STMicroelectronics ST7570 User Manual

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User manual
Demonstration kit for the ST7570 power line modem
with graphical user interface
Introduction
The ST7570 GUI is a software tool that allows interfacing with one or more
STMicroelectronics™ power line modem (PLM) demonstration boards with a personal
computer (PC). Only PLM demonstration boards equipped with the ST7570 device are
supported.
The ST7570 GUI gives the user complete control of the ST7570 device, having access to all
its registers and functions, as described in [2].
The typical application environment (shown in Figure 1) consists of an ST7570 GUI running
on a PC and communicating through a USB connection with a PLM demonstration kit
equipped with the ST7570 product, such as the EVALKITST7570-1 (consisting of a modem
board and a power supply board).
Figure 1.
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ST7570 typical application environment
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Contents
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Contents
1
Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2
Connection procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3
GUI installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4
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3.1
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2
Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.2
Adding other nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.3
Opening the COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.1
Basic modem configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.2
PHY layer communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.2.1
Synchro indication information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.2.2
PHY data indication information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.2.3
Synchronization management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5.3
MIB operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.4
MAC layer communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5.4.1
MAC frame transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5.4.2
Synchro indication found information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.4.3
MAC data indication information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.4.4
Synchronization management notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.4.5
Statistic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.5
Alarm services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.6
Repeater Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.6.1
Repeater Call for client nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.6.2
Repeater Call for server nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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ST7570 typical application environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Hardware update wizard screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New hardware update wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Found new hardware update wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Software installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Completing the found new hardware update wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ST7570 GUI installation wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ST7570 GUI setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Application installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Application installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ST7570 GUI main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ST7570 GUI tooltip example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
“Add node” procedure to add a new node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The new node has been added - (panel Node 2) is now available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Modem connection procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Modem connection success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Start the automatic COM port number detection procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Automatic COM port number detection procedure: step 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Automatic COM port number detection procedure: step 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Automatic COM port number detection procedure: final step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Modem configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PHY power line transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Communication notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Synchro Indication information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Data indication information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Synchronization status information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Synchronization reject request command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
MIB parameter panel default appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
MAC layer configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
MIB object writing and reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
MIB object writing and reading: console messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
MAC layer frame composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
MAC communication notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Synchro indication found information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Data indication information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Synchro indication lost information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
MAC statistic information counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Alarm service settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Alarm service notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Alarm counters controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
RC request catch setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Repeater Call request for client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Repeater settings for server node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
RC confirm for server node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Document conventions
The following abbreviations are used:
Table 1.
List of abbreviations
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Description
PRE
Preamble
SSD
Start of Subframe Delimitation
MIB
Management Information Base
PGA
Programmable Gain Amplifier
ZC
Zero-crossing
PHY
Physical Layer
MAC
Medium Access Layer
DA
Destination Address
SA
Source Address
NS
Number of Subframes
FCS
Frame Check Sequence
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
M_sdu
MAC service data unit
M_pdu
MAC protocol data unit
IC
Initial Credit
CC
Current Credit
DC
Delta Credit
TIC
Inter-character Timeout
FIMA
First Initiator MAC Address
LIMA
Last Initiator MAC Address
RC
Repeater call procedure
IS
Intelligent Synchronization procedure
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Connection procedure
Connection procedure
In order to connect EVALKITST7570-1 to the PC, the user must follow the instructions
below:
1.
Connect the board to the PC using a USB cable.
2.
Plug a power cable into the board AC power plug.
3.
Plug the power cable into the power socket.
4.
As soon as the board is powered, the power LEDs switch on.
USB/UART adapter driver installation
The USB communication between the EVALKITST7570-1 and the PC is managed through
an onboard USB to UART adapter. This device needs the installation of the correct device
software driver on the PC.
Assuming that the device drivers are not yet installed, follow the instructions below:
1.
Download the latest available Virtual COM Port (VCP) drivers from the FTDI web site
(www.ftdichip.com) and unzip them to a location on the host PC.
2.
Connect the EVALKITST7570-1 to a spare USB port on the host PC. The screen
shown in Figure 2 is displayed. Select “No, not this time” from the options available and
then click “Next” to proceed with the installation.
Figure 2.
Hardware update wizard screen
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Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”, as shown in Figure 3 below
and then click “Next”.
Figure 3.
4.
New hardware update wizard
Select “Search for the best driver in these locations” and enter the file path in the
combo-box (“C:\CDM 2.02.04", in the example shown in Figure 4) or browse to it by
clicking “Browse”. Once the file path has been entered in the box, click “Next” to
proceed.
Figure 4.
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5.
If Windows® XP is configured to warn when unsigned (non-WHQL certified) drivers are
about to be installed, the message dialogue shown in Figure 5 is displayed, unless
installing a Microsoft® WHQL certified driver. Click on “Continue Anyway” to continue
with the installation. If Windows XP is configured to ignore file signature warnings, no
message appears.
Figure 5.
6.
Hardware installation
The screen shown in Figure 6 is displayed as Windows XP copies the required driver
files.
Figure 6.
Software installation
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A message should then appear indicating that the installation was successful
(Figure 7). Click “Finish” to complete the installation for the first port of the device.
Figure 7.
Completing the found new hardware update wizard
Once the driver installation is complete a new “USB serial port” device is installed on the
host PC.
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GUI installation
3.1
System requirements
A personal computer (PC) including:
3.2
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Windows NT/2000/XP operating system
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A hard disk with at least 15 MBytes of free space to install the GUI
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One or more USB 1.1 ports
Installing the software
Follow the instructions below to install the ST7570 GUI software.
1.
Extract the contents of the archive in a new directory.
2.
Launch “setup.exe” to start the install procedure.
3.
Press the “Next” button (Figure 8).
Figure 8.
ST7570 GUI installation wizard
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Choose an installation path (the default path is suggested) and press the “Next” button
(Figure 9).
Figure 9.
5.
ST7570 GUI setup
Press the “Next” button to start the installation (Figure 10).
Figure 10. Application installation
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Once installation has completed, press the “Finish” button to complete the process
(Figure 11).
Figure 11. Application installed
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Getting started
4.1
Introduction
The ST7570 GUI gives the user complete control of the ST7570 device, with full access to
all the settings and functions described in [1.]. The GUI can be used to:
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Establish a connection to the ST7570 modem
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Configure the ST7570 and manage all its settings
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Perform any transmission and reception of data and alarms over the power line
Figure 12 shows the main window of the ST7570 GUI. The panel is divided into two
sections:
1.
Node panel: used to control an ST7570 node. In case of multiple nodes connected to
the GUI, the user can switch between the panels through the node panel tabs.
2.
Console: box displaying where all the messages exchanged with the node are
displayed. In the case of multiple nodes, this panel is common to all the nodes.
Figure 12. ST7570 GUI main window
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Almost all graphical interface objects and relative controls show their tooltips, when the user hovers the
cursor over this item: these tooltips give information about the meaning and the use of the controls and
parameters.
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Figure 13. ST7570 GUI tooltip example
!-V
4.2
Adding other nodes
By default, the GUI shows only one node tab in the panel (“Node 1" in Figure 12).
Nevertheless, a single instance of the ST7570 GUI can control more nodes if needed. To
add a new node, left-click on the “Main” menu and then select the menu item “Add node”
(Figure 14).
Figure 14. “Add node” procedure to add a new node
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As a result, a new panel tab appears (with tab “Node 2" in Figure 15).
Figure 15. The new node has been added - (panel Node 2) is now available
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Opening the COM
To establish communication with the ST7570 demonstration board:
1.
Automatically identify or manually select the COM port number associated to the board
2.
Select the desired baud rate. Note that modem boards come with a factory default
baud rate equal to 57600 bps.
Figure 16. Modem connection procedure
!-V
If the connection is properly established, the light switches to green and a positive
notification is displayed on the console:
Figure 17. Modem connection success
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Automatic COM port number detection
This guided procedure allows the user to simply identify the COM port number related to the
board they would like to connect with. As indicated in Figure 18, the “Identify COM” button in
the node panel must be pressed:
Figure 18. Start the automatic COM port number detection procedure
!-V
First of all, the procedure invites the user to remove the desired modem's USB cable:
Figure 19. Automatic COM port number detection procedure: step 1
Then the user should plug in the USB cable:
Figure 20. Automatic COM port number detection procedure: step 2
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The automatic procedure stops communicating the detected COM number and sets this
value in the relative control:
Figure 21. Automatic COM port number detection procedure: final step
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Services
5.1
Basic modem configuration
At power-on, the modem is in IDLE state (refer to [2.]).
In order to perform communication on the power line, the modem must be configured
through the “Configure” button.
This command groups all the basic operating settings of the modem, as resumed in MIB
0x00A1 object (“PLC Configuration”):
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Operating mode
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Bit rate
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Mains frequency
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Transmission gain
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Channel frequencies
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Access layer mode
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Current control
A confirmation (positive or negative) appears on the console notifying that either the
configuration required has been successfully set or an error has occurred (Figure 22).
Figure 22. Modem configuration
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In PHY operating mode, these are all the configuration settings needed to perform
transmission and reception on the power line.
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PHY layer communication
In order to perform power line communication between two modems:
1.
Open two COM ports, as described in Section 5.3.
2.
Configure the modems, as described inSection 6.1 (first node as PHY client, second
node as PHY server).
3.
Customize (if desired) the payload to be transmitted.
4.
Press the CMD_DataRequest button.
Figure 23. PHY power line transmission
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If the communication is correctly performed, the console displays the successful Data
Confirm notification in the client side and the Synchro and Data Indication notifications in the
server side.
5.
This basic communication test has the same steps as the test described in [2.].
Figure 24. Communication notifications
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Synchro indication information
As soon as a valid PRE+SSD has been received by the ST7570, the GUI displays
a CMD_SynchroIndication notification in the console box with the related information
regarding signal and noise levels, electrical phase and embedded PGA code.
Figure 25 presents the graphical format of the Synchro Indication notification, and it shows
how to decode the values displayed of signal and noise levels, electrical phase and PGA
code.
Figure 25. Synchro Indication information
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PHY data indication information
In PHY mode, the Data Indication exchanged from ST7570 to the PC host gives information
about the payload of the received frame, the levels of signal and noise estimated during
frame reception, and some statistical information about the demodulation procedure.
Figure 26 shows how the ST7570 GUI presents the PHY Data Indication.
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Figure 26. Data indication information
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5.2.3
Synchronization management
A client modem acquires the timeslot synchronization as soon as a frame is either
transmitted or received; a server node is not allowed to transmit if not synchronized, and
synchronization can be achieved through a valid reception only.
CMD_SynchroStatus
In the Node tab, the CMD_SynchroStatus button can be used to know the synchronization
status of the modem, as it implements the CMD_SyncroStatus command [2.].
Both console and “Sync” box show the modem status: Found(1) or NotFound(2) are the
possible answers, as in Figure 27.
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Figure 27. Synchronization status information
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CMD_DesynchroRequest
It is possible to force a rejection of the synchronization through the dedicated command
CMD_DesynchroRequest. When pressed, the CMD_DesynchroRequest button in the node
tab allows this request to be sent. The execution of this command does not generate any
answer notification and, therefore, the console does not show any message.
Figure 28. Synchronization reject request command
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MIB operations
In addition to basic modem configuration, explained in Section 6.1, as described in the
IEC61334-5-1 standard, there are several other parameters that influence modem behavior
when configured as MAC; all these parameters belong to the MIB and are accessible
through MIB write and read operations.
Figure 29 shows the panel that appears once the “MIB” button in the node panel is pressed.
Figure 29. MIB parameter panel default appearance
The MIB parameters allowing basic operations at MAC layer are:
1.
Addresses: Local MAC address, Initiator MAC address, FIMA and LIMA, and MAC
group addresses.
2.
Timeout: Time Out Synchro Confirm[sec], Not OK[sec], Not Addressed[min] and
Intelligent Synchronization[min].
3.
Repeater settings: (for server only).
Figure 29 shows their position in the “MIB” panel.
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Figure 30. MAC layer configuration parameters
The MIB panel allows to write and read all the MIB objects listed and described in [2.]. The
object name used in the label is the same as in [2.] and the object index is shown on the
tooltip.
For all MIB objects, the “W” button close to the corresponding box name allows to write the
value set in the box in the ST7570 registers. On the other hand, the “R” button reports the
current value stored in the ST7570 registers and it is displayed in the corresponding box
name.
Figure 31. MIB object writing and reading
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The GUI console displays the result of both operations, as in Figure 32:
Figure 32. MIB object writing and reading: console messages
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MAC layer communication
In order to perform communication in MAC mode, follow the steps listed in Section 6.2
making sure the operating mode is set to MAC instead of PHY.
5.4.1
MAC frame transmission
As described in [3.],the standard MAC frame is made up of several parameters that can be
set directly in the GUI, as shown in Figure 33. When the CMD_DataRequest button is
pressed (i.e. the user is requesting a packet transmission), the ST7570 GUI software sends
a proper command to the modem with the parameters values.
Figure 33. MAC layer frame composition
If the communication is correctly performed, the console displays the successful Data
Confirm notification in the client side and the Synchro Found and Data Indication
notifications in the server side.
Figure 34. MAC communication notifications
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Synchro indication found information
All the additional information provided in this notification has the same meaning as in the
PHY layer and is explained in Section 6.2.1.
Figure 35. Synchro indication found information
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5.4.3
MAC data indication information
This notification contains standard information (specified in IEC61334-5-1) and additional
information about the frame credits and the eventual padding.
Figure 36. Data indication information
3TANDARDINFORMATION
$!3!-?SDU
!DDITIONALCREDITS
#REDITS0AD,ENGTH
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5.4.4
Synchronization management notification
Figure 37 shows an example of the synchronization lost notification.
All the related fields are coded in accordance with [2.].
Figure 37. Synchro indication lost information
3TANDARDINFORMATION3YNCHROSTATE
LOSSCAUSELOCAL-!#ADDRESSINITIATOR
ADDRESS
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Statistic information
Several MIB variables (accessible through indexed MIB write and read operations) allow
a complete analysis of the communicating behavior and performance of the modem set in
MAC mode.
The writing operation on these statistic variables causes a reset to default values and the
Reset Count's button resets all the counter values.
Figure 38. MAC statistic information counters
5.5
Alarm services
Once synchronized, the node can transmit, receive, and repeat alarms according to the
settings stored in the following MIB objects:
1.
Alarm Repetition number, Alarm Before Indication number, Alarm Reject Window
number: MIB object 0085h in [2.].
2.
Disable Alarm Indication, Disable Alarm Repetition, Disable Alarm SN Indication: MIB
object 0086h in [2.].
Figure 39. Alarm service settings
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In case of alarm transmission, the console displays the successful Alarm Confirm
notification in the client side and the Alarm Indication notification with the total number of
received alarms in the server side.
Figure 40. Alarm service notifications
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Through MIB alarm counters (MIB object 0083h, 0084h in [2.]), it is also possible to know
the total number of transmitted and received alarms (these values depend on the alarm
setting):
Figure 41. Alarm counters controls
5.6
Repeater Call
The ST7570 GUI allows the user to manage the Repeater Call for both MAC Client and
Server nodes. In order to activate the automatic recognition of the Repeater Call procedure,
the “RC Request Catch” setting must be ticked as in Figure 42.
Figure 42. RC request catch setting
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Repeater Call for client nodes
The Repeater Call service is started by a Client node in accordance with the details
presented in [2]. By pressing the CMD_RC Request button with the parameters presented in
Figure 43 properly filled, the GUI performs both operations:
●
send a MAC data request command to the connected modem following the upper
protocol layer specifications for Data Payload; the Payload window automatically
switches to the RC Request (BASIC) item; the data transmission takes into account the
credit parameters expressed in the GUI (the IC parameter must be greater than 0 so
that the modem can accept the RC Request)
●
send an RC Request to the modem while powerline transmission is in progress to
respect the RC mechanism, with the TX_POS, RC_THRESHOLD parameters
expressed in the GUI.
Figure 43. Repeater Call request for client
5.6.2
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Repeater Call for server nodes
In order to activate the Repeater Call service for server nodes, the MIB object 000Bh
(repeater settings) must be written to either a “No” or “Yes” value through the referred ring
menu from the MIB panel, as in Figure 44.
Figure 44. Repeater settings for server node
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After a valid reception of a MAC frame properly filled to announce the Repeater Call
mechanism (as the one sent by the Client in Section 5.6.1), if the Server receives an RC
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pattern during the next timeslot, the GUI console displays the RC Confirm with all its
parameters:
Figure 45. RC confirm for server node
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References
1.
STMicroelectronics, ST7570; S-FSK power line networking system-on-chip, datasheet
2.
STMicroelectronics, UM0934; FSK, PSK Multi-Mode Power Line Networking System
On Chip, user manual
3.
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), IEC 61334-5-1 ed2.0, www.iec.ch
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Revision history
Table 2.
Document revision history
Date
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