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EAP-E, EAP-E-PA Product Manual 1.04

EAP-E and EAP-E-PA Ethernet Access Point

PRODUCT MANUAL

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Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................... 3

1.1 Installation Requirements ..................................................................................................3

1.2 LEDs..................................................................................................................................3

2 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS....................................................................................... 4

3 OPERATING CONDITIONS ................................................................................................. 4

4 DEVICE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION...................................................................... 5

4.1 Creating Virtual COM Ports ...............................................................................................9

5 FIRMWARE CHANGES AND UPGRADES ....................................................................... 12

5.1 Device Reset and manually Entering the Bootloader ......................................................12

6 SCHEMATICS .................................................................................................................... 13

7 ORDERING INFORMATION .............................................................................................. 15

8 TRADEMARKS................................................................................................................... 16

9 DISCLAIMER...................................................................................................................... 16

10 CONTACT INFORMATI ON ................................................................................................ 16

11 REFERENCES.................................................................................................................... 16

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1 Introduction

The EAP-E Ethernet access point allows access to an ETRX2 or ETRX2-PA wireless mesh

networking module via Ethernet using the Lantronix® XPort® DirectTM serial to Ethernet bridge

device. The Telegesis AT-Command interface - based on the EmberZNet meshing stack - can be

easily accessed by the application software using telnet or by creating a virtual COM port using the

supported Lantronix® CPR (COM Port Redirector) software for windows.

By default the EAP-E is set up to use DHCP for easy integration into most networks. Depending on

the network and firewall configuration it is possible to connect to one or more local EAP-Es via the

internet allowing remote interaction with local ZigBee® networks.

Using the Ember bootloader custom firmware and firmware upgrades can be downloaded via

Ethernet or over the air. The SIF interface also allows the EAP-E to be used as a platform for

firmware development and debugging.

The EAP-E access points also support the use of Ember’s EZSP (Ember ZigBee® Serial Protocol)

instead of the Telegesis AT Command interface.

1.1 Installation Requirements

• 5V-6V Power Supply (supplied separately)

• Cat5 Ethernet Cable

• 10/100 MBit Ethernet connectivity (ideally with DHCP server)

• Mains Socket

1.2 LEDs

The EAP-E has two LEDs situated on the RJ45 Ethernet connector:

1. Green Link LED

- off: No link

- on: Link established

2. Yellow Activity Led

- off: No activity

- on: Activity

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2 Absolute Maximum Ratings

Parameter Min. Max. Units Condition

Supply Voltage Vdd -0.3 201V

Storage Temperature range -40 85 °C

Table 1. Absolute Maximum Ratings

The absolute maximum ratings given above should under no circumstances be violated.

Exceeding one or more of the limiting values may cause permanent damage to the device.

3 Operating Conditions

Typical values at 25°C.

Parameter Min. Typ. Max. Units Condition

Supply Voltage, Vdd 4.5 5 6 V

235 275 mA TX +3dBm Supply Current

EAP-E 235 275 mA RX

300 400 mA TX +17dBm Supply Current

EAP-E-PA 235 275 mA RX

Operating ambient

temperature range 0 25 70 °C

Table 2. Operating Conditions

For radio features please refer to the ETRX2 and ETRX2-PA product manuals.

Dimensions: 114mm x 74mm x 25mm

Weight: 95g

1 Thermal shutdown may occur whe n exceedin g the operating conditions. The unit will become operational

again after allowing it to cool down.

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4 Device Installation and Operation

In order to install the device connect the EAP-E to a suitable power supply with the positive supply

in the centre of the plug. After that connect it to your network hub.

Figure 1: EAP-E Installation

If a DHCP server is connected to your network t he EAP-E will automatically acquire an IP address.

In most cases the IP address obtained by the EAP-E can be found out by accessing the DHCP

server, but there is also an easier way to do that.

The Lantronix® DeviceInstaller tool downloadable from www.lantronix.com or included on a CD-

ROM with your EAP-E can be used to identify EAP-E devices on the local network either with or

without DHCP.

To do this simply follow these steps:

1. Install and execute the Lantronix® DeviceInstaller

2. If your PC has more than a single network adapter a message will prompt at start-up

requiring you to specify which adapter connects to the local network to which the EAP-E

is connected.

3. Click the Search button to find the EAP-E device on your network

4. If required a fixed IP address can now be assigned by pressing the “Assign IP” button

and following the displayed wizard.

5. To test the communication with the EAP-E select the unit from the main window list and

click Tools->Ping.

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Once the IP address of the EAP-E is known it is possible to open a telnet session connecting to

the built-in ETRX2. By default the port connecting to the ETRX2 is port number 10001 as shown in

Figure 3. Please note that Figure 3 also shows a local command echo, which is why the characters

of the command ATI are repeated.

Figure 2: The Lantronix DeviceInstaller

The default Port number of 10001 can be changed to any port number in order to allow multiple

EAP-Es to be addressed via the internet. To do this the local router/firewall needs to be set up to

forward incoming ports to the respective port of the corresponding local EAP-Es. All you need now

to connect to your ZigBee® network via the internet is the remote IP address and the port number.

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Figure 3: A Telnet Session to the EAP-E

In order to change the configuration data, such as the port number simply open a telnet connection

to port number 9999, which is the configuration port and follow the setup menu. Alternatively you

can use the Lantronix® DeviceInstaller to do this as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4: EAP-E setup using Telnet to port 9999

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For example if you want to change the settings of the serial port speed press ‘1’ followed by

<enter>. Following on you are asked to specify the baudrate (19200), I/F Mode (4C), Flow (00),

port number (10001), and other parameters. To enter a value for a parameter, type the value and

press <enter>, or to confirm a current value, just press enter. When you are finished, save the new

configuration (option 9). The unit reboots.

Please note: When changing the default serial port settings (baudrate, flow control, parity,

data bits), identical settings must be used for the Lantronix® XPort® DirectTM and the

ETRX2, otherwise communication will not be possible.

For a detailed description of the menu settings please consult the XPort® DirectTM user guide

available from www.lantronix.com.

The DeviceInstaller is used to change the configuration of the EAP-E on the Ethernet side. In most

cases there is no need to alter any of the Ethernet settings and so the DeviceInstaller can usually

be ignored.

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4.1 Creating Virtual COM Ports

If accessing the serial port of the remote ETRX2 using Telnet is inconvenient for your application,

potentially because you want your application to work with either the Telegesis ETRX2USB,

ETRX2CF or the EAP-E in the same way, you can map the EAP-E to a virtual COM port in the

same way as you can do with the USB and CF devices.

For this purpose Lantronix® provides a COM port redirector (CPR) software for use with their

products. The Lantronix® CPR tool can be downloaded from www.lantronix.com or is included on

a CD-ROM with your EAP-E and supports Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003

Server.

To create a virtual COM port follow these simple steps:

1. Download and Install the Lantronix® CPR

2. Make sure your EAP-E is installed and correctly configured

3. Execute the “CPR Manager”.

4. Select Device -> Search. All EAP-Es in the local network will show up.

5. Select COM Port -> Add and Remove.

6. Select an available COM port number from 1 to 256 (or 1 to 63 if you use Telegesis

Terminal).

7. Click on the new COM port in the left hand side of the window.

8. Double click on a Device on the bottom of the window

9. Make sure is NOT checked

10. Click the Save icon.

During the installation and setup process you will be prompted whether to install a driver, which

has not been signed by Microsoft. Select Yes.

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Figure 5. The Lantronix® CPR

After this process any application can access the embedded ETRX2 as though it was connected to

the local machine’s COM port as shown in Figure 6.

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Figure 6: Telegesis Terminal accessing a EAP-E using CPR

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5 Firmware changes and upgrades

The firmware which is loaded onto the integrated ETRX2 Module can be upgraded over the air or

via Ethernet using a virtual COM port as described in the Development Kit Manual. T he procedure

for bootloading is described in section 12 of the Telegesis Development Kit Product Manual

(available from our website). If you want to bootload new firmware via the COM port, you must

take care to follow this procedure, because the Telegesis firmware and the Ember bootloader run

at different baud rates:

1. Start Lantronix DeviceInstaller, CPR Manager and Telegesis Terminal

2. Set up a normal serial COM port connection from Telegesis Terminal to the EAP

3. Execute AT+BLOAD

4. Disconnect Telegesis Terminal

5. Use DeviceInstaller to change Lantronix Ethernet module to 115200 baud, as described in

section 4

6. Connect Telegesis Terminal but stay at 19200 baud

7. Hit <cr> and get the usual bootloader prompts

8. Download new firmware at 19200

9. Disconnect Telegesis Terminal

10. Use DeviceInstaller to change Lantronix module back to 19200 baud

11. Connect Telegesis Terminal

12. Resume normal operation with new firmware

Alternatively access to the SIF programming interface is possible by removing the cover of the

EAP-E access point. You can also use this interface for custom firmware development and real

time debugging of your custom firmware.

Finally with the advent of EmberZNet3.x it is now possible to download the Ember EZSP (Ember

ZigBee® Serial Protocol) as described in section 6 of the EM260 manual to the EAP-E. In case

you require an EAP-E with pre-loaded EZSP firmware please contact

zigbeesupport@telegesis.com.

5.1 Device Reset and manually Entering the Bootloader

In case the embedded ETRX2 needs to be reset manually the reset pin of the ETRX2 is connected

to the CP1 pin of the Lantronix® XPort® DirectTM module in the same way as the A/D2 pin is

connected to the CP2 pin. This allows hardware triggering of the Ember standalone bootloader,

which can be used for firmware upgrades.

To learn how to access the CP1 and CP2 Pin of the Lantronix® XPort® DirectTM module please

refer to the Lantronix® XPort® DirectTM user guide.

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6 Schematics

The schematic of the EAP-E is shown on the next page for reference.

LED1 and the beeper are future options, which are not fitted. The serial port including the

handshaking lines as well as the reset and A/D2 lines can be accessed via labelled pads.

X2 is the SIF connector, which allows programming and custom firmware development and real

time debugging in conjunction with the Ember InSight Adaptors and the accompanying

development toolchain.

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7 Ordering Information

Table 3. Ordering Information

Ordering/Product Code Description

EAP-E

Access Point based on standard ETRX2

• AT Style Command Interpreter

• Integrated 2.4GHz Antenna

EAP-E-PA

Access Point based on ETRX2-PA

• AT Style Command Interpreter

• Integrated 2.4GHz Antenna

ETRX2DVKA

Development Kit with:

• 1 x ETRX2HW Module with Board to Board Connector

• 1 x ETRX2DV Development Board

• 2 x ETRX2 Modules soldered to

• 2 x ETRX2MCB Module Carrier Boards

• 2 x AA Battery Holders with Leads & Connector Plugs

• 1 x USB Cable

ETRX2DVKA-Plus

Telegesis Development Kit with:

• 1 x ETRX2DV Development Board

• 1 x ETRX2HW Module with a fitted Harwin

• 1 x ETRX2MCB Carrier Boards fitted with ETRX2 modules

• 1 x ETRX2-PA MCB with ETRX2-PA Module

• 1 x AA Battery Holders with leads

• 1 x USB cable

• 1 x ETRX2USB USB stick

• 1 x ETRX2HRHW-PA Module with Hirose connector for

external antenna and Harwin

• 1 x ½ Wave antenna

• 1 x 100mm cable to connect module to antenna

ETRX2

Telegesis Wireless Mesh Networking Module with Ember

ZigBee® Technology:

• Telegesis AT Style Command Interpreter and

• Ember’s EmberZNet2.x stack

• Integrated 2.4GHz Antenna

Notes:

• Customers’ PO’s must state the Ordering/Product Code.

• There is no “blank” version of the ETRX2 Module available. All Modules carry both the

EmberNet Stack and the Telegesis AT style Command Layer. Where customers wish to

program custom firmware they can simply overwrite the existing firmware

• Please contact Telegesis if you require additional AT style commands or specific integration

assistance.

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8 Trademarks

All trademarks, registered trademarks and products names are the sole property of their respective

owners.

9 Disclaimer

Product and Company names and logos referenced may either be trademarks or registered

trademarks of their respective companies. We reserve the right to make modifications and/or

improvements without prior notification. All information is correct at time of issue. Telegesis (UK)

Ltd does not convey any license under its patent rights or assume any responsibility for the use of

the described product

10 Contact Information

Website: www.telegesis.com

E-mail sales@telegesis.com

Telegesis (UK) Limited

3, Abbey Barn Business Centre

Abbey Barn Lane

High Wycombe

Bucks

HP10 9QQ

UK

Tel: +44 (0)1494 510199

Fax: +44 (0)5603 436999

11 References

Telegesis - www.telegesis.com

Ember - www.ember.com

Lantronix - www.lantronix.com