RFM70 utilising the RSSI feature(access Reg.Bank?)

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I have been looking on in here >> http://www.hoperf.com/upload/rf/RFM70.pdf to utilise the Register Bank 1 to get the RSSI feed ? haven't seen any example to do the same.

Any examples? code snippets to do the same?

This is the working code:

#include "RFM70.h"

RFM70class RFM70;

byte RFM70_buf[MAX_PACKET_LEN];  //RFM70 data buffer
unsigned long RFMSendTime = 0;   //next send time
int RFMSendSpeed=1000;           //send packet every 1000 msec


void setup()
{
    Serial.begin(57600);  
    Serial.println("Arduino Start");    
    RFM70.begin();
    RFM70.Initialize();
    RFMSendTime = millis();
  
} 

void loop()
{
    rfmTask();                                    //check for RFM70 event in polling mode
    if (millis() > RFMSendTime)                   //send packet
    {                                                    
      RFMSendTime = millis() + RFMSendSpeed; 
      RFM70_buf[0]=0X41;      
      RFM70_buf[1]=0X42;
      RFM70_buf[2]=0X43;
      RFM70_buf[3]=0X44;      
      RFM70.Send_Packet(WR_TX_PLOAD,RFM70_buf,4);
      Serial.println("Sending data");       
    }  
}

void rfmTask()                //RFM70 event handler
{
  if (RFM70.RfmInterrupt())
  {
    if (RFM70.TxDataSentInterrupt())
    {
       Serial.println("Data sent OK");
       RFM70.SwitchToRxMode();
    }
    if (RFM70.TxDataSentErrorInterrupt())
    {
       Serial.println("Data sent error");
       RFM70.SwitchToRxMode();
    }
    if (RFM70.RxDataReadyInterrupt())
    {
       Serial.println("Data received: ");
       byte rx_len = RFM70.Receive_Packet(RFM70_buf);
       if (rx_len) 
       {
          for(byte i=1;i<rx_len;i++)
          {
            Serial.print(i);
            Serial.print("->");
            Serial.println(RFM70_buf[i]);
          }         
       }    
     }
  }
}

what assertions should be there added in the code to make it read RSSI??

2

AnyONe folks?, Im exhausted?

3

You got any luck so far?

4

Didn't do it, instead got nordic!

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void rfm70_setRSSI( unsigned char val, unsigned char enabled ){
   unsigned char j;
   unsigned char WriteArr[ 12 ];

   unsigned long mask=0xA67F0600;
   if (enabled>0)
       mask=0xA67F0200;
   if (val>15)
       val=15;

   mask+=(val<<2);

   rfm70_bank(1);

   for( j = 0; j < 4; j++ ){
     WriteArr[ j ]=( mask>>(8*(j) ) )&0xff;
   }
   rfm70_buffer_write( 5 ,WriteArr, 4 );
   rfm70_bank(0);
}

val = RSSI Treshold for CD detect [0-15]
enabled = RSSI measurment [0-1]

Uses these 2 functions

void rfm70_bank( unsigned char b ){
   unsigned char st = 0x80 & rfm70_register_read( RFM70_REG_STATUS );
   if(( st &&( b == 0 )) || (( st == 0 ) && b )){
      rfm70_register_write( RFM70_CMD_ACTIVATE, 0x53 );
   }
}

void rfm70_buffer_write(
   char reg,
   const unsigned char *pBuf,
   unsigned char length
){
   unsigned char i;
   if( reg < RFM70_CMD_WRITE_REG ){
      reg |= RFM70_CMD_WRITE_REG;
   }
   RFM70_CSN( 0 );                     // Set CSN low, init SPI tranaction
   (void)rfm70_SPI_RW( reg );         // Select register to write tio write
   for( i = 0; i < length; i++ ){      // write all bytes in buffer(*pBuf)
      (void)rfm70_SPI_RW( *pBuf++ );  // write one byte
   }
   RFM70_CSN( 1 );                     // Set CSN high again
}

Cheers :slight_smile: