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1. 1 chars message 3 Sent 1 chars Rev 1 chars message 4 Sent 1 chars Rey 3 1 chars message 5 Sent 1 chars Rev 1 chars message 6 Sent 1 chars Rev 1 chars message 7 Sent 1 chars Rey 1 chars message 3 Sent 1 chars Clear All button Clears all the window s fields described above Exit button Quits the network dialog window GHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 19 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY 4 ADVANCED OPERATION The following paragraph described the main aspects of addLINK radio module advanced operation i e all operating modes programming evaluation etc More detailed information about addLINK radio module advanced operation is available in the addLINK Radio Module Technical Manual revision 2 0 i e Hayes commands registers detailed operation etc 4 1 Communication Modes The addLINK radio module demo kit can operate under five different communication modes Hayes or AT mode this is the module s parameters programming mode Transparent mode This is the default communication mode of the radio module An addLINK radio module behaves like a wired serial link i e it does not only transmit to the radio channel every data received on the serial link but also transmits on the serial link the information received on the radio cha2. ATS220 10 lt CR gt the unit is configured as Master in Demo mode gt If S220 is set to 11 ATS220 11 lt CR gt the unit is configured as Slave in Demo mode The demo mode is kind of similar to a Master amp Slave mode only the units are communicating continuously gt The master sends data frames to the slave and its yellow LED is flashing gt If the data is correctly received the slave lights its green LED sends back the data to the master and its yellow LED is flashing gt If the data is received with errors the slave lights its red LED gt If the master correctly receives back a data frame it lights its green LED and restarts the process after 100 ms gt If the master receives a frame with errors or doesn t receive any frame after a 50ms time out it lights its red LED After 100 ms the master restarts the process Feature Designation Red LED Green LED Yellow LED LD4 4 3 Stand by Mode for measures In order to make measurements available on the demo kit e g for integration application the radio module can be put in stand by mode 1 Toggle the stand by switch see correspondence table below ON 2 Turn the demo kit ON Check both red and green LEDs see correspondence table go ON 3 An ammeter can then be connected to the current measurement connector see correspondence table Designation Feature _ _ _ Stand by switch Red LED Green LED COPYRIGHT Adcon RF T
3. 8 Turnthe Development kit back ON 9 Check that the red LED is flashing when powering up the board COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 23 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY 5 APPENDIX Interface Schematics 5 1 Interface without Microcontroller ul JE LA LLIF CO k T fF i ira ASO cu O SE Saal Gou MAA III ZE i E a sh mans E Oo meh Antenna addLINK Std by Prog RS 232 COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 24 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCIN RF TECHNOLOGY 5 2 Interface with Microcontroller qn BB dsadiBDa FT THE AIB aL La E ny fa ite i A moL4 mea Antenna addLINK Std by Prog RS 232 COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 25 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2
4. is configurable but should be greater than 500 ms Auto reply Enabling this option allows the user to send every received frame back to the transmitter COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 18 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 The two COPYRI ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY Not received Indicates the number of messages that were not received by the unit during the dialog Nb msg sent Provides the number of messages sent to the other module 1 Elapsed time Specifies how long the modem has been transmitting when the send continuously option is enabled Errors Provides the number of errors occurring during a transmission Those errors are counted in characters Send button Sends the frame previously entered by the user in the data to send field to the other module Clear Send button Clears the data to send field as well as the received data field of the other module Stop button Stops a permanent transmission when send continuously is enabled other buttons at the bottom of the window are general for both modules Display button Displays a summary of the dialog established between the two radio units f Peer to peer dialog display From COML to COM2 message O Sent 1 chars Rey 1 chars message 1l Sent 1 chars Rey 1 chars message 2 Sent 1 chars Rev
5. peer to peer dialog is displayed ERE je Peer to peer configuration Both operating mode and communication channel should be chosen by the user Once the configuration is done pressing OK or DIALOG allows the user to validate it e CONFIG RESU RES JA If OK was pressed pressing Yes quits the peer to peer configuration window and the user has then to select the peer to peer dialog tool either from the menu bar or the tool bar If DIALOG was pressed pressing Yes opens the peer to peer dialog window See paragraph 7 2 Pressing No cancels the configuration in both cases COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 14 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY 3 2 2 Dialog From the menu bar the Tool Peer to peer dialog Advanced user level or the Peer to peer Dialog Basic user level submenu has to be selected A window allowing the user choosing on which ports the peer to peer dialog tool has to be operated is displayed The same window is displayed when using the tool bar Once the choice is validated by the user the following peer to peer dialog window is displayed ez peer to peer dialog COM1 lt gt COM The peer to peer dialog window is composed of two identical panels one for each module The different fields and buttons of those panels are described below Title displayed on top of the panel it gives the type of modul
6. which works on the 868 MHz frequency band The addLINK radio module is directly soldered to its interface host board The configuration steps described in the following paragraphs are for the MTC software program Communication using a standard terminal emulation program e g Win3 11 standard terminal emulation program French version provided in the CD is also possible involving more detailed configuration COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 5 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 Demo Kit Connections 1 Connect the Demo Kit to the PC via the RS 232 connector with the provided serial cable 2 Connect the power supply to the demo kit via the power supply jack on the serial cable CAUTION Two kinds of power supply are available on the addLINK Demo Kit the power supply itself and a battery When it is connected the power supply has priority on the battery The battery takes over when the power supply is disconnected This results in a wee decrease of the module performances as the voltage level provided by the battery is lower Check that both stand by mode STBY and programming PROG switches SW1 and SW3 respectively are turned OFF Switch the demo kit ON Check that the red LED LD5 as well as the green LED LD2 goes ON when power supplying the demo kit 2 2 MTC Workbench Software Installation 1 Put Adcon Master CD into the PC The CD is aut
7. 02 Page 9 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCOIN RF TECHNOLOGY gt The Network Menu The Network menu is composed of the following submenus Configuration Displays a window allowing quick configuration of two radio modules for network dialog The parameters concerned are the operating mode Network client server or addressed secured the network and clients IDs and the radio channel Dialog Displays an advanced terminal dialog window between two given radio modules already configured with all necessary network parameters i e mode network and clients IDs The ports are chosen by the user gt The Windows Menu The Windows menu lists the different windows already opened and allows the user to change the active window Note that both Tree and About ports windows will always appear in that list as they can not be closed gt The Help Menu The Help menu is composed of an About submenu which displays a window containing all information about the software development such as software version copyright author etc COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 10 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCOIN RF TECHNOLOGY 3 1 2 The tool bar The tool bar contains shortcut buttons corresponding to the main functions of the menu bar described in the previous paragraph Some of those are only applicable in certain conditio
8. ADCIN RF TECHNOLOGY addLINK Radio Module Demo Kit Technical Manual ISSUE 1 2 UPDATE 27 12 2002 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY Adcon RF Technology SA Les Cardoulines Batiment B4 1360 route des Dolines 06560 Valbonne Sophia Antipolis France Tel 33 0 4 97 21 33 10 Fax 33 0 4 97 21 33 11 www adcon com sales rf adcon com Proprietary Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice Company or product names mentioned in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies All rights reserved Neither the whole nor any part of the information contained in this publication may be reproduced in any material form except with the written permission of Adcon RF Technology This publication is intended only to assist the reader in the use of the product Adcon RF Technology shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from the use of any information in this publication or any error or omission in such information or any incorrect use of the product COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 2 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CO INN rias dra 3 TABLE OF AGRON Y US as 4 INTRODUCTION serrana iia 5 TIA ON o e e 5 AO A a eer re eee ee eee eee 5 Ao sees ares coco vivo eateries a genie nce esters ae secs ce wees EA 6 ZA DEMO KIT CONNECTION Sacar 6 2 2 MTC WORKBEN
9. CH SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ccccecsccccecessccscscececcecesecessscesecesseseseseuceseses 6 3 BASIC OPERATION USING MT Cu cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccsces 7 EN Na A 7 Sl VS IS Ay Dal id tevin wind to ratita dio eric 9 Se TOCADO notaba 11 So Mea OIC LON MEC miii irte 12 3 2 PEER TO PEER DIALOG aso ewes 14 IAT CO A eae r E E e E E EER 14 ES o PAIA S A PO TI II E 15 3 9 NETWORK DIALOG liso cebea 17 Eon A T E OE E EEE 17 RE D12 2 OES o o AI E E 18 4 ADVANCED OPERATION cccoccscsccccccvccccccncccencssccnccvcnsevenceccncesenccssensevences 20 4 1 COMMUNICATION MODES sosisicniinada datado at is 20 4 amp 2 DEMO MODE tasadores E 21 4 3 STAND BY MODE FOR MEASURES cccscscsvcscecsscsccccccccsccccsescccscsccscecssseecscsceseeceseseseeees 21 4 3 PROGRAMMING MODE ccceccecceccccccceccececcecceccececcenceceteeteccencenceteeteccenceccenestecsensencenees 22 da l CONAN ie ERATA 22 DS OWAE eE EAEE A EEEE E E EE 22 5 APPENDIX INTERFACE SCHEMATICS oocccccocccccccccnncccncccccocccconcconccccococononeono 24 5 1 INTERFACE WITHOUT MICROCONTROLLER ccceccccceccceccccccccccceccenceccecceeeseccesteccecueeseeccens 24 5 2 INTERFACE WITH MICROCONTROLLER cccccecccccccececceccecceceececcencecceseetecceceneeseeteccenceucens 25 COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 3 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY TABLE OF ACRONYMS Re
10. Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY gt Tree Window The top part lists the different serial ports and their connected modems when applicable Whenever a modem is connected to a port a node Ea appears at that port Clicking on that node will display the modem type as a child node The bottom part lists the different configuration files available sorted by type of modem It is not available in basic user level configuration gt Ports Window The About port window gives information about the status of each serial port detected by the system during auto configuration OPEN Modem connected to corresponding port Port in use E g a tool is operating on that port CLOSED Modem connected to corresponding port Port not in use NOT CONNECTED No modem connected to corresponding port Note The legend i e ports status can be hidden by disabling the Legend button COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 13 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY 3 2 Peer to peer dialog The first tool available with the MTC software is the peer to peer dialog tool allowing the user to communicate between two addLINK radio modules From the menu bar the Peer to peer menu is to be selected 3 2 1 Configuration From the menu bar the Peer to peer Configuration submenu has to be selected A window allowing the user configuring two compatible radio units for
11. Network Dialog For client server communications between several addLINK radio modules the MTC features the network dialog tool similar to the peer to peer dialog tool From the menu bar the Network menu has to be selected 3 3 1 Configuration From the menu bar the Network Configuration submenu has to be selected A window allowing the user configuring two compatible radio units for network dialog is displayed En Network configuration The operating mode communication channel and network number should be chosen by the user For addressed secured mode configuration the clients IDs also have to be chosen by the user Once the configuration is done pressing OK or DIALOG allows the user to validate it o CONFIG RESU 7 If OK was pressed pressing Yes quits the network configuration window and the user has then to select the network dialog tool either from the menu bar or the tool bar If DIALOG was pressed pressing Yes opens the network dialog window See paragraph 7 2 Pressing No cancels the configuration in both cases COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 17 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY 3 3 2 Dialog From the menu bar the Tool Network dialog Advanced user level or the Network Dialog Basic user level submenu has to be selected A window allowing the user choosing on which ports the network dialo
12. Settings Menu The Settings menu is composed of the following submenus Language Allows the user to change the software s operation language English French and German are available for the moment The default language is English User level Allows the user to switch from a basic operation desktop to an advanced operation desktop and vice versa The current description concerns the basic user level configuration For the advanced user level configuration description refer to the MTC Workbench User Manual gt The Modem Menu The Modem menu is composed of the following submenus Channel scanning Displays a window which presents either the radio channel s occupation rate or the signal s level received by the radio module Note It is not applicable to addLINK modules 4 Autoconfiguration Allows the user to launch an auto configuration on one or on all ports from the desktop e g for connection loss or modem replacement gt The Peer to peer Menu The Peer to peer menu is for basic operation configuration and is composed of the following submenus Configuration Displays a window allowing quick configuration of two radio modules for peer to peer dialog The parameters concerned are the operating mode and the radio channel Dialog Displays an advanced terminal dialog window between two given radio modules the ports of which are chosen by the user COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 20
13. e and the port it is connected to E g addLINK 8680COM1 as well as its function when applicable i e Master or slave Received data This non editable field displays the data received on the radio link from the other module The red dot indicates the status of the communication it goes to green if a message is being received Nb msg Provides the number of messages received by the module since the beginning of the dialog Data to send Displays the data to be sent by the user to the other module The red dot indicates the status of the communication it goes to green when a message is being sent Frame length Provides the length of the frame to be sent by the user Send continuously Enabling this option allows the user to transmit data from Data to send permanently to the other modem The time out i e Each ms field is configurable but should be greater than 500 ms Auto reply Enabling this option allows the user to send every received frame back to the transmitter COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 15 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY Not received Indicates the number of messages that were not received by the unit during the dialog Nb msg sent Provides the number of messages sent to the other module Elapsed time Specifies how long the modem has been transmitting when the send continuousl
14. echnology 2002 Page 21 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY 4 3 Programming Mode 4 3 1 Connections 1 Connect the development kit to the PC via RS 232 connector 2 Connect the development kit to the power supply via the Molex power supply connector 3 Toggle the programming switch SW3 ON 4 Turnthe Development kit ON Check that the red programming LED LD1 goes ON 4 3 2 Software 1 Launch the MTC Workbench software 2 Once the desktop is displayed select the programming Flashing submenu The following window is displayed E Program flashing 3 This window allows the user choosing proper serial port file type stf and ste for Adcon files a90 for customer generated files modem type i e addLINK as well as the programming files addLINK Adcon standard files provided on the CD available by clicking on the BROWSE buttons The OK button should then be pressed for validation 4 Once the choice is validated the START button is to be pressed The following programming window is displayed showing the programming status and evolution COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 22 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY Programming status 5 Once the programmation is done the CLOSE button is enabled and quits the programming 6 Turn the Development kit OFF 7 Toggle back the programming switch OFF
15. ference ETSI Standard FINAL DRAFT prl ETS 300 220 June 1999 release ACRONYMS DEFINITION Frequency ss Frequency Frequency Modulation Frequency Shift Keying R F M F F F F X X pp BQ Inphase amp Quadrature S Public Switched Telephone Network Software equivalent of a high CTS line COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 4 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 Aim of document The aim of this document is to present the technical aspects of the standard addLINK radio module demo kit named D addLINK 868 NB A MC After a short introduction describing the radio module and its installation principles the operation of the D addLINK 868 NB A MC will be detailed in two distinct paragraphs differentiating a basic operation using the MTC software and a more complex advanced operation A useful set of appendix will then introduce the alternative configurations of the D addLINK 868 NB A MC radio module 1 2 Description The addLINK radio module Demo Kit supplies the following items 2 Demo radio units gt 2serial cables including power supply jack gt 2 Power supplies 12V 300 mA gt 2 lithium batteries 3 6V 1000 mAh capacity 40 mA minimal intensity AA sized gt gt v 1 CD containing all required software and documentation An installation notice This Demo Kit will allow any user to test the standard addLINK radio module
16. g tool has to be operated is displayed The same window is displayed when using the tool bar Once the choice is validated by the user the following network dialog window is displayed Fo anetwork dialog COM1 lt gt COM address 0 y address 0 y The network dialog window is composed of two identical panels one for each module The different fields and buttons of those panels are described below Title displayed on top of the panel it gives the type of module and the port it is connected to E g addLINK 868 COM 1 as well as its function when applicable i e Server or Client N n A Received data This non editable field displays the data received on the radio link from the other module The red dot indicates the status of the communication it goes to green if a message is being received Nb msg Provides the number of messages received by the module since the beginning of the dialog Data to send Displays the data to be sent by the user to the other module The red dot indicates the status of the communication it goes to green when a message is being sent To Client Address n Indicates to which client or modem the frame is to be sent Frame length Provides the length of the frame to be sent by the user Send continuously Enabling this option allows the user to transmit data from Data to send permanently to the other modem The time out i e Each ms field
17. nnel Basically it reproduces the half duplex function of a RS 485 cable Secured Transparent mode Frame encapsulation is added to the transparent mode so that each data transfer is data verified start and end bytes This mode shall be operated for point to point communications only 2 types of flow control are available gt Hardware CTS RTS the module manages RTS signal only gt None Addressed Secured mode This is similar to a network mode only there is no server and every module can communicate with each other addressing each frame to whom it is sent to This mode offers an optimal radio link quality providing transparent mode with the security of the transparent secured mode I O Copy mode In I O Copy mode the I O lines of an addLINK module are copied to the other addLINK module Once programmed in I O copy mode modules start I O copy as soon as they get out of Hayes mode They stop as soon as one module returns to Hayes mode COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 20 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCIN RF TECHNOLOGY 4 2 Demo Mode A demonstration operating mode is available on the addLINK radio module Basically it shall be used for performances range tests as it allows removing the serial connection and moving the radio module around To configure the module to demo mode only one register needs to be modified S220 the operating mode register gt If S220 is set to 10
18. ns and are therefore disabled elsewhere The buttons functions are listed in the following table Channel scanning Channel scanning of the current radio module Auto configuration Operates new auto configuration on all or selected ports Opens peer to peer dialog Opens peer to peer dialog window between two chosen ports Opens network dialog Opens network dialog window between two chosen ports COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 11 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCIN RF TECHNOLOGY 3 1 3 The application Tree Once the auto configuration is done the software builds and displays the application tree using the serial ports defined in the system the connected modems detected during auto configuration and the modem configuration files found in the application configuration file The application tree is composed of two windows that can not be closed the Tree window and the About Ports window They are described below El a Configuration files E b Mc V files b MG 9 files za About ports LE 433 files E B90055 20 files qb B9005S 500 files Smart 433 files E B43355 10 files E B43358H 10 files fi addLINK 868 files 868 500 files Note The application tree i e the Tree window especially can not be exploited in basic user level configuration In basic level configuration the Tree is just used as information COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 12 File addLINK
19. olaunched and displays a browser on the Adcon database page 2 Go to the addLINK page by clicking on the corresponding link 3 Install the MTC Workbench software by clicking on the MTC Workbench Installation link The software is automatically installed in C Program Files Adcon MTC this directory can be changed COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 6 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 RF TI SECHE UN NOLO SGT 3 BASIC OPERATION USING MTC 3 1 The desktop The Modem Test amp Configuration MTC Workbench is an Adcon software framework to test and configure all modems supplied by Adcon RF Technology Several and diversified modems connected to the PC workstation via various hardware interfaces RS232 RS422 can be tested and configured at the same time The framework provides a desktop to display test and configure multiple modems including addLINK radio module with a standard set of functions common for each modem Once launched the MTC software displays the following desktop and message Do you weantto launch auto configuration Ge ve AUTO CONFIGURATION INTERRUPT The auto configuration has to be launched for the software to detect the connected radio module i e Yes has to be pressed COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 7 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 SR Ad _ w RF TECHNOLOGY Once the auto configuration is done a fe
20. w minutes depending on the number of serial ports the following desktop is displayed Sr MTC Workbench a x File Settings Modern Peertopeer Network Windows Help v legend i top a Y com com2 GD COM3 com4 coms E Configuration files d MC 2 files dy MC V3 files 4 LC 433 files E Ba00ss 20 files d B90055 500 files E Smart 433 files M Ba3353 10 files M B4335H 10 files M addLink 868 files d 868 500 files The auto configuration success can be checked visually by clicking on the COM1 node The radio modem should appear as a child node in the Tree window e AOOLINK 868 Ed T Con ee T Coma The radio modem is now ready to be tested and configured with the different options of the MTC software Those options are described below COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 8 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY 3 1 1 The menu bar The menu bar is fully configurable and is defined in the application configuration file us MTC Workbench File settings Modem Peerto peer Network Windows Help Each menu is composed of several submenus corresponding to specific functions or actions All menus and submenus are described in the following paragraphs Each function and option will be further described in the next chapters gt The File Menu The File menu is composed of Exit an submenu which quits the software program gt The
21. y option is enabled Errors Provides the number of errors occurring during a transmission Those errors are counted in characters Send button Sends the frame previously entered by the user in the data to send field to the other module Clear Send button Clears the data to send field as well as the received data field of the other module A Stop button Stops a permanent transmission when send continuously is enabled The two other buttons at the bottom of the window are general for both modules Display button Displays a summary of the dialog established between the two radio units f Peer to peer dialog display From COML to COM2 message O Sent 1 chars Rey 1 chars message 1l Sent 1 chars Rey 1 chars message 2 Sent 1 chars Rev 1 chars message 3 Sent 1 chars Rev 1 chars message 4 Sent 1 chars Rey 3 1 chars message 5 Sent 1 chars Rev 1 chars message 6 Sent 1 chars Rev 1 chars message 7 Sent 1 chars Rey 1 chars message 3 Sent 1 chars Clear All button Clears all the window s fields described above Exit button Quits the peer to peer dialog window COPYRIGHT Adcon RF Technology 2002 Page 16 File addLINK Demo Kit Technical Manual Rev 1 2 ADCON RF TECHNOLOGY 3 3
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