User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. RS232 SERIAL PROTOCOL PRESENTATION
- 3. setting the internal parameters of the wavecard
- 3.1- Configuration of the functional parameters
- 3.2- Configuration of the control parameters
- 3.2.1 - selection of the radio operating channel when FHSS is deselected
- 3.2.2 - Selection of the RF medium physical mode
- 3.2.3 - Selection of the radio board emission power
- 3.2.4 - Activation of the Wavenis RF Asic RSSI threshold autocorrection
- 3.2.5 - Selection of the serial baudrate.
- 3.2.6 - Reading the firmware version of the WaveCard
- 3.2.7 - Reading the RSSI level (Received Signal Strengh Indicator)
- 3.2.8 - TEST Mode
- 4. SERVICE COMMANDS
- 5. COMMUNICATION MODES
- 5.1- 'Frame Exchange’ Mode
- 5.2- 'Message’ Mode
- 5.3- ’Polling’ Mode
- 5.4- ’Broadcast’ mode
- 5.4.1 - Configuration of the parameters relating to the 'Broadcast' mode
- 5.4.2 - 'BroadCast' mode without waiting for a response
- 5.4.3 - 'BroadCast' mode with waiting for responses
- 5.4.4 - Format of the commands – from the request transmitter side
- 5.4.5 - Format of the commands – from the request receiver side
- 5.4.6 - Use of the selective, or not-selective broadcast mode
- 5.5- ’Multi frames' Mode
Document : WCAMODHEL.sxw
The reading commands of the firmware version, are as follows :
CMD NAME DESCRIPTION
0xA0 REQ_FIRMWARE_VERSION Request to read the radio board firmware version.
0xA1 RES_FIRMWARE_VERSION
Response from the radio board to the firmware version reading.
Remark : In the command byte coding, the Response frame type are taking the Request command byte value
with the LSB bit set to 1.
Note : The WaveCard can be considered in fault, beyond 2 seconds following the reading request.
a) Commands format
Request, from the host to the WaveCard
REQ_FIRM WARE_VERSION
HEADER CMD CRC ETX
3 bytes 1 byte 2 bytes 1 byte
0xFF ; 0x02 ;
0x04
0xA0 0x03
Response, from the WaveCard to the host
RES_FIR M WARE_VERSION
HEADER CMD D ATA CRC ETX
3 bytes 1 byte 1 byte 2 bytes 2 bytes 2 bytes 1 byte
0xFF ; 0x02 ;
0x09
0xA1
Character 'V' in
ASCII
0x56
Transmission
mode
(default =
0x00A3)
Firmware version
0x03
Remark : the following table describes the available physical layer modes
Value
868 MHz single channel 4800 baud 0x0012
868 MHz single channel 4800 bauds Alarm Band 0x0094
868MHz single channel 9600 bauds with channel selection 0x00A2
868 MHz frequency hopping 9600 baud 0x00A3
868 MHz frequency hopping 19200 baud 0x00B3
869MHz 500mW Band 0x00B6
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