KINOVA
®
Communication system
User Guide
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a NETWORK_ID and ENCRYPTION_KEY created for the Remote Adapter configuration to
securely pair the radios.
Procedure
1.
Change the controller type to be a Operator Adapter:
CLI-> quickstart
set_communication_system_mode OperatorAdapter
2.
Set the IP of the Radio interface:
CLI-> advanced ip_network local
radio_network_interface address
. Enter the following IP:
192.168.111.10
3.
Set the Subnet Mask of the Radio interface:
CLI-> advanced ip_network
local radio_network_interface subnet_mask
. Enter the following mask:
255.255.255.0
4.
Reboot the adapter:
CLI-> reboot
5.
Connect by ssh to the Remote Adapter:
192.168.100.100
6.
Open a shell on the radio:
CLI-> advanced radio z9-pc configure
7.
Reset the radio to factory default configurations:
RADIO-CLI->
config.factoryDefaults 1
.
This command will hang or disconnect the current session, so close your ssh window.
8.
Connect by ssh to the Operator Adapter: [
192.168.100.100
]
9.
Change the radio IP address to
192.168.111.100.
CLI->advanced radio z9-pc
ip-address
192.168.111.100
10.
Open a shell on the radio:
CLI-> advanced radio z9-pc configure
11.
Set radio data rate to 1M:
RADIO-CLI-> radioSettings.rfDataRate=RATE_1M
12.
Set radio in endpoint mode:
RADIO-CLI-> radioSettings.radioMode=Endpoint
13.
Enable hopping mode.
RADIO-CLI-> radioHoppingMode=Hopping_On
14.
Set a unique network ID for the pair of radios, using the network ID created earlier:
RADIO-CLI-> radioSettings.networkId=
<
PASTE_NETWORK_ID
>
15.
Activate Encryption:
RADIO-CLI-> encryption.activeKey 1
16.
Set the encryption key:
RADIO-CLI-> encryption.setKey=key1
<
PASTE_ENCRYPTION_KEY
>
17.
Save the configuration:
RADIO-CLI-> save
18.
Exit the radio shell (will exit the radio shell and go back to the communication adapter CLI):
RADIO-CLI-> exit
19.
Set the adapter communication type to radio ethernet:
CLI-> configuration
communication configure radio ethernet
20.
Reboot the adapter to apply all configurations:
CLI-> reboot
Configuring Operator Adapter for paired Z9-PC radio communication
This section describes how to configure an Operator Adapter for paired wired
communication.
Before you begin
Open a secure shell connection
between your computer and the robot port of the Operator
Adapter [
192.168.100.100
] and remove power from the Remote Adapter. The
procedure for
configuring the remote adapter
needs to be carried out first. You will need
