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
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b) Format of the commands
➢ Request to read RSSI level from a remote equipment :
This measurement gives RSSI level of a signal received by a distant equipment, coming from the local
WaveCard.
Request
REQ_READ_REMOTE_RSSI
HEADER CMD D ATA CRC ETX
3 bytes 1 byte 6 bytes 2 bytes 1 byte
0xFF ; 0x02 ;
0x0A
0x68 Remote equipment radio address 0x03
Response
RES_READ_REMOTE_RS SI
HEADER CMD D ATA CRC ETX
3 bytes 1 byte 1 byte 2 bytes 1 byte
0xFF ; 0x02 ;
0x05
0x69
value of RS SI level on reception of the frame resulting
from the wavecard
0x03
➢ Request to read RSSI level from the local equipment :
This measurement gives RSSI level of a signal received by the local Wavecard, coming from a distant
equipment.
Request
REQ_READ_LOCAL_RSSI
HEADER CMD D ATA CRC ETX
3 bytes 1 byte 6 bytes 2 bytes 1 byte
0xFF ; 0x02 ;
0x0A
0x6A Radio address of the distant equipment 0x03
Response
RES_READ_LOCAL_RSSI
HEADER CMD D ATA CRC ETX
3 bytes 1 byte 1 byte 2 bytes 1 byte
0xFF ; 0x02 ;
0x05
0x6B
value of R S SI level of the local wavecard, on reception
of the frame resulting from the distant equipment
0x03
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