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

    ANSI and NFPA standards. It is solely the responsibility Prototype Board Objects of any Linx customer who uses one or more of these products to HumPRC Series Handheld Transmitter Evaluation incorporate appropriate redundancies and safety standards for the Life Board and Property Safety Situation application.
  • Page 3: Introduction

    The boards serve several important functions: • Rapid Module Evaluation: The boards allow the performance of the Linx HumPRC™ 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 HumPRC Series Transceiver Carrier Board Ordering Information Part Number Description MDEV-***-PRC HumPRC Series Master Development System HumPRC Series Remote Control Transceiver, Castellation HUM-***-PRC Interface, External Antenna Connection HumPRC Series Remote Control Transceiver, Certified, HUM-***-PRC-CAS Castellation Interface, External Antenna Connection HumPRC Series Remote Control Transceiver, Certified, HUM-***-PRC-UFL...
  • Page 5: Programming Dock

    Programming Dock Remote Control Demo Board Figure 5: Programming Dock Programming Dock Objects 1. Carrier Board Socket 2. RP-SMA Antenna Connector Board A Board B 3. MODE_IND LED 4. Micro USB Connector Figure 6: Remote Control Demo Board 5. LCD Display Remote Control Demo Board Objects 1.
  • Page 6: Prototype Board

    Prototype Board HumPRC Series Handheld Transmitter Evaluation Board Figure 8: HumPRC Series Transceiver Evaluation Board 1. Battery – 3VDC (use 2 AAA style batteries) 2. Power Switch 3. Power On Indicator LED 4. Prototyping Area 5. Breakout Header 6. HumPRC Series Transceiver Carrier Board 7.
  • Page 7: Long-Range Handheld Transmitter Button

    Long-range Handheld Transmitter Button Assignments Installing or removing a Carrier Board while power is Warning: applied could cause permanent damage to the module. Either turn off power to the board or unplug the USB cable before installing or removing a Carrier Board There are two Remote Control Demo Boards that are populated differently.
  • Page 8: Using The Programming Dock

    Using the Programming Dock Using the Remote Control Demo Board Snap a Carrier Board onto the socket on the Programming Dock as shown Snap a Carrier Board onto the socket on each Remote Control Demo in Figure 10. Board as shown in Figure 11. Figure 10: Programming Dock with a Carrier Board Connect a micro USB cable into the connector at the top of the board.
  • Page 9: Using The Prototype Board

    If the range you are able to circuitry. The prototyping area contains a large area of plated through-holes achieve is significantly less than specified by Linx for the products you are so that external circuitry can be placed on the board. The holes are set at testing, then there is likely a problem with either the board or the ambient 0.100”...
  • Page 10 Supply for the module is connected through R17. This can be removed and Figure 14 shows a convenient cross reference showing which lines on the replaced by another supply or used to measure the current consumption of module connect to which lines on the prototype board. the module.
  • Page 11: Using The Handheld Transmitter Evaluation Board

    Figure 15: Assembled Handheld Transmitter Evaluation Board button is released the key and address The receiver board is powered by two AAA batteries. A Linx HumPRC generation are complete and the module Series transceiver is used for reception of the transmitted signal. This is an Administrator.
  • Page 12: The Development Kit Demonstration Software

    Figure 18: The Master Development System Software Demo and EZConfiguration Tab default values. 1. Clicking the Contact Linx, Documentation and 15. The Show Commands button opens a larger window to view the serial About labels on the left side expands them to commands sent to and received from the module.
  • Page 13 The Advanced Configuration tab (Figure 21) offers more detailed • User Destination Address (UDESTID) is the address of the destination configuration options for the active module. module when User and Extended User addressing modes are used. • User ID Address Mask (UMASK) is the mask for screening incoming packets.
  • Page 14 • The UART Data Timeout (DATATO) sets the number of milliseconds from the last character received on the UART before the module transmits the data in its buffer. • Selecting the WAKEACK box instructs the module to output the acknowledgement (0x06) on the UART when the module wakes from sleep or power cycle.
  • Page 15: Development Kit Demonstration Software Example

    Development Kit Demonstration Software Example 4. The Items drop down menu displays all of the items that are available for the active module (Figure 26). Selecting one of the items from This example shows how to configure a module using the development kit this menu automatically fills in the Command box.
  • Page 16 To change the status line directions, first change the Status Line Direction When the Write button is clicked, the new states are written to the module option to “Direction set by Status Line Mask.” The change is highlighted in and are reflected in the model to the right. All lines that were unchecked red (Figure 29).
  • Page 17 When the latched configuration is written to the module, the symbol next to The Advanced Configuration tab shows the addressing and radio the LEDs changes to reflect the operation (Figure 33). configurations for the module. Figure 36 and Figure 37 show the tab for two modules.
  • Page 18: Carrier Board Schematic

    Carrier Board Schematic The Join Process selects a random 3-byte number that is used as a network address. This is placed in the upper 3 bytes of the module’s local source address (USRCID) and the destination address (UDESTID). In this example, the number is 0x4CA664.
  • Page 19: Remote Control Demo Board Schematic

    SER_I/O CRT_LRN ED_SEL POWER SUPPLY AREA RF MODULE AREA D_CFG SPDT Remote Control Demo Board Schematic A_CFG_0 CONREVSMA002 A_CFG_1 ANT1 Vout Note: The Remote Control Demo boards are designed to accept carrier Carrier Interconnect Female boards for multiple module families. Some circuitry is not applicable for 100uF 0.47uF MICROCONTROLLER AREA...
  • Page 20 REMOTE CONTROL AREA MISC CIRCUITS POWER SUPPLY AREA A Board B Board A Board SPDT 0 ohm R30 0 ohm Vout 0 ohm R31 0 ohm PAIR 0 ohm R39 0 ohm PIC A/B PIC A/B 100uF Header 4 0.47uF ED_SEL ED_SEL PAIR...
  • Page 21: Programming Dock Board Schematic

    USB AREA POWER SUPPLY AREA USB AREA POWER SUPPLY AREA RF MODULE CARRIER AREA Programming Dock Board Schematic 5VUSB 5VUSB TPS2552 TPS2552 LM3940IMP 3.3V LM3940IMP 3.3V Vout Vout 330 ohm ILIM 330 ohm ILIM 100uF 0.47uF PWREN# FAULT 100uF 53.6k 0.47uF PWREN# FAULT...
  • Page 22 MICROCONTROLLER AREA USB AREA POWER SUPPLY AREA 5VUSB TPS2552 nPDN LM3940IMP 3.3V Vout 330 ohm VCCP ILIM ICSPDAT 100uF GPIO1 0.47uF ICSPCLK 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 23: Prototype Board Schematic

    Prototype Board Schematic 0.1uF VCC BUS 100mil Header 100mil Header R6 DNP Battery Input 10uF R8 DNP PROTOTY R10 DNP R11 DNP 5VUSB R12 DNP AREA R13 DNP ILIM R14 DNP THERM 0.47uF R16 DNP FAULT R17 0 ohm THERM TPS2553 R19 DNP 53.6k...
  • Page 24: Humprc Tm Series Evaluation Board Schematic

    HumPRC Series Evaluation Board Schematic ANT1 CONREVSMA001 GND 2-5 ACK_EN 0 Ohm LATCH_EN nPDN PAIR CD_IN CD_OUT HEADER 16 R3 10k R4 10k R5 10k R6 10k MODE_IND R7 10k CD_IN R42 10k R9 10k nPDN 10 11 LATCH_EN R10 10k R11 10k 12 13 ACK_EN...
  • Page 25 Under no circumstances shall any user be conveyed any license or right to the use or ownership of such items. ©2017 Linx Technologies. All rights reserved. The stylized Linx logo, Wireless Made Simple, WiSE, CipherLinx and the stylized CL logo are trademarks of Linx Technologies.
  • Page 26 Mouser Electronics Authorized Distributor Click to View Pricing, Inventory, Delivery & Lifecycle Information: Linx Technologies MDEV-900-PRC MDEV-868-PRC...

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