WiPryUser
ManualModels: WiPry 340x & WiPry 790x

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Table of Contents
Section 1 Getting Started
1.10 Quickstart Guide
1.20 Compatibility
Section 2 How WiPry Works
2.10 Basics
2.11 Screen Layout
2.12 Color Legend
2.20 Advanced Features
2.21 Waterfall Mode
2.22 Screenshots / Email2.23 Data logging
2.24 PC/Mac Installer
2.26 Other (pause / play, save / load config)

The ‘Best Practice’ Icon
The ‘Field Application’ Icon

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Section 1 Getting Started

1.10 Quickstart Guide
Insert hardware into smartphone or tablet. Then download WiPry softwarefrom either Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

1.20 Compatibility
WiPry 340x is a spectrum analyzer for consumer-grade wireless security systems.
WiPry 790x is a spectrum analyzer for smart utilities, smart cities and industrial IoT.
Hardware compatibility includes Apple lightning devices with iOS version 7.0 or higher.
Android support includes version 4.0.3 & higher. Android hardware compatibility
includes devices that have USB OTG. To add PC support, use the installer (see page 13 formore info). Mac support exist; please use the installer (see page 8 for more info). WiPry340x and 790x are both built for universal platform support.

Section 2 How WiPry Works
2.11 Screen Layout
Across the bottom of the screen, menu options exist. Tapping on any of these
options, reveals features within that menu:
Hide Menu Bar

Isolate spectral data

Change the way wirelessactivity is displayed.

Channel guide
options.

Play/Record

Email, screenshots,save custom setup.

Live / Record

Feature notavailable with tool3

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2.11 Screen Layout
The arrow pointing up represents
amplitude. The higher the signals are on
the screen, the stronger the signal.
The arrow pointing to the right
represents frequency. 340x visualizes
300-348 & 387-464MHz. 790x visualizes
755-928MHz. All wireless transmissions
in each respective band are visualized.

Real wave is pictured above. For additional visibility, a split screen is also available
making it possible to view both real wave and waterfall modes at the same time.

The screen is split into
two views. The top viewis Real Wave. This
represents real time
spectral data.
The bottom view isWaterfall.
Waterfallenables spectral data tobe viewed over time withthe most recent data at
the top of the view. Olderdata ‘falls’ down thescreen.

Although all RF transmissions are captured by WiPry, not all RF activity isconstant. Some activity appears and then disappears. Waterfall can be helpful incatching intermittent activity.

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2.11 Color Legend
The colors listed in the default view illustrate a ‘heat map’ of the wireless activity as
pictured below. The hot colors (like red) represent continuous transmissions.

Light purple - single packet
Blue - less than green
Green - less than yellow
Yellow - less than red
Red - noise floor (more than 20transmissions per point)

Red activity can cause significant interference, which affects wireless speed andreliability.

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2.21 Waterfall Mode
One of the challenges with RF is that the environment is constantly changing. The
default setting on our app is for a real wave view. This displays activity in real time. Butinterference can come and go. Waterfall displays RF over time. The newest activity is at
the top of the screen. And it ‘falls’ down the screen as time elapses. The oldest activity
is at the bottom of the screen.
Step #1 To view waterfall mode, tap the ‘spectrum’ menu.
Step #2 Then, tap.

Interference stopped

Interference started

Logging activity on site is a great way to create a reference point at a particularlocation. It is possible to log the data in WiPry.

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2.22 Screenshots / Email
Capturing and emailing screenshots is helpful for supervisors. Difficult wireless issues
can be forwarded to managers or wireless experts for immediate feedback. Here’s how
to capture screenshots and use email inside the WiPry app:
Step #1 Tap ‘settings’ menu option.
Step #2 Then, tap
and a picture of the screen will be captured andemailed (see image below). Or, if multiple screenshots are needed, tap
instead and images will be stored in photos.
Screenshots can also be captured by simultaneously pressing the power button(on the Apple device) and the menu button (on the Apple device). The screen will
briefly flash white. This feature is available at any time, not just while using
WiPry software.

7Section 2 How WiPry Works2.23 Datalogging
Datalogging creates a record of activity while using the WiPry tool. Although it ispossible to log as long as there is battery life on the iOS device, the data is represented
by numbers in a CSV file. This is a bit cryptic without a way to re-create the waveforms.
So, it is not recommended that this feature be used for this application.
2.24 PC/Mac Installer
The PC version of WiPry 5x can be found by following this link:
https://www.oscium.com/sites/default/files/WiPryInstaller_2_38.exe
Assuming you install on c:, the drivers are located here:
For 32-bit OS: C:\Program Files\Oscium\WiPry\driver
For 64 bit OS: C:\Program Files (x86)\Oscium\WiPry\driver
PC Driver zip file.
The Mac version of WiPry can be found here:
https://www.oscium.com/sites/default/files/WiPry_2.38.dmg
2.35 Other Features
Pause / play - located on the menu bar and it simply pauses the screen. It does not takea screenshot/photo. So, it is not recommended that this feature be used at this time.
Power meter – located on the menu bar and is represented by a ‘switch to’ menu
option. This feature is only available with a different piece of hardware. It is notrecommended that this feature be used at this time.
Save / Load Config – for quick access, save a favorite setup. The feature is found undersettings at the bottom. It’s possible to save three different screen configurations.

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2.25 Other Features
Average – provides a yellow line that averages the signal. Very similar to decayfunctionality described in more detail on page six.

Raw – represents the raw spectral data and is visualized by the blue squiggly line. The
problem with raw view is the signals are so fast that it’s impossible to do anything withthe data. Image captures here:

9ReferenceAndroid (3)Average (9)Avoid interference (6)Best Practices (2, 4, 7)
Channel Guide (3)Colors menu option (13)Color legend (5)Compatibility (3)Cursors (3)Data Logging (6,8)
Decay (9)Email (2, 7)
Field Applications (2, 5, 6)
Heat Map (4, 5, 9)
Identify Interference Source (5,6)
Lightning (3)Mac Installer (8)Menu Bar (3)Pause/Play (3, 8)
PC Drivers (8)PC Installer (8)Power Meter (8)Raw (9)Reset Config (8)Save Config (8)Screen Layout (4)Split screen (7)Software, WiPry (3)Signal-to-noise or SNR ratio (3)Table of Contents (2)USB OTG (3)10