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

  1. Open Device Manager
  2. Expand Ports (COM & LPT)
  3. Plug MultiTech® into USB port on Windows® machine
    1. Note:  the COM port next to the newly displayed USB Serial Device
      1. Example:  USB Serial Device (COM3)
  4. Open terminal emulator such as PuTTY, Tera Term, etc.
  5. Select Serial button
  6. Input 115200 in the speed field
  7. Input COM3 in the serial line field (using example in 3.a.i)
  8. Click Open
  9. Press Enter
  10. Input [username]
  11. Press Enter
  12. Input [password]
  13. Press Enter
  14. Input supervisorctl status
    1. Note:  the gwe program is RUNNING
  15. Input supervisorctl stop gwe
    1. Note:  the screen says gwe: stopped
  16. Plug PRN into USB port on MultiTech®
  17. Input ls -al /dev/serial/by-id
    1. Note:  the tty phrase associated with the PRN
      1. Example:  usb-Parker_Hannifin_900MHz_PRN_c352B9542745427-if00 is associated with ttyACM0
  18. Input minicom -s
  19. Press Enter
  20. Select Serial port setup
  21. Press Enter
  22. Press A
  23. Press Backspace to erase all character except tty
  24. Input ACM0 in the Serial Device field (using example in 17.a.i)
  25. Press Enter
  26. Note:  Bps/Par/Bits says 115200 8N1
  27. Press Esc
  28. Select Exit
  29. Input JR (this command erases the table of sensors on the PRN)
    1. Note:  only use this command to reset the PRN so NO sensors are joined
  30. Wait for PRN to restart
  31. Input J1 (this command enables joining mode)
  32. Look for desired sensor’s ID to display within terminal emulator
  33. Input J0 (this command disables joining mode)
  34. Input LA? (this command displays the sensors that are currently joined)
  35. Press Ctrl + A
  36. Press Q
  37. Select Yes
  38. Press Enter
  39. Input reboot
  40. Press Enter
  41. Close terminal emulator
  42. Unplug MultiTech® from USB port on Windows® machine