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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0x10
S WITCH_MODE_STATUS : automatic selection of
Radio physical mode used to address an equipment
depending on radio address
0 : automatic selection deactivated
1 : automatic selection activated
Default value, SWITCH_MODE_STATUS =
0x00
1
0x16
WAVECARD_MULTICAST_GROUP : Byte
containing the Multicast Group of the Wavecard
(available from V2.00 version ).
By default, no group selected = 0xFF 1
0x17
BCST_RECEPTION_TIMEOUT : timeout used for the
reception of CSMA frame consecutively to
REQ_SEND_BROADCAST Command emission
(available from firmware V2.01 version )
Valeur in multiples of100ms.
Default = 0x3C (6 seconds)
1
APPENDIX 4 : List of the commands of parameters setting
CMD Name Description
0x40 REQ_WRITE_RADIO_PARAM
Request to update the radio parameters
0x41 RES_WRITE_RADIO_PARAM
Response from the radio board to the radio parameters update
0x42 REQ_CHANGE_UART_BDRATE
Request to update serial link Baudrate
0x43 RES_CHANGE_UART_BAUDRATE
Response from the radio board to the serial link baudrate update. Serial Link
Baudrate is updated once the exchange is ended
0x44 REQ_CHANGE_TX_POWER
(1)
Request to update radio board emission power
0x45 RES_CHANGE_TX_POWER
(1)
Response from the radio board to the emission power update
0x46 REQ_WRITE_AUTOCORR_STATE
Request to update WAVENIS RF ASIC RSSI Threshold autocorrection
state
0x47 RES_WRITE_AUTOCORR_STATE
Response from the radio board to the WAVENIS RF ASIC
autocorrection state update
0x50 REQ_READ_RADIO_PARAM
Request to read the radio parameters.
0x51 RES_READ_RADIO_PARAM
Response from the radio board to a parameters reading.
0x54 REQ_READ_TX_POWER
Request to read radio board emission power
0x55 RES_READ_TX_POWER
Response from the radio board to the emission power reading
0x5A REQ_READ_AUTOCORR_STATE
Request to read WAVENIS RF ASIC RSSI Threshold autocorrection
state
0x5B RES_READ_AUTOCORR_STATE
Response from the radio board to the WAVENIS RF ASIC
autocorrection state reading.
0x60 REQ_SELECT_CHANNEL
Request to select the radio operating channel when FHSS is deselected
0x61 RES_SELECT_CHANNEL
Response to the channel selection request
0x62 REQ_READ_CHANNEL
Request to read the radio operating channel when FHSS is deselected
0x63 RES_READ_CHANNEL
Response to the read channel request
0x64 REQ_SELECT_PHYCONFIG
Request to select the RF medium physical mode
0x65 RES_SELECT_PHYCONFIG
Response to the physical mode selection request
0x66 REQ_READ_PHYCONFIG
Request to read the RF medium physical mode
0x67 RES_READ_PHYCONFIG
Response to the physical mode reading request
0x68 REQ_READ_REMOTE_RSSI
request to read RSSI level from remote equipment
0x69 RES_READ_REMOTE_RSSI
Response to the read remote RSSI level request
0x6A REQ_READ_LOCAL_RSSI
Request to read the Wavecard RSSI level on an exchange with a distant
equipment
0x6B RES_READ_LOCAL_RSSI
Response to the read local RSSI level request
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