User Guide (UG) CENTAURI-200 Revision: 1.6 Date: 23-11-2020 Volansys Technologies Private Limited Block A 7th Floor, Safal Profitaire, Corporate Road, Prahladnagar, Ahmedabad 380015, India www.volansys.com Phone: 91-79-4004-1994 Email: info@volansys.com Confidentiality Notice Copyright 2020Volansys All rights reserved. This document is authored by Volansys and is Volansys intellectual property, including the copyrights in all countries in the world. This document is provided under a license to use only with all other rights, including ownership rights, being retained by Volansys. This file may not be distributed, copied, or reproduced in any manner, electronic or otherwise, without the express written consent of Volansys. TABLE OF CONTENTS CENTAURI-200 User Guide 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 VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 2 of 21 TABLE 1 GATEWAY LED INDICATION.................................................................................................................................... 12 TABLE 2 GATEWAY SWITCH FUNCTION..................................................................................................................................13 CENTAURI-200 User Guide LISTS OF TABLES 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 VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 3 of 21 CENTAURI-200 User Guide Revision History Date 10-Aug-2019 29-Aug-2019 12-Dec-2019 Version Draft 0.1 1.0 1.1 06-02-2020 04-03-2020 13-03-2020 06-08-2020 23-11-2020 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Details of change Initial Draft First Release Updated IoTiFy link in Section 3 Updated section 4.3 Corrected LED2 indication in chapter 4. Updeted device provisioning section Updated Switch indication in Chapter 4 Added FCC warning and remove Zigbee Zwave devices Author MK MK NP NP NP NP NP YP Reviewers KB, RT RT, NP KB KB KB KB KB KB VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 4 of 21 1 INTRODUCTION This document will guide an end user in getting started with the CENTAURI-200. CENTAURI-200 User Guide 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 Definition Terms AP Access point Gateway GW ED End Device VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 5 of 21 CENTAURI-200 User Guide EUI OTA Extended Unique Identifier Over The Air 1.4 References Reference Document Title NA 1.5 Document Conventions Provided by Remarks 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 VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 6 of 21 SYSTEM OVERVIEW 1 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. CENTAURI-200 User Guide BLE Network BLE Figure 1- 1 Gateway setup architecture VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 7 of 21 CENTAURI-200 User Guide 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. VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 8 of 21 2.3 Initial setup and User registration 1. Launch/open installed application in the mobile. User can see below screen CENTAURI-200 User Guide Figure 3- 1 Mobile Application Launch Page If prompted for any permission, please allow. 2. 3. Follow user registration process for creating account. Enter verification code received on email to complete registration process. VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 9 of 21 CENTAURI-200 User Guide Figure 3- 2 User registration for Gateway Login with the user credential created during sign-up. 4. 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. VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 10 of 21 CENTAURI-200 User Guide Figure 3- 3 Home screen after successful login VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 11 of 21 3 GATEWAY SETUP 3.1 Gateway LED indication CENTAURI-200 User Guide LED POWER LED LED1 LED2 Indication Represents ON OFF OFF Green Red SOLID RED Blinking RED
(1 second off, 1 second on) Power is available No Power supply is connected Access Point mode is off Access Point mode is on. End Device Commissioning in progress Internet connectivity available Internet connectivity NOT available 3.2 Gateway Switch function Table 1 Gateway LED indication Switch SW1 Control Action 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 SW2 Press the switch thrice where the interval between two consecutive presses should not exceed 1 second. RF Device Discovery will start to pair end devices 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) VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 12 of 21 CENTAURI-200 User Guide 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. o LED2 as solid RED indicates no internet connectivity if gateway doesnt have valid Wi-Fi credential or does not have LAN or LTE connectivity. Wi-Fi credential can be provided to gateway through mobile application o LED1 as solid RED indicates Gateway is in Wi-Fi access point mode o Refer 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. o LED2 as RED indicates no internet connectivity. o Refer section Gateway LED indication for more details. VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 13 of 21 CENTAURI-200 User Guide 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) o If user is commissioning gateway for the first time, user does not need to reset Wi-Fi on GW by pressing SW2. o If user wants to factory reset the gateway, press SW2 for long duration (more than 5 seconds) as mentioned Table 2. VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 14 of 21 CENTAURI-200 User Guide 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) VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 15 of 21 CENTAURI-200 User Guide 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. VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 16 of 21 CENTAURI-200 User Guide 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. VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 17 of 21 Figure 4- 5 Gateway property change CENTAURI-200 User Guide 3.4.2 Factory reset the gateway Switch indication for more details 1. SW2 switch can be used (long press) to factory reset the gateway if needed. Refer Gateway Figure 4- 6 Gateway Wi-Fi reset button o User can see LED2 will turn green if Gateway has internet connectivity. o LED2 will be red if there is not internet connectivity VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 18 of 21 3.5 Change Gateway Network Interface for IP connectivity (Wi-Fi or Ethernet) CENTAURI-200 User Guide Change from Wi-Fi to Ethernet 3.5.1 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. Change from Ethernet to Wi-Fi 3.5.2 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. VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 19 of 21 3.6 Remove Gateway To remove Gateway from registered gateway list, follow below steps. CENTAURI-200 User Guide 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 VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 20 of 21 3.7 FCC/IC Warning This equipment complies with FCC and IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should beinstalled and operated with minimum distance of 20 cm between the radiator and your body. This transmitter must not be co-located oroperating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. CENTAURI-200 User Guide This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules and RSS-247 of Industry Canada. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1)this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that maycause undesired operation.Le prsent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence. L'exploitation estautorise aux deux conditions suivantes : (1) l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et (2) l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radiolectrique subi, mme si le brouillage est susceptible d'en compromettre le fonctionnement. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numrique de la classe B est conforme la norme NMB-003 du Canada. 15.21 15.105 NOTE: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the users authority to operate the equipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help
- This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. VT-ENG-TMP-UG | Rev 1.1 | 31-Jul-19 Volansys-Confidential Page 21 of 21