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Semtech

LoRaMoteConfig
User Guide

Rev 1.2

UG001_SXC_V1.2

December 2016

Lora Mote / Mote II

www.semtech.com

LoRaMoteConfig

User Guide

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Page 1: ...1 of 15 Semtech LoRaMoteConfig User Guide Rev 1 2 UG001_SXC_V1 2 December 2016 Lora Mote Mote II www semtech com LoRaMoteConfig User Guide ...

Page 2: ... 2016 2 of 15 Semtech www semtech com Revision History Version Date Changes and or Modifications Rev 1 2 December 2016 Update with the Mote II requirements Rev 1 1 Novmber 2015 Modifications to reflect Release 1 1 of the utility Rev 1 0 July 2015 New document ...

Page 3: ...all STM VCP Drivers 6 2 4 Step 3 Upgrade the Firmware 7 2 4 1 LoraMote Firmware Upgrade 7 2 4 2 Mote II Firmware Upgrade 8 2 5 Step 4 Connect to the Utility 8 3 LoRaMoteConfig Functionality 9 3 1 Saving and Restoring Parameters 9 3 2 Activation Tab 9 3 3 MAC Layer Tab 10 3 4 Channel Tab 11 3 5 Application Tab 12 3 5 1 Sensors GPS Demo 12 3 5 2 GPS Tracking Demo 13 3 5 3 Radio Coverage Tester 13 3 ...

Page 4: ... utility named LoRaMoteConfig Figure 1 1 LoRaMote Config Welcome Screen LoRaMoteConfig is useful to control PHY MAC and application related parameters of the firmware running in the LoRaMote Examples Change channels Change activation method personalization or activation over the air Change the application for instance a GPS tracker demo or a coverage test demo ...

Page 5: ...he requirements are a Personal Computer running Windows 7 tested Windows 8 untested or Windows 10 untested ST Microelectronics Virtual Com Port VCP DfuSe drivers for bootloader mode this is only needed for the LoRa Mote Microsoft NET Framework 4 5 installation is automated and described below As far as hardware is concerned Semtech s or IMST s LoRaMote and Mote II are supported Figure 2 1 LoRaMote...

Page 6: ...k will be installed automatically if not already present on the machine The required material is available in the installation directory Figure 2 3 Installation Directory 2 3 Step 2 Install STM VCP Drivers In order to establish connection between the LoRaMote and LoRaMoteConfig a serial communication must be established Simply navigate to vcp in the installation sub folder and launch VCP_V1 4 0_Se...

Page 7: ...up exe and follow the on screen instructions Launch DfuSeDemo exe The device will appear in the Available DFU and compatible HID Devices drop down list select it Select both offered options as below Figure 2 5 DfuSe Programming Options With the Choose button navigate to the mote bin sub folder and select the binary file LoRaMoteConfig eu868 dfu Figure 2 6 Firmware DFU File Location A warning messa...

Page 8: ...t installed on the device A binary file Bootloader hex provided in the same directory should be flashed onto the device To this end the enclosure should be opened and a JTAG programmer such as ST s STLink can be used 2 4 2 Mote II Firmware Upgrade Select the file MoteIIConfig eu868 bin copy and paste it into the disk created Mote_II The LED will blink red and green alternatively and when the upgra...

Page 9: ... 3 1 Control buttons Write Writes the current configuration to the EEPROM Read Reads the current configuration from the EEPROM Defaults Resets the configuration to its default values Reset Resets the LoRaMote The new configuration is only applied once the LoRaMote has been reset 3 2 Activation Tab Figure 3 2 Activation Tab Activation method OTAA or Personalization can be selected here Depending on...

Page 10: ...rned off for the testing of mobile sensors Transmission redundancy indicates how many times the same unconfirmed packet should be repeated same FCnt EU868 PHY Duty Cycle enforcement can be temporarily turned off in instances where a large number of packets must be send over a short period of time Network Type selects the type of SyncWord used for the LoRa packets i e 0x12 for Private Networks and ...

Page 11: ... Tab Up to 16 channels can be defined edited enabled or disabled The Load and Save buttons can be used to save and duplicate a channel line up into multiple LoRaMotes The channel definition is stored in an JSON ASCII file which can be easily transported and edited with any text editor Figure 3 4 Channel Tab ...

Page 12: ...d as follows Figure 3 5 Sensors GPS Demo Frame Table 3 1 Frame fields description Frame field Conversion Variable type LED 0 OFF 1 ON unsigned 8 bits Pressure hPa 10 unsigned 16 bits Temperature C 100 signed 16 bits Altitude Barometric m 10 signed 16 bits Battery 0 The end device is connected to an external power source 1 254 The battery level 1 being at minimum and 254 being at maximum 255 The en...

Page 13: ...st define the test sites From experience each test site takes in average 10 minutes So do not plan more than 30 sites for a day else it becomes unmanageable Test procedure Go to first site Set the ID field to 0 and Number of packets field to 15 Reset the LoRaMote The end device led starts to blink fast at first then slower each blink corresponds to one frame transmitted Take a picture of the site ...

Page 14: ...sites At the end of the test log onto each gateway and recover all the packet logger files All those files can be placed in the same directory on the PC There might be several log files because the packet logger closes the log file every 30 minutes and opens a new one each time to avoid losing all data in case of crash Zip the log directory and send it to support_rf semtech com for report generati...

Page 15: ...LoRaMoteConfig User Guide Rev 1 2 UG001_SXC_V1 2 December 2016 15 of 16 Semtech www semtech com This page is left intentionnally blank ...

Page 16: ...S OF LIFE OR SEVERE PROPERTY OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE INCLUSION OF SEMTECH PRODUCTS IN SUCH APPLICATIONS IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE UNDERTAKEN SOLELY AT THE CUSTOMER S OWN RISK Should a customer purchase or use Semtech products for any such unauthorized application the customer shall indemnify and hold Semtech and its officers employees subsidiaries affiliates and distributors harmless against all claims ...

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