RipEX

 Radio parameters

Frequency bands

135 – 154; 154 – 174 MHz
215 – 240 MHz
300 – 320; 320 – 340; 340 – 360 MHz
368 – 400; 400 – 432; 432 – 470 MHz
470 – 512 MHz
928 – 960 MHz

Channel spacing

6.25; 12.5; 25; 50 kHz ¹⁾

Frequency stability

±1.0 ppm

Modulation

QAM (linear): 16DEQAM; D8PSK; π/4DQPSK; DPSK

FSK (exponential): 4CPFSK; 2CPFSK

FEC (Forward Error Correction)

On/Off, ¾ Trellis code with Viterbi soft-decoder

Gross data rate (data speed) ²⁾

 Transmitter

RF Output power

QAM: 0.5 – 2 W ³⁾
FSK: 0.1 – 10 W ⁴⁾

Duty cycle

Continuous

Rx to Tx Time

< 1.5 ms

Intermodulation Attenuation

> 40 dB

Spurious Emissions (Conducted)

< -36 dBm

Radiated Spurious Emissions

< -36 dBm

Adjacent channel power

< -60 dBc

Transient adjacent channel power

< -60 dBc

 Receiver

Sensitivity

-113 dBm (12.5 kHz, 2CPFSK, BER 10^-6, 3/4 FEC

Anti-aliasing Selectivity

50 kHz @ -3 dB BW

Tx to Rx Time

< 1.5 ms

Maximum Receiver Input Power

20 dBm (100 mW)

Rx Spurious Emissions (Conducted)

< -57 dBm

Radiated Spurious Emissions

< -57 dBm

Blocking or desensitization

 Blocking or desensitization values were determined according to the standards EN 302 561 V1.2.1 for 50 kHz channel, EN 300 113-1 V1.7.1 for 25 and 12.5 kHz channels, and ETSI 301 166-1 V1.3.2 for channel 6.25 kHz.

Spurious response rejection

> 70 dB

1)     50 kHz channel spacing is HW dependent, versions before 2014 didn´t support it. 6.25 kHz channel spacing is not available for RipEX-928.

2)     Network throughput varies and depends heavily on the data structure, optimization effectivity, protocol on Radio channel, network topology, signal budgets and many other parameters of the network. Practical tests are recommended.

3)     Max peak envelope power (PEP) 7.0 W

4)     For output power 10 W it is recommended to use input power above 11 VDC.

          RipEX-470, RipEX-928 – max. RF Output power 8 W.

 Electrical

Primary power

10 to 30 VDC, negative GND

Rx

5 W / 13.8 V;   4.8 W / 24 V;   (Radio part < 2 W)

Tx

13 – 40 W

Sleep mode

0.1 W

Save mode

2 W

 Interfaces

Ethernet

10/100 Base-T Auto MDI/MDIX

RJ45

COM1

RS232

DB9F

300 – 115 200 b/s

COM2

RS232/RS485 SW configurable

DB9F

300 – 115 200 b/s

USB

USB 1.1

Host A

Antenna

50 Ω

TNC female

Inputs/Outputs

1x HW alarm input
1x HW alarm output
1x Sleep input

Power connector

 Indication LEDs

LED panel

7× tri-color status LEDs
(Power, ETH, COM1, COM2, Rx, Tx, Status)

 Environmental

IP Code (Ingress Protection)

IP40, (IP51 with special requirements)

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure)

> 900 000 hours (> 100 years)

Hazardous lodations

Ex II 3G Ex ic IIC T4 Gc

Operating temperature

−40 to +70 °C (−40 to +158 °F)

Operating humidity

5 to 95 % non-condensing

Storage

−40 to +85 °C (−40 to +185 °F) / 5 to 95 % non-condensing

 Mechanical

Casing

Rugged die-cast aluminium

Dimensions

H × W × D: 50 × 150 × 118 mm (1.97 × 5.9 × 4.65 in)

Weight

1.1 kg (2.4 lbs)

Mounting

DIN rail, L-bracket, Flat-bracket, 19″ Rack shelf

 SW

Operating modes

Bridge / Router

Radio channel protocols

Transparent @ Bridge
Base driven, Flexible @ Router

User protocols on COM

Modbus, IEC101, DNP3, PR2000, UNI, Comli, DF1, RP570, Profibus, …

User protocols on Ethernet

Modbus TCP, IEC104, DNP3 TCP, Comli TCP,
Terminal server…

Serial to IP convertors

Modbus RTU / Modbus TCP, DNP3 / DNP3 TCP

 Protocol on Radio channel

Multi master applications

Yes

Report by exception

Yes

Collision Avoidance Capability

Yes

Remote to Remote communication

Yes

Addressed & acknowledged serial
SCADA protocols

Yes

Data integrity control

CRC 32

Optimization

Payload data and Ethernet / IP / TCP / UDP header compression, Packet flow on Radio channel optimization

 Security

Management

HTTP, HTTPS (own certificate), SSH

Access accounts

2 levels (Guest, Admin)

Encryption

AES256-CCM

VPN

IPsec, GRE

VLAN

IEEE 802.1Q (tagging), Q-in-Q for Transparent mode

Firewall

Layer 2 – MAC, Layer 3 – IP, Layer 4 – TCP/UDP

 Diagnostic and Management

Radio link testing

Yes (ping with RSS, Data Quality, Homogeneity)

Watched values (Can be broadcast to neighbouring units. Received info displayed in Neighbours table)

Device – Ucc, Temp, PWR, VSWR, *HW Alarm Input.
Radio channel – *RSScom, *DQcom, TXLost [%]
User interfaces – ETH (Rx/Tx), COM1 (Rx/Tx), COM2 (Rx/Tx)
* not broadcast

Statistics

For Rx/Tx Packets on User interfaces (ETH, COM1, COM2) and for User data and Radio protocol (Repeats, Lost, ACK etc.) on Radio channel

Graphs

For Watched values and Statistics

History (Statistics, Neighbours,
Graphs)

20 periods (configurable, e.g. days)

SNMP

SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, SNMPv3
SNMP Traps or SNMP Informs generation for Watched values

NTP

Client, Server (synchronized from internal GPS)

Monitoring

Real time/Save to file analysis of all physical interfaces (RADIO, ETH, COM1, COM2) and some internal interfaces between software modules (e.g. Terminal servers, Modbus TCP server etc.)

 Standards

CE

RED, RoHS, WEEE

FCC, IC

FCC Part 90, Pending: IC RSS-119

Spectrum

ETSI EN 302 561 V2.1.1:2017
ETSI EN 300 113 V2.2.1:2017

EMC (electromagnetic compatibility)

ETSI EN 301 489-1 V2.1.1:2017
ETSI EN 301 489-5 V2.1.1:2017
IEC 1613:2009 Class 1

Safety

EN 60950-1:2006, A11:2009, A1:2010, A1:2010, A12:2011, A2:2013

SAR

EN 50385:2002
EN 50383ed.2:2011

Vibration & shock

EN 61373:1999
EN 60068-2-6:2008

Seismic qualification

IEC 980:1989 (seismic category 1a)

Hazardous locations

EN 60079-0:2012
EN 60079-11:2012

IP rating

EN 60529:1993 + A1:2001 + A2:2014