Design Your Own Android App Day 3: Network Hardware the Way 06/26/2013 Fred Eady

Network Hardware TCP/IP 101 Remote Controller Development Tools Remote Controller Hardware RN171XV Setup

TCP/IP Stack

USB XBEE Dongle Carrier

New Micros, Inc. USB XBEE Dongle Carrier

RN171XV Wi-Fi Module

Microchip RN171XV Wi-Fi Module

Remote Controller

RN171XV Configuration with Tera Term Pro Upgrade RN171XV Firmware to Version 4.00 Configure RN171XV for Remote Operation Get Online with Version 4.00

Upgrade RN171XV Firmware Get and Set rn.microchip.com IP Address <2.38> set ftp address 198.175.253.161

Step 1 - Configure FTP <2.38> set ftp file wifly7-400.img AOK <2.38> save Storing in config <2.38> get ftp FTP=198.175.253.161:21 File=wifly7-400.img User=roving Pass=Pass123 Dir=public Timeout=200 FTP_mode=0x0

Step 2 - Configure WLAN <2.38> set wlan ssid yourssid <2.38> set wlan pass yourpassphrase <2.38> set wlan chan 11 <2.38> set wlan auth 0 <2.38> get wlan SSID=yourssid Chan=11 ExtAnt=0 Join=1 Auth=OPEN Mask=0x1fff Rate=12, 24 Mb Linkmon=0 Passphrase=yourpassphrase TxPower=0

Step 3 – Get Online <2.38> reboot *Reboot*WiFly Ver 2.38, 12-11-2012 on RN-171 MAC Addr=00:06:66:80:3a:3c Auto-Assoc yourssid chan=11 mode=OPEN SCAN OK Joining yourssid now.. *READY* Associated! DHCP: Start DHCP in 3153ms, lease=86400s IF=UP DHCP=ON IP=192.168.0.120:2000 NM=255.255.255.0 GW=192.168.0.1 Listen on 2000

Step 4 – Update and Reset CMD ftp update <2.38> FTP connecting to 198.175.253.161 FTP file=34 ............................................................... FTP OK. UPDATE OK <2.38> reboot *Reboot*wifly-EZX Ver 4.00.1, Apr 19 2013 11:47:16 on RN-171 MAC Addr=00:06:66:80:3a:3c *READY* Auto-Assoc yourssid chan=11 mode=MIXED SCAN OK Joining yourssid now.. Associated! DHCP: Start DHCP in 10ms, lease=86400s IF=UP DHCP=ON IP=192.168.0.120:2000 NM=255.255.255.0 GW=192.168.0.1 Listen on 2000 factory RESET Set Factory Defaults

Configure comm for Remote Operation <4.00> get comm OPEN=*OPEN* CLOSE=*CLOS* REMOTE=*HELLO* FlushSize=1420 MatchChar=0 FlushTimer=5 IdleTimer=0 CmdChar=$ <4.00> get dns DNS=0.0.0.0 Name=dns1 Backup=rn.microchip.com Lease=86400 <4.00> set comm remote *ONLINE

Configure DHCP and WLAN for Remote Operation <4.00> set ip dhcp 0 <4.00> set ip address 192.168.0.96 <4.00> set ip gateway 192.168.0.1 <4.00> set ip proto 3 <4.00> set ip localport 8081 <4.00> save Storing in config <4.00> get ip IF=DOWN DHCP=OFF IP=192.168.0.96:8081 NM=255.255.255.0 GW=192.168.0.1 HOST=0.0.0.0:2000 PROTO=UDP,TCP, MTU=1524 FLAGS=0x7 TCPMODE=0x0 BACKUP=0.0.0.0 <4.00> set wlan ssid yourssid <4.00> set wlan chan 11 <4.00> set wlan join 1 <4.00> set wlan auth 2 <4.00> set wlan pass yourpassphrase <4.00> get wlan SSID=yourssid Chan=11 ExtAnt=0 Join=1 Auth=MIXED Mask=0x1fff Rate=12, 24 Mb Linkmon-Infra=30 Linkmon-AP=3600 Passphrase=yourpassphrase TxPower=12 EAP_Id=userid EAP_User=peap-user

Online with Version 4.00! <4.00> reboot *Reboot*wifly-EZX Ver 4.00.1, Apr 19 2013 11:47:16 on RN-171 MAC Addr=00:06:66:80:3a:3c *READY* Auto-Assoc yourssid chan=11 mode=MIXED SCAN OK Joining yourssid now.. Associated! Using Static IP Listen on 8081

Day 3 Summary Performed Firmware Upgrade to Version 4.00.1 Configured Wi-Fi Radio via New Micros Dongle Tera Term Pro Used for Configuration and Testing