AC182015-1 Datasheet, PDF (15/30 Pages) Microchip Technology – ZENA™ Wireless Adapter User’s Guide

ZENA™ WIRELESS ADAPTER
USER’S GUIDE
Chapter 2. Getting Started
2.1 INTRODUCTION
The ZENA Wireless Adapter is a flexible, multipurpose device. Firmware applications
can be updated from a computer application program such as the Wireless
Development Studio.
The ZENA Wireless Adapter is pre-programmed with a MiWi™ Wireless Protocol
Sniffer application. This allows the user to display MiWi Wireless Protocol packets in a
graphical format in the Wireless Development Studio.
ZENA Wireless Adapter software and firmware updates can be downloaded from the
Microchip web site http://www.microchip.com/zena.
2.2 INSTALLATION
2.2.1 Installing the Wireless Development Studio
The Wireless Development Studio can be downloaded from the Microchip web site:
http://www.microchip.com/wds. Install the program following the installation
instructions that come with the package.
2.2.2 Installing USB Drivers
The ZENA Wireless Adapter has been designed to communicate with the Microchip
MPLABComm driver which is based on the libusb-win32 (for Windows) and libusb (for
Mac and Linux operating systems) libraries. The USB Drivers come with the Wireless
Development Studio. To install the USB drivers, follow the sections below for the
operating system of choice.
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