Technical Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Hardware
- 3. The A431 Radio Module
- 3.1. About the A431 Radio Module
- 3.2. Functional description
- 3.3. Manufacturing Issues
- 3.3.1. Marking and labeling issues
- 3.3.2. Alignment Range and Switching Range
- 3.3.3. Tuning Procedure
- 3.3.4. Setting Up the Default Parameters
- 3.3.5. Definitions
- 3.3.6. Test Equipment Settings
- 3.3.7. Trimming Elements
- 3.3.8. Adjusting the Receiver Front End
- 3.3.9. Adjusting the VCOs
- 3.3.10. Adjusting the Crystal Reference
- 3.3.11. Checking the Receiver Parameters
- 3.3.12. Checking the Transmitter Parameters
- 3.3.13. Data Transfer Check
- 3.4. PCB Parts Placement
- 3.6. Frequency Reference Specifications
- 3.7. A431 Module’s Photographs
- 4. Software
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Software
• version is the software/hardware version of the device.
• clkfail and stackfail are meaningless for an A733; they are kept for histor-
ical reasons.
• WDT is a counter incremented each time the device was reset due to a Watch-
dog timeout; its value is cleared at power-on reset.
• batt is the battery voltage (this value will be also found in the Data frame).
• internalTemp is the temperature in the A733 housing; the precision of the
sensing element is vry low (±2C°), but it is sufficient for battery power man-
agement (charge/discharge). To compute the actual value (in C°), the follow-
ing equation must be used:
• uptime is the time elapsed since the last reset (including a Watchdog reset).
• rssi is the programmed RSSI threshold value.
• pmp_low and pmp_high are the programmed power management parameters.
•
type
is the type of the device (will return always 4 – for A733).
Note: Some of the values described above are specific to the A733. The implemen-
tation of the Pong frame, as well as its length (number of bytes), may vary
from one device type to another.
SEE ALSO Ping frame.
Fdev
ID 32
FORMAT The data frame body is empty.
DESCRIPTION
This frame requests that a remote clear its data memory (format). The remote will
answer with a General acknowledge frame. An A733 will never issue this frame type,
but it will execute and answer it.
SEE ALSO General Acknowledge frame.
Data12
ID 37
FORMAT struct {
unsigned char RF_levelIn;
unsigned char RF_levelOut;
time_t slot_timeStamp;
unsigned char digibyte;
unsigned int counter0; /* Pulse Counter I/O A input */
unsigned int counter1; /* Pulse Counter I/O B input */
unsigned int counter2; /* Pulse Counter I/O C input */
Temp
°C[]
internalTemp 400⋅
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