Laird WB45NBT
WB45NBT Quick Start Guide
Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center:
http://ews-support.lairdtech.com
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If you find you have no serial output, check that this jumper is very tightly seated (
Figure 4: UART_3V3 Jumper
Laird CLI Basics
The Laird CLI provides a command line interface to control the Wi-Fi features of the WB45NBT.
The Linux shell prompt is represented by the “
#
” symbol. From the prompt, enter
sdc_cli
to start the Laird
CLI. When the Laird CLI starts, the prompt will change to “
sdc#
”.
Full information on the commands available within the CLI is available
Information regarding using the CLI commands is also available by typing
help
at the
sdc#
prompt.
Additional help is available for the commands iface, profile, global and auto-profile using the syntax
<command> help
at the
sdc#
prompt.
To see the status of the WB45NBT, type
status
at the
sdc#
prompt. The returned status should resemble
the following.
Status: AP mode
Config name: Default
SSID:
Channel: 0
RSSI: 0
Device Name:
MAC: 00:17:23:e0:38:e4
IP: 192.168.1.1
AP Name:
AP MAC:
AP IP:
Bit Rate: auto
Tx Power: 0 mW
Beacon Period: 0
DTIM: 0
The WB45NBT defaults to start in AP mode. This allows the user to associate and attach to the WB45NBT as
one would a normal access point and use the integrated Laird WebLCM tool to configure the WB45NBT. The
Status line highlighted in yellow above shows that the WB45NBT is operating in AP mode.