5.4.5 Link Status Control - Rev D

This register is only valid for devices of Revision D0 and later.
Name: LSCTL - Rev D
Address: 0x0012

Bit 15141312111098 
 LSPSEL[2:0]LSCFG[1:0]LSTMR[1:0] 
Access R/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/WR/WRO 
Reset 00000000 
Bit 76543210 
 LSSEM 
Access ROROROROROROROR/W 
Reset 00000000 

Bits 15:13 – LSPSEL[2:0] Link Status Pin Select

When enabled, this field controls which pin is driven to reflect the link status state.
ValueDescription
000 Disabled; Link status is not output to a pin.
001

LAN8671 pin 17 (WAKE_OUT)

010

LAN8670 pin 9 (GPIO0)

LAN8671 pin 7 (GPIO0)

This overrides the GPIO0SS settings in the PINCTRL register

011

LAN8670 pin 11 (TXER/ACMA)

others Reserved

Bits 12:11 – LSCFG[1:0] Link Status Configuration

This field configures the link status behavior.
ValueDescription
00 Fixed - Link Status is always zero indicating “no link” (default)
01 PLCA Status - When PLCA is enabled, link status reflects PLCA status.
10 Semaphore - Link status is controlled by the value written into the LSSEM bit.
11 Activity - When PLCA is enabled and the node is configured as a PLCA follower, link status will be set when PLCA BEACONs are actively detected. When configured as a PLCA coordinator, link status will be set when a packet has been received from another device on the mixing segment.

Bits 10:9 – LSTMR[1:0] Link Status Timer

This field configured the time for link status to return to false once link goes away.
ValueDescription
00 15 ms
01 100 ms
10 500 ms
11 1000 ms

Bit 0 – LSSEM Link Status Semaphore

When link status is set to “semaphore” mode, LSCFG =10b, Semaphore, the value written to this bit controls the state of the IEEE Link Status bit as well as the output state of the Link Status pin, if enabled.
ValueDescription
0 Link status is set to false
1 Link status is set to true