
DNT500
2008 by RF Monolithics,
Inc.
26
M-0500-0000 Rev D
JoinPremit
Valid parameter on a base only. Controls whether remote nodes are permitted to join the
base. Parameter values are 0 = no joining permitted, 1 = remotes only may join, 2 = re-
motes or routers may join (future function).
UserTag
This is a user definable field intended for use as a location description or other identify-
ing tag such as a “friendly name”.
4.2.2 Bank 1 - System Settings
Size in
Bank Loc'n
Name
R/W
bytes Range Default;
Options
01
00
FrequencyBand
R/W 1
0..1
0x00
=
North
America;
0x01 = Australia, 0xFF = auto
01
01 AccessMode
R/W
1
0..4
2 = TDMA Dynamic Slots
01
02 BaseSlotSize
R/W
1
6..232 20 bytes
01
03 LeasePeriod
R/W
1
0..250 5 s (0 to disable)
01 04
ARQ_Mode
R/W
1
0..1
0 = ARQ, 1 = redundant TX
01
05
ARQ_AttemptLimit
R/W 1
0..16 5
attempts
01
06
TDMA_MaxSlots
R/W 1
0..15 8
slots
01
07
CSMA_Persistence
R/W 1
0..255
0xFF
01
08
CSMA_MaxBackoff
R/W 1
0..255
5
ms
01
09
MaxPropDelay
R/W
1
0..255 50 µs (~4 miles)
01 0A
EpochMode
R/W
1
0..1
0 = use previous; 1 = increment
2 = random
Note: The base station propagates these setting to all remotes.
FrequencyBand
This sets the range of frequencies over which the radio will operate. Two settings are de-
fined: North America (902-928 MHz) and Australia-New Zealand (915-928 MHz).
AccessMode
This sets the channel access mode that remotes will use to communicate with the base:
Access Mode
Description
Max # of Remotes
Remote Slot Size
0
CSMA
polling
1024 manual
1
CSMA
contention
1024 manual
2 (default)
TDMA dynamic slots
up to 15
automatic
3
TDMA fixed slots
up to 15
automatic
4
TDMA
with
PTT
1024 automatic
BaseSlotSize
This sets the size of the base slot. This number is specified in terms of the number of ap-
plication payload bytes that can be supported. This value excludes the message length
byte, the BASE_STATUS packet, the checksum and CRC bytes, and a presumed
REG_REPLY packet. The BaseSlotSize indicates the number of bytes that are available
for MAC and network ACKs, plus user data packets. This number does not include the