During this activity, you are going to perform two different categories of tasks. The first category is to prepare the environment, and the second is to verify the functionality of various capabilities using the sample application. These capabilities include Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), LoRaWAN®, Wi-Fi, and GPS.
In this step, you are going to experience the BLE iBeacon functionality of the EVB. To achieve this, you need to perform the following steps:
In order to connect to EVB, please use the Tera Term application. The steps to connect to EVB using Tera Term are exactly the same as what you did at the beginning of Step 9, explained below again just in case.
57600 for Speed
7 bit for Data
none for Parity
1 bit for Stop bits
none for Flow control
Then click the New settings button to save the settings
You can initiate the iBeacon functionality of the EVB now that the BLE stack has been completed. Do not forget to capture the BLE MAC address, as this information will be necessary for later stages.
Your EVB has begun broadcasting iBeacon messages, and you can locate it using the MAC address associated with its BLE connection.
You will need to make use of an application that acts as a BLE scanner in order to check whether or not the BLE iBeacon signals that your EVB sends can be seen. You can do this by utilizing the Nordic nrfConnect application, which is available for free on both Android and Apple devices and can be downloaded from either the Android Play Store or the Apple Store, respectively.
Please remember that this is just an example application and that you can create your application to send important information using this iBeacon message..
The EVB’s BLE scanning functionality will be demonstrated to you in this step. You will need to carry out the actions listed below in order to accomplish this goal:
-Tera Term should be used to connect to the EVB.
-Make the EVB’s Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) utility work as a BLE detector.
-Begin the process of using EVB’s BLE scanning function.
-Last but not least, make use of an application that can observe BLE signals in the immediate area.
Please use the Tera Term application in order to establish a connection to EVB. When using Tera Term to connect to EVB, the steps that you take are identical to those that you took at the commencement of Step 9 and Step 11 respectively. Please follow these instructions.
You are able to initiate the scanning functionality of the EVB now that the BLE stack has been ready.
In this step, you used EVB as a BLE scanner to scan for different types of BLE beacons.
In this step, you are going to experience the GPS functionality of the EVB. To achieve this, you need to perform the following straightforward steps:
– Connect to EVB using Tera Term.
– Activate the GNSS service of the EVB as a GPS receiver.
– Monitor the progress of the GPS signal reception.
Please use the Tera Term application to connect to EVB. The steps to connect to EVB using Tera Term are the same as those in Steps 9 and 11, respectively. Please refer to these steps and make sure that the GPS antenna is already connected to EVB as shown in Step 1.
In this step, you used EVB as a GPS receiver to determine your position.
You will get to experience the Wi-Fi scanner functionality of the EVB in this step. To accomplish this, you will need to carry out the following simple step:
-Connect to EVB using Tera Term
-Activate the Wi-Fi service of the EVB as a Wi-Fi sniffer
-Monitor the progress of the Wi-Fi signal reception
Please use the Tera Term application to establish a connection to EVB. The procedures that you carried to at the beginning of Step 9 and Step 11 in order to connect to EVB using Tera Term are the same. Please refer to these steps, and make sure that the Wi-Fi antenna is already connected to EVB as explained in Step 1.
To discover WiFi access points near your location, you used EVB as a WiFi sniffer in this step.
In this step, you going to experience with LoRaWAN® functionality of the EVB. To achieve this, you need to perform the following straightforward steps
-Connect to EVB using Tera Term
-Activate the EVB as a LoRaWAN® device
-Verify LoRaWAN® settings of the EVB
-Send Join request to LoRaWAN® network
-Send a LoRaWAN® message
-you performed Step9 (setup LoRaWAN® parameters on EVB) and Step10 (provision of EVB on TPC)
-LoRaWAN® antenna already connected to EVB as shown at Step 1
-You have TPC coverage at your location
Please notice that the data frame transmission is using the default values which can be changed using lora parameter set command
-ADR enabled
-Duty Cycle restrictions enabled
-Frames will be sent without expecting confirmation
-Use public LoRaWAN® network
-Data sent to FPort 100
In this step, you used EVB as Class A LoRa device and send data to TPC.
In this step, you are going to view the EVB device and verify if the data sent in Step 14 is shown on TPC. To achieve this, you need to perform the following steps
In order to login to TPC, please follow the steps shown at the beginning of Step 10 and ensure that you performed Step 14
Please notice that the data frame transmission using the default values (i.e., no message confirmation required, which means that even if you send the data frame to TPC, the device does not know if the frame has arrived at TPC). But when you see the data as shown above, it means that you successfully experienced a full journey of LoRaWAN® setup! Congratulations!
