Browan MiniHub Pro User manual

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Document Number
BQW_02_0020.003
MiniHub Pro
Quick Installation Guide
-with Basic Station & AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN
Version 1.11
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Index
Index 1
Release History 2
About this Document 3
Required Equipment 3
Onboard LoRaWAN Gateways 4
Configure the Gateway(Web Provision) 7
Connect to Web GUI 7
AWS & LoRa Setting 9
WiFi Setting 11
LED Behavior 12
Onboard LoRaWAN Devices 13
Reset to Default 18
OTA 19
Get Firmware 19
Configure MiniHub Pro 20
Create an Amazon S3 bucket to store your update 20
Create an OTA Update service role 25
To create an OTA service role 25
5To add OTA update permissions to your OTA service role 30
To add the required IAM permissions to your OTA service role 33
To add the required Amazon S3 permissions to your OTA service role 37
Create an OTA user policy 42
To create an OTA user policy 42
To attach the OTA user policy to your IAM user 51
Create a FreeRTOS OTA update job 57
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Release History
Date
Version
Author
Comment
2020/01/21
1.1
Jason
Andrew Lin
Andrew Shiu
Crux
● First release.
2020/04/16
1.2
Jason
Andrew Lin
Andrew Shiu
Crux
● Add Web GUI for AWS IoT provision.
● Add Web GUI for Basic Station provision.
● Add writing station EUI command.
● Add LED behavior.
2020/04/16
1.3
Jason
Andrew Lin
Andrew Shiu
Crux
● Fix some typos.
2020/05/27
1.4
Jason
Andrew Lin
Andrew Shiu
Crux
● Add Q&A.
2020/06/22
1.5
Jason
Joey
● Add OTA flow.
2020/06/30
1.6
Jason
● Correct some wording
● Browan Official Release, add Document Number
2020/07/15
1.7
Jason
Andrew Shiu
● Modify OTA Flow. User no needs to power off and
power on to trigger the OTA.
2020/08/24
1.8
Crux
● Add chapter ISM Band and LoRa MAC
Troubleshooting.
● Remove chapter Station EUI Writing.
2020/08/26
1.9
Jason
● Add more detailed steps of the OTA jobs.
2020/10/29
1.10
Jason
● Add AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN(Sailboat)
2022/8/25
1.11
Jason
● Remove Breakout board
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About this Document
This document explains the configuration after powering up. The Web GUI usage for AWS IoT
provision and Basic Station provision.
Required Equipment
● MiniHub Pro
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Onboard LoRaWAN Gateways
● Step1.
Click “Add gateway”
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● Step2.
Select “Gateway provided by AWS IoT Core Qualified Partners”. Input
GatewayEUI, Radio Frequency, Gateway name(Optional), Gateway description(Optional)
and click “Continue”
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● Step3.
Configure Gateway. Please refer to the next chapter. Click “Continue”
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Configure the Gateway(Web Provision)
Connect to Web GUI
The device can run as WiFi AP mode or WiFi Station mode. When the device is in the initial
state, such as first boot-up time or after reset-to-default. It will run with the WiFi AP mode. That
means it accepts any WiFi client to connect to it.
You can find the SSID MiniHubPro-XXXXXX in the WiFi site-survey list. The suffix 6 characters
are the last 6 hex string of WiFi MAC address. The password is in the back label.
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After connecting to MiniHubPro-XXXXXX AP, it will open the setup page. If web page doesn't
open automatically, please use Firefox or Chrome to open 192.168.4.1 manually.
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AWS & LoRa Setting
Click "Configure AWS & LoRa Setting" to open the setting page.
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