The Starter Kit is a plug and play solution to explore features and capabilities of the IMST
radio modules.
The kit contains two demo boards and two radio modules soldered on specific adapter boards.
These units include USB interface, and several input and output elements, such as push buttons,
switches, potentiometer, Temperature sensor and LEDs.
In addition all pads of the attached radio module can be accessed via pin connectors.
The radio module may be powered from either two “AAA” size batteries or from the USB
bus when connected to a USB port on a PC.
The sliding Switch S1 toggles between these power sources and must be switched to the
wanted power source.
The Starter Kit (radio module) hardware could host two firmewares:
1) LR Base which is IMST’s proprietary LoRa solution, which allows p2p and p2multi communications
2) LoRaWAN EndNode, which is LoRa compliant.
Firmware in the radio module of the SK are pre-programmed with "LR_Base", because in
LoRaWAN there is not P2P communication defined.
The WiMOD LR Studio is a Windows application which allows the user to explore the capabilities
of the LoRa module.
The Windows GUI offers a comfortable way to configure and control the features of the
embedded protocol stack within the radio module.
The communication between WiMOD LR Studio and the connected WiMOD LR radio modules is
implemented by H.C.I.
(Host Controller Interface) messages which are exchanged over a serial interface.
That means that the module is intended to be used as a radio modem in combination with
a host device (e.g. microcontroller).
The provided software features are presented on several pages.
The navigation from one page to another is implemented by means of two navigation bars.
The vertical bar on the left side is used to change between the main sections: Radio
Services, Configuration, and Extras.
Each section provides an individual horizontal bar on top which offers access to several
subpages The WiMOD LR Studio provides an automatic
device discovery procedure.
A new connected module and its serial com port will be displayed in the list box Devices.
This box provides additional information about the radio configuration and its firmware version.
Under the File Menu the Studio provides the possibility to update the firmware of a connected
radio module.
Beside the firmware update process the Studio allows connecting multiple module devices
at the same time.
Note that commands are always sent to the selected device in the list box.
The Devices box also allows to remove a connected device.
The right area of the main window contains a Status Box which is used to display events
or the result of any issued command.
The Log Status feature allows to record every status line into a human readable text file.
The content of this box can be cleared from the context menu