MHR Radio Controller Instruction Manual
June 2017
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 CRITICAL INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS ..................................................................... 5
1.1 GENERAL .............................................................................................................................. 5
1.2 PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE RADIO CONTROLLED EQUIPMENT ................ 6
1.3 SAFETY INFORMATION & RECOMMENDED TRAINING FOR OPERATORS .................. 6
1.4 PRE-OPERATION TEST ....................................................................................................... 7
2.0 MHR RECEIVER INSTALLATION.......................................................................................... 11
2.1 PRE-INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................... 12
2.2 MECHANICAL DRAWINGS ................................................................................................. 13
2.3 INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................... 14
2.4 PIN OUT AND DIAGRAM DEFINITIONS ............................................................................ 15
2.5 MHR RECEIVER BLOCK DIAGRAM .................................................................................. 19
3.0 CONFIGURING THE MHR ...................................................................................................... 23
3.1 ENTERING SETUP MODE .................................................................................................. 23
3.2 SETUP MODE MENU .......................................................................................................... 25
3.3 DEVICE CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................ 26
3.4 IO CONFIGURATION .......................................................................................................... 30
3.4.1 INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT CONFIGURATION ................................................................... 31
3.5 CAN CONFIGURATION ...................................................................................................... 33
3.6 PROJECT SPECIFIC OPTIONS ......................................................................................... 34
3.7 UNIT STATUS ..................................................................................................................... 34
3.8 SOFTWARE VERSIONS ..................................................................................................... 35
3.9 SAVE AND EXIT .................................................................................................................. 35
3.10 EXIT WITHOUT SAVE ....................................................................................................... 35
4.0 NORMAL OPERATION .......................................................................................................... 36
4.1 INITIALIZATION ................................................................................................................... 36
4.2 NORMAL OPERATING SCREEN ....................................................................................... 37
4.3 NORMAL OPERATING STATUS ........................................................................................ 38
4.4 LED STATUS INDICATION ................................................................................................. 39
4.4.1 STATUS/ERR LED (left LED on MHR faceplate) ......................................................... 39
4.4.2 PWR/COMM LED (right LED on MHR faceplate) ......................................................... 39
5.0 OPTIONAL PROGRAMMING WITH RCP .............................................................................. 40
5.1 ACCESS CODES ................................................................................................................ 40
5.2 CHANGING TRANSMITTER ACCESS CODES ................................................................. 40
5.3 CONNECTING THE MHR TO A COMPUTER .................................................................... 41
5.4 PROGRAMMING WITH RCP .............................................................................................. 42
6.0 CHANNEL AND FREQUENCY DESIGNATIONS BY COUNT .............................................. 43
6.1 433MHz CHANNEL SET ..................................................................................................... 43
6.2 419MHz CHANNEL SET ..................................................................................................... 44
6.3 2.4 GHz: FHSS .................................................................................................................... 45
6.4 FCC STATEMENTS ............................................................................................................ 45
7.0 TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................................................................ 46
7.1 TROUBLESHOOTING TABLE ............................................................................................ 46
7.2 ALARM TABLE .................................................................................................................... 48
7.3 ASSEMBLY AND REPLACEMENT PARTS ........................................................................ 57
8.0 EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ................................................................................. 58