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WiFi CLI Azure Wave AW-AM510 FRDM MCXN947

This is an example of cli use with wifi running on serial terminal in frdm-mcxn947, this example has many test options for wifi. There are the options:

-help  
-wlan-version  
-wlan-mac  
-wlan-scan  
-wlan-scan-opt ssid <ssid> bssid ...  
-wlan-add <profile_name> ssid <ssid> bssid...  
-wlan-remove <profile_name>  
-wlan-list  
-wlan-connect <profile_name>  
-wlan-start-network <profile_name>  
-wlan-stop-network  
-wlan-disconnect  
-wlan-stat  
-wlan-info  
-wlan-address  
-wlan-get-uap-channel  
-wlan-get-uap-sta-list  
-ping [-s <packet_size>] [-c <packet_count>] [-W <timeout in sec>]<ip_address>  
-iperf [-s|-c <host>|-a|-h] [options]  
-dhcp-stat 

Boards: FRDM-MCXN947

Categories: Wireless Connectivity, RTOS

Peripherals: SDIO, UART

Toolchains: MCUXpresso IDE, VS Code

Table of Contents

1. Software
2. Hardware
3. Setup
4. Results
5. FAQs
6. Support
7. Release Notes

1. Software

• MCUXpresso 11.9.0 or newer.
• MCUXpresso for VScode 1.5.61 or newer
• SDK for FRDM-MCXN947.

2. Hardware

• FRDM MCXN947
  
• FRDM-IW416-AW-AM510
  

3. Setup

3.1 Step 1

1. Open MCUXpresso IDE, in the Quick Start Panel, choose Import from Application Code Hub
   

2. Enter the demo name in the search bar.
   

3. Click Copy GitHub link, MCUXpresso IDE will automatically retrieve project attributes, then click Next>.
   

4. Select main branch and then click Next>, Select the MCUXpresso project, click Finish button to complete import.
   

3.2 Prepare demo

1. Connect a USB type C cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port on the board
2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:
   • 115200 baud rate
   • 8 data bits
   • No parity
   • One stop bit
   • No flow control
3. Set jumpers of AW-AM510 module.
   
4. Connect the Wi-Fi module.
   
5. Download the program to the target board.
6. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

4. Results

1. Add CLI init API in applications main function.

2. Add WLAN CLI init API once WLAN Connection Manager gets initialized correctly.

3. When the demo starts, a welcome message would appear on the terminal, press enter for command prompt: Press tab or type help to list out all available CLI commands.

   wifi cli demo Initialize WLAN Driver MAC Address: C0:E4:34:5A:98:E9 host init done [net] Initialized TCP/IP networking stack mass storage device attached:pid=0x5567vid=0x781 address=1 app_cb: WLAN: received event 10 app_cb: WLAN initialized WLAN CLIs are initialized CLIs Available:

   help wlan-version wlan-mac wlan-scan wlan-scan-opt ssid bssid ... wlan-add <profile_name> ssid bssid... wlan-remove <profile_name> wlan-list wlan-connect <profile_name> wlan-start-network <profile_name> wlan-stop-network wlan-disconnect wlan-stat wlan-info wlan-address wlan-get-uap-channel wlan-get-uap-sta-list ping [-s <packet_size>] [-c <packet_count>] [-W ] <ip_address> iperf [-s|-c |-a|-h] [options] dhcp-stat

   #help wlan-version wlan-mac wlan-scan wlan-scan-opt wlan-add wlan-remove wlan-list

   #help

   help
   wlan-version
   wlan-mac
   wlan-scan
   wlan-scan-opt ssid <ssid> bssid ...
   wlan-add <profile_name> ssid <ssid> bssid...
   wlan-remove <profile_name>
   wlan-list
   wlan-connect <profile_name>
   wlan-start-network <profile_name>
   wlan-stop-network
   wlan-disconnect
   wlan-stat
   wlan-info
   wlan-address
   wlan-get-uap-channel
   wlan-get-uap-sta-list
   ping [-s <packet_size>] [-c <packet_count>] [-W <timeout in sec>] <ip_address>
   iperf [-s|-c <host>|-a|-h] [options]
   dhcp-stat
   

   #wlan - version WLAN Driver Version : v1.3.r21.p1 WLAN Firmware Version : w8977o-V2, RF87XX, FP91, 16.91.10.p89, WPA2_CVE_FIX 1, PVE_FIX 1

   #wlan - mac MAC address C0:E4:34:5A:99:45

   #wlan - scan Scan scheduled...

   3 networks found:

    94:10:3E:02:60:F0  "nxp_mrvl" Infra
            channel: 1
            rssi: -25 dBm
            security: OPEN
            WMM: YES
    94:10:3E:02:60:F1  "nxp_mrvl_5ghz" Infra
            channel: 36
            rssi: -39 dBm
            security: OPEN
            WMM: YES
    90:72:40:21:B3:1A  "apple_g" Infra
            channel: 11
            rssi: -51 dBm
            security: WPA2
            WMM: YES
   

   #wlan - scan - opt Usage: wlan-scan-opt ssid bssid channel probes Error: invalid number of arguments

   #wlan - scan - opt ssid apple_g Scan for ssid "apple_g" scheduled...

   2 networks found:

     90:72:40:21:B3:1A  "apple_g" Infra
             channel: 11
             rssi: -52 dBm
             security: WPA2
             WMM: YES
     90:72:40:21:B3:1B  "apple_g" Infra
             channel: 149
             rssi: -60 dBm
             security: WPA2
             WMM: YES
   

   #wlan - add

     Usage:
     For Station interface
       For DHCP IP Address assignment:
         wlan-add <profile_name> ssid <ssid> [wpa2 <secret>]
         wlan-add <profile_name> ssid <ssid> [owe_only]
         wlan-add <profile_name> ssid <ssid> [wpa3 sae] <secret>
       For static IP address assignment:
         wlan-add <profile_name> ssid <ssid>
         ip:<ip_addr>,<gateway_ip>,<netmask>
         [bssid <bssid>] [channel <channel number>]
         [wpa2 <secret>]
     For Micro-AP interface
         wlan-add <profile_name> ssid <ssid>
         ip:<ip_addr>,<gateway_ip>,<netmask>
         role uap [bssid <bssid>]
         [channel <channelnumber>]
         [wpa2 <secret>]
     Error: invalid number of arguments
   

   #wlan - add abc ssid nxp_mrvl Added "abc"

   #wlan - connect abc Connecting to network... Use 'wlan-stat' for current connection status.

   #Connected to following BSS : SSID = [nxp_mrvl], IP = [192.168.10.152]

   #wlan - stat

     Station connected (Active)
     uAP stopped
   

   #wlan - info

     Station connected to:
     "abc"
             SSID: nxp_mrvl
             BSSID: 94:10:3E:02:60:F0
             channel: 1
             role: Infra
             security: none
   
             IPv4 Address
             address: DHCP
                     IP:             192.168.10.152
                     gateway:        192.168.10.1
                     netmask:        255.255.255.0
                     dns1:           192.168.10.1
                     dns2:           0.0.0.0
     uAP not started
   

   #wlan - add abd ssid NXP_Soft_AP ip : 192.168.10.1, 192.168.10.1, 255.255.255.0 role uap wpa2 12345678 Added "abd"

   #wlan - start - network abd

     Soft AP "NXP_Soft_AP" Started successfully
     DHCP Server started successfully
   

   #wlan - info

     Station connected to:
     "abc"
             SSID: nxp_mrvl
             BSSID: 94:10:3E:02:60:F0
             channel: 1
             role: Infra
             security: none
   
             IPv4 Address
             address: DHCP
                     IP:             192.168.10.152
                     gateway:        192.168.10.1
                     netmask:        255.255.255.0
                     dns1:           192.168.10.1
                     dns2:           0.0.0.0
     uAP started as:
     "abd"
             SSID: NXP_Soft_AP
             BSSID: C0:E4:34:5A:99:45
             channel: 1
             role: uAP
             security: WPA2
   
             IPv4 Address
             address: STATIC
                     IP:             192.168.10.1
                     gateway:        192.168.10.1
                     netmask:        255.255.255.0
                     dns1:           192.168.10.1
                     dns2:           0.0.0.0
   

   #wlan - disconnect

   #Dis - connected from : nxp_mrvl

     [wlcm] Warn: got event: deauthentication
   

   #wlan - info

     Station not connected
     uAP started as:
     "abd"
             SSID: NXP_Soft_AP
             BSSID: C0:E4:34:5A:99:45
             channel: (Auto)
             role: uAP
             security: WPA2
   
             IPv4 Address
             address: STATIC
                     IP:             192.168.10.1
                     gateway:        192.168.10.1
                     netmask:        255.255.255.0
                     dns1:           192.168.10.1
                     dns2:           0.0.0.0
   

   #wlan - list

     2 networks:
     "abc"
             SSID: nxp_mrvl
             BSSID: 00:00:00:00:00:00
             channel: (Auto)
             role: Infra
             security: none
     "abd"
             SSID: NXP_Soft_AP
             BSSID: 00:00:00:00:00:00
             channel: (Auto)
             role: uAP
             security: WPA2
   
             IPv4 Address
             address: STATIC
                     IP:             192.168.10.1
                     gateway:        192.168.10.1
                     netmask:        255.255.255.0
                     dns1:           192.168.10.1
                     dns2:           0.0.0.0
   

   #wlan - remove abc

     Removed "abc"
   

   #wlan - list

     1 network:
     "abd"
             SSID: NXP_Soft_AP
             BSSID: 00:00:00:00:00:00
             channel: (Auto)
             role: uAP
             security: WPA2
   
             IPv4 Address
             address: STATIC
                     IP:             192.168.10.1
                     gateway:        192.168.10.1
                     netmask:        255.255.255.0
                     dns1:           192.168.10.1
                     dns2:           0.0.0.0
   

   #wlan - address

     not connected
   

   #wlan - get

   #wlan - get - uap - channel

     uAP channel: 0
   

   #dhcp - stat DHCP Server Lease Duration : 86400 seconds No IP-MAC mapping stored

5. FAQs

No FAQs have been identified for this project.

6. Support

No URL

Project Metadata

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7. Release Notes

Version	Description / Update	Date
1.0	Initial release on Application Code Hub	March 26th 2024