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Telegesis™
ZigBee RangeFinder
Telegesis ZigBee RangeFinder
Product Manual
Rev: 8
Date: Sept 2014
Guide for firmware versions: R311 and R211
Patent pending: GB1222898.7
©2016 Silicon Labs
Telegesis™ is a trademark of Silicon Laboratories Inc.
TG-RF-PM-501 ZigBee RangeFinder
Product Manual 0501 r8
ZigBee RangeFinder

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  • Page 1 Telegesis™ TG-RF-PM-501 ZigBee RangeFinder ZigBee RangeFinder Product Manual 0501 r8 Telegesis™ is a trademark of Silicon Laboratories Inc. Telegesis ZigBee RangeFinder Product Manual Rev: 8 Date: Sept 2014 Guide for firmware versions: R311 and R211 Patent pending: GB1222898.7 ©2016 Silicon Labs...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ZigBee RangeFinder Table of Contents Table of Contents..........................2 Table of Figures ..........................4 Package Contents ..........................5 Specifications ............................ 6 Handheld Terminal (HHT) ......................6 Satellite (SAT-x) .......................... 6 Handheld Terminal Unit ........................7 Layout ............................7 Functionality ..........................9 Start-up: ..........................

  • Page 3: Silicon Labs

    ZigBee RangeFinder Interpreting Test Results ......................... 42 RSSI Calculation ........................42 Packet Error Rate ........................42 Pass/Fail Criteria ........................42 ©2016 Silicon Labs Telegesis ZigBee RangeFinder...

  • Page 4: Table Of Figures

    ZigBee RangeFinder Table of Figures Figure 1: Package Contents ......................5 Figure 2: Handheld Terminal Front ....................7 Figure 3: Handheld Terminal Back ....................8 Figure 4: Product Label ........................9 Figure 5: Start-up Screen ........................ 10 Figure 6: Start-up Screen ........................ 11 Figure 7: Pre-Test Screen .......................

  • Page 5: Package Contents

    ZigBee RangeFinder Package Contents The package contains the following items, Figure 1: Package Contents a) 1x Quick Start Guide b) 4x 1.5V AA Alkaline Batteries c) 2x Satellite Units SAT100 d) 1x USB A to USB Micro Cable e) 1x Handheld Terminal ZHT100 f) 2x 1.2V AA 2000mA Rechargeable Batteries g) 3x 2.4GHz Half-wave Antennas ©2016 Silicon Labs...

  • Page 6: Specifications

    ZigBee RangeFinder Specifications Handheld Terminal (HHT) Model Number ZHT100 RF Interface 2.4GHz IEEE802.15.4 RF Output Power -9dBm to +8dBm (Standard Version) 20,19,18,16,15,13,10,7,1dBm (Long Range Version) Antenna Half-wave Dipole Antenna 2dBi Gain Battery 2x 1.2V 2000mAH NiMH Rechargeable Charging 5Volts @ 300mA via USB Micro Connector Operating Temperature 0 to 50C Humidity...

  • Page 7: Handheld Terminal Unit

    ZigBee RangeFinder Handheld Terminal Unit Layout Figure 2: Handheld Terminal Front Handheld Terminal Front (a) Product Model Number (b) LCD Display (c) Escape (Back) Key (d) Enter (Activate) Key (e) Power On/Off Key (f) USB-B Micro Connector ©2016 Silicon Labs Telegesis ZigBee RangeFinder...

  • Page 8: Figure 3: Handheld Terminal Back

    ZigBee RangeFinder Figure 3: Handheld Terminal Back Handheld Terminal Back (a) SMA Connector for Antenna (b) Product Label (c) 2x Screw for Battery Compartment (d) Battery Compartment (e) Dummy Battery (non-removable) (f) 2x Rechargeable Batteries ©2016 Silicon Labs Telegesis ZigBee RangeFinder...

  • Page 9: Functionality

    ZigBee RangeFinder Patent pending: GB1222898.7 Figure 4: Product Label Handheld Terminal Label (a) Product name “ZigBee RangeFinder” and product model number “ZHT100” (b) Serial number of the product (c) Operating parameters of the product (d) Maximum RF Transmit power  8dBm for standard version ...

  • Page 10: Start-Up

    ZigBee RangeFinder Start-up: Upon pressing the power button for four seconds the following screen will be displayed. This screen has useful information about the product such as the serial numbers of device and the firmware version of HHT. This screen is displayed upon power up and by Device Info option on Menu screen 3.

  • Page 11: Menu Screens

    ZigBee RangeFinder Menu Screens: Menu items can be scrolled through using the navigations keys navigate through options and press button to enter the selected menu item. The battery symbol shows the current battery status. Menu Screen 1 Pre- Test Test Test Energy Config...

  • Page 12: Normal Test Modes

    ZigBee RangeFinder Normal Test Modes: Pre-Test: A Pre-Test is required before the ‘Test A’ or ‘Test B’ can be performed. The Pre-Test has the function of sanity checking the link between the HHT and the SAT units. Also performing Pre- Test will configure the current test settings in SAT units.

  • Page 13: Figure 8: Test Start Screen

    ZigBee RangeFinder Test A / Test B: Telegesis Range Finder tests are designed to evaluate the suitability of deployment of a Smart Energy device which is why they focus on the ZigBee Smart Energy recommended RF channels in the 2.4GHz spectrum. Tests A and B are performed on ZigBee SE channels 11, 14, 15 and 19 during Test-A, while the remaining of SE channels 20, 24 and 25 are tested in Test-B.

  • Page 14: Figure 9: Screen For Test A And B

    ZigBee RangeFinder Test-A Results Screen Test A Tx:8dBm  h 11 h 14  h 15  h 19 Test-B Results Screen Test B Tx:8dBm  h 20 h 24  (a) Name of the test, Test A represents test on channels 11,14,15 and 19 (b) Label of the Satellite unit such as IHD Column of channel numbers valid for the selected test (d) Name of the test, Test B represents a test on channels 20,24 and 25...

  • Page 15: Figure 10: Energy Scan Screen

    ZigBee RangeFinder Energy Scan: The operator can make use of the Energy Scan of the network to get a measure of the noise or traffic present on a channel. Due to the dynamic nature of protocols (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee) each scan may show a different noise level even when done back to back. Each channel is scanned for noise for about 260mS.

  • Page 16: Continuous Test Modes

    ZigBee RangeFinder Continuous Test Modes: Tx Tone The Transmit Tone option can be useful in situations in which one has to test immunity of the existing ZigBee network against noise from other devices operating on the same channel. This option will transmit a continuous tone on the user selected channel and power level. To transmit a tone on a channel, navigate to the Tx Tone menu option on menu screen 2 using...

  • Page 17: Figure 12: Continuous Ping Configuration

    ZigBee RangeFinder Ch Ping This is another continuous mode tests which can be used whenever the user wants to find the best location to position the IHD and GAS units to get the optimum signal strength that can be achieved. Single Channel Ping Config START CH : xx...

  • Page 18: Figure 13: Continuous Ping Results

    ZigBee RangeFinder Once all the parameter values are set press navigate to START and press to start the test. Now the test will run for the time in sec set for DUR parameter. If the time set is 0 then the test will keep on running and updating the display with the Single Channel Ping Results screen unless stopped manually by pressing key.

  • Page 19: Figure 14: Single Channel E-Scan

    ZigBee RangeFinder Ch E-Scan This channel scan will show the dynamic values of the current noise levels in the selected channel. To select this single channel E-Scan option, navigate to the option on menu screen 2 using keys and press .

  • Page 20: Figure 15 One Hop Configuration Screen

    ZigBee RangeFinder One Hop Test The One Hop test is a very useful test in systems that require a repeater in between two nodes. The IHD will operate as a repeater (RTR) between the HHT and GAS. All messages from the HHT which are directed towards GAS will be relayed by the RTR.

  • Page 21: Figure 16 One Hop Test Result Screens

    ZigBee RangeFinder Screen-1 Screen-2 One Hop Results One Hop Results SAT-B SAT-B LINK LINK RSSI RSSI : XX : XX XX Sec : XX : XX XX sec RTR to SAT-B link broken HHT to RTR link broken RSSI at HHT from RTR Screen-3 RSSI at RTR from HHT Overall Packet Error Rate.
  • Page 22 ZigBee RangeFinder To end the test press key and the HHT will send a message to end the test on both RTR and GAS units. Until both units are in range the end message will not carry forward to GAS and the HHT will keep retrying which is indicated by periodic beeps on the HHT.

  • Page 23: Device Configurations

    ZigBee RangeFinder Device Configurations: Single Satellite Configuration: In some cases it may be necessary to run the test using only one Satellite unit. Such a situation might exist where only an electricity meter is being installed together with an IHD. In such cases it is possible to select the Satellite unit labelled IHD only to be used for test.

  • Page 24: Figure 17: Configurations Screen

    ZigBee RangeFinder Configuration Settings: The Configuration Settings are the important device settings that are used by the HHT and SAT units while performing the tests. The Telegesis Range Finder is designed to be able to simulate any actual ZigBee SE device – such as IHD’s, GAS meters, ESI’s etc. All these devices may operate at different power levels and may be able to operate at different RSSI thresholds in an actual SE network.

  • Page 25: Figure 18: Advanced Configurations Screen

    ZigBee RangeFinder Advanced Configurations Settings: The Advance Configurations Settings Screen is visible only after entering the correct device PIN. Adv. Config Settings : xxxx : xxxxx DEV-PROFILE-01- CDT : xx sec TX : xx dBm : xx : xx dBm : xx msec : x % Editable values...

  • Page 26: Figure 19: Configurations Parameter Limits

    ZigBee RangeFinder (e) Packet Number: Number of packets to be sent to a Satellite on a given channel during the test, the selection is available between 50 to 100 packets and can be changed in steps of 5 packets. (f) Packet Interval: The time gap between two consecutive packets sent during a test. The minimum interval can be 10mS and the maximum is 25mS and can be changed in steps of 5mS.

  • Page 27: Firmware Upgrades

    ZigBee RangeFinder Firmware Upgrades: The Telegesis Range Finder comes with an Over-The-Air (OTA) Bootloader. This enables the HHT to upgrade its own firmware via the USB link and also remotely upgrade the firmware of the SAT units. The Firmware Upgrades function is PIN protected for security. Firmware Upgrade Enter Device PIN PIN : ****...

  • Page 28: Figure 22 Hht Firmware Upgrade Options

    ZigBee RangeFinder Now Press Enter key on host PC to get the  bootloader options on the terminal as shown in the fig-> To upload the new firmware image press ‘1’  on the host PC, which will put the bootloader in Xmodem receive mode.

  • Page 29: Figure 23 Sat Firmware Options

    ZigBee RangeFinder Upgrading the SAT units: It is possible to perform OTA firmware upgrades of the SAT units. The upgrade image (*.ebl file) will be passed to the HHT to send it across to the SAT unit. Select the IHD/GAS unit for upgrade by navigating to the particular option on the Firmware Upgrade Screen and press key.

  • Page 30: Data Logging

    ZigBee RangeFinder Data Logging: The test results of Test-A/B and Energy scan results will be automatically logged into an on-board serial flash of 8MBits if the data logging feature is included into the device. The results will be stored along with the device configurations settings at the time of test. The Data Logging screen will pop up at every turn-on just after the Start-up screen to give a chance for user to enter the site ID before the start of tests.
  • Page 31 ZigBee RangeFinder recordSiteID[16] – This will be an 16 byte field used to store the site ID which will be entered by the user manually through arrow keys on the HHT. The first 8 bytes of the Site ID will be fixed and can be used as a Start Of Record (SOR) pointer.
  • Page 32 ZigBee RangeFinder Record data //test Records for Test A typedef struct{ int8u satARssi [4][2]; int8u satBRssi [4][2]; int8u perA[4]; int8u perB[4]; int8u testResult[4]; }recordTestARecords; Column-0 – RSSI received at the SAT- A or GAS end Column-1 – RSSI received by HHT Row-0 –...

  • Page 33: Device Info

    ZigBee RangeFinder Device Info This menu option displays the device information like the firmware version and serial numbers of the SAT units paired to the HHT unit. RANGE FINDER 2.4GHz Zigbee Network Surveyor : xxx : xxx : xxx : xxx Press Any Key (a) Product Name (b) Space for OEM Label...

  • Page 34: Pan Scan

    ZigBee RangeFinder PAN Scan The Rangefinder handheld unit can continuously scan for ZigBee PANs at site. The PAN scan can either be performed on a particular channel or on all 16 ZigBee channels. PANSCAN Options Channel : 11-26 Options eOne START Result Figure 27 PAN scan options...
  • Page 35 ZigBee RangeFinder PAN Scan results screen PAN’s found: 1 of 3 PANID JN JC RS W eOne Hop Results 745F 2 -43 | 6678 2 -12 ABCD 0 -23 Results C234 2 -75 eOne Hop Results – ZigBee Channel number for the PAN found PANID –...

  • Page 36: Power

    ZigBee RangeFinder Power The HHT is powered by rechargeable NiMH batteries which are charged through the USB connection. Batteries The unit takes two 1.2 V 2000mAH NiMH batteries. To conserve the power consumption the unit will turn itself off after a period of inactivity. The battery compartment is accessible on the back side of the HHT and can be opened using a coin as shown in the Layout section.

  • Page 37: Satellite Unit

    ZigBee RangeFinder Satellite Unit Layout Figure 30: Satellite Front (a) Model number: SAT100 (b) Power Button to turn the unit On or Off (c) Red/Green LED to indicate the operation state of the unit Figure 31: Satellite Back (a) SMA connector for Antenna (b) Product Label (c) Battery Compartment ©2016 Silicon Labs...

  • Page 38: Functionality

    ZigBee RangeFinder Figure 32: Satellite Product Label (a) Product name (b) Module number of Satellite (SAT100) (c) Serial number of the product (d) Operating parameters of the product (e) Warning (f) Barcode with following content: <Model>/L<Serial> e.g. ‘SAT100/L157’ (g) Manufacturer’s contact information (h) Compliance marking for CE and WEEE (i) Manufacturer’s logo Functionality...

  • Page 39: Leds

    ZigBee RangeFinder LEDs The indicator LED has two colours and it can represent following states for the Satellite. Red LED Green LED Satellite State Power Button is pressed. Flashing SAT unit ON and Battery 1 flash/sec State healthy. Flashing SAT ON and Battery Low. 1 flash/sec Flashing SAT unit waiting for upgrade...

  • Page 40: Figure 33: A Typical Floor Plan With Smart Energy Equipment Locations

    ZigBee RangeFinder Point D Point C BT Home Hub Gas Meter Garage Point B Electricity Meter Kitchen Point A Lounge Figure 34: A typical floor plan with Smart Energy equipment locations The Electricity and Gas meter locations are fixed whereas the IHD can be in any location such as indicated by points A,B,C and D in the above floor plan.

  • Page 41: Workflow

    ZigBee RangeFinder Workflow The following flowchart shows the expected procedural flow for performing a test. Flow at Satellite Unit Flow at Handheld Unit Power On Power On IHD and GAS Handheld Unit Satellite Units From Main Menu select ‘I’ for IHD only Turn Power Off Observer LED and ‘IG’...

  • Page 42: Interpreting Test Results

    ZigBee RangeFinder Interpreting Test Results The RF over-the-air transmission mechanism, verified by observation, suggests that given a large enough sample size of RF packets the RSSI value does not change any more than a few dBm provided that the physical environment around the test units does not change during the test. If there is RF interference present during the test then it is more likely to cause failure of the packets to be received, decoded properly or a failure to pass the CRC test than to affect the RSSI value.
  • Page 43 The products are not designed or authorized to be used within any Life Support System without the specific written consent of Silicon Laboratories. A "Life Support System" is any product or system intended to support or sustain life and/or health, which, if it fails, can be reasonably expected to result in significant personal injury or death.

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