User Manual
Table Of Contents
- About This Guide
- Introduction
- Kit Installation
- iB-5209 Network Monitor Operations
- iB-5209 Network Monitor Overview
- Setting Thread Priority
- Configuring a Node’s Operation
- Using Watch function to display current I/O information
- 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 (RT-5209 only)
- Configuring RS-485 Operation (RT-5209 only)
- Labeling i-Bean Endpoint or i-Bean Router
- Creating an Event Log File
- Configure Persistence Attributes
- Configure Serial and ADC Data Formats
- Select Com Port on Host PC
- View Monitor Statistics
- View Contents of Event Log File
- Enable Multiple Capture
- API Functions
- Sample Application
1-2 EK-5209-5 Evaluation Kit User’s Guide
Introduction
Product Overview
Millennial Net's EK-5209-5 Evaluation 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 EK-5209-5 Evaluation Kit contains one i-Bean Gateway, three i-Bean Routers, and five
i-Bean Endpoints. Software included with the kit includes the Application Program Interface
(API) and iB-5209 Network Monitor, which is the network monitoring tool and graphic user
interface (GUI). Also included, is a temperature sensor assembly for running a sample iB-5209
application (see Appendix B, “Sample Application”).
Documentation for the evaluation kit includes this user’s guide, which describes how to set up
the evaluation network, including connections to the host computer, power supplies, sensors,
and other devices. For complete details on the contents of the evaluation kit, refer to
’Evaluation Kit Contents’ on page 1-5.
iB-5209 Network Monitor and API software run on MS Windows XP and 2000. iB-5209
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 can be easily
incorporated into user application programs written in Microsoft Visual C/C++.
Major Features
Major features of the EK-5209-5 Evaluation Kit include the following:
• Frequency band: 916 MHz
• Bi-directional/multiple-access communication
• Under ideal environmental conditions, 60 feet (20 m) line-of-sight transmission distance
from i-Bean Endpoints to i-Bean Router or i-Bean Gateway; 90 feet (30 m) between i-Bean
Router and i-Bean Gateway.
• iB-5209 Network Monitor graphic user interface (GUI) for configuring the i-Bean network
and evaluating its performance.
• Application Programming Interface (API).
• i-Bean Endpoint and i-Bean Router-specific features include:
– Configurable sampling interval
– Digital I/O - 4 channels
– ADC input - 4 channels
– UART output