ZigBee Communications Gateway 4 Specifications Model Number GW357 RF Interface ZigBee Pro RF Output Power +8dBm Antenna Half-wave Dipole Antenna 2dBi Gain or Integrated Antenna Clock Battery 1x 3V 220mAh Sony CR2032 Battery Power Source 5Volts @ 500mA via USB Micro Connector Charging source should be current limited Ethernet RJ45 10/100Mbps...
ZigBee Communications Gateway Manufacture date Gateway serial number Gateway model number Figure 7: Bottom label 4.3 Power The Gateway can be powered ON by plugging in the micro USB cable in the socket provided as shown in figure-3 with power source as specified in the Specifications. Selected models of gateway incorporating Power over Ethernet (PoE) can be powered on using the PoE injector through RJ45 cable.
ZigBee Communications Gateway 4.4 LED Indicators ETRX3 Status LED Interface Active LED Gateway Activity LED Link Status LED ETRX3 Status LED Link Gateway Interface Sequence Gateway State ETRX3 Status Activity LED Active ETRX3 Number Status Status Power UP Sequence Red + Blinking Green Amber for...
ZigBee Communications Gateway 4.5 Buttons Actions The Gateway has three hardware buttons as shown in the Layout which can perform multiple functions as described in this section. 1. Button 1 (B1) 2. Button 2 (B2) 3. Button 3 (B3) Restore factory defaults Follow the following procedure with buttons in order to restore the factory default configuration settings on the Gateway using B3 and B1.
ZigBee Communications Gateway 5 Functionality 5.1 Start-up Turn ON the ZigBee Communications Gateway by inserting the micro USB power cable into the LED’s socket shown in figure 3. The LEDs on the front panel will light up as described in the Sequence table.
ZigBee Communications Gateway Discovery on other platforms: On other platforms where UPnP services are not available, the device can be discovered using the following python script which basically listens to the UDP broadcast on port 14099 by the gateway once every minute. import socket, traceback, commands host = '' # Bind to all interfaces...
ZigBee Communications Gateway 5.3 Gateway Webserver ZigBee Communication Gateway hosts a http webserver to serve webpages which help the user to configure the Gateway and communicate with the ZigBee device via a simple web interface. Authentication “admin” The http webserver is protected by basic authentication hence a valid username “password”...
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ZigBee Communications Gateway 5.3.2.1.1 Gateway Configuration a. Current Firmware Info This field gives information about the current firmware running on the gateway. b. Web Terminal This option enables or disables the access to ZigBee module via the web terminal. The Gateway provides an access to the ZigBee module via Web Terminal page which can be used to issue commands to the ZigBee module and monitor the response of the module.
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ZigBee Communications Gateway Out 2 port This item specifies the port number for the dialout connection from 2 ETRX3 ZigBee module. Secure Connection This option enables the SSL on the outgoing socket connection d. Dialin TCP Sockets Module 1 Enable The Gateway also allows an incoming TCP socket connection on a specified port which enables access to the 1 ETRX3 ZigBee module.
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ZigBee Communications Gateway e. RS232/RS485 Tunnelling This is only available on GW357 gateway models which have the RS232\RS485 option (see the order codes table.) A “Module 2” check box will also be present if your GW357 has a second ETRX3 ZigBee module fitted. This option creates a direct connection between the RS232 or RS485 port on the gateway and the ETRX3 ZigBee module.
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ZigBee Communications Gateway Gateway Time Time Server The Gateway implements SNTP client which can update Gateway time from a valid time server specified in time server field. Current Time The current time of the gateway is displayed in this field when the page is loaded or is clicked.
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ZigBee Communications Gateway 5.3.2.1.2 IP Configuration a. Current IP Configurations IP address The current IP address of the Gateway is displayed in this field. MAC address The MAC address of the Gateway is displayed in this field. b. DHCP Configuration DHCP Enable If this option is enabled the Gateway can acquire IP configurations like IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and the DNS server dynamically by using DHCP protocol.
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ZigBee Communications Gateway After changing any settings in the IP configuration must be clicked in order to apply the changes in Gateway. Following message will be displayed to confirm the change. Click refresh to verify if the settings are changed successfully. 5.3.2.1.3 Restoring Factory Defaults The factory settings can be restored by clicking .
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ZigBee Communications Gateway 5.3.2.1.4 Changing the Admin Password User can change the Gateway’s default password by clicking which will display following fields on the configurations page. Fill in all the fields and hit change to apply new password. Once the password is changed successfully the following message will be displayed. Password can also be reset to factory default by restoring factory default configurations mentioned in Buttons Actions.
ZigBee Communications Gateway 5.3.2.2 ZigBee Interface Configurations Figure 13: ZigBee Interface Configurations page The Gateway comes with Telegesis ZigBee AT-commands Firmware programmed onto the assembled ETRX3 ZigBee module. This firmware communicates at baud rate settings of 19200- 8N1. The ZigBee Interface Configurations page is useful to change the serial settings of the gateway serial ports connected to the ETRX3 ZigBee modules.
ZigBee Communications Gateway 5.3.2.3 Web-Terminal Terminal Status Gateway Time ZigBee output ZigBee input Figure 14: Web Terminal page The Web Terminal is a simple web interface to communicate with the 1 ETRX3 ZigBee module on the Gateway. User can issue AT-Commands to the module in ZigBee input command box, click and monitor the response in the ZigBee output window.
ZigBee Communications Gateway 5.3.2.4 Firmware Upgrade The Gateway firmware can be updated over Ethernet. To perform Gateway firmware upgrade, navigate to “http://<gateway_ip_address>/bootload.html” page which looks like below. Figure 15: Firmware Upgrade page Stored Image Info This section gives the information of the Gateway firmware image stored in the Gateway. Image Header Each image stored in the Gateway has an Image Header for identifying the type of image.
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ZigBee Communications Gateway Upload Images Select Upload Image Type: Select the type of image to be uploaded to the Gateway. Currently Gateway supports three types of images a. Gateway Image This is the gateway upgrade image which will replace the current Gateway firmware when gateway is rebooted with Update Gateway flag enabled.
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ZigBee Communications Gateway Update Flags and Reboot Update Gateway If this flag is enabled upon reboot the gateway will validate the Gateway Image stored by image upload process mentioned above and updates the gateway firmware if a valid image is present. Update Bootloader If this flag is enabled upon reboot the gateway will validate the Bootloader Image stored by the image upload process mentioned above and updates the recovery bootloader firmware if a valid image is...
ZigBee Communications Gateway 6 Appendix A 6.1 Bootloading ETRX3 ZigBee module The procedure to upgrade firmware on ETRX3 module over a TCP socket is as described below. 1. For this example assume the firmware of 1 ETRX3 ZigBee module is to be updated remotely over a TCP socket.
ZigBee Communications Gateway 4. The LED sequence 4 should be indicated by LED panel. 5. Navigate to ZigBee Interface Configuration and Select Module 1 as shown below. 6. Click to start the bootloader on selected ZigBee module. 7. Change the baudrate to 115200 and click 8.
ZigBee Communications Gateway 9. Press “1” to see character ‘C’ displayed periodically as shown which indicates the ZigBee module is ready to receive upgrade image file via XMODEM Figure 19: Ready to receive upgrade image file via XMODEM 10. Go to Tools->Transfer File (XMODEM) and send the appropriate upgrade image file. 11.
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