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//reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
|
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|
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//an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
|
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|
|
//Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
|
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|
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//copy of the Program in return for a fee.
|
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//
|
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|
|
// END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
|
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|
|
//
|
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|
|
// How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
|
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|
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//
|
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|
|
// If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
|
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|
|
//possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
|
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|
|
//free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
|
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|
|
//
|
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|
|
// To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
|
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|
|
//to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
|
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|
|
//state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
|
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|
|
//the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
|
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|
|
//
|
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|
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// <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
|
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|
|
// Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
|
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|
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//
|
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|
|
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
|
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|
|
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
|
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|
|
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
|
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|
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// (at your option) any later version.
|
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|
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//
|
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|
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// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
|
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|
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
|
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|
|
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
|
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|
|
// GNU General Public License for more details.
|
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|
|
//
|
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|
|
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
|
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|
|
// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
|
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|
|
//
|
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|
|
//Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
|
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|
|
//
|
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|
|
// If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
|
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|
|
//notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
|
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|
|
//
|
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|
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// <program> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
|
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|
|
// This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
|
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|
|
// This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
|
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|
|
// under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
|
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|
|
//
|
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|
|
//The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
|
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|
|
//parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program's commands
|
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|
|
//might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
|
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|
|
//
|
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|
|
// You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
|
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|
|
//if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
|
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|
|
//For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
|
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|
|
//<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
|
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|
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//
|
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|
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// The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
|
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|
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//into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you
|
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|
|
//may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
|
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|
|
//the library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
|
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|
|
//Public License instead of this License. But first, please read
|
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|
|
//<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.
|
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|
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------%
|
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|
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%\pagestyle{headings}
|
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|
|
%
|
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|
|
\usepackage{amsmath}
|
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|
|
\usepackage{amsfonts}
|
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|
|
\usepackage{amssymb}
|
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|
|
\usepackage[ansinew]{inputenc}
|
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|
|
\usepackage[OT1]{fontenc}
|
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\usepackage{graphicx}
|
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\usepackage{makeidx}
|
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|
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%
|
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%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
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|
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%Constants
|
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|
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\newcommand{\productversion}{0.1a}
|
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|
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\newcommand{\productname}{scirfmmon}
|
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|
|
\newcommand{\productnameemph}{\emph{\productname}}
|
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|
|
\newcommand{\productcompiledate}{Jan 17 2009}
|
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|
|
\newcommand{\productassertletter}{a}
|
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|
|
\newcommand{\productversionhash}{63570560d4fd6dc71431d7bca67c8ff35c9fd1fe}
|
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|
|
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
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|
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%New environments
|
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|
|
%The following environment is for the glossary of terms at the end, if
|
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|
|
%included.
|
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|
|
\newenvironment{docglossaryenum}{\begin{list}
|
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|
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{}{\setlength{\labelwidth}{0mm}
|
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|
|
\setlength{\leftmargin}{4mm}
|
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|
|
\setlength{\itemindent}{-4mm}
|
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|
|
\setlength{\parsep}{0.85mm}}}
|
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|
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{\end{list}}
|
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|
|
%%
|
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|
|
%The following environment is for the database table and field
|
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|
|
%documentation at the end, if included.
|
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|
|
\newenvironment{docdbtblfielddef}{\begin{list}
|
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|
|
{}{\setlength{\labelwidth}{0mm}
|
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|
|
\setlength{\leftmargin}{10mm}
|
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|
|
\setlength{\itemindent}{-5mm}
|
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|
|
\setlength{\parsep}{0.85mm}}}
|
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|
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{\end{list}}
|
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|
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%%
|
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|
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%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
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|
|
%Embarrassingly, I've forgotten why "makeindex" is necessary ...
|
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|
|
\makeindex
|
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|
|
%
|
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|
|
\begin{document}
|
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|
|
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
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|
|
%"See" References
|
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|
|
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
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|
|
\title{\textbf{\huge{The \productnameemph{} Program, Version \productversion{}}\\\vspace*{0.7cm}
|
729 |
|
|
\normalsize{(\productcompiledate{}, \productassertletter{}, \productversionhash{})}}}
|
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|
|
\author{\vspace*{3.0cm}\\%
|
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|
|
\small{David T. Ashley (\texttt{dashley@gmail.com})}}
|
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|
|
\date{\vspace*{3.5cm}\small{Document Version Control $ $Revision: 1.20 $ $ \\
|
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|
|
Document Version Control $ $Date: 2009/01/17 22:17:01 $ $ (UTC) \\
|
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|
|
Document $ $RCSfile: man20081211a.tex,v $ $ \\
|
735 |
|
|
Document \LaTeX{} Compilation Date: \today{}}}
|
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|
|
\maketitle
|
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|
|
\begin{abstract}
|
738 |
|
|
This document describes the \productnameemph{} program,
|
739 |
|
|
version \productversion{} (mnemonic: \emph{SCI} \emph{RF} \emph{m}odule
|
740 |
|
|
\emph{mon}itor). The \productnameemph{} program is a console-mode \emph{Win32} program
|
741 |
|
|
that monitors SCI communication between
|
742 |
|
|
a host microcontroller and the LS Research \emph{FreeStar Module}, analyzes character and
|
743 |
|
|
packet transmissions and exchanges, logs communication activity,
|
744 |
|
|
and outputs diagnostic information.
|
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|
|
\\\\
|
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|
|
This document also provides some information about a hardware configuration that will
|
747 |
|
|
work to interface the SCI lines of a host microcontroller to the
|
748 |
|
|
\productnameemph{} program running on a PC.
|
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|
|
\\\\
|
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|
|
The \productnameemph{} program and all related documentation
|
751 |
|
|
is provided under the GPL (GNU General
|
752 |
|
|
Public License).
|
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|
|
\end{abstract}
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
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|
|
\clearpage{}
|
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|
|
\pagenumbering{roman} %No page number on table of contents.
|
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|
|
\tableofcontents{}
|
759 |
|
|
\clearpage{}
|
760 |
|
|
\listoffigures
|
761 |
|
|
\clearpage{}
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
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|
|
%Force the page number to 1. We don't want to count the TOC page(s) as a
|
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|
|
%used-up number.
|
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|
|
%
|
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|
|
\setcounter{page}{1}
|
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|
|
\pagenumbering{arabic}
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
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|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
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|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
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|
|
\section{Introduction and Overview}
|
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|
|
\label{siov0}
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
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|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
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|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
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|
|
\subsection{Overview of \productnameemph{}}
|
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|
|
\label{siov0:sovw0}
|
782 |
|
|
|
783 |
|
|
\index{\productname@\productnameemph{}}\productnameemph{} is a \emph{Win32} console-mode
|
784 |
|
|
application that:
|
785 |
|
|
|
786 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
787 |
|
|
\item Monitors the SCI traffic between one host system and one LS Research Freestar
|
788 |
|
|
Module.
|
789 |
|
|
(Because the traffic is bidirectional and full duplex, two serial adapters are
|
790 |
|
|
required.)
|
791 |
|
|
\item Logs and displays the characters transmitted between the host system and FreeStar Module.
|
792 |
|
|
\item Logs, displays, and analyzes the packets transmitted between each host system and FreeStar
|
793 |
|
|
Module, flagging any errors or anomalies.
|
794 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
795 |
|
|
|
796 |
|
|
\productnameemph{} is designed so that:
|
797 |
|
|
|
798 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
799 |
|
|
\item It can use any serial ports that \emph{Windows} recognizes; including ports built into
|
800 |
|
|
the motherboard of a laptop
|
801 |
|
|
or desktop PC, bus expansion cards, and USB-to-serial adapters.
|
802 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
803 |
|
|
|
804 |
|
|
\productnameemph{} is designed to run under
|
805 |
|
|
\index{Windows XP@\emph{Windows XP}}\emph{Windows XP}
|
806 |
|
|
and \index{Windows Vista@\emph{Windows Vista}}\emph{Windows Vista} only (although
|
807 |
|
|
it is possible that it will run under other versions of
|
808 |
|
|
\emph{Windows}).
|
809 |
|
|
|
810 |
|
|
|
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|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
812 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
813 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
814 |
|
|
\subsection{License}
|
815 |
|
|
\label{siov0:slic0}
|
816 |
|
|
|
817 |
|
|
\index{license}The \productnameemph{} program and all related documentation
|
818 |
|
|
is provided under the \index{GPL}GPL (\index{GNU General Public License}%
|
819 |
|
|
GNU General Public
|
820 |
|
|
License) \cite{bibref:swlic:gpl}.
|
821 |
|
|
|
822 |
|
|
The reason for the selection of the GPL is so that LSR and CEL can pass this solution
|
823 |
|
|
(including source code) on to customers without restrictions.
|
824 |
|
|
|
825 |
|
|
The GPL does require that modifications to the program be made public. There
|
826 |
|
|
are several ways to meet this requirement, including:
|
827 |
|
|
|
828 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
829 |
|
|
\item The modified source code may be posted on a website (\emph{any} website).
|
830 |
|
|
\item The modified source code may be supplied to
|
831 |
|
|
Dave Ashley \cite{{bibref:i:daveashley}}, and Dave
|
832 |
|
|
may integrate the changes into the version control archives and re-release the
|
833 |
|
|
program.
|
834 |
|
|
\item The entity making the modifications may create a project at
|
835 |
|
|
\index{SourceForge@\emph{SourceForge}}\emph{SourceForge} \cite{bibref:osws:sourceforge}
|
836 |
|
|
or add the source code to an existing \emph{SourceForge} project.
|
837 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
838 |
|
|
|
839 |
|
|
Dave Ashley \cite{bibref:i:daveashley} is the logical first contact for discussion
|
840 |
|
|
about how to make modified source code public.
|
841 |
|
|
|
842 |
|
|
|
843 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
844 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
845 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
846 |
|
|
\subsection{Versioning of Executable Program}
|
847 |
|
|
\label{siov0:svin0}
|
848 |
|
|
|
849 |
|
|
In the console output and at the start of log files, the
|
850 |
|
|
\productnameemph{} program writes a line similar to the following. This
|
851 |
|
|
line is a version identification line.
|
852 |
|
|
\\\\
|
853 |
|
|
\begin{footnotesize}
|
854 |
|
|
\noindent{}\texttt{scirfmmon, v0.1a (Jan 15 2009, A, 0132f11a686cd6efcb395cef23b2231106d5fd25)}\\
|
855 |
|
|
\end{footnotesize}
|
856 |
|
|
|
857 |
|
|
The components of the version identification line are:
|
858 |
|
|
|
859 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
860 |
|
|
\item The program name (``\texttt{scirfmmon}'').
|
861 |
|
|
\item The version number (``\texttt{v0.1a}'').
|
862 |
|
|
\item The compile date (``\texttt{Jan 15, 2009}'').
|
863 |
|
|
\item Whether or not debugging assertions are enabled (``\texttt{A}''). (``\texttt{A}''
|
864 |
|
|
indicates that debugging assertions are enabled, whereas ``\texttt{a}''
|
865 |
|
|
would indicate that debugging assertions are disabled.)
|
866 |
|
|
\item A hash (``\texttt{0132f11a686cd6efcb395cef23b2231106d5fd25}'')
|
867 |
|
|
calculated as a function
|
868 |
|
|
of the version control information and compile date/time
|
869 |
|
|
information as known to the compiler and embedded in the software source files.
|
870 |
|
|
(The purpose of the hash is to decisively identify different compilations of the
|
871 |
|
|
program that unwisely have the same version number. Compilation at a different date or time
|
872 |
|
|
or using a different version control revision
|
873 |
|
|
of a source file will
|
874 |
|
|
result in a different hash.)
|
875 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
876 |
|
|
|
877 |
|
|
|
878 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
879 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
880 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
881 |
|
|
\subsection{Revision History}
|
882 |
|
|
\label{siov0:srhs0}
|
883 |
|
|
|
884 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
885 |
|
|
\item \textbf{0.1a, January 17, 2009, a,\\
|
886 |
|
|
63570560d4fd6dc71431d7bca67c8ff35c9fd1fe}\\
|
887 |
|
|
Initial release. No known defects other than documented in
|
888 |
|
|
\S{}\ref{skli0}.
|
889 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
890 |
|
|
|
891 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
892 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
893 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
894 |
|
|
\section{Software Design and Theory of Operation}
|
895 |
|
|
\label{sswd0}
|
896 |
|
|
|
897 |
|
|
|
898 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
899 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
900 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
901 |
|
|
\subsection{General Theory of Operation}
|
902 |
|
|
\label{sswd0:sgto0}
|
903 |
|
|
|
904 |
|
|
The general theory of operation of the \productnameemph{}
|
905 |
|
|
program is that:
|
906 |
|
|
|
907 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
908 |
|
|
\item Each serial interface to the target system is
|
909 |
|
|
2-wire only (ground and received data)\@. Data is not
|
910 |
|
|
transmitted by \productnameemph{}
|
911 |
|
|
(it is only received). Neither hardware nor software
|
912 |
|
|
handshaking
|
913 |
|
|
is used.
|
914 |
|
|
\item The program uses exactly three threads:
|
915 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
916 |
|
|
\item Two identical communication worker threads (one for each serial
|
917 |
|
|
port)\@. These threads each:
|
918 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
919 |
|
|
\item Poll a single serial port using the
|
920 |
|
|
\emph{Windows} serial API.
|
921 |
|
|
\item Place received characters and events (serial
|
922 |
|
|
break, several types of errors) into a queue. There is
|
923 |
|
|
a separate queue for each serial port.
|
924 |
|
|
\item Separately timestamp received characters and events\@. (Because
|
925 |
|
|
of thread scheduling latencies and for other reasons,
|
926 |
|
|
this means that it is difficult to determine
|
927 |
|
|
exact timing relationships between characters arriving on
|
928 |
|
|
\emph{different} serial ports.)
|
929 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
930 |
|
|
\item The primary thread which:
|
931 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
932 |
|
|
\item Accepts input from the two communication worker threads
|
933 |
|
|
via two queues of events.\footnote{Not related to the
|
934 |
|
|
\emph{Windows} notion of events.} (Received characters
|
935 |
|
|
as well as detected
|
936 |
|
|
serial communcation errors are events.)
|
937 |
|
|
\item Duplicates (or ``fans out'') queued events into other queues.
|
938 |
|
|
(There is a
|
939 |
|
|
separate queue for event logging, and a separate queue for
|
940 |
|
|
packet analysis,
|
941 |
|
|
for example).
|
942 |
|
|
\item Processes and parses events, characters, and packets.
|
943 |
|
|
\item Writes information to several log files, created automatically in
|
944 |
|
|
the working directory whenever the program is invoked.
|
945 |
|
|
\item Writes information to the standard output (usually the console).
|
946 |
|
|
\item Accepts CTRL-C as a termination signal and gracefully stops the
|
947 |
|
|
communication worker threads as part of the termination sequence.
|
948 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
949 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
950 |
|
|
\item Because of IPC issues between threads, there is some care taken
|
951 |
|
|
in the way that the communication worker threads and the
|
952 |
|
|
primary thread share queues (\S{}\ref{sswd0:sqip0}).
|
953 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
954 |
|
|
|
955 |
|
|
|
956 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
957 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
958 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
959 |
|
|
\subsection{Serial Communication Theory of Operation}
|
960 |
|
|
\label{sswd0:ssct0}
|
961 |
|
|
|
962 |
|
|
The most helpful online information about the \emph{Win32} serial
|
963 |
|
|
communication API is \cite{bibref:twp:ms810467}. \cite{bibref:twp:ms810467}
|
964 |
|
|
describes
|
965 |
|
|
both nonoverlapped and overlapped I/O.
|
966 |
|
|
|
967 |
|
|
For simplicity, the \productnameemph{} uses exclusively nonoverlapped
|
968 |
|
|
I/O\@. Within each communcation worker thread (\texttt{cw\_threads.c}), the
|
969 |
|
|
\emph{ClearCommError()} function is called repeatedly
|
970 |
|
|
to obtain the number of characters available. If characters are available,
|
971 |
|
|
the precise number of available characters is requested via the
|
972 |
|
|
\emph{ReadFile()} call. If no characters are available,
|
973 |
|
|
one character is requested via the \emph{ReadFile()} call, forcing
|
974 |
|
|
the \emph{ReadFile()} call to either time out or return immediately
|
975 |
|
|
when at least one character becomes available.
|
976 |
|
|
|
977 |
|
|
|
978 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
979 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
980 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
981 |
|
|
\subsection{Queueing and IPC Theory of Operation}
|
982 |
|
|
\label{sswd0:sqip0}
|
983 |
|
|
|
984 |
|
|
The bulk of \productnameemph{} is ordinary C programming with no IPC
|
985 |
|
|
considerations. Queues of timestamped events are carried through the program, where
|
986 |
|
|
an event is either a received character, a serial communication error (such
|
987 |
|
|
as a parity error), or a serial communication event (such as a received
|
988 |
|
|
\emph{break}).
|
989 |
|
|
|
990 |
|
|
In the shared data structures between the communication worker threads
|
991 |
|
|
and the primary thread, however, IPC issues do exist. The way these
|
992 |
|
|
IPC issues are handled is described in this section.
|
993 |
|
|
|
994 |
|
|
The \emph{Win32} API is incompletely documented, so the
|
995 |
|
|
\emph{EnterCriticalSection()} and \emph{LeaveCriticalSection()}
|
996 |
|
|
functions were evaluated to determine their underlying behavior
|
997 |
|
|
(\texttt{thread\_test.c}).
|
998 |
|
|
It was determined that these functions won't necessarily allow threads
|
999 |
|
|
to enter critical sections in the same order that entry is attempted.
|
1000 |
|
|
Under the right conditions where there is accidental synchronization between thread
|
1001 |
|
|
scheduling, this could lead to deadlock (although it is improbable)\@.
|
1002 |
|
|
For this reason, \emph{EnterCriticalSection()} and \emph{LeaveCriticalSection()}
|
1003 |
|
|
were not used to handle the IPC issues in sharing a queue between the
|
1004 |
|
|
communication worker threads and the primary thread.
|
1005 |
|
|
|
1006 |
|
|
The \emph{Win32} documentation indicates that reads and writes to
|
1007 |
|
|
a 32-bit integer are always atomic, so the following simple mechanism
|
1008 |
|
|
was used to share data between the communication worker threads and the
|
1009 |
|
|
primary thread. The details of the mechanism (per queue) are:
|
1010 |
|
|
|
1011 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
1012 |
|
|
\item Each communication worker thread has a 32-bit variable reserved to
|
1013 |
|
|
indicate whether the communication worker thread or the primary thread
|
1014 |
|
|
is allowed to access the shared queue.
|
1015 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
1016 |
|
|
\item The value of zero indicates that the communication worker thread
|
1017 |
|
|
is allowed to place characters into the queue. (After placing
|
1018 |
|
|
characters into the queue, the communication worker thread should
|
1019 |
|
|
change the value of the variable to a non-zero value.)
|
1020 |
|
|
\item A non-zero value indicates that the primary thread is allowed
|
1021 |
|
|
to consume characters from the queue. (After removing characters
|
1022 |
|
|
from the queue, the primary thread should change the value of the
|
1023 |
|
|
variable to zero.)
|
1024 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
1025 |
|
|
\item The mechanism is safe because in all threads a test is done
|
1026 |
|
|
before the assignment. The communication worker thread
|
1027 |
|
|
will change the value of the variable only if it is zero, and
|
1028 |
|
|
the primary thread will change the value of the variable only
|
1029 |
|
|
if it is non-zero.
|
1030 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
1031 |
|
|
|
1032 |
|
|
\begin{figure}
|
1033 |
|
|
\centering
|
1034 |
|
|
\begin{small}
|
1035 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim}
|
1036 |
|
|
//Try to move the characters from the
|
1037 |
|
|
//intermediate queue to the thread synchronization
|
1038 |
|
|
//queue. The thread synchronization queue is a
|
1039 |
|
|
//shared resource, so there is a protocol.
|
1040 |
|
|
//
|
1041 |
|
|
if (inceq.n != 0)
|
1042 |
|
|
{
|
1043 |
|
|
if (C_MAIN_TsQueueSyncSemaphore0 == 0) //Belongs to worker thread.
|
1044 |
|
|
{
|
1045 |
|
|
QCHAR_inceq_tsceq_transfer(&inceq, &C_MAIN_tsceq0);
|
1046 |
|
|
C_MAIN_TsQueueSyncSemaphore0 = 1; //Belongs to primary thread.
|
1047 |
|
|
}
|
1048 |
|
|
}
|
1049 |
|
|
\end{verbatim}
|
1050 |
|
|
\end{small}
|
1051 |
|
|
\caption{Communication Worker Thread Source Code to Safely Share Event Queue With Primary
|
1052 |
|
|
Thread}
|
1053 |
|
|
\label{fig:sswd0:sqip0:01}
|
1054 |
|
|
\end{figure}
|
1055 |
|
|
|
1056 |
|
|
\begin{figure}
|
1057 |
|
|
\centering
|
1058 |
|
|
\begin{small}
|
1059 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim}
|
1060 |
|
|
//The transfer out of the TSCEQs has to be coordinated with the worker,
|
1061 |
|
|
//threads, hence the use of the semaphore variables. Without
|
1062 |
|
|
//coordination, bizarre effects could result with interleaving of
|
1063 |
|
|
//access.
|
1064 |
|
|
//
|
1065 |
|
|
if (C_MAIN_TsQueueSyncSemaphore0 != 0) //Belongs to primary thread.
|
1066 |
|
|
{
|
1067 |
|
|
QCHAR_tsceq_ptceq_transfer(&C_MAIN_tsceq0, &C_MAIN_ptceq0);
|
1068 |
|
|
C_MAIN_TsQueueSyncSemaphore0 = 0; //Belongs to worker thread.
|
1069 |
|
|
}
|
1070 |
|
|
if (C_MAIN_TsQueueSyncSemaphore1 != 0) //Belongs to primary thread.
|
1071 |
|
|
{
|
1072 |
|
|
QCHAR_tsceq_ptceq_transfer(&C_MAIN_tsceq1, &C_MAIN_ptceq1);
|
1073 |
|
|
C_MAIN_TsQueueSyncSemaphore1 = 0; //Belongs to worker thread.
|
1074 |
|
|
}
|
1075 |
|
|
\end{verbatim}
|
1076 |
|
|
\end{small}
|
1077 |
|
|
\caption{Primary Thread Source Code to Safely Share Event Queue With
|
1078 |
|
|
Communication Worker Threads}
|
1079 |
|
|
\label{fig:sswd0:sqip0:02}
|
1080 |
|
|
\end{figure}
|
1081 |
|
|
|
1082 |
|
|
Figure \ref{fig:sswd0:sqip0:01} (p. \pageref{fig:sswd0:sqip0:01}) shows
|
1083 |
|
|
the code in a communication worker thread to protect access to the
|
1084 |
|
|
shared queue; and Figure \ref{fig:sswd0:sqip0:02}
|
1085 |
|
|
(p. \pageref{fig:sswd0:sqip0:02}) shows the analogous code in the
|
1086 |
|
|
primary thread.
|
1087 |
|
|
|
1088 |
|
|
The protocol used for the shared queues (\texttt{C\_MAIN\_tsceq0}
|
1089 |
|
|
and \texttt{C\_MAIN\_tsceq1} in Figures \ref{fig:sswd0:sqip0:01}
|
1090 |
|
|
and \ref{fig:sswd0:sqip0:02}) implies (due to thread scheduling
|
1091 |
|
|
uncertainties) that the shared queues may be unavailable to the
|
1092 |
|
|
communication worker threads for an unknown period of time once
|
1093 |
|
|
the coordination variable is assigned to a non-zero value.
|
1094 |
|
|
For this reason, each communication worker thread keeps an internal
|
1095 |
|
|
queue to hold received characters until they can be transferred to the
|
1096 |
|
|
shared queue. The primary thread also keeps queues
|
1097 |
|
|
(\texttt{C\_MAIN\_ptceq0} and \texttt{C\_MAIN\_ptceq1} in
|
1098 |
|
|
Figure \ref{fig:sswd0:sqip0:02}) so that the shared queues can be
|
1099 |
|
|
evacuated quickly and fully. The only queues in the
|
1100 |
|
|
\productnameemph{} program
|
1101 |
|
|
shared between threads and subject to special
|
1102 |
|
|
access protocols are \texttt{C\_MAIN\_tsceq0}
|
1103 |
|
|
and \texttt{C\_MAIN\_tsceq1}.
|
1104 |
|
|
|
1105 |
|
|
|
1106 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1107 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1108 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1109 |
|
|
\section{Hardware Setup}
|
1110 |
|
|
\label{shsu0}
|
1111 |
|
|
|
1112 |
|
|
|
1113 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1114 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1115 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1116 |
|
|
\subsection{Hardware Requirements}
|
1117 |
|
|
\label{shsu0:shrq0}
|
1118 |
|
|
|
1119 |
|
|
The \productnameemph{} program uses the serial commication API of \emph{Windows}, so any
|
1120 |
|
|
serial port recognized by \emph{Windows} should be satisfactory. Two serial interfaces
|
1121 |
|
|
are required. \productnameemph{}
|
1122 |
|
|
should work with any mixture of the following types of serial interfaces:
|
1123 |
|
|
|
1124 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
1125 |
|
|
\item A serial port built into the motherboard of a computer.
|
1126 |
|
|
\item A serial port installed as a bus expansion card.
|
1127 |
|
|
\item A serial port interfaced via a USB-to-serial adapter.
|
1128 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
1129 |
|
|
|
1130 |
|
|
The interface required to the personal computer is 2-wire only: ground and
|
1131 |
|
|
received data. The \productnameemph{} program does not transmit data or
|
1132 |
|
|
use hardware or software flow control (it only monitors serial traffic).
|
1133 |
|
|
|
1134 |
|
|
Generally, some electronics are required to interface the serial lines of the
|
1135 |
|
|
host microcontroller system to a PC, as the RS-232
|
1136 |
|
|
interface nominally requires 12-volt signals. It is likely that serial adapters
|
1137 |
|
|
exist that will work at TTL logic levels (negating the need for
|
1138 |
|
|
interface electronics), but this possibility was not
|
1139 |
|
|
investigated.
|
1140 |
|
|
|
1141 |
|
|
|
1142 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1143 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1144 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1145 |
|
|
\subsection{Description of a Possible Interface Hardware Configuration}
|
1146 |
|
|
\label{shsu0:sdph0}
|
1147 |
|
|
|
1148 |
|
|
This section describes in detail a hardware configuration that is known to work
|
1149 |
|
|
for interfacing from a host microcontroller to a personal computer.
|
1150 |
|
|
The hardware configuration described is certainly not unique.
|
1151 |
|
|
|
1152 |
|
|
Note that the interface hardware as described has some limitations.
|
1153 |
|
|
Please see \S{}\ref{skli0:sdap0}, \S{}\ref{skli0:sgoi0}, and
|
1154 |
|
|
\S{}\ref{skli0:ssud0}.
|
1155 |
|
|
|
1156 |
|
|
The serial adapters used were the \index{Dynex}Dynex \cite{bibref:vendor:dynex}
|
1157 |
|
|
``\emph{16-Inch USB PDA/Serial Adapter Cable}'', model \index{DX-UBDB9}DX-UBDB9.
|
1158 |
|
|
There was no particular reason for choosing this model except availability:
|
1159 |
|
|
it was on the shelves at \emph{Best Buy} for about \$35.\footnote{\$35 each---two
|
1160 |
|
|
will cost approximately \$70.} These adapters are shown most clearly in
|
1161 |
|
|
Figure \ref{fig:shsu0:sdph0:06}. As of January, 2009 these adapters have been
|
1162 |
|
|
discontinued, but there are other similar adapters available from several
|
1163 |
|
|
manufacturers.
|
1164 |
|
|
|
1165 |
|
|
\begin{figure}
|
1166 |
|
|
\centering
|
1167 |
|
|
\includegraphics[width=4.6in]{etminia.eps}
|
1168 |
|
|
\caption{ET-MINI RS-232 Level Translator, With U.S. Quarter for Size Scale}
|
1169 |
|
|
\label{fig:shsu0:sdph0:01}
|
1170 |
|
|
\end{figure}
|
1171 |
|
|
|
1172 |
|
|
In order to shift the SCI levels for input into a PC serial adapter,
|
1173 |
|
|
the ``\emph{RS232 to TTL-3V Converter Mini Board}'' (Figure \ref{fig:shsu0:sdph0:01})
|
1174 |
|
|
was purchased from \index{Futurelec}Futurelec \cite{bibref:vendor:futurelec}.
|
1175 |
|
|
(\emph{Note:} \index{Futurelec}Futurelec took a few weeks to deliver the interface boards,
|
1176 |
|
|
despite the fact that I specified overnight shipping.
|
1177 |
|
|
If time is critical, I recommend ordering a similar product from another
|
1178 |
|
|
vendor or building a board from scratch using the ADM3232 or similar.)
|
1179 |
|
|
|
1180 |
|
|
\begin{figure}
|
1181 |
|
|
\centering
|
1182 |
|
|
\includegraphics[width=4.6in]{rs232transinnera.eps}
|
1183 |
|
|
\caption{RS-232 Level Translator Box Inside View}
|
1184 |
|
|
\label{fig:shsu0:sdph0:02}
|
1185 |
|
|
\end{figure}
|
1186 |
|
|
|
1187 |
|
|
The RS-232 converter board was packaged inside a project box
|
1188 |
|
|
(purchased from \index{Radio Shack}Radio Shack). The
|
1189 |
|
|
converter board was affixed with standoffs to the back of the top
|
1190 |
|
|
panel (Figure \ref{fig:shsu0:sdph0:02}).
|
1191 |
|
|
|
1192 |
|
|
\begin{figure}
|
1193 |
|
|
\centering
|
1194 |
|
|
\includegraphics[width=4.6in]{rs232transtopa.eps}
|
1195 |
|
|
\caption{RS-232 Level Translator Box Top View}
|
1196 |
|
|
\label{fig:shsu0:sdph0:03}
|
1197 |
|
|
\end{figure}
|
1198 |
|
|
|
1199 |
|
|
The RS-232 level translator was equipped with batteries, a power switch,
|
1200 |
|
|
a battery test feature,
|
1201 |
|
|
and the necessary connections (Figure \ref{fig:shsu0:sdph0:03}).
|
1202 |
|
|
|
1203 |
|
|
\begin{figure}
|
1204 |
|
|
\centering
|
1205 |
|
|
\includegraphics[width=4.6in]{rs232transdesktopa.eps}
|
1206 |
|
|
\caption{RS-232 Level Translator Box In Use On Desktop}
|
1207 |
|
|
\label{fig:shsu0:sdph0:04}
|
1208 |
|
|
\end{figure}
|
1209 |
|
|
|
1210 |
|
|
\begin{figure}
|
1211 |
|
|
\centering
|
1212 |
|
|
\includegraphics[width=4.6in]{rs232transmicroconnecta.eps}
|
1213 |
|
|
\caption{RS-232 Level Translator Box Microcontroller Product Connection}
|
1214 |
|
|
\label{fig:shsu0:sdph0:05}
|
1215 |
|
|
\end{figure}
|
1216 |
|
|
|
1217 |
|
|
\begin{figure}
|
1218 |
|
|
\centering
|
1219 |
|
|
\includegraphics[width=4.6in]{rs232transpcconnecta.eps}
|
1220 |
|
|
\caption{RS-232 Level Translator Box PC Connection}
|
1221 |
|
|
\label{fig:shsu0:sdph0:06}
|
1222 |
|
|
\end{figure}
|
1223 |
|
|
|
1224 |
|
|
Figure \ref{fig:shsu0:sdph0:04} shows the level translator in use with a laptop computer.
|
1225 |
|
|
Figure \ref{fig:shsu0:sdph0:05} shows the connection of the level translator to a
|
1226 |
|
|
microcontroller product (phono jacks were used).
|
1227 |
|
|
Figure \ref{fig:shsu0:sdph0:06} shows the connection of the level translator
|
1228 |
|
|
to a laptop computer.
|
1229 |
|
|
|
1230 |
|
|
|
1231 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1232 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1233 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1234 |
|
|
\section{Program Usage}
|
1235 |
|
|
\label{susg0}
|
1236 |
|
|
|
1237 |
|
|
|
1238 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1239 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1240 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1241 |
|
|
\subsection{Finding Device Names of PC Serial Ports}
|
1242 |
|
|
\label{susg0:sfdn0}
|
1243 |
|
|
|
1244 |
|
|
Before invoking the \productnameemph{} program, the device names of
|
1245 |
|
|
the two personal computer serial ports that will be used
|
1246 |
|
|
to monitor SCI communication must be known.
|
1247 |
|
|
|
1248 |
|
|
\begin{figure}
|
1249 |
|
|
\centering
|
1250 |
|
|
\includegraphics[width=4.6in]{devmancomassignmentsa.eps}
|
1251 |
|
|
\caption{Screen Snapshot From \emph{Windows} Device Manager
|
1252 |
|
|
(\emph{Windows Vista})}
|
1253 |
|
|
\label{fig:susg0:sfdn0:01}
|
1254 |
|
|
\end{figure}
|
1255 |
|
|
|
1256 |
|
|
Guessing the serial device names is not always possible, especially with USB adapters,
|
1257 |
|
|
where the port numbers assigned may be $>10$ and may change when the USB adapter
|
1258 |
|
|
is disconnected and reconnected to the computer.
|
1259 |
|
|
|
1260 |
|
|
The device names can typically be found by opening the \emph{Device Manager} (typically
|
1261 |
|
|
under \emph{System} in the \emph{Windows} control panel). (Naturally, the
|
1262 |
|
|
devices must be plugged in if they are removable and the correct drivers
|
1263 |
|
|
must be installed.)
|
1264 |
|
|
|
1265 |
|
|
Figure \ref{fig:susg0:sfdn0:01} is a screen snapshot from the \emph{Device Manager}
|
1266 |
|
|
under \emph{Windows Vista}. Under \emph{Ports (COM \& LPT)} it can be seen
|
1267 |
|
|
in this figure that the device names are ``COM12'' and ``COM13''.
|
1268 |
|
|
|
1269 |
|
|
|
1270 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1271 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1272 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1273 |
|
|
\subsection{Testing and Troubleshooting Serial Ports}
|
1274 |
|
|
\label{susg0:stts0}
|
1275 |
|
|
|
1276 |
|
|
For testing and troubleshooting, it was found that
|
1277 |
|
|
\index{Realterm@\emph{RealTerm}}\emph{RealTerm} \cite{bibref:swp:realterm}
|
1278 |
|
|
(free open-source software) works very well for displaying the
|
1279 |
|
|
characters received by a serial port.
|
1280 |
|
|
\index{Realterm@\emph{RealTerm}}\emph{RealTerm} is able to display all
|
1281 |
|
|
received characters in hexadecimal, which is very helpful.
|
1282 |
|
|
|
1283 |
|
|
\begin{figure}
|
1284 |
|
|
\centering
|
1285 |
|
|
\includegraphics[width=4.6in]{rtermsnapshot01.eps}
|
1286 |
|
|
\caption{\emph{RealTerm} Screen Snapshot (Hexadecimal Display Selected)}
|
1287 |
|
|
\label{fig:susg0:stts0:01}
|
1288 |
|
|
\end{figure}
|
1289 |
|
|
|
1290 |
|
|
Figure \ref{fig:susg0:stts0:01} is a screen snapshot of
|
1291 |
|
|
\index{Realterm@\emph{RealTerm}}\emph{RealTerm} being used
|
1292 |
|
|
to capture data.
|
1293 |
|
|
|
1294 |
|
|
\index{HyperTerminal@\emph{HyperTerminal}}\emph{HyperTerminal} (the default
|
1295 |
|
|
serial communcation program in many versions of \emph{Windows})
|
1296 |
|
|
is not recommended because of bugs involving bit 7 of incoming characters
|
1297 |
|
|
(and perhaps other bugs as well).
|
1298 |
|
|
|
1299 |
|
|
|
1300 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1301 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1302 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1303 |
|
|
\subsection{Program Invocation and Command-Line Parameters}
|
1304 |
|
|
\label{susg0:spin0}
|
1305 |
|
|
|
1306 |
|
|
\productnameemph{} is typically invoked by opening a DOS shell and
|
1307 |
|
|
typing ``\texttt{\productname{}} \emph{ch0commport}
|
1308 |
|
|
\emph{ch1commport} \emph{logcharstocon} \emph{logpacketstocon}'' (where
|
1309 |
|
|
the four required parameters are described in detail below),
|
1310 |
|
|
followed by \emph{ENTER}. Because the program creates the log files
|
1311 |
|
|
(\S{}\ref{susg0:slgf0}) in the current working directory, the desired
|
1312 |
|
|
working directory is normally selected before invoking the program.
|
1313 |
|
|
|
1314 |
|
|
It is likely possible to invoke the program via the \emph{Windows} GUI,
|
1315 |
|
|
but this has not been explored.
|
1316 |
|
|
|
1317 |
|
|
\productnameemph{} requires the following four command-line parameters:
|
1318 |
|
|
|
1319 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
1320 |
|
|
\item \emph{ch0commport}\\
|
1321 |
|
|
\emph{ch1commport}\\
|
1322 |
|
|
These two parameters are the serial port names
|
1323 |
|
|
of the communication ports to be used.
|
1324 |
|
|
|
1325 |
|
|
By convention, Channel 0 (\emph{ch0commport} above) is the serial communication
|
1326 |
|
|
from the host microcontroller to the RF module, and Channel 1
|
1327 |
|
|
(\emph{ch1commport} above) is the
|
1328 |
|
|
serial communication from the RF module to the host microcontroller.
|
1329 |
|
|
|
1330 |
|
|
For example, with the communication hardware implied by
|
1331 |
|
|
Figure \ref{fig:susg0:sfdn0:01}, invoking the program using the
|
1332 |
|
|
command line\\\\
|
1333 |
|
|
\texttt{\productname{} com12 com13 n n}\\\\
|
1334 |
|
|
would result in the program expecting to listen to the output from
|
1335 |
|
|
the host microcontroller on \emph{com12} and the output from the
|
1336 |
|
|
RF module on \emph{com13}.
|
1337 |
|
|
\item \emph{logcharstocon}\\
|
1338 |
|
|
\emph{logpacketstocon}\\
|
1339 |
|
|
Whether to log received characters and received packets, respectively,
|
1340 |
|
|
to the console (in addition to logging them to the
|
1341 |
|
|
character and packet log files).
|
1342 |
|
|
|
1343 |
|
|
The normal guesses for \emph{yes} and \emph{no}
|
1344 |
|
|
(``y'', ``1'', ``n'', ``0'', etc.) are all accepted.
|
1345 |
|
|
|
1346 |
|
|
Errors are \emph{always} displayed on the console (as well as written to
|
1347 |
|
|
the alert log
|
1348 |
|
|
file).
|
1349 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
1350 |
|
|
|
1351 |
|
|
|
1352 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1353 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1354 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1355 |
|
|
\subsection{Program Termination}
|
1356 |
|
|
\label{susg0:sptm0}
|
1357 |
|
|
|
1358 |
|
|
The \productnameemph{} program can be terminated by using CTRL-C. Using
|
1359 |
|
|
CTRL-C once will signal the program to terminate the communication threads
|
1360 |
|
|
in an orderly way, write trailing information to log files, and terminate.
|
1361 |
|
|
Termination may take up to approximately 5 seconds.
|
1362 |
|
|
|
1363 |
|
|
The program will also terminate upon a variety of abnormal conditions,
|
1364 |
|
|
such as unexpected errors from \emph{Win32} API functions.
|
1365 |
|
|
|
1366 |
|
|
|
1367 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1368 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1369 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1370 |
|
|
\subsection{Log Files}
|
1371 |
|
|
\label{susg0:slgf0}
|
1372 |
|
|
|
1373 |
|
|
When started, the \productnameemph{} program creates several log files in
|
1374 |
|
|
the current working directory. All of the created log files are
|
1375 |
|
|
plain text and can be viewed, manipulated, and printed
|
1376 |
|
|
using a text editor. This section describes these files.
|
1377 |
|
|
|
1378 |
|
|
|
1379 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1380 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1381 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1382 |
|
|
\subsubsection{Log File Creation, Naming, and Syntax}
|
1383 |
|
|
\label{susg0:slgf0:sfcn0}
|
1384 |
|
|
|
1385 |
|
|
Log files are named based on the local date and time in
|
1386 |
|
|
YYYYMMDD\_HHMMSS format. For example, a log file named
|
1387 |
|
|
``\texttt{20090116\_131247\_alert.txt}'' was created at
|
1388 |
|
|
approximately 1:12 p.m. on January 16, 2009 (local time).
|
1389 |
|
|
|
1390 |
|
|
When started, \productnameemph{} creates an alert log file (containing error
|
1391 |
|
|
messages), a character log file (containing a log of received characters,
|
1392 |
|
|
serial events, and serial errors), a packet log file (containing
|
1393 |
|
|
information about parsed packets), and a comprehensive log file
|
1394 |
|
|
(containing all log entries to any file).
|
1395 |
|
|
|
1396 |
|
|
Additionally, messages are written to the console (\S{}\ref{susg0:spin0}).
|
1397 |
|
|
|
1398 |
|
|
The naming convention for log files means that \productnameemph{}
|
1399 |
|
|
can be run repeatedly in the same directory and the log file names will
|
1400 |
|
|
not conflict.
|
1401 |
|
|
|
1402 |
|
|
A typical set of log file names from a single invocation of
|
1403 |
|
|
\productnameemph{} is:
|
1404 |
|
|
|
1405 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim}
|
1406 |
|
|
20090116_131247_alert.txt
|
1407 |
|
|
20090116_131247_character.txt
|
1408 |
|
|
20090116_131247_comprehensive.txt
|
1409 |
|
|
20090116_131247_packet.txt
|
1410 |
|
|
\end{verbatim}
|
1411 |
|
|
|
1412 |
|
|
Within each log file, entries are timestamped in HHMMSS.FFF format,
|
1413 |
|
|
where ``FFF'' is the fractional portion of the second.
|
1414 |
|
|
|
1415 |
|
|
|
1416 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1417 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1418 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1419 |
|
|
\subsubsection{Alert Log File Contents}
|
1420 |
|
|
\label{susg0:slgf0:salf0}
|
1421 |
|
|
|
1422 |
|
|
The alert log file contains entries that indicate some sort of
|
1423 |
|
|
unusual event or logical problem. The purpose of the alert log
|
1424 |
|
|
file is to segregate error messages so that the other log files
|
1425 |
|
|
do not have to be searched for error messages. Generally, an
|
1426 |
|
|
empty alert log file indicates no problems in SCI communication.
|
1427 |
|
|
|
1428 |
|
|
Typical entries from the alert log file are:
|
1429 |
|
|
|
1430 |
|
|
\begin{small}
|
1431 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim}
|
1432 |
|
|
131247.848:ALRT: CH01:Non-packet start event discarded: Character: 0x57.
|
1433 |
|
|
131247.848:ALRT: CH01:Non-packet start event discarded: Character: 0xFF.
|
1434 |
|
|
\end{verbatim}
|
1435 |
|
|
\end{small}
|
1436 |
|
|
|
1437 |
|
|
Note that:
|
1438 |
|
|
|
1439 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
1440 |
|
|
\item All alert messages are also duplicated to the console.
|
1441 |
|
|
\item Alert messages are usually also duplicated to the log files(s)
|
1442 |
|
|
where the messages have relevance. For example, the packet parse errors
|
1443 |
|
|
reproduced above would also be placed in the packet log file.
|
1444 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
1445 |
|
|
|
1446 |
|
|
|
1447 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1448 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1449 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1450 |
|
|
\subsubsection{Character Log File Contents}
|
1451 |
|
|
\label{susg0:slgf0:sclf0}
|
1452 |
|
|
|
1453 |
|
|
The character log file contains a complete log of received characters,
|
1454 |
|
|
serial events, and serial errors.
|
1455 |
|
|
|
1456 |
|
|
Typical entries from the character log file are:
|
1457 |
|
|
|
1458 |
|
|
\begin{footnotesize}
|
1459 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim}
|
1460 |
|
|
131247.848:NORM: CH00:<01><12><14><3A><11><00><04><B1><BB><D4><60><00><40><40>
|
1461 |
|
|
131247.848:NORM: CH00:<01><1D><B4><04>
|
1462 |
|
|
131247.879:NORM: CH00:<01><12><14><3B><11><00><04><B1><BB><D4><60>
|
1463 |
|
|
131247.848:NORM: CH01:<57><FF><01><08><94><3A><01><00><D8><04>
|
1464 |
|
|
131247.864:NORM: CH01:<01><15><95><41><11><D4><00><16><E6><04><B1><AA><EE><02>
|
1465 |
|
|
131247.864:NORM: CH01:<01>
|
1466 |
|
|
\end{verbatim}
|
1467 |
|
|
\end{footnotesize}
|
1468 |
|
|
|
1469 |
|
|
Note in the text above
|
1470 |
|
|
that the log entries between channels are slightly out of chronological order.
|
1471 |
|
|
Please see \S{}\ref{skli0:sooc0}.
|
1472 |
|
|
|
1473 |
|
|
|
1474 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1475 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1476 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1477 |
|
|
\subsubsection{Packet Log File Contents}
|
1478 |
|
|
\label{susg0:slgf0:splf0}
|
1479 |
|
|
|
1480 |
|
|
The packet log file contains the parsed packets from the two communication channels.
|
1481 |
|
|
|
1482 |
|
|
Typical entries from the packet log file are:
|
1483 |
|
|
|
1484 |
|
|
\begin{footnotesize}
|
1485 |
|
|
\begin{verbatim}
|
1486 |
|
|
131455.144:NORM: CH01:ACK_SEND_DATA (0x94).
|
1487 |
|
|
131455.144:NORM: cspan=16, mdelta=109.
|
1488 |
|
|
131455.144:NORM: <01><08><94>
|
1489 |
|
|
131455.144:NORM: <6D><01><00>
|
1490 |
|
|
131455.144:NORM: <0B><04>
|
1491 |
|
|
131455.144:NORM: PACKET_ID: 0x6D, ACK_NACK: 0x01, NUM_RETRIES: 0x00.
|
1492 |
|
|
131455.129:NORM: CH00:SEND_DATA (0x14).
|
1493 |
|
|
131455.129:NORM: cspan=15, mdelta=110.
|
1494 |
|
|
131455.129:NORM: <01><12><14>
|
1495 |
|
|
131455.129:NORM: <6D><11><00><04><B1><BB><D4><70><00><40><73><01><1D>
|
1496 |
|
|
131455.129:NORM: <2A><04>
|
1497 |
|
|
131455.129:NORM: PACKET_ID: 0x6D, TARGET_SENDER: 0x11, ADDRESS_MODE: 0x00.
|
1498 |
|
|
131455.129:NORM: DST_TRANS_AD: 0xB104.
|
1499 |
|
|
131455.129:NORM: DATA:
|
1500 |
|
|
131455.129:NORM: <BB><D4><70><00><40><73><01><1D>
|
1501 |
|
|
131455.238:NORM: CH01:RXED_DATA (0x95).
|
1502 |
|
|
131455.238:NORM: cspan=15, mdelta=125.
|
1503 |
|
|
131455.238:NORM: <01><15><95>
|
1504 |
|
|
131455.238:NORM: <74><11><E4><00><16><E6><04><B1><AA><E7><02><01><80><6D>
|
1505 |
|
|
131455.238:NORM: <7E><FF>
|
1506 |
|
|
131455.238:NORM: <C3><04>
|
1507 |
|
|
131455.238:NORM: PACKET_ID: 0x74, TARGET_SENDER: 0x11, LQI: 0xE4.
|
1508 |
|
|
131455.238:NORM: ADDRESS_MODE: 0x00.
|
1509 |
|
|
131455.238:NORM: DST_TRANS_AD: 0xE616, SRC_TRANS_AD: 0xB104.
|
1510 |
|
|
131455.238:NORM: DATA:
|
1511 |
|
|
131455.238:NORM: <AA><E7><02><01><80><6D><7E><FF>
|
1512 |
|
|
\end{verbatim}
|
1513 |
|
|
\end{footnotesize}
|
1514 |
|
|
|
1515 |
|
|
Each parsed packet is documented as:
|
1516 |
|
|
|
1517 |
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
1518 |
|
|
\item The channel and packet type.
|
1519 |
|
|
\item The approximate time span between the first and last
|
1520 |
|
|
characters of the packet, in milliseconds (``\emph{cspan}'').
|
1521 |
|
|
A large value of \emph{cspan} would indicate some sort of
|
1522 |
|
|
a software error in transmitting the packet.
|
1523 |
|
|
\item The approximate time since the last packet of this type
|
1524 |
|
|
was received (``\emph{mdelta}'').
|
1525 |
|
|
\item The raw bytes of the packet, grouped by header, payload,
|
1526 |
|
|
and trailer.
|
1527 |
|
|
\item The extracted data (symbolically) from the packet.
|
1528 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
1529 |
|
|
|
1530 |
|
|
Note in the text above that the packet entries are sometimes
|
1531 |
|
|
chronologically out of order between the two channels
|
1532 |
|
|
(see \S{}\ref{skli0:soop0}).
|
1533 |
|
|
|
1534 |
|
|
|
1535 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1536 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1537 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1538 |
|
|
\subsubsection{Comprehensive Log File Contents}
|
1539 |
|
|
\label{susg0:slgf0:shlf0}
|
1540 |
|
|
|
1541 |
|
|
Each entry written to any other log file is also written to the
|
1542 |
|
|
comprehensive log. The comprehensive log is simply an interleaved concatenation
|
1543 |
|
|
of the alert, character, and packet log files.
|
1544 |
|
|
|
1545 |
|
|
|
1546 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1547 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1548 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1549 |
|
|
\subsubsection{Concurrent Access to Log Files Using a Text Editor}
|
1550 |
|
|
\label{susg0:slgf0:scat0}
|
1551 |
|
|
|
1552 |
|
|
As the \productnameemph{} program may run for days or weeks at a time,
|
1553 |
|
|
it is useful to examine the log files (especially the alert log) before
|
1554 |
|
|
the program has terminated.
|
1555 |
|
|
|
1556 |
|
|
\productnameemph{} opens the log files in a mode compatible with sharing,
|
1557 |
|
|
so they can be safely viewed read-only with a text editor while the program
|
1558 |
|
|
is running.
|
1559 |
|
|
|
1560 |
|
|
Please see \S{}\ref{skli0:sndf0}.
|
1561 |
|
|
|
1562 |
|
|
|
1563 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1564 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1565 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1566 |
|
|
\section{Known Issues and Limitations}
|
1567 |
|
|
\label{skli0}
|
1568 |
|
|
|
1569 |
|
|
This section describes known issues and limitations with the
|
1570 |
|
|
\productnameemph{} program or the hardware configuration
|
1571 |
|
|
described in \S{}\ref{shsu0:sdph0}.
|
1572 |
|
|
|
1573 |
|
|
|
1574 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1575 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1576 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1577 |
|
|
\subsection{Possible Destruction of the ADM3232 Part}
|
1578 |
|
|
\label{skli0:sdap0}
|
1579 |
|
|
|
1580 |
|
|
The level conversion board used is designed to be powered from the same power supply
|
1581 |
|
|
as the microcontroller.
|
1582 |
|
|
|
1583 |
|
|
It is suspected that as the batteries discharge, the TTL
|
1584 |
|
|
SCI inputs from a product may
|
1585 |
|
|
damage the \index{ADM3232}ADM3232 part (as the
|
1586 |
|
|
inputs may be more than a diode drop above the
|
1587 |
|
|
supply voltage provided by the batteries).
|
1588 |
|
|
|
1589 |
|
|
In retrospect, rather than using 3 AA
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batteries in series (4.5 volts),
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it would have been more prudent to use
|
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4 AA batteries in series (6.0 volts)
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with a forward-biased diode to bring the supply
|
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voltage down to about 5.4 volts.
|
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A resistor in series with the SCI inputs
|
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(not included in the first version
|
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of the SCI interface box) may also be prudent.
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\subsection{Ground Offset Issues}
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\label{skli0:sgoi0}
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|
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It was observed that the hardware interface box
|
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(\S{}\ref{shsu0:sdph0}, p. \pageref{shsu0:sdph0})
|
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works perfectly when using a laptop computer, but
|
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less reliably when using a desktop computer.
|
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|
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|
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When the interface box fails to operate, the problem can usually
|
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be cured by disconnecting and then reconnecting the serial cables
|
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to the PC and/or the SCI connections to the microcontroller product.
|
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|
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A ground offset issue involving the power supply and the PC
|
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is suspected.
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|
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\subsection{Startup Difficulties}
|
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\label{skli0:ssud0}
|
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|
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|
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|
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The \productnameemph{} may not start reliably in the presence of serial
|
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|
|
errors or events (such as a break event on the serial line, typically
|
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|
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caused by the target module being turned off but the interface box being turned
|
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on).
|
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|
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A typical error message involves inability to
|
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obtain serial port state or configure the port.
|
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|
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|
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To get \productnameemph{} to start, remove the serial error, start the
|
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program, then reapply the source of the errors. The two easiest approaches
|
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|
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are:
|
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|
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|
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\begin{itemize}
|
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|
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\item Disconnect the serial cables from the serial adapters, start the program,
|
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|
|
then reconnect the cables.
|
1640 |
|
|
\item Turn off the interface box, start the program, then turn on the interface box.
|
1641 |
|
|
\item Power up everything (including the target product) before starting the
|
1642 |
|
|
program.
|
1643 |
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
1644 |
|
|
|
1645 |
|
|
The root cause is that the serial errors cause (by design) certain
|
1646 |
|
|
\emph{Windows} API functions not to operate until the error is cleared using
|
1647 |
|
|
another \emph{Windows} API function. The present version of the program will
|
1648 |
|
|
correctly handle serial errors at any time except startup.
|
1649 |
|
|
|
1650 |
|
|
This is a very minor issue and does not affect the logical correctness
|
1651 |
|
|
of the program once it is running.
|
1652 |
|
|
|
1653 |
|
|
|
1654 |
|
|
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|
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|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1656 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1657 |
|
|
\subsection{Inability to Determine Timing Relationships Between Channels}
|
1658 |
|
|
\label{skli0:itr0}
|
1659 |
|
|
|
1660 |
|
|
The three-thread software design may lead to more timestamp inconsistency
|
1661 |
|
|
between the two channels than necessary. If possible, the design should probably
|
1662 |
|
|
be changed to two threads and overlapped I/O.
|
1663 |
|
|
|
1664 |
|
|
The timestamps have, however, proved to be very accurate.
|
1665 |
|
|
|
1666 |
|
|
|
1667 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1668 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1669 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1670 |
|
|
\subsection{Out-of-Order Character Logging}
|
1671 |
|
|
\label{skli0:sooc0}
|
1672 |
|
|
|
1673 |
|
|
The primary thread dequeues and processes all characters from
|
1674 |
|
|
Channel 0, then dequeues and processes all characters from Channel 1;
|
1675 |
|
|
regardless of the chronological ordering of the characters between the
|
1676 |
|
|
channels.
|
1677 |
|
|
This can result in characters being logged out of chronological order if
|
1678 |
|
|
characters are arriving on both channels nearly simultaneously.
|
1679 |
|
|
|
1680 |
|
|
This problem can be easily fixed by changing the character logging
|
1681 |
|
|
algorithm to dequeue the characters in chronological order with respect
|
1682 |
|
|
to
|
1683 |
|
|
both queues.
|
1684 |
|
|
|
1685 |
|
|
This problem does not affect the correctness of the timestamps in the
|
1686 |
|
|
character log file. It only affects the ordering of the log
|
1687 |
|
|
entries. Please see the sample log file text in
|
1688 |
|
|
\S{}\ref{susg0:slgf0:sclf0}, p. \pageref{susg0:slgf0:sclf0}.
|
1689 |
|
|
|
1690 |
|
|
|
1691 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1692 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1693 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1694 |
|
|
\subsection{Out-of-Order Packet Logging}
|
1695 |
|
|
\label{skli0:soop0}
|
1696 |
|
|
|
1697 |
|
|
The packet logging issue occurs for exactly the same reasons as the
|
1698 |
|
|
character logging issue discussed in
|
1699 |
|
|
\S{}\ref{skli0:sooc0}. The solution is analogous---to modify the
|
1700 |
|
|
packet logging algorithm to process both queues simultaneously and
|
1701 |
|
|
log packets in chronological order.
|
1702 |
|
|
|
1703 |
|
|
The sample text in \S{}\ref{susg0:slgf0:splf0}, p. \pageref{susg0:slgf0:splf0}
|
1704 |
|
|
illustrates the issue. The SEND\_DATA packet is sent at 131455.129 and it is
|
1705 |
|
|
followed by the ACK\_SEND\_DATA packet at 131455.144; but the log entries are
|
1706 |
|
|
not in chronological order.
|
1707 |
|
|
|
1708 |
|
|
This issue does not affect the correctness of the log entries---only their
|
1709 |
|
|
ordering.
|
1710 |
|
|
|
1711 |
|
|
|
1712 |
|
|
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|
1713 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1714 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1715 |
|
|
\subsection{Suspected Out of Sequence Communication Errors}
|
1716 |
|
|
\label{skli0:sose0}
|
1717 |
|
|
|
1718 |
|
|
It is suspected that framing errors and other errors become events
|
1719 |
|
|
that are reported out of sequence by the communication worker threads.
|
1720 |
|
|
The root cause is that communication errors may occur with characters
|
1721 |
|
|
buffered behind the \emph{Windows} API.
|
1722 |
|
|
|
1723 |
|
|
The \productnameemph{} program handles errors first, then dequeues any characters;
|
1724 |
|
|
although the characters probably came first, followed by the error.
|
1725 |
|
|
|
1726 |
|
|
The problem can be fixed by experimenting to determine the behavior of
|
1727 |
|
|
\emph{Windows} and then changing the communication worker threads to match.
|
1728 |
|
|
|
1729 |
|
|
This issue is inconsequential because any communication error
|
1730 |
|
|
(break, framing error, overrun, etc.) is very serious if it occurs
|
1731 |
|
|
once the target product is operating, and exactly when it occurred is
|
1732 |
|
|
less important than that it did occur.
|
1733 |
|
|
|
1734 |
|
|
The errors will be detected,
|
1735 |
|
|
but they may
|
1736 |
|
|
be slightly out of sequence in the event queue.
|
1737 |
|
|
|
1738 |
|
|
|
1739 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1740 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1741 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1742 |
|
|
\subsection{Non-Detection of Log File Flushes}
|
1743 |
|
|
\label{skli0:sndf0}
|
1744 |
|
|
|
1745 |
|
|
\productnameemph{} flushes the log file streams every 15 seconds using
|
1746 |
|
|
the \emph{fflush()} function. Still,
|
1747 |
|
|
\index{SlickEdit@\emph{SlickEdit}}\emph{SlickEdit}
|
1748 |
|
|
(the text editor I use) does not
|
1749 |
|
|
exhibit the desired behavior of detecting the updated file when focus
|
1750 |
|
|
is restored. In order to see additions to a log file, the file must be
|
1751 |
|
|
closed and then re-opened in \emph{SlickEdit}.
|
1752 |
|
|
|
1753 |
|
|
The technical basis for this non-detection should be investigated.
|
1754 |
|
|
|
1755 |
|
|
Note that this limitation does not affect the correctness or completeness
|
1756 |
|
|
of any log file---it only affects whether a typical text editor will
|
1757 |
|
|
automatically detect that the open file has changed.
|
1758 |
|
|
|
1759 |
|
|
|
1760 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1761 |
|
|
|
1762 |
|
|
%\clearpage{}
|
1763 |
|
|
%\section{Glossary of Terms, Acronyms, and Nomenclature}
|
1764 |
|
|
%\label{sglo1}
|
1765 |
|
|
|
1766 |
|
|
%\begin{docglossaryenum}
|
1767 |
|
|
|
1768 |
|
|
%\item \index{fTq@$f_{T_q}$}$f_{T_q}$
|
1769 |
|
|
|
1770 |
|
|
% \cite[p. 161]{bibref:freescale:gz60a} defines $f_{T_q}$ as the
|
1771 |
|
|
% frequency of $T_q$, the atomic unit of time handled by the HSCAN
|
1772 |
|
|
% peripheral built in to the microcontroller.
|
1773 |
|
|
|
1774 |
|
|
%\end{docglossaryenum}
|
1775 |
|
|
|
1776 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1777 |
|
|
\clearpage{}
|
1778 |
|
|
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{References}
|
1779 |
|
|
|
1780 |
|
|
\begin{thebibliography}{000}
|
1781 |
|
|
\bibitem{bibref:vendor:dynex}
|
1782 |
|
|
\emph{Dynex},\\
|
1783 |
|
|
\texttt{http://www.dynexproducts.com}
|
1784 |
|
|
\bibitem{bibref:vendor:futurelec}
|
1785 |
|
|
\emph{Futurelec},\\
|
1786 |
|
|
\texttt{http://www.futurelec.com}
|
1787 |
|
|
\bibitem{bibref:twp:ms810467}
|
1788 |
|
|
\emph{Serial Communications in Win32},\\
|
1789 |
|
|
\texttt{http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms810467.aspx}
|
1790 |
|
|
\bibitem{bibref:swlic:gpl}
|
1791 |
|
|
\emph{GNU General Public License},\\
|
1792 |
|
|
\texttt{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html}
|
1793 |
|
|
\bibitem{bibref:osws:sourceforge}
|
1794 |
|
|
\emph{SourceForge},\\
|
1795 |
|
|
\texttt{http://www.sourceforge.net}
|
1796 |
|
|
\bibitem{bibref:i:daveashley}
|
1797 |
|
|
David T. Ashley,\\
|
1798 |
|
|
\texttt{dashley@gmail.com}
|
1799 |
|
|
\bibitem{bibref:swp:slickedit}
|
1800 |
|
|
\emph{SlickEdit},\\
|
1801 |
|
|
\texttt{http://www.slickedit.com}
|
1802 |
|
|
\bibitem{bibref:swp:realterm}
|
1803 |
|
|
\index{Realterm@\emph{RealTerm}}\emph{RealTerm},\\
|
1804 |
|
|
\texttt{http://realterm.sourceforge.net}
|
1805 |
|
|
\end{thebibliography}
|
1806 |
|
|
|
1807 |
|
|
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
1808 |
|
|
\clearpage{}
|
1809 |
|
|
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Index}
|
1810 |
|
|
\printindex
|
1811 |
|
|
|
1812 |
|
|
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|
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|
|
\end{document}
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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