How Do I Add a Sensor Using My MultiTech Conduit and mCard PRN?
Answer:
Provision a Primary Receiver Node (PRN) using MultiTech® and a USB Connection
- Open Device Manager
- Expand Ports (COM & LPT)
- Plug MultiTech® into USB port on Windows® machine
- Note: the COM port next to the newly displayed USB Serial Device
- Example: USB Serial Device (COM3)
- Note: the COM port next to the newly displayed USB Serial Device
- Open terminal emulator such as PuTTY, Tera Term, etc.
- Select Serial button
- Input 115200 in the speed field
- Input COM3 in the serial line field (using example in 3.a.i)
- Click Open
- Press Enter
- Input [username]
- Press Enter
- Input [password]
- Press Enter
- Input supervisorctl status
- Note: the gwe program is RUNNING
- Input supervisorctl stop gwe
- Note: the screen says gwe: stopped
- Plug PRN into USB port on MultiTech®
- Input ls -al /dev/serial/by-id
- Note: the tty phrase associated with the PRN
- Example: usb-Parker_Hannifin_900MHz_PRN_c352B9542745427-if00 is associated with ttyACM0
- Note: the tty phrase associated with the PRN
- Input minicom -s
- Press Enter
- Select Serial port setup
- Press Enter
- Press A
- Press Backspace to erase all character except tty
- Input ACM0 in the Serial Device field (using example in 17.a.i)
- Press Enter
- Note: Bps/Par/Bits says 115200 8N1
- Press Esc
- Select Exit
- Input JR (this command erases the table of sensors on the PRN)
- Note: only use this command to reset the PRN so NO sensors are joined
- Wait for PRN to restart
- Input J1 (this command enables joining mode)
- Look for desired sensor’s ID to display within terminal emulator
- Input J0 (this command disables joining mode)
- Input LA? (this command displays the sensors that are currently joined)
- Press Ctrl + A
- Press Q
- Select Yes
- Press Enter
- Input reboot
- Press Enter
- Close terminal emulator
- Unplug MultiTech® from USB port on Windows® machine