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                                                                                                                                FBs-W2C User Manual 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

FBs-W2C

 

  Wi-Fi Communication Module 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Summary of Contents for FBs-W2C

Page 1: ...FBs W2C User Manual FBs W2C Wi Fi Communication Module ...

Page 2: ...tion Interface Wi Fi Setting 5 2 2 Smart Config Wi Fi Setting SC 7 2 3 FBs W2C IP Searching 9 2 4 Wi Fi RSSI 9 Chapter3 FATEK Standard Communication Service 10 Chapter4 Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP 11 Chapter5 Firmware Upgrade OTA 13 Chapter6 FATEK Standard Searching Service 14 6 1 Window Layout 14 6 2 Functional Area and Properties 15 6 2 1 Scan 15 6 2 2 Device Found 15 6 2 3 Option 16 6 2 4...

Page 3: ...4 PLC Register Config and Data Length Limitation 5 Table 5 IP Access Method 9 Table 6 Wi Fi RSSI 9 Table 7 TCP UDP Port PLC Register Config 10 Table 8 PLC Register Config Description 12 Table 9 SNTP Functions and PLC Register Configuration 12 Table 10 OTA Register Configuration Description 13 Table 11 W2C Configurator Function Area and Properties introduction 15 Table 12 W2C Configurator Propertie...

Page 4: ...e 6 Figure 4 Build SSID ASCII table edit table name and starting address 6 Figure 5 Enter SSID Data 7 Figure 6 IOS Esptouch APP 7 Figure 7 Android Esptouch APP 7 Figure 8 Esptouch operation interface display W2C IP when connect successfully 8 Figure 9 Communication Service setting for WinProladder 10 Figure 10 W2C Configurator Window Layout 14 ...

Page 5: ...rd Version Date Name V1 0 0 2019 1 24 Curtis Li V1 0 1 2019 1 24 Edison Lin V1 0 2 2019 1 29 Curtis Li V1 0 3 2019 1 29 Ted Hung V1 0 4 2019 2 13 Curtis Li V1 0 5 2019 2 27 Curtis Li V1 0 6 2019 5 20 Curtis Li V1 0 7 2019 11 18 Oscar Wu ...

Page 6: ...cal network route It can make multiple PLCs establish connections through one AP at the same time It is superior to the traditional wired way in turns of maintenance 1 2 Product Function List Table 1 W2C Function List Function Description Wi Fi connection Connect with router wireless network transmission FATEK Standard Communication Service Communicate with any of the FATEK standards and communica...

Page 7: ... 11 Mbps 802 11 g 75 dBm 54 Mbps 802 11 n 72 dBm MCS7 Antenna PCB on board antenna Wi Fi Signal Range The quality of Wi Fi communication depends on the level of interference in the environment FBs W2C proves well communicating in the range within 30M in open wide space with low interference Hardware CPU Tensilica L106 32 bit processor Operating Voltage 2 5V 3 6V Operating Current Average current 8...

Page 8: ...d below the Link label display the operational status of W2C such as connection disconnection and firmware update etc For more LED status information please refer to 1 6 LINK LED Mini Din Connector Connector type of FBs W2C Wi Fi module connect through port 0 with 4 pins and support RS232 Figure 1 FBs W2C Front and Back Appearance Figure 2 FBs W2C Side Appearance ...

Page 9: ...W2C to V1 3 1 or above The baud rate of the port 1 cannot use 4800 bps For instructions on firmware upgrade please refer to Chapter5 Firmware Upgrade OTA 1 6 LINK LED Status LINK LED is in red the LED will have different signal status depends on FBs W2C currently state Table 3 shows the various signal status of LED Table 3 LINK LED Operation Mode Connection Status LINK LED Connecting On and off ev...

Page 10: ...se create two ASCII tables for SSID and Password and enter the Wi Fi account and password you want to connect into their respective tables As shown in Figure 3 Figure 5 please note that SSID and Password must be enclosed in single quotes After the connection is successful the LINK LED will flash at 3s intervals 3 seconds on 3 seconds off If you want to reconnect or connect other router just write ...

Page 11: ...C User Manual 6 Figure 3 WinProladder ASCII Table Figure 4 Build SSID ASCII table edit table name and starting address The starting address should match the following address SSID R850 R868 Password R869 R903 ...

Page 12: ... Smart Config connection method is also provided First you need to download the mobile app Esptouch support in iOS Android as shown below Esptouch sends the SSID and Password of the router via UDP broadcast W2C connects according to the information received Figure 6 IOS Esptouch APP Figure 7 Android Esptouch APP ...

Page 13: ...l flash continuously to indicate that the APP can start transmitting the longest waiting time is 60 seconds If the connection fails after 60 seconds such as wrong information unstable network quality W2C will enter the PLC application interface mode and connect through information stored in PLC before Since the Smart Config connection method is subject to the hardware compatibility we provide Appe...

Page 14: ...oftware W2C Configurator 2 4 Wi Fi RSSI Wi Fi RSSI is an indicator for measuring the strength of the signal received by the device in wireless communication In order to monitor the connection quality of the W2C the user can view it through the register R949 of the PLC As shown in Table 6 the signal strength is shown Expressed as a negative number the unit is dBm the value range is 0 100 the closer...

Page 15: ... protocols can up to 4 TCP connections at the same time Default port of TCP UDP are 500 it can be modified by PLC register shown as Table 7 Table 7 TCP UDP Port PLC Register Config LED PLC register config TCP Port R946 UDP Port R947 In order to ensure the successful exchange of communication data in a wireless environment it is recommended to set the Time out and Retry as follow Time out 3 sec Ret...

Page 16: ...wered on the time of W2C and time in corresponding PLC registers according to the mode will be synchronized with NTP server The W2C also provides the user to manually update the time to the PLC register Simply set the value of the register R908 to 1 and the time will be updated to the corresponding register according to the selected mode In addition if you want to change the time zone you can refe...

Page 17: ...r 0 99 R4134 D3959 Week 0 6 Table 9 SNTP Functions and PLC Register Configuration PLC register SNTP function R907 After setting the SNTP server URL notify W2C to update the Server URL R908 Synchronize time back to PLC register immediately R909 Synchronize time back to PLC mode 1 mode 1 0 mode 2 R910 Setting location index For example Taipei area set to 86 R911 R942 Setting SNTP server URL For exam...

Page 18: ...wants to update the firmware W2C will check whether the cloud has a new version If there is the W2C will immediately update the firmware of the OTA If it is not found it will go to the cloud to check the version information again The result will be checked Decide whether to allow updates When updating the firmware LINK LED will flash three times per second then off one second PLC register configur...

Page 19: ...is a communication software provided by FATEK standard searching service Users can use this software to search for W2C devices in the same local network to check their execution status and set related configuration if needed 6 1 Window Layout Figure 10 W2C Configurator Window Layout ...

Page 20: ...areas and more details are introduced in later sections Table 11 W2C Configurator Function Area and Properties introduction Function Description Scan Searching for the W2C devices in the same local network Device Found Record the number of scanned devices Option Includes Select Network Scan Setting Language and About for viewing the software version Properties Press the button to display the scann...

Page 21: ...elect Network You can select any network interface as the local network to be scanned and the IP address MAC address and subnet mask of selected network interface are displayed in the window Scan Setting Can decease or increase the scanning time depends on the situation scan count can also be adjusted default scan time is 5000ms and scan count is 1 time ...

Page 22: ...rs About Display W2C Configurator version 6 2 4 Properties Displays the properties window of the W2C devices found in the same local area network 6 3 Work Area Displays the W2C device scanned in the same local area network and indicates the IP address device name and device description of the device ...

Page 23: ... Function Description General Display device name device description and IP address etc Users can modify Device Name and Device Description to differentiate multiple devices Service Ports Display the TCP UDP Port of the device default TCP UDP Port are 500 External Servers SNTP server setting it s able to view the time of W2C and can change the URL of NTP server for network time correction In addit...

Page 24: ...vice must be rescanned after synchronization so the time field will be displayed as the updated time Default value of the NTP Server URL pool ntp org OTA Display current firmware version of W2C if there is newer firmware available for updating then it is displayed in New Firmware Version field user can upgrade by pressing button OTA Upgrade ...

Page 25: ...escription RW MAC Address RO IP Address RO Subnet Mask RO Gateway RO Service Ports TCP Port RW UDP Port RW External Servers Time RO URL RW Time Zone RW Sync Mode RW OTA Firmware Version RO Current version of W2C New Firmware Version RO W2C updatable version it is not displayed if the current version is the latest ...

Page 26: ...ew version can update Update firmware R906 RW 2B Trigger when is not 0 After triggered OTA will update firmware under W2C permission SNTP SNTP trigger R907 RW 2B Trigger when is not 0 After triggered update the server URL setting that is om the PLC to W2C SYNC NOW R908 RW 2B Trigger when is not 0 After triggered synchronize W2C time to PLC D3953 D3959 SYNC MODE R909 RW 2B Synchronize time back to ...

Page 27: ... MODE 2 D3953 D3959 RO Synchronize mode 2 synchronize the time on W2C to PLC register TCP TCP Port R946 RW 2B Trigger when is not 0 Change port number UDP UDP Port R947 RW 2B Trigger when is not 0 Change port number System Command System Reset R948 RW Trigger when is not 0 Wi fi Signal Strength RSSI R949 R Current Wifi signal quality ...

Page 28: ...ch 264 UTC 12 00 Pacific Auckland 9 UTC 01 00 Poland 265 UTC 12 00 Asia Anadyr 10 UTC 01 00 Africa Windhoek 266 UTC 12 00 Asia Kamchatka 11 UTC 00 00 Africa Abidjan 267 UTC 12 00 Pacific Funafuti 12 UTC 00 00 Africa Accra 268 UTC 12 00 Pacific Kwajalein 13 UTC 00 00 Africa Bamako 269 UTC 12 00 Pacific Majuro 14 UTC 00 00 Africa Banjul 270 UTC 12 00 Pacific Nauru 15 UTC 00 00 Africa Bissau 271 UTC ...

Page 29: ...nary 287 UTC 10 30 Australia LHI 32 UTC 00 00 Atlantic Faeroe 288 UTC 10 30 Australia Lord_Howe 33 UTC 00 00 Atlantic Faroe 289 UTC 10 00 Antarctica DumontDUrville 34 UTC 00 00 Atlantic Madeira 290 UTC 10 00 Asia Ust Nera 35 UTC 00 00 Europe Lisbon 291 UTC 10 00 Asia Vladivostok 36 UTC 00 00 Portugal 292 UTC 10 00 Pacific Chuuk 37 UTC 00 00 Europe Belfast 293 UTC 10 00 Pacific Port_Moresby 38 UTC ...

Page 30: ...delaide 55 UTC 03 00 America Recife 311 UTC 09 30 Australia Broken_Hill 56 UTC 03 00 America Santarem 312 UTC 09 30 Australia South 57 UTC 03 00 America Argentina Buenos _Aires 313 UTC 09 30 Australia Yancowinna 58 UTC 03 00 America Argentina Catama rca 314 UTC 09 30 Australia Darwin 59 UTC 03 00 America Argentina ComodRivadavia 315 UTC 09 30 Australia North 60 UTC 03 00 America Argentina Cordoba ...

Page 31: ...TC 03 00 America Montevideo 332 UTC 08 00 Asia Singapore 77 UTC 03 00 America Paramarib 333 UTC 08 00 Asia Ulaanbaatar 78 UTC 03 00 America Punta_Arenas 334 UTC 08 00 Asia Ulan_Bator 79 UTC 03 00 America Santiago 335 UTC 08 00 Asia Chongqing 80 UTC 03 00 Antarctica Palme 336 UTC 08 00 Asia Chungking 81 UTC 03 00 Chile Continental 337 UTC 08 00 Asia Harbin 82 UTC 03 00 Antarctica Rothera 338 UTC 08...

Page 32: ...noyarsk 100 UTC 04 00 America Lower_Princes 356 UTC 07 00 Asia Novokuznetsk 101 UTC 04 00 America Marigot 357 UTC 07 00 Indian Christmas 102 UTC 04 00 America Martinique 358 UTC 07 00 Asia Jakarta 103 UTC 04 00 America Montserra 359 UTC 07 00 Asia Pontianak 104 UTC 04 00 America Port_of_Spain 360 UTC 06 30 Asia Rangoon 105 UTC 04 00 America Puerto_Rico 361 UTC 06 30 Asia Yangon 106 UTC 04 00 Ameri...

Page 33: ...30 Asia Calcutta 124 UTC 04 00 America Glace_Bay 380 UTC 05 30 Asia Colombo 125 UTC 04 00 America Goose_Bay 381 UTC 05 30 Asia Kolkata 126 UTC 04 00 America Halifax 382 UTC 05 00 Antarctica Mawson 127 UTC 04 00 America Moncton 383 UTC 05 00 Asia Aqtau 128 UTC 04 00 America Thule 384 UTC 05 00 Asia Aqtobe 129 UTC 04 00 Atlantic Bermuda 385 UTC 05 00 Asia Ashgabat 130 UTC 04 00 Canada Atlantic 386 U...

Page 34: ...erica Indiana Marengo 403 UTC 04 00 Europe Samara 148 UTC 05 00 America Indiana Petersburg 404 UTC 04 00 Europe Ulyanovsk 149 UTC 05 00 America Indiana Vevay 405 UTC 04 00 Indian Mahe 150 UTC 05 00 America Indiana Vincenne s 406 UTC 04 00 Indian Mauritius 151 UTC 05 00 America Indiana Winamac 407 UTC 04 00 Indian Reunion 152 UTC 05 00 America Indianapoli 408 UTC 03 30 Asia Tehran 153 UTC 05 00 Ame...

Page 35: ...rica Nairobi 170 UTC 06 00 America Bahia_Banderas 426 UTC 03 00 Indian Antananarivo 171 UTC 06 00 America Merida 427 UTC 03 00 Indian Comoro 172 UTC 06 00 America Mexico_City 428 UTC 03 00 Indian Mayotte 173 UTC 06 00 America Monterrey 429 UTC 03 00 Antarctica Syowa 174 UTC 06 00 Mexico General 430 UTC 03 00 Asia Aden 175 UTC 06 00 America Belize 431 UTC 03 00 Asia Baghdad 176 UTC 06 00 America Co...

Page 36: ...liningrad 193 UTC 06 00 America North_Dakota Ne w_Salem 449 UTC 02 00 Africa Johannesburg 194 UTC 06 00 America Rainy_River 450 UTC 02 00 Africa Maseru 195 UTC 06 00 America Rankin_Inlet 451 UTC 02 00 Africa Mbabane 196 UTC 06 00 America Resolute 452 UTC 02 00 Asia Amman 197 UTC 06 00 America Winnipeg 453 UTC 02 00 Asia Beirut 198 UTC 06 00 Canada Central 454 UTC 02 00 Asia Damascus 199 UTC 06 00 ...

Page 37: ...rope Tiraspol 217 UTC 07 00 America Fort_Nelson 473 UTC 01 00 Africa Algier 218 UTC 07 00 America Hermosillo 474 UTC 01 00 Africa Tunis 219 UTC 07 00 America Phoenix 475 UTC 01 00 Africa Bangui 220 UTC 07 00 US Arizona 476 UTC 01 00 Africa Brazzaville 221 UTC 08 00 America Dawson 477 UTC 01 00 Africa Douala 222 UTC 08 00 America Ensenada 478 UTC 01 00 Africa Kinshasa 223 UTC 08 00 America Los_Ange...

Page 38: ...496 UTC 01 00 Europe Busingen 241 UTC 09 00 Pacific Gambier 497 UTC 01 00 Europe Copenhagen 242 UTC 09 30 Pacific Marquesas 498 UTC 01 00 Europe Gibraltar 243 UTC 10 00 America Adak 499 UTC 01 00 Europe Ljubljana 244 UTC 10 00 America Atka 500 UTC 01 00 Europe Luxembourg 245 UTC 10 00 US Aleutian 501 UTC 01 00 Europe Madrid 246 UTC 10 00 Pacific Honolulu 502 UTC 01 00 Europe Malta 247 UTC 10 00 Pa...

Page 39: ...FBs W2C User Manual 34 UTC 01 00 Europe Sarajevo 255 UTC 11 00 Pacific Niue 511 UTC 01 00 Europe Skopje 256 UTC 02 00 Israel 512 ...

Page 40: ...msung Galaxy S10 ASUS Blue Cave AC2600 Belkin G54 N150 D Link DIR 615 Linksys WRT1900ACS NETGEAR N300 WNR2000 Tenda N301 TP Link TL WR940N TP Link WR841N WAVLINK ARK N300 This table shows the success rate of Smart Config connection setting for the connection of each brands of mobile phones and routers High 80 100 Compatible Possible 40 60 Possibly Work Low 0 20 Incompatible ...

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