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Control Tool Quick Start Guide

User can also adjust the setup of the terminal in order to have the answer correctly displayed

Setup

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Terminal...

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adjust New line receive to

the terminal setup

TERA TERM TERMINAL SETUP WINDOW

When everything is set up, user can start sending AT command.

For more information about the AT commands, please refer to LoRa_Module_AT Command Reference Guide

document from

www.avx.com/products/modules/

lora-module

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Summary of Contents for EVB Passive

Page 1: ...Control Tool Quick Start Guide ...

Page 2: ... Connection 4 Passive Evaluation Board Connection 4 Active Evaluation Board Connection 5 Software Information 5 Installation 5 Installing the Driver 5 Installing the Ethertronics Control Tool 6 Quick Start Guide 7 Ethertronics control Tool 7 Configuration Tab 8 Auto Demo Tab 8 Manual Demo Tab 9 Link Quality Tab 9 Link Information Tab 10 LoRa Network Tab 10 AT Commands Tab 11 Tera Term 11 ...

Page 3: ...ftware Tools 1 Driver for USB UART cable 2 Ethertronics Control Tool 3 Tera Term optional SCOPE This document focuses on quick start guide on how to communicate with the module ETH LORA M AX independently of the functionality of the module HARDWARE INFORMATION EVALUATION BOARD To facilitate the final product s developers Ethertronics has built completed passive and active evaluation boards EVBs fo...

Page 4: ...CTIVE EVB TOP VIEW EVB PASSIVE COMPONENTS Table 1 Figure 3 Figure 4 Component Position Function Description ETH LORA M AX 01 Top LoRa Module Module to communicate LoRa communication PresttaTM 1002232 Top Passive Antenna Emit receive the signal Push Button Top Reset button Reset the ETH LORA M AX 01 Test connectors Bottom UART Power Supply To communicate using AT Commands and to supply the voltage ...

Page 5: ...CABLES SIGNAL DESCRIPTIONS Table 2 Figure 5 Table 3 Component Position Function Description ETH LORA M AX 01 Top LoRa Module Module to communicate LoRa communication Active Steering PCB Antenna Top Active Antenna with EC686 Emit receive the signal Push Button Top Reset button Reset the ETH LORA M AX 01 Test connectors 1 Top UART Power Supply To communicate using AT Commands and to supply the volta...

Page 6: ...ire on the FTDI UART cable does not have to be cabled However user must set the toggle switch on the EVBs correctly TOGGLE SWITCH POSITION PASSIVE EVALUATION BOARD CONNECTION CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FTDI UART CABLE AND THE PASSIVE EVB SIDE VIEW Table 4 Table 5 FTDI Cable Color FTDI Description Pin name on the evaluation board connector Description Red Voltage Supply Output VDD VDD SWD Voltage Suppl...

Page 7: ... download Other software that can be used to communicate with the module on the evaluation board is a terminal that can support serial port communication For example the open source terminal likes Tera Term However the installation of the Tera Term won t be covered in this document INSTALLATION INSTALLING THE DRIVER Before cabling the FTDI UART cable with the evaluation board user must install the...

Page 8: ...trol Tool from the Ethertronics website or contact the developers from Ethertronics Run the installer The setup wizard will be displayed click Next Select the installation folder click Next After couples of seconds User Account Control is displayed please click OK A shortcut with Ethertronics logo is created on the desktop automatically after the installation user can run the tool using this short...

Page 9: ...orrect COM port from the combo box COM PORT SELECTION WINDOW Once the button Set COM Port is clicked the control tool will communicate with the ETH LORA M AX 01 module to get the information about the module This will take up couples of seconds and the status will be displayed If everything is OK the main application form will be displayed Otherwise the error will be displayed WELCOME TAB This wel...

Page 10: ...is launched AUTO DEMO TAB This tab is used to launch the demo of the algorithms in order to evaluate their performance To use this tab user must have a LoRa gateway at disposition Otherwise the demo cannot be launch When the button Start Demo is clicked if the module is not yet joined the network the join procedure will be initiated The join procedures will take up to 45s The status of the current...

Page 11: ... set user need to perform the join procedure If the join is successful user can start the loop of sending message In order to start the data flow the number of iterations of the sending message loop must be at least 15 If user wishes to send the message continuously please set the number of iteration to 1 Then user can start the data flow Once demo is correctly started user can change to plots tab...

Page 12: ...lues inside the Plots Control panel If the demo is not launched these plots will not be displayed LORA NETWORK TAB This tab is used to modify the LoRa parameter of the modules Once the button Set or Get is click user need to wait until the status of the current operation is displayed inside status text box If user modifies these parameters and wishes to save them even after the module reboots user...

Page 13: ...e terminal like Tera Term can be used Once the connection is done user can run the Tera Term application and the connection windows will be displayed automatically Otherwise user can open manually the new connection File New Connection Select the correct COM Port For more information about the AT commands please refer to LoRa_Module_AT Command Reference Guide document from www avx com products mod...

Page 14: ...splayed Setup Terminal adjust New line receive to LF the terminal setup TERA TERM TERMINAL SETUP WINDOW When everything is set up user can start sending AT command For more information about the AT commands please refer to LoRa_Module_AT Command Reference Guide document from www avx com products modules lora module Figure 21 Figure 22 092419 ...

Page 15: ...ormation Plots Tab 10 Figure 17 LoRa Network tab 10 Figure 18 AT Commands tab 11 Figure 19 Tera Term New Connection window 11 Figure 20 Tera Term Serial Port setup window 11 Figure 21 Tera Term Terminal setup window 12 Figure 22 Tera Term window 12 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 EVB Passive components 2 Table 2 Active EVB components 3 Table 3 FTDI Generic Cables Signal Descriptions 3 Table 4 USB UART cabl...

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