Telit WL865E4-P Evaluation Board User Guide
- June 6, 2024
- Telit
Table of Contents
WL865E4-P Evaluation Board
Quick Start Guide
This Quick Start Guide will walk you through the easy steps required to set up and run the WL865E4-P evaluation board for the Serial-to-Wireless application.
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Your kit contains the following:
- 1- Quick Start Guide (this document)
- 1- WL865E4-P Evaluation Board (Picture1 or Picture2)
- 1- Micro-USB Cable
- 1- External Antenna
- For more information on PIN details and description of individual boards refer “WL865E4-P EVB User Guide”
1a Configure the WL865E4-P module
4 Step Download the Telit AT Controller (TATC) serial interface tool from the
following link: https://www.telit.com/evkevb-drivers/ and place it on your
desktop.
Run the WL865E4-P module
Alert! Before you begin, ensure that the ON/OFF switch is in OFF position and
PL603 jumper is OPEN.
1 Step Plug the micro-USB cable, one end of the USB port to WL865E4-P
Evaluation board and the other end of the USB port to your PC or laptop.
2 Step Turn the power switch to ON position. Once the connection is
established the Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 driver will be automatically
installed onto your PC.
3 Step Go to Control Panel > Device Manager and check the COM port
number.
- Configure the WL865E4-P module
Step 4 Download the Telit AT Controller (TATC) serial interface tool from the following link: https://www.telit.com/evkevb-drivers/ and place it on your desktop.
5 Step Unzip the folder and run
Setup_TATC_3.4.11_XFP_4.0.5.msi file.
Upon successful software installation, following files will be created on your desktop:
• Telit AT Controller.Ink
• Xfp.Ink
6 Step Double-click on Telit AT Controller icon to open the application.
Step 7 Click Settings >Port Settings to setup the AT port parameters such as:
• COM Port
• Baud Rate
• Parity
• Data Bits
• Start Bits
• Flow Control, and click OK.
8 Step Upon successful configuration, click Connect.
Step 8 Upon successful configuration, click Connect.
The module information such as: MAC Address,
Manufacturer Name, Model Number, Fw Release version will be displayed.
Step 9 Now, click AT Terminal to start the AT Terminal window.
Note: WL865E4 S2W Firmware supports two styles of AT commands:
• Legacy (GS2K Style)
• New (Telit Style)
• By default, the firmware supports legacy (GS2K Style) AT Command mode
for backward compatibility with GS2K based Wi-Fi module.
10 Step Issue the following commands, to verify the version
AT+YLC=0
AT+YVER
Wireless Operations
The following use cases describes the wireless operations of the WL865E4-P module using legacy and New AT commands. The WL865E4-P module supports two modes of operations:
- Station Mode
- Limited AP Mode
Note: In legacy AT command mode, both command and responses will be similar to GS2K module platform whereas in New AT command mode, the commands and their responses will be different.
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Use Case 1: Configure WL865E4-P module using Legacy Commands
Station Mode
Following commands are used to configure the WL865E4-P module in station mode.
AT+WM=0
AT+NMAC=?
AT+WWPA=abcd1234
AT+NDHCP=1
AT+WA=Telit_test
AT+NSTAT=?
Limited AP Mode
Following commands are used to configure the WL865E4-P module in WPA2 Secured Limited AP mode.
Where,
• Module’s SSID is: Telit_LAP and,
• IP Address is: 192.168.45.3
AT+WM=2
AT+NSET=192.168.8.1,255.255.255.0,192.168.8.1
AT+WA=Telit_LAP,,6
AT+DHCPSRVR=1 AT+NSTAT=?
Note: For more information regarding Legacy AT Commands, refer to WL865E4-P Legacy Command Reference Guide.
The `Telit_LAP’ appears in the Scan List of Wi-Fi Settings of your laptop or PC. Check the accessibility of the connected network by pinging to it from the laptop. -
Use Case 2: Configure WL865E4-P module using New AT Commands
To switch to New AT Command mode, issue the following command. AT+YLC=0
Station Mode
Following commands are used to configure the WL865E4-P module in Station Mode and associate to WPA2 Secured Wi-Fi Network.
Where,
• Module’s SSID is: Telit_test and,
• Passphrase is: abcd1234
AT+WNI=0
AT+WNCN=1,”Telit_test”,”abcd_1234″
Limited AP Mode
Following commands are used to configure the
WL865E4-P module in WPA Secured Limited AP mode.
Where,
• Module’s SSID is: Telit_LAP and,
• IP Address is:192.168.45.3
AT+WNI=1
AT+WNIPC=0,1,192.168.45.3,255.255.255.0,192.168.45.1
AT+WNAPIPC=0,192.168.45.4,192.168.45.10,10000
AT+WNCR=0,”Telit_LAP”,6,”WPA”,”TKIP”,”12345678″
The ‘Telit_LAP’ appears in the Scan List of Wi-Fi Settings of your laptop or PC.
Note: For more information regarding New AT Commands, refer to WL865E4-P AT Command Reference Guide.
Technical and Product Support
For any clarification, technical and product support, please email to Telit
Technical Support at: [email protected]
We recommend adding “Wi-Fi” in subject of the email. For example, the subject
of email can be “Wi-Fi: Association failing”, “Wi-Fi: SPI Driver Issue”.
Also, in description of your email, please provide details about the issue,
product, module and use case including software firmware version, module
version and type, application being used, customizations done to application,
use case and issue frequency and ability to recreate it.
Information
For information, please refer to the following documents:
- WL865E4-P AT Command Reference Guide
- For detailed description of every New (Telit Style) AT command
- WL865E4-P Legacy Command Reference Guide
- For detailed description of every Legacy(GS2K Style) AT command
- WL865E4-P Module Hardware User Guide
- For detailed description of the hardware solutions for developing a product with Telit WL865E4-P module
- WL865E4-P Module Programming and Protocol Reference Guide
- For detailed description of programming Telit WL865E4-P module
- WL865E4-P EVB User Guide
- For evaluation board description and hardware setup, jumpersettings, component description, board specifications, and pin outs For further information, please visit the website link: https://www.telit.com/products/wifi-and-bluetooth/#wifi
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