4.6.1.4 PLCA Notifications

The LAN8650/1 has the ability to detect the following PLCA error conditions and assert interrupts, if enabled. For details, please refer to the Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA) Diagnostics section.

Table 4-3. PLCA Notifications
NotificationRegister.BitDescription
PLCA StatusSTS1.PSTCPLCA Status Changed
Receive in TOSTS1.RXINTOPacket received in assigned transmit opportunity
Unexpected BeaconSTS1.UNEXPBA Beacon was received from another device on the bus
Beacon before TOSTS1.BCNBFTOA Beacon was received before the local transmit opportunity occurred
Maximum TOPRSSTS.MAXIDNumber of transmit opportunities in the last PLCA cycle
TO CounterTOCNTH/TOCNTLNumber of assigned transmit opportunities that have occurred
Beacon CounterBCNCNTH/BCNCNTLNumber of received Beacons (PLCA cycles)