User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- AT+i Command Set
- Scope
- AT+i Command Guidelines
- AT+i Command Format
- Escape Code Sequence
- Socket Command Abort
- Flexible Host and Modem Interfaces
- Auto Baud Rate Detection
- High Speed USART
- Reset via Serial Link
- Entering Rescue Mode during Runtime
- Internet Session Hang-Up Procedure (Modem Only)
- Modem Startup
- Analog-to-Digital Converter
- iChip Readiness Indication
- Programming iChip’s Serial Number into Flash Memory
- Programming a Unique ID String into Flash Memory
- General Format
- AT+i Result Code Summary
- Report Status
- Connection
- E-mail Send Commands
- E-Mail Retrieve
- HTTP Client Interface
- SerialNET Mode Initiation
- Web Server Interface
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- +i[@]FOPN — FTP Open Session
- +iFDL — FTP Directory Listing
- +iFDNL — FTP Directory Names Listing
- +iFMKD — FTP Make Directory
- +iFCWD — FTP Change Working Directory
- +iFSZ — FTP File Size
- +iFRCV — FTP Receive File
- +iFSTO — FTP Open File for Storage
- +iFAPN — FTP Open File for Appending
- +iFSND — FTP Send File Data
- +iFCLF — FTP Close File
- +iFDEL — FTP Delete File
- +iFCLS — FTP Close Session
- Telnet Client
- Direct Socket Interface
- +iSTCP — Open and Connect A TCP Socket
- +iSUDP — Open A Connectionless UDP Socket
- +iLTCP — Open A TCP Listening Socket
- +iLSST — Get A Listening Socket’s Active Connection Status
- +iSST — Get A Single Socket Status Report
- +iSCS — Get A Socket Connection Status Report
- +iSSND[%] — Send A Byte Stream to A Socket
- +iSRCV — Receive A Byte Stream from A Socket’s Input Buffer
- +iGPNM — Get Peer Name for A Specified Socket
- +iSDMP — Dump Socket Buffer
- +iSFSH[%] — Flush Socket’s Outbound Data
- +iSCLS — Close Socket
- Special Modem Commands
- Wireless LAN Mode
- IP Registration
- DHCP Client
- DHCP Server
- iRouter Mode
- Ad-Hoc Networks
- Secure Socket Protocol
- Network Time Client
- MIME Encapsulated E-Mail Messages
- Flow Control
- Remote Firmware Update
- iChip Parameter Update
- iChip Embedded Web Server
- Introduction
- Features
- Web Server Modes
- The Application Website
- Parameter Tags
- iChip Configuration Mode
- Host Interaction Mode
- Website Creation, Packing, and Uploading
- Manipulating Variables in the Application Website
- Security and Restrictions
- Parameter Update Error Handling
- File Types Supported by iChip’s Web Server
- iChip RAS Server
- SerialNET Theory of Operation
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Theory of Operation
- Telnet Client Operation
- Secure Socket Protocol Theory of Operation
- Remote AT+i Service
- Nonvolatile Parameter Database
- Parameter Descriptions
- +iFD — Restore All Parameters to Factory Defaults
- Operational Parameters
- +iXRC — Extended Result Code
- +iDMD — Modem Dial Mode
- +iMIS — Modem Initialization String
- +iMTYP — Set Type of Modem Connected to iChip
- +iWTC — Wait Time Constant
- +iTTO — TCP Timeout
- +iPGT — PING Timeout
- +iMPS — Max PPP Packet Size
- +iTTR — TCP Retransmit Timeout
- +iBDRF — Define A Fixed Baud Rate on Host Connection
- +iBDRM — Define A Fixed Baud Rate on iChip( Modem Connection
- +iBDRD — Baud Rate Divider
- +iAWS — Activate WEB Server Automatically
- +iLATI — TCP/IP Listening Socket to Service Remote AT+i Commands
- +iFLW — Set Flow Control Mode
- +iCPF — Active Communications Platform
- +iPSE — Set Power Save Mode
- +iSDM — Service Disabling Mode
- +iDF — IP Protocol ‘Don’t Fragment’ Bit Value
- +iCKSM — Checksum Mode
- +iHIF — Host Interface
- +iMIF — Modem Interface
- +iADCL — ADC Level
- +iADCD — ADC Delta
- +iADCT — ADC Polling Time
- +iADCP — ADC GPIO Pin
- +iRRA — iChip Readiness Report Activation
- +iRRHW — iChip Readiness Hardware Pin
- ISP Connection Parameters
- Server Profile Parameters
- +iLVS — ‘Leave on Server’ Flag
- +iDNSn — Define Domain Name Server IP Address
- +iSMTP — Define SMTP Server Name
- +iSMA — SMTP Authentication Method
- +iSMU — Define SMTP Login User Name
- +iSMP — Define SMTP Login Password
- +iPOP3 — Define POP3 Server Name
- +iMBX — Define POP3 Mailbox Name
- +iMPWD — Define POP3 Mailbox Password
- +iNTSn — Define Network Time Server
- +NTOD — Define Network Time-of-Day Activation Flag
- +iGMTO — Define Greenwich Mean Time Offset
- +iDSTD — Define Daylight Savings Transition Rule
- +iPDSn — Define PING Destination Server
- +iPFR — PING Destination Server Polling Frequency
- +iUFn — User Fields and Macro Substitution
- Email Format Parameters
- +iXFH — Transfer Headers Flag
- +iHDL — Limit Number of Header Lines
- +iFLS — Define Filter String
- +iDELF — Email Delete Filter String
- +iSBJ — Email Subject Field
- +iTOA — Define Primary Addressee
- +iTO — Email ‘To’ Description/Name
- +iREA — Return Email Address
- +iFRM — Email ‘From’ Description/Name
- +iCCn — Define Alternate Addressee
- +iMT — Media Type Value
- +iMST — Media Subtype String
- +iFN — Attachment File Name
- HTTP Parameters
- RAS Server Parameters
- LAN Parameters
- Wireless LAN Parameters
- +iWLCH — Wireless LAN Communication Channel
- +iWLSI — Wireless LAN Service Set Identifier
- +iWLWM — Wireless LAN WEP Mode
- +iWLKI — Wireless LAN Transmission WEP Key Index
- +iWLKn — Wireless LAN WEP Key Array
- +iWLPS — Wireless LAN Power Save
- +iWLPP — Personal Shared Key Pass-Phrase
- +iWROM — Enable Roaming in WiFi
- +iWPSI — Periodic WiFi Scan Interval
- +iWSRL — SNR Low Threshold
- +iWSRH — SNR High Threshold
- +iWSIn — Wireless LAN Service Set Identifier Array
- +iWPPn — Pre-Shared Key Passphrase Array
- +iWKYn — Wireless LAN WEP Key Array
- +iWSTn — Wireless LAN Security Type Array
- +iWSEC — Wireless LAN WPA Security
- IP Registration Parameters
- SerialNET Mode Parameters
- +iHSRV | +iHSRn — Host Server Name/IP
- +iHSS — Assign Special Characters to Hosts
- +iDSTR — Define Disconnection String for SerialNET Mode
- +iLPRT — SerialNET Device Listening Port
- +iMBTB — Max Bytes To Buffer
- +iMTTF — Max Timeout to Socket Flush
- +iFCHR — Flush Character
- +iMCBF — Maximum Characters before Socket Flush
- +iIATO — Inactivity Timeout
- +iSNSI — SerialNET Device Serial Interface
- +iSTYP — SerialNET Device Socket Type
- +iSNRD — SerialNET Device Re-Initialization Delay
- +iSPN — SerialNET Server Phone Number
- +iSDT — SerialNET Dialup Timeout
- +iSWT — SerialNET Wake-Up Timeout
- +iPTD — SerialNET Packets to Discard
- Remote Firmware Update Parameters
- Remote Parameter Update
- Note: This default value is shipped from the factory. The AT+iFD command does not restore RPG to this value.
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Index
SerialNET Theory of Operation
AT+i Programmer‘s Manual Version 8.32 29-1
29 SerialNET Theory of Operation
29.1 Introduction
iChip‘s SerialNET mode extends a local asynchronous serial link to a TCP or UDP
socket across a LAN or Internet. Its main purpose is to allow simple devices, which
normally interact over a serial line, to interact in a similar fashion across a network
without requiring any changes in the device itself. In order to achieve this, SerialNET
mode defines a set of associated operational parameters, which determine the nature of
the desired network connection. When iChip is put in SerialNET mode, it acts as a router
between the device‘s serial port and the network.
Devices that communicate with a terminal over a serial link fall into three major
categories: Output only (i.e. printers), Input only (i.e. controllers) and interactive (bi-
directional communications). The latter are subdivided further into clients and servers.
Generally, clients initiate communications by sending service demands to a server, while
servers respond to client demands.
SerialNET mode reacts differently to client or server devices. When a client device
initiates communications, SerialNET mode must establish a network connection to a
remote server before data may flow between the two systems. On the other hand, when a
remote client needs to invoke a device, the remote client first contacts the iChip and
SerialNET is invoked to create a communication flow to the local server device.
SerialNET mode includes components to handle both server and client local devices. The
iChip under SerialNET mode routes full-duplex data between a networked terminal and
both types of devices.
29.2 SerialNET Mode
SerialNET mode is established by first defining all related parameters using AT+i
commands, followed by a special Enter SerialNET Mode AT+i command.
Once in SerialNET mode, no additional AT+i commands can be sent, as the host serial
link will be dedicated to raw local-device data. In this mode, auto baud rate is also
disabled, since it cannot be guaranteed that the device will issue an a or A as its first
character. Thus, a predefined fixed baud rate must be specified before switching over to
SerialNET mode. Similarly, the host interface cannot be determined automatically and
therefore you must set iChip‘s Host Interface to USART0 (HIF=1) or USART1 (HIF=2).
SerialNET mode extends across power-down, since it is assumed that once acting in this
mode, iChip is connected to an AT+i aware host.
SerialNET mode can be terminated by:
Pulling the MSEL signal low for more than 5 seconds.
Issuing the ESC sequence, defined as a half second delay followed by (+++) (three (+)
characters), over the serial port.
When one of these occurs, iChip reboots after terminating SerialNET mode. At this point
iChip reverts to its normal operational mode and again responds to AT+i commands.