WaSP

Embedded Data Radio

WaSP is a compact, high-performance radio modem, tailored for wireless surveillance applications. Designed for fast, secure and reliable data transfer in mission-critical operations. Its lightweight, embedded form makes it ideal for UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles) and UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), where every gram and watt matters.

https//www.racom.eu/products/wasp-embedded-radio

Features

  • 200 – 470 MHz and 700 – 960 MHz
  • RF Power 35 dBm / 3 W
  • Mesh network
  • Half or Full duplex
  • Asymmetric uplink / downlink
  • Interference awareness frequency hopping

Performance

  • 10.4 kb/s – 4.1 Mb/s
  • 25 kHz – 10 MHz channels
  • Power efficient CPFSK
  • Static and Dynamic routing
  • Unlimited coverage without Base stations

Security

  • AES256, Firewall
  • IPsec, OpenVPN
  • RADIUS, VLAN
  • Digitally signed FW

Reliability

  • Defence-grade design
  • −40 to +60 °C
  • Each unit tested in climatic chamber
  • MTBF > 100 years
  • Designed & Manufactured in Czechia, EU

Connectivity

interface-wasp

Support

  • Free HelpDesk for everyone
  • Consulting for API interface
  • Tests & Commissioning live assistance
  • All technical information on the web

Specifications

Radio parameters WaSP
Frequency bands 200 - 470 and 700 - 960 MHz
Channel spacing 25; 50; 100; 200; 400; 625; 1250; 2500; 5000; 10000 kHz
Frequency stability ±0.5 ppm
Modulation 4CPFSK; 2CPFSK
FEC (Forward Error Correction) 3/4; Off
Trellis code with Viterbi soft-decoder
Gross data rate (data speed) up to 4.1 Mb/s
 
RF Output power 20-35 dBm PEP (0.1-3 W RMS) 1 dB step programmable
Duty cycle Continuous
Rx to Tx Time < 0.7 ms @ 25 kHz channel
Sensitivity

-110 dBm (2CPFSK; 200 kHz BER 10-2; 3/4 FEC)
-95 dBm (2CPFSK; 10 MHz BER 10-2; 3/4 FEC)

 
Technical parameters are subject to change without prior notification.

Electrical WaSP
Primary power 10 to 30 VDC, negative GND
Rx 8.3 W @ 24 V, see details
Tx 10 - 27 W @ 24 V for 200 - 470 MHz; 13 - 35 W @ 24 V for 700-960 MHz
Sleep mode 0.01 W
Interfaces
Ethernet 10/100Base-T Auto MDI/MDIX   2 × JTS-HG (4 pins)
COM RS232   JTS-GH (5 pins)
600 b/s - 1 Mb/s    
USB USB 2.0   C - connector
Antenna 50 Ω
SW configurable
1 × Tx / Rx Hi + 1 × Rx / Tx Lo
  2× MCX
Inputs/Outputs 1× HW alarm input
1× HW alarm output
Sleep input
  JTS-GH (5 pins)

Indication LEDs
LED panel 4× tri-color status LEDs (SYS, RX, TX, COM)
ETH 2× ETH (Link and Activity LEDs)
Environmental
IP Code (Ingress Protection)  
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) > 900 000 hours (> 100 years)
Operating temperature −40 to +60 °C ( −40 to +140 °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 aluminium
Dimensions

H×W×D: 22×78×154mm (6.0×3.0×0.8 in)

Weight

295 g (0.65 lbs)

Mounting through hole mounting
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 3964(R), COMLI, SAIA S-bus, Mars-A, PPP, UNI, 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
Routing (both, Radio and Ethernet) Static, Dynamic - Babel, OSPF, BGP, Link management
QoS 8 levels on all interfaces
Protocol on Radio channel
Multi master applications Yes
Report by exception Yes
Collision Avoidance Capability Yes
Remote to Remote communication Yes
Repeaters Store-and-forward
Every unit
Unlimited number
Data integrity control CRC 32
Optimization Intelligent payload data and header (Eth / IP / TCP / UDP) compression
Security
Management HTTPS (Web Interface or Application Programming Interface)
Role-based access control (RBAC) 4 levels (Guest, Tech, SecTech, Admin)
Wi-Fi management access WPA2-PSK secured
Encryption AES256-CCM
VPN IPsec, OpenVPN, 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, RSS ping
Status information User interfaces
Statistics

Historical and differential statistics for Rx / Tx Packets on all user interfaces (ETH, COM, TS) 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 , COM, TS and internal interfaces between software modules.
  •  

  • Trade name – trade and marketing name of the product. This name is used for all products within the same product family.

    • Possible values: WaSP

  • Gen. – generation of the product of specific Trade name.

    • Possible values: 1

  • Band – frequency band and sub-band

    • Possible values:

    • 2A: 200 - 470 and 700 - 960 MHz

  • Ext. – Extension module embedded in mPCIe slot.

    • Possible values:

    • N – not used

  • Var. – designation of product variant. This variant is fixed in unit HW and cannot be changed later on.

    • Possible values:

    • A – casing without cooling radiator

    • B – casing with cooling radiator

  • SW keys – if unit is ordered with SW keys, all keys are specified in this bracket. SW key can be ordered independently for specific S/N anytime later on.

    • Possible values (subject to availability of a respective SW feature with a particular HW configuration):

    • Master – enables all functionalities of all possible SW feature keys, excl. Ex; Part No.: WaSP-SW-MASTER

  • Type – specific product type

    • Possible values:

    • WASP1-2

  • Code – part of order code which is printed on Product label on the housing (SW keys are not HW dependent and can be ordered later on, so they are not printed on Product label).

  • Order code – the complete product code, which is used on Quotations, Invoices, Delivery notes etc.

The WaSP unit uses frequency hopping listed as 5A001.b.3.b in the Regulation (EU) 2021/821, setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items. Units are subject to export control when exporting outside the European union, according to national, EU and US law (ECCN 5A001.b.3.b), see
https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/help-exporters-and-importers/exporting-dual-use-items_en.
In the case of export from the country where the units were delivered by RACOM, the exporter must inform RACOM of the new country of delivery.

Download

Datasheet WaSP - A4 - ver.1.0 - English wasp-ds-en.pdf2 539 kB14.11.2025
Defence Industry leaflet - A4 - English defence-industry.pdf3 140 kB14.11.2025

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