MicroStrain EH-Link Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide

EH-Link

Version

• EH-Link

• USB Base Station firmware 2.09

• Node Commander

Starter Kit

The EH-Link

• EH-Link

• USB Base Station with Antenna

• Thermal Electric Generator (TEG)

• Solar Demo Board

• Node Commander

• 9 volt Alkaline Battery

• Battery Clip

• EH-Link

• 1000 uF Capacitor

• Small Screw Driver (for green terminal blocks)

Software Installation

• Insert the Node Commander

• Launch Node Commander

• The Node Commander

Base Station Installation

• Install the antenna on the USB Base Station.

• Plug the USB Base Station into any USB port on your PC.

• The blue LED on the Base Station will illuminate continuously.

• After a moment Node Commander

• Note: The X, as shown in the figure, indicates the communication port number to which

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Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Node

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firmware 1.07

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software 2.3.0

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starter kit contains:

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Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Node

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Software and Manuals CD (Windows® XP, Vista, 7)

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1000 ohm Tester Board

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software CD into your CD-ROM drive and follow the on-

screen instructions to install the software.

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software.

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Main screen will appear as shown in Figure 1.

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will recognize the Base Station and display it as Base

Station Com X in the Controller frame as shown in Figure 1.

the Base Station has been assigned. In our example we see communication port 16.

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Figure 1

Establish Communication with the EH-Link

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• Install the Battery Clip on the EH-Link™ by connecting the red lead to pin 9 and the

black lead to pin 10 on the P2 connector as shown in Figure 2. Use the small screw
driver provided to tighten the screw terminals.

• Install the 9 volt Alkaline Battery on the Battery Clip.

Figure 2

• In Node Commander

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, right-click the Base Station Com X in the Controller frame.

• A drop-down menu will appear as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3

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