Services Tabs

The Service Configuration is divided into the following tabs:

Services tab
Services (2) tab

The Services tab is further divided into:

RX mode
TX mode

The following figure illustrates the RX configuration and Figure 4 illustrates the Services tab for the TX (Path A/ Path B) configuration.

In the Services tab, individually select and define the settings for Services 0, Services 1, Services 2, Services 3 and Services 4. While the settings for the Service 0 and Service 2 are contained in the EEPROM, the settings for Service 3 and Service 4 are in SRAM. During the export of the settings into a *.hex programming file, the file saves only the EEPROM values, whereas, the *.xml file saves all the settings. In addition, export all configuration settings as *.h files, which include C code declarations for a global variable array within the initialization data. This allows loading the settings from a host controller using the SPI link or from within a Flash application program.

The RX (Path A/Path B) settings are divided into settings for Path A and Path B. With these separate settings, it is possible to work with two individual configurations in parallel. After entering the settings into the EEPROM configuration tool, click the Calculate & Check button to perform a consistency check. The Log window at the bottom displays the results and any other errors. For more details on the EEPROM service configuration, refer to the ATA8510/15 Industrial User's Guide (DS50003142).

Select the appropriate service and channel, when issuing a Set System Mode command via SPI command or from inside a Flash application, or when selecting an operating mode for the system start (except IDLE mode). For more details about the default settings, refer to Default Configuration.

Figure 1. Services Tab for RX Mode

Note: The data rates and time-out values are calculated and result in effective values that are ultimately used in the configuration.

When right clicking on one of the “Ch 0”, “Ch 1” or “Ch 2” fields, a pop-up appears with the internal parameters derived from the entered frequency value; for example, “Ch 0” = 433.2 MHz:

Figure 2. PLL Settings and Frequency Word

Main Counter (M) = 8 – Frequency parameter for the fractional-n divider
Swallow Counter (S) = 5 – Frequency parameter for the fractional-n divider
FREQ_LO_RX = 147635 – Local oscillator RX frequency parameter

Note: For more details about the above parameters, refer to the ATA8510/15 Industrial User's Guide (DS50003142).

When right-clicking on the Band Width field, a pop-up appears with the internal parameters derived from the entered frequency value; for example, Band Width = 165 kHz:

Figure 3. Channel Filter Settings and Base Band Clock

effective BW = 164.799 kHz – True bandwidth setting
ChStart time = 58.5 µs – Channel filter start-up time
BB clock = 501098.90 – Channel filter base band clock

Note: For more details about the above parameters, refer to the ATA8510/15 Industrial User's Guide (DS50003142).

The following figure illustrates the TX settings, which are further divided into settings for Path A and Path B.

Figure 4. Services Tab for TX Mode

The following figure illustrates the continuation of Service Configuration within the Services (2) tab. The Services (2) tab continues the RX settings for Service 0, Service 1, Service 2, Service 3 and Service 4, and also includes the “Channel Switch Control”. The “Channel Switch Control” section permits the use of the port C pins for an external RF switch. These settings are specific for each individual service, so configure the I/O pins from port C to either low or high level.

For each service, check the ID Check Enable option under the ID Check field. The ID check is a general setting for all services. For more details on the EEPROM ID byte configuration, refer to the ATA8510/15 Industrial User's Guide (DS50003142).

Figure 5. Services (2) Tab for RX Mode and General Settings