Telegesis
TG-ETRX2CF-PM-01-200
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ETRX2CF v2
Product Manual
2.01
©2008 Telegesis (UK) Ltd
ETRX2CF Product Manual (Rev 2.01)
Important Note:
With hardware handshaking disabled on the ETRX2 make sure I/O2 is never
defined as an output as this would drive against the CTS input and cause the supply current to
increase.
5 Driver Installation and Operation
The ETRX2CF wireless mesh networking Compact
Flash™ card can be operated using Windows
9x, Windows XP,Windows 2000, Windows Vista on any PC, or the Windows Mobile family on a
PDA. Finally the ETRX2CF can also be used with Linux.
Host computer options
1. The ETRX2CF can be used with a Windows based PC or laptop which has a
CF™ slot
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or by
using an appropriate adapter to connect to the PCMCIA slot. After installing the Windows
driver as described below, the standard Telegesis Terminal Application software (or
HyperTerminal) can be used to control the ETRX2CF card. Custom application software can
access the card
‟s AT-Command interface via a virtual COM port.
2. The ETRX2CF can be used in most PDA devices running Pocket PC and Windows Mobile,
however we can only give guidance on the following units: HP iPAQ 5550 running Pocket PC
and the HP iPAQ HX2490 running Windows Mobile 5.0. In some instances the native drivers
of the PDA are sufficient, but drivers for PocketPC, PocketPC 200x, Windows CE & CE.net on
SH3, SH4, MIPS, X86, ARM, StrongARM, XScale (and other ARM cored processors) are
available from our website. In the same way the Telegesis Terminal for Pocket PC
demonstration software can be downloaded from our website.
To run Telegesis Terminal on a PDA, the PDA needs .NET Compact Framework 2.0, which is
currently available at
www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9655156b-356b-4a2c-857c-
e62f50ae9a55&DisplayLang=en
To read more about the ETRX2 wireless meshing module and its command line interface please
read the corresponding documentation, which can be found at
www.telegesis.com.
Please Remember:
In order to conserve power some operating systems power-down the entire
card until the virtual COM port is opened. Therefore, if you need to save power simply close the
COM port and this will prevent the Compact
Flash™ card from consuming any power at all. Also,
please note that after opening the COM port a short delay must be observed before trying to
communicate with the ETRX2CF, to allow the unit time to boot-up.
Wait until it writes an “OK”
prompt before attempting to access it.
There are three options for installing the
CF™ card software:
1. Install Windows drivers on a laptop PC and use the conventional Telegesis Terminal software
2. Install drivers and Telegesis Terminal for PPC on a PDA using a PC with ActiveSync
3. Install drivers and Telegesis Terminal for PPC on a PDA manually
In all cases, Telegesis Terminal or Telegesis Terminal for PPC is optional. You can choose to only
install the drivers and then use your own application software.
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Fully functional
CF™ host required. Basic CF™ memory card readers are not sufficient.
