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4.3 Setting Up and testing a Wireless Link
Operational testing of the FreeStar RF module requires at least 2 units in
order to establish a link. One unit will be the initiator and the other will be the
responder. In order for a link to be established it is necessary to setup the
transceivers RF Channel, long or short address and PAN id.
Link testing may be performed in either a single ended or a round trip
fashion. This can help to differentiate between real world packet error
performance and raw radio performance. If Acknowledgement settings are
not used then it is a single-ended test, if Acknowledgements are enabled
then it is a round trip test.
4.3.1 Single-ended Test
Single ended performance will require 2 computers, since it will be necessary
to read the statistics from each radio. An example setup is outlined below.
Device 1 (Refer to Figures 4-7 and 4-9)
1. Set PAN ID to 100 (IDs Page)
2. Set Short Address to 1 (IDs Page)
*Note to use long addressing set short address
to 65,534
3. Disable Acknowledgements/Retries (RF Settings Page)
4. Disable Receive All RF Messages (RF Settings Page)
5. Set to RF Channel 23 (RF Settings Page)
6. Set transmitter power setting to 31 (RF Settings Page)
7. Set Short Destination address to 2 (Located Upper left corner of TT)
8. Select Short Address Radio Button (Upper Section of TT)
*Long may be selected if sending to a long address device
9. Select “Save Config To NV Memory” Command Button (Upper
Section of TT)
10. Check the Show Received box (Upper Section of Test Tool)