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1. GENERAL NOTES Pins 12 13 14 16 17 18 are not buffered and driven by the MCU pins directly Thus this interface should be used with precautions at the low supply voltages to avoid damaging the module Pins 7 and 8 are connected via voltage level translators with ESD protection Thus these pins can be used easily to connect extra I C sensors without extra logic Voltage on the V XX pin does not depend on the state of jumper J1 or ammeter connection between clamps CM CM Table 4 JTAG connector pinout Pin Name Description 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 2008 MeshNetics Page 17 53 USER S GUIDE Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Table 5 J1 jumper settings current measurement J1 is mounted This position is used for normal operation J1 Is not mounted In this position the ZigBit module is not powered while remaining parts of the board are powered This position is used to measure current consumption of the ZigBit module see Section 3 8 Table 6 J2 jumper settings ZigBit power source J2 bridges POWER pin and BAT pin ZigBit is powered by primary source battery
2. 25 75 R 29 00 29 25 n mm n NN Ad 108 AM AZ Ac w ode Type End device 000F 0002 002C 001F c 5 os Te Full Address 0x000100000E33C 78 pozn ode Data Selected T Table Pane Specific parameters for 2 p age PES p an p ii 2 0 64 3 18 0 61 4 0 66 t 0003 Router node Parameter name Channel Mask mask 0x00 01 00 00 Parameter name Panid panld 0xA1 62 7 Parameter narne Working Channel channel 0x10 Figure 7 WSN Monitor GUI Network Topology Pane displays the network topology in real time which helps to the user monitor the formation and evolution of the network while 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 LOI values Each of the nodes displayed is depicted by icon with the node s address below and sensor readings to the right Node Data Pane displays the data coming from onboard sensor s of each of the nodes see Section 4 4 It 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 Node titles are defined in the NodeNames txt file By default it is located in the following subdirectory Evaluation Tools ZBNDemo WSN Monitor resources
3. Page 11 53 USER S GUIDE Mleshiletics CD ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Parameter Value Miscellaneous Sensors Digital Ambient Light Ambient Air Temperature LED Indicators 3 programmable color status LEDs external power supply status LED Switches 3 DIP switches Buttons 2 programmable buttons Size 60 x 63 x 24 mm Operating Temperature Range 40 C to 85 C Minor degradation of clock stability may occur beyond the 20 C to 70 C range 2 2 MeshBean2 Featured Components 2 2 1 ZigBit Module ZigBit module is an ultra compact low power high sensitivity 2 4GHz 802 15 4 ZigBee OEM module from MeshNetics ZigBit module is based on Atmel s Z Link 2 4GHz platform It includes ATmega1281 V Microcontroller and AT86RF230 RF Transceiver In ZDK every ZigBit module is delivered installed on a MeshBean2 board Two different versions of ZigBit modules are available 1 a version with balanced RF port for applications where the benefits of PCB or external antenna can be utilized and a version with dual chip antenna satisfying the needs of size sensitive applications Detailed specifications of the ZigBit module including the module interfaces voltage levels power consumption are available in the ZigBit datasheet 1 2 2 2 Sensors The board incorporates light sensor TSL2550T from TAOS and temperature sensor LM73CIMK from National Semiconductor
4. 44 Table 15 The ZDK file structure 46 2008 MeshNetics Page 5 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT 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 Development Kit ZDK The Kit is used to evaluate the performance and features of ZigBit modules and the ZigBeeNet software and to implement custom applications on top of ZigBeeNet 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 The product complies with the FCC Part 15 IC and ETSI CE rules applicable to the devices radiating in the uncontrolled environment Please find out if the product complies with your local regulations 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 It can result in progressing violation of emission level limits thus causing harmful interference Precautions The product radiates power in the microwave band Although the levels are considered to be low less than 2 mW
5. 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 www meshnetics com 2008 MeshNetics Page 4 53 Meshletics Table of Contents 1 Introduction 6 2 Development Kit Overview 9 2 1 Hardware General Specifications 11 2 2 MeshBean2 Featured Components 12 2 2 1 ZigBit Module 12 2 2 2 Sensors 12 2 2 3 USB to UART Bridge 12 2 2 4 Silicon Serial for UID storage 13 2 3 MeshBean2 Board Design 13 2 3 1 Connectors and Jumpers 16 2 3 2 Buttons Switches and LEDs 19 2 3 3 E
6. DSYS ASSERT ON Enable the security in the stack CFLAGS D SECURIIY Enable the security on NWK only preconfigured key CFLAGS D_NWK_SECURITY_ Pre configured key which is used by NWK CFLAGS DCS NEIWORBK KEY IOXxUC UXCC0xCC UxCC 0xCC 0xCC 0xCC UxCUO 0x LU Dou UD UCC UCC UCC UR C 0 67006 67 CFLAGS DTIMER SENDING PERIOD 20000 CFLAGS DCS END DEVICE SLEEP PERIOD 30000 CFLAGS DAPP CHANNEL MASK 0x01000000 CFLAGS DAPP COORD UID OxAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL CFLAGS DCS NEIB TABLE SIZE 7 CFLAGS DCS MAX CHILDREN AMOUNT 6 CFLAGS DCS MAX CHILDREN ROUTER AMOUNT 2 CFLAGS DCS ROUTE TABLE SIZE 35 Used only for static addressing CFLAGS 05 2 NWK ADDR 0x0001 CFLAGS DCS UNIQUE ADDR true To compile ZBNDemo application use make utility Otherwise open the WSNDemo aps file from the Sample Applications ZBNDemo subdirectory with AVR Studio and just execute Build Rebuild A11 item from the main menu The ZBNDemo hex ZBNDemo eep and ZBNDemo srec image files will be then generated Low Power Peer to peer and Ping Pong applications are described in details in 4 Page 43 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 8 Troubleshooting In case of any operational problem with your system please check the power first and make sure that all of your equipment is properly connected Check if your PC conforms to the minimum system requiremen
7. Necessary to run the WSN Monitor application see Section 4 5 2008 MeshNetics Page 22 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 3 3 Installing the Development Kit In order to install the Development Kit insert the ZDK Software and Documentation CD into your PC CDROM The ZDK installation wizard should start automatically Specify the installation path and follow the instructions As aresult the ZDK file structure under the selected path will be generated on the PC which is described in Appendix A During the ZDK deployment the following auxiliary software can be optionally installed USB to UART Bridge VCP driver for Windows platform Java Runtime Environment JRE To complete the installation of VCP driver before use of the ZDK do the following e Connect MeshBean2 board to the USB port Windows should detect the new hardware Follow the instructions provided by the driver installation wizard e 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 Hardware Device Manager Device Manager E Ha Acton View Heb gt m bitlser 3 Computer Display adapters 4 DVD CD ROM drives mj FHoppy dek controllers Floppy disk drives 1 d Human Interface Devices IDE ATA ATAPI controllers lt P gt Keyboards 4 Mic
8. 2008 MeshNetics Page 34 53 Mleshiletics CD ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE configuration Notice the full path to the file depends on the root directory which has been 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 t xt file is not found or its format is not recognized the WSN Monitor designates the titles named by default P NodeNames txt Notepad m x File Edit Format View Help ModeMames 8 0 08 2 OOOLOOOOQEs 3 27 F Router QT E B Router 4 34 OA BBOLAA TTT 3 02 O4 OOOLOQOQO008s4cfEC C EC ogooloooQobobfssO FSBO OOOLOO000e3 2b85b B685B6 8 2 31 1 6 3 2 O 34 0 4 4 r QODIOOQQOBSBF ZE2Z2F EZ O O0OglOO00Q00Essc56FBS 2COFS Q ODlOO00Q00B5BFS51 2F amp 8B6ILI A42 r idz 3 OA 2 Figure 8 Example of file containing the node titles 4 6 Running ZBNDemo 4 6 1 Starting ZBNDemo on MeshBean2 nodes First connect the coordinator node to the USB or to serial port in accordance with the J3 jumper setting
9. 7 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 8 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 If this does 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 can fail due to the communication errors between the board and the PC If this happened attempt booting again or try using conventional serial port instead of USB If booting fails the program written to the board recently would be corrupted but the board can be reprogrammed again Using JTAG Link JTAG emulator to the MeshBean2 s on board JTAG connector see Figure 2 Start uploading process under AVR Studio following the instructions from 17 and 18 Select the image file as ZBNDemo hex see Appendix A to upload Check ON the following options in Fuses T
10. 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 tommandsend x Hode Delay ms List 030683 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 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 36 53 Mleshiletics CD ZIGBIT 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 31 of channel mask should be set to 0 The rest 27 least significant bits bo D1 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 box 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 EDITI x _ Channel 0 00 _ Channel 1 0x01 _ Channel zi 0x02 Channel 3 0x03 Channel 4 4 2 ul nel 1
11. MAX BLINK INTERVAL blinkTimerFired Update LED status immediately HAL StartAppTimer amp blinkTimer Start updated blink timer 2 Description just a Stub Parameters are not used Returns nothing eK KK KK IK kA KK kCk ck ck kA K K K K K KOK kck kckck K KOK K kck KK KK KK KOK kK KK KK void ZDO MgmtNwkUpdateNotf ZDO MgmtNwkUpdateNotf t nwkParams nwkParams nwkParams Unused parameter warning prevention KK KK KK KK KKK KKK KK kA kA K K KKK K K kck K K KOK K kck K KOK OK KK KK ck k KK KK KK ko Description just a stub Parameters none Returns nothing KK KK KK kA IK KK KK kck kA K K K K K KOK K XK KA K KOK KK kck kA KK KOK KOK ck ck K KOK KO OK void ZDO WakeUpInd void j J kk ke KK KK Kk kA kA KA K kk Ck Ck Ck kk kk kk Ck kc k ck ck kk kk kck k kc kA kA kA kck kA ck kk kk kk k Description Just a stub Parameters none 2008 MeshNetics Page 51 53 Meshfletics Makefile 2008 MeshNetics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Returns nothing KK IK KK KK KK IK kA kA k X k ck k K KOK K K KK kck kck kckck K kA K KOK OK k ck k KK KK k kk void ZDO SleeplInd void i 00 blink e PROJNAME blink Path to ZigBeeNet stack STACK PATH ZigBeeNet tags release zbn 1 0 Components STACK PATH ZigBeeNet Components include STACK PATH ZigBeeNet lib MakerulesZbnAll include Makerules CFLAG
12. USB or AC DC adapter J2 bridges POWER pin and DC DC ZigBit is powered by 3 6 V internal voltage pin regulator Table 7 J3 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 below in Table 8 Table 8 Serial interface pinout RXD 4 UART_RXD 2 TXD 24 UART TXD 3 CTS 3 UART_CTS 8 RTS 1 UART_RTS 7 GND 5 6 15 19 20 GND 5 2008 MeshNetics Page 18 53 Meshfletics 2 3 2 Buttons Switches and LEDs ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE The board includes 2 buttons 3 DIP switches one Reset button that generates a hardware reset signal 3 software defined LEDs green yellow and red and one blue LED indicating powering the board from the USB Any of onboard buttons DIP switches and LEDs can be controlled by an embedded application running on a ZigBit For instance the status of any DIP switch will be ignored when running SerialNet see Section 5 DIP switches can be tested when running the Hardware Test application see Section 3 7 2 3 3 External Antenna Among the MeshBean2 boards delivered with ZDK one particular board is equip
13. ZigBeeNet 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 21 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 3 Getting Started USER S GUIDE 3 1 Overview This section describes the system requirements and ZDK deployment It also provides how to instructions on handling the boards testing WSN functionality and performing local hardware tests 3 2 system Requirements Before using the Kit please ensure that the following system requirements are met See Table 10 Table 10 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 mkll emulator Necessary to upload and debug with cable firmware onto the MeshBean2 board through JTAG see Appendix B Software Operating system Windows2000 XP USB driver CP210x USB to UART Necessary to connect Bridge VCP Driver MeshBean2 to PC via USB port see Section 3 4 IDE AVR Studio 4 13 Necessary to upload firmware Service Pack 2 image through JTAG see WinAVR Appendix B and to develop applications using API see Section 7 Serial Bootloader utility Necessary to upload firmware image without using JTAG see Section 6 Java virtual machine Java Runtime Environment JRE 5 Update 8 or more recent
14. it is reasonable to protect the operating personnel from possible harmful impact of the electromagnetic field When the parts of the product are turned on an operator should avoid touching the PCB antenna and the board itself The recommended distance between an operator and antenna should be more than 20 centimeters 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 Development Kit contains fragile components Please handle with care Related documents 2008 MeshNetics 1 ZigBit OEM Modules Product Datasheet MeshNetics Doc M 251 01 2 ZgBeeNet M IEEE802 15 4 ZigBee Software Product Datasheet MeshNetics Doc M 251 06 B ZigBeeNet Software 1 0 SerialNet Reference Manual AT Command Set MeshNetics Doc P ZBN 452 03 A ZigBeeNet Software 1 0 ZigBeeNet API Reference Manual MeshNetics Doc P ZBN 452 02 5 ZigBeeNet Developer s Guide MeshNetics Doc P ZBN 452 01 6 ZigBeeNet Software 1 7 ZBNDemo Messaging Protocol Description MeshNetics Doc P ZBN 452 04 7 ZigBit OEM Module Application Note ZigBit Power Consumption Testing MeshNetics Doc AN 481 1 Page 6 53 Mleshiletics CD 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE ZigBit OEM Mo
15. 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 RISC microprocessors hosted on the Windows platform 20 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 21 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 2008 MeshNetics Page 41 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 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 or
16. 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 but 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 tune up visualization for coordinator routers and end devices because they disappear from the network each time when link drop power down or reset occur 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 a smooth topology visualization setting timeouts to 3 sec is recommended for coordinator and 2008 MeshNetics Page 35 53 e u Meshlleties PR router and 30 sec is recommended for end device Those timeouts cover 3 periods between packet sending Settings LLL Timeouts milliseconds Coordinator Router DOO DOCE End device Connection 200000 com Log file name Lowe sss Node titles file name resources configurationiNodeNames bd ln 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
17. 1 MAC address can be uploaded to a board by means of Serial Bootloader using a command line flag see 8 2 ltcan 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 ZigBeeNet software detects MAC address as follows At startup ZigBeeNet Software tries to load MAC address from EEPROM If there is 0 or OxFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF value in EEPROM ZigBeeNet attempts to load MAC address from UID chip If there is no UID the node will not be able to join the network Another JTAG programmer may be also used but it should be compatible with the Atmel 1281 MCU 2008 MeshNetics Page 29 53 Meshfletics 4 2 1 4 2 2 2008 MeshNetics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Using Serial Bootloader To program a board using Serial Bootloader perform the following steps 1 Connect MeshBean2 to the PC via USB or serial port depending on the position of jumper 33 see Table
18. 6 4 6 4 Changing Frequency Channels 36 4 6 5 Visualization of the Sensor Data 38 5 SerialNet 39 2008 MeshNetics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 6 Serial Bootloader 40 T Programming with ZigBeeNet API 41 7 1 API OVerview 41 7 2 Using AVR Programming Tools 41 7 3 How to Build Minimum Application 42 7 4 Sample Applications 42 8 Troubleshooting 44 5 u E uuu 46 Page 5 53 Meshletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE List of Figures Figure 1 The Development Kit delivery set 9 Figure 2 MeshBean2 with integrated PCB antenna and UID Silicon Serial 14 Figure 3 MeshBean2 functional diagram 15 Figure 4 ZigBeeNet Block Diagram 20 Figure 5 COM port drivers in the Windows Device Manager window 23 Figure 6 Hyper Terminal Hardware Test report 26 Figure 7 WSN Monitor GUI 34 Figure 8 Exampl
19. 6 0210 Channel 17 0x11 Channel 2 wt li Channel 24 0x18 _ Channel 25 0x19 Channel 26 Ok 1 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 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 having router 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 37 53 Meshfletics 4 6 5 ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Visualization of the Sensor Data 2008 MeshNetics Observing the Topology tree and operating the GUI controls user can selec
20. G emulator see Appendix B Using nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries is allowed but with certain precautions Nominally their cell potential is 1 2 V Although a pair gives 2 4 V thus fitting the operating voltage range see Section 2 1 it is still lower than 3 V level which a pair of the most popular alkaline cells give Hence nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries could not be a proper alternative of the alkaline cells for all applications 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 see Section 3 4 Run standard Hyper Terminal utility which is a part of Windows 2000 XP Start Programs Accessories Communications HyperTerminal 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 between the boards is planned then Hardware flow control option should be 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 commands fully described in 3 2008 MeshNetics Page 25 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMEN
21. MIN BLINK PERIOD define MIN BLINK PERIOD 100 Minimum blink period ms fendif ifndef MAX BLINK PERIOD define MAX BLINK PERIOD 10000 Maximum blink period ms fendif define BLINK INTERVAL BLINK PERIOD 2 Blink interval define MIN BLINK INTERVAL MIN BLINK PERIOD 2 Minimum blink interval define MAX BLINK INTERVAL MAX BLINK PERIOD 2 Maximum blink interval define HALF PERIOD BUTTON BSP KEYO Button that reduces blink interval to a half define DOUBLE PERIOD BUTTON BSP KEY1 Button that doubles blink interval static HAL AppTimer t blinkTimer Blink timer Static void buttonsReleased uint8_t buttonNumber Button release event handler static void bliukTimerFiredti d blinkTimer fire event indication Page 49 53 Meshfletics CD 2008 MeshNetics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE J Y Ye 9 KK KK kA kA sk de KKK Kk kA KK KK AA KA se koa e k A kA kA kA kA kck kck ck k ck kk ke KK Description application task handler Parameters none Returns nothing KK KK KK IK kA KK KK AX kA K K K K K KOK IK KA K K KK k ck kck KK KKK ck ck OK KOK k KO OR void APL TaskHandler void BSP_OpenLeds Enable LEDs BSP OpenButtons NULL buttonsReleased Register button event handlers Configure blink timer blinkTimer interval BLINK INTERVAL Timer interval blinkTimer mode TIMER_REPEAT_MODE Repeating mode TIMER REPEAT MODE or TIMER ONE
22. MeshBean2 Board Design The MeshBean2 board contains the ZigBit 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 3 software controlled LEDs Symmetrical dipole PCB antenna only for MeshBean2 with PCB antenna SMA connector only for MeshBean2 with external antenna JTAG connector for software upload and debugging Power connector 3 V to use an AC DC adapter not supplied with ZDK 20 pin Expansion slot containing external ZigBit s interfaces see Table 3 including o Serial port interface RS 232 o USART o Buffered I C interface with ESD protection and voltage level translation o ADG GPIO Battery compartment for AA size batteries 3 configuration jumpers 3 clamps for power consumption measurements Also the board contains an internal voltage regulator to supply most of the components with 3 6 V This is needed if ZigBi s MCU is to be run at 8 MHz NOTE Normally ZigBit module is powered directly by the batteries USB or AC DC adapter via protection circuitry however Jumper J2 see Table 6 can switch ZigBit to 3 6 V supply See Figure 2 for the layout of MeshBean2 version with integrated PCB antenna See also Figure 3 for the board s functional diagram 8MHz require
23. S DBLINK PERIOD 1000 CFLAGS DMIN BLINK PERIOD 100 CFLAGS DMAX BLINK PERIOD 10000 app include INCLUDES 1 app objects to build OBJ 0 path to app objects VPATH objects to build with O0 DBG_OBJS Page 52 53 Meshfletics CD 2008 MeshNetics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE all clean PROJNAME elf S PROJNAME srec PROJNAME hex size S OBU S STACK OBJ 2 0202 86 S CC c CFLAGS S INCLUDES o SQ S DBG OBJ 0 c S CC c S CFLAGS 00 S INCLUDES o SQ 5 PROJNAME elf S OBJ DBG_OBJ S STACK OBJ Makefile e CC S CFLAGS OBJ 9 DBG OBJ S STACK_OBJ O S PROJNAME elf L LIB PATH L BSP PATH lib TS STACK LIB lt 1BSP rm f o srec ile avr objcopy O s c srec len 1298 S lt 6 hex elf avr objcopy O ihex HEX FLASH FLAGS S lt 50 size avr size td PROJNAME elf clean rm rf elf hex srec 0 t 07 Makefil Page 53 53
24. SHOT MODE blinkTimer callback blinkTimerFired Callback function for timer fire event HAL StartAppTimer amp blinkTimer Start blink timer lt amp lt KK KK KK KK KK KK KK kA KA K kCk KK kck kck KK KK kck kck KK KKK K k kck ck OK K KK kk K Description blinking timer fire event handler Parameters none Returns nothing KK KK KK OK KK IK kA kA KA X k K K XK kA K K KOK K A kck kA kA kA K kck ck k ck k KO KOK K KK kk static void blinkTimerFired BSP ToggleLed LED RED BSP ToggleLed LED YELLOW BSP ToggleLea LED GREEN KKK KK KK KK KA AX K KOK K K kA K KOK K k KOK K ck k ck KO KOK K Description button release event handler Parameters none Returns nothing KK KK KK ck k kA kA KK AX K X kA K K KOK K kck kck kckck K kA K kck OK k ck k ck k ck KK k kk static void buttonsReleased uint8 t buttonNumber HAL StopAppTimer amp blinkTimer Stop blink timer Page 50 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Dependent on button being released update blink interval if HALF PERIOD BUTTON buttonNumber blinkTimer interval 2 if blinkTimer interval lt MIN BLINK INTERVAL blinkTimer interval MIN BLINK INTERVAL j else if DOUBLE PERIOD BUTTON buttonNumber blinkTimer interval 2 if blinkTimer interval gt MAX BLINK INTERVAL blinkTimer interval
25. 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 ZigBeeNet 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 28 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT 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 file 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 mkll from Atmel 18 see Section 4 2 2 is recommended IMPORTANT NOTE Be careful selecting the method of the node programming Each of MeshBean2 boards come with the bootstrap uploaded onto the ZigBi 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 network 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 MeshBean2 board with MAC address can be performed in four ways
26. T 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 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 Table 11 While the Hardware Test is running all the board LEDs are blinking 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 power off the board the operating system would arbitrarily switch this particular USB connection to another COM port Apparently Hyper Terminal does not recognize such changes If 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 wiew Ca
27. The WinAVR suite of development tools can be downloaded from htip 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 installation 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 conn
28. Tlesh letirs ZigBit Development Kit 2 0 User s Guide Doc S ZDK 451 01 v 2 0 March 2008 2008 MeshNetics Meshfletics 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 ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 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 requiremenis testing of all parameters of each product is not necessarily performed Trademarks MeshNetics ZigBit ZigBeeNet 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 property of their respective owners Technical Support Technical support is provided by MeshNetics
29. Very Head EEPROM Use Curent Simulator Emulator EEPROM Memory Input HEX File P Program Verity Head Erasing device OK Programming FLASH OF Heading FLASH OF FLASH contents is equal to tile OF Leaving programming mode LIK 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 2008 MeshNetics Page 48 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Appendix C Minimum Application Source Code 2008 MeshNetics KKK KK KK KK ke ke kA KKK KK kA KA KK KK AA kA KK KK kck k kc k k KK ck ck ck k kA KK KK KK k blink Blink application Written by V Marchenko KK IK KK KK KK IK kA kA KK k ck Kk K kA K K K K K KOK KOK IK K K kA K K KOK KO KOK KOK KOK K k kk include appTimer h include Sliders include buttons h include leds h T1nelude zdo h ifndef BLINK PERIOD define BLINK PERIOD 1000 Initial blink period ms tendif ifndef
30. ab before uploading the image through JTAG Brown out detection disabled BODLEVEL 111 JIAG Interface Enabled JTAGEN 0 Serial program downloading SPI enabled SPIEN 0 Boot Flash section size 1024 words Boot start address FC00 BOOTSZ 10 Divide clock by 8 internally CKDIV8 0 Int RC 080 7 Start up time CK 65 ms CKSEL O010 SUT 01 Page 30 53 Mleshiletics CD ZIGBIT 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 SENE OF 9D 4 Additionally check ON the following option if the node will be programmed with Serial Bootloder Boot Reset vector Enabled default address 50000 BOOTRST 0 Make sure the following hex value string appears at the bottom of Fuses Tab XBR 0x62 By default each of the boards MCU is preprogrammed with this fuse setting In addition JTAG can be used to restore the device s ability to respond to Serial Bootloader commands Serial Bootloader code can be reprogrammed with JTAG by selecting boot 1oader hex image taken from your ZDK Distribution CD and transferring it to the device 4 3 Using the Boards 2008 MeshNetics 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 i
31. ack 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 This ZDK provides everything a developer would need to develop custom applications based on the ZigBeeNet API 4 API based demos are provided in source code which can be modified and extended making it possible to develop WSN applications for a variety of networking scenarios For example an end device can be configured to communicate with a router between the periods of sleep thus saving power 2008 MeshNetics Page 19 53 lleshiletics CD 2008 MeshNetics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Another configuration of ZigBeeNet Software SerialNet enables a user to implement customized WSN scenarios without developing any WSN application code In this case WSN nodes are controlled via AT commands see Section 5 The structure of ZigBeeNet Software is presented in Figure 4 It is detailed in datasheet 2 Task Manager Power Manager HVVD C User application CI Core stack C Shared low level services Figure 4 ZigBeeNet Block Diagram The Development Kit includes two kinds of applications see Appendix A Evaluation tools are
32. age files Evaluation Tools ZBNDemo Monitor Start exe WSN WSN Monitor executable with all the resource files Evaluation Tools SerialNet serialnet srec Evaluation Tools SerialNet serialnet hex SerialNet image files ZigBeeNet Components Header files for ZigBeeNet Stack ZigBeeNet Components BSP Source header and library files for ZigBeeNet BSP ZigBeeNet lib Library files for ZigBeeNet Stack 2008 MeshNetics Page 46 53 Mleshiletics CD ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Directory File Description Sample Applications ZBNDemo Source and image files for ZBNDemo application Source code is available with Complete Support Package only Sample Applications Blink 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 PingPong sample application Evaluation Tools Range Measurement Range Measurement Tool Tool range tool vi application s GUI Evaluation Tools Range Measurement Tool receiver hex Range Measurement Tool Evaluation Tools Range Measurement image files Tool receiver srec Evaluation Tools Range Measurement Tool transmitter hex Evaluation Tools Range Mea
33. als Channel Mask Channel mask is a number that defines the set of working channels Coordinator Within ZigBee networks 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 2008 MeshNetics sent to a router End device is often subject to power management restrictions so it may be in sleeping mode most of the time Page 7 53 1 2008 MeshNetics CD 1 ptIcS ESD GUI HAL IDE JTAG LED LOI MAC MCU MIPS NWK PAN ID PCB PHY RF Router RS 232 RSSI SMA TOS UID USB VCP WSN ZDK ZigBee 802 15 4 ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Electrostatic Discharge Graphical User Interface Hardware Abstraction Layer Integrated Development Environment 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 module Million Instructions per Second Network layer Personal Area Network Identifier In ZigBee it is 16 bit number which must be unique for each one of multiple networks working on t
34. antenna were matched and tuned with taking into account all adjacent components including the ZigBit module shield battery compartment and plastic legs Any object approached or put closely next to antenna affects its performance 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 These factors would affect antenna performance Mount plastic legs from bottom side only next to the battery compartment Use plastic screws to fasten the legs Do not use the legs made of different plastic composite Omitting these plastic legs would significantly affect antenna performance The pattern of antenna is wide The following facts should be considered In far field zone it is a horizontal plane normal to the dipoles where electromagnetic radiation appears stronger Contrarily at distances of several centimeters the pattern is more complex Approximate field patterns are given in the ZigBit datasheet 1 Handle the external antenna with care to avoid mechanical damage Page 27 53 Meshletics w ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 4 ZBNDemo Application 4 1 Overview 2008 MeshNetics The network performance of ZigBit platform is demonstrated with the ZBNDemo application which is based on the ZigBeeNet software API This application comprises the embedded firmware which supports functions for coordinator router and end device a
35. ardware Figure 3 MeshBean2 functional diagram 2008 MeshNetics Page 15 53 1 2008 MeshNetics b 1 ptIcS 2 3 1 ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 Connectors and Jumpers The board connector pinouts and jumper settings are presented in Table 3 through Table 8 IMPORTANT NOTE All manipulations with connectors or jumpers should be done when the board is not powered Table 3 Expansion slot pinout Pin Name VO Description 1 UART RTS Input Request to Send Pin RS 232 level 0 UART TXD Input Transmit Data Pin meaning that the host device will transmit data to this line RS 232 level UART CTS Output Clear To Send signal from the module Active low RS 232 level UART RXD Output Receive Data Pin meaning that the host device will receive data from this line RS 232 level GND Digital analog ground GND Digital analog ground IAC CLK Input FC clock It is connected to the 12C_CLK pin of the module via low voltage level translators For details refer to ZigBit datasheet 1 I2C DATA Bidirectional C data It is connected to the 126 DATA pin of the module via low voltage level translators For details refer to ZigBit datasheet 1 T3 6V Output Output of internal voltage regulator Normally the voltage is 3 6 V 10 V XX Output ZigBit supply voltage 11 RESET Inpu
36. connection type either Serial or USB Make sure the microcontroller flash memory was not erased before and the bootstrap was not lost there after having the node programmed through JTAG 2008 MeshNetics Page 45 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 Appendices Appendix A ZDK File Structure The installation of ZDK to the user s PC is performed from the ZDK 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 file structure USER S GUIDE Directory File Description Readme html Introductory document containing the links to the documentation files ZigBit Development Kit Release Notes txt EULA CXT The ZDK release notes 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 Tools Hardware Test srec Tools Hardware hex Evaluation HardwareTest Evaluation HardwareTest Test Hardware Test image files Evaluation Tools ZBNDemo Embedded ZBNDemo srec Evaluation Tools ZBNDemo Embedded ZBNDemo hex ZBNDemo im
37. 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 e 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 10 ZBNDemo with WSN Monitor Serial Bootloader 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 Low Power Networking Lowpower Ping Pong Pingpong Peer To Peer Data Exchange Peer2peer Page 20 53 u Meshhletics ssn vevesopuenr wine usen es e Blink minimal sample application Blink e Hardware Test HardwareTest The ZBNDemo application is a featured ZDK application demonstrating the WSN performance It is presented in details in Section 4 The source code for ZBNDemo is available with Complete Support Package only The rest of programs are sample implementations triggering common
38. der to include header files and to link the system object libraries The required ZigBeeNet software is located in ZDK Distribution CD in the ZigBeeNet 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 a local variety of the traditional Hello World demo implements permanent blinking of the MeshBean2 s LEDs 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 cep 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 MeshBean2 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 ZigBeeNet API functions Make sure that your application code
39. dule Application Note Serial Bootloader MeshNetics Doc AN 481 4 ZigBit OEM Module Application Note Using ZigBit Module with Analog Sensors MeshNetics Doc AN 481 06 ZigBeeNet M Software 1 0 Range Measurement Tool User s Guide MeshNetics Doc P ZBN 451 ZigBee Document 053474r14 November 03 2006 Serial asynchronous automatic dialing and control ITU T Recommendation V 250 05 99 IEEE Std 802 15 4 2003 IEEE Standard for Information technology Part 15 4 Wireless Medium Access Control MAC and Physical Layer PHY Specifications for Low Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks LR WPANSs TSL2550 Ambient Light Sensor With Smbus Interface TAOS Datasheet TAOSO029E February 2006 http www taosinc com images product document tsl2550 e67 pdf L M73 2 7V SOT 23 11 to 14 Bit Digital Temperature Sensor with 2 Wire Interface National Semiconductor Corporation Datasheet DS201478 July 2006 http www national com pf LM LM73 html Datasheet CP2102 Single Chip USB to UART Bridge Rev 1 1 9 05 www silabs com AVR Studio User Guide Available in HTML Help within the product JTAGICE mkll Quick Start Guide http www atmel com dyn resources prod_documents doc2562 paft avr libc Reference Manual 1 4 3 WinAVR User Manual 20070525 By Eric B Weddington Using the GNU Compiler Collection By Richard M Stallman and the GCC Developer Community Abbreviations and Acronyms API Application Programming Interface BOM Bill of Materi
40. e and other pointing devices j Monitors Ml Network adapters Ports COM amp LPT JE Communications Port COM1 E CP210x USB to UART Bridge Controller CONI F ECP Printer Port LPT1 S Processors Sound video and game controllers System devices 3j Se Universal Serial Bus controllers H a 4 Del p E E Figure 5 COM port drivers in the Windows Device Manager window To resolve possible problems see Section 3 4 2008 MeshNetics Page 23 53 lleshiletics CD ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE NOTE USB to UART Bridge 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 Java Runtime Environment JRE is also available from http java sun com Javase downloads index sp There may be other Java instances already installed on your computer before the use of ZDK To avoid confusion edit start bat filein 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 explicitly Current version of the AVR Studio 17 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
41. e en an144 pdf and it can be downloaded from http www silabs com public documents software doc others oftware Microcontrollers Interface en an144sw zip WSN Monitor fails to start Make sure Java machine is properly installed on your PC Java Runtime Environment installation program can be found in Third Party Software directory as jre 6u3 windows i1586 p s exe file see Appendix A No node is shown on the Check if the WSN Monitor uses proper COM port and if not Topology Pane in the change it and restart the program WSN Monitor WSN Monitor shows NO No node is selected Select the required node by mouse DATA in the Sensor Data clicking on it Graph Pane Node titles displayed on The displayed titles do not necessarily relate to the node the Topology Pane do not functions but they can be redefined by user anytime These show node destinations names are stored in the node title file see Section 4 5 along with MAC addresses mapped to the nodes 2008 MeshNetics Page 44 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 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 73 is set on the board properly to correspond to the actual
42. e of file containing the node 35 Figure 9 WSN Monitor Tools Settings menu 36 Figure 10 Resetting the node 36 Figure 11 Setting channel mask dialog box 37 Figure 12 Setting the channel mask using checkboxes 37 Figure 13 AVR Studio dialog box for firmware upload using 48 2008 MeshNetics Page 4 53 Meshletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE List of Tables Table 1 The ZDK support packages 10 Table 2 MeshBean2 Board Specifications 11 Table 3 Expansion slot pinout 16 Table 4 JTAG connector pinoutl 17 Table 5 J1 jumper settings current measurement 18 Table 6 72 jumper settings ZigBit power source 18 Table 7 73 jumper settings Serial USB selection 18 Table 8 Serial interface pinout 18 Table 9 External antenna specifications 19 Table 10 System requirements 22 Table 11 COM port settings for hardware testing 25 Table 12 DIP switch configurations used in ZBNDemo 32 Table 13 LED indication used in ZBNDemo 32 Table 14 Typical problems and solutions
43. ected to host PC via serial port using a serial cable not provided with ZDK 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 24 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 3 5 Powering the Boards The boards can be powered by a pair of AA size batteries via the USB port once connected for data transfer or via AC DC adaptor The nominal voltage is 3 V Using AC DC adaptor disconnects AA batteries automatically Using USB port disconnects the AC DC adaptor In order to make accurate measurements of sensor parameters battery power is recommended 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 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 JTA
44. esign support RF design support Software development support Early software release access Access to Gerber Files Access to bootloader source code Additional sample applications Support channel E mail E mail Early software release access covers technology previews and demos preliminary datasheets and advance product announcemen 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 custom 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 10 53 ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 2 1 Hardware General Specifications 2008 MeshNetics MeshBean2 board is intended to evaluate the performance of a ZigBit module In turn a ZigBit module with the embedded ZigBeeNet software provides wireless connectivity for MeshBea
45. f 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 on board 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 sec to indicate the acceptance of channel mask in EEPROM NOTE When the operation described above is 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 6 1 Power ON and reset the rest of the nodes oP 5 M Page 31 53 Mleshiletics CD ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE NOTE While ZBNDemo is 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 off
46. g 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 is correct In case the board is powered via USB port the heating voltage regulator which is located next to the temperature sensor can distort the sensor readings Use battery powered boards for more accurate measurements Page 33 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT 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 eee _ Toolbar control Toolbar I Exit EM File Tool button ne s D ensor ausensors Jel 3 Data Graph Coordinator Temperature 10 40 Light 0 4700 LGI 0 255 Pane q 0 00 node 0 75 0000 Sensor data for 14 31 43 14 32 05 14 32 27 14 32 49 x selected node Topology cg 2575 9 26 00 R 3025 R 29 00 E A 39027 051 52 A 371 83 003C End device node amp Nod et 28 75 R 28 00 t9 25 25 4
47. he same frequency channel Printed Circuit Board Physical layer Radio Frequency 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 Serial binary data interconnection interface which is commonly used in computer serial ports Received Signal Strength Indicator Surface Mount Assembly Open source operating system TinyOS Unique Identifier Universal Serial Bus Virtual Com Port Wireless Sensor Network ZigBit Development Kit Wireless networking standard targeted at low power sensor applications 11 The IEEE 802 15 4 2003 standard applicable to low rate wireless Personal Area Networks 13 Page 8 53 Meshiletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 2 Development Kit Overview 2008 MeshNetics ZigBit Development Kit ZDK is a simple out of the box solution designed for full range of WSN prototyping and development It comes complete with MeshBean2 development boards containing ZigBit modules and a variety of tools to test the wireless network features and performance and to develop customized wireless solutions based on ZigBeeNet Software ZigBit Development Kit includes 1 GI ge w M o MeshBeane board 1 piece with integrated PCB antenna MeshBean 2 board 1 piece with external antenna connector MeshBean 2 board 1 piece with dual chip antenna integrated in
48. ich 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 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 12C 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 17 is to develop custom applications based on ZigBeeNet API This
49. is 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 D170 which is recognized by all routers 2008 MeshNetics Page 32 53 Mleshiletics CD ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 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 In rare cases if radio channel is busy on the selected frequency the coordinator node is staying in the network searching 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 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 onboard 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 resolution 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 monitorin
50. ists of two parts a PC console application for Windows platforms and bootstrap code residing in the MCU In ZigBit Development Kit each MeshBean2 board is delivered with fuse bits set up and the bootstrap preloaded to ZigBit 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 8 Page 40 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 7 Programming with ZigBeeNet API 7 1 API Overview ZigBeeNet internal architecture follows 802 15 4 ZigBee defined separation of the networking stack into logical layers Besides the core stack containing protocol implementation ZigBeeNet 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 ZigBeeNet API reference manual provides detailed information on all public APIs and their use 4 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 wh
51. l Transfer Help lt 34 gt Hardware test version 1 4 Button 1 OFF WOT PRESSED Button 2 OFF WOT PRESSED Dip switch 1 OFF WOT HOVED Dip switch 2 OFF NOT MOVED Dip switch 3 OFF NOT MOVED Unique ID chip number 888188088018098df5e Temperature sensor 28 Light sensor 9 8 ss SS SS Hardware test version 1 4 Button 1 OFF WOT PRESSED Button 2 OFF WOT PRESSED Dip switch 1 OFF WOT MOVED Dip switch 2 OFF WOT MOVED Dip switch 3 OFF WOT MOVED Unique ID chip number X 888188088018098df5e Temperature sensor 28 Light sensor 9 8 4 Connected 0 01 38 Auto detect 38400 1 5 CAPS NUM Cal F Figure 6 Hyper Terminal Hardware Test report 2008 MeshNetics Page 26 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 3 8 Measuring Power Consumption The board allows measuring power consumption of the ZigBit module To perform the measurements simply connect ammeter to the clamps denoted as CM and cM and remove jumper J1 Make sure that the board is powered by batteries only However such measurement would not be absolutely correct because power is consumed by the interfaces and the peripherals connected to ZigBit To measure power consumption correctly all interfaces should be disconnected from ZigBit module excluding RF ports Refer to the Application Note 7 for details 3 9 Antenna Precautions 2008 MeshNetics Each type of antenna namely PCB antenna dual chip antenna and external
52. n 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 the 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 and IPR commands both change the rate and flow control parameters of Serial USB port If any of these commands is used the COM port settings on the terminal program running on the PC should be changed accordingly Page 39 53 Meshfletics w ZIGBIT 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 manipulating its firmware manually Serial Bootloader cons
53. n2 board enabling it as a node in a ZigBee network MeshBeans also serve as a reference hardware platform for the customer s target devices utilizing ZigBit modules for wireless communication The MeshBean2 board can be configured to operate as a network coordinator a router or an end device by setting of DIP switches see Section 2 3 2 and or sending AT commands The node s role is defined by the embedded application The boards are delivered with ZigBit preprogrammed with Serial Bootloader and SerialNet application firmware For full list of demo applications see Section 2 4 Gerber files are available with Complete Support Package only The MeshBeane basic parameters are presented in Table 2 Table 2 MeshBean2 Board Specifications Parameter Value RF Compliance 2 4 GHz IEEE 802 15 4 2003 13 Operating Band 2400 2483 5 MHz TX Output Power from 17 dBm to 3 dBm RF Transceiver AT86RF230 Antenna versions 2 4 GHz PCB on board antenna external 50 Ohm unbalanced antenna or dual chip 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 type Battery automatically switched to USB or AC DC adapter Over Voltage Protection Yes Reverse Polarity Protection Yes Operating Voltage Range 1 8 3 6 V Voltage Supervisor Yes
54. nd the GUI part the WSN Monitor which is run on a PC Thanks to the ZBNDemo application the MeshBean2 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 and it wakes up shortly each 10 seconds for activities During the sleep period you can force end device to wake 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 It also displays the node parameters like node addresses node sensor information and node link quality data Measured in dBm RSSI indicates link s current condition 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 Using WSN Monitor controls you can change the network channel mask node timeouts and you can reset any node remotely In regard to the ZBNDemo
55. ped with SMA connector to attach an external antenna The specifications of external antenna supplied with the Development Kit are presented below in Table 9 Table 9 External antenna specifications Part Manufacturer amp Gain Impedance Min Separation Number Description dBi Ohm cm 17010 10 WiMo swivel antenna 1 2 2 1 50 20 wave antenna with SMA connector frequency range 2 35 2 5 GHz IMPORTANT NOTE Only the Non RP SMA Connector antennas can be used in combination with MeshBean boards equipped with an SMA connector Attach the external antenna through SMA connector before using the board Match the antenna 5 female coaxial thread with the connectors male thread 2 4 ZigBeeNet Software ZigBeeNet 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 ZigBeeNet is designed to support a broad ecosystem of user designed applications addressing diverse requirements and enabling a full spectrum of software customization ZigBeeNet is fully compliant with ZigBee PRO and ZigBee standards for wireless sensing and control It provides an augmented set of APIs which while maintaining 100 compliance with the standard offer extended functionality designed with developer s convenience and ease of use in mind The topmost of the core st
56. s Both sensors are connected in parallel to the FC bus For more information on the sensors see their datasheets 14 15 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 7 2 2 3 USB to UART Bridge CP2102 the USB to UART Bridge controller from Silicon Labs 16 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 2008 MeshNetics Page 12 53 Meshfletics 2 2 4 Silicon Serial for UID storage ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE UID Unique Identifier is HEX value 8 bytes long UID is used for setting unique MAC address of the node and is a hardware defined value which is programmed into a chip Silicon Serial Number DS2411R by Maxim Dallas UID is unique and cannot be overwritten The best way to ensure the presence of UID on the boards is to execute Hardware Test application See Section 3 7 for details 2 3
57. s 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 joining the network a node starts sending data to the coordinator which is indicated by LEDs WSN activity is observed in two ways 6 controlling the onboard LEDs see LED indication described in Table 13 e controlling the network information through the WSN Monitor installed on PC Table 13 LED indication 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 Th
58. s changes in the ZigBeeNet Software that normally runs at 4 MHz in order to extend the voltage range and decrease power consumption 2008 MeshNetics Page 13 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE ZigBit module UID PCB antenna DIP Switches LEDs we J2 jumper J1 jumper J3 jumper connector sensor JTAG Temperature connector sensor Reset Batter Button 2 button holder SW2 USB Button 1 connector Expansion SW1 slot Figure 2 MeshBean2 with integrated PCB antenna and UID Silicon Serial 2008 MeshNetics Page 14 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE External antenna MeshBean board ZigBit module Matching Network For MeshBean2 with JTAG External antenna onl connector For MeshBean2 with external antenna only AG A S a 7 MeshBean2 board PCB antenna ZigBit module JTAG _ For MeshBean2 with integrated PCB antenna only connector Expansion connector Reset button LEDs DIP switches Buttons Temperature I2C level sensor translator Light sensor RS 232 level converter VDD USB bridge VXX J1 J2 I VXX VTT Fa c VBB CM CM L gi A 1 25V VDD Voltage reference regulator m source H
59. satisfies the programming conventions specified in 4 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 ZDK is supplied with the set of ZigBeeNet API sample applications in source code These are named as given in brackets 6 ZBNDemo application 2BNDemo Low Power Networking application Lowpower Peer to Peer Data Exchange application Peer2peer e Ping Pong application Pingpong e Hardware Test HardwareTest ZBNDemo is a ZDK featured application demonstrating the formation of network based on ZigBeeNet software and MeshBean2 hardware In ZBNDemo the nodes communicate based on a proprietary messaging protocol described in 6 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 including security settings and their default values are defined in Makefile as below tat at OE A He eae a EE OOA 2008 MeshNetics Page 42 53 Meshfletics CD 2008 MeshNetics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE Stack configuration parameters it it i T it Ht T T TF E T E E E E H TR E E E E E E EE A E E E CFLAGS DSYS LOG ON CFLAGS
60. surement Tool transmitter srec Third Party Software USB to UART Bridge VCP driver CP210x_VCP_Win2K_XP_S2K3 exe installation program Third Party Software Java Runtime Environment jre 6u3 windows i586 p s exe 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 2 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 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 17 18 19 A sample pop up window is shown in Figure 13 2008 MeshNetics Page 47 53 Meshfletics ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE cx Program Fuses LackBits Advanced Board Auto Device ATmegat 20 Erase Device Programming mode r ISF Iw Erase Device Before Programming JTAG M Verify Device After Programming Flash Use Curent Simulator Emulator FLESH Memory Input HEX File HardwareTest hex Program
61. t Reset Pin Active low This pin is connected in parallel to the RESET button on the board 12 USART TXD Output This is Transmit Data Pin for USARTO interface of the ZigBit module It is connected directly to the USARTO_TXD pin of the module Digital logic level For details refer to ZigBit datasheet 1 13 USART_RXD Input This is Receive Data Pin for USARTO interface of the ZigBit module It is connected directly to the USARTO_RXD pin of the module Digital logic level For details refer to ZigBit datasheet 1 Page 16 53 USER S GUIDE Mleshiletics CD ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 Pin Name VO Description 14 USART CLK Input This is Clock Data Pin for USARTO interface of the ZigBit module It is connected directly to the USARTO_EXTCLK pin of the module Digital logic level For details refer to ZigBit datasheet 1 1 5 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 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 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 datasheet 1 19 GND Digital analog ground 20 GND Digital analog ground
62. t any node to monitor the node activity and see the node data in three different forms Text table Chart The onboard sensor s 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 time The Sensor Data Graph Pane includes a Sensor Selection combo box Use the button on the Sensor Control Toolbar to display the desired types of sensor data Page 38 53 Meshfletics w ZIGBIT DEVELOPMENT KIT 2 0 USER S GUIDE 5 SerialNet 2008 MeshNetics SerialNet is a configuration of ZigBeeNet software which allows control over the most of the ZigBit ZigBeeNet 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 12 NOTES Strictly the SerialNet is an application developed on top of ZigBeeNet API Before running SerialNet application make sure that the corresponding image file see Appendix A is uploaded to each board properly by means of Serial Bootloader or JTAG See the set of supported AT commands their syntax and detailed descriptio
63. to ZigBit module USB 2 0 A mini B cable 3 pieces External interface cable a ribbon cable with single side IDC 20 pin socket connector 2 pieces Swivel antenna 1 2 wave antenna Software amp Documentation Distribution CD 1 piece See the ZigBit Development Kit in Figure 1 Meshifletics b i dr Lata Alege ati ZigBi k Software A Documantatkor OPT Figure 1 The Development Kit delivery set The ZigBit Development Kit is offered with 2 support packages see Table 1 ZigBit 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 ZigBit Development Kit Complete comes with 1 year 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 Page 9 53 Meshfletics and additional sample applications including sources for ZBNDemo application examples of API use and more Table 1 The ZDK support packages ZDK Edition Lite Complete Part Number ZDK A1281 LTE ZDK A1281 CPT Support Duration 45 days 1 year Hardware d
64. ts 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 Table 14 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 Make sure that either ZBNDemo image or Hardware Test indicate its activity with image is loaded For SerialNet the LED status is controlled LEDs by AT commands The board does not Make sure the external antenna is not broken and it is respond to outer properly connected to the board commands in case of external antenna In effort to connect several Detect ID for any single connected board using the boards to the same PC USBView exe Utility from Silicon Laboratories It can be their detection fails due to downloaded from ID recognition conflict http www silabs com tqwWebApp public web content produ cts Microcontrollers USB en USBXpress htm You can use the CP210xSet IDs exe Utility from Silicon Laboratories which is included in AN144SW It is described at http www silabs com public documents tpub doc anote Micr ocontrollers Interfac
65. xternal Antenna 19 2 4 ZigBeeNet Software 19 3 Getting Started 22 3 1 Overview ee 22 3 2 System Requirements 22 3 3 Installing the Development Kit 23 3 4 Connecting the Board to 24 3 5 Powering the Boards 25 3 6 Testing WSN Functionality Using SerialNet 25 3 7 Testing the Board Controls and Sensors 26 3 8 Measuring Power Consumption 27 3 9 Antenna Precautions 27 4 ZBNDemo Application 28 28 4 2 Programming the Boards 29 4 2 1 Using Serial Bootloader 30 4 2 2 Using JTAG eeteetn 30 4 3 Using the Boards 31 4 4 Sensors Data and Battery Level Indication 33 4 5 WSN Monitor 34 4 6 Running ZBNDemo 35 4 6 1 Starting ZBNDemo on MeshBean2 nodes 35 4 6 2 Setting up node timeouts 35 4 6 3 Node Reset 3

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