Below the Port table in the Jennic Serial Port Tool are details for any selected port row, if type “adapter” or “flasher”.
As shown in Figure 6, properties for an “adapter” include:
Firmware Revision level, for example 2.0.25.2
Panid — the Jennic PAN ID (Personal Area Network identifier), in hexadecimal, range 0x0000 to 0xFFFE for the network. The wireless USB adapter acts as the coordinator for this network.
Channel — the RF 2.4GHz channel number to use, from 11 to 26.
Diag Level — level of Jennic/Sedona-related debug messaging to include in the Workbench console window, where value of 0 provides the smallest level.
Changing the value of a coordinator’s Panid or Channel, after a save, causes a restart of that coordinator.
For a procedure, see Reconfiguring a USB coordinator. Also note an adapter’s details includes a row of Buttons at the bottom of the view. See Buttons.
Details for a port set to “flasher” change the view significantly, as shown in Figure 7.
Flasher utility items include:
Firmware Archive
Workbench file path (ord) to the appropriate firmware archive file to download serially to the attached device in this utility.
The open folder icon produces a Firmware Archive dialog that works like the standard Workbench File Chooser dialog, so you can browse to the needed location of this file.
Jennic communication parameters
After you select a firmware archive file, the view adds Jennic parameters for both apps in the device.
You can set the same or different Panid and RF Channel Map values in the top (main) app as in the lower (fallback) app. When the firmware download completes, and after the device is reset, it becomes reachable using these Jennic communication parameters.
Button to initiate the download—only after connecting the appropriate serial cable (and adapter, if necessary) between the Workbench PC and the Jennic-based Sedona Framework device, and setting the device in “program mode”.
When in this flasher utility mode, no other buttons are available in the Jennic Serial Port Tool. For an example procedure, see Flashing the firmware in a Sedona Framework Dev Board.
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