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ECO-Sign

User Manual

Rev. 1.0

July, 2011

Pervasive Displays Inc.

Tel：+886-6-2795399 | Fax：+886-6-2795300

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Page 1 ECO-Sign User Manual Rev. 1.0 July, 2011 Pervasive Displays Inc. Tel：+886-6-2795399 | Fax：+886-6-2795300...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
What is the ECO-Sign Solution? ............1 ZigBee Wireless Technology ............... 2 ZigBee Topologies ................3 Node Types ..................4 ECO-Sign Model & Composed of Elements ........... 5 Pre-Installation ..................7 III. Quick Start with ECO-Sign ................ 8 Quick Start with Template Design ............10 Software Installation ................
Page 3 How does Eco-Sign work? ............... 43 Information ................... 44 IX. How to update firmware? ............... 46 Naming rule .................. 46 Update tool ................... 46...
Page 4: Introduction
ZigBee wireless gateways and software. The ECO-Sign has ultra-low power consumption and provides wireless updates of the display. With no wires and rechargeable batteries the ECO-Sign is easy to install and is a perfect solution for office or factory automation, electronic shelf labels, e-Signage/e-POP, logistic or container applications.
Page 5: Zigbee Wireless Technology
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 ZigBee Wireless Technology ZigBee is a specification for a suite of high level communication protocols using small, low-power digital radios based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs). The technology defined by the ZigBee specification is intended to be simpler and less expensive than other WPANs, such as Bluetooth.
Page 6: Zigbee Topologies
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 ZigBee Topologies A ZigBee network can adopt one of three topologies: Star, Tree or Mesh. (1) Star Topology A Star network has a central node, which is linked to all other nodes in the network.
Page 7: Node Types
ZigBee Routers are color coded in green. (3) ZigBee End Device: It’s equal to our ECO-Sign Device. ECO-Sign Device contains just enough functionality to talk to the parent node (either the Coordinator or a Router) and refresh the content on e-Paper display.
Page 8: Eco-Sign Model & Composed Of Elements
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 ECO-Sign Model & Composed of Elements The components of the ECO-Sign solution are illustrated below: (1) ECO-Sign Devices: (hereinafter the “Device”) The Active-Matrix e-Paper display with Timing Control board, ZigBee module and rechargeable battery. e-Paper...
Page 9 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 (3) Software: This software is the graphic user interface to manage devices, gateways, networks, data sources, schedules and templates. ZigBee/RF TCP/IP ECO-Sign Gateways Software Devices  Coordinator  Router (4) Peripherals: mini-USB power adapter. Coordinator and Router are powered by this mini-USB power adapter.
Page 10: Pre-Installation
ECO-Signs. Please make sure that all the devices (Coordinator, Router and ECO-Sign) have the same color label. (3) This software is only used for ZigBee Coordinator with Ethernet (RJ45 port) which firmware version is greater than 0.53.
Page 11: Quick Start With Eco-Sign
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 III. Quick Start with ECO-Sign (1) Connect the Coordinator: (a) Plug an Ethernet cable into the RJ45 connector and your network switch. An address will automatically be assigned by DHCP. Coordinator (b) Plug in the mini USB power adapter and flip the power switch on the Coordinator.
Page 12 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 (4) Activate the ECO-Sign: (a) Flip the power switch on the ECO-Sign and copy the discovered MAC address on the EPD Device tab. (b) Select the size and target template. Click [Add/Update] to link the Device and wait for Device to update.
Page 13: Quick Start With Template Design
Click [Next] to go to the drawing board to insert objects. (2) Configuring a Data Source: (a) In this example we configure the ECO-sign software to use Microsoft Access. Click the “Microsoft Access” and open the file browser by clicking the […] button.
Page 14: Software Installation
Supported Operating Systems Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 : 32 bits or 64 bits  Instructions Software name : ECO-Sign System (ESS)  Double click the installer to setup system in your computer.  Please follow the guide of the installer on screen.
Page 15: Hardware Installation
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 VI. Hardware Installation Overview (1) ECO-Sign Device (2) Coordinator (3) Router Confidential -12-...
Page 16: Mounting Eco-Sign
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 Mounting ECO-Sign ECO-Sign Device  There are two available mounting kits for the ECO-Sign. 1. Wall mounting kit 2. Table stand Both mounting kits are optional and available for ordering. Wall mounting  The wall mounting kit includes:...
Page 17 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0  Steps to mount ECO-Sign Device  Portrait orientation (a) Find an appropriate place to mount the Device. (b) Mark the locations of the four screws using the wall-mount bracket as a template. You can also fasten the four provided wall screws directly to align the mounting bracket.
Page 18 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0  Landscape orientation (a) Find an appropriate place to mount Device. (b) Mark the locations of the four screws using the wall-mount bracket as a template. You can also fasten the four provided wall screws directly to align the mounting bracket.
Page 19 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0  Steps to detach ECO-Sign Device (a) If you want to detach the Device, you need a flat screwdriver to release the lock at wall-mount bracket. (b) Press down the lock and slide the sign in the direction of the power switch.
Page 20 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 Landscape orientation Confidential -17-...
Page 21: Led Indicator (On Device)
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 LED Indicator (on Device) The LED indicator has two color types on the front cover top of the Device. : When the Device is receiving or transmitting signal, the Green LED will be flashing. : When you use USB cable or power adapter to recharge the battery of the Device, the orange LED will light up.
Page 22: Recharging Device
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 (3) Coordinator: Please use CAT5 cable to connect with Coordinator to the local network and power it by the provided mini-USB power adapter. If you order two or more Coordinators, different color labels are pasted on each Coordinator indicating different ZigBee channels.
Page 23: Coordinator Network Configuration
In the following introduction, you will know how to find a Coordinator adding in ECO-Sign System in order to control Devices. The default port number 1001 is fixed. If you want to...
Page 24: Configure Coordinator
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 Configure Coordinator (1) Factory defaults Item Value Link in IP Address http://192.168.1.1 Username : admin User name and Password Password : admin Server Name PDI ZigBee Mode Address Type Static IP Static Address 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0...
Page 25 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 (a) Over Ethernet You can use intranet network or build a sub network using switch to connect with Coordinator. Note that your network segment should the same as Coordinator that IP address beginning of “192.168.1.x”. For example:...
Page 26: Web Configuration
You can define a Coordinator name here. When you add a Coordinator to ECO-Sign System, this name will be showed in the list which helps you to clear indentify it, so please name it meaningful. Maximum length is 32 characters.
Page 27 TCP type and IP address from Coordinator to the computer that installs ECO-Sign system. If this port number 23 conflicts your security policy, you can change this number to other one here.
Page 28 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 (a) Restore Defaults: Press this button will restore all options to factory defaults. Note that the Address Type will be reset to “DHCP/Auto IP”. (b) Restart: Press this button to restart this Coordinator. (4) Change User Name and Password If this is your first time to login Coordinator web configuration, you should change the user name and password here.
Page 29: Working With Device And Coordinator
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 VIII. Working with Device and Coordinator Starting ESS (ECO-Sign System) (1) ECO-Sign System provides full access all the functionality of ECO-Sign solution without any activation or registration. (2) Execute ECOSign.exe (3) There are several tab strips on the form: Descriptions This page allows user to manage the list of Coordinator.
Page 30: Coordinator
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 Coordinator After attaching a Coordinator to network, you have to register it in the list. To add a new Coordinator:  (1) Click [Search] button. A new window “Coordinator Finder” will pop up. If the new...
Page 31 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 (3) The new Coordinator will be listed on the grid. Please verify that the “Status” of the coordinator is “On”. (4) If you want to manual add a Coordinator, you can directly type the IP address of the Coordinator, the port number and the description.
Page 32: Target
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 Target Target is an object that EPD Device can serve. A target name should be easy to understand with a meaningful name and description. For example, if you want to define a target for conference room M203 located in factory 2, building A on the 2 floor, you could give the target name for “F2BAM203”.
Page 33 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 To edit Target:  (1) Click an entry in the list; modify the data and then press [Add / Update] button. (2) Once the target name is the defined it cannot be changed. If you need to change the name you can delete the target and create a new one.
Page 34: Epd Device
Note: the device only works with the same channel of Coordinator.  Each field in the grid: MAC address : The MAC address of ECO-Sign Device which is a 23 character string  in the ##-##-##-##-##-##-##-##, where # is a number [0-9] or a letter [A-F].
Page 35 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 This will also list a warning message in “Warning” tab strip. Coordinator IP: This Device is controlled by which Coordinator.  Size: The size of Device.  RSSI: Received Signal Strength Indication which is a measurement of the power ...
Page 36 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 (3) Select right panel size of the Device. (4) Select a Target name for the EPD Device and assign it. (5) Click [Add / Update] button to add this EPD Device to list. When the EPD Device wakes up next time, the message will show correct Target name and work with Schedule accordingly.
Page 37 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 To delete EPD Device:  (1) With your mouse right click on the EPD Device that you would like to remove and select [Delete] from the popup menu. Confidential -34-...
Page 38: Template
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 Template ESS provides several objects and connectivity to design different content. Data Source:  In this group, you just need to set the database connection from Microsoft SQL Server or Access one time. You can start to drag a database object on the layout and assign table schema by condition.
Page 39 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 Click [Test] to test the connection. If the connection is successful, the tables in the database will be listed in the drop-down list. Templates:  To add a new template: (1) Select the [New template] option button and name your template.
Page 40 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 To delete a template: With your mouse right click on the template that you would like to remove and select [Delete] from the popup menu. Template Designer:  Database Object Image Object Text Object Outlook Object...
Page 41 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 Display field:  The field to be shown on Device. Result:  To show filtered record. Please make sure only one record is returned. If multiple records are return, you must redefine the WHERE clause.
Page 42 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 show. If your barcode will show text under the barcode, “Show readable text” option should be checked. If some objects are overlapping, you can right-click the object and choose to “Bring forward”, “Send backward”, “Bring to front” or “Send to back” on the pop-up menu.
Page 43: Schedule
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 Schedule Schedule provides recurring and unconventional time intervals to configure the Device active or sleep modes. Recurring time interval  Please switch to “Configuration” page. You can set recurring time here. It is also the “Default” schedule which can be default selected in Target page to assign this schedule.
Page 44: Configuration
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 Configuration Default Schedule :  (1) Like the setting above, the Device will wake up for 60 seconds. When it returns to sleep mode, it will keep sleeping for 60 seconds. (2) When the Device wakes up, it will check for a new image in the Coordinator. If the coordinator has an update to the display, the image will be transmitted immediately.
Page 45 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 If Device is receiving data from Gateway without any response and time out over this value, the Coordinator will stop sending image to this Device. A warning massage will be also recorded in “Warning” tab strip.
Page 46: How Does Eco-Sign Work
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 How does Eco-Sign work? A : Default Active(Wake-up) Time, B : Default Sleep Time, SC : Eco-sign System to Coordinator, CD : Coordinator to Device Confidential -43-...
Page 47: Information
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 Information The message box shows the communication log of Coordinators and Devices. Below is an example. Message format: [HH:MM:SS]: [Information] Description Item Coordinator is working. 14:19:23 Coordinator [10.200.34.29] is connected successfully. Switch ON Device 14:19:57 Agent Reply: Checking new images...
Page 48 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 transmit the image to Device 14:25:47 [Demo1]: Device returns to sleep mode. immediately. 14:26:21 Agent Reply: Checking new images... 14:26:48 [Demo2]: Wake up. MAC=[00-12-4b-00-01-13-cf-64] , RSSI to D=-24db, RSSI back to C=-43db “Receiving image...” means 14:26:53 The image of [Demo2] is ready to be sent [4].
Page 49: How To Update Firmware
User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 IX. How to update firmware? ECO-Sign Firmware Update is a standalone tool provided for updating or restoring firmware, factory default, change ZigBee channel ID to Coordinator, Router and Device. Please do confirm the HEX file of Device/Router/Coordinator is the correct type before updating firmware.
Page 50 User Manual of ECO-Sign v1.0 (3) Choose a HEX file that you would like to update. Please do check it matches the device type in advance. After choosing the correct HEX file, the form will show a CRC number. (4) Please switch the device ON.
Page 51 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.