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... ... @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ 92 92 * Automatic RF Sense and CAD with ultra-fast AFC. 93 93 * Packet engine up to 256 bytes with CRC 94 94 95 + 95 95 == 1.3 Features == 96 96 97 97 * LoRaWAN Class A & Class C protocol (default Class C) ... ... @@ -235,11 +235,15 @@ 235 235 236 236 ((( 237 237 ((( 239 +((( 238 238 There are plenty of RS485 devices in the market and each device has different command to read the valid data. To support these devices in flexible, RS485-LN supports flexible command set. User can use [[AT Commands>>||anchor="H3.5ConfigureRS485-BLviaATorDownlink"]] or LoRaWAN Downlink Command to configure what commands RS485-LN should send for each sampling and how to handle the return from RS485 devices. 239 239 ))) 242 +))) 240 240 241 241 ((( 245 +((( 242 242 (% style="color:red" %)Note: below description and commands are for firmware version >v1.1, if you have firmware version v1.0. Please check the [[user manual v1.0>>url:http://www.dragino.com/downloads/index.php?dir=RS485-LN/&file=RS485-LN_UserManual_v1.0.1.pdf]] or upgrade the firmware to v1.1 247 +))) 243 243 244 244 245 245 ))) ... ... @@ -327,8 +327,6 @@ 327 327 mm: 0: no CRC, 1: add CRC-16/MODBUS in the end of this command 328 328 )))|(% style="width:190px" %)AT+CFGDEV=xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx,m 329 329 330 - 331 - 332 332 === 3.3.3 Configure read commands for each sampling === 333 333 334 334 ((( ... ... @@ -831,200 +831,372 @@ 831 831 832 832 833 833 837 + 834 834 ==== **RS485 command timeout** ==== 835 835 840 +((( 836 836 Some Modbus device has slow action to send replies. This command is used to configure the RS485-LN to use longer time to wait for their action. 842 +))) 837 837 844 +((( 838 838 Default value: 0, range: 0 ~~ 65 seconds 846 +))) 839 839 840 -* **AT Command:** 848 +* ((( 849 +**AT Command:** 850 +))) 841 841 842 842 (% class="box infomessage" %) 843 843 ((( 854 +((( 844 844 **AT+CMDDLaa=hex(bb cc)*1000** 845 845 ))) 857 +))) 846 846 859 +((( 847 847 **Example:** 861 +))) 848 848 863 +((( 849 849 **AT+CMDDL1=1000** to send the open time to 1000ms 865 +))) 850 850 867 +((( 868 + 869 +))) 851 851 852 -* **Downlink Payload:** 871 +* ((( 872 +**Downlink Payload:** 873 +))) 853 853 875 +((( 854 854 **0x AA aa bb cc** 877 +))) 855 855 879 +((( 856 856 Same as: AT+CMDDLaa=hex(bb cc)*1000 881 +))) 857 857 883 +((( 858 858 **Example:** 885 +))) 859 859 887 +((( 860 860 0xAA 01 00 01 ~-~-> Same as **AT+CMDDL1=1000 ms** 889 +))) 861 861 862 862 863 863 893 + 864 864 ==== **Uplink payload mode** ==== 865 865 896 +((( 866 866 Define to use one uplink or multiple uplinks for the sampling. 898 +))) 867 867 900 +((( 868 868 The use of this command please see: [[Compose Uplink payload>>||anchor="H3.3.4Composetheuplinkpayload"]] 902 +))) 869 869 870 -* **AT Command:** 904 +* ((( 905 +**AT Command:** 906 +))) 871 871 872 872 (% class="box infomessage" %) 873 873 ((( 910 +((( 874 874 **AT+DATAUP=0** 875 875 ))) 913 +))) 876 876 877 877 (% class="box infomessage" %) 878 878 ((( 917 +((( 879 879 **AT+DATAUP=1** 880 880 ))) 920 +))) 881 881 922 +((( 923 + 924 +))) 882 882 883 -* **Downlink Payload:** 926 +* ((( 927 +**Downlink Payload:** 928 +))) 884 884 930 +((( 885 885 **0xAD 00** **~-~->** Same as AT+DATAUP=0 932 +))) 886 886 934 +((( 887 887 **0xAD 01** **~-~->** Same as AT+DATAUP=1 936 +))) 888 888 889 889 890 890 940 + 891 891 ==== **Manually trigger an Uplink** ==== 892 892 943 +((( 893 893 Ask device to send an uplink immediately. 945 +))) 894 894 895 -* **AT Command:** 947 +* ((( 948 +**AT Command:** 949 +))) 896 896 951 +((( 897 897 No AT Command for this, user can press the [[ACT button>>||anchor="H3.7Buttons"]] for 1 second for the same. 953 +))) 898 898 955 +((( 956 + 957 +))) 899 899 900 -* **Downlink Payload:** 959 +* ((( 960 +**Downlink Payload:** 961 +))) 901 901 963 +((( 902 902 **0x08 FF**, RS485-LN will immediately send an uplink. 965 +))) 903 903 904 904 905 905 969 + 906 906 ==== **Clear RS485 Command** ==== 907 907 972 +((( 908 908 The AT+COMMANDx and AT+DATACUTx settings are stored in special location, user can use below command to clear them. 974 +))) 909 909 910 -* **AT Command:** 976 +* ((( 977 +**AT Command:** 978 +))) 911 911 980 +((( 912 912 **AT+CMDEAR=mm,nn** mm: start position of erase ,nn: stop position of erase 982 +))) 913 913 984 +((( 914 914 Etc. AT+CMDEAR=1,10 means erase AT+COMMAND1/AT+DATACUT1 to AT+COMMAND10/AT+DATACUT10 986 +))) 915 915 988 +((( 916 916 Example screen shot after clear all RS485 commands. 990 +))) 917 917 992 +((( 993 + 994 +))) 918 918 996 +((( 919 919 The uplink screen shot is: 998 +))) 920 920 921 921 [[image:1654160691922-496.png]] 922 922 923 923 924 -* **Downlink Payload:** 1003 +* ((( 1004 +**Downlink Payload:** 1005 +))) 925 925 1007 +((( 926 926 **0x09 aa bb** same as AT+CMDEAR=aa,bb 1009 +))) 927 927 928 928 929 929 1013 + 930 930 ==== **Set Serial Communication Parameters** ==== 931 931 1016 +((( 932 932 Set the Rs485 serial communication parameters: 1018 +))) 933 933 934 -* **AT Command:** 1020 +* ((( 1021 +**AT Command:** 1022 +))) 935 935 1024 +((( 936 936 Set Baud Rate: 1026 +))) 937 937 938 938 (% class="box infomessage" %) 939 939 ((( 1030 +((( 940 940 **AT+BAUDR=9600** ~/~/ Options: (1200,2400,4800,14400,19200,115200) 941 941 ))) 1033 +))) 942 942 1035 +((( 943 943 Set UART Parity 1037 +))) 944 944 945 945 (% class="box infomessage" %) 946 946 ((( 1041 +((( 947 947 **AT+PARITY=0** ~/~/ Option: 0: no parity, 1: odd parity, 2: even parity 948 948 ))) 1044 +))) 949 949 1046 +((( 950 950 Set STOPBIT 1048 +))) 951 951 952 952 (% class="box infomessage" %) 953 953 ((( 1052 +((( 954 954 **AT+STOPBIT=0** ~/~/ Option: 0 for 1bit; 1 for 1.5 bit ; 2 for 2 bits 955 955 ))) 1055 +))) 956 956 1057 +((( 1058 + 1059 +))) 957 957 958 -* **Downlink Payload:** 1061 +* ((( 1062 +**Downlink Payload:** 1063 +))) 959 959 1065 +((( 960 960 **A7 01 aa bb**: Same AT+BAUDR=hex(aa bb)*100 1067 +))) 961 961 1069 +((( 962 962 **Example:** 1071 +))) 963 963 964 -* A7 01 00 60 same as AT+BAUDR=9600 965 -* A7 01 04 80 same as AT+BAUDR=115200 1073 +* ((( 1074 +A7 01 00 60 same as AT+BAUDR=9600 1075 +))) 1076 +* ((( 1077 +A7 01 04 80 same as AT+BAUDR=115200 1078 +))) 966 966 1080 +((( 967 967 A7 02 aa: Same as AT+PARITY=aa (aa value: 00 , 01 or 02) 1082 +))) 968 968 1084 +((( 969 969 A7 03 aa: Same as AT+STOPBIT=aa (aa value: 00 , 01 or 02) 1086 +))) 970 970 971 971 1089 + 1090 + 972 972 == 3.6 Listening mode for RS485 network == 973 973 1093 +((( 974 974 This feature support since firmware v1.4 1095 +))) 975 975 1097 +((( 976 976 RS485-LN supports listening mode, it can listen the RS485 network packets and send them via LoRaWAN uplink. Below is the structure. The blue arrow shows the RS485 network packets to RS485-LN. 1099 +))) 977 977 978 978 [[image:image-20220602171200-8.png||height="567" width="1007"]] 979 979 1103 +((( 980 980 To enable the listening mode, use can run the command AT+RXMODE. 1105 +))) 981 981 1107 +((( 1108 + 1109 +))) 982 982 983 -(% border="1" style="background-color:#ffffcc; width:500px" %) 984 -|=(% style="width: 161px;" %)**Command example:**|=(% style="width: 337px;" %)**Function** 985 -|(% style="width:161px" %)AT+RXMODE=1,10 |(% style="width:337px" %)Enable listening mode 1, if RS485-LN has received more than 10 RS485 commands from the network. RS485-LN will send these commands via LoRaWAN uplinks. 986 -|(% style="width:161px" %)AT+RXMODE=2,500|(% style="width:337px" %)Enable listening mode 2, RS485-LN will capture and send a 500ms content once from the first detect of character. Max value is 65535 ms 987 -|(% style="width:161px" %)AT+RXMODE=0,0|(% style="width:337px" %)Disable listening mode. This is the default settings. 988 -|(% style="width:161px" %) |(% style="width:337px" %)A6 aa bb cc same as AT+RXMODE=aa,(bb<<8 ~| cc) 1111 +(% border="1" cellspacing="10" style="background-color:#ffffcc; width:500px" %) 1112 +|=(% style="width: 161px;" %)((( 1113 +**Command example:** 1114 +)))|=(% style="width: 337px;" %)((( 1115 +**Function** 1116 +))) 1117 +|(% style="width:161px" %)((( 1118 +AT+RXMODE=1,10 1119 +)))|(% style="width:337px" %)((( 1120 +Enable listening mode 1, if RS485-LN has received more than 10 RS485 commands from the network. RS485-LN will send these commands via LoRaWAN uplinks. 1121 +))) 1122 +|(% style="width:161px" %)((( 1123 +AT+RXMODE=2,500 1124 +)))|(% style="width:337px" %)((( 1125 +Enable listening mode 2, RS485-LN will capture and send a 500ms content once from the first detect of character. Max value is 65535 ms 1126 +))) 1127 +|(% style="width:161px" %)((( 1128 +AT+RXMODE=0,0 1129 +)))|(% style="width:337px" %)((( 1130 +Disable listening mode. This is the default settings. 1131 +))) 1132 +|(% style="width:161px" %)((( 1133 + 1134 +)))|(% style="width:337px" %)((( 1135 +A6 aa bb cc same as AT+RXMODE=aa,(bb<<8 | cc) 1136 +))) 989 989 1138 +((( 990 990 **Downlink Command:** 1140 +))) 991 991 1142 +((( 992 992 **0xA6 aa bb cc ** same as AT+RXMODE=aa,(bb<<8 | cc) 1144 +))) 993 993 1146 +((( 1147 + 1148 +))) 994 994 1150 +((( 995 995 **Example**: 1152 +))) 996 996 1154 +((( 997 997 The RS485-LN is set to AT+RXMODE=2,1000 1156 +))) 998 998 1158 +((( 999 999 There is a two Modbus commands in the RS485 network as below: 1160 +))) 1000 1000 1162 +((( 1001 1001 The Modbus master send a command: (% style="background-color:#ffc000" %)01 03 00 00 00 02 c4 0b 1164 +))) 1002 1002 1166 +((( 1003 1003 And Modbus slave reply with: (% style="background-color:green" %)01 03 04 00 00 00 00 fa 33 1168 +))) 1004 1004 1170 +((( 1005 1005 RS485-LN will capture both and send the uplink: (% style="background-color:#ffc000" %)01 03 00 00 00 02 c4 0b (% style="background-color:green" %)01 03 04 00 00 00 00 fa 33 1172 +))) 1006 1006 1174 +((( 1007 1007 [[image:image-20220602171200-9.png]] 1176 +))) 1008 1008 1178 +((( 1179 + 1180 +))) 1009 1009 1182 +((( 1010 1010 (% style="color:red" %)Notice: Listening mode can work with the default polling mode of RS485-LN. When RS485-LN is in to send the RS485 commands (from AT+COMMANDx), the listening mode will be interrupt for a while. 1184 +))) 1011 1011 1012 1012 1013 1013 == 3.7 Buttons == 1014 1014 1015 1015 1016 -(% border="1" style="background-color:#f7faff; width: 500px" %)1017 -|=**Button**|=(% style="width: 1420px;" %)**Feature**1018 -|**ACT**|(% style="width: 1420px" %)If RS485 joined in network, press this button for more than 1 second, RS485 will upload a packet, and the SYS LED will give a (% style="color:blue" %)**Blue blink**1019 -|**RST**|(% style="width: 1420px" %)Reboot RS4851020 -|**PRO**|(% style="width: 1420px" %)Use for upload image, see [[How to Update Image>>||anchor="H6.1Howtoupgradetheimage3F"]]1190 +(% border="1" cellspacing="10" style="background-color:#f7faff; width:400px" %) 1191 +|=(% style="width: 50px;" %)**Button**|=(% style="width: 350px;" %)**Feature** 1192 +|(% style="width:50px" %)**ACT**|(% style="width:350px" %)If RS485 joined in network, press this button for more than 1 second, RS485 will upload a packet, and the SYS LED will give a (% style="color:blue" %)**Blue blink** 1193 +|(% style="width:50px" %)**RST**|(% style="width:350px" %)Reboot RS485 1194 +|(% style="width:50px" %)**PRO**|(% style="width:350px" %)Use for upload image, see [[How to Update Image>>||anchor="H6.1Howtoupgradetheimage3F"]] 1021 1021 1022 1022 == 3.8 LEDs == 1023 1023 1024 -(% border="1" style="background-color:#f7faff; width:500px" %) 1025 -|=**LEDs**|=**Feature** 1198 + 1199 +(% border="1" cellspacing="10" style="background-color:#f7faff; width:430px" %) 1200 +|=(% style="width: 50px;" %)**LEDs**|=(% style="width: 380px;" %)**Feature** 1026 1026 |**PWR**|Always on if there is power 1027 -|**SYS**|After device is powered on, the SYS will (% style="color:green" %)**fast blink 1202 +|**SYS**|After device is powered on, the SYS will (% style="color:green" %)**fast blink in GREEN**(%%) for 5 times, means RS485-LN start to join LoRaWAN network. If join success, SYS will be (% style="color:green" %)**on GREEN for 5 seconds** (%%)**. **SYS will (% style="color:green" %)**blink Blue**(%%) on every upload and (% style="color:green" %)**blink Green**(%%) once receive a downlink message. 1028 1028 1029 1029 = 4. Case Study = 1030 1030 ... ... @@ -1035,19 +1035,26 @@ 1035 1035 1036 1036 == 5.1 Access AT Command == 1037 1037 1213 +((( 1038 1038 RS485-BL supports AT Command set. User can use a USB to TTL adapter plus the 3.5mm Program Cable to connect to RS485-BL to use AT command, as below. 1215 +))) 1039 1039 1040 1040 [[image:1654162355560-817.png]] 1041 1041 1042 1042 1220 +((( 1043 1043 In PC, User needs to set (% style="color:blue" %)**serial tool**(%%)(such as [[putty>>url:https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~~sgtatham/putty/latest.html]], SecureCRT) baud rate to (% style="color:green" %)**9600**(%%) to access to access serial console of RS485-BL. The default password is 123456. Below is the output for reference: 1222 +))) 1044 1044 1045 1045 [[image:1654162368066-342.png]] 1046 1046 1047 1047 1227 +((( 1048 1048 More detail AT Command manual can be found at [[AT Command Manual>>https://www.dragino.com/downloads/index.php?dir=LT_LoRa_IO_Controller/LT33222-L/]] 1229 +))) 1049 1049 1050 1050 1232 + 1051 1051 == 5.2 Common AT Command Sequence == 1052 1052 1053 1053 === 5.2.1 Multi-channel ABP mode (Use with SX1301/LG308) === ... ... @@ -1121,13 +1121,23 @@ 1121 1121 1122 1122 == 6.1 How to upgrade the image? == 1123 1123 1306 +((( 1124 1124 The RS485-LN LoRaWAN Controller is shipped with a 3.5mm cable, the cable is used to upload image to RS485-LN to: 1308 +))) 1125 1125 1126 -* Support new features 1127 -* For bug fix 1128 -* Change LoRaWAN bands. 1310 +* ((( 1311 +Support new features 1312 +))) 1313 +* ((( 1314 +For bug fix 1315 +))) 1316 +* ((( 1317 +Change LoRaWAN bands. 1318 +))) 1129 1129 1320 +((( 1130 1130 Below shows the hardware connection for how to upload an image to RS485-LN: 1322 +))) 1131 1131 1132 1132 [[image:1654162535040-878.png]] 1133 1133 ... ... @@ -1138,8 +1138,10 @@ 1138 1138 **Step3: **Open flashloader; choose the correct COM port to update. 1139 1139 1140 1140 ((( 1333 +((( 1141 1141 (% style="color:blue" %) Hold down the PRO button and then momentarily press the RST reset button and the SYS led will change from OFF to ON, While SYS LED is RED ON, it means the RS485-LN is ready to be program. 1142 1142 ))) 1336 +))) 1143 1143 1144 1144 1145 1145 [[image:image-20220602175818-12.png]] ... ... @@ -1202,7 +1202,6 @@ 1202 1202 * (% style="color:blue" %)**RU864**(%%): frequency bands RU864 1203 1203 * (% style="color:blue" %)**KZ865**(%%): frequency bands KZ865 1204 1204 1205 - 1206 1206 = 9.Packing Info = 1207 1207 1208 1208 ... ... @@ -1219,7 +1219,6 @@ 1219 1219 * Package Size / pcs : 14.5 x 8 x 5 cm 1220 1220 * Weight / pcs : 170g 1221 1221 1222 - 1223 1223 = 10. FCC Caution for RS485LN-US915 = 1224 1224 1225 1225 (((