The SAT100 is provided as an off-the-shelf kit that has the following components: SAT100 Terminal, SAT-1xx-TB1 Breakout Box, Flex Cable. The SAT100 Kit is a convenient method of connecting your devices to the SAT100 Terminal.
See SAT100 Product Page for more details.
The SCADALink SAT100 is a versatile low-power satellite terminal. It is a SCADA device that provides Modem, RTU, and Alarm Callout functionality in a single product. It is designed for remote SCADA communications, monitoring I/O and RS232 / RS485 serial devices.
The 15’ cable is a flexible 10 pin multiconductor molded cable house in SEALTITE® flexible liquid-tight conduit.
| Color | Wire Gauge | Functionality |
|---|---|---|
| White | 22 AWG | RS-485_A |
| Grey | 22 AWG | RS-485_B |
| Black | 20 AWG | Ground |
| Red | 20 AWG | VIN |
| Brown | 22 AWG | IO 01 |
| Green | 22 AWG | IO 02 |
| Blue | 22 AWG | IO 03 |
| Purple | 22 AWG | IO 04 |
| Orange | 22 AWG | RS-232 Tx (Output) |
| Yellow | 22 AWG | RS-232 Rx (Input) |
| Clear (2) | 22 AWG | Chassis Ground |
Mounting: The SAT1xx Breakout Box Kit comes with pipe clamps to attach the terminal to a pipe. The included mounting bracket also provides a convenient method for the terminal to be physically screwed onto the side of a building.
Orientation: The SAT100 terminal dome should be installed with a clear view of the sky in the SE direction. If any obstructions are present within the viewing angel of 30 degrees above the horizon, the dome might need to be repositioned for improved clearance.
Power: The unit requires a power supply rated at 10-30 VDC at 5A (peak) for operation.
Alarms: An internal alarm can be configured to callout on low and high power supply voltage. By default, the unit is configured to callout a low alarm at 11.58 VDC and a high alarm at 13 VDC. This can be changed by SCADALink support when the unit is powered with a view of the sky.
Serial Interface: The SCADALink SAT100 has two serial ports: COM0 and COM1. COM0 is an RS232 port and is typically used for configuration but can also be used to connect to field equipment. COM1 is an RS485 2-wire port that is used to connect to field equipment.
I/O: The SCADALink SAT100 provides four onboard configurable I/O pins that operate in any of three modes: Analog Input, Digital Input, Digital Output. Each of the pins can be configured via the SAT100 GUI to operate in any of these three modes.
Chassis Ground: There are two drain wires, with clear coating, that need to be attached to the SAT-1xx-TB1 chassis ground connection.
The terminal will be delivered pre-configured and tested. Updates to the configuration can be done with the SatSCADA GUI application. Instructions are available on this site at SatSCADA GUI.
Local Configuration: The SAT100 terminal can be configured locally via a straight through serial cable attached to the SAT-1xx-BB’s RS-232 connector using the GUI.
Remote Configuration: The SAT100 terminal can also be configured remotely over-the-air using the GUI. Internet access is required.
Modbus Slave: The SAT100 can operate as a Modbus RTU Slave via the RS232 or RS485 ports or over the air.
Modbus Master: The SAT100 can function as a Modbus RTU master through its RS232 or RS485 ports. Registers polled via the Modbus RTU Master function can be mapped to Modbus registers in the terminal.
For the first 30 seconds after a terminal has been reset the LED will not blink. During this time the terminal is restarting the firmware. The LED will start blinking only after the firmware has started.
If the LED is enabled by the GUI then during normal operation the LED blinks every 10 seconds for one minute.
Immediately after the firmware has started and if the RS-232 port is being used by the configuration the LED will blink quickly for 30 seconds. When this starts you have two minutes to use the GUI1) to connect to the terminal with the RS-232 port. After this time the RS-232 port will be in use by the SatSCADA application firmware and you will not be able to use the GUI to connect to the terminal. You will need to restart the terminal again or change the config over-the-air to stop using the RS-232 port.
The LED will blink once whenever there is a call out or ping to the server.
If the LED never blinks then either the LED has been disabled by the GUI, or there is no power being applied either external or by batteries, or there is no SatSCADA application firmware loaded into the device.