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II-EVB-363NW User’s Manual

 

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Appendix 5: WiFi Configuration Notes 

Introduction 

 
The AT+I programmer’s manual includes full details for WiFi configuration. Please 
visit the support section on Connect One’s website to obtain the last version. The 
following is a partial overview of WiFi related commands. 
Wireless LAN stations operate in one of two modes: Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc. 
 
In Infrastructure mode, wireless LAN stations connect to a wireless LAN Access 
Point (AP), which acts as a hub. Wireless LAN stations may connect to each other 
through the AP. If the AP is connected to LAN, it allows wireless LAN stations to 
connect to other stations on the LAN. When a gateway is in place, it enables wireless 
LAN stations to connect to systems across the gateway, as well. 
 
In Ad-Hoc mode, two or more wireless LAN stations communicate directly with each 
other.

 

 
The Nano WiReach supports the 802.11b/g wireless LAN communication platform. It 
uses the iChip™ CO2144 communication controller chip and Marvell 88W8686 WiFi 
chipset. It incorporates several dedicated AT+i configuration parameters to support 
the wireless LAN environment. See the table below for a detailed list of WiFi 
configuration parameters. 
 

AT+i Parameter Name 

Description 

WLCH 

Wireless LAN Communication Channel 

WLSI 

Wireless LAN System-Set ID 

WLWM 

Wireless LAN WEP Mode 

WLKI 

Wireless LAN Transmission WEP Key Index 

WLKn 

Wireless LAN WEP Key Array 

WLPS 

Wireless LAN Power Save 

WLPP 

Personal Shared Key Pass Phrase 

WLRS 

Wireless LAN Rescan Interval 

Table 1: AT+i Wireless LAN Configuration Parameters 

 
The Nano WiReach may also be configured to exploit WEP security. iChip supports 
configuration of both 64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys. 
 
In Infrastructure mode, Power Save mode is supported. When activated, Power Save 
shuts down the station for a limited period of time, during which the Access Point 
buffers incoming packets destined for the deactivated WiFi station. The station 
periodically wakes up to retrieve all the buffered packets stored in the Access Point. 
In this mode, total power consumption is lowered at the expense of higher response 
latency. The Nano WiReach may be configured to put the WiFi chipset in Power Save 
mode in conjunction with iChip’s inherent Power Save mode. 

Summary of Contents for II-EVB-363MD

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Page 2: ...ed in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such a license agreement It is forbidden by law to copy the software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the license agreement No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including but not limited to...

Page 3: ... 13 Appendix 3 Nano LANReach Mechanical Views 14 Appendix 4 Installing USB Drivers on a PC 15 Installing the USB driver 15 Viewing the properties of the new driver 18 FAQs 20 Appendix 5 WiFi Configuration Notes 21 Introduction 21 iChip Wireless LAN Environment Configuration Parameters 22 Wireless LAN Configuration Web Site Page 23 Wireless LAN Status Report 23 iChip Wireless LAN Test Mode 24 Place...

Page 4: ...P client and a TELNET client Nano WiReach can easily connect existing LAN based solutions to a WiFi network when used in bridging mode Nano WiReach supports numerous WiFi security protocols such as 64 128 bit WEP encryption AES CCM and TKIP encryption WPA including AES and WPA2 in both PSK and Enterprise modes The Nano modules also support the SSL3 TLS1 security protocols 2 Unpacking Take the II E...

Page 5: ...g and receiving Emails activating iChip s websites entering SerialNET mode and more For more information on the iChipConfig Utility and its usage see the iChip Config Utility User s Manual The latest iChipConfig Utility version and user manual can be found on the Connect One website in the Support section at http www connectone com support asp did 30 Most frequently iChipConfig connects to the II ...

Page 6: ...address To test the connection use the iChipConfig utility to perform any activity that requires network connection such as retrieving a web page sending an email or opening a socket You may also try to PING the iChip from another station on the network 6 Testing the Nano LANReach LAN Connection To test the wireless LAN connection you need to configure the Nano LANReach for your LAN 1 Connect the ...

Page 7: ...lave port and interact with the module with AT i commands An SPI cable not supplied connects to the II EVB 363 J3 SIP connector nSPI_INT nSPI MISO nSPI MOSI nSPI_CLK GND nSPI_CS J3 A full description of interfacing the Nano modules with SPI is included below in Appendix 5 RJ45 10 100BaseT Ethernet LAN for Nano WiReach The II EVB 363 contains a standard 10 100BaseT RJ45 connector that allows a dire...

Page 8: ...Switch Positions RJ45 LAN For use exclusively with Nano WiReach Nano WiReach or Nano LANReach Antenna exclusively for Nano WiReach Power Switch 9VDC Power Jack RS232 Serial Connection USB Connection SPI Connection Module Reset Mode Select Nano SocketLAN 8 ...

Page 9: ... GND TP Any 15 1 JP2 JUMPER Any 16 1 J1 USB B Any 17 1 J2 52991 0308 Molex 18 1 J3 CON6 Any 19 1 J4 DB9 FEM Any 20 1 J5 DC JACK MALE Any 21 1 J6 203199 ERNI 22 2 J8 J9 CON10 Any 23 1 L1 68UH 1A Any 24 1 L2 BK2125HM601 Taiyo Yuden 25 2 R1 R2 27 Any 26 7 R4 R9 R11 R13 R15 R17 R32 100K Any 27 3 R5 R21 R22 10K Any 28 8 R8 R10 R12 R14 R16 R19 R30 R31 470 Any 29 2 R20 R23 3K Any 30 4 R24 R25 R26 R27 49 ...

Page 10: ...le Size Document Number Rev Date Sheet of 2 1 CONNECTORS BUFFERS B 1 3 Sunday January 25 2009 IIEVB_363 RS232 TO HOST FOR ANTENNA HOLDING C6 100NF C6 100NF J2 52991 0308 J2 52991 0308 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 18 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 23 16 20 22 24 26 28 30 19 21 29 25 27 C3 15PF C3 15PF R4 100K R4 100K C4 15PF C4 15PF J4 DB9 FEM J4 DB9 FEM 5 9 4 8 3 7 2 6 1 10 11 R2 27 R2 27 SW1 TACK_SW SW1 TACK_SW R5 10...

Page 11: ...0UF 6 3V U12 DM9161A U12 DM9161A XT1 43 REF_CLK XT2 42 TX3 17 TX2 18 TX1 19 TX0 20 TX_EN 21 TX_CLK ISOLATE 22 RXD0 PHYAD0 29 RXD1 PHYAD1 28 RXD2 PHYAD2 27 RXD3 PHYAD3 26 RX_CLK 10BTSER 34 RX_DV TESTMODE 37 TX_ER TXD4 16 RX_ER RXD4 RPTR 38 COL RMII 36 CRS PHYAD4 35 MDC 24 MDIO 25 MDINTR 32 DISMDIX 39 VDD 41 VDD 30 VDD 23 GND 15 GND 33 GND 44 PWRDWN 10 RESET 40 TX 7 TX 8 RX 3 RX 4 AVDDR 1 AVDDR 2 AV...

Page 12: ...70NF C20 470NF C18 100NF C18 100NF C11 100NF C11 100NF R8 470 R8 470 R12 470 R12 470 L1 68UH 1A L1 68UH 1A 1 2 D4 MUR115 D4 MUR115 2 1 U5 LM2591HVS 3 3 U5 LM2591HVS 3 3 VIN 1 FEEDBACK 4 ON OFF 5 OTPUT 2 SGND 6 PGND 3 3 3V TP 3 3V TP 1 U7B 74VHC123AMTCX U7B 74VHC123AMTCX CEXT 6 REXT CEXT 7 A 9 B 10 CLR 11 Q 5 Q 12 D9 GREEN LED D9 GREEN LED 2 1 D3 1N4001 D3 1N4001 2 1 R15 100K R15 100K U1A NC7WZ04P6...

Page 13: ...Connect One II EVB 363NW User s Manual Appendix 2 Nano WiReach Mechanical Views 13 ...

Page 14: ...Connect One II EVB 363NW User s Manual Appendix 3 Nano LANReach Mechanical Views 14 ...

Page 15: ... WINDOWS inf To view the inf directory you must allow viewing of hidden folders in Folder Options 2 Copy usbser4 sys to C WINDOWS system32 drivers 3 Connect one end of a USB cable to your PC Connect the other end to the USB device connector of the II EVB 363 board on which the Nano WiReach is mounted 4 Turn on the power to the EVB board 5 The Found New Hardware Wizard of Windows XP pops up and pro...

Page 16: ...Connect One II EVB 363NW User s Manual 16 6 When prompted with the message What do you want the wizard to do Select Install the software automatically Recommended See Figure 2 Figure 2 ...

Page 17: ... 7 Windows will install the driver See Figure 3 Figure 3 Figure 4 8 When a pop up window reports that the software for the new hardware Connect One Sabalo USB Device has not passed Windows Logo testing select Continue Anyway See Figure 4 17 ...

Page 18: ...lick the Device Manager button If the Flash memory is empty Open the Modems list to find the Connect One If the Flash memory is already programmed Open the Ports list to find the 9 The USB driver is now installed and ready for use See Figure 5 Figure 5 V 1 2 3 4 5 Sabalo USB Device The virtual COM port number will be written in the properties information of this device 6 Connect One iChip Sabalo p...

Page 19: ...Connect One II EVB 363NW User s Manual Figure 6 19 ...

Page 20: ...anually from the Control Panel Q What should I do if Windows notifies me that USB Device Not Recognized A Please make sure that the cable is connected properly to the board side Then disconnect the USB cable from the computer side and try to connect it to another USB port Prefer a port which is located on the computer rather than use a USB hub Q Should I repeat this installation procedure every ti...

Page 21: ...pset It incorporates several dedicated AT i configuration parameters to support the wireless LAN environment See the table below for a detailed list of WiFi configuration parameters AT i Parameter Name Description WLCH Wireless LAN Communication Channel WLSI Wireless LAN System Set ID WLWM Wireless LAN WEP Mode WLKI Wireless LAN Transmission WEP Key Index WLKn Wireless LAN WEP Key Array WLPS Wirel...

Page 22: ...s WLKI Factory Default 1 If WEP is enabled this parameter defines the key index of the WEP key to be used when encoding outgoing WiFi packets Since WEP includes configuration for an array of four possible keys WLKI can receive a value in the range 1 4 The value of this parameter need not be the same as that configured in the Access Point WLKn Factory Default All Empty These are four consecutive pa...

Page 23: ...n the range 0 65535 milliseconds Wireless LAN Configuration Web Site Page iChip s configuration website includes two views that support configuration and status retrieval of related Wireless LAN parameters The configuration view displays the configurable Wireless LAN AT i parameters WLCH WLSI WLWM and WLKI New values may be defined and submitted to iChip from the browser Figure 7 Wireless LAN Web ...

Page 24: ...Chip Wireless LAN Test Mode WLTR This command limits the wireless LAN transmission rate according to the specified command parameter The table below details the possible parameter values Maximum Transmission Rate Detail 0 Maximum possible transmission rate for the current chipset 1 1 Mbps 2 2 Mbps 3 5 5 Mbps 4 11 Mbps 5 Reserved 6 6 Mbps 7 9 Mbps 8 12 Mbps 9 18 Mbps 10 24 Mbps 11 36 Mbps 12 48 Mbp...

Page 25: ...ich the wireless LAN devices will operate Wireless LAN Data Privacy Security Considerations The fact that wireless LAN devices transmit data over a radio link makes them vulnerable to electronic eavesdropping tampering and information theft There are several means by which you may strengthen your wireless LAN access security Change the factory default SSID setting of the wireless LAN Access Point ...

Page 26: ...rectly connected to the SPI Master device Mode fault detection is enabled The inactive state value of the serial clock is logic level zero Data is changed on the leading edge of the serial clock and captured on the following edge of the serial clock The peripheral chip select line rises as soon as the last transfer is achieved SPI Protocol A Nano WiReach GPIO Output signal is dedicated as the SPI ...

Page 27: ... signal was asserted it should stop transmitting When Nano WiReach can resume reception it will de assert the SPI Control signal iSPIP SPI GPIO Pin Syntax AT iSPIP n Define a GPIO as the SPI Control signal Parameters n 0 SPI Control Signal is disabled n 1 6 Use PIOC n 1 as the SPI Control signal Default 0 SPI Control signal disabled Result code I OK If n is a legal value I ERROR Otherwise AT iSPIP...

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