abhisheksaini
Newbie level 2
Hi,
I am want to use PIC18F4550 to send data to MRF24J40MA ( just a simple P2P connection).
Here is my hardware schematic which just shows connections between the PIC uController and the ZigBee module. I am using 20MHz crystal as my PIC will talk to USB of a computer.
Hardware:
**broken link removed**
For now I just want to send some text message from PIC to ZigBee module. Here is the code I developed/got from MiWi datasheet.
I believe that the above is is developed to be used on some sort of demo board. In my hardware schematic...there is not LED indicator or button so far.
Regarding the code above I have few questions:
1) In the line
we can specify any channel from 11-26. Lets say I want to set channel 12. Do I just write the DWORD instead of myChannel..like b'0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000 0000 0000?
2) In the code
we process the packet and also light the LED accordingly. What exactly is happening to LED at this point? Is tt just lighting when the packet is being transmitted? If I do now want LED to function, can I just process the packet by just saying...
?
3) In the code
....pressing the button means "Send the packet"?. In my hardware there is not button, so should I just get rid of this if statement for now and send the packet cont. I think that would work.
4) In the code, why the for loop is running 65 times? Do we need this for loop? In the line
are just filling the buffer with 0,1, 2, 3, 4,...65; Cant I just put some text message in the bugger to transfer.
5) In the code,
0 is the connection index, FALSE tells if the packet is the command packet, and TRUE tells if the encryption is required. Why there should be 0 for the connection index and since I intend to use no encryption can I have FALSE instead of TRUE?
=> To run the above code should I use libraries etc from the MiWi stack located in
?
thanks for your time!
- Abhishek Saini
I am want to use PIC18F4550 to send data to MRF24J40MA ( just a simple P2P connection).
Here is my hardware schematic which just shows connections between the PIC uController and the ZigBee module. I am using 20MHz crystal as my PIC will talk to USB of a computer.
Hardware:
**broken link removed**
For now I just want to send some text message from PIC to ZigBee module. Here is the code I developed/got from MiWi datasheet.
Code:
//The following is code is based on the Flow Chart (Page 28) of MiWi Datasheet.
void main(void)
{
Initiazation();//Initialize hardware platform and P2P stack
SetChannel(myChannel);//set the channel to operate
EnableNewConnection();//accept new P2P connection
CreateNewConnection(2);//establish a connection with another device
while (1)
{
if(ReceivedPacket())//check if a packet has been received
{
LED_1 = rxFrame.PayLoad[0]; //processing the packet, setting the LED according to received packet
DiscardPacket();//discard the packet to ready to recieve the next
}
else
{
BYTE PressedButton = ButtonPressed(); //check if a button pressed
if(PressedButton) //if a button has been pressed
{
//All the lines below demonstrate a method of transmitting
//a packet.
FlushTx(); //reset the transmitting buffer
for(i=0;i<65;i++)
{
//The function call, WriteData, will fill the transmitter
//buffer one byte at a time. If there are 20 bytes to be
//transmitted in the packet, the function will be called
//20 times.
WriteData(P2P[i]);//fill the transmitting buffer
}
//The line below uses the method of unicast with an index of
//connections through the function UnicastConnection
UnicastConnection(0,FALSE,TRUE);//unicast sends data
}
}
}
}I believe that the above is is developed to be used on some sort of demo board. In my hardware schematic...there is not LED indicator or button so far.
Regarding the code above I have few questions:
1) In the line
Code:
SetChannel(myChannel);//set the channel to operate2) In the code
Code:
LED_1 = rxFrame.PayLoad[0]; //processing the packet, setting the LED according to received packet
Code:
rxFrame.PayLoad[0];3) In the code
Code:
if(PressedButton) //if a button has been pressed4) In the code, why the for loop is running 65 times? Do we need this for loop? In the line
Code:
WriteData(P2P[i]);5) In the code,
Code:
UnicastConnection(0,FALSE,TRUE);//unicast sends data=> To run the above code should I use libraries etc from the MiWi stack located in
Code:
C:\Microchip Solutions\P2P\P2P Node 1thanks for your time!
- Abhishek Saini
