I’m working on an EMX 1.1 board using the 4.2 premium library with the RS21 wifi module and have encountered some difficulty. None of the methods mentioned on the wifi wiki page appear to actually be in the library. A little digging seems to indicate that 4.2 does not yet support wifi. If that’s the case, when can we expect to see it? In the meantime, does it make sense to go back to 4.1 and work from there? We’re also interested in using the remote update function, which also appears to not yet be supported.
This is the first NETMF project that we’ve done, so we just took the advice here (GHI Electronics – Where Hardware Meets Software) and used 4.2. Is there something horribly wrong with 4.1 that makes it sensible to be without these features while they’re updated/implemented for the next version? I’m just kind of confused by the 4.2 recommendation.
Browse the GHI.Premium.Net DLL to find out the parameters for a GHI.Premium.Net.WiFiRS9110 object. It uses a SPI interface which is defined in Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware.SPI.
That assume you have a RS9110 compatible module, which is the only current support from GHI.
All righty. Looks like I overlooked the ‘known issues’ page linked on the firmware download page. There’s some good info there. After updating the firmware and the usb drivers, I’m nearly there. Getting some exceptions thrown when I try to open the adapter, but I think I’ll be able to figure that out on my own.
Exceptions were being caused by incorrect mode select resistors on the wifi module. After getting that right, I’m successfully scanning for wifi networks.