User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- MeshScape™ RK-5424-5 Reference Kit for 2.4 GHz MeshScape Systems User's Guide
- Contents
- About This Guide
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Installing the MeshScape System
- 3: Running MeshScape Network Monitor
- MeshScape Network Monitor Overview
- Configuring a Node’s Operation
- Labeling an End Node or Mesh Node
- Configuring Persistence Attributes
- Selecting a Com Port on the Host PC
- Configuring Serial and ADC Data Formats
- Turning Event Tracking On/Off
- Broadcasting Data to All Nodes.
- Creating an Event Log File
- Viewing the Contents of an Event Log File
- Viewing MeshScape Statistics
- 4: Using the MeshScape API
- A: Running the Demo Application
- B: Using MeshScape Programmer
- Glossary
- Index
B-2 Millennial Net
Getting Started with MeshScape
Programmer
MeshScape Programmer is a feature-rich application that enables you to upgrade your
MeshScape system by:
• re-programming the device flash memory
• unlocking firmware feature upgrades
• re-programming group and device IDs
• re-programming the device radio configuration
To use MeshScape Programmer, you will need to:
• connect the MeshGate to your computer
• connect the target device that you wish to upgrade to your computer
• run the MeshScape Programmer application on your computer
Connecting the Target Device to Your Computer
Follow the procedures below to connect the target MeshScape device to your computer for
programming.
Connecting a MeshGate for Programming
The MeshGate provides a console port equipped with a mini-connector to facilitate firmware
upgrades.
Using the mini-connector-to-nine-pin serial connector cable supplied in your RK-5424-5
Reference Kit, connect the MeshGate console port to the serial port on your computer.
Connecting a Mesh Node for Programming
1. Connect a MeshGate to your computer as described above.
2. Remove the connector panel access cover from the MeshGate connected to the
computer and remove the connector panel access cover from the target mesh node.
3. Referring to Figure B-1 and using the supplied MeshGate programming cable, connect
the external programming port on the MeshGate to the external programming
port on the mesh node.
4. Replace the MeshGate and mesh node connector panel access covers, and disconnect
the programming cable after the firmware update is complete.