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User Manual – v4.1
14390 Carlson Circle
Tampa, FL 33626
+1 (813) 855-8687

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  • Page 1 User Manual – v4.1 14390 Carlson Circle Tampa, FL 33626 +1 (813) 855-8687...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Introduction ............................ 1 Connect to zAP2 access point ......................2 Access Point remote portal ......................3 3.1. Device IP ............................3 3.2. WIFI connections......................... 4 3.3. Download files ..........................6 3.4. Upload files ..........................7 3.5. Documentation & Software ......................9 3.6.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    14390 Carlson Circle Tampa, FL 33626 +1 (813) 855-8687 zAP2 Access Point portal 1. Spectrometer modes 1.1. Normal Mode: Connected to USB To use the spectrometer in normal mode (connected to the USB port of a computer) just plug the USB cable to the spectrometer and to the computer.

  • Page 4: Connect To Zap2 Access Point

    Once you power up the spectrometer, after about 60 seconds, you should see the Access Point WIFI like “StellarNet_zAP2_##” as shown in the figure: Use “stellarnet” password to connect to the Access Point. If you have multiple zAP2 connected you will see multiple Access Point networks: Page | 2...

  • Page 5: Access Point Remote Portal

    (i.e: stellarnet.us, google.com, etc.) NOTE: Some web browsers might not redirect you to the remote portal, if that is the case type: 192.168.4.1 The “StellarNet zAP2 Remote Portal” will come up as shown in the following picture: 3.1. Read device IP This option is used to read the device IP.

  • Page 6: Wifi Connections

    14390 Carlson Circle Tampa, FL 33626 +1 (813) 855-8687 zAP2 Access Point portal IMPORTANT: If the IP of the device is 192.168.4.1 (Access Point IP) means that the device is not yet connected to any WIFI. 3.2. Manage WIFI connections This option is used to manage (add/remove) WIFI connections.
  • Page 7 Tampa, FL 33626 +1 (813) 855-8687 zAP2 Access Point portal Once you type in your WIFI name and password and hit save, you will see the confirmation page: NOTE: Now the spectrometer has added the WIFI configuration to its network list. Next reboot it will try to connect to the first network in the list and if it fails, then it will try with the next one and so on.

  • Page 8: Download Files

    14390 Carlson Circle Tampa, FL 33626 +1 (813) 855-8687 zAP2 Access Point portal 3.3. Download files This option is used to download files from the user folders 3.3.1. Data files and Screenshots Data files will list all the files inside...

  • Page 9: Upload Files

    3.4.1. Updates This option is used to upload an “Update file” so the device will upgrade on the next reboot. The update files are provided by StellarNet so the user only has to upload the update file and restart the device.
  • Page 10 14390 Carlson Circle Tampa, FL 33626 +1 (813) 855-8687 zAP2 Access Point portal Once you selected an update file (“update_#####.zip”), click the “Upload update” button and the confirmation message will show up. Page | 8...

  • Page 11: Documentation & Software

    3.4.2. Other file With this option the user can upload any kind of file to the dedicated user folder into zAP2. Simply click “Choose File” to select the file in your drive and then “Upload file” to save it into zAP2. /home/zAP2/StellarNet/user_files/ User folder: 3.5.
  • Page 12 14390 Carlson Circle Tampa, FL 33626 +1 (813) 855-8687 zAP2 Access Point portal 3.5.1. User Manual This option will open this user manual in a new tab. 3.5.2. Download Putty You can download the version of Putty (SSH access) you need for your system: ...

  • Page 13: Restart Device

    14390 Carlson Circle Tampa, FL 33626 +1 (813) 855-8687 zAP2 Access Point portal 3.5.4. Download VirtualHere You can download the version of VirtualHere (USB-over-IP) you need for your system:  Windows 32bit  Windows 64bit   Linux 3.6. Restart device You can use this option to reboot the device without the need to unplug and re-plug the device.

  • Page 14: Remote Access

    14390 Carlson Circle Tampa, FL 33626 +1 (813) 855-8687 zAP2 Access Point portal 4. Remote access There are different options to remotely access the Spectrometer, which can be divided in two categories: 1- Remote login to the onboard desktop/console 2- Remote data requests The first one is to access the Spectrometer desktop (graphic user interface –...
  • Page 15 IMPORTANT: You need to be connected to the same WIFI connection than the spectrometer to access using this IP given by the router. Using this IP means that you are connecting to the zAP2 through your router (multiple users can be connected to the same zAP2 simultaneously): 4.1.2.

  • Page 16: Data Streaming

    +1 (813) 855-8687 zAP2 Access Point portal 4.2. Data access We have currently two ways to read spectrum data from the zAP2 without the need to log into the remote spectrometer. 1. Using VirtualHere, a USB-over-IP solution (Fastest - Recommended) 2.
  • Page 17 14390 Carlson Circle Tampa, FL 33626 +1 (813) 855-8687 zAP2 Access Point portal 4- “Add” a new hub and use the IP of your spectrometer (3.1Read device IP). Press “OK” and then close the window. 5- Wait a few seconds and you should now see the USB device as shown in the following picture.
  • Page 18 Tampa, FL 33626 +1 (813) 855-8687 zAP2 Access Point portal 6- You will have to “uncheck” the “Auto-Find Hub” option to avoid device disconnections: 7- If you want to always use the device when available, then you can check the “Auto-Use all on this Hub”...
  • Page 19 Access Point portal 4.2.2. SpectraWiz Mobile Apps Each zAP2 includes our latest SpectraWiz Mobile App set written in the form of .bin files (Linux executable) and dynamic library for USB drivers as stellarnet_driver.so and stellarnet.hex files. We also provide with simple data acquisition script written in python (data.py) that can communicate with stellarnet_driver.so and perform simple operation to set device parameter and...

  • Page 20: Desktop Access

    Desktop access: VNC viewer You can use “Real VNC” (Virtual Network Computing) to remotely access the Spectrometer desktop. VNC Viewer is a freeware you can download from the zAP2 portal or from the official webpage: https://www.realvnc.com/es/connect/download/viewer/ Once you install and open VNC Viewer you can enter the IP (4.1.Connection pathways) of the...

  • Page 21: Console Access: Ssh

    Console access: SSH You can use any SSH client to remotely access the Spectrometer console. In this case we use PuttySSH, which you can download from the zAP2 portal or from the official webpage: https://www.putty.org/. You can access the spectrometer by using the access point – fixed IP – or the WIFI connection –...

  • Page 22: Folders Structure

    9- Folders structure Either if you access via SSH or VNC you will have access to all the folders into the remote spectrometer. Once you log in you can see the zAP2 home folder with the following structure: Page | 20...

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