IR 9100TX/9100RX: IrDA-1.1 (9.6K-4M bps) Infrared Transfer and Receive Test Software

*** ACTiSYS IR9100TX IR9100RX Software for Infrared TX/RX Test ***

Copyright 1999-2000, ACTiSYS Corp. Ver-1.0 11/30/99

Purpose:

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For IR Tx and Rx test. User can select different single baud rate to test,

including FIR/MIR/SIR (4M, 1.152M, 115.2K.2, 57.6K, 38.4K, 19.2K, 9.6K).

This package consists of 3 files:

Readme.txt: This is the text file you are reading now.

The DOS file TxOnly.exe is Tx only for IR transmitter test.

The DOS file IRLst.exe is Rx only for IR receiver test.

Configuration:

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PC MS-DOS PC MS-DOS

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| IR2000B | ----- ----- | IR2000B |

| |--|2000L| -----> |2000L|--| |

| TxOnly.exe | ----- ----- | IrLst.exe |

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Working Priciple:

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The TxOnly program sends out frames with a frame format similar to

the IrDA Frame Format (not IrDA Test Frame in IrDA-IrLAP layer).

Each frame is made up of:

- A biginning flag (BOF=0xC0) that marks the bigining of the frame.

- A data field with 256 bytes of 0x55.

- A frame check sequence (FCS) field that allows the receiving station

to check the transmission accuracy of the frame.

Here implements the CRC-CCITT FCS algorithm. On FIR it is 4-byte

and on any other speed it is 2-byte.

- An ending falg (EOF=0xC1) that signals the end of the frame.

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| BOF | data-field (256 bytes) | FCS (2 or 4 bytes) | EOF|

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The IrLst or your device will check the FCS of the frame to see if

the transmission accuracy is OK or not.

Note: The receiver can still receive something when its speed is

different from the transmitter. But the FCS checking will fail. So FCS

checking is the way to identify the current speed.

Use one golden-reference transceiver on one side as reference, put

your DUT (transceiver or IR device set) on another side for test.

If your device is transmitting, run IrLst.exe on the reference PC.

If your device is receiving, run TxOnly.exe on the reference PC.

To monitor the working speed of your DUT try different speed to listen,

Only one speed will be able to get correct FCS so that any frames sent

with any other speeds will fail.

Please take care of the ASYNC TRANSPARENCE and use Control Escape

byte (CE=0x7D) to do the framing and deframing on SIR, including

the FCS field. On FIR, the controller will do it for you. [1]

Equipment Requirement:

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One or Two PC desktop

One or Two set of ACTiSYS IR2000B/L (FIR Adapter)

MS-DOS O.S.

Default Settings:

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COM2 (2F8/IRQ3), DMA0, IR2000L(IBM31T1100), 9600 bps

Important:

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Run only under pure DOS. To be sure no resource conflict.

Disable COM2 in BIOS (for default settings).

------ TxOnly.EXE -----------

TxOnly.exe

This is an IR Transmitter Program under DOS and IR2000B/L.

It supports different IR transceiver brand and models and all

FIR/MIR/SIR speeds (4M, 1.152M, 115.2K - 9.6K bps). User can

select any speed with menu.

It sends frames with 256 bytes of data (0x55) with CRC appended

(4-byte on FIR and 2-byte on other speeds) continuously and has a

pause 0.5 second between frames.

Hit any key will stop sending and back to the main menu for speed

selection. ESC key will exit to DOS.

Usage:

txonly -option1 -option2 -option3

-COM:x (x=1~4) com port used setting. (Default COM2)

-IRQ:x (x=3-5,7,9,11,15) IRQ used setting. (Default IRQ3)

-DMA:x (x=0,1,3) DMA used setting. (Default DMA0)

-DON:x (x=0~4) dongle selection.

0: HP1100, 1: IBM31T1100, 4: VISHAY 6X0XE. (Default

IBM31T1100)

-V view dongles supported

-RUN running the program

example1: IR2000L (IBM31T1100), COM2, IRQ3

txonly -run

example2: IR2000L (HP1100), COM2, IRQ3

txonly -don:0, -run

Note: disable COM2 on BIOS and make sure no resource conflict.

------- IRLst.EXE --------

This is an IR Listener Program under DOS and IR2000B/L. It supports

different IR transceiver brand and models and all FIR/MIR/SIR speeds

(4M, 1.152M, 115.2K - 9.6K bps). User can select any speed to listen.

It listens and records frame in single selected speed. Display 'x'

means timeout and '.' one frame received.

Hit any key will stop listening and back to the main menu for speed

selection. ESC key will exit to DOS.

The received frames will be saved in a log file: Frame.log with

following format:

frame_size*(2 bytes) + Time(4 bytes) + frame data

* The max size of saved frame data is 64 bytes. So That

The size of saved frame data block =

( frame_size <= 64 )? frame_size : 64;

** There are no limits to the number of frames but only the last 512

frames will be saved.

The log file "protores.log" is ASCII format. You can use any text

editor to see it.

If listen to IrDA communication the log file "protores.log" will have

more description about the frames.

Usage: (similar to txonly.exe)

[1]IrLAP11.pdf IrLAP ver1.1

10.1.3 ASYNC Transparency

10.2 SYNC Wrapper (576 kbps and 1.152 Mbps)

10.3 4PPM Wrapper (4Mbps)