Summary of Contents for AVCOMM AP100-LM
- Page 1 AVCOMM LoRa I/O Device LoRa Master Controller AP100-LM/AP200-LM LoRa End Node Device AP144-LC/AP140-LR User Manual AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us...
- Page 2 Disclaimer Avcomm reserves the right to make changes to this Manual or to the product hardware at any time without notice. Information provided here is intended to be accurate and reliable. However, it might not cover all details and variations in the equipment and does not claim to provide for every possible contingency met in the process of installation, operation, or maintenance.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
RS-485 Wiring ......................... 10 LoRa Utility Configuration ......................11 Connects LoRa device with LoRaUtility ................... 11 Serial Port Configuration – AP100-LM, AP144-LC, AP140-LR ..........15 Group Net – AP100-LM, AP200-LM and AP144-LC ............... 16 LoRa (LoRa MAC Transmission Technology) – AP100-LM/AP200-LM/AP144-LC ....17 LoRaWan-AP140-LR only ....................... -
Page 4: Overview
The LoRa wireless distance can reach up to 3-6KM distance depending on the environment. The AP100-LM/AP144-LC offers great flexibility in wireless IoT applications, such as LED light control, environment sensors and meters reading for Smart City Applications such as Lighting, Smart Farming, Smart Environment Monitor, etc. - Page 5 Supported Model: AP100-LM (Slave), AP144-LC(Host) Baud Rate: 1200bps,2400bps, 4800bps, 9600bps Data Bits: 8 Serial Parameters Parity Check: None, Even, Odd Stop Bit: 1,2 2 Channels Current Input Detection Range: 4-20mA AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us...
- Page 6 Ingress Protection IP 40 Dimension 26(D) x 102.5 (H) x 72 mm (W) / with wall mounting clip Weight 115g Environmental Operating -40°C~75°C, 0% ~ 90%, Non-Condensing Temperature AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us...
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Page 7: Specification - Ap140-Lr
RTU 485: Modbus protocol over the Air (LoRa WAN Transmission) with Operating Mode configurable RTU Device / Register Address Analog Input: Pre-defined Current / Voltage interface Forwarding Data 256Bytes FIFO Data Buffer for LoRa signal transmission Buffer AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us... -
Page 8: System Appearance & Connector Description
The LM, LC and LR utilize same enclosure with one 3-pin terminal connector for system power and earth grounding. The other 10-pin connector is I/O access. The detail assignment will show in the following table. AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us... -
Page 9: Hardware Installation
4 Hardware Installation DIN Rail Installation The AP100-LM/AP200-LM, AP144-LC and AP140-LR support DIN Rail installation, insert the upper end of the DIN-Rail clip into the back of the DIN-Rail track from its upper side and lightly push the bottom of the DIN-Rail clip into the track. The DIN Rail should comply with DIN EN50022 standard. -
Page 10: Power Wiring
The Analog Input function is available for AP144-LC and AP140-LR. About the definition of channel type, please refer to Table 3-1, Chapter-3. Both of AP144-LC and AP140-LR adopted 12bits A/D converter with 3‰ accuracy for the industrial IoT filed site application. AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us... -
Page 11: Analog Voltage Output Wiring
There are 4 jumpers located at PCBA top side as following drawing. Change the JP8, JP6 and JP9 for output mode change, and the JP1 is for firmware upgrade. AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us... -
Page 12: Pwm (Pulse Width Modulation) Output
O.C. mode the output voltage will refer to the connected device internal voltage, the limited voltage is 30V. Theory of PWM Duty-Cycle Control AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us... -
Page 13: Rs-485 Wiring
The baud-rate support 1200bps, 2400bps, 4800bps and 9600bps, it is configured by LoRa Node Utility that download from AVCOMM support Web site. The RS-485 HOST mode is supported in LC and LR model, and SLAVE mode only for AP100-LM. Diagram 4.6-1 AVCOMM Technologies Inc. -
Page 14: Lora Utility Configuration
The diagram 4.6-1 show the AP100-LM connects with Host Device, such as HMI, PLC system, and the diagram 4.6-2 show the AP144-LC, AP140-LR connect with RTU Sensors. Diagram 4.6-2 5 LoRa Utility Configuration The LoRa Node device must configure before installed on the filed-site, the LoRa Utility could be down-load from the website: www.avcomm.us... - Page 15 115200bps, 8 Data bits, 1 Stop bit (115200, N, 8, 1), the response time out is 1000ms, and retry number is 1. After new parameters setting, click “Apply” to apply the setting. It is recommend does not modify these parameters. The AP100-LM/AP200-LM/AP144-LC/AP140-LR supports USB COM port baud rate auto sensing.
- Page 16 Click “Apply” icon to apply the new setting, then warning dialog will pop up to make sure perform new setting. Click “Yes” to apply it. Diagram 5.1-5 AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us...
- Page 17 Meanwhile, it will present available function TAB for different model. For the easy understanding, the function TAB listed in table as following Table 5.1-1 for different product series. In addition, AP100-LM support RS485 read / write parameters AVCOMM Technologies Inc.
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Page 18: Serial Port Configuration - Ap100-Lm, Ap144-Lc, Ap140-Lr
Chain Monitor Event Log Table 5.1-1 Serial Port Configuration – AP100-LM, AP144-LC, AP140-LR The AP100-LM/ AP144-LC/ AP140-LR support one RS-485 serial interface with different Modbus mode. Following table shows the Modbus mode information for each model. Channel # AP100-LM AP144-LC... -
Page 19: Group Net - Ap100-Lm, Ap200-Lm And Ap144-Lc
Group Net Parameters – establish a wireless communication group that deploys LoRa MAC technology. Click “Read” to read current parameter and click” Write” to write new parameters into system. Diagram 5.3-1 AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us... -
Page 20: Lora (Lora Mac Transmission Technology) - Ap100-Lm/Ap200-Lm/Ap144-Lc
GroupOwner ID: It is only for LoRa Controller -LC, and LM is not allows perform read and write. The Group Owner ID is the Modbus ID address of AP100-LM or AP200-LM. The LoRa Controller –LC recognize LoRa packet received and send to Group Net owner (LM) will utilize this Group Owner ID (LM’s Modbus ID). - Page 21 Diagram 5.4-1 Frequency: Main Frequency Setting of LoRa Radio Frequency. The AP100-LM and AP144-LC provide 2 types of major central frequency for different region, 400Mhz and 900Mhz. Check your device model and select suitable frequency that match your device’s operating frequency.
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Page 22: Lorawan-Ap140-Lr Only
Before setting those parameters, you have to prepare LoRaWan gateway that AP140-LR is going to connected. For example, the diagram 5.5-2 and diagram 5.2-3 show the LoRaWan Server configure WEB UI of AP222-WLAN-LORA in ABP mode and OTAA mode. AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us... - Page 23 Apps_Key (Applications Key): the key of Application OTAA Configuration Table Device_eui: xtended Unique Identifier of Network Device App_eui: Extended Unique Identifier of Network Device App_Key (Application Key): the key of Application AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us...
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Page 24: I/O - Ap100-Lm/Ap144-Lc/Ap140-Lr
USB connection removed. Diagram 5.6-1 shows the I/O setting page for LC. About the available Analog I/O , you can refer the table 3.1 AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us... -
Page 25: Rtu
Therefore, you can adjust the frequency to avoid the interference of noise. The Diagram5.7-1 shows the RSSI, SNR page. Diagram 5.7-1 RF- Radio Signal Strength Table The RTU page is only for AP140-LR. Since, the AP140-LR supports standard LoRaWan architecture AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us... - Page 26 Channel 0- Voltage Input: RTU Name Set “VIN0 Channel 1 - Current Input: RTU Name Set “AIN1” Channel 2- Voltage Input: RTU Name Set “VIN2” Channel 3-Current Input: RTU Name Set “AIN3” AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us...
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Page 27: Rule Chain - Ap200-Lm Io Mapping With Lc
The Rule Chain function is for AP200-LM IO Mapping group application. The AP200-LM links 2 LC end node controller, and polling one-side input value and mapping to another side LC controller for remote signal control. AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us... - Page 28 In the IO Mapping mode, the LC device should be grouping with AP200-LM, all of the rules should be created via the utility and save to AP200-LM. Once, the LC device grouping with AP200-LM, then it won’t communicate with AP100-LM. AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us...
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Page 29: Chain Monitor - Ap200-Lm
The Chain Monitor provides on-line review the IO mapping result. Once the AP200-LM & LC configured, user can click this TAB for the real time monitoring the transmission result. AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us... -
Page 30: Event Log - Ap200-Lm
AP144-LC has the function of optional timing polling RTU devices. It supports max 20 registers. AP144-LC maps the value of the RTU polled to the register inside the device. When AP100-LM polls the RTU, LC will directly send the latest value stored in AP144-LC. We call it “DMA (Direct Memory Access)”.So, it will reduce the response time of RTU and increase the number of retransmissions... - Page 31 The latest firmware v1.3.2 for AP100-LM and v1.3.4 for AP144-LC and Lora Utility support DMA. They also support 01,02,03,04 function code. 1. DMA Setting on AP144-LC with Lora Utility Right click in the “Destination ID” area of the following page.
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Page 32: Lc/Lm - Modbus Rtu Protocol (Register Control Table)
“LC Timeout“ on AP144-LC: the response timeout of RTU When LC polls RTU. “LC Timeout” on AP100-LM: If you want to get the value of RTU connected to AP144-LC in time. 6 LC/LM - ModBus RTU Protocol (Register Control Table) The AVCOMM LoRa Node device is developed base on Modbus RTU protocol. - Page 33 Owner – AP100-LM) HEX code 1.RTU device connected with LC device 2.Group member of Each Bitmap 40102 Group Net (for AP100-LM ) Each bit present Modbus ID number AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us...
- Page 34 41019 CH2 Voltage Input HEX, Big Endian 2 byte, Unit：0.001mA 41004 CH3 Current Input HEX, Big Endian 2 byte, Unit：0.001mA 41069 CH4 Current Output HEX, Big Endian AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us...
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Page 35: Ap140-Lr- Data Parsing
Modbus ID (1Byte): unsigned integer, HEX Format. Ex. ID 250 =->0xFA, ID 188 => 0xBC Reg. Address (2 Bytes): type: unsigned integer, Little endian, DEC Format. Ex. Reg. Addr. 510 -> Hex 0xf5,0x01 AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us... - Page 36 Preamble: 2 Bytes per preamble, and send 2 Preambles with 0x0485 Time (7 Bytes) : unsigned integer, HEX code. Ex：0x14 0x02 0x14 0x04 0x0f 0x3B 0x01 = DEC 20,02,20,04,15,59,01 year-month-day-weekday-hour-minute-second =>Year 2020, Feb, 20, Thursday, 15:59:01 AVCOMM Technologies Inc. 333 West Loop North, Suite 460 Houston, TX 77024, USA｜info@avcomm.us｜www.avcomm.us...
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