UM1870 Datasheet, PDF (14/58 Pages) STMicroelectronics – BlueNRG-MS development kits

GUI software description
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GUI software description
UM1870
The BlueNRG-MS GUI included in the software package is a graphical user interface that
can be used to interact and evaluate the capabilities of the BlueNRG-MS network
processor.
This utility can send standard and vendor-specific HCI commands to the controller and
receive events from it. It lets the user configure each field of the HCI command packets to
be sent and analyzes all received packets. In this way BlueNRG-MS can be easily managed
at low level.
3.1
Requirements
In order to use the BlueNRG-MS GUI, make sure you have correctly set up your hardware
and software (BlueNRG-MS GUI installed). The STM32L in the STEVAL-IDB005V1 kit has
been preprogrammed with a demo application (see Section 5). Hence, new firmware must
be loaded into the STM32L. Firmware images can be found within the firmware folder. The
firmware image that must be programmed is latest BlueNRG_VCOM_x_x.hex available
within the BlueNRG DK SW package. The GUI has the ability to Flash new firmware.
In order to download binary images into the internal Flash of the STM32L, the
microcontroller must be put into a special DFU (device firmware upgrade) mode. To enter
DFU mode:
1. BlueNRG-MS development platform (STEVAL-IDB005V1)
– Power up the board
– Press and hold USER button
– Reset the board using RESET button (keep USER button pressed while resetting)
The orange LED DL2 will start to blink
– Release USER button
– Use BlueNRG-MS GUI to Flash the device with new firmware (Tools -> Flash
motherboard FW).
3.2
The BlueNRG-MS graphical user interface
This section describes the main functions of BlueNRG-MS GUI application.
You can run this utility by clicking on the BlueNRG-MS GUI icon on the Desktop or under:
Start → STMicroelectronics → BlueNRG DK X.X.X → BlueNRG-MS GUI
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