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1. 36 4 6 3 Node Reset 37 4 6 4 Changing Frequency Channels 37 2008 MeshNetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 4 6 5 Visualization of the Sensor Data 39 5 SAN 40 6 Serial Bootloader 41 7 Programming with BitCloud API 42 7 APLOVEV W kunn 42 7 2 Using AVR Programming Tools 42 7 3 How to Build Minimum Application 43 7 4 Sample Applications 43 8 Troubleshooting 45 Appendices 47 Page 3 54 Neshfetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE List of Figures Figure 1 The Development Kit delivery set 10 Figure 2 MeshBean Amp with integrated UID Silicon Serial assembled with external antenna 15 Figure 3 MeshBean Amp functional diagram 16 Figure 4 BitCloud Block Diagram 21 Figure 5 COM port drivers in the Windows Device Manager window 24 Figure 6 Hyper Terminal Hardware Test report 27 Figure 7 WSN Monitor GUI 35 F
2. 19 2 3 3 External Antenna 20 2 4 BitCloud Software 20 3 Getting Started 23 NNN bb 23 3 2 System Requirements 23 3 3 Instalingthe Development Kit 24 3 4 Connecting the Board to PC 25 3 5 Powering the Boards 26 3 6 Testing WSN Functionality Using SerialNet 26 3 7 Testing the Board Controls and Sensors 27 3 8 Measuring Power Consumption 28 39 Antenna Precautions 28 4 ZBNDemo Application 29 4 1 Overview 29 42 Programming the Boards 30 4 2 1 Using Serial Bootloader 31 422 Using JTAG u u u u uuu uu 31 4 3 Using the Boards 32 4 4 Sensors Data and Battery Level Indication 34 A 5 WSN Monitor a s na SL 35 4 6 Running ZBNDemo 36 4 6 1 Starting ZBNDemo on MeshBean Amp 00100 si 36 4 6 2 Setting up node timeout
3. TX Output Power from 0 dBm to 20 dBm RX Sensitivity 101 dBm RF Transceiver AT86RF230 Antenna 2 4 GHz 3 2 dBi Pulse W1037 Omni directional antenna MCU Microcontroller ATmega1281V RAM 8K Bytes Flash Memory 128K Bytes EEPROM 4K Bytes Performance Up to 4 MIPS throughput at 4 MHz Clock Power Power Supply Dual AA battery automatically switched to USB or AC DC adapter Over Voltage Protection Yes Reverse Polarity Protection Yes Operating Voltage Range 3 0 3 6 V Voltage Supervisor Yes Miscellaneous Sensors Digital Ambient Light Ambient Air Temperature LED Indicators 3 programmable color status LEDs Switches 3 DIP switches Page 12 54 USER S GUIDE Meshletics ZIGBITTM AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Parameter Value Buttons 2 programmable buttons Size 60 x 76 x 39 mm Operating Temperature Range 40 C to 85 C Minor degradation of clock stability may occur beyond the 20 to 70 range 2 2 MeshBean Amp Featured Components 2 2 1 ZigBit Amp Module Each of MeshBean Amp boards includes the ZigBit Amp module installed The ZigBit Amp module is an ultra compact low power extended range high sensitivity 2 4GHz 802 15 4 ZigBee OEM module from MeshNetics ZigBit Amp module is based on Atmel s Z Link 2 4GHz platform It includes ATmega1281V Microcontroller and AT86RF230 RF Transceive
4. 2008 MeshNetics Page 18 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Table 5 J1 jumper settings current measurement J1 is mounted This position is to be set for normal operation J1 is open In this position the ZigBit Amp module is unpowered while remaining parts of the board are powered This position is used to measure current consumption of the ZigBit Amp module see Section 3 8 Table 6 J2 jumper settings MeshBean Amp power source x J2 bridges pin 2 and pin 3 MeshBean Amp is to be povvered by USB J2 bridges pin 2 and pin 1 MeshBean Amp is to be powered by external DC source or by batteries in case external DC is disconnected Table 7 73 jumper settings Serial USB selection J3 bridges central pin and RS 232 The board will use serial port available in the pin Expansion slot for connection to the host J3 bridges central pin and USB pin The board will use USB for connection to the host When making connection to the PC s serial port through the Expansion slot consider the pinout as indicated belovv in Table 8 Table 8 Serial interface pinout RXD 4 UART RXD 2 TXD 2 UART TD 3 CTS 3 UART CTS 8 RTS 1 UART RTS 7 GND 5 6 15 19 207 GND 5 2 3 2 Buttons Switches and LEDs The board includes the Power switch 3 DIP switches 2 buttons one Reset button that generates ha
5. Meshlletics Wireless Data Integration e TuBiU Software amp Documenta tion D 2007 MashHatics ZigBit Amp Development Kit 2 0 User s Guide Doc S ZDK 451 02 v 2 0 March 2008 2008 MeshNetics Meshietics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE O 2008 MeshNetics All rights reserved No part of the contents of this manual may be transmitted or reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of MeshNetics Disclaimer MeshNetics believes that all information is correct and accurate at the time of issue MeshNetics reserves the right to make changes to this product without prior notice Please visit MeshNetics website for the latest available version MeshNetics does not assume any responsibility for the use of the described product or convey any license under its patent rights MeshNetics warrants performance of its hardware products to the specifications applicable at the time of sale in accordance with MeshNetics standard warranty Testing and other quality control techniques are used to the extent MeshNetics deems necessary to support this warranty Except where mandated by government requirements testing of all parameters of each product is not necessarily performed Trademarks MeshNetics ZigBit BitCloud SensiLink as well as MeshNetics and ZigBit logos are trademarks of MeshNetics Ltd All other product names trade names trademarks logos or service names are the prop
6. Table 3 Expansion slot pinout 1 UART RTS Input Reguest to Send Pin RS 232 level 2008 MeshNetics Page 16 54 Meshletics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Pin Name VO Description 2 UART TXD Input Transmit Data Pin meaning that the host device will transmit data to this line RS 232 level 3 UART CTS Output Clear To Send signal from the module Active low RS 232 level 4 UART RXD Output Receive Data Pin meaning that the host device will receive data from this line RS 232 level 5 GND Digital analog ground 6 GND Digital analog ground 7 190 C K Input FC clock It is connected to the I2C CLK pin of the module via low voltage level translators For details refer to ZigBit Amp datasheet 1 8 I2C DATA Bidirectional FC data It is connected to the 12C DATA pin of the module via low voltage level translators For details refer to ZigBit Amp datasheet 1 9 3 GV Output Output of internal voltage regulator Normally the voltage is 3 6 V 10 V XX Output ZigBit Amp supply voltage 11 RESET Input Reset Pin Active low This pin is connected in parallel to the RESET button on the board LZ USART_TXD Output This is Transmit Data Pin for USARTO interface of the ZigBit Amp module It is connected directly to the USARTO_TXD pin of the module Digital logic level For details refer to ZigBit Amp datasheet 1 13 USART_RXD Input This is Receive Dat
7. EXE EXE USB to UART Bridge VCP driver installation program Java Runtime Environment installation program Appendix B Using JTAG Emulator Programming with JTAG gives more flexibility in managing the loading process but requires special hardware For Windows environment we recommend using the AVR Studio 4 13 Service Pack 1 AVaRICE 2 40 may be used for Linux In both cases the recommended JTAG emulator is JTAGICE mkll from Atmel Other programming devices can be utilized as well but make sure before use that the particular model supports programming an Atmega1281 MCU 2008 MeshNetics Using AVR Studio both flash memory and EEPROM of a board can be separately programmed with images having Intel HEX format EEPROM image has eep extension while flash image has hex extension To upload firmware follow the instructions from the device manufacturer s manuals 16 1171 18 A sample pop up window is shown in Figure 13 Page 48 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE l Proqram Fuses LockBits Advanced Board Auto Device ATmegal 201 Erase Device Programming mode ISP H Erase Device Before Programming fw JTAG w Verify Device After Programming Flash f Use Current SimulatanEmulator FLASH Memory Input HEX File HardwareT est hex Prograrn Verity Read EEPROM Use Curent Simulator Emulator EEPROM Memory Input HEX File
8. P ZBN 451 01 ZigBee Specification ZigBee Document 053474r17 October 19 2007 Serial asynchronous automatic dialing and control ITU T Recommendation V 250 05 99 IEEE Sid 802 15 4 2003 IEEE Standard for nformation technology Part 15 4 Wireless Medium Access Control MAC and Physical Layer PHY Specifications for Lovv Rate VVireless Personal Area Netvvorks LR VVPANs TSL2550 Ambient Light Sensor with Smbus Interface TAOS Datasheet TAOSO29E February 2006 http www taosinc com images product document tsl2550 e67 pdf LM73 2 7V SOT 23 11 to 14 Bit Digital Temperature Sensor with 2 Wire Interface National Semiconductor Corporation Datasheet DS201478 July 2006 htto Avww national com pf LM LM73 html Datasheet 15 16 17 CP2102 Single Chip USB to UART Bridge Rev 1 1 9 05 www silabs com AVR Studio User Guide Available in HTML Help with the product JTAGICE Quick Start Guide htto Avww atmel com dyn resources prod_documents doc2562 paft 18 19 20 avr libc Reference Manual 1 4 3 VVinAVR User Manual 20070525 By Eric B Weddington Using the GNU Compiler Collection By Richard M Stallman and the GCC Developer Community Abbreviations and Acronyms AC DG Alternating Current Direct Current converter ADC Analog to Digital Converter API Application Programming Interface Channel Mask Coordinator Channel mask is a number that defines the set of working channels Within ZigBee networks
9. Prograrn Verity Read Erasing device DE Fragramming FLASH OF Reading FLASH OF FLASH contents iz equal to tile Leaving programming mode Figure 13 AVR Studio dialog box for firmware upload using JTAG The well known command line utility avrdude which is a part of WinAVR environment http sourceforge net projects winavr can be used for upload as well This utility recognizes both Intel HEX and Motorola SREC formats IMPORTANT NOTES To avoid corruption of the bootstrap code required for serial booting do not erase device when using JTAG For JTAG programming the Boot Reset vector fuse bit should be disabled To enable serial booting this fuse bit should be enabled O 2008 MeshNetics Page 49 54 Meshletics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Appendix C Minimum Application Source Code 2008 MeshNetics KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK kA kA K kk kk K K KA K K kA K AX kA kA K K kA X AA kA k k kk k ElunkADD Copyright c Meshnetics 2007 History 1 12 07 I Bagrak Modified KK KKKKKKKKKKK kA kA kA X AX k K kA K K K K K KOK K K kA K K kA K K KOK KOK OK K Ok K k K K include lt appTimer h gt include lt sliders h gt finclude lt buttons h gt include lt leds h gt include lt zdo h gt define BLINK PERIOD 500 Period of blinking during starting network KK KKK KK KK AKA KA KA KA X K K kA kA K K K OK K kA kk kA KOK K
10. Reports are generated each second see Figure 6 and include the status of buttons DIP switches the UID chip number and sensor readings To test the hardware you can perform simple manipulations with the board press the buttons move the DIP switches manually hide the light sensor from light finger the temperature sensor and so on You should see the changes in parameters reported through Hyper Terminal see Figure 6 NOTE During the test if you reconnect the board to USB or replace it with another one the operating system may arbitrarily switch this particular USB connection to another COM port Apparently Hyper Terminal does not recognize such changes f this happens you have to reconnect Hyper Terminal to a proper port Simply select File New Connection menu item and repeat the connection procedure File Edit view Call Transfer Help sed eee esse esse A Hardware test version 1 4 Button 1 OFF PRESSED Button 2 OFF NOT PRESSED Dip switch 1 OFF NOT HOVED Dip switch 2 OFF NOT HOVED Dip switch 3 OFF NOT HOVED Unique ID chip number GBOG166001690df5e Temperature sensor 28 Light sensor 78 eee Hardware test version 1 4 Button 1 OFF PRESSED Button 2 OFF PRESSED Dip switch 1 OFF HOVED Dip switch 2 OFF NOT HOVED Dip switch 3 OFF NOT HOVED Unique ID chip number BD010B00D109Ddf5e Temperature sensor 28 Light sensor 10 ki 4 k Connected 0 01 38 Auto detect 38400 a M 1 SCROLL CAP
11. System requirements Parameter Value Note PC CPU Intel Pentium III or higher 800 MHz RAM 128 MB Hard disk free space 50 MB JTAG emulator JTAGICE mkil emulator Necessary to upload and debug with cable firmware onto the MeshBean Amp board through JTAG see Appendix B Software Operating system Windows2000 XP USB driver CP210x USB to UART Necessary to connect MeshBean Bridge VCP Driver Amp to PC via USB port see Section 3 4 IDE AVR Studio 4 13 Necessary to upload firmware Service Pack 1 image through JTAG see VVinAVR Appendix B and to develop applications using API see Section 7 Serial Bootloader utility Necessary to upload firmvvare image without using JTAG see Section 6 dava virtual machine dava Runtime Environment JRE 5 Update 8 or more recent Necessary to run the VVSN Monitor application see Section 4 5 O 2008 MeshNetics Page 23 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 3 3 Installing the Development Kit In order to install the Development Kit insert the ZDK Amp Software and Documentation CD into your PC CDROM The ZDK installation wizard should start automatically Specify the installation path and follow the instructions As a result the ZDK Amp file structure under the selected path will be generated on the PC which is described in Appendix A During the ZDK Amp deployment the following auxiliary
12. the ZigBee coordinator is responsible for starting the network and for choosing certain key network parameters The network may be extended through the use of ZigBee router DIP Dual In line Package EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory End device In ZigBee networks the ZigBee end device provides sensor data sent to a router End device is often subject to power management restrictions so it may be in sleeping mode most of the time ESD Electrostatic Discharge GPIO General Purpose Input Output GUI Graphical User Interface HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer 2008 MeshNetics Page 7 54 O 2008 MeshNetics CD ohletics C IDE IEEE IRQ JTAG LED LQI MAG MCU MIPS NWK OEM OTA PAN ID PCB PHY RAM RF RISC Router RP SMA RS 232 RSSI RTS CTS RX SMA SPI TX UART UID ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Inter Integrated Circuit Integrated Development Environment Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Interrupt Request Digital interface for debugging of embedded devices also known as IEEE 1149 1 standard interface Light Emitting Diode Link Quality Indicator Medium Access Control layer Microcontroller Unit In this document it also means the processor which is the core of ZigBit Amp module Million Instructions per Second Network layer Original Equipment Manufacturer Over The Air upgrade Personal Area Network Identifier In ZigBee i
13. 0004 Sensor AN sensors ka Sensor Data Topology cigs 0 00 ad An Graph Pane Pane A x Temperature 10 40 00060 I W mi x pe a sa Coordinator a ty uy 255 mm itl 5 67 node f i a On i fi R 0 00 1 i 1 0 00 A L A 000 A 0 00 n 3 75 3 75 3 75 215 ME 0001 z 0038 7 d 7 4 11 31 22 11 32 08 kai Router Time i node Modo sensore Sensor data 42 gt ren egy QD 0 00 ti 000 gt t s 0 00 Sensor Value for selected node 0 100 A I D ernperature I 00 37 315 re Light 0 00 DO a 0039 0002 End device Battery sist 3 7 n selected node Node parameters Specific parameters node Parameter vane J for selected node s Node Type Router b 0 00 ten 200 ter 1 00 Adres s OOO L 000 va 0 00 1 4 00 A 1 00 Full Address 0001 0000 1 75 3 75 an Parent Addr ODO l zA 0000 D DE Node Data Table Pane Dummy nodes T ipy 00 gi 090 tex 000 tes 000 TF k 0 90 A 0 00 A 0 00 T Enn nodes A 175 375 375 175 E 0022 0021 0023 0024 unu 3A F Parameter narme zuhannal Mask masS0 00 00 08 00 Parameter name Panld par 7 2 Para meter names ring Channel channe Figure 7 WSN Monitor GUI Network Topology Pane display
14. 6 1 Power ON and reset the rest of the nodes a ROGN 2008 MeshNetics Page 32 54 Meshletics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE NOTE With ZBNDemo running channel mask can be changed anytime by sending the command through WSN Monitor See Section 4 6 4 The channel mask which has been issued from WSN Monitor and received by a node is permanently stored in the node s EEPROM regardless of power offs To restore the default channel mask in EEPROM repeat a node reinitializing procedure described above in this section or use Serial Bootloader Table 12 DIP switch configurations used in ZBNDemo DIP switches Description 1 2 3 ON OFF OFF Board is configured to be a coordinator OFF ON OFF Board is configured to be a router OFF OFF ON Board is configured to be an end device Coordinator organizes the wireless network automatically Upon starting any node informs the network on its role At that moment LED1 LED2 and LED3 are flashing once on router they are flashing twice on end device and they are flashing three times on coordinator After having joined the network a node starts sending data to the coordinator which is indicated by LEDs WSN activity is observable in two ways e control the onboard LEDs see LED indication described in Table 13 control the network information through the WSN Monitor installed on PC Table 13 LED indic
15. can prepare image files for individual nodes default IEEE address IEEEADDR 1 To compile ZBNDemo application use make utility Otherwise open the ZBNDemo aps file from the Sample Applications ZBNDemo subdirectory with AVR Studio and just execute Build Rebuild All item from the main menu The ZBNDemoApp hex and ZBNDemoApp srec image files will be then generated Low Power Peer to peer and Ping Pong applications are described in details in 4 Page 44 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 8 Troubleshooting n case of any operational problem vvith your system please check the povver first and make sure that all of your equlpment is properly connected USER S GUIDE Check if your PC conforms to the minimum system requirements see Section 3 2 Check if the PC interfaces COM USB are present and drivers are installed Check on LED indication of a node if it is not responding or behaving unusually Make sure the DIP switches are set according to the application running on the board You can retest the particular node as described in Section 3 7 if needed You may be required to reset the node The following list represents some typical problems that you may encounter while working with the Development Kit and possible solutions Table 14 Typical problems and solutions Problem Solution The board does not indicate its activity with LEDs Check on the board if it is p
16. node stops sending packets for 1 minute and the LED1 LED2 and LED3 start blinking Next it leaves the network and proceeds joining using new channel mask When router is rejoining the network indication LED namely LED3 is blinking Upon router having joined LED3 is ON When end device is rejoining the network indication LED LED3 is blinking Upon having end device joined LED3 turns ON LED1 flashes shortly to indicate sending a packet LED1 flashes shortly to indicate having received acknowledgement Next all LEDs get turned OFF when end device is falling to sleep When channel mask is being changed the Topology Pane might display an outdated Topology tree After changing channel mask the network Topology tree is updated 2008 MeshNetics Page 38 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 4 6 5 O 2008 MeshNetics Visualization of the Sensor Data Observing the Topology tree and operating the GUI controls user can select any node to monitor the node activity and see the node data in three different forms e Text table e Chart The onboard sensors data in the Topology pane These values are tipped with arrows indicating relative increase or decrease Topology Pane displays temperature and light readings as well as battery level for any selected node which icon appears in dashed frame Also these data values are shown on the Sensor Data Graph Pane You can easily check how they evolve over
17. to set channel mask By default current channel mask is displayed there see Figure 10 Enter mask directly in hex format or click button 2008 MeshNetics Page 37 54 b Mesh letics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE NOTE Channel mask is a bit field which defines the channels available The 5 most significant bits b27 of channel mask should be set to The rest 27 least significant bits bo Pis b26 indicate availability status for each of the 27 valid channels 1 available 0 unavailable x Set channel mask M Mask hex 00020000 Figure 11 Setting channel mask dialog Otherwise you can open the next dialog box by clicking the button Use checkboxes to select the channels thus setting some of them ON see Figure 12 _ Channel x _ Channel 1 0x04 _ Channel 2 002 Channel 3 0x03 Channel 4 0x04 ar ki uF mel T 010 Channel 17 0x11 _ Channel 42 wt 17 _ Channel 24 0x18 Channel 25 0 19 Channel 26 0x14 Cancel Figure 12 Setting the channel mask using checkboxes When changing channel mask coordinator sends the command to all of the nodes and waits for 1 minute more after having received the last packet using old channel mask Next coordinator forms the network on the new channel When channel mask command is being accepted by router or by end device the
18. up visualization for coordinator routers and end devices because they disappear from the network each time when link drops power gets down or reset occurs A node timeout means the waiting period during which the WSN Monitor is expecting to receive data packet from that node which would update the network Topology tree To get smooth 2008 MeshNetics Page 36 54 Meshletics ZIGBITTM AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE topology visualization setting timeouts to 3 sec is recommended for coordinator and router and 30 sec is recommended for end device Those timeouts cover 3 periods between packet sending Timeouts milliseconds Coordinator Router End device Connection 200000 com Log file name ogiera l Node titles file name resourcesiconfigurationiNodeNames be Figure 9 WSN Monitor Tools Settings menu 4 6 3 Node Reset A node can be reset by means of the WSN Monitor using the Tools Send Command menu see Figure 10 A node can be identified by its MAC address or it can be selected from the list of the nodes using the combo box which are currently present in the Network Topology Pane Command sena x Hode Delay ms m moses z 5 Figure 10 Resetting the node 4 6 4 Changing Frequency Channels The network operation is supported on 16 upper channels in 2 4 GHz band which are numbered from 11 0x0B through 26 0x1A Use Tools Send Command dialog box
19. 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 7 Programming vvith BitCloud API 7 1 API Overview BitCloud internal architecture follows 802 15 4 ZigBee defined separation of the netvvorking stack into logical layers Besides the core stack containing protocol implementation BitCloud contains additional layers implementing shared services e g task manager security and power manager and hardware abstractions e g hardware abstraction layer HAL and board support package BSP The APIs contributed by these layers are outside the scope of core stack functionality However these essential additions to the set of APIs significantly help reduce application complexity and simplify integration BitCloud Stack Documentation 4 provides detailed information on all public APIs and their use The topmost of the core stack layers APS provides the highest level of networking related APIs visible to the application ZDO provides a set of fully compliant ZigBee Device Object APIs which enable main network management functionality start reset formation join ZDO also defines ZigBee Device Profile types device and service discovery commands implemented by the stack There are three service planes including task manager security and power manager These services are available to the user application and may also be utilized by lower stack layers Task manager is the stack scheduler which mediates the use of the
20. C microprocessors hosted on the Windows platform 19 WinAVR contains a set of utilities including AVR GCC compiler linker automatic Makefile generator system libraries etc GCC compiler is designed to be executed on the Windows platform and is configured to compile C or C codes For description of GCC compiler see WinAVR documentation You can find command options for compilation and linking specified in 20 In AVR Studio the development of an application is organized under particular project All the necessary information about a project is kept in project file Such files assigned to the AVR Studio have an aps extension so they open in AVR Studio automatically when double clicked The easiest way to configure an AVR project is to use Makefile that is a plain text file which name has no extension Makefile specifies compilation and linking flags Makefile also specifies corresponding directories in order to include header files and to link the system object libraries 2008 MeshNetics Page 42 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE The required BitCloud software is located in ZDK Amp Distribution CD in the BitCloud structured subdirectory as presented in Appendix A 7 3 How to Build Minimum Application For a quick start in programming a user s sample application is designed to show the required application structure and coding conventions This application somevvhat like the Hello World d
21. GUIDE else MAC LIB MACrf230 endif endif endif endif ifeq HAL ATMEGA1281 HAL PATH HAL atmegal281 HAL LIB HALatmegal281 else HAL PATH HAL at91sam7x256 HAL LIB HALat91sam x256 endif STACK DIR Components PATHS FLAGS OF INCLUDES INCLUDEDIRS N T include IS STACK DIR SystemEnvironment include X I STACK DIR APS include N IS STACK DIR NWK include N IS STACK_DIR ZDO include N IS STACK DIR MAC PHY include N IS STACK DIR MAC PHY MAC HWD PHY include N IS STACK DIR MAC PHY MAC HWI include N IS STACK DIR S HAL PATH HAL HWI include N IS STACK DIR S HAL PATH HAL HWD include N IS STACK DIR BSP include A I STACK DIR ConfigS rver include x I STACK DIR PersistDataServer include N IS STACK DIR Security BuildingBlocks include LIB H H H LIBDIRS N LS STACK DIR APS lib N o STACK DIR ADO Lib LS STACK DIR NVK lib N LS STACK DIR MAC PHY lib N LS STACK DIR HAL PATH lib N L STACK DIR SystemEnvironment lib N LS STACK DIR BSP lib N L o STACK DIR Security BuildingBlocks lib LS STACK DIR PersistDataServer lib re Libraries LIBS lMain 1APS 1ZDO 1 HAL LIB IBSP INVK 1SystemEnvironment 1 MAC LIB IAPS IZDO 1 HAL LIB IBSP INNK lSystemEnvironment 1SSPsw lPersistDataServer 2008 MeshNetics Page 53 54 Mesh letics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVEL
22. MCU among internal stack components and user application The task manager utilizes a proprietary priority queue based algorithm specifically tuned for multi layer stack environment and demands of time critical network protocols Power management routines are responsible for gracefully shutting down all stack components and saving system state when preparing to sleep and restoring system state when waking up Hardware Abstraction Layer HAL includes a complete set of APIs for using on module hardware resources EEPROM app sleep and watchdog timers as well as the reference drivers for rapid design in and smooth integration with a range of external peripherals IRQ I2C SPI UART 1 wire Board Support Package BSP includes a complete set of drivers for managing standard peripherals sensors UID chip sliders and buttons placed on a MeshBean development board 7 2 Using AVR Programming Tools It is recommended that Atmel s AVR Studio 16 is to develop custom applications based on BitCloud API This multiplatform Integrated Development Environment IDE provides the options for editing source code compilation linking object modules with libraries debugging making executable file automatically and more See Section 3 3 for the IDE installation instructions Refer to the AVR Studio User s manual for further instructions AVR Studio can be integrated with WinAVR a suite of software development tools for the Atmel AVR series of RIS
23. OK K kA kA kA Ak KK KKK K Local variables KK I KK KK a lt IK kA kA KA X AX k X kA K K KA K K K K K kA kA kA K K KOK KOK OK kA kA k KKK static HAL AppTimer tblinkTimer fKKKKKKKKKKKKRKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KA kk kA k AX kA kA kA kA KK k kk kk k Local functions KK k X kA kA kA X AX K X kA K K KA K OK KOK K kA K K kA K KKK kA kA kA k k static void buttonsPressed uint8_t buttonNumber static void buttonsReleased uint8_t buttonNumber static void blinkTimerFired void ZDO MgmtNwkUpdateNotf ZDO MgmtNwkUpdateNotf t nwkParams void ZDO WakeUpInd void void ZDO Sleeplnd void void APL TaskHandler void BSP OpenlLeds BSP OpenButtons buttonsPressed buttonsReleased BLINK PERIOD blinkTimer mode TIMER REPEAT MODE blinkTimer callback blinkTimerFired HAL StartAppTimer amp blinkTimer plinkTimer interval Page 50 54 Neshfetics 2008 MeshNetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE static void blinkTimerFired if SLIDERO amp BSP ReadSliders 1 BSP ToggleLed LED RED if SLIDER1 amp BSP ReadSl ders 1 BSP ToggleLed LED YELLOW if SLIDER2 amp BSP ReadSliders 1 BSP_ToggleLed LED GREEN static void buttonsPressed uint8 t buttonNumber buttonNumber buttonNumber Unused parameter warning prevention static void buttonsReleased uint8 t buttonNumber if BSP_KEY1 buttonNumber HAL StopAppTimer
24. OPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE AS CROSS COMPILE as LD CROSS COMPILE ld GE CROSS COMPILE gcc CROSS COMPILE g AR CROSS COMPILE ar NM CROSS COMPILE nm STRIP CROSS COMPILE strip OBUCOPY CROSS COMPILE objcopy OBJDUMP CROSS COMPILE objdump SIZE CROSS COMPILE size BUILDDIR objects N 5 BUILDDIR objs BlinkApp o N STACK DIR ConfigServer objs Configserver o Build all objects 5 PROJECT PROUNAME srec PROJNAME hex S Ob jects S CC S CFLAGS S INCLUDEDIRS c S o 56 BUILDDIR objs BlinkApp o BUILDDIR BlinkApp c S BTACE DIE Conri qserver o5076 Con719456rV Fr o S STACK DIR ContigS rver src contigServer c S PROJECT S ob ects CC S objects STACK_DIR HAL PATH lib WdtInit o CFLAGS S INCLUDEDIRS 5 5 LIBS Im o PROJECT SIZE tc S PROJECT A m S PROJNAME srec S OBUCOPY O srec srec len 128 PROJECT S PROJNAME srec S PROUNAME hex OBUCOPY O ihex 5 PROUNAME hex burn avarice 2epf TARGET j dev ttyS0 Clean target clean rm rf S TARGET 5 objects S PROJECT 5 5 PROJNAME eep PROJNAME srec 2008 MeshNetics Page 54 54
25. S NUM car 2 Figure 6 Terminal Hardware Test report 2008 MeshNetics Page 27 54 Meshfetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 3 8 Measuring Power Consumption The board allows the measurement of current consumption of the single ZigBit Amp module To perform the measurement connect ammeter to the clamps denoted as CM and CM and remove jumper J1 To exclude power consumption by the interfaces and the peripherals connected to ZigBit Amp all interfaces should be disconnected but the external antenna should be connected to the board Refer to the Application Note 6 for details 3 9 Antenna Precautions O 2008 MeshNetics External antennas were matched and tuned with taking into account all the onboard components which would affect antenna performance including the ZigBit Amp s shield battery compartment and plastic legs Any other object approached or put closely next to antenna distorts the antenna pattern Do not put the module into enclosure Do not mount the board on metal surface Do not use metal screws over 5 mm long to fasten the board legs Use plastic screws instead Mount plastic legs from bottom side only next to the battery compartment Do not use the legs made of different plastic composite Omitting these plastic legs would significantly affect antenna performance as well Handle the external antenna with care to avoid mechanical damage Page 28 54 Meshletics hd ZIGBI
26. T AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 4 ZBNDemo Application 4 1 Overview 2008 MeshNetics The network performance of ZigBit Amp platform is demonstrated with the ZBNDemo application which is based on the BitCloud software API This application comprises the embedded firmware which supports functions for coordinator router and end device and the GUI part the WSN Monitor which is run on a PC Thanks to the ZBNDemo application the MeshBean Amp boards are organized into a set of nodes constituting a wireless network The LEDs of a board indicate the board current state and activities End devices and routers read from the onboard sensors and send the readings to coordinator in packets End devices also follow a duty cycle waking up occasionally to transmit the sensor data That data is displayed on WSN Monitor panes as temperature light and battery level measurements End device is mostly sleeping waking up shortly each 10 seconds for activities During the sleep period you can force end device for waking up by pressing the sw1 button Router sends data each 1 second Using UART the coordinator transmits the received packets along with its own sensor data to the GUI application WSN Monitor The WSN Monitor visualizes the network topology in a form of tree t also displays the node parameters like node addresses node sensor information and node link guality data Measured in dBm RSSI indicates link s current con
27. a Pin for USARTO interface of the ZigBit Amp module It is connected directly to the USARTO_RXD pin of the module Digital logic level For details refer to ZigBit Amp datasheet 1 14 USART_CLK Input This is Clock Data Pin for USARTO interface of the ZigBit Amp module It is connected directly to the USARTO EXTCLK pin of the module Digital logic level For details refer to ZigBit Amp datasheet 1 15 GND Digital analog ground 16 ADC INPUT1 Input ADC input This pin is connected directly to the ADC INPUT 1 pin of the module For details refer to ZigBit Amp datasheet 1 17 ADC INPUT2 Input ADC input This pin is connected directly to the ADC INPUT 2 pin of the module For details refer to ZigBit Amp datasheet 1 18 ADC INPUT3 Input ADC input This pin is connected directly to the ADC INPUT 3 pin of the module For details refer to ZigBit Amp datasheet 1 2008 MeshNetics Page 17 54 Meshletics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 19 GND Digital analog ground 20 GND Digital analog ground Table 4 JTAG connector pinout 1 JTAG_TCK Scan clock 2 JTAG GND Digital ground 3 JTAG TDO Test data output 4 JTAG VCC Controller supply voltage 5 JTAG TMS Test mode select 6 JTAG RST Reset controller active low 7 N Cont Not connected 8 N Cont Not connected 9 JTAG TDI Test data input 10 JTAG GND Digital ground
28. amp blinkTimer blinkTimer interval 2 HAL StartAppTimer amp blinkTimer if BSP_KEYO buttonNumber 1 HAL StopAppTimer sblinkTimer blinkTimer interval 2 HAL StartAppTimer sblinkTimer void ZDO MgmtNwkUpdateNotf ZDO MgmtNwkUpdateNotf t nwkParams nwkParams nwkParams Unused parameter warning prevention j void ZDO WakeUpInd void Page 51 54 b Mesh letics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE void 2 SleeplInd void eof BlinkApp c Makefile CROSS_COMPILE avr CPU atmegal281 PROUNAME blink PROJECT PROUNAME elf SHELL bin bash COMPILER FLAGS CFLAGS mmcu CPU CFLAGS CFLAGS CFLAGS Wall W CFLAGS ffuncotion sectirons CFLAGS Wl gc sections CFLAGS D SECURITY CFLAGS D NW SECURITY CFLAGS DCS NETWORK KEY xHE XEE XEEH XHE XEE XEEH XEE XLEH 0x BE OXER OSEE O0XxEN OBE U BB XERE DEFINES FLAGS Can be AT86RF230 AT86RF230B AT86RF231 AT86RF212 MAC AT86RF230 Can be ATMEGA1281 AT91SAM7X256 HAL ATMEGA1281 ifeq MAC AT86RF230 MAC LIB MACrf230 else ifeq MAC AT86RF230B MAC LIB MACrf230b else ifeq MAC AT86RF231 MAC LIB MACrf231 else ifeq MAC AT86RF212 MAC LIB MACrf212 2008 MeshNetics Page 52 54 Mesh letics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S
29. ased before and the bootstrap was not lost there after having the node programmed through JTAG 2008 MeshNetics Page 46 54 USER S GUIDE Meshetics Appendices ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Appendix A ZDK Amp File Structure The installation of ZDK Amp to the user s PC is performed from the ZDK Amp Software and Documentation CD see Section 3 3 As the result the following file structure will be generated under the user defined destination see Table 15 Table 15 The ZDK Amp file structure Directory File Description Readme html Introductory document containing the links to the documentation files ZigBit Amp Development Kit Release Notes text The ZDK Amp release notes EULA txt End User License Agreement Documentation Documentation on hardware and software datasheets application notes Product Information Getting Started document product briefs and case study documents Bootloader Bootloader exe Bootloader bootloader hex Serial Bootloader executable file Binary image file containing bootstrap code Evaluation Tools Hardvare Test HardvareTest srec Evaluation Tools Hardvare Test HardvareTest hex Hardvvare Test image files Evaluation Tools ZBNDemo Embedded ZBNDemoApp srec Evaluation Tools ZBNDemo Embedded ZBNDemoApp hex ZBNDemo image files Evaluation Tools ZBNDemo WSN Monitor Start e
30. ation used in ZBNDemo LED state Node State LED1 Red LED2 Yellow LED3 Green Standby blinking synchronously Searching for network blinking OFF OFF Joined to network ON receiving data blinking sending data coordinator only blinking Sleeping end device only OFF OFF OFF If you power ON the coordinator it switches to an active state even though no child node Is present This is normal it means that the coordinator is ready and child nodes can join the network with coordinators PAN ID By default coordinator uses predefined PAN ID valued as D171 which is recognized by all routers NOTES If coordinator is absent or it has not been turned on the routers are staying in the network search mode In this mode routers are scanning the selected frequency channels in search for a network with the selected PAN ID 2008 MeshNetics Page 33 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE In rare cases if radio channel is busy on the selected frequency the coordinator node is Staying in the network search mode If this happens you should switch it to other channel by changing the channel mask in WSN Monitor 4 4 Sensors Data and Battery Level Indication O 2008 MeshNetics Each of the boards measures temperature light and its own battery level They send the data values to coordinator and further to the PC The WSN Monitor displays the readings from on
31. board sensor s next to a node icon along with visualization see Section 4 5 Temperature sensor measures ambient temperature The sensor data is depicted in the WSN Monitor charts with accuracy of 1 C but the actual sensor accuracy is better Light sensor measures ambient illumination in Lux The battery voltage is indicated with typical accuracy of about 0 1 V which is enough for most applications and self monitoring tasks NOTES In case the board is powered via USB port the battery level might be shown improperly Typically it is shown as 0 6 V due to power protection circuitry However if batteries had been installed into the battery compartment when the board is connected to the USB the battery level indication would be correct In case the board is powered via USB port the heating voltage regulator which is located next to the temperature sensor could distort the sensor readings Use battery powered boards for more accurate measuremenis Page 34 54 Neshfetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 4 5 WSN Monitor WSN Monitor is a PC based GUI application for ZBNDemo that is used to display WSN topology and other information about WSN network See WSN Monitor screen in Figure 7 It contains the Network Topology Pane Sensor Data Graph Pane Node Data Table Pane and Toolbars Settings Sensors Control Exit Toolbar button w WSN Monitor 24
32. brackets ZBNDemo application ZBNDemo Low Power Networking application Lowpower Peer to Peer Data Exchange application Peer2peer Ping Pong application Pingpong e Hardware Test HardvareTest ZBNDemo is a ZDK Amp featured application demonstrating the formation of network based on BitCloud software and MeshBean Amp hardware In ZBNDemo the nodes communicate based on a proprietary messaging protocol ZBNDemo is presented in details in Section 4 The source codes for ZBNDemo application can be found inside the Sample Applications ZBNDemo subdirectory see Appendix A once the Development Kit is installed to user s PC see Section 3 3 Network parameters and their default values are defined in Makefile as below Node configuration options CFLAGS D COORDINATOR D ROUTER D ZBED DMESHBEAN MODULE CFLAGS DZBNDEMO COORDINATOR DZBNDEMO ROUTER DZBNDEMO ENDDEVICE CFLAGS DWSN DEFAULT CHANNEL MASK 0x1000000 X DADE SOFTWARE VERSION 0x01070002 N Page 43 54 b Mesh letics CD 2008 MeshNetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE DDEFAULT PAN ID 0xD172 N DNWK MAX END DEVICES 2 N DNWK MAX ROUTER NEIB NUMBER 2 N DNWK MAX DEPTH 4 N DMAX PAN DESCRIPTORS 5 N DROUTER SEND PERIOD 1000u N DENDDEVICE SLEEP PERIOD 100u Also MAC address can be defined in Makefile to be uploaded to a node along with the application image Varying the TEEEADDR value you
33. compatible with the Atmel 1281 MCU 2008 MeshNetics Page 30 54 Meshletics 4 2 1 4 2 2 2008 MeshNetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Using Serial Bootloader In order to program the boards by Serial Bootloader perform the following steps 1 Connect MeshBean Amp to the PC via USB or serial port depending on the position of jumper J3 see Table 7 Turn power ON by means of the on board Power switch 2 Run Serial Bootloader In command line specify the image file as ZBNDemo srec see Appendix A the COM port and the optional command line parameters See 7 for details Press reset button on the board Release reset button on the board Serial Bootloader expects that the button will be released within approximately 30 seconds f this would not happen the booting process would stop NOTE If a node has been configured as end device and it is currently controlled by an application the node should be powered off before reprogramming Make sure that J3 position corresponds to the actual connection of the board namely Serial or USB Serial Bootloader indicates the operation progress Once an upload is successfully completed the board would restart automatically If an upload fails Serial Bootloader would indicate the reason In rare cases booting process would fail due to the communication failure between the board and the PC If this happened attempt booting again or try using conventio
34. dition The RSSI resolution is 3 dBm LQI is a certain numeric value defined within the 0 255 range to measure the link quality Larger values mean better link while values close to zero indicate poor connection In regard to the ZBNDemo Section 4 3 describes how to use the boards GUI is described in Section 4 5 Further instructions are given in Section 4 6 The application is delivered with source code included see Appendix A It is implemented on top of the BitCloud API and it can be modified as described in Section 7 With ZBNDemo the number of routers and or end devices used is limited only by the network parameters described in Section 7 4 Page 29 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 4 2 Programming the Boards First ZBNDemo image should be loaded onto the board The location of ZBNDemo image files is listed in Appendix A ZBNDemo image file can be uploaded into the boards in one of two ways by means of Serial Bootloader utility see Section 4 2 1 or in AVR Studio using JTAG emulator JTAGICE mkil from Atmel 17 see Section 4 2 2 is recommended IMPORTANT NOTE Be careful selecting the method of the node programming Each of MeshBean Amp boards come with the bootstrap uploaded onto the ZigBit Amp s MCU which is needed to run Serial Bootloader If JTAG had been used this would make Serial Bootloader useless until bootstrap is reloaded to the board To be connected with WSN ne
35. e specific needs of your application The examples are recommended as a starting point in evaluation of SerialNet A variety of terminal programs provide capability to enter AT command scripts and to analyze the responses from a board In order to run the SerialNet application follow step by step instructions from the Examples section of the document 3 NOTE The IFC command and the IPR command both change the rate and flow control parameters of Serial USB port If any of these commands are used the COM port settings on the terminal program running on the PC should be properly changed Page 40 54 Meshetics w ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 6 Serial Bootloader 2008 MeshNetics Serial Bootloader is software intended to burn firmware images in SREC format into WSN nodes without using JTAG see Appendix B It also provides the capability to set up the network parameters for each node without altering its firmware manually Serial Bootloader consists of two parts a PC application for Windows platform and bootstrap code residing in the MCU In ZigBit Amp Development Kit each MeshBean Amp board is delivered with fuse bits set up and the bootstrap preloaded to ZigBit Amp s MCU Bootstrap itself can be recovered using JTAG when necessary It is supplied in form of boot loader hex image file see Appendix A Exhaustive information on using Serial Bootloader is contained in document 7 Page 41
36. ead 2 4 BitCloud Software BitCloud is a full featured next generation embedded software stack from MeshNetics The stack provides a software development platform for reliable scalable and secure wireless applications running on MeshNetics ZigBit modules BitCloud is designed to support a broad ecosystem of user designed applications addressing diverse requirements and enabling a full spectrum of software customization BitCloud is fully compliant with ZigBee PRO and ZigBee standards for wireless sensing and control t provides an augmented set of APIs which while maintaining 10076 compliance with the standard offer extended functionality designed with developer s convenience and ease of use in mind The topmost of the core stack layers APS provides the highest level of networking related APIs visible to the application ZDO provides a set of fully compliant ZigBee Device Object APIs which enable main network management functionality start reset formation join ZDO also defines ZigBee Device Profile types device and service discovery commands implemented by the stack ZDK Amp provides everything a developer would need to develop custom applications using BitCloud API 4 The general guidelines to BitCloud programming are given in 5 API based demos are provided in source code which can be modified and extended In the ZigBit Amp Development Kit using the API makes it possible to develop WSN applications for a variety of netwo
37. emo implements blinking of the MeshBean Amp s LED In users loop the GP IO O pin state is toggled using the GPIO interface The source code for minimum application is given in Appendix C along with the Makefile corresponding to the file structure specified in Appendix A Both are located in the Sample Applications Blink subdirectory The resulting image files are also delivered You can rebuild them any time as described below Open blink aps file from the Sample Applications Blink subdirectory and just execute Build Rebuild A11 item from the main menu of AVR Studio The blink hex and blink srec image files will be generated No eep image file will be produced as EEPROM is not needed for Blink To test the minimum application upload any of the image files into a MeshBean Amp board following the instructions which are given in Section 6 or in Appendix B correspondingly You can modify the code to extend the application s functionality by using other BitCloud API functions Make sure that your application code satisfies the programming conventions specified in 5 Play with the other API demos see Section 7 4 building them similarly to enhance the application with new functionalities Make sure your applications are uploaded into the boards before use 7 4 Sample Applications O 2008 MeshNetics ZDK Amp is supplied with the set of BitCloud API sample applications in source code These are named as given in
38. ended distance between an operator and antenna should not be allowed less than 20 centimeters When the parts of the product are turned on an operator should avoid touching the PCB antenna and the board itself AC DC adapters which can be used with the product contain high voltage circuits General precautions should be taken against electric shock before the product hardware is mains powered The ZigBit Amp Development Kit contains fragile components Please handle with care Related documents O 2008 MeshNetics 1 ZigBit M Amp OEM Modules Product Datasheet MeshNetics Doc M 251 03 2 BitCloud M IEEE802 15 4 ZigBee Software Product Datasheet MeshNetics Doc M 252 08 3 eZeeNet Software 1 7 SerialNet Reference Manual AT Command Set MeshNetics Doc P EZN 452 01 4 BitCloud Software 1 0 BitCloud Stack Documentation MeshNetics Doc P ZBN 452 02 5 BitCloud Developer s Guide MeshNetics Doc P ZBN 452 01 6 ZigBit OEM Module Application Note ZigBit Power Consumption Testing MeshNetics Doc AN 481 01 7 BitCloud Software 1 0 Serial Bootloader User s Guide MeshNetics Doc P ZBN 451 02 8 ZigBit M OEM Module Application Note Using ZigBit Module with Analog Sensors MeshNetics Doc AN 481 06 Page 6 54 Meshletics CD 9 10 11 12 13 14 ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE BitCloud Software 1 0 Range Measurement Application Users Manual MeshNetics Doc
39. er is HEX value 8 bytes long UID is used for setting unique MAC address of the node UID is hardware defined value It is programmed into a chip Silicon Serial Number DS2411R by Maxim Dallas at the factory UID is unique and cannot be overwritten In order to ensure the presence of UID on the board it is required to execute Hardware Test application see Section 3 7 for details 2008 MeshNetics Page 13 54 Meshletics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 2 3 MeshBean Amp Board Design 2008 MeshNetics The MeshBean Amp board contains the ZigBit Amp module which operates as ZigBee 802 15 4 transceiver It also includes sensors buttons DIP switches and a set of interfaces The board provides the following interfaces USB 2 0 port Light and temperature sensors 2 push buttons controlling the software Reset button 3 DIP switches software controlled LEDs JTAG connector for software upload and debugging Power connector 3 V to attach an AC DC adapter which is not supplied with ZDK Amp 20 pin Expansion slot containing external ZigBit Amp s interfaces see Table 3 including o Serial port interface RS 232 USART Buffered I C interface with ESD protection and voltage level translation o ADC GPIO Battery compartment for AA size batteries configuration jumpers 3 clamps for power consumption measurements Also the board contains an internal voltage regulator to supply most of t
40. erty of their respective owners Technical Support Technical support is provided by MeshNetics E mail support meshnetics com Please refer to Support Terms and Conditions for full details Contact Information MeshNetics EMEA Office Am Brauhaus 12 01099 Dresden Germany Tel 49 351 8134 228 Office hours 8 00am 5 00pm Central European Time Fax 49 351 8134 200 US Office 5110 N 44th St Suite L200 Phoenix AZ 85018 USA Tel 602 343 8244 Office hours 9 00am 6 00pm Mountain Standard Time Fax 602 343 8245 Russia Office 9 Dmitrovskoye Shosse Moscow 127434 Russia Tel 7 495 725 8125 Office hours 8 00am 5 00pm Central European Time Fax 7 495 725 8116 E mail info meshnetics com VVVVVV meshnetics com 2008 MeshNetics Page 2 54 Meshfetics Table of Contents 1 Introduction 6 2 Development Kit Overview 10 2 1 Hardware General Specifications 12 2 2 MeshBean Amp Featured Components 13 2 2 1 ZigBit Amp Module 13 222 DENGO he e 13 2 2 3 USB to UART Bridge 13 2 2 4 Silicon Serial for UID storage 13 2 3 MeshBean Amp Board Design 14 2 3 1 Connectors and Jumpers 16 2 3 2 Buttons Switches and LEDs
41. he components with 3 6 V See Figure 2 for the layout of MeshBean Amp board adjusted to fit to the ZigBit Amp module See also Figure 3 for the board s functional diagram Page 14 54 llleshiletics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT K T 2 0 USER S GUIDE U FL conneclor and external RP SMA antenna ZigBit Amp Module UID DIP Swilches LEDs Reset Button Power DC Men on ee ee Connector Light Sensor WWW 2 S Temperature Connector ensor Batte Holder USB Connector Button 1 Button 2 Figure 2 MeshBean Amp with integrated UID Silicon Serial assembled with external antenna 2008 MeshNetics Page 15 54 Meshfletics External Antenna ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE MeshBean2 board ZigBit module JTAG connector U FL Connector D ma Expansion connector Reset LEDs button DIP switches Buttons Temperature c I2C level sensor translator Light sensor J3 44 1 RS 232 level USB bridge J1 KA J2 R 5 V CM CM FE 4 E VDD A On Off 1 25V reference source n 1 Hardware Figure 3 MeshBean Amp functional diagram 2 3 1 Connectors and Jumpers The board connector pinouts and jumper settings are presented in Table 3 through Table 8
42. idge VCP driver for Windows platform is also available from the manufacturer s site http www silabs com tgwWebApp public web_content products Microcontrollers USB en mcu vcp htm dava Runtime Environment JRE is also available from http java sun com javase downloads index jsp There may be other Java instances already installed on your computer before the use of ZDK Amp To avoid confusion edit start bat file in Evaluation Tools ZBNDemo WSN Monitor subdirectory containing the WSN Monitor Make sure to provide full path to the Java executable file specify its file name extension exe explicitiy Current version of the AVR Studio 16 with Service Pack can be freely downloaded from the Atmel s website http www atmel com Simply launch the downloaded installer programs and follow the setup instructions The WinAVR suite of development tools can be downloaded from http sourceforge net projects winavr To install WinAVR follow the setup instructions 3 4 Connecting the Board to PC The board can be connected to host PC via USB port using USB 2 0 A mini B cable supplied within the Kit USB is typical connection Furthermore it provides the convenient possibility to link multiple boards to a single PC Besides no battery is required once a board is powered via USB Because wireless applications usually employ host connection through COM port linking the onboard USB to UART Bridge controller to PC requires installatio
43. igure 8 Example of file containing the node titles 36 Figure 9 WSN Monitor Tools Settings menu 37 Figure 10 Resetting the node 37 Figure 11 Setting channel mask dialog box 38 Figure 12 Setting the channel mask using checkboxes 38 Figure 13 AVR Studio dialog box for firmware upload using pe 49 2008 MeshNetics Page 4 54 Neshfetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE List of Tables Table 1 The ZDK Amp support packages 11 Table 2 MeshBean Amp Board Specifications 12 Table 3 Expansion slot pinoult 16 Table 4 JTAG connector pinoutl 18 Table 5 71 jumper settings current measurement 19 Table 6 J2 jumper settings MeshBean Amp power SOM 19 Table 7 73 jumper settings Serial USB selection 19 Table 8 Serial interface pinout 19 Table 9 External antenna set 20 Table 10 System requiremenis 23 Table 11 COM port settings for hardware testing 26 Table 12 DIP switch configurations used in ZBNDemo 33 Table 13 LED indication used in ZBNDemo 33 Table 14 Typical problems and solutio
44. is a software utility designed to program an application code into WSN nodes through USB or serial port without using JTAG See the description of Serial Bootloader in Section 6 The following sample applications are delivered with source code referenced as given in brackets ZBNDemo ZBNDemo Lovv Povver Netvvorking Lovpover Ping Pong Pingpong Peer To Peer Data Exchange Peer2peer Blink minimal sample application Blink Hardware Test HardwareTest The ZBNDemo application is a featured ZDK Amp application demonstrating the WSN performance t is presented in details in Section 4 The source code for ZBNDemo IS available with Complete Support Package only 2008 MeshNetics Page 21 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE The rest of programs are sample implementations triggering common BitCloud APIs Blink is a minimal application see Section 7 3 Low Power Ping Pong and Peer To Peer applications are introduced in Section 7 4 2008 MeshNetics Page 22 54 Meshletics 3 Getting Started ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 3 1 Overview USER S GUIDE This section describes the system requirements and ZDK Amp deployment It also provides how to instructions on handling the boards testing WSN functionality and performing local hardware tesis 3 2 System Requirements Before using the Kit please ensure that the following system requirements are met see Table 10 Table 10
45. jumper to select MeshBean Amp power source see Table 6 Turn power ON by means of the on board Power switch before using the board The nominal voltage is 3 3 V Using AC DC adaptor plugged into DC connector disconnects AA batteries automatically To get the board powered via USB the J2 jumper must be set to bridge pin 2 and pin 3 as specified in Table 6 In order to make accurate measurements of sensor parameters voltage stability is critical USB power is not stable enough which can affect transmission of power level or RF parameters IMPORTANT NOTES It is strongly recommended to check up the power supply voltage before programming the boards by Serial Bootloader or by JTAG Power drops happened during the programming process could result in an inoperable state of the ZigBit Amp or its permanent damage Using the discharged batteries when the voltage is below the specified limit may cause damage of flash memory or EEPROM as well If that happened programming by means of Serial Bootloader would fail In this case the only option becoming available would be using of JTAG emulator see Appendix B Don t use nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries for their double output is unsufficient Nevertheless using alkaline cells is acceptable for short term usage 3 6 Testing WSN Functionality Using SerialNet All the boards are delivered preprogrammed with the SerialNet firmware see Section 5 Connect the board to PC
46. le is not found or its format is not recognized the WSN Monitor designates the titles named by default NodeNames txt Notepad O xi File Edit Format view Help H deMames DOOIOGOGOCZ9p8C8 Coardinatar DOGOIQOOQOGES3F2yF Router OL OOOLOQOQOOE3408CH ROUter 02 O4 000sSCC02 BBOLAA TTT OOOLOOOO0es4sc 7EC ZEC l n hahTasza FEB o00L00000e33b85b B85B 0 6 8 08 OOOLOOOOOBSBFELA FALA 0 00000 29 0 00 540 4 7 0 47 6 7 2 2 2 0 00 35 6 8 8 8 1 861 1 00000 5 2242 7242 852 852 Figure 8 Example of file containing the node titles 4 6 Running ZBNDemo 4 6 1 Starting ZBNDemo on MeshBean Amp nodes First connect the coordinator node to the USB or to serial port in accordance with the J3 jumper setting see Table 7 Next run the WSN Monitor application on your PC At startup WSN Monitor will attempt using the default COM port to connect to coordinator The WSN Monitor screen pops up bul the coordinator node icon would not yet appear on the Network Topology Pane see Figure 7 You have to set a proper COM port via Tools Settings menu see Figure 9 Restart the program if the icon would not appear 4 6 2 Setting up node timeouts The Tools Settings menu contains a number of parameters Timeouts are used to set
47. loader commands Serial Bootloader code can be reprogrammed with JTAG by selecting boot loader hex image taken from your ZDK Amp Distribution CD and transferring it to the device 4 3 Using the Boards At node startup current channel mask is regularly read from EEPROM If channel mask has been uploaded to EEPROM using Serial Bootloader then no special action described below is needed before starting ZBNDemo Nevertheless if you need to upload channel mask to EEPROM from flash from an image file then startup initialization of the node must be performed as follows Press and hold the onboard sw1 button first see Figure 2 Power ON the board with holding the button pressed for at least 1 second LED2 will get flashing 3 times Next all LEDs will start flashing to indicate the node s role they will flash once on router twice on end device and three times on coordinator LED1 LED2 and LED3 will start blinking for 2 seconds to indicate the acceptance of channel mask in EEPROM NOTE When the operation described above has been completed the channel mask preloaded to EEPROM is lost Starting the ZBNDemo do the following 1 Configure one single node as a coordinator and make the others be routers and end devices see Table 12 Any of the boards provided can be configured with any role Connect the coordinator node to the PC using USB port on the coordinator board Power ON the coordinator node Run WSN Monitor see Section 4
48. n of the USB to UART Bridge VCP driver see details in Section 3 3 Section 2 2 3 As a result generic COM port can be used to access a board via USB IMPORTANT NOTES When USB connection is used the COM port number would be changed by the Windows operating system if the board has been reconnected To avoid confusion use Windows Control Panel to check on the actual port number Under some circumstances the boards can conflict with other USB devices recently installed In such cases the Windows Device Manager would show a problem occurred during the plug and play procedure or it would not detect the USB to UART Bridge controller at all Possible solution is to change the USB ID for the board using special utility available from the controllers manufacturer See Section 8 for details Alternatively the board can be connected to host PC via serial port using a serial cable not provided with ZDK Amp Serial port pinout is presented in Table 8 IMPORTANT NOTE USB and serial port RS 232 share the same physical port on the board They cannot be used at the same time Keep in mind that the connection mode is controlled by setting of jumper J3 see Table 7 2008 MeshNetics Page 25 54 Meshfetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 3 5 Powering the Boards The MeshBean Amp boards can be powered by a pair of AA size batteries via the USB port or they can be fed via AC DC adaptor mains powered First set J2
49. nal serial port instead of USB If booting fails the program recently uploaded to the board would be corrupted but the board could be reprogrammed again Using JTAG Link JTAG emulator to the MeshBean Amp s onboard JTAG connector see Figure 2 Start uploading process under AVR Studio following the instructions from 16 and 17 Select the image file as ZBNDemoApp hex see Appendix A to upload Check ON the following options in Fuses Tab before uploading the image through JTAG Brown out detection disabled BODLEVEL 111 JTAG Interface Enabled JTAGEN O Serial program downloading SPI enabled SPIEN O Boot Flash section size 1024 words Boot start address FC00 BOOTSZ 10 Divide clock by 8 internally CKDIV8 0 Int RC 050 Start up tim 6 CK 65 ma CKSEL 0010 SUT 01 Page 31 54 Meshletics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Uncheck the rest of options Make sure the following hex value string appears in the bottom part of Fuses Tab DEE 0X9D 0702 Additionally check ON the following option if the node will be programmed with Serial Bootloder Boot Reset vector Enabled default address 0000 BOOTRST O Make sure the following hex value string appears at the bottom of Fuses Tab xXFE 0x96 xez By default each of the boards MCU is preprogrammed with these fuse settings In addition JTAG can be used to restore the device s ability to respond to Serial Boot
50. ns 45 Table 15 The ZDK Amp file structure 47 2008 MeshNetics Page 5 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 1 Introduction Intended Audience and Purpose This document is intended for engineers and software developers working with the ZigBit Amp Development Kit ZDK Amp designed for WSN extended range high output applications The Kit is used to evaluate the performance and the features of ZigBit Amp modules and the BitCloud software and to implement custom applications on top of BitCloud API Safety and Precautions The product contains electronics which are electrically sensitive Please take necessary precautions when using such devices MeshNetics does its best to protect the product components from electrostatic discharge phenomena but we encourage our users to follow common guidelines to avoid electrostatics by using proper grounding etc Any modifications of the hardware its components or improper use of the product can cause an uncontrolled violation of the in band or out band radiation levels t can result in progressing violation of emission level limits thus causing harmful interference Precautions The product radiates power in the microwave band with power level of less than 100 mW which complies with the FCC rules Part 15 In order to prevent the undesirable influence of electromagnetic field on operating personnel the recomm
51. of the box solution designed for prototyping and development of Wireless Sensor Networks VVSNs It provides a pair of MeshBean Amp boards each containing the ZigBit Amp OEM module to test the wireless network features and develop customized wireless solutions based on BitCloud Software ZigBit Amp Development Kit includes 1 MeshBean Amp board doubled with ZigBit Amp module equipped by the built in U FL antenna connector USB 2 0 A mini B cable doubled External interface cable a ribbon cable with single side IDC 20 pin socket connector doubled 2 4 GHz 3 2 dBi Pulse W1037 Omni directional antenna doubled U FL to RP SMA bulkhead pigtail doubled Software amp Documentation Distribution CD 1 disk See the ZigBit Amp Development Kit with the numbered parts in Figure 1 Meshiletics Wireless Data Integration TuBiU Software amp Documentation 2007 MeshNetics Figure 1 The Development Kit delivery set The ZigBit Amp Development Kit is offered with 2 support packages see Table 1 2008 MeshNetics Page 10 54 gt Mesh etics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE e ZigBit Amp Development Kit Lite offers access to standard evaluation and development tools and comes with 45 days of complimentary support This option is good for product demonstration platform evaluation and quick application prototyping e ZigBit Amp Development Kit Complete comes with 1 yea
52. om tools for serial and OTA upgrades Additional sample applications include sources for 1 the embedded portion of ZBNDemo featuring the most comprehensive example of a typical data acquisition scenario 2 smaller examples of API use which may be used as application building blocks 3 sample applications featuring integration of ZigBit w 3 rd party sensors 2008 MeshNetics Page 11 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 2 1 Hardware General Specifications O 2008 MeshNetics MeshBean Amp board is intended to evaluate the operation performance of ZigBit Amp OEM module ZigBit Amp module with the embedded BitCloud Software provides wireless connectivity for MeshBean Amp board being a node in a ZigBee network The MeshBean Amp board can be configured to operate as a network coordinator a router or an end device by means of setting DIP switches see Section 2 3 2 and or sending AT commanas The node s role is defined by the embedded applications The boards are delivered with ZigBit Amp preprogrammed with Serial Bootloader and SerialNet application firmware For full list of demo applications see Section 2 4 Gerber file for MeshBean Amp board is available with Complete Support Package only The MeshBean Amp basic parameters are presented in Table 2 Table 2 MeshBean Amp Board Specifications Parameter Value RF Compliance 2 4 GHz IEEE 802 15 4 2003 12 Operating Band 2400 2483 5 MHZ
53. owered properly see Section 3 5 Make sure that either ZBNDemo image or Hardware Test image is loaded Notice that for SerialNet the LED status is controlled by AT commands The board connectivity becomes poorly unstable at long distances Make sure the external antenna is tightly connected to the board through U FL connector The board does not respond to outer commands Make sure the external antenna is not broken and it is properly connected to the board AT commands seem to be processed improperly at long distances or the board behaves too low sensitive unexpectedly Make sure the proper version of SerialNet image is uploaded to the board Users who are switching from earlier versions of the Development Kit may experience this problem while misusing this firmware In effort to connect several boards to the same PC their detection fails due to ID recognition conflict Detect ID for any single connected board using the USBView exe utility from Silicon Laboratories It can be downloaded from http Avww silabs com tqwWebApp public web content produ cts Microcontrollers USB en USBXpress htm You can use the CP210xSetIDs exe utility from Silicon Laboratories which is included in AN144SW It is described at http Avww silabs com public documents tpub doc anote Micr ocontrollers Interface en an1 44 pdi and it can be downloaded from http Awww silabs com public documents software_doc others oftware Microcont
54. r ZDK Amp module features the U FL antenna connecior allowing for the use of external RP SMA antenna which can be attached through the bulkhead pigtail supplied within the Development Kit Detailed specifications of the ZigBit Amp including the module interfaces voltage levels power consumption are available in the datasheet 1 2 2 2 Sensors The board incorporates light sensor TSL2550T from TAOS and temperature sensor LM73CIMK from National Semiconductors Both sensors are connected in parallel to the FC bus For more information on the sensors see their datasheets 13 14 available from the corresponding manufacturers websites NOTE In addition to the built in onboard sensors external sensors selected by developer can be used An external sensor can be connected to the terminals of External interface cable leading to the onboard Expansion slot See the corresponding pinout in Table 2 As an example connection of an external sensor is illustrated in Application Note 8 2 2 3 USB to UART Bridge CP2102 the USB to UART Bridge controller from Silicon Labs 15 is installed on the board It provides seamless USB interface to any RS 232 legacy device If the controller s driver has been installed on PC during the deployment of the whole Development Kit see Section 3 3 the onboard USB port is visible on the PC as generic COM port with a particular number 2 2 4 Silicon Serial for UID storage UID Unique Identifi
55. r of professional support which provides users with continuous software updates dedicated design in Support and RF design assistance It s ideal for customers engaged in a full cycle of developing prototyping and launching innovative products made possible by MeshNetics ZigBit wireless platform It also features early software release access and additional sample applications including sources for ZBNDemo application examples of API use and more Table 1 The ZDK Amp support packages ZDK Amp Edition Lite Complete Part Number ZDK A1281 PN LTE ZDK A1281 PN CPT MNZB DKL A24 MNZB DKC A24 Support Duration 45 days 1 year Hardware design support RF design support Software development support Early software release access Access to Gerber Files Access to bootloader source code Additional sample applications Response time 72 h workdays 72 h workdays Support channel E mail E mail Early software release access covers technology previews and demos preliminary datasheets and advance product announcement MeshBean Gerber files greatly expedite custom PCB design in and accelerate TTM for customer s specific products based on ZigBit modules and peripherals used within MeshBean development platform such as USB extension sensor adaptations and others 3 Access to serial bootloader source code is essential in building cust
56. rdware reset signal 3 software defined LEDs green yellow and red Any of 2008 MeshNetics Page 19 54 Neshfetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE onboard buttons DIP switches and LEDs can be controlled with the application running on the ZigBit Amp DIP switches are useful to control the board s internal parameters For instance TX output power can be set for Range Measurement Application 9 DIP switches can be tested when running the Hardware Test application see Section 3 6 2 3 3 External Antenna Each of the on board ZigBit Amp modules mounted on MeshBean Amp is equipped with the built in U FL antenna connector On the other hand MeshBean Amp has the on board connector to attach the external RP SMA antenna The specifications are presented below in Table 9 for external antenna set supplied with the Development Kit Table 9 External antenna set Part Number Description Size W1037 2 4 GHz 3 2 dBi Pulse Omni directional L 6 65 in antenna PT SMA RP I PEX U FL to RP SMA Bulkhead L 6 in X D 1 13 mm cable Pigtail IMPORTANT NOTE Only the RP SMA Connector antennas can be used for a custom design Make sure that the supplied U FL to RP SMA Bulkhead Pigtail is linking tightly the on board antenna connector and the U FL antenna connector before using a board Attach the SMA antenna to the on board connector matching the antenna s female coaxial thread with the connector s male thr
57. rking scenarios For example an end device can be configured to communicate with a router between the periods of sleep thus saving power Another configuration of BitCloud Software SerialNet enables a user to implement customized WSN scenarios without developing any WSN application code In this case VVSN nodes are controlled through AT commands see Section 5 2008 MeshNetics Page 20 54 Meshfletics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE The structure of BitCloud Software is presented in Figure 4 It is detailed in datasheet 2 Task Manager Power Manager MAC PHY HWD C User application CI Core stack CI Shared low level services Figure 4 BitCloud Block Diagram The Development Kit includes two kinds of applications see Appendix A Evaluation tools are delivered in binary format Sample applications are available in source code The following evaluation tools are delivered e SerialNet application lets the AT commands be interpreted locally or forwarded for execution on remote nodes e Hardware Test see Section 3 7 is a simple application which tests major MeshBean2 board components for correct operation Range Measurement Tool is an application intended to measure radio performance of ZigBit based devices and or to make comparison with platforms of other manufacturers Usage essential information and guiding instructions are given in 9 ZBNDemo with WSN Monitor Serial Bootloader
58. rollers Interface en an144sw zip VVSN Monitor fails to start Make sure Java machine is properly installed on your PC dava Runtime Environment installation program can be found In Third Party Software directory as jre 6u3 windows i586 p s exe file see Appendix A No node is shovvn on the Topology Pane in the VVSN Monitor Check if the VVSN Monitor uses proper COM port and if not change it and restart the program O 2008 MeshNetics Page 45 54 Meshletics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 Problem Solution WSN Monitor shows NO DATA in the Sensor Data Graph Pane No node is selected Select the required node by mouse clicking on it Node titles displayed on the Topology Pane do not show node destinations The displayed titles do not necessarily relate to the node functions but they can be redefined by user anytime These names are stored in the node title file see Section 4 5 along with MAC addresses mapped to the nodes At WSN Monitor startup all node s LEDs are blinking or none of them is flashing The ZBNDemo application was not uploaded into the node Upload this application to the node Neither Serial Bootloader nor other application work with a node except for the Hardware Test Make sure that J3 is seton the board properly to correspond to the actual connection type either Serial or USB Make sure the microcontroller flash memory was not er
59. s the networking tree in real time thus helping the user to monitor the formation and evolution of the network as the nodes join send data or leave The Network Topology Pane updates automatically while the nodes are discovered and while they join through coordinator The networking tree is displayed in form of parent child links which are tipped with RSSI and LQI values Each of the displayed nodes is depicted by an icon with the node s address and sensor readings next to it Node Data Pane displays the data coming from each of the nodes onboard sensor see Section 4 4 t is presented in graphs and in table form Other parameters can be also observed for each node in table form Node Data Pane includes a Sensor Selection combo box used to switch between sensor types 2008 MeshNetics Page 35 54 b Mesh letics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Node titles are defined in the NodeNames txt file By default it is located in the following subdirectory evaluation Tools ZBNDemo WSN Monitor resources contigufration Notice the full path to the file depends on the root directory location which was specified during installation of the Development Kit see Section 3 3 NodeNames txt contains one NodeNames header string which is followed by a number of strings each of which contains 64 bit MAC address and the title of each node For example see Figure 8 If the NodeNames txt fi
60. see Section 3 4 Run standard Hyper Terminal utility which is a part of Windows 2000 XP Start All Programs Accessories Communications Hyper Terminal Select logical value for COM port provided by the system see Section 3 4 COM port parameters should be set to the values given in Table 11 Table 11 COM port settings for hardware testing Option Value Data Rate 38 400 bps Data Bits 8 Parity None Stop Bits 1 Flow Control None unless data transmission is planned between the boards so Hardware flow control option selected Type the AT command and press Enter key The board responds to Hyper Terminal with Now a user can play various networking scenarios by sending AT commanos fully described in 3 2008 MeshNetics Page 26 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE A simple networking scenario for building WSN transmitting data between the WSN nodes and accessing the nodes interfaces is presented in the Examples Section of the document 3 3 7 Testing the Board Controls and Sensors To check the onboard controls and sensors the Hardware Test application can be used Connect the board to the PC Upload Hardware Test image onto the boards The Hardware Test image files are listed in Appendix A Run Hyper Terminal utility in the same manner as described above see Section 3 6 While the Hardware Test is running all the board LEDs are blinking
61. software can be optionally installed USB to UART Bridge VCP driver for Windows platform e lava Runtime Environment JRE To complete the installation of VCP driver before use of the ZDK Amp ao the following Connect MeshBean Amp board to the USB port Windows should detect the new hardware Follow the instructions provided by the driver installation wizard Make sure that the driver is installed successfully and the new COM port is present in the device list Open the Device Manager window shown in Figure 5 Start Control Panel System Hardvare Device Manager Device Manager E D xi He Action View Hep z Computer Disk drives 1 B Display adapters 5 DVE OD ROM drives dek controlers JA Floppy disk drives a Human Interface Devices IDE ATA ATAPI controllers Keyboards _ Mice and other pointing devices Monitors JM Network adapters Ports COM amp LPT 9 Communications Port 1 2 CP210x USE to UART Bridge Controller COM3 F ECP Printer Port LPT1 R Processors sound video and game controlers by System devices Universal Serial Bus controlers 4 4 4 4 je 4 lk E Figure 5 COM port drivers in the Windows Device Manager window To resolve possible problems see Section 3 4 2008 MeshNetics Page 24 54 Meshetics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE NOTE USB to UART Br
62. t is 16 bit number which must be unique for each one of multiple networks working on the same frequency channel Printed Circuit Board Physical layer Random Access Memory Radio Frequency Reduced Instruction Set Computing microprocessor In ZigBee networks routers transfer data and control messages through the network using a hierarchical routing strategy The ZigBee coordinator is also responsible for routing Reversed Polarity Surface Mount Assembly Serial binary data interconnection interface which is commonly used in computer serial ports COM ports Received Signal Strength Indicator Request to Send Clear to Send Receiver Surface Mount Assembly Serial Peripheral Interface bus Time To Market Transmitter Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter Unique Identifier Page 8 54 CD USART USB VCP WSN ZDK ZigBee ZigBee PRO 802 15 4 O 2008 MeshNetics u shlletics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter Universal Serial Bus Virtual Com Port Wireless Sensor Network ZigBit Development Kit Wireless networking standards targeted at low power sensor applications 10 The IEEE 802 15 4 2003 standard applicable to low rate wireless Personal Area Networks 12 Page 9 54 Meshetics ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 2 Development Kit Overview ZigBit Amp Development Kit ZDK Amp is a simple out
63. time The Sensor Data Graph Pane includes a Sensor Selection combo box Use the button on the Sensor Conirol Toolbar to display the desired types of sensor data Page 39 54 Meshetics w ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 5 SerialNet 2008 MeshNetics SerialNet is a configuration of BitCloud software which allows control over the most of the ZigBit Amp BitCloud functionality through a serial communication interface using standardized Hayes like AT command set The commands come from Serial USB interface in simple text form The command language principles are described in ITU T V 250 recommendation see 110 NOTES Strictly the SerialNet is an application developed on top of BitCloud API Before running SerialNet application make sure that the corresponding image file See Appendix A is uploaded to each of the board properly by means of Serial Bootloader or JTAG See the set of supported AT commands their syntax and detailed description in the Reference Manual 3 Chapter Examples of that document shows how to use the commands to do the following to control LED and DIP switches to create a network to set the node roles and addresses to transmit data between the nodes to manage PAN ID and frequency channels to forward commands for remote execution to control power consumption for end device Due to flexibility of AT commands you can create other network scenarios addressing th
64. twork each node should be identified with a unique MAC address If MAC address is not defined by a UID hardware chip the address of the node should be programmed manually Programming a MeshBean Amp board with MAC address can be performed in four ways 1 MAC address can be uploaded to a board by means of Serial Bootloader using a command line flag see 17 2 t can be specified in Makefile when defining the compilation for an application see details in Section 7 4 The resulting image file containing the unique MAC address can be uploaded to the board either by JTAG or using Serial Bootloader 3 Otherwise MAC address can be programmed sending SerialNet AT commands as described in 3 4 Value stored in UID is used as MAC address MAC address is utilized for identification of the node within the network Default value of MAC address is zero The module would not join the network unless MAC address is set to any non zero value which is not equal to OxFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Notice Using UID number you can design the network with random MAC addresses as UID number is a random value BitCloud software detects MAC address as follows At startup BitCloud Software attempts to load MAC address from EEPROM If there is 0 or OxFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF value in EEPROM BitCloud attempts to load MAC address from UID chip If there is no UID the node will not be able to join the network 9 Another JTAG programmer may be also used but it should be
65. xe WSN Monitor executable with all the resource files Evaluation Tools SerialNet serialnet srec Evaluation Tools SerialNet serialnet hex SerialNet image files BitCloud Components Header files for BitCloud Stack BitCloud Components BSP Source header and library files for BitCloud BSP BitCloud lib Library files for BitCloud Stack Sample Applications ZBNDemo Source and image files for ZBNDemo application Source code is avallable vvith Complete Support Package only 2008 MeshNetics Page 47 54 Mesh letics CD ZIGBIT AMP DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 Directory File USER S GUIDE Sample Applications Blink Description Source and image files for Blink application Sample Applications Lowpower Source and image files for Low Power sample application Sample Applications Peer2peer Source and image files for Peer to Peer sample application Sample Applications Pingpong Source and image files for Ping Pong sample application Evaluation Tools Range Tool range_tool vi Evaluation Tools Range Tool RangeTestRF230 hex Evaluation Tools Range Tool RangeTestRF230 srec Measurement Measurement Measurement Range Measurement Tool application s GUI Range Measurement Tool image files Third Party Software CP210x VCP Win2K XP S2K3 Third Party Software jre 6u3 windows 1586 p s

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