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  • Page 1 HumPRO Series Master Development System User's Guide...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ANSI and NFPA standards. It is solely the responsibility Using the Programming Dock of any Linx customer who uses one or more of these products to The Development Kit Demonstration Software incorporate appropriate redundancies and safety standards for the Life and Property Safety Situation application.
  • Page 3: Introduction

    • Rapid Module Evaluation: The boards allow the performance of the Linx HumPRO™ Series modules to be evaluated quickly in a user’s environment. The development boards can be used to evaluate the range performance of the modules.
  • Page 4: Ordering Information

    Ordering Information HumPRO Series Transceiver Carrier Board Ordering Information Part Number Description MDEV-***-PRO HumPRO Series Master Development System MDEV-A-900-PRO Amplified HumPRO Series Master Development System HUM-***-PRO HumPRO Series Data Transceiver HUM-***-PRO-CAS HumPRO Series Data Transceiver with Castellation Connection HUM-***-PRO-UFL HumPRO Series Data Transceiver with U.FL Connector Amplified HumPRO Series High Power Data Transceiver with...
  • Page 5: Humpro Tm Series Carrier Board Pin Assignments

    Amplified HumPRO Series Carrier Board Programming Dock Figure 4: Amplified HumPRO Series Transceiver Carrier Board Figure 6: Programming Dock Amplified HumPRO Series Carrier Board Objects Programming Dock Objects 1. Amplified HumPRO Series Transceiver 1. Carrier Board Socket 2. Edge-mount RP-SMA RF Connector 2.
  • Page 6: Prototype Board

    Prototype Board Initial Setup There are several boards that are included with the Development System. The Carrier Boards have a HumPRO Series transceiver on a daughter board with headers. These boards snap into sockets on the other boards, enabling the modules to be easily moved among the test boards. There are two Programming Docks that have a socket for a Carrier Board and a USB interface for connection to a PC.
  • Page 7: Using The Prototype Board

    Using the Prototype Board Supply for the module is connected through R17. This can be removed and replaced by another supply or used to measure the current consumption of Snap a Carrier Board onto the socket on the Prototype Board as shown in the module.
  • Page 8: Using The Programming Dock

    If the range you are able to nickname is entered using the development kit software and can be achieve is significantly less than specified by Linx for the products you are any name that helps distinguish the modules from one another. This is...
  • Page 9: The Development Kit Demonstration Software

    The Compatibility (COMPAT) setting allows communication with legacy Figure 11: The Master Development System Software Advanced Configuration Tab products. 1. Clicking the Contact Linx, Documentation and About labels on the left side expands them to 8. The Radio group configures the radio settings of the module.
  • Page 10 • Checking the Extended Preamble box configures the module to send a long preamble at the beginning of every packet. • Checking the Assured Delivery box enables RF acknowledgements and retries when an acknowledgement is not received. • MAXTXRETRY sets the maximum number of times that the module will retry sending the packet before an exception is thrown.
  • Page 11 20. The Reset Module button issues a command to restart the module. 21. When an 868MHz module is active, the ENCSMA becomes a drop-down menu that selects the LBT + AFA settings (Figure 15). Figure 15: The Master Development System Software 868MHz Advanced Configuration Tab The modules are shown with four identifiers as shown in Figure 16.
  • Page 12 The Wireless Chat tab (Figure 18) offers a demonstration of sending data 9. When the Echo with RSSI box is checked, the software transmits any between two modules. There is a window for each connected module. message it receives and appends the received RSSI to the end of the message.
  • Page 13 The Command Set tab (Figure 21) allows specific commands to be written to the module. Figure 22: The Master Development System Software Command Set Tab Commands Menu Figure 21: The Master Development System Software Command Set Tab 1. The Command box shows the hexadecimal values that are written to the module.
  • Page 14: Development Kit Demonstration Software Example

    Development Kit Demonstration Software Example This example shows how to configure two modules to work with each other. The software defaults to the Advanced Configuration tab when opened (Figure 25). Figure 25: The Master Development System Software Advanced Configuration Tab at Start-up Figure 27: The Master Development System Software with Connected Modules Install Carrier Boards onto the Programming Docks and plug a USB cable between the Programming Docks and the PC.
  • Page 15 Changing the active module is accomplished by clicking the play symbol next to the desired module. Changes can now be made to this module. There are several settings that must match in order for the modules to be able to communicate. This example uses the following settings. •...
  • Page 16: Carrier Board Schematic

    Carrier Board Schematic Amplified Carrier Board Schematic Figure 31: HumPRO Series Transceiver Carrier Board Schematic Figure 32: Amplified HumPRO Series Transceiver Carrier Board Schematic – – – –...
  • Page 17: Programming Dock Board Schematic

    RF MODULE CARRIER AREA USB AREA POWER SUPPLY AREA USB AREA POWER SUPPLY AREA Programming Dock Board Schematic 5VUSB TPS2552 5VUSB LM3940IMP 3.3V TPS2552 LM3940IMP 3.3V Vout Vout 330 ohm ILIM 330 ohm ILIM 100uF 0.47uF PWREN# FAULT 53.6k 100uF 0.47uF PWREN# FAULT...
  • Page 18 MICROCONTROLLER AREA USB AREA POWER SUPPLY AREA 5VUSB TPS2552 nPDN LM3940IMP 3.3V Vout 330 ohm VCCP ILIM ICSPDAT 100uF GPIO1 ICSPCLK 0.47uF PWREN# FAULT 53.6k MCLR CMD_DATA_IN R42 DNP PIC16F1825-I/ST SIGNAL ROUTING CMD_DATA_OUT 0 Ohm LCD1 LED+ Buffer Bypass DNP R48 DNP CMD_DATA_IN VOUT...
  • Page 19: Prototype Board Schematic

    Prototype Board Schematic CONREVSMA001 ANT1 0.1uF Carrier Interconnect Female VCC BUS R27 DNP 0 Ohm CMD_DATA_IN 100mil Header 100mil Header R6 DNP Battery Input 10uF R8 DNP PROTOTY CBUS0 R10 DNP CBUS1 R11 DNP 5VUSB R12 DNP CBUS2 AREA R13 DNP CBUS3 BCD Charger ILIM...
  • Page 20 Figure 41: Prototype Board Prototype Area Schematic Figure 40: Prototype Board USB Area Schematic – – – –...
  • Page 21 Under no circumstances shall any user be conveyed any license or right to the use or ownership of such items. ©2018 Linx Technologies. All rights reserved. The stylized Linx logo, Wireless Made Simple, WiSE, CipherLinx and the stylized CL logo are trademarks of Linx Technologies.
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