RC16xxxx-SSM
2017 Radiocrafts AS
RC16xxxx-SSM User Manual (rev. 1.00)
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Radiocrafts
Embedded Wireless Solutions
How to register the device in the SIGFOX backend system
To be able to register the final product in the backend system of SIGFOX, the device ID and
PAC number has to be delivered to the customer with the final product.
Radiocrafts programs each device with the correspondent ID and PAC in configuration memory.
It is the responsibility of product manufacturer to extract this information and forward them to
the final customer i.e. to print the ID and PAC onto the label of product.
The exact procedure of registration on the SIGFOX network is described in
RC16xxxx-SSM-
DK_Quick_Start
document.
How to use the device with the SIGFOX Network Emulator Kit (SNEK)
The RCxxxx-SSM modules provide the option to connect to the SIGFOX Network Emulator
Kit, briefly SNEK. The SNEK is a USB dongle with the capability of emulating the SIGFOX
back-end system. The purpose of this dongle is to ease and enable product development in
areas where the global SIGFOX network is not available.
Public KEY
The SNEK is only able to receive and acknowledge packets which are encrypted with a Public
KEY. This means that standard SIGFOX packets are ignored, and the module need to be
configured in a special mode before any link is created to the SNEK.
There are three options provided by our radio modules which can be configured within the
parameter PUBLIC_KEY in the configuration memory:
Parameter
Addr.
Value Mode
ID
KEY
Description
PUBLIC_KEY 0x28
0x00
Standard Unique Unique This mode is used for
normal operation i.e. on
deployed units.
0x01
SNEK
Public
Public
This mode can be used
for development and
qualification purposes.
The packets are sent
with both the Public ID
and KEY, thus it is also
interoperable with the
SNEK.
Please remember that registering the ID in the SNEK user interface requires MSB order, and
thus the Public ID 0x89ABCDEF (or Unique ID) has to be entered as FEDCBA98.
