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RipEX2

RipEX2

by Racom

CE and FCC certification for 256QAM

Specifications

RipEX2

Key Features:

• CE and FCC certification for 256QAM
(1.7 Mb/s @ 300 kHz, 167 kb/s @ 25 kHz)
• Multiple Radio Protocols => Highest Network throughput
• Standard IP routing even on Radio channel
• Dynamic routing
• IPsec end-to-end security
• Wi-Fi Management, Responsive Web Interface
• Each unit tested in Climatic Chamber
• Base, Repeater and Remote use Same HW
• mPCIe Expansion Slot
• -40 to +70°C operating temperature


 Technical Specifications

Radio parameters

Frequency bands

135 – 175 MHz
285 – 335; 335 – 400 MHz
400 – 470; 450 – 520 MHz

Channel spacing

6.25; 12.5; 25; 50; 100; 150; 200; 250; 300 kHz

Frequency stability

±0.5 ppm
±0.01 ppm with internal GPS (optional) or external time sychronisation

Modulation

QAM: 256QAM; 64QAM; 16DEQAM; D8PSK; π/4DQPSK; DPSK
FSK: 4CPFSK; 2CPFSK

FEC (Forward Error Correction)

2/3; 3/4; 5/6; Off
Trellis code with Viterbi soft-decoder

Gross data rate (data speed)

Channel spacing
[kHz]

Gross data rate (modulation rate)
[kb/s]

6.25

42

12.5

83

25

167

50

333

100

555

150

925

200

1111

250

1389

300

1736

Transmitter

RF Output power

QAM: 0.1 – 5.0 W (20 – 37 dBm) RMS in 1dB
FSK: 0.1 – 10 W (20 – 40 dBm) in 1dB step

Duty cycle

Continuous

Rx to Tx Time

< 2 ms @ 6.25 kHz channel
< 1.0 ms @ 12.5 kHz channel
< 0.7 ms @ 25 kHz channel

Intermodulation Attenuation

> 40 dBm, > 70 dBm (with external circulator / isolator)

Spurious Emissions (Conducted)

< -36 dBm

Radiated Spurious Emissions

< -36 dBm

Adjacent channel power

< -60 dBc

Transient adjacent channel power

< -60 dBc

Receiver

Sensitivity

-117 dBm (12.5 kHz; 2CPFSK; BER 10-6; 3/4 FEC)

Anti-aliasing Selectivity

56 kHz @ -3 dB BW applicable for 6.25; 12.5; 25 kHz
500 kHz @ -3 dB BW applicable for 50; 100; 150; 200; 250;
300 kHz

Tx to Rx Time

< 2 ms @ 6.25 kHz channel
< 1.0 ms @ 12.5 kHz channel
< 0.7 ms @ 25 kHz channel

Maximum Receiver Input Power

20 dBm (100 mW)

Rx Spurious Emissions (Conducted)

< -57 dBm

Radiated Spurious Emissions

< -57 dBm

Blocking or desensitization

> -23 dBm @ 1 MHz
> -19 dBm @ 2 MHz
> -15 dBm @ 5 MHz
> -13 dBm @ 10 MHz

Spurious response rejection

> 70 dB

Technical parameters are subject to change without prior notification.

1)     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.

2)     Available only in Bridge mode.

3)     Max peak envelope power (PEP) 10 W (40 dBm) .

Electrical

Primary power

10 to 30 VDC, negative GND

Rx

8 W / 13.8 V

Tx

12 – 55 W

Sleep mode

0.01 W

Save mode

5 W

Interfaces

Ethernet

10/100/1000Base-T Auto MDI/MDIX

 4× RJ45

SFP

10/100/1000Base-T or 1000Base-SXor 1000Base-LX
user exchangeable SFP with max.

power consumption 1.25 W

1× SFP

COM

RS232 / RS485 SW configurable

 DB9F

600 b/s – 1 Mb/s

USB

USB 3.0

 Host A

Antenna

50 Ω 2×SW configurable
1× Tx / Rx or 1× Rx + 1× Tx

 TNC female

Inputs/Outputs

1× HW alarm input1× HW alarm output
1× Sleep input

 Power connector

2× DI, 2× DO, 1× difDInot available when Expansion board ‘C’
(COM ports) is used

 RJ45

Optional interfaces

Expansion board ‘G’
GPS (GNSS)

Active antenna 3.3 VDC SMA female
(AUX on front panel)

72-channel u-blox M8 engine GPS/QZSS L1 C/A, GLONASS L10F, BeiDou B1I, Galileo E1B/C, SBAS L1 C/A: WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS, GAGAN

Expansion board ‘C’
COM ports

COM2:
RS232 – 5 pin (RxD, TxD, GND, RTS, CTS)
600 b/s to 2 Mb/s
COM3:
RS232 -3 pin (RxD, TxD, GND)
2.4 kb/s to 921.6 kb/s
RJ45 (DI/DO on front panel)

Expansion board ‘E’, ‘P’, ‘A’ Cellular

Indication LEDs

LED panel

5× tri-color status LEDs (SYS, AUX, RX, TX, COM)

ETH

4× RJ45 (Link and Activity LEDs), 1× SFP (Status LED)

Environmental

IP Code (Ingress Protection)

IP41, IP42, IP52

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure)

> 900 000 hours (> 100 years)

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: 60 × 185 × 125 mm (2.34 × 7.2 × 4.9 in)

Weight

1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)

Mounting

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

SW

Operating modes

Bridge / Router

Radio channel protocols

Transparent @ Bridge
Base driven, Flexible @ Router

User protocols on COM

DNP3, DF1, IEC101, Modbus RTU, PR2000, RDS,
Siemens 3964R, Async Link

User protocols on Ethernet

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

Serial to IP convertors

DNP3 / DNP3 TCP, Modbus RTU / Modbus TCP

Protocol on Radio channel

Multi master applications

Yes

Report by exception

Yes

Collision Avoidance Capability

Yes

Remote to Remote communication

Yes

Addressed and acknowledged
serial SCADA protocols

Yes

Data integrity control

CRC 32

Optimization

Intelligent payload data and header (Eth / IP / TCP / UDP) compression

Security

Management

HTTPS (own certificate), SSH

Role-based access control (RBAC)

4 levels (Guest, Tech, SecTech, Admin)

WiFi management access (optional)

WPA2-PSK secured

Encryption

AES256-CCM

VPN

IPsec, GRE

VLAN

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

AAA protocol

RADIUS

Firewall

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

FW

Digitally signed

HW tamper

Case opening evidence

Diagnostic and Management

Link testing

ICMP ping

Status informations

User interfaces

Statistics

Historical and differential statistics for Rx / Tx Packets on all user interfaces (ETH 1-5, COM 1-3, TS 1-5) and Radio interface – for individual connections.
Radio protocol statistics (frame error, replied, duplicated, lost etc.) for individual radio links.
Advanced statistics for Radio channel (RSS levels, MSE, Pre-frame RSS, Repeats, etc.)

Statistics history

Several weeks

Event log

Events filtered by time, severity, user, remote IP address and type of event

SNMP

SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, SNMPv3
Trap / Inform alarms generation as per settings

NTP

Client / Server

Monitoring

Real time analysis of all interfaces (RADIO, ETH 1-5 , COM 1-3, TS 1-5) and internal interfaces between software modules

Standards

CE

RED; RoHS; WEEE

FCC, IC

FCC Part 90, IC RSS-119

Spectrum

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

EMC
(electromagnetic compatibility)

ETSI EN 301 489-1 V2.2.3
ETSI EN 301 489-5 V3.2.1
EN 61850-3:2014

Product safety

EN 62368-1:2014 + A11:2017

RF health safety

EN 62311:2008

Electric power substations
environment

IEEE 1613:2009
IEEE 1613.1:2013
EN 61850-3:2014

Hazardous locations

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

Environmental

EN 61850-3: 2014

Vibration & shock

EN 60068-2-6:2008
ETS 300 019-2-3:1994, Class 3.4
EN 61850-3:2014

Seismic qualification

EN 60068-2-27:2010

IP rating

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

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