User Manual
Table Of Contents
- RK-5409-5 Reference Kit for 916 MHz MeshScape™ Systems
- 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
- Configuring Sample Interval of Single Node
- Configuring Sample Interval of all Network Nodes
- Configuring Digital I/O Operation
- Configuring UART Operation
- Configuring AD (analog-to-digital) Converter Operation
- Configuring RS-232 Operation (MN-5409 only)
- Configuring RS-485 Operation (MN-5409 only)
- Using Watch Function to Display Configuration Information
- 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: Sample Application
- B: Performing Firmware Upgrades and Configuring Device IDs
- Glossary
- Index
1-10 Millennial Net
Introduction
The MeshScape RK-5409-5 Reference Kit
Millennial Net's RK-5409-5 Reference Kit contains everything you need to set up a
self-organizing, wireless star-mesh network. Once installed, you are able to observe the
performance and operation of the network components and prototype your application.
The RK-5409-5 Reference Kit hardware includes:
• one MeshGate Gateway
• three mesh nodes
• five end nodes
• connecting cables
Reference kit software includes:
• MeshScape Network Monitor - the MeshScape system network monitoring tool and
graphical user interface (GUI)
• MeshScape Programmer application - enables you to upgrade the firmware on MeshGate
gateways and mesh nodes, and modify the group and device IDs of deployed mesh nodes
and end nodes (see
Appendix B, “Performing Firmware Upgrades and Configuring Device
IDs”)
• Application Program Interface (API) library - A complete API library is provided to
streamline development using Windows Visual C/C++ on a PC. For applications where the
MeshGate connects to a third-party controller, Millennial Net also provides libraries
(pre-compiled Windows API library and Linux API library source), as well as source code
examples.
The kit also includes:
• temperature sensor assembly - enables you to run a sample application
(see Appendix A, “Sample Application”).
Documentation for the reference kit includes:
• this user’s guide - which describes how to set up the reference network, including
connections to the host computer, power supplies, sensors, and other devices
• MeshScape Product Family Sheet
• technical specifications for MeshGate gateway, mesh node, and end node
For complete details on the contents of the reference kit, refer to ’Reference Kit Contents’ on
page 1-11.
MeshScape Network Monitor runs on MS Windows XP. MeshScape Network Monitor allows
you to set network and device operating parameters and monitor the status of the network
components and their inputs/outputs. The API software runs on Windows and Linux systems
and can be easily incorporated into user application programs written in C/C++.