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XKIT INSTRUCTION
INSTALLATION GUIDE
June 2017
www.thinxtra.com/xkit

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  • Page 1 XKIT INSTRUCTION INSTALLATION GUIDE June 2017 www.thinxtra.com/xkit...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    XKIT COMPONENTS HARDWARE ELEMENTS CONTENT HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS • Power from USB port • Power from Arduino • Power from a 9V battery SUBSCRIBE XKIT Arduino Board Xkit Antenna RUN THE DEMO APPLICATION IMPORTANT for MAC OSX 10.12 Users Battery Holder...

  • Page 3: Hardware Configurations

    HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS Xkit supports various sources of power supplies such as 9V, 5V and 3.3V by properly setting the jumpers on Xkit. Deciding your power supply, you can configure the jumpers on the Xkit. Power From USB Port Power From Arduino i.

  • Page 4: Power From A 9V Battery

    HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS Power From a 9v Battery i. Put jumpers on J17 (pins 1-2), ii. Plug the Xkit to Arduino. iii. Connect the battery holder to BATT J15 (pins 1-2), J16 (pin2-3), P4, marking (please be aware of the polarity: P14 (pins 1-2 and 3-4) and P9 (pins + and - signs).
  • Page 5 HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS Power from STM Nucleo Board Put Jumpers on P7 (1-2), J17(1-2), P4, P14(1-2 & 3-4), P9 (1-2 & 3-4) Plug the Xkit to the STM Nucleo Board...

  • Page 6: Subscribe Xkit

    SUBSCRIBE XKIT ON SIGFOX BACKEND STEP 1: Go to https://backend.sigfox.com/activate STEP 2: Choose Thinxtra logo STEP 3: Choose your country STEP 4: Enter device information (Sigfox ID and PAC can be found on the package) STEP 5: Fill in account details.

  • Page 7: Run The Demo Application

    X_Acc/250 Y_Acc/250 Z_Acc/250 value (Pa) Convert the received values on the backend to the actual measured values The same message will also be sent if a magnet is close to the reed switch or the button on Xkit is pressed.
  • Page 8 STEP 5: Click on the device ID. STEP 6: Click on the MESSAGES tab on the left side bar. You may also want to set up a CALL BACK for your device. Please choose your platform and follow the instructions at http://www.thinxtra.com/xkit/.
  • Page 9 RUN THE DEMO APPLICATION How To Understand Received Messages On Sigfox Backend Since a payload length of a Sigfox message is only up to 12 bytes. The measured values (i.e., temperature, pressure, photo, acceleration) in the DEMO application are scaled and cast into a two-bytes integer. To retrieve the original values, the received values from the Sigfox backend need to be rescaled as follows: •...
  • Page 10 Thinxtra Pty Ltd ABN: 79 606 156 325 Australia - New Zealand - Hong Kong...

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