Figure 5: Setting the list of read devices
To set up the list by using the mobile application, proceed as follows:
1. Select the form ”WMBUS SENSORS” or ”SENSUS SENSORS” (depending on the mode, in which the devices
are read;
2. Use the ”SET MODE MBUS/SENSUS” button to turn on the desired mode (if it is not turned on);
3. Use the ”RADAR” button to turn on the ”Radar” function;
4. Wait about a minute and press the ”RESULTS” button to display a list of devices within range of the module
(see the second picture from the left);
5. Make clear which devices the module should read (there may be ”foreign” devices in the table);
6. For devices intended for reading, set the indexes by holding your finger on the record in the ”Radar” table
and setting the index in the window that opens by holding your finger (see the third picture from the left);
7. After setting all indexes, save the settings using the ”WRITE CONFIGURATION” function in the menu of
the sensor settings form;
8. Check the settings by using the ”Radar” function again. Indexes must be displayed for all devices to be read
(see the fourth picture from the left).
Alternatively, this setting can be made by editing the individual windows of the ”SENSORS” table in the lower
part of the ”WMBUS/SENSUS SENSORS” form.
The device can operate either only in the mode for receiving messages from Sensus iPERL (”SENSUS”) devices, or
only in the mode for receiving of Wireless M-Bus messages (”WMBUS”).
As evident from the pictures, the application enables performing of following settings:
- setting of maximum session time with NB-IoT server
- setting of message content (transferred value selection mask)
- setting of transmitting period of INFO messages
- setting of period of storing of historical readings
- setting of target server IP-address
- setting of IP-address for ICMP ”ping” tests
- setting of target server UDP port number
- displaying of source UDP number
- setting of private network Access Point Name (APN)
- starting of one-time testing transmission
- starting of multiple (10 times) transmission series (SENDPER 10)
- switching of RADAR mode for 60 seconds (LAUNCH RADAR)
- displaying of RADAR function results (RESULTS)
- switching of 868 MHz receiving mode
- entering of identifiers and encryption keys of read devices
- sending of RESET command to the module
As the
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SOFTLINK Configurator” application is continuously developed and improved, the screen previews of
NB-K868 module configuration forms can vary in time.
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