Shimmer Dock Manual de usuario

Realtime Technologies Ltd Shimmer Dock User Guide

Shimmer Dock

User Guide

Rev1.8

Realtime Technologies Ltd 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

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

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

Shimmer2/2r legacy configuration

Shimmer2/2r SD card access only

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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