SAM-M10Q - Integration manual
If both EXTINTWAKE and EXTINTBACKUP are enabled at the same time, the receiver PSM operation
is completely under external control. Setting EXTINT "high" wakes up the receiver to get a position
fix and setting "low" puts the receiver into backup mode.
EXTINT pin control can also be used in continuous mode.
In PSMOO, an external wakeup source can be set. Any wake-up event will restart the receiver to try
to obtain a position fix. Wakeup signals have no effect if the receiver is already in the "Acquisition",
"Tracking", or "POT" state.
Setting the update period POSUPDATEPERIOD to zero causes the receiver to wait in the "Inactive
for update" state until the host wakes it up. Setting the search period ACQPERIOD to zero causes
the receiver to wait in the "Inactive for search" state indefinitely after an unsuccessful startup.
External wake-up source is required when setting update or search period to zero.
The wake-up sources are:
• Rising or falling edge on the UART RX pin
• Rising or falling edge on the EXTINT pin
• Rising or falling edge on the SPI CS pin
• Rising edge on RESET_N pin
can also be used to control the receiver state externally.
2.6.2.6 Configuration
Power save mode (PSM) is enabled and disabled with CFG-PM-OPERATEMODE and configured with
items in the CFG-PM group listed in
.
When using power save mode on/off (PSMOO) operation, set the OPERATEMODE as the
last PSM configuration key to prevent the receiver entering the off state before all intended
PSM configuration keys are set.
Config key
Description
OPERATEMODE
Receiver mode of operation
POSUPDATEPERIOD
Time between two position fix attempts in on/off power save mode
ACQPERIOD
Time between two acquisition attempts if the receiver is unable to get a position fix
GRIDOFFSET
Time offset of update grid with respect to start of week
ONTIME
Time the receiver remains in the "Tracking" state and produces position fixes
MINACQTIME
Minimum time the receiver spends in the "Acquisition" state
MAXACQTIME
Maximum time in the "Acquisition" state
DONOTENTEROFF
Receiver does not enter the "Inactive for search" state if it cannot get a position fix but
keeps indefinitely attempting a position fix instead
WAITTIMEFIX
Wait for time fix before entering the "Tracking" state
UPDATEEPH
Enables periodic ephemeris update
EXTINTWAKE
Enables EXTINT pin control to force receiver on
EXTINTBACKUP
Enables EXTINT pin control to force receiver in backup
EXTINTINACTIVE
Enter a backup state if EXTINT pin is inactive longer time than specified by
EXTINTINACTIVITY
EXTINTINACTIVITY
Specifies the inactivity period
Table 12: Power save mode configuration options in the CFG-PM group
OPERATEMODE
The mode of operation to use mainly depends on the update period: For short
update periods (in the range of a few seconds), cyclic tracking should be configured. For long update
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