Volansys CENTAURI-200 User manual

User Guide (UG)
CENTAURI-200
Revision: 1.6
Date: 23-11-2020
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Block A 7th Floor, Safal Profitaire, Corporate Road,
Prahladnagar, Ahmedabad 380015, India
www.volansys.com
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 PURPOSE..................................................................................................................................................................5
1.2 SCOPE..................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2.1 PREREQUISITES.......................................................................................................................................................5
1.2.2 SUPPORTED SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE PLATFORMS.................................................................................................. 5
1.3 ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 5
1.4 REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.5 DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS......................................................................................................................................... 6
1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................................................... 7
2 MOBILE APPLICATION SETUP......................................................................................................................................8
2.1 INSTALLATION (ANDROID MOBILE APPLICATION)............................................................................................................ 8
2.2 INSTALLATION (IOS MOBILE APPLICATION)....................................................................................................................8
2.3 INITIAL SETUP AND USER REGISTRATION........................................................................................................................ 9
3 GATEWAY SETUP....................................................................................................................................................... 12
3.1 GATEWAY LED INDICATION.......................................................................................................................................12
3.2 GATEWAY SWITCH FUNCTION.................................................................................................................................... 12
3.3 GATEWAY INITIAL SETUP...........................................................................................................................................13
3.3.1 Gateway Setup with Wi-Fi...........................................................................................................................13
3.3.2 Gateway Setup with Ethernet cable............................................................................................................13
3.4 GATEWAY COMMISSIONING [REGISTRATION]............................................................................................................... 14
3.4.1 Gateway Registration..................................................................................................................................14
3.4.2 Factory reset the gateway...........................................................................................................................18
3.5 CHANGE GATEWAY NETWORK INTERFACE FOR IP CONNECTIVITY (WI-FI OR ETHERNET)......................................................19
3.5.1 Change from Wi-Fi to Ethernet................................................................................................................... 19
3.5.2 Change from Ethernet to Wi-Fi................................................................................................................... 19
3.6 REMOVE GATEWAY..................................................................................................................................................20
3.7 FCC/IC WARNING.................................................................................................................................................. 21

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LISTS OF TABLES
TABLE 1 GATEWAY LED INDICATION.................................................................................................................................... 12
TABLE 2 GATEWAY SWITCH FUNCTION..................................................................................................................................13
LISTS OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1- 1 GATEWAY SETUP ARCHITECTURE...........................................................................................................................7
FIGURE 3- 1 MOBILE APPLICATION LAUNCH PAGE....................................................................................................................9
FIGURE 3- 2 USER REGISTRATION FOR GATEWAY....................................................................................................................10
FIGURE 3- 3 HOME SCREEN AFTER SUCCESSFUL LOGIN ............................................................................................................ 11
FIGURE 4- 1 CENTAURI-200 GATEWAY..............................................................................................................................14
FIGURE 4- 2 IOTIFY DASHBOARD......................................................................................................................................... 15
FIGURE 4- 3 GATEWAY PROVISIONING.........................................................................................................................16
FIGURE 4- 4 GATEWAY LIST................................................................................................................................................ 17
FIGURE 4- 5 GATEWAY PROPERTY CHANGE............................................................................................................................18
FIGURE 4- 6 GATEWAY WI-FI RESET BUTTON.........................................................................................................................18
FIGURE 4- 7 REMOVE GATEWAY..........................................................................................................................................20

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Revision History
Date
Version
Details of change
Author
Reviewers
10-Aug-2019
Draft 0.1
Initial Draft
MK
KB, RT
29-Aug-2019
1.0
First Release
MK
RT, NP
12-Dec-2019
1.1
Updated IoTiFy link in
Section 3
NP
KB
06-02-2020
1.2
Updated section 4.3
NP
KB
04-03-2020
1.3
Corrected LED2 indication in
chapter 4.
NP
KB
13-03-2020
1.4
Updeted device provisioning
section
NP
KB
06-08-2020
1.5
Updated Switch indication in
Chapter 4
NP
KB
23-11-2020
1.6
Added FCC warning and
remove Zigbee Zwave
devices
YP
KB

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1 INTRODUCTION
This document will guide an end user in getting started with the CENTAURI-200.
1.1 Purpose
This document will address the following things:
1. Getting Started with CENTAURI-200 demonstration
2. System Overview
3. CENTAURI-200 Gateway Setup
4. End device setup and control
1.2 Scope
The scope of the guide is to describe the various functionalities to configure CENTAURI-200 using
mobile application for the user. This document does not include the flashing steps of the
CENTAURI-200 gateway.
1.2.1 Prerequisites
In this guide, it is assumed that CENTAURI-200 is available with the user and flashed with the
latest CENTAURI-200 release, links for software release, mobile application and necessary
accounts to set up the Cloud application.
1.2.2 Supported Software and Hardware Platforms
CENTAURI-200 functionality is tested with the following combination of operating system,
hardware platform, software versions, phone model or iOS/Android versions. CENTAURI -200
application may work with other versions of operating system, hardware, software, phone model
or iOS/Android version. The functionality of the CENTAURI-200 will not be guaranteed by Volansys
on any other combinations other than the one mentioned below:
Operating System – Yocto flavored Linux OS
Hardware board version – 1.0
Software version – 1.0.0
iPhone/iOS version – 10.x and higher
Android version – Lollipop 5.0 and higher
1.3 Acronyms & Abbreviations
Terms
Definition
AP
Access point
GW
Gateway
ED
End Device

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EUI
Extended Unique Identifier
OTA
Over The Air
1.4 References
Reference Document Title
Provided by
Remarks
NA
1.5 Document Conventions
This element signifies a useful information or tip or suggestion
This element signifies a warning or proceed with caution
This element signifies that the action should be avoid

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1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
CENTAURI-200 Gateway is a central device to run the out of the box demonstration. To do the setup,
the user needs to provide Internet connectivity to CENTAURI-200 Gateway. The Gateway supports
Ethernet, WiFi and LTE to connect to the cloud. The user can add end devices in the system using mobile
application. Once the end devices are added to the system, the user can control them via the mobile
application.
Figure 1- 1 Gateway setup architecture
BLE
BLE Network

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2 MOBILE APPLICATION SETUP
2.1 Installation (Android Mobile Application)
1. The IoTify Android application is available on Google Play Store.
2.2 Installation (iOS Mobile Application)
1. The IoTify iOS application is available on the Apple Application store.

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2.3 Initial setup and User registration
1. Launch/open installed application in the mobile. User can see below screen
Figure 3- 1 Mobile Application Launch Page
2. If prompted for any permission, please allow.
3. Follow user registration process for creating account. Enter verification code received on email
to complete registration process.

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Figure 3- 2 User registration for Gateway
4. Login with the user credential created during sign-up.
5. On successful authentication, user is redirected to the list of registered gateways. The user can
see registered gateway if any or can see below screen without any gateways.

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Figure 3- 3 Home screen after successful login

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3 GATEWAY SETUP
3.1 Gateway LED indication
Table 1 Gateway LED indication
3.2 Gateway Switch function
LED
Indication
Represents
POWER LED
ON
Power is available
OFF
No Power supply is connected
LED1
OFF
Access Point mode is off
SOLID RED
Access Point mode is on.
Blinking RED
(1 second off, 1 second on)
End Device Commissioning in
progress
LED2
Green
Internet connectivity available
Red
Internet connectivity NOT available
Switch
Control
Action
SW1
Press the switch thrice where the interval between two
consecutive presses should not exceed 1 second.
OTA Recovery in case of failure in the
application OTA
Press the switch for more than 10 seconds
RF Device Discovery will start to pair
end devices
SW2
Press the switch thrice where the interval between two
consecutive presses should not exceed 1 second.
AP mode of Gateway will be enabled
Long press (Required switch press duration more than
5sec)
Factory reset the gateway (Clears the
Wi-Fi credentials, remove the paired
end devices, rules and scenes)

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Table 2 Gateway Switch function
3.3 Gateway Initial setup
Follow below steps for initial Gateway setup
3.3.1 Gateway Setup with Wi-Fi
1. Plug in power cable in DC power input port of gateway available on back panel.
2. Plug-out Ethernet cable if it is plugged in.
3. Power up the Gateway.
4. After power up, Gateway will be in Access point mode. It will broadcast SSID = Centauri_XXXX
(XXXX = Last 4 digit of MAC address).
5. Observe the LED indication.
oLED2 as solid RED indicates no internet connectivity if gateway doesn’t have valid Wi-Fi
credential or does not have LAN or LTE connectivity. Wi-Fi credential can be provided to
gateway through mobile application
oLED1 as solid RED indicates Gateway is in Wi-Fi access point mode
oRefer section Gateway LED indication for more details.
3.3.2 Gateway Setup with Ethernet cable
1. Plug in power cable in DC power input port of Gateway.
2. Plug in Ethernet cable to Gateway Ethernet port.
3. Power up the Gateway.
4. Observe the LED indication.
oLED2 as RED indicates no internet connectivity.
oRefer section Gateway LED indication for more details.

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Figure 4- 1 CENTAURI-200 Gateway
3.4 Gateway Commissioning [Registration]
A user needs to register the gateway using the mobile application to use the gateway to control and
monitor end devices. To register the gateway, follow below ste
ps.
3.4.1 Gateway Registration
1. Open the mobile application and log in using user id. User can see below screen in mobile
application if none of the gateway is registered previously with same user id.
2. User can add Gateway by touching “+” on top right corner. It will show below screen. Follow the
instruction given on screen. On Wi-Fi setting, user shall connect to SSID Centauri_XXXX
(XXXX=Last 4 digit of Gateway MAC). User should enter the Wi-Fi Password as centauri_XXXX
(XXXX=Last 4 digit of Gateway MAC, e.g. “centauri_D1A5”)
oIf user is commissioning gateway for the first time, user does not need to reset Wi-Fi on
GW by pressing SW2.
oIf user wants to factory reset the gateway, press SW2 for long duration (more than 5
seconds) as mentioned Table 2.

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Figure 4- 2 IoTify Dashboard
Once user connects to access point of the GW, the user needs to enter the Wi-Fi password as
centauri_XXXX (XXXX=Last 4 digit of Gateway MAC, e.g. “centauri_D1A5”). After the user comes
back to this application, user will see below screen. In this screen, user shall select an Access point
that GW will use for getting an internet connectivity. (E.g. Home Wi-Fi router access point). User will
be prompted to enter passphrase if that is configured on selected SSID)

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Figure 4- 3 Gateway Provisioning
1. After providing all correct input, the gateway will be commissioned, and it will be available on
application as shown below. User can add multiple gateway to the application by following same
process.

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Figure 4- 4 Gateway List
2. Long press on Gateway and select Gateway information. This will open Gateway property
window. User can rename the gateway in this screen.

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Figure 4- 5 Gateway property change
3.4.2 Factory reset the gateway
1. SW2 switch can be used (long press) to factory reset the gateway if needed. Refer Gateway
Switch indication for more details
Figure 4- 6 Gateway Wi-Fi reset button
oUser can see LED2 will turn green if Gateway has internet connectivity.
oLED2 will be red if there is not internet connectivity

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3.5 Change Gateway Network Interface for IP connectivity (Wi-Fi or Ethernet)
3.5.1 Change from Wi-Fi to Ethernet
Follow below steps to change Network interface from Wi-Fi to Ethernet
1. Press SW2 switch more than 5sec to factory reset the Gateway. See if LED2 turns Red.
2. Plug in Ethernet cable to Gateway board.
3. Observe LED indication on Gateway board.
LED2 as RED indicates no IP address is assigned or no internet connectivity
LED2 as Solid Green indicates Gateway is connected to the cloud
Refer section Gateway LED indication for more details
4. Once the LED2 turns Green, connect to GW access point as mentioned earlier and select
Ethernet during commissioning process.
5. The LED2 must become Solid Green for controlling and managing gateway and end devices.
3.5.2 Change from Ethernet to Wi-Fi
Follow below steps to change Network interface from Ethernet to Wi-Fi
1. Power ON Gateway and wait till the gateway comes online.
Press SW2 switch for more than 5sec to factory reset the Gateway.
See if LED2 turns Red.
2. Unplug the Ethernet cable from the Gateway.
3. Observe LED indication on the Gateway.
4. Provide Wi-Fi credential to Gateway using commissioning process mentioned above.
5. On successful connection with Wi-Fi network and cloud, the user can see LED2 as Solid Green.

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3.6 Remove Gateway
To remove Gateway from registered gateway list, follow below steps.
1. The gateway must be powered on and connected to the cloud. Confirm LED2 must be solid
green. GW should be shown Green on mobile application as well.
2. Open Mobile application and select the Gateway to be removed.
Figure 4- 7 Remove Gateway