DPA .NET Class | DoItWireless

If you worked for a real application with IQRF modules with DPA, you’ve probably reached to the conclusion that for communication with PC is very convenient to use UART. Me too. I like UART for his simple handling and easy accessibility, unlike SPI (just PC has no native SPI port 🙂 ). This post describes simple classes for DPA ↔ HDLC conversion written in C#.

What you need:

Microsoft Visual C# Express 2010 or newer, SharpDevelop, etc…
.NET 3.0
USB-UART converter + IQRF-UART adapter.
IQRF_DPA_Handler.cs attached at the end of this post.

IQRF_DPA_Handler.cs consist three main parts:

class DPA_RX (this class handles RX events and decodes HDLC protocol to DPA params).
class DPA_TX (this class builds HDLC protocol from DPA params).
class DPA_UTILS (crc, etc…)

Class DPA_RX

Members:

public UInt16 NADR;             // Node address
public byte PNUM;               // Peripheral number
public byte PCMD;               // Peripheral command
public UInt16 HWPID;            // Hardware profile ID
public byte[] Data;             // DPA Data
public byte DLEN;               // DPA Data length
public byte ErrN;               // Error number
public byte DpaValue;
 
private bool HDLC_CE;           // control escape flag
private byte CRC;               // HDLC CRC
public ArrayList Buffer;        // Input buffer
 
public const byte HDLC_FLAG_SEQUENCE = 0x7E;    // Flag sequence constant
public const byte HDLC_CONTROL_ESCAPE = 0x7D;   // Control escape constant
public const byte HDLC_ESCAPE_BIT = 0x20;       // Escape bit constant
public const byte HDLC_MIN_LEN = 0x0B;          // Minimum length of response
public const byte HDLC_MAX_LEN = 0x80;          // Maximum length of buffer

Methods:

public DPA_RX()     // Constructor
public DPA_RX_STATE DPA_RX_Parse(byte character) // Received data parser

How to use it:

Create instance of DPA_RX object as global object:

DPA_RX DPA_RX_inst1 = new DPA_RX();

Inside SerialPort DataReceived event call DPA_RX_inst1.DPA_RX_Parse(character), where character is data byte received by SerialPort. Test result for DPA_RX_STATE.DPA_RX_OK. Example:

private void sp1_DataReceived(object sender, SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
{
    try
    {                
        byte[] bytes;
        SerialPort serialPort = (SerialPort)sender;
 
        // try to read all available bytes from serial port
        lock (serialPort)
        {
            bytes = new byte[serialPort.BytesToRead];
            serialPort.Read(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
        }
 
        // try to parse message
        for (int index = 0; index < bytes.Length; index++)
        {
            byte oneByte = bytes[index];
            if (DPA_RX_inst1.DPA_RX_Parse(oneByte) == DPA_RX.DPA_RX_STATE.DPA_RX_OK)
                this.BeginInvoke(new EventHandler(ShowState));
        }
    } // Some problem with serial port or parsing
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Ups, some problems with message parsing: \n"+ex.Message);
    }
}

Then you can have inside ShowState something like:

private void ShowState(object s, EventArgs e)
{
    // Fill labels against received parameters
    lblNADR.Text = "NADR: " + DPA_RX_inst1.NADR.ToString("X4");
    lblPNUM.Text = "PNUM: " + DPA_RX_inst1.PNUM.ToString("X2");
    lblPCMD.Text = "PCMD: " + DPA_RX_inst1.PCMD.ToString("X2");
    lblHWPID.Text = "HWPID: " + DPA_RX_inst1.HWPID.ToString("X4");
    lblERRN.Text = "ErrN: " + DPA_RX_inst1.ErrN.ToString("X2");
    lblDPAVAL.Text = "DpaValue: " + DPA_RX_inst1.DpaValue.ToString("X2");
}

which show you DPA Response data on relevant labels.

Class DPA_TX

Members:

public UInt16 NADR;             // Node address
public byte PNUM;               // Peripheral number
public byte PCMD;               // Peripheral command
public UInt16 HWPID;            // Hardware profile ID
public byte[] Data;             // DPA Data
public byte DLEN;               // DPA Data length
 
private byte CRC;               // HDLC CRC
public byte[] Buffer;           // Output buffer

Methods:

public DPA_TX()  // Constructor
public void BuildHDLC() // Build HDLC byte array form DPA Params

How to use it:

Create instance of DPA_TX object where you need to send HDLC data:

DPA_TX DPA_TX_inst1 = new DPA_TX();

Then, set DPA Params, call BuilHDLC method, and send byte array Buffer via UART. Full example for Button click event:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Create new instance of DPA_TX
    DPA_TX DPA_TX_inst1 = new DPA_TX();
 
    DPA_TX_inst1.NADR = 0x0000;     // Node address 2
    DPA_TX_inst1.PNUM = 0x06;       // LEDR
    DPA_TX_inst1.PCMD = 0x03;       // Pulse LED
    DPA_TX_inst1.HWPID = 0xFFFF;    // All HWPIDs
    DPA_TX_inst1.DLEN = 0;          // No data
 
    DPA_TX_inst1.BuildHDLC();       // Fill output buffer           
 
    // Try to send buffer content to IQRF
    try
    {
        // send buffer content to IQRF
        sp1.Write(DPA_TX_inst1.Buffer, 0, DPA_TX_inst1.Buffer.Length);                
    }
    catch
    {
    }
}

Of course, you must have opened serial port.

class DPA_UTILS now consist only CalcCRC(ArrayList buffer) method. This method is internally used for CRC calculation and checking.

See full source code of .NET DPA class for details.

Enjoy.

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Source of .NET DPA Class
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What you need:

Class DPA_RX

How to use it:

Class DPA_TX

How to use it:

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