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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide USAGE AND DISCLOSURE RESTRICTIONS License Agreements The software described in this document is the property of Telit and its licensors. It is furnished by express license agreement only and may be used only in accordance with the terms of such an agreement.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Scope This document provides information required to setup and run the Telit LE910Cx + WE866Cx LTE module. 1.2. Audience This document is intended only for Telit customers who want to set up a bundling application using LE910Cx + WE866Cx LTE module.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 1.4. Text Conventions Danger – This information MUST be followed or catastrophic equipment failure or bodily injury may occur. Caution or Warning – Alerts the user to important points about integrating the module, if these points are not followed, the module and end user equipment may fail or malfunction.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 2. OVERVIEW Telit’s WE866Cx is a low power, high bandwidth 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.2 module with a small footprint that provides an easy and cost-effective way to achieve best possible wireless connectivity. Advanced LTE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth coexistence dramatically reduces complexity designing cellular back haul with the LE910Cx 4G LTE module family, making the WE866Cx module ideal for a wide range of IoT applications including commercial building automation, OEM telematics, fleet management, and video...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 3. FEATURES 3.1. Specification Overview • Dual-Band 1x1 Wi-Fi + BT module based on QCA9377-3 • 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac o Up to 40Mhz channel BW for 2.4G (802.11n) o Up to 80Mhz channel BW for 5G (802.11ac) o Max TpT ~215Mbps •...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 3.3. Wi-Fi Interface The Wi-Fi Interface is part of the Baseband System of the cellular module. This section describes the method to connect the Wi-Fi interface to WE866Cx module. The Wi-Fi Interface is a dedicated SDIO interface that is used as a communication channel to the Modem chipset.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 4. HARDWARE This section describes the hardware components of the LE910Cx +WE866Cx LTE module. 4.1. Telit Evaluation Board The Telit Evaluation Board is a generic developer’s platform, which is designed to provide the complete development environment to the user and intended to be used with a new set of Telit IoT modules.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide • Programmable FPGA. • RF SMA connectors. • Board to Board connectors for interfacing to EVB main board • Module specific circuitry which is not part of the generic circuitry of the EVB Power supply and control interface for the cellular module is provided from the EVB via the B2B connectors.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Figure 4-3 MultiTech Interface Board - Bottom View For detailed description, refer LE910Cx Multi Technology Interface Board TLB – HW User Guide. 4.3. WE866Cx M.2 Card The M.2 card is designed to interface the Telit LE910Cx module family on an IFBD with the Telit Generic Evaluation Board (EVB) thus forming a complete Development Kit of LE910Cx.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide The WE866Cx M.2 card follows the below M.2 specification: • SDIO based Socket 1 • 2230 size type • Key type E This form-factor card specification is intended to support Wireless Connectivity devices including combinations of Wi-Fi, BT, NFC, and/or GNSS. The card includes a U.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide The final assembly of the LE910Cx + WE866Cx module is as shown below: Figure 4-6 Final Assembly 1VV0301578 Rev. 9 Page 20 of 56 2020-05-26...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 5. SET UP 5.1. Prerequisites 5.1.1. Hardware Requirements • Telit Evaluation Board • Multi Technology Interface Board • M.2 Card • USB3.0 Micro-B port cable • One 12V 1.25 Amps Power Adapter • A SIM card with data connectivity. 5.1.2.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 3. To start the installation process, double-click and open the windows installer package and run the Installation wizard. 4. The Welcome screen displays. Click Next to continue. Figure 5-3 Telit WHQL Driver Installation 5. Select a Setup Type and click Next. Figure 5-4 Select Setup Type 6.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Figure 5-5 TelitWHQLDriversx64 Begin Installation 7. The progress window displays the status of the InstallShield wizard. Figure 5-6 WHQLDriversx64 Installation in Progress 8. When finished, the wizard displays the Completed the TelitWHQLDriversx64 Setup Wizard dialog. 1VV0301578 Rev.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Figure 5-7 WHQLDriversx64 Installation Completed 9. Upon successful software installation, following devices will be listed under Device Manager. Figure 5-8 Installed Devices List in Device Manager 5.3. Installing TATC Tool 1. Go to URL: https://www.telit.com/evkevb-drivers/ and download the Telit TATC tool package as shown below.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Figure 5-9 Telit TATC Package 2. To start the installation process, double-click and open the downloaded Setup_TATC_3.4.11_XFP_4.0.5.msi file and run the TATC Setup Installation wizard. Figure 5-10 TATC Setup Files 3. The Welcome screen displays. Click Next to continue. Figure 5-11 Begin TATC Setup Installation 4.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Figure 5-12 TATC - Accept End User License Agreement 5. Before proceeding further, verify the instructions as shown below Figure 5-13 Verifying Installation of a New Release 6. Choose the destination folder to install the TATC application file. 1VV0301578 Rev.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Figure 5-14 Select the Destination Folder 7. The Confirm Installation dialog displays. Click Next to start the installation process. Figure 5-15 Confirm TATC Installation 8. The progress window displays the status of the TATC Setup wizard. 1VV0301578 Rev.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Figure 5-16 TATC Installation in Progress 9. When finished, the setup wizard displays the Installation Complete dialog. By default, the Install Xfp checkbox is selected. Click Close to Exit. Once you click Close, the Xfp Setup Wizard displays. Figure 5-17 TATC Installation Completed 10.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Figure 5-18 Xfp - Accept End User License Agreement 11. Choose the destination folder to install the Xfp application file and click Next. Figure 5-19 Xfp - Select the Destination Folder 12. You have an option of setting up a standard program shortcut or to select the location.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 13. The Ready to Install Xfp dialog displays. Click Install to continue the installation process. Figure 5-21 Begin Xfp Installation 14. When finished, the wizard displays the Completed the Xfp Setup Wizard dialog. Figure 5-22 Xfp Installation Completed 15.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 5.4. Start Up 1. Plug the MultiTech Board on the generic EVB and insert the WE866Cx M2 adapter and power it ON. Figure 5-23 LED Glowing after Successful Connection Connect the one end of the USB3.0 Micro-B port in EVK and other end to the USB port to your PC.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Figure 5-24 Successful Boot-up 5. Now the board is ready for Connecting AT Controller tool. Use Telit AT Controller to communicate with the WE866Cx module. 1VV0301578 Rev. 9 Page 32 of 56 2020-05-26...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 5.5. Configuring WE866Cx Module Assuming all settings are set properly, you should be able to communicate with the module. The Telit AT Controller can be used to read or modify the configuration settings. Figure 5-25 Telit AT Controller Main Menu Click the Settings button to select the COM port (Telit USB modem) assigned to the module.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide After successful configuration of the Telit AT Controller press the Connect button to connect to the module and receive the device information. Figure 5-27 Telit AT Controller Device Information Next, start the AT Terminal to communicate with the module using the AT commands.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 5.6. Setting Cellular Data Connectivity 1. Open the Network Settings on your Windows Laptop. 2. Enable the Cellular Settings. Figure 5-29 Enable Cellular Settings 3. Next, insert the SIM Card into EVB’s Sim Slot. The Windows Laptop shows the Cellular network.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 4. Uncheck Let Windows Manage This Connection to disconnect the laptop from using the cellular network. This step allows cellular data connection to be used by Telit EVB rather than Windows Laptop. Figure 5-31 Disconnect Laptop 5.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Figure 5-32 Execute AT Command for LTE connectivity Note: If cellular data is not Active for the SIM, the AT+WLANSTART=1 WLAN command returns an Error response. 1VV0301578 Rev. 9 Page 37 of 56 2020-05-26...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 6. WIRELESS OPERATIONS This chapter describes the use cases for Wireless operations in WE866Cx module. 6.1. Wi-Fi 6.1.1. Wi-Fi HotSpot Mode 6.1.1.1. Accessing Internet through Cellular Hotspot Mode The WE866Cx module operates in AP mode. The internet connectivity for the Wi-Fi module is provided via cellular modem.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide AT#WLANSTART=1 Step 4: Start a data connection in the modem side AT#SGACT=2,1 The Linux and the host MCU will share the cellular data connection, and every STA connected to the device will be routed through the Linux platform. 6.1.1.2.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Enter data when prompted and press Ctrl-Z Step 8: Stop the WE866Cx Connection Manager using the following commands AT#CONNMGRSTART=0 Step 9: To disable the WLAN, issue the following command AT#WLANSTART=0 For more details regarding USB composition selection for WE866Cx Connection Manager, refer Chapter 7 Appendix.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Step 7: Send data using following command AT#SSEND=101 Enter data when prompted and press Ctrl-Z Step 8: Stop the WE866Cx Connection Manager using the following commands AT#CONNMGRSTART=0 Step 9: Disable the WLAN AT#WLANSTART=0 For more details regarding AT Commands, refer to LE910Cx AT Command Reference. 6.1.3.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide • To select second AP interface (5GHz band), issue the following AT command AT#WLANCMIFSEL=1 Step 6: Configure the selected AP interface using the following commands (Optional) AT#WLANSSID=<SSID> AT#WLANSECURITY= =[[<wpa>],[<key_mgmt>,<pairwise>,<key>]] AT#WLANPC=<mode>,<channel> Note: These commands must be issued after issuing AT#WLANCMIFSEL command. Step 7: To view the selected AP interface BSS details, issue the following commands AT#WLANMAC AT#WLANAPCLIST...
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Make sure to add the services before the start of first advertisement. If advertisement has already been started, disable and enable BLE before proceeding to add a new service. • To add characteristics in a service, use the following commands AT#BATTRIB="char","prop=1A","uuid=12A1"...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 6.2.1.2. Exchanging Data between LE910Cx Central Mode and BLE Peripheral Device The following example demonstrates the steps required to exchange data between LE910Cx Central Mode and BLE Peripheral device. Step 1: Boot up the board Step 2: Select USB composition as: AT#USBCFG=13 Step 3: Enable WLAN...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide #BSRVD:UUID:1234 CHARUUID:3456 CHARHNDL:23 CHARPROP:3E CHARUUID:3457 CHARHNDL:26 CHARPROP:08 Step 10: To read on a characteristic, use the following command AT#BREAD=5,23 #BREAD:5,23,"6162" Where, 23 is the characteristic handle Step 11: To write on a characteristic, use the following command AT#BWRITE=5,23,”7172”...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Step 6: Enable BLE AT#BI=1 Step 7: Set the device name using the following command AT#BNAME="we866cx_445566" Where, 445566 is the last part of your MAC address. Step 8: Start BLE web provisioning using the following command AT#BWNWEBPROV=2 Step 9: Now, open the provisioning app on the phone and scan for devices.
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide Note: <extra_header_line> parameter is not used Step 3: Read data received from the HTTP server AT#HTTPRCV=100,0 <maxByte> can specify the number bytes to be read Step 4: Send data to HTTP server, using POST method AT#HTTPSND=101,0,“/resource_path/”,2048 Note: <post_param>...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 7. APPENDIX 7.1. WE866Cx Connection Manager WE866Cx Connection Manager is a Linux application running on apps processor enabled for bundling Wi-Fi features. It is supported on USB compositions 13 and 14. • In USB compositions 13, WE866Cx Connection Manager is supported on MODEM1 and MODEM2.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide • When WE866Cx connection manager is started, the SOCAT pipe is broken and the AT commands issued through MODEM ports are intercepted and data is sent through the selected interface. Figure 7-3 Connection established via WE86CC3 Connection Manager •...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 7.1.1. Enabling WE866Cx Connection Manager Perform the following steps to enable the WE866Cx Connection Manger: 1. Select the USB composition AT#USBCFG=13 or, AT#USBCFG=14 2. Run the connection Manager • To run the connection manager on MODEM1, issue the following commands AT#CONNMGRSTART=1,0 •...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide AT#BSCAN For filtered scan to show results each time, the advertising interval should be set low on the peripheral device. AT#BATTRIB After BLE initialization, once the advertisement is started the service cannot be added. All services must be defined before starting advertisement.
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide • Socket Last Closure command (AT#SLASTCLOSURE) displays zero when socket is closed. • HTTP methods HEAD, DELETE, PUT are NOT supported • #HTTPSND <data_len> parameter supports maximum data length of 2048 characters • #HTTPRING <content-type> parameter is always "text/html; charset=UTF-8" •...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 8. ACRONYMS Bluetooth Low Energy Evaluation Board FOTA Firmware Over-the-Air Ground Global Positioning System HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure IFBD Interface Board JTAG Joint Test Action Group MultiTech Interface Board Pulse-Coded Modulation Long-Term Evolution SDIO Secure Digital Input Output...
LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 9. DOCUMENT HISTORY Revision Date Changes 2019-01-11 First issue 2019-02-25 Modified description for the following AT Commands • AT#WLANSECURITY • AT# WLANMACMODE • AT#WLANPC 2019-03-29 Removed the following AT Commands which are not supported. • AT#WLANMAC •...
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LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide 2020-05-22 Added Chapter 8 Acronyms Added the following sections: 5.2 Installing WHQL Drivers 5.3 Installing TATC Tool 5.6 Setting Cellular Data Connectivity Updated sections 5.1 Prerequisites, 5.4 Start Up, and 5.5 Configuring WE866Cx Module Changed the document name to “LE910Cx-WE866Cx LTE Bundling User Guide”...
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