Switching from Legacy Binary Mode to AT-Command Mode
The RS911W legacy binary mode is no longer supported.
The steps below describe how to switch the RS9116W interface from legacy binary mode to AT-Command mode. For more details, see RS9116W Programming Reference Manuals .
STEP 1. Reset the RS9116 Evaluation Kit (EVK) by pressing the reset button or by power-cycling the board.
STEP 2.
Enter the bootloader by pressing
Shift + |
followed by
Shift + u
; the bootloader menu is displayed.
|UU WELCOME TO REDPINE SIGNALS BootLoader Version 1.0 1 Load Default Wireless Firmware A Load Wireless Firmware (Image No : 0-f) B Burn Wireless Firmware (Image No : 0-f) 5 Select Default Wireless Firmware (Image No : 0-f) K Check Wireless Firmware Integrity (Image No : 0-f) 7 Enable GPIO Based Bypass Mode 8 Disable GPIO Based Bypass Mode Q Update KEY Z JTAG SelectionNote! The bootloader menu does not appear automatically on boot because the device waits to perform Auto Baud Rate Detection (ABRD). The character sequence
Shift + |followed byShift + uinitiates ABRD causing the device to enter bootloader mode. For more details on ABRD and the bootloader, see the RS9116W Programming Reference Manuals .
STEP 3.
To confirm the device is in legacy binary mode, try loading the firmware by pressing
1
. If the device is in legacy binary mode, the console displays
Loading...
followed a garbled sequence of characters as shown by the yellow text in the example console output below (alternately, if the device is in AT-Command mode, the console displays
Loading...
followed by
Loading Done
).
|UU WELCOME TO REDPINE SIGNALS BootLoader Version 1.0 1 Load Default Wireless Firmware A Load Wireless Firmware (Image No : 0-f) B Burn Wireless Firmware (Image No : 0-f) 5 Select Default Wireless Firmware (Image No : 0-f) K Check Wireless Firmware Integrity (Image No : 0-f) 7 Enable GPIO Based Bypass Mode 8 Disable GPIO Based Bypass Mode Q Update KEY Z JTAG Selection UU Configuration Saved... Enter Next CommandLoading... ȕì?ȕ@
STEP 4.
Press
U
to switch from legacy binary mode to AT-Command mode.
STEP 5. To confirm AT Command mode, follow Steps 1 through 3 described above and check the device prints Loading Done after the firmware loads as shown in the following example.
|UU WELCOME TO REDPINE SIGNALS BootLoader Version 1.0 1 Load Default Wireless Firmware A Load Wireless Firmware (Image No : 0-f) B Burn Wireless Firmware (Image No : 0-f) 5 Select Default Wireless Firmware (Image No : 0-f) K Check Wireless Firmware Integrity (Image No : 0-f) 7 Enable GPIO Based Bypass Mode 8 Disable GPIO Based Bypass Mode Q Update KEY Z JTAG Selection 11 Configuration Saved... Enter Next CommandLoading... Loading Done