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DNT90 Integration Guide - 05/10/12
5. If the host application driving the base will individually communicate each remote, read or scan
the MAC addresses from the label on top of each remote and load the addresses in the host ap-
plication data base.
4.4 Configuring a Customized Point-to-Point or Point-to-Multipoint System
The DNT90 includes many configuration parameters that allow extensive customization of a point-to-point
or point-to-multipoint system. Most applications will require only a few of these parameters be changed
from their default values. But for those applications that need them, RFM recommends the following con-
figuration sequence. Skip the configuration steps where the default parameter value is satisfactory.
1. Configure one of the modules as a base by setting the
DeviceMode
parameter in Bank 0 to 0x01.
2. Set the optional AES security key in all system radios by loading your selected 16-byte string into
the
SecurityKey
parameter in Bank 0 (the default is 16 bytes of 0x00).
3. Select the frequency band of operation by setting the
FrequencyBand
parameter in Bank 1 of the
base radio as desired (the default is Band 0).
4. Set the transmitter power level as needed in all radios by setting the
TxPower
parameter in
Bank 0 (the default is 158 mW).
5. Configure the system ID in all radios by setting the
SystemID
parameter in Bank 0 (the default is
OK if there is no chance of overlapping systems).
6. Load the parent network ID in all remotes in the
ParentNetworkID
parameter in Bank 0 as needed
(wildcard default is OK for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint systems).
7. Set
the
BaseModeNetID
parameter in the base to match the
ParentNetworkID
parameter in the
remotes if the default
BaseModeNetID
is not used in the base and the wildcard default
Parent-
NetworkID
is not used in the remotes.
8. For a point-to-multipoint system where DNT90 MAC addressing will be used, set the
Proto-
colMode
parameter in Bank 4 of the base to 0x01. Set the protocol mode as needed in the base
and remote of a point-to-point system, and as needed in the remotes in a point-to-multipoint sys-
tem. If SPI slave mode will be used, protocol mode must be enabled in all system radios. Note
that if the application data includes addressing information for individual remote hosts, the DNT90
broadcast mode can be used instead of the DNT90 protocol mode.
9. If using transparent serial mode in the system:
a. Set the remote transparent destination address in the
RmtTransDestAddr
parameter,
Bank 0, in each remote if the destination is not the base (the base address is the default
destination).
b. Set the transparent point-to-point mode to select either the
RmtTransDestAddr
address
(default) or the address of the originator of the last received message as the remote des-
tination address. The parameter that controls this destination address is the
Trans-
PtToPtMode
in Bank 4. Set in all remotes as needed.
c. Set the timeout for transmission of transparent data in the remotes as needed. The pa-
rameter that controls the timeout is the
TxTimeout
in Bank 4 (the default is no timeout).