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Digi m10 Technical Overview And Reference Date: 12 January 2012 90033936_ C.
Copyright Notic e Digi International ha s prepared this manual for the use of its employees, age nts , and its custome rs. This man ual contains propriet ary information, whi ch is protected by copyright.
Document Revision History Version Description Date 1.0 0 Initial release of the user manual 23 Sep 2008 1.1 0 FAQ section added and minor change s made 30 Sep 2008 1.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 iv Table of Contents About This Manual .................. ............................................................. .......................................... 6 Target Audien ce ......
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 v List of T ables Table 1: Message A ck no wlegements ............................. ............................................................. .. 16 Table 2: Temperatu re O ut of Bounds Packet .
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 6 of 26 About This Manual This manual provide s a detailed technical ov erview on how the Orbcomm sat el l i te network operates, available messag e types, specific Digi m e ssage extensions, and ot her related techni cal information .
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 7 of 26 Reference Do cument s The following docum ents were used to cr ea te this user guide, and provide more informat ion about the technolo gies a nd standards inv ol v ed using the Digi m10 ORBCOMM S atellite Modem .
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 8 of 26 1. General Descripti on This chapter provides an overvi ew of t he Digi m10 S atellite M odem and its f eat ures.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi Internationa l, Inc. © 2009 Page 9 of 26 1.2 Communication usin g a Digi m10 Satellite Modem Once an antenna is prop erly hooked up to the Digi m 1 0 and it has a clear line of sight to the sky, the Digi m10 can start communicating wi th s atellites as they move overhead.
Digi m10 Techni cal Overv i ew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 10 of 26 When receiving a m es sage through the Digi m 10, a user create s a messag e using an SMTP client and send s it t o the ORBCOMM GCC usi ng the appropriate e- mail address (typically serial#X1@orbcom m.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew v 1.20 Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 11 of 26 2. Types of Communi cation Methods 2.1 Data Reports A Data Report is t he basi c service element t he Digi m10 uses to transmit or r eceive a single packet containing 6 by tes or less of user - d ef ined data.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 12 of 26 3. Terms and definitions: 3.1 Gateway An ORBCOMM Gat eway consists of a G ateway Control Cente r (G CC) and one or more Gat eway Earth Station (GES ) sites, as well as the net work components that provi de i nt erfacility communicati ons.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 13 of 26 3.2 Gateway Earth Stati on (GES) The role of the Gat ew ay Earth Station ( GE S) is to provide an RF comm unications link bet ween the message switch an d the satellite const ell at ion.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 14 of 26 inaccessible by the satellite constellat io n. The stored message s are transmitt ed whe n an ORBCOMM Gatew ay comes into satelli t e - transmission rang e.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 15 of 26 3.9 Speed Dial The ORBCOMM gatew ay maintains a list of up t o eight speed dials, or ori ginat or/recipient addresses for each satellite modem.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 16 of 26 Service Level Des cription 0 No Acknowledgment 1 Acknowledgment i s gen erated only if mes sag e fails to reach the GC C. 2 Acknowledgment i s gen erated when messag e has successfully r eac hed (or failed to reach ) the GCC.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 17 of 26 3.13 GES -to- Satellite Channels The RF links that conn ect an ORBCOMM G at eway GES to an ORBCOMM satellite use a sin gle 57.6 - kbps uplink and do wnlink channel that use s the T DMA protocol.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 18 of 26 4. Digi Extended Pack ets In addition to the ORB COMM serial command s defined in the ORBCO M M S erial Specificat i on, th.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 19 of 26 4.2 Temperatur e Q ue ry The Temperat ure Query packet (see Table 3 ) is sent from t he host controller to qu ery the Digi m10 temperat ure.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 20 of 26 4.3 Temperatur e Que ry Response The Temperat ure Query Response pa c ket (see Table 4 ) is sent f rom the Digi m10 to t he host controller, ind icating the satelli t e modem’s temperature in degr ee s Celsius.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 21 of 26 4.4 NVM Data Corruptio n Alert P acket Table 5 : N VM Data Corruption Alert P acke t 0 0x05/0x06 Packet Header 1 0x1B Packe.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 22 of 26 NOTE: DTE shoul d send this packet t o m10 before initiating x modem code upgrade process.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 23 of 26 4.6 RTS/CTS Con trol P acket Table 7 : RTS/CTS Control Packet 0 0x85/0x86 Packet Header 1 0x 1D Packet Type 2 Length0 Lengt.
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Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 25 of 26 Appendix A: Upd ate Firmware 1) Go to Start > program Files > Digi > Digi m10 Jumpstart Kit > Tools and Click on “Firmware update”. 2) On ce application starts, select COM port and the required firmware file (.
Digi m10 Technical Overv iew Digi International, I nc. © 2009 Page 26 of 26 WARNING: Do NOT turn off your Digi satellite mo dem or r em ove any cables during the firmware upgrade proc ess.
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