User manual

WiFly GSX
WiFlyGSX-um.pdf 12/14/2009
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1 Overview.......................................................................................................................... 3
2 Hardware Interface ........................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Power ....................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Reset........................................................................................................................ 4
2.3 UART ........................................................................................................................ 4
2.4 Status Indictors ......................................................................................................... 5
3 Configuration .................................................................................................................... 5
3.1 Entering Command Mode ............................................................................................ 5
4 WiFly Command Reference ................................................................................................. 7
4.1 Command Syntax ...................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Command Organization .............................................................................................. 7
5 SET Commands ................................................................................................................. 8
5.1 ADHOC Parameters .................................................................................................... 8
5.2 BROADCAST Parameters ............................................................................................. 8
5.3 COMM Parameters ...................................................................................................... 8
5.4 DNS Parameters ........................................................................................................ 9
5.5 FTP Parameters ......................................................................................................... 9
5.6 IP Parameters.......................................................................................................... 10
5.7 OPTIONAL Parameters .............................................................................................. 11
5.8 SYSTEM Parameters ................................................................................................. 12
5.9 TIME Server Parameters ........................................................................................... 12
5.10 UART Parameters .................................................................................................. 13
5.11 WLAN Parameters ................................................................................................. 13
6 GET Commands .............................................................................................................. 16
7 STATUS Commands ......................................................................................................... 17
8 ACTION Commands ......................................................................................................... 19
9 FILE IO Commands.......................................................................................................... 20
10 Advanced Features and Settings ....................................................................................... 21
10.1 System Timers and Auto Connect Timers ................................................................. 21
10.2 Wake on Sensor Input ........................................................................................... 22
10.3 Wake on UART ...................................................................................................... 22
10.4 UART Receiver, RTS/CTS Hardware Flow Control ....................................................... 22
10.5 Setting GPIO direction, Alternate Functions and Disabling LEDs .................................. 23
10.6 Setting Debug Print levels ...................................................................................... 25
10.7 Using the Real Time Clock Function ......................................................................... 26
10.8 Using the UDP Broadcast function ........................................................................... 27
11 Joining Networks and Making Connections .......................................................................... 28
11.1 Associate with a network access point ..................................................................... 28
11.2 Making Connections .............................................................................................. 29
11.3 Setting up Automatic Connections ........................................................................... 29
11.4 Controlling Connections using PIO5 and PIO6 ........................................................... 30
11.5 Using DNS settings ............................................................................................... 30
11.6 Utilizing the Backup IP address/connect function....................................................... 30
12 Firmware Upgrade over FTP .............................................................................................. 31
13 Adhoc Networking Mode ................................................................................................... 32
13.1 Infrastructure and adhoc comparison ...................................................................... 32
13.2 Configuring adhoc mode ........................................................................................ 32
14 Analog Sensor Capability .................................................................................................. 34
15 Default Configuration Settings .......................................................................................... 36
15.1 Restoring Default configuration settings: ................................................................. 37
16 Boot-up Timing Values ..................................................................................................... 38
17 Supported Access Points .................................................................................................. 38
18 Release Notes ................................................................................................................. 39
18.1 Known problems ................................................................................................... 39
18.2 Current Firmware features and fixes ........................................................................ 39