Sierra Wireless 20070914 Manual

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Raven iDEN

11 20070914

Power

YourRavencanbeusedwitheitherDC,availableinmost

automobiles,or110AC,standardUSwallpower,withthe

appropriatepoweradapter.DCcablesandACadaptersare

availableasoptionalaccessoriesinadditiontotheone

includedwithyourRa ven.

Note: When using a DC power

source (such as a car battery or

solar cell), Sierra Wireless

recommends placing a fuse (1-2

Amp) on the line close to the

power source to protect your

power source from possible

surges due to shorts or other line

issues.

TheDCpowercablepositiveleadshouldbeconnectedtothe

batteryorpowersourcepositiveterminal.Thepowercable

negativeleadshouldbeconnectedtothe ba tteryorpower

sourcenegativeterminal.

Connecting to a Computer or other

Device

Figure 0-13: Serial

TheserialportofyourRavencanbeconnecteddirectlytomost

computersorotherdevicesusingastandardstraightthrough

cable.IfyouhaveaDCEdevice,youwillneedanullmodem

ornullmodemcable.

Indicator Lights

WhenyourRavenisconnectedtopowerandanantenna,there

isaspecificpatterntothelightstoindicateitsoperationmode.

Figure 0-14: Raven Indicator lights

• Chan(channel)‐Indicatesthemodemhasacquireda

networkchannel.