Shimmer Dock Manual de usuario
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Shimmer Dock
User Guide
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Table of Contents
1. Shimmer Dock........................................................................................................................... 3
1.1. USB Serial Converter Driver Installation.............................................................................. 4
1.2. Placing a Shimmer in the Shimmer Dock............................................................................. 9
1.3. Charging the Shimmer...................................................................................................... 10
1.4. microSD Card Access ........................................................................................................ 11
1.5. Programming the Shimmer .............................................................................................. 11
2. Legacy ..................................................................................................................................... 11
2.1. Compatibility.................................................................................................................... 13
2.2. GPS .................................................................................................................................. 13
3. Troubleshooting...................................................................................................................... 16
USB UART drives fail to load..................................................................................................... 16
Firmware Images not listed...................................................................................................... 17
PC fails to recognise the SD card .............................................................................................. 17
The FW did not program correctly ........................................................................................... 20
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1. Shimmer Dock
The Shimmer Dock (referred to as the Dock from here on) is a multi-purpose device which can
provide three primary functions, as described in more detail throughout this section:
Charging the Shimmer
microSD Card access
Programming the Shimmer
Whilst there have been several Dock design iterations, the current Dock is the Shimmer Dock v3,
which is best identified by a square white enclosure, with a power/reset
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button containing an LED
for power indication, a black user button and an LED indicator (see Figure 1-1).
Figure 1-1 Shimmer Dock –enclosure view
The different features of the Dock are summarised in Table 1-1.
Item
Shimmer2/2r
Shimmer3
Power/Reset Button1
Power-ON/Reset (quick press)
or Power-OFF (hold for 8s)
Reset (quick press)
Power/Reset Button Indicator
Solid Green when Shimmer is powered on
User Button
Application specific signal to Shimmer
Charge Indicator
Solid Yellow during primary charging state
MicroSD Indicator
Blinks Blue with host PC access to Shimmer microSD
UART Indicator
Blinks Orange during programming (BSL) or UART activity
Table 1-1 Shimmer Dock features
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The Power on/off function of the Power/Reset Button applies to Shimmer2/2r only. To power on/off a
Shimmer3, the slide switch on the device must be used.
LED Indicator
Power/Reset Button
User Button
Mini USB
Shimmer Connector
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Internally, the Dock also contains a DIP switch, which is used to ensure compatibility with legacy
devices. Your Dock will ship in the appropriate configuration for the version of Shimmer hardware
that you have ordered. However, if you want to change the configuration to use it with a different
hardware version, you may do so by opening the Dock enclosure. This involves removing the black
rubber feet from the underside of the Dock to reveal four screws which should be removed before
opening the plastic.
The valid DIP switch configuration options are listed in Table 1-2 and illustrated in Figure 1-2. Users
of Shimmer3 should not change the configuration from that recommended below. Users of
Shimmer2/2r should use the “legacy configuration” for most purposes (e.g. programming firmware
and SD card access). In the event that problems are encountered accessing the SD card for
Shimmer2/2r, which can occasionally occur due to driver incompatibility issues on certain PCs, the
“SD card access only” configuration should be used. Note that in this configuration, programming of
the Shimmer is not possible.
Function
Switch 1
Switch 2
Switch 3
Switch 4
Shimmer3 recommended configuration
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1
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0
Shimmer2/2r legacy configuration
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1
0
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Shimmer2/2r SD card access only
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0
0
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Table 1-2 Shimmer Dock DIP switch configuration options
Figure 1-2 DIP switch configuration: Shimmer3 (left), Shimmer2/2r legacy (centre), Shimmer2/2r SD
card access only (right)
The Dock connects to a PC via a USB cable. Whilst drivers for the microSD Card Access should already
exist on your PC, you will need to manually install USB Serial Converter drivers to use the Dock for
programming the Shimmer. You should perform the installation of these drivers before you first
connect your Dock to the PC.
Warning: If you connect the Dock to a PC do not allow windows to install the driver automatically.
1.1. USB Serial Converter Driver Installation
1. The USB Serial Converter drivers for the Programming Dock can be downloaded from the FTDI
Chip Drivers webpage (see Figure 1-3). Download and install the driver to match your operating
system.
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Figure 1-3 USB Serial Converter Driver Download
2. Connect the Dock with a powered USB Port of your PC.
3. Verify your system settings:
I. From the Control Panel, select Device Manager (in Windows this is found from Control Panel
→ System → Hardware → Device Manager or by typing devmgmt.msc in the Start menu) and
expand the Universal Serial Bus controllers entry as shown in Figure 1-4.
II. You should see at least two entries for USB Serial Converter (the other entries will vary with
system configuration and may not match the image above exactly).
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Figure 1-4 Device Manager showing USB Serial Converter A and B
III. Double-click on each USB Serial Converter entry and under the General tab, confirm that the
manufacturer is FTDI. Then, under the Advanced tab, make sure the Load VCP checkbox is
ticked (see Figure 1-5). If the checkbox isn't ticked, you will need to tick for each Serial
converter and then unplug and re-insert the Dock.
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Figure 1-5 USB Serial Converter Properties
IV. Next, under the Ports (COM & LPT) entry in the Device Manager, you should see two new
USB Serial Port entries, each with an associated COM port number, as shown in Figure 1-6.
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Figure 1-6 Device Manager showing Dock USB Serial Ports
V. Double-click on each of these USB Serial Port entries and, under the Port Settings tab, click
on Advanced...in the Miscellaneous Options at the bottom right-hand side of the window,
ensure that Set RTS On Close is ticked, as shown in Figure 1-7.
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Figure 1-7 Advanced Port Settings: Select Set RTS On Close
1.2. Placing a Shimmer in the Shimmer Dock
The Dock connects to the Shimmer via the External Connector. The External Connector is keyed and
does not require force to insert. Insert the Shimmer with the Bluetooth ID label facing away from the
USB cable.
Warning: Forcing the connector may cause permanent damage to your Shimmer.
When the Shimmer is placed in the Dock, the green LED on the Power/Reset button on the dock will
light up green if the Shimmer is powered on. If it does not light up then one of the following may
have occurred:
Shimmer unit may be powered off.
Shimmer unit may not be inserted properly.
The Dock may not be powered via the USB cable.
Ensure that the Shimmer unit is inserted properly and that the programming dock is powered via the
USB cable. For the Shimmer2/2r, pressing the Power/Reset button on the dock or the reset button
on the Shimmer unit will power on the device. For Shimmer3, use the slide-switch on the side of the
device to ensure that it is powered on.
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