CSC Product Information - RF400 (Discontinued)

Product Information - RF400 (Discontinued)

Replacement Product - RF401

Spread Spectrum Radio - 902 to 928 MHz (-25° to +50°C)

Manual

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Features

Individual FCC license not required¹
Transmission distance of one to 10 miles using inexpensive omnidirectional antennas (shown), several times that using higher gain directional antennas (please note that line-of-sight obstructions and RF interference will affect transmission distance)
Low power consumption
9-pin CS I/O port that connects directly to the datalogger (no additional interface required)
9-pin RS-232 port that connects directly to a computer serial port or other RS-232 device
25-channel frequency-hopping radio
Built-in simplified and advanced setup menus for configuring port modes, network/radio addresses, hop table, and power saving modes
Setup that allows different addresses for multiple dataloggers in a point-to-multipoint network (call about repeater capability)
Settings stored in non-volatile memory

General Description

The RF400 Spread Spectrum Radio has a 910 to 918 MHz operating frequency range, which is used in the US/Canada. Spread spectrum radios spread the normally narrowband information signal over a relatively wide band of frequencies. This allows the communications to be more immune to noise and interference from RF sources such as pagers, cellular phones and multipath. The RF400 reduces susceptibility to RF interference from other spread spectrum devices by providing user-selectable frequency hopping patterns.

The RF400 spread spectrum radio modem supports point-to-point and point-to-multipoint datalogger communications. It can serve as a field modem/radio while connected to the datalogger or as a base station modem/radio when connected to a computer. The RF400 modem can also be used for general purpose wireless data communications.

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