Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AirTime ATX6 Lathem
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Model AT X6 Wirel ess W all Clock Trans ceiv er Installation & User's Guide Copyrigh t © 2009 Lathem Time Co rporation. All right s reserved.
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Table of Contents: Intro duc tio n: ............................................................................ 1 Case Desi g n ............................................................................. 2 Insta lla tio n: .........................
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ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 1 Introduction: Lathem’s A TX6 is a Wireles s Transceive r that ca n func tion in bo th “Mas ter” (Primary) , and “R epeater” ( Secondary ) mod es.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 2 Case Design Bottom V iew Installation: LCD Metal Enclo sure Function Bu ttons IN C NXT SET TRNS RECV RC RS485 RS 232 + - Ext.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 3 1. Choos e an appropria te loca tio n to install t he ATX6 o n a w all. a. If you inte nd to use t he AT X-GPS acc essory t o synchroniz e the AT X6, the n a .
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 4 If mounti ng near a ceiling , make s ure the to p hole s are at leas t 2” awa y from the ce iling. If an exte rnal am plifier wi ll be us ed, mount the AT X6 withi n 6 feet of its l ocation .
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 5 4. Attach t he UHF Ant enna to the ATX6’s B NC Co nnector and place it o n top of th e ATX6 or on a shelf wit hin 12 feet . If an exte rnal amp lifier is used, att ach the amplif iers cabl e to the “RF IN ” BNC con necter and to the BNC co nnector on the ATX6.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 6 Apply a mi nimum of 3.5 to 4.5 lb-in tor que for tighte ning fie ld wires into the ter minal bl ocks. Use Ca t-3 or C at-5 Twiste d-Pair Wir es Use only Co pper Wire .
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 7 Date/Time Set-Up : To enter t he Date/ Time Se t-Up Mo de, simult aneously press the Ce nter (NXT) and Right (SET) butto ns for 1 second.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 8 4 Hours (00 ~ 12 A M/PM) Use the INC button to adva nce thro ugh the val ues. A dva ncing past ‘11 ’ will also to ggle th e AM and PM indi cators. Pres s th e SET butto n wh en the corre ct value is displayed.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 9 6 Time Zone (-12 ~ +12 ) Use the INC button to adva nce thro ugh the val ues. A dva ncing past ‘11 ’ will also to ggle th e ‘+’ and ‘- ‘indicato rs.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 10 9 Spring D ST Week : (1,2,3 ,4,L) Use the INC to select w hic h Sunday of mont h that Da ylight Sa vings Tim e begins: 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th or L ast S unday of mont h. Defa ult is ‘02 ’ (2 nd Sunday in Ma rch).
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 11 14 Time Slot: (A or 0~ 9) To suppor t systems that i nclude m ultiple T ransceiv ers using the sam e Frequency C hannel , AirTim e Trans ceivers ca n automa ti cally determin e their pos ition in a network of tra nsceivers .
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 12 16 UHF P ower Lev el (Lo / Hi) Use the INC button to toggl e betwee n L o (4-Watt) a nd Hi (6-Watt ) transmis sion power s etting s. Select t he H i setting fo r the wid est area o f coverage. Select the L o to minimize i nterfer ence with systems outside of yo ur facility.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 13 P Password (0 00 ~ 9 99) For security purpos es, you may set a unique pa sswor d fo r your ATX6. To change th e Passwo rd, use t he INC , NXT and S ET butto ns . The INC button wi ll increm ent the di git ov er the disp layed cu rsor.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 14 Operating Modes: Normal : In Norma l Mode, t he ATX6 will listen fo r synch ronizati on si gnals from the device s electe d as the Time Ref erence (Set-Up p a rameter # 7 ).
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 15 If ‘PcL’, ‘485’ or ‘ GPS’ is s elected as the time r efe rence, t he ‘PCL’, ‘485’ or ‘ GPS’ LED w ill flas h twice each time a valid s ig nal is receiv ed. The ‘485 ’ or ‘UHF ’ LED wil l flash o nce each ti me a s ig nal is transmit ted by the AT X6.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 16 Receive Mode: Automati c: If RS485 , GPS or Air have b een select ed as the s ynchr onizatio n type (i n Set-Up Param eter # 7) , the n the AT X6 will a utomati cally ent er a “listen” mo de fo r 15 minut es after pow er up an d eac h day at 1 :05AM , 3:05AM a nd 10:45PM .
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 17 RC Trans mit: If RC EMU LATION is enable d [Set-U p paramete r #15 , a bove, = ‘1 ’] RC Transmit is select ed by pre ssing and holding RC (SET ) fo r 2 seconds.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 18 Installatio n Exam ples ATX6 Stan d Alone correctin g Wireles s Wall C locks ATX-GPS to ATX6 co rrectin g Wireles s Wall C locks and LTR Maste r.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 19 ATX Recei ving WWV B signal s ynchro nizing an ATX 6 co rrecting Wi reless Wall Clock s and LTR Master ATX6 thro ugh an ext ernal a mplifier correcting W ire.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 20 Wiri ng Diagr ams Synchronizing the ATX6 to Lathem’s AirTim e TimeSync Software via Etherne t to RS2 32 Converter (Progra m Synchronization “PcL”) Sync.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 21 When atta ching w ires to the ter minal block the ATX 6 sho uld be in a vertical position . If the AT X6 is hori zontal the termin al block will not lock dow n the w ires.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 22 Synchronizing a LTR0 or DWA-S to an ATX6 Synchronizing a DDC2 /4-RS to an ATX6.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 23 Synchronizing the ATX6 to a LTR-GPS.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 24 Synchronizing a LTRX- 512 to ATX6 usi ng Sync Relay closure (Progra m ATX6 Relay closure at 12:00AM) Verify Jump ers ar e “Open” as s hown for Sync Output .
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 25 Synchronizing the ATX6 to an External Rel ay Closure (Progra m Synchronization “SYN”, ver ify J7 & J8 are Close d) Verify Jump ers ar e “Closed ” as s hown for Sync I nput . To access jumpers s ee pag e 3.
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 26 Specificat ions Dimensio ns 9" H X 5 1/ 8" W X 3 1/8" D Weight 3.8 lbs (1 .702 kg ) Display LCD with Tim e / St atus in dicato rs and 4 L ED indicators Housing All metal e nclosure wi th gr ey texture d paint .
ATX6 I nstallation and User G uide Page 27 W arr anty Limited One-Year Limit ed Warranty La the m war ra nts th e h ar dw ar e pro duc ts de scr ib ed in t hi s gu id e a gai ns t d ef ec ts i n ma t .
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