SimplePack and SimplePack Plus: Basic operations
Arming/Disarming (Activation/Deactivation), Downlink triggering
Before you start working with the device, make sure the settings you want to change are input into the Sigfox backend (or IO Frog/other platform) and saved there = waiting for a downlink request.
Initiating downlink
- 1.Downlink request is triggered by an extra long press (6+ seconds) of the button. While the button is pressed, the LED diode is lit and then starts blinking after 6 seconds.
- 2.When the diode starts blinking, you can let go of the button - downlink request is initiated. The LED will then blink slowly for 40 seconds.
- 3.Successful reception is indicated by long blink of the LED, unsuccessful by series of 5 very short blinks.
When changing SimplePack and SimplePack Plus register settings via downlink (including but not limited to switching modes) you need to see this on the Sigfox backend:
- 1.Uplink message with the current mode as the first byte and 0x81 as the second byte (Extra long press). Following bytes are FW and HW revisions - see the table for explanation.
- 2.You should see ACKED when you click on the downlink arrow - this means that the BTS sent the downlink to the device (which does NOT mean that the device received the downlink!)
- 3.You can receive a downlink confirmation uplink message if you want to. The first byte will be the new mode (if you’ve changed modes) and the second byte will be either 0x15 or 0x16 - this depends on whether the downlink is chained or not - one of the messages requests additional downlinks. Downlink confirmation can be turned on by bit 3 of register 0x0F. The default value of this register is 0x06, if you want to receive downlink confirmation messages, the value needs to be 0x0E.
Arming the device
- 1.Start arming the device by a Short press (<2 seconds). While the button is pressed, the LED diode is lit and the short press is then indicated by a short blink.
- 2.After this, departure delay timer starts - default is 15 seconds. Departure delay is indicated by double blinking and its purpose is to give you enough time to place the device where you need it.
- 3.When departure delay expires, the device is armed and ready to work as intended. This is indicated by the the LED blinking the letter A in Morse code (short, long).
When arming the SimplePack and SimplePack Plus, you need to see this on the Sigfox backend:
- 1.Uplink message with the current mode as the first byte and 0x10 as the second byte (Start of arming).
- 2.Uplink message with the current mode as the first byte and 0x11 as the second byte (Armed).
Disarming the device
- 1.When the device is active (armed), you can disarm it by long-pressing the button (2-4 seconds). After that, the LED will indicate a long-blink twice followed by two short blinks.
When disarming the SimplePack and SimplePack Plus, you need to see this on the Sigfox backend:
- 1.Uplink message with the current mode as the first byte and 0x14 as the second byte (Disarmed).
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