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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4.2- Request types
The transmitter send a service command including a type of request. Each request type, has an associated
type of response which is included in the command SERVICE_RESPONSE.
In the command byte coding, the Response type are taking the Request command byte value with the LSB
bit set to 1.
➢ Request type
REQUEST TYPE
NAME VALUE
DESCRIPTION PARAMETER(S)
GET_TYPE 0x20
Command used to read equipment type and
RSSI Level from distant equipment.
No parameter
GET_FW_VERSION 0x28
Command used to read distant equipment
firmware version.
No parameter
➢ Response type
RESPONSE TYPE
NAME VALUE
DESCRIPTION PARAMETER(S)
RESP_GET_TYPE 0xA0
Response to a GET_TYPE
command.
Byte 1 : Equipment type
Byte 2 : RSSI level
Byte 3 : wake-up period
Byte 4 : Equipment type
RESP_GET_FW_VERSION 0xA8
Response to a
GET_FW_VERSION
command.
Byte 1 : 'V' ascii code (0x56)
Byte 2 : Default Radio Protocol MSB Byte
Byte 3 : Default Radio Protocol LSB Byte
Byte 4 : Firmware Version MSB Byte
Byte 5 : Firmware Version LSB Byte
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