Wifly RN-131G intro tutorial?

Wireless & IoT
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Hi Everyone,

Where can I find a simple tutorial on how to setup the wifly and then connect to a network? Wifly 101 :slight_smile:

Thanks!

  • Bill
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Hi Bill,

bshackcreative:
Where can I find a simple tutorial on how to setup the wifly and then connect to a network? Wifly 101 :slight_smile:

There is a tutorial [WiFly Wireless Talking SpeakJet Server available but it’s quite low level.

You might like to try the [WiFly library I’ve written which works at a much higher level and comes with a number of examples which should work “out of the box” once you’ve added your network credentials.

–Philip;](WiFly Shield code library alpha 2 release - SparkFun Electronics Forum)](WiFly Wireless SpeakJet Server - SparkFun Electronics)

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thanks!

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http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Wire … GSX-um.pdf

http://www.rovingnetworks.com/Docs/WiFly-RN-UM.pdf

I found these advanced User’s Guides to be very helpful, that and the code

in the various arduino projects had me up and running in a weekend.

My main issue was that the on board Chip Antenna (extant = 0) did not work, would not scan nearby networks.

Quoting from page 19 of the Roving Networks User Guide.

]set wlan ext_antenna <0, 1> determines which antenna is active, use 0 for chip antenna, 1 for UF.L

connector. Default = 0. Only one antenna is active at a time and the

module must be power cycled after switching the antenna.

Only by switching to the external antenna (with nothing attached to the socket I might add) did I get repeated and solid

connectivity to both my own wifi networks, but also my neighbours.

The Roving Netwokrs App Engineer suggested perhaps the wifly module has a bad or broken ground - has any one else

reported a problem with the chip antenna

Two additional items to note - tje RN-171 is a smaller, lower power radio with programmable transmit power. Will be nice

to see these show up in the next rev of the wiFly whield.

http://www.rovingnetworks.com/Docs/WiFly-RN-171-DS.pdf

AND

RovingNetworks is working on a multi-connection protocol (up to perhaps eight connections). This will be a firmware upgrade

to the RN-131. In designer testing now, expect Beta test FW in a few months.