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ramon2015
 
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CW mode (TD1204 / TD1208)

by ramon2015 Thu Nov 19, 2015 6:14 pm

Hello,

I am trying to set the CW mode in my FW for a TD1204 module, but I think I need some assistance.

I found a function :
void TD_SIGFOX_TestCarrier ( uint32_t level, uint32_t frequency, bool high_performance )
which I think could do the job, but not sure.
I tried it and I got a hard fault message through the serial port (see attached picture). but maybe it is only due to a bad parameter...I dont know.
CW_test_crashed.jpg
Fault condition dump via serial
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From other post (viewtopic.php?f=3&t=114) I saw we should use AT command :
AT$MT=x,2,0
But I could not find such command in the SDK and see which is the function to use.

Which function should I use for both TD1204 and TD1208 turining in CW mode?
Is it an infinite function or shall i call it periodically?

Thanks in advance !

Regards, Ramon.
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Re: CW mode (TD1204 / TD1208)

by ramon2015 Thu Nov 19, 2015 6:19 pm

By the way, when I invoked the function i did it as follows:

TD_SIGFOX_TestCarrier(10,868130000,true); /// crashed !!!
TD_SIGFOX_TestCarrier(14,868130000,true); /// crashed !!!
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Re: CW mode (TD1204 / TD1208)

by omlu Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:05 am

Hi,

I know it's been a while but I am also looking for how to activate CW mode on a TD1204.
Have you managed to put your device into CW mode? If yes, how?

Thank you,
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Re: CW mode (TD1204 / TD1208)

by lcheminade Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:08 am

Hi,

Sorry for the late reply.

You need to do a normal frame emission first to make sure the radio has been initialized:

TD_SIGFOX_Send("init",4,2);

Then forever CW mode is:

TD_SIGFOX_SendTestPA(0, 4,127, 868130000);

Last argument being the frequency.

Regards.

Loïc
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Re: CW mode (TD1204 / TD1208)

by omlu Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:51 pm

lcheminade wrote:Then forever CW mode is:

TD_SIGFOX_SendTestPA(0, 2,127, 868130000);


Should the call of 'TD_SIGFOX_SendTestPA(0, 2,127, 868130000);' function be placed in a never ending loop?

Because I did as you said above but Sigfox just called me from their certification lab to tell me the device doesn't stay in CW mode.

[EDIT]
Are any other operations prohibited once the device is in CW Mode?

Regards,
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Re: CW mode (TD1204 / TD1208)

by lcheminade Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:54 pm

Ok my bad here. Correct call is:

TD_SIGFOX_SendTestPA(0, 4 , 127, 868130000);

This one is correct CW mode and should not stop. You should be able to tell by looking at the consumption. A while(1) loop around will not hurt anyway since it's not a good idea to do anything else while using CW mode.

My apologies.
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Re: CW mode (TD1204 / TD1208)

by omlu Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:00 am

Thank you.
I hope it works. I don't think there is a way for me to check if it does, is there?

Where could I have found the information about TD_SIGFOX_SendTestPA()? In the libtdrf.chm file, there is nothing about parametring the mode with '4' (see image below).

Image

Is there anyway I can access the definition of TD_SIGFOX_SendTestPA() (and lots of other functions used in the libraries whose definition are hidden) ?

Regards,
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Re: CW mode (TD1204 / TD1208)

by lcheminade Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:11 am

You can at least check the current is high. Of course a spectrum analyzer would be better.

For now we don't provide anything else. We know that our customers needs well documented test functions and this should be improved soon.
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Re: CW mode (TD1204 / TD1208)

by omlu Mon Feb 01, 2016 4:04 pm

lcheminade wrote:You can at least check the current is high. Of course a spectrum analyzer would be better.

For now we don't provide anything else. We know that our customers needs well documented test functions and this should be improved soon.


Hi,

So I sent a second device with the new code for the CW mode to the certification lab ....and it still doesn't work.

Here is the function I call to enter CW mode:
Code: Select all
void CWmode(void){
   TD_SCHEDULER_Remove(CWschedulerID);
   TD_SIGFOX_Send((uint8_t *)"CW mode",7,2);
   while(1) {
      TD_SIGFOX_SendTestPA(0, 4, 127, 868130000);
   }
}


I did as you told me to. What seems to be the problem then?

Regards,

PS: CWschedulerID is the ID of a scheduler calling a function checking if CW mode has been requested.
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Re: CW mode (TD1204 / TD1208)

by lcheminade Mon Feb 01, 2016 4:14 pm

Is your scheduler callback called in interrupt? Could you please PM the full code?
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