Command Set
Preliminary
26
6.1.7
Status Reply*
This command will be sent by the Radio to the OEM Host in response to a Status Request
command. All the different parameters pertain to the data link layer and are cumulative totals. Once this
command has been sent back to the OEM Product, depending on whether the OEM Product desired an error
counter variable reset, the reset operation is carried out. The different statistics and their sizes are shown
below:
Name
Type
Description
Size
Radio Time
Time
Counter
Incremented by 1 every 250ms. Initialized to
0 at power on or reset.
Unsigned Byte – 3
bytes, Low Byte
first
Tx Failures
Error
Counter
Number of times the Radio was not able to
deliver a data frame to the destination
Unsigned Long -
4 bytes
Tx Retries
Error
Counter
Number of times the Radio had to retry before
delivering a data frame to the destination
Unsigned Long -
4 bytes
Rx Failures
Error
Counter
Number of times the Radio had to throw away
a received data frame because of bad
CRC/checksum
Unsigned Long -
4 bytes
Rx Retries
Error
Counter
Number of times data frames had to be
retransmitted before a valid data frame was
received
Unsigned Long -
4 bytes
Num Active
Radios
Data Counter
Number of clients registered to a
Server Radio. If the Radio under
consideration is a Client radio, just return 0
Unsigned Byte - 1
Byte
List of
Registered
Radios
Identity
A list of 6 byte IEEE Addresses of all the
radio d 3 byte time stamp + 3 byte
packet count. Time stamp and packet counter
are reset at power on or RESET.
12 bytes * Num
Reg Client Radios
Status Reply Example
Name
Type
0 Active Radios
2 Active Radios
Radio Time
Time Counter
1 Byte – TL
1 Byte – TM
1 Byte – TH
1 Byte – TL
1 Byte – TM
1 Byte – TH
Tx Failures
Error Counter
4 Bytes
4 Bytes
Tx Retries
Error Counter
4 Bytes
4 Bytes
Rx Failures
Error Counter
4 Bytes
4 Bytes
Rx Retries
Error Counter
4 Bytes
4 Bytes
Num Active Radios
Data Counter
0
2
List of Registered Radios
Identity
6 bytes IEEE Address
3 bytes time stamp
3 bytes packet count
6 bytes IEEE Address
3 bytes time stamp
3 bytes packet count
Checksum
Actual
Actual
Data Frame:
8BH
17H
00H
Data
Checksum