Telit Wireless Solutions WL865E4-P User manual

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WL865E4-P RF Test User Guide
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CONTENTS
NOTICE…………............................................................................................ 2
COPYRIGHTS................................................................................................ 2
COMPUTER SOFTWARE COPYRIGHTS...................................................... 2
USAGE AND DISCLOSURE RESTRICTIONS............................................... 3
APPLICABILITY TABLE................................................................................ 4
CONTENTS.................................................................................................... 5
TABLE OF FIGURES..................................................................................... 7
TABLES…… .................................................................................................. 8
1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................... 9
Scope........................................................................................... 9
Audience....................................................................................... 9
Contact Information, Support........................................................ 9
Text Conventions........................................................................ 10
Related Documents.................................................................... 10
2. INSTALL AND SETUP TOOLS.................................................. 11
Prerequisites............................................................................... 11
3. WLAN TEST SETUP.................................................................. 16
Prerequisites............................................................................... 16
4. WI-FI TEST PROCEDURE......................................................... 17
Flash the FTM binary to WL865E4-P.......................................... 17
Setup QRCT for Wi-Fi................................................................. 19
4.2.1. Initialize QRCT for Wi-Fi............................................................. 19
4.2.2. QRCT WLAN Tx settings............................................................ 21
4.2.3. WLAN Tx Test Observations on Litepoint IQxel.......................... 22
4.2.4. WLAN Tx Test Observation on CMW500.................................... 24
4.2.4.1. 2.4GHz band, CH. 1, 11b rates................................................... 24
4.2.4.2. 5GHz band, CH. 46, 11ac, MCS0, 40MHz.................................. 24
4.2.5. QRCT WLAN Rx settings............................................................ 25
4.2.6. CMW500 WLAN settings for Rx Test.......................................... 25
4.2.6.1. 2.4 GHz, CH. 6, 11b, 11Mbps..................................................... 25

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4.2.6.2. 5 GHz, CH. 46, 11ac, MCS9, VHT-40MHz:................................. 26
4.2.7. Litepoint IQxel WLAN setting for Rx Test.................................... 27
4.2.7.1. 2.4GHz, CH. 1, 11n, HT20, MCS0.............................................. 27
5. BLE TEST SETUP ..................................................................... 30
BLE Test Procedure ................................................................... 30
5.1.1. BLE Tx Test................................................................................ 30
5.1.2. BLE Rx Test ............................................................................... 32
6. DOCUMENT HISTORY .............................................................. 34

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TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1 RF Test Setup.....................................................................................................16
Figure 2: BLE Test Setup..................................................................................................30

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TABLES
Table 1: QRCT WLAN Tx settings ....................................................................................21
Table 2: QRCT WLAN Rx settings....................................................................................25

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1. INTRODUCTION
Scope
This document provides an overview about the WL865E4 RF test procedures.
Audience
This document is intended only for Telit customers who need to perform RF tests on
WL865E4 module.
Contact Information, Support
For general contact, technical support services, technical questions and report
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Text Conventions
Danger –This information MUST be followed, or catastrophic
equipment failure or bodily injury may occur.
Caution or Warning –Alerts the user to important points about
integrating the module, if these points are not followed, the module and
end user equipment may fail or malfunction.
Tip or Information –Provides advice and suggestions that may be
useful when integrating the module.
All dates are in ISO 8601 format, i.e. YYYY-MM-DD.
Related Documents
•Qualcomm_80-wl500-24_b_qca402x_qdart_connectivity_user_guide
•Telit_WL865E4-P_Hardware_User_Guide

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2. INSTALL AND SETUP TOOLS
This section provids step-by-step procedure to install QDART package required to perform RF
tests using QRCT(Qualcomm radio control toolkit).
Prerequisites
1. Computer running on Window 7/10.
2. QDART tool package from Qualcomm.
To download QDART tool package, follow the procedure below:
•Register at Qualcomm CreatePoint: https://createpoint.qti.qualcomm.com/ and login:
•Select, Home→All Product Types→Bluetooth/Wi-Fi and DEV. This will enable access
to the tools:
•Select Tools and search for QDART.
oSelect, Subscribe and click QDART_CONN.WIN.1.0 Installer or
QDART.WIN.4.8 Installer to download. QDART_CONN.WIN.1.0 is a subset of
QDART.WIN.4.8, hence the file size is smaller.

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There will be a popup window saying “The download will initiate in your browser shortly.
Please do not close this window until your download has initiated.”
•Install QDART_CONN.WIN.1.0 Installer. This version QDART has included windows
USB driver. That is, windows USB driver will be installed automatically during the
installation of QDART. So we don’t need to install the windows USB driver separately.
To install QDART Run the QDART executable installer in Administrator mode.

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•The QDART installer, installs multiple tools. We will be using QRCT for manual RF
tests.
Note: To use the QDART version (QDART-CONN 1.0-00072.1 and later) with Litepoint
IQxel80/IQxel160, Anritsu 8870A, and NI PXI 5644/5645/5646, the SCPI interface is
mandatory.
Contact the equipment company to get the SCPI package. Telit/Qualcomm does not
distribute the equipment SCPI libraries to its customers.

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3. WLAN TEST SETUP
This section provides step-by-step procedure to perform RF tests using QRCT.
Prerequisites
•WL865E4-P EVB.
•RF cable to connect the WL865E4-P antenna connector to RF test instrument.
•Ethernet cable to connect RF tester to Computer running QRCT tool.
•RF Shield Box.
The following figure illustrates the hardware test setup :
Figure 1 RF Test Setup

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4. WI-FI TEST PROCEDURE
The Qualcomm radio control toolkit (QRCT) is a Windows toolkit that provides GUI
interface to FTM operation. The user can manually check for RF performance in
nonsignaling test.
Flash the FTM binary to WL865E4-P
Go to the directory where FTM binary is available:
..\36.10.990.B004_Flash\ftm\bin
Place the WL865E4-P module in Program mode.
Run the flash.bat file in cmd prompt, and enter the COM port number as shown in the
screenshot below.

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Setup QRCT for Wi-Fi
Power ON the WL865E4-P test board by placing it in the Diagnostic mode, and connect it
to the computer. The device manager detects the serial port, note down the com port
number.
4.2.1. Initialize QRCT for Wi-Fi
1. Launch QRCT in Administrator mode.
2. Choose Target DIAGNOSTIC_LIGHT and com port shown in the device manager.
3. Select QCA4020 for the WL865E4-P in Select Chipset tab.
a. There are two ways to get the calibration data.
Select File for RFCal Data Source, then click the button Select BDF to browse
BDF file in the directory:
..\WL865E4_bddata\boardData_QCA4020_WL865.bin
b. Slect OTP for RFCal Data Source. In this case, the data stored on the WL865E4-P
OTP will be used in the RF tests.
4. Click Establish Connection.

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The board data is loaded in to the QRCT debug message and the WLAN RF test GUI for
testing. The DUT is ready for RF test.
You can query the MAC address of the DUT using MAC Settings tab.