 series of data and POCSAG transmitters. Preliminary Product Overview Ultra-low power consumption TDMA Option Using only 70mA of current, the M8S is designed for The optional on-board GPS chip allows the RV-M8S to use a long battery life making it the radio of choice for sophisticated Time Division Multiple Access schema to large-scale infrastructure monitoring solutions facilitate efficient and large scale networks of tens-of- without reliable power source. thousands radios . Custom development platform Fully Programmable For OEM users, Raveon will assist integration with It is configured with a serial connection using industry- custom applications. The M8S utilizes a 120MHz standard AT commands. Parameters such as network IDs, ARM processor. Half of the processing power is unit ID and transmission rate are easily configured. Raveon reserved for custom applications for your particular also provides a PC program called “ Radio Manager ” that makes implementation. configuring the M8S very convenient. Long-Range Operation OTA Configuration Operating in the UHF 450-470MHz frequency band, The ID of a particular transponder and certain system the M8S radio modem works over 10 miles point-to- parameters such as report rate may be configured Over-The- point and many miles with omni-directional Air, without having to physically connect to the unit. antennas. Real-time diagnostics and statistics Dual Mode Channel performance, RSSI, RF power, packet counters, and The RV -M8S may be used as a two-way data radio radio configuration are easily accessed via the serial port or modem, communicating and Raveon M7 or M9 remotely over-the-air series of data radio . It also has an ultra- sensitive POCSAG decode mode, enabling it to Very Low Power Consumption receive POCSAG numeric and alpha-numeric It has very low power consumption, and sleep modes that encoded messages. allow it to be active and consume almost no power at all. Automatic Meter Reading Flexible Addressing and Error Correction Being small, power efficient, and fast make the M8 The RV-M8 uses a 16 bit address with a 16 bit network mask, ideal for automatic water-meter reading. With a allowing for many devices to be co-located without receiving communication range of many miles, a network of each other, as well as the creation of sophisticated network M8 radios can cover a nation reading and managing topologies. a smart grid.

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General Specifications Transmitter Specifications Model: RV-M8S-Ux-oo (x=band) (oo=options) RF Power Output ...... 500mW – 2.0W (programmable) Size: Maximum Duty Cycle ...... 10% 3.9” X 2.46” X .55” Frequency Deviation ...... ± 2.2kHz (-N) ± 3.5kHz (-W) Weight: RF ...... 20MHz no-tune 3 oz Occupied bandwidth ...... 11 kHz (-N) 16kHz(-W) Input Voltage: TX Spurious outputs ...... < -70dBc 9-15V DC Occupied Bandwidth ...... Per FCC Power Consumption: FCC Emissions Designator ...... 11K0F1D (-N) Transmitting data: <900mA at 12.0V input Frequency Stability ...... Better than ±1.5ppm Receiving: <70mA at 12V input Sleep (<100uA) Receiver Specifications

Frequency Bands: Data RX sensitivity (.1% BER) 9600bps < -108dBm 4800bps < -113dBm A 403-434 MHz (not US) 1200 & 2400baud < -116dBm B 419-440 MHz (not US) POCSAG decoder, 512 baud <-118dBm C 450-480MHz RF No-tune bandwidth 20MHz D 470-512MHz (not US) Adjacent Channel Selectivity 12.5kHz ..... -55dB Serial Port Baud Rates (programmable) Alternate Channel Selectivity ...... -65dB 1.2k, 2.4k, 4.8k, 9.6k, 19.2k, 38.4k, 57.6k, 115.2k Blocking and spurious rejection ...... -75dB Over-the-air baud rates (programmable) RX intermodulation rejection ...... -70dB -N 1200, 2000, 2400, 4.8k, 5142, 8K,9.6k -W 1200, 2000, 2400, 4.8k, 8k, 9.6k, 19.2k Interface Specifications Full Spec Operating Temperature range Asynchronous serial data -30°C to +60°C USB (optional) Standby to TX turn-around time 3 digital General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) <3mS The I/O connector is a 20-pin header, 2mm pin spacing. Pin Function I/O Function ### Over-the-air Protocols 1 GND - Ground 2 Vcc I DC Input Raveon Data Radio 1200,2400, 4800, 9600 3 Carr Det O CD Out. Low for carrier. 4 TX On O Pin is High when module is transmitting. POCSAG RX 512, 1200, 2400 5 Data In I Transmit data input. 6 Data Out O Receive data output. 7 Enable I Low (<.7V) to shut down the module. RF I/O Connector 8 Sleep i CPU Sleep input 9 CTS O Clear to send output. MMCX (Female) 10 RTS I RTS input for serial flow control. Addressing (data mode) 11 RSSI 0 Receiver signal strength indicator 12 3.3V out O 3.3V out of the M8 module. 50mA max. Individual address: 65,536 13 IOA I/O General purpose I/O. 3V digital 14 IOB I/O General purpose I/O. 3V digital logic Options: 15 Mode I 3V digital logic with 10k pull-up 16 STAT1 O Output to drive external dual-color LED. Internal GPS -GX option 17 RX Audio O Receive and transmit audio output 18 STAT2 O Output to drive external dual-color LED Processor: 120MHz ARM 19 GND I System Ground to M8 20 Vbu Backup battery input

Raveon Technologies Corporation 2461 Impala Drive Carlsbad, CA 92010 - USA RV-M8S Datasheet Phone: +1-760-444-5995 : +1-760-444-5997 Email: [email protected] Version A2