AeroComm ZB2430 manual

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Revision History Revision Description Version 1.0 7/21/06 - Initial Release Version Version 1.1 7/25/06 - Updated Pin defi nitions, corrected sta tus request command to display 0x00 as firm ware version, updated CC 08, CC 21 and EEPROM byte write com mands. Corrected PAN ID EEPROM address to addre ss 0x78. Updated Fu ture Enhancements section. Vers[...]

Contents ZB2430 TRANSCEIVER MODULE 1 ZB2430 Features 1 Overview 1 SPECIFICATIONS 2 Pin Definitions 4 HARDWARE INTERFACE 6 Pin Definitions 6 Generic I/O 6 RXD and TXD 6 Test/Sleep Int. 6 UP_Reset 6 Command/Data 6 In Range 6 RTS Handshaking* 6 CTS Handshaking 7 Sleep Ind. 7 AD In 7 TERMS & DEFINITIONS 8 THEORY OF OPERATION 11 IEEE 802.15.4 & [...]

www .aerocomm.com ZB2430 T RANSCEIVER M ODULE 1 AeroComm’s ZB2430 module is based on the IEEE 802.15. 4 wireless communication standard and the robust ZigBe e networking protocol and is one of the most powerful ZigBee compliant solutions on the market today. The ZB2430 provides OEMs with industry leading 2.4 GHz module perf ormance in low power c[...]

www .aerocomm.com S PECIFICATIONS 2 Table 1: ZB2430 Specifications General Interface Connector SMT or Pluggable Antenna Chip antenna (p/n Laird MAF95029) or U.FL connector Serial Interface Data Rate Baud rates from 110 bps to 115,200 bps. Non-standard baud rat es are also suppor ted. Channels Z B2430-D: 15 Direct Sequence Channels ZB2430-Q: 1 5 Dir[...]

3 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 SPECIFICATIONS www .aerocomm.com Certifications FCC Part 15.247 ZB2430-D: KQL-ZB2430D ZB2430-Q :KQL-ZB24 30-100 Industry Canada (IC) ZB2430-D : 2268C-Z B2430D ZB2430-Q :2268C-ZB2 430 CE ZB2430-D :Approved ZB2430-Q :Pending 1. Feature not available at the ti me of this release. Table 1: ZB2430 Specifications[...]

SPECIFICATIONS 4 PIN DEFINITIONS The ZB2430 has a simple interface that allows OEM Host co mm unications with the transceiver. Table 2 below shows the connector pin numbers and associated functions. Table 2: Pin Definitions for the ZB2430 t ransceiver SMT Pin Pluggable Pin Type Signal Name Functi on 1 4 O GIO_0 Generic Output Pin 2 6 O GIO_1 Generi[...]

5 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 SPECIFICATIONS www .aerocomm.com 18 12 O CTS Clear to Se nd - Active Low whe n the transceiver is rea dy to accept data for transmission. High when input buffer is filling. Contin ing to send data when CTS is high can cause buffer overflow and the loss of data. 19 14 I/O GIO_8 / AD_5 Has Internal connectio n. Reserv[...]

www .aerocomm.com H ARDWARE I NTERFACE 3 PIN DEFINITIONS Generic I/O Both GIn and GOn pins serve as generic input/output pins. Reading and writing of these pins can be performed on- the-fly using CC Commands. RXD and TXD The ZB2430 accepts 3.3 VDC TTL level asynchronous serial data from the OEM Host via the RXD pin. Data is sent from the transceive[...]

7 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 HARDWARE INTERFACE www .aerocomm.com Note: Leaving RTS de-asserted for too long can cause data loss once the transceiver's recei ve buffer reaches capacity. *Feature not implemented at time of release. CTS Handsh aking If the transceiver buffer fills up and more bytes are sent to it before the buffer can be emp[...]

www .aerocomm.com T ERMS & D EFINITIONS 4 Ad-Hoc Network: A wireless network composed of communicating devices without preexisting infrastructure . Typically created in a spontaneous manner an d is self-organizing and self-ma intaining. Association: The process of joining a ZigBee PAN. A device joins the Network by joinin g a Coordinator or Rou[...]

9 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 T ERMS & DEFINITIONS www .aerocomm.com Maximu m Number of Chi ldren: The total number of children that can be associated with a single Network device. The current profile limit is 20; comprising of up to 6 Ro uters and 14 End Devices. Mesh Network: An interconnection of nodes wh ere nodes are permitte d to trans[...]

T ERMS & D EFINITI ONS 10 Route Request (RREQ): A ZigBee command used to discover paths through the network over which messages may be relayed. Routing Table: A table in which the Coordinator or Router(s) store information required to participate in the routing of data packets throughout the network. The entire ro ute is not sto red, only the f[...]

www .aerocomm.com T HEORY OF O PERATION 5 IEEE 802.15.4 & ZI GBEE OVERVIEW The ZB2430 uses the ZigBee protocol stack, a netw ork layer protocol which uses small, l ow power digital transceivers based on the IEEE 802.15.4 hardware standard. The 802.15.4 standar d is a specification for a cost-effective, low data rate (<250 kbps), 2.4 GHz or 8[...]

THEORY OF OPERATION 12 CREATING A NETWORK The IEEE 802.15.4 MAC provides support for two wireless network top ologies: star and mesh. The management of these networks is performed by the ZigBee layer. All device s, r egardless of topology, participate in t he network using their unique 16-bit address a ssigned by the Coordinator. Mesh The mesh topo[...]

13 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 THEORY OF OPERATION www .aerocomm.com Figure 1: ZigBee Network Topologies PARENT/CHILD RELATIONSHIP ZigBee uses a parent/child relationship between network de vices. The network begins with the Coor dinator as the first device on the network. When a new device (Router or End Device) associates with the Coordinator,[...]

THEORY OF OPERATION 14 Figure 2: Parent/Child Relationship NETWORK LIMITATIONS The ZigBee network structure and ultimate size are specified by Stack profil es. The Stack profiles define the maximum number of Lay ers, maximum number of Children per Pare nt, & maximum number of Routers that can be Children. These parameters are set during code co[...]

15 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 THEORY OF OPERATION www .aerocomm.com Figure 3: Network Depth Maximum Nu mber of Chi ldren pe r Parent The Maximum Number of Children specifies the total number of Children that can be conne cted directly to a parent device on the current Networ k. The Home Lighting and Co ntrol profile specifies the maximum number[...]

THEORY OF OPERATION 16 64-bit MAC ad dress The 64-bit MAC address consists of a 40-bit Organizat ionally Uniq ue Identifier (OUI) and a 24-bit address programmed by the ma nufacturer. All ZB2430 transceiver s have the same OUI of 0x 00 0x00 0x00 0x50 0x 67 which can be used to distinguish Aerocomm devices on a network but cannot be used to route pa[...]

17 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 THEORY OF OPERATION www .aerocomm.com Figure 4: ZigBee AODV Figure 5: ZigBee Route Reque st[...]

THEORY OF OPERATION 18 One of two things will happen when Nodes 1 and 2 receive the RREQ from Node 0: • If a route is known or if they are the destinat ion radio, they can send a Route Reply (RREP) back to Node 0. • If they do not know the route and are also not the destination radio, they will rebroadcast the RREQ to their neighbors. The messa[...]

19 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 THEORY OF OPERATION www .aerocomm.com Table 4: Broadcast Add resses Broadcast Address Destination Group 0xFFFF All devices in PAN 0xFFFE Reserved 0xFFFD All non-sleeping devices when RXOn- WhenIdle = True 0xFFFC All Routers and Coordinator 0xFFF8 - 0x FFFB Reserved ENGINEER’S TIP Sending a Broadcast packet. While[...]

www .aerocomm.com S ERIAL I NTERFACE 6 The ZB2430 transceiver module interfaces to the OEM Ho st vi a an asynchronous 3. 3V serial UART interface; allowing the module to be easily integrated in to any 3.3V system without requiring an y level transla tion. The module can communicate with any logic and voltage compatible UART; or to any serial device[...]

21 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 SERIAL INTERFACE www .aerocomm.com SERIAL INTERFACE BAUD RATE In order for the OEM Host and a transceiver to communicate over the serial interface they need to have the same serial data rate. This value de termines the baud rate used for communicating over the serial interface to a tr ansceiver. For a baud rate to [...]

SERIAL INTERFACE 22 INTERFACE TIMEOUT / RF PACKET SIZE Interface Timeout – Interface Time out specifie s a maximum b yte gap between consecutive bytes. Whe n that byte gap is exceeded, the bytes in the transmit buffer are proc essed as a complete packet. Interface Timeout (EEPROM address 0x58), in conjunction with the RF Packet Size, determines w[...]

23 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 SERIAL INTERFACE www .aerocomm.com RXD Data Buffer an d CTS A s d a t a i s s e n t f r o m t h e O E M H o s t t o t h e r a d i o o v e r t h e s e r i a l i n t e r f a c e , i t i s s t o r e d i n t h e Z B 2 4 3 0 ’ s b u f f e r u n t i l t h e radio is ready to transmit the data packet. As discussed i n ?[...]

SERIAL INTERFACE 24 NETWORKING PAN ID - PAN ID (EEPROM address 0x79) is a 16-bit field and is similar to a password or network number and helps differentiate collocated networks. A transceive r will not be associated with a networ k unless its PAN ID and Channel Number match that of the Coordina tor. Range is 0x0000 to 0x3FFF. RF Channel Number - ([...]

25 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 SERIAL INTERFACE www .aerocomm.com The example shown in Figure 8 below enables all 2.4GHz channels for possible use by selecting 0x07FFF800 as the Channel Mask. The Channel Mask enables you to allow all or to exclude specific channels from selection. The example in Figure 9 shows channels 0x14-0x1A as the only av a[...]

SERIAL INTERFACE 26 POWER DOWN MODES Power down modes allow the ZB2430 to operate at minimum current co nsumption while not in use. The ZB2430 provides two such modes (End Devices only). • Cyclic Sleep (Wake periodically ba sed on software-controlle d timer or pin interupt) • Deep Sleep (Wake on pin interrupt) In order for a module to transitio[...]

27 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 SERIAL INTERFACE www .aerocomm.com ENGINEER’S TIP Transmitting and Receiving data with a sleeping End Device. • Data sent to the radio over the U ART while it is sleeping will be lost. If the mo dule wakes while receiving data over the UART, it will only see the data received since waking up. • Incoming RF pa[...]

www .aerocomm.com C ONFIGURING THE ZB2430 7 The ZB2430 can be configured using the CC Configuration Co mmands. These commands can be issued using either Hardware or Software Configuration. To use Hardware Configuration, the Command /Data pin of a transceiver must be asserted Low. Software Configurat ion can be used by entering AT Command Mode bef o[...]

29 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 CONFIGURING THE ZB2430 www .aerocomm.com AT COMMANDS The AT Command mode implemented in the ZB2430 creates a virtual version of the Command /Data pin. The “Enter AT Command Mode” Command asserts this virtual pin L ow (to signify Command Mode) and the “Exit AT Command Mode” Command asse rts this virtual pin [...]

CONFIGURING THE ZB2430 30 Discover NWK Ad dress <0xCC> <0x8D> <MAC [2-0]> <Data> <0xCC> <NWK H i> <NWK Lo> <Data [n-0]> Discover IEEE Address <0xCC> <0x8E> < NWK Hi> <NWK Lo> <Data> <0xCC> <MAC [7-0]> <Data [n-0]> Read Temperature <0xCC> <0 xA4&[...]

31 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 CONFIGURING THE ZB2430 www .aerocomm.com COMMAND DESCRIPTIONS Enter AT Command Mode Prior to sending t his comm and, th e OE M Host must ensure that the transceive r’s RF transmit buffer is emp ty. This can be acco mplished by waiting up to one second be tween the last packet and the AT command. If the buffe r is[...]

CONFIGURING THE ZB2430 32 Read Destination Addre ss The OEM Host issues this command to the transce iver to read the Destination Addre ss. Command: <0xCC> < 0x11> Number o f bytes re turned: 4 Response: <0 xCC> <0x00> < NWK Hi> <NWK Lo > Parameter Range: <NWK Hi> = MSB of destination ra dio’s NWK address [...]

33 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 CONFIGURING THE ZB2430 www .aerocomm.com Read Digital Input The OEM Host is sues this command to read the s tate of GI0 input pins. Pins configured as outputs will report their current state. Command: <0xCC> < 0x20> Number of Bytes Returned: 2 Response: <0 xCC> <Digital In> Parameter Range: [...]

CONFIGURING THE ZB2430 34 The OEM Host issu es this command to adju st the maximum outp ut power. Command: <0xCC> < 0x25> <Max Pwr> Number of Bytes Returned: 2 Response: 0x CC <Max Pwr> Parameter Range: <Max Pwr> = High Power Low Power 0x00: 17 dBm 0x00: 3 dBm 0x01: 11 dBm 0x01: -3 dBm 0x02: 5 dBm 0x02: -9 dBm 0x03: -1[...]

35 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 CONFIGURING THE ZB2430 www .aerocomm.com The OEM Host issues this comman d to discover the 64-bit IEEE address of a r emote radio. Note: This command is valid only fo r Coordinators and/or Router devices. This command wi ll not issue a respons e if the requested address is unable to be located in the netw ork. A ti[...]

CONFIGURING THE ZB2430 36 Upon receiving this command, a transceiver will respond with the desired data fro m the addresses re quested by the OEM Hos t. *Note: Maximum Length is 0xFC. Command: <0xCC> <0xC0 > <Start> <Leng th> Number of Bytes Returned: 4+ Response: <0xCC> <Sta rt> <Length> <Data> Param[...]

www .aerocomm.com EEPROM P ARAMETERS 8 The OEM Host can p rogram various parameters that are stored in EEPROM and become active a fter a power-on reset. The table below gives the locations and descriptions of the par ameters that can be read/written by the OEM Host. Factory default values are also shown. Do not wr ite to any EEPROM addresses other [...]

EEPROM PARAMETERS 38 Baud Rate 0x 42 1 0x00 - 0x08, 0x E3 0x06 0x00: 1200 0x01: 2400 0x02: 4800 0x03: 9600 0x04: 19200 0x05: 31250 0x06: 38400 0x07: 57600 0x08: 115200 0xE3: Enable Custom Baud rate Note: If any value ofther than 0x00-0x08 or 0x E3 is used, the radio will def ault to 9600 baud. Baud_M 0x43 1 0x00 - 0xFF 0xFF Used to calculate baud r[...]

39 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 EEPROM PARAMETERS www .aerocomm.com Stale Limit 0x4F 1 0x01-0xFF 0x32 Specif ies amount of time to keep a radio in the Radio Table without having received a packet from that particular ra dio. Prevents retr ies from being interpreted as ne w packets. Adjustable in 100 ms increments. Control 1 0x 56 1 0x01 - 0xFF 0x[...]

EEPROM PARAMETERS 40 MAC ID 0x80 8 0x00 - 0xFF Factory programmed 8 byte unique IEEE MAC address. Note: This addres s is write protect ed and can- not be modi fied. Part Number 0x90 16 0x00 - 0xFF Provides part number information. EEPROM byte 0x95 can be read t o determine device type (C, R, or E). API Control 0xC1 1 0x00 - 0x FF 0xF8 Settings are:[...]

www .aerocomm.com API O PERATION 9 API Operation is a powerful alternative to the default Transparent operation of the ZB2430 and provides dynamic packet routing and packet accounting abilities to the OEM Host without requiring extensive prog ramming by the OEM Host.. API operation utilizes specific pa cket formats; specifying various vi tal parame[...]

API OPERATION 42 *Note: Send Data Co mplete may report a fail ure though the packet arrived due to t iming issues. It will never report successful though unless the packet absolutely arrived. Figure 13: Send Data Co mplete packet format API Receive Pa cket By default, the source MAC is not included in the received data string sent to the OEM Host. [...]

www .aerocomm.com ZB2430 A DDRESSING 10 Every ZB2430 transceiver module has a unique static 64- bit MAC address that is p rogrammed at the factory. Upon joining the network, the device is assigned a 16-bit NWK Ad dress. The NWK address onl y changes on initial power-up and when a NV Reset command is issued to the radio. In Figure 15 four nodes with[...]

ZB2430 ADDRESSING 44 8. Wait for command r esponse: ................. .................... ............. 0xCC 0x44 0x41 0x5 4 9. Send data to device Figure 16: ZigBee Addressing by MAC - Node 0 to Node 2 N ex t, as su me tha t N od e 1 ne eds to se n d a me ss ag e t o N od e 2 , w hi ch is a ls o o ut of it ’s ra nge . T he pr oc ed ur e i s t h[...]

www .aerocomm.com A DVANCED N ETWORK C OMMANDS 11 Some applications may require a more e xtensive knowledge of the Network a nd its current configuration. For this reason, the ZB2430 includes several advanced comm ands which can be issued anytim e the radio is in Command m o d e . Ea ch of t he se co mm an ds i n c l u d e a 1 6- bi t R et u rn Ma [...]

ADVANCED NETWORK COMMANDS 46 Figure 18: Read Neighbor Table Res ponse 0x00: Success 0x01: Fai l Stat us ( Byt e 4) Dat a Requ est 0xCC S ta r t D e lim ite r 0x88 C o m m an d Id e ntifier 1 Byte Lengt h Success: Byt e 5: I ndex number Bytes 6- 7: NW K Address Bytes 8- 9: PA N ID B y te 1 0 : T X C o s t B y te 1 1 : R X C o st Byt e 12: Sec ur i t[...]

47 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 ADVANCED NETWORK COMMANDS www .aerocomm.com Read Route Table ZigBee Coordinators and Routers maintain a routing table in memory which is used to establish a route to a particular destination device. Note: This command is not valid for End Devices. Command Definitions • Count: Number of entries to include in Ro ut[...]

ADVANCED NETWORK COMMANDS 48 Figure 20: Read Route Table Respons e 0x00: Success 0x01: Fai l Stat us ( Byt e 4) Dat a Requ est 0xCC S ta r t D e lim ite r 0x89 C o m m a n d Id e n tifier 1 Byte Length Respo nse (Bytes 5-n) Repo rt ed f or each r adi o Success: Byt e 5: I ndex Num ber Bytes 6-7: D esti nati o n Address Bytes 8-9: N ext Hop Address [...]

49 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 ADVANCED NETWORK COMMANDS www .aerocomm.com Perform Scan ZigBee Coordinators and Routers can manually scan selected channels for RF activity and other ZigBee devices/PAN ID’s, etc. Note: This command not valid for End Devices. Command Definitions • Scan Channel: A 32-bit channel mask specifyi ng the channel(s) [...]

ADVANCED NETWORK COMMANDS 50 Figure 22: Perform Scan Res ponse Data Request 0xCC Start Delimiter 0x8B Command Identifier 1 Byte Length 0x00: Energ y detect scan 0x01: Activ e scan Scan Type (Byte 6 ) Reserved (Byt e 7) 0x00: Success 0x1A: Fail – Insuff icient RAM Resour ces 0xFC: Scan already in progress Status (Byte 5) if Scan Ty pe = 0x00 Byte [...]

51 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 ADVANCED NETWORK COMMANDS www .aerocomm.com Read R adio Ta ble Th e R a di o T a bl e, s to re d in NV R AM , c o nt ai n s i nf or m at i on ab o ut an y p a re nt o r c hi l dr en i t i s a s so ci a te d w i th . T h e R ad i o Table stores relationship and link-state information whic h updates everytime the rad[...]

ADVANCED NETWORK COMMANDS 52 Figure 24: Read Radio Table Resp onse 0x00: S ucces s S t at us ( B yt e 4) Da t a R equest 0xC C S t a r t D e lim ite r 0x8C C o m m a n d Id e n tifi e r 1 B yt e Lengt h B yt e 5: I ndex num ber B yt es 6- 7: N W K A ddr ess B yt es 8- 9: A ddr ess i ndex B yt e 10: N ode r el at i on 0x00: P ar ent 0x01: C hi l d R[...]

www .aerocomm.com D IMENSIONS 12 ZB2430 MECHANICAL Figure 25: ZB2430 Mecha nical Drawing Notes: All dimensions are +/- .005 inches PC Board Material is 0.031 thick FR4 Board edge connections are 1/2 of 0.031 plated holes 0.015 0.205 0.837 1.350 0.000 0.079 typ. 0.015 0.000 0.381 0.985 1.000 0.000 0.031 0.131 Top View Side View Bottom View 18 10 1 9[...]

www .aerocomm.com O RDERING I NFORMATION 13 PRODUCT PART NUMBERS[...]

www .aerocomm.com C OMPLIANCY I NFORMATION 14 AGENCY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS Agency compliancy is a very important r equirement for an y product developmen t. Aerocomm is in the proce ss of obtaining modular approval for its ZB2430 product family so that the OEM only needs to meet a few requirements to use that approval. The corresponding agency ide[...]

COMPLIANCY INFORMATION 56 Mobile - Mobile defines equipment where the user will be 20 cm o r greater from the t ransmitting equipment. The antenna must be mounted in such a way that it cannot be moved closer to the user wi th respect to the equipme nt, although the equipment may be moved. ( Note : Ankles, fe et, wrists, and hands are permitted to b[...]

57 ZB2430 User’ s Manual - v1.6 COMPLIANCY INFORMATION www .aerocomm.com[...]