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Abstract
A configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is an apparatus that is made up of: a microprocessor; a serial connector such as RS485 or RS232; a RF chip such as IEEE802.15.4 radio chip; a LCD to display configuration parameters; a non-volatile memory to store program and the configuration parameters; a plurality of push buttons to configure the configuration parameters; a program stored in the memory cause the microprocessor to set up wireless mesh link with other apparatus, to receive serial data through serial connector and send out the destination of the data through RF, to receive wireless data through RF designated to it and send out through the serial connector, or to receive wireless data from RF and route to another apparatus through RF. A method to configure the configuration parameters is also disclosed. The invented apparatus are used to provide immediate over-the-air mesh links to replace the wired link between existing controller and remote devices in industrial automation networks.
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CONFIGURABLE MULTI-PROTOCOL SERIAL-TO-IEEE802.15.4 MESH
NETWORK GATEWAY/ROUTER
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to wireless sensor network, more particularly, to an apparatus and a method to configure the apparatus as a gateway and/or a router to provide immediate over-the-air mesh links to replace the wired link between existing controller and remote devices in industrial automation networks.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Industrial automation networks consist of controllers, sensors and actuators.
Controllers communicate with remote sensors to gather data regarding such variables as temperature, pressure, vibration, and strain; and controllers act on that data by issuing commands that orchestrate process among such actuators as relay, motors, and valves.
In most cases, the communications among controllers and sensors/actuators are driven by the open serial protocols such as Modbus, Optomux, DNP3, and BACnet MS/TP over serial communication cables such as RS-485.
Wiring in industrial automation networks represents a tremendous cable cost, labour cost, and retrofit cost. Cables themselves can represent nuisances or safety hazards. Cabling runs have severe length limits, leaving networks unable to address very remote sensors and actuators in such environment as large-scale plants.
One simply solution for wiring problem is wireless gateway approach. Those controller and sensors and/or actuators are wirelessly networked through serial to wireless gateways and possible some wireless routers. It is transparency for the existing applications in the controller and the sensors and/or actuators.
Wireless mesh networking technologies based on IEEE802.15.4, such as ZigBee protocol or other Zigbee-like protocol, are very good candidates for the wireless gateway solution of the wired industrial automation network.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention is an apparatus that is made up of: a microprocessor; a serial connector, such as RS485 or RS232, connecting to an industrial automation controller or a sensor or a actuator for standard serial data transmission between them and the apparatus; a RF
chip, such as IEEE802.15.4 radio chip to transmit or receive standard wireless data among apparatus; a LCD to display configuration parameters, such as baud rate, serial protocol, address, channel number, personal area network id, and type of the apparatus etc.; a non-volatile memory to store program and the configuration parameters;
a plurality of push buttons to configure the configuration parameters; a program stored in the memory cause the microprocessor to set up wireless mesh link with other apparatus, to receive serial data through serial connector and forward to the destination apparatus through RF, to receive wireless data from RF designated to it and forward out through the serial connector, or to receive wireless data from RF and route to another apparatus through RF.
In the drawings as hereinafter described, a preferred embodiment is depicted;
however, various other modifications and alternate constructions can be made thereto without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention.
NETWORK GATEWAY/ROUTER
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to wireless sensor network, more particularly, to an apparatus and a method to configure the apparatus as a gateway and/or a router to provide immediate over-the-air mesh links to replace the wired link between existing controller and remote devices in industrial automation networks.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Industrial automation networks consist of controllers, sensors and actuators.
Controllers communicate with remote sensors to gather data regarding such variables as temperature, pressure, vibration, and strain; and controllers act on that data by issuing commands that orchestrate process among such actuators as relay, motors, and valves.
In most cases, the communications among controllers and sensors/actuators are driven by the open serial protocols such as Modbus, Optomux, DNP3, and BACnet MS/TP over serial communication cables such as RS-485.
Wiring in industrial automation networks represents a tremendous cable cost, labour cost, and retrofit cost. Cables themselves can represent nuisances or safety hazards. Cabling runs have severe length limits, leaving networks unable to address very remote sensors and actuators in such environment as large-scale plants.
One simply solution for wiring problem is wireless gateway approach. Those controller and sensors and/or actuators are wirelessly networked through serial to wireless gateways and possible some wireless routers. It is transparency for the existing applications in the controller and the sensors and/or actuators.
Wireless mesh networking technologies based on IEEE802.15.4, such as ZigBee protocol or other Zigbee-like protocol, are very good candidates for the wireless gateway solution of the wired industrial automation network.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention is an apparatus that is made up of: a microprocessor; a serial connector, such as RS485 or RS232, connecting to an industrial automation controller or a sensor or a actuator for standard serial data transmission between them and the apparatus; a RF
chip, such as IEEE802.15.4 radio chip to transmit or receive standard wireless data among apparatus; a LCD to display configuration parameters, such as baud rate, serial protocol, address, channel number, personal area network id, and type of the apparatus etc.; a non-volatile memory to store program and the configuration parameters;
a plurality of push buttons to configure the configuration parameters; a program stored in the memory cause the microprocessor to set up wireless mesh link with other apparatus, to receive serial data through serial connector and forward to the destination apparatus through RF, to receive wireless data from RF designated to it and forward out through the serial connector, or to receive wireless data from RF and route to another apparatus through RF.
In the drawings as hereinafter described, a preferred embodiment is depicted;
however, various other modifications and alternate constructions can be made thereto without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
FIGURE-1 is a front view of a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-2 is a block diagram of a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-3 is a block diagram showing the connections between an industrial automation controller/sensor/actuator and a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-4 is a flow chart showing a method to start to configure a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-5 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the ieee 802.15.4 channel for a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-6 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the ieee 802.15.4 personal area network identifier for a configurable multi-protocol seriai-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-7 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the ieee 802.15.4 short address for a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-8 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the type of a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router, such as master, slave, or router, and a method to save the configuration in the non-volatile memory according to the present invention.
FIGURE-9 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the baud rate for the serial link between a controller/sensor/actuator and a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-10 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the serial protocol for the serial link between a controller/sensor/actuator and a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router, and a method to save the configuration in the non-volatile memory according to the present invention according to the present invention.
FIGURE-11 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the master's address for a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router, which is the type of slave.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Refen-ing now to FIGURE-l, there is shown a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router 10 having on its front face a LCD
display 12 at the top thereof, a plurality of configure push buttons 11 on the bottom, a serial connector 15 on the middle left, and RF antenna 14 on middle right. The configure push buttons 11 allow for a choice of three functions as indicated, with the LCD
display 12 then providing a related read-out as applicable. The LCD has two lines with upper line 13 displaying the configuration name and lower line 14 displaying the correspondent configuration value.
Referring to the block diagram FIGURE-2, a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-IEEE802.15.4 mesh network gateway router 10 includes a microprocessor 21 in communication with a memory 22 which stores configuration data and program, a serial connector via a serial communication interface 24, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 12, a plurality of configure push buttons 11, and an IEEE802.15.4 RF chip 23. The configurable multi-protocol serial.-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router may be suitably powered by an external power supply (not shown) and/or from equipment to which is connected.
Referring to FIGURE-3, there is shown a typical usage of configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway routers in an industrial automation network.
A configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router configured as master type 34 is connected to a controller 31 via serial link 37. A
configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router configured as slave type 35 is connected to a sensor 32 via serial link 37. A
configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router configured as slave type 35 is connected to an actuator 33 via serial link 37. There is only one controller whereas there may be many sensors and actuators. These configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway routers together with some configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway routers configured as router type form a wireless self-healing mesh network 30, which transports the serial protocol data between controller 31 and sensors/actuators 32/33 and which adopts a mesh network protocol based on IEEE802.15.4 such as Zigbee or else.
Referring to FIGURE-4, there is shown how to initiate a configuration procedure. First the menu button is pressed and held, next reset button is pressed and released, later releasing the menu button will lead to the IEEE802.15.4 channel configure mode.
Referring to FIGURE-5, there is shown how to configure the IEEE802.15.4 channel.
The channel numbers assigned by the IEEE802.15.4 standard are between 1 and 26.
Pressing then releasing the change button will increment the channel cyclically among 1, 2 ... and 26. Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired channel number, will lead to the IEEE802.15.4 personal area network identifier configure mode.
Referring to FIGURE-6, there is shown how to configure the IEEE802.15.4 personal area network identifier (PAN ID). The PAN ID assigned by the IEEE802.15.4 standard is a number with four hex digits between Ox0000 and OxFFFF. In the beginning of the PAN ID configure procedure, the LCD cursor focuses on the first hex digit.
Pressing then releasing the change button will increment the cursor focused hex digit cyclically among 0, 1... and F. Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired hex digit, will cause cursor to focus next hex digit to start the procedure for configuring this hex digit; or lead to the IEEE802.15.4 short address configure mode if the hex digit focused by cursor is the fourth digit.
Referring to FIGURE-7, there is shown how to configure the IEEE802.15.4 short address. The short address assigned by the IEEE802.15.4 standard is a number with four hex digits between Ox0000 and OxFFFF. In the beginning of the short address configure procedure, the LCD cursor focuses on the first hex digit. Pressing then releasing the change button will increment the cursor focused hex digit cyclically among 0, 1 ... and F.
Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired hex digit, will cause cursor to focus next hex digit to start the procedure for configuring this hex digit; or lead to the type configure mode if the hex digit focused by cursor is the fourth digit. The short address should be same as the serial protocol address of the controller/sensor/actuator if this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is connected to the controller/sensor/actuator through a serial link.
Referring to FIGURE-8, there is shown how to configure the type. The possible types are master, slave and router. Pressing then releasing the change button will select type cyclically among master, slave and router. Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired type, will save the new configuration in the non-volatile memory and start software with the new configuration if the type is router, lead to the my master's address configure mode if the type is slave, and lead to serial baud rate configure mode if the type is master. The type should be master if this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is connected to a controller through a serial link; the type should be slave if this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is connected to a sensor/actuator through a serial link, and the type should be router if this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is functioned as a IEEE802.15.4 router.
Referring to FIGURE-9, there is shown how to configure the serial communication baud rate. The possible serial communication baud rates are 1200, 2400, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200. Pressing then releasing the change button will increment the baud rate cyclically among 1200, 2400, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200.
Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired baud rate, will lead to the serial communication protocol configure mode. The baud rate should be same as the baud rate of the controller/sensor/actuator if this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is connected to the controller/sensor/actuator through a serial link.
Referring to FIGURE-10, there is shown how to configure the serial protocol.
The possible serial protocols are Modbus RTU, Modbus ASCII, Optomux, DNP3, and Master Slave Token Passing (MS/TP). Pressing then releasing the change button will select protocol cyclically among Modbus RTU, Modbus ASCII, Optomux, DNP3, and MS/TP.
Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired protocol, will lead to save the new configuration in the non-volatile memory and start software with the new configuration. The protocol should be same as the serial protocol of the controller/sensor/actuator if this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is connected to the controller/sensor/actuator through a serial link.
Referring to FIGURE-11, there is shown how to configure its master's address for a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-IEEE802.15.4 mesh network gateway router configured as slave type. It is a number with four hex digits between Ox0000 and OxFFFF. In the beginning of the master's address configure procedure, the LCD
cursor focuses on the first hex digit. Pressing then releasing the change button will increment the cursor focused hex digit cyclically among 0, 1 ... and F. Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired hex digit, will cause cursor to focus next hex digit to start the procedure for configuring this hex digit; or lead to the baud rate configure mode if the hex digit focused by cursor is the fourth digit. The master's address should be same as the serial protocol master's address of the sensor/actuator to which this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is connected through a serial link.
FIGURE-1 is a front view of a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-2 is a block diagram of a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-3 is a block diagram showing the connections between an industrial automation controller/sensor/actuator and a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-4 is a flow chart showing a method to start to configure a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-5 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the ieee 802.15.4 channel for a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-6 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the ieee 802.15.4 personal area network identifier for a configurable multi-protocol seriai-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-7 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the ieee 802.15.4 short address for a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-8 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the type of a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router, such as master, slave, or router, and a method to save the configuration in the non-volatile memory according to the present invention.
FIGURE-9 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the baud rate for the serial link between a controller/sensor/actuator and a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router according to the present invention.
FIGURE-10 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the serial protocol for the serial link between a controller/sensor/actuator and a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router, and a method to save the configuration in the non-volatile memory according to the present invention according to the present invention.
FIGURE-11 is a flow chart showing a method to configure the master's address for a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router, which is the type of slave.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Refen-ing now to FIGURE-l, there is shown a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router 10 having on its front face a LCD
display 12 at the top thereof, a plurality of configure push buttons 11 on the bottom, a serial connector 15 on the middle left, and RF antenna 14 on middle right. The configure push buttons 11 allow for a choice of three functions as indicated, with the LCD
display 12 then providing a related read-out as applicable. The LCD has two lines with upper line 13 displaying the configuration name and lower line 14 displaying the correspondent configuration value.
Referring to the block diagram FIGURE-2, a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-IEEE802.15.4 mesh network gateway router 10 includes a microprocessor 21 in communication with a memory 22 which stores configuration data and program, a serial connector via a serial communication interface 24, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 12, a plurality of configure push buttons 11, and an IEEE802.15.4 RF chip 23. The configurable multi-protocol serial.-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router may be suitably powered by an external power supply (not shown) and/or from equipment to which is connected.
Referring to FIGURE-3, there is shown a typical usage of configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway routers in an industrial automation network.
A configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router configured as master type 34 is connected to a controller 31 via serial link 37. A
configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router configured as slave type 35 is connected to a sensor 32 via serial link 37. A
configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router configured as slave type 35 is connected to an actuator 33 via serial link 37. There is only one controller whereas there may be many sensors and actuators. These configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway routers together with some configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway routers configured as router type form a wireless self-healing mesh network 30, which transports the serial protocol data between controller 31 and sensors/actuators 32/33 and which adopts a mesh network protocol based on IEEE802.15.4 such as Zigbee or else.
Referring to FIGURE-4, there is shown how to initiate a configuration procedure. First the menu button is pressed and held, next reset button is pressed and released, later releasing the menu button will lead to the IEEE802.15.4 channel configure mode.
Referring to FIGURE-5, there is shown how to configure the IEEE802.15.4 channel.
The channel numbers assigned by the IEEE802.15.4 standard are between 1 and 26.
Pressing then releasing the change button will increment the channel cyclically among 1, 2 ... and 26. Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired channel number, will lead to the IEEE802.15.4 personal area network identifier configure mode.
Referring to FIGURE-6, there is shown how to configure the IEEE802.15.4 personal area network identifier (PAN ID). The PAN ID assigned by the IEEE802.15.4 standard is a number with four hex digits between Ox0000 and OxFFFF. In the beginning of the PAN ID configure procedure, the LCD cursor focuses on the first hex digit.
Pressing then releasing the change button will increment the cursor focused hex digit cyclically among 0, 1... and F. Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired hex digit, will cause cursor to focus next hex digit to start the procedure for configuring this hex digit; or lead to the IEEE802.15.4 short address configure mode if the hex digit focused by cursor is the fourth digit.
Referring to FIGURE-7, there is shown how to configure the IEEE802.15.4 short address. The short address assigned by the IEEE802.15.4 standard is a number with four hex digits between Ox0000 and OxFFFF. In the beginning of the short address configure procedure, the LCD cursor focuses on the first hex digit. Pressing then releasing the change button will increment the cursor focused hex digit cyclically among 0, 1 ... and F.
Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired hex digit, will cause cursor to focus next hex digit to start the procedure for configuring this hex digit; or lead to the type configure mode if the hex digit focused by cursor is the fourth digit. The short address should be same as the serial protocol address of the controller/sensor/actuator if this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is connected to the controller/sensor/actuator through a serial link.
Referring to FIGURE-8, there is shown how to configure the type. The possible types are master, slave and router. Pressing then releasing the change button will select type cyclically among master, slave and router. Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired type, will save the new configuration in the non-volatile memory and start software with the new configuration if the type is router, lead to the my master's address configure mode if the type is slave, and lead to serial baud rate configure mode if the type is master. The type should be master if this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is connected to a controller through a serial link; the type should be slave if this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is connected to a sensor/actuator through a serial link, and the type should be router if this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is functioned as a IEEE802.15.4 router.
Referring to FIGURE-9, there is shown how to configure the serial communication baud rate. The possible serial communication baud rates are 1200, 2400, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200. Pressing then releasing the change button will increment the baud rate cyclically among 1200, 2400, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200.
Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired baud rate, will lead to the serial communication protocol configure mode. The baud rate should be same as the baud rate of the controller/sensor/actuator if this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is connected to the controller/sensor/actuator through a serial link.
Referring to FIGURE-10, there is shown how to configure the serial protocol.
The possible serial protocols are Modbus RTU, Modbus ASCII, Optomux, DNP3, and Master Slave Token Passing (MS/TP). Pressing then releasing the change button will select protocol cyclically among Modbus RTU, Modbus ASCII, Optomux, DNP3, and MS/TP.
Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired protocol, will lead to save the new configuration in the non-volatile memory and start software with the new configuration. The protocol should be same as the serial protocol of the controller/sensor/actuator if this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is connected to the controller/sensor/actuator through a serial link.
Referring to FIGURE-11, there is shown how to configure its master's address for a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-IEEE802.15.4 mesh network gateway router configured as slave type. It is a number with four hex digits between Ox0000 and OxFFFF. In the beginning of the master's address configure procedure, the LCD
cursor focuses on the first hex digit. Pressing then releasing the change button will increment the cursor focused hex digit cyclically among 0, 1 ... and F. Pressing and releasing the menu button, when the LCD displays the desired hex digit, will cause cursor to focus next hex digit to start the procedure for configuring this hex digit; or lead to the baud rate configure mode if the hex digit focused by cursor is the fourth digit. The master's address should be same as the serial protocol master's address of the sensor/actuator to which this configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router is connected through a serial link.
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1. A configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router, comprising:
a) A liquid crystal display for selectively displaying an alphanumeric message;
b) A microprocessor;
c) A serial communication interface adapted to establish bi-directional communication between said microprocessor and a serial communication controller, sensor, or actuator of industrial automation;
d) An IEEE802.15.4 radio frequency interface adapted to establish wireless mesh communication links with other configurable multi-protocol serial-to-icee802.15.4 mesh network gateway routers;
e) Three push buttons for entering configuration data into the configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router; the three buttons are named reset, menu, and change respectively.
f) A memory coupled to said microprocessor for storing program and data information;
a) A liquid crystal display for selectively displaying an alphanumeric message;
b) A microprocessor;
c) A serial communication interface adapted to establish bi-directional communication between said microprocessor and a serial communication controller, sensor, or actuator of industrial automation;
d) An IEEE802.15.4 radio frequency interface adapted to establish wireless mesh communication links with other configurable multi-protocol serial-to-icee802.15.4 mesh network gateway routers;
e) Three push buttons for entering configuration data into the configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router; the three buttons are named reset, menu, and change respectively.
f) A memory coupled to said microprocessor for storing program and data information;
2. Said data in f) of claim 1 including:
a) IEEE802.15.4 channel;
b) IEEE802.15.4 personal area network identifier;
c) IEEE802.15.4 short address;
d) Serial communication baud rate;
e) Serial communication protocol;
f) Type of the configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router;
g) Master's address if the type of the said type is slave.
a) IEEE802.15.4 channel;
b) IEEE802.15.4 personal area network identifier;
c) IEEE802.15.4 short address;
d) Serial communication baud rate;
e) Serial communication protocol;
f) Type of the configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router;
g) Master's address if the type of the said type is slave.
3. Said program in f) of claim 1 for causing said microprocessor b) of claim I
to selectively:
a) Receive serial message from said serial communication interface c) of claim 1; Parse the serial message against said data in f) of claim 1; Construct an IEEE802.15.4 data frame encapsulating the serial message; Send out the frame through said IEEE802.15.4 radio frequency interface d) of claim 1;
b) Receive IEEE802.15.4 data frame from said IEEE802.15.4 radio frequency interface d) of claim 1; Parse the frame against said data in f) of claim 1;
Extract the encapsulated serial message from the frame; Send out the serial message through said serial communication interface c) of claim 1;
c) Receive IEEE802.15.4 data frame from said IEEE802.15.4 radio frequency interface d) of claim 1; Parse the frame against said data in f) of claim 1;
Extract the encapsulated serial message from the frame; Construct an IEEE802.15.4 data frame encapsulating the serial message; Send out the frame through said IEEE802.15.4 radio frequency interface d) of claim 1;
d) Access the outputs of said push buttons e) of claim 1; Change said data in f) of claim 1 according to these outputs; Direct said liquid crystal display a) of claim 1 to reflect the changes.
to selectively:
a) Receive serial message from said serial communication interface c) of claim 1; Parse the serial message against said data in f) of claim 1; Construct an IEEE802.15.4 data frame encapsulating the serial message; Send out the frame through said IEEE802.15.4 radio frequency interface d) of claim 1;
b) Receive IEEE802.15.4 data frame from said IEEE802.15.4 radio frequency interface d) of claim 1; Parse the frame against said data in f) of claim 1;
Extract the encapsulated serial message from the frame; Send out the serial message through said serial communication interface c) of claim 1;
c) Receive IEEE802.15.4 data frame from said IEEE802.15.4 radio frequency interface d) of claim 1; Parse the frame against said data in f) of claim 1;
Extract the encapsulated serial message from the frame; Construct an IEEE802.15.4 data frame encapsulating the serial message; Send out the frame through said IEEE802.15.4 radio frequency interface d) of claim 1;
d) Access the outputs of said push buttons e) of claim 1; Change said data in f) of claim 1 according to these outputs; Direct said liquid crystal display a) of claim 1 to reflect the changes.
4. A method of configuring a configurable multi-protocol serial-to-ieee802.15.4 mesh network gateway router, comprising of the steps of:
Starting configuration procedure;
Selecting a configuration parameter and/or a portion of this parameter;
Changing the selected configuration parameter;
Saving the configuration parameters changed into said data in f) of claim 1;
Starting configuration procedure;
Selecting a configuration parameter and/or a portion of this parameter;
Changing the selected configuration parameter;
Saving the configuration parameters changed into said data in f) of claim 1;
5. Said step of starting configuration procedure in claim 4 including:
Press and hold said menu button e) of claim 1;
Press then release said reset button e) of claim 1;
Release said menu button e) of claim 1;
Press and hold said menu button e) of claim 1;
Press then release said reset button e) of claim 1;
Release said menu button e) of claim 1;
6. Said step of selecting a configuration parameter and/or a portion of this parameter in claim 4 including:
Press then release said menu button e) of claim 1;
Press then release said menu button e) of claim 1;
7. Said step of changing the selected configuration parameter in claim 4 including:
Press then release said change button e) of claim 1;
Press then release said change button e) of claim 1;
8. Said step of saving the configuration parameters changed into said data in f) of claim 1 in claim 4 including:
Press then release said menu button e) of claim 1;
Press then release said menu button e) of claim 1;
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