Enums and Masks

Based on the approach I used in my RFM9X library this refactor adds enumerations and constants for initialising and then accessing the registers of the RFM69CW/RFM69HCW module (based on the Semtech SX1231/SX1231H) .

There is now a even less code in the Run method in the startup.cs file and the code for configuring the RFM69 is more obvious

public sealed class StartupTask : IBackgroundTask
{
	private const int ResetPin = 25;
	private const int InterruptPin = 22;
	private Rfm69HcwDevice rfm69Device = new Rfm69HcwDevice(ChipSelectPin.CS1, ResetPin, InterruptPin);

	public void Run(IBackgroundTaskInstance taskInstance)
	{
		byte[] syncValues ={0xAA, 0x2D, 0xD4};

		rfm69Device.Initialise(Rfm69HcwDevice.RegOpModeMode.StandBy,
			bitRate: Rfm69HcwDevice.BitRate.bps4K8,
			frequency: 915000000.0, frequencyDeviation: 0X023d,
			dccFrequency: 0x1,rxBwMant: Rfm69HcwDevice.RxBwMant.RxBwMant20, RxBwExp:0x2,
			preambleSize: 16,
			syncSize: 3,
			syncValues: syncValues,
			packetFormat: Rfm69HcwDevice.RegPacketConfig1PacketFormat.VariableLength,
			packetCrc:true
		);

	// RegDioMapping1
	rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x26, 0x01);

	rfm69Device.RegisterDump();

	while (true)
	{
		byte[] messageBuffer = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("hello world " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString());

		rfm69Device.SendMessage(messageBuffer);

		Debug.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss.fff} Send-Done", DateTime.Now);

		Task.Delay(5000).Wait();
	}
}

The Rasmitic library modifies a number of the default settings (e.g. RegRxBw register) so I had to reverse engineer the values. I also added SendMessage methods for both addressed and un-addressed messages.

Register dump
Register 0x01 - Value 0X04 - Bits 00000100
Register 0x02 - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
Register 0x03 - Value 0X1a - Bits 00011010
…
Register 0x4b - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
Register 0x4c - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
Register 0x4d - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
16:52:38.337 Send-Done
16:52:38.456 RegIrqFlags 00001000
16:52:38.472 Transmit-Done
The thread 0xfe4 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
The thread 0x100 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
16:52:43.391 Send-Done
16:52:43.465 RegIrqFlags 00001000
16:52:43.480 Transmit-Done
The thread 0xb94 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
16:52:48.475 Send-Done
16:52:48.550 RegIrqFlags 00001000
16:52:48.563 Transmit-Done
16:52:53.448 RegIrqFlags 01000110
16:52:53 Received 13 byte message Hello world:0
The thread 0x2b4 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
16:52:53.559 Send-Done
16:52:53.633 RegIrqFlags 00001000
16:52:53.648 Transmit-Done
16:52:54.577 RegIrqFlags 01000110
16:52:54 Received 13 byte message Hello world:1
16:52:55.706 RegIrqFlags 01000110
16:52:55 Received 13 byte message Hello world:2
16:52:56.836 RegIrqFlags 01000110
16:52:56 Received 13 byte message Hello world:3
16:52:57.965 RegIrqFlags 01000110
16:52:57 Received 13 byte message Hello world:4
The thread 0x354 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
16:52:58.634 Send-Done
16:52:58.709 RegIrqFlags 00001000
16:52:58.724 Transmit-Done
16:52:59.095 RegIrqFlags 01000110
16:52:59 Received 13 byte message Hello world:5
The program '[3736] backgroundTaskHost.exe' has exited with code -1 

The Arduino code works though I need modify it so I can do more testing of the initialise method parameter options.

16:41:03.619 -> RX start
16:41:03.619 -> 0x0: 0x0
16:41:03.654 -> 0x1: 0x10
16:41:03.654 -> 0x2: 0x0
…
16:41:04.310 -> 0x3B: 0x0
16:41:04.310 -> 0x3C: 0x1
16:41:04.344 -> 0x3D: 0x0
16:41:07.228 -> MessageIn:hello world 4:41:07 PM
16:41:12.322 -> MessageIn:hello world 4:41:12 PM
16:41:17.395 -> MessageIn:hello world 4:41:17 PM
16:41:22.448 -> MessageIn:hello world 4:41:22 PM
16:41:27.533 -> MessageIn:hello world 4:41:27 PM
16:41:32.609 -> MessageIn:hello world 4:41:32 PM
16:41:37.673 -> MessageIn:hello world 4:41:37 PM

The Initialise method has a large number of parameters but as most of these have a reasonable default I’m not to concerned.

public void Initialise(RegOpModeMode modeAfterInitialise,
			BitRate bitRate = BitRateDefault,
			ushort frequencyDeviation = frequencyDeviationDefault,
			double frequency = FrequencyDefault,
			ListenModeIdleResolution listenModeIdleResolution = ListenModeIdleResolutionDefault, ListenModeRXTime listenModeRXTime = ListenModeRXTimeDefault, ListenModeCrieria listenModeCrieria = ListenModeCrieriaDefault, ListenModeEnd listenModeEnd = ListenModeEndDefault,
			byte listenCoefficientIdle = ListenCoefficientIdleDefault,
			byte listenCoefficientReceive = ListenCoefficientReceiveDefault,
			bool pa0On = pa0OnDefault, bool pa1On = pa1OnDefaut, bool pa2On = pa2OnDefault, byte outputpower = OutputpowerDefault,
			PaRamp paRamp = PaRampDefault,
			bool ocpOn = OcpOnDefault, byte ocpTrim = OcpTrimDefault,
			LnaZin lnaZin = LnaZinDefault, LnaCurrentGain lnaCurrentGain = LnaCurrentGainDefault, LnaGainSelect lnaGainSelect = LnaGainSelectDefault,
			byte dccFrequency = DccFrequencyDefault, RxBwMant rxBwMant = RxBwMantDefault, byte RxBwExp = RxBwExpDefault,
			byte dccFreqAfc = DccFreqAfcDefault, byte rxBwMantAfc = RxBwMantAfcDefault, byte bxBwExpAfc = RxBwExpAfcDefault,
			ushort preambleSize = PreambleSizeDefault,
			bool syncOn = SyncOnDefault, SyncFifoFileCondition syncFifoFileCondition = SyncFifoFileConditionDefault, byte syncSize = SyncSizeDefault, byte syncTolerance = SyncToleranceDefault, byte[] syncValues = null,
			RegPacketConfig1PacketFormat packetFormat = RegPacketConfig1PacketFormat.FixedLength,
			RegPacketConfig1DcFree packetDcFree = RegPacketConfig1DcFreeDefault,
			bool packetCrc = PacketCrcOnDefault,
			bool packetCrcAutoClearOff = PacketCrcAutoClearOffDefault,
			RegPacketConfig1CrcAddressFiltering packetAddressFiltering = PacketAddressFilteringDefault,
			byte payloadLength = PayloadLengthDefault,
			byte addressNode = NodeAddressDefault, byte addressbroadcast = BroadcastAddressDefault
			)
		{
			RegOpModeModeCurrent = modeAfterInitialise;
			PacketFormat = packetFormat;

			// Strobe Reset pin briefly to factory reset SX1231 chip
			ResetGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);
			Task.Delay(100);
			ResetGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.Low);
			Task.Delay(10);

			// Put the device into sleep mode so registers can be changed
			SetMode(RegOpModeMode.Sleep);

Most of the initialise method follows a similar pattern, checking parameters associated with a Register and only setting it if the cvalues are not all the default

// Configure RF Carrier frequency RegFrMsb, RegFrMid, RegFrLsb
if (frequency != FrequencyDefault)
{
	byte[] bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes((long)(frequency / RH_RFM69HCW_FSTEP));
	RegisterManager.WriteByte((byte)Registers.RegFrfMsb, bytes[2]);
	RegisterManager.WriteByte((byte)Registers.RegFrfMid, bytes[1]);
	RegisterManager.WriteByte((byte)Registers.RegFrfLsb, bytes[0]);
}

Some registers are a bit more complex to configure e.g. RegSyncConfig

// RegSyncConfig
if ((syncOn != SyncOnDefault) ||
	 (syncFifoFileCondition != SyncFifoFileConditionDefault) ||
	 (syncSize != SyncSizeDefault) ||
	 (syncTolerance != SyncToleranceDefault))
{
	byte regSyncConfigValue= 0b00000000;

	if (syncOn)
	{
		regSyncConfigValue |= 0b10000000;
	}
	
	regSyncConfigValue |= (byte)syncFifoFileCondition;

	regSyncConfigValue |= (byte)((syncSize - 1) << 3);
	regSyncConfigValue |= (byte)syncTolerance;
	RegisterManager.WriteByte((byte)Registers.RegSyncConfig, regSyncConfigValue);
}

I have just got to finish the code for RegFifoThresh, RegPacketConfig2 and the RegAesKey1-16 registers.

Other libraries for the RRFM69 support changing configuration while the application is running which significantly increases the complexity and number of test cases. My initial version will only support configuration on start-up.

RegisterManager Refactor

I had been meaning to refactor the code for accessing the registers of the RFM69CW/RFM69HCW module (based on the Semtech SX1231/SX1231H) registers for a while.

There is now a lot less code in the startup.cs file and the code for configuring the RFM69 is more obvious

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namespace devMobile.IoT.Rfm69Hcw.RefactorRegisterManager
{
	using System;
	using System.Diagnostics;
	using System.Text;
	using System.Threading.Tasks;
	using Windows.ApplicationModel.Background;
	using Windows.Devices.Gpio;

	sealed class Rfm69HcwDevice
	{
		private GpioPin InterruptGpioPin = null;
		public RegisterManager RegisterManager = null; // Future refactor this will be made private

		public Rfm69HcwDevice(ChipSelectPin chipSelectPin, int resetPin, int interruptPin)
		{
			RegisterManager = new RegisterManager(chipSelectPin);

			// Factory reset pin configuration
			GpioController gpioController = GpioController.GetDefault();
			GpioPin resetGpioPin = gpioController.OpenPin(resetPin);
			resetGpioPin.SetDriveMode(GpioPinDriveMode.Output);
			resetGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);
			Task.Delay(100);
			resetGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.Low);
			Task.Delay(10);

			// Interrupt pin for RX message & TX done notification 
			InterruptGpioPin = gpioController.OpenPin(interruptPin);
			resetGpioPin.SetDriveMode(GpioPinDriveMode.Input);

			InterruptGpioPin.ValueChanged += InterruptGpioPin_ValueChanged;
		}

		private void InterruptGpioPin_ValueChanged(GpioPin sender, GpioPinValueChangedEventArgs args)
		{
			if (args.Edge != GpioPinEdge.RisingEdge)
			{
				return;
			}

			byte irqFlags = RegisterManager.ReadByte(0x28); // RegIrqFlags2
			Debug.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss.fff} RegIrqFlags {1}", DateTime.Now, Convert.ToString((byte)irqFlags, 2).PadLeft(8, '0'));
			if ((irqFlags & 0b00000100) == 0b00000100)  // PayLoadReady set
			{
				// Read the length of the buffer
				byte numberOfBytes = RegisterManager.ReadByte(0x0);

				// Allocate buffer for message
				byte[] messageBytes = new byte[numberOfBytes];

				for (int i = 0; i < numberOfBytes; i++)
				{
					messageBytes[i] = RegisterManager.ReadByte(0x00); // RegFifo
				}

				string messageText = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetString(messageBytes);
				Debug.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss} Received {1} byte message {2}", DateTime.Now, messageBytes.Length, messageText);
			}

			if ((irqFlags & 0b00001000) == 0b00001000)  // PacketSent set
			{
				RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x01, 0b00010000); // RegOpMode set ReceiveMode
				Debug.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss.fff} Transmit-Done", DateTime.Now);
			}
		}

		public void RegisterDump()
		{
			RegisterManager.Dump(0x0, 0x40);
		}
	}
	

	public sealed class StartupTask : IBackgroundTask
	{
		private const int ResetPin = 25;
		private const int InterruptPin = 22;
		private Rfm69HcwDevice rfm69Device = new Rfm69HcwDevice(ChipSelectPin.CS1, ResetPin, InterruptPin);

		const double RH_RF6M9HCW_FXOSC = 32000000.0;
		const double RH_RFM69HCW_FSTEP = RH_RF6M9HCW_FXOSC / 524288.0;

		public void Run(IBackgroundTaskInstance taskInstance)
		{
			//rfm69Device.RegisterDump();

			// regOpMode standby
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x01, 0b00000100);

			// BitRate MSB/LSB
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x03, 0x34);
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x04, 0x00);

			// Frequency deviation
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x05, 0x02);
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x06, 0x3d);

			// Calculate the frequency accoring to the datasheett
			byte[] bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes((uint)(915000000.0 / RH_RFM69HCW_FSTEP));
			Debug.WriteLine("Byte Hex 0x{0:x2} 0x{1:x2} 0x{2:x2} 0x{3:x2}", bytes[0], bytes[1], bytes[2], bytes[3]);
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x07, bytes[2]);
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x08, bytes[1]);
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x09, bytes[0]);

			// RegRxBW
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x19, 0x2a);

			// RegDioMapping1
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x26, 0x01);

			// Setup preamble length to 16 (default is 3) RegPreambleMsb RegPreambleLsb
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x2C, 0x0);
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x2D, 0x10);

			// RegSyncConfig Set the Sync length and byte values SyncOn + 3 custom sync bytes
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x2e, 0x90);

			// RegSyncValues1 thru RegSyncValues3
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x2f, 0xAA);
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x30, 0x2D);
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x31, 0xD4);

			// RegPacketConfig1 Variable length with CRC on
			rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x37, 0x90);

			rfm69Device.RegisterDump();

			while (true)
			{
				// Standby mode while loading message into FIFO
				rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x01, 0b00000100);

				byte[] messageBuffer = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("hello world " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString());
				rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x0, (byte)messageBuffer.Length);
				rfm69Device.RegisterManager.Write(0x0, messageBuffer);

				// Transmit mode once FIFO loaded
				rfm69Device.RegisterManager.WriteByte(0x01, 0b00001100);

				Debug.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss.fff} Send-Done", DateTime.Now);

				Task.Delay(5000).Wait();
			}
		}
	}
}

I’ll modify the constructor reset pin support to see if I can get the Seegel Systeme hat working.

Register dump
Register 0x00 - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
Register 0x01 - Value 0X04 - Bits 00000100
Register 0x02 - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
Register 0x03 - Value 0X34 - Bits 00110100
…
Register 0x3e - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
Register 0x3f - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
Register 0x40 - Value 0X00 - Bits 00000000
19:58:52.828 Send-Done
19:58:53.022 RegIrqFlags 00001000
19:58:53.036 Transmit-Done
19:58:54.188 RegIrqFlags 01000110
19:58:54 Received 14 byte message Hello world:1
The thread 0xa10 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
The thread 0xf90 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
19:58:57.652 RegIrqFlags 01000110
19:58:57 Received 14 byte message Hello world:2
19:58:57.892 Send-Done
19:58:58.039 RegIrqFlags 00001000
19:58:58.053 Transmit-Done
19:59:01.115 RegIrqFlags 01000110
19:59:01 Received 14 byte message Hello world:3
19:59:02.936 Send-Done
19:59:03.083 RegIrqFlags 00001000
19:59:03.096 Transmit-Done
19:59:04.577 RegIrqFlags 01000110
19:59:04 Received 14 byte message Hello world:4
The thread 0xa5c has exited with code 0 (0x0).
19:59:08.001 Send-Done
19:59:08.122 RegIrqFlags 01001000
19:59:08.139 Transmit-Done
19:59:11.504 RegIrqFlags 01000110
19:59:11 Received 14 byte message Hello world:6
The thread 0xb18 has exited with code 0 (0x0).
19:59:13.079 Send-Done
19:59:13.226 RegIrqFlags 00001000
19:59:13.240 Transmit-Done
19:59:14.966 RegIrqFlags 01000110
19:59:14 Received 14 byte message Hello world:7

Based how my rate of progress improved when I did this on the RFM9X library I really should have done this much earlier.