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Alphasense User Manual
OPC-R1 Optical Particle Counter
Issue 1
Alphasense Ltd
Page 33 of 33
February 2019
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Appendix E Checksum
A 16-bit CRC checksum is transmitted after each histogram data set, which can be used, if desired,
to verify the data sent. If the OPC is configured to only transmit PM data, a checksum will still
accompany this data.
The CRC calculation is a 16-bit method similar to that used in MODBUS communication. It uses the
generator polynomial value 0xA001 and is initialised to 0xFFFF. Example 'C' programming code
showing how the checksum can be recalculated is shown.
unsigned int CalcCRC(unsigned char data[], unsigned char nbrOfBytes)
{
#define POLYNOMIAL 0xA001 //Generator polynomial for CRC
#define InitCRCval 0xFFFF //Initial CRC value
unsigned char _bit; // bit mask
unsigned int crc = InitCRCval; // initialise calculated checksum
unsigned char byteCtr; // byte counter
// calculates 16-Bit checksum with given polynomial
for(byteCtr = 0; byteCtr < nbrOfBytes; +)
{
crc ^= (unsigned int)data[byteCtr];
for(_bit = 0; _bit < 8; _bit++)
{
if (crc & 1) //if bit0 of crc is 1
{
crc >>= 1;
crc ^= POLYNOMIAL;
}
else
crc >>= 1;
}
}
return crc;
}
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