Datasheet
71M6511/71M6511H 
Single-Phase Energy Meter IC 
DATA SHEET  
NOVEMBER 2010 
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Interrupt Priority 0 Register (IP0): 
MSB  LSB 
--  WDTS  IP0.5  IP0.4  IP0.3  IP0.2  IP0.1  IP0.0 
Table 30: The IP0 Register (see also Table 46) 
Bit 
Symbol 
Function 
IP0.6  WDTS  Watchdog timer status flag. Set when the watchdog timer was started. Can be 
read by software. 
Table 31: The IP0 bit Functions (see also Table 46) 
Note: The remaining bits in the IP0 register are not used for watchdog control 
Watchdog Timer Reload Register (WDTREL): 
MSB  LSB 
7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0 
Table 32: The WDTREL Register 
Bit 
Symbol 
Function 
WDTREL.7  7 
Prescaler select bit. When set, the watchdog is clocked through an additional 
divide-by-16 prescaler 
WDTREL.6 
 to 
WDTREL.0 
6-0 
Seven bit reload value for the high-byte of the watchdog timer. This value is 
loaded to the WDT when a refresh is triggered by a consecutive setting of bits 
WDT and SWDT. 
Table 33: The WDTREL Bit Functions 
The WDTREL register can be loaded and read at any time. 










