KoamTac KDC350 Wi-Fi Operating instructions

How to use KDC350 Wi-Fi
May 2015
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How to use KDC350 Wi-Fi
Table of Contents
1. WI-FI CONFIG MENU .................................................................................................3
Power ....................................................................................................................................................3
AP..........................................................................................................................................................4
Server ....................................................................................................................................................5
Connect.................................................................................................................................................6
Auto Connect........................................................................................................................................7
Send Stored ..........................................................................................................................................8
2. HOW TO USE KTSYNC TO CONFIGURE WIFI........................................................9
3. WIFI CONFIGURATION SPECIAL BARCODES...................................................... 10
4. HOW TO TEST DATA TRANSMISSION ................................................................ 12
4.1 TCP ................................................................................................................................................12
4.2 UDP................................................................................................................................................15
4.3 HTTP GET&POST ..........................................................................................................................17
5.
DATA FORMAT
......................................................................................................... 22
5.1 Storage Format..............................................................................................................................22
5.2 Sending Format.............................................................................................................................23
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1.
Wi-Fi Config Menu
Screen
Comment
0
Power Turn the Wi-Fi Module Power ON/OFF.
1
AP Configure the AP
2
Server Configure the server
3
Connect Connect to the AP and server
4
Auto Connect
Enable/Disable auto reconnection
5
Send Stored
Enable/Disable sending stored data
6
Exit Menu
Return to previous menu
•All configuration is stored in the KDC350
1.1 Power
Screen
Screen
Comment
0
Power ▶
0
Enabled Wi-Fi Power On
1
AP
1
Disabled Wi-Fi Power Off
2
Server
2
Save & Exit Confirm change
3
Connect
3
Cancel & Exit Cancel
4
Auto Connect
5
Send Stored
6
Exit Menu
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1.2 AP
Screen
Screen
Comment
0
Power
0
SSID
AP SSID
1
AP
▶
1
Passcode
AP Passcode
2
Server
2
Exit Menu
Exit
3
Connect
4
Auto Connect
5
Send Stored
6
Exit Menu
•The maximum number of characters for SSID and Passcode is 32.
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1.3 Server
Screen
Screen
Comment
0
Power 0 IP Address Server IP address
1
AP ▶1 URL Address Server DNS name
2
Server 2 Port Number Server port number
3 Connect 3 Protocol
UDP/TCP/HTTP
GET/HTTP POST
4
Auto Connect
4
SSL(Security)
Enable/Disable
5
Send Stored
5
Server Page
HTTP Page
6
Exit Menu
Exit Menu
Exit
•Configuration for each protocol type
Protocol Type
SSL
Port Number
Server Page
Remarks
UDP Not
supported User Setting Not supported
TCP
Enable
443
Not supported
Disable User Setting
HTTP GET
HTTP_POST
Enable 80
Supported
Disable 443
•Server Page
oThe GET and POST method uses the same server page. In POST, KDC
sends the string after ‘?’ to host before sending actual data. For
example, the KDC sends ‘data=’ before data when the server page is as
following.
/datacollector/InsertData.php?data=
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1.4 Connect
Screen
Screen
Comment
0
Power
0
1
AP
1
2
Server
2
3
Connect ▶
3
“Connected…”
4
Auto Connect
4
5
Send Stored
6
Exit Menu
•KDC will attempt to connect to the AP and Server configured in the “AP” and
“Server” Menu.
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1.5 Auto Connect
Screen
Screen
Comment
0
Power
0
Enabled
Enables Auto Connect.
1
AP
1
Disabled
Disables Auto Connect.
2
Server
2
Save & Exit
Confirm
3
Connect
3
Cancel & Exit
Cancel
4
Auto Connect
5
Send Stored
▶
6
Exit Menu
•The KDC will attempt to connect to the AP and server ten times when auto
connection is enabled and the KDC loses connection.
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1.6 Send Stored
Screen
Screen
Comment
0 Power 0 Enabled
Enables to send stored
data
1 AP 1 Disabled
Disables to send stored
data
2
Server
2
Save & Exit
Confirm
3
Connect
3
Cancel & Exit
Cancel
4
Auto Connect
5
Send Stored
▶
6
Exit Menu
•This option is only applied to the HTTP_GET and HTTP_POST protocol.
•The KDC will send stored data after sending wedge data.
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2.
How to use KTSync to configure WiFi
It is possible to configure the following WiFi options by using KTSync.
WiFi Power
Auto connect
SSL
Server IP
Server URL
Server Port Number
Server Page
Server Protocol
AP SSID
AP Passcode
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3.
WiFi configuration special barcodes
WiFi Enable WiFi Disable
UDP TCP
HTTP GET HTTP POST
Server IP Server URL
Port Number Server Page
SSL Enable SSL Disable
Enable Auto Connect Disable Auto Connect
AP SSID AP Passcode
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Enable Send Stored Disable Send Stored
Connect
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4.
How to test data transmission
4.1 TCP
Step 1. Wi-Fi Module Power ON
•Turn on the Wi-Fi module’s power with “WIFI Config”→“Power”→“Enable”.
Step 2. Configure server information
•“WIFI Config” →“Server” →“IP Address” →“XXX.XXX.X.XX”
•“WIFI Config” →“Server” →“Port Number” →“XXXXX”.
•“WIFI Config” →“Server” →“Protocol” →“TCP”.
•Obtain the PC’s IP address by opening the command prompt in the windows
and searching “ipconfig”.
•The port address is defined in the following test application called
“CommOp”.
o30 day free trial can be downloaded from
http://www.serialporttool.com/download/CommOperator/CommOperator.zip
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Step 3. Connect to server
•Run the test application “CommOp.exe” with TCP server listening mode. Be
sure the status is in “Listening” as shown below.
•Connect the KDC to the server in “WIFI Config”→“Connect”
•The status will be changed from “Listening” to “Connected” as shown
above once the KDC is connected to the server.
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Step 4. Send Barcode Data to server
•Scan a barcode.
•The barcode sent from the KDC is displayed on the test application as shown
above.
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4.2 UDP
Step 1. Wi-Fi Module Power ON
•Turn on the Wi-Fi power module with “WIFI Config” →“Power” →“Enable”.
Step 2. Configure server information
•“WIFI Config” →“Server” →“IP Address” →“XXX.XXX.X.XX”.
•“WIFI Config” →“Server” →“Port Number” →“13000”.
•“WIFI Config” →“Server” →“Protocol” →“UDP”.
•The port address is defined in the test application as following
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Step 3. Connect to server
•Run the tester application “CommOp.exe” with UDP mode chosen.
•Connect the KDC to the server in “WIFI Config” →“Connect”.
Step 4. Send barcode data to server
•Scan barcode and the barcode will be displayed as following screen.
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4.3 HTTP GET&POST
Step 1. Install Apache Server (XAMPP)
•Download the installer from http:www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
Step 2. Run XAMPP Control Panel
•Run the XAMPP Control Panel and make sure both Apache and MySQL can be started
as shown on the following screen. If it is unable to start, terminate all other online
programs, such as skype.
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Step 3. Copy web server program into XAMPP
•Unzip the two files below and copy them into c:/xampp/htdocs
1. Gswebserver.zip
2. Datacollector.zip
•Be sure the directory list looks like the following
•Make sure that the Apache server has been installed correctly by accessing
http://localhost/gswebserver/index.html. You should see the following screen.
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Step 4. Setup SSL
•Unzip the certificates.zip and
1. Copy ‘server.crt’ into /xampp/apache/conf/ssl.crt
2. Copy ‘server.key’ into /xampp/apache/conf/ssl.key
3. Make sure the following 3 lines are in /xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf.
# SSL Engine Switch:
# Enable/Disable SSL for this virtual host.
SSLEngine on
•Download ‘cacert.der’ into KDC using KTSync
1. Open KDC Menu and enter WiFi Config.
2. Select “Download certification” to download certification data into KDC.
3. KTSync will display “Download is done”.
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Step 5. Setup SQL DB
•Enter the MqSQL configuration by pressing “Admin” in XAMPP as shown
•Select “test” and press ‘Go” button after entering “datacollector” in Name, and “2”
in the Number of columns in the following screen.
•Enter the following name and type as shown below, then click “Save”.
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