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OPERATION GUIDE
With applications that use the MU-D1-R, in the development stage or when development is complete and the unit is
actually used, it is necessary to assess the field status of the system at all times for stable communication. In other
words, in the development stage when the MU-D1-R is mounted on the circuit board, it is necessary to consider the
pattern design and arrangement of components to extract the optimum values for radio performance, and to ensure
stable and reliable communication in operation, it is necessary to measure the state of the radio waves and the
surrounding floor noise and to locate the equipment at the optimal point.
The MU-D1-R has the following commands to allow convenient assessment of these aspects of communication.
1. @RA : Acquisition of the RSSI absolute level of the source station
2. @CP : Packet test
6.5.1 Source station RSSI measurement
By issuing the @RA command, the RSSI level of the source station can be measured. It is possible to achieve
optimization while measuring the high frequency noise from the unit itself and from peripheral equipment, and the
signal level from the source station. To measure the signal level from the target station, it is possible to issue a
command requesting continuous issue of data ‘@CT xx’ at the target station.
6.5.2 Packet test
When transmitting data packets with the ‘@CP’ command, the data packet is returned from the target station wtihout
change. Using this, it is possible to measure the packet success rate corresponding to the field status. A data size
between 0 to 255 bytes can be set for each packet with the ‘@CP’ command. In order to locate the equipment in the
optimum place, send packets repeatedly with the ‘@CP’ command and measure the packet success rate. Note,
however, that the packet transmission procedures and the calculation of success rate must be programmed.
6.5 Assessing the Field Status for Communication
Command requesting the target
station to issue continuous test data
@DT05@CT03/C
Source
station
Target
station
RSSI absolute level
value acquisition
command
@RA
Field
noise
Continuous
test data
Issue test data
for specified time
This and other
local equipment
@RA: Acquire source station RSSI
Data packet transmission(1...255byte)
Source
station
Target
station
Packet test
command
@CP
Return the received data
without change
@CP: Packet test