___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide WhereWand II With VSS 3.1 (or later) User’s Guide Configuration Utilities For WhereTags, WherePorts, and Location Sensors ___________________________________________________________________________ 1 WhereWand II User’s Guide © Copyright WhereNet, Corp.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Typographical Conventions _____________ Warnings call attention to a procedure or practice that could result in personal injury if not correctly performed. Do not proceed until you fully _____________ understand and meet the required conditions. ____________ Cautions call attention to an operation procedure or practice that could damage the product, or degrade performance if not correctly performed.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Document Revision History Revision A Description of Changes Release WhereWand User’s Guide Date Approved D. Olsen ___________________________________________________________________________ 3 WhereWand II User’s Guide © Copyright WhereNet, Corp.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Table of Contents Page 1 NOTICES AND REQUIREMENTS 9 1.1 FCC REQUIREMENTS 9 1.2 RF NOTICE 10 2 SYSTEM OVERVIEW 10 2.1 WHERENET RLTS SYSTEM 10 2.2 WHEREWAND HAND HELD PROGRAMMER 11 2.3 POWER MANAGEMENT 13 2.4 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS 14 2.5 PACKAGE CONTENTS 14 3 OPERATION 14 3.1 CONFIGURATION AND SETUP 14 3.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 6.1 FLASHING LOCATION SENSOR LEDS 6.2 CONFIGURING THE LOCATION SENSOR NETWORK PROPERTIES 56 6.3 REBOOTING THE LOCATION SENSOR 59 7 LOGGING 61 7.1 LOG FILE DISK USAGE 61 7.2 UPLOADING THE LOG FILE 64 7.3 DELETING THE LOG FILE 65 8 WHEREWAND SPECIFICATION 66 8.1 MECHANICAL 66 8.2 DSSS RF TRANSMIT PERFORMANCE 67 8.3 OOK/FSK TRANSMIT/RECEIVE PERFORMANCE 67 8.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide FIGURE 7: CONFIGURATION SUCCESS 20 FIGURE 8: CUSTOM CONFIG SCREEN 1 21 FIGURE 9: CUSTOM CONFIG SCREEN 2 22 FIGURE 10: CUSTOM CONFIG TAG ID ENTRY 22 FIGURE 11: CUSTOM CONFIG BLINK RATE 24 FIGURE 12: CUSTOM CONFIG WP BLINK COUNT 25 FIGURE 13: CUSTOM CONFIGURATION WP INTERVAL 26 FIGURE 14: WP FLOW DIAGRAM 28 FIGURE 15: CUSTOM CONFIGURATION WP RETRIGGER 29 FIGURE 16: CUSTOM CONFIG SWITCH BLIN
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide FIGURE 31: SB CONFIGURATION ERROR 42 FIGURE 32: MANUAL WHEREPORT CONFIGURATION 43 FIGURE 33: WHEREPORT CONFIGURATION SUCCESS 43 FIGURE 34: WHEREPORT ID 44 FIGURE 35: WHEREPORT MESSAGE LENGTH 47 FIGURE 36: WHEREPORT TAG RESPONSE 47 FIGURE 37: WHEREPORT POWER 48 FIGURE 38: WHEREPORT PHASE 50 FIGURE 39: MULTI-WHEREPORT PHASE EXAMPLE 50 FIGURE 40: WHEREPORT BUFFER 52 FIGURE 41: READ WHEREPO
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide FIGURE 55: LOG FILE UPLOAD 64 FIGURE 56: LOG FILE CONFIRMATION 65 FIGURE 57: DELETE LOG FILE 66 FIGURE 58: PDT INSTALL SCREEN 69 FIGURE 59: PDT INSTALL PLATFORM 70 FIGURE 60: PDT INSTALL WW BOOT 71 FIGURE 61: PDT INSTALL WW LAUNCH 72 FIGURE 62: PDT INSTALL TRANSFERRING 73 FIGURE 63: PDT INSTALL COMPLETE 74 FIGURE 64: WHERETOOLS DOCK SCREEN 75 List of Tables Page TABLE 1: CUSTOM CONFIG
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 1 NOTICES AND REQUIREMENTS 1.1 FCC Requirements This device complies with Part 15 of FCC (Federal Communication Commission) rules. See FCC registration label, located on the bottom of the equipment for the FCC registration.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 1.2 RF Notice The antenna used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Any changes or modifications to WhereNet Corporation equipment not expressly approved by WhereNet Corporation could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. 2 SYSTEM OVERVIEW 2.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide The WhereNet RLTS consists of WhereTag/WhereCall tags, WherePorts, WhereWands, Location Sensors, and the server based Visibility Suite software. WherePorts generate a magnetic field in a localized area. WherePort devices can be used in places where the user wants to know immediately that the tagged asset has entered the zone covered by the WherePort field.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide The WhereWand Hand Held Programmer consists of Handheld Computer with an external WhereWand adapter with an integral antenna assembly. The WhereWand is capable of two-way wireless communication with WhereTag and WhereCall tag devices. The WhereWand is also capable of wired communication with WherePort devices.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide allows the user to configure WherePort devices and read back the configuration. WherePort configuration parameters include WherePort ID, power level, phase setting, and tag response. The WhereWand communicates with the Location Sensor by transmitting DSSS messages containing the desired configuration data or test mode.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 2.4 Software Requirements WhereNet Corporation has developed and installed the software to ensure that the WhereNet Adapter unit is recognized by the handheld computer, that the appropriate I/O and memory resources are allocated, and the user application software will operate. 2.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide The WhereWand II Programmer does not require any special configuration or setup to operate with the application software loaded on the handheld computer. The software is stored in non-volatile memory in the WhereWand.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide The PDT Installer can be launched through the Microsoft Windows start menu by: At Windows desktop, click Start >> Programs >> WhereNet Visibility Server Software >> WhereTools >> PDT Install. Then select WhereWand Utilities and then click the Next button and follow the on screen instructions as shown in Appendix A. 3.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 2: Welcome Screen The user presses the key on the handheld to bring up the WhereWand utilities main menu. The main menu is shown in figure 3. Figure 3: Main Utilities Menu Screen ___________________________________________________________________________ 17 WhereWand II User’s Guide © Copyright WhereNet, Corp.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 4 WHERETAG/WHERECALL UTILITIES The user enters the WhereTag / WhereCall utilities by pressing from the main utilities screen. The WhereTag / WhereCall utilities allow the user to configure and read tags. The tag utilities screen is shown in figure 4. Figure 4: Tag Utilities Pressing puts the user into the set configuration mode.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 5: Set Tag Configuration 4.1 Default Configurations Selecting one of the default configurations options through from SET CONFIG screen will bring up the appropriate tag ID entry screen. The user can either scan the tag bar code with the laser scanner on the WhereWand, or manually type the tag ID using the WhereWand keypad and then hitting .
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 6: WhereTag Default Config ID Entry Screen Figure 7: Configuration Success ___________________________________________________________________________ 20 WhereWand II User’s Guide © Copyright WhereNet, Corp.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 4.2 Custom Configuration Select Custom from the SET CONFIG screen will allow the user to configure all of the available tag parameters to meet unique application requirements. Table 1 describes each of the configurable parameters that the user can access through the screens shown in figures 8 and 9. Figure 10 shows the tag ID entry screen.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 9: Custom Config Screen 2 Figure 10: Custom Config Tag ID Entry ___________________________________________________________________________ 22 WhereWand II User’s Guide © Copyright WhereNet, Corp.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Table 1: Custom Configuration Parameters Key Parameter Description Rate The interval between tag’s normal keep alive blinks. -> Range is from OFF to 5 seconds to 1 Hour WP Count The number of blinks the tag transmits in response to receiving a valid WherePort message. -> Range is from 0 to 15 blinks WP Interval The time between each of the WherePort blinks.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 4.2.1 Custom Configuration Blink Rate Selecting Rate from the custom configuration screen 1 will allow the user to set the interval between normal keep alive blinks that the tag transmits and the infrastructure receives for locating the tag and collecting data from the tag. The normal keep alive blinks can be turned off by selecting OFF.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 4.2.2 Custom Configuration WherePort Blink Count Selecting WP Count from the custom configuration screen 1 will allow the user to set the number of blinks the tag will send in response to receiving a valid WherePort message. These blinks will include the WherePort ID the tag received in the message. WherePort blinks can be disabled by selecting 0.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 4.2.3 Custom Configuration WherePort Blink Interval Selecting WP Interval from the custom configuration screen 1 will allow the user to set the interval between each blink the tag sends in response to receiving a valid WherePort message. These blinks will include the WherePort ID the tag received in the message. The interval can range from 5 seconds to 1 minute.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 4.2.4 Custom Configuration WherePort Retrigger Selecting WP Retrigger from the custom configuration screen 1 will allow the user to set the WherePort retrigger timeout and mode. The same WherePort ID will be ignored after causing tag blinks until the retrigger timeout expires. The mode selects the event that starts the timer.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Tag Enters WherePort Field Tag transmits WherePort blink Wait for WP Blink interval No No, Mode 1 No Are all required WP blinks transmitted? Mode 2 or 3? Tag in same WP Field? Yes Yes Yes Start Retrigger Time No Has Retrigger timer expired? Yes No No, Mode 1 Mode 2 or 3? No Has tag reentered the same WP field? Yes Mode 1 or 2 Yes Tag sends WP Blink with most significant bit set Yes
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 15: Custom Configuration WP Retrigger 4.2.5 Custom Configuration Switch Blink Count Selecting Sw Count from the custom configuration screen 1 will allow the user to set the number of blinks the tag sends in response to a level change on one of its switch or telemetry inputs. Switch event blinks can be disabled by selected 0.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 16: Custom Config Switch Blinks 4.2.6 Custom Configuration Switch Blink Interval Selecting Sw Interval from the custom configuration screen 1 will allow the user to set the interval between switch event blinks. As soon as the user selects an interval, the WhereWand application will return to custom configuration screen 2 to allow another parameter to be selected and modified.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 4.2.7 Custom Configuration Switch Retrigger Selecting Sw Retrigger from the custom configuration screen 1 will allow the user to set the switch event retrigger time. The same switch event will be ignored until the retrigger timer expires. The timer starts after the tag has sent its last switch event blink. The retrigger times range from 1 second to over 1 minute.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 4.2.8 Custom Configuration Receiver Wakeup Interval Selecting RX Wakeup from the custom configuration screen 2 will allow the user to set the receiver wakeup interval for the tag. The user can select 200 or 500 milliseconds. As soon as the user selects an interval, the WhereWand application will return to custom configuration screen 2 to allow another parameter to be selected and modified.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 4.2.9 Custom Configuration Number of Sub-blinks Selecting SB Count from the custom configuration screen 2 will allow the user to set the number of sub-blinks from 1 to 8 per blink. As soon as the user selects the number of sub-blinks, the WhereWand application will return to custom configuration screen 2 to allow another parameter to be selected and modified.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 4.2.10 Custom Configuration Long Message Interval Selecting Long Intrvl from the custom configuration screen 2 will allow the user to set the tag up to periodically send long message blinks with the 12 byte tag data register contents appended to the message. This periodic long message can be disabled by selecting OFF, or it can be set to occur at every 8th or 64th normal keep alive blink.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 4.3 Read Tag Configuration When the user selects Read Config from the Tag Utilities screen, the WhereWand screen changes to the tag ID entry screen for tag read. The user can either scan the tag bar code using the WhereWand laser scanner or manually type the tag ID using WhereWand keypad.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide The data displayed will depend on the type of tag being read. The data from a WhereCall tag is displayed in figure 23. The data from a WhereTag is displayed in figure 24. Table 1 (at the beginning of section 4.2) details the parameter meaning.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide WhereTag II version 2.0 configuration read is through a configuration data mirror. It is possible for certain WherePort or other information to overwrite this data mirror. The read configuration will display the information it does read even if it is not configuration data, as shown in figure 25.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 4.4 Turn Tag Off When the user selects Read Config from the Tag Utilities screen, the WhereWand screen changes to the tag ID entry screen for turn off. The user can either scan the tag bar code using the WhereWand laser scanner or manually type the tag ID using WhereWand keypad.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 5 WHEREPORT UTILITIES The user enters the WherePort utilities by press from the WhereWand utilities screen shown in figure 3. The WherePort utilities allow the user to set and read WherePort configuration. Communications with WherePort devices require the use of the configuration cable included with the WhereWand in the shipping box. This cable is a standard 10-conductor RJ-45 cable.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 28: Set WherePort Configuration 5.2 SystemBuilder WherePort Configuration Selecting from the set WherePort configuration screen allows to use predefined configurations. The first step is to complete the site design using SystemBuilder. One of the outputs of this operation is the file WherePortLocations.txt. Copy this file to the following directory on the VSS server: C:\Program Files\WhereNe
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide The user will first be prompted to enter in the SystemBuilder WherePort ID (not the serial number). This ID is set using SystemBuilder. Figure 29 shows the SystemBuilder WherePort configuration screen Figure 29: SystemBuilder WherePort Configuration If the SystemBuilder WherePort ID is found, the configuration information is displayed for verification, as shown in figure 30.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide If the SystemBuilder ID was not found in the file, the error message shown in figure 31 will be displayed. Figure 31: SB Configuration Error 5.3 Manual WherePort Configuration Selecting from the set WherePort configuration screen allows the user to manually select and modify some or all of the WherePort parameters. The WhereWand will display the screen shown in figure 32.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 32: Manual WherePort Configuration When the user press from this screen, the WhereWand will send the WherePort configuration via the cable. It will read back the configuration to verify the communication was successful, and if so it will the show the screen in figure 33.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 5.3.1 Configure WherePort ID Selecting WP ID from the set WP config screen allows the user to set the WherePort ID. Any ID from 256 to 32,767 can be used, but it is important to keep from repeating the ID of nearby WherePorts to avoid retrigger issues. Figure 34 shows the WherePort ID screen. Figure 34: WherePort ID 5.3.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Table 2: WherePort Message Parameters WherePort Message Length Parameter Message Length 9 Message Length 27 Message Length 43 WherePort ID 8 - 15 0 - 32,767 0 - 32,767 1: 72-bit blinks 3: 152-bit blinks 1: 72-bit blinks 3: 152-bit blinks Tag Response Message Length 143 Power 1-8 1-8 1-8 1-8 Phase 0°, 90°, 180°, 270° 0°, 90°, 180°, 270° 0°, 90°, 180°, 270° 0°, 90°, 180°, 270° WP Count
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Most applications will use or length 27. This will support any WherePort ID between 0 and 32,767. The message also includes the tag response information to select between 72-bit or 152-bit tag blink response. The 15-bit WherePort ID is added to the normal tag blink. The tag’s 4-bit status will always be 1000. This message only works with WhereTag V2.1 tags.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 35: WherePort Message Length 5.3.3 Configure WherePort Tag Response Selecting from the set WherePort configuration screen allows the user to set how the tag will respond to the WherePort message. This is only applicable to message lengths of 27 and 43. The options are to have the tag send 72-bit blinks or 152-bit blinks. Both will contain the 15-bit WherePort ID.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 5.3.4 Configure WherePort Power Selecting from the set WherePort configuration screen allows the user to select from one of eight power levels. The maximum power setting 8 will give about a 20 foot range. The minimum power setting 1 will give about a 3 foot range.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide not likely, but still may receive the WherePort message. The WherePort field does reach to the red zone and can cause interference with other WherePorts. Table 3: WherePort Power vs.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 38: WherePort Phase 90° 90° 0° 180° Figure 39: Multi-WherePort Phase Example 5.3.6 Configure WherePort Tag Parameters Options or apply only to WherePort message length 43. These parameters allow the user to set the tag’s WherePort response configuration parameters. This allows the user to globally change the way tags respond to WherePorts without configuring each tag.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide WherePort sending these messages will respond using the new parameters included in the WherePort message. Since these parameters are written to the tag configuration, they are identical to the parameters described in the tag utilities section of this document.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 40: WherePort Buffer When the user presses from the set WherePort configuration screen, the WhereWand will send the WherePort configuration via the cable. It will read back the configuration to verify the communication was successful, and if so it will show the success screen in figure 34.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 5.4 Read WherePort Configuration When the user selects from the WherePort utilities screen, the WhereWand will read and display the WherePort configuration. The cable must be connected between the WhereWand and the WherePort. Figure 41 shows the read WherePort configuration screens.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide The WhereWand communicates with the Location Sensor by sending DSSS blinks containing the MAC address of the Location Sensor. The first screen the user sees is a prompt for the Location Sensor’s MAC address. This can be manually typed in using the WhereWand keypad, or scan from the Location Sensor bar code label using the WhereWand laser scanner.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide OR Figure 42: Location Sensor MAC Address or System Builder ID for that LS. After entering the Location Sensor MAC address, the utilities screen shown in figure 43 is displayed. Figure 43: Location Sensor Utilities ___________________________________________________________________________ 55 WhereWand II User’s Guide © Copyright WhereNet, Corp.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 6.1 Flashing Location Sensor LEDs Pressing will cause the WhereWand to transmit the messages to flash the Location Sensor LEDs. This is useful in verifying that the user is communicating with the correct Location Sensor and that the link is functional. The WhereWand will automatically stop after 30 seconds, or the user can press to stop the test at any time.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 45: Location Sensor DHCP If the user selected NO on the enable DHCP screen, the user will be prompted for the IP address, as shown in figure 46. This screen is skipped if the user selected YES to enable the DHCP. Figure 46: Location Sensor IP Address ___________________________________________________________________________ 57 WhereWand II User’s Guide © Copyright WhereNet, Corp.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide The user is next prompted for the subnet mask and the default gateway as shown in figure 47. If the gateway is left blink and the user hits enter, the gateway defaults to 0.0.0.0. Figure 47: Location Sensor Subnet Mask and Gateway The Location Sensor network properties are then displayed for confirmation by the user, as shown in figure 48.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide The user can press to send the properties to the Location Sensor or hit to cancel and change the settings again. It takes 10 seconds to transmit all the properties from the WhereWand to the Location Sensor. The screen show in figure 49 is displayed while the WhereWand is sending the properties.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 50: Location Sensor Confirm Reboot The user can press to proceed and re-boot the Location Sensor, or hit to cancel the operation. It takes 15 seconds to send the reboot sequence from the WhereWand to the Location Sensor. The LED on the Location Sensor will flash on and off at a 1 second rate if the link is functional and the command is being received correctly.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 7 LOGGING Reading or writing to hardware via the WhereWand Utilities is logged. The log file contains the timestamp of the event, the operation performed, and the configuration parameters used. The file is saved on the WhereWand in C:\WhereNet\Log.txt.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 52: Log Write Error Important: About every 1000 operations the log file should be transferred to another computer. Otherwise the drive will fill and no further logging will take place. Logging utilities are entered from the main utilities screen (figure 3) by pressing . The user will be prompted for the password, which is LOG. The password screen is shown in figure 53.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 53: Log Utilities Password The user types in LOG and hits to get to the Log Utilities screen shown in figure 54. The available options are to upload the log file to a computer, or delete the log file. Figure 54: Log Utilities ___________________________________________________________________________ 63 WhereWand II User’s Guide © Copyright WhereNet, Corp.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 7.2 Uploading the Log File Press from the log utilities screen to upload the file. To upload the log file, the user must put the WhereWand in the battery charging dock and connect the serial cable from the dock to the computer’s serial port. Figure 55 shows the WhereWand upload log file screen.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Press on the WhereWand and then click the Download button on the computer screen. Activity will show on both screens. When the upload is complete, the log file will be displayed in the window on the computer screen. The WhereWand will ask the user to confirm that the log file is displayed on the computer with the screen shown in figure 56. Appendix B shows the computer screen for WhereTools Dock.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide Figure 57: Delete Log File 8 WHEREWAND ADAPTER SPECIFICATION 8.1 Mechanical Operating Temperature 0 to +55°C Storage Temperature -20 to +85°C Humidity 95% non condensing Dimensions 4.2 x 2.5 x 1.0 inches Weight 135 oz ___________________________________________________________________________ 66 WhereWand II User’s Guide © Copyright WhereNet, Corp.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 8.2 DSSS RF Transmit Performance Frequency 2441.75 MHz Spreading 511 chips/bit Chip Rate 30.52 MHz Data Rate 59.73 kbit/sec Power <1 mW Range (to Location Sensor) up to 200 feet 8.3 OOK/FSK Transmit/Receive Performance Frequency 2441.75 MHz OOK/FSK Rates 375 kHz / 535 kHz Power <1 mW Data Rate 19.83 kbit/sec Range (to/from Tag) 0 to 6 feet 8.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide 8.5 Wired WherePort Link Performance Cable Length 10 feet Data Rate 1.0 kbit/sec 8.6 Bar Code Scanner Performance Code Code39 or Code128 Range (to Tag or Location Sensor) 2 to 12 inches ___________________________________________________________________________ 68 WhereWand II User’s Guide © Copyright WhereNet, Corp.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide A PDT INSTALL SCREENS This appendix describes the PDT Install program operation. This program should be done to reload the WhereWand software, download SystemBuilder WherePort configuration files, or the download software upgrades to the WhereWand. This program is run on a desktop or laptop computer.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide The user should select WhereWand Utilities and the click . The next screen allows the user to select the WhereWand platform. This should typically be the Percon Falcon 320 (WhereWand). The screen is shown in figure 59. Figure 59: PDT Install Platform ___________________________________________________________________________ 70 WhereWand II User’s Guide © Copyright WhereNet, Corp.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide The user should select Percon Falcon 320 (WhereWand) and then click . The next screen will direct the user to cold-boot the WhereWand. This is done by pressing simultaneously on the WhereWand. When the WhereWand display shows “WAIT”, the user should press simultaneously.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide After successfully cold-booting the WhereWand, the user should click . The next screen will direct the user to launch the file transfer program on the WhereWand and place the WhereWand in the battery charging dock. The user should type “LD” and the at the DOS prompt on the WhereWand. Then the user should place the WhereWand in the dock, and then click on the screen.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide After the user has launched the file transfer program on the WhereWand and clicked , the transfer will begin. The screen shown in figure 62 will display the file transfer status. Figure 62: PDT Install Transferring ___________________________________________________________________________ 73 WhereWand II User’s Guide © Copyright WhereNet, Corp.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide After the last file has been downloaded to the WhereWand, the screen shown in figure 66 will be displayed. The user is instructed to re-boot the WhereWand and then either close PDT Install or download the software to another WhereWand. Figure 63 shows the screen.
___________________________________________________________________________ WhereWand II User’s Guide B LOG DOCK SCREEN This appendix describes the WhereTools Dock program operation. This program is run to upload the log file from the WhereWand to a desktop or laptop computer. This program is run on a desktop or laptop computer. The computer serial port COM1 should be connected to the WhereWand battery charging dock with the serial cable included in the WhereWand shipping box.
