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HDA800 User Manual Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution Revision History Revision Revision date Description PA1 2010-11-30 First Issue PA4 2010-12-17 Updated for revision R2B of PC Connection Board PA5 2011-01-12 Added XPLAIN example PB1 2011-02-04 Updates for release 1.1.3 PC1 2011-06-09 Updates for release 1.2 PC2 2012-02-01 Channel range updated Disclaimer and copyright notice Information in this document, including URL references, is subject to change without notice. THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ANY WARRANTY OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF ANY PROPOSAL, SPECIFICATION OR SAMPLE. All liability, including liability for infringement of any proprietary rights, relating to use of information in this document is disclaimed. No licenses express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights are granted herein. All trade names, trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned in this document are property of their respective owners, and are hereby acknowledged. Copyright © 2009 H&D Wireless AB. All rights reserved. 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 2 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution CONTENTS 1 EVALUATION KIT CONTENT .................................................................................................. 4 2 PREPARATIONS ................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 USB driver installation .................................................................................................................................. 4 3 CONNECTING THE KIT .......................................................................................................... 5 4 SPB800 FIRMWARE ............................................................................................................. 6 5 COMMANDS........................................................................................................................ 6 5.1 Serial Port Commands .................................................................................................................................. 9 6 EXAMPLE 1, SERIAL PORT WIRELESS LAN ADAPTER ............................................................ 11 6.1 Web Configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 14 7 FIRMWARE UPGRADE ........................................................................................................ 16 8 KNOWN ISSUES ................................................................................................................. 17 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 3 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution 1 Evaluation Kit Content  SPB800-E, SPB800 Evaluation board with a 10pos. header socket, to allow easy plug in.  PC connection board  USB cable  USB Flash memory with documentation and reference code 2 Preparations To communicate with the SPB800E from a PC you need the PC connection board that convert the SPB800E’s UART signal to USB or RS-232 and provide 3.3V power to the module. On the PC you need a serial communications application, such as TeraTerm or HyperTerm. TeraTerm can be downloaded from http://www.ayera.com/teraterm/download.cfm 2.1 USB driver installation If you are running Windows 7, it usually recognize the serial to USB chip and installs the drivers at first connection. For other operating system there are driver software provided on the USB memory under the directory called “USB_driver” If you cannot find the appropriate driver for your system or having other problems with the USB driver please seek more information at http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm Remember to set the two jumpers on the PC connection in their right position to enable USB as serial port. If you rather use the RS-232 port the jumpers should be in the left position. See Figure 2-1. Figure 2-1: Port selection jumpers 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 4 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution 3 Connecting the Kit Connect the Evaluation Kit as follows: 1. Plug in the SPB800E into the 10-pin header. 2. Connect the PC Connection board with the USB cable to a USB port on a PC. The USB powers the board so no other power source is required. Or alternatively: Power the PC Connection board from an AC/DC adapter with between 5V – 9V DC output and plus on the sleeve and negative on the centre pin. Connect with a serial cable to the PC. 3. Start a serial communications application such as TeraTerm on PC1. In TeraTerm, select “Setup->Serial Port…” in the menu and configure the serial port according to the figure below. Note that the port number used to communicate with the SPB800E (COM6 in the figure above) might be different in some environments, so make sure to try another one if COM6 fails (see figure below) The assigned port can also be found in the Windows Device Manager, under Ports (COM & LPT). 4. Press the reset button on the PC Connection Card to restart the SPB800E 5. In the TeraTerm window a series of dots appears one every second 6. Hit “Return” in the TeraTerm terminal within 5 seconds from the first dot to keep the SPB800E in configuration mode. A $ prompt should show in the terminal. Now you are ready to configure the SPB800E for one of the examples 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 5 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution 4 SPB800 Firmware The SPB800 can be programmed with two different firmwares for different modes.  One where the host is unaware of the SPB800, which forwards the data it receives on the serial port onto a TCP socket. The firmware for this mode is called spb800-serial_to_wifi_rxxx.hlf. This is the firmware on the SPB800 when it is delivered in the HDA800 kit.  The other, where the host is aware of the SPB800 and uses the oWL-pico API to configure and control the SPB800, called spb800-pserver_rxxx.hlf, where xxx is the build version corresponding to a release, e.g. 1.2 The firmware can be swapped between the versions the same way as described for upgrades in chapter 7 5 Commands The following commands are available for the SPB800 in configuration mode. For (o)WL-pico API command please see the (o)WL-pico API Specification. db Read/write database upgrade fw upgrade xmodem reset reset device help print a list of available commands test_mode sets the unit in test mode (do NOT use without the proper software tools) nvdiag onboard non volatile memory check The db (data base) command splits in several commands db reset [path] reset param(s) to default (need to be followed by a db store) db get [path] list parameter(s) in the edit list. db set <path> [args ...] set single parameter db load read parameters from non-volatile memory (flash) db store write parameters to non-volatile memory (flash) 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 6 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution Figure 5-1: Parameter data base At start up the SPB800 read the parameters from the non-volatile memory, see Figure 5-1. To change a parameter value it needs to be changed in the edit list and then stored in non-volatile memory with the db store command. “db store” stores all the values in the edit list at the same time. The current parameters in non-volatile memory can be retrieved with the command “db load”. Factory default setting can be retrieved with the command “db reset”. Please not that to restore the active settings to factory default the parameters also have to be stored with “db store”. 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 7 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution Figure 5-2: Sample of db get listing  With “db set” you can set all parameters for the HDA800 to connect to a WiFi Network as well as configure the serial port settings.  Typing an erroneous command will list the available command as a help Table 5-1: Data base parameters Parameter Values Command IP Network parameters IP address IPv4 address db set /net/ip <ip> Default Gateway IPv4 address db set /net/gw <gw> Netmask IPv4 address db set /net/mask <mask> Enable DHCP client Boolean db set /net/dhcp <0 or 1> DNS server IPv4 address db set /net/dns <dns> Disable DHCP server Boolean db set /dhcpd/enable <0 or 1> (AP mode only) http server port 0 – 65535 db set /httpd/port <80> Wireless LAN parameters SSID String db set /wl/ssid <ssid> Type of key used none, wep, wpa db set /wl/key_type <none, wep, or wpa> WEP, WPA/WPA2 key String db set /wl/key <key> 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 8 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution Mode station, AP sta, ap db set /wl/mode <sta, ap> Channel (only in AP 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 db set /wl/channel <1-11> mode) Serial port parameters Baud rate 9600, 38400, 57600, db set /uart/baudrate <rate> 115200, 230400 Data bits 5, 6, 7 or 8 bit db set /uart/databits <5,6,7 or 8> Parity even, odd, none db set /uart/parity <even, odd or none> Stop bits 1, 2 db set /uart/stopbits <1 or 2> Flow Control Boolean db set /uart/rtscts <0 or 1> RS-232/RS-485 rs232, rs485 db set /uart/mode <rs232, rs485> UART duplex half, full db set /uart/duplex <half,full> Application parameters Protocol mode None db set /proto/active none (should always be set to none for BOX800M) TCP socket String db set /proto/none/port Server/Client tcp-server, tcp-client db set /proto/none/mode Server IP address String DNS/IP db set /proto/none/host <ip> No dots (turn off Boolean db set /shell/nodots <0,1> initial dots) Security Username String db set /auth/username <username> Password String db set /auth/password <password> Http authentication Basic, digest db set /httpd/auth <basic,digest> 5.1 Serial Port Commands All serial ports command is in lower case characters. 5.1.1 db command The “db” command is used to read, modify and store parameters in the data base. The command expression is db operation <path> [argument] Depending on the operation the parameter path and argument may be optional. 5.1.2 db reset <path> “db reset” resets the parameter indicated in <path> to default. If <path> is omitted all parameters in the edit set is restored to their default values. To restore the unit completely to its default settings the edit set has to be stored in non volatile memory with the command “db store” 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 9 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution 5.1.3 db get <path> “db get” shows the parameter indicated in <path> from the edit list. If <path> is omitted all parameters are listed. 5.1.4 db set <path> [args ...] “db set” sets the parameter give in <path> to the value given in *args+ 5.1.5 db set /wl/mode “db set /wl/mode (ap|sta) is the setting for if the SPB800 should function as a Soft AP or in Station (client) mode. If this parameter is set there will be an additional delay at reset to change mode. 5.1.6 db load “db load” retrieve the parameters from the active set to the edit list. 5.1.7 db store “db store” stores the parameters in the edit list into non-volatile memory. 5.1.8 Reset The “reset” command restarts the BOX800M which loads the parameters from the active set in the data base at start up. 5.1.9 Upgrade The upgrade command set the device ready to receive new firmware via XMODEM. See Fel! Hittar inte referenskälla. page Fel! Bokmärket är inte definierat. for more information. 5.1.10 Test Mode To set the device in RF test mode the command test_mode is given. Warning, do not use this mode unless you have the required software tools. To exit the mode type “quit” in the terminal window. Please note that the typing when in test mode is not echoed on the terminal. 5.1.11 Help “help” lists the available commands. 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 10 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution 6 Example 1, Serial port Wireless LAN adapter This example describes how to configure the HDA800 Evaluation Kit to a RS-232 – Wireless LAN adapter. It makes use of a direct method changing the parameter database values with commands from a consol terminal like TeraTerm or similar. This exemplifies how the SPB800 can be used with a un-aware host. How to do it:  Start a serial port terminal on the PC  Connect the HDA800 to the Serial Port/Serial port adapter on the PC  Insert the DC plug to power the unit and hit “Return” within 5 seconds. You should read a string of dots .. on the terminal and a $ prompt once you have hit return. If you are to late in hitting “Return” the terminal won’t do anything. Example of terminal printout  The following commands are available Configuration Example:  In this example we want to configure the HDA800 to work as an Access point with the following characteristics  SSID = my-wifi-net  Encryption = WPA  Encryption passphrase =my-secret-key  IP address we want to assign = 192.168.2.10  Subnet mask = 255.255.255.0  Default Gateway 192.168.2.254  Important! No settings are stored in the flash memory until the command “db store” is given.  First we need to set the parameter /wl/mode to set the mode to Soft AP. 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 11 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution $ db set /wl/mode ap  Then we continue with entering the SSID $ db set /wl/ssid my-wifi-net  Then we enter the security encryption type in this case we are using WPA $ db set /wl/key_type wpa  Enter the key $ db set /wl/key my-secret-key  Then we disable the DHCP client as we want to set a static IP address for the HDA800. $ db set /net/dhcp 0  We enter the IP address we have selected for the HDA800. Make sure that is does not collide with any other static set address or the address range managed by the networks DHCP server. $ db set /net/ip 192.168.2.1  We enter the corresponding network mask. $ db set /net/mask 255.255.255.0  Then we enter the default gateway of the network $ db set /net/gw 192.168.2.254  We then in a similar fashion set the RS-232 parameters, first the baud rate to 9600 kbps $ db set /uart/baudrate 9600  We turn flow control off $ db set /uart/rtscts 0  The number of data bits to 8 $ db set /uart/databits 8  The number of parity bits to none $ db set /uart/parity none  The number of stop bits to 1 $ db set /uart/stopbits 1  Finally we defines the HDA800 as server for the TCP socket $ db set /proto/none/mode tcp-server 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 12 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution  And set the port of the TCP socket to 2001 $ db set /proto/none/port 2001  To check our parameters we type “db get” to list all parameters to check. We need to double check that the parameter /uart/mode is at its default value rs232. $ db get PATH FLAGS SZ TYPE VALUE(S) ---------------------------- ---------- -- ----- -------------- /wl/ssid NV 1 SSID my-wifi-net /wl/key NV 1 STR my-secret-key /wl/key_type NV 1 U8 wpa(2) /wl/mode NV 1 U8 ap(1) /wl/hwaddr RO PROC 1 STR N/A /wl/rssi RO PROC 1 S32 N/A /wl/status RO PROC 1 STR Disconnected /net/dhcp NV 1 BOOL 0 /net/ip NV 1 IP 192.168.2.10 /net/mask NV 1 IP 255.255.255.0 /net/gw NV 1 IP 192.168.2.254 /net/status RO PROC 1 STR N/A /proto/active NV 1 U8 none(0) /proto/none/mode NV 1 U8 tcp-server1) /proto/none/host NV 1 STR /proto/none/port NV 1 U16 2001 /uart/baudrate NV 1 U32 9600(9600) /uart/rtscts NV 1 BOOL 0 /uart/databits NV 1 U8 8(8) /uart/parity NV 1 U8 none(0) /uart/stopbits NV 1 U8 1(1) /uart/mode NV 1 U8 rs232(0) /uart/duplex NV 1 U8 half(0) /shell/nodots NV 1 BOOL 0 /hw/board RO PROC 1 STR spb800 /hw/rev RO PROC 1 STR 2238  Satisfied with the result we enter the parameters into the flash with ”db store” $ db store  We can now disconnect the HDA800 from the serial port and DC power and connect it to any equipment that communicates with a RS-232 serial port and access that through a TCP socket on port 2001.  If the equipment we are to connect the HDA800 to is sensitive for incoming characters it is advisable to turn off the printing of the dots at start up by setting the parameter /shell/nodots to 1. Please note that you will still be able to get into configuration mode the first five seconds even though there are no dots printed.  See also 1543- HDA800 Quick Start Guide for more information on this example. 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 13 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution 6.1 Web Configuration The top frame show the status of the device Select station or AP mode Enter SSID and security type. (only open network currently supported) Security type and Key For AP mode enter desired channel. Choose if to use DHCP client or not. If not used enter a static IP address, network mask and default gateway Set up the serial port  Baudrate  Parity  Data Bits  Stop Bits  RS232 or RS485 mode  Flow control RTS/CTS  Duplex mode (half/full) If you are to use the BOX800M in proxy mode (cable replacement) enter if the unit should be server or client. For the client you’ll need to enter the IP address of the server node. Enter the port to use (default is 2000). If you want to prevent un-authorized changes to the parameters, enter username and password and authentication mode. Don’t forget to write down the username and password as they cannot be recovered from the system. 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 14 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution To simplify the setup an un-configured SPB800 starts in soft AP mode, with the following properties:  SSID: hdconfig-xx-xx-xx (where xx-xx-xx are the last six digits of the SPB800’s MAC address)  IP address: 192.168.1.1  DHCP server This is the most convenient way to configure the SPB800 as it can be done in situ. To connect to the BOX800 use a PC or a smart phone with WLAN  Scan the available networks and connect o hdconfig-xx-xx-xx  Start a web browser and enter 192.168.1.1 in the address field  The configuration page opens in the browser  Enter all the desired data and click on submit.  A confirmation page with your settings is shown before the BOX800M restart itself with the new settings.  To change settings or to monitor the unit’s activity opens the web page at the new IP address. 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 15 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution 7 Firmware Upgrade To upgrade the firmware of the SPB800E do as follows:  Connect the SPB800E with the PC Connection board to a Serial port of a PC and start TeraTerm (57600 8N1)  Power up or power cycle the SPB800E and hit return in TeraTerm within 5 seconds from the first dot is visible in the terminal window.  Enter configuration mode by pressing <enter>  Type "upgrade". SPB800 will now wait for a file being transferred using the XMODEM protocol.  In TeraTerm, select File->Transfer->XMODEM ->send and select the firmware image (SPB800-pserver.hlf). Make sure the "checksum" radio button is selected.  The transfer should start when OK is pressed. Note that SPB800 will time out after about 20 seconds if not file is sent, in that case restart from typing upgrade and try again.  When the transfer is complete, the SPB800 will print "completed - rebooting" in the TeraTerm window. Now wait until the dots are printed again. 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 16 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.

Users Manual HDA800 Evaluation Kit SPB800 Serial to WiFi solution 8 Known Issues  IP address, mask and GW fields needs to be filled with a valid IP address even if DHCP client is selected. 1543-HDA800 Users Manual page 17 ( 17) Copyright © 2010, 2011 H&D Wireless AB, Sweden, all rights reserved.


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