WiPort™ Integration Guide
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The WiPort Development Kit includes everything needed to begin to integrate the
WiPort into a given product design.
Contents of the Kit
The development kit contains the following items:
WiPort Evaluation Board
WiPort Device Server
3.3V Power Supply
RS-232 cable, DB9F/F, null modem
CAT5e UTP RJ45M/M Ethernet cable
CD with software utilities and documentation (in PDF format)
Antenna
3.1
Evaluation Board Description
The WiPort Evaluation Board provides a test platform for the Lantronix WiPort device
server. It supplies 3.3V power. The WiPort Evaluation Board provides access to all
signals to and from the WiPort device server. For connecting to an external device,
the Evaluation Board two serial ports (DTE).
An on-board Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) drives status LEDs and
configures external connections.
Note:
Either disregard WLAN POWER and WLAN ACTIVITY LEDs in the
Ethernet Mode or add 15K resistors between test header J2 pin 36 and GND,
and pin 39 and GND. With these resistors, LEDs are OFF in the Ethernet
Mode
Serial Interfaces
The WiPort serial interfaces are 3.3V logic level and typically connected to a
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART). For connection to an external
device, the evaluation board has RS-232 and RS-232/422/485 transceivers. Port 0
supports RS-232. Port 1 (channel 2) supports RS-232/485. Connect to a PC using a
null-modem serial cable with 9-pin connectors (F/F).
The table below lists the RS-232 signals and corresponding pins on the WiPort. Note
that the WiPort data and hardware flow control signals are actually buffered by the
evaluation board CPLD. All signals are level-shifted by the RS-232 transceivers.
