Volansys Modular IoT Gateway User Manual

MODULAR IOT GATEWAY

USER MANUAL

THE CUTTING EDGE MODULAR TECHNOLOGY

Modular IoT Gateway User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 REVISION HISTORY ........................................................................................................................................ 7

1.1 REVISION HISTORY ............................................................................................................................................ 7

1.2 REFERENCES ..................................................................................................................................................... 7

2 USING THIS MANUAL .................................................................................................................................... 9

2.1 PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE .................................................................................................................................... 9

2.2 SUMMARY OF CHAPTERS ..................................................................................................................................... 9

3 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................... 10

3.1 KEY FEATURES ................................................................................................................................................ 11

3.2 USER CASES ................................................................................................................................................... 12

3.3 PROTOCOL SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................ 12

3.4 ADDRESSES AND PORT NUMBERS ....................................................................................................................... 12

3.4.1 Hardware Address ................................................................................................................................. 12

3.4.2 IP Address .............................................................................................................................................. 13

3.4.3 Port Numbers ......................................................................................................................................... 13

3.5 REFERENCE DESIGN PLATFORM INFORMATION LABEL .............................................................................................. 13

4 REFERENCE DESIGN PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE AND INTERFACES .............................................................. 14

4.1 MEMORY, I/O PORTS AND EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL SUPPORT .................................................................................... 15

4.1.1 DDR3 ...................................................................................................................................................... 15

4.1.2 NAND Flash ............................................................................................................................................ 15

4.1.3 Micro SD Card Slot ................................................................................................................................. 15

4.2 ETHERNET PORT ............................................................................................................................................. 15

4.3 USB PORTS ................................................................................................................................................... 15

4.4 USB DEBUG PORT .......................................................................................................................................... 16

4.5 WI-FI AND BLUETOOTH .................................................................................................................................... 16

4.6 USER INTERFACE SWITCH .................................................................................................................................. 16

4.6.1 Commissioning Switch (SW1) ................................................................................................................. 16

4.6.2 Reset Switch ........................................................................................................................................... 17

4.7 USER LED INDICATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 17

4.8 NFC CONTROLLER ........................................................................................................................................... 17

4.9 MIKROBUS COMPATIBLE HEADERS ..................................................................................................................... 17

4.10 JN5179 ZIGBEE MODULE ................................................................................................................................ 18

5 INSTALLATION OF GATEWAY ....................................................................................................................... 19

5.1 MODULAR IOT GATEWAY BOX CONTENT ............................................................................................................. 19

5.2 DEVICES INSIDE MODULAR IOT GATEWAY ............................................................................................................ 19

5.3 USER REQUIRED ITEMS ..................................................................................................................................... 19

6 DEMO SETUP OF MODULAR IOT GATEWAY ................................................................................................. 20

7 CONTACT US AND SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................ 21

8 APPENDIX-A ................................................................................................................................................ 22

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8.1 ACRONYMS & GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................................. 22

9 APPENDIX-B ................................................................................................................................................ 23

9.1 COMPLIANCE .................................................................................................................................................. 23

9.2 ROHS, REACH COMPLIANCE ............................................................................................................................ 23

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List of Figures

Figure 1 – Modular IoT Gateway ....................................................................................................... 10

Figure 2 - Modular IoT Gateway With Inbuilt Peripheral .................................................................... 10

Figure 3 – Modular IoT Gateway With Inbuilt Peripheral ................................................................... 12

Figure 4 – Reference Design platform information Label ................................................................... 13

Figure 5 – Architecture Block Diagram .............................................................................................. 14

Figure 6 – Inside view of Modular IoT Gateway ................................................................................. 14

Figure 7 – Reference design Platform interface details ...................................................................... 15

Figure 8 – Modular IoT Gateway Switches ......................................................................................... 16

Figure 9 - NFC Controller .................................................................................................................. 17

Figure 10 - MikroBUS Header............................................................................................................ 18

Figure 11 - JN5179 Module ............................................................................................................... 18

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List of Tables

Table 1 - Revision History ...................................................................................................................7

Table 2 – References ..........................................................................................................................7

Table 3 - References ...........................................................................................................................9

Table 4 - Gateway USB Configuration ............................................................................................... 15

Table 5 - Terminal Settings ............................................................................................................... 16

Table 6 - User Interface Switch ......................................................................................................... 17

Table 7 - User LED Indications ........................................................................................................... 17

Table 8 – Modular IoT Gateway Reference design platform Content .................................................. 19

Table 9 - Modular IoT Gateway Unit Contents ................................................................................... 19

Table 10 – Other Require Equipment ................................................................................................ 19

Table 11 - Acronyms & Glossary ....................................................................................................... 22

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Rev.

Date

Description

Prepared By

Reviewed By

Approved By

0.1

21-Nov-16

Initial draft version
released

Volansys

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0.2

02-March-17

Updated based on review
comments

Volansys

Volansys

0.3

03-March-17

Updated based on review
comments

Volansys

Volansys

0.4

01-May-17

Added RF statement

Volansys

Volansys

0.5

24-May-17

Remove watermark
Added FCC RF statement

Volansys

Volansys

Documents

Revision

i.MX6UL Base Board Hardware User Guide

0.1

Datasheet of JN5179 Module

1.1

Quick start Guide of PN7120 NFC Controller Board

1.1

1 REVISION HISTORY

1.1 Revision History

Table 1 - Revision History

1.2 References

Table 2 – References

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