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ZENA™ Wireless Adapter

User’s Guide

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ZENA™ WIRELESS ADAPTER USER’S GUIDE Table of Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 1. Overview 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 11 1.2 ZENA Wireless Adapter Package Contents ................................................. 11 1.3 ZENA Wireless Adapter Description ..................................................
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ZENA™ WIRELESS ADAPTER USER’S GUIDE Preface NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools and documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our web site (www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available. Documents are identified with a “DS” number.
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ZENA™ Wireless Adapter User’s Guide CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS GUIDE This manual uses the following documentation conventions: DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS Description Arial font: Italic characters Represents Examples Referenced books Emphasized text A window A dialog A menu selection A field name in a window or dialog A menu path MPLAB® IDE User’s Guide ...is the only compiler...
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Preface WARRANTY REGISTRATION Please complete the enclosed Warranty Registration Card and mail it promptly. Sending in the Warranty Registration Card entitles users to receive new product updates. Interim software releases are available at the Microchip web site. RECOMMENDED READING This user’s guide describes how to use the ZENA Wireless Adapter. The following Microchip documents are available from the Microchip web site (www.microchip.com), and are recommended as supplemental reference resources.
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ZENA™ Wireless Adapter User’s Guide DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS CUSTOMER CHANGE NOTIFICATION SERVICE Microchip’s customer notification service helps keep customers current on Microchip products. Subscribers will receive e-mail notification whenever there are changes, updates, revisions or errata related to a specified product family or development tool of interest. To register, access the Microchip web site at www.microchip.com, click on Customer Change Notification and follow the registration instructions.
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Preface DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY Revision A (June 2011) • This is the initial released version of the document. Revision B (January 2012) This revision incorporates the following updates: • Preface: - Updated “Recommended Reading” • Chapters: - Updated Table 1-1 in Chapter 1. “Overview” - Updated the title for Figure 1-1 in Chapter 1. “Overview” - Removed the note in 2.2.2 “Installing USB Drivers” - Updated the first paragraph in 2.2.2.
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ZENA™ WIRELESS ADAPTER USER’S GUIDE Chapter 1. Overview 1.1 INTRODUCTION The ZENA Wireless Adapter is a multi-function USB wireless adapter connecting USB-equipped desktop or notebook computers with Microchip wireless products for development or application uses. As a development tool, the ZENA Wireless Adapter can be used as a protocol analyzer or as a diagnostic tool. It can also be used to connect the computer as a wireless node to the network for application uses.
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ZENA™ Wireless Adapter User’s Guide FIGURE 1-1: ZENA™ WIRELESS ADAPTERS The ZENA Wireless Adapter plugs into the computers USB slot either directly or using an extension cable. The LED indicates operation status. 1.4 REGULATORY STATEMENTS 1.4.1 United States This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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Overview 1.4.2 Canada This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d’Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence.
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ZENA™ WIRELESS ADAPTER USER’S GUIDE Chapter 2. Getting Started 2.1 INTRODUCTION The ZENA Wireless Adapter is a flexible, multipurpose device. Firmware applications can be updated from a computer application program such as the Wireless Development Studio. The ZENA Wireless Adapter is pre-programmed with a MiWi™ Wireless Protocol Sniffer application. This allows the user to display MiWi Wireless Protocol packets in a graphical format in the Wireless Development Studio.
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ZENA™ Wireless Adapter User’s Guide 2.2.2.1 INSTALLING THE USB DRIVER FOR WINDOWS® 2000/XP/VISTA/7 OSs To Install the USB Driver for windows, perform the following tasks: Note: In the following screenshots, we have used ZENA Wireless Adapter – 2.4 GHz MRF24J40. The same set of sequence is applicable for ZENA Wireless Adapter – 868 MHz MRF89XA and ZENA Wireless Adapter – 915 MHz MRF89XA. 1. Plug in the ZENA Wireless Adapter into a USB port.
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Getting Started 3. If Windows is unable to find the hardware for the device, then click Back and select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). a) The driver for ZENA Wireless Adapter – 2.4 GHz MRF24J40 is located in the “Wireless Development Studio\Driver and Inf\ZENA Wireless Adapter 2.4 GHz MRF24J40\” folder.
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ZENA™ Wireless Adapter User’s Guide FIGURE 2-3: INSTALLING DYNAMIC LINKED LIBRARIES (DLLs) 5. After installing the driver and DLLs, the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard appears on the screen as shown in Figure 2-4. 6. Click Finish to complete the installation. FIGURE 2-4: 2.2.2.2 COMPLETING THE FOUND NEW HARDWARE WIZARD INSTALLING THE USB DRIVER FOR MAC OR LINUX OSs The ZENA Wireless Adapter uses the libUSB drivers.
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Getting Started 2.3 USING ZENA WIRELESS ADAPTER WITH THE WIRELESS DEVELOPMENT STUDIO To use the ZENA Wireless Adapter with the Wireless Development Studio, it must first be selected as the source device by performing the following tasks: 1. From the main window, select Sniffer as the active application, see Figure 2-5. The Packet List window will appear. FIGURE 2-5: SNIFFER APPLICATION SELECTION © 2011-2012 Microchip Technology Inc.
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ZENA™ Wireless Adapter User’s Guide 2. From the Packet List window, select ZENA Wireless Adapter from the Source drop-down box, see Figure 2-6. FIGURE 2-6: WIRELESS DEVELOPMENT STUDIO SELECTION Note: If multiple ZENA Wireless Adapters are plugged in, they can be individually chosen by serial number. For more information on running the Wireless Development Studio, see the Wireless Development Studio help. DS70664B-page 20 © 2011-2012 Microchip Technology Inc.
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ZENA™ WIRELESS ADAPTER USER’S GUIDE Appendix A. ZENA™ Wireless Adapter Construction Details A.1 INTRODUCTION This appendix provides the ZENA Wireless Adapater schematics, PCB layout and Bill of Materials (BOM). A.2 ZENA WIRELESS ADAPTER SCHEMATIC Figure A-1 and Figure A-2 illustrate the ZENA Wireless Adapter schematics. © 2011-2012 Microchip Technology Inc.
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ZENA™ Wireless Adapter User’s Guide ZENA™ WIRELESS ADAPTER – SCHEMATIC (SHEET 1 OF 2) DS70664B-page 22 FIGURE A-1: © 2011-2012 Microchip Technology Inc.
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ZENA™ Wireless Adapter User’s Guide A.3 ZENA WIRELESS ADAPTER PCB LAYOUT The ZENA Wireless Adapter PCB is a 4-layer, high temperature FR4, 0.031 inch, plated through hole construction. Figure A-3 through Figure A-8 show the PCB layers. Figure A-3 illustrates the ZENA Wireless Adapter top silk screen. FIGURE A-3: DS70664B-page 24 TOP SILK SCREEN © 2011-2012 Microchip Technology Inc.
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Appendix Figure A-4 illustrates the ZENA Wireless Adapter top copper. FIGURE A-4: LAYER1 — TOP COPPER Figure A-5 illustrates the ZENA Wireless Adapter ground plane. FIGURE A-5: © 2011-2012 Microchip Technology Inc.
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ZENA™ Wireless Adapter User’s Guide Figure A-6 illustrates the ZENA Wireless Adapter power plane. FIGURE A-6: LAYER 3 — POWER PLANE Figure A-7 illustrates the ZENA Wireless Adapter bottom copper. FIGURE A-7: DS70664B-page 26 LAYER 4 — BOTTOM COPPER © 2011-2012 Microchip Technology Inc.
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Appendix Figure A-8 illustrates the ZENA Wireless Adapter bottom silk screen. FIGURE A-8: © 2011-2012 Microchip Technology Inc.
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ZENA™ Wireless Adapter User’s Guide A.4 ZENA WIRELESS ADAPTER BILL OF MATERIALS Table A-1 provides a detailed description of the ZENA Wireless Adapter Bill of Materials (BOM). TABLE A-1: Qty BILL OF MATERIALS Designator Value Description Manufacturer Manufacturer Part Number 2 C2, C3 22 pF Capacitor, Ceramic, SMT 0603 Murata Electronics North America GRM1885C1H220JA01D 6 C4, C5, C6, C8, C10, C11 0.
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