Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 FCC STATEMENT 1. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. 2.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 Federal Communication Commission Statement (FCC, U.S.) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 help. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 Co-location warning: This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Limited Channels fixed for use in the US: IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g or 802.11n(HT20) operation of this product in the U.S. is firmware-limited to Channel 1 through 11. IEEE 802.11n(HT40) operation of this product in the U.S. is firmware-limited to Channel 3 through 9.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 As long as 3 conditions above are met, further transmitter test will not be required. However, the OEM integrator is still responsible for testing their end-product for any additional compliance requirements required with this module installed (for example, digital device emissions, PC peripheral requirements, etc.).
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 maintained between the antenna and users. The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following: “Contains Transmitter Module FCC ID: 2AELJ-ALX8XX”. Information that must be placed in the end user manual: The OEM integrator has to be aware not to provide information to the end user regarding how to install or remove this RF module in the user's manual of the end product which integrates this module.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 1 Revision History Author Versio Revision History n Alinket V1.0 Initiation Edwin Lin V1.1 Added method to configure static IP address and 802.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 1 Revision History................................................................... 4 2 Product Brief.......................................................................... 7 2.1 Default Wi-Fi Configuration.......................................8 2.2 Functional Description.................................................8 2.3 Product Features and Advantages.........................10 2.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 4.9 Configure 802.1x Authentication......................... 31 5 Testing Report................................................................... 32 5.1 Power Consumption Testing (ALX8XX)................ 32 5.2 Reliability Testing.......................................................
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 2 Product Brief Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. is a high-tech innovative company with full capability covering product design, engineering, manufacturing, selling and customer services.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 Industry and Automation Instruments, etc. Additionally, by providing connectivity to various Cloud IoT Platforms, Cloud-ready Middleware, APPs developing capabilities and total solution SDKs for production and testing, Alinket does its best to help our customers to quickly integrate their IoT innovations into Cloud arena.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 2.2 Functional Description 2.2.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 SMTP DNS XIVELY OPEN WEP PSK WEP SHARED WPA TKIP PSK WPA AES PSK SECURITY WPA2 AES PSK WPA2 TKIP PSK WPA2 MIXED PSK WPA2 8021X AES WPA2 8021X TKIP 2.2.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 WIFI USB 2.3 Product Features and Advantages l Data Bridging between hardware interfaces: Serial and SPI ßà Wi-Fi l Integrated Broadcom BCM46332 Wi-Fi Chipset l Supported IEEE802.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 pitch 1.27mm l Low power consumption, advanced management to maintain long battery lifetime l 3.3V power supply 2.4 Wi-Fi Features and Parameters Feature Description WLAN Standards Conformance IEEE 802 11b/g/n Antenna Interface Single Antenna Spectrum 2.4000 GHz – 2.484 GHz Channels 1~14 Channels Modulation DSSS,CCK,OFDM,BPSK,QPSK,16QAM,64QAM Supported Speeds 1,2,5.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 3 Hardware Specification 3.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 3.2 Pins Layout Notes: the pin mappings between IC and schematic are identical 3.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 Pin28 is used to implement the restore-to-factory-default function, when the button was pressed, the device will reboot, if the button was pressed more than 5 seconds, the device will restore the factory default settings. High level in normal operation and low level to trigger the button.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 voltage 3.4.2 Recommended Working Conditions Working Temperature -20 to 60 Celsius Humidity Range Max 95% Not condense, relative humidity Note: maximal working temperature can reach 85 Celsius, but high temperature may downgrade the total performance and reliability. 3.4.3 Voltage ALX8XX is powered by the main control logic. Symbol Min. Typ. Max. Unit VDD 3.0 3.3 3.6 V 4 User Operation Guide 4.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 Plus), TCP/IP Debugger, Alinket Intelligent Configuration Tool 4.2 Connect the Module to Serial Port Serial cable (USB-to-Serial converter), Wi-Fi communication module is connected to the PC via a 4-pins connector (Tx, Rx, Vcc, Gnd): Serial Port Wi-Fi Communication Module Tx ------------------------ Rx Rx ------------------------ Tx Vcc (3.3v) -------------- Vcc (3.3v) Gnd -------------------- Gnd 4.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 4.4 Alinket Smart Configuration Software 4.4.1 Software Installation Double click the installer ASCS.msi, until successfully completed. 4.4.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 “ASCS” is the ALX82x series smart configuration software.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 4.4.3 UDP Server Configuration Description l Choose “Configure” in the menu à “Configure Server”: l Select the local network interface to communicate with ALX82x modules. l Set the UDP server port used to communicate with ALX82x modules. l Broadcast IP: used internally, use the default is OK. l Broadcast port: must be 50007. l Click “OK” to save UDP Server configuration.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 4.4.4 Device Configuration Description Wi-Fi mode select: STA, AP, STA+AP (will support later) STA mode: l TCP Server IP: the IP address of the running TCP server. l TCP Server Port: the TCP port of the running TCP server. l Serial Baud Rate l Device Name: the module name identification. l AP SSID: Router AP’s SSID communication module.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 l Auth Method: OPEN (no password), WPA2 MIXED PSK (pre-shared key), WPA TKIP PSK, WPA ASE PSK, WPA2 TKIP PSK, WPA2 AES PSK, WPA2 8021X AES PSK, WPA2 8021X TKIP PSK l AP password: Router AP’s password to be connected.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 l “Scan”: list all started devices and show them in the device list. l “Re-configuration”: restore to default settings. l “Clear Logs”: flush the logs in the console window. Note: the device name, AP SSID, AP password, SSID and password cannot exceed 30 bytes long. 4.4.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 4.4.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 4.5 TCP/UDP Debugger Server Usage We are using a TCP/UDP debugger tool called sokit, it can be downloaded from: https://code.google.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 4.6 Data Transferring In Serial Debugger Console, type any characters at the serial console of the ALX8XX module, and you should be able to see the string received at the TCP server side terminal.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 4.7 Disconnection and Re-connection When the network signal gets awkward and unstable, which caused the ALX82x module disconnected from the network, the ALX82x module will automatically reconnect.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 4.8 Configure Static IP Address ASCS Alinket smart configuration tool supports static IP address setting after version 1.0.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 the device l The ALX82x module will reboot and use the configured static IP address to re-connect to the ASCS as well as the AP router l If configured wrongly and cannot re-connect the ALX82x module, restore to the factory default to solve the problem. 4.9 Configure 802.1x Authentication ASCS Alinket smart configuration tool supports 802.1x authentication setting after version 1.0.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 l Set “Enable DHCP” to “No” l Choose “WPA2_8021X_AES_PSK” as the “Security Mode” l Set “AP SSID” to the connecting AP SSID l Set the 802.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 5 Testing Report 5.1 Power Consumption Testing (ALX8XX) MCU power Wi-Fi power Test Case Project 2 current Min current Mode save Project 1 Max save Normal Normal (ma) (ma) AP 100 82.7 Station 108 83.3 AP 100 82.
Alinket Technology Co. (Shanghai) Ltd. Module Product User Manual AN-ALX8XX-WIP2.2 Power Low Project 3 Station 34 22.4 AP 81 69 Station 32.1 22.7 AP 80 65 Station 27 5 Normal Power Low Low Project 4 Power Power 5.
