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WX3IN1 Plus 2.0 (firmware v1.09)
APRS 1200 BAUD/AFSK AND 9600/GMSK PACKET DECODING/ENCODING
APRS STATION AND STANDALONE DIGIPEATER
GPS MODULE SUPPORT FOR CURRENT POSITION BEACONING
KISS PROTOCOL TNC VIA EXTERNAL BLUETOOTH INTERFACE
KISS PACKET OUTPUT AND APRS-IS PROTOCOL SIMPLE TCP/IP SERVER
WEATHERUNDERGROUND SERVICE REPORTING
EXTERNAL TELEMETRY MODULE SUPPORT
WWW INTERFACE FOR ADMINISTRATION
NTP SUPPORT FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZATION
Configuration software manual
Designer: Mateusz Płociński SQ3PLX
Producer: Microsat
info@microsat.com.pl
(manual revision 15 March 2016)
APRS/RF TO APRS-IS IGATE
APRS-IS TO APRS/RF FORWARDING
WEATHER STATION SUPPORT
INPUT VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT
DIGITAL THERMOMETER INPUT
TELNET INTERFACE FOR MONITORING
REMOTE FIRMWARE UPDATE VIA TFTP
Instruction manual
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Summary of Contents for Microsat WX3in1 Plus 2.0
- Page 1 WX3IN1 Plus 2.0 (firmware v1.09) (manual revision 15 March 2016) APRS 1200 BAUD/AFSK AND 9600/GMSK PACKET DECODING/ENCODING APRS STATION AND STANDALONE DIGIPEATER APRS/RF TO APRS-IS IGATE APRS-IS TO APRS/RF FORWARDING GPS MODULE SUPPORT FOR CURRENT POSITION BEACONING KISS PROTOCOL TNC VIA EXTERNAL BLUETOOTH INTERFACE...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents 1. Technical parameters................4 2. Device features..................5 2.1. APRS station..................5 2.2. APRS digipeater................5 2.3. RF -> APRS-IS forwarding (I-Gate)............5 2.4. APRS-IS -> RF forwarding..............5 2.5. GPS module support................5 2.6. Bluetooth interface support and a KISS TNC operation.........6 2.7. KISS via TCP/IP packet output..............6 2.9. - Page 3 10.8. Network Tab.................28 10.9. APRS-IS gateway Tab...............29 10.9.1. APRS-IS gateway / APRS-IS server Tab..........30 10.9.2. APRS-IS gateway / APRS-IS (common) Tab........31 10.9.3. APRS-IS gateway / RF->APRS-IS.............31 10.9.4. APRS-IS gateway / APRS-IS->RF (messages)........32 10.9.5. APRS-IS gateway / APRS-IS->RF (non-messages).........33 10.10. RTC/NTP Tab................35 10.11.
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Page 4: Technical Parameters
1. Technical parameters Dimensions 126x99x43 mm Weight 270g Supply voltage 12VDC typ. (9 - 16VDC) Power consumption 150mA Operation temperature -20°C / +70°C Humidity 95% max. Ethernet 10/100 Base-T Power connector 5.5/2.1mm connector Telemetry module connector Terminal block, RS-485 2-wire standard Thermometer connector Terminal block, DS18B20/DS18S20 standard Serial ports connector... -
Page 5: Device Features
2.3. RF -> APRS-IS forwarding (I-Gate) WX3in1 Plus 2.0 allows you to connect to APRS-IS server network. After logging to selected server, it is possible to gate data received from the APRS radio network. All packets with correct format and checksum are forwarded to APRS-IS. -
Page 6: Bluetooth Interface Support And A Kiss Tnc Operation
RF. 2.7. KISS via TCP/IP packet output This feature allows any networked device to connect to WX3in1 Plus 2.0 TCP/IP port and receive packets in KISS format without a need to use of a Bluetooth module. At the time of writing of this manual revision (firmware v1.09) KISS via TCP/IP is only one... -
Page 7: Telemetry Reports
WX3in1 Plus 2.0 telnet interface. 2.14. RTC clock and NTP time synchronization support With WX3in1 Plus 2.0 you always have the current date and time thanks to NTP support. Device connects to a defined NTP server every few minutes and checks for the current time. -
Page 8: Remote Www Access
2.16. Remote WWW access With WX3in1 Plus 2.0 device it is possible to configure and view device statistics remotely via web browser. 2.17. Remote telnet access You can connect to your WX3in1 Plus 2.0 device with a telnet client. Telnet... -
Page 9: Connectors And Device Status Leds
3. Connectors and device status leds 3.1. Front panel There are 6 leds on the front panel which inform about the status of device operation. The following image shows the location of front panel LEDs and connectors. Leds: Radio TX - The red led lights during transmission - the device sends an APRS data •... -
Page 10: Rear Panel
3.2. Rear panel The following image shows the location of rear panel LEDs and connectors. Leds: Power led - The red led above the power connector indicates that the power is • applied. Connectors: Power – 5.5/2.1 type power connector (center pin is a power supply plus), •... -
Page 11: Radio Connector
4. Radio connector Radio MINI DIN 6pin connector is placed on the rear panel of WX3in1 Plus 2.0. Pinout of this connector is described in the following figure. Connector pinout description: 1. not connected, 2. APRS audio output from the device to the microphone input of the radio. This... -
Page 12: High-Pass Filter Jumper
4.3. High-pass filter jumper There is only one jumper on a PCB inside of the device (located behind radio port connector). It should be open for proper operation of 1200/AFSK baudrate APRS decoding. Of you are going to use 9600/GMSK packet decoding, then you should close this jumper for flat frequency response down to DC). -
Page 13: External Devices Connectors
5. External devices connectors 5.1. RS-232 serial ports connector In WX3in1 Plus 2.0 the MINI DIN 6pin female connector is used for RS-232 serial ports and 5V voltage output. MINI DIN 6pin connector pins description: Pin 6 – RS-232 Port 1 RXD (default: weather station), •... - Page 14 GND (connect to GND of thermometer). •...
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Page 15: Connecting Gps Receiver
5V +/- 10%) and make sure that it uses RS-232 voltage levels. If you want to connect both GPS receiver and weather station to WX3in1 Plus 2.0, please check more details in “Connecting the weather station” chapter. -
Page 16: Connecting The Weather Station
(-5V on DTR pin, and +5V on RTS pin). To connect WS-23XX weather station, we need to use WX3in1 Port 2 TXD as negative polarization voltage source on DTR pin. To connect WS-2300 or WS-2350 station to WX3in1 Plus 2.0 you will need to use: “CAB02 - WX3in1 Plus 2.0/PLXDigi/PLXTracker serial interface cable (for WS-23XX)”... - Page 17 To connect Davis Vantage station to WX3in1 Plus 2.0 you will need to use: ”CAB29 - WX3in1 Plus 2.0 serial interface cable (for Davis, PeetBros)” – in case you don't want to connect also GPS receiver, ”CAB27 - WX3in1 Plus 2.0 serial interface cable (for Davis, PeetBros + GPS)”...
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Page 18: Connecting Bluetooth Interface
Bluetooth interface allows you to use your smartphone, tablet, or any other Bluetooth device to connect to WX3in1 Plus 2.0. All you need is an application supporting KISS protocol. In our tests we used APRSDroid 1.3.0 which allows to receive packets from the device and plot them on a map. -
Page 19: Connecting To Pc
• Turn on the Configurator application. • After connecting and powering, WX3in1 Plus 2.0 is detected in Windows as a new USB- HID device. Please remember to disconnect the device from USB and cycle power after configuration. Device will not operate when USB cable is connected after reboot, USB is used only for configuration and firmware update. -
Page 20: Description Of Configuration Software
Plus 2.0 Configurator window to a file on your PC's disk drive. Similarly with “Read from file” button you can import configuration from a file to your WX3in1 Plus 2.0 Configurator application. These functions can be used to save your device's configuration... -
Page 21: Radio Tab
10.5. Radio Tab “Callsign” – the callsign of your station with SSID extension. This field can be up • to 6 characters long. The default SSID is 0 and allowed SSID's are between 0 and “Latitude” - north-south position of your radio station, •... -
Page 22: Digipeater Tab
“Input amplifier” - this option selects amplification of input signal from radio to • WX3in1 Plus 2.0. If you are new to APRS or if you are running the device for the first time, you should change Callsign, Latitude and Longitude field to proper values for your station. These fields are important. -
Page 23: Digipeater / Common Settings
10.6.2. Digipeater / PATH filter rule Here you can insert New-N Paradigm paths to be handled by WX3in1 Plus 2.0 digipeater function. -
Page 24: Digipeater / Path Filter Areas
“Path (n-N)” – path name, WIDE, SP, etc. • “n>=” and “n<=” – minimum and maximum n for path to be forwarded, for • example WIDEn-N with N>=1 and N<=3 will forward paths: WIDE3-3, WIDE3-2, WIDE3-1, WIDE2-2, WIDE2-1, WIDE1-1, “Traceable” – if Yes, WX3in1 will add its own callsign to the path, if No, it will •... - Page 25 “area RAD0” - which is an area within a limited radius from our station location • (our station's location is defined in “Radio Tab”), “area RAD1” - which is an area within a limited radius from a point on the map •...
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Page 26: Digipeater / Callsign Filter Rules
10.6.4. Digipeater / Callsign filter rules “black list” (“General rule:” set to “Allow all, except below” - all callsigns will • be digipeated except listed below), or “white list” (“General rule:” set to “Deny all, except below” - only callsigns •... - Page 27 “Dest” – destination field of a beacon packet. It would be best to leave it default • which will allow your device to be recognized as WX3in1 Plus 2.0 (and added to working stations callsign list on my webpage), “Path” – APRS path (default value of WIDE2-2 will allow your device to be •...
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Page 28: Network Tab
As you can see in the above example, WX3in1 Plus 2.0 allows to use some special strings, which are automatically replaced with corresponding values: <date> - inserts current date in DDHHMM (day/hour/minute) format, • <lat> - inserts your stations latitude defined in “Radio” Tab, •... -
Page 29: Aprs-Is Gateway Tab
If you wish to use “Static IP”, then you need to know your network configuration and properly set relevant fields manually: “IP Address” - IP address of your WX3in1 Plus 2.0 device, you should select a free • IP address from your local network, “IP Mask”... -
Page 30: Aprs-Is Gateway / Aprs-Is Server Tab
“APRS-IS servers” - domain names or IP addresses of APRS-IS T2 servers which • should be connected by WX3in1 Plus 2.0. A list can be found on this page: http://www.aprs2.net/serverstats.php. “APRS-IS port” - IP ports of APRS-IS servers, in most cases default port 14580 •... -
Page 31: Aprs-Is Gateway / Aprs-Is (Common) Tab
10.9.2. APRS-IS gateway / APRS-IS (common) Tab “APRS-IS heard buffer timeout [m]” - determines the time (in minutes) after • which callsigns of stations heard from APRS-IS server are removed from the “APRS-IS heard” buffer. We need to store callsigns of stations heard from APRS-IS because: 1) Message packets addressed to these stations should not be forwarded from APRS-IS to RF (it is assumed that if a stations was heard from APRS-IS, then it has an internet connection so it has already received this message packet directly from APRS-IS and it is... -
Page 32: Aprs-Is Gateway / Aprs-Is->Rf (Messages)
“Gate RF packets to APRS-IS” - if enabled, device will forward all packets • received from RF to APRS-IS, 10.9.4. APRS-IS gateway / APRS-IS->RF (messages) Please note that below we will call packets of “message” type as “message packets” or “messages”... -
Page 33: Aprs-Is Gateway / Aprs-Is->Rf (Non-Messages)
to stations heard in local RF, “Message path” - default path applied to message packets forwarded from APRS- • IS to RF, “Local RF heard max. digi-hops” - stations which packets were received after • being digipeated by numer of digipeaters not higher than defined in this field, will be considered as stations in local RF, “Local RF heard buffer timeout [m]”... - Page 34 from APRS-IS to RF, “Gate if source station heard via RF” - if enabled, the device will forward • packets from APRS-IS to RF even if source station was heard on RF. Should be disabled, “RF heard buffer timeout [m]” - determines the time (in minutes) after which •...
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Page 35: Rtc/Ntp Tab
“Year”, “Month”, “Day”, “Hour”, “Minute” - user-defined date and time for • WX3in1 Plus 2.0, “Use NTP server” - of this option is selected, WX3in1 Plus 2.0 will periodically • connect to defined network time server and will synchronize its clock, “NTP server”... -
Page 36: Remote Access / Www
“WWW port” - web service IP port number. • To access your WX3in1 Plus 2.0 web service you should use a web browser and connect to WX3in1 Plus 2.0 IP address defined in Network Tab. For example, to connect to a device with IP address of 192.168.2.2 you should write... -
Page 37: Remote Access / Telnet
“Telnet debug messages” - options in this group allow to select which telnet • debug messages are on by default every time you connect to you WX3in1 Plus 2.0 with telnet terminal. Telnet access can be very useful for debugging of your WX3in1 Plus 2.0 configuration and the whole installation. -
Page 38: Remote Access / Kiss Via Tcp/Ip
10.11.3. Remote access / KISS via TCP/IP “KISS via TCP/IP enable” - enables or disables KISS via TCP/IP feature, • “KISS via TCP/IP port” - KISS via TCP/IP port number. • 10.11.4. Remote access / APRS-IS simple server “APRS-IS simple server enable” - enables or disables APRS-IS simple server •... -
Page 39: Telemetry Reports Tab
This feature must be used with caution and you should know what you are doing before using it. With APRS-IS simple server feature you can send packets to RF and T2 servers via WX3in1 Plus 2.0 without any limitations. 10.12. Telemetry reports Tab This Tab contains all settings related to telemetry reports feature present in APRS protocol. -
Page 40: Telemetry Reports / Analog Channels
“Dest” – destination field of a telemetry parameters packet. • “Path” – APRS path (default value of WIDE2-2 will allow your device to be • digipeated by most nearby digipeaters), if you leave this field empty, packet will be sent without path, “RF[min]“... -
Page 41: Telemetry Reports / Digital Channels
“Name” - short name for the channel, length is limited by APRS standard and is • different for different channel numbers, “Units” - short name for units of data for the channel, length is limited by APRS • standard and is different for different channel numbers, “Source”... -
Page 42: Telemetry Reports / Wxbits Outputs
(including web services like aprs.fi) will not be able do decode your reports properly. 10.12.4. Telemetry reports / WXBits outputs This Tab defines what should be the default states for WXBits output channels. After power-up WX3in1 Plus 2.0 will constantly try to set outputs to the defined states, unless changed by the user. -
Page 43: Weather Reports Tab
10.13. Weather reports Tab This Tab contains all settings related to weather reports. For weather reports you need to have a compatible weather station connected to WX3in1 Plus 2.0. 10.13.1. Weather reports / Weather beacon “Dest” – destination field of a weather report. -
Page 44: Weather Reports / Weather Underground
“Weather reports to WeatherUnderground” – enables WeatherUnderground • reporting in your WX3in1 Plus 2.0 device, “Station ID” – ID of the station assigned when you were adding a station in • WeatherUnderground account settings on their web page, “Password”... -
Page 45: External Interfaces Tab
10.14. External interfaces Tab This Tab is related to settings of all external devices and interfaces which may me connected to WX3in1 Plus 2.0 using rear panel serial ports. 10.14.1. External interfaces / RS-232 ports “BT/Microsat Bluetooth connected” - enable this if you have BT/Microsat •... -
Page 46: External Interfaces / Rs-485 Ports
10.14.2. External interfaces / RS-485 ports “WXTelemetry module (RS-485)” - enables or disables WXTelemetry module • support, “WXBits module (RS-485)” - enables or disables WXBits module support, • 10.14.3. External interfaces / Thermometer port “Thermometer support” - enables or disables support of thermometer connected •... -
Page 47: External Interfaces / Weather Station
“Thermometer model” - thermometer model selection. • 10.14.4. External interfaces / Weather station “Weather station model” - selection of weather station model connected to • WX3in1 Plus 2.0 serial port. 10.14.5. External interfaces / GPS receiver... -
Page 48: External Interfaces / Kiss
“GPS module baudrate” - selection of GPS module communication baudrate. • 10.14.6. External interfaces / KISS “KISS baudrate” - KISS packet communication baudrate setting, • “KISS direction” - selects KISS direction: • “RF->serial” - only output of packets received from RF, •... -
Page 49: Telnet Interface
I recommend you to use an open source “putty” application for this task. You can find it here: http://www.putty.org/. To configure “putty” as a telnet terminal for WX3in1 Plus 2.0 you need to set the following fields (visible above): Host Name (or IP address) –... - Page 50 Telnet command list can be different for new firmware versions. We will not discuss all possible commands in this section. Just a short description of command types: print – used to print some data in your telnet terminal window, • send –...
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Page 51: Remote Firmware Update Via Tftp
12. Remote firmware update via TFTP WX3in1 Plus 2.0 allows you to make a remote firmware update via the internet using TFTP protocol. General rule for WX3in1 Plus 2.0 firmware updates is: always both firmware and configuration are being updated to make sure that configuration is compatible with firmware version. -
Page 52: Troubleshotting
Question: What should I set in APRS-IS Username and Password field? Answer: In Username field you should set the same string as your WX3in1 Plus 2.0 callsign and SSID, separated by a hyphen. It should be written in upercase. Example: SQ3PLX-5. - Page 53 Answer: Green “EXT” led is an answer. It should blink in short time intervals indicating that your external device is fine and that your WX3in1 Plus 2.0 device receives correct data. “EXT” led is shared between all external devices connected to your WX3in1 Plus 2.0.
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changer le ssid
To change the SSID on the Microsat WX3in1 Plus 2.0, go to the "Radio" tab in the WX3in1 Plus 2.0 Configurator. Locate the "Callsign" field, where you can enter your station's callsign along with an SSID extension. The SSID can be up to 6 characters long, with the default SSID being 0.
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