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January 2015 

Redpine Signals, Inc

2107 N. First Street, #680 

San Jose, CA 95131. 

Tel: (408) 748-3385 

Fax: (408) 705-2019  

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Summary of Contents for RS9113 EVB

Page 1: ...113 Module Evaluation Kit U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 January 2015 Redpine Signals Inc 2107 N First Street 680 San Jose CA 95131 Tel 408 748 3385 Fax 408 705 2019 Email info redpinesignals com Website www redpinesignals com ...

Page 2: ... related to Redpine Signals Inc products This information is provided as a service to our customers and may be used for information purposes only Redpine assumes no liabilities or responsibilities for errors or omissions in this document This document may be changed at any time at Redpine s sole discretion without any prior notice to anyone Redpine is not committed to updating this document in the...

Page 3: ... Ki it t U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 About this Document This document covers the RS9113 Module s Evaluation Board EVB and its usage for evaluating Redpine Signals RS9113 based ultra low power single spatial stream dual band 802 11n BT4 0 ZigBee Convergence modules in n Link and WiSeConnect modes ...

Page 4: ... API Folder Structure 24 4 6 1 3 Application State Machine 24 4 6 1 4 State Callbacks 25 4 6 1 5 Building and Running the Home Automation Sample Application 25 4 7 Driver Uninstallation Procedure 25 4 8 Driver Information 26 4 8 1 Driver Statistics 26 4 8 2 Disabling Driver Debug Prints 26 5 Evaluation of Connect io n WiSeConnect 27 5 1 Required Setup 27 5 2 Getting Started 27 5 3 Wi Fi Evaluation...

Page 5: ...id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 6 Appendix A Headers on the EVB 64 6 1 Headers Pin Orientations 64 6 2 SPI Header Pin Description 64 6 3 SDIO Header Pin Description 65 6 4 GPIO Header Pin Description 65 7 Appendix B Using the Bluetooth Manager 67 8 Appendix C WiSeConnect Firmware Upgrade 70 9 Appendix D Booting USB Drive on Windows 8 and Later PCs 75 ...

Page 6: ...ngs 45 Figure 20 Command Flow in Wi Fi Direct Mode 48 Figure 21 Module Configured as Access Point 52 Figure 22 Module web page 53 Figure 23 Wireless Configuration page 55 Figure 24 Module Connected to Access Point 56 Figure 25 Wireless Configuration Page 57 Figure 26 Module Configured as Access Point 58 Figure 27 Module web page 59 Figure 28 Wireless Configuration page 60 Figure 29 Module Connecte...

Page 7: ...Redpine Signals Inc Proprietary and Confidential Page 7 R RS S9 91 11 13 3 M Mo od du ul le e E Ev va al lu ua at ti io on n K Ki it t U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 ...

Page 8: ...ial Page 8 R RS S9 91 11 13 3 M Mo od du ul le e E Ev va al lu ua at ti io on n K Ki it t U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 Table of Tables Table 1 SPI Header Pins 64 Table 2 SDIO Header Pins 65 Table 3 GPIO Header Pins 66 ...

Page 9: ...y for Wi Fi BT 4 0 and Zigbee 2 Security modes 3 Throughputs 4 Power Consumption 5 Firmware Upgrade The RS9113 n Link WiSeConnect module families are based on Redpine Signals RS9113 ultra low power single spatial stream dual band 802 11n BT4 0 ZigBee Convergence SoC The RS9113 module integrates a multi threaded MAC processor with integrated analog peripherals and support for digital peripherals ba...

Page 10: ... RS9113 Module Evaluation Board 2 USB Pen drive 3 USB to microUSB Cable 4 SDIO Adaptor Cable 5 SPI Adaptor Cable Figure 1 Evaluation Kit Contents The USB drive is bootable It is loaded with Fedora Core 18 OS with the OneBox Mobile driver binaries included for evaluation of n Link modules on a standard PC Laptop platform The USB drive also has the release package for the Connect io n WiSeConnect mo...

Page 11: ...e er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 Redpine provides drivers for multiple OS s and MCU platforms for the n Link modules and also OS less MCU platforms for WiSeConnect modules The software provided in this kit is to enable easy and quick evaluation on a PC Please contact Redpine Signals Sales sales redpinesignals com for availability of drivers for an OS and MCU of your choice ...

Page 12: ...SPI USB and USB CDC interfaces to connect to the Host MCU As shown in the image below the RS9113 EVB has three USB connectors for the USB USB CDC and UART connections The UART signals of the module are converted to USB using on board circuit The board also has SDIO and SPI Headers Figure 2 RS9113 EVB The board is designed to configure the module to use the interface on which power supply is detect...

Page 13: ...ader of the SDIO Adaptor Cable to the EVB Insert the SDIO Adaptor into the SDIO slot of the PC Laptop c Verify that the LED labeled SDIO lights up 3 SPI Mode a Connect the USB to microUSB cable between a USB port of a PC Laptop and the micro USB port labeled USB on the EVB this connection will be used only as a power supply in this mode b Connect the 10 pin header of the SPI Adaptor Cable to the E...

Page 14: ...f the Wi Fi Access Point mode you will require o A second PC Laptop with Wi Fi For evaluation of the Wi Fi Direct mode you will require o A device with Wi Fi Direct capability like an Android 4 0 smartphone or a Laptop For evaluation of the Bluetooth Classic mode you will require a device like a smartphone or Laptop with Bluetooth capability For evaluation of the Zigbee mode you will require a Zig...

Page 15: ...o boot in the Basic Graphics Mode 3 Wait until the booting up completes and you get the Linux screen 4 Press Alt F2 and enter gnome terminal in the pop up window to open a terminal window 5 Enter into super user mode using the su command in the terminal Enter redpine as the password when prompted 6 Follow the steps below to use the EVB with different interfaces a USB Mode i Connect the USB to micr...

Page 16: ...nsure that the SDIO stack related modules are already inserted in the kernel Follow the steps below for this cd home OneBox Mobile SDIO sh load_stack sh lsmod Verify that the output of the lsmod command lists the sdhci ko sdhci_pci ko mmc_block ko and mmc_core ko modules This is a one time process and need not be repeated unless the modules are explicitly removed by the user 4 3 1 Installation in ...

Page 17: ...t wep_key0 1234567890 d For WEP 128 mode network ssid SSID of Access Point key_mgmt NONE wep_key0 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX wep_tx_keyidx X The key can be input either in ASCII or Hexadecimal formats ASCII Format wep_key0 1234567890123 Hexadecimal Format wep_key0 12345678901234567890123456 e For WPA PSK TKIP mode network ssid SSID of Access Point key_mgmt WPA PSK psk passphrase specified in the A...

Page 18: ...he connected Access point SSID along with the MAC address is displayed If it is not connected to an Access point a message Not Associated appears 5 To view the list of Access Points scanned in each channel you can run the following command in the home OneBox Mobile interface folder wpa_cli i wifi0 scan_results 6 To obtain an IP address using DHCP start the DHCP client using the command below dhcli...

Page 19: ...ters i SSID onebox_wep ii Channel 1 of 2 4GHz Band 2412 MHz iii Security Mode WEP 128 iv WEP Key 12345678901234567890123456 v Key Index 0 4 Access Point in WPA PSK TKIP Mode a Configuration File wpa_supplicant_tkip conf b This starts an Access Point with the following parameters i SSID onebox_tkip ii Channel 1 of 2 4GHz Band 2412 MHz iii Security Mode WPA PSK TKIP iv Passphrase 12345678 5 Access P...

Page 20: ...the supplicant and install the Wi Fi Direct mode The configurable parameters in the p2p conf file are the listen channel operating channel and GO Intent After starting the supplicant the p2p_commands mentioned below should be executed 1 To find other P2P networks wpa_cli i wifi0 p2p_find 2 To find other P2P devices in range wpa_cli i wifi0 p2p_peers 3 To connect to a P2P network wpa_cli i wifi0 p2...

Page 21: ...Client which starts transmitting data to the Server To check Receive throughputs run the Server command first on the PC Laptop connected to the EVB followed by the client command on the 2nd PC Laptop 4 4 OneBox Mobile in Wi Fi Bluetooth Classic Coexistence Mode This section describes the installation of WiFi and BT Classic modes Note that to use the Coexistence mode each protocol should be loaded ...

Page 22: ...Manager application Files can also be sent and received using Bluetooth Manager Instead of Bluetooth Manager the device can be configured using hcitool or hciconfig The procedure for using Bluetooth Manager is explained in Appendix B 4 5 OneBox Mobile in Wi Fi Bluetooth LE Coexistence Mode This section describes the installation of WiFi and Bluetooth LE BLE modes Note that to use the Coexistence m...

Page 23: ...can be configured using hcitool or hciconfig 4 6 OneBox Mobile in Wi Fi Zigbee Coexistence Mode This section describes the installation of WiFi and Zigbee ZB modes Note that to use the Coexistence mode each protocol should be loaded individually one after the other 1 Open the common_insert sh file present in home OneBox Mobile interface using the gvim editor 2 Ensure that the DRIVER_MODE and COEX_...

Page 24: ...tion defined switch application using Host APIs This application connects to the light parent and tries to match the simple descriptors by using MatchDescriptor command After exchanging the simple descriptors it will send the toggle command to the light continuously 4 6 1 2 Host API Folder Structure The folder structure for host API along with sample applications has been given bellow This folder ...

Page 25: ...kStatusHandler 5 AppIncomingManyToOneRouteRequestHandler 6 AppHandleDataIndication 7 AppHandleDataConfirmation 8 AppChildJoinHandler NOTE The application developer should not call any of the APIs that send command data to the device from any of these callbacks 4 6 1 5 Building and Running the Home Automation Sample Application 1 Go to the folder home OneBox Mobile interface utils_zigbee build 2 Cl...

Page 26: ...to view driver statistics cat proc onebox mobile stats This command prints statistics related to the total management packets total data packets with respect to a given access category sent to from the driver buffer full status as well as semi buffer full status FSM states etc 4 8 2 Disabling Driver Debug Prints You may opt to disable the debug prints of the driver appearing on the console using t...

Page 27: ... and Zigbee These are provided as part of the release package along with information in Readme files 5 2 Getting Started Please follow the steps below to get started with the evaluation process This process is explained for evaluation on a Windows PC 1 Download and install a Serial Emulation program like Docklight Teraterm etc This document uses Docklight for explaining the process This software i...

Page 28: ...SB to microUSB cable Plug in the cable into the micro USB port labeled UART on the EVB 5 Wait for the drivers to be installed the first time Disconnect the EVB and connect it again 6 In Docklight click on Tools Project Settings to open the dialog box shown below Figure 5 Docklight Project Settings Dialog Box 7 Select the following options for the Serial port settings a Select the COM port in the d...

Page 29: ...In the setup shown in the figure the RS9113 WiSeConnect Connect io n EVB is a Wi Fi client It connects to an Access Point configured in WPA2 PSK security mode The Access Point is configured with SSID as Test_AP and IP address set as 192 168 50 1 The SSID and IP address are for illustration only The user is required to configure the AP based on network domain in which wireless devices operate 5 3 1...

Page 30: ...n 2 2 0 0 Please refer to the Software PRM document to understand the Automatic Buad Rate Detection Process for faster bootup At the end of the timeout you will see a message like WELCOME TO REDPINE SIGNALS followed by multiple options Please see the figure below Figure 7 Module Startup Messages 4 Hit 1 and press Enter You will see a message that says Loading followed by Loading Done ...

Page 31: ...arriage Return CR Keyboard keys are Ctrl Enter and Line Feed LF Keyboard keys are Ctrl Shift Enter This is enabled by default in Docklight a at rsi_opermode 0 1 4 0 This command configures the module as Wi Fi client The module responds with OK b at rsi_band 0 This command configures the operating band of Wi Fi client to 2 4GHz The module responds with OK c at rsi_init This command initializes the ...

Page 32: ...le responds to this command by sending the configured IP address to the Host In the terminal this response might appear as unreadable characters because of ASCII conversion You can use the HEX tab of Docklight to see the bytes sent by the module 5 3 1 2 Test Procedure The IP addresses configured in this process are meant for illustration only It is assumed that Wi Fi client of the EVB is assigned ...

Page 33: ... dest_ipaddr mss window_size 6 For testing the Receive mode of the Wi Fi Client EVB follow the steps below a Type 1 in the TCP exe window on Laptop C b On being prompted to enter a data string to be transmitted type any string and hit Enter to transmit the typed data c When the data is received on the Wi Fi Client EVB side you will see a response asynchronous from the module as follows AT RSI_READ...

Page 34: ...n Window 5 3 2 Wi Fi Client in Enterprise Security Mode The figure below shows the setup required for this process Figure 10 Setup for Wi Fi Client in Enterprise Security Mode In the setup shown in the above figure the WiSeConnect module on the RS9113 EVB acts as Wi Fi client It connects to an Enterprise Security enabled Access Point The WiSeConnect module supports four Enterprise Security modes 1...

Page 35: ... 1 1 7 r0 0 2 exe The FreeRADIUS server software for other platforms is available at http freeradius org download html 2 Once installed go to the C FreeRADIUS net etc raddb folder and make the following modifications 3 Open the clients conf file and add the following lines at the end of the file client 192 168 50 1 24 secret 12345678 shortname private network 1 The IP address in the above lines 19...

Page 36: ... ul le e E Ev va al lu ua at ti io on n K Ki it t U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 Figure 11 Default EAP Type b Change the inputs for private_key_file certificate_file and CA_file fields under the tls section to certsdir wifiuser pem as show in the figure below ...

Page 37: ...3 M Mo od du ul le e E Ev va al lu ua at ti io on n K Ki it t U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 Figure 12 TLS Section I c Uncomment the fragment_size and include_length lines under the tls section as shown in the figure below Figure 13 TLS Section II ...

Page 38: ...s se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 d Change the input for the default_eap_type field under the ttls section to mschapv2 as shown in the figure below Figure 14 TTLS Section 5 Open the users conf file and add the lines shown in the figure below starting with user1 This adds a user with username user1 and password test123 ...

Page 39: ...der 8 Run the start_radiusd_debug bat batch file You will see a series of prints on the screen Monitor the prints to ensure that all changes are done correctly The Radius server has started successfully if you see a print at the end which says Ready to process requests 5 3 2 2 Access Point Configuration Follow the steps below to configure the Access Point in the setup shown in Figure 10 to work wi...

Page 40: ...i Fi Client Configuration 1 Open Docklight 2 Connect the micro USB cable between the USB port of the PC and the micro USB port of the EVB labeled UART 3 Hit F5 key when in the Docklight window to start communicating with EVB over the serial COM port 4 At powerup the module tries to estimate the baud rate of the Host by exchanging data with it If no data is sent by the Host the module defaults to t...

Page 41: ... er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 Figure 17 Module Startup Messages 5 Hit 1 and present Enter You will see a message that says Loading followed by Loading Done Figure 18 Firmware Loading Messages 6 The following commands can now be issued to the module Please refer to the Software PRM document for detailed description of each ...

Page 42: ...ssue one of them based on which mode needs to be evaluated m To verify the EAP TLS mode a security certificate file should be loaded into the module A Python based script is provided to do the same since loading of certificate files cannot be done through Docklight Please download and install Python for Windows from https www python org downloads release python 279 In addition please download and ...

Page 43: ...use the HEX tab of Docklight to see the bytes sent by the module t at rsi_join Test_AP 0 2 2 This command connects the Wi Fi client to the Access Point with SSID Test_AP On successful association the module responds with OK u at rsi_ipconf 0 192 168 50 10 255 255 255 0 192 168 50 1 at rsi_ipconf 1 0 0 0 This command configures the IP address of the module The IP address configured in the above com...

Page 44: ...criptor dest_p ort_no dest_ipaddr mss window_size 6 For testing the Receive mode of the Wi Fi Client EVB follow the steps below a Type 1 in the TCP exe window on Laptop C b On being prompted to enter a data string to be transmitted type any string and hit Enter to transmit the typed data c When the data is received on the Wi Fi Client EVB side you will see a response asynchronous from the module a...

Page 45: ...t soft reset or hard reset so Reset is required to toggle between Enterprise Security and other security modes 5 3 3 Wi Fi Direct Mode The figure below shows the setup required for this process 5 3 3 1 Wi Fi Configuration 1 Enable Wi Fi Direct Mode in the phone A screenshot of an Android phone s Wi Fi Direct Settings is shown in the figure below This is usually available in the Wi Fi Settings of t...

Page 46: ...up Owner It has been set to the lowest value of 0 in this case Refer to the Programming Reference Manual for more details The module responds with OK 4 After issuing the last command the module starts scanning for Wi Fi Direct devices and reports any that are found through the asynchronous message AT RSI_WFDDEV 5 After the module reports Wi Fi Direct devices issue the Join command to connect at rs...

Page 47: ...anual The parameter GO_Status returned with the OK response of the Join command is used to determine whether the module became a GO or not If the module becomes the GO it will internally assign itself the IP 192 168 100 76 and will act as a DHCP server The Wi Fi Direct phone will acquire an IP address from the module automatically assuming DHCP client is enabled in the phone Since the Group_Owner_...

Page 48: ...d at rsi_join with target device name Scan for Wi Fi Direct devices Issue join or connect instruction to the Phone within 1 minute of issuing at rsi_join in the RS9113 based WiSeConnect module Module granted GO status Node B is GO Group Owner Module associates to the GO WPA2 PSK is the security mode used Module and Node B associate The module configures its IP as 192 168 100 76 Node B gets IP addr...

Page 49: ...n the module issue the below command at rsi_ltcp 5001 1 0 5001 is the example port number of the socket opened Once the socket is opened a client socket should be opened at the remote peer phone to connect to this socket and establish a TCP connection The module responds with OK ip_version socket_type socket_handle Lport module_ipv4addr r n The socket_handle parameter will be used in the subsequen...

Page 50: ...previous command a at rsi_opermode 6 1 48 0 This configures the EVB to function in AP mode The module responds with OK b at rsi_band 0 This configures the operating band of the EVB The module responds with OK c at rsi_init This initializes the WiFi module in the EVB The module responds with OK mac_address d at rsi_fwversion This is an optional command to report the firmware version in use e at rsi...

Page 51: ...ge send and receive TCP and UDP packets TCP and UDP applications are provided along with release package for execution on the Laptop These applications are located in the path RS9113 NBZ WC GEN OSI x x x utils peer_applications Windows where RS9113 WSC GENR x x x is software package directory 1 Open a TCP Server socket on the Wi Fi Client EVB side using the following AT command at rsi_ltcp 5001 1 ...

Page 52: ...the steps below d Type 2 in the TCP exe window on Laptop C e On the Wi Fi AP EVB side send the command below to transmit data to the Laptop C at rsi_snd socket_handle payload_len dest_ipaddr dest_port payload f The transmitted data is displayed on the TCP exe window of Laptop C 5 4 Configuration Over Wi Fi The module can be configured wirelessly to join a specific AP referred to as auto connect or...

Page 53: ...0 f at rsi_apconf 6 redpine 0 0 0 100 3 4 g at rsi_join redpine 0 2 0 The module is now configured as an Access Point Its IP address is 192 168 0 30 2 Connect a Laptop B to the created AP Open the URL http Module s IP address Index htm in the Laptop In this case the URL is http 192 168 0 30 Index htm Make sure the browser in the laptop does not have any proxies enabled 3 In the web page that opens...

Page 54: ...ration is over TX POWER RF power for Tx Set to 2 CHANNEL Channel number at which the target AP is present Set to 11 in this example SECURITY ENABLE and PSK This should match the security mode of the AP to which the module should connect in this example AP is open mode so no need to enter the PSK value IP VERSION set IPv42 DHCP If DHCP is selected the module will work as a DHCP client otherwise an ...

Page 55: ...to it and gets an IP address The module will send out two responses to the Host the first corresponds to the internally given Join command and the second to the Set IP Parameters command Note that once the module is restarted no commands need to be given The module automatically scans and joins the target AP after which the stored configuration parameters can be retrieved using the command at rsi_...

Page 56: ...e s IP address Index htm in the Laptop For example if the module was configured to have an IP of 192 168 100 20 then the URL is http 192 168 100 20 Index htm Make sure the browser in the laptop does not have any proxies enabled 4 In the web page that opens displaying the Welcome to Redpine Signals and click on the GO TO CONFIGURATION PAGE displaying the web page in figure 23 5 After that displayin...

Page 57: ...ction on wireless configuration in the PRM Figure 25 Wireless Configuration Page Click on SUBMIT button The information is sent to the module and stored in its internal flash 6 The module should now be power cycled or hard reset It boots up and then automatically scans channels for the target AP and connects to it and gets an IP address The module will send out two responses to the Host the first ...

Page 58: ... configures the module Figure 26 Module Configured as Access Point 1 Connect a PC or Host to the module through the USB and power up the module 2 Configure the module to become an AP by issuing commands through PC P 3 Connect a Laptop B to the created AP Open the URL http Module s IP address Index htm in the Laptop For example if the module was configured to have an IP of 192 168 100 1 then the UR...

Page 59: ...is is the SSID of the AP which will be created after configuration is over TX POWER RF power for Tx Set this value to 2 SECURITY ENABLE PSK SECURITY TYPE ENCRYPTION TYPE This is to configure the security mode of the AP CHANNEL Channel number at which the target AP is present Value of 0 is not allowed IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY These parameters set the IP parameters of the AP BEACON INTERVAL an...

Page 60: ...n automatically creates and AP with the configured parameters The module will send out two responses to the Host the first corresponds to the internally given Set IP Parameters command and the second to the Join command Note that once the module is restarted no commands need to be given The module automatically and internally executes the commands to create an AP The stored configuration parameter...

Page 61: ...nds through PC P 3 Connect a Laptop c to the created AP Open the URL http Module s IP address Index htm in the Laptop For example if the module was configured to have an IP of 192 168 100 1 then the URL is http 192 168 100 1 Index htm Make sure the browser in the laptop does not have any proxies enabled 4 In the web page that opens displaying the Welcome to Redpine Signals and click on the GO TO C...

Page 62: ...sent Value of 0 is not allowed IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY These parameters set the IP parameters of the AP BEACON INTERVAL and DTIM COUNT This to set the beacon parameters of the AP For example if beacon interval is 200 msecs and DTIM count is 3 the DTIM interval would be 2x300 600 msecs Figure 30 Wireless Configuration page Click on SUBMIT button The information is sent to the module and stor...

Page 63: ...sponds to the internally given Set IP Parameters command and the second to the Join command Note that once the module is restarted no commands need to be given The module automatically and internally executes the commands to create an AP The stored configuration parameters can be retrieved using the command at rsi_cfgget If the auto connect feature needs to be disabled issue the command at rsi_cfg...

Page 64: ...n The following table describes the pins of SPI header Pin Number Pin Name Direction Description 1 NC This pin must be left open 2 SPI_CS Input SPI slave select from host active low 3 GND Ground 4 VDD Supply voltage 5 SPI_CLK Input Serial clock in from the host The clock can be up to 80 MHz 6 GND Ground 7 SPI_MOSI Input SPI data input 8 SPI_MISO Output SPI data output 9 SPI_INTR Output Active high...

Page 65: ...O interface 8 SDIO_DATA1 Input Output Data1 of SDIO interface 9 SDIO_DATA2 Input Output Data2 of SDIO interface 10 RESET Input Active Low Reset to RS9113 module This is not used with the standard SDIO connector Table 2 SDIO Header Pins 6 4 GPIO Header Pin Description The following table describes the pins of SDIO header Pin Number Pin Name Direction Description 1 GND The GPIOs are generally not av...

Page 66: ...gnals Inc Proprietary and Confidential Page 66 R RS S9 91 11 13 3 M Mo od du ul le e E Ev va al lu ua at ti io on n K Ki it t U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 20 Table 3 GPIO Header Pins ...

Page 67: ... Appendix B Using the Bluetooth Manager 1 Once the Bluetooth modules have been installed using the bt_insert sh script as per the instructions in Section 4 4 hit the Windows button on the keyboard You will see Bluetooth symbol at the bottom right corner of the screen as show in the image below Figure 32 Invoking Bluetooth Manager 2 This will open the Bluetooth Manager as shown in the image below ...

Page 68: ...al lu ua at ti io on n K Ki it t U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 Figure 33 Bluetooth Manager basic window 3 Click on Search to start inquiry Figure 34 Click on Search to inquire 4 Select particular device like your smartphone right click and select Pair to pair with that device ...

Page 69: ... it t U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 Figure 35 Pairing with a Device 5 After successfully pairing with the device right click on the device and select Send a file to send data to the device You will be presented with a dialog box to select the file that you wish to send Figure 36 Send a File to a Device ...

Page 70: ...ct firmware loaded So a firmware upgrade is not necessary unless there is a newer version available or the EVB has been used in n Link mode and the user wants to evaluate the EVB in WiSeConnect mode after that 3 The process explained below is for upgrading the WiSeConnect firmware over UART from a Windows PC using Teraterm The Software PRM gives details related to the process and commands to be us...

Page 71: ...the Baud Rate as 115200 and Click OK Figure 38 Serial Port Settings for Teraterm 5 Connect the EVB to the PC using the USB to microUSB cable Plug in the cable into the micro USB port labeled UART on the EVB 6 Click on File New connection In the dialog box that opens select the Serial option and select the COM Port from the drop down menu It is COM8 in the figure below Click OK 7 After the Automati...

Page 72: ...it t U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 Figure 39 Module Startup Messages 8 Hit 2 to select Firmware Upgradation mode You will be requested to send the Firmware file For the EVK the firmware file is present in the USB drive in the RS9113 NBZ WC GEN OSI x x x Firmware folder Here x x x is the release version ...

Page 73: ...s se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 Figure 40 Request for Firmware File 9 Click on File Transfer Kermit Send 10 In the dialog box that opens navigate to the RS9113 NBZ WC GEN OSI x x x Firmware folder and select the RS9113 NBZ WC GEN OSI x x x rps file 11 A dialog box will open showing the transfer of the firmware file ...

Page 74: ...41 Firmware Transfer Progress 12 Once the firmware is transmitted to the module successfully the module boots up with the updated firmware and requests the user to select the option 13 You may continue to use the EVB without disconnecting it If you wish to switch to Docklight from Teraterm you can click on File Disconnect in Teraterm open Docklight and hit F5 to start the communication from Dockli...

Page 75: ...on are explained for a Toshiba Kirabook The process will be similar for other Windows 8 PCs NOTE It is recommended that the evaluation be done on PCs which have the Legacy BIOS system installed Please continue with the steps below only if you are aware of what is being done because incorrect settings might corrupt the Laptop s settings and render it useless Once these changes are done the original...

Page 76: ...d du ul le e E Ev va al lu ua at ti io on n K Ki it t U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 Figure 43 Security Screen of BIOS 3 Disable the Secure Boot option Figure 44 Disable Secure Boot 4 Next scroll down to the Advanced section on the left part of the screen ...

Page 77: ...n n K Ki it t U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 Figure 45 Advanced Screen of BIOS 5 Scroll down to the System Configuration option under Advanced and hit Enter Figure 46 System Configuration under Advanced 6 In the new screen you will see an option labeled Boot Mode and it will be in UEFI Boot mode ...

Page 78: ...figuration 7 Select the Boot Mode option and hit Enter to disable UEFI Boot and enable CSM Boot this is the legacy booting option of BIOS Figure 48 Disable UEFI Boot 8 Select the Exit option and save the changes before exiting 9 Once these changes are done the original Windows 8 OS will not be bootable until the changes are reverted To revert changes enable UEFI Boot first and then enable Secure B...

Page 79: ...l Page 79 R RS S9 91 11 13 3 M Mo od du ul le e E Ev va al lu ua at ti io on n K Ki it t U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e V Ve er rs si io on n 2 2 0 0 Revision History Version No Date Changes 2 0 January 2015 Initial Version for Version 2 0 of the EVB ...

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