Register Dump

Next step was to dump all registers (0x00 thru 0x40) of the SX1276/7/8/9 device

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namespace devMobile.IoT.Rfm9x.RegisterScan
{
   using System;
   using System.Diagnostics;
   using System.Threading.Tasks;
   using Windows.ApplicationModel.Background;
   using Windows.Devices.Gpio;
   using Windows.Devices.Spi;

   public sealed class Rfm9XDevice
   {
      private SpiDevice rfm9XLoraModem;
      private GpioPin chipSelectGpioPin;

      public Rfm9XDevice(int chipSelectPin)
      {
         SpiController spiController = SpiController.GetDefaultAsync().AsTask().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
         var settings = new SpiConnectionSettings(0)
         {
            ClockFrequency = 500000,
            Mode = SpiMode.Mode0,
         };

         GpioController gpioController = GpioController.GetDefault();
         chipSelectGpioPin = gpioController.OpenPin(chipSelectPin);
         chipSelectGpioPin.SetDriveMode(GpioPinDriveMode.Output);
         chipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);

         rfm9XLoraModem = spiController.GetDevice(settings);
      }

      public Byte RegisterReadByte(byte registerAddress)
      {
         byte[] writeBuffer = new byte[] { registerAddress };
         byte[] readBuffer = new byte[1];
         Debug.Assert(rfm9XLoraModem != null);

         chipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.Low);
         rfm9XLoraModem.Write(writeBuffer);
         rfm9XLoraModem.Read(readBuffer);
         chipSelectGpioPin.Write(GpioPinValue.High);

         return readBuffer[0];
      }
   }

   public sealed class StartupTask : IBackgroundTask
   {
      private const int ChipSelectLine = 25;
      private Rfm9XDevice rfm9XDevice = new Rfm9XDevice(ChipSelectLine);

      public void Run(IBackgroundTaskInstance taskInstance)
      {
         while (true)
         {
            for (byte registerIndex = 0; registerIndex <= 0x42; registerIndex++)
            {
               byte registerValue = rfm9XDevice.RegisterReadByte(registerIndex);

               Debug.WriteLine("Register 0x{0:x2} - Value 0X{1:x2} - Bits {2}", registerIndex, registerValue, Convert.ToString(registerValue, 2).PadLeft(8, '0'));
            }

            Task.Delay(10000).Wait();
         }
      }
   }
}

The output of the application looked like this

Register 0x00 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x01 – Value 0X09 – Bits 00001001
Register 0x02 – Value 0X1a – Bits 00011010
Register 0x03 – Value 0X0b – Bits 00001011
Register 0x04 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x05 – Value 0X52 – Bits 01010010
Register 0x06 – Value 0X6c – Bits 01101100
Register 0x07 – Value 0X80 – Bits 10000000
Register 0x08 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x09 – Value 0X4f – Bits 01001111
Register 0x0a – Value 0X09 – Bits 00001001
Register 0x0b – Value 0X2b – Bits 00101011
Register 0x0c – Value 0X20 – Bits 00100000
Register 0x0d – Value 0X08 – Bits 00001000
Register 0x0e – Value 0X02 – Bits 00000010
Register 0x0f – Value 0X0a – Bits 00001010
Register 0x10 – Value 0Xff – Bits 11111111
Register 0x11 – Value 0X71 – Bits 01110001
Register 0x12 – Value 0X15 – Bits 00010101
Register 0x13 – Value 0X0b – Bits 00001011
Register 0x14 – Value 0X28 – Bits 00101000
Register 0x15 – Value 0X0c – Bits 00001100
Register 0x16 – Value 0X12 – Bits 00010010
Register 0x17 – Value 0X47 – Bits 01000111
Register 0x18 – Value 0X32 – Bits 00110010
Register 0x19 – Value 0X3e – Bits 00111110
Register 0x1a – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x1b – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x1c – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x1d – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x1e – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x1f – Value 0X40 – Bits 01000000
Register 0x20 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x21 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x22 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x23 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x24 – Value 0X05 – Bits 00000101
Register 0x25 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x26 – Value 0X03 – Bits 00000011
Register 0x27 – Value 0X93 – Bits 10010011
Register 0x28 – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x29 – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x2a – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x2b – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x2c – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x2d – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x2e – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x2f – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x30 – Value 0X90 – Bits 10010000
Register 0x31 – Value 0X40 – Bits 01000000
Register 0x32 – Value 0X40 – Bits 01000000
Register 0x33 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x34 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x35 – Value 0X0f – Bits 00001111
Register 0x36 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x37 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x38 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x39 – Value 0Xf5 – Bits 11110101
Register 0x3a – Value 0X20 – Bits 00100000
Register 0x3b – Value 0X82 – Bits 10000010
Register 0x3c – Value 0Xff – Bits 11111111
Register 0x3d – Value 0X02 – Bits 00000010
Register 0x3e – Value 0X80 – Bits 10000000
Register 0x3f – Value 0X40 – Bits 01000000
Register 0x40 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x41 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x42 – Value 0X12 – Bits 00010010
Register 0x00 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x01 – Value 0X09 – Bits 00001001
Register 0x02 – Value 0X1a – Bits 00011010
Register 0x03 – Value 0X0b – Bits 00001011
Register 0x04 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x05 – Value 0X52 – Bits 01010010
Register 0x06 – Value 0X6c – Bits 01101100
Register 0x07 – Value 0X80 – Bits 10000000
Register 0x08 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x09 – Value 0X4f – Bits 01001111
Register 0x0a – Value 0X09 – Bits 00001001
Register 0x0b – Value 0X2b – Bits 00101011
Register 0x0c – Value 0X20 – Bits 00100000
Register 0x0d – Value 0X08 – Bits 00001000
Register 0x0e – Value 0X02 – Bits 00000010
Register 0x0f – Value 0X0a – Bits 00001010
Register 0x10 – Value 0Xff – Bits 11111111
Register 0x11 – Value 0X71 – Bits 01110001
Register 0x12 – Value 0X15 – Bits 00010101
Register 0x13 – Value 0X0b – Bits 00001011
Register 0x14 – Value 0X28 – Bits 00101000
Register 0x15 – Value 0X0c – Bits 00001100
Register 0x16 – Value 0X12 – Bits 00010010
Register 0x17 – Value 0X47 – Bits 01000111
Register 0x18 – Value 0X32 – Bits 00110010
Register 0x19 – Value 0X3e – Bits 00111110
Register 0x1a – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x1b – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x1c – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x1d – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x1e – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x1f – Value 0X40 – Bits 01000000
Register 0x20 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x21 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x22 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x23 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x24 – Value 0X05 – Bits 00000101
Register 0x25 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x26 – Value 0X03 – Bits 00000011
Register 0x27 – Value 0X93 – Bits 10010011
Register 0x28 – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x29 – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x2a – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x2b – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x2c – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x2d – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x2e – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x2f – Value 0X55 – Bits 01010101
Register 0x30 – Value 0X90 – Bits 10010000
Register 0x31 – Value 0X40 – Bits 01000000
Register 0x32 – Value 0X40 – Bits 01000000
Register 0x33 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x34 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x35 – Value 0X0f – Bits 00001111
Register 0x36 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x37 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x38 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x39 – Value 0Xf5 – Bits 11110101
Register 0x3a – Value 0X20 – Bits 00100000
Register 0x3b – Value 0X82 – Bits 10000010
Register 0x3c – Value 0Xff – Bits 11111111
Register 0x3d – Value 0X02 – Bits 00000010
Register 0x3e – Value 0X80 – Bits 10000000
Register 0x3f – Value 0X40 – Bits 01000000
Register 0x40 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x41 – Value 0X00 – Bits 00000000
Register 0x42 – Value 0X12 – Bits 00010010

I also started to refactor the code (extracting the Read functionality and format the output in both hexadecimal and binary (convert.ToString in base2 + padleft) to make comparison of register values with the datasheet easier.

The device was not in LoRa mode (Bit 7 of RegOpMode 0x01) so the next step was to read and write registers so I could change its configuration.