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Quick Start Guide 

 

 

 
EH-Link

 Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Node 

 

 

Version 

 

EH-Link

 firmware 1.07 

 

USB Base Station firmware 2.09 

 

Node Commander

®

 software 2.3.0

 

 
Starter Kit 

The EH-Link

 starter kit contains: 

 

EH-Link

 Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Node 

 

USB Base Station with Antenna 

 

Thermal Electric Generator (TEG) 

 

Solar Demo Board 

 

Node Commander

®

 Software and Manuals CD (Windows

®

 XP, Vista, 7) 

 

9 volt Alkaline Battery 

 

Battery Clip 

 

EH-Link

™ 

1000 ohm Tester Board  

 

1000 uF Capacitor 

 

Small Screw Driver (for green terminal blocks) 

 

Software Installation 

 

Insert the Node Commander

®

 software CD into your CD-ROM drive and follow the on-

screen instructions to install the software.

 

 

Launch Node Commander

®

 software.

 

 

The Node Commander

®

 Main screen will appear as shown in 

Figure 1

.

 

 

Base Station Installation 

 

Install the antenna on the USB Base Station. 

 

Plug the USB Base Station into any USB port on your PC. 

 

The blue LED on the Base Station will illuminate continuously. 

 

After a moment Node Commander

® 

will recognize the Base Station and display it as 

Base 

Station Com X 

in the Controller frame as shown in 

Figure 1

 

Note:

 The 

X

, as shown in the figure, indicates the communication port number to which 

the Base Station has been assigned.  In our example we see communication port 16.  

 
 
 
 

 

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Summary of Contents for EH-Link

Page 1: ...Installation Insert the Node Commander software CD into your CD ROM drive and follow the on screen instructions to install the software Launch Node Commander software The Node Commander Main screen will appear as shown in Figure 1 Base Station Installation Install the antenna on the USB Base Station Plug the USB Base Station into any USB port on your PC The blue LED on the Base Station will illumi...

Page 2: ...e black lead to pin 10 on the P2 connector as shown in Figure 2 Use the small screw driver provided to tighten the screw terminals Install the 9 volt Alkaline Battery on the Battery Clip Figure 2 In Node Commander right click the Base Station Com X in the Controller frame A drop down menu will appear as shown in Figure 3 2 Figure 3 ...

Page 3: ... Tick time stamp and other information will appear By default the EH Link comes with its sample rate set at 1 Hz i e 1 sample per second You will see that the Channel 1 value is being refreshed every 1 second indicating that the EH Link is successfully communicating Powering the EH Link with the Solar Demo Board Remove the 9 volt battery from the Battery Clip Disconnect the red and black leads of ...

Page 4: ...d is now collecting ambient light and charging the Capacitor When enough energy has been harvested and stored in the Capacitor the EH Link will begin sending samples You will again observe this sampling in the Sampled Data frame Note As stated before the default sampling rate is set at 1 Hz If the ambient light in your environment is sufficient sampling will continue uninterrupted at 1 Hz If the a...

Page 5: ...erature differential in your environment is sufficient sampling will continue uninterrupted at 1 Hz If the temperature differential is less than sufficient the sampling will start and stop and start again Please read the EH Link User Manual for more details on the Thermal Electric Generator Caution Do not connect or disconnect the TEG to the EH Link when it is harvesting energy Allow the temperatu...

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