Aurel RTX MID 5v Transceiver [Solved]
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Aurel RTX MID 5v Transceiver [Solved]
Today I had problems with my Powerfix switches so I took a look at the Mega/RFLink print and found a loose connection to the Aurel RTX-MID Transceiver.
I looked at the connections for the Aurel at http://www.nemcon.nl/blog2/2015/07/aa and noticed that I had to connect pin 10 of the aurel RxTx to pin 16 of the Mega.
I saw I had that same pin connected to Vcc 5V on the Mega.
When connected Aurel pin_10 to pin16 on Mega I could not transmit any commands to my 433MHz devices so had to connect this pin back to Vcc to make it work.
I use RFLink Version: 1.1 Revision: 35 Build: 10, so is there a change in connection of the Aurel transceiver with the latest RFLink distribution ?
I am a little confused about this pin.
I looked at the connections for the Aurel at http://www.nemcon.nl/blog2/2015/07/aa and noticed that I had to connect pin 10 of the aurel RxTx to pin 16 of the Mega.
I saw I had that same pin connected to Vcc 5V on the Mega.
When connected Aurel pin_10 to pin16 on Mega I could not transmit any commands to my 433MHz devices so had to connect this pin back to Vcc to make it work.
I use RFLink Version: 1.1 Revision: 35 Build: 10, so is there a change in connection of the Aurel transceiver with the latest RFLink distribution ?
I am a little confused about this pin.
Last edited by costo on 29 Jan 2016, 14:42, edited 3 times in total.
Re: Aurel RTX MID 5v Transceiver
Did you check the datasheet of the transceiver?
http://www.aurelwireless.com/wp-content ... 33G_um.pdf
The little schematic explaining the connections are for a situation with a separate transmitter and receiver, of which examples are shown in
http://www.nemcon.nl/blog2/2015/07/aa
Probably the schematics could use some updating.
http://www.aurelwireless.com/wp-content ... 33G_um.pdf
The little schematic explaining the connections are for a situation with a separate transmitter and receiver, of which examples are shown in
http://www.nemcon.nl/blog2/2015/07/aa
Probably the schematics could use some updating.
Re: Aurel RTX MID 5v Transceiver
Yes I had checked the datasheet when I was connecting it for the first time.BertB wrote:Did you check the datasheet of the transceiver?
http://www.aurelwireless.com/wp-content ... 33G_um.pdf
The little schematic explaining the connections are for a situation with a separate transmitter and receiver, of which examples are shown in
http://www.nemcon.nl/blog2/2015/07/aa
Probably the schematics could use some updating.
This page on nemcon.nl says about the Aurel :
So today I connected it as mentioned in the list above, receiving 433MHz signals is doing fine but I cannot transmit data when I connect it the way the RFLink website shows.If you would like to use the Aurel RTX MID 5v Transceiver the pinout is:
Pin 1 = Antenna
Pin 2 = Ground
Pin 3 = Not Connected
Pin 4 = MEGA tx3/Pin 14 (TX Data)
Pin 5 = MEGA rx3/Pin 15 (TX VCC)
Pin 6 = MEGA Pin 22 (-RX/TX- toggle signal!)
Pin 7 = Ground
Pin 8 = optional: 20k resistor to ground
Pin 9 = MEGA rx1/Pin 19 (RX Data)
Pin 10= MEGA tx2/Pin 16 (RX VCC)
4 months ago I got a p.m. from Stuntteam about how to connect the Aurel RxTx to the RFLink and he mentioned at that time, to connect Aurel_pin_10 to Vcc of Mega and that worked fine up till today. I am still using R35 Build 10 of RFLink.
I wonder if the controlsignals in R36 and/or R37 are different than it was in R35 because I MUST connect Aurel_pin 10 to Mega_pin Vcc to make it work.
Re: Aurel RTX MID 5v Transceiver
Sorry, there were some mistakes introduced in the schematics when they were last updated with the RBX6 details.
Indeed pin 10 should go to vcc.
The page has been updated.
Indeed pin 10 should go to vcc.
The page has been updated.
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Introduction: http://www.nemcon.nl/blog2/
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Re: Aurel RTX MID 5v Transceiver
That clearyfies it. I'm glad this error is fixed now.Stuntteam wrote:Sorry, there were some mistakes introduced in the schematics when they were last updated with the RBX6 details.
Indeed pin 10 should go to vcc.
The page has been updated.
There was no risk of damaging the Aurel transceiver or the Mega2560 I believe. Both connections were Vcc related.
Re: Aurel RTX MID 5v Transceiver [Solved]
double post
Last edited by costo on 29 Jan 2016, 21:24, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Aurel RTX MID 5v Transceiver [Solved]
Btw, Rev35 is a bit old already 

Re: Aurel RTX MID 5v Transceiver [Solved]
Like the saying says:Voyager wrote:Btw, Rev35 is a bit old already
R35 is from about 2 months ago I believe.If it aint broke don't fix it.
For me it is a very good release, I only use KaKu, Powerfix, EV1527 and some PT2272 devices. No need to update.
I would update regular if I could compile a newer version myself.
Using the flashprogram under Windows is not what I like to do, (Booting up and wait 20 minutes until all the security updates are done

If I find a easy way to flash the Mega from inside Linux/Mint I will probably upgrade more frequent.
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