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Summary of Contents for AVX EVB Passive
- Page 1 Control Tool Quick Start Guide...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents ..................................1 Overview .................................. 1 Requirement ..................................1 Scope ............................... 1 Hardware Information ................................1 Evaluation Board .............................. 1 Passive Evaluation Board ..............................2 Active Evaluation Board ................................3 USB UART Cable ............................... 4 Computer with Windows OS .................................. -
Page 3: Overview
Application Note 006 Control Tool Quick Start Guide OVERVIEW The purpose of this document is to explain the quick steps communicate with module EtherLoRa ETH-LORA-M-AX-01 (V1.2) via UART interface. In order to that, Ethertronics has developed evaluation boards for this module. Two types of evaluation boards have been designed to test the features of the ETH-LORA-M-AX-01 (V1.2), Evaluation Board Active and Passive. -
Page 4: Active Evaluation Board
Application Note 006 Control Tool Quick Start Guide EVB PASSIVE COMPONENTS Component Position Function Description ETH-LORA-M-AX-01 LoRa Module Module to communicate LoRa communication PresttaTM 1002232 Passive Antenna Emit/receive the signal Push Button Reset button Reset the ETH-LORA-M-AX-01 Test connectors Bottom... -
Page 5: Usb Uart Cable
Table 2 For more information about the active evaluation board, please refer to LoRa_Module_Application_Note_4-Active Steering Evaluation Board document from www.avx.com/products/modules/lora-module. USB UART CABLE The communication between the host and the module is done using UART interface and AT Commands. To send the data to ETH-LORA-M-AX-01 module, the USB to TTL serial UART converter cable with virtual COM port driver is necessary. -
Page 6: Computer With Windows Os
Application Note 006 Control Tool Quick Start Guide COMPUTER WITH WINDOWS OS The software tool is developed to be used on the computer that runs on windows operating system. To communicate with module using other operating system, user can use serial port terminal. CONNECTION The connection of the four pins between the FTDI USB-UART cable and the EtherLoRa module is as below: USB-UART CABLE AND ETHERLORA CONNECTION... -
Page 7: Active Evaluation Board Connection
The second software is the ETH-LORA-M-AX-01 control tool. User can download EtherLoRa Control Tool installer from Ethertronics website or contact the developers from Ethertronics. Link: www.avx.com/products/modules/lora-module, ETH-LORA-M-AX-01 Control Tool’s Installer download Other software that can be used to communicate with the module on the evaluation board is a terminal that can support serial port communication. For example the open source terminal likes Tera Term. -
Page 8: Installing The Ethertronics Control Tool
Application Note 006 Control Tool Quick Start Guide INSTALLING THE ETHERTRONICS CONTROL TOOL Upon demand, Ethertronics can provide an installer type “.msi” of the control tool to communicate with the module. ƒ Download the installer of the EtherLoRa Control Tool from the Ethertronics’ website or contact the developers from Ethertronics ƒ... -
Page 9: Quick Start Guide
Application Note 006 Control Tool Quick Start Guide QUICK START GUIDE ETHERTRONICS CONTROL TOOL After launch the tool, the COM Port selection window is displayed. The default parameters on this window are correct, user does not need to change the serial port parameters. -
Page 10: Configuration Tab
Application Note 006 Control Tool Quick Start Guide CONFIGURATION TAB Figure 12 In this tab, user can verify the information about the detected module. Make sure that the Serial number is corresponding to the one written on the label on top of the module. -
Page 11: Manual Demo Tab
Application Note 006 Control Tool Quick Start Guide MANUAL DEMO TAB Like the previous tab, this tab is used to launch the demo of the algorithms in order to evaluate their performance. In this tab, user must set all the parameters of the algorithms, and launch them manually before starting to join the LoRa Network. -
Page 12: Link Information Tab
Application Note 006 Control Tool Quick Start Guide LINK INFORMATION TAB This tab is only for display purpose. When the demo is correctly launched, user can see the display of the RSSI/SNR, spreading factor and the frequency. To modify the axes of the plot, please go to Configuration Tab and adjust the values inside the Plots Control panel. If the demo is not launched, these plots will not be displayed. -
Page 13: At Commands Tab
The answer will be displayed. Figure 18 For more information about the AT commands, please refer to LoRa_Module_AT Command Reference Guide document from www.avx.com/products/modules/ lora-module. TERA TERM An alternative tool to communicate with ETH-LORA-M-AX-01 is a serial port terminal. A free terminal like Tera Term can be used. Once the connection is done, user can run the Tera Term application and the connection windows will be displayed automatically. - Page 14 ƒ Setup Terminal... adjust New line receive to LF the terminal setup TERA TERM TERMINAL SETUP WINDOW Figure 21 When everything is set up, user can start sending AT command. Figure 22 For more information about the AT commands, please refer to LoRa_Module_AT Command Reference Guide document from www.avx.com/products/modules/ lora-module. 092419...
- Page 15 Figure 21: Tera Term Terminal setup window ......................................12 Figure 22: Tera Term window ..........................................12 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: EVB Passive components ........................................... 2 Table 2: Active EVB components ..........................................3 Table 3: FTDI Generic Cables Signal Descriptions ....................................3 Table 4: USB-UART cable and EtherLoRa connection ....................................
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