VSP3

Voice Radio Interface Module
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VSP3

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Voice Radio Interface Module

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Model:
VSP3
Item Number:
VSP3
Warranty:
1 year
Compliance:
requires user-supplied handheld radio

Overview

The VSP3 is a radio interface that converts data into voice messages that can be transmitted via a UHF or VHF transceiver. It allows customers to call their site using a hand-held radio and receive a verbal report of real-time site conditions.

The VSP3 uses phonetic native text-string-to-speech conversion, which provides for an unlimited vocabulary.

Ideal applications include fire weather, avalanche forecasting, local weather monitoring, irrigation control, water level monitoring, water quality, and industrial process control.

Technical Description

The VSP3 Vosponder, manufactured by DACOM Technologies, Inc., allows customers to call their site using a hand-held UHF or VHF radio and receive a verbal report of real-time site conditions. Ideal applications include fire weather, avalanche forecasting, local weather monitoring, irrigation control, water level monitoring, water quality, and industrial process control.

Customers initiate voice transmissions by pressing buttons on a hand-held radio. Once initiated, the Vosponder uses an SDI-12 interface to collect raw digital data from a Campbell Scientific data logger. The Vosponder then converts the collected data into natural human speech and recites a verbal message.

Benefits

  • Broadcasts voice data to a hand-held radio with a matching radio frequency
  • Converts data from SDI-12 compatible data loggers, data acquisition systems, or sensors into voice messages
  • Provides unlimited vocabulary

Specifications

Operating Temperature
-10° to +55°C
Programming Interface Port
RS-232; communications parameters, data rate 2400 bps, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, XON/XOFF
Data Interface Ports
SDI-12 three wire interface, emulates either a record (master mode) or a sensor (slave mode) using a subset of the SDI-12 protocol definition
Output Level
10 to 2.5 mV
Output Impedance
5 kohm nominal

(capacitor blocked)

Carrier Operated Squelch Input
1.5 to 5 Vdc @ 10 mA

(max)

Input Level
25 mV to 5 V

(factory adjustable)

Input Impedance
10 kohm dc resistance

(not capacitor blocked)

Power Requirements
10 to 16.8 Vdc
Power Consumption @ 12.6 Vdc
25 mA

(quiescent)

Power Consumption @ 12.6 Vdc
75 mA

(active)

Dimensions
16.5 x 9.5 x 3.8 cm

(6.4 x 3.75 x 1.4 in.) without connectors and bracket

Dimensions
22 x 9.5 x 3.8 cm

(8.5 x 3.75 x 1.4 in.) with connectors and bracket

Weight
380 g

(0.9 lb)

DTMF Decoder

Twist
-10 to +6 dB
Maximum Signal-to-Noise Ratio
10 dB
Minimum Detect Tone Duration
40 ms
Minimum Interdigit Time
30 ms

Ships With

(3)
  • Image Builder Software
  • SDI-12 cable (2 ft)
  • Orderable

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