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F8914

User Manual

Email:

[email protected] Tel:+0086-592-5907276/5907277

Web:

en.four-faith.com

Add: 3rd Floor, No.44 Guan Ri Road, Software Park, Xiamen, China

F8914 User Manual

The user manual is suitable for the following model:

Model

Product Type

F8914-N

ZigBee Terminal

F8914-E

ZigBee Terminal(with PA)

Xiamen Four-Faith Communication Technology Co., Ltd.

Add:J1-J3,3rd Floor,No.44,GuanRi Road,SoftWare Park,XiaMen,China
Zip Code: 361008
Tel: +86 592-5907276
Fax: +86 592-5912735
http://en.four-faith.com

F8914
User Manual

Product Version

Page

V1.16

Product Name

：

F8914

Total:26

Summary of Contents for F8914-E

Page 1: ... manual is suitable for the following model Model Product Type F8914 N ZigBee Terminal F8914 E ZigBee Terminal with PA Xiamen Four Faith Communication Technology Co Ltd Add J1 J3 3rd Floor No 44 GuanRi Road SoftWare Park XiaMen China Zip Code 361008 Tel 86 592 5907276 Fax 86 592 5912735 http en four faith com F8914 User Manual Product Version Page V1 16 Product Name F8914 Total 26 ...

Page 2: ...er consumption interface modification etc Harven 2013 01 18 V1 11 Add ZigBee simply description and Sleep mode description Tady Chen 2013 03 05 V1 12 Modify the sleep method Add work mode AT command Tady Chen 2013 07 04 V1 13 Add API configure command description and route sleep mode configure Tady Chen 2014 09 20 V1 14 Add appendix ZXZ 2015 05 25 V1 15 Update Power Consumption Cm chen 2015 11 12 ...

Page 3: ... all commercial use of the files from Four Faith are forbidden such as copy distribute reproduce the files etc but non commercial purpose downloaded or printed by individual all files shall be not revised and the copyright and other proprietorship notice shall be reserved are welcome Trademark Notice Four Faith 四信 are all registered trademarks of Xiamen Four Faith Communication Technology Co Ltd i...

Page 4: ...F8914 User Manual Email nick four faith com Tel 0086 592 5907276 5907277 Web en four faith com Add 3rd Floor No 44 Guan Ri Road Software Park Xiamen China ...

Page 5: ... 1 Device Type Description 17 3 1 2 Coordinator 17 3 1 2 Router 17 3 1 3 End Device 17 3 2 ZigBee Network Description 18 3 2 1 Form a ZigBee Network Procedure 18 3 2 2 Physical Channel 18 3 2 3 PAN ID 18 3 2 4 Node address 18 Chapter 4 Configuration 19 4 1 Configuration Connection 19 4 2 Configuration Introduction 19 4 3 Run the configure tool ZigbeeConfigure exe 20 4 4 Modes of Operation 21 4 4 1...

Page 6: ...h com Add 3rd Floor No 44 Guan Ri Road Software Park Xiamen China A1 5 Work mode 24 A1 6 Power on timing 24 A1 7 Transmit Power 25 A2 FAQ 26 FAQ1 Configure parameters fail 26 FAQ2 With right parameters but add network fail 26 FAQ3 In network but send data fail 26 FAQ4 Can not enter sleep 26 ...

Page 7: ... digital I O channel ADC function It has been widely used on M2M fields such as intelligent transportation smart grid industrial automation telemetry finance POS water supply environment protection post weather and so on Figure 1 1 F8914 Application Topology 1 2 Features and Benefits Design for Industrial Application High powered industrial ZigBee module Support low power consumption mode includin...

Page 8: ...nt configuration and maintenance interface High performance Support ZigBee wireless short distance data transmission Support repeater and terminal device function Support Point to Point Point to Multipoint Peer to Peer and Mesh network Support 65000 nodes Support center node route node and terminal node Support broadcast and target address transfer Support wide communication range Supply 5 I O cha...

Page 9: ...sitivity 97dBm 103dBm With PA Network Topology Point to Point Peer to Peer and Mesh Channels 11 to 26 Max Serial Buffer Size 300 Bytes Interface Type Item Content Serial 1 RS232 port and 1 RS485 orRS422 port 15KV ESD protection Data bits 8 Stop bits 1 2 Parity none odd even Baud rate 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 bps Indicator Power ACT Online Antenna Standard SMA female int...

Page 10: ...ing wake up 3 5mA 12V 4 5dBm Deep Sleep 2 5mA 12V 4 5dBm F8914 E RX Mode 15mA 12V 21dBm TX Mode 80mA 12V 21dBm Timing wake up 4 5mA 12V 21dBm Deep Sleep 3 5mA 12V 21dBm Physical Characteristics Item Content Housing Iron providing IP30 protection Dimensions 91x58 5x22 mm Weight 205g Environmental Limits Item Content Operating Temperature 40 85ºC 104 185 ºF Storage Temperature 40 125ºC 104 257ºF Ope...

Page 11: ...installed correctly to make it work properly There is need only one coordinator in a network the other nodes should be set as routers or end devices Install the coordinator first then install the routers or end devices from near to distant Warning Forbid to install the F8914 when powered 2 2 Encasement List Name Quantity Remark F8914 host 1 Power adapter 1 RS232 data cable 1 optional RS485 data ca...

Page 12: ...4 Figure 2 1 Installation Chart Installation of antenna Screw the SMA male pin of the antenna to the female SMA outlet of F8914 tightly Warning The antenna must be screwed tightly or the signal quality of antenna will be influenced Antenna install note 1 Install the antenna far away from the large area metal and ground 2 Keep the antennas visual 3 Minimize obstructions between the antennas 4 Reduc...

Page 13: ... Faith Communication Technology Co Ltd Page 13 of 26 Add J1 J3 3rd Floor No 44 GuanRiRoad SoftWare Park XiaMen China http www four faith com Tel 86 592 6300326 6300325 6300324 Fax 86 592 5912735 Figure 2 2 Installation antenna mode ...

Page 14: ...6 A RS485 anode N A 7 B RS485 cathode N A 8 IO1 GPIO pulse input count sleep control 9 IO2 GPIO pulse input count sleep indicate 10 IO3 ADC analog input function voltage acquisition 0 5 V GPIO 11 IO2 ADC analog input function current collection 0 20 mA GPIO 12 IO1 ADC analog input function current collection 0 20 mA GPIO Installation of cable F8914 adopts industrial terminal block interface The re...

Page 15: ...3 Black Pin 5 RS485 Cable Cable Color Signal definition Red RS485 A Black RS485 B Power adapter and communication cable connection chart as following Communication Interface RS232 Communication Interface RS485 F8914 Terminal Block Interface User Device DB9M User Device 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 RX GND TX A B IO1 IO2 IO3 IO4 PWR GND IO5 Anode Cathode A B F8914 Terminal Block Interface 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 16: ...n we use other power we should make sure that the power can supply power above 4W We recommend user to use the standard DC 12V 0 5A power adapter 2 5 Indicator Lights Introduction The F8914 provides three indicator lights Power ACT Online Indicator Light State Introduction Power ON F8914 is powered on OFF F8914 is powered off ACT BLINK Serial Data is communicating OFF No data Online ON F8914 has l...

Page 17: ...N ID and then starts the network Note that the role of the Coordinator is mainly related to starting up and configuring the network Once that is accomplished the Coordinator behaves like a Router node or may even go away The continued operation of the network does not depend on the presence of the Coordinator due to the distributed nature of the ZigBee network 3 1 2 Router A Router performs functi...

Page 18: ...Hz Europe and 915MHz USA they respectively has highest 250kbit s 40kbit s 20kbit s transmission rate On the three band has 27 work channels in total 2 4GHz has 16 channels 915MHz has 10 channels 868MHz has only one channel Four Faith ZigBee product works on 2 4GHz band and has 16 physical channel In AT command mode we send AT CHA N N 11 26 to configure the channel We recommend 15 20 25 26 channel ...

Page 19: ...configured through the shipped software tool It s necessary to have one PC to run this tool Extended AT command All the settings are configured through AT command so any device with serial port can configure it Before configuration with AT command you should make device enter configure state The following describes how to configure device with AT command At the same time it gives out the correspon...

Page 20: ...ting column shows the current serial port settings To configure ZigBee modules please choose the correct serial port parameters then open the serial port If the button text is Close it shows the serial port now has been opened If the text is Open you should open the port first When you had configure the correct serial port the device will enter configure state after power on The configure tool win...

Page 21: ...rameters send data and receive data To enter AT command mode In the transparent mode send the 3 character command sequence twice through serial port In the API mode send FE 01 21 2A 00 0A through serial port CHECK the AT command mode send AT CR LF through serial port it will return OK All AT command line should begin with AT or at and end with CR LF In general the AT command includes three forms a...

Page 22: ...ines the start of each general serial packet Length 1 byte length of the actual data Command 2 byte command Id Frame data the data ranging from 0 82 bytes FCS Frame Check Sequence This is a one byte field that is used to ensure packet integrity This field is computed as an XOR of all the bytes in the message starting with LEN field and through the last byte of data The following is a sample code F...

Page 23: ...vice successfully joined in the network IO2 will output low level to indicate online If device unsuccessfully joined in the network or went into sleep IO2 will output high level to indicate off line Configuration conditions 1 Hardware IO1 must connect to high level 3V 3 3V 2 Software Device should be configured as end device or router and Timer Sleep The sleep interval must be greater than 0 4 5 2...

Page 24: ... About the factory setting Make sure to do factory setting before modifying Pan ID Physical channel and Node address A1 3 About the network parameters In a ZigBee network it has only one pan id and only one node address Unpredictable errors occurred in a ZigBee network with two same pans ids or node addresses A1 4 Sleep mode Sleep mode contains timer sleep and deep sleep The power consume in timer...

Page 25: ...uring this period the Zigbee module s serial port s baud rate is 115200 bps and work mode is transparent mode After receiving string twice responding to the peer with OK the module will change to AT work mode The interval between two string should in 50ms 200ms 100ms is recommended After Point 3 the module work on the pre setting work mode It can change the work mode to AT mode by sending twice st...

Page 26: ... correct such as pan id node address physical channel If everything is all right try to factory the device then add network and send data FAQ3 In network but send data fail Solution Please check the distance of the two device make sure the distance is greater then 20 cm Then confirm that the way of send data is right in the current work mode eg AT TXA or AT TXH on AT work mode Please refer to the ...

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